Yuffie was pacing in her office. Everything was quite save for the sound of her own foot steps when. "Ding!". Yuffie opened her phone and started reading the messages all from Shelk but it was the last one that caught her attentions /Heads up my friend Blinky is on the move./
"Crap." Yuffie muttered to herself. She sat down in chair and turned on her computer typing in her pass word hope Shelk sent the files over to her she she at least looked busy if he wanted to talk her. The first rule to running anything an looking official is to always be signing something of jotting something down it made others feel like they were interrupting you and your VERY important work.
Yuffie clicked into her email and with a soft "ah-ha" began reading Shelk's report of the case file. Furrowing and making faces to herself as Shelk had made her typical dry sarcastic remarks in the report such as /...the WRO officers on the scene appeared to have been involved in a verbal combat prior to the conflict with the DGS's and DGD's.../ and /...Yuffie has taken the female child to an unspecified location without following proper.../
"Real cute Shelk." Yuffie was now grumbling to herself.
Then something in the report of the second officer caught Yuffie's eye /Officer Jakins questioned the husband shortly after the attack sighting that he hadn't seen either his daughter or his wife in quite sometime, Officer Jakins failed to report how long 'some time' exactly is. Further questioning is recommend.../
"Well no duh." This was Yuffie's favorite part of a mission next to finishing one. Rounding up her team. She had 16 special opps members of the WRO to chose from and she had helped train them all. 16 of WRO's deadliest solders at her beck and call, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't drunk with power at moments like these. She'd only need 4 or so. Whom did she want to bother this early it was still only 6am. She scrolled threw her phone book adding names to her mass text. Smirking and slightly giggling to herself as she sent off the text about the last one in the office for their debriefing would only be going on a missions that involved office supplies.
Yuffie loved her team but when you were a 5'2 princess that people would describe as "cute", sometimes having the trained killers that work under you have a heavy dose of fear every now and again was a good thing. A light knock on the door pulled Yuffie out of her thoughts as she jerked her eyes away from her phone and there standing in the door way like an awkward 16 year old, was the one person that she really didn't want to see right now. She could feel the bags forming under her eyes and she had yet to freshen up from her night of drinking and battle. So needless to say when you smell of booze and blood you don't really want to find yourself around someone with super human senses. Just sayin'.
"May I come in?" Vincent asked in a polite tone. He was genuinely asking and it make Yuffie want to throw something heavy at his head for some reason.
"You're a part of WRO, Shelk and Reeve love to point out so I don't see why not." Yuffie lifted her chin and looked down at her laptop scene starting to type nothing at first then opening a chat window with Shelk the only person to be awake at this un-godly hour that she could talk to. She learned this trick from her father, act like your busy and someone will say what ever the hell it is and be on their marry way with out too much fuss. That and it makes most people nerves. 'Let him screwworm.' Yuffie mused to herself.
"Are you willing to talk to me?" Again with the polite tone that was bound to send her into a violent rage, just like his brooding.
"I'm responding to you aren't I?" Yuffie quirked her brow up still not looking up at him.
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: Blinky is in my fucking office. Why is Blinky in my fucking office/
"That's hardly what I meant." Vincent was now idly looking around the room hoping for Yuffie to talk as she had always been the one to break a silence before. If there was one thing you could normally count on Yuffie for it was chatter.
/Transparent: I told you he was on the move. You being shocked right now is simply confusing to me./
Yuffie sucked in a large amount of air and exhaled it shraply. "Well what did you mean?" She was sure Vincent could see the vain throbbing in her temple.
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: I'm not skocked I'm pissed there's a difference. I'm only shocked by that mans gall! Yeah I said it, GALL I used the word Gall in a sentence THAT is how pissed I am! D8 ! /
"I meant about what you said at the bar." Vincent didn't miss the fact that Yuffie visible tensed at the mention of earlier or well at this point last night.
"What about your ex?" Yuffie lowered her chin slightly.
/Transparent: What happened? Ps did you call your team already?/
"I think you know." Vincent stepped closer to the desk eying her intently almost daring her to meet his heavy gaze. He crossed his arms watching the young woman's tiny slender hands type furiously eyes glued to her screen.
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: I may or may not have taken a poll at Tifa's bar about Vincent and Hojo...maybe... kinda...sorta./
"Nope no idea what you're talking about." Yuffie said still clicking away on her key board. 'Not gonna look up...Not gonna look, nope not a peek...' Yuffie sang to herself in her head.
Vincent's heavy gaze was now morphing in to a full blown glare. "Yes about my ex..." Vincent said slowly in a low dangerous tone, the politeness of the earlier part of the conversion now lost.
/Transparent: YOU WHAT? Why? I thought you liked breathing./
"I was simply telling you that you've been mistaken, for a very, very very." Yuffie paused for effect. "Very long time." Yuffie smirked to herself. She had still keept her eyes on the screen. She mentally patted herself on the back for it.
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: cmeamcieauifuckhfeiah! He was doing the 'oh I'm a monster!', 'No one will ever love a monster.' sad, sad, SAD, cry, cry CRY someone call the god damn waaammbulance! 'What fool would have me now' Now that I think of it he had a point!/
"That wasn't what you where doing." Vincent said seething with rage keeping his tone still even.
/Transparent: Are you sure the reason you aren't a little angry is the fact that he in a round about way called you a fool?/
Yuffie crossed her arms and sat back in her chair sighing closing her eyes. 'Shelk I hate you.' Yuffie. "I told you. I don't let people bad mouth my friends. Although next time I seeing as I have nothing to do with you. I'll save my remarks. Happy?" Yuffie said while the sound of clicking of her fingers against the keyboard increased, slowly wearing on Vincent's patients.
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: Hardly, after all he told me himself that I have nothing to do with him. Which is fine it's not like we've saved the world the together three times over or anything...oh wait that's right.../
Vincent felt like releasing Gailian in that instant, to date there has only been enemies that made him feel like he needed to shoot something in face. Yuffie however was pushing him she was acting like her nickname in Avalanch, a brat. Vincent tore his eyes off her small form, she still had yet to even look at him. It took all of his self control to not through her damn laptop against the wall. She had made light of his very dark past in front of all of their friends as if it was some kind of drinking game. Then had the nerve to act like she was the slighted one. Her actions confused and railed him up at the same time. Had Vincent not been so angry he would have been able to see that he was reacting out of embarrassment due to the truth of Yuffie's words.
"Happy? . . . ." The question it self was offensive to him. His eyes narrowed as he glared at the wall he sank further into his callor.
/Transparent: Oh my. He said that did he? Reeve wants to know if you called your team already./
/The Great Ninja Yuffie: Yes I called my team, four. Rivers, Mutt, Asakawa, and Harris. And yes he sure did./
Vincent looked back at Yuffie she still had yet to look at him. He slowly placed his hand on back of Yuffie's screen slowly closing her laptop. Yuffie didn't make a move to stop him just stared at his hand still on her desk.
"Happy?" even without yelling or even slightly raising his voice she knew he was furious with her. That thought alone was enough to make Yuffie narrow her eyes. Any other time she might find it funny glaring at his hand and not looking him the face to properly glare at him but right now the fact that he was backing her into a corner like this with zero sleep was pissing her off. She didn't want to have this talk right now she didn't want the soldiers she helped train to see her upset and god forbid see their fearless leader cry.
Suddenly Yuffie's eyes shot up to final meeting his. "What would like me to say? That I'm sorry for what I said? Because I'm not." Each one of her words were low and if Yuffie had not been seated in front of him he would have never guessed those words had flown from the mouth of the bratty ninja princess. Vincent was taken aback by her bold declaration and had he been anyone else the emotion would have been painted all over his face. But he was Vincent his face was mask there was no way that anyone could... "Why is that so shocking?" Yuffie half yelled.
"I didn't say anything..." Vincent hissed through his teeth. Maybe he wasn't as hard to read as he thought or at least not to the girl that fallowed him around as much as she could since she was sixteen.
The tension in the room was thick but was sliced through as three WRO special opps burst threw the door all panting heavily. All three of them screaming "Here!"
Yuffie smirked her plan had worked they where all here in record timing Harris, Asakawa, Rivers...and wait.
"Where the hell is Mutt?" Yuffie glared noticing Asakawa smirking slightly hands in his pockets his watuiese eyes sparkling with mischief.
Just them a brunette man with a build similer to Clouds burst into the room a dog flanking him. "Damn it Asakawa! Only you'd carry dog treats on you just to fuck with me!" The dog seemed to bark happily earning a glare from Mutt.
"I merely happened to have something for your pet and was reminded when I saw you in the hallway." Asakawa simply smiled up at the man that all but toward over him.
"You threw the fucking thing in the other direction yelling 'fetch' you ass hat!" Mutt bellowed waving his arms dramatically in the air.
"Shut the Hell up both of you, we're here to get a mission not listen to both of you idiots bicker like children!" Harris reminded Vincent of Tifa when angry. Her sandy blond hair matched her eyes and she was only a little taller than Yuffie.
"Yuffie, if they're done. It would appear we are ready to be debriefed on this mission." It was Rivers that chimed in this time he didn't have the patients for bull shit that it seemed all of team mates seemed so found of. He's tall frame stood straight and ridged his light blue eyes shape on his pale face framed with blue black hair. His statement seemed to earn him a glare from Mutt, a simple shrug from Asakawa, and Yuffie didn't miss the slight blush that creeped on to Harris' cheeks.
"Go into conference room 2. I'll be right in." Yuffie said hoping her voice was neutral as possible.
"Oh be right in, eh?" Mutt chucked looking over at Vincent. "Take. Your. Time." he ended with a wink and pointing his finger at Yuffie. Yuffie could only glare, she was so happy that it was that idiot that lost the race into the office this morning. 'I hope Mutt likes paper clips! Fucking asshole!'
"Idiot!" Harris screamed punching Mutt in the head. "Get out of here!" Asakawa tired to hide a smile fallowing Mutt and Harris out of the room. Rivers did nothing but glare after his teammates.
Vincent hadn't even know what to make of the four of them. These were WRO's finest? He could only blink. A sudden and very unwelcome fear for Yuffie's safety washed over him. Even in his anger with her Vincent had a hard time actually wishing harm apone deceivingly delicate girl before him. He watched as Yuffie reopened her laptop. Vincent once again fought the urge to break the small computer.
"...and printing..." Yuffie murmured to herself all too aware that Vincent was still in the room. "That's the team we'll be working with on this mission. You should go get to know who you're going to working with. Unless your don't want to have anything to do with them either. Then your can talk to Reeve." Yuffie couldn't help herself really she couldn't. Now after all this time of pent up emotions, it seems she opened her very own Pandora's box of them
"We'll talk about this later." Vincent glared not wanting to just let the issue die.
"Funny that would require you actually saying something." Yuffie turned her back towards him stubbornly. She felt Vincent leave the room, not that he made a sound so much as she felt the air clear a little more. 'Less thick.' she thought to herself. Emotions that where unwelcome at the time tried to well up inside her. Fear: that she just lost a friend, longing: that she was someone else internally and that things were just easier when it came to them, and a small speck of sarrow: that she knew and had always known that it was little more than hopeless.
Yuffie sighed and gather the paper work and zip drive she'd prepared for her team, she gritted her teeth, '...and Vincent.' The day hadn't even started yet she was already sick of it.