This is my story for Final FantasyVII: Advent Children. I've only seen the movie once, about two years ago. But I've done a lot of researching on what goes on in the movie, and the game. So please, bear with me.
This story was inspired when I was listening to Linkin Park's "Crawling in My Skin" while making a Final Fantasy picture.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Yes, yes, I KNOW that they don't all live together, but most of the characters are going to be staying at Seventh Heaven. Just for the sake of making things run smoothly, ok?
THIS FIC TAKES PLACE DURING THE ADVENT CHILDREN MOVIE
Also, while on the Advent Children official website, I discovered that for the movie, Yuffie is actually 18. So yeah...just so you know. :)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters of Final Fantasy, or the movie, Advent Children. The only character I own is Dani. So let's all put the lawsuit files down and go enjoy a nice dinner, huh:P
Yuffie quietly opened the door and crept into the bedroom. It would've surprised anyone to see Yuffie step out of her talkative nature. Yet, here she was. She was now kneeling on the ground, her eyes just peeking over the bed, where she watched her target, Dani Satou.
Light shone through the partially open blinds, illuminating her creamy tan skin with glowing gold streaks. Her thick, wavy dark brown hair was held back in a pony tail, and slumber had caused the two loose tendrils to rest peacefully on her face. Her large eyes were shut, hiding the gray orbs underneath, and her lips were curled upwards in a sort of smile.
Yuffie grinned wickedly. Swiftly, she leapt into the air and yelled loudly. Dani's eyes opened with a start, and she rapidly sat up, her mind instantly entering a panic. In her rush to get out of bed, her legs became tangled in the sheets, and she fell, hitting the floor with a thud. Yuffie laughed outrageously.
The 17 year old stood up, an irritated expression on her face. "Yuffie!" she crossed her arms. Yuffie immediately became serious, but couldn't contain the laughter for long. "So," she said, her voice wavering fron fighting to hold back the laughter, "How did you enjoy the wakeup call?" It was all she could do to get this part out as she instantly doubled over in laughter again.
"I didn't." Dani said, but couldn't help smiling. Yuffie grinned widely.
"Ah, now that's more like it!" She crossed her arms in triumph and graciously turned her back. The sounds of rustling fabric soon followed.
"Just don't do it anymore." Dani said. Yuffie rolled her eyes at the wall while the girl changed her clothing. She was wearing a black midriff tube top with a navy shirt underneath to cover her stomach, revealing her belly button. Buckles strapped across the black fabric, and over her shoulder, crossing her back to attach to the other side. Her khaki cargo shorts allowed her to move freely during fights, and black combat boots completed the look.
"Oh please. Like you're hardly in a position to tell me what to do. I'm your older sister, so I can do what I want! Furthermore, I am the Great Ninja--"
"The Great Ninja Yuffie, yeah, yeah, I know." Dani walked past her and out the door, finally dressed. "Besides, if you really want to get technical--"
"No." Yuffie cut in, finally serious. She knew what Dani had been about to say. Well, bluffing anyway. She and Yuffie weren't really sisters. But neither one could bear to even say it.
Dani had been one of the children that Yuffie had played with as a child. And as they grew older, and Yuffie began to teach the children of Wutai, Dani had become one of the students. They'd always shared a close bond, because they were only one year apart. Also, Yuffie had little patience, so Dani's ability to quickly pick up whatever she learned had brought her huge favor.
When that fateful day came that War was declared on Wutai, Yuffie left for Midgar, and Dani followed. Halfway there, Yuffie discovered the girl who was trailing after her. Instead of sending her back, she allowed her to come with her. They'd become even closer, and finally, reached the point where they could honor each other with the name "sister".
Now, the two walked downstairs to the bar where Tifa was making herself a sandwich. Cloud sat leaning back in his chair, his legs stretched out, and arm draped over the back of the chair lazily. Barret was talking with Marlene on his cell phone, and Vincent, who was reading his book, looked up upon Yuffie's announcement of "Look who finally decided to wake up!"
"Just in time for breakfast." Cid said sarcastically. "For G-d's sake, girl, it's five in the afternoon! What the h-ll are you doing sleeping so late?"
"Did you sleep well?" Vincent asked, giving Cid a stern look. Dani nodded.
"Yeah, I did," she said, shooting a glare at Yuffie, "Until my wonderful sister decided to wake me up."
"I see." Vincent nodded. Yuffie had woken her up. That phrase alone explained whatever terror she'd gone through. Yuffie plopped down in a chair next to Vincent.
"Say, what's that supposed to mean, huh?"
Vincent moved his red eyes to meet hers. "What?"
"That 'I see'. I'm not sure if that tone is appreciated. What did you mean by it?"
"Exactly what I said." he said and looked down at his book. Yuffie crossed her arms in a pout. Vincent finally spoke again. "When you decide to wake someone up, you really do it with a ...bang."
"Hey! Let it go, will you?" Yuffie glared at him, "I told you that it was an accident. How was I supposed to know that heating up shaving cream while it's still in the can would make it explode? Besides, I cleaned the mess up, didn't I?"
Tifa sat down with her sandwich. "Let's just forget about that already? Please?"
"Tell it to him, not me!" Yuffie pouted. Dani rolled her eyes and sat on a bar stool. She leaned back, resting an elbow against the counter. "They never will. What do you expect from two people in love?"
Vincent looked over at Yuffie, let out a soft snort, and went back to his book. Yuffie, for sake of not looking rejected, did the same before resting her chin in her hand. "Yeah, right. He's too doom and gloom for me." Vincent rolled his eyes.
Tifa smirked, "I thought you and Barret were in love, Yuffie. Isn't Dani your daughter?" Everyone had to chuckle at that. It was an ongoing joke that Dani was the child of Barret and Yuffie, because she had tan skin, and Barret's no-nonsense attitude--at times--and Yuffie's annoying tendencies. The only one's who didn't find it amusing were Yuffie, who got downright offended, and Barret, who took it to a serious level.
Right on schedule, Barret covered the mouth of the phone and said, "First off, she's too annoying to even think about sleeping with, let alone too young. But I'll gladly treat Dani as if she were my own if that's what she wants."
And sure enough, Yuffie's mouth lifted in disgust. "Ew, gross! I'd never sleep with Barret, first of all. And secondly, she's only one year younger than me! That means I'd have to have been pregnant when I wasn't even one yet! Disgusting!"
Which of course, killed the joking mood. "It was a joke!" Tifa looked heavenward in an exhasperated fashion.
"Why do you always make that joke if you know that those two will kill it?" Vincent murmered.
Barret snapped his cell phone shut and walked over to join the rest of the group, "Well, I hate to break up the love fest, but can we please do something other than sit around here?"
"Thank you!" Cid nodded at Barret, "My a-s is bored stiff! Can we get moving?"
"You can get moving whenever you want, Cid. I have to stay here and get ready for tonight. The bar is going to open in a few hours."
Cid stood up. "See you."
"Can I come?" Yuffie asked.
"No."
"Well, where are you going?"
Cid sighed and turned around, "Do you really think I'm going to tell you? You'll just end up showing up there within ten seconds of my arrival. No way, squirt, I'm not tellin'." He smirked and left. Yuffie crossed her arms.
"Well, fine then! And don't call me squirt! Do you know who I am?" she demanded, putting on haughty airs.
"Yes." everyone said in unison. Yuffie scoffed.
Cloud stood up. "I'm going to go ride around for a while." he turned and pointed at Yuffie, "No." The young ninja, who had opened her mouth, immediately shut it. Barret followed Cloud out the door. "I'm going to go visit Marlene for a few days. Things are getting boring around here, and I need to see my little girl."
Tifa smiled, "Tell her we all said hi."
"Will do." he nodded and left. Vincent went upstairs.
Yuffie turned to Tifa. "I guess it's just me and you then, Tif. I'll help you out."
Tifa sighed and started wiping out the wet glasses, placing them in their spots. Yuffie followed suit. Dani smiled and quietly excused herself to go outside. She reached inside her pocket and pulled out a small disk. Throwing it down, it levetated by her ankles and unfolded in a whir of mechanical sounds. She leapt onto the hoverboard and set off for Aerith's church.
She sighed as she thought of Wutai. Her parents had died in that attack. She'd become orphaned because of -- shutting her eyes, she forced herself to forget the pain and think of the good. Coming here. That had been good. She never would've met everyone if she hadn't followed her sister.
She smiled at the thought of that day. She and Yuffie had walked into Seventh Heaven together, and Yuffie had introduced them. "This is my sister." she'd said proudly. Everyone had looked at Dani with questioning eyes. Yuffie didn't have a sister. However, once she explained everything, they had all nodded their acceptance. And just like that, she had a family again.
Aside from that, it was nice to be around people like her. People with strength like her. Back in Wutai, she'd felt like a bit of a freak. Nobody else understood it. Her strength was almost inhuman. And her healing process-- unnatural. She'd get hurt, and with a few healing materia, she'd be better. But then came the day she'd fallen off of the roof of her home. Her parents had rushed to give her healing materia, but by the time they'd reached her, her cut had been gone.
At first, she'd been hesitant to show her strength to the others when she'd arrived in Midgar. But when Kadaj, Loz and Kazoo had suddenly shown up for no reason, she had to fight at her fullest potential. They'd all been amazed to see that she was able to match Kadaj in his strength, and even deal him a few blows. Especially at her age. Regardless of the fact that Kadaj and she were both 17, he was so strong---how was it possible? But they had dismissed it to the fact that she had trained under Yuffie, thus she was much more nimble than the average 17 year old.
She still remembered what he'd said before summoning his brothers for them to leave. He'd stared straight at Cloud. One of you is destined for greatness... What had it meant? She sighed, telling herself not to think about it. Besides, it'd happened so long ago. The last that they'd heard of him was when Vincent and Cloud fought him in the Dark Forest.
Dani didn't have much longer to dwell on it, as she'd reached her destination, Aerith's Church. She tucked her hoverboard under her arm and walked into the dark sanctuary. Night was falling fast. The setting sun was shining through the dark stained glass windows. Looking back out the door, the sky was a swirl of oranges and reds. Tifa would be opening the bar within the hour, she knew.
As if her thoughts had somehow summoned the woman, her cell phone rang. Tifa's name was on the ID square. Dani opened the phone and put it to her ear, a smile on her face. "Hey, Tifa."
"Dani! Dani, get down here, we need you!"
Dani's smile quickly faded, "Why? Where are you? What's going on?"
" I went downtown to pick up a few things. Yuffie, Cid and Cloud are already here. Barret and Vincent are on their way, you need to get here fast!" she spoke in a rushed voice, and a loud crash in the background made Dani hold the phone away from her ear. She ran outside and leapt on the hoverboard, leaving for the metropolitan area.
"What's going on?" she yelled into the phone. But Tifa was already gone.
Ok, this chapter is a little slow moving, but I had no clue how to start off. I have everything from the fight in the metro area to the end of the story down. I just wasn't sure how to start. From here, things will get a little more intense.
This story is taking place during the Advent Children movie, but you won't really be able to tell until the end. The only reason I'm pointing this out is because some of you might be wondering why Kadaj, Loz, and Kazoo aren't dead. The reason: They didn't die yet.
Hope you like it:)