Tell Me I Was Dreaming

By: Yuffie Kisaragi2

I only own my own characters, I think you can tell which ones they are.

Nope, this is not based off of the song... This is an eight chapter short story that I will try to update every week or so. Don't hold me to that, though! Read onward! Here's the alternate ending that everyone's been waiting for! Keep in mind that this is chapter eight!

Chapter 8: Don't Give Up! Not Yet! (Alternate Ending)


Yuffie's screams slowly faded as the world became black to both people. Vincent could not see, nor could he hear or feel or use any of his other senses. All was silent until one word woke him. "Daddy."

His eyes opened slowly and he saw a little girl sitting to his right on the bed . "Hmm?"

A beautiful laugh like bells chiming came from the doorway. He sat up and looked around the room. It was painted an off-white with multi-colored splatter paintings. On the ceiling were four sets up hand prints. The largest was in the crimson paint with the left hand deformed, the smaller in forest green, the child sized was done in yellow, and the baby sized was done in a brilliant blue and was slightly smudged. Pictures were on the dresser of a Christmas wedding done in red and green, the bride's dress was white with red and green trimmings.

"Are you done gazing at the same old things so that you can get up yet?"

His eyes travelled from the picture to the woman in the doorway. "Yuffie?"

A bemused look crossed the long-haired woman's face. "What, Vince?"

He stared at her, the woman that he had seen so many times and in so many different outfits. She had never looked so beautiful. Her long hair was up in a sloppy pony tail and she wore paint-stained jeans and an over-sized tee-shirt with a cartoon character on it, her tummy was swollen, heavy with twins. "You look gorgeous."

She rolled her stormy eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Come on, Jake's getting upset that Daddy's not awake yet."

Vincent watched the little girl run out of the room and the door shut. "Daddy, hurry up!" she called through the door. Slowly, he rolled out of bed and got dressed in faded blue jeans and a muscle shirt. Looking at the pictures, everything fell into place.

-- "Yuffie," the ever-silent vampiric man said softly to the ninja, who had been staying in Cid's home for a year and a half. "Will you marry me?"

The young woman nearly choked on her sandwich. "Wh-what!?" Vincent stared at the ground. "Why do you even have to ask? We've been dating too long without anyone knowing anyway." She winked and kissed him on the cheek. --


"Her favorite color and my favorite color," he muttered to himself, looking at their wedding picture on their dresser. Another picture had a dark-haired girl and boy. 'Six and two,' he told himself mentally. 'Kristen's six and Jacob's two. Yuffie and I have been married for nine years, making her twenty-nine and I'm... too old... I'm 40, best to anyone else's knowledge.' He glanced in the mirror. 'I even look thirty-five!' He shook his head. When had he actually started showing his age? Was being married having that much of an effect on him? 'Yuffie and I are expecting twins in the summer and it's May... They're due in late June.'

His face was lit up with his sheer happiness. 'That's right. Last night, I took her out to eat and she wore my cape to cover up her stomach, embarrassed that she's pregnant. It matched the feathers she wore in her headband and her dress. She looked beautiful, but not nearly as good as today!'

He found the family picture and smiled. It had all been a dream... Yuffie wasn't really dying, she was married to him. And they lived in the ShinRa Mansion that he had bought immediately after the Meteor Incident with the money that AVALANCHE had split up amongst themselves.

"Vinnie!" he heard his distressed wife shout.

He smiled and walked out of his room, only to be met with a running two-year-old. He picked up the child and laughed. "Hey, Jake."

"Daddy!"

Yuffie walked down the hallway, Kristi at her heels, looking disheveled, her hair was in disarray and going every which way. "Good. You take them while I get a shower." As she walked past him to their bedroom, Vincent caught her and kissed her passionately.

"Ewww," both kids said at the same time.

Yuffie laughed her beautiful laugh and walked into their bedroom to get clothes. Vincent carried the two children downstairs, where Cloud stood at the bottom of the steps. "When did you get here?" Vincent asked, smiling at his old friend and comrade.

Cloud grinned back. "A few minutes ago. I heard you and Yuffs upstairs, so I was going to wait." He flashed a smile at Kristi. "I saw Cid and Shera the other day, Lacey's doing good. She only a year older than Kristi isn't she?"

Kristen scowled. "She plays with dolls. I think they're stupid!" Both men laughed.

Jake tugged his father's long hair and Vincent laughed, setting his son down. "Daddy, ou'side!"

Kristen jumped up and down. "C'mon, daddy! Let's go outside! You too, Uncle Cloud!"

The two men followed the children out the back door, talking about random things such as cars and how the rest of the gang was doing. About how well Shake and Gorki were handling everything in Wutai. About the simplest things in life bringing them the most joy, including Tifa and Yuffie's rabid and, according to the two men, evil cravings at midnight. Tifa was expecting triplets the same week as Yuffie. Both men were busy with getting chocolate and other foods that their wives craved, so Cloud would join Vincent in a brief complaining session each day. Tifa had morning sickness, something that Vincent thanked the deities that Yuffie didn't get.

"Then, she wanted watermelon!" the blonde said with an exasperated sigh.

"Yuffie was craving buritoes at midnight the night before last. She made me go get the stuff to make them, then could not stand the smell"

-FIN!-

YK2: Okay, I know that I've updated twice in one day, but I just couldn't bring myself to kill her in this ending! This is for all of you that didn't want Yuffie to die! The other one's for people that were like 'JUST LET HER DIE, DAMMIT!' --glares at a certain flame--

Dracon: She originally wrote this one first, but decided to make the ending more dramatic, so she wrote the other one.

PK: I liked the other one better, but I'm one for tragedies.

Hacker: I liked this one better! YAY! It was only a dream!

Vincent: ... Why Yuffie?

Yuffie: Aww.. Y'know that ya lo-ove me, Vinnie!

Reno: I'll say whatever you want me to say for a strip tease! -- Gets whacked by Toni -- OW!

Toni: Not into subtlties, are you?

Reno: Nope!

YK2: Yeaaaah.... Anyways.. Thanks, everyone, for readin'. I really appreciate your support! Even if I did have a down moment... BUT I'M BACK! Out of boredom, I've started writing a Squffie for Kingdom Hearts... I've got all ten chapters written and lovin' every minute of writing it. I'm not sure if I'll post it, but there's always the possibility, so if you like Squffies, then watch for my next story! Squall and Yuffie or Vinnie and Yuffie? GAH! Squffies, Yuffentines, and RikkuXGippal are my currect faves! Rikku just belongs with Gippal! --sigh--

Yuffie: I think she likes thieves!

Tidus: Or hyper-active kleptomaniacs! --gets hit by Rikku-- OW!

Rikku: --sticks her tongue out at him--

Yuffie: Tell me that I'm more covered than THAT!

YK2: Eh heh... PLEASE REVIEW! And, I'm begging you, no flames... Even if they do have correct grammar and constructive criticism... Just let my ficfic rest in peace! To my oh-so lovely reviwers that are probably mad at me for making Yuffie die in the first ending: I'M SORRY! I LOVE YOU GUYS, PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT ME! Besides, I made Vinnie nice still... I am really thankful to have GOOD reviewers --glares at two flames-- So, thank you all sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! I LOVE YOU! Watch for the Squffie, those of you KH lovers! OH! Gots a gift for all of you! --Hands Deplora a shirtless Leon doll-- That's for you.. Aaaaaannnnddd... --Hands everyone else a shirtless Vinnie doll-- TA-DA! I heard from Ezri that Squallie-boy's yours, Deplora, so I thought you migh tlike that!

Surka: Damn, this is the longest a/n ever!

YK2: Not quite... ANYwho! Till Next Time! AUDI!!!

-Yuffie Kisaragi2, Surka Sokyu, & Dracon Fira

-The Gang of TMIWD