Yuffie yawned, stretching. "aaah. What shall I do with myself too-day..." She got up, did her

morning exercises. There was a knock at her front door. She strolled over cheerily, opened it up. It

was Riku and Leon. "Hey, Yuffie. Feel like exterminating a few Hear-" Riku stopped mid-sentence,

eyes bulging. Yuffie followed his gaze.

Oh no. Not in front of these two. No. Way. Her houserobe was wide open. At least she had been

wearing shorts but the rest of her wasn't so lucky. Riku hadn't said anything, had merely burned red

and turned away. Leon however, was not so bashful. He had seen this happen a dozen times. She

was just so careless... "Uh, uh... I HAVE A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS!" She slammed the

door in their faces.

Riku looked at Leon's expression of pure boredom. "This happens a lot?" Leon snickered. "She's a

sucker for attention. Just let her be for a while." They walked towards the marketplace.

Yuffie sighed. Did thingsever go well for her? It was bad enough that she was a total klutz, butshe

was terrible in the morning. She'd leave her brain somewhere in bed, and wander aimlessly til she fell

asleep again. It was great to be young. No expectations, and you had an excuse to be hyper. But

when she thought about Leon... she blushed red, even though no one else was in the room. She

walked up to the mirror in her bathroom, looked herself over. It was true she had a nice body. She

had just never really thought about it before.

She finally dressed, after donning her usual outfit- green belly shirt, shorts zipped up, but not

buttoned, and of course her 4-point giant shuriken- and strolled outside, vanishing into the early

morning air.

The best thing, Yuffie thought, grinning, about being a ninja, was you could be totally unpredictable,

and do totally crazy things and no one would mind. It was in character for ninjas to be

mysterious.She stopped, appearing in a group of startled shoppers in the marketplace. Where was

Leon? Today was the day she'd finally ask him out. Would he say yes? She'd hafta be extra sneaky,

use her cute ninja girl charm.

"Leooon!" she yelled, tackling him stealthily.

"Ah!" she caught him off guard, fell on top of him.

"Ooooh. Owwies." She got off him, clasped her hands behind her back, hummed cheerfully.

"Ouch. Oh, hey Yuffie." He grinned slyly,said, "I see you're dressed now."

She burned, puffing her cheeks. "Hi, Riku." she said, still blushing and frowning at Leon.

"Hey." Riku smiled sheepishly. He suddenly seemed preoccupied with his hair.He wondered if he

should finally get it cut. A year in the dark realm hadn't stopped it from growing, it seemed. Leon

patted her head, almost like she was a child. "Hey, we were going to get some stuff at the shops.

Were you wanting to come?"

She poked him. "Well, duh!"

"Huh."Riku smiled. "Someone's embarassed."

"Am not!"

"Are too."

"Am noooot!"

"Okay, okay, settle down, Yuffie."He laughed.

"Ooooh! Let's just go." She turned and slipped on aflyer on the ground. It was for a rave at that

new club that was opening. "You okay?" Leon asked, looking concerned.

If Yuffie had one thing going for her, it was that she was impulsive.

I wonder if Leon's a good dancer?