Silver Honesty
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Thank you so much for all the great reviews. Since I left off on a cliffhanger I felt bad and decided to update a bit quicker. ENJOY!
Ever since Yazoo could remember, not that he claims to have remembered much about anything that happened before about 6 months ago, he could sense easily when he had aggravated someone. It was a talent of sorts and he didn't loose it. Of course, it didn't take that talent—or a genius for that matter—to know that when a person presses you against a door with a shuriken's sharp edge digging into your neck; the person is most likely aggravated…and the cause is most likely you. In case you're still wondering why I described such a situation; it's mainly because that is the predicament that Yazoo found himself in after entering the hotel room. Oh and his reaction was to absolutely flip out...yeah right (sarcasm, sarcasm). He raised a cynical eyebrow at the growling teenager. He really wondered what he did to her beside drag her half way across the continent and heal her broken ankle...and 'save' her from two brush ups with death.
Yuffie didn't seem kin on letting him get off the hook any time soon however (for whatever the heck he's done), so he decided NOT to aggravate her more by mentioning his train of thought.
"I see you're feeling better." He said sarcastically. "Wonder why you needed me. Seems like you can take care of yourself just fine." He mumbled the last part, just loud enough for Yuffie to hear.
"You're a liar." She ignored his comment and proceeded to respond seemingly calm, but with underlying poison to her words. Yazoo's eyes widened marginally. She couldn't have found out, could she have?
"I've lied about quite the amount of things in my life span. Care to enlighten me as to which one you're referring to?" he asked calmly. If anything went awry, he guessed he wouldn't have to keep her occupied for the next two days as Kadaj said to…shooting her seemed like a good idea right now.
"You work for Katami." She growled back with a menacing expression…actually an expression that would have looked menacing, but lost that advantage because of the fact that it was Yazoo she was trying intimidate.
"Yes I am affiliated with Katami." Yazoo answered back monotonously. If he wanted to twist out of this without having to kill her, he'd need to think of something…and fast. Of course, the more she dug that sharp thing into his neck, the more enticing his Velvet Nightmare looked.
"You bastard. How could you?" Yuffie snorted at herself. 'How could you? Since when did I sound like such a…woman!' she thought to herself. "What does Katami want and how did my father agree to the tie with the company?" she spat. Yazoo sighed.
"Mind letting me go?" Yazoo let some annoyance seep into his voice. This was truly getting on his nerves, which were wearing thin since the middle of the day.
"No." Yuffie spat back firmly. Tightening her grip on his jacket at his chest and pushing him more into the door. That was it. Enough was enough. He grabbed her hand that was holding the shuriken and ducked under it, effectively breaking her grip on him and landing a shallow scratch on his neck. He spun around and stretched out his arm pinning her face first into the door. Yuffie not one to be outdone had no trouble recuperating and firing a nasty kick into his stomach. How she twisted enough to do that was beside Yazoo. He didn't waste any time taking out his Velvet Nightmare though and pointing it at Yuffie who held up her shuriken defensively. Thus, they were at a standstill again.
"Would you like to discuss this, or you rather I shoot you?" Yazoo asked with an underlying boredom to his voice. Yuffie scowled.
"What does Katami want?" she asked again. Yazoo rolled his eyes.
"You already know." He said simply.
"Actually, I don't know. Enlighten me." She said sarcastically, exaggerating the word 'enlighten' as one he overuses.
"A tie with Wutai, which he is going to receive." Hiding the truth isn't exactly lying; it's simply…hiding the truth. 'I am a pathological liar.' Yazoo thought with a soft snort.
"Why are you here with me? Why did you need me away from my dad?" Yazoo narrowed his eyes at her. She was smarter than he gave her credit for.
"What makes you think that?" he asked her calmly. Yuffie was getting more and more agitated by the minute so she didn't think before she spoke the next sentence.
"On the news it said that you are Katami's bodyguard. You were supposed to accompany him to Wutai!" with those words she launched her shuriken at the silver-headed man. It left her hand with practiced ease and exact aim, but Yazoo's Mako-enhanced frame managed to twist out of the way. He dropped to the floor and rolled, firing a series of shots in Yuffie's direction. For her part, Yuffie managed to dodge all of them, landing in the corner of the room while catching her shuriken. The both of them stood across form each other again and fell in the same defensive positions once again. This time, however, Yuffie was right next to the television while Yazoo stood at the edge of the bed.
"You don't see me accompanying him to Wutai, though do you?" Yazoo asked her logically, picking up on what she probably heard.
"You don't have to accompany him to EVERY fucking place to be his bodyguard!" she screamed back. She was about to throw her shuriken at Yazoo again, but he preceded her actions. All it took was for him to see that slight motion of the hand forward and he already fired two shots, effectively knocking the conformer out of her hand. Yuffie didn't freeze at that as Yazoo expected. In the moment of distraction she launched forward, tackling the poor gun slinger into the bed behind him, making him drop his gun. The Velvet Nightmare fell to the ground with a clatter, and with it fell Yazoo's easy win. He should have shot her when he had the chance to do so. Yuffie meanwhile already landed a punch on his jaw, but overbalanced and started falling off the bed altogether. Yazoo would have let her…he really would, but some annoying instinct decided to kick in at that exact moment and he grabbed her waste effective securing the fact that she would stay on the bed. He didn't notice however the fact that he was about to fall off himself and after pulling Yuffie's weight beside him, he did just that. Mainly: fall off.
He hadn't noticed, but damned thing was much higher up than he anticipated. Nothing that he couldn't handle but one could complain, right? Or maybe it was just Yuffie rubbing off on him. He lay there, he honestly didn't want to move. He didn't show it, but he day of traveling and the fact that he got little to no sleep last night really wore him down. Yuffie didn't seem to move either. He guessed she was just as tired. The throbbing in his cheek started subsiding and he idly wondered how long it would take him to kill her if he really tried. He came to the conclusion that it'd be about 10 minutes.
That brought him to another interesting question. Why wasn't her trying? He could have this think wrapped up and over with, with a pull of a trigger. Why not? 'Frustrating question.' He said pensively to himself.
"I do not work for Katami." Yazoo said after a few seconds of silence.
"You said you did a few second ago." Yuffie jumped off the bed landing next to Yazoo, in a crouch with narrowed eyes.
"No." he said calmly closing his eyes. "If you listened you would have heard that I said I AFFILIATE with Katami, nor work FOR Katami." Yazoo accentuated the operative terms in his sentence. It wasn't exactly a lie…it wasn't true either though. Well, he didn't swear to tell the whole truth on the stand, so he can twist the facts whichever way he wants to. Yuffie thought about that for a second before plopping down next to him and leaning her back against the wall.
"That mumbo jumbo is supposed to mean?" she asked, claming down quite a bit after what she pulled.
"That is supposed to mean, that I am hired by your father to be your bodyguard." Yazoo said steadfastly. Yuffie thought on the issue for a moment longer. He didn't seem like the one to lie, but then again if he AFFILIATED with Katami why did he have to pretend like he didn't for her father? That was certainly an annoying question. Also, why did the media thing that he was accompanying Katami to Wutai? She sighed. She wanted to go to Wutai. She'd have to go to Wutai! Yuffie decided to herself not to let this bother her. She was a bit suspicious…alright more than a bit suspicious, but if anything this could work to her advantage.
There was, of course, also the problem that she was starting to enjoy his company. It was a rare thing when she could bother someone and they wouldn't outwardly react. Unlike Vinnie, Yazoo actually paid attention, but go annoyed nonetheless. Call her a sadist, but she really did enjoy his company. Actually, a part of her really wanted to trust him. If he said it, she might as well believe him. He's just…Yazoo.
"Can we go to Wuati tomorrow then?" she asked coming back to her childish voice. What was the point of dwelling on it? There was nothing she could do. If he worked for her then great, if he worked for the Katami bastard, the moment he found out she figured it out she'd be shot. In fact, now that she thought about it, it was a stupid idea to attack him in the first place. Then again, as said before, it was Yazoo and he didn't seem like the type to lie…much. Yuffie snorted at her train of thought.
"Yes." He answered back opening his eyes to observe her expression for the sudden change of mood. She smirked at him.
"Awesome!" she shouted back. This is exactly why he didn't understand teenagers. They can decide something for themselves and you have another mood swing on the way. He breathed out a sigh of relief, however. She bought it. She jumped and headed towards the bathroom.
"Don' take the bed!" she shouted over her shoulder. That phrase followed by the abrupt shutting of her door. Yazoo rolled his eyes. Remember that thing about not being able to pinpoint why exactly he didn't want to harm her? Well, he pretty much got it. THAT attitude was the reason. The enthusiastic, moody, and sarcastic attitude.
He picked himself up off the floor and walked to the couch. Looking at the television he saw that the news was still playing. After picking up and checking over his Velvet Nightmare he had to resist the urge to shoot the damn screen and most importantly the news anchor. Those beings did no good to humanity!
He waited around until Yuffie came out of the shower, jumping into the bed and throwing one of the pillows onto the couch that he already laid out a comforter on.
"G'night." He rolled his eyes as he heard soft snoring in a matter of minutes after her head hit the pillow.
"Sweet Dreams." Well, there was nothing else to do than get the grime off himself and sleep. He checked his cheek in the mirror with a wince. As small as Yuffie was…the girl could definitely throw a punch.
Hope you liked that chapter. Thanks for all the reviews again they were wonderful!
DemonSurfer: ME VERY SORRY! Me thinks I accidentally skipped you XD Thanks so much for the review! Sorry about not having a window, but she did tackle him onto the bed.
SOMEONE2003: I really appreciate your reviews…they're almost as long as the chapters! Thank you soo much XD I decided not to give Yuffie the whole story yet, because as you said I wouldn't want to make the fic shorter than it would have been if I didn't take the drastic turn in events! I don't have a break yet, I after the next week XD very happy about that. Hope you weren't disappointed with the chapter!
Randi Lynne: Thanks so much. It was sort of a constant struggle with me and keeping Yazoo in character
Lily Silver: Thankees! See Yuffie didn't go too hard on Yazoo…even though she did punch him 0-0
Mitsuko Soma: Thanks for the review. How'd you like the tackle on the bed part? I wrote that especially for ya XD
Sol: Thanks! I felt guilty for the cliffhanger so here's a bit of an early update
Chaotic Rei: Thank you for the review. Yuffie isn't THAT pissed anymore - that's because she like Yazoo…ooops did I say that out loud?
Chocolate Obssessed Squirre...: Thank you, thank you! I decided not to let Yuffie beat Yazoo that much XD He's after all one she sorta likes :D
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