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Chapter 20- Yuffie's escape
Yuffie awoke, how did I fall asleep? " Awake Yuffie dear?" Yuffie sighed, " Of course not…." " Oh, that's too bad." He walked out leaving Yuffie to stay and pretend she was asleep. finally I have some room to breathe, now to escape. Yuffie heard faint snoring outside of her cell. " Hehehe….." Yuffie was out of her locks in no time. Obviously Jet hadn't noticed her swap the keys from him, although it was hard unlocking each arm…but she managed.
She went over to the door and was surprised it was unlocked, " This is too easy….." she muttered to herself, " Must be my good looks then….. " She opened the door and saw the guard was just about to wake out, " We can't let that happen now can we?" She hit him on the back of his head and he fell unconscious. She then walked forward, she only remembered bits and pieces of how she got here. Yuffie sighed, it felt like she had been walking for days. She finally realized something, " Hey! I am in the Northern Cave, where we faced off Sephiroth." Yuffie remembered it well. Her senses kicked in and she ran the rest of the way, making sure though that no one was at each corner. They wouldn't check on her for another four hours. She saw the light and raced forward, then stopped, Colantel was at the cave entrance. She hid herself among the shadows, and watched them they were expecting me….. " Do you think she made it this far sir or got caught by the guards?" " Most likely she got caught by the guards, with her big mouth how couldn't she?" Yuffie almost blurted something out, but luckily she caught herself. They are trying to trick me probably…big mouth…..hah! Colantel smiled, " Hmm….I think someone got to her before we could get to her…or rather her get to us."
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" Cloud!!!!!!!!!!" Red ran through halls crashing into anonymous people, in his mouth he carried a map. Cloud stumbled out of bed, his hair looked like it had just had a day of bad then worst. He quickly got dressed before Red entered, he literally ran straight into the door, opening it up and leaving a mark on his head. Cloud looked at Red questioningly, " What did you find Red?" Red was panting so hard that he was unable to speak, so instead he dropped the papers at Cloud's feet. " So-r gasp ry abo- gasp ut the gasp papers." Cloud smiled, " it is okay Red." Red smiled, Cloud's jaw hung loose as he looked at the map, " When did you find this?" " About 2 minutes ago."
Cloud nodded his head, " Alright assemble everybody and let's go." They gathered everyone up easily and boarded the Highwind. All the while Vincent sat in solitude, only sometimes they came up to have a small conversation with him or just stand there and make sure he was alright. He noticed they all smiled, Cid appeared suddenly. " Ya know, it is pretty hard to tell Yuffie isn't here, although it is a lil more peaceful." They all nodded their heads, " Hell, I am actually f*$^#*% enjoying my time away from her….maybe we should let them keep her?" Vincent's eyes shot up, they narrowed into dangerous slits, he glared silently. Some of the gang nodded their heads, still others disapproved. Like Cloud, Reno, Red, Vincent and Cait Sith.
Tifa thought it was nicer without her, the only reason was because she then would pretty much be the only female. Cloud looked at them, " Look what you have become. Yuffie is as much of a friend as a comrade as you guys are to me. Would you like it if you were in her predicament and I didn't come to save you?" The most amazing thing happened Vincent spoke up, " She too helped us defeat Sephiroth, she is a ….dear companion to me…." Red looked at Vincent, he knew…" Yuffie may have always called me a dog-boy but she was still nice and tried her best to cheer me up when I was down." " Yeah! And like Yuffie and me can come up with really good pranks, so she is a good friend to." Everybody looked towards Reno, he looked up, " She might call me Turkey and all but I miss the fights we get into." They all nodded their heads, Cloud looked at Tifa, " And if you think we are better off without her then get off the Highwind." Cid looked at him, " F&(& no! This here is mine! All F(*$(^* MINE!" Cloud looked at Tifa, she just smiled. But Cid, disapproved. " Fine then Cid, at least help us get her back alright?" He nodded his head.
Few Hours Later,
"We are just about there Cloud!" " Get ready everybody!"
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Colantel lifted his head, " Who is approaching us?" " I don't know sir." Colantel directed everybody to hide, " Hide in the shadows if you must!" Yuffie hoped that no one would come to her shadow and luckily no one did. She looked out and noticed the Highwind. She almost shouted for joy okay right when they land run out…. Colantel saw the Highwind landed, they weren't prepared for any attacks so they just watched. He suddenly noticed a flicker of movement within the shadows. " Who is over there?" " I do not know sir, maybe one of our men?" Just then Yuffie bounded out of the cave running as fast as she could towards the ladder that was down almost there. Suddenly she noticed movement on her left, Jet was running after her and fast. Either way though she was faster. Cloud and Company noticed Yuffie and saw who was on her tail, Vincent pulled out his death penalty and fired. Jet got hit in the arm and fell back. Yuffie took one last long stride of her energy and jumped. Jet was back up and running though, he was going to do the exact same thing, except that the Highwind was taking off. Yuffie entangled herself in he rope ladder, fearing her state of tiredness would cause her to lose her grip and fall. Jet couldn't make it and instead just yelled after Yuffie, " You can't escape what was meant for you Yuffie! We still have REEVE!!! You'll have to come back either way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Vincent was the first over to the ladder, he quickly began to pull it up hoping she was okay. She was soon on deck and all he wanted to do was run up and hug her, making sure she was real that she was their. Almost everybody ran to Yuffie's side, grabbing her and giving her hugs, Tifa came over " Get away everybody! Give her some room to breathe." Everybody looked at Tifa then turned their attention back to Yuffie. " I said GET AWAY AND GIVE HER SOME ROOM TO BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!!" That was when they scattered, Barret picked Yuffie up and put her in her room. Then they left. Yuffie sat there alone….soon she heard a soft knock at her door……………..
