Chapter 4
The group stared down at the ground. No one spoke. They were looking at a small hole in the ground. It wouldn't have been important, except for what was in the hole. It looked like a city! A whole city under the ground. There was a blue gas seeping up into the air, and turning into a powder. The wind spread it all over.
"Well, that's what the blue stuff is." Yuffie said making a face.
She stared down into the hole. She could see a street, made of stone, a cobblestone road. Off to the sides she could see buildings, large buildings, small buildings, medium-sized buildings. There was no sign of any people.
She noticed that everything had a blue tint to it. "Everything looks blue down there." She stated plainly.
"It's the gas." Kali said, "The whole place is full of it."
"So, now what do we do?" Tifa asked, not taking her eyes off the street below them.
"We need better equipment. We don't know what that stuff is, it could be poisonous, and we have to be careful." Kali explained.
Yuffie walked over to Vincent and Cid. "So. After we get equipment, then what?" She looked to Kali for an answer.
"Nothing tonight." she said running a hand through her deep auburn hair. "Morning. We wait till morning, then we go down."
"Down? Are you jokin' or what?" Barret exclaimed.
"What else can we do?" Cloud asked him. Barret just shrugged. "Right. So," Cloud continued, "Where are we going for equipment?" Kali thought for a moment. She looked up to Cloud,
"Why don't you and I go get some things, and have the rest head back? It wont take us long, it's silly for the whole group to go." Tifa glared at her.
"Fine, that sounds like a plan." he replied.
"Oh! Cloud! I want new materia, I'll meet you guys back at Vincent's, okay?" Yuffie yelled.
"Yuffie," Cloud started, "Your not going alone."
"Aw, c'mon, I'll be fine!"
"That's now what I'm worried about." Cloud replied.
"Your a thief Yuffie." Tifa said.
"Am not!" Yuffie yelled crossing her arms. "Well...maybe..."
"Can someone go with her?" Cloud asked. The group looked away from him. "Come on you guys, you know we can't let her go alone." The group just started toward the Highwind. All but Vincent. "Vincent," Cloud sighed, "Do you think you could-"
"Fine." He said before Cloud could finish.
"Thanks, I owe you." Vincent nodded once in agreement. Cloud laughed, Yuffie just muttered something under her breath and walked to the Highwind.
Cid dropped Yuffie, Vincent, Kali, and Cloud off in Junon.
"Okay, go get what you need, meet us back at the landing pad in about an hour alright?" Cloud told Yuffie. Then he looked to Vincent and added quietly; "Don't take your eyes off her for a second." He nodded, and followed Yuffie, who was already heading to the materia shop.
"This place is big." Yuffie said looking around. Vincent just nodded. "So, whaddya think of Kali?"
"She's hiding something." He said.
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Could be anything." He said shrugging.
"Well. I don't like her. I don't think Tifa's to fond of her either." Yuffie told him.
"No."
"Oh. Here's the place I wanna go." She said walking into a small shop. She picked up a few things, healing materias and basic spells; fire, ice, etc. Vincent saw her hand go to her pocket.
"Yuffie." He scolded.
"What?" she said innocently.
"Put it back, or buy it." He said firmly.
"Put what back?" she asked. He glared at her. She sighed and reached a hand into her pocket. She pulled out a revive materia. "Maybe if they didn't price these things so damn high people would buy them." She grumbled. She placed it back where she got it.
"Give me the ones you want." He instructed.
"What? I will pay for them, I promise, you don't hafta confiscate them!"
"Just give me them." He said holding out his hand. She made a noise somewhat like a growl, and handed them over.
He walked over to the counter and paid the shopkeeper. Then he turned and handed them back to Yuffie. She just stared at him. He walked out of the shop and onto the street.
"Hey. You didn't have to do that. I really would have paid for them." She said following him.
"I know you would have." He said.
"Then why'd ya pay for them?" she asked.
"I wanted to." He replied.
"Well. Thanks." She said looking up at him. He nodded. "Let's get back and wait for Cloud." She turned to walk, and she saw a familiar face walking into an alley. "Vincent, look." She pointed. "Isn't that-"
"Yes." He said, cutting her off.
"What the hell is he doing here? And why isn't he dead?"
The group stared down at the ground. No one spoke. They were looking at a small hole in the ground. It wouldn't have been important, except for what was in the hole. It looked like a city! A whole city under the ground. There was a blue gas seeping up into the air, and turning into a powder. The wind spread it all over.
"Well, that's what the blue stuff is." Yuffie said making a face.
She stared down into the hole. She could see a street, made of stone, a cobblestone road. Off to the sides she could see buildings, large buildings, small buildings, medium-sized buildings. There was no sign of any people.
She noticed that everything had a blue tint to it. "Everything looks blue down there." She stated plainly.
"It's the gas." Kali said, "The whole place is full of it."
"So, now what do we do?" Tifa asked, not taking her eyes off the street below them.
"We need better equipment. We don't know what that stuff is, it could be poisonous, and we have to be careful." Kali explained.
Yuffie walked over to Vincent and Cid. "So. After we get equipment, then what?" She looked to Kali for an answer.
"Nothing tonight." she said running a hand through her deep auburn hair. "Morning. We wait till morning, then we go down."
"Down? Are you jokin' or what?" Barret exclaimed.
"What else can we do?" Cloud asked him. Barret just shrugged. "Right. So," Cloud continued, "Where are we going for equipment?" Kali thought for a moment. She looked up to Cloud,
"Why don't you and I go get some things, and have the rest head back? It wont take us long, it's silly for the whole group to go." Tifa glared at her.
"Fine, that sounds like a plan." he replied.
"Oh! Cloud! I want new materia, I'll meet you guys back at Vincent's, okay?" Yuffie yelled.
"Yuffie," Cloud started, "Your not going alone."
"Aw, c'mon, I'll be fine!"
"That's now what I'm worried about." Cloud replied.
"Your a thief Yuffie." Tifa said.
"Am not!" Yuffie yelled crossing her arms. "Well...maybe..."
"Can someone go with her?" Cloud asked. The group looked away from him. "Come on you guys, you know we can't let her go alone." The group just started toward the Highwind. All but Vincent. "Vincent," Cloud sighed, "Do you think you could-"
"Fine." He said before Cloud could finish.
"Thanks, I owe you." Vincent nodded once in agreement. Cloud laughed, Yuffie just muttered something under her breath and walked to the Highwind.
Cid dropped Yuffie, Vincent, Kali, and Cloud off in Junon.
"Okay, go get what you need, meet us back at the landing pad in about an hour alright?" Cloud told Yuffie. Then he looked to Vincent and added quietly; "Don't take your eyes off her for a second." He nodded, and followed Yuffie, who was already heading to the materia shop.
"This place is big." Yuffie said looking around. Vincent just nodded. "So, whaddya think of Kali?"
"She's hiding something." He said.
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Could be anything." He said shrugging.
"Well. I don't like her. I don't think Tifa's to fond of her either." Yuffie told him.
"No."
"Oh. Here's the place I wanna go." She said walking into a small shop. She picked up a few things, healing materias and basic spells; fire, ice, etc. Vincent saw her hand go to her pocket.
"Yuffie." He scolded.
"What?" she said innocently.
"Put it back, or buy it." He said firmly.
"Put what back?" she asked. He glared at her. She sighed and reached a hand into her pocket. She pulled out a revive materia. "Maybe if they didn't price these things so damn high people would buy them." She grumbled. She placed it back where she got it.
"Give me the ones you want." He instructed.
"What? I will pay for them, I promise, you don't hafta confiscate them!"
"Just give me them." He said holding out his hand. She made a noise somewhat like a growl, and handed them over.
He walked over to the counter and paid the shopkeeper. Then he turned and handed them back to Yuffie. She just stared at him. He walked out of the shop and onto the street.
"Hey. You didn't have to do that. I really would have paid for them." She said following him.
"I know you would have." He said.
"Then why'd ya pay for them?" she asked.
"I wanted to." He replied.
"Well. Thanks." She said looking up at him. He nodded. "Let's get back and wait for Cloud." She turned to walk, and she saw a familiar face walking into an alley. "Vincent, look." She pointed. "Isn't that-"
"Yes." He said, cutting her off.
"What the hell is he doing here? And why isn't he dead?"
