You have my apologies for getting this up late - I have good reasoning! So, stand down with those pitchforks and flaming torches as I explain my tale. I had to go to hospital for surgery, but I'm out now so it's all good, so the regular updating for this will resume. Hooray! On a side note - sorry for the crappiness of this chapter. I know I said I'd go to town on this one, but... I just don't have the energy or brain power necessary for such creativity, so it's just filler. And Cid. Me love Cid! And I'm gunna let you all in on a little secret - I don't plan chapters ahead! Ohmygoshshockhorror. Yeah. That's why they seem disjointed and whatnot, cause whatever pops into my head when I'm writing the chapter gets put in. Plus, I haven't proofread to make sure the spelling/grammer/punctuation is right, or if it all makes sense... so, sorry. I might do it later when I'm not so tired. Also, sorry if I didn't reply to many of your reviews... that was about the time I got sick, I think. Anyway, whoever guesses the Charlie the Unicorn reference gets... a double rainbow! Woah, that's so intense...
Disclaimer: Gawd, I can't be witty all the time, folks! So this is just going to be plain. I dont own, or is affiliated or involved with the owning or other crap to do with this awesome thing. I just like borrowing characters for a while.
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"I'm tiiiiiired," I whined for the hundredth time that hour as I trudged unenthusiastically behind Reno and Vincent. They kept on going like they never even heard me, but the slightest exhale from Vincent confirmed my suspicions.

I was finally grating on his nerves.

Good! Maybe he'd finally let me sleep. Stupid vampire.

We had been wandering around in this damn forest for gawd knows how long, and I was preeetty sick of cape-watching and all the stupid trees and dirt. I glanced up again, and saw that nothing had changed. They kept on going with their stupid pace, climbing over fallen trees and other obstacles one would expect to find in a stupid forest.

I sighed dramatically, kicking a stone up off the ground so it hit Reno in the back of the head. He turned around and glared at me, rubbing the back of his head.

"Woops," I chuckled, hiding my mouth behind my yellow hand. I still hadn't gotten a chance to wash it off yet, but it was kinda flaking so it was a nice distraction, trying to peel it off.

Yeah yeah, I know. Sad, isn't it?

Well, what else would you do trekking round in some random forest to gawd knows where with a bunch of non-talking people?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Well, Reno was actually really talkative before, which was cool with me… but then Vinnie kinda chucked a Vinnie-fit – meaning he insinuated shooting Reno if he didn't shut up – so he kinda quieted down a bit. Stupid Vince.

Anywho, it was upon the 4th time I kicked a rock at Reno's head when it happened. Picture this:

Me, a sweet, gorgeous, sexy beast making my way through a big bad forest with the company of two strange people, when a massive whistling sound was heading straight at my beautiful ol' face.

So, naturally, I leapt on the closest boulder I could find and pulled out my glorious shuriken, readying myself to kick whoever's ass needed kicking. Sadly, that situation didn't end up happening.

Turns out Cid had attempted to behead me by the use of a flying Cait Sith, which is what I gathered from the cursing Cid was spitting out between breaths. And, you know, the Cait Sith chillin' at the base of a tree with its crown haphazardly hanging off its head. Stupid robot. Stupid Reeve.

"Cid!" I cried with unhidden glee, racing over to the old geezer to wrap him in one of my famous strangle hugs. He struggled to choke out some more curses, but eventually managed before shoving me off him. Ahh, good ol' reliable Cid.

"Hey old man, I forgot to say this earlier but thank you for teaching me your wise ways!" I exclaimed happily, picking Cait Sith up off the ground and dusting him off. Cid looked at me like I'd grown an extra head, scratching the back of his neck.

"What the hell are you smokin' brat?"

"Get off it! I was being appreciative of you and you go and dismiss it!" I sniffed, now thoroughly upset, nyuk nyuk nyuk… the old bastard softened up though, and gave me a quick ruffle of the hair.

"I guess I should say thanks for actually listening, kid." I scowled at the kid part, and I was just about to tell him what I had learned from him when Vincent stepped in. Stupid brooding broodster.

"How did you find us?" Yeah, trust him to get straight into it. No dilly-dallying on his part.

"You kiddin' me? I could hear the brat whining miles away!" He wheezed with a laugh, chewing on an unlit cigarette. After making a mental note to steal all of Cid's cigarettes, I dropped Cait Sith onto the ground - which he didn't quite like apparently, if all the "ouch!" and "lassie's" I got from him meant anything – and I punched Cid in the arm. He deserved it.

"Oww! Fu-"

"Cid."

"Whaddaya want?"

"How and why did you find us?" Vince asked again, using his 'scary' face. Ha, yeah. His 'scary' face is pretty much his normal face, except he puts more glare-power in. Y'know, I think we shoulda used Vince's glare power to function everything instead of all that damn Mako… woulda saved aloooooot of trouble.

But, then again, I wouldn't of been able to show off my awesome ninja-ness to everyone, would I?

Eh, I woulda found a way.

Anyway, Vince just kept on glaring at Cid until he finally replied with a blunt, "brat forgot her headband shit-thing."

I gaped up at Cid in surprise, before snatching it outta his hands. I pushed my makeshift Vinnie-inspired one off my head and replaced it, instantly feeling more awesome. It really touched me though, how Cid went to all that effort. If I coulda picked my dad, it woulda been him, hands down. Screw Godo! I jumped on Cid and gave him another strangle-hug, not caring when he shoved me off and muttered obscene things under his breath about me and my mentality.

I took it in stride, grinning as wide as I could and tied the make-shift headband on my wrist in a neat little bow, just in case I needed it. In case you couldn't tell, I liked hoarding things.

"It was the damn robot who found ya – god knows how – and I had to fly over here to deliver the goddamn thing," he glared at me as if it was my entire fault, (well, it was, but still), then turned around to leave. "Nanaki says he wants you lot to go up to Cosmo Canyon, says he's got something he wants to show Yuffie," he grumbled, then stormed back the way he came. Nice.

"Wait, you aren't gonna take the freaky cat-thing with you?" Reno called after him, earning a few rather explicit curses from Cid. I sighed dramatically, throwing my hands up in the air.

"Gawd, what is WRONG with everything?" I nearly took off Vinnie's pretty little head when he glared at me, but I restrained myself and kicked another rock - though this one was a pretty decent size – which, much to my amusement, hit Cait Sith in the head. Again.

"Oy! Watch we're you're kicking, lassie!" He scolded me, straightening his crown in an angry manner. I just laughed at him, jumping when Reno sidled up to me.

"Say, Princess, you wouldn't happen to know which way Cosmo Canyon is, do you?" He nudged me with his elbow, eliciting another glare from Vinnie.

"Gawd Vince, if the wind changes your face will be stuck like that… er… more than it usually is," I amended quickly, earning a smirk from Reno.

"We are headed in the direction of Cosmo Canyon. We should reach there by tomorrow," and with that, he swished around swishtastically and stalked off, leaving a very confused me and a very smirky Reno behind.

"… Old geezer couldn't of given us a lift?" I muttered more to myself than anyone, but Reno heard anyway.

"I don't think anyone wants you chuckin' up everywhere sugar, so it's safer to keep you in the company of a very, very strange vampire. At least if you spew on him he won't wanna eat you. I think," he muttered to me, but Vinnie still heard and gave him another glare.

Seriously, I was pretty damn sick of his stares.

So, being the awesome person I am, I marched right on up to the damn vampire and stared straight into his slightly surprised face.

"Vincent Valentine, if I see you glare one more time, I will knock you out and steal your kidneys… and materia," I threatened, poking his cheek for emphasis. He looked at me strangely, before stalking off again. At least it was without a glare this time.

"You touched his face, and you lived?" Reno chuckled in surprise, but was smart enough to say it low enough that Vinnie didn't hear.

"I'm Yuffie Kisaragi, the White Rose of Wutai!" I exclaimed proudly, pulling my makeshift vampire cape that I still had on further around myself. "And you know what? I do whatever the hell I want," I poked my tongue out at him, but he just shook his head and started walking again.

"Hey… hey! Don't forget me!" A harried Cait Sith yelled from behind us, scrambling to catch up.

Gawd. I was in the company of a Turk, a vampire, and a robot. What the hell could go wrong?

Everything is the answer you're looking for.

Everything.