Terra's Adventure

Chapter VII

Take It Back

The trio left Zhilara Town and headed in the direction that Yuffie said, East.

They were on their way, but for some reason Terra felt troubled.

"Yuffie, who told you where we could find Edea's House?" Terra asked.

"A woman." Yuffie said, "It was her bunny ears that caught my attention."

"What? Bunny ears?"

"Yeah, and she seemed nice too."

Locke stood behind both of them, watching and hearing their conversation.

"Did you ever get her name?" Terra asked.

"Uhm..." Yuffie thought for a few seconds. "Yeah. It was Fran."

Locke softly laughed, "Fran? The Archery Hunter?"

Yuffie & Terra said together, "You know her?"

"Yeah. She's the Huntresses Co-Leader."

"Who are the Huntresses?" Terra asked.

"They're a group of young girls and woman that Hunt in the woods. They look for monsters to either capture and tame them, or to kill them so they don't hurt innocent villagers.

"How do you know?" Yuffie said as she picked up a small rock as they were walking. She rolled it around in her palm.

"Because my sister was with them once." Locke's voice lowered...and his head sank. "But uhm..." Locke cleared his throat, "she died... They went to go capture a monster but... things didn't go right. Some of her partners that survived said that it seemed as if they were set up... I.. I want to know why...why would they want to kill her. I need to find out who killed her and why. That's...that's sort of why I joined you.. I thought that I could find some answers while I was with y'all."

"I'm so sorry to hear that..." Terra placed her right hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah well I'm not. Your sister got what was coming." Yuffie threw the small rock in a pond that was near by.

"What did you say?" Locke's voice slowly raised.

"I said, she deserved what she g-" But before she could finish, Locke lunged at her with his dagger drawn, pressing it against her throat.

"Take that back!" Locke ordered.

"Why should I?" Yuffie gave a smirk.

"Yuffie!" Terra shouted in disbelief.

"Take back what you said now!" Locke ordered again.

"I wont!" Yuffie kicked him in the gut, "And get off me you Scum-Bag."

"You rotten little-"

"STOP!" Terra yelled. "Don't fight!"

"Not until she takes back what she said about my sister."

"Why should I? Hunters and Huntresses deserve to die. They have no right to take the life of any animal, nether-less capture and torture them!"

"Those things aren't animals. They're monsters! They deserve to die! They're lucky that they even get to live!"

"They're not monsters! It's people like you who are the real monsters!"

"Take that back!"

Yuffie smiled once more, "No."

"That's it you're de-"

"STOP!" Terra yelled. "Stop fighting!" Terra's eyes were red from her tears.

"I..I'm sorry, Terra" Locke stepped back from Yuffie.

Terra calmed down.."Just please, no more fighting..." she begged.

"I promise." Locke put his dagger away and walked toward Terra.

"I can't make a promise that I know I can't and wont keep." Yuffie rubbed her neck. "Now lets go."

The other two gave a sad nod and followed Yuffie. But a sound caught Locke's attention. He looked back. But saw nothing...

End of Chapter VII