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Chapter 3

Yuffie awoke the next morning refreshed and ready to continue on. Vincent was nowhere to be seen in the mansion, so Yuffie helped herself to breakfast in the kitchen. She waited for about an hour to see if Vincent would be back, but he did not appear. So she wrote a little note and continued on.

Luckily for her there was a small chocobo farm just outside of Nibelheim now, she rented a chocobo and decided she would go see Nanaki for a little while. Luckily there had been a blue one left. She spent about 700G on the guy.

It didn't take her long to travel on the chocobo, her travel time was cut in half. She stopped at the river to let the chocobo drink before continuing on. He 'warked' at her when she tried to stop him from drinking but she won with a handful of greens. They continued on fighting a few monsters on the way, she had to calm him down multiple times. Her stash of greens were almost out by the time she arrived at Cosmo Canyon. It had taken her about two hours to get there.

The man at the entrance welcomed her and showed the chocobo to a small stall and fed him. A few small children gathered around him squealing and poking at his feathers, he gave a cautious 'wark' to let them know to leave him be. They did not listen. Yuffie watched as they continued to poke at the large bird. She didn't give a thought of him eventually trying to peck at them, if they were going to bother him they deserved. Yuffie had lots of bruises and scratches from angry chocobos. She ran up the stairs up too Nanaki's grandfathers observatory. The people she saw on her way waved and asked how she was doing, she waved to them all and told them she was doing good. An answer she always gave people even when things weren't great.

She burst through the door of little home resting on the top of the canyon. "Hellooo?" She asked. "Nanaki, Bugenhagen? Anybody?" She could hear voices coming from the little starry room.

"Oh hoho! I'm in here!" She could hear the old mans voice.

She opened the door and found him just coming down from being up in the stars. The old man was still the same. She figured that he must not be all human, considering that he was over 100 years old. "Bugenhagen!" Yuffie called to him almost about to jump and give him a hug but then remembering that he was extremely old and she might accidentally kill him. She eyed behind him and tried to look up, she knew that the Huge Materia was just above them, her materia stealing self was trying to come out. She fought back the temptation to go and steal it.

"Yuffie! It's good to see you again." Bugenhagen said in his raspy voice.

"Good your not getting senile yet old man." They shared a little laugh. "How's my materia doing?" She still referred to it as hers.

Bugenhagen laughed. "It's doing fine. Still the same as it was 3 years ago."

"So where's Nanaki?" Yuffie asked looking around at all the machinery in the small room. It looked like there was more since the last time she had been in there.

"Oh he's probably around here somewhere. I think he said he was going into the forest near the river." Yuffie shivered at the thought, that was one of her least favourite places, there were many frogs there, she had been turned into one countless times. It had been horrible. She found it worse than when she passed out during battles.

As if on cue Nanaki cam running through the door. "I'm back grandpa!" He yelled like an excited little kid. He paused and looked at Yuffie. "Yuffie!"

"Red!" He fell to her knees and gave him a hug.

"I told you not to call me that, call me Nanaki." He slightly snarled.

"I know, I did it just to bug you." She scratched under his chin causing him to make a purring like sound. Yuffie smiled. She had missed him.

"So what are you doing here?" He asked between purring noises.

Yuffie sighed it seemed like all she was doing was telling people why she wasn't back home in Wutai. She explained it again to Nanaki and Bugenhagen, hoping it would be the last time that she would have too.

"So your running away so you don't have to get married?" Yuffie nodded. "Why not just tell your dad you don't want to get married? That you can rule Wutai by yourself."

Yuffie sighed, "I have. Many times. He just goes off into a lecture on Wutai traditions and how as a woman I cannot rule by myself." Yuffie complained gripping onto her shorts. Her father was so obsessed with tradition that he didn't even realize that he was being sexist. She wished her mother was still alive, she wouldn't let Godo treat Yuffie like that. She would say 'she's a responsible girl who has the ability to rule Wutai on her own.'

"I don't even want to rule Wutai anyways! It would be so boring. I'd become my father!" Yuffie started to pout.

"But you're the last of your blood. You wouldn't want to hand the throne over to somebody who might destroy Wutai?" Bugenhagen stated.

Yuffie knew he was right, but she hated to admit it. "I guess, it would suck if somebody screwed over Wutai even more than my father did…. But I still don't want to do it!"

"Ho ho! Still a child I see!" Bugenhagen laughed.

"I am not a child! I'm 19!" She would be turning 20 in 8 months.

"Age has nothing to do with being a child, look at Nanaki for example he is over 45 years old but still is a child."

Nanaki snarled at him. Bugenhagen just laughed.

"Well anyways, you are still young in age, no need for you to grow up yet. Both of you."

Yuffie and Nanaki looked at each other. "Grandpa, Yuffie and I are going to go outside now, we'll be back a little later." The two of them got to their feet and headed for the door. Yuffie stuck her tongue out at him as they left.

When they were outside Yuffie noticed the chocobo was by himself now, no little children clung to him. He was sleeping peacefully and the children stayed a distance from him. They must have pushed him to his limit. The two went to go and sit down next to the bonfire, they both stared into the flames, no words needed to spoken. Yuffie knew that they were both remembering the old days when they had worked together. The hardships, pains, victories and losses. Yuffie remembered the first time she had seen Sephiroth up close. Her, Cloud and Nanaki had kicked Jenova's butt even with her motion sickness. They had even gotten a summon materia out of it. It was that battle that made her realize what she gotten herself into over materia. But she knew it had been the best decision of her life. If it weren't for that she wouldn't be sitting here right now, instead she would probably be back in Wutai married off to some creepy, old pervert like Don Corneo.

"Hey Nanaki?"

"Hmm?" He asked lifting up his head, he must of tried to doze off.

"Are you really the last one of your tribe?"

Nanaki paused before saying anything. "I don't think so, there was another like me, but it was over 8 years ago, I don't know if she's still alive or not. We haven't seen each other in a long time." He seemed to look a little depressed.

"I wonder how Aerith felt considering that she was the last Ancient." Yuffie looked up at the sky wondering if Aerith was watching over them, from wherever she was.

"I don't think she minded. She wasn't alone. We were all with her."

"Your right! She was never alone! We were always with her, even until the end." Yuffie had jumped up off the ground and was now jumping around in excitement. Nanaki laughed silently. She looked up at the sky. "Whoa! I had better get going, I don't want to be riding during the night!" She jumped off the rock and began to run towards the small stable.

"But you just got here!" Nanaki had jumped up too.

"I know but I got places to go!" She opened the stable and started to drag him towards the entrance of the little town.

"Where?" Nanaki was now at her feet, she bent down and gave him a hug and a little kiss on the top of his head.

"I'm not sure yet. But I'll see you again soon! Okay?"

He nodded.

Climbing on top of the chocobo's back, she waved good-bye. With a light kick on his side and a 'wark' they were off. Yuffie held her head high as the wind brushed against her face and blew her hair back. And being a very skilled ninja she even let go of the reins and held her arms stretched out beside her. A few monsters attempted to attack her from the air but she quickly killed them successfully while riding and without injuring the chocobo. She even managed to use the chocobo as a weapon too. He was very good at stepping on frogs. Yuffie laughed every time he stepped on one. She knew it was mean, but they deserved it.

She slowed down when she passed the remains of Gongaga looking at the ruined village, the old mako reactor still was smoking just a little bit. She remembered the tales of Zack Cloud had told them all after he had begun to remember who he was and their history together. From the way he had described him Yuffie learned that she had actually met him when she was still very young. She had even had a small crush on him, though he was much older than she was. But in Yuffie's mind age was no problem for her.

Gongaga was also the first time she had met the Turks in person, her Cloud and Nanaki had walked in on Reno and Rude discussing who they liked. It had turned out that Rude liked Tifa, Tseng liked Aerith and Elena like Tseng. She had never learned who Reno had liked. But she figured Reno wasn't the type to have crushes, he was mostly focused on being a Turk. And probably one night stands.

While deep in thought she hadn't noticed a large monster come up behind her until he was almost on her back. She managed to make the chocobo quickly jump forward, she grabbed her Conformer and jumped off his back to kill the monster. She was unsure what it was, it wasn't like any of the ones she had killed around there before. It didn't matter what it was, only that she was going to kill it for almost attacking her. It spat a seed like substance at her, she jumped out of the way one grazing her ankle. She winced in pain, it was poisoned. She threw her weapon at the creature making a large slice in his chest, but he didn't die. She pulled a antidote out of her bag and chugged it back. The taste was horrible but it killed the poison quickly. It spat more seeds at her but this time she darted to the side and pulled out a few little throwing knives and sent them into it, each one made a direct hit. It fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Blood splattered on the ground and the creature begun to fade into dust. She walked over and grabbed the knives from the little pile wiped them clean and placed them back into their small holsters from on the inside of her cloak. She drank a little potion and climbed back onto the chocobo he was a little hesitant at first but she patted his head and he darted off.

She had ended up at Costa Del Sol about two hours later. There was a boat heading for Junon in an half an hour. So Yuffie had a while to decide whether she wanted to get on or not. The people who told her that said she wouldn't be able to take the bird with her on the ship, so she gave him orders to go back to the stables where she had rented him. He gave her a large 'wark' and a little nuzzle to her face. Yuffie returned it and gave him a little hug. "Yes you're a good boy." She pulled out the remainder of her greens and fed them to him. He quickly dashed off.

She went into the bar and ordered a burger to eat. Yuffie hadn't eaten in hours and was starving. A large burger with almost everything on it would satisfy her hunger. When it arrived she quickly ate without taking a break. She didn't care if she looked like a pig, the food tasted wonderful. She then ordered a glass of water to finish it off. Pulling out a few coins she tossed them to the barkeep who muttered something under his breath. While stepping outside she tried to conceal a loud burp but it escaped from her a few people looked and stared. Children giggled and women whispered and pointed. Being a tomboy Yuffie was used to getting picked on like that. She just said some curse words in Wutain and walked off towards the docks.

The large ship was loading up, she saw familiar ShinRa uniforms and wondered why they were wearing them. She had thought ShinRa was completely finished. A large man who seemed to be collecting tickets waved his hand towards her.

"You! Are you getting on the ship to Junon?" He commanded.

Yuffie paused, but his glare told her that it would be best to hurry it up. "Y-yes! I'm getting on!"

"Well then buy a ticket!" His glare faded. A women walked up to her and handed her a ticket, Yuffie gave her 100g. The woman gave her a big fake grin and walked to the next person who seemed unsure if they wanted to get on. Yuffie gave the ticket to the man and boarded the ship. She usually never went on ships this much, twice in 2 days.

A few minutes after she boarded the ship began to shake, it was leaving! Yuffie felt the blood rush to her head and the burger had started to come up. She dashed for the nearest bathroom threw open of the stalls and leaned over the toilet. It probably wasn't the best idea to have eaten that burger after all. But it had tasted so good. Yuffie sighed and got up to flush the toilet. She turned on the sink and began to drink from it trying to clean out her mouth. She spat the water out with every sip, it didn't taste very good but it would do. The final sip she swallowed. And headed up to the top deck. She figured this wasn't going to be a very good boat ride. She went into a corner hidden from the rest of the people in case she had to throw up again.

There! Chapter 3! I know I am super slow at getting to the Reno stuff but I guess I like to build suspense, or I'm just lazy either way there should be some stuff in the next chapter, with Reffie! So please write a review, I love it when people write them! I hope to get at least a few fans, even though Reffie isn't that popular. But us Reffie fans know that they are the best Yuffie pair, with Yuffentine in a close 2nd (well for me anyway). So yeah, hope my few fans like this chapter. Constructive Crits. always welcome, I would love to improve.