Aeris's Pointless Adventure

Part VI : Aeris & the Thieves

written by K-chan


After a major sneezing fit, Aeris ended up sleeping in the coffin, snuggled up beneath the blanket with Vincent the cute, little, black bat. There was no way she was going to go through his whole transformation from bat to human again and endure his nakedness again, not that it was a terrible sight, but she was just a good girl thrown into a pointless journey with an unpredictable, somber man. But it was all right. She just hoped nothing else would surprise her... Okay, at least for that night. And despite his embarrassment and nosebleed, the two were content to sleep the night away, and everything was fine and dandy... in that part of the spooky mansion.


Meanwhile at the other end of the mansion, two people were sneaking inside through a window, carrying some hefty bags of... heavy things, duh. One form was definite female while the other was tall and male. "Hey, Yuf. You sure 'bout this place?" he asked, hauling the last bag inside the room, and shut the window.

"Of course!" she whispered back, "This is the perfect hideout! I heard it's been empty for years after they rebuilt Nibelhiem!"

"And you're positive there aren't any ghosts? Zombies or anything?"

"Duh!" she punched him on the arm for being stupid (or asking stupid questions), "You're still letting that stupid movie bother you?"

"NO WAY!" he yelled at a smugged Yuffie, "I was just curious... Can't a guy be curious?!!"

She rolled her eyes, "Right, Reno. And I'm a good girl who earns money the hard way." She knelt down to the bags and opened them up to see their lovely loot of gils. "But I have to say, you're a very useful boyfriend after all. I never knew you were that good at cheating in poker."

"I did NOT cheat!" he fumed.

She looked at him again, "Right and I'm a goo--"

She never finished repeating her sentence because Reno covered her mouth with his hand, sighing, "Okay, just a little bit, but who needs to go all out with those losers." He removed his hand just in time before Yuffie was about to bite it off. "Let's hurry and hide the money," he said, carrying a bag into the next room, "I wanna find a place to crash and... heh, well you know..." He glanced back at her with a smirk, but she whacked his head, and the naughty thoughts popped out (briefly).

"Later," she grumbled, walking pass him, "Geeze, you can be such a perv!"

"I prefer 'sexually heightened', especially when you're around. Heh."

"Oh really?!"she whirled around to face him and put her hands on her hips, "So, who was that showgirl you were talking to?"

"Ha ha, an old classmate?" he chuckled nervously.

"Is that so? And that barmaid? The card dealer? Actually, you went to all the female dealers."

"Yo-you followed me, Yuf?"

She nodded, "Just to see how much of a player my boyfriend was."

"But Yuffie, you know I only love you!"

"Yeah, I know," she smiled, leaning towards him on tippy-toes, and kissed him deeply on the lips. After a few seconds, she pulled back with a smirk, "Who else can keep up with you (and your libido)." [K-chan: Sorrie, I couldn't help myself... I just had to put that parentheses stuff, with Reno the apparently 'player' being involved.] The pair stood there in each other's arms, staring into their partners' eyes... until breaking glass echoed in their ears. They suddenly froze up with wide eyes. "Wha-what was that?!" Yuffie asked quietly.

Reno squirmed a bit, "I thought you said this place was empty."

"It was!!"

"Keyword: 'was'."

She whacked his head again, "Just stash the loot somewhere. I'll go find out what that was."

"Bu-but Yuf, I'll be alone here..."

"Deal with it!" And in a huff, she marched out of the room, leaving a rather paranoid Reno looking about, but he soon did what he was told.


During this time, Aeris was in the kitchen picking up the broken glass that Vincent the bat had unintentionally dropped when he tried to get something heavier than his little self. "Are you all right, Vincent?" she asked, dropping the shards into the trashcan. He nodded, and she then walked over to the cupboard to get another drinking glass.

"I'm sorry for the trouble," he said quietly, flying over from the spice rack after hanging upside-down there, and landed on Aeris's shoulder. He watched her pour red fruit punch into the glass, and his mouth began to water at the redness. He immediately flew to the glass and perched on the rim while Aeris finally found some drinking straws in one of the drawers. She dropped the straw into the glass for Vincent, who quickly sipped it.

She giggled, leaning on the counter, as he practically inhaled the punch, "I'm surprised you were craving fruit punch... instead of blood. Hee, I thought you were a vampire at first." When the glass was empty, he floated down to the counter top and laid back with a satisfied smile.

"Funny, I don't hear that often."

"Why?"

"People run away before I even say 'hi'."

Aeris smiled and was about to say something comforting, but a loud thud came from the distance, followed by the sounds of creaking boards like someone was moving across them. She quickly grabbed a bewildered Vincent and ran out of the kitchen, away from those sounds to a secure, hiding place... in the bathroom.


TO BE CONTINUED...