Through My Words I Live
Pegasia Silverfeather.
...I came home to town and everything was slowly getting better. Many were happy with the change, that is if you were poor. One man in particular was not happy with me...
She sat at the low table going over the plans for rebuilding the village. Several of them included removing the newer shops and rebuilding them in a section of town in a large building kind of like a mall.
"We should build the complex first, then tear down the shops, that's a given." She said and signed a paper and stamped it then rolled it up.
The large paper door slid open and she looked up. "Hello Mr. Chan." Yuffie said as she stood up.
"What is this about closing down my materia shop?" He demanded.
"Sir, calm down. I'm not closing you down. Come, sit down and I will explain over a cup of tea." She said trying very much to play 'Lady' Kisaragi. "I'm moving your store. Look," She pulled out a map. "Your store is currently here. Notice that that is right next to the river. It that river were to flood over, your shop could be destroyed. Since there was previously no other room to build the shops the stores are all along the river, a very risky idea! So what I am doing is building a large complex, a bazaar, You and the rest of the shop owners will be there. This will raise your profits and help me construct a place where everyone will go for what they need." She said smiling. The man was always a hard one to bargain with and she knew that he was going to say something.
"Where are you going to build this place?" He asked. She pointed to a patch of land on the map.
"All of this land used to be a factory for shin~ra. A friend of mine donated it." She said with a smile.
The man looked at the map and stood. "I see. Good idea Lady Kisaragi." He said and shook her hand and left. She let out a sigh of relief.
Hours passed and she decided to call it a night. Lying down on her small bed she sighed and turned of the light.
"I wish one of the old gang were here. I am sooooo bored!" She whined and started to close her eyes. A squeak of the floorboard caught her attention and she stood up. "Who is it?" she asked. Her only reply was the whoosh of a blowpipe and the stinging pain of a dart in her neck.
... "When I woke up I was in the field. It....It was horrible. There was blood on my clothes and I was beaten everywhere. As I stumbled into town people screamed and ran to my side. I was brought to Godo, who rushed me into a hospital. They found out that I had been raped and Godo looked at me like I was a snake. I never thought that he would think it was my fault. I told him what I could. It was just so hard. Slowly the bruises disappeared and the broken bones healed, just as I did.
It was easier to recover from that when I hadn't been awake when it happened. One day Godo appeared and said that maybe it would be best if I retired. I agreed because being a leader wasn't exactly my cup of tea. I should have never left. A week later you showed up and asked me to join you and we know where that lead."
Vincent squeezed his fist. How could something like that just happen and the criminal get away with it?
He looked at Yuffie's weary face. "I'm tired Vince, let's call it a night." She said and crawled in her tent.
"Good-night Yuffie."
"Good night indeed!" She yelled back. Soon the sound of her soft snoring filled the night. Vincent sighed and crawled into his own tent.
As he looked and the dark green material above him he sighed. He remembered when he had come to Wutai that day. She had been to light and happy. He had even smiled at one of her corny jokes and invited her for dinner to discuss the new Avalanche. In reality he had missed her free and wild spirit.
Something tightened in his chest as he thought of what had happened to her before he had come. A flash of a memory struck his mind.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep. Tomorrow they were leaving.
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Sorry people.
Hey Sorceress Fujin,
Sorry this took so long. The first draft of this story was cruddy so I scrapped it and re-wrote and as I was about to finish I caught this horrible cold. Oi. Well here it is fresh of the cyber press. :)
Pegasia Silverfeather.
...I came home to town and everything was slowly getting better. Many were happy with the change, that is if you were poor. One man in particular was not happy with me...
She sat at the low table going over the plans for rebuilding the village. Several of them included removing the newer shops and rebuilding them in a section of town in a large building kind of like a mall.
"We should build the complex first, then tear down the shops, that's a given." She said and signed a paper and stamped it then rolled it up.
The large paper door slid open and she looked up. "Hello Mr. Chan." Yuffie said as she stood up.
"What is this about closing down my materia shop?" He demanded.
"Sir, calm down. I'm not closing you down. Come, sit down and I will explain over a cup of tea." She said trying very much to play 'Lady' Kisaragi. "I'm moving your store. Look," She pulled out a map. "Your store is currently here. Notice that that is right next to the river. It that river were to flood over, your shop could be destroyed. Since there was previously no other room to build the shops the stores are all along the river, a very risky idea! So what I am doing is building a large complex, a bazaar, You and the rest of the shop owners will be there. This will raise your profits and help me construct a place where everyone will go for what they need." She said smiling. The man was always a hard one to bargain with and she knew that he was going to say something.
"Where are you going to build this place?" He asked. She pointed to a patch of land on the map.
"All of this land used to be a factory for shin~ra. A friend of mine donated it." She said with a smile.
The man looked at the map and stood. "I see. Good idea Lady Kisaragi." He said and shook her hand and left. She let out a sigh of relief.
Hours passed and she decided to call it a night. Lying down on her small bed she sighed and turned of the light.
"I wish one of the old gang were here. I am sooooo bored!" She whined and started to close her eyes. A squeak of the floorboard caught her attention and she stood up. "Who is it?" she asked. Her only reply was the whoosh of a blowpipe and the stinging pain of a dart in her neck.
... "When I woke up I was in the field. It....It was horrible. There was blood on my clothes and I was beaten everywhere. As I stumbled into town people screamed and ran to my side. I was brought to Godo, who rushed me into a hospital. They found out that I had been raped and Godo looked at me like I was a snake. I never thought that he would think it was my fault. I told him what I could. It was just so hard. Slowly the bruises disappeared and the broken bones healed, just as I did.
It was easier to recover from that when I hadn't been awake when it happened. One day Godo appeared and said that maybe it would be best if I retired. I agreed because being a leader wasn't exactly my cup of tea. I should have never left. A week later you showed up and asked me to join you and we know where that lead."
Vincent squeezed his fist. How could something like that just happen and the criminal get away with it?
He looked at Yuffie's weary face. "I'm tired Vince, let's call it a night." She said and crawled in her tent.
"Good-night Yuffie."
"Good night indeed!" She yelled back. Soon the sound of her soft snoring filled the night. Vincent sighed and crawled into his own tent.
As he looked and the dark green material above him he sighed. He remembered when he had come to Wutai that day. She had been to light and happy. He had even smiled at one of her corny jokes and invited her for dinner to discuss the new Avalanche. In reality he had missed her free and wild spirit.
Something tightened in his chest as he thought of what had happened to her before he had come. A flash of a memory struck his mind.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep. Tomorrow they were leaving.
~~~~~~~~
Sorry people.
Hey Sorceress Fujin,
Sorry this took so long. The first draft of this story was cruddy so I scrapped it and re-wrote and as I was about to finish I caught this horrible cold. Oi. Well here it is fresh of the cyber press. :)
