Ugh...how many rooms are there!? For pete's sake...!

It seemed like an endless amount of rooms but being Yuffie, she needed to look at all of them. After opening many rooms, she found none that were interesting. They were all simple bedrooms that looked extremely THE SAME! How boring! Did we live a boring life or what?

There would be a bed to the side of the room and a table beside it. Also there would be a rectangular rug on the floor. And that would be it. But there was one room that was different from the others. It was a room that had pink painted walls with pink bedsheets and a pink rug on the floor.

It had to be Aerith's room...Ugh I finally find a room that has color...and of all the colors it had to be pink! Other than that room every room had the same style and organization as the next.

The tired Yuffie was down to the last room and she was glad. There better be something good here!

She opened the door and what did she see? Nothing. It was an empty room that had an opened window. Omg! Isn't this the last room? Aren't the last always suppose to be the best? It's the most suckiest of them all! She was about to close the door but then she saw a figure of some sort moving in the dark side of the room. Yuffie slowly brought out her shurikens. She always carried her ninja stars around no matter if it's to a convenience store or a diner, she couldn't leave without them. Never know when some creepy monsters are gonna attack you, right? She grinned widely as she loved fighting. It was her favorite hobby next to annoying the daylights out of Leon.

Might as well test my strength out. Poor thing doesn't stand a chance to me! I'm the best ninja around!

She went into her ninja stance and swiftly threw her shurikens at the moving figure in the shadow. The sound of the shurikens hitting the wall made the Great Ninja know that the figure must have evaded it. Impossible! I threw them so fast! No one can dodge them quick enough except for Squallie!

"...!"

Out of the blue, what seemed like half a second, a long sword was about to slice her head off. Oh crap! The tip of the sword was an inch away from her throat. She gulped nervously, fearing what will happen next. She was scared out of her mind but she just couldn't run away to Leon and Aerith, because she didn't want be seen as a weakling. After all I am the Great Ninja Yuffie! I gotta be a man! No I meant a woman! But I can't believe it! First, he/she dodged my super fast thrown shurikens that only Squall can dodge and now I didn't even notice his/her sword coming at me to even move out of the way to save my ass! And I have the reflexes of a cat! Not to brag...Err...Who is this person?Or should I say who is this monster!?

Well, Yuffie sure got what she wanted, she wanted something 'good' and this was as good as it was going to get.

Yuffie watched closely as the figure cautiously stepped out of the darkness and stood right before her, his ocean blue eyes, cold and emotionless staring at her. He had pale white skin, blond spikey hair and wore a tattered red cape. He looked like he was in his early twenties but Yuffie wasn't too sure as part of his face was covered.

For what seemed like forever, they stared each other. After awhile Yuffie looked away as she couldn't stand looking at his empty cold eyes anymore. The Great Ninja was the first to break the silence.

"Um...uh...Aren't you gonna finish me off?" Right then Yuffie could've just punched herself in the gut for asking such a stupid question. Yuffie...Are you trying to die here!?

"..." The blonde-haired swordsman loosened up his grip on his sword and lowered his sword, never taking his eyes off her.

Yuffie took a deep breath, relieved that he decided to not point his sword at her anymore. "Thanks for not killing me! I'm Yuffie." She grinned happily, showing all her teeth. She held out a hand to the mysterious guy but he just stared at it blankly, like he didn't know what to do. "Ooookaaaay..." The young ninja dropped her hand and looked away. She put her hands behind her back and nervously played with her feet. "Ahahaha...Nice weather that we're having...ahahaha..."

"..."

Oh my god! This is so freakin awkward...! Yuffie could've have just died right there. It was quiet...too quiet for her and she just couldn't stand it. The uneasiness of the atmosphere and him, who was the guy who was just about to slice her head off earlier wasn't helping either.

I wonder if Aerith and Squall are gonna come looking for me...WAIT! Why am I even sticking around? It doesn't seem like he's going to talk to me or kill me. I can just run out the door and he wouldn't give a dam. Why the hell am I staying here for!? Shouldn't I get my ass out of here? He was the one who nearly...but for some reason I'm not afraid of him. UGH!

She slapped herself in the forehead. Her feet didn't want to move at all...she didn't want to admit it but she wanted to stay. She got frustrated and confused and was nearly about to pull her hair out. She remembered that He was still there probably thinking she was some psycho girl that just came out of a clinic for crazies. She slowly lifted up her head to face him. She anticipated that he would be looking at her weirdly but his facial expression was unchanged. Still blank and emotionless.

Gawd! That's friggin worst! I can't even tell what he's thinking! He's worst than Squallie!

The blonde swordsman finally moved. Yuffie watched carefully as he silently put his sword on his back deciding that she wasn't going to attack anytime soon. He walked over to the opened window. He leaned on the wall, softly laying his head against it, his arms crossed and rested in front of his chest, and one leg up on the wall. He turned his head sideways and gazed out the window. Yuffie was dazzled as the sunlight hit his face, giving her a more vivid image of him even though it was only half his face. His face seemed calm and at peace like an angel who was brought down from heaven fated to meet her but his cold harsh eyes told a different story. Something more complicated, more sad...but Yuffie rather not think about it. She hated thinking deeply.

Again she attempted to make a conversation with him even though she knew he wasn't going to talk.

"So, what brings you to this dumpy place?"

"..."

She was getting impatient with his "..." but she decided it was best to not explode at him because she didn't know him well enough to do so.

"This is my home."

The raven-haired girl turned wide eyed. He talked! This dude actually talked! A miracle...! Wait...did he just say this was his home?

Before Yuffie could ask anymore questions, the mysterious guy got off the wall and stood in front of the window. A wing appeared on his back and he flew off. Yuffie looked like she was hit by lightning. Her eyes were so wide that she could've sworn that they were popping out. DID HE JUST GROW A FREAKIN' WING ON HIS BACK? Are my eyes deceiving me today!?

All what was left was a fluttering piece of paper that he let go before he took off. Yuffie remembered seeing him holding it in his hand but she didn't really care about it. She grabbed a hold of it and looked at it. It wasn't just a piece of paper...it was a photo. She saw four young children smiling in front of the house. A brunette haired boy looking away from the camera, stood beside a little girl with a pink dress who was hugging a little girl with black hair, that had her eyes closed and who seemed the youngest and then another little boy on the other side of the two girls was a little blond hair boy smiling with one hand behind his head.

"Hey...that's Squall! Aerith is in it too! Oh my gawd is that...me?

Yuffie was definitely positive now that she did live in this house. The photo couldn't make it any more obvious.

"Wow...it's really me...Forget me! Who is that kid!? I've never seen him before. No wait...was it that weird guy?"

-Flashback-

"So, what brings you to this dumpy place?"

"This is my home."

-End of Flashback-

The ninja recalled how Aerith told her it wasn't only the three of them who lived in the house. There were other people too...

"Gasp! It has to be him then! He looks just like this kid except in this picture he is smiling..."

The young ninja decided that she wanted to show Aerith and Leon the photo so she carefully sprinted down the stairs. She saw Aerith and Leon were still in the kitchen.

"Hey! You guys!"

"Oh no...hears comes Yuffie..."

"Leon be nice..."

Yuffie ignored Leon's remark and presented the photo that was in her hand.

"Look what I found!"

"Oh my goodness!...! It's t-that photo we took a long time ago! " Aerith was overwhelmed with joy. She grabbed it out of Yuffie's hand and took a closer look at it.

Leon wasn't as excited as Aerith about it but he had a small smile on his face. "Yuffie Where'd you get it?" The gunblader asked curiously.

"I found it in one of the rooms! Oh yeah I was wondering, what's that blonde kid's name?" She directed the question at Leon but Aerith answered for him.

"Cloud. His name is Cloud." Aerith had a soft gentle smile on her face. "He was our really good friend Yuffie."

"Oh really?...If that's the case...I saw Cloud upstairs." Aerith eyes widened in shock. Tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Huh? Impossible. He disappeared a long time ago." Leon retorted, not believing her. She did lie a lot so it was hard to believe any word she said.

"Disappeared!? But I seriously did see him! In fact I had a conversation with him just a little while ago." Okay so it was kind of a lie. But if you count '...' as responses then we had a pretty nice talk!

"Did you really?" Leon said it in a serious tone that made the young kunoichi flinch.

"Yes...I did! I really saw him! He had spikey blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore a ripped up red cape and carried a long ass sword! And I mean LONG! I SWEAR!"

"...! Leon! It has to be him!" The older women looked at Leon with desperate eyes that were red.

The gunblade expert ran his hands through his auburn hair and sighed. "Is he still up there?"

"No...He flew off...he grew a wing out of his back and flew off."

Leon crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at Yuffie. He looked at the ninja with disbelief. "Wing?"

"The kids telling the truth." Cid slowly walks up to the group from behind. "I saw him fly off from outside."

"See! I told ya!" Yuffie stuck out a tongue at the dumbfounded Leon.

"It couldn't be..." The brunette haired man muttered to himself.

Aerith didn't even try to fight back the tears instead she let them freely stream down her face, "Cloud..." Her sobs became louder and much more painful to hear. "He's still alive.." She let go of the picture, letting it drop to the ground. She fell to her knees and put her hands to her face and cried and cried. The Young ninja picked up the photo and put it in her pocket.

"Aerith..." Yuffie was about to put her hand on the older woman's shoulder but Cid put his hand on Yuffie's shoulder first and stopped her, shaking his head. She couldn't believe that the always smiling Aerith was actually crying so much. Crying over this guy named Cloud. She couldn't completely understand what kind of relationship they had with Cloud but it was strong. For sure it was much more than good friends. Perhaps he was family to them? Yes, that had to be it. Yuffie gazed at each one of their faces that were looking away or down. All of their faces had pain and distress written all over it. The hardest face to look at was Aerith's but her sobs were enough for Yuffie to understand. It was unbelievable for Yuffie. How could this house make everyone smile with joy and yet at the same time make them feel this much pain? It was cruel.

I hate this house...

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