It's been a while.
Sorry if it seems a bit… depressing.
Yuffie no longer hung around them anymore.
Vincent had long since moved on from her friendship. Shelke was his support, and Yuffie had supported the support, knowing full well that he was doing better than he had been doing before he had met Shelke.
Tifa had gotten together with Cloud [finally!, and had been too busy with the kids to really talk to Yuffie anymore. The time they did spend together was short but Yuffie wouldn't trade it for the world.
Yuffie missed Aerith so much. The woman was too beautiful for her own good.
She still bothered Nanaki, always visiting him in Cosmo Canyon, but he was too far away to visit on a daily basis, to her dismay.
Cid was the one who drove her to Cosmo Canyon, so she bothered him as much as possible too. He was busy too though, with his new family and his wife and just life in general.
Barret was also busy, like she would really want to hang out with him though… He was looking for a new source of energy. Oil and gasoline, he had called it when she last spoke to him over some beers.
And Yuffie was sad. She missed them so much. It was sad to watch them move on and leaving her with nothing.
After a while, the Turks didn't seem so bad to her…
Reno, Elena, Rude and Tseng were constantly free, and she was able to hang out with them though.
Well, they were associated with Reeve and the WRO after the whole Deep Ground thing. Rufus was there too.
Reeve and Cait Sith, she had distanced herself from intentionally. Without the other's, Reeve was… She couldn't really stand him. And it surprised her how much he grinded on her nerves. Shalua was always there though, and it was easier to speak to Reeve when she was around, although Yuffie was sometimes annoyed by Shalua too…
She remembered telling Reno that she wished she had someone… Someone like Reno had. Reno was in a relationship with a mystery girl. He said she was the best thing in the world.
She was happy for him, but her heart ached for some one like that. She didn't even care if the person loved her or not, just that they would always be there.
Reno told her Rude thought she was like a little sister to him, but she said it wasn't the same, but was flattered all the same by it. Rude thinking Yuffie was a little sister? Who wouldn't be complimented?!
Yuffie would sometimes hold the letter telling her…
Dear Yuffie,
It's coming close to the time you have to come back.
Sorry.
Signed: Godo
She knew she had to go back. And she knew she had to move on, but it was hard, especially when you don't have any real thing to move on for.
But she looked at the letter, and at her father's name. The branding of the official leader of Wutai was always put somewhere on there, and it hit her.
She didn't have someone to move on for, but she had something to move on for. Her country, and her people and all of them depended on her.
Godo was getting old, and Yuffie had to start becoming a leader.
But she wasn't ready yet.
She didn't think she'd ever be ready.