Kingdom Hearts
Memories of a Distant Then
Chapter 4- Healing Wind
When she was alone, she would remember, she would look fondly back at those memories that haunted her, but cherished what she had now. There must be a reason why she was sent here, why she survived. The only reason why she could think was to fight the darkness, the very thing that took her childhood away. She always thought, even back Then, that her mask was extraordinarily strong. Her mask, that protected others from her thoughts and pains, deceived people from what she was really thinking.
One night, after meeting Sora, Yuffie was on the balcony. There was silence here reminding her of how she was alone and taking her back to before the darkness took her Then. It seemed like the darkness was wrapping around her, binding her soul to its power, clawing for her to give. She gripped her pink ribbon tightly and never let it go. It was the ribbon that held them all together. She wrapped her arms around her knees and prayed in the language of her ancestors. "Holy Leviathan, grant me my wish!" she would plead silently to the cold heart-moon.
She jerked in automatic response when the balcony door opened. She watched with a fighter's eye until she just saw that it was Aerith…was Aerith. Not the Aeris she knew, but now Aerith. How were the change in spellings suppose to relieve her?
Aerith smiled the same way as she did. She had the same aura, but she knew for sure, it wasn't the same person. Aeris died, she was in the Lifestream. She was spared of the Darkness, the pure light among the shadows.
"Are you alright?" the imposter asked.
Yuffie mustered a grin, "Yeah, just thinking."
Aerith held her serene appearance, "That's good to know." The figment of light walk toward the handrail and looked up at the moon.
Yuffie just wanted to be by herself, "Well, I'm done thinking. I'll leave you alone now," she said cheerily leaving.
"You're not alone, you know," pausing Yuffie from the door reminding her of Then.
In the jungle of Wutai, after she had stolen all their material, she was essentially placed as an outcast. She still kept her façade, just to get their goats.
"You're not alone, you know," She turned to see Aeris who was looking at some flowers.
Aerith continued, "You don't have to pretend. You're sad, lonely, and feel like you've been deserted."
Aeris turned to look at Yuffie seriously, "You don't have to pretend. We know why you did what you did. We understand."
Aerith turned around to watch Yuffie who was in shock, "Everyone here has past pains, but that doesn't mean that we can't help each other."
"We're all part of AVALANCHE to fix some past wrong. Just because we're not from your land, doesn't mean we understand your pain. Let us be your friends. Allies at least."
Yuffie just stared at the door.
Aerith put her hand on Yuffie's shoulder, "I know the ones you love will come back. Trust them," Aerith walked past her, "and trust us," and disappeared from her sight.
"All will be well," was the last thing Aeris said before walking back to the main campsite, "Just give it time."
Why? They were different people, why did they have the same affected on her? Why did they have to act the same?
She fell to her knees and did the only thing that came to mind; crying.
After she was spent, she stared back up at the moon. Somehow she felt relived, like a peaceful wind had passed her…a healing wind. She smiled looking down at the ribbon again. Even though Aerith wasn't Aeris, they both knew exactly what to say.
--author's note--
To be honest, at some points I just hated Aeris/Aerith. Especially in FFVII, though she's great at magic, her physical stats, just sucked. So when you wanted to train to raise levels and not waste magic, it would take forever to kill the monsters, especially if you wanted to get her Limit breaks out (which was virtually impossible at the quick time she dies).
In Kingdom Hearts, I don't recall her ever fighting, so but in the American voicing, it's annoying. It's like a fake sugary sweet voice...America needs to get better voice actors.