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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or anything in it, Square does.





[Chapter 1: A place to stay]





It had been about an hour since Yuffie left Rocket town and she was getting kind of hungry. Her stomach growled.

"Of all the things that I could forget, it had to be food!" she said rubbing her stomach. "Well, we're about 3 miles from Kalm, so when we get there, we can eat!"

"Wark Wark!" said the chocobo as it too, was hungry.

"I'm starvin', the faster we get there, the faster we eat! Sunny, can you go any faster?" Yuffie asked him. Sunny sped up a little faster.

About 10 mins. later they reached Kalm. It was now 7:15 pm.

Yuffie untied her bags from the saddle and set them on the ground. Luckly, Cloud had chocobo stables, too. Yuffie guided Sunny over to the stables and put him in an empty one. She walked back to her bags and knocked on Cloud and Tifa's door. Tifa opened the door.

"Y-yuffie?!" Tifa stuttered.

"Yep, that's me!"

"Yuffie, even in a month without seeing each other, you have gotten a bit taller! I'm so happy to see you!" Tifa hugged Yuffie tight.

"Yeah, it's good to see you too." Yuffie said as Tifa let go.

"Hey Tifa, who's at the door?" Cloud called from the kitchen.

"Hang on and I'll show you!" Tifa called back. "Please come in, Yuf." Yuffie walked in and looked all around the house. "Wow Tif, you got a nice place!"

"Thank you. But let's show Cloud who was at the door." Tifa said with a wink. "Just set your bags on the couch for now." Tifa grabbed Yuffie's wrist and led her into the kitchen where Cloud was sitting down at the table, polishing his Buster Sword. He looked up at the two girls who stood before him. He looked at Yuffie first.

"Yuffie? Is that you?" Cloud asked still looking at her.

"Yep, I got a little taller and my hair is a bit longer too, so it's kinda hard to reconize me." Cloud stood up and looked her into the eyes. He had a serious look on his face and it looked like he was gonna yell at her.

"What are you doing here, trying to steal our materia?" Cloud asked in a serious, deep tone.

"No, of course not, I quit stealing materia after we beat Sephy. You don't have to get all serious and stuff." Yuffie said. Cloud burst out laughing.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! That was so funny!" Cloud said between laughs.

"Huh?" Tifa and Yuffie said at the same time.

"I was trying to scare you by being serious." Cloud laughed some more.

"Get over it, it's not that funny, Spike." Yuffie said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah Cloud, that was stupid!" Tifa remarked. Cloud started to calm down a little bit as he regained his posture. "Well, I'm sorry Yuffie, but why ARE you here?"

Yuffie bit her lip. "Ummm, guys I have a big favor to ask."

"What?" Tifa asked.

"Can I pleeeease stay here for awhile?" Yuffie asked innocently.

"So that's why you brought your bags." Tifa said. "But yeah, sure, it's okay with me. Cloud, what do you think?"

Cloud thought. "Well...I dunno..." Cloud said trying not to laugh. "Okay!" he said.

"Were you trying to do another one of you stupid tricks?" Yuffie asked.

"No." Cloud said trying even harder not to laugh.

"Okay, whatever!" Yuffie said as she motioned Tifa to follow her. Yuffie went back out into the living room where her bags were. From the kitchen, you could hear Cloud laughing his ass off.

"C'mon, you can use the guest bedroom." Tifa said as she and Yuffie went upstairs. "I have a lot of questions for you, Yuff."

"Like what?" Yuffie asked as she walked into the guest bedroom.

"Like how did you get here? Why are you living with us now? And how long do you plan to stay?"

"My gold chocobo, Sunny, my father kicked me out, and about a month or so." Yuffie said.

"Well then, where is your chocobo?" Tifa asked.

"In your guys's stables." Yuffie explained. "I didn't think you'd mind."

"Oh, we don't, but I'll tell Cloud that Sunny's in there so he doesn't run off with him."

"Okay, good." Yuffie said unpacking her bags. Her stomach growled.

"Sound's like a certian ninja is hungry!" Tifa said smiling. "I'll go make you something while you unpack." she said walking out of Yuffie's new bedroom. Yuffie continued unpacking while Tifa made her some rice, noodles, and steak.

"Cloud, honey, I think you've polished that sword enough." Tifa said as she cooked.

"Yeah, maybe you're right." Cloud said as he grabbed the holster/case for his sword and put the Buster Sword in it. Cloud then took the sword upstairs into his room and set it on a rack with his other sword, Ultima Weapon.

Just as Tifa finished cooking Yuffie's meal, Cloud came back down.

"Honey, it's good to see Yuffie again." Cloud said looking at the meal.

"YUFFIE! TIME TO EAT!" Tifa called from the kitchen. Soon, foot steps were heard coming down the stairs. Yuffie ran into the kitchen and sat down at the table with a fork and knife in hand. Tifa set the food on the table and sat across from Yuffie.

"Tifa, Yuffie, I'm going to bed." Cloud said and yawned.

"But it's only 7:45!" Tifa said. Yuffie was eating quickly, going head first into the meal.

"Yeah, but I'm tired. Good night gals." Cloud said and went upstairs.

Tifa looked at Yuffie. "God girl, you WERE hungry!"

Yuffie looked up at Tifa. "Oh, that's right! Sunny is hungry too!"

"Don't worry, Sunny has already been fed. I told Cloud while you were unpacking that your chocobo was in the stables, and he went out there and fed him."

"Oh, that's good." Yuffie said. She continued gobbling her food down like there was no tomorrow. After she finished her dinner, Yuffie told Tifa all about her dad kicking her out and so on.

"Wow Yuffie, I'm sorry Cid acted like that. It's pretty weird." Tifa said.

"No it's not, Cid is always mean, except to Shera." Yuffie said. "But he can be a real bastard sometimes."

"Well...yeah..." Tifa laughed. "Sometimes I wonder why Shera ever married him, he acts like he lives in hell or something."

"Well, all I know is that I'm glad I left and that my best friends let me stay with them." Yuffie winked at Tifa.

"Hehe. And speaking of friends, I forgot to tell you that Cloud and I invited everyone over tommorow for dinner. You know, Barret, Vincent, Cid, Red XIII, Cait Sith, and maybe Marlene and Shera." Tifa said.

"Really? Sounds like fun, It'll be good to see everyone again, everyone except Cid of course." Yuffie laughed.

"Yeah, well Yuf, I'm headin' to bed. Good night."

"But it's only 8:50, why so early?" Yuffie asked.

"I really haven't been getting so much sleep lately. I'm REALLY tired." Tifa said. "Well, okay, goodnight Tif." Yuffie said. Tifa went upstairs to her room and climbed in bed while Yuffie put her plate in the sink and walked upstairs to the bathroom (which is right by her bedroom) and brushed her teeth.

She yawned. "I'm tired as well. I guess I'll hit the sack." Yuffie left the bathroom and entered her bedroom. She slipped on her pajamas and hopped in the bed. Yuffie turned off the lamp and looked up at the dark room's celing.

"I can't wait until tommorow night. It will be fun to have the gang around again." she said and soon fell asleep.







Sorry for a short chapter, I hope everyone likes it though. Hopefully I can get the next chapter up soon. Please R&R.



Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Training, friends, and dinner