Finding you
I don't know how this idea popped into my head… but I don't care… I like the idea. And I hope you guys do too!
Chapter 1: Happy Birthday
Yuffie
"I AM DONE! Finished just in time!" Yuffie cheered looking at the piece of cloth in front of her. she looked at it with complete love.
"You're finally done! And it's his birthday today… am I right?" the old bearded man said from his chair in the center of the circular room.
"Yeah! Ok… all I need to do is wrap it." Yuffie reached for the gift wrapper, tape and card.
"Why do you have to do it here? Not that I don't enjoy your company but… why would a young girl like you want to spend her afternoons with an old wizard like me?" Merlin stood up to examine her quick hands wrap the paper.
"Cause if the other guys found out what I was doing… they would laugh at me till no end OR they would say that I have a crush on Squallie! And I actually enjoy it here…" Yuffie scribbled on the card and stuck it onto the blue paper.
"They will not laugh… hey would think it's thoughtful. And don't you have a crush on… er… Squall?" Merlin said giving her one of his wise smiles.
"NO I DON'T!" Yuffie pouted and hugged the gift.
"If you say so. Yuffie… you'd best be leaving… it is almost 12." Merlin said looking at his huge grandfather clock.
"OH MY GAWSHHH! Lunch is starting without me! And Aerith said that she'd make a special lunch! Bye!" Yuffie took the gift and ran out the door.
"Goodbye my dear!" Merlin said from inside and laughed to himself. "Kids these days."
Yuffie ran out the door with the fire symbol on it. "Oh god oh god… what's she gonna make? Maybe chocolate cake! No… Aerith doesn't believe in chocolate cake for lunch… bummer…" Yuffie stopped when she saw three kids… around 9 years old on skateboards. They kept on falling off them.
"Hey… mind if I try?" Yuffie walked over to them.
They looked up at her and one nodded and gave her his skateboard. Yuffie jumped on it with perfect balance.
"Hey… don't you need a helmet?" a brown haired boy asked.
"Nah… me? I'm an expert at this stuff!" Yuffie circled the third district.
The three 9 year olds cheered and she started feeling all high and mighty. So she decided to show off.
She did a bunch of simple tricks then she started with the complicated ones. She jumped and flipped the skateboard and landed on the right side.
The kids cheered her on. "Faster!" they shouted… and she went faster.
As she increased her speed, she did more and more tricks. "FASTER!"
She went faster … and faster… and faster. She flipped the skateboard, it flipped and it landed but the wheels hit a crack on the floor. Because of the speed, Yuffie flew forward and hit the stone wall.
The kids just stared at her body which was on the floor, lifeless. They looked at each other in alarm and worry. Then they saw blood roll down her face.
Aerith
Aerith put down a plate of spaghetti and smiled at the huge meal she prepared. 'I think Yuffie would enjoy this more than Leon does.' Aerith smiled and looked around.
"Smell's great." Cloud walked into the dining room and kissed Aerith on the cheek.
"Thank you." Aerith smiled and wrapped her arms around Cloud.
"Do you know why Yuffie's always been out these days?" Aerith asked as Cloud wrapped his arms around her.
"no… she always comes home late… and she was never late for a meal either." Cloud let Aerith's head rest on his chest.
"Yes… and the weird thing is… she asked me to teach her how to knit. She was never interested in those things… wonder why…" Aerith stopped when she heard footsteps.
"I don't wanna disturb the moment but please don't get mushy when I'm around." Cid walked in.
"Did you hear something Aerith?" Cloud asked innocently.
"No…" Aerith smiled sweetly.
Cloud kissed Aerith straight on the lips.
"UH! Damn kids." Cid murmured.
Suddenly the phone rang and Aerith tore herself away from Cloud who groaned.
"Hello?" Aerith said in her normal sing song voice.
"Is this the Kisaragi residence?" a woman's voice said from the other end of the line.
"No… but a Kisaragi lives here." Aerith answered getting a little worried.
"Is it Yuffie Kisaragi?" the woman asked.
"Yes… what's going on?" Aerith asked getting a little pale.
"Would you please get to Traverse Hospital, Ms.Kisaragi has been severely injured. She is in the emergency room and she is going through surgery." The woman answered.
Aerith slammed the phone down, her breathing getting heavier and heavier and her eyes filling with tears.
"Aerith… what's wrong?" Cloud looked at her worriedly.
"It's Yuffie… she's hurt." Aerith answered as tears streamed down her face.
With that the three ran off to the hospital.
Leon
Leon swung his sword as swiftly as possible in all directions, hitting invisible enemies. Beads of sweat were on his forehead but he didn't care, he just continued. His gunblade seemed as light as a feather but he remembered that long ago it seemed like a ton of bricks. But that was before, he's gotten stronger through the years, thanks to certain creatures called the heartless.
He heard splashes from behind him, he stopped and turned around, in attack position. Whoever was making the sound appeared. It was Aerith. Probably just telling me that it's time for lunch.
He flung his gunblade a few more times before he saw Aerith's face. Her eyes were red and her face was covered in tears.
"Aerith?" Leon asked staring at her.
"LEON! It's Yuffie… she… she's hurt." Aerith said between hiccups.
Leon's attention snapped towards Yuffie being hurt. He ran towards the hospital followed by Aeith.
Hospital
"What's going on!" Leon glared at everyone in the waiting room.
"We don't know… no one was able to tell us… but all we know is that Yuffie's in the emergency room having her head sewn." Cloud said with his head in his hands.
"SEWN?" Leon spat back.
"She must have hit her head somewhere… that crazy kid." Cid said chewing on his toothpick.
"Is she going to be alright?" Leon asked, full of worry and anticipation.
"We don't know…" Aerith said, whipping the tears of her cheeks.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW!" Leon shouted his breathing was heavy and he felt like he popped a blood vessel.
More tears just rolled down her face. Cloud stood up, glaring at Leon. "You don't have to take it out on her! she didn't do anything!" Cloud said coldly as he hugged the crying Aerith.
"Sorry…" Leon murmured.
"We're all just worried." Cid said crossing his arms.
"uh… excuse me… are you the family of the black haired girl?" a little brown haired boy asked, looking scared.
"Sort of… why?" Cloud asked, looking at the three kids.
"Um… cause we know what happened to her." a red haired girl in pigtails said nervously.
"What happened to her!" Leon asked, looking intense.
"Uh… well… she borrowed my skateboard and…" the brown haired one said nervously.
"But… but we asked her to keep on going faster…" the blonde haired boy said.
"… so she did and suddenly the skateboard stopped on one of the cracks…" the girl said as a tear rolled down her face.
"… and she just…. Flew… and hit the wall…" the blonde said, looking at his feet.
"Then we saw blood roll down her face." The brown haired boy looked sadly at them.
"IT'S ALL OUR FAULT!" the red head girl wailed.
Aerith immediately pulled her into a tight hug. "Shh… no… it's an accident… you didn't mean to do anything to her." she said to the girl who just continued to cry.
Leon stared at them… not knowing what to do…
"Ehm…. Are you the family of Miss Yuffie Kisaragi?" a short man in a doctor's suit said from behind them.
"How is she?" Leon said turning around quickly.
"The surgery went well but she just has to rest for now." The doctor looked at them.
They all let out a breath of relief.
"But… I'm sorry to tell you this but… she has lost her memory." The doctor looked at them sadly.
Immediately, he was raised up in the air by his collar. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE LOST HER MEMORY!" Leon shouted at him, making the whole hospital stop what they were doing.
"I…I… mmmean… she has amnesia… b…bbut… ggetting her mmmmemory back is nnot impossible…" the small doctor said, obviously scared of Leon.
"So… she doesn't remember us?" Aerith cried.
"For now… no…" The doctor was cut off by Leon.
"SHE DOESN'T KNOW US?" Leon shouted again.
"Leon… put the man down." Cid directed and Leon followed.
"If you stay with her long enough… she eventually will. Surround her with everything she loved, places she had the most fun with and the people that she loved the most. Then maybe it will snap back." The doctor fixed his suit.
"Can we see her?" Aerith asked still sitting down.
"No… you can after 12 hours though… I'm sorry for what happened." The doctor gave a small bow and left.
"I have to see her…" Leon said sitting down and stared at his feet, not believing what happened.
"For now, we can't do anything… let's go home." Cid got up from his chair.
"I agree… Leon, it's still your birthday… you should enjoy it." Cloud got up as well.
"How do I enjoy it when Yuffie doesn't remember any of us?" Leon didn't get up.
"We can take care of that when we can get her out of the hospital. For now, Aerith made us a feast." Cid said.
Aerith got up. "Yes… I wouldn't want to waste good food. Leon… let's go home."
Leon finally stood up and they walked out the door.
"WAIT!" Leon stopped and turned around.
"What?" Leon stared at the three kids.
"Are you Squallie?" the girl asked.
Leon felt someone kick his heart. That was Yuffie's nickname for him.
"No… but Yuffie called me that anyways. Why?" leon was completely facing them and they were intimidated by their height difference.
"Because Yuffie was carrying this when she had the accident." The brunet handed him a package wrapped in blue paper.
Leon opened the card and felt his heart swell up.
HEY SQUALLIE!
Bet cha you thought I wasn't gonna give you a gift!
And you were WRONG!
Just for your information… this thing's hand made so
You better wear it! or else I'm gonna strangle you with it.
Since your 21 and sneak in drinks already… mind snagging
Me a beer? Just kidding!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SQUALLIE!
-Yuffie
"Happy Birthday by the way." The girl said.
"Thanks." Leon walked out the door, feeling as if he would never take another breath again.
Back at home
"Leon… eat… it's your birthday…" Aerith said worriedly.
"I'm not hungry." Leon murmured, still clutching the unopened gift.
There was a silence again.
"It's just not the same without the little brat." Cid sad finally putting down his toothpick.
Leon got up.
"Aerith thanks for the food." He walked away and entered his room.
He tore the blue paper, carefully putting away the card. It was a blue and green checkered scarf.
He couldn't move… he couldn't even breathe well. She was coming home to give him his gift. It was all his fault. If he accepted her offer to go with her to wherever she was going, maybe she wouldn't have fallen.
Leon felt like banging his head on the wall. But that wouldn't help, instead he wrapped the scarf around his neck.
12 hours later
"You can see her now." A cheery nurse called to them.
Leon was the first to enter the room.
Yuffie was on a hospital bed, staring at the t.v. She looked at him with a blank expression.
"Who are you?"
Then Leon's world crumbled to pieces.
This is so sad! Oh my gosh! Yuffie lost her memory! What will Leon do to get her memory back? Find out in the next chapter of finding you!
And if you have seen this list before, you would know that I love this list… so please add!
What separates teens from kids:
1) If you're in a fair, you are there to enjoy and… you have to admit… hunt for a cute guy. A kid would go there for the games… period.
2) Whenever you went out shopping with your mom… you would spend hours and hours waiting for her to shop so that you can buy the new Barbie that only your mom had the money for. Now, you are the one who goes shopping… for twice as long as your mom took. And now you go with your friends more often… not your mom.
3) You used to be able to get down and dirty. Now… you do but just in a different way. (A/N: I did not make this!)
4) Girls used to be better than guys… now guys are better than girls.
5) Before when someone called you names… you would go tell the teacher and start to cry. Now you make that person cry.
6) You used to think that kissing was disgusting… now that's what you want.
7) You used to want to play soccer with that guy to prove you were better. Now you want to see him get all sweaty and take his shirt off- Lady Sonora the black-Rose
8) You used to think boys were blecky, but now you wanna be held tight?"-RayZor
9) You used to eat everything in sight because you wanted to get bigger, now all you can think about is how to get smaller. –star-chan89
10) You used to hang out with everyone, now you only hang out with "cool" people. –xthechickenhousehelenaaaaaa
11) You used to listen to nursery rhymes, but now you listen to rock and rap and pop. . –xthechickenhousehelenaaaaaa
12) You used to close your eyes whenever it was the kissing scene but now you are willing to kill to be in it. (with the guy of coarse) –me……. skippinsunday
13) when you surfed the net… it used to be all Barbie or bratz or whatever but now… you're more into chatting. –me! AGAIN! See! See! I'm helping!
14) Grandma used to be someone who bought you toys and gave you candy when your mum wouldn't let you have any... Now she's the one you talk to when you're having problems with your mum and YOU bring the snacks to watch some sappy movie. –RayZor
15) When you were a kid you wanted to ride the bus to school, now you can't wait until your old enough to be able to drive a car there. -DiamondLucy
16) When you were a kid you wanted more responsibility so you could seem older, know you want less responsibility so you can just hang out with your friends. -DiamondLucy
luv ya!
XOXO
skippinsunday
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