Hey guys! It's been a few weeks since my last chapter, so here is another one! No one has left any reviews, but it shows people have been reading my story which is motivating me to write at least (but don't be afraid to review when you're done) School is getting hectic so I probably won't be updating super often, but I already have this story outlined, just gotta fill in some details and what not. So please don't forget to read and review!
Also, i'm not sure if its clear when they are dreaming or not, so please let me know so i can make a little key and fix thing in my chapters to make it more apparent!
DISCLAIMER: (I forgot to do this in my first two chapters but...) I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS OR FINAL FANTASY VII
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-Yuffie's P.O.V-
My violet orbs gazed at the handsome man in front of me. Sun-kissed blonde hair with gravity defying spikes framed a pale face that was unnaturally flawless. His bright blue eyes, which held a hint of green, seemed to glow against his fair skin. He had a lean yet muscular body and wore a purple cut off shirt that showed off his strong arms.
Any woman would kill to be next to him, and tonight, those women would kill to be me. We were on a date ( well I saw it as a date, Cloud probably saw it as just "hanging-out") at the Gold Saucer, playing games and just having a fun time. We were tired of the shooting and prize games, so we headed towards the racing square.
When we arrived, I was disappointed to see that all the racing games were taken except for one. It was a motorcycle and the object of the game was to race to the end of the map while trying to knock over the bad guys chasing you by hitting their bike with a metal bar.
"Cloud, lets just call it a night. It looks like no one will be getting up soon, so I don't think we will be able to play together" I said
"No, Yuffie. You were right. Things are going to be getting really serious soon, so we might as well enjoy our free time before we are too busy fighting." Cloud said. He turned to look at me and gave one of those oh-so-sexy grins.
Next thing I knew I was being dragged to the only available game. "Cloud! I don't want to play. I'd feel bad knowing I was having all the fun while you just watched..."
"Yuffie don't worry, just get on." he urged.
Having a feeling that Cloud wasn't going to give up, I walked up to the motorcycle and sat on top of it. I leaned forward and grabbed the handle bars just like I would if I was on a real one. I was about to start the game when all of a sudden I felt someone get on behind me.
"You drive, and I'll fight off the bad guys" Cloud said next to my ear
I could feel myself turning a bright red. I swallowed hard and tried to keep my cool.
"Nyuk, nyuk, no problem. We'll defeat this game, piece of cake!" I managed to say.
So I put in our tokens and got ready to play. At first we did really good. I was decent at driving so we managed to stay ahead of the bad guys for awhile, but the closer we got to the end the harder the map got. The roads got twister, which resulted in me having to lean side to side more.
All the moving started to trigger my motion sickness and I prayed to Leviathan that I wouldn't throw up, especially not here with Cloud.
However, I think Cloud seemed to notice me getting ill, so he leaned in towards me to grab the motorcycle handles.
"Here I'll help you out. I'm pretty good at these type of games. I know how to drive without having to move so much. Why don't you take over attacking?" he said.
I could feel his breath by my ear, causing chills to run down my spine. All I could manage was a nod. My face was beat red. His body was pressed up against me and his head was resting on my shoulder. It was hard to fight off our enemies with him being so close to me, but somehow I managed, and we had made it to the end, managing to score a new record on the machine.
"Yes! Cloud we did it!" I screamed with delight before I turned around to look at him. He smiled back at me before leaning closer towards me. A deep scarlet blush started to form on my cheeks as I realised he was going to kiss me.
My eyes were shutting close, our lips were centimeters apart, and...
-knock- -knock- -knock-
My eyes snapped open. Instead of being centimeters away from a pair of lips, I was dangerously close to my pillow. GAWD, you better bet I was going to strangle who ever interrupted my amazing dream.
Or, was it a dream? Some of it seemed really realistic. Plus, I just met this Cloud character! In my dream, it was like we knew each other pretty darn well if I say so myself! Gawd, this was all so confusing...
-knock-knock-knock-
I sighed and decided I'd figure it out later.
-knock-knock-knock-
"Okay, okay, I'm coming! jeeze." I mumbled angrily, walking towards the door. I opened it to find that no one was there. 'what the heck...?' i thought before I heard that annoying knocking again. Then I realised that it wasn't coming from the front door, but from the door that was connecting my room to Cloud's.
I felt my face heating up as I thought about my dream again. What did ol' spiky head want?
When I opened the door I was greeted by Cloud, except he looked different. I noticed he wasn't wearing the vampire guy's cap, nor that creepy looking metal claw. There he stood, in all his Cloudness glory just like in my dream.
I couldn't help but stare. Without the cape covering up his face, I got to see how handsome he really was in person.
My ogling must have made him uncomfortable because he shuffled from foot to foot and cleared his throat to get my attention
"Oh, sorry Cloudy. Still a little groggy ya know?" I said quickly to save my self from embarrassment. "What's up?"
He seemed a little off guard that I had made a nickname for him already but ignored it. "Leon was here not to long ago. He asked me to wake you up to get ready for training"
Ugg, I shouldn't have been surprised that Squall was the one who really interrupted my dream, using Cloudy as a poor pawn! I threw my hands up in the air.
"Man! Can't the guy ever take a break? Look at me, I'm mister broody-pants. Being a pain-in-the-ass and stealing candy from children are my specialities!" I ranted. Okay, Squall didn't really steal candy from children, but still. That man was evil.
When I was done impersonating Squally, I noticed that Cloud had a small smirk on his face. I didn't really know the guy, but it seemed he wasn't too big on emotions, so it made me feel special knowing I was able to make him feel something.
"Well, either way Leon is expecting us to meet him at the waterway for training."
"Wait! I don't want you to get lost...let me get ready really fast and I'll show you the way!" I announced. Without giving him any time to respond, I shut the connecting door in his face and hurriedly got ready.
When I was done, I went into Cloud's room to see him sitting on his bed , red cape and all, with a glazed look over his eyes. I cleared my throat which snapped him out of his daze.
"Alright Cloudy, let's mosey!" After those words left my mouth I just stood there dumbfounded. Wait, what? Did I really just say let's mosey? The great ninja Yuffie would never say anything like that, but when I looked at Cloud they were the first words that popped into my head. Cloud probably thinks I'm such a weirdo! I stole a glance at him, and noticed he had went into another trance. His mouth was slightly open, like he was remembering something.
"Uhm, earth to Cloud! Come on, let's go. Squall is going to pop a blood vessel if we don't get there soon!" I said while I walked up to him to poke him in the gut.
Cloud quickly caught my hand before it touched his stomach and my face grew red.
"Let's...mosey." He said before grabbing his gigantic sword and leaving the room. Wow! The walking rock actually took a shot at being humorous! I did a little victory dance since I got him to show some emotion again before I ran after him to catch up.
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-normal P.O.V.-
Cloud and Yuffie had just entered the waterway when Squall noticed them.
"Well, took you long enough" he grunted in annoyance.
"Ya, ya. It's not like it's 7:00 A.M. in the morning. We have the rest of the day to train as much as you would like Squally. Relax." Yuffie responded, rubbing her still tired eyes. Cloud stood there motionless, observing the two bicker.
"It's Leon. Well, let's get started. We can do one-on-one sparring with each other. Since Yuffie and I are so used to fighting each other, would you mind going up against us one at a time Strife?"
The spiky headed male shook his head.
"Alright, I'll go up against Strife first. Yuffie you can go after me" Leon said.
Yuffie plopped down on the ground to do some stretches and gave Squall a thumbs up to let him know she understood.
After about a half hour of the two men doing the tango of blocking and swinging Yuffie had had enough.
"GAWD! Are you guys almost done?! I just want to get this over with so I can continue on my day!" she yelled while throwing her arms in the air.
The two men didn't even acknowledge her. They continued to attack each other vigorously untill they had a victor. Yuffie, not one to be ignored, slowly cracked an evil grin. She took her new weapon that she had bought at the coliseum not too long ago, a huge 4-point shuriken, and threw it at them.
It whistled through the air towards the unsuspecting men. Yuffie smiled to herself as she watched the beloved weapon lodge itself between the two swords before they even hit.
The shock of the huge shuriken was enough to get Cloud and Squall's attention.
"Finally! Look, I know you guys are having one of those "I'm a strong man and I must show my manly man dominance" things, but I don't have time to sit here till hell freezes over! I'm a very busy, and beautiful woman who has many very important things to do today! So can I please have my match against spiky head over there so I can be on my merry way?" she shouted.
Cloud pulled his buster sword away from Squall's gunblade and let the shuriken drop to the floor. Squall pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. It was way to early to deal with her.
"Fine. If it'll make you be quite." he grunted walking away from Cloud to sit on a near by rock.
Yuffie's face broke into a huge grin and she pranced over to her forgotten weapon and picked it up.
"Alright Cloudy, just because I just met you doesn't mean I'ma go easy. So get ready!" she said.
Cloud nodded in agreement before they went to their respected corner.
"Okay, one. Two. Three!" Yuffie yelled before going at a full sprint towards Cloud.
Squall sat at the sideline observing the two. 'Hmm. Yuffie just got that shuriken. She's still learning how to use it. I doubt this will last very long' he thought.
Yuffie continued to sprint towards Cloud as he just stood their waiting. When she was a few meters in front of him, she lunged towards him with her shuriken out in front of her. Cloud countered her attack by bringing his sword up to shield himself
He quickly swung his leg out with blinding speed in an attempt to trip her.
'That didn't last very long' Squall thought to himself.
However, Yuffie surprised everyone, including herself, by lifting her legs towards her body and using Clouds buster sword to launch her self back into a backflip. As gravity pulled her down towards the ground, Yuffie let loose three throwing knives towards Cloud which he quickly blocked.
To gain some distance Yuffie continued to back flip away from Cloud until she felt she was a safe distance away.
'Whoa. Where did that come from? I'm never that quick in practice with Squall' Yuffie mused to herself. She felt different when she was battling with Cloud than Squall. She could feel her body reacting faster and doing things before she even knew what was happening.
Cloud broke her train of thought by dashing at her with his sword lifted above his head ready to swing down at her. She lunged into the air at the last-minute and landed perfectly on top of his sword. Yuffie then ran up the length of it and put her hands on top of Cloud's head to leap over him, only to bring her legs around and use his back as a box spring to thrust herself back into the air.
Cloud was pushed to the ground and Yuffie took advantage of his position by throwing small shuriken at him while she was in the air. With great accuracy, Yuffie had managed to pin the fabric of cloud's pants to the ground with her shuriken lodged deep into the ground. When he tried to get up he was yanked back down.
He let out a frustrated growl but stopped when he felt two tips of cool metal press against both sides of his neck. He slowly looked up to start into two pools of violet.
"Nyuk, Nyuk. Looks like you lost to the great ninja Yuffie! Are you scared?" Yuffie chuckled.
"...Petrified" Cloud mumbled back. How had he lost? This girl was definitely craftier that she looked. Her fighting style looked so familiar to him though...Aerith had mentioned on the ride back from the coliseum that they all lived together at Radiant Garden, but Cloud had trouble remembering that.
This girl though made his head hurt when she was near. He could remember snippets of his past, but nothing matched what Aerith had described. And last night he had a strange dream where he had met a certain shinobi in a forest who demanded to battle him, just like today.
Come to think of it, the way she fought in his dream was similar to how she just performed, except Cloud had been victorious in his dream though.
Squall sat on his rock dumbfounded with his mouth hanging open. He and Cloud spent over half an hour with no victor and in under 10 minutes Yuffie had claimed her victory? He had never seen her fight like that when the two of them sparred. Usually she was rather clumsy and slow. He had no idea what to think and wondered where her skills had come from.
Sqaull lightly shook his head. Yuffie had been acting strange ever since her 20th birthday. He pondered whether something might have happened to cause his little ninja to act differently. Wait, his ninja? What was he thinking! Squall ran his hand over his face and sighed. He needed to clear his head a bit. Once he got over this crazy idea of Yuffie being his ninja, then he would confront her about her odd behavior lately.
Yuffie did a few victory hops into the air and spun around to celebrate her well deserved win. "Ha! See Squally poo, that's how it's done! Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to go get my well deserved breakfast!" Yuffie said cheerily before dashing towards the exit before anyone could object, leaving behind a shocked Cloud and Squall.
She went to the cafe and took a breakfast sandwich to-go before heading towards the clock tower of Traverse Town. Yuffie never understood why, but she loved climbing tall structures that would allow her to observe the world below.
'Aerith would have a heart attack' she giggled to herself while taking a bite of her meal.
The young girl leaned back on one arm and closed her eyes taking in a deep breath of the morning air...
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Two indigo spheres looked over the busy town of Wutai. It was so beautiful, surrounded by water on all sides, the village was rather cut off from the rest of the world, but open for tourists to come and visit.
Yuffie hated how her town had become such a huge tourist attraction and lost some of its culture in the process. She let out a frustrated sigh but soon felt a comforting gloved hand rest on her shoulder.
She didn't need to see who it was. The flash of red she saw in her peripheral vision told her enough.
"Hey Vinnie" she said quietly
"...What's the matter Yuffie?"
"It's just so frustrating! I spend so much time finding rare materia to help raise money for Wutai so it doesn't haven't to turn into a capital tourist attraction! But no matter what I do it never seems to be enough! People need to see that Wutai is still a strong cultured and powerful town, but with all these silly banners and events, people only see it as a quick and cheap vacation spot!"
"Sometimes you have to be patient...things may not go how you want right away...but with time, they can change"
Yuffier looked at Vincent in surprise.
"Whoa Vinnie, that's the most I've ever heard you say in one breath!" she announced happily receiving a grunt in response.
Yuffier started to giggle when she heard shrieks coming from the town. Her eyes got huge with panic and the villager's screams drifted to the top of Dao Cho.
It didn't take long for Yuffie and Vincent to react. They hurriedly climbed down the statue and ran towards the village with their weapons drawn.
However, their previous experience on the battle field couldn't prepare them for what they were about to see...
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Oooo! Cliff hanger! I'm sure you guys know where this is leading though. Sorry if the fighting scene is a little bleh, it was a little harder to tackle than I thought. I thought I'd make Yuffie a little more coordinated, because in a lot of other stories I read Yuffie ends up being kinda of clumsy and just not good when it comes to fighting. But I guess in KH the final fantasy characters are shown as weaker compared to their FF counter-part, so my Yuffie will definitely be more of a bad-ass in the skills department.
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