The Relationship Part 4

~A week after the incident in the bug lab~

"Jeez, that Cousin sure packs a punch," Dekar muttered.

"You're telling me," Laguna said. They had just won another battle with Cousin. Nearly everyone was about to die. Somehow Cousin had revived from Rini's attack,

"But who was that cute guy with the long blond hair that Cousin kidnapped? And what was that wierd looking cannon thing on his arm?" Iguana asked to practically nobody.

"All I know is that he's a major hottie!" Yuffie grinned.

"I can agree with that," Iguana and Yuffie both laughed. Dekar and Laguna frowned.

"You talkin' 'bout Zero?" a voice called. Everyone looked around. A figure that looked a bit like the blond haired guy that got kidnapped jumped down in front of the party.

"The name's Bass," it was now clear that "Bass" was an android-like creature.

"Can you people help me get Zero back?" Bass asked.

"Sure we'd-" Yuffie started.

"No way! We have a world to save!" Laguna cut his girlfriend off.

"Aw, you're no fun, Laguna!" Iguana whined. Everyone laughed.

"Okay. Let's go, but I want this to be quick, okay?" Laguna gave in.

"YAY!" Yuffie and Iguana squealed.

"This sucks," Dekar mumbled.

"You're tellin' me," Laguna whined.

"Damn faggat Zero," Dekar and Laguna said simutaneously.

~A while later~
~Yuffie's story~

"So, what are you guys travellin' for?" Bass asked.

"Eh, a voice in my head told me that there is a great danger and only we can stop it," Laguna explained. Bass' eyes widened.

"Have you thought about getting some help?" he pointed a finger at Laguna.

"Just shut up, Base," Laguna snapped.

"IT'S BASS!!!"

"Whatever..."

"Hehe! You better watch out, Bass! Laguna is TOTALLY short tempered," Dekar laughed. He choked the second Laguna kicked his balls.

"Whoops. Looks like Dekar won't be able to have any kids," Laguna said blankly. Iguana rushed over to Dekar, who was lying on the ground holding his genitals.

"Are you okay, Dee?" Iguana brushed Dekar's hair with her hand.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Dekar choked out.

"And you guys are friends?" Bass sighed and shook his head. Laguna went and kicked Bass where the balls should have been, but got his foot crushed.

"Hah! I'm an android! I don't have 'balls'," Bass laughed. The walked most of the way in silence.

"Wait a minute, where are we going?" Dekar looked at the party.

"Uh oh," Bass muttered.

"WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN BY 'UH OH'?!" Laguna practically ripped Bass' head off.

"I thought you guys knew where we were goin'," Bass whimpered out.

"YOU IDIOT!!!" Dekar screamed. Iguana tried to calm Dekar down. Yuffie sighed.

"Oh, boy. I've got a headache," Yuffie muttered to nobody in particular. The next five minutes was complete noise and screaming. It was a wonder that nobody got killed in all the excitement.

After everyone had calmed down, the party deicided to pay Katana a visit.

"So you know where Katana lives?" Bass asked, just to be sure.

"I think so. At least the dungeon. I was once held captive there," Laguna answered. Bass fiddled with the cannon-like object he had for an arm. He held it up and showed the party.

"I'll help you guys save the world," Bass suggested. "This baby can slaughter five cows in a row! I call it the Premium Bass Buster!"

"Cool! But it could never top this almighty beast!" Laguna said as he drew his Machine Gunblade. Bass' eyes went wide.

"Whoa! Where'd you get that?"

"My foster father gave it to me. He was a blacksmith. His favourite weapons were the Gunblade and Machine Gun, so he fused them together," Laguna raved on.

"My occupation is a knight for Queen Aria of Tanbel," Dekar butted in. Yuffie frowned a bit.

"I'm a mage!" Iguana exclaimed, jumping up.

"And what about you, Miss Yuffie?" Bass asked politely.

"Princess Yuffie of Tanbel..." Yuffie muttered softly.

"Aw, c'mon, Yuff! It ain't that bad!" Laguna comforted.

"YES IT IS!!! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TIRING IT IS TO TRY AND KEEP CONTROL OF AN ENTIRE TOWN!!!" Yuffie screamed. With that she ran off.

"YO, YUFFIE! YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!" Laguna called and ran after her. The other three just looked at each other and shrugged. They ran after the two.

"Yuff! I'm sorry!" Laguna apoligized when he caught up with her.

"It's okay... I just have these breakdowns sometimes. It's really not your fault..." Yuffie wiped the tears from her eyes. Laguna hugged her. Yuffie cuddled up against Laguna's body, still crying a bit. The other three caught up to them silently.

"I think it's best if we leave 'em alone for a while," Bass whispered to Iguana and Dekar. They nodded and sneaked away.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" an evil voice commanded. It seemed fairly familiar to Laguna and Yuffie.

"Wait up a sec! I know that voice! KATANA!!!" Yuffie exclaimed. "It's you, isn't it?"

"Good work, PRINCESS Yuffie!" Katana smirked. Yuffie cuddled into Laguna some more. The ninja jumped down from out of nowhere and landed in front of Yuffie and Laguna. He now had a metal patch over the eye that Steven stapled. At that second, Dekar jumped behind Katana with one swift movement and stabbed his sword through him.

"URGH!!! I... ONLY WAN..TED.. TO BE..... LO...Ved..........." Katana gasped out before he died. Dekar grinned as he twisted the sword that has speared through Katana. Yuffie turned pale at the sickening noises it made. CRUNCH! CRACK! SQUELCH!

"OH GOD!!!" Yuffie ran off again.

"WELL GOOD GOING, DEE!!!" Laguna snapped.

"Tou-chy!" Dekar smirked. Laguna flipped Dekar off and ran after Yuffie.

"Man, that girl has some emotional problems!" Bass sighed. Laguna ran back to them.

"I think it would be best if we split up into 2 teams. Yuffie and I will go as a pair and you three could try and find out more about Cousin and Zero," Laguna suggested. Laguna ran back to Yuffie, who was calling for him, and waved to the three.

~The next day~
~Laguna's story~

Laguna woke up in a hotel room, with Yuffie cuddled up against his chest. Hid head was throbbing and he could barely remember the events of the night before. He got up and realized he went to sleep in the clothes he wore the previous day. Laguna noticed Yuffie was too.

"Get up, Yuff!" Laguna woke his girlfriend up.

"-*Yawns*- Wow, last night was a blast, eh?" Yuffie grinned.

"I don't even remember it," Laguna admitted with a bit of wooziness in his voice.

"It was so cool! We went to a bar and you got drunk. Then we kissed for ages. AFter that we came home and you were partly conscious, so we had some... fun," Yuffie explained. Laguna stared at her wide-eyed. Yuffie giggled. Laguna saw that he was wearing his purple jacket instead of his black leather one.

"Wait a minute," Laguna held Yuffie by the shoulders. What am I doing in these fresh new clothes?"

"Um... Well... After our 'fun', I put new clothes on you," Yuffie answered.

"Well you could've had more taste in what you put on me, THANK YOU," Laguna walked into the bathroom with his backpack and got changed again. He came out wearing a plain, long-sleeved white shirt and wheat brown trousers. He had combed his hair to it's original form. He walke dout, grinning.

"I think we should stay here for a while," Yuffie said, lying down on her side of the double bed.

"But we don't have the money!" Laguna argued.

"Hey, I get everything for free here. This is Tanbel," Yuffie grinned.

"But you didn't wanna come back here!" Laguna protested.

"Mother let me off. She says that my social life is more important that my royal," Yuffie grinned osme more.

"Hey, cool!" Laguna also grinned. KA-B-B-B-B-B-B-BOOOOOOOOM!!! Something outside had blown up. Laguna and Yuffie raced down the hotel's stairs and bolted outside. A giant metallic tower-like thing had arosen out from under the ground.

"Oh, my God!!!" Laguna gasped. Not surprisingly, Cousin was standing at the top of the tower, glaring at the townspeople that had gathered below.

"TODAY, YOU PEOPLE SHALL VIEW THE GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY! I SHALL FUSE MYSELF WITH THIS ANDROID HERE!!!" Cousin proclaimed, pointing to Zero, who was knocked out and tied up.

"YOU FREAK!!!" Yuffie screamed at Cousin from down below.

"Hahaha!!!" Cousin laughed.

~Cousin's story~

Cousin turned to face Zero.

"Ah, a perfect example of the future me! Except I will be bigger, more evil and way more psychotic!!!" Cousin looked down at the townspeople.

"TODAY, YOU PEOPLE SHALL VIEW THE GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY! I SHALL FUSE MYSELF WITH THIS ANDROID HERE!!!" Cousin yelled down at them while pointing at Zero.

"YOU FREAK!" he heard Yuffie screamed.

"Yes, I'm called that sometimes," Cousin said to himself. He held out an arm to Zero and placed it on his forehead. Cousin channelled energy from Zero into himself, ultimately resulting in etraction of Zero's spitir and soul. Cousin looked back down at the townspeople and laughed.

"Hahaha!!!" Cousin laughed manically. "IT IS DONE!!!" He grabbed Zero's lifeless body and held it over his head. With a mighty heave, he threw Zero down at the ground.

"HAHAHAHAHA!!!"

~Yuffie's story~

"LAGUNA! CATCH HIM!" Yuffie ordered. Laguna nodded and dived for Zero. He caught Zero and staggered back to Yuffie.

"I... got him..." Laguna muffled out. "ACHOO!!!" Zero's long hair tickled Laguna's nose.

"Bless you," Yuffie grinned.

"Thanks,"

"HAHAHAHA!!! I AM NOW ONE STEP CLOSER TO CONQUERING THE WORLD!!!" Cousin exclaimed, then flew off into the distance with his newly aquired android powers.

~Later on~
~Laguna's story~

"That was freaky!" Laguna exclaimed when they got back to the hotel room.

"You're tellin' me!" Yuffie agreed.

Good work, Laguna! This is exactly what you have to do to defeat Cousin! Laguna's Esper spoke again.

"Haven't heard from you in a while," Laguna replied.

"Who are you talking to, Laguna?" Yuffie was worried about Laguna's mental health.

"My Esper," he answered. Yuffie nodded and grinned.

Wow, she's good looking! Anyway, use your flute to revive drained androids. Just play their theme song and they'll get revived. But Cousin will still be fused with their powers. Good luck, Laguna! then the Esper's voice disappeared. Laguna slowly walked over to Zero's dead body and took a piece of metal off his chest, revealing wires and shit. Laguna connected some wires to his laptop and found out the frequency of Zero's electronic heartbeat. He converted the beats into notes and played them on his Golden Flute after replacing the chest panel. Zero awoke.

"Huh?" he managed to say. He shook his head.

"OH WHAT A CUTIE!!!" Yuffie squealed. Laguna smirked a bit.

"Look, I'll be on caller. I'm forever in your debt, so take this," Zero gave Laguna a little hexagonal shaped device.

"What the Hell?!" Laguna stared at the piece of techno-junk in his hand.

"It's a caller. Once you activate an androids caller number, all you have to do is make sure you have that with you and play the theme. I'll be off!" Zero jumped out the window, and disappeared.

"Can we call Zero now?" Yuffie asked with puppy eyes. Laguna frowned.

"Just kidding, Laggie-chan! He may be cute, but you're cuter!" Yuffie complimented.

"Thanks, Yuff!" Laguna grinned.

~End of part 4~