The Vampire and the Ninja (Version One: There's a shadow hanging over me)

The Vampire and the Ninja (Version One: There's a shadow hanging over me)

By Yuffie Valentine

Yuffie did not sleep that night. In the silent darkness of their room, she watched Vincent sleep. He was handsome in everyway she looked at him. She was going to miss him. She loved him so much. She didn't feel the evil lurking inside when he was around; it was overpowered by the love. That's when it came to her. She could have it all after all.

Yuffie got out of bed and went to her clothes on the floor. She picked the holy materia out of them. "I have to keep preying. That way you are nice and strong." She held the orb to her body. Feeling the warmness pass back and forth between. It might just work.

The next morning everyone was waiting at the Highwind. Elena came out of the town to the plane. She smiled; she remembered when she first rode on this with Tseng. "Everyone ready?"

"Yep, I have been waiting for this." Cloud said.

"Can't get anymore ready then I am." Aeris said. She had a nervous look on her face. Sure she fought in some battles, but whenever Sephiroth came around, Tifa took Aeris's place. Not cause of her abilities, just cause Tifa always wanted to fight Sephiroth for her father. But Elena said that Aeris was needed cause of her use of the Holy materia.

"I am ready, but I have something to give Cloud first." Yuffie said. She walked over to the Ultima weapon and pulled on its head scale. With a little groan from the weapon and a popping noise the scale came off. But the huge scale was something more then just a scale; it was a sword. She walked back over the Cloud and handed it to him. "This is the Ultima sword, it is the most powerful sword there is. You are going to need it."

"Thank you." Cloud said. He took the sword and started to look it over. It was sharp and pointy, kind of like his hair. He liked it.

They boarded the aircraft. Yuffie stayed near the rail on the top deck. As soon as they were flying for a minute or two everyone saw why.

"You can fly around with your own power and on the back of a giant winged monkey, but you throw up on my ship. Why?" Cid asked. He looked over the side. "Yuffie, maybe could you wait till we're not over a town."

"Sorry." She said.

"This is going to be a very long ride." Elena said.

Meanwhile, Cloud and Vincent were talking.

"Cloud make me a promise. Promise me that you won't kill her unless it's needed, and try to get her back alive. And I'll make you the promise that if you don't come back at all, I'll watch over your friends. Agreed?" Vincent asked. Cloud looked at him for a second. Cloud never thought of the mission like that before. He never stopped to think he might not be coming back.

"Agreed, take special care of Tifa and Aeris." Cloud said.

"Okay." Vincent said.

Tifa and Aeris at that moment were watching Yuffie.

"She is really pretty when she's not being sick." Aeris said. " I feel sorry for her. She just has Vincent, she doesn't have a lot friends beside that."

"Yeah, but have you seen them together. Nether of us will ever have that kind of bond. It's almost like they don't need the rest of the world to be happy." Tifa said

"You're right. I guess she is lucky." Aeris said.

"Poor thing, after today, we might never she her again. Vincent will never see her again. What's going to happen if that happens?" Tifa frowned. She might never see Cloud or Aeris again either.

Over the intercom, Cid's voice boomed, "Approaching the northern creator. YUFFIE, CLOUD, AND AERIS. Please report to the left side of the plane. Yuffie, try not to barf on Sephiroth; this is a surprise attack."

Tifa and Aeris turned to each and hugged.

"Be careful, no use in getting killed down there if you don't have to." Tifa said. She was weeping. Cloud came up and smiled at this sight. He walked over and let Tifa cry on him to. He wanted to stay and tell her that everything was going to be all right. But he couldn't lie to her.

"Tifa, you're going to be strong and live on. I will try to make it back alive. But even if I don't, I don't want you up here crying over me for too long. Okay?" Cloud said. Tifa nodded yes and gave Cloud one last hug.

Vincent walked over to Yuffie. They didn't say a word at first; Yuffie ran into Vincent's arms and hugged him. They stood like this for a minute or so. Yuffie spoke first.

"Vincent, I am going to try everything possible to make it back to you. Just don't go do anything stupid if I don't come back. And don't go back in that damn coffin either." Yuffie said. She gave him a few short sweet kisses on his neck and face.

"I won't." Vincent said. He gave her Yuffie the best kiss he could ever give her. Knowing this might be the last one he ever gave her. Her now had tears coming down her face.

"Goodb..." She started to say, but he cut her off.

"Don't say that. It's just the beginning of our lives together, it's not the end of it." Vincent said. Yuffie slowly turned to Cloud and Aeris.

"Ready?" Cloud said.

"No, but I never will be." Yuffie said. She walked over to the side of the craft and flew off. She landed on the ground near the rope ladder Aeris and Cloud were just getting off.

"It's going to be a while before we fight Sephiroth." Aeris said. She was looking down into the deep hole in the ground.

"No it won't." Yuffie said. She felt the great Jenova power coming up from the abyss. It was coming fast. She closed her eyes. She hoped her plan worked. If it did, she would be alive they all would. She opened her eyes just as Jenova herself popped out of the hole.

"It's the head less Bitch." Barret yelled from the deck of the Highwind.

"BARRET SHUT UP, DON'T DRAW ATTENSION TO THE PLANE!" Yuffie held. She glared at the monster in front of her. She heard it speak. Her and Cloud only. Only they could hear her, they were the children of this woman.

"Welcome, my brood." Jenova said. "Now, let's just get rid off these nasty weapons." Yuffie's Conformer and Cloud's Ultima sword flew from their hands and into the shadows of the beast.

"I don't need that weapon to kill you, Jenova!" Yuffie held. She jumped high into the air on the breeze. She floated till she was aimed on her target. She went into an arrow shape with her body. She flew down at the fiend with astonishing velocity. The tip of the arrow, Yuffie's feet, ripped into Jenova's body. Yuffie back-flipped of and charged again, this time using her wing as a blade. Three tentacles hit the ground. Jenova's blood started to spill.

"Hmmm, pretty good. But you are nothing compared to my son." Jenova said.

"Yuffie, Sephiroth is coming. Let me handle it. Jenova is going to make you two kill each other." Cloud yelled.

"Quick, give me the holy materia to cure you." Aeris said.

"Aeris, Cloud, get in the plane." Yuffie said. She didn't even look at them.

"Yuffie, no, we can't leave you." Aeris said. She ran and hugged Yuffie. Yuffie smiled and patted Aeris.

"It's okay. I'll be fine. Just like that time in the Forgotten City. I have it all under control." Yuffie said. She pushed Aeris over to Cloud.

"Yuffie, thank you. I want you to know one thing. Sephiroth use to be the one I looked up to. Now I look up to his daughter when I think of a brave person." Cloud said. He and Aeris climbed back up the ladder.

Sephiroth exploded from the earth. His eyes were pure green. "DIE PITIFUL GIRL!" he yelled. He was in his human form and faster then her. His sword cut her arm lightly. The blood on his sword made him smile. He flicked the red liquid on Yuffie. "You look better in red."

"Holy, protect me." Yuffie said. She stood for a minute charging her power. She would need to use it all for speed. As long as she was faster then him, she would live.

"What is the matter, Girl? Can't hurt your father. You seemed to like to kill me and all those other people beofre." Sephiroth said. He raised his sword again.

"YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!" Yuffie yelled at him. Her tears streaming down her face. "You were once my father, when I was young, then she took you. That bitch right there. She took you and made you a doll. A doll she uses to play with. I could kill you if I wanted to, but it wouldn't be a victory for either of us, it's a game for Jenova. Hmph, Think of it. The great Sephiroth, just a puppet like the blond solider he hunts."

"That's not true, I control Jenova." Sephiroth said. He raced towards Yuffie. His attack was easy to dodge. He was not attacking with calm, but rage. Yuffie has the advantage and was gaining ground. She jumped and ducked each blow of his sword like a dancer. Almost as she could read his moves.

"It is true Sephiroth, my father. Why are you attacking me?" Yuffie asked. Sephiroth stopped. He wanted his daughter to live and love. He remembered before he knew about Jenova. How he use to sit in the lonely Shinra truck, thinking of the strong child growing in Wutai. Waiting, waiting for him to come and get her. Now here she was, waiting for him to make his move. He dropped his sword.

"I will no longed be your doll." Sephiroth said. Jenova grew angry. The sword started to float and it flew at Yuffie's head. She dodged, letting it cut her cheek and a chunk of her hair.

"HOLY FINAL ATTACK!" Yuffie yelled, "KILL THE EVIL AND SAVE THE PURE AT HEART."

A green explosion expanded around Yuffie. Washing over Sephiroth and Jenova. Yuffie felt the pain start. Her body was dieing. She could feel each cell burst into nothing. She fell to the floor. Her wings decayed off of her back. She returned to her old 16-year-old body. The green tint of her skin left. Then the pain stopped. It worked. She had lived and the evil had died. She had killed Jenova and all the Jenova cells in her.

"YUFFIE! ARE YOU OKAY!?" Vincent said running to her side. He helped her to her feet.

"Oh, I am better then normal Vinnie, I am Yuffie again." Yuffie said and hugged him.

A groan came from the ground. Yuffie looked over to see Sephiroth's body used up like a lifeless shell on the ground.

"DADDY!" Yuffie creid out. She ran to his side and embraced him. "I knew I could find the real you."

"yes...yuffie." Sephiroth said weakly. "It's the real...me."

"Why are you talking like that? What's wrong? Where is the wound?" Yuffie asked. The tears were building up in her eyes. Vincet could only watch. He didn't dare come between Yuffie and her father's last moments.

"Yuffie, look up in the sky...your holy materia destroyed the black materia and the meteor." Sephiroth said. He looked up at the sky. "I can't live Yuffie...my sins have killed me. I was still too evil. But, I had enough love for my child..........to keep me here just a bit longer. Remember Yuffie, forever will your mother and I be proud of you." His Body went lifeless.

"NO! NO, YOU CAN'T GO!" Yuffie said. She burst into tears. She grabbed her cure and life materia. She summoned them for a few minutes but then she saw that they were no use. She wilted into Vincent's arms. He held her for a second before he started to walk to the aircraft. Once on he turned to Cid and Cloud.

"Will you two go get the body, we have to give him a hero's funeral." Vincent said. Cid and Cloud nodded and went to go get Sephiroth. Aeris watched as Yuffie's sleeping form was carried by her. The holy materia fell from her hand. Aeris quickly grabbed it right before it hit the floor. She looked at it.

"I should try, it's worth a try." Aeris said.

Three months later, in the rebuilt church in Midgar, a bride waited at the doors for her escort.

"Oh what is taking Aeris so long? She said she had to go get my escort to give me away." Yuffie said. She tapped her foot and looked at the hall's clock. "Do you know who she is getting to give me away, Tifa?"

"Nope, she didn't tell anyone." Tifa said. She smiled at her bride's maid's dress. It was short, green, and silky. She got to help pick them out. Tifa turned to Elena who was in the other one.

At the alter, Vincent was waiting. With his best man, Barret. And the two other ushers, Cloud and Cid.

"What's taking so long?" Cid asked.

"Why did Barret get to be the best man?" Cloud pouted.

"Vincent liked it when Barret blow the fuck out of the asshole cat." Cid said.

"Cid, we're in church. You can't use those words." Vincent said. He gave Cid a dirty look.

"Well, Yuffie isn't supposed to be wearing white either, if you know what I mean." Cid said.

Cloud and Barret's jaws almost dropped. "How did you know?" Vincent asked.

"You guys were pretty loud a few nights ago. And your room is above mine in the hotel." Cid said with a cocky smile.

"Wow, I didn't think Yuffie would do that before she was married." Cloud said. Vincent blushed.

At the doors Yuffie was starting to get pissed.

"WHERE IS SHE?" Yuffie asked as she kicked the wall, leaving a dent.

Marlene in her flower girl's dress came running up the hall. "They're here!"

"Yuffie." Aeris voice called from around the corner. "Close your eyes."

"Okay, but if Cid or Barret walks me down I am going to kill you." Yuffie said and closed her eyes. An arm of her escort slipped under hers. A hand gave her hand a squeeze. Her eyes opened. They meet locks of silvery silk hair. Sephiroth.

"Father?" Yuffie asked. It seemed like a dream.

"Well, you didn't think I was going to miss my little girl's wedding?" Sephiroth asked. Yuffie looked over at Aeris with a questioning glance. Aeris simply held up the Holy materia. Yuffie let out a sigh as the music started to play. Her and Sephiroth stepped out from behind the door curtain. Vincent, Cid, Cloud, and Barret all had to take a double glance. The Vincent let out a smile, Yuffie would be truly happy.

"There you go Yuffie." Sephiroth said. Passing off Yuffie to Vincent. "Now Valentine, you hurt her in anyway, and you are going to die."

Vincent started to laugh till he felt the sub-zero fixed stare on him.

"Valentine, I am not joking." Sephiroth said.

Fin of series (kind of)

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