A/N: I own nothing, sorry for the wait and I hope you like it. I'm still sticking to no super evil scientists, no Jenova, and no cameos from Sephiroth or any other members of his recently extended family, sound good? If not, you know what to do. Enjoy!

Yuffie sighed for what had to be the tenth time in the last thirty two seconds. Rain pounded down on her and Billy as they tried to drive the seven multi colored chocobo's across the highlands toward Junon. She wrapped herself tighter in the wonderfully weather proof cloak she'd borrowed. The winds had been howling horribly for the last fifteen minutes making it impossible for her to really hear herself think. It was the most horrible sound she'd ever heard, like an angry ghost on the wind…For not the first time she had to wonder why she'd even come out to help Billy. She sure as the day is long did not sign up for this. Her thighs began to ache in response to her angry thoughts. 'God, if only it was quiet...'

'Had to help out, just had to didn't you? Good Leviathan, I could be in Junon right now, but no. I had to tell little 'Billy the kid' I'd help his-'A shriek of surprise erupted from the lead chocobo. An incredibly disoriented grand dragon had crashed down a mere fifty feet from the bird. The howling that Yuffie and Billy had long ago chalked up to the storm's fury, suddenly ceased.

"IT WAS A DRAGON!?" Yuffie yelled at Billy, who having seen the thing fall from the sky, didn't pay any heed to Yuffie screaming the obvious at him. He clucked at his chocobo, bringing it around to Yuffie's side as they ran by, hoping against all odds that the massive beast simply wouldn't notice them.

The dragon, for its part, spun in a few circles, obviously disoriented, until it took notice of the little feathered feast running by. It growled and snapped at the birds as they ran by. 'So much for not noticing. Stupid lizard with wings falling down here of all places...Gods can't a girl-' Her mental rant was cut short by a squeal of some sort. She cringed as she realized it was Billy.

"What do we do?" Billy squealed in fright, Yuffie winced again at the sound of his voice. Although, she hadn't realized until just that moment that they were just sitting there staring at the dragon. 'Oh crap!' She turned to shout at Billy, who was equally mesmorized by the beast.

"Run, boy, run!" Yuffie jammed her heel into the bird, the red cloak flowing rather dramatically behind her and subsequently scaring the other chocobos enough to make them run faster.

"We can't possibly out run a GRAND DRAGON!" Billy screamed again, Yuffie'd have to talk to him about screaming and what not; this was just a little ridiculous and incredibly not manly. However annoying he may be, though, he was right. She pulled her gold chocobo to a stop and readied her Conformer.

"What n'the hay…?" Billy's yell was swallowed by the roars and howls of the wind and dragon. "Yuffie! What're you doin'?!" He yelled a little louder. She turned back at him with a look that could wilt flowers.

"What do you think I'm freaking doing!?" She roared back indignantly. 'Gods, it's no wonder he isn't dead yet…seriously of all the st-' A gunshot startled ninja and bird alike. "What in the name of all that is…Barret?! Sweet Leviathan, I never thought I'd be so happy to see you!" Barret shot a smug grin Yuffie's way before unloading on the dragon.

"Someone's gotta save yo' ass, brat!" He called out as he rode by.

"Why I outta!" Yuffie leapt off the chocobo, watching for a moment as the bird ran after Billy and the other chocobos. 'Of all the things I could be doing…' Yuffie ran after Barret, readying her over sized shuriken. Thoughts of hot tea and a warm blanket made her smile. 'Stupid Billy…' She sighed, still smiling, 'Guess it could be worse though.' A green blast of something shot out of Barret's arm and knocked the dragon over. The massive beast hadn't had a chance to really attack at all yet, and from the looks of the fight it probably wouldn't land a strike anyway. Yuffie let her Conformer fly; it nearly hit it right between the eyes, the dragon, however, dodged the weapon and only lost one of the huge horns on the side of its head.

With a mighty roar and a flap of its wings, the now hungry and irritated dragon lifted off, disappearing into the storm clouds above. Yuffie ran over and collected the horn. It was as big as her Conformer, curved like an instrument she'd seen them play at Marlene's last school play. 'Awesome!' She managed to strap it on with her shuriken.

"Need a lift, kid?" Barret held a hand out to Yuffie, who easily hoped up behind him on the chocobo. Billy had managed to keep all the other chocobos together and relatively calm while the short fight took place.

"So, uh…what the heck are you doing out here anyway?" Yuffie sent a questioning glance at the back of Barret's head. She hoped off of Barret's and onto her own, wrapping the red cloak tightly around her lithe form. Billy tipped his hat to Barret and mumbled a word of thanks before resuming his place at the head of the small herd.

"Shelke picked yer ass up, said you was out 'bout fifteen miles, also said that fu-"A soggy piece of something hit Barret's cheek. Yuffie, grinning like a madman, held up some sort of roll she'd been eating before speaking.

"Language, big guy, sheesh…You know, I don't care. Let's just hurry up and get to Junon. I'm freezing my ass off." Yuffie smirked at Barret's frown.

"Gosh, it's getting colder and the rain is getting worse…" Billy noted, shivering beneath his own layers of jackets and what not.

"Storm's gettin' worse, but don' worry, only take 'bout an hour t'get back." Barret eyed Yuffie suspiciously again. "Why you got the vamp's cape?"

"There's this thing called 'mind your own stinkin' business' and you should really give it a try." With her nose in the air she trotted ahead to help Billy guide the birds in.

oOoOoOo

It was just after dusk when Yuffie, Barret, Billy and the seven other chocobo's made it to the 'Shera'. After an hour of grooming, feeding and getting the birds settled in, Billy and Yuffie made their way to the inn everyone was supposed to be staying at. She stowed her riding gear and horn in the stable of the 'Shera' with the chocobos before heading inside. She caught sight of Cid, smoking as always, just outside the door.

"Oi, Vin- er…Yuffie?" Cid stopped, lit a cigarette, and stared at Yuffie for a moment while his brain caught up to him. Yuffie stood in a red cloak, identical to Vincent's, and a matching pair of black all-weather pants and shirt. "Are ya wearin' Vince's cloak…fer a reason?" Cid gave the ninja an immensely suspicious glance, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"It's weather proof and I'm not…besides, he wasn't using it." Yuffie walked by, waving dismissively at the pilot. "Mind your own business, old man." She laughed as Cid attempted to lung out at her and grab her, grabbing thin air instead.

"Brat!" He spat at her as she dodged him with cat like grace.

"Old man!" Yuffie bounded threw the door, laughing as she went.

"You took my cloak…" A dead calm voice stopped Yuffie in mid prance. She turned and eyed the owner of the voice. "I looked for it for two weeks." Yuffie fought the urge to roll her eyes. True enough, she had taken off just over two weeks ago and had taken his cloak without asking, but in all fairness he didn't appear to need it then. (And it wasn't exactly without asking.) Why didn't he need it? He was asleep in his coffin. Yuffie justified it as revenge of a sort.

"Uh, if I recall correctly, somebody was doing their very best impression of a corpse," She made a show of closing her eyes and making a face she assumed dead people made, "and as such did not require the benefits of a nice, weather proof cloak." Yuffie jammed her pointer finger into the man's leather bound chest, smirking as she spoke.

"Yuffie! You stole from Vincent?" Tifa chastised, hands on her hips. Secretly cheering Yuffie on, for she loved to see them bicker as they often did. She may annoy him to no end, but on the same token…Tifa was thoroughly convinced Vincent would be bored to…well death, if it weren't for Yuffie and her irritating ways.

"What?!" Yuffie shot back defensively, giggling as Tifa lifted one shapely eyebrow at the ninja. "I do NOT steal." She smiled a sugar sweet smile. "I borrow for extended periods of time. Besides, Vince was busy playing dead-"

"I was not…" Vincent sighed and Yuffie thought she noticed a hint of a smirk dancing at the corners of his mouth. "I have no other means for a bed, Yuffie. I sleep where I feel comfortable. You have no business taking my things without my permission." Vincent didn't smile, which wasn't unusual, Yuffie did tend to read too much into him and his imaginary expressions. He simply stood there, staring her down rather impassively.

Yuffie shrugged off the massive cloak, carefully rung out what water she could in the door way, so as not to make a mess, folded the thing and handed it back to him. Vincent wordlessly accepted the proffered fabric and carefully set it aside on a chair. Yuffie watched him for a moment longer.

"Jerk." She grumbled at him. He turned to face her, his face still devoid of any emotion. "I thought you were supposed to be in Rocket Town, did you seriously come all the way out here after your damn cloak? Barret could have brought it to you, you didn't have to be an a-" She was going to finish her sentence, had every intention of it in fact, but a face full of some sort of sweet creamy goodness meant otherwise.

"Oh-my-gosh! I'm so sorry, Yuf, I didn't mean to…oh gosh, this is terrible…oh dear." Marlene mumbled a thousand apologies as Yuffie stood for a second, taking in what just happened. Tifa giggled, Cloud let out a snort, and Vincent chuckled. Barret and Cid simply grinned, big toothy grins at Yuffie as she stood in silent shock. Soon the whole room was laughing at Marlene's little mishap, and Yuffie simply stood there grinning to herself.

"Well done, Marlene." Denzel offered the young girl a sly smirk, cocking his eyebrow at Yuffie. "It isn't everyday you can stop that motor mouth- oof!" A well aimed pillow stopped Denzel mid sentence. Yuffie eyed the boy a moment, fully intent on saying something, had her mouth open and everything, when a gloved finger slowly slid down the bridge of her nose. She turned to Vincent, who let the smallest of grins grace his lips for the length of a heart beat.

"Well done indeed…"Vincent mumbled to the young ninja.

"Don't start; I'll do more than steal your unused clothes next time. You know I will." Yuffie ran a finger across her cheek, tasting the substance. "It tastes like vanilla whip cream!" She exclaimed, obviously delighted, which in turn stole her attention away from Vincent and off toward Marlene. Shelke was still on the 'Shera' following the storm and working out the flight path it could follow via ShinRa satellite. It wouldn't be too much longer before she had completely mapped out its trajectory and they'd be off again.

"Captain, I have finished with my task. If we are prepared to leave, now would be the best time." Shelke's dull voice echoed over Cid's PHS speakerphone.

"Roger, good work, Shelke." Cid turned to the group, clapping his hands to get their attention. Everyone, except Yuffie of course, turned toward him. "Well, enough horse play. Let's all get yer shit and get the hell outta here! Yuffie, no more sugar or yer ass can fuckin' walk." Cid shouted just over the commotion. He had to physically remove the spoon and bowl from Yuffie's death grip before she finally huffed and bounced, not walked or ran, bounced to the three bags Barret and Elmyra had packed for her. There was a series of other nods and muttered agreements before everyone else finally shifted into action.

"I'm glad you decided to come all the way down here even though you didn't need to." Yuffie whispered to Vincent as they boarded the 'Shera'. Marlene kept tugging her toward the galley, babbling on about Denzel and what a jerk he was, and how he made fun of her the whole way here, wouldn't play with her, or help her cook…Yuffie had to really focus on Vincent to catch what he was trying to say.

"You took my cloak…I looked for it for-"She rolled her eyes as he grumbled at her.

"Two weeks, yeah I know. I left you a note, didn't you get it? Or have you forgotten how to read in your old age?" Yuffie's smile became a cheeky grin. Vincent, despite being Vincent, smiled with her as they made their way to a comfortable place on the air craft.

oOoOoOo

The flight had been relatively uneventful, save for the horseplay in the galley the whole way there. Billy had gone straight to bed once they'd boarded and Yuffie, having found a pill to make travel far more tolerable, now indulged in the art of 'squash-Denzel's-smug-grin-into-the-carpet-wrestling' which she usually only took part in at the bar. Tifa and Shera cheered the kids on; Barret kept shouting that his money was on Denzel, while Elmyra kept politely cheering Yuffie on. Cloud and Vincent sat quietly watching the little wrestling match.

"At least someone's on my freaking side!" Yuffie shouted indignantly at the crowd.

"C'mon, you couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag; I'd like to see you beat Denzel." Cloud chuckled at the look of absolute doom Yuffie sent him.

"That's it…" Yuffie spun around, dropped the ground and with one hand she latched onto Denzel's foot, the other lifting her off the ground in a small sort of hand spring toward Cloud, as Yuffie went over Denzel felt his balance shift. And then up went Denzel, right into an immensely startled Cloud's lap. "You know I'm way too full of myself to let that little comment slide. Although I do kinda feel bad about beating up a little kid just to prove I'm the best." Denzel snorted angrily at her as he scrambled of Cloud's lap, intent on returning the insult. Tifa held a hand up to stop him, moving slowly toward Yuffie.

"Need a better opponent?" Tifa brushed off her apron and adjusted her gloves at the belt before taking a battle stance. Now, the galley isn't huge. It's just big enough for maybe fifty people to sit or stand in. It was furnished with very little since there would only be anywhere from ten to twelve people at a given time on the airship. Yuffie eyed Tifa as she grinned misheviously back at the ninja. "Let's go…"

Tifa was much, much faster in hand to hand than Yuffie was. Yuffie was more on the dodgy side and could easily jump or roll out of the way. Yuffie was a master of sneak attack and her constant attacks from behind had Tifa constantly moving to keep an eye on the little blur of a ninja.

"While I don' mind y'all fuckin' 'round on my ship an all, we are about to land an I don't want nothin' brokin', got it?!" Cid hollered through the intercom at the group. Tifa's moment of distraction proved to be her undoing as Yuffie tackled her to the ground. Both girls lay in a heap of arms and legs, laughing like loons. Shelke stepped into the galley and Yuffie immediately wrapped her arms around the girls' calves, which was relatively easy from her spot on the floor. Shelke fell in an undignified heap beside Tifa.

"That was unnecessary, Miss Kisaragi." Shelke spoke in her ever present monotone, a twinkle in her eye belying her feigned anger.

"Oh, it was necessary alright Miss "I'm-gonna-make-your-house-smell-like-gym-socks-and-grease". You wanna talk "unnecessary" I got a few things I can think of." Yuffie joked. Shelke gave in, smiling brightly up at Yuffie. Tifa, with a helping hand from Cloud, stood to her feet.

"I told you, could be a good thing." She whispered to him while the other talked amongst themselves. "Vincent has been watching her most of the time, he also hasn't put down his cloak. Hasn't put it on, or away…Shelke laughed, Barret and Elmyra seem quite happy, even Shera came this time!" Tifa spoke exitedly. "I'm thoroughly pleased with how this turned out. Well, with the exception of Vincent's little prodigy over there," Denzel sat in a corner, brooding like a mini-Vincent. "Hey," She clasped Cloud's hands quickly before he walked back to his seat. He watched her somewhat expectantly for a moment. Tifa cocked her head to one side, pondering her next move for a second, before she darted forward and kissed him. She felt him smile into the kiss, a hand brushing her cheek. It only lasted a moment before they separated. "I love you." She whispered, his smile grew to a full fledged grin then and didn't leave when he took his seat beside Vincent.

A/N: Thank you for reviewing, I'm not really thrilled with this one. I think I rushed it, and there are a million and two grammar/spelling errors I need to go through and fix. Any helpful hints are definitely needed. If you enjoy it enough to review, thanks, if not that's fine, too.

That bit with Yuffie, Vincent, and the cloak...yep, I definitely saw Planet Terror, I just thought that was a pretty funny part. That and the whole "I never miss..." thing. Haven't seen the movie, if you liked Army of Darkness you'll likely enjoy this.