~*~*~*A song called loneliness~*~*
by Ice

The waves roll in silently & cling on to the beach, a soft "shhhhhh" & back, all blue, cold blue
Back & forth, Back & forth, back….
A loud crash, blinding thunder, strong winds, natural yet so not, beautiful yet ugly
The sea screams, no longer can the soft shushing be heard, a scream, is it the wind…no a scream…
"Cloud, Cloud! …Wake up!" A bucket of * cold * water splashes onto Clouds face
"Wha…cold…cold…cold…cold…cold" Cloud jumps up in what seems like to be pain & cups his face in his hand, while the amused Tifa snaps a photo "Serves ya right, you've been sleeping for hours now"
"Ack, sea water" Cloud makes spitting sounds of discomfort, "What were you dreaming off?" a voice beside him queries, "huh?" Cloud doesn't pay much attention as he tries to drench the seawater.
"I asked you what you were dreaming of!" The ninja obviously annoyed, "oh…." Cloud suddenly snaps back & remembers his dream, he stays in a trance until Yuffie whacks him in the head with the empty bucket.
"Argh, alright, alright! I'll tell you" Cloud intentionally tells the story as Yuffie & Tifa silently listen
"The sea just turned all dark…. & Started screaming & screaming…"
"Screaming what??"
"Help…me…"

It's cold…so cold…. I know it is…but...my body doesn't seem to react to it… where am…. I?
…I see so many glaciers around me…They seem to be singing… it's a nice song…if only I can sing like that

"I say we totally wasted today" Yuffie whines as she watches Tifa clamber up on her Chocobo, "I don't think so, it was great to visit the beach again…. To feel the wind in your face…the sound of the sea…"
"Yeah, the sea in your face & the sound of the wind more like it, I practically just slept" Cloud packs up the last equipment & jumps onto his Chocobo.
"You two just don't see outside enough!" Tifa pouts on her Chocobo, as it takes them to the nearest INN
As Tifa keeps yakking, Yuffie looks worriedly at the clouds.
She thinks, "The clouds…the wind…this is not natural…funny…it's silent…too silent"
"What's up Yuffie, Tifa getting to you to?" Cloud laughs as he rides closer to Yuffie trying to get away from that horrible sound
"No…the clouds…look strange…" her voice mutters, Cloud looks curiously at her then at the clouds, then at her, then at the clouds "Strange…they look the same to me…white & puffy"
"ARE YOU GUYS EVEN LISTENING TO ME? so your interested in the clouds, but not listening to me?"
Tifa gives both an evil stare, "Aw c'mon Tifa, you told us we don't see outside enough, so what better place to start then looking at the clouds?"
"Cloud, shut up, stop looking at the clouds & watch where you're going" Cloud manages to dodge a tree branch, "I'm just surprise, you managed to survive up to now" Tifa uses her blue Chocobo to ram into Cloud, "Hey Watch it! Anyway what'd I do to you?"
The ninja watches Tifa (with a supposively annoyed look on her face) chase Cloud around in circles & smiles.
"Damn Tifa, you know you're very tomboyish!"
"Am not, tomboys are violent & aggressive!"
"exactly"
Yuffie knew Tifa had a big thing for Cloud & the only reason she was being so violent to him was because it was the only time she could not only get his attention, but to also be around him, they actually looked like they were having fun.
A sigh comes out, "sometimes I envy those two" I wonder how it feels to be in love…
Her eyes move back to the 2 & she realises that they're now off their Chocobos, apparently they tired them out.
"That's it Apologise for calling me a violent person" Tifa gets a hold of Clouds neck, "Ack…ok ok no more no more, I'm sorry I'm sorry"
A smile comes across Yuffie's face, those 2 were having a lot of fun, and Cloud was actually letting Tifa beat him up… "I wonder if this is what they call flirting"
Suddenly a huge aura of power comes crashing onto her
Then a flash, Yuffie was on the ground, moaning in pain, hands on head & shaking, sweat pouring down from her brow
"Yuffie" Cloud runs towards her, but a force sends him flying back & he crashes into a tree
Tifa stares at the 2 & runs to Cloud's aid "Cloud are you ok?"
"Man this is not my day…" he managed to murmur, Tifa rips off a bit of her T-shirt & wraps it around a big cut which was grazed deep down by the tree, she then slowly approaches Yuffie, until she feels a forcefield, she touches it & her hand snaps back…. "It's…cold"
Tifa looks down onto her hand & finds ice around it, she feels a familiar presence, but of what?
Meanwhile the pain had grown stronger, Yuffie is screaming, practically coming close to tears
Thoughts come in to her from every direction, a voice…female….tears…
"Who are you?? What are you doing?"
"…I feel so lonely…"
Yuffie screams more as her mind seems to be pushed away

"YUFFIE!" Tifa looks helplessly as her friend getting tortured, "Yuffie…" Tifa tries to use her fire magic, but the forcefield isn't even scratched
"Yuffie…" Tears form in Tifa's eyes, she tries again & again…each time failing
"Stop! Tifa you'll tire yourself…I don't know whats happening, but all I know is that Yuffie is the only one who can help herself" Tifa closes her eyes & tries to block the screams with her hands

"What do you want?!"
"…My…form is not like yours…you can call me a wandering spirit…but it's time that I took a physical form…I want to destroy…"
"…What you crazy?…"
"If you didn't struggle so much, it'd be easier for us both"
"No…"
"Anyway …what do you have to live for?"
"My…"
"What…your family & friends? The ones you trust…look outside…they're not even trying to help you"

Yuffie manages to open one eye & sees her friends down on the ground
"See, they're trying to ignore you, they've always had…you have no love, no friends…you have nothing"
"That's #$%ing hell not true, what do you think I am a fool, I know whats going on"
"…hahaha…foolish girl you think you can be so foolish (A glittering laughter can be heard) I will hurt you painfully…don't you worry"
"…THAT'S ENOUGH…FIRE!"
A huge aura of fire surrounds her
"Whoever you are, whatever you are I won't let you hurt… my frie…"
Tifa watches as a blaze of fire surrounds her Yuffie, she tries to barge into the flames, but is hold back by Cloud's grip, "That's Yuffie's power…"
The 2 watch as the fire dies down, A faint outline of a shadow can be seen…
"Yuffie!" Tifa runs to her friend to see if she's ok, but she is welcomed with a jump kick
Cloud catches the falling Tifa
"Yuffie…what the @#$k are you doing?" Laughter is all Cloud gets as a response
"Yuffie?" Tifa looks at her friend with question
"…HAHA your friend Yuffie has been taken over by me" Yuffie gives an evil smile at them "She has nothing to live for…So she gave up her life for me"
"Yuffie…?" Tifa looks blankly at Yuffie… "Don't kid like that please…Yuffie"
"You don't care for this girl"
"No we do!"
"Ha…Materia is more important to you than her"
"No…that's not true" Tifa looks hopelessly at the form as Cloud just stares bewildered
"Then prove it…"
Silence tooked over for a minute or two, as the wind howled & the leaves fall, 2 shadows down on the ground, one stands in power.
"Yuffie…you want proof…" Tifa empties herself of Materia and slowly approaches Yuffie
"Here's your proof" she drops it all down onto the ground "Now give Yuffie back"
Yuffie bends down & takes the Materia "Arigatou!" & runs off with her Chocobo
"…." Tifa watches in bewilderment & Cloud can't help but smile
"Well you got Yuffie back"…Tifa looks at Cloud & faints

Authors note: No it's not the end of the story, the ending is suppose to be more sad, but for now I want to entertain myself so I created this one, but I'm not sure if I should go on with an ending, I'll see how this one goes…