Glad you guys liked it! Okay this one will be funnier! I got an egg thrown at me today and it made me rather upset, but now I find it funny, so I'm in a good mood! Return of the Flower!-Remember when Chaos and Hellmaster were glaring at the flower?
Thank you for the reviews! Nightfire45, thank you-gives a cookie-and Finalfantasyfreak1234-I'm sorry I can't make Vinnie drunk. I already put in the first chapter that alcohol does not effect him. I can, however, do something really funny. Just wait and watch.
Note: I feel so sorry for Skittles…Yeah, yeah, I know! You're looking at me all confused like. Just read and you'll see!
Note2: Who the hell disagrees with me that Zack is that wolf is AC? My friends say he is.
Note3: There is a little OOC in this chapter, but that's what makes it fun to write!
Chapter Three
FIRST VERSE
(by Three Doors Down)
She said life's a lot to think about sometimes,
When you're living in between the lines,
And all of the stars are sparklin'; shine every day
Meanwhile…
In the ruins of Midgar, a large piece of wall shifted its position on top of a crumbling building that was once a house. A black gloved hand poked out of the rubble, followed by another hand and then a head. Green eyes flared like acid as the buried man yanked his silver hair out from under the rubble. He pushed the rest of slab of rock off of his body with inhuman strength and stood up. Glancing swiftly around, taking in his surroundings like he been trained to do in Soldier, and then he looked down at himself. It was a good thing he wasn't covered in dust.
Then he noticed that his sword was missing. His pale lips twisted into a frown as he bent down. Reaching under the dark hole that he had been in, he felt are for the missing blade. Sephiroth found the hilt of the blade and grabbed it. Pulling it out of the hole, he examined it. Seeing that nothing was wrong with it, he turned around and started for the Edge.
Back at the Seventh Heaven…
Yuffie left her room, biting her lip. She didn't exactly know what to ask Vincent. She had never done this before, not even when she lived in Wutia. Sighing heavily, she decided that maybe she wouldn't ask him directly. Hoping he was still downstairs, Yuffie entered the bar. She took one look around the room and found that Vincent was no where to be seen. Disappointment filled her body as she headed over to Cloud. "Hey where's Vinnie at?"
Cloud shrugged from where he was standing beside Tifa. It looked as if they had been talking about something, and their expressions told Yuffie that they were hiding something. Glowering in frustration, she thought, 'Fine, if they won't tell me, I'll go find him myself!'
Yuffie spun around walked out the door, heading down towards the café she had found Vincent at the other day. She peered inside but she didn't see anyone. Sighing, she went even further, looking for the dark man with a blood-red cape. Yuffie only stopped when she came to a park.
Sighing, she still didn't see Vincent. Yuffie walked over to swing set and sat down on one of the swings. She rocked back in forth in it, staring at the dirt. Her happy mood had been smoldered by disappointment and now she kicked the dirt in utter frustration. Why couldn't Vincent ever stay in one spot? Of course…she couldn't really talk, she never stopped bouncing around. And then a thought that made her become very depressed filled her mind, 'What if…What if Vincent thought I was a brat like everyone else? Someone too hyper to hang around? Someone who was stubborn and liked to tick other off? What if he disregards me for that?'
Yuffie was hardly aware of the tears that had welled up in her misty eyes. She closed her eyes as she imagined asking Vincent out somewhere and then he rejects her. She knew he was straightforward with everything. She imagined him saying 'Yuffie, I have no feelings for you. And even if I did, I could not except your offer, I am sorry. It is because I am who I am you are who you are, I am a monster, you are but a hyper teenager looking for something that cannot be gained. I am sorry.'
As Yuffie felt a tear roll down her check, she failed to hear the sound of a dog barking. She only looked up when, out of the corner of her eye, a large wolfish dog came flying at her. Yelping in terror, Yuffie felt herself release the chains that were attached to the swing and raise her arms up instinctively.
The wolfish dog crashed into her with great force, throwing Yuffie off of the swing. Her eyes popped open, wide and glazed with pain as the back of her head crashed into the hard ground. The dog was licking her in the face, not realizing that it had hurt her. Yuffie groaned, regaining the use of her arms. She tried to push the dog off, but she was practically upside down on the swing and unable to move the dog, or risk it stepping on her face. She couldn't kick it off either because her legs were still propped up on the swing and she couldn't move them.
The dog licked her across the face, woofing. "Get off!" Yuffie yelled, trying to throw the dog to the side.
"Snuggles! Get off of Yuffie!" a familiar voice yelled. Yuffie froze turning her head to see a red-headed man running towards them. She narrowed her stormy eyes.
"Reno! Get this damn dog off of me!" she snarled at him. Reno nodded quickly as he bent down at grabbed his dog by the collar.
"Bad Snuggles! Bad!" he snapped, throwing the dog off.
Yuffie untangled herself from the swing and leapt to her feet. Her eyes were blazing and her sorrow forgotten, "How could you sick that mutt on me?" she snarled, pointing an accusing finger at the dog, who had sat down and was looking at her innocently.
'Did the little doggy scare you, Little Ninja? Heh, too bad it didn't bite your head off…Lover Boy would have been devastated!'
Yuffie jumped at hearing the voice in her head. Her eyes widened as she realized that the voice belonged to non-other than Chaos. Reno seemed to have noticed her freaked out look as he asked, "Yuffie, are you okay? You're not allergic to dogs are you?"
Yuffie mumbled some words that Reno couldn't make out. Then she looked up at him and met his gaze, she looked a little unnerved, "Um…uh…er…no, I'm not allergic to dogs! It's just that…I…ah…eh…um…Gotta go!" Then she darted off, stumbling half the way as she ungracefully ran half across the park and vanished behind a tree.
When Yuffie knew that she had successfully hidden from the Turk, she quickly looked around for Vincent. If Chaos was in her mind, then Vincent had to be somewhere, right? Looking around, she did not see him anywhere. Confusion as disappointment wormed its way into her as she sighed and looked down at the ground, leaning against the tree.
Suddenly a black-and-red blur past through her vision. Fear gripped her heart as she realized that whatever had just jumped out of the tree, was a mere foot from her. Her eyes looked up, terror making her movements stiff. Yuffie suddenly relaxed as she looked into the pale face of Vincent. Stormy eyes met red eyes as she gasped out in relief, "Gawd Vinnie! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"
Vincent, Yuffie swore, had a look of apology on his face, that quickly vanished as if it had never been there as he responded, "I am sorry that I scared you Yuffie,"
Yuffie smiled lightly, nervousness welling inside of her stomach. Now that she was standing in a park…under a tree…alone with Vincent…no witnesses…could she actually ask him out? Swallowing, opening her mouth to speak, but she closed it, unable to find any words.
Vincent sort of titled his head in question as he asked her, "What is it, Yuffie?"
Yuffie felt the nervousness grow inside of her, knowing that know she would be forced to ask Vincent, or say something. But there was nothing to say except, 'Vincent will you go out to eat with me? Or Vincent would you go…somewhere with me?'
"Why are you nervous, Yuffie?" Vincent asked. Yuffie was suddenly aware that he was staring into her eyes. She felt her face redden and as she became aware of that, she became very aware of how close he was to her. Not even half a foot away.
Finally Yuffie forced herself to say something. She remembered her thoughts of Vincent rejecting her, which would make this even harder too say. Sure, he had been a friend, but starting a real relationship with him? She couldn't see him saying yes, no matter what else he had done for her. If he did, she knew that she would literally faint, but doubt seized her. He wouldn't say yes, she knew it.
"Will you go out to dinner with me tonight?" she asked, her voice showing that she seemed very unsure and nervous. Surprised flashed in Vincent's red eyes. Clearly he hadn't expected that.
It took a minute for Vincent to reply, but when he did, his voice, like always, held no emotion, but he sounded sincere, "I would be delighted to accompany you at dinner tonight."
Yuffie let out a breath of relief. Sure, Vincent had said it without emotion, but heck, when did he ever add emotion in his voice except for when he was mad? She suddenly found herself wrapping her arms around his middle and giving him a hug, "Thanks Vinnie," What really shocked her, was that Vincent hesitantly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back and said in a low tone, "You're welcome, Yuffie,"
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Sephiroth walked through the streets of the Edge. Sure, two or three years had past ever since he had been killed yet again by Cloud, but now was different. He didn't plan to make himself known until the right time. Many people gave him strange looks, and one teen actually came up to him, glaring at him with hard black eyes, "What do you think you're doing, man? You can't just go around dressing up like Sephiroth! It's not even Halloween! Tryin' to scare everyone out of their wits?"
Sephiroth narrowed his Mako green eyes, and replied in a cold tone, "I suggest you get out of my face, boy, or I'll hack you into bits for the stray dogs to feed on!"
That made the teen's face pale as he noticed Sephiroth reaching for the sword at his side. "I-Is that thing for real, man?" But before Sephiroth could answer, the teen ran off and was lost by the large crowd.
Sephiroth rolled his eyes and continued down the street. He stopped in front of a pet store when he saw a silver dog standing there, it's paws placed against the window. It had eerie green eyes and was staring at him. Sephiroth blinked, a strange look on his face. This dog reminded him of…well, him! So he decided to buy it.
A Few Minutes Later…
"Skittles! Come on, we're going to the park," Sephiroth told his new dog, Skittles.
Skittles looked at Sephiroth, eyeing him as if he were some sort of monster, but slunk after Sephiroth. Sephiroth, noticing this, glared down at the dog and growled, "Yeah well, you're not much a of a sight yourself! I, on the other hand, have women swarming around me almost every day-at least when I was known as 'General Sephiroth' and not 'ex-General Sephiroth',"
Skittles gave him a look again before trotting after Sephiroth, raising his head a little higher. Sephiroth watched his dog carefully as Skittles sped up and past him, as if he were leading him. "Oh no you don't Skittles! I'm the leader here!"
Sephiroth sped past his dog, but stopped to hook the leash onto the dog's collar. Then he walked in long, graceful strides, dragging Skittles. It didn't take them long to reach the park. Upon entering it, Sephiroth headed over to a bench. There, he sat down and checked his inventory. Okay, so he still had his materia. Good. Now, just to answer one question. How the hell was he alive?
"Ah! It's General Sephiroth!" a man's voice screamed. Sephiroth and Skittles both turned to see a small man standing there, staring at him with wide Mako blue eyes. Sephiroth smirked and tied his dog to the bench. Standing up, he strode over to the man before he could dart away.
"Hello, Colby," Sephiroth growled, glaring at the ex-Soldier.
Colby stared at Sephiroth, cowering. "Wh-What are you doing here, Sephiroth?" Colby stuttered.
Sephiroth's lips twisted into a frown and his eyes flashed, "That is General Sephiroth to you, Soldier. I don't care if I am an ex-General, it's still General Sephiroth, or General Sir, because you never learned in training."
"S-Sorry, General Sir," Colby gulped, eyeing the Masamune.
"That's more like it. Now stand up straight so I can kill you the correct way, Colby," Sephiroth growled, drawing the Masamune from its sheath.
"Wh-What? B-But! General Sephiroth! Why?" Colby shouted in horror.
Sephiroth only smirked as he readied the long, thin blade. "Because I've always hated you and your little friends."
"B-But! One of my friends was Zack! You didn't hate Zack! He was your best friend!" Colby yelped, throwing his arms in front of his face.
Sephiroth sighed, lowering the blade, "Colby, do you want to die with dishonor, the honor of a coward! What a title!" Sephiroth said sarcastically. "Now, I don't give a damn if Zack was my friend or not, he's dead. He was a dumb ass most of the time, so shut the hell up and stand up straight and die with dignity! Of course, you never did have any…" Sephiroth mumbled, raising the Masamune.
Just as Sephiroth was about to swing the blade through the air, a loud, sharp bark made him spin around. Skittles was pulling at his leash, glaring death at a wolf standing mere feet away from Sephiroth. The wolf's gray fur was bristling and its dark eyes were like fiery pits of hell as it snarled at Sephiroth. Sephiroth narrowed his eyes at the wolf and then turned around. Before Colby could speak, he struck at the cowering former-First Class Soldier, killing him with one slash to the stomach.
Then, before Sephiroth could move, the wolf leapt at him. Taken by surprise, Sephiroth was thrown to the ground. He felt fangs tear into his arm as he instinctively shielded his throat. Releasing the Masamune, he grabbed the wolf by its neck and flipped it over on its back, choking it. "Damned deranged mongrel!" Sephiroth snarled.
"Having a little trouble, General, sir?" a familiar voice asked, mockery in it.
Sephiroth moved his green gaze to see the Turk standing a few feet away from him, looking at him with a cold expression. Reno had a dog by his side that kept glancing at a tree, and then at Skittles, whining. Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, clenching his fingers tighter over the wolf's throat. The wolf struggled, crying in a harsh, rasping dogish voice. No sound really came from the wolf's throat. Releasing his grip on the wolf. Sephiroth stood up straight, grabbing the Masamune.
"What the hell are you doing here, Reno?" Sephiroth growled, narrowing his eyes. The wolf, seeing as it was free, sprung to its feet. It gave itself a quick shake.
"Walking my dog. But I could be asking you the same thing," Reno retorted, narrowing his green eyes.
"I'm out to kill the Planet, but first I have to kill everyone in ShinRa. That includes you, Turk," Sephiroth snapped, raising the Masamune. In a split of a second, Reno had a gun aimed at Sephiroth's head. Sephiroth merely laughed aloud. "You think a lousy gun is going to stop me from killing you?" he laughed.
"No, but I will," a hauntingly familiar voice said from behind Sephiroth. Sephiroth turned his head slightly to see a very familiar looking person standing beside him. He gulped, realizing there was a buster sword in the man's hand-the Ultimate Weapon in fact.
Suddenly Sephiroth grinned, "So, we meet again, eh Zack? I could have sworn you were killed by being shot to death, or was I told wrong?"
"Shut up, Sephiroth." Zack snarled, poking him with the tip of the Buster Sword.
Sephiroth rolled his eyes and sheathed the Masamune. Reno seemed to be forgotten, but just as he was about to pull the trigger on Sephiroth, Sephiroth eye's flashed a darker Mako green. Within a few mere milliseconds, fire burst up around Reno. The gun that Reno had aimed at Sephiroth's head, melted. Sephiroth smirked, "So nice to be able to start a fire without using any materia, ne?"
Reno gulped, realizing he was unarmed. Zack, however, seemed to grow even angrier. "Who the hell are you?" a voice suddenly asked. "And Sephiroth, why the hell are you here, you're supposed to be dead!"
Both men turned to see a ninja walking towards them with narrowed eyes. "Shit!" Sephiroth swore loudly, glaring at the ninja. "Dammit ninja woman! Why did you have to come up here and see me? Damn! I didn't plan on killing you! I planned on killing my little puppet, now where is he?"
"Puppet? Sephiroth, you don't have a puppet! Except for maybe that sock puppet that gay Soldier made you back when you were known as General Sephiroth, or just Sephiroth to me, or Sephiroth." Zack protested, a grin on his face.
"Hey! You have a buster sword! Heh-heh! It looks like Cloud's! Cool! You two would get along well!" Yuffie suddenly blurted out.
"Zack, keep out of this. You don't have a damned say in any of this. And no, I DO NOT have a damned puppet that some damned gay Soldier gave to me back in those damned days of working with that damned ShinRa!"
"Wow Seph, I didn't think you could use the word 'damned' so many times in just one sentence! Congratulations! Oh and but the way, Aeris says she's pissed at you for killing her. The ONE TIME you meet my girlfriend that you always said you wanted to meet, you go and kill her! Oh well…she has a nice life in the Lifestream," Zack commented, suddenly sheathing his buster sword and leaning on Sephiroth as if they were old friends.
"Get off Zack before I hack you into pieces!" Sephiroth threatened.
Yuffie stared at them, dumbfounded. "Do I have seeing problems, or the Great Sephiroth getting rather annoyed from someone he used to know and hasn't killed him yet?"
Sephiroth turned his green eyes on Yuffie, and then shoved Zack away and spoke, "Hey Zack, remember that war in Wutia?"
"Yeah…Man I hated those people! They were down-right–dead cruel to say that was a damned Soldier that fought like a Tonberry!" Zack commented, "Why?"
"Because, this girl right here, she's Godo's daughter," Sephiroth grinned at the shock on Zack's face.
"What. The. Freak." Zack yelled.
"Um…uh…eh…I'll just be going now…" Yuffie spoke up nervously as she began inching away from the two men, a Reno who had long since fled, Skittles, and a dead corpse named Colby.
"Oh no you don't!" Sephiroth growled, grabbing her by her hair and yanking her backwards. "You know way to much woman, I have to kill you now,"
Yuffie started screaming bloody murder. "Vincent! Help me! Chaos! Hellmaster you damned demons! Get you asses over here and kill these guys! VINCENT! HELP!"
"Vincent? What will Vampire Boy do for you?" Sephiroth asked, holding up the squirming ninja.
"Sephiroth! Put that girl down!" Zack snapped, approaching Sephiroth. "Don't think I haven't forgotten what you did to me-to Tifa-or Cloud in Nimbelheim!"
Sephiroth sighed, dropping Yuffie just as a flash of red caught his vision. Gold glinted and before Sephiroth knew it, Yuffie was gone. Blinking, he looked around and found Yuffie standing in a tree, being held by a man in a red cape. The man was glaring at him. Sephiroth smirked, "Why hello, Vincent. Long time, no see?"
"Who are all these people, Seph?" Zack asked.
"Old friends," Sephiroth replied simply, drawing the Masamune. Just as he was about to dart after the two, Zack grabbed him by the arm that held the Masamune and did the most unsuspecting thing. He actually slapped Sephiroth in the face. Sephiroth nearly dropped the Masamune in shock. "What the freak was that for?" Sephiroth snarled, rounding on Zack.
"Oh! That wasn't from me Seph! Aeris told me to do it! I swear! Here, um…uh…ask her…somehow…um…let's see…I wonder…Seph! Find a flower!"
"What? Why?"
"So you can talk to Aeris."
"But I don't want to talk to your damned girlfriend!"
"You killed her so now you have to say you're sorry!"
"Oh fine…Vincent, where's a damned flower?" Sephiroth demanded. Vincent only glared at him. Sephiroth sighed. "You people ruin my life!"
"Hey dude! It's that guy who threatened to kill me! Let's get him!" a teen yelled. Sephiroth turned around to see the teen that he had met when he first entered the Edge, coming towards him with a pitchfork. "Skittles, kill them for me,"
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Vincent could believe Sephiroth was a live, and he had left Yuffie for only a few minutes and she had gotten into trouble-with Sephiroth. He could have guessed as much. Now as he realized how un-like Sephiroth, Sephiroth was being, he wondered in the insane idiot knew what was going on.
'Yeah, I know what you mean. And who the hell is that guy down there with him?' Hellmaster asked in confusion.
'That's Zack, dumb ass, one of Sephiroth's friends, can't you see that?'
'Someone is angry, I see,' Vincent commented. Chaos remained silent.
Vincent kept his hold on Yuffie, resting his chin on her shoulder. He whispered in her ear, "What were you doing messing around with Sephiroth? How is he even here?"
Yuffie glanced back at him with her wide stormy eyes, still shaking with fear, "I-I don't know. He just showed up talking with Reno…Vincent, he told me he was going to kill me…"
"No, don't be afraid, Yuffie. He won't kill you, I won't let him." Vincent responded lightly. "And right now, we'd best be heading back to Tifa's bar."
Yuffie nodded in Vincent's arms. She knew that in any other situation, she would be blushing, but now, not only was Vincent hugging her protectively, he was also keeping her away from the deadly nightmare just a mere twenty feet away. "Yeah…let's go back and tell Cloud…"
"Hey! I heard that! Take me with you! Aeris has something to say to Cloud!" Zack yelled up at them, rushing towards them.
"Dammit Zack! You aren't leaving until I talk to Aeris!" Sephiroth snapped, lunging towards his friend.
Zack leapt away from Sephiroth and retorted, "I didn't know you felt so deeply for my girl, Seph. Okay, come on to Cloud's. I'm sure he'll hack your head off if Tifa doesn't first."
Vincent sighed, shaking his head and gathering Yuffie up in his arms. He could sense the fear shooting through her body. "Don't worry, I'm not going to drop you, Yuffie," he promised as he carried her bridal style. This time Yuffie did turn a little pink in the face as Vincent leapt down from the tree. She stared up at his face in marvel.
Yuffie was still a little shock up from Sephiroth grabbing her like he had and then threatening to kill her, but she soon forgot her fears as Vincent darted off towards the Seventh Heaven. He kept glancing behind him and Yuffie knew that Zack and Sephiroth were following. She wanted some answers. How come Sephiroth hadn't killed that guy Zack yet when Zack had the chance to stab Sephiroth through the stomach. And why did he keep mentioning Aeris? And that Aeris was his girlfriend? She felt rather confused, but still, deep inside, she still felt the joy that she had felt earlier from Vincent excepting to go on a date with her.
So, there you go! Chapter Three! Alright, Chapter Four will be up ASAP, k? Please review! I couldn't resist putting Zack in here! And some of you may be asking 'What happened to Skittles and why is the dumb dog's purpose in this fan fiction?'
You shall see, and you will die with laughter when you do! If you guys have ever seen that movie, Legally Blonde II, then think of Ele's dog-I can't spell the name of it and I don't remember its name. I haven't seen the move in over a year. Poor Skittles…and poor, poor Snuggles! Oh yeah, Snuggles has temporally run away from Reno and is staying at the Seventh Heaven. LOL. Just Kidding. Anyway, if you guys have any ideas, please give them! And if you're lucky-I'll make Sephy drunk! That would be a funny sight…Sephiroth drunk at Tifa's bar, talking to a flower…LOL.
And the flower in Chaos's domain…Mwhahahaha! You just wait for that! Also, the Three Doors Down song at the beginning of the chapter will continue to play through the first part of every chappie until it's over, k? I can't write Barret or Cid's characters too well, so don't request Barret at all, or Cid-he's in here a bit, but that's only cause he's funny-and stupid. No flames! If you flame, e-mail me you have questions of comment as well-put them in reveiws, unless you don't feel like it, k? Also, ideas, you can e-mail them to me if you wish. Oh and I will full-chapter plot lines. For people who think I'm speaking a whole different lanuage:
Beginning:
Sephiroth eats a cookie at Tifa's bar while Cloud is out on a dilvery route.
2. Tifa, who had been asleep, comes downstairs and sees Seph sitting there eating a cookie, talking with Cait Sith, grabs a broom and starts beating him with it.
3. Cloud comes home and sees Sephiroth and tries to kill him.
4. Seventh Heaven bursts into flames and burns Cait Sith and Reeve has to make a new one.
5. Yuffie finally escapes the chaos with Vincent and goes on their date.
Like that, got it? But be sure it isn't so short like that. I'll need a lot for a long chappie. Such as put Skittles or something in it okay? Of course, you can skip ahead of anywhere and just make a plot line for oh...like let's say I'm on Chapter Seven and you want something in there, but it can't quite fit, then make it…let's see…Chapter Ten. If you need questions answered, I'll try and answer them, but it doesn't really matter what you put in there. -As long as it is rated PG-13. But I don't like the 'f' word or the 'b' word, so avoid that. Good grief! I can put Dr. Phil in here!
