AN; o.o hope you guys enjoy this one (this is my worst chapter yet i think) but i guess you lot can decide if it is or not . Thank you everyone who reviewed the last few chapters. I'm writing up a special chapter for all you sephiroth fans so expect to see that posted soon (hehehe). Well i'll let you get reading now enjoy.

Hironobu sakaguchi owns ff7 not me ;.; sigh

It's my travel sickness...really!

Grabbing hold of the door handle and twisting it furiously to escape the presence of this insane monster, Yuffie pulled but the door wouldn't budge.

Sephiroth laughed sadistically. "It's no use. I may not be as strong as I was before you killed me but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." Yuffie felt a strange presence surround her waist and was suddenly yanked backwards by a strange green aura. It brought her closer to Sephiroth who was stood now with his hand raised slightly also emitting the green aura. With a sudden flick of his wrist Yuffie stooped before him and the glow faded into nothing.

"You bastard!" She spat, about to take a step back from him. "I'll kill myself before I let that bitch take over my body." Yuffie yelped at the sudden sting of pain as his palm swiped across her face. She desperately brought a leg up in an attempt to kick him and pounded her fists angrily at his chest. "I won't let you." She screamed at the top of her lungs, tears pouring over her cheeks. The disasters of two years ago were going to be repeated, innocent people would die and the world would be destroyed. "I won't!"

Her actions were stopped as he took hold of her wrists and held them high above her head, rendering her immobile. He shifted both her wrists into one hand and with the other hand, wiped away one of the stray tears that slid down her face.

Yuffie shuddered as a cold finger touched her cheek and gently traced the path of the tear. "Why are you doing this?" she whispered hoarsely, searching his icy eyes for answers.

Taking his confused gaze away from her wet cheeks, he looked into her swollen pink eyes. "My mother is dead and I am going to bring her back." He responded. Yuffie looked away from him. Her mother had passed away too, when Yuffie was only ten years old. Yes she missed her mother but she knew she couldn't bring her back, she'd learned to live with it years ago. All she could do now was remember all the times she'd with her mother, so why couldn't this grown man do the same.

"Can't you just face facts, Jenova is dead. Why not honour her memory and leave her to rest in peace?" Yuffie slid her eyes back to look at his.

"Don't you see? She's not at peace. She wants to be revived." He replied with a calm enthusiasm.

"She wants me to bring her back."

"Sounds to me like she's using you again." Yuffie replied coldly.

"Using...me?" Sephiroth questioned.

"Yeah using you, she did it before. Or don't you remember? She used you so she could destroy the planet and become immortal." Yuffie's arms dropped to her side as the hand restraining them faltered.

"You're lying!" Sephiroth said with a deathly glare. "She is my mother."

"You can't see it because she's filled that head of yours with lies and broken promises." She said, rubbing her wrists softly. "You'll see."


She laid there, alone in the darkness of the musty smelling storage room uncomfortably placed atop a pile of lumpy old coats and wrapped in a disgusting blanket that smelled ever so slightly of a wet dog.

Yuffie had been left there to sleep while 'he' wandered around somewhere on the ship. He hadn't said much before he left, only that he didn't believe a word Yuffie had said and that she was lying because she was afraid of becoming Jenova.

Yuffie mused at this, yeah she wanted an excuse not to become that hellish creature but she hadn't lied to him. She had noted a kind of hurt look in his eyes that surprised her, she had never really thought of him having actual emotions in that screwed up mind of his.

A small smile touched her lips as she processed this newfound information but it soon faded. So she had hit a nerve in him, she hated him but she couldn't help feel somewhat bad about it. Maybe a feeling of regret? No it wasn't that as she had only told him the truth. Could it be that she sympathised with him? That she felt the anger and confusion he was feeling?

"No!" She said, her voice muffled heavily as she buried her face in the coats. She didn't feel bad, she couldn't. What did she care? He needed to be told a few home truths, even if they did sting.

Meanwhile!

He sat in complete silence on the hard metal steps leading up to the deck. He'd been there for what seemed like hours, leaving that annoying kid alone to think about her actions. 'No you haven't, you left to think about your own actions.' A little voice in the back of his mind kept yelling, but he was so infuriated he wasn't about to stop and see reason.

There was no way his mother would ever deceive him it just wasn't possible. That girl was full of lies and she threw cheap shots in a fight. A cunning little thief, nothing more. He would keep her with him but he wouldn't stop looking for another to replace her. She didn't deserve such an honour but she was the only one so far with all the credentials, strength, youth, courage and innocence. So far the only thing that he hadn't seen in her was the "delicate as a flower" part.

Or had he? He'd seen her cry now on two occasions. He doubted that counted towards delicacy, but it did show that she was sensitive and wasn't exactly as tomboyish as he had first thought.

A loud clanking intruded into his thoughts. Someone was coming down the steps. Sephiroth stood, stretching his arms above his head as he casually headed back to their 'cabin'.

He slipped quietly into the room, hearing a strange muffled word sounding like "No."

Strolling over to the pile of rags where Yuffie was laid, he stood over her and watched as she un-buried her face and looked up at him shyly.

"What or who where you talking to?" He asked folding his arms with a sigh.

She poked her tongue out at him childishly and rolled over, away from him.

"Oh that was mature." He said sarcastically as swiftly sat beside her.

"Go and sleep somewhere else." Yuffie whispered angrily. "You're attitude is making me cold."

Sephiroth looked a little gone out at this. "You want me to sleep elsewhere while you lounge here with all the blankets and coats. No young lady, you are the one to move if anyone." He said in a 'matter of fact' manner.

"I'm trying to sleep, can't you be quiet?" she whined.

"Fine, but I'm staying right here..." A huge fur coat smelling of mothballs suddenly hit him in the face followed by a small giggle.

"You can sleep on the pile of coats near me, but you can't come under my blanket so use that fur thing to keep you warm." Yuffie said, propping herself up on her elbows.

Sephiroth sent a glare in her direction. An amused looked played on her face. "When will you grow up?" he said yanking the coat over himself.

"When will you quit sounding like an old guy?" Yuffie replied, she couldn't think of anything witty to reply with and ended up sounding fairly stupid.


Yuffie was the first to wake up. She'd had a restless night. Managing to rub her weary eyes with one hand, she soon discovered her other was immobile.

Yuffie almost screamed, firstly thinking her right arm wasn't there or she had laid on it during the night and cut the circulation, leaving it numb and uncontrollable. She twisted her head only to discover the true horrors of what was wrong with her.

Sephiroths hand was resting heavily over her wrist. Yuffie just stared and attempted to pull herself free. Sephiroth only stirred in his sleep and groaned. His fingers twitched slightly against her smooth skin sending a ripple of shudders up her arm and down through her spine. She suddenly felt very warm.

Almost an hour and a half later Sephiroth finally decided to leave the world of nod. He kept his eyes closed although he was no longer sleeping, to find there was a smooth object beneath his long fingers. What could it be? He opened his eyes ever so slightly and took a quick look down. An arm? He had hold of an arm? His eyes moved up to the shoulder and across to the face and there she was.

Yuffie was laid on her back, her eyes wide open, just staring at the ceiling and her cheeks as red as beetroots. He looked once again at his hand and quickly pulled it away, coughing so as to get her attention.

Yuffie jolted upright and blinked furiously. "Oh, umm you're finally awake." She muttered.

Sephiroth was still laid down, just looking at her oddly.

"Well, I'm feeling hungry. I'm going for dinner...I mean breakfast." She rushed her words and got to her feet. What was wrong with her this morning? She kept thinking to herself.

She hurriedly rushed out of the room and headed up to the deck.

Sephiroth sat up and watched her leave. She had amused him this morning. 'Girls.' He thought with a deep chuckle, 'Why do they always make a big deal about such little things?'

Yuffie was making a big deal out it, it WAS a big deal after all. She could feel those horrible little butterflies dancing around in her stomach. 'I'm sick, that's all, just sick.' She thought with a fake smile. 'It's just my travel sickness coming in to play, that's why my tummy feels so weird and it might also explain why I felt so hot this morning when I woke up.' She avoided the fact that she hadn't started to feel hot until she'd noticed he was touching her.

They would be arriving on the coast near Cosmo Canyon sometime today. 'From now on,' she vowed silently, 'I'm not gunna sleep next to him again...just in case it isn't an illness.' She stood with a fist clenched tightly in front of her, a determined look on her face. She didn't seem to notice Sephiroth heading up the passageway behind her.

He accidentally brushed against her shoulder on his way by. Yuffie found herself leaning back against the wall once more feeling very hot and flushed.

"Oh Gawd!" She yelled so loudly that the various people dotted about the corridor all looked her way. Yuffie flushed even redder and ran off in Sephiroths direction. "Wait up!"

AN; see what I mean...it's a bad chapter. It won't happen again I promise, I'll put lots of good stuff in from now on. As we can see our poor lil' Yuffs is startin' to get a cute little crush on the bad boy himself...awww. Well keep reviewing. I love hearing what you guys think of my work so don't be shy, just write anything. If you see mistakes or know how i can make the story better that would be great. Thanks everyone hugs and hands out sweets for everyone good night. waves