Yuffie opened her eyes to find herself in a dark room. She couldn't see, and all she knew was that she was on something soft, a bed perhaps, and that she dressed only in her bra and panties.
Wait, I'm not dressed? What's happened to me? Oh Gods… am I out of Wutai? Suddenly, she had a sinking feeling. What if she was tricked into believing she could escape? Yuffie grabbed a blanket and covered herself up. Then she began to cry.
Pretty soon, she was being held by two strong arms and a deep voice whispered into her ear. "It's ok, Yuffie. You're safe now…"
The voice was hauntingly familiar, like someone she'd heard from the past. Wait, that voice, VINCENT? She was afraid to ask, not wanting to be disappointed if it wasn't him. Yuffie finally spoke. "Who are you?"
"Yuffie, it's Vincent. You've been asleep for a while, two days to be exact. We had to slip a tranquilizer in your tea." He was about to get up to turn on the light when he felt Yuffie throw her arms around him.
"Oh, Vinnie! I missed you so much! I thought I was going to be stuck getting married to Nori the creep-o! You saved me? Why? I thought you hated me! Oh Vinnie, wait, where are my clothes? PERV!" Yuffie took her arms from around Vincent and covered her chest.
The ex-Turk looked at her and gave a slight smile. He got up to leave the room when he was pulled back down to the bed.
"Are you leaving me?" Yuffie asked, with a little bit of fear in her voice.
"No Yuffie, I'm just going to get you something to put on. And I was not the one who undressed you, it was Tifa. Oh, Yuffie…I do not hate you…" With that, he turned on the light and walked out of the room.
Yuffie was left wondering why on earth Tifa undressed her and left her to Vincent's watch. Geez, Tifa, you aren't so smart, especially when you make people watch over me. Man, she could've at least given me a shirt or something. Wait, Vincent said I was out for two days, which means I missed the wedding…I wonder if Father's sent out people for my return yet…Speaking of Vincent though, he was acting just a little strangely…Weird-o! Yuffie stayed in the room for what she thought were hours. Just as she was about to scream out for Vincent to bring her clothes, she heard a knock at the door.
"Yuffs? It's Tifa, may I come in?"
"Sure, why not, and bring some clothes for me to wear!" Yuffie answered.
With that, Tifa walked into the room followed by Shera and two large shopping bags full of clothing. Yuffie looked a little puzzled and Shera sat down next to her to explain what was going on.
"Yuffie dear, we had to get rid of your clothes. I'm sure that there are Wutai spies looking for you as we speak. I did keep one dress, it looked important." Shera pulled out Yuffie's mother's kimono.
"Oh thank you!" Yuffie cried, "That was my mother's." Yuffie took the dress and delicately ran the fabric through her fingers. "This was her wedding kimono. I was hoping I could wear it someday…ya know, to a wedding I wanted to be a part of…" Yuffie trailed off thinking. Suddenly she asked, "Where am I, anyway?"
"You're in Rocket Town at Cid's and my house." Shera answered.
"I don't remember a guest room here…" Yuffie was confused.
"Well," Shera said, "We've had some additions put in. Cid and I want to have children…"
Tifa gasped, "You're pregnant?"
Shera laughed, "No, not yet. For the mean time, these rooms serve well as guest rooms. Cid went crazy and added ten rooms! I don't think I want to pop out ten children."
Tifa giggled and sat down next to Yuffie. "I got you a lot of clothes, Yuffie. I hope you like them!"
"Oh," Yuffie responded, then turned to look at the clothes picked out for her. "What should I wear? That is… do I even wanna know what's in those bags?"
Tifa just smiled at the ninja and started looking for something cute for Yuffie to wear. She came up with a light pink top and a jean skirt with white leg warmers and light pink sneakers. Yuffie looked in horror as Tifa showed her the selection.
"Eww! I'll look like a GIRL in that!" Yuffie wrinkled her nose at the selection as Shera and Tifa shared a laugh.
"It is ok to look like a girl you know," Shera commented as Tifa ushered her off to try on her clothes.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Cid and Vincent were filling in Cloud, Nanaki, and Barret about the situation at hand. Cid was the first to speak.
"So basically, fucking Lord Bitch-ass Godo tries to fuck over Yuffie and get her goddamned married to a fucking cocksucker…" He was cut off by Vincent.
"Maybe I should explain Cid"
Cid gave an exaggerated bow to Vincent. "Go right a fucking head man."
Vincent proceeded to tell the others about Godo and Nori, the would-be forced marriage, and how he and Cid spirited Yuffie out of Wutai with the help of Chekhov.
Cloud was the first to question. "So Vincent, if Chekhov couldn't help because of his position, but did anyway, how is he safe?"
Barret chimed in, "Ya, if dude's supposed to be watchin da girl, den how did he get away wit it wit no trouble?"
Cid answered for the ex-Turk, "This motherfucker" pointing at the Vincent, "went all secret agent on dude and fucking gave her a Chocobo tranquilizer on the back. That shit knocked him the fuck out!" He laughed, "The bitch fell asleep in 6 seconds flat!"
"Thank you Cid for that educational piece of information." Cloud said a little bit annoyed.
Nanaki was the next to ask a question. "Vincent, how can we help her?" The animal looked up at the group with worry. "I'm sure they will be searching for her."
Vincent sighed, "I know. As of now, Yuffie is under our care, and that means everyone. We all need to keep an eye on her, because she's very vulnerable right now. We need to keep her out of the general public as much as possible for now." He looked grave as he took out a piece of paper and showed it to everyone. "As you can see, it did not take long to find out about her disappearance. Lord Godo has sent out a warrant for the return of Yuffie…dead or alive…"
Vincent stopped and looked dead at the others "We can't let anything happen to her…" I won't let anything happen to her…Yuffie…Vincent thought as he sat down at the table with the group.
Cid picked up where Vincent left off, "Are you guys fucking in?"
Cloud just nodded, while Nanaki answered, "Of course, Cid"
Barret got up and shouted "Hell yeah! Time to kick some Wutai… Yuffie?"
The guys all turned to the stairway to see Tifa practically dragging Yuffie down to see the rest of the group.
"Doesn't she look like an angel?" Shera said softly, then laughed as Tifa tried to restrain Yuffie from running back upstairs.
Cid practically choked on the cigarette he was smoking. "Holy shit brat, you fucking look like a woman!" Cloud rolled his eyes at that remark, while Barret whistled and nodded his head in agreement.
Yuffie turned bright red. "I can't believe you did this to me Tifa," she glared at the martial artist. "I hate you Tifa, I HATE…" She was cut off by Vincent.
"I think you look … beautiful…Yuffie…" Vincent said softly. Yuffie went silent, as did the rest of the group.
Yuffie looked into Vincent's dark red eyes to see if it was just a joke, but seeing seriousness and something else she couldn't describe, she turned a brighter red and quietly said, "Thank you…Vinnie… I think I'm just going to go upstairs now..." With that, the young ninja ran as fast as her legs could carry her upstairs and slammed the door to her room.
Everyone turned to look at Vincent, who just sat with the same stoic expression he usually had. Barret was the first to break the silence. "Damn, Vincent! You just shut da brat right up!" The others, still in shock, could only nod in agreement.