Much as I wish I did, I do not own any of the characters in the story. Enjoy!
Please Review the story since I'd like to know if it's worth continuing or no, and yes this is a Yuffentine.
In the trees lay's a scene of hatred and sadness. There is a clearing where no-one dares to venture through, be it for a shortcut or a place for camping.
Many wish for it to be destroyed, and for them to feel safe when the time calls for them to walk past the area; but would the lifestream approve? No roads lead to it; no paths are left to lead others there. No map has the convenience of its whereabouts nor does any navigation system whether it be made by the brightest of people or people who have once treaded on the land of purgatory. Give and take, fight and run, love and lose, thrive and fall. Word's with a meaningless aspect to those who step upon the ground of what once belonged to Shinra.
In the town of Midgar, a calm rain falls almost silently around the small bar named 7th Heaven. Silence awaits as people prepare for a phone call no-one wants to listen to, eyes stare warily across the room at another's who may be glassy, vacant or staring back.
The pulses of heart-beats quicken and fingers spread against a water filled glass when one stands up to speak, but calmly sits back down in refusal to begin a conversation.
"Is it possible that, something could be…"
"Completely wrong, tragedy awaiting us?" Reno finished off Tifa's question with another question and a frown to match everyone else's vacant eyes.
"Yuffie is a strong girl, she'll pull through it easily, and she always does. Cloud is with her anyway, he'll keep us updated." Tifa slowly trailed off when she looked down to a picture of herself and the young girl who now may or may not be breathing.
Everyone watched Tifa in admiration as she regained a confident and reassuring response. However, confidence would be the last emotion when the dial tone rang into someone's ear drum.
The door handle clicked as the hollow door was opened, rain slowly trailing down a *blonde-haired boy's face and dripped, with a slow steady beat, onto the floor. He looked up at them, a convulsed expression of disgust and hatred.
Immediately, the glass, which fingers once pressed against, was dropped to the hard floor and shattered to a million pieces — as were the hearts of people in the room who had been dreading the news to come.
Cloud closed the door behind him and walked to the centre of the room, his eyes not meeting anyone else's just yet. Leaving a second for the silence to sink in and heartbeats to quicken with pace, he looked up to meet Vincent's crimson eyes and shook his head.
"They can't wake her up." He said, his voice cracking within words.
Tifa's eyes closed as she held onto the bar for support and shook her head in disbelief. Everyone else stared in horror and shame. Mumbles were heard, heavy breathing began and tears fell from the eyes of the girl's beloved companions. 'They can't wake her up', five word's which rang inside their minds, over and over like a broken record.
No-one could believe the news they had just received, the news that caused inside them a great turmoil, they were left to contemplate if the young team-mate would ever rise to another challenge.
Earlier that day.
"CLOUD! I am NOT going on another mission, that's the ninth time this week and I'm tired!" Yuffie complained, stomping her feet on the ground in front of Cloud. He had just announced that trouble had risen in the forest of the outskirts of Midgar. Himself, Cid, Vincent and Yuffie were set to be on a mission to destroy a Vlakorados, which had somehow managed to get itself nearby the village and threaten a group of travelers. Reno refused to journey with them, leaving Cloud to ask Yuffie reluctantly to fill his place.
"Yuffie, we need someone else's help, you will go with Vincent and start off the fight to try and lure it away, a distraction of sorts, whilst we prepare — not far from you — to get rid of it when it comes our way." Cloud explained with a calm sigh.
"Why not ask Barrett? He's just lounging around, he has been all week!" Yuffie suggested.
"He has the flu, he can barely even move right now." Yuffie folded her arms and pouted at him, still refusing to change her decision from staying home.
Cid rose from the bench and wrapped his arms tightly round Yuffie's waist from behind, picking her up and beginning to walk toward the site where the Vlakorados had attacked.
A scream rang through everyone's ears as the young girl was carried off, now becoming angrier by the second.
"CID, PUT ME THE HELL DOWN, I HATE YOU!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, kicking and trying to get out of his grip. Of course, her small framed body was absolutely no match against his.
"Shut your trap and walk, you brat, else you'll get a smack in the mouth, got it?" He yelled back into her ear, even though he knew how much it would agitate her.
"Whatever, farmer..." muttered Yuffie.
"WHAT'D I TELL YOU ABOUT 'WHATEVER?'" cried Cid.
Cloud and Vincent followed behind with a mere smirk on their faces, watching the two make pointless banter.
The moment Cid let Yuffie out of his grip and put her down, he knew exactly what was to come of her.
She turned from him and tried to walk the other way, ignoring the fact that he had previously threatened her with physical violence. With one look at Cid's face, it was clear that he had finally had enough of her antics and stormed toward her in such a pace, it showed he meant business with her. Immediately and without hesitation, Yuffie took one look at him and began to run.
"Get back here, you little maggot!" He screamed whilst chasing after her.
Cloud stopped and looked back at the two. Yuffie was running as fast as she could and Cid tried to grab her arm every now and then. From afar, it looked as if the two were playing tag and Yuffie was winning. However it was only a small amount of time until someone would give in, or lose.
Not paying attention to what was ahead, only to the wild man chasing her, Yuffie didn't see the small pebble on the ground which led her to stumble head first onto the tarmac ground. With a high pitched squeal and legs kicking again, she was once again in Cid's grip and being carried off toward the other team members.
However, this time Yuffie did not fight and try to worm herself away, she simply took it and sulked all the way to the higher regions of Midgar.
"Can you put me down now?"
"No."
"Can you put me down now?"
"No."
"Can you put me down now?"
"NO." Cid's face turned hard with irritation and agitation as he stared ahead, still carrying the young girl. After ten seconds wait, she looked up to him.
"Can you put me down now?"
"Can you put me down now?"
"OH, FINE!" He responded and instead of lightly setting her down, he simply dropped her to the ground like an old rag doll. Yuffie winced and scowled at him before standing up and walking beside Cloud.
"WHY did you have to bring him? Maybe I'd have said yes if he wasn't coming too." She mumbled, still glaring in Cid's direction.
Before Cloud could respond, the four looked up to see the Vlakorados now stood face to face with them, roaring loudly.