BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Disclaimer: I do not own anything in Kingdom Hearts. Just a fan who wants to write fanfiction and indulge herself in her love triangles. :D

Captured by the enemy, Yuffie tries to stay alive by flying under the radar, but to no avail, she has perked the interest of the Bastion's General and Prince. Leon-Yuffie-Cloud

Prologue

"Hah, try me!" She taunted. Her bruised lips curled into a smirk as she spat a threat. "I don't find you scary nor do you intimidate me. I'm not scared of you." Her mahogany eyes burned with determination as she tried to stand her ground. Her legs began to shake slightly, but she did not care. She would never let him get under her skin. The enemy would never win.

She could feel him tower over as he stepped closer to her. He had an intimidating presence; however, she would never let him know. This man would never break her.

"For someone so weak," he began smoothly as his eyes narrowed down to meet hers, "You sure do talk big." He pushed her into the corner of the uninviting cell causing her to let out a small squeak of surprise. Moving in front of the brown-haired-girl, he put both of his hands against the frayed wall using his arms to block her from moving away. He leaned in, his icy blue eyes becoming more vivid in the moonlight.

"Kisaragi," he growled.

"It's Yuffie," she interjected only to cause him to growl more loudly.

"If we did not need you to win this war, I would gladly kill you with my bare hands." His eyes burned with truth, a look that gave Yuffie a small uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach. Still, she found herself retorting to his comment.

"What an honor to receive from the King's most worshipped general. I feel special." The words slipped off of her tongue like water on wax paper. Yuffie's word must have struck a nerve because the general slammed his hands against the wall causing her to wince slightly. Tensing her body, the young girl decided that no matter the outcome, she would never let him get the satisfaction of intimidating her. He would not win.

"When that day comes," he slowly started, "The day we kill your leader and crush all your friends, crush your family… I will come for you myself. I will make sure that haughty mouth of yours is silenced." His eyes bore into hers as he looked at her intently. The night rang stillness as if the world was only focused on this one moment. Yuffie looked away as his stare seemed to sting.

"Until then," she mustered unable to look at him but raised her arms to push him away, "You can't touch me. Your King commanded so."

The next thing she knew, her body felt tight and uncomfortable as if she was being pressed harshly against the wall. She let out a small yelp as she felt his body press up against hers trapping her against the wall underneath him. His lips lightly grazed her neck as his hot breathe scathed her skin.

"L-Leon!" She cried weakly. Unsure of what to do because she could not move, she closed her eyes. Yuffie felt his hand run up the side of her neck and through her hair. A wave of fear ran through her body causing the hairs to stand up on her skin. The general was quick to overpower her; the young rebel feared for the worst. A small chuckle escaped his mouth.

"Not scared, huh?" He laughed quietly. Pulling away, Yuffie slid to the ground unable to control her movements. Leon backed away to gaze at the mess before him or at least what he could see of her in the dark cell. "What the king can't see, he doesn't have to know."

The young girl snapped her gaze towards him instantly trying to see if his eyes lied. Leon gave a playful smirk. The attractive general knew he had the advantage, yet he went no further. Yuffie felt the fear escape her only to find herself being filled with fury.

"You wouldn't dare! You…stupid pig-headed prick!" She cried angrily at him. Suddenly, Leon found himself laughing aloud, an action uncommon and foreign to the general. His actions caused a flood of emotions to overtake Yuffie, confusion strongly dominating. Leon was a cold man by nature. For a moment, his eyes seemed to glimmer with life. Only for a moment. She couldn't find the words to fill her mouth; Yuffie was stunned.

The general found himself turning towards the cell door, laughter still filling the air as he left the cell.

Click. He locked her in.

"W…Wha?" Her eyes set on the cell door. He played her…? Suddenly, her eyes were blazing with fury. "COME BACK, I DARE YOU! I'LL BE READY NEXT TIME!"

Silence.

The suddenly vibrant teenager leaped toward the exit. Shaking the cell bars, Yuffie kicked the door.

"You bastard!" She hissed.

How much more of this would she have to take? When would this war end? When would she have to stop seeing his face? Her thoughts were consumed with questions only to have no immediate answer. She had to escape.

As she moved to sit against the wall, her mind began to wander. If she had not been caught, she wouldn't be in this situation. No stupid cell, no slave duties, and no Leon. Why did she have to be so important? Why couldn't she be normal?

"No Yuffie," She chided to herself, "If you were normal, you would be dead." It was true. If Yuffie was not the daughter of Godo, the rebellion leader, her grave would already be made. As a hostage, her father would try everything to get her back. But would it not be better for the King to kill her? The young girl thought so. There must be another reason as to why she was not dead.

Running a hand through her hair, Yuffie let out a sigh that echoed the quiet halls of the long forgotten cells that held prisoners—quite frankly just her.

She found herself peering at the moonlight letting her mind wander back to the events of how her situation came to be.

Several Months Earlier

"GET BACK HERE!"

A brown-haired-teenager crashed into a set of boxes full of supplies. Seconds later, two other teenagers crashed into the pile, crushing the boy with brown hair.

"Get up!" The silver-hair-boy exclaimed grasping at the arms of the teenagers who were beneath him.

"I'm trying!" Yuffie gasped. Not too far behind them ran a man with a broom. He waved it wildly in the air with the intent on catching the juveniles. Staggering away, the trio slid into a small alleyway between the buildings just out of the man's sight. The three teenagers squatted behind a few barrels-which were probably filled with some sort of drinking delight. Their chests became tight as they held their breath in anticipation of the man's passing.

As if on cue, the three let out a large sigh as the man ran by, his feet stomping with determination of finding them. The chilled air filled with laughter that radiated relief.

"Man, old man Cid is one scary guy, huh?" The brown-haired-boy breathed.

"He's only scary when you get him mad, Sora," Yuffie chimed trying to hold her laughter. The trio looked around at each other to make sure there was no harm done. Aside from a few scratches, it seemed everyone was content.

"Sorry," Sora apologized, scratching his head. "I didn't know that was his daughter I was talking to. But Riku's the one who made the move!" The aqua-eyed-boy narrowed his eyes at Sora.

"I did not," He replied lowly. "I just asked if she wanted to do anything after sunset."

Yuffie slapped her hand on her forehead letting out a gargled sigh. The two boys turned their gaze over to the teen with question. Then it hit Riku slowly.

"Oh," Riku began, "Godo's going to be mad isn't he?" Yuffie let out a loud sigh.

"Don't worry about it right now," Sora comforted as he put his hand on Yuffie's shoulder, "Godo's not even in the city. It'll be weeks before he even gets wind of old man Cid's tyranny and that's if he doesn't forget about it by then. You know how he is."

'That's right,' Yuffie thought to herself, 'Godo's gone somewhere in secret. It's in the best interest of the rebellion.' Yuffie was too young to participate in the war according to her father; however, she didn't think he would ever let her join the rebellion because she was his only daughter. Godo may have never been father of the year, but Yuffie could sense some sort of distorted love for her.

The war-Yuffie felt her expression fall slightly into sadness as she thought about it. The Kingdom of Bastion was once united. Once. When Yuffie was eight, she remembered the rage her father tried not to show her. Half of the kingdom out cried because of a political marriage that was set up to happen. A princess from a foreign land was set up to be the future bride of the prince. It was supposed to unite the kingdoms; however, the kingdom in which this princess resided in was that of an enemy. Decades ago, Bastion was invaded by Twilight kingdoms army, which caused an eight year war between the two rivaling kingdoms. This was before Yuffie's time though. Half of the kingdom split in hopes to overturn the royal families decision, thus the civil war began. Godo, her father, was now leading the revolt.

"Yuffie, you okay?" Riku asked softly, his eyebrows creased with concern. She snapped her gaze to his as she shook her thoughts away.

"Yeah,…I'm fine. Let's go before Cid finds us."

Her gaze wandered to small view of the sky she had in the alleyway.

'I'm going to help regardless of what you say, Dad,' she thought to herself. 'You'll never stop me.'

Author note: Hello!

I hope you liked this prologue. I hope to have my chapters much longer as this is just the prologue. This story will be a romance story between Yuffie, Leon, and Cloud so if that sparks your interest, stick around! Let me know what you think and I will update when I have the chance!

Thanks!