Author's Note: This story really takes place between 'If I Could Be You For A Day'. So I wouldn't call this a direct sequel.
This is NOT inspired by the American film 'The Ring'. This follows more of the Japanese film 'Ring', its sequel ('Ring 2', duh) and its prequel ('Ring 0: Birthday', my personal favorite).
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The Ring
By Charles Xavier
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It is said that when the video is played, the phone begins to ring…a voice tells the viewer that he will die in exactly seven days…and when the time comes…the woman with long hair will appear…
Godo had never heard such crap before as this. There he was, sitting on his lazy butt watching the television in his room…and he was still alive and kicking. It was night time and it had been precisely a week since he watched that boring tape which made no sense at all. He was beginning to believe it was all a dumb hoax made up by some no good teenagers. But speaking too soon about things is never a good idea…
Sure, he never believed that his daughter would marry that eccentric man named Vincent Valentine…and she did. And what a surprise it gave to him. He almost fainted when he heard that Yuffie had fallen in love with someone so different to herself. It just wasn't normal in the Kisaragi family line. But hell, he wasn't Yuffie's matchmaker and he only wanted her to be happy…and that was how she always felt with Vincent. Now they were living together just a house away…as the next rulers of Wutai whenever Godo would pass on.
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"HO! HO!" Godo was entertaining himself with some good old sitcoms. They always managed to make him crack up every time. "Uh-oh! Watch out for that...BWA! HA! HAA!...HUH!" Oh dear. It seemed that the program Godo was watching went to a sudden stop when something else came onto the screen. The grumpy man picked up his remote and tried flicking onto the next channel…but the picture on the screen did not change. He saw the same stone well resting peacefully in the middle of an unknown forest…not a sound could be heard…not even the shuffling of the autumn leaves or the chirping of a bird…
Isn't this the well I saw from that freaky tape? What the hell is going on?
Godo tried switching off the TV…it didn't work…he tried to press the buttons on the set…still nothing worked. He even disconnected the main TV plug from its socket…nothing. Whatever attempt Godo made, nothing made the image on the screen go away…and it didn't take long for him to notice a pale hand stretching out from the well and grasping its fingers onto the edge…somebody was coming out of the well…
I don't remember this part…
Her long strands of black hair made Godo unable to clearly see the woman's face rising out from the well. But his body for some reason…started trembling. The woman crawled out from her hell hole like an arachnid creature and dropped to the floor sloppily in her white silky gown…and slowly she raised her head at Godo and got up onto her two bare feet.
She began to approach him.
Godo felt his heart beat its fastest as he hesitantly recoiled back to the corner of his room, his eyes still glued the tall figure on the TV. He thought back to the numerous people who talked about that tape…he now realized he shouldn't have watched it…because now, the woman's arms were reaching out from the screen itself. And quietly…she slithered through the glass in a matter of seconds, landing with a loud thump into Godo's bedroom.
Godo waved his arm at the woman, trying to shoo her away. "Please…stay away from me…GET AWAY!" He panted. But the woman gave no response and simply stood up. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" She rolled her eyes onto Godo …and stared at him in the most disturbing manner… "AAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Yuffie rose from her bed, gasping for air.
"Yuffie, what's the matter?" Vincent opened his tired eyes, switching on the bedside lamp to see what was bothering his new wife. He heard the rain pour heavily from outside the house and Yuffie looked very upset about something. Vincent smiled and brought her into his arms. "Did you have a bad dream?"
"I just…have this feeling that something terrible has happened…" Yuffie whispered. "Did you feel anything?"
"No…" Vincent hugged her tightly, giving a soft kiss on her warm cheek. "I'm sure nothing's wrong, dear…go back to sleep."
The couple settled back down to bed. Vincent switched off the lamp and fell asleep almost immediately…but Yuffie, on the other hand, gave a sigh and looked down at her swollen belly…
Oh, gawd! Have I gained weight again!
No…she remembered now…she was pregnant…and ever since she had been carrying Vincent's baby, the weak girl hadn't been able to do very much around Wutai. She couldn't run, muck about or even be up to her mischievous tricks like usual…and those were things she seriously had to grow out of…yet there was something else bothering her mind also…
"Vinnie?"
"Yes, Yuffie?" Vincent turned around to face her.
"There's something I need to tell you…since we first…you know…slept together for the first time just after that day we…"
"Yuffie, please. Can we talk about this in the morning?" Vincent moaned.
"Honey, please! I'm serious…I think it's time you knew about this." Yuffie looked at him sternly. "Ever since that night, I've always been having this strange dream…I dream that I'm wandering alone in an abandoned house…where I can't see anyone or anything…I walk around the empty place…until I discover a staircase…and I go up them…despite of all the voices that warn me not to go up there…and when I arrive at the top, I look outside from the nearest window and see a well behind some trees…and I hear a voice calling out…it calls out for help…and then…"
The ninja suddenly stopped when she looked at her husband, who had his eyes gaping open at her. It looked as if he had just seen a ghost.
"Yuffie…I've been having that same dream too…"
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Author's Note: Okay, I'm REALLY jet-legged right now. I'm in my country house in France and it's pretty late at night. I don't have anything important to say right now but I sure hope I don't abandon this fic…like I sometimes do. (Yawns) Bonne nuit!...sheesh…did I just speak French there? Oh gawd…