I really need to start writing longer chapters :) Anyway, thank you for more reviews - they have made me very happy!

Autumn's Fire - Thank you! They are made for each other, in my opinion! I try to incorporate variety in what I write. Rainbow, indeed XD

fetherhd - I have fear of heights as well... vertigo *shudders* And also, jealous Vincent is pretty cool! Although actually, any type of Vincent is pretty awesome, save for emo brooding type! ... and sexy *cough* Thanks for your review!

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8. Crazy English Summer ~ Faithless

"Sometimes I feel like I'm fine in my own
Fifty thousand miles from home."

Yuffie had been away from her home for seven months now, and she was beginning to miss it. Wutai had always been a substantial part of her life; though she had only heard stories of a once great and thriving nation from her Mother, she had seen with her own eyes the damage that was caused by Shinra and the Wutai War. After this, she swore, as the heir to the Kisaragi throne, that she would restore Wutai (and its army) to its former glory. That was, after all, what she had been working towards all these years.

"Yuffie?" A low voice whispered rumbled quietly into her ear, and an instant later she felt hot breath from her lover's mouth dance a pleasurable waltz across her skin. She languidly turned her face to look up into his smoldering eyes.

"Hm?"

"What... are you planning?"

As she lay, cradled in Vincent's arms, she realised she had a much more serious look on her usually cheerful face than she would – more often than not - deem appropriate, and lightly slapped his arm with a half-hearted chuckle.

"Nothing, Vince."

The two had been an official couple for going on a month. Their friends knew - as did most of the world. Two heroes and saviours of the planet 'hooking up' (as Cid had so eloquently put it after he had found out about them) did not go without recognition by the rest of the population.

"… Vincent...?"

"Yes, Yuffie?"

"… Would you… mind… coming… um…" Closing her eyes with an embarrassed groan, she sunk further into her pillow and softly shook her head.

Never mind.

"I love you."

Vincent did not probe, as he had already discerned that the Wutain princess had been missing her homeland considerably lately. He pressed a tender kiss to the crown of her head, smiling softly, as she shifted and snuggled further into his warm chest. She knew he needn't reply; he had his own small ways of showing he loved her in return.

Thoughts leaping swiftly back to Wutai, she contemplated how effective her actions had been. The materia caper three years ago hadn't ended too well. No, she didn't count being hung from Da Chao by her ankles by a greasy pervert or being hated and isolated by her friends as 'ending well', obviously. There was still no materia allowed in Wutai (though Shinra didn't have to know about her secret stash she kept in the basement of her pagoda), and the economy was predictably declining badly.

She had thought that joining the WRO would help (even if she was somewhat forced kindly into joining by Reeve) - it wasn't called the World Regenesis Organisation for nothing. So far, Reeve had been sending her on undercover missions, and all of them had been nothing to do with the recovery of Wutai; she wasn't even completely sure if he had been sending anyone to the Western continent.

Months later, when Yuffie and Vincent eventually travelled to Wutai to introduce him to Godo, she found that the beginnings of her dream for Wutai were in the making. Her father had allegedly only accepted Vincent on the grounds that his mother, at least, was Wutain, making him part Wutain and fit to take the throne. The three of them, however, knew inside that it was in fact because Yuffie had threatened to leave Wutai forever. An empty threat, of course, but it seemed to do the trick. With Vincent by her side, ruling Wutai would be better than she ever could have imagined.

Keep me inspired, review! Also, I might make a slight change and stop doing oneshots by using songs as prompts. If anyone has any requests of happenings (it might help stave off any writer's block as well) then let me know! Thank you!