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(if I had a magic lamp that would be the first thing I'd wish for)
The Highwind sailed calmly through the sky. Today was a beautiful day; because it was so beautiful AVALANCHE were having a day trip.
Yuffie yawned as she walked out of her room; she had not yet dressed so she remained in her nightdress. She walked to the table and sat down between Cid and Tifa.
"Morning'" she said reaching for the cereal, there were some halfhearted mumbles wishing her a good morning. She rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Come on people, this is our day off we can do fun things together instead of fighting," Tifa said, she was not best pleased with their feeble attempt of wishing good morning.
"So what are we going to do today anyway, Tifa," said Aeris as she tried to help her friend with the lack of enthusiasm problem.
" Umm, well at first I thought Gold Saucer, but we go there so often these days, I decided, for a change we'll go for an adventure at Mt. Nibel, is that okay with everyone?" she suggested as she began to clear the breakfast things up.
Barret: Awight
Cloud: If you say so
Yuffie: Hm could be fun
Vincent: okay
Cait Sith: I'll pass I need to charge my batteries
Red XII: I shall also remain here
Cid: Count me in
Aeris: Hey we could all stay at Vincent's house after, its real big and right next to mount Nibel, I mean if that's ok
Vincent: Sure, I fixed it up after we all went our separate ways after Sephiroth.
"Okay, were going to have fun today!" said Tifa excitedly.
Everyone went to get dressed and emerged about 15minutes later. The crew had landed the Highwind about a mile away from mount Nibel.
"Have fun and stay save," said Red XII as he waved a paw.
"Yeah you behave, we don't want a litter of kitten's to deal with when we come back," Yuffie joked.
Red turned round to see that Cait was giving him a very enticing look.
"Cut it out Reeve," he growled.
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"Okay, we'll go separate ways over the mountain and the first to arrive save in Nibelhiem wins," Cloud said.
"Hey when did this become a competition" Tifa asked as she fastened her boot.
Cloud ignored her and continued, "We'll split into teams, Aeris, Barret and myself will be team captains, and so we get to chose who's on our team. Tifa I choose you," he said slapping his hand on her a$$.
"CLOUD, " she shouted.
"Um okay I choose Vincent," Aeris said
"I'll take Cid then" Barret added.
They all started to walk away.
"Umm hey, I mean, who do I go with?" said Yuffie disappointedly
"Yuffie can come with us, right Aeris?" Vincent asked
"Oh um sure" she replied
"Yaaaaaaay, thank you guys," Yuffie said happily as she skipped forward
The three of them started on their way towards Nibelhiem. Aeris was secretly disappointed; she had wanted to get to know Vincent some more. But Yuffie was her best friend, it would have been spiteful to refuse and leave the young girl to climb the mountain alone.
"So how have you both been," Aeris inquired she had not seen either of her travelling buddies in a while, in fact the last time she saw them was at the party Cloud had thrown for her resurrection. She was happy to see Cloud and Tifa were together now.
"I've been well," Vincent said
"Not too bad, just been travelling a lot, I'm glad we decided to meet up again I was getting bored," Yuffie added to the conversation
Aeris nodded.
There was silence again.
"Umm Hey Vinnie, did you ever find that women you were looking for?" Yuffie asked breaking the silence.
"You mean Lucrecia, no, I never found her," he said sadly
Lucrecia, why does that name ring a bell Aeris thought but remained silent
"Geez, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you sad…Vincent?" Yuffie said looking up at the tall man, she could see tears forming in his beautiful ruby eyes.
Well done Yuffie, hey wait a second… Aeris thought again.
"Vincent did this girl have brown hair and glasses," Aeris asked
"Yes," he said hopefully
"She's happy now, she is with Sephiroth, I met her in the lifestream" she said
"Ohh," he said looking back down at the ground
"She told me to tell you that you never failed her, she never blamed you and Vincent…" she said as she placed a hand on his shoulder, "Vincent she says you must move on, she told me there was someone right under your nose, you must move on"
Vincent nodded; he looked down and saw Yuffie peering up at him. She started to walk slower and slacked behind them, I'm so useless I almost made him cry Yuffie thought
"Look there's the foot of the mountain, and I don't see the others any where, I think we're winning!" Aeris said excitedly
"I think you are right, what do we win anyway?" questioned Vincent
"Cloud said that the winner was going to get the Neo Bahamut summon for keeps" Aeris replied
Then why is she walking so slowly Vincent thought as he turned round and looked at Yuffie. He walked up to her.
"Yuffie, are you alright" he asked
"Hmm, oh I'm fine really, listen I'm sorry it was mean of me to bring up Lucrecia, I know how much she meant to you," she said with her eye's down
Vincent almost choked, Yuffie, giving an apology.
"It's not like you to say sorry, anyway like Aeris said I have to move on," he said looking surprised at the girl's unusual behaviour.
"Argh," screamed Aeris as she slipped on some ice, they had started to climb the mountain, and this side of it was more ice than snow. Vincent turned around and easily caught her before she hit the ground.
"phew, that was a close one, thank you Vincent," she said as she checked her dress.
"Both of you be careful its slippery until the peak okay" warned Vincent.
"We'll be fine" they both said in unison, they should have touched wood or something because at that precise moment the both slipped. Vincent caught both of them, being careful not to spike them with his claw, and shook his head. He was going to have his work cut out.
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"Cloud, are you sure this is a short cut, I was a guide her for years and I've never seen this part of Mt. Nibel," Tifa was becoming increasingly worried that cloud and herself were lost.
"I remember, we went this way when we fought the Materia Keeper," he said
"No Cloud that was back on the other side of the mountain," she reminded him.
He stood there quietly for a second uh, oh she's right I'm never going to live this down he thought.
"Look there's a cave over there, we should rest and rethink our course," She suggested seeing the confusion on her love's face.
" Okay, come on, be careful its slippery," Cloud said, he didn't want Tifa to trip. I know he thought.
"Tifa, get on my back I'll carry you," he said turning around so she could climb up.
She jumped up and made wriggled around until she was comfortable, she was considerably light for such a top-heavy young women.
"Okay, Keep all hands and legs inside for the duration ride, No flash photography!" he joked as he slowly walked over the ice. Tifa giggled softly, this was fun. For once just her and Cloud on an adventure of there own, being lost might not be such a loss at all.
She was glad that there were no hard feelings from Aeris. Anyway she was pretty sure Aeris liked Vincent now.
"Remain seated till the ride has come to a full stop and have a nice day now!" Cloud said as he let her down inside the cave.
They both sat down, "I'm sorry I got us lost," Cloud started, "I'm such a klutz at things like this." he was broken off by Tifa, she placed a finger to his mouth to silence him.
"Cloud, stop worrying, we'll be fine and so will the other's, and now we're here, alone, for once, we should use it to our advantage," she said taking her finger of his mouth. He smiled and lent into kiss her.
"That's why I love you, always making the best of the worst situation," he said hugging her tightly, he stroked the girls long black hair, " I wonder how the other's are, poor old Vincent's going to have his hands full with Aeris and Yuffie,"
Tifa looked up and looked puzzled, "Yuffie went with them?"
"Yeah, Vincent took her a long, why?" he said looking down at her
She wriggled her head from his arms and laid it down on his lap, "It's nothing, I just thought Aeris wanted to spend some time with Vincent, you know "alone"," she explained
"Oh no, poor girl," Cloud whispered
"Why, what's the matter?" Tifa said sitting up
"Well, Vincent talks in his sleep sometimes and a few times I've heard him say stuff like "Yuffie, I can't help it" or "I love you too"," Cloud quoted.
"That could mean anything," she said lying back down on his lap "You've seen the way he looks at her"
"Yes but I just think that there's something there, between Yuffie and Vincent I mean." He added
"No way, He loves Aeris," she argued
" Okay a little Bet then, If he loves Aeris, I'll buy you a new premium heart, I know how much you loved that thing."
"Yes, I'm going to win without a doubt now," she said excitedly, she had been heart broken when she lost it.
"Wait, you haven't heard what will happen if its Yuffie yet, if he chooses Yuffie, you'll, you'll marry me?" He said shyly hoping she wouldn't be angry
"REALLY, Cloud, oh thank you so much, I love you!" she said wrapping her arms around his neck, she leant forward and whispered into his ear, "I hope you win now"
"I hope I do too," he whispered back
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Aeris, Vincent and Yuffie were still trekking along, hoping they were heading the accurate way.
"Hey Vincent, why do you suppose that on such a nice day Tifa sent us to the coldest place in the middle continent?" Aeris asked, this had been troubling her all day.
"I don't know," he replied
"Is that all the answer I'm getting?" she questioned, looking at him sweetly
"I think that Tifa thought this would be fun," He said with a little emphasis on the word fun.
"Well she should of thought of somewhere warmer," She said shivering
"Here you can wear this if you like," he said shoving his cape into her arms.
"Oh thank you," she said He's so nice, I think Tiff's right about him for once!
She was just about to continue thanking him when the heard a thump behind them, Vincent turned round quickly, and gasped. Aeris turned round as well,
"Oh my gosh, Yuff" Aeris said bring her hand to her mouth
Vincent ran forward to the collapsed Yuffie, he picked her up by her arms and shook her gently.
"She's freezing, we have to get her somewhere warm and quickly, or she's going to get really sick,"
Aeris looked around frantically, "Vincent, I think I see a cave!"
She started to run forward towards it. She turned around, "Do you need any help carrying her?"
Vincent shook his head and easily lifted her out of the snow; the petite women's arms flopped over her head, which was also drooped over.
"Aeris you go inside quickly" he called as he started to run towards her.
She nodded and ran inside, she looked around there were some sticks in the corner, she piled them up and used a Fire 2 materia on them, they had been in the cave for quite a while and so were dry, they lit easily. She huddled close to the fire and stared at the entrance, a few seconds later Vincent appeared he ran in and shook his head, the snow scattered off his head.
"Good idea," He said as he laid Yuffie down next to the fire. He rested her head on his knee and wiped the snow off her face and lips, they remained blue.
Aeris looked up at him sadly, "is she going to be okay?" she asked with anticipation
He nodded," she's a strong women, she should be okay"
"Why didn't she say anything, she's acting so different today, the Yuffie I know would have whined and demanded we returned to some where warm," Aeris said, she was so confused.
"I know, she even apologised to me earlier, I think she is embarrassed about earlier,"
Just then she moved, her eye's flickered open and she tried to sit up but fell down again.
She lay flat on her back and started to speak, "Wh-what happened?" she managed to say.
"You collapsed sweetie, how do you feel?" Aeris asked softly
"I'll be okay, do you have any potions or anything?" she asked weakly
"I have Cure with me, stay still and I'll cast it." Vincent said taking the green orb from his armour bracelet.
Yuffie lay still until the spell was over then sat up, successfully this time.
"Thanks, much better, hey what's someone got to do to get some grub round here," she said boldly
Vincent and Aeris smiled " That's more like it," they said in unison
Aeris giggled and blushed, where as Vincent just smiled slightly at Yuffie.
A/N: this is my next fic, it's not going to be like the other one, I'm going to take my time with this one. Okay. I think this is going to be fun, hmmmmm what should I call it.
The Highwind sailed calmly through the sky. Today was a beautiful day; because it was so beautiful AVALANCHE were having a day trip.
Yuffie yawned as she walked out of her room; she had not yet dressed so she remained in her nightdress. She walked to the table and sat down between Cid and Tifa.
"Morning'" she said reaching for the cereal, there were some halfhearted mumbles wishing her a good morning. She rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Come on people, this is our day off we can do fun things together instead of fighting," Tifa said, she was not best pleased with their feeble attempt of wishing good morning.
"So what are we going to do today anyway, Tifa," said Aeris as she tried to help her friend with the lack of enthusiasm problem.
" Umm, well at first I thought Gold Saucer, but we go there so often these days, I decided, for a change we'll go for an adventure at Mt. Nibel, is that okay with everyone?" she suggested as she began to clear the breakfast things up.
Barret: Awight
Cloud: If you say so
Yuffie: Hm could be fun
Vincent: okay
Cait Sith: I'll pass I need to charge my batteries
Red XII: I shall also remain here
Cid: Count me in
Aeris: Hey we could all stay at Vincent's house after, its real big and right next to mount Nibel, I mean if that's ok
Vincent: Sure, I fixed it up after we all went our separate ways after Sephiroth.
"Okay, were going to have fun today!" said Tifa excitedly.
Everyone went to get dressed and emerged about 15minutes later. The crew had landed the Highwind about a mile away from mount Nibel.
"Have fun and stay save," said Red XII as he waved a paw.
"Yeah you behave, we don't want a litter of kitten's to deal with when we come back," Yuffie joked.
Red turned round to see that Cait was giving him a very enticing look.
"Cut it out Reeve," he growled.
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"Okay, we'll go separate ways over the mountain and the first to arrive save in Nibelhiem wins," Cloud said.
"Hey when did this become a competition" Tifa asked as she fastened her boot.
Cloud ignored her and continued, "We'll split into teams, Aeris, Barret and myself will be team captains, and so we get to chose who's on our team. Tifa I choose you," he said slapping his hand on her a$$.
"CLOUD, " she shouted.
"Um okay I choose Vincent," Aeris said
"I'll take Cid then" Barret added.
They all started to walk away.
"Umm hey, I mean, who do I go with?" said Yuffie disappointedly
"Yuffie can come with us, right Aeris?" Vincent asked
"Oh um sure" she replied
"Yaaaaaaay, thank you guys," Yuffie said happily as she skipped forward
The three of them started on their way towards Nibelhiem. Aeris was secretly disappointed; she had wanted to get to know Vincent some more. But Yuffie was her best friend, it would have been spiteful to refuse and leave the young girl to climb the mountain alone.
"So how have you both been," Aeris inquired she had not seen either of her travelling buddies in a while, in fact the last time she saw them was at the party Cloud had thrown for her resurrection. She was happy to see Cloud and Tifa were together now.
"I've been well," Vincent said
"Not too bad, just been travelling a lot, I'm glad we decided to meet up again I was getting bored," Yuffie added to the conversation
Aeris nodded.
There was silence again.
"Umm Hey Vinnie, did you ever find that women you were looking for?" Yuffie asked breaking the silence.
"You mean Lucrecia, no, I never found her," he said sadly
Lucrecia, why does that name ring a bell Aeris thought but remained silent
"Geez, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you sad…Vincent?" Yuffie said looking up at the tall man, she could see tears forming in his beautiful ruby eyes.
Well done Yuffie, hey wait a second… Aeris thought again.
"Vincent did this girl have brown hair and glasses," Aeris asked
"Yes," he said hopefully
"She's happy now, she is with Sephiroth, I met her in the lifestream" she said
"Ohh," he said looking back down at the ground
"She told me to tell you that you never failed her, she never blamed you and Vincent…" she said as she placed a hand on his shoulder, "Vincent she says you must move on, she told me there was someone right under your nose, you must move on"
Vincent nodded; he looked down and saw Yuffie peering up at him. She started to walk slower and slacked behind them, I'm so useless I almost made him cry Yuffie thought
"Look there's the foot of the mountain, and I don't see the others any where, I think we're winning!" Aeris said excitedly
"I think you are right, what do we win anyway?" questioned Vincent
"Cloud said that the winner was going to get the Neo Bahamut summon for keeps" Aeris replied
Then why is she walking so slowly Vincent thought as he turned round and looked at Yuffie. He walked up to her.
"Yuffie, are you alright" he asked
"Hmm, oh I'm fine really, listen I'm sorry it was mean of me to bring up Lucrecia, I know how much she meant to you," she said with her eye's down
Vincent almost choked, Yuffie, giving an apology.
"It's not like you to say sorry, anyway like Aeris said I have to move on," he said looking surprised at the girl's unusual behaviour.
"Argh," screamed Aeris as she slipped on some ice, they had started to climb the mountain, and this side of it was more ice than snow. Vincent turned around and easily caught her before she hit the ground.
"phew, that was a close one, thank you Vincent," she said as she checked her dress.
"Both of you be careful its slippery until the peak okay" warned Vincent.
"We'll be fine" they both said in unison, they should have touched wood or something because at that precise moment the both slipped. Vincent caught both of them, being careful not to spike them with his claw, and shook his head. He was going to have his work cut out.
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"Cloud, are you sure this is a short cut, I was a guide her for years and I've never seen this part of Mt. Nibel," Tifa was becoming increasingly worried that cloud and herself were lost.
"I remember, we went this way when we fought the Materia Keeper," he said
"No Cloud that was back on the other side of the mountain," she reminded him.
He stood there quietly for a second uh, oh she's right I'm never going to live this down he thought.
"Look there's a cave over there, we should rest and rethink our course," She suggested seeing the confusion on her love's face.
" Okay, come on, be careful its slippery," Cloud said, he didn't want Tifa to trip. I know he thought.
"Tifa, get on my back I'll carry you," he said turning around so she could climb up.
She jumped up and made wriggled around until she was comfortable, she was considerably light for such a top-heavy young women.
"Okay, Keep all hands and legs inside for the duration ride, No flash photography!" he joked as he slowly walked over the ice. Tifa giggled softly, this was fun. For once just her and Cloud on an adventure of there own, being lost might not be such a loss at all.
She was glad that there were no hard feelings from Aeris. Anyway she was pretty sure Aeris liked Vincent now.
"Remain seated till the ride has come to a full stop and have a nice day now!" Cloud said as he let her down inside the cave.
They both sat down, "I'm sorry I got us lost," Cloud started, "I'm such a klutz at things like this." he was broken off by Tifa, she placed a finger to his mouth to silence him.
"Cloud, stop worrying, we'll be fine and so will the other's, and now we're here, alone, for once, we should use it to our advantage," she said taking her finger of his mouth. He smiled and lent into kiss her.
"That's why I love you, always making the best of the worst situation," he said hugging her tightly, he stroked the girls long black hair, " I wonder how the other's are, poor old Vincent's going to have his hands full with Aeris and Yuffie,"
Tifa looked up and looked puzzled, "Yuffie went with them?"
"Yeah, Vincent took her a long, why?" he said looking down at her
She wriggled her head from his arms and laid it down on his lap, "It's nothing, I just thought Aeris wanted to spend some time with Vincent, you know "alone"," she explained
"Oh no, poor girl," Cloud whispered
"Why, what's the matter?" Tifa said sitting up
"Well, Vincent talks in his sleep sometimes and a few times I've heard him say stuff like "Yuffie, I can't help it" or "I love you too"," Cloud quoted.
"That could mean anything," she said lying back down on his lap "You've seen the way he looks at her"
"Yes but I just think that there's something there, between Yuffie and Vincent I mean." He added
"No way, He loves Aeris," she argued
" Okay a little Bet then, If he loves Aeris, I'll buy you a new premium heart, I know how much you loved that thing."
"Yes, I'm going to win without a doubt now," she said excitedly, she had been heart broken when she lost it.
"Wait, you haven't heard what will happen if its Yuffie yet, if he chooses Yuffie, you'll, you'll marry me?" He said shyly hoping she wouldn't be angry
"REALLY, Cloud, oh thank you so much, I love you!" she said wrapping her arms around his neck, she leant forward and whispered into his ear, "I hope you win now"
"I hope I do too," he whispered back
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Aeris, Vincent and Yuffie were still trekking along, hoping they were heading the accurate way.
"Hey Vincent, why do you suppose that on such a nice day Tifa sent us to the coldest place in the middle continent?" Aeris asked, this had been troubling her all day.
"I don't know," he replied
"Is that all the answer I'm getting?" she questioned, looking at him sweetly
"I think that Tifa thought this would be fun," He said with a little emphasis on the word fun.
"Well she should of thought of somewhere warmer," She said shivering
"Here you can wear this if you like," he said shoving his cape into her arms.
"Oh thank you," she said He's so nice, I think Tiff's right about him for once!
She was just about to continue thanking him when the heard a thump behind them, Vincent turned round quickly, and gasped. Aeris turned round as well,
"Oh my gosh, Yuff" Aeris said bring her hand to her mouth
Vincent ran forward to the collapsed Yuffie, he picked her up by her arms and shook her gently.
"She's freezing, we have to get her somewhere warm and quickly, or she's going to get really sick,"
Aeris looked around frantically, "Vincent, I think I see a cave!"
She started to run forward towards it. She turned around, "Do you need any help carrying her?"
Vincent shook his head and easily lifted her out of the snow; the petite women's arms flopped over her head, which was also drooped over.
"Aeris you go inside quickly" he called as he started to run towards her.
She nodded and ran inside, she looked around there were some sticks in the corner, she piled them up and used a Fire 2 materia on them, they had been in the cave for quite a while and so were dry, they lit easily. She huddled close to the fire and stared at the entrance, a few seconds later Vincent appeared he ran in and shook his head, the snow scattered off his head.
"Good idea," He said as he laid Yuffie down next to the fire. He rested her head on his knee and wiped the snow off her face and lips, they remained blue.
Aeris looked up at him sadly, "is she going to be okay?" she asked with anticipation
He nodded," she's a strong women, she should be okay"
"Why didn't she say anything, she's acting so different today, the Yuffie I know would have whined and demanded we returned to some where warm," Aeris said, she was so confused.
"I know, she even apologised to me earlier, I think she is embarrassed about earlier,"
Just then she moved, her eye's flickered open and she tried to sit up but fell down again.
She lay flat on her back and started to speak, "Wh-what happened?" she managed to say.
"You collapsed sweetie, how do you feel?" Aeris asked softly
"I'll be okay, do you have any potions or anything?" she asked weakly
"I have Cure with me, stay still and I'll cast it." Vincent said taking the green orb from his armour bracelet.
Yuffie lay still until the spell was over then sat up, successfully this time.
"Thanks, much better, hey what's someone got to do to get some grub round here," she said boldly
Vincent and Aeris smiled " That's more like it," they said in unison
Aeris giggled and blushed, where as Vincent just smiled slightly at Yuffie.
A/N: this is my next fic, it's not going to be like the other one, I'm going to take my time with this one. Okay. I think this is going to be fun, hmmmmm what should I call it.