Disclaimer: Don't own a thing except the plot. The Characters belong to Square, and the lyrics belong to a band called Superchick The song is called 'I Belong to You' and it's a pretty awesome song.
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Squall"Yuffie! Just, get away!" Why won't she leave me alone?
"Fine. I will. I'll never get in your way again!" She turned and ran from the room tears running freely down her face. Not that I cared.
"Well, well, Leonhart. Good job." I heard a low smooth voice from a corner of the room. The owner of the voice walked into my line of sight revealing a man with spikey blonde hair and a red cape that obscured half his face.
"Strife. So you heard it all?"
"Didn't need to. That last bit was pretty mean." I sighed. Maybe.
"Whatever."
"You're going to apologize now." He turned and walked away before I could open my mouth to speak.
"…" Fine be that way. Although, I guess I was a bit out of line.
"Squall, I need to talk to you." I glanced at Yuffie, who stood a few feet from me head down, black hair obscuring her face. "Squall, I just wanted---"
"I'm training Yuffie. Go away." I turned went back to what I was doing, taking swings at imaginary enemies.
"NO! I need to---"
"Frankly, Yuffie, I don't care." I walked away, not wanting to see if I had hurt her or not. That ninja has broken through so many of the walls I built around myself. If she broke through any more I might start to like her, maybe lo—No, don't think like that Leon. She's an annoying little kid. Even if a part of you does lo--, er, think of her in a different way, don't let it grow. Go somewhere and pull yourself together Leonhart!
"Please Squall, "She was running along side me now.
"It's Leon." Why did she have to call me by my old name?
"Just listen for a minute!" She held my arm, trying to stop me.
"No! You are a child, you can't even protect yourself. The only reason I am your partner is because you couldn't take care of yourself!"
"But, Squall I…"Her indigo eyes began to fill with tears.
"Yuffie! Just, get away!"
Ok so maybe I was harsh, but how else am I supposed to keep my heart's barriers up? By now I was to the petite ninja's room so I knocked on her door, which swung open. I peered in, expecting her to be on her bed crying, or gorging herself on candy. Nope, no one there. Then I noticed a small note taped to her CD player. She had stolen that from someone in Traverse Town who lost their world. Once she had discovered that it played music when the also stolen CDs were put in it, it had been her prized possession. I picked the note up and read:
Leon, Aerith, Cloud, whoever reads this first,
Press play on the CD player, if you're smart you'll understand.
-Yuffie
PS High Tower 3:00 today
I put the head phones to my ear, and pressed play, waiting to hear the words.
When love is gone, there's no arms to run to anymore
I'm all alone there's no one for me to live for
Letting go of the things I've always clung to
That's when I need to feel that
I belong to you
I dropped the player like I'd been burned, did Yuffie mean---? I glanced at her clock, 15 min to 3. Oh lovely. I grabbed my gunblade and started running, only to see Yuffie slip a rope around her neck when I arrived.
"Yuffie, no, please come here…" I didn't want to scare her or make any sudden moves for fear she'd fall. She turned and she was still crying, eyes red and puffy. She tugged on the rope connected to an overhead pipe and smiled sadly.
"I'm sorry, but I loved Squall. You are not him, you're 'Leon', same body different mindset. I just can't take it anymore. Any of it. You always cutting me down, everyone calling me young, no one caring what I think. Heck, I'm surprised you're even here. Well, goodbye." Her words, she loved me? Screw the barriers, I can't let her die, even if that means I would. I won't live without her! She stepped back and fell.
"YUFFIE!" I leaped forward without thinking, running on pure instinct. I slit the rope with my gunblade, and managed to grab one of her arms as we fell. I pulled Yuffie securely under an arm when I saw a ruined pillar rushing up at us.
"POWER!" I yelled out and my gunblade changed shape slightly, grew and started shining. As we fell towards the pillar I held out the sword and rammed it into the side, we came to a stop after an arm wrenching jerk. What to do now? I can't hold on forever, and Yuffie is unconscious. After a few seconds of hanging I swung Yuffie out and wrapped my legs around her unconscious, face down, body. With my free hand I worked the rope down around her waist, then pulled the other end of the rope up and tied it around my own waist. There, now I had hands to climb with. After a few minutes of sweat and stressed muscles, I had managed to climb to the top. I hastily pulled Yuffie up beside me and stretched her out.
"Oh Yuffie, you'd better be ok!" I pulled my gloves off and checked her vitals, Heartbeat, ok; breathing, yes; neck, let's see. Luckily, it hadn't been broken or her windpipe crushed in the short time she hung. What if there was damage I didn't know about? I wasn't a healer like Aerith! Sighing, I pulled my gunblade out of the pillar, and sat to think. I shuddered, could it have really been that bad for her? Well, I did yell a lot, and no one really thought of her as an adult, she acted pretty immature at times. Cloud and Aerith were pretty wrapped up in each other, I always trained, or just plain ignored her. I felt as if I were being torn in two, Squall side and Leon side were going at it. I had to 'keep the barrier up', how stupid could I be! You had to protect yourself, remember Rinoa! So you couldn't save her then, you were 7! It's still your fault! What's so wrong with love? Be quiet! I know I love her, but will she forgive me? Squall won out after many minutes of internal bickering. I let a small smile show, Squall hadn't been so obsessed with keeping it all bottled up. I traced Yuffie's jaw line with a finger, then kissed the unconscious ninja's cheek gently. She started to flutter her eyelashes and my smile increased, she was in for a surprise!
Yuffie
Ow, what happened? I was falling then… I sat up slowly, eyes closed, and I raised a hand cautiously to my throat, it was tender and I would have a big bruise by nightfall. Wait, I hurt… so that means…
"I'm alive?" My voice came out a harsh whisper, and I opened my bleary eyes, only to jump back when Leon's face swam into view. His face wasn't that scary, nor was the fact that he had been inches away, but it had emotion. Worry. For me? "Leon?" He smiled with relief.
"Good, you're ok. And it's Squall." Ya, he just smiled. I think I'm hallucinating. I opened my mouth to speak, but found I couldn't. It took me a few seconds to realize that the reason I couldn't talk was because Squall was kissing me. It was a quick kiss, just a brush of the lips, but I felt the blood rise to my face as shivers went down my spine. He pulled back, and looked me in the eye. He continued to talk, but I just caught the last bit.
"…I'm sorry, and I love you Yuffie." I caught a strange look in his eyes and barely had time to squeak before I found my self wrapped in his arms, his head buried in my neck. After I found my senses, which had taken leave for a moment, I realized he was softly crying, his hot tears sliding down his face to my neck.
"Squall, are you ok?" I had never seen him show any emotion, save annoyance, and didn't know he was even capable of tears.
"You want to know if I'm ok? The woman I love just tried to hang herself, and I almost died to save her! I'm ok, but there is something that would make it better." Wait, love? He softly nuzzled my neck, and kissed the side gently, right where his tears had fallen. Aaaahhh! Stupid hormones! Then he lifted his head up, navy eyes meeting mine. Then…he…grinned!
"I love you Yuffie. Now, can you do something for me?" I nodded, though unsure of what would happen. "Can you say that you love me also?" My mouth worked, but my voice had fled with my senses. He smirked, he had a look in his eyes that said 'I've got you in a trap!', but his tone was gentle.
"If you don't tell me soon there will be consequences, dire consequences." He further scrambled my brain by pulling me towards him, now I was right up against his body, his arms still wrapped around me, pulling me closer. Then he started softly massaging the back of my neck and shoulders, oh it felt go--- No! Yuffie, you must stay in control, yes you love him, but how can you tell if he loves you? How do you know this is even Squall? It sure doesn't seem like it.
"I uh, it's kinda hard-d t-to concentrate, and I-I uh, you've n-never touched me before and uh…" Chills were running up and down my spine, making me shiver. Of course that just gave him an excuse to hold me tighter. Curse you Squall! Why couldn't you just let me hang, now I'm confused and excited and happy and I don't know what else! Arghhh!
"You're running out of time Yuffie, I'll give you a few more seconds." He leaned in close and spoke again, his breath tickling my ear. He whispered, "You said you loved Squall before, what's the difference? Now that I've come to my senses, I just want to hear you say it to me. Four, simple, words. I love you Squall." I decided to change subjects, maybe that would distract him and I could get away. 'Do you really want to get away?' a treacherous part of my mind asked.
"What are the consequences?" I tried to take my mind off the fact that I didn't want to leave.
"Too late! Now for the first consequence." He leaned in again, and laid his head on my shoulder before continuing. "If you want to, you can belong to me. I want to own you, my dearest Yuffie." He moved a hand up to cradle my head, and he kissed me again, though this time it was much different. Not a simple brush, but a deep and sensual kiss. To one of my side's ultimate horror, I found I was enjoying this profusely. In fact, with out any conscious thought, I kissed him back, and he responded by moving so he was on his back, with me to one side, never breaking the kiss. Finally, contact broke, and I leaned my head on his chest, hearing his heart beat quickly, in time with my own.
"I-I think I like that consequence…" I managed to croak out giddily. My lips burned, as if they had been branded, but with out the pain. I felt him take a shaky breath before he responded.
"Yuffie, please just say that you love. My life would be complete if you did that, well that and---" He mumbled something I couldn't hear, and when I craned my head to look at his face, there was a faint pink blush on his cheeks. What was he thinking? Right than and there I decided that I would tell him I loved him. So, I did.
"Squall Leonhart! I love you dearly!" He half sat up, and pulled me onto his lap. Hands on either side of my face, he gave me a long slow kiss, thumbs massaging my temples. I relaxed into him, my arms encircling his waist, and ran my hands up and down his muscled back. He pulled away enough to talk, though he leaned his forehead against mine.
"Oh, I love you so very, very much. I can only hope that, um, never mind…"
"What is it Squall? You keep breaking off before you say something, what is it?" Now I was curious, and I would not be put off until I had satisfied my curiosity. I was worse than that dead cat. He heaved a sigh, he knew this and I hoped he would just tell me and not go back to being secretive.
"Ok Yuff, you win. What I was going to say, was, well… I just hope that, someday, you'll m-marry m-me." His blush deepened, and he pulled back slightly to look at me better, uncertainty and nervousness in his gorgeous eyes. Well, he had tortured me earlier, it was my turn now.
"Hey aren't you supposed to have a ring, or something when you propose? And be all formal? And get down on your knees? And---" He kissed me again, I had a feeling it was to silence me. I grinned against his lips, feeling truly happy for the first time in months. He loved me, I was needed, and life had meaning again. He gave a mock glare.
"Ok, fine. A ring… Oh! I know!" He drew a ring emblazoned with a lion head off his finger. He moved to his knees, which made him taller than me, so I pulled him back down so he was cross legged again and hopped onto his lap.
"I like this better!" I explained, when he raised an eyebrow at me. He rolled his eyes and continued.
"Yuffie Kisaragi, will you marry me?" He begged me with his eyes to say yes. Aww… how cute!
"Sure! Now kiss me again!" I beamed at him, and he slid his ring onto my finger.
"Gladly." We kissed and held each other for several minutes before he spoke again, hesitatingly. "Yuffie, that song, the one you left with the note. Does it end with death, or a happier ending?"
"I'll sing it for you, ok?" After his nod, I took a breath and began singing. It was the only way that I could ever remember the words.
Everybody needs to belong somewhere
Life can feel so alone with out someone who cares
And when life becomes something just to get through
That's when I'm glad that
I belong to you
I belong to you
You're the one who will never let me down
Won't let me down
I belong to you
I belong to you
Sometimes life brings more pain then we can bear alone
When hope is gone and I have no strength on my own
When nothing helps there's nothing that I can do
You surround me and show me
I belong to you
I belong to you
You're the one who will never let me down
Won't let me down
I belong to you
I belong to you
When love is gone, there's no arms to run to anymore
I'm all alone there's no one for me to live for
Letting go of the things I've always clung to
That's when I need to feel that
I belong to you
I belong to you
You're the one who will never let me down
Won't let me down
I belong to you
I belong to you
"Wow, you can sing really well. That's a sweet song." I nodded and leaned into him, trying to keep from crying. The events of the past few hours had just hit me hard. He sensed this and turned my face towards him, wiping away the rebellious tears. I snifled, but was glad that he understood without me having to explain.
"Yuffie, I won't let you down. You don't have to worry, I love you." He whispered this into my ear, and held me tight as if he would never let go. At the same time we both jerked, we had heard someone singing. We looked to a platform a few yards above us, and saw the top of Aerith's head bouncing a long. We both started yelling,
seeing a way off the pillar. Her head stopped, and her gentle face peered over the side.
"Oh, my! I'll go get Cloud! And some rope!" We nodded and she waltzed away. A few minutes later she reappeared, Cloud and rope in tow. He looked over the side, eyes wide above his cape, then tied the rope to a pillar. He tossed the end out to us and Squall caught it easily. I hope he doesn't tell them what I did. I moved my scarf up as he tied the rope securely around my waist.
"Don't worry, I won't say anything about what you were planning to them. I will, however, make no attempt to cover up the fact that I love you, and that we're engaged. Actually, it would be fun to see their expressions." I nodded and he motioned Cloud to pull me up, and boy did it hurt! After my symphony of 'ows' Aerith gave me a hug, and made sure I was alright. I was, and turned back to Squall, who now had his gunblade tied securely and was motioning to Cloud.
"Jeez, Leonhart, you couldn't just carry it with you?" I heard Cloud grumble and I giggled a bit. Soon, Squall himself was up and over the wall. He turned to me and gave an evil smirk that the other two didn't notice.
"Leon! What were you two doing! You could have fallen off and died!" Cloud's harsh words made me wince a bit, which Squall saw. The smirk returned, and he walked over behind me, placed his hands on my shoulders, and let his chin rest on the top of my head.
"It's Squall. My fiancé and I were just talking some things out, that's all. If you're done interrogating us we would like some privacy." He turned me around and placed a gentle kiss on my lips. We were both grinning like crazy when we turned and walked away, with one last look at the other two. Aerith's jaw would've scraped the ground had it dropped any lower. Cloud's eye was twitching, the only sign of emotion of on his placid face. We walked around the corner when Squall stopped suddenly, a small frown on his face.
"We have to go back. I left my best pair of gloves on that pillar!" I grinned, oh how I love this man!
A/N: Oh the Squffie-ness! Actually I rather like that story, kinda fluffy, happy ending, and sweet. I was listening to the song once, and I got attacked by the idea for the story. Oh don't worry, I survived the attack. A band-aid and a cookie can heal anything! Tell me whatcha think! Review now!