Chapter Three-A Different Side of Yuffie

Luce sat in the corner of her room at a computer desk typing what appeared to be a report. Three of the 'dolls' were sitting around here, and 011 was sitting on her lap. The other sixteen dolls were amusing themselves in various places around the room. The space on the desk not taken up by the computer was taken up by pill bottles labeled .79.

Vincent walked down the hall silently, Yuffie wasn't. As usual for a hyper-active-almost-eighteen-ninja, she amused herself by humming and turning around in circles every once in a while as if dancing to a song only she could hear. Eventually she stopped turning and humming. She looked less hyper and more like the adult the law said she would be in three days "…It wasn't Reeve's idea to turn her into a weapon you know."

Vincent kept walking straight ahead. Though he wouldn't admit it, he had no idea where he was going and knew that he was probably lost. "It was her idea for you to come here." Another fork in the hallway. Left or right?

"She couldn't have asked for someone to teach her that she doesn't know." He turned left. The sign over the door read 'cafeteria'. Since no one was inside anyways, he decided that it couldn't hurt to go inside. Yuffie followed him inside. "That's not very nice of you. She'll be really sad once she finds out you don't remember her, if she doesn't know already."

"I don't know her." He suddenly became very interested in the glass of water he had taken when he sat down at the table. Yuffie turned a chair around and sat at the table, her torso leaning against the back of the chair as she leaned it so that only two legs of the chair were touching the floor. Vincent eyed her suspiciously "Is it really a good idea for someone like you to be doing that?" She stuck her tongue out, but set the chair back down after thinking about it for a second. "I guess your right…" She gave a little sigh, but tossed her head back and was grinning again.

"So, what have you been doing?"

He ignored the question, knowing that all she wanted was to talk about what she had been doing.

"Well, I haven't been doing much of anything lately, thanks to Mr. I'm-so-important don't-you-love-my-experiments ooh-my-precious-little-AI boring-the-pants-offa-everyone-else!" She finished her rant with a little pout. "But before he got obsessed, Luce and I were having loooooooooads of fun. She's really smart too. Reeve wanted me to teach her ninja stuff and Wutian, but get this, she already knew Wutian!"

After this point, Vincent started to tune her out, wondering how to get rid of her before she talked herself blue in the face. It's already an amusing shade of red True, but that could just be from the excitement. After a moment, Vincent sat up a little straighter. After all, Chaos hadn't spoken to him in a long time, and he saw no reason for him to break his silence with what was, for him at least, a joke. I thought that you didn't want to talk to someone as dull and boring as me. I don't see anyone else to talk to in your head. Unless you have other voices in here that I don't know about.

"-And so after we talked about it, we all agreed that it would be best if-"

Are you sick or something? Though he doubted that materia could even get sick, it was an amusing thought. He couldn't help picturing a piece of mater with a little hand holding a piece of tissue paper to its non-existent nose. No, I suppose that wouldn't work, would it? Why are you even talking? I'm bored.

"-Of course, Reeve had a fit over it, but Godo was thrilled-"

…Do all ninja go on like this? I have no idea, and personally I wouldn't want to take the time to find out. I suppose you have a point, you wouldn't want to stay around more then one of these…you never know, it might be possible for one like this to talk your ear off.

"-But, I suppose that is that, you can't un-make someone your little sister-"

How strange, I'm carrying on a conversation with a voice in my head instead of with a person that I have proof exists that's sitting in front of me. Oh, come now, you know I exist… true, true, but you can't deny that I'm talking to a voice in my head. That doesn't exactly sound healthy or sane to me.

"-And Reeve doesn't even know that Luce can-"

Well…I'm bored. Oh shut-up, you're a voice in the back of my head half the time, and the other half you're a piece of materia, how can you even understand what bored is? Materia is made by the life stream, just like you humans. Why shouldn't materia be able to comprehend things that you humans do?

"-So now I'm teaching her history, and ninja arts. Its surprising how good she is, considering-"

I guess you have a point…how sad, I'm losing an argument with a voice in my head. I do have a name you know.

"-Its just so sad, it'll be pitiful when she meets Cloud and finds out he has-"

Do shut-up, we never know when she might expect me to say something. I'd rather not look like an idiot if its all the same to you. Chaos grumbled, but seemed to retreat to a deeper place in the back of Vincent's head until he could only hear him if he concentrated.

"-And I was thinking, if you didn't have anything better to do…we could go and visit her sometime…"

Having no idea what she was talking about, he gave a seemingly neutral answer "Whenever you want." He instantly knew that he had given the wrong answer by her reaction.

Yuffie jumped up and knocked her chair over, more over-excited then usual. That was saying something "REALLY?!?! Ok, lets go see her now!!" She did three cartwheels, just enough to get herself to the door without crashing into it or anything else.

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"But you need to take four more…please?"

"…"

"What if I can give it to you with the IV drip?"

"…ok."

011 walked over to the desk where Luce was sitting in the chair with her head on the table. After taking a bottle of .79 and using a pestle to grind it into a fine power, the doll added it to a bag of water. After a few moments the dust diluted, and 011 walked back over to Luce with the IV drip ready "Hold out your arm, ok?"

Luce didn't move "I'm tired…"

011 jumped up on the desk so that it was possible to insert the drip. "You know the rules. Don't fall asleep."

"Can I at least keep my eyes closed? I promise I won't fall asleep."

011 thought for a minute, but decided to give in "…Alright, but not for very long."

After five minutes, someone knocked at the door "Hey, its me! 011, you there? Can I come in?" 011 walked over to the door and opened I slightly "Sorry Yuffie, Luce is resting right now…" Yuffie pushed her head into the room and looked over at Luce "Oh…" The enthusiasm faded out of her voice "She isn't doing so good, is she?" She pushed past 011, and walked over to where Luce was sitting with her head down on her desk. "Hey kiddo…how're ya doing?"

An irritated voice came up from the 'kiddo' "I told you not to call me that. You should leave…both of you."

Vincent blinked in surprise. He had to hand it to the kid, it was surprising to have someone know when you were in their room without looking up and having a ninja distracting them. Also, he hadn't made any noise when he came in, so he mentally gave her an 8 out of ten on the perceptive scale. I say a nine, but do whatever you want.

If Yuffie had heard her, which Vincent doubted she hadn't, she was ignoring her. She sat down on the desk next to Luce, and stroked her hair in a motherly manner that really surprised Vincent, seeing as how this was Yuffie after all. The doll that had let them in curled up next to Luce's feet.

"So, did ya have a good day today?"

"You numbskull, I thought I told you to leave. Even an idiotic hyper-active clutz like yo must understand something as simple as leave me alone." Her normally monotone voice sounded much sterner at the end of her short speech.

Yuffie shrugged and laughed "Your not going to get rid of me that easily. Listen, I promise that we'll have more .79 soon, ok?" The Ninja lowered her head to the ear of her 'kiddo' and whispered something. A strange strangled-sort of laugh came out of Luce's mouth. It didn't suite her at all. After a minute, Yuffie turned her attention to the doll "I think she fell asleep…"

The doll jumped up and began speaking very quickly "You can't tell boss, she'll be okay, but he doesn't understand! That was only one time, and it was only because-"

Yuffie held up her hands, as if to fend off an attacker "I know, she talks to me too. Lets just make this our little secret, okay?" The doll nodded, and sat down. After a minute, Yuffie took out the IV drip, and picked up 'kiddo'. She set her down on the bed in the far corner of the room. Around that area were about twenty or so cat beds. Most of these beds were occupied by dolls.

After tucking in Luce like a mother, Yuffie turned and looked over at 011. "She isn't eating again." It wasn't a question. It wasn't answered. "Don't give her more .79 for a while, I think it makes her worse--Vincent?"

Vincent was at the door, with his back to the room and its occupants "…I'm leaving." Yuffie sighed, but nodded "Maybe later then."

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In his office, Reeve completed the form for more .79. His favorite Cait Sith was sitting next to him. Luce had told him "He hadn't awakened yet. Once he has, you'll see the difference." He couldn't deny that there were obvious differences between 021 and the other dolls.

021 turned his gaze onto Reeve "I tired of simulations, we all are, can we take a break?"

Reeve shook his head "No, we don't have enough information yet."

"We get the same information every time now, and you won't allow the only simulations that we don't have recorded, the only ones we don't have information on."

"You know why, we can't chance another twelve-o-seven. Maybe after she has better control over it, we can try some new simulations." He heaved yet another sigh. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "Anyways, I'm off to get some sleep." He turned and walked out into the hallway, walking straight into none other then Vincent Valentine.

Well, not exactly walked into, he stopped with his nose about an inch from the man's chest. He hated being short, but he really couldn't do very much about it. To his surprise, Vincent was smiling at him. "Well well well, if it isn't Reeve. Come walk with me, we need to have a talk."

This chapter didn' exactly go as I planned it. I'm going to have to put what I wanted this chapter to be about in the next one. Still, I did have some fun with this. Personally, I love Yuffie, and i'm debating what to do with her at this point. Also, i'm thinking about adding a 'story' that are actully reports on the 'dolls'(who I love very much). This 'story' would actully be more of Lu's diary. Let me know what you all think, we(the voices and I) can't decide what to do, so I need to know what you all think.