A/N: This is my 2nd, (or first if I finish this one before my other one) so
my fan-fic is only n00b level, as well as my grammar skills.
And also, please note that I never played anything from FF 1-9 (except TA) so I really don't know anything about Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, or Aerith, except for the stuff told in KH, and things from other people, so I'm making up their histories and stuff, k?
Note to Disclaimer: I don't own any chars except that of which are my own. ____________________________________________________________
Title: Love Your Enemies, Hate Your Friends
Chapter 1: The Simplest Thing, the Biggest Deal
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"Squall! You're hurting me!" cried the ninja, Yuffie.
"It's Leon! Can't you at least get that right?" he snarled in her face, but he loosened his grip.
He stopped shaking her, and let go of her shoulders.
"What's with you, Squall? You've been acting a little strange lately." Yuffie said, taking a step back from the man. His expressionless glare followed her.
"It's Leon!" he snapped. He sighed, then ran a hand through his long dark hair, a habit of his.
"And I'm not acting strange. You shouldn't sneak up on people. You'll end up getting hurt." he said coldly, his expressionless voice carrying throughout the water cavern.
Yuffie looked down. He was right after all, though she hated to admit it.
Squall had been training on the cave, as usual. He had been alone, though, lost in train of thought. And then
Yuffie, just to annoy him, ran a long finger nail down his arm like a Heartless, which she knew that Squall had always feared would come back.
Instantly, Squall spun around and started shaking her by the shoulders. It took her a few seconds before she screamed out,
"Stop it, Squall! You're hurting me!" And was that? could it have been? Yuffie could have sworn she'd seen both worry and resentment fill those dark empty eyes of his, but a moment later, the look was replaced by the usual emotionless eyes.
"I can do whatever I want, Squallie!" she stuck out her tongue. Well, that was a little immature, she thought to herself. That usually sent him off. But instead, Squall walked past her, as if completely unaware that there was another living being in the cave besides himself. He swung his Gunblade over his shoulder, and headed for the Alleyway.
"Hey! Where ya going, Squall?" her voice echoed throughout the cave, and Yuffie thought he was already gone.
"It's Leon." his deep voice echoed, clashing with hers.
Yuffie decided she didn't want to be alone in a dark, murky cave, and she certainly didn't want to be in the Hotel for the rest of the night with nothing to do, so she decided to follow him.
He led her into the Second District, then into the Gizmo Shop, then up the ladder in the back, outside the Gizmo Shop. It lead to a big platform, high above the Second District, the night very beautiful.
"Why are you following me?," he asked, harshly.
"Can't a girl sit down and look at the stars at night?"
"No."
"Hmph." she stood up, putting her hands on her hips. She was so near the edge, and it was good, it would give Squall a small shock. She put a foot off the edge.
"Wouldn't that be so funny if I fell?" no response.
"It would put an end to a lot of suffering."
"Squall!" she said, in an annoyed tone.
"Leo—"
"Squall!" the scream ripped out through the second district.
"Wha—Yuffie!" he shouted. The small sixteen year old was nowhere, so she must've fallen. Sure enough, he heard the soft crash as her body hit the ground.
"Yuffie!" he shouted, his voice still calm but emotionless.
He jumped down, grabbed onto a ledge that would break his fall, and fell the rest of about five feet.
His fighting partner was unconscious, her eyes shut, laying on the ground. He noticed that there was a puddle of blood near where her head rested.
"Come on! Wake up!" he shouted, the panic rising in his voice.
His face morphed into something unfamiliar when he saw her face. Her head rested on her neck length raven colored hair like a pillow. Her eyelids twitched, as if having a dream, though they were still shut.
The corners of Squall's mouth twitched, as if he were going to smile, something that rarely ever happened, a full smile seen even less on him. They twitched because he had looked so peaceful. He pulled a strand of hair from her face.
She groaned a little, making his whole body freeze, his heart seemed to be stuck in his throat.
He blinked once, twice, as if coming out of a trance.
'What was that?' he thought.
'I think it's obvious...' hissed a cold voice inside him.
"No, it's not. It's just...uh..." he sighed, and he picked her up, taking her back to the hotel.
He carried the limp form in his arms to the Alleyway.
When he was behind the hotel, the female ninja groaned, her eyelids fluttering, and finally opening.
"Squall..." she murmured, almost a breath.
"I'm so sorry..." she looked up at him. He almost dropped her.
Her eyes were now empty, a grayness inside them instead of the usual lively deep blue. Her voice too, he noted, seemed far away.
"Yuf, just hold on. You'll be fine. Aer'll heal you."
Yuffie slipped back into unconsciousness.
He walked into the Red Room, which Aerith and Cloud shared. They were having one of their 'conversations.'
Squall barged in through the doors, clearing his throat.
"Am I interrupting?" he asked in the harsh tone everyone was used to.
"Oh," Aerith said, still looking at Cloud.
"Leon, where have you—" her sentence stopped short when she saw Yuffie.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" she shouted.
Squall didn't answer, but took Yuffie into the next room, the Green Room, and laid her on the bed.
"Oh, jeez...I better call the doctors." Cloud said, in the doorway, Aerith next to him. He disappeared.
The next couple of hours were a blur. The meds came and went, saying that she should be awake by morning. They said they couldn't do anything to really help her, it wasn't too bad.
Squall was laying on the couch which Aerith had insisted he moved into the Green Room from the Lobby. "If she woke up, and no one's around, then who would know that she was awake?" she had explained, tired.
Squall couldn't sleep, though. His mind kept lingering on Yuffie. 'Why am I feeling like this?' his mind asked, but he knew, though he didn't admit it to anyone, even himself. He sighed.
He heard a faint rustle near the bed. The lights were off, so he couldn't see anything.
"Yuffie?" he whispered into the darkness. His hand inched toward the Gunblade in case...something unexpected was in the room.
"Who's there?" a raspy voice hissed from the bed.
"Leon." he said, his grasp on the Gunblade loosening.
"Leon?" the voice repeated.
"Yeah. It's Leon." he said, trying his hardest to hide the worry in his tone of voice.
She whispered something like, "Who am I," but Squall's mind corrected it as "Where am I."
"Your at the Hotel. In our room." he didn't realize it, but it was a bad choice of words.
"So you're my boyfriend?" she asked.
"You're kidding, right, Yuffie?" he said in a sarcastic tone.
"Yuffie? Yuffie who?"
"Come on, Yuf, enough with the acting. It's late. I'm tired, you got Aerith worked up."
"Oh, okay...Leon." she said.
Now he knew something was wrong. It wasn't like Yuffie to call him, "Leon" instead of "Squall."
"Yuf, are you okay?" he asked, a little more worried.
"Sure, I'm fine. Yuffie...that's a stupid name..." she grimaced.
"I kinda like it..."Squall said silently.
"Ow! I'm so sore!" she yelled.
"Live with it." he muttered in his regular cold tone.
"You're a lousy boyfriend, have I ever told you that?"
"You never said I was your boyfriend."
"Oh, well, you're a lousy roommate."
"Yuffie, where did you come from?" he asked.
Silence.
"What's your last name?" Silence.
"Are you okay?"
"I guess. I'm tired. Can you turn on the light before I go to sleep? I'm afraid of the dark."
"No you aren't."
"I am now, that I have a psychotic roommate. Besides, can I look at you? I mean, you are my boyfriend or roommate or whatever, right?"
"You really don't remember?" he got up, and turned on the light switch.
She yawned, and finally looked over to him.
"Oh, you are kinda cute..." then, she gasped, as if she was surfacing out of water.
"Squall..." she whispered.
He rushed over and sat on the bed, and grabbed her shoulders.
"Yuffie! You remember! What's my name?!"
"Squall..." she said, in that faraway voice she used the night before.
"Squall...I need you..." she said, her empty eyes turning gray again.
"Help me..." she grabbed onto his shoulders.
Then, she pushed back, her eyes widened.
"No! Nooo! Don't come near me! Squall! Squall! Help me! Find me!" she started beating at his chest hard, then went limp, falling back onto the bed. Her mouth was twisted in an 0 of shock and terror.
Leon flopped down on the couch, and tried to get some sleep, but his mind kept on replaying that horrible scene and Squall couldn't help but wonder what on Planet the girl saw.
And also, please note that I never played anything from FF 1-9 (except TA) so I really don't know anything about Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, or Aerith, except for the stuff told in KH, and things from other people, so I'm making up their histories and stuff, k?
Note to Disclaimer: I don't own any chars except that of which are my own. ____________________________________________________________
Title: Love Your Enemies, Hate Your Friends
Chapter 1: The Simplest Thing, the Biggest Deal
~ ~ ~ ~
"Squall! You're hurting me!" cried the ninja, Yuffie.
"It's Leon! Can't you at least get that right?" he snarled in her face, but he loosened his grip.
He stopped shaking her, and let go of her shoulders.
"What's with you, Squall? You've been acting a little strange lately." Yuffie said, taking a step back from the man. His expressionless glare followed her.
"It's Leon!" he snapped. He sighed, then ran a hand through his long dark hair, a habit of his.
"And I'm not acting strange. You shouldn't sneak up on people. You'll end up getting hurt." he said coldly, his expressionless voice carrying throughout the water cavern.
Yuffie looked down. He was right after all, though she hated to admit it.
Squall had been training on the cave, as usual. He had been alone, though, lost in train of thought. And then
Yuffie, just to annoy him, ran a long finger nail down his arm like a Heartless, which she knew that Squall had always feared would come back.
Instantly, Squall spun around and started shaking her by the shoulders. It took her a few seconds before she screamed out,
"Stop it, Squall! You're hurting me!" And was that? could it have been? Yuffie could have sworn she'd seen both worry and resentment fill those dark empty eyes of his, but a moment later, the look was replaced by the usual emotionless eyes.
"I can do whatever I want, Squallie!" she stuck out her tongue. Well, that was a little immature, she thought to herself. That usually sent him off. But instead, Squall walked past her, as if completely unaware that there was another living being in the cave besides himself. He swung his Gunblade over his shoulder, and headed for the Alleyway.
"Hey! Where ya going, Squall?" her voice echoed throughout the cave, and Yuffie thought he was already gone.
"It's Leon." his deep voice echoed, clashing with hers.
Yuffie decided she didn't want to be alone in a dark, murky cave, and she certainly didn't want to be in the Hotel for the rest of the night with nothing to do, so she decided to follow him.
He led her into the Second District, then into the Gizmo Shop, then up the ladder in the back, outside the Gizmo Shop. It lead to a big platform, high above the Second District, the night very beautiful.
"Why are you following me?," he asked, harshly.
"Can't a girl sit down and look at the stars at night?"
"No."
"Hmph." she stood up, putting her hands on her hips. She was so near the edge, and it was good, it would give Squall a small shock. She put a foot off the edge.
"Wouldn't that be so funny if I fell?" no response.
"It would put an end to a lot of suffering."
"Squall!" she said, in an annoyed tone.
"Leo—"
"Squall!" the scream ripped out through the second district.
"Wha—Yuffie!" he shouted. The small sixteen year old was nowhere, so she must've fallen. Sure enough, he heard the soft crash as her body hit the ground.
"Yuffie!" he shouted, his voice still calm but emotionless.
He jumped down, grabbed onto a ledge that would break his fall, and fell the rest of about five feet.
His fighting partner was unconscious, her eyes shut, laying on the ground. He noticed that there was a puddle of blood near where her head rested.
"Come on! Wake up!" he shouted, the panic rising in his voice.
His face morphed into something unfamiliar when he saw her face. Her head rested on her neck length raven colored hair like a pillow. Her eyelids twitched, as if having a dream, though they were still shut.
The corners of Squall's mouth twitched, as if he were going to smile, something that rarely ever happened, a full smile seen even less on him. They twitched because he had looked so peaceful. He pulled a strand of hair from her face.
She groaned a little, making his whole body freeze, his heart seemed to be stuck in his throat.
He blinked once, twice, as if coming out of a trance.
'What was that?' he thought.
'I think it's obvious...' hissed a cold voice inside him.
"No, it's not. It's just...uh..." he sighed, and he picked her up, taking her back to the hotel.
He carried the limp form in his arms to the Alleyway.
When he was behind the hotel, the female ninja groaned, her eyelids fluttering, and finally opening.
"Squall..." she murmured, almost a breath.
"I'm so sorry..." she looked up at him. He almost dropped her.
Her eyes were now empty, a grayness inside them instead of the usual lively deep blue. Her voice too, he noted, seemed far away.
"Yuf, just hold on. You'll be fine. Aer'll heal you."
Yuffie slipped back into unconsciousness.
He walked into the Red Room, which Aerith and Cloud shared. They were having one of their 'conversations.'
Squall barged in through the doors, clearing his throat.
"Am I interrupting?" he asked in the harsh tone everyone was used to.
"Oh," Aerith said, still looking at Cloud.
"Leon, where have you—" her sentence stopped short when she saw Yuffie.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" she shouted.
Squall didn't answer, but took Yuffie into the next room, the Green Room, and laid her on the bed.
"Oh, jeez...I better call the doctors." Cloud said, in the doorway, Aerith next to him. He disappeared.
The next couple of hours were a blur. The meds came and went, saying that she should be awake by morning. They said they couldn't do anything to really help her, it wasn't too bad.
Squall was laying on the couch which Aerith had insisted he moved into the Green Room from the Lobby. "If she woke up, and no one's around, then who would know that she was awake?" she had explained, tired.
Squall couldn't sleep, though. His mind kept lingering on Yuffie. 'Why am I feeling like this?' his mind asked, but he knew, though he didn't admit it to anyone, even himself. He sighed.
He heard a faint rustle near the bed. The lights were off, so he couldn't see anything.
"Yuffie?" he whispered into the darkness. His hand inched toward the Gunblade in case...something unexpected was in the room.
"Who's there?" a raspy voice hissed from the bed.
"Leon." he said, his grasp on the Gunblade loosening.
"Leon?" the voice repeated.
"Yeah. It's Leon." he said, trying his hardest to hide the worry in his tone of voice.
She whispered something like, "Who am I," but Squall's mind corrected it as "Where am I."
"Your at the Hotel. In our room." he didn't realize it, but it was a bad choice of words.
"So you're my boyfriend?" she asked.
"You're kidding, right, Yuffie?" he said in a sarcastic tone.
"Yuffie? Yuffie who?"
"Come on, Yuf, enough with the acting. It's late. I'm tired, you got Aerith worked up."
"Oh, okay...Leon." she said.
Now he knew something was wrong. It wasn't like Yuffie to call him, "Leon" instead of "Squall."
"Yuf, are you okay?" he asked, a little more worried.
"Sure, I'm fine. Yuffie...that's a stupid name..." she grimaced.
"I kinda like it..."Squall said silently.
"Ow! I'm so sore!" she yelled.
"Live with it." he muttered in his regular cold tone.
"You're a lousy boyfriend, have I ever told you that?"
"You never said I was your boyfriend."
"Oh, well, you're a lousy roommate."
"Yuffie, where did you come from?" he asked.
Silence.
"What's your last name?" Silence.
"Are you okay?"
"I guess. I'm tired. Can you turn on the light before I go to sleep? I'm afraid of the dark."
"No you aren't."
"I am now, that I have a psychotic roommate. Besides, can I look at you? I mean, you are my boyfriend or roommate or whatever, right?"
"You really don't remember?" he got up, and turned on the light switch.
She yawned, and finally looked over to him.
"Oh, you are kinda cute..." then, she gasped, as if she was surfacing out of water.
"Squall..." she whispered.
He rushed over and sat on the bed, and grabbed her shoulders.
"Yuffie! You remember! What's my name?!"
"Squall..." she said, in that faraway voice she used the night before.
"Squall...I need you..." she said, her empty eyes turning gray again.
"Help me..." she grabbed onto his shoulders.
Then, she pushed back, her eyes widened.
"No! Nooo! Don't come near me! Squall! Squall! Help me! Find me!" she started beating at his chest hard, then went limp, falling back onto the bed. Her mouth was twisted in an 0 of shock and terror.
Leon flopped down on the couch, and tried to get some sleep, but his mind kept on replaying that horrible scene and Squall couldn't help but wonder what on Planet the girl saw.