A/N This is the first thing I've uploaded in forever it seems. Yeah, sorry 'bout that… I wrote this at about two o'clock at night so it's a bit out there. This was inspired by the song Paradise by Vanessa Carlton and a few too many Pepsis.
This has so many Final Fantasy references. xD
Disclaimer I totally don't own anything from Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts, I don't even own the song mentioned above.
In My Dreams {Once Upon a Year Gone By}
The Great Ninja Yuffie.
That's what she calls herself, right?
That's what she tells herself when her and Squall, er, Leon, are in the Bailey kicking Heartless ass.
She says, "I am The Great Ninja Yuffie!"
Is she so Great, to lose to the Keyblade Wielder, a fifteen year old boy? Is it so Great to lose to Squa- Leon every time they spar? To lose to the man who's lost almost everything, and gained back almost as much as he lost.
Though, once upon a year gone by, she lost it too.
Dreams. Dreams of Aerith. Aerith dying. A man with a red cape, a cat doll, a red lion, a large man with a gun for an arm, Cid flying an air ship.
And Him.
The man that she had dreamt along with the others, though their faces were always blurred. The man with hair like a bird, and a personality that makes her want to prod him until he cracks.
Then Her too.
The woman with the long brown hair, and brown eyes. The woman whom she could see taking care of children, and taking care of flowers forgotten by almost everyone but Him.
The flowers that had somehow belonged to Aerith. But also, not belonged to Aerith.
Then she had finally seen Him.
And along with Him she had horrible nightmares. Aerith with a wound through her stomach, pink bow askew, and hands clasped although she was praying. Aerith in a bright place, with flowers, that somehow had life flowing through them. Aerith surrounded by smiling people. All of whom were in the same state she was in.
Death.
He was just another loss, just another boss that The Great Ninja Yuffie couldn't overcome.