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This chapter is only one thousand words or so, but it's in a bunch of different formats, tell me if you like the way I did it. Not sure I've ever seen something done this way, but I enjoyed writing different styles, so I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: If I owned FFVII, do you think I'd have to write FanFictions?
Headlines
Wutai Daily - September 21st
PRODIGAL PRINCESS RETURNS TO TAKE THRONE AND MARRY SUITOR
Late yesterday evening the Shera, an airship owned by a fellow AVALANCHE teammate of the Princess Yuffie, landed on the outskirts of the capitol city of Wutai. Thousands of fellow Wutain countrymen attended with their families as Lady Yuffie Kisaragi made her way to the Pagoda to see her father, Lord Godo, for the first time since the Geostigma crisis. The now twenty-two-year-old princess is set to marry a very prestigious man, whom she also traveled with in AVALANCHE, from the World Regenesis Organization.
The W.R.O. was once a small group of militia men led by Reeve Tuesti in an attempt to help pick up the pieces of the Planet following the reign of ShinRa, a very dark time for all of Gaia, and especially the great country, Wutai. The small power soon grew in economic strength and military supremacy as more and more joined the cause and promoted its rule. Due to President Tuesti's marriage to Shelke Rui, the sovereign of the Northern Continent following her impromptu inauguration by the idolizing Northerners – courtesy of her contribution to the research of memories and science and discovery of a cure for a disease one little girl acquired – the Eastern Continent merged with the North, furthering Tuesti's power. The W.R.O. looked to the union of Gaia as one, eager to make peace treaties with every area and allow a democratic rule over the entire Planet, rather than the totalitarian-like leadership of the ShinRa family.
When Nanaki, the protector of Cosmo Canyon and the West, signed the peace accords two years ago and connected the Western Continent to the World Regenesis organization, he received much praise from the citizens of the area, save for the select few that wished to remain autonomous, such as the North Corel area. It was clear to all that the W.R.O. was a substantial empire and a world power on the rise, no longer the small group of volunteer workers that set out to help clean up ShinRa's mess. All that remained for the taking was the Wutain continent, and fearing another war like the ShinRa-Wutai War, Lord Godo sought out the president to make an agreement that would benefit Wutai completely and secure its safety from any unforeseen raids. He offered his daughter, the only heir to the Kisaragi throne, to Vice President Valentine as a wife, for the man has remained single until this very day.
Tuesti agreed to the deal, and Lady Yuffie's marriage is set for December of this year, very rushed to assure that no attacks will occur on Wutain soil before the contract has been finalized. The princess knows nothing of the pact yet, and gossip declares that Vice President Valentine is unaware of the treaty, too. Lord Godo and President Tuesti wish to keep it a secret until the time has come to assure that the princess and the vice do not attempt to get out of the arrangement.
See Page A12 for more on the circumstances surrounding the marriage and the adventures of the princess as a member of AVALANCHE.
By Miyuki Tixhini
Dear Teef,
Yuffie here. Bored out of my mind. Come save me. SOS.
Something, anything!
I guess I should elaborate, huh? Well, Lord Buttkiss has confined me to the dungeon (it's what I call my room, you see) for all of time. I think he's punishing me for making him look bad, or like more of an ass than he looked before. Yeah, my peeps here in Wutai were a little put off by the crap Dad put me through, so his image went down the drain for a while. Pfft. Image, yeah right.
Anyways, I feel like the Oriental version of Rapunzel, for real. You remember that story that Aerith told us back before Meteor? It was the one about the Cetra girl who had the reeeaaallllllyy long hair and she got shoved up into the tower by a freak scientist (bet it was Hojo) so that he could use her for an immortality potion thing or another. Huh, kinda reminds me of Vince…
Speaking of – do you know what that vampire did to me? He gave me the cold shoulder! I wasted my time, my energy, and my breath to run after the ingrate, and he just stuck his pretty little nose in the air and ignored me, then he hopped on a bus and took the hell off to Junon!
What makes me feel worse is what I said to him before he left. I acted like he had no right to worry about me, and it kind hurts to think that what I said actually got to him. Here he let us into his life, let us behind that damn wall he puts up around his heart, and I acted like I didn't appreciate him.
It's still his fault, just so you know. He totally should have watched what he said to me. What can I say? I was tipsy and had a bit too much to drink. Really, Vinnie shoulda watched his mouth a little better! Man, Teefs, if I ever see him again, I'm gonna stick it to him!
Doubt we'll ever meet up again though, and that's kind of a depressing thought. He was a really good friend, Teefs (not as good as you though, so don't be jealous!) and I'm going to miss picking on him and telling him he smells like my old man's closet. It's too bad.
Anyways, enough about me (still sooooo friggin' bored, and I've only been back for a day). How's it going over there? How are you and Cloud? Tell me you two have finally gotten your act together and created some babies! And since it's you, Tifa, I know you're reading this aloud with Chocobohead, Marlene, Denzel, and maybe even Shelke in the room, and it probably didn't occur to you to shut up and quit reading until this line, so I'm gonna go ahead and apologize now… Love ya, Tifa? Don't hurt me, please! I know that you could probably dolphin-kick the wall right now and I'll feel it over here. In fact, I think I just felt it – it's like we have telepathy…
Please write (backwater country is lacking in technology – that'll be the first thing to go) back soon! I'm dying over here! (And going crazy, see the last line for confirmation ~ Telepathy, for real?)
The Great Ninja Yuffie
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Okay, in the next chapter, I might have some action, and some styles like what I did in here. Did you like it? Was it okay? I wanted to experiment with telling the story through different perspectives than just a narrator and a POV. I wanted to go for a 'you get the whole picture through every different aspect, besides just being told'.
In any case, I hope you enjoyed, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! (I know, I'm not above begging, I just love feedback)