Let the Dead Bury Their Dead
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The past is best forgotten.
A/n: Mild cursing in this one. Yuffie drops the F-bomb a couple of times..
Vinnie doesn't come to see Shelke everyday now. I hope he's finally starting to realize his dead chick may be in Shelke, but Shelke isn't anything like her. I called him two days ago, he answered and I could hear a waterfall in the background. It doesn't take rocket science to know where he was. I really wish he'd give up on her. I'm not saying he should come falling head over heels for me, actually that'd be pretty nice. But, I know it's not going to happen. I just wish he'd be happy. So, a new operation has been brought to my attention. Operation make Vinnie happy shall be carried out by me, the Great Ninja Yuffie Kisaragi. The plan is, get Vinnie to forget about dead girl long enough to have a good time, to realize life can move on without her. He should be stopping by today. So, all I can do is wait, mix drinks and stand behind this bar bored. 4:59, 30 seconds till Vinnie gets here. 20 Seconds… 15 seconds… 10 seconds… 5 seconds… HE'S HERE!
"HEY VINNIE!" or not…
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead.
X-X-X-X
He never came yesterday, I'm starting to worry. I wish he'd get in the habit of answering his phone, he's really worrying me.
"Please leave a message after the tone."
"Hey Vinnie, it's me, the GREAT Ninja Yuffie. Um, give me a call; I'm starting to worry about you. You better not be in that coffin or that cave. Bye."
Oh man, oh man. What if she, like, ate his soul! I'm so going to that cave, like right now.
"Hey Tifa!"
"Yeah Yuffie?" she says.
"I'mgoingtothatonecave, youknowtheonewiththatdeadchick, I'llbebacklater. Okay? Bye!"
"Wait… what?"
"Notime, gottorun."
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead.
X-X-X-X
After 'borrowing' one of Cloud's gold chocobos from that ranch, I'm here at last. If I didn't know what was behind that water fall, I would think this place was really pretty.
"Vince, are you in here?" This place gives me the creeps, not just because there's a lady frozen in crystal, it's just odd in here. There isn't much sun light in here, anything could be hiding in the dark… gulp.
"Yuffie."
"AHHH! OMIGAWD! Vince you scared the crap out of me. Oh my gosh, give me a minute, alright? My heart's beating a mile a minute."
"I'm sorry."
"No need, I was creeped out just by coming in this place."
"I got your calls. It never crossed my mind that you might come here. I should have called you back. I apologize."
"Gentleman as usual."
"…pardon?"
"Ah it's nothing. What are you doing in a place like this anyway?"
"Repenting."
"You have nothing to repent for! Have you ever heard the saying 'let the dead bury their own dead'?"
"I am dead Yuff-"
"SHUT UP! No, you aren't!" Oh. My. Gawd. I just slapped Vinnie. Vin-Vin. Vincent Valentine.
"…"
"You aren't dead yet, but she's killing you! Hell, you're helping her kill you! Can't you see that? Are you really that blind?" I'm crying. Great.
"Yuffie, a monster is not worth your tea-"
"You just shut up. You listen, and you listen well. You aren't dead. You aren't a monster. And you didn't fucking kill her, Hojo did. You tried to stop her, and that's all you could have done. No matter how much you want to blame yourself, you weren't her. You weren't responsible for her decisions! Damn it Vincent, look at me. You aren't fucking dead yet. And you better not go kill yourself. Because you have friends, and we won't forgive you. We'll damn you to hell if you die. Don't look at me like that, like you don't believe a word I'm saying. I'm serious. You need to move on; your life doesn't revolve around her."
"Yes it does…"
"NO IT DOESN'T! Your life revolves around Vincent Valentine." I'm pounding on his chest now. Hah like that will make him believe me.
"There's nothing left for me." He says.
"I see how it is. I'm nothing to you, well Vince, you're everything to me. But, right now I hope you go rot away in your coffin and I never have to see your gorgeous face again!"
"Yuffie…"
I'm out of here. I'm going back to the bar. This was a fucking waste of time. Some Great Ninja I am, crying and all.
Let the dead bury their own dead.
X-X-X-X
Tifa keeps asking me what happened. I don't feel like telling her, I don't feel like reliving that moment. His eyes were so dead, it was horrible. It's been a couple of days. I hear foot steps behind me.
"Tifa, I'm not going to tell you what happened." There's no answer. I nearly turn around when I feel two arms around my waist. Well, one clawed arm and one gloved one.
"The past… is best forgotten."
"Took you two days to gather up enough courage to come here and say 5 words, eh? I know I, the Great Ninja Yuffie, am pretty scary when I'm angry. But I didn't expect you to take that long."
"…"
He's let the dead bury their own dead and I've never been happier.
