! Renovated Life !


"Can we go now?"
"No…"

30 seconds latter…

"Can we go now?"
"I said no…"

25 seconds latter…

"Can we go now, please?"
"What part of 'NO' do you not understand? We still have 25 minutes before the sunset."

20 seconds latter…

"Can we—"
Within fraction of a second Leon swirled around and swung his gunblade in an arch with stopped barely a centimeter away from Yuffie's throat.

"What were you saying again?" he asked in his cold and intimidating voice. "Noth— Nothi-- Nothing— really… I— I—wasn't talking to you… I— I was talking to— to-- the heartless… I— I was just asking the heartless if we can go on a date, someday… so I was asking him if we can go sooner, like now… so you— you don't have to come back to kill it again…" she said in a trembling in fear. "Oh how nice of you" Leon said sarcastically. "You are welcome… umm can you move your gunblade please—" Leon removed his gunblade even before could complete her sentence. Yuffie sighed in a relief.

Leon stepped back and spun his gunblade in his hand before slamming it in the ground. Seeing the gunblade embedded in the ground rejuvenated Yuffie's energy. She took a deep breath and yelled, "heeeeyyyaaaaa" and with all her might she kicked Leon in the shin,

"You big freaking meany! How can you do that to such a innocent little girl like me"

Leon seemed unaffected by her attack, "I thought you were the great ninja Yuffie, not some innocent little girl"

"That's right, no that wrong, no… urgghhh… listen up mister, I am the-innocent-looking-girl-from-wutai-who-also-happens-to-be-the-greatest-ninja-of-all-time-known-as-the-great-ninja-yuffie, got that?"

"Whatever, If you think you are so great the why don't you prove yourself in the Hades Cup. You still have some time till the tournament to prepare yourself" Leon said that walking away from the furious ninja.

"Hey were do you think you are going? Come back here, I am not done yet…"

Leon picked up his gunblade and placed it on his shoulder and calmly started walking away, completely ignoring Yuffie and her constant chattering.

"Hey are you even listening to me? You better be or else…" she pulled out one of her suriken and threw it at Leon. Leon lowered his gunblade from his shoulder and deflected the suriken even without looking at it.

He paused from a moment and turned around to see Yuffie still standing in the same position, "I thought you wanted to go back?"

The lights in Yuffie's head instantly lit up, "Can we go now?" Leon sighed and placed his hand on his forehead in his trademark style.


On their way back they stopped by Merlin's house to pick up Eiko. But it looked like Eiko was also have good time. She had learned many new spells from Merlin. Eiko displayed her newly acquired knowledge to Leon which got her a rare 'Leon-complement'. She was a quick learner, no doubt about it; but it would take lots of practice before her aim and the magnitude of the spell rises. Merlin requested Eiko to stay back and she gladly agreed.
From there Yuffie wanted to go straight to the café to eat while Leon wanted to go back to the hotel to see if Aerith had returned. Beside that he also wanted to know what Sid and his crew actually 'fixed'.

After much argument Leon agreed to go to the café first so naturally Yuffie became ecstatic. She started skipping happily besides Leon. After five minutes they were by the hotel entrance. That's when Yuffie realized that Leon had fooled her. He agreed to go the café but started walking toward the hotel instead and ecstatic Yuffie blindly followed him. 'Leonhart, you'll pay for this' she thought looking at Squall.

The door of the hotel was conveniently left wide open, which worried Leon. But he was also glad to know that now they at least had a door, what if it was patched, it's still called a door. Leon decided to ignore the door for the time being and enter the hotel with Yuffie in tag like always. But once inside; she rushed passed Leon with a clear intention of raiding the fridge. Leon looked around for Cid but found no trace of him. He then followed Yuffie to the dining area. As soon as Leon entered the dinning area his eyes fell upon a letter. There aren't many things in this world which would make the mighty Leonhart feel uneasy, but lately letters were doing a darn good job at it. Leon was slowly and staidly developing the symptoms of something called Letterophobia – fear of reading letter.

A silent prayer escaped through Leon's lips as he opened the letter. Yuffie also joined him with a sea-salt ice-cream in her hand. As Leon started reading letter out loud…

Oh justt because I am nott around doesn'tt mean I forgott aboutt you guys, like you did me on your wedding.
(Not again… Leon thought with a sigh)
Anyway since you guys are married now I tthink you should move in witth Aeritth, since tthatt is bigger room.
(Woh! Woh! Woh! slow down…)
So, here is a small giftt for you and your wife... a complete renovation of your rooms!
Oh and guess whatt?
I have also insttructted tthe guys to remove the connectting door, so no one would botther you and your wife.
Now, now, I know tthatt you mustt be tthinking aboutt how tto repay me for my kindness…
(Actually it's quite the opposite)
But don'tt worry about itt; you don't have to tthank me for anytthing. Consider tthis as your wedding giftt.
Ttake care of Pharaoh, I will be coming back soon"
The almost forgotten owner of the hotel…

"Great… just freaking great, just when I think that things cant go any wrong, fate proves me wrong over and over again" Leon thought infuriatingly.

Before Leon could think about anything else Yuffie grabbed Leon by his hand started pulling him. Leon raised an eyebrow, questioning Yuffie. "Let's go upstairs and check out our newly renovated rooms" Yuffie said excitedly before dragging Leon along with her.

The first in line was the red room or as Yuffie pointed out, Mr. & Mrs. Leonhart's room. Leon placed his hand on the doorknob and paused for a moment. Yuffie was practically screaming in his ears to open the door. Leon did that with a sinking feeling…

Yuffie eyeballs almost jumped out of its sockets when she saw the newly renovated red room. Aerith's regular bed was gone and it was replaced by the king size, royal canopy bed. The royal canopy bed really lived up to its name, as it looked really fancy and royal, perhaps too royal for Leon's taste. The connecting door was now a history as a bread new dressing table was placed there. With bunch of closets and brand new furniture it really looked like a five start hotel room. Yuffie was totally exultant after seeing the red room while Leon was well… being Leon. 'A first class room, means a first class increase in the rent, great… this fake wedding has already started sucking my munny. At this rate I don't know what would be first, Eiko's graduation (from secondary school) or my bankruptcy."
Leon almost ignored all the good stuff in the room as he was busy thinking about the rent. But something which his busy mind was still able to pick up was that there was just a big bed and no couch in the room. Leon found it strange but ignore it for time being…

(cough Sid cough door cough)

After seeing the red room, Yuffie was really exited to see what was stored for her in the green room. Without waiting for Leon, Yuffie rushed passed him and grabbed the handle of the green room. She took a deep breath and opened the door and slowly peeked inside; her eyes went wide as watermelon as she placed her hands on her mouth and collapsed on the floor with eyes still opened. Leon who saw Yuffie's reaction was a bit confused now as he did not know what caused it. "Did she collapse in joy or was it because of something bad?" he asked himself. His mind answered his rhetorical question, "You never know. With Yuffie anything is possible."

Leon went ahead and looked into the green room and a big frown was formed on his face immediately. He placed his hand on his forehead and shook his head in his trademark style, "You've gotta be kidding me."

What he saw in front of him was a Twin Bunk Bed. The bed on the ground was placed exactly were their old bed use to be while the bed on the top ran parallel to the back forming 90 degree angle with the bed on the ground. It was a nice change from those regular bunk beds which are on top of each other. Even thought it was nice, it was too small for Leon, 'How the hell am I suppose to sleep in THAT puny thing.'

Leon did not get much time to ponder upon that thought as the dazed ninja recovered and shouted in his ear, "I got the top one, I called first so its mine." Yuffie ran to her new bed brushing past Leon.

Yuffie jumped on the bed on the ground and from there she jumped to the bed on the top. "They put ladder for a purpose you know" Leon remarked. "Ya, they put it for old folks like you" Yuffie snapped back without missing a beat. Leon just shook his head and slouched down on his puny little bed. It might be big enough for Eiko or Yuffie, but for Leon it was just too damn small.

Leon removed his shoes as he prepared to go to sleep. "Woh Woh Woh! Your room is over there, this is my room" Yuffie said getting a bit animated. "Whatever" came the one word reply.

"You are a married man, so you just can't sleep with a maiden like me in the same room" Yuffie continued to complain. "Shut up Yuffie" said Leon getting annoyed.

"What would people say about my character when they find it out that I slept in the same room with a married man!"

"Whatever"

"You've got your own private room with your wife, so why don't just go there?" Leon had no intentions of moving in with Aerith,

'That's just not happening. This is my room, this has been my room since last seven years and I am going nowhere' he thought determinedly.

While Leon was busy thinking Yuffie was constantly chattering. Leon took off his jacket and stretched a bit. He walked up to the switch and after placing his hand on it he asked Yuffie, "Are you done yet? I am really tired and I need to go to sleep"

Yuffie knew from the beginning that this was a lost cause but to annoy Leon was he favorite hobby so she said, "No I am not done yet, in fact I am far from done yet, in fact I am way far from done yet, in fact I am… wait what were we talking about?" she asked getting confused. Leon turned off the lights and chuckled before making his way to the so-called-bed.


Leon was sleeping into a fetal position since the bed was not big enough for him. It must have been more then an hour yet sleep did not come to him. After one hour of thorough introspection Leon's mind was finally ready to rest. In past one hour, he had everything planned for the next day, he thought about few new battle tactics and strategies to use against the enemy. He then finally revised his responsibilities and duties to himself and was now ready to sleep. Leon turned around once again and noticed that the person above him wasn't doing to good either.

For last one hour Yuffie had been tossing and turning around, shaking the bed every time. At first Yuffie thought that a bunker bed was a cool idea but now she regretted that. Same Yuffie who was screaming in joy earlier was now cursing her head off. For the first time in last nine years she had to sleep alone… ALONE. 'Arrrrgghhhh its all his fault, he had to get married, he had to make everything public and he had to create this mess. Its because of him they renovated MY room. Its because of him I was deprived of my bed, it's because of him that I have to sleep alone; it's because of him everything is happing. It's all his fault!' Yuffie turned around once more and looked at the person below her, 'Ohhhh just look at him, and after destroying my sleep he is sleeping peacefully. No fair! I will get my revenge, Mr. Leonhart. If I can't sleep then I won't let you sleep either.' Yuffie's mind changed the channel once again. Now it was busy trying to find a way to disturb Squall's sleep.

On the other hand Leon had his eyes shut but his mind was still open for business, 'I wonder if Aerith is all right, she better not over do it. She still hasn't returned… what could be so bad? There are other people who can take care of patients. But nope, she has to be there all the time, till they recover. She is just too kind...' his mind was plagued by her thoughts. 'A day without Aerith seemed very… empty' he thought. 'Be careful Leon… you getting emotionally attached… and that is a very dangerous thing' St. Leon warned him. Leon immediately snapped back to reality, 'Yes, I can't afford open up; I just can't risk it all. I can't let my feeling distract me from my duties. I have so many responsibilities; I have so many things to do. I don't have time to for all this emotional stuff. I must keep my distance from her, like I always have' Leon concluded.

Yuffie was planning to disturb Leon's peaceful sleep but she fell asleep even before she could come up with a decent idea. Leon too drifted into sleep.

But it must have been less 15 minutes before Leon's nice slumber came to an abrupt end when… Yuffie rolled on her side in sleep and fell from the top. As if the day wasn't bad enough, it looked like Yuffie was hell-bent on making it the worst night on his life. She fell on him seven times in last 2 hours and 47 minutes. Miraculously Yuffie could just goes back up on her bed and goes back to sleep instantly leaving pondering Leon behind. 'I wish I could also sleep like her' Leon thought wishfully. Leon had barely closed his eyes when she crash landed on him yet again…

The entire night was a struggle to sleep… but the next day was going be much worst…


As we all know by now that Mr. Highwind just can't begin his day without reading the newspaper. Normally the newspaper would come flying through the window… and after some curses Cid would pick it up… and read it.

But today it was different; Cid was anxiously waiting for the newspaper right by the window. After five minutes or so, Huey came into view. He stopped his bicycle and pulled out a folded paper. He pointed it towards Cid, "Bring it on" yelled Cid…

Huey slowly pulled his hand back and aimed for Cid's head. He then lifted his front leg and leaned on his back leg all the while stretching his hand further. He took a deep breath and was ready to launch… He let out a grunt and leaned forward as the newspaper was released from his hand… oh wait he was still holding it… Huey took and aim again and started all over again. Cid on the other hand was getting more and more impatient.

Huey took the aim yet again but still did not throw the newspaper, annoying Cid further. He then repeated the same process two more times. Cid finally snapped, "What the (censored) do you think you are doing? Just throw the dam newspaper" he yelled. "Oh Mr. Cid cant you see I am doing Yoga! First you stretch your hand back and then you lean on your back leg and take a beep breath and then come on your front foot and release the breath and then repeat the same process—"

"Oh you (censored) son of a duck, you little (censor--)" even before Cid could complete his curse a missile from Huey hit Cid square on his forehead knocking him down. "Score" the duck yelled before running away on his bicycle. "Come back you little (censored)" Cid yell from his window.

Cid finally let go of his anger and picked up the newspaper and opened it hastily. Instead of normal 'HOLY!#$' reaction, a smile was formed on Cid's face. Cid looked at the front page of the newspaper and said with a devilish grin "Now that's what I am talking about… Leon, Aerith…I am sorry… hahahahhahahahahahhahaha"


"Ohhhhh so there you are" said the man with blue hair. "I've been looking for you everywhere"
"A demon like me shouldn't be hard to find" Cloud said coldly.
"Now now cheer up a bit" Hades said with a smile.
"State your business" said Cloud
"Now that's what I like, guys who are straight to the point. Now listen up, there are few changes in the plan. You must kill Hercules and anything else which stands in way, in order to win your precious price. It will all happen on the grand stage of 'The Hades Tournament'. You still have some time till the tournament, so prepare yourself. You give me Herc and I'll give you your nemesis, how does that sound?"

A/n:

Aerith returns next...
Oh and "The Hades Tournament" would be a blast...

So what do you think about it? Like it? Love it? Hate it? Please let me know in a review, I'd be waiting.