x A Tale of a Raven x
By
Kawaii Eyez
Yuriku
Summary: Yuffie is on a fearless quest looking for a long lost Riku. But it turns out she is one who is lost. Can a mysterious black bird help her find her way?
Authoress' Note: My second fanfic written. Reviews are appreciated greatly. ♥ Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts…wish I did…
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Chapter 1: Meet the ninja
The sun had long set, resigning beneath the horizon, allowing the silver crescent moon to reign and dominate the star-streaked heavens. Like a great river of black, swimming with crystals suspended in midair, blazing out radiant light.
It was a truly magical…a picture perfect sight…
Unfortunately for the young girl on her intricate way through the woods, that beautiful image was covered by treetops, masking t all of heaven's beauty away from her view. The ninja's indigo eyes squinted having difficulty seeing in the darkness as only a few beams of light peeked through, casting shadows of the leaves and bushes.
The forest was silent… dead silent that she could hear her own fatigued deep breaths as her limbs barely sustaining her body, fought their way through the forest. She groaned, lifting her arm up slighty, her limbs shaking, feeling like it was made out of stone. She felt so lifeless and weak.
Since when was the Great Ninja Yuffie so weak? Never! A few years ago, the words 'weak' and 'Yuffie' couldn't be put in the same sentence! That is, until she stumbled in this dark, massive forest and got herself lost.
Slowly, she moved her dry hand just below the rib cage. There she felt it…a warm, red liquid appeared on her thin bony fingers.
Pain…
Amazingly, she could think so clearly after narrowly escaping from an attack of a large vicious creature. Crimson blood slid down her body, leaking on to the floor. She winged as she spotted a trail of her own blood in front of her. That meant she had been in the exact same spot before.
How long has she been circling this forest?
Hours…
Days…
Weeks…?
The ninja cursed to herself and shivered as a wintry cold breeze swept across the girl's unwashed skin, her messy raven hair swaying with the wind. Her clothes were raggy and torn, obviously caused from battling withthe fierce beast.
When was the last time she took a bath? She didn't know.
She continued taking fast steps forward as small leaves rustled on the floor. Her small skinny hands grasped her grumbling stomach as she continued forward- or what she thought was forward. Her mind was dead set and determined to be escape from this 'prison'.
It had been ages, since she last ate. Oh, she would kill to have food right now.
She stumbled, her tired stick-like body collapsed on the leaf-covered floor. She groaned giving up for the day, as she struggled picking up her fragile body. Her warm breath crushed into a small white cloud in the nightly air. The ninja decided to rest, to gather her energy for another journey to find food or hppeless attempt to get out of the forest.
She tried so many times…and failed so many times…it was demoralizing…
She's been in the forest for so long it could be her second home, for god's sake. But no, she had a home that she wanted to go to in Tranverse Town where it was bright and peaceful with people waiting for her return. She imagined what Cloud, Sora and Kairi were doing right now. They would be in a safe house; with a fridge filled with food and they would be sleeping in a warm, comfortable bed while she slept outside, in the cold night, with the dirt being her bed and the leavesbeingher pillow. And worst of all, sleeping outside in the darkcreepy forest isn't exactly what you call 'safe'.
Tranverse Town seemed to be heaven compared to where she was now.
She argued in her mind, fighting off the urge to lie down and die. Yes, she wanted to just die.
But no, she couldn't! She had promised her friend Sora that she would find his friend, Riku and bring him back to Tranverse Town. She sighed, regretting her stupidity and immaturity. Her mouth moved too fast before she could think it through.
She's been searching for Riku for a year, that she even forgotten what he looked like. But, it's not worth giving up on finding him after a whole 12 months of adventure. It would be such a waste especially when she use to sleep outside during cold uncomfortable nights in complete darkness.
She couldn't give up; her pride wouldn't let her! She was Yuffie Kisaragi after all, the greatest ninja of Wutai! Even though she had a small stature, she still stood tall in every challenge she faced. But now she was sitting down, contemplating whether to kill herself or not.
How pitiful…
Yuffie listened to the owls hooting, nightly birds singing a sad melody. Oh, how she was use to this. Use to lying on the forest floor, her small starving figure leaning against the hard tree trunks staring out at the darkness. A deep abyss filled with endless trees surrounding her…
Like being trapped in a cage…with no key out…
It was unfair! She had survived the war against the heartless when most thought defeat was inevitable. Yet, Yuffie Kisaragi proved them all wrong.
And to die now…?
Suddenly, a patch of black covered a thin ray of light near her. Someone or thing was nearby.
Her heart pounded, as her eyes darted back and forth trying to see her uninvited visitor. Her eyes widened as she saw black feathers shining silver in the light, like a mystical aura. It was quite a strange looking black bird with mesmerizing aquamarine eyes.
Was that even possible for a crow to have aquamarine eyes?
Her gaze turned into a glare when the bird pecked at her.
'A crow,' she thought. 'Probably thought I was dead and tried to eat the remainders of my half-dead body.'
"Go away you stupid crow!" she grumbled, trying to usher the bird away. Being pecked out alive by a crow wasn't the ideal way to die. The crow squawked and backed away but kept staring at Yuffie with its aquamarine orbs as if taunting her.
"I'm not gonna be your food! If I weren't tired I would kill you. Now go away!" She scowled but the bird stood still. Her indigo eyes met with the bird's aquamarine, caught in a staring contest.
How pathetic! A staring contest with a bird…
Out of exhaustion, Yuffie blinked and lost the staring contest.
'That crow beat me…' she thought. 'Wait…crow bird chicken meat food for Yuffie.'
Yuffie drooled, as she predicted the sweetness of food in her mouth. Hope drove her to pick herself up and lunge herself at the crow. When you are that hungry, you'd do anything for food. The bird flew up on a branch mocking Yuffie.
"Why you…" she growled and took out her shuriken from its holster and aimed it at the bird. At the sight of the sharp edge of the shuriken, it immediately flew away leaving Yuffie alone in the dark
"Hey come back! Mr Emergency Food!" Yuffie called out but sadly, Mr Emergency Food didn't come back.
Her only food of the day flew away, just like her hope and pride did a long while ago.
She was lost in a creepy dark forest…
Lying down half-dead on the forest carpet…
With blood gushing out of her wound…
Starving to death…
And if she was not going to die from starvation, she was going to die or be in great pain from her infected wound.
'It could be worst,' she mused to herself her eyes closing allowing the peaceful slumber to take over her mind.
Suddenly, a wolf howl rang in her delicate ears causing her eyes to flicker wide open. Red eyes were visible through the leaves and the sound of gritting of sharp teeth was audible. This alerted her that a predator was lurking in the bushes.
'Great, 'I'm gonna get eaten by a wolf,' she thought sarcastically as a big wolf appeared from the shadows. Then another three wolves appeared surrounding her. There goes her last chance of escaping even though she couldn't even try to run because she could only twitch lightly.
'I'm not gonna eaten by A wolf. Now, I'm gonna get eaten by several wolves. Just peachy!' the ninja thought sarcastically.
She was going to die in the worst possible way. Starving tired and lost…getting ripped up alive by a pack of wolves. Even getting pecked out by a crow didn't seem so bad.
There was no way she could fight off the pack of wolves especially being half dead and exhausted. She couldn't even be bothered to try to run.
It was the end for her…
A miserable death…
Eaten by a pack of wolves…
She closed her eyes and braced for the end. Why bother watching the pack of wolves tear her apart limb by limb?
Trampling of footsteps…
A blade being drawn…
A wolf howling in pain…
She didn't even have to open her eyes to know what was going on. Being a skilled fighter, she knew when there was fighting going on. Using the last of her strength, she opened her eye to see her savior, a hazy image revealed…
A dash of silver wisps…
Aquamarine swirls…
Black feathers…
Then she was consumed by utter blackness…
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Shall be continued…
A/N- And the chapter is done! Woah, it didn't take me that long to write! By the way, Yuffie thinks the bird is a crow but it's actually a raven, hence the title. I think this is gonna be a short chaptered fic. I dunno, it depends on the reviews.
By the way, if you are wondering when my other fic, Emotions of the Heart will be updated, it should be done sometime this month…hopefully. Anyway, another Clouffie is on the way.
So what do you think of it? It's my first attempt at a Yuriku by the way so please be nice. -Smiles-
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