Ghosts
A/N: Oki, I decided that I needed a sooner Yuffieroth/yuphie/Sephyuf/Yuffiexseph(ect) fan fiction. I basically was singing the lyrics to a song called "train song" where this woman is waiting for her husband to come home on a train. Well the fan fiction has generally nothing to do with that. It just has a lot to do with the Highwind! Yey! Being a Yuffie fan, I really wanted the general spunk and laziness of a Yuffie fic! I mean, come on! Yuffie is one of the most interesting characters out there. So, the basic idea has become, Yuffie …..well… maybe I should make you read it instead…. alright then! I will! HA!
I'm not sure if this takes place before or after Advent Children…. Yeah, I'll go after, that way Marlene can be there too. It gives reason. (oh the first page is mainly description, so just bear with me, once that's over the story will really start to move! It is important though!)
Disclaimer: (almost forgot about this! OO;) I don't own final fantasy! I like the people at square very much! I would never challenge them for anything:hug:
Ghosts!
Chapter one: Baby Setting
She wobbled slightly and sat up from her place on her bed. Looking around slowly, she realized that she wasn't at home. She frowned at the thought. Looking out the circular window she over looked the landscape that they were flying over. It was near Junon. 'Great… now we're going to have to stop for parts and talk to Rufus. I don't even feel like dealing with him.' She flopped back onto the bed and sighed loudly. "Damn it all." She quickly gripped her stomach and ran to the bathroom in a hurry. "Yuffie?" Cloud passed her in the hall while she scrambled into the bathroom for her morning sickness. No, not the kind that you get when you're pregnant, but all the same it was reoccurring when she stayed on the Highwind. Cloud shook his head, "You shouldn't sit up so fast in the morning, your stomach needs time to get used to the air." Yuffie gurgled from the bathroom; "I'll keep that in mind." Cloud opened the door to his temporary room on the Highwind, "Marlene, could you possibly get Yuffie a cup of tea to settle her stomach?" Marlene walked out of her room that her and Denzel had been sharing on the large airship. "Mmhm!" She closed her door and walked directly across to Yuffie's room to see that she wasn't there, instead she walked down to the main living area and into the kitchen. Cid had managed to overhaul the new Highwind, properly dubbed 'Shera' and made a small living area for his friends to temporarily stay in when they went out. The living are consisted of three floors. The first, containing a living room and a kitchen. From this room the crewmembers could return to the rest of the ship that was most commonly used. The second floor had a bathroom, a few bedrooms, and a small den. The bathroom, closest to the stairs, was to the left of Clouds temporary room, but over time, this room was being used more then the group expected. Cloud would use the room as a place to get away purely for the fact that Cid almost always refused to bother anyone while we was worrying about his first love, the over sized ship. To the right of Cloud's room was the smallest room that had a set of bunks and a fold out bed. Marlene and Denzel would stay on the bunks on trips and Barret would stay on the fold out couch, though he never really used the room for anything else, it's theme was to as much of a child's room as a room on a large ship could be. Directly across the hall was Yuffie's room. The room was in full decoration, she was attempting to make the room look like home, due to the fact she refused to go back to hers and hang around her father. It wasn't the materia that was causing problems between them anymore, now it was that her dad was pressuring her to get married and join the family. Yuffie decided that it wasn't her job and she decided to stow away on ship, but was quickly found by Cid when he was making his rounds before he would shut the ship off at night. The entire conversation has consisted of Yuffie's, "please don't make me go home!" cries and Cid's "Then you're cleaning the ship!" barks. Yuffie had agreed and the ship became her home away from home. She would clean the ship every day, which consisted of her sweeping the main deck, cleaning the kitchen and the bathroom and occasionally helping Cid with other work and errands, and Cid would let her eat and board, free of pay. Cid would bark at Yuffie for duct-taping her poasters to the metal interior of the ship, her only words of retaliation soon became, "It's metal, and I don't feel good when I'm staring at cold walls. I could just throw up on them… you'd like that wouldn't you?" and wit that, she was given rights to hang poasters and decorate her room with her Wutainese décor. The den was a simple carpeted room, with books and a reading chair. The den was connected to a set of stiars that led to the third floor, this had Cid's master bedroom, Tifa's temporairy room, Vincents permanent room, and Red XIII and Cait Sith's owner shared room. The rest of the crew would sleep in the bunking area in the normal parts of the ship, but Cid did take good care of the area and made sure that it was a good second home for them.
Yuffie stumbled out of the bathroom wiping her face off with a towel and nearly tripping over Marlene, "Whoa, kiddo! Wha' cha' got there?" "Uncle Cloud told me to give this to you." Marlene carefully handed Yuffie the almost overflowing cup of luke-warm tea. "Thanks Marlene! This will help me a lot!" Yuffie patted her on the head and took a sip. "You're welcome!" As soon as they were settled down the second in comand piolot, Cid was first obviously, came up the stairs. "The captin wants everyone on deck immedieatly! There's a storm coming in and we have to land the ship now!" He left as quickly as he came and Yuffie looked to Marlene, "Hon, we better hurry." Yuffie grabbed her hand and knocked on Clouds door, "Cloud, there's a storm! Get everyone off of floor three and to the deck, now!" The door opened and Cloud rushed into the den and up to the second floor to gather the others. Yuffie pulled Marlene along and opened the door to her room and pointed to Denzel who was playing some vidoegame. "Denzel, get down from there. Everyone has to go to the deck. Didn't you hear me yelling at Cloud? There's a storm." Denzel jumped down off the top bunk and followed Yuffie and marlene down to the main deck. "Next time you have to listen, ok?" "Alright." Denzel grabbed Yuffie's hand and she lifted Denzel and Marlene off the ground and under her arms as she broke into a sprint. "What a great way to start a morning."
"Yuffie!" there was a happy shout as Tifa saw the children being carried into the large cockpit. Vincent looked up from his chair to see what had happened and then returned to quietly sitting in his chair next to Cid. Yuffie set the little children down and walked over to Red XIII as sson as Denzel and Marlene ran to Tifa's side. Soon folowing Yuffie Cloud, and Reeve came through the Steel inforced door. Cid spoke, "Alright, Barret is waiting for us down in Junon and he's talking to Reno and Rude so we have permission to land on the main airport." Marlene chirped up something about her 'papa' and Denzel hushed her. "Now everyone, once we get to Junon we gotta' lay low. Unfortuneatly most of those bastards in the new Shinra are the ones that were in when we were still wanted." "Cid! Watch your language!" Tifa barked. "Cid rubbed the back of his head, "yeah…aright… anyways, They hate us… so don't get shot by some resentful millitant…. ALRIGHT?" Everyone nodded. Cloud walked over to Denzel and rubbed him on the head. "Hey bud." Denzel smiled up at him. "So, what are we going to do while we're there?" Yuffie chirped, "I mean, I could take the kids into town! Last time I was there I was in disguise as a reporter. I mean, you don't want the kids to have to be locked up for all this time do yah?" Tifa looked over to Cloud, "I don't know… Cloud… do you think…?" Cloud shrugged, "I mean, I don't think that it's really that big of a deal. We were only going to be here for a few days. I don't think that we can't get it done while it's raining." Vincent spoke softly, "So, that's a no." Yuffie grumbled, "well if you're going to make me hang out with the shinra freaks at least let me go shopping." Then she smiled deviously at Cid, "I'm sure you like entertaining small children and teaching them what EVERY switch on the controll pannels do, don't you Cid?" Cid paused and looked at Cloud, "Don't make me babyset." Cloud rolled his eyes, "Cid we're just leaving to talk to Rufus. You can handel them for a few hours." "How many hours is a few?" Tifa eyed Cloud, "Like… eight… for the next few days." Cid tossed his hands in the air, "Great! How am I supposed to get any work done?" Denzel stepped forward, "We can watch ourselfs!" Everyone looked at him and shouted, "NO!" Tifa shook her head, "You know as well as I do that you can't be trusted alone. You tend to get into things that you shouldn't." Denzel crossed his arms and muttered, "Well it's not my fault that you never told me not to play with the materia." Tifa shook a finger at Vincent, "And we all know that you can't watch them." Vincent looked up at Tifa from his spot with a glint of humor in his eyes, "I'm sorry?" "Oh, you know you are! You were so busy thinking that last time you watched them they left the house without you even knowing!" Vincent nodded, amused. Tifa looked over to Reeve and Red XIII, "No offence to either of you, but you are both rather incapable of taking care of children." Yuffie shouted, "Then let me have a try! You never know! I could be really good at it." Cid nodded, "Yeah! Let her! At least she'll leave the ship, and I wont have to watch them. You know that Me, You, Barret, and Cloud are the only ones who really can even take care of the little things. And Cloud boars them to death." Cloud shrugged and patted Denzel on the head. Tifa nodded, "Alright. Since Yuffie obviously does want a go at it, and no one else does. …you're in charge of the kids." As soon as that was said the kids went up into a flare of happiness and Yuffie was jumping up and down. "Hey! Sit down!" Cid shouted as the ship shook vioently from the winds of the on coming storm. They quickly took their seats and buckeled in as Cid raidoed the Junon base.
"Follow me!" Yuffie jumped off the big ship and Marlene and Denzel followed. She smiled back at the small children who quickly caught up to her. "So aunt Yuffie," Denzel quickly spoke in a whisper, "What are we gonna do with the money that dad gave us?" Yuffie looked at Denzel with a grimace, "You really call him dad?" Denzel nodded, "Yeah… it's weird. Tifa and him are my parents… but they act like they're just brother and sister." Yuffie shrugged, "What ever floats your boat." Marlene spoke in a soft but sweet voice, "Barret's my papa. And Tifa's like my mommy." Yuffie nodded. "I guess so." Then Yuffie paused remember Barret tell Tifa about Marlene's real mother and father. "…Did you know your real mom and dad?" Yuffie looked over her shoulder to see Cid shouting something at the man helping them regester the Highwind. "A little. But it doesn't bother me." Yuffie frowned, "at least it doesn't bother you." Denzel grabbed on to Yuffie's hand, "I don't remember mine either." Yuffie nodded, "I do remember my mom. She was the best." Yuffie pushed open the door that lead into the Shinra building, "And she made my dad so happy. We all used to get along then…. I guess that's why he got all weird and worried about Wutai after she died. He's just an as..s… just a big jerk now…" Marlene pulled at yuffie's shorts, "That's sad aunt Yuffie, let's talk about happy things." "Yeah," Denzel stated, "Like what you're gonna do with all the money that Dad gave you." Yuffie smiled big at Denzel's little streak of evil, "Now you're talkin' my language kiddo!" Yuffie frowned when she pulled out a piece of paper, "Only thing is… Cloud says I have to buy these things first." Yuffie waved the list, "Then once we have everything we can do what ever we want with the money. Plus… I barrowed some from Cid." "You stole it you crazy ninja!" Denzel huffed. "No, I'll get something for him! It's not stealing, we're doing him a favor!" Marlene shook her head. "You're bad."
Yuffie placed the money down on the counter and sighed, "There you go." She took the items and walked toward the exit where Denzel and Marlene were patiently waiting. "Alright guys… looks like we got… maybe five hundred gil left. Cloud gave us enough for shopping and lunch…so… I guess we'll go to lunch and then, spend the rest on little things." Denzel was holding Marlene's hand tightly, "Marlene, are you hungry?" She nodded. "Ok, let's get Marlene something to eat. I'll just use my lunch money to get something else." Yuffie shook a finger at him and held Marlene's hand. "No, you're eating. If you find something that you want… then I guess I'll pay for it." Denzel pumped his arm and made a whispered, "yes!" as they walked out of the store. Yuffie blushed as some of the towns folk whispered things like, "She's too young to be a mother," and "They can't be hers. Maybe they came in on Avalanches' Highwind." Yuffie made her pace brisker till they ended up in front of a resturant that served fish. Yuffie pushed the door open and rushed the kids in as the red from her face went away. Why did people always make comments like that when she was with kids? Even in Wutai the tourists would make out of place comments about her escorting the children, but in Wutai she would speak up and tell them that she was the princess just doing her job of helping the future of Wutia. But not in Junon. Most everyone knew who avalanch was and Yuffie wasn't about to get Marlene and Denzel mixed up in that battle. The public was still not grasping the idea of the Sephiroth bashing heros from all over Gaia. Denzel walked up to the counter and punched his fist down like Barret would, "Give me the biggest glass of Hyper that you can!" Yuffie rushed over and pulled him away, "No! Don't!" She eyed Denzel who just gave her an inniocent smirk, "you can't do that. Vincent gave you that stuff and Tifa said never again!" Denzel frowned, "Come on Yuffie! It's just a potion! Besides! I'll run it off before mom finds out!" "N-O!" Denzel growled and cursed Yuffie under his breath, something that he had learned from Cid. "Aunt Yuffie?" Marlene tugged at Yuffie again. Yuffie nodded, "Go ahead." "Excuse me?" The woman at the counter looked over to marlene, "Yes?" "Can I get that one?" Marlene had pointed to a poaster on the wall that said something about dumplings and shrimp. The woman smiled and nodded, "Yes you may dear! And for him?" Denzel was chewing on his lip angrilly huffing about something. Yuffie smiled, "Just give him one of the hyper soda's and a cactus roll." Denzel beamed and hugged Yuffie's leg, "Thank you!" Yuffie nodded, "You can't tell Tifa though." He nodded and smiled, "Thank you!" Marlene was giggling at Denzels foolish behavior. "And for you sweetheart?" Yuffie smiled, "Just give me tea and a Dragon roll." The woman counted out loud, "One shrimp dumpling, two sushi rolls one tea and one soda… 90, 120,120,10,10. Your total is 350 gil." Yuffie put the amount on the counter and smiled. "It'll be ready in a minute. Please have a seat." Yuffie nodded and sat in a near by booth. Marlene and Denzel sat on the same side, while Yuffie sat across from them. "Well guys… we have 150 left. Ok? What should we do?" Denzel smiled, "I want a gun." Yuffie smiled trying her best not to laugh. "No Den." "Please! Come on! I'm not gonna hurt anyone! Everyone else has a weapon!" Yuffie shook her head. "You can't. besides, Barret has a gun arm and Vincent is our gun guy." Denzel thought, "Then… I want … what isn't taken?" Yuffie paused, "I dunno…maybe… a mage!" Denzel smirked, "after the materia thing?" Yuffie laughed, "Don't worry, that only happens the first few times. We'll buy you some materia for yourself. This way, you can learn how to use it over time. Plus, the materia that you messed with was high level materia! You can't really controll that at your level!" Marlene raised her hand sweetly, "Can I get a staff like sister?" Yuffie smiled sadly at her, "Yeah hon!" "we have to get Cid something!" Denzel shouted. Yuffie nodded, "I'll get him some Cigarettes or something." Denzel frowned, "get him the patch. He's never gonna give it up." Yuffie smiled at the thought of the group sitting Cid down and telling him he had a problem. An intervention for Cid? Nobody would go. Only tifa and Red. And that's because the others weren't too concerned with Cid's health. He was thirty-eight now. He only had a little more time left anyway. Hopefully the plantet would make him a Chocobo and when he came back Yuffie could catch him and toture him for all the work he made her do. Just as Yuffie began her pointless mental rant their food was placed in front of them. Denzel quickly lept for the soda and chugged it down with a smirk on his face, knowing full well that in a short time Yuffie would have a hyperactive child on her hands. Marlene modestly at while Yuffie silently prayed something about her mother and Aries. Marlene looked at her and copyed her, paying respect to the thought of family and the idea that family should be gathered at meals. Yuffie began to eat happily untill she heard a voice drag her name out from the door of the diner. "Yuffie! Hey yo!" Yuffie cringed as she was pushed over in the booth to make room for a sectain red-head. "How's it going, yo?" Yuffie muttered something about him being a flat headed bastard and Reno put his hands up in defence, "Hey, hey! I'm not here to cause problems! Just to talk. …what's with the kids?" Marlene and Denzel watched Reno while they ate. They attempted to make it look like they werent listening till Reno spoke to Denzel, "Weren't you hanging with the gang of three when they were in town?" Denzel nodded and shoved a large chunk of the sushi roll into his mouth so he woundn't have to respond anymore than he already had. "Alright, alright, I get it. So Yuffie, babysetting I see? Not a very princess things to do, yo." Yuffie growled at him, "I don't care one bit for you Reno. Just about as much as I did when you and those Shinra goons came to Wutai suggesting that you put a reactor in my town." "Temper, temper. I was just coming to say hi." Marlene looked up and spoke softly, "Why do you say 'yo'?" Reno paused and rubbed his chin, "….really now… I'm not sure… I guess it's just my thing." Denzel muttered between his teeth, "Well it's a stupid thing." Reno frowned, "Alright, alright, I know when I'm not wanted." He looked at Yuffie, "You guys need anything… we're willing to help. K yo?" Yuffie nodded, "Alright, thanks." Reno stood up and began to walk out the door then stopped, "Oh, Yuffie?" Yuffie looked up trying not to throw her chopsticks at Reno, "what?" Reno smiled, "I only came in here to annoy you… yo." Yuffie lowered her eye brows and huffed when he walked out the door laughing. Denzel muttered, "Man, that guys a dill weed." Yuffie's eyes shot open, "Denzel!" He covered his mouth, "Sorry." "Where did you learn that?" He smiled, "Cid." Yuffie slammed her fist on the table. "He's getting the patch."
Denzel ran down the street happily with his new sword and bag of materia while Marlene practiced balancing her new princes rod on her hand. "Guys slow down." Yuffie remarked. The two stopped and waited for Yuffie to catch up. Yuffie grabbed their hands and walked them over to a store that was painted black and blue. "In here. I want to see if they have anything." Yuffie pushed open the door and smiled at the Wutainese chimes that sounded when they walked in. The little ones walked behind her following her to the front counter. "HEY!" yuffie shouted to the person in the back. Quickly a man in a robe walked out to the front and greeted Yuffie with a bow, "Princess." "Hey koy. Got anything new?" The man nodded, pointing to some odly colored materia packed in a bio box with some other pieces of cloth and some featheres. "They just dug it out of the northern crater. The turks say they couldn't find anything. But send a few ninjas down and they find all of sephiroths materia, well most of it, all but the good summons, and some remenents of the battle!" Yuffie beckoned him to bring it to her. Koy looked over Yuffies shoulder to see Denzel and Marlene looking at some toys that were sitting on a lower shelf. "Hey, if you buy this… I'll throw in one thing for each of them free. Take it off my hands?" Yuffie looked through the box smiling. There were black feathers, and leather strips and pieces of Cloud's outfit and Tifa's gloves and everyone else's uniforms. The thing that really got her was the materia. All of what he had said would be there, was there. Even a clear materia with a black dot in the middle. This one was on a necklace however. "Is this the black materia?" "No… the black materia looks more like a giant rock… that's … well, we can't seem to figure that out. We think it's just a materia pendant that helps you level up or something." Yuffie nodded looking through her pockets. "How much?" The black haired man thought to himself, "How's … 2000 sound?" Yuffie bit her lip and started pulling her pockets inside out. "How's 1600? I don't have a lot of money with me. Sorry Koy." "No, it's fine! Tell the kids to pick something out." Yuffie looked over her shoulder, "Guys, you each pick something out." Denzel placed a set of ninja stars on the counter and marlene placed a small flute and a doll on the counter. Yuffie sighed as marlene made her best puppy face and Yuffie placed another three bills on the counter. "Alright." Koy placed a bag on the counter and placed everything in it for Yuffie. "That;s everything." He took the bills and smiled, "Be safe princess?" Yuffie nodded, "I will." Yuffie walked out of the store holding the materia pendant and a feather in her palm with a smirk on her face. "Awesome."
Ta da! Now I'm in that fanfiction mood! YES! WOOT! I'm happy about that:hugs everyone: looks like I'm back in the ring! Time for me to throw a few finalfantasy punches in with my stuff! I hope people still read Yuffiexsephiroth. I didn't know if people were really interested with it since It's slightly faded away. But hopefully I can get people to come back into the swing of things!