Hey all. I bet you all wondered whether or not I was going to keep posting, huh? Well, there are four episodes left in this story (including this one) and I intend to finish them. After that, I can almost guarantee you that there will be a Kingdom Hearts 2 storyline. It will be under another name, so keep a look out later.
Anyway, as I said, this is one of the last four. These last four in particular are rather long and full of the ideas my editor and I came up with in the very beginning, so they ought to be good. Enjoy!
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The Adventures of Leon and Yuffie
Episode # 10: Revenge of the Fangirl .o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o..o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.
On the heartless-occupied world of Hollow Bastion, there stood a warehouse with a dirty secret. When the leader of the heartless was made aware of this place, he ordered it to be untouched, leaving its original defenses intact. The man would look into its contents later, when his other plans were finished.
A lone figure snuck to the door of that very warehouse as twilight fell.
. o . o .
Leon gasped painfully, still on the hard rock surface where he had fallen. The wounds up and down his body were excruciating, and the blood loss was finally starting to tax his strength. He hadn't been able to heal himself in far too long, and he couldn't hang on much longer.
Wiping sweat and blood from his brow, the SeeD pulled himself off the ground. He stepped on his recently injured ankle and pain shot through his leg. He grimaced but remained standing.
"I told you…didn't I?"
Leon could barely make out the speaker's words, which sounded raspy and uneven.
"I told you, you couldn't handle me."
The SeeD growled at that and straightened, pointing the tip of his gunblade at his attacker. He gathered his remaining strength, then flung himself at the other warrior.
. o . o .
"Oh come on!" Yuffie watched Cloud and Leon clash again. The two men had challenged each other to a no-holds-barred match. What that had meant when they originally came up with the idea was that all junctions, materia, potions and items they had, they could use. However, after the first two hours of fighting, it became clear the two wouldn't stop until one was unconscious.
"What a pair of drama queens…"
. o . o .
Cloud was in nearly as bad a shape as Leon. Everything hurt. He discovered parts of his body that he had never felt before were now in serious pain. But he wasn't giving up, not now. His opponent landed another blow to the younger man's torso, and the pain nearly dropped him. He knew what he had to do…
He backed away from the SeeD and planted his feet firmly into the ground. The SOLDIER called upon the dark power he had been granted, and a dark wing sprouted from his back and flared out. He leaped into the air and flew toward his opponent, sword pointing at the man's head.
"Great," Leon thought. "He's doing that thing again…"
. o . o .
Leon had been hit by the first pass the SOLDIER made, and the second dropped him to his knees. The third was coming, and the SeeD knew he had to work quickly before the other man struck him down.
He felt a Renzokuken coming and tried to get to his feet, fearing he wouldn't rise in time. As he prepared to attack, lightning flashed across the sky. It took the SeeD a moment to realize what was happening as a huge man mounted on a six-legged horse appeared between him and Cloud.
Cloud stopped in mid-air and gaped at the newcomer who was starting toward him.
Leon leapt to his feet, injuries forgotten. "Odin, NO!" The guardian force would split Cloud in two before he could escape. The guardian didn't seem to notice Leon's cry as he continued toward Cloud. The Norse God lifted his blade, but stopped.
"Wait…" The huge man stopped his attack. "I know you…" His eyes widened with recognition. "Cloud!"
The blonde man's eyes lit up. "Odin!"
Leon let out the breath he was holding as Odin put his blade away. As he relaxed, the SeeD's injuries finally caught up with him, and he blacked out.
. o . o .
The crowd who had been watching the match all gasped as Leon passed out at almost the same time as Cloud. Yuffie merely rolled her eyes.
. o . o .
Hours later, Leon, Cloud, Odin and Yuffie sat in the Coliseum's "Competitor's Bar." Yuffie poked at her Shirley Temple angrily as the men played quarters. Odin was still on his first turn as Leon and Cloud were each on their third shot.
Leon noticed how unhappy the ninja was as Odin banked a quarter into the glass off of the beer tap. He frowned and spoke up. "I told you not to come… You're under-age…"
The girl glared at him, "Someone's gotta keep an eye on you dummies."
Leon rolled his eyes. "Yeah, what would I do without you?"
Yuffie glared further at him. "Where would you be without me to watch over you."
Cloud put down the recently emptied shot glass and laughed. "You sound like an old married couple." His speech was slightly slurred. "I remember when you two first met…"
Flashback
Cloud held out a hand at Yuffie. "Leon, this is Yuffie. She's a ninja. I figured she could help you out here."
Leon gave the girl a skeptical look. "You're a ninja?"
Yuffie answered with a series of backflips.
Leon looked at Cloud. "Are you sure about this? I'm not going to babysit her if she can't take care of herself…"
"Trust me," Cloud continued. "You won't regret this."
End Flashback
Leon was glaring at Cloud, who shrugged.
Yuffie snorted. "If it weren't for me, you two would still be at Fangirl's place."
Both SeeD and SOLDIER shuddered at that.
"I suppose you have us there," Cloud said, ducking as another quarter was banked off the ceiling lights into a shot glass. "I wonder what happened to Fangirl?"
"Plotting some elaborate revenge," Yuffie answered.
"Yeah, probably," Leon added, draining his shot.
"No, she is," Yuffie said.
"You sound pretty sure about that," Cloud said as he got hit with a quarter. "Ow!"
The ninja got up and stretched. "Well, I give her brother ninja lessons every week. He tells me about it."
"Oh." Cloud lined up his shot, which ended up hitting the pitcher of beer. "Wait, what?"
"Ninja lessons," Yuffie said again, "He's surprisingly apt…" She got off her stool. "Well, I'm off." The girl left the bar, telling the bartender that Leon would pay her tab.
Cloud watched her go. "Do you think she was kidding?"
Leon flipped the quarter into the shot glass. "What?"
"About Fangirl?"
"Well, I wouldn't worry. She's not backed by Sephiroth anymore. I can't imagine she's very powerful on her own…"
Cloud thought a moment, then nodded. "Yeah, Jenova cells really make a difference."
"What?" Leon looked confused.
"Jenova cells. They're what give me and Sephiroth our powers."
"And let him control you?"
"Yeah," Cloud grimaced. "That too… But any other cells were probably destroyed when… well, you know."
. o . o .
The intruder had managed to get past the warehouse's elaborate hedge maze relatively quickly. She came to a large steel door adorned with several complicated locks. Putting away her hedge clippers, she examined the door until she found what she was looking for. She reached under the welcome mat in front of the door and brought out the key.
Unlocking the door, she continued into a large room, where a huge system of lasers moved continuously across the room. The girl bit her lip. The beams were moving far too quickly. She looked around for anything that would help her, and grinned when she saw it. She reached up and hit the on/off switch near the door. The lasers shut off, making the room safe to cross.
Continuing to the next room, she was met by a guard dog. It sat up and looked at her, then began to bark, pulling on its chain. The pulling became weaker after a few moments and the barks turned into coughs. The old dog lay back down and fell asleep. Walking past the dog quietly, she opened another door and smiled as she finally found what she had come for.
. o . o .
"So now what?" Cloud said, kicking a can as they walked back into the coliseum. Odin had left them suddenly in the bar, halting their game. Leon merely shrugged and went to see if there were any fights coming up.
As he did, a black cloud of smoke swirled around the floor. It moved towards Cloud, who was still kicking the can. The SOLDIER jumped when he finally noticed it, and backed away. The smoke swirled and formed into a dark figure. A moment later, Hades stood before him.
"Oh good. Cloud, I need to have a word with you about a job." The deity smiled oily at him.
Leon cleared his throat and looked at Cloud. Cloud gulped, but looked back at the god.
"Yeah, about that…" Hades merely waited for him to continue. "Uh, the other fighters and I have been talking, and we've decided we want to form a union."
Hades frowned, his fire hair rising. "What?"
Cloud continued, "We feel we're being treated unfairly, and it doesn't say anywhere in any of our contracts that we can't start a union for better conditions. "
The Lord of the Underworld looked like he was going to blow. "Who came up with this idea?"
"Well…" Cloud shrugged, "Leon did, actually."
Hades glared at Leon poisonously, who merely glared back. The god looked like he was going to burst into flame, but suddenly composed himself.
"Union, huh? And would you be the union leader?"
The SOLDIER shrugged. "Um, I guess so… Why?"
The god grinned. "Well, I tell you what, sport. I'll make you a deal. If you can beat me in a fair contest, you can have your union."
Leon immediately moved to speak, but Hades snapped his fingers, and the demons Panic and Pain appeared.
"Why don't you two show our friend out. Cloud and I need to talk business."
Before Leon could protest, both demon's tackled him and began dragging him away. Hades put an arm around Cloud's shoulder, turning him away from Leon while he tried to pry the demons off himself.
"Anyway, you like fighting, right? How about a quick match to decide this?"
Cloud raised an eyebrow. "What happens if I lose?"
Hades shrugged. "Oh, that, well, I doubt it'll happen, but if it does, why don't we just add a little time to your contract?"
Cloud thought a moment. "Okay."
"Good. Right this way." They headed for the entrance of the arena.
Leon managed to pull the squirming demons off of him just as they left and grumbled as he saw Cloud walk off. "Dumbass…" He glared down at the two demons, who both shrugged at him.
. o . o .
Cloud jumped at Hades, slashing down as the god threw a ball of flame at him. The SOLDIER managed to knock the ball back at the god, hitting him in the head.
Hades was already pissed off at how long the match was taking. When the flame hit his head, he roared. Jets of flame shot out from his arms.
"Uh oh," Cloud thought. "He's doing that thing again…"
After quickly jumping out of the flame's way, Cloud managed to get another hit. Roaring louder, Hades shot another fire ball at Cloud, who deflected it. The ball went into one of the windows above the arena, shattering it. Both fighters froze.
The voice of Zeus, king of the gods, boomed through the opening. "Somebody's gonna pay for that window!"
Hades and Cloud looked at each other, then both fled in opposite directions.
The match was declared a draw.
. o . o .
Leon hadn't been able to find Cloud for over an hour after the fight. He had given up after checking every place he had ever seen Cloud hang around, so he waited in the stands.
People slowly started coming in for the next match. Leon sat down in his normal spot as the stands filled. The SeeD was impressed with the size of the crowd. Yuffie had mentioned this event being good, but there were never as many people in the coliseum at this time of day. He then saw Cloud working his way over.
Leon glared at Cloud as he sat down in the stands.
"What?"
"What happened with Hades?"
Cloud started eating the nachos he had just bought from the vendor. "Oh, he said we'd 'talk about it later.'"
Leon glared at him for a moment, but looked up as the match started. Cloud held up the nachos to Leon, who glared at him again.
Unfazed, Cloud looked up. "Who exactly is fighting?"
Leon shrugged. "I don't know, but Yuffie mentioned that I'd really like to see this."
The SeeD was mildly surprised to see Sora walk into the arena, without Donald or Goofy.
"…"
"Hey, it's that dorky kid," Cloud said around a mouth full of cheese. "Where are his buddies?"
Leon grew very suspicious. "I don't know…"
The sky grew dark and purple as they continued to watch.
"Look!" Cloud pointed to the sky as the stars swirled and formed a symbol. Leon thought it looked familiar, like one of Ultimecia's attacks…
A beam shot out of the symbol and a figure stood from where the beam landed. Taking hold of his sword, Sephiroth stood to face the Keybearer.
"Oh," Leon sat back down. He hadn't noticed he had stood up. "It's just Sephiroth…"
The Ex-General dove headlong towards the 14-year-old, sword pointing for the heart.
Cloud and Leon looked at each other, then both leapt to their feet, running for the arena. Both men bounced off the magic wall separating the spectators from the arena.
Cloud got back to his feet. "Oh man, he's gonna kill that kid!"
Leon nodded, grimacing. Sora was barely dodging most of Sephiroth's attacks, and getting hit hard by the rest. Thinking a moment, Leon got back to his feet and aimed his hand at the wall. He called a 'dispel' which struck the wall and made it flicker off. Leon ignored the horrified screams as the flames Sephiroth had called came close to torching a whole section of onlookers.
Both SeeD and SOILDER leapt into the arena and ran for the boy, who had been just knocked down by another volley of strikes.
Sephiroth stopped his intended death blow and looked at Leon.
"Count Mako? What is the meaning of this?"
"You can't kill him."
"But why not?" Sephiroth looked confused. "He's a child. They're the easiest to kill."
Leon thought quickly. "Don't say he's the only hope of saving the world. That will only encourage him…"
"He's… one of my agents… of the night."
Sephiroth looked down at the boy, then back at Leon, and lowered his sword. "Eh, good enough for me."
Sora looked at Leon, confused. "I'm your what?"
Leon grimaced. "Never mind… Sephiroth?"
The silver-haired man looked up.
"Why don't you show my 'agent' around the place?"
Sephiroth looked thoughtful, then looked down at Sora. "Want some ice cream? I'll show you how to take it from unsuspecting children."
Sora blinked. "Okay." He followed the white-haired man out of the arena.
"Well, that was weird," Cloud remarked as he started back for his nachos. "I thought that- wha?"
Leon looked to where Cloud was staring. The stands had filled while they had been rescuing Sora. The stands, usually seating a motley bunch of spectators, were now filled by teenaged girls. The SeeD looked at Cloud, who shrugged.
Leon looked out again, and found there was now a circle of girls surrounding him and Cloud. He stepped back as they closed in.
"Let's get out of here," Leon said, turning to Cloud. "We can get through if-"
He was silenced by the pommel of Cloud's sword smacking into his head. Black spots filled his eyes, then everything went dark.
. o . o .
Leon opened his eyes slowly. His head was pounding, and his back was uncomfortable and he shifted, trying find a better position. It didn't take him long to realize that he was not in his bed.
Looking down, he found that he was, in fact, strapped to an operating table. Looking around, he found there were several teenaged girls and one boy working at the various stations in the room. One of the girls stepped up to the table, grinning smugly at him.
Leon's eyes narrowed. "Fangirl."
The girl smiled. "How good of you to remember me." She approached the table, grinning.
"Once again you find yourself in the inescapable clutches of Fangirl…and," she gestured to the other black-clad teens, "the Fangirls. Oh…and Fanboy." The one boy waved.
"…Fangirls?"
"Yes." The girl gestured again to the teens about the room. "Devoted followers who share the same ideals as I." The SeeD stared at her and she sighed. "Our ideals of hot guys making out."
Leon started to struggle a little harder, fearing that would be her goal. The teenaged girl walked around the table, continuing her speech.
"Do you like my castle?" Fangirl gestured around the room. "You see, mother wouldn't allow me to do any more 'experiments' in the house, so I rented this place. Isn't it fantastic?"
"Rented?" Leon raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, rented. I had to baby-sit my brother for two weeks to earn this." Leon looked around, confused, at well-decorated and clearly expensive castle they were in. The girl frowned. "What? My parents are loaded."
"And now, I have a gift for you."
One of the girls handed her a injection gun. In the tube, was a white speck floating in purple liquid.
Leon eyed her warily as she approached. "What is that?"
"This is a very potent substance indeed. The first tests were done by a corporation named Shinra…" Leon paled. Cloud had told him a little bit about what kind of things Shinra dabbled in. Fangirl laughed, "Don't fight it. This will give you powers beyond your imagination." The others in the room murmured happily.
"No, thanks." Leon pulled at the metal straps that clamped his body to the table. At that point, he saw Cloud sneak up behind the girl, getting ready to smack her over the head. The other teenagers didn't seem to notice as she continued speaking.
"In fact, you'll find that the powers it has given me are quite impressive." Before Cloud landed the blow, Fangirl snapped her finger, and Cloud stopped, standing up straight.
Leon's eyes widened. Cloud's face went slack, just like when Sephiroth would take control of him…
"Jenova cells." the SeeD hissed.
Fangirl smiled. "Smart boy, you guessed it. Everyone in this complex has been given Jenova cells. I have given myself a 'master' dose." She gently shook the injector, "but enough of talk, you'll soon know all about it," she handed the injector to Cloud who moved to inject Leon in the neck.
Just as the needle was about to puncture skin, a smoke bomb went off, obscuring the room. Leon heard shouting and movement, then a thunk and an 'ow.'" Soon after, the straps holding Leon down were released.
Leon got to his feet blindly, smoke still permeating the room. He heard movement and girls shouting, Fangirl yelling at them to secure the room and make sure Leon hadn't escaped. Then the SeeD felt a hand clamp down on his arm. He was quickly pulled out of the room before he could struggle.
The hand let go of him as his vision cleared of smoke, and Leon found himself in a room with Cloud, Yuffie and a young boy dressed in black.
"…Fangirl's brother?" the SeeD asked Yuffie, looking at the boy.
Yuffie nodded. "This is my protégé, yes," she answered, not bothering with introduction. "We need to get out of here. Fangirl's injected herself with enough Jenova cells to cause mutation. We just need to find the sewer exit." Yuffie and Fangirl's brother began to leave. Cloud started to follow when Yuffie held up a hand.
"We have other things to do before we leave. Secret ninja things. You two will have to find your own way out…" She opened the door .
"Wait, you're just gonna leave us?" Cloud asked.
"Yeah, I am," Yuffie said. "Have fun getting out," she said as the two ninjas left. Leon and Cloud looked at each other. Leon sighed, looking back at the door they had come through.
"…Come on. The smoke must be clearing by now," Leon said. Cloud nodded and they exited the room by the door Yuffie had gone through and found a hallway with four doors. The ninja was already gone.
"Now what?" Cloud said, looking uneasily at the creepily appointed house.
"Let's just keep going forward…"
Cloud nodded, and the two men went from room-to-room, finding neither fangirls or any sort of weapon to arm themselves with. It wasn't until they reached a huge, lavishly decorated hall lined with pillars that Cloud stopped. "Do you hear that?"
Leon stopped moving and listened.
"It's Leon. Leon." A whispered chanting seemed to come from all directions. "Leon, Leon, Leon…"
"LeonLeonLeonLeonLeonLeon…"
The hall started to fill with black-hooded fangirls, all of them chanting. Leon made a run for the door, but was quickly intercepted by one of the girls and pushed him back with surprising force. The SeeD and SOLDIER were quickly surrounded. The girls herded them into the center of the room. They continued to close in…
Then stopped. Fangirl had entered the room. The crowd of girls parted for her as she walked toward them. Leon looked at her closely. She looked different. Her skin had changed to a light purple.
"That damn ninja…always meddling in my plans. Oh well, we've got you back, so no harm done…"
Leon looked around at all the bright blue eyes staring at him. He looked at Cloud, who was now turned toward him as well, face blank again. They all swarmed on the SeeD at the same moment. Leon struggled against the multitude of hands grabbing hold of him. Once they immobilized him, one of the girls hit him over the head, and he heard Fangirl's laughter as he blacked out.
. o . o .
Fangirl chuckled to herself as she approached Leon with the injector.
"Mistress, I don't understand why we've tied them both," one of the fangirls said, looking at Leon and Cloud, who were bound back-to-back, "Won't they soon share our blood?"
"Yes, they will," Fangirl said as she injected Leon with the Jenova cell, "but, we can use them as bait for the ninja and her accomplice."
"Oh, that's a good idea."
"Of course it's a good idea!… Wait, why am I answering a peon's questions?" Fangirl waved a hand, and the hooded girl shut up.
. o . o .
Leon came to some time later, finding himself tied to someone else. He looked over his shoulder, and found Cloud blinking awake.
"Well this is just great," Cloud mumbled. "At least we're in no position to make out with each other."
"Good Point…"
Leon was trying to wiggle his hands free when the door burst open suddenly. A figure shrouded in black leapt into the room. He looked at the two men for a moment, then hurled a pair of shuriken at them. Leon barely had time to kick off the floor, putting the bindings tying them together in the flying star's path.
Both men crashed to the floor, arms free. Leon looked up to find the mysterious figure long gone.
"Well, that was odd," Cloud said as he stood and dusted himself off. "That was Fangirl's brother, wasn't it?"
"Probably," the SeeD replied, not wanting to admit that he had once again been rescued by Yuffie and her apprentice.
Cloud was still looking at him. "Leon…your neck…"
The older man touched his neck, and found a small puncture wound. He remembered the injection gun…
Leon paled considerably, "Come on... We need to get out of here…"
The two left the room they were in and found themselves in another lab. Finding no fangirls in the room, Leon began searching for weapons. Finding little more than medical supplies, he pocketed whatever looked like it would be helpful. Opening the last cabinet, the first thing he noticed was a laser sight for a firearm.
The SeeD blinked, looking around for a weapon to attach it to. He grinned when his eyes settled on just the weapon.
. o . o .
In the hallway outside of the lab, two fangirls patrolled. As they walked near the corner, the first girl looked at the second.
"What's that on your robe?" she said, pointing to a red dot on the second's hood.
"What? What is it-ACK!" the girl with dot cried out as Leon slammed her over the head with his laser-mounted baseball bat. The first girl tried to run for the alarm, but Leon lined the site up on her and threw the bat, knocking her out with it as well.
Cloud blinked at Leon, who shrugged. They continued on through the castle slowly, avoiding any fangirls they could, clubbing the ones they couldn't with Leon's scoped bat. Soon they found themselves at a huge set of doors.
"That looks kinda menacing," Cloud remarked. Leon gave him a look, and went in.
It appeared to be a throne room. It was bare of any furnishings, besides the actual throne. On it sat Fangirl.
The girl's body was clearly mutating. She was much taller, her body was misshapen, and she was now completely purple. The girl laughed as the two men entered.
"Good work so far. I was hoping you would lead the ninja to me, but we will find her eventually." At that, she waved her hand, and Cloud's eyes fogged over, again under the spell of the Jenova cells.
Leon, however, felt like his brain was on fire as he fought back the mental attack. He dropped to his knees and held his head, crying out.
"Don't fight it. It'll only hurt more," Fangirl sneered as Cloud went to her side.
The SeeD's vision started to fade as he continued to resist. Just as his control was slipping away, he noticed a pattern of light and shadow in the air forming into a symbol.
"What's all this, then?"
There was a flash of light, and Fangirl turned to find Sephiroth standing behind her.
"Sephiroth!" she exclaimed, losing her concentration for the moment. Leon felt his head clearing.
"You've stolen something from Mother," Sephiroth said angrily. "Give it back."
Fangirl composed herself, and even smiled. "I was actually hoping you would show up. Now I have you, the ultimate weapon." She waved a hand at him. "And this time, I won't lose control of you."
Leon watched in horror. He knew she was reaching out to control Sephiroth…
Sephiroth just stared back. "Okay…" He turned, ignoring her for the moment. "Count Mako! What a pleasant surprise… You look different."
"That's because she injected me with Jenova cells," Leon said, annoyed.
"Oh, is that all?" The white-haired man snapped his fingers. Leon felt something pop in his head, and Fangirl's influence was gone. "There. Good as new."
"No!" Fangirl shouted. "I won't let you ruin it for me again!" She raised her arms and shot out magical lightning.
As Sephiroth fended off the attack, Leon looked around for either an escape or a better weapon. At that moment, a crate dropped in front of him. On it was a note:
'Dear Leon,
Use this on mega-bitch.
-Yuffie'
He opened the crate. Inside was a rocket launcher. Leon frowned. Under normal circumstances, this would be severe overkill, but there was no other choice. He picked up the launcher and aimed it at the monster that had been Fangirl.
Sephiroth effortlessly blocked another lightning bolt with his sword. "I've had enough of this. Give back what you took from Mother. Now."
Leon had just gotten Fangirl in his sights when, suddenly, she reverted to her old self. In less than a second, she was once again a normal fourteen-year-old girl.
The Ex-general smirked. "You are an amateur…but thank you for my new army." With that, Sephiroth strode out of the room.
Leon reluctantly lowered the rocket launcher. As he did, however, he was suddenly jumped by Fanboy. The launcher dropped to the floor and fired, sending a rocket straight at Fangirl.
She gasped and jumped out of the way. The rocket soared past her and struck the throne, blowing it up.
"OH CRAP!" Fangirl screamed as throne toppled, revealing machinery. "You idiot! You hit the main reactor!"
"…The main reactor was in the throne?"
"Of course it was!. This place is going to blow in three minutes!" The girl ran from the room, hitting the fire alarm as she went. Cloud was still blinking, the mind control fading from his head. After a moment, he came to, seeing the damaged power source.
"Aw hell, let's get out of here!" Cloud ran for the door, followed by Leon. They ran randomly, completely lost. They followed the sounds of the other fangirls escaping while the building started collapsing. Soon they found themselves in the castle's underground dock. Yuffie was leaning on a jet ski.
"It's about time…"
Leon didn't bother with questions as he jumped on. Soon he, Cloud and Yuffie were jet-skiing across a lake, away from the collapsing castle. Leon stopped the ski for a moment, looking at the building as it fell into itself.
"Looks like I saved your life again."
The SeeD looked at Yuffie, who was grinning broadly.
"So, how about a little alone time when we get back?" She winked.
"…Shut up." He kicked the engine on and sped off from the castle.
"Hey Yuffie, what happened to Fangirl's brother?" Cloud asked as they continued.
Yuffie shrugged. "He didn't come with me when we escaped. Some ninja he turned out to be…"
. o . o .
Fangirl crawled out of the manhole she had escaped through, taking her brother's hand as he helped her up.
"Why did you help me out of there?" she asked as she looked back at the flaming castle.
The younger child shrugged. "Mom woulda killed me if I didn't."
"Ah…well, let's go home." She turned to leave, but stopped short as a taxi drove up.
A duck with a top hat climbed out, looking at the castle remains in anger and disbelief.
"What did you do to me castle!" Scrooge McDuck fumed.
"Uh…" Fangirl gulped as the duck shook his cane at her.
"You're going to have to pay for that!"
"Aw man, Mom's gonna kill you," her brother moaned.
. o . o .
Sephiroth looked at the flaming castle as it collapsed.
"Not a bad job. Right, my army of slaves?" He looked at the legion of Fangirls…and boy.
"Right Sephiroth," they said in unison. "You're the greatest."
Sephiroth laughed as he made them all dance.
End of Episode # 10
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Long huh? Once I actually do get rolling, it kinda takes a while to wear off. So anyway, I hope you all liked it. Oh, and if you didn't get something in it, go ask someone who played Resident Evil 4. The next one shouldn't take long, I've already got it written, just need to edit it.
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Leon and Yuffie will return in:
The Trial