Ayumi ran to the dojo. "Yuffie!"
She looked up from her animals. "Yumi! Hiya!"
"Hey Yuffie! Guess what! Eric's coming home now! He's on his way on that ship over there! See?" She pointed over across the ocean where a ship was on the horizen.
"Yay! Let's go!" Little Yuffie ran down the path to dock.
Aymui hurried after her. After reaching the dock, they waited as the ship docked, and saw a man dressed in a First Class Soldier uniform get off. "Eric!" Ayumi yelled.
He looked over at them, and grinned. "Yumi! Yuffie! Heeyy!!!"
Ayumi ran up and hugged him. Yuffie wrapped her arms around their legs. He let go of Ayumi and leaned down to be eye level with Yuffie. "Yuffie-Pie! You've gotten big since since I last saw you!" He picked her up.
"Weee!" she squealed, and they all headed back to Yuffie's house.
Later that night, Ayumi had put her to bed and started talking to Eric in her room. He was staying in her room, since he didn't really have his own. "Eric, Yuffie said that the Shinra are going to attack Wutai."
He sighed. "Yes. I'm sorry, but we are."
She sat up sharply. "What!?"
"I'm sorry. But, in one week Sephiroth is coming. And so's half the Soldier army."
Ayumi didn't say anything. Then, "The Great Sephiroth... we won't have a chance. What are you gonna? Fight for Shinra, or fight for Wutai?"
"I don't know. You and Yuffie are gonna hide in Da Chao, right?"
Her expression hardened. "No. I've been training snce I was 6 years old. I'm 16 now, I'm fighting them. I'm going to fight Sephiroth, and I'm gonna win."
Eric sat up too, and glared up at her. "No! That's suicide, no matter how good you are!
You are not fighting Sephiroth, understand?"
"I don't care! I'm not gonna take this lying down!" With that, Ayumi flopped back down and turned out the light.
In the dark, Eric layed down too and said, "Ayumi, I forbid you to fight Sephiroth. Understand?" She didn't say anything.
Yuffie sat on Cid's roof, remembering the conversation she overheard 14 years ago. Staring up at the starry sky, she sighed and remembered something else. On that Weapon... a girl was on it, next to Rude. "Yumi... I don't believe what Eric said. It would take more than a single bullet to kill you."
A noise made her jump, and Yuffie looked over the the ladder. Tifa climbed up next to her. "Oh, hi Teef."
"Hey, what are you doing all alone up here?" Tifa asked, looking up too.
"Just... thinking." She paused, then continued. "When I was little, a girl used to take care of me, Ayumi Trisa; Eric Trisa's little sister. When Soldier attacked, she left me in Da Chao and helped fight. I heard she had attacked Sephiroth, but no one knew anything else. Then she was murdered. It was sometime around this date, I'm not sure the exact one."
Tifa blinked in surprise. "Wow. How... old was she?"
"Sixteen. That's why I'm not so happy right now," Yuffie said, smiling lightly.
"Oh.... Was she murdered by Soldier or Sephiroth?"
"I don't know. She was shot. I always thought that it had been Sephiroth, but in the Gold Saucer, after Dyne had shot the people we thought it was Sephiroth. But Cloud had said that he never uses a gun. So, I don't know who killed her."
"Do you think you'll find out soon?"
"I want to find Eric and ask him. I hadn't had time since we defeated Sephiroth, and now he's dissapeared. I'll bet all my materia he knows and didn't ever tell me!"
Tifa put an arm around Yuffie. "You were probably too young to know."
"No! If I knew who had done it, I would feel better 'cause then I'd hunt them down.
Since I don't know, I have to find out and it's harder not knowing than actually knowing!"
Tifa hugged Yuffie even closer. "Don't worry. For some reason, I have a feeling that you'll find out when we get everyone back." A loud, obnoxious burst of laughter made them both jump. "Well, sounds like the guys are having fun!"
"Yeah..." Yuffie laughed. "Wanna go crash their little party?"
"Hey! Look, it's Barret!" Tifa pointed.
"Wow! It's 'bout time he got here! Let's go crash!" They climbed down and entered Cid's house again.
"Damn! 'Bout time ya guys got here!" Cid said as they came in.
"Yeah, well, no one really told us!" Barret shot back.
Feeling suddenly hyper, Yuffie ran around everyone and behind Barret, snatching a mastered Kjata. "Hehe!"
"Hey! Give that back, brat!" he shoued, chasing after her.
"If you can catch me!" she replied and 'hid' behind Cloud.
"H-hey!!" he complained, and looked at the charging Barret. Cloud dodged quickly and Barret ran into the wall. Yuffie laughed and ran outside again, with Tifa sighing.
"I thought you were upset!" Tifa said.
Yuffie stuck her tongue out at her, and tossed her the materia. Tifa gulped and threw it at Vincent, who promptly hit it to Cid.
Yuffie climbed back up to the roof and laid down, listening to the people inside scream. She stared at a particuarly bright star she and Ayumi had named. She rolled over onto her side, and closed her eyes, drifting back into her thoughts.
She looked up from her animals. "Yumi! Hiya!"
"Hey Yuffie! Guess what! Eric's coming home now! He's on his way on that ship over there! See?" She pointed over across the ocean where a ship was on the horizen.
"Yay! Let's go!" Little Yuffie ran down the path to dock.
Aymui hurried after her. After reaching the dock, they waited as the ship docked, and saw a man dressed in a First Class Soldier uniform get off. "Eric!" Ayumi yelled.
He looked over at them, and grinned. "Yumi! Yuffie! Heeyy!!!"
Ayumi ran up and hugged him. Yuffie wrapped her arms around their legs. He let go of Ayumi and leaned down to be eye level with Yuffie. "Yuffie-Pie! You've gotten big since since I last saw you!" He picked her up.
"Weee!" she squealed, and they all headed back to Yuffie's house.
Later that night, Ayumi had put her to bed and started talking to Eric in her room. He was staying in her room, since he didn't really have his own. "Eric, Yuffie said that the Shinra are going to attack Wutai."
He sighed. "Yes. I'm sorry, but we are."
She sat up sharply. "What!?"
"I'm sorry. But, in one week Sephiroth is coming. And so's half the Soldier army."
Ayumi didn't say anything. Then, "The Great Sephiroth... we won't have a chance. What are you gonna? Fight for Shinra, or fight for Wutai?"
"I don't know. You and Yuffie are gonna hide in Da Chao, right?"
Her expression hardened. "No. I've been training snce I was 6 years old. I'm 16 now, I'm fighting them. I'm going to fight Sephiroth, and I'm gonna win."
Eric sat up too, and glared up at her. "No! That's suicide, no matter how good you are!
You are not fighting Sephiroth, understand?"
"I don't care! I'm not gonna take this lying down!" With that, Ayumi flopped back down and turned out the light.
In the dark, Eric layed down too and said, "Ayumi, I forbid you to fight Sephiroth. Understand?" She didn't say anything.
Yuffie sat on Cid's roof, remembering the conversation she overheard 14 years ago. Staring up at the starry sky, she sighed and remembered something else. On that Weapon... a girl was on it, next to Rude. "Yumi... I don't believe what Eric said. It would take more than a single bullet to kill you."
A noise made her jump, and Yuffie looked over the the ladder. Tifa climbed up next to her. "Oh, hi Teef."
"Hey, what are you doing all alone up here?" Tifa asked, looking up too.
"Just... thinking." She paused, then continued. "When I was little, a girl used to take care of me, Ayumi Trisa; Eric Trisa's little sister. When Soldier attacked, she left me in Da Chao and helped fight. I heard she had attacked Sephiroth, but no one knew anything else. Then she was murdered. It was sometime around this date, I'm not sure the exact one."
Tifa blinked in surprise. "Wow. How... old was she?"
"Sixteen. That's why I'm not so happy right now," Yuffie said, smiling lightly.
"Oh.... Was she murdered by Soldier or Sephiroth?"
"I don't know. She was shot. I always thought that it had been Sephiroth, but in the Gold Saucer, after Dyne had shot the people we thought it was Sephiroth. But Cloud had said that he never uses a gun. So, I don't know who killed her."
"Do you think you'll find out soon?"
"I want to find Eric and ask him. I hadn't had time since we defeated Sephiroth, and now he's dissapeared. I'll bet all my materia he knows and didn't ever tell me!"
Tifa put an arm around Yuffie. "You were probably too young to know."
"No! If I knew who had done it, I would feel better 'cause then I'd hunt them down.
Since I don't know, I have to find out and it's harder not knowing than actually knowing!"
Tifa hugged Yuffie even closer. "Don't worry. For some reason, I have a feeling that you'll find out when we get everyone back." A loud, obnoxious burst of laughter made them both jump. "Well, sounds like the guys are having fun!"
"Yeah..." Yuffie laughed. "Wanna go crash their little party?"
"Hey! Look, it's Barret!" Tifa pointed.
"Wow! It's 'bout time he got here! Let's go crash!" They climbed down and entered Cid's house again.
"Damn! 'Bout time ya guys got here!" Cid said as they came in.
"Yeah, well, no one really told us!" Barret shot back.
Feeling suddenly hyper, Yuffie ran around everyone and behind Barret, snatching a mastered Kjata. "Hehe!"
"Hey! Give that back, brat!" he shoued, chasing after her.
"If you can catch me!" she replied and 'hid' behind Cloud.
"H-hey!!" he complained, and looked at the charging Barret. Cloud dodged quickly and Barret ran into the wall. Yuffie laughed and ran outside again, with Tifa sighing.
"I thought you were upset!" Tifa said.
Yuffie stuck her tongue out at her, and tossed her the materia. Tifa gulped and threw it at Vincent, who promptly hit it to Cid.
Yuffie climbed back up to the roof and laid down, listening to the people inside scream. She stared at a particuarly bright star she and Ayumi had named. She rolled over onto her side, and closed her eyes, drifting back into her thoughts.