It had been a few weeks since the defeat of Sephiroth and most of
"avalanche" Had gone their own ways. Yuffie had not gone back to Wutai
though she felt it was her place to train as a ninja deep the sleeping
forest. She had become much more agile and could hear a pin drop a mile
away, in other words, her training was a complete success. Night by night
she asked herself why she would not return home to train with her father,
but she would always get the image of a new and stronger Sephiroth trying
to get to the city of the ancients. She had lost a large amount of weight
due to the fact that she ate whatever fruits she could find in the forest,
but she didn't mind, she had bigger things to be thinking about.
One day as Yuffie was training she heard a disturbance along the trees and sensed that there was another persons presents in the air.
"Show yourself or prepare to fight" Yuffie commanded, but there was no answer. "I don't have the pertinence for these mind games now show yourself" Still no return answer. Finally she saw Reno and Rude step out from the camouflage trees. "What do you want" Yuffie did not seem like she was asking this; in the tone of voice she used it was more of a demand. Reno stepped forward and began to speak. "Were here because we need you and your little friends' help" Yuffie seemed to lose all of her credibility just hearing the request. "PFT. Are you joking me? Like I would ever help a scum bag like you" Yuffie covered her mouth with both hands. Reno and Rude both laughed at Yuffie, not because what she said was funny but because she had just proven herself to be so juvenile.
"All we want is for at least one of you to come with us to find a girl about a year younger than yourself who found the meteor material and is looking to use it" Reno seemed to be serious. Yuffies face went expressionless. "What?" Rude lowered his sun glasses "would you like me to spell it out for you?" Yuffie shook her head. "No I understand, I'll go with you but I won't go alone take me to Cosmo Canyon so I can Find Nanaki"
Reno and Rude both shook there heads and pointed to an old Shinra helicopter where Elena was waiting in the pilots' seat. Reno went up to Elena's door and opened it. He gave her a swift shove. "Elena, get out of my seat" Elena looked towards her feet while she moved back to the Seat farthest away from Reno. Yuffie decided to sit next to Elena seeing as though she could do the least damage to Yuffie if any tricks were to be pulled.
"So why have you been out in those creepy woods for like 3 weeks now?" Reno was a complete Jack-ass in Yuffies opinion. "Why do you care?" Yuffie felt good as she said that because Reno had insulted her many times and she had nothing to retort back to him. "Jesus I was only asking no need to take advantage of pms" Rude usually just smirked at Reno's comments but this time he found himself laughing out loud.
"Leave her alone Reno, and shut up Rude" Elena seemed to be developing a backbone. Yuffie saw that there was a water bottle next to her. "Is this anyone's or can I have it?" Reno looked at Yuffie through the rear view mirror. "Yeah it's mine but you can have a sip, after you're done with it, pass it up here" The water bottle almost fell out of the helicopter but Yuffie managed to grasp on to it tight enough. She took a sip then spat some of the water back into the bottle, shook it around and handed it to the unsuspecting Reno. He re-opened it and then drank all of it in one gulp. Yuffie couldn't seem to keep her laughter in. "Whatever" Reno shrugged "Were landing in about seven minutes and well I-" Reno didn't want to admit he didn't know how to land a helicopter so he stumble for other words "I j-just find l-landings so boring th-that I'm going to make it a b- bit more interesting, so get y-your barf bags ready" Wow I covered that up pretty well! Reno thought to himself.
"Alright were here so get off my helicopter and don't touch anything" Reno loved being an obnoxious brat. "Well let's split up into groups and see if we can find Nanaki" Elena suggested. Reno's eyes widened and he looked like he was going to explode with excitement "ok, ok, ok I'll look for him in the bar" Rude sighed then nodded. Yuffie volunteered to look through the stores just so that she could see if there was any new material in stock. Rude left to check the Inn and also book two rooms so that they could rest in Cosmo Canyon for the night before leaving to find Tifa and Cloud. Elena stood guard at the helicopter for hours before Rude Found Nanaki. She set the alarm on it and went up to the material store where she knew she would find Yuffie. "Nanaki is at the Inn with Rude, we'll be spending the night there. Listen Yuffie I've had a really hard day and I personally don't feel like being the one who drags an unconscious piss drunk Reno up to the inn, be a doll and take care of him please?" Yuffie would have protested but Elena deliberately left before she answered. "Danm it!" Yuffie exclaimed.
*** Yuffie slowly walked through the Cosmo Canyon bar keeping a sharp eye out for a probably drunk Reno. After about an hour of wandering She finally found Reno slouching at the drink mixing table. "Reno we have to go to the inn, Elena and Rude are waiting" Reno looked up at Yuffie with bloodshot eyes, if he had not been drinking Yuffie would assume he had just cried, Maybe it was a combination of both, but who knows. "Why do we have to leave right now, Rude and Elena can fend for themselves for like five minutes, god woman you don't get any stupider do you?" After completing that sentence Reno practically fell off his chair. "Shut up Reno" Yuffie was a little insulted by his last comment but knew to brush it off. "Just come have a wee ickle dwink with ol' Reno!" Yuffie sat down beside him and ordered a Wutai special imported beer. "That's more like the girl I married" Yuffie was completely lost at this point. "Well Reno. Can I ask you something?" Reno smiled so that his teeth showed. "Of cores my darling you ask anything you want" Yuffie could have taken advantage of this opportunity but she didn't have the heart to. "Why are you such a jackass around everyone? I mean you're an insensitive pig!" Reno wiped his forehead and squinted a few times before answering "Because I hate everyone and they hate me back, and that's the way I like it sugarbob!"
Yuffie was lost staring at the turtle paradise poster seeing as though she knew Reno would just mumble out drunk talk. It was no use, no matter how hard Yuffie tried in the past still she got nothing from Reno but insensitivity.
"Now I get to ask you something, heh I like this game" Reno thought long and hard before asking "So like if you were lost on a dessert island and you could only bring one guy out of umm Me, Cid and uhh Vinny who would it be?"
"Oh my god Reno do I have to answer?" Yuffie looked at Reno Pleadingly "Yes of cores you do!" Well she wasn't to disappointed, she saw that coming. "Fine but it's a tie between you and Vincent, I think I would throw up if I had to spend the rest of my life with Cid, not that I don't like the guy but he just gets old. "Ok I get to ask more questions, have you ever." Reno was paying very close attention. "Ever what?" Yuffie was holding in giggles "Have you ever found another man attractive?" Yuffie was laughing so hard that she fell off her chair. Reno on the other hand looked like he was thinking pretty hard about this "Hmmm, Maybe like clo- HEY YOU TRICKED ME!" Yuffie got back up on her chair and looked up at the television at the edge of the exit, It was a romance movie where the man and the woman had finally discovered they loved each other "I wish I could have that, something so good could never happen to me" Reno overheard "Oh come on Yuffie plenty of men like you, like Reeve! He's probably got the hot's for you!" Yuffie covered her eyes with one hand "You just made that up right now didn't you Reno?" Reno blushed. "Well ya but come on, do you really want to be moping on a night like tonight? I mean look at the stars!" Yuffie turned to look at the window then snapped her head back to Reno because she could feel the presents of hands on her chest. "RENO, GET OFFA ME!" Yuffie stood up so Reno again fell off his chair. "Ok I deserve that but I mean you can't blame me, I am a man!"
Yuffie gave Reno's arm a good tug "We're leaving right now" Yuffie was aggravated and tired so she was being slightly rude to Reno. "But the fun just got started! Come on PUH-LEEEZ!" Yuffie whacked Reno on the top of the head "If you don't come with me, I'll drag you along the dirt road, you know that one with all of the sharp glass sticking out of the earth?" Reno immediately stood up and began to follow Yuffie to the Inn. Once they got the key to their room Yuffie changed into her pajamas and Reno just collapsed on a bed in his foul smelling, beer stained Clothing, without a seconds notice he was asleep. Yuffie was plastered to the window, she often watched the stars but tonight it seemed like the stars were hypnotic. "Mom. I know you're there and well, thank you" Yuffie then went to her bed and fell asleep.
When the sun was shining Reno was still fast asleep so Yuffie saw that she could do one of the very things she loved, Aggravate him. She rushed over to Reno banging a couple pot's, opening the windows, setting his alarm clock off and pulling his sheets off of him. "WAKE UP SLEEPING BEAUTY!" there was no reply but Reno did throw a pillow at Yuffie. "Hey now mister it's almost noon and you're still in bed, now I could leave you there but we do have a mission to complete" Reno dragged himself out of bed and cleaned himself up a little bit. "Where are Elena and Rude?" Yuffie opened the door so that Reno could see that they were waiting in the hall. "What was I doing last night?" Yuffie answered while making coffee "You were admitting to homosexuality and grabbing my boobs, how ironic" Reno gave Yuffie a sharp look "You're probably lying just to get me worked up but if that really did happen, then I'm sorry for being an ass" Yuffie just shyly smiled and continued to make coffee. "We should probably let Nanaki know that were leaving soon, He's at his grandpa's old house right?" Yuffie seemed worried about Nanaki, because ever since the death of Sephiroth he was making himself distant to everyone that he fought with, perhaps he could see that this was not the end. Nanaki had a knack for sensing these things out, he had an idea that his grandfather would pass away the day that the dear old man moved on.
Elena, Rude, Reno and Yuffie made there way up to Where Nanaki was staying and they told him that they were going to leave in roughly an hour and to get whatever he thought he should bring with him. After they got everything sorted out they left Cosmo Canyon for Nibleheim Where Yuffie was sure she could locate Cloud, Tifa and Barret. The weather was not very nice today, in fact it was terrible, there was wind coming from every direction and it felt as though it were raining non stop, whenever it rained Yuffie often found herself thinking of her mother who had passed away when she was a small child. How Yuffie missed her mother, a lot of the time she despised her mother for leaving her so young, but she was known to use anger to cover up pain and hurt. *** This time in the helicopter Reno was sitting with Yuffie in the back. He had a huge hangover but still made small talk with Nanaki and Yuffie. "So what's the deal with you? I mean you're a dog but you can talk, that's just wrong man, true and simple" Nanaki lifted his upper lips so that Reno could see his large fangs. "It's not likely that I'm going to die soon, but if you don't like a world with me in it, go jump off a bridge" Reno just smiled then turned to Yuffie. "So. You're not as homicidal as wolfie over there so I think I'm going to talk with you" Yuffie was staring out into the rain. "Hello in there? Anyone home?" Reno was waving his arms in front of Yuffie but she still stayed trapped in her own little world.
It was dark and cold and pitch black as far as she could see except for herself. "Yuffie, Yuffie where are you?" She could here it calling her, she wanted to return home but she felt trapped within her own conscious. "I don't know who you are, but I trust you" Yuffie sat down in the dark space and held her knee's close her chest. "I know you're darkest secrets yet I don't judge you, I know what you have done to others, yet I am not scared of you, you took someone's life in cold blood but I am still willing to help you" Yuffie was in tears after hearing all of this. "What do you want with me? I didn't mean it! It's wasn't my fault, please just let me go home. I don't understand you!" Yuffie was frightened but felt the warm delicate soft hands of another person on her shoulders, comforting her. "Everything is going to be just fine, as long as you listen to everything I tell you, it will be like you never pushed her off the ledge, Yuffie, it will be alright" as the voice continued it got colder until finally Yuffie felt as though she was falling asleep and the all of the darkness faded away.
"Yuffie? Are you alright? Can you hear me? Oh Yuffie please don't be dead!" Elena was holding Yuffie's head in her arms. She was still cold, but opened her eyes to see a city of snow, Nibleheim. "Am I dead?" Rude lowered his sunglasses so that he could look into Yuffies eyes as he talked to her. "No but we thought you were for a few minutes, your heart stopped and you're blood pressure plummeted" Reno was nowhere in sight. "Where's Reno?" Elena decided she should answer. "He's discussing the matter with cloud, Tifa and Barrett. We all think that it would be best for you to stay in Nibleheim for a couple weeks" Yuffie sat straight up. "What?! I can't do that! We have a mission to accomplish, this is to important for me to not be there helping, if anything were to happen to you guys I would hold myself responsible" The window blew open and the wind brought snow flakes into the inn where they were staying. "I'll close that for you, just stay put so you can start healing" Yuffie got up before Elena could and shut the window herself "I'm not a baby, I can fend for myself, and if you don't think so then I should go back to the sleeping forest" As soon as Yuffie finished the door swung open and one by one, Reno, Cloud, Tifa and Barrett Entered. Tifa crouched down so that she could look at Yuffie face to face, no words were said for quiet sometime, probably because the three avalanche members had not seen their old friend Yuffie in some time, nor this sick. Finally the silence was broken by Cloud. "Yuffie, I can't bring you along on this one, look at yourself, you're stick thin and you can barely move without wobbling, you're too weak. Please Yuffie; we don't want to see you get hurt" Yuffie had lost her temper at this point "Now cloud, you don't want to bring me because after one little thing I'm to weak to even TRY to help, well Cloud that's too bad, because even if you think I'm just some arrogant brat I'm still coming" Tifa hadn't said anything at all yet but she felt she had to do something about the situation that everyone was getting themselves into. "Fine" That was all she said. "What, Are you joking me? You approve of me going Tifa? It means a lot to me that you actually trust me" Tifa's face was expressionless. "It's not about trust right now Yuffie, it's about Everyone being together, as a full team we are more powerful, and I know that if you weren't here for this challenge, we would fail, Let's go right now, I don't want to be in this room right now" Cloud was going to interrupt but Tifa walked out of the room to the deck of the inn and lit a cigarette.
"Thank you" the woman didn't turn around to see who was talking to her. "For what" It wasn't a question more of a statement. Yuffie patted Tifa on the shoulder. "I'm glad I have you as a friend Tifa, You've always stood up for me, even when it was my word against Clouds" This time Tifa looked at Yuffie. "What is that supposed to mean?" Yuffie and Tifa sat down on a nearby bench. "Well Tifa I was just saying that even though you have feelings for Cloud you still stood for what I was saying" Nothing was said after Yuffies last sentence.
Night fell sooner than anyone thought it would. Everyone decided that Yuffie, Tifa and Elena would stay in clouds new house, and all of the men would stay in the inn. As Elena lay down on the couch she saw tears drop from Yuffies eyes. "What's wrong?" the girl was buried beneath her covers. "It's ok Elena I'm quiet alright just go to sleep" After Tifa and Elena went to sleep Yuffie crept out of her bed and walked over to the inn where the boys were staying. She knocked on the door and Cloud answered "What's up Yuffie?" Yuffie let herself into the room and sat down on top of what seemed to be Barrett's legs. "Ahh. @#$% you man. Danm Shinra. I though all this $%^# was over." He was still asleep, no harm was done. Cloud sat on the floor next to Yuffie's legs. "What's wrong Yuffie? You're not feeling sick again are you?" She shook her head. "No Cloud I feel fine, but I just have to talk to someone" Cloud nodded "sure, we can talk"
As all of this was going on Reno stepped out of the Bathroom. He couldn't help but overhear what Yuffie and Cloud were talking about, but he only caught a few words per sentence.
Yuffie: I just..things aren't.I need.you.but.sometimes.I can't help.
Cloud: I know.I feel. too. we need. together.
Yuffie: Cloud.I want.be.strong.but.hurts. I act.nothing going on.
Cloud then hugged Yuffie then told her she could stay at the inn for the night. Reno had assumed that Yuffie and Cloud had feelings for each other, he didn't know why but it disturbed him.
One day as Yuffie was training she heard a disturbance along the trees and sensed that there was another persons presents in the air.
"Show yourself or prepare to fight" Yuffie commanded, but there was no answer. "I don't have the pertinence for these mind games now show yourself" Still no return answer. Finally she saw Reno and Rude step out from the camouflage trees. "What do you want" Yuffie did not seem like she was asking this; in the tone of voice she used it was more of a demand. Reno stepped forward and began to speak. "Were here because we need you and your little friends' help" Yuffie seemed to lose all of her credibility just hearing the request. "PFT. Are you joking me? Like I would ever help a scum bag like you" Yuffie covered her mouth with both hands. Reno and Rude both laughed at Yuffie, not because what she said was funny but because she had just proven herself to be so juvenile.
"All we want is for at least one of you to come with us to find a girl about a year younger than yourself who found the meteor material and is looking to use it" Reno seemed to be serious. Yuffies face went expressionless. "What?" Rude lowered his sun glasses "would you like me to spell it out for you?" Yuffie shook her head. "No I understand, I'll go with you but I won't go alone take me to Cosmo Canyon so I can Find Nanaki"
Reno and Rude both shook there heads and pointed to an old Shinra helicopter where Elena was waiting in the pilots' seat. Reno went up to Elena's door and opened it. He gave her a swift shove. "Elena, get out of my seat" Elena looked towards her feet while she moved back to the Seat farthest away from Reno. Yuffie decided to sit next to Elena seeing as though she could do the least damage to Yuffie if any tricks were to be pulled.
"So why have you been out in those creepy woods for like 3 weeks now?" Reno was a complete Jack-ass in Yuffies opinion. "Why do you care?" Yuffie felt good as she said that because Reno had insulted her many times and she had nothing to retort back to him. "Jesus I was only asking no need to take advantage of pms" Rude usually just smirked at Reno's comments but this time he found himself laughing out loud.
"Leave her alone Reno, and shut up Rude" Elena seemed to be developing a backbone. Yuffie saw that there was a water bottle next to her. "Is this anyone's or can I have it?" Reno looked at Yuffie through the rear view mirror. "Yeah it's mine but you can have a sip, after you're done with it, pass it up here" The water bottle almost fell out of the helicopter but Yuffie managed to grasp on to it tight enough. She took a sip then spat some of the water back into the bottle, shook it around and handed it to the unsuspecting Reno. He re-opened it and then drank all of it in one gulp. Yuffie couldn't seem to keep her laughter in. "Whatever" Reno shrugged "Were landing in about seven minutes and well I-" Reno didn't want to admit he didn't know how to land a helicopter so he stumble for other words "I j-just find l-landings so boring th-that I'm going to make it a b- bit more interesting, so get y-your barf bags ready" Wow I covered that up pretty well! Reno thought to himself.
"Alright were here so get off my helicopter and don't touch anything" Reno loved being an obnoxious brat. "Well let's split up into groups and see if we can find Nanaki" Elena suggested. Reno's eyes widened and he looked like he was going to explode with excitement "ok, ok, ok I'll look for him in the bar" Rude sighed then nodded. Yuffie volunteered to look through the stores just so that she could see if there was any new material in stock. Rude left to check the Inn and also book two rooms so that they could rest in Cosmo Canyon for the night before leaving to find Tifa and Cloud. Elena stood guard at the helicopter for hours before Rude Found Nanaki. She set the alarm on it and went up to the material store where she knew she would find Yuffie. "Nanaki is at the Inn with Rude, we'll be spending the night there. Listen Yuffie I've had a really hard day and I personally don't feel like being the one who drags an unconscious piss drunk Reno up to the inn, be a doll and take care of him please?" Yuffie would have protested but Elena deliberately left before she answered. "Danm it!" Yuffie exclaimed.
*** Yuffie slowly walked through the Cosmo Canyon bar keeping a sharp eye out for a probably drunk Reno. After about an hour of wandering She finally found Reno slouching at the drink mixing table. "Reno we have to go to the inn, Elena and Rude are waiting" Reno looked up at Yuffie with bloodshot eyes, if he had not been drinking Yuffie would assume he had just cried, Maybe it was a combination of both, but who knows. "Why do we have to leave right now, Rude and Elena can fend for themselves for like five minutes, god woman you don't get any stupider do you?" After completing that sentence Reno practically fell off his chair. "Shut up Reno" Yuffie was a little insulted by his last comment but knew to brush it off. "Just come have a wee ickle dwink with ol' Reno!" Yuffie sat down beside him and ordered a Wutai special imported beer. "That's more like the girl I married" Yuffie was completely lost at this point. "Well Reno. Can I ask you something?" Reno smiled so that his teeth showed. "Of cores my darling you ask anything you want" Yuffie could have taken advantage of this opportunity but she didn't have the heart to. "Why are you such a jackass around everyone? I mean you're an insensitive pig!" Reno wiped his forehead and squinted a few times before answering "Because I hate everyone and they hate me back, and that's the way I like it sugarbob!"
Yuffie was lost staring at the turtle paradise poster seeing as though she knew Reno would just mumble out drunk talk. It was no use, no matter how hard Yuffie tried in the past still she got nothing from Reno but insensitivity.
"Now I get to ask you something, heh I like this game" Reno thought long and hard before asking "So like if you were lost on a dessert island and you could only bring one guy out of umm Me, Cid and uhh Vinny who would it be?"
"Oh my god Reno do I have to answer?" Yuffie looked at Reno Pleadingly "Yes of cores you do!" Well she wasn't to disappointed, she saw that coming. "Fine but it's a tie between you and Vincent, I think I would throw up if I had to spend the rest of my life with Cid, not that I don't like the guy but he just gets old. "Ok I get to ask more questions, have you ever." Reno was paying very close attention. "Ever what?" Yuffie was holding in giggles "Have you ever found another man attractive?" Yuffie was laughing so hard that she fell off her chair. Reno on the other hand looked like he was thinking pretty hard about this "Hmmm, Maybe like clo- HEY YOU TRICKED ME!" Yuffie got back up on her chair and looked up at the television at the edge of the exit, It was a romance movie where the man and the woman had finally discovered they loved each other "I wish I could have that, something so good could never happen to me" Reno overheard "Oh come on Yuffie plenty of men like you, like Reeve! He's probably got the hot's for you!" Yuffie covered her eyes with one hand "You just made that up right now didn't you Reno?" Reno blushed. "Well ya but come on, do you really want to be moping on a night like tonight? I mean look at the stars!" Yuffie turned to look at the window then snapped her head back to Reno because she could feel the presents of hands on her chest. "RENO, GET OFFA ME!" Yuffie stood up so Reno again fell off his chair. "Ok I deserve that but I mean you can't blame me, I am a man!"
Yuffie gave Reno's arm a good tug "We're leaving right now" Yuffie was aggravated and tired so she was being slightly rude to Reno. "But the fun just got started! Come on PUH-LEEEZ!" Yuffie whacked Reno on the top of the head "If you don't come with me, I'll drag you along the dirt road, you know that one with all of the sharp glass sticking out of the earth?" Reno immediately stood up and began to follow Yuffie to the Inn. Once they got the key to their room Yuffie changed into her pajamas and Reno just collapsed on a bed in his foul smelling, beer stained Clothing, without a seconds notice he was asleep. Yuffie was plastered to the window, she often watched the stars but tonight it seemed like the stars were hypnotic. "Mom. I know you're there and well, thank you" Yuffie then went to her bed and fell asleep.
When the sun was shining Reno was still fast asleep so Yuffie saw that she could do one of the very things she loved, Aggravate him. She rushed over to Reno banging a couple pot's, opening the windows, setting his alarm clock off and pulling his sheets off of him. "WAKE UP SLEEPING BEAUTY!" there was no reply but Reno did throw a pillow at Yuffie. "Hey now mister it's almost noon and you're still in bed, now I could leave you there but we do have a mission to complete" Reno dragged himself out of bed and cleaned himself up a little bit. "Where are Elena and Rude?" Yuffie opened the door so that Reno could see that they were waiting in the hall. "What was I doing last night?" Yuffie answered while making coffee "You were admitting to homosexuality and grabbing my boobs, how ironic" Reno gave Yuffie a sharp look "You're probably lying just to get me worked up but if that really did happen, then I'm sorry for being an ass" Yuffie just shyly smiled and continued to make coffee. "We should probably let Nanaki know that were leaving soon, He's at his grandpa's old house right?" Yuffie seemed worried about Nanaki, because ever since the death of Sephiroth he was making himself distant to everyone that he fought with, perhaps he could see that this was not the end. Nanaki had a knack for sensing these things out, he had an idea that his grandfather would pass away the day that the dear old man moved on.
Elena, Rude, Reno and Yuffie made there way up to Where Nanaki was staying and they told him that they were going to leave in roughly an hour and to get whatever he thought he should bring with him. After they got everything sorted out they left Cosmo Canyon for Nibleheim Where Yuffie was sure she could locate Cloud, Tifa and Barret. The weather was not very nice today, in fact it was terrible, there was wind coming from every direction and it felt as though it were raining non stop, whenever it rained Yuffie often found herself thinking of her mother who had passed away when she was a small child. How Yuffie missed her mother, a lot of the time she despised her mother for leaving her so young, but she was known to use anger to cover up pain and hurt. *** This time in the helicopter Reno was sitting with Yuffie in the back. He had a huge hangover but still made small talk with Nanaki and Yuffie. "So what's the deal with you? I mean you're a dog but you can talk, that's just wrong man, true and simple" Nanaki lifted his upper lips so that Reno could see his large fangs. "It's not likely that I'm going to die soon, but if you don't like a world with me in it, go jump off a bridge" Reno just smiled then turned to Yuffie. "So. You're not as homicidal as wolfie over there so I think I'm going to talk with you" Yuffie was staring out into the rain. "Hello in there? Anyone home?" Reno was waving his arms in front of Yuffie but she still stayed trapped in her own little world.
It was dark and cold and pitch black as far as she could see except for herself. "Yuffie, Yuffie where are you?" She could here it calling her, she wanted to return home but she felt trapped within her own conscious. "I don't know who you are, but I trust you" Yuffie sat down in the dark space and held her knee's close her chest. "I know you're darkest secrets yet I don't judge you, I know what you have done to others, yet I am not scared of you, you took someone's life in cold blood but I am still willing to help you" Yuffie was in tears after hearing all of this. "What do you want with me? I didn't mean it! It's wasn't my fault, please just let me go home. I don't understand you!" Yuffie was frightened but felt the warm delicate soft hands of another person on her shoulders, comforting her. "Everything is going to be just fine, as long as you listen to everything I tell you, it will be like you never pushed her off the ledge, Yuffie, it will be alright" as the voice continued it got colder until finally Yuffie felt as though she was falling asleep and the all of the darkness faded away.
"Yuffie? Are you alright? Can you hear me? Oh Yuffie please don't be dead!" Elena was holding Yuffie's head in her arms. She was still cold, but opened her eyes to see a city of snow, Nibleheim. "Am I dead?" Rude lowered his sunglasses so that he could look into Yuffies eyes as he talked to her. "No but we thought you were for a few minutes, your heart stopped and you're blood pressure plummeted" Reno was nowhere in sight. "Where's Reno?" Elena decided she should answer. "He's discussing the matter with cloud, Tifa and Barrett. We all think that it would be best for you to stay in Nibleheim for a couple weeks" Yuffie sat straight up. "What?! I can't do that! We have a mission to accomplish, this is to important for me to not be there helping, if anything were to happen to you guys I would hold myself responsible" The window blew open and the wind brought snow flakes into the inn where they were staying. "I'll close that for you, just stay put so you can start healing" Yuffie got up before Elena could and shut the window herself "I'm not a baby, I can fend for myself, and if you don't think so then I should go back to the sleeping forest" As soon as Yuffie finished the door swung open and one by one, Reno, Cloud, Tifa and Barrett Entered. Tifa crouched down so that she could look at Yuffie face to face, no words were said for quiet sometime, probably because the three avalanche members had not seen their old friend Yuffie in some time, nor this sick. Finally the silence was broken by Cloud. "Yuffie, I can't bring you along on this one, look at yourself, you're stick thin and you can barely move without wobbling, you're too weak. Please Yuffie; we don't want to see you get hurt" Yuffie had lost her temper at this point "Now cloud, you don't want to bring me because after one little thing I'm to weak to even TRY to help, well Cloud that's too bad, because even if you think I'm just some arrogant brat I'm still coming" Tifa hadn't said anything at all yet but she felt she had to do something about the situation that everyone was getting themselves into. "Fine" That was all she said. "What, Are you joking me? You approve of me going Tifa? It means a lot to me that you actually trust me" Tifa's face was expressionless. "It's not about trust right now Yuffie, it's about Everyone being together, as a full team we are more powerful, and I know that if you weren't here for this challenge, we would fail, Let's go right now, I don't want to be in this room right now" Cloud was going to interrupt but Tifa walked out of the room to the deck of the inn and lit a cigarette.
"Thank you" the woman didn't turn around to see who was talking to her. "For what" It wasn't a question more of a statement. Yuffie patted Tifa on the shoulder. "I'm glad I have you as a friend Tifa, You've always stood up for me, even when it was my word against Clouds" This time Tifa looked at Yuffie. "What is that supposed to mean?" Yuffie and Tifa sat down on a nearby bench. "Well Tifa I was just saying that even though you have feelings for Cloud you still stood for what I was saying" Nothing was said after Yuffies last sentence.
Night fell sooner than anyone thought it would. Everyone decided that Yuffie, Tifa and Elena would stay in clouds new house, and all of the men would stay in the inn. As Elena lay down on the couch she saw tears drop from Yuffies eyes. "What's wrong?" the girl was buried beneath her covers. "It's ok Elena I'm quiet alright just go to sleep" After Tifa and Elena went to sleep Yuffie crept out of her bed and walked over to the inn where the boys were staying. She knocked on the door and Cloud answered "What's up Yuffie?" Yuffie let herself into the room and sat down on top of what seemed to be Barrett's legs. "Ahh. @#$% you man. Danm Shinra. I though all this $%^# was over." He was still asleep, no harm was done. Cloud sat on the floor next to Yuffie's legs. "What's wrong Yuffie? You're not feeling sick again are you?" She shook her head. "No Cloud I feel fine, but I just have to talk to someone" Cloud nodded "sure, we can talk"
As all of this was going on Reno stepped out of the Bathroom. He couldn't help but overhear what Yuffie and Cloud were talking about, but he only caught a few words per sentence.
Yuffie: I just..things aren't.I need.you.but.sometimes.I can't help.
Cloud: I know.I feel. too. we need. together.
Yuffie: Cloud.I want.be.strong.but.hurts. I act.nothing going on.
Cloud then hugged Yuffie then told her she could stay at the inn for the night. Reno had assumed that Yuffie and Cloud had feelings for each other, he didn't know why but it disturbed him.