Corrup and Innocent3

Corrup and Innocent

By: Reffie Striheart

Chapter 3: The Second Test

Yuffie was still staring up at the tower as Reno called for Tim to go first. Vincent patted his friend on the shoulder.

" It'll be okay," he whispered to her. " Just don't look up or down. Keep your eyes level with the tower, okay?"

" Right..." Yuffie swallowed. " Right. I can do this...."

Tim made it to the top of the tower and down without so much as a misshap. Teddy was next and as the strapped him into the equipment that would save him if he fell, Vincent noticed that the man seemed more frightened and afraid then even Yuffie. Indeed before the brown-headed man made it to the top he slipped and fell but the safety precautions saved his life.

Vincent was next.

Rude and Elena were silent as they strapped Vincent in but as they walked away Vincent could of swore that he heard Elena whisper: " Good luck, Vincent."

Vincent put his hand on the bottom of the tower and with great streangth he pulled himself up. Hand-over-hand the ex-Turk calmly pulled himself up the tower with no apparant fear or worry of any kind.

But really, he was scared.

The last time he had been at these heights was when he had been entering the Turks. In fact....it was his first mission and he had to chase a man up a water tower like this....that was when he first killed....when blood was first spilled on his hands...

Vincent shook his head to clear it of all of the unwanted memories and grabbed one of the flag from the top of the tower and started back down.

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Reno stared at the nervous, brown haired girl. I know her... he thought. But how....from where? I swear to God I've seen her. And she knows me. She said that we always got along so well. She's pretty....

Who is she?

" Hey 'Lena," Reno murmured out of the corner of his mouth.

" Mmmmm?"

" Who is that girl?"

Elena shook her head. " I'm not sure...she came in right on time so I didn't get her name."

" Okay..." She just looks kinda familular....

Valentine jumped down and thrust the flag at them. " Here," he said simply and walked away after Elena took the flag, brushing his fingers.

Reno looked up.

It was the girl's turn.

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Yuffie took a deep breath and pulled herself up the first part of the tower. He climbed carefully, making sure that something wasn't about to collapse or anything. She tested each part and wondered what she would do if she did fall.

Don't look up or down, look straight ahead.

Vincent's words came back to her and she gladly took his advice. She stared straigh ahead but it didn't work very well because she could see across the ocean and that was worse then looking up or down.

The ninja dared a quick glance up and saw that she was almost there. As she reached for the flag there was a huge gust of wind that caught he off-balance. She scrambled for something-ANYTHING-to grab and by pure luck her hand laced around one of the metal bars and she slammed onto the side of the tower but held on to it with a death grip, dangling six-hundred feet up.

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" Ouch," Reno muttered. " That had to hurt."

Rude nodded.

Elena bit a clean nail as she watched the girl pull herself up.

" I think she'll make it," the female Turk finally said. She glanced over at Vincent Valentine and saw that he was staring intently at the girl. He bit his lip but his face remained impassive. His mouth opened slightly and formed five words, but Elena could not hear nor lip read what he had said.

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" You can do it, Yuffie," Vincent murmured.

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Six-hundred feet above her spectaters Yuffie Kisaragi pulled herself up and snatched the last blue flag that was there and moved carefully down. When she got to the bottom she threw the flag at which ever of the Turks would grab it, took off her gear and went to stand by Vincent.

Rude sent Teddy away and Reno and Elena brought the remaining cantidates to the last task.

It was a target site.

Yuffie silently shook her head. She sucked with guns.

Vincent, on the other hand, smiled. He had a very good shot.

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A/N: Hee hee.....ok hi. I'm going away for awhile so this might be the last chapter for awhile, okay? And most importantly. REVEIW!!!! Please? *puppy dog eyes* ^_^