Well, here is another chapter of ''I'll always be by your side." *sigh*
though I really don't know if a lot of people are liking it. I mean, yes I
have reviews, but I am not sure if this story is any better than "Yuffie
gets braces" BUT it will get better! Just wait and see :) Thanks everyone
for the current reviews and please keep giving me feedback. Also one last
thing, just like in "Yuffie gets braces", when the characters are thinking
there will be *'s around the sentence. If Chaos talks to Vincent, then it
will be **'s but I might not even make Chaos talk to him. And sometimes
I'll put 's around an action that the person's doing or something.
((((Violence included in this chapter))))
((((((((((((I am also changing the rating to R, sorry
everyone))))))))))))))))
Disclaimer: I wish I could own Final Fantasy 7, but no, Square does... *pouts*
I decided to change Chapter 2's title... [Chapter 2: Training's disadvantages]
The next morning........
Yuffie had just awaken to another beautiful day. She jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom. She yawned.
"Just another perfect sunny day..." Yuffie said as she yawned again. "Sunny...hmm, that reminds me." She said as she picked up her brush and ran it through her tangled, chocolate brown hair. "I wonder how Sunnys doin'." she said. She looked in the mirror and made sure her hair was neat. She then left the bathroom. Yuffie went back in her room and looked at the bed- side table clock. "Nine o' clock, usually I sleep later; wonder if Cloud and Tifa are awake?"
Yuffie walked downstairs and into the kitchen. There she saw Cloud and Tifa eating breakfast. Yuffie walked over to the table, still in her pajamas.
"Bacon and eggs, huh? Sounds yummy to me!" Yuffie said sitting down across from Cloud and Tifa.
"And sausage, too." Cloud said with a mouth full. Tifa looked at him. "Cloud, honey, don't talk with your mouth full." she said as Yuffie grabbed a plate and placed two sausage links, two eggs, and five pieces of bacon on it.
"Yuffie, what would you like, apple juice or orange juice with that?" Tifa asked getting up to wash off her plate.
"I'll take...uhh, orange for today, maybe apple for tommorow." Yuffie said. Tifa brought over some orange juice for her and set it down on the table.
"Well, I never had a chance to say good morning, Yuffie." Cloud said.
"Well, then good morning to both of you." Yuffie laughed a bit. She sipped her juice and began eating.
"Wow Tifa, I never knew your cooking was so great!" Yuffie said chowing down. "Why, thank you very much Yuffie." Tifa said. "Also, did you sleep good last night?"
"Why yes, I did." Cloud said. "No not you, I mean Yuffie." Tifa said.
"Oh, yeah, I slept good, very good, I was really tired." Yuffie said just as she ate the last bit of food on her plate. "Well, that's good to hear, at least Cloud's snoring didn't keep you up." Tifa laughed.
Cloud looked at Tifa. "Hey! I do not snore!" Tifa and Yuffie both laughed. Yuffie got up and grabbed her and Cloud's plate and went over to the sink and washed them off.
"Hey Yuffie, you don't have to clean my dish, you're a guest and you shouldn't have to work around here." Cloud said. "No, it's okay. As long as I live here, I don't mind doing some of the work. Just as long as you guys don't send me out to look for rare materia." Yuffie giggled.
"Oh don't worry, we will!" Cloud said sarcasticly. All three friends laughed.
"Well Tifa, thanks for breakfast, I think I might go out and train somewhere." Yuffie said. "Oh, no problem at all, Yuffie. I'm glad you like my cooking." Tifa said. Yuffie ran upstairs and into her bedroom. She grabbed her bag and placed it on the bed. She undid the zipper to the bag and reached in. Nothing.
"Huh?" Yuffie wondered. "Oh yeah, duh, I put my clothes in the closet. Heh heh, stupid me!" she then ran to her closet and slipped on her outfit that she wore when her and the gang defeated Sephiroth. In other words, her green, thin, short sweater and her khaki short-shorts.
Back in the kitchen.....
"You know what Cloud, I really liked Yuffie's sky blue chocobo pajamas." Tifa said to her husband. Cloud just laughed. "What's so funny?" she asked. "I liked them too..." Cloud said. They both laughed.
Back to Yuffie.....
As soon as Yuffie was all suited up, she grabbed her Conformer and ran out the door. She hadn't trained for awhile now, and she needed to sharpen her ninja reflexes again.
"Well, first things first, I'm gonna go check on Sunny!" she said walking to the chocobo stables. Sunny was in the first stable eating some Greens. Yuffie smiled and walked in. She unlocked the gate to the stable and let him out.
Sunny was pretty happy to see Yuffie again. In jumped up and down warking at her. She jumped and threw her leg over his back and on to his other side. Yuffie grabbed the reins with one hand, and set the Conformer in one of the saddle bags with the other. She lightly tugged the reins and they were off. About now it was almost 11:00 a.m. and Yuffie was ready to train hard.
"Hmm, where should I go to train?" she thought aloud. "Somewhere difficult, but not too hard......Wait I got it! How about the Gold Saucer's desert?" she asked Sunny.
"....Warrrk!" Sunny said as he began to run a lot faster. "Whoa boy, what's the rush?" Yuffie asked. Sunny sped up to full speed towards the desert. "Maybe you know about the dinner party thing tonight? Ah, shit! I don't even know when it starts. Just keep going faster while I call Tifa and ask her." Sunny was going about 70 miles per hour (man that's fast!) while Yuffie pulled the PHS out of her back shorts pocket. She dialed up Tifa and waited.
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Ring ring! Ring ring! Tifa's PHS went. She picked it up off the counter and answered it.
"Hello?" Tifa asked. Yuffie made her voice deep on the PHS so it would sound like a guy.
"Hello, yes, ma'am you have just won 3 million gil!!!!!!!" Yuffie said trying not to laugh.
"WHAT?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Tifa yelled. "REALLY!?" Yuffie cleared her thoat and let her voice return to normal. "NO! Hahahahahaha!" "What? Is this Yuffie?" Tifa asked in a playful angry tone.
".........yes......" Yuffie laughed. "That was so funny; I couldn't resist!" Yuffie laughed some more. Tifa laughed. "Good one, but did you just call to prank me or what?" "Yes and no, I also wanted to find out when the dinner party thing starts." Yuffie asked. "Around six or so." Tifa replied. "Okay thanks Tif, bye!" Yuffie hung up.
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Yuffie and Sunny were about 3 miles away from the desert. "Damn Sunny! You got us here THIS fast!?" Yuffie shouted. "Wark Wark!" he replied. She patted his head. Yuffie looked up in the sky at the clouds as her hair blew in the breeze.
*I kinda wish I had someone to always talk to. Yes, Tifa and Cloud are good to talk to, but I mean...well kinda like a guy to talk to, Cloud is married...I'm sorta lookin' for........................................romance..................* Yuffie thought. *Why am I even thinking about this! What a dumb topic to think about right before I go and train. Besides, who would want to love a hyper active ninja girl anyways...........*
Yuffie felt a sharp pain in her heart.
*I'm not even really the romantic type anyways....* Yuffie felt hot burning tears in her eyes, but the wind from the chocobo's speed just dryed them up when they started to spill.
*I'm not very pretty, or smart...sniff not attractive or anything like that...sniff I've always wanted to be like Aeris or Tifa. They are both very pretty. sniff Too bad Aeris is dead....sniff I really miss her....*
Yuffie's sobs became small crys.
"Well, sniff I gotta cheer up, right Sunny?" asked the teary eyed ninja. "Wark...." Sunny slowed down quite a bit and finally came to a halt. Turns out that they reached their destination point: The Gold Saucer's desert. Sunny stopped right before the quick sand and let Yuffie off. As soon as she got off and grabbed her Conformer, Sunny rested his head on Yuffie's shoulder. She patted it and soon felt a little better.
"I guess I gotta go now Sunn, I'll be out soon." Yuffie said running into the sandy desert. Luckily, Dio of the Gold Saucer fixed the quick sand problem so nobody would sink into it.
Yuffie ran very fast towards the middle of the whole desert. It was pretty hot, and she was sweating a bit. Yuffie stopped dead in her tracks as she heard paw steps behind her. Not close, but not far, she could still hear them pretty well. She didn't turn around or run, just froze.
*What kind of enemy is this? I don't wanna turn around unless I know what it is!* Yuffie thought. The footsteps became a bit louder.
*Cactar? No...Giant earth worm? No... sounds like a big cat...ah, screw this, I'm turning around!* Yuffie turned around quickly. Her eyes widened.
"What the hell? Dark Nation?!" she said as she looked at the blackish, blue, panther-like cat 17 feet away from her. Dark Nation growled fiercely. (Dark Nation is the panther-like cat that guards Rufus when you fight him in the game.)
"Thought Cloud killed you! Well, this will be an intresting fight!" Yuffie said competitively as she struck her fighting pose. Dark Nation growled again, this time even louder.
Yuffie runs up to him and attempts to slash him with the Conformer. Dark Nation quickly ducks and spins around, slashing his tail against her left leg. The slash breaks the skin on her lower left leg and begins to bleed. Yuffie stammers back but manages to keep her balance.
"Not bad, cat!" Yuffie shouted.
Dark Nation runs towards Yuffie and jumps into the air trying to catch his claws or fangs on any flesh possible, but Yuffie quickly shuffles to her right and avoids being hit while at the same time, slashes his upper back with her Conformer. Dark Nation falls to the ground, but gets back up quickly and slashes her right shoulder with his claws.
The cut from the shoulder begins to bleed a little. Yuffie does a back flip high into the air and lands 6 ft in front of him. Quickly her ninja reflexes kick in and she throws the Conformer with a flick of her wrist and sends it flying towards him. Dark Nation tries to duck in time, but 1/3 of his tail is sliced off. And yet, what Dark Nation doesn't know, is that the Conformer returns to the person who thows it.
The Conformer spins around and comes flying back behind Dark Nation and slices left of his neck. Both the tail cut and neck cut of Dark Nation start to bleed. Yuffie catches the Conformer and quickly sends it flying when Dark Nation is off guard. The Conformer spins low to the ground and slices him right in the left front leg. Dark Nation collapses, but not for good. After the Conformer comes back to Yuffie, he gets up and runs with great speed and agility towards her.
Yuffie jumps into the air as soon as Dark Nation is near her. Dark Nation runs underneath her but jumps and wraps the remaining half of his tail around her neck. Yuffie falls to her knees after the jump and Dark Nation lands on his paws with his tail still wrapped around her neck. He tightens the grip on his tail, but Yuffie cannot do anything, but try to breathe.
Dark Nation continues to tighten the grip on his tail to choke her. Yuffie drops her Conformer to the ground and gasps for air. Dark Nation stops tightening the grip and quickly bites her right arm and sinks his fangs into the flesh of her arm. Yuffie tries to scream, but can't. Dark Nation sinks his fangs deeper and deeper.
*HELP!!! WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME!? PLEASE SOMEONE..............GOD PLEASE I CAN'T DIE YET....I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE......!!*
In an instant, gunfire was heard and a bullet was placed deep into the forehead of Dark Nation, cracking his skull and killing him instantly. He fell over on his side, his fangs releasing Yuffie's right arm and tail loosely untightened and fell to the ground, lifelessly. Yuffie then collapsed.
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Yuffie awoke to a dark room, filled with no light at all. She was lying in a bed stiff as could be. She tried to sit up but her leg and arm pains started to kick in. She screamed as soon as they kicked in and the door to the bedroom opened quickly and someone rushed in. Yuffie couldn't make out who it was with the darkness, though.
The person rushed over to the bed she was lying in. Yuffie quit screaming.
"Yuffie, Yuffie, are you okay?" asked a deep, yet concerned monotoned voice as the person gently grabbed her by the shoulders. Yuffie shook away from the grip and scooted back in the bed.
"Who the hell are you!?!" she shouted at the person. Yuffie could only identify the person as a man. The man reached over to the night stand and turned on a lamp to truly identify himself to be only....
"Vincent?!?!?!" Yuffie shouted again. "Shh, Yuffie, there is no need for you to yell like that." he said in monotone.
"Sorry, but where the hell am I?" Yuffie asked. She had no idea what time it was or anything like that.
"You are in Nibelheim, at the Shinra mansion." Vincent replied. "Shinra mansion? Nibelheim? Isn't this place YOUR house?" Yuffie asked. Vincent nodded. "Well, what time is it?" she asked. "5:00 p.m." he told her. "Hey Vince, is tonight the dinner party or was it yesterday? I hardley remember anything." "Tonight is the dinner party, yes. What do you remember before you woke up?" Vincent asked. "I remember...intense pain on my neck and my right arm...then falling to the ground and seeing a never-ending tunnel of blackness...." Yuffie explained as she looked at the bandages on her right arm, shoulder, and left leg. ".......................Anything else....?" he asked. "Yes, one more thing...gunfire..." Yuffie looked at her clothes underneath the covers. They were a little sandy, but not much. "Vincent, I have two questions." she said. "What?" he asked. "Is, is Sunny okay?" Yuffie looked deep into his eyes. Vincent sat down on the side of the bed. "Yes, he's fine." "Okay and.................you saved me, right?" she asked. Vincent looked at the wall. ".....Yes..." Yuffie was in so much pain right now, but she had to do, what she had to do. Yuffie leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Vincent and gave him a small hug. Vincent didn't pull away, nor return the embrace; just sat there. Yuffie let go. She smiled at him while he just looked at her. "What was that for?" he asked in his regular monotone. "That was my way of saying 'Thank You'." she tried to sit up more, but fell back on her pillow. "Owwwwww!" she yelled. "You shouldn't try to move around like that, you'll hurt yourself even more." "Vinnie..." Yuffie said. Vincent flenched at the nick name. "Tell me what happened...you know, how you saved my life." "Why?" he asked. "I just want to know." "I was walking around the desert area, you see, I'd just got back from visiting an old friend of mine in the desert prison of Gold Saucer, but anyway, I was on my way home and in view, I saw something dark blue. I was comming closer and reconized it to be Dark Nation, Rufus' panther. Well, as soon as I reconized it I saw it strangling something, no, someone and was biting their arm. I ran closer and saw that it wasn't just a girl, it was my old comrade, Yuffie Kisaragi. So I pulled out my Death Penalty, fired a quick shot into the center of his forehead and killed him." Vincent explained. "Wow..." Yuffie was surprised. "I really can't thank you enough." "There is no need to thank me. I always help people." he said. "Oh yes, and speaking of which, I need to cure you." Vincent got up and left the room. Yuffie thought for a while. *He saved my life, how could I ever repay him? Gawd he's so nice. He's even gonna cure me! God, thanks for etting me live, thanks for not letting me see eternal darkness. Thanks Vincent for being there...for me. This is probably his bed too. And he probably had to put me on Sunny and ride with me to here. Gosh he's so nice. * Yuffie thought. Vincent walked back into the room with some materia orbs. Vincent set all of them on the bed and picked up one. "Yuffie, I'm going to use Cure 3 on you, I need you to stand, but I'm probably going to need to help you." Yuffie sat up again and Vincent took her hand and slowly pulled her up. Yuffie felt a tingle in her heart. She blushed and looked away. Vincent took the Cure materia and held it in the palm of his hand. He started to mumble something and the materia started to float above his palm. Soon green, purple, white, red, and blue light particles surrounded Yuffie's entire body. She felt little tingles on her wounds as they started to disapear. The wounds weren't completly healed yet, so he repeated the same process. All of the young ninja girl's cuts and bruises vanished. "Really, Vincent, I can't thank you enough." Yuffie shyly said. "I told you, it's okay, it's my job." he said. "Do you want to try to walk now?" "Sure, I'll try." Yuffie began to take small steps towards Vincent. She then took a big step, but tripped. Vincent's reflexes kicked in and he caught her just in time. Vincent helped her upright again. "Maybe you should try baby steps. Just baby steps." "OK." she said. She took a lot of baby steps. "Okay, now try big steps again." he said. She did. Yuffie took about 7 big steps. "Now try walking fast." he said. Yuffie grinned; the mischevious grin like always... She didn't walk, she ran out the bedroom door and down to the kitchen without tripping once. Vincent followed her downstairs. "I'm impressed you can even run now." he said. "Yeah, well, I'm hungry!" she said. "Can you wait a little bit, we're going over to Tifa and Cloud's house for dinner, remember?" "Yes I remember, how long do we have to wait?" Yuffie asked. "Well let's see..." Vincent went into the living room and looked at the clock. It read 5:45. Vincent went back into the kitchen. "Anytime now, Cid should be picking us up with the Highwind." "Cid? That bastard? Why!?" Yuffie whined. "It's our only ride, unless you wanna ride chocobos." Vincent said. "By the way, I told Tifa and Cloud what happened. They are still worried even if you're safe here." he said. "Why'd you tell them? Now they'll NEVER let me go anywhere alone again..." Yuffie pouted. "Probably not a bad idea..." he said. "WHAT?! How dare you! Traitor, now you're siding with them!" she shouted. "Whoever said I was on your side?" Vincent said in monotone, trying not to laugh. "WHAT!!!?" Yuffie shouted again. Vincent chuckled. *Vincent...laughing? Weird....* Yuffie thought. "You know, you're kinda cute when you get mad..." Vincent said. Yuffie went 3 different shades of red. Vincent's face was flushed as well. *I cannot belive I just said that!* Vincent thought. **Me either** Chaos said. *I cannot belive he just said that!* Yuffie thought. "Umm...well....errr...umm...yeah...heh heh..." Yuffie stuttered. "Yeah...heh heh..." Vincent stuttered, too.
Oh, I'm so sorry it had to end there! Next chapter may not be up for a while, or maybe. Well please R&R. (((ALSO: IF THE LAST PART IS BUNCHED UP TOGETHER, FANFICTION.NET DID IT, NOT ME!!)))
Next Chapter: Dinner party
Disclaimer: I wish I could own Final Fantasy 7, but no, Square does... *pouts*
I decided to change Chapter 2's title... [Chapter 2: Training's disadvantages]
The next morning........
Yuffie had just awaken to another beautiful day. She jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom. She yawned.
"Just another perfect sunny day..." Yuffie said as she yawned again. "Sunny...hmm, that reminds me." She said as she picked up her brush and ran it through her tangled, chocolate brown hair. "I wonder how Sunnys doin'." she said. She looked in the mirror and made sure her hair was neat. She then left the bathroom. Yuffie went back in her room and looked at the bed- side table clock. "Nine o' clock, usually I sleep later; wonder if Cloud and Tifa are awake?"
Yuffie walked downstairs and into the kitchen. There she saw Cloud and Tifa eating breakfast. Yuffie walked over to the table, still in her pajamas.
"Bacon and eggs, huh? Sounds yummy to me!" Yuffie said sitting down across from Cloud and Tifa.
"And sausage, too." Cloud said with a mouth full. Tifa looked at him. "Cloud, honey, don't talk with your mouth full." she said as Yuffie grabbed a plate and placed two sausage links, two eggs, and five pieces of bacon on it.
"Yuffie, what would you like, apple juice or orange juice with that?" Tifa asked getting up to wash off her plate.
"I'll take...uhh, orange for today, maybe apple for tommorow." Yuffie said. Tifa brought over some orange juice for her and set it down on the table.
"Well, I never had a chance to say good morning, Yuffie." Cloud said.
"Well, then good morning to both of you." Yuffie laughed a bit. She sipped her juice and began eating.
"Wow Tifa, I never knew your cooking was so great!" Yuffie said chowing down. "Why, thank you very much Yuffie." Tifa said. "Also, did you sleep good last night?"
"Why yes, I did." Cloud said. "No not you, I mean Yuffie." Tifa said.
"Oh, yeah, I slept good, very good, I was really tired." Yuffie said just as she ate the last bit of food on her plate. "Well, that's good to hear, at least Cloud's snoring didn't keep you up." Tifa laughed.
Cloud looked at Tifa. "Hey! I do not snore!" Tifa and Yuffie both laughed. Yuffie got up and grabbed her and Cloud's plate and went over to the sink and washed them off.
"Hey Yuffie, you don't have to clean my dish, you're a guest and you shouldn't have to work around here." Cloud said. "No, it's okay. As long as I live here, I don't mind doing some of the work. Just as long as you guys don't send me out to look for rare materia." Yuffie giggled.
"Oh don't worry, we will!" Cloud said sarcasticly. All three friends laughed.
"Well Tifa, thanks for breakfast, I think I might go out and train somewhere." Yuffie said. "Oh, no problem at all, Yuffie. I'm glad you like my cooking." Tifa said. Yuffie ran upstairs and into her bedroom. She grabbed her bag and placed it on the bed. She undid the zipper to the bag and reached in. Nothing.
"Huh?" Yuffie wondered. "Oh yeah, duh, I put my clothes in the closet. Heh heh, stupid me!" she then ran to her closet and slipped on her outfit that she wore when her and the gang defeated Sephiroth. In other words, her green, thin, short sweater and her khaki short-shorts.
Back in the kitchen.....
"You know what Cloud, I really liked Yuffie's sky blue chocobo pajamas." Tifa said to her husband. Cloud just laughed. "What's so funny?" she asked. "I liked them too..." Cloud said. They both laughed.
Back to Yuffie.....
As soon as Yuffie was all suited up, she grabbed her Conformer and ran out the door. She hadn't trained for awhile now, and she needed to sharpen her ninja reflexes again.
"Well, first things first, I'm gonna go check on Sunny!" she said walking to the chocobo stables. Sunny was in the first stable eating some Greens. Yuffie smiled and walked in. She unlocked the gate to the stable and let him out.
Sunny was pretty happy to see Yuffie again. In jumped up and down warking at her. She jumped and threw her leg over his back and on to his other side. Yuffie grabbed the reins with one hand, and set the Conformer in one of the saddle bags with the other. She lightly tugged the reins and they were off. About now it was almost 11:00 a.m. and Yuffie was ready to train hard.
"Hmm, where should I go to train?" she thought aloud. "Somewhere difficult, but not too hard......Wait I got it! How about the Gold Saucer's desert?" she asked Sunny.
"....Warrrk!" Sunny said as he began to run a lot faster. "Whoa boy, what's the rush?" Yuffie asked. Sunny sped up to full speed towards the desert. "Maybe you know about the dinner party thing tonight? Ah, shit! I don't even know when it starts. Just keep going faster while I call Tifa and ask her." Sunny was going about 70 miles per hour (man that's fast!) while Yuffie pulled the PHS out of her back shorts pocket. She dialed up Tifa and waited.
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Ring ring! Ring ring! Tifa's PHS went. She picked it up off the counter and answered it.
"Hello?" Tifa asked. Yuffie made her voice deep on the PHS so it would sound like a guy.
"Hello, yes, ma'am you have just won 3 million gil!!!!!!!" Yuffie said trying not to laugh.
"WHAT?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Tifa yelled. "REALLY!?" Yuffie cleared her thoat and let her voice return to normal. "NO! Hahahahahaha!" "What? Is this Yuffie?" Tifa asked in a playful angry tone.
".........yes......" Yuffie laughed. "That was so funny; I couldn't resist!" Yuffie laughed some more. Tifa laughed. "Good one, but did you just call to prank me or what?" "Yes and no, I also wanted to find out when the dinner party thing starts." Yuffie asked. "Around six or so." Tifa replied. "Okay thanks Tif, bye!" Yuffie hung up.
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Yuffie and Sunny were about 3 miles away from the desert. "Damn Sunny! You got us here THIS fast!?" Yuffie shouted. "Wark Wark!" he replied. She patted his head. Yuffie looked up in the sky at the clouds as her hair blew in the breeze.
*I kinda wish I had someone to always talk to. Yes, Tifa and Cloud are good to talk to, but I mean...well kinda like a guy to talk to, Cloud is married...I'm sorta lookin' for........................................romance..................* Yuffie thought. *Why am I even thinking about this! What a dumb topic to think about right before I go and train. Besides, who would want to love a hyper active ninja girl anyways...........*
Yuffie felt a sharp pain in her heart.
*I'm not even really the romantic type anyways....* Yuffie felt hot burning tears in her eyes, but the wind from the chocobo's speed just dryed them up when they started to spill.
*I'm not very pretty, or smart...sniff not attractive or anything like that...sniff I've always wanted to be like Aeris or Tifa. They are both very pretty. sniff Too bad Aeris is dead....sniff I really miss her....*
Yuffie's sobs became small crys.
"Well, sniff I gotta cheer up, right Sunny?" asked the teary eyed ninja. "Wark...." Sunny slowed down quite a bit and finally came to a halt. Turns out that they reached their destination point: The Gold Saucer's desert. Sunny stopped right before the quick sand and let Yuffie off. As soon as she got off and grabbed her Conformer, Sunny rested his head on Yuffie's shoulder. She patted it and soon felt a little better.
"I guess I gotta go now Sunn, I'll be out soon." Yuffie said running into the sandy desert. Luckily, Dio of the Gold Saucer fixed the quick sand problem so nobody would sink into it.
Yuffie ran very fast towards the middle of the whole desert. It was pretty hot, and she was sweating a bit. Yuffie stopped dead in her tracks as she heard paw steps behind her. Not close, but not far, she could still hear them pretty well. She didn't turn around or run, just froze.
*What kind of enemy is this? I don't wanna turn around unless I know what it is!* Yuffie thought. The footsteps became a bit louder.
*Cactar? No...Giant earth worm? No... sounds like a big cat...ah, screw this, I'm turning around!* Yuffie turned around quickly. Her eyes widened.
"What the hell? Dark Nation?!" she said as she looked at the blackish, blue, panther-like cat 17 feet away from her. Dark Nation growled fiercely. (Dark Nation is the panther-like cat that guards Rufus when you fight him in the game.)
"Thought Cloud killed you! Well, this will be an intresting fight!" Yuffie said competitively as she struck her fighting pose. Dark Nation growled again, this time even louder.
Yuffie runs up to him and attempts to slash him with the Conformer. Dark Nation quickly ducks and spins around, slashing his tail against her left leg. The slash breaks the skin on her lower left leg and begins to bleed. Yuffie stammers back but manages to keep her balance.
"Not bad, cat!" Yuffie shouted.
Dark Nation runs towards Yuffie and jumps into the air trying to catch his claws or fangs on any flesh possible, but Yuffie quickly shuffles to her right and avoids being hit while at the same time, slashes his upper back with her Conformer. Dark Nation falls to the ground, but gets back up quickly and slashes her right shoulder with his claws.
The cut from the shoulder begins to bleed a little. Yuffie does a back flip high into the air and lands 6 ft in front of him. Quickly her ninja reflexes kick in and she throws the Conformer with a flick of her wrist and sends it flying towards him. Dark Nation tries to duck in time, but 1/3 of his tail is sliced off. And yet, what Dark Nation doesn't know, is that the Conformer returns to the person who thows it.
The Conformer spins around and comes flying back behind Dark Nation and slices left of his neck. Both the tail cut and neck cut of Dark Nation start to bleed. Yuffie catches the Conformer and quickly sends it flying when Dark Nation is off guard. The Conformer spins low to the ground and slices him right in the left front leg. Dark Nation collapses, but not for good. After the Conformer comes back to Yuffie, he gets up and runs with great speed and agility towards her.
Yuffie jumps into the air as soon as Dark Nation is near her. Dark Nation runs underneath her but jumps and wraps the remaining half of his tail around her neck. Yuffie falls to her knees after the jump and Dark Nation lands on his paws with his tail still wrapped around her neck. He tightens the grip on his tail, but Yuffie cannot do anything, but try to breathe.
Dark Nation continues to tighten the grip on his tail to choke her. Yuffie drops her Conformer to the ground and gasps for air. Dark Nation stops tightening the grip and quickly bites her right arm and sinks his fangs into the flesh of her arm. Yuffie tries to scream, but can't. Dark Nation sinks his fangs deeper and deeper.
*HELP!!! WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME!? PLEASE SOMEONE..............GOD PLEASE I CAN'T DIE YET....I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE......!!*
In an instant, gunfire was heard and a bullet was placed deep into the forehead of Dark Nation, cracking his skull and killing him instantly. He fell over on his side, his fangs releasing Yuffie's right arm and tail loosely untightened and fell to the ground, lifelessly. Yuffie then collapsed.
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Yuffie awoke to a dark room, filled with no light at all. She was lying in a bed stiff as could be. She tried to sit up but her leg and arm pains started to kick in. She screamed as soon as they kicked in and the door to the bedroom opened quickly and someone rushed in. Yuffie couldn't make out who it was with the darkness, though.
The person rushed over to the bed she was lying in. Yuffie quit screaming.
"Yuffie, Yuffie, are you okay?" asked a deep, yet concerned monotoned voice as the person gently grabbed her by the shoulders. Yuffie shook away from the grip and scooted back in the bed.
"Who the hell are you!?!" she shouted at the person. Yuffie could only identify the person as a man. The man reached over to the night stand and turned on a lamp to truly identify himself to be only....
"Vincent?!?!?!" Yuffie shouted again. "Shh, Yuffie, there is no need for you to yell like that." he said in monotone.
"Sorry, but where the hell am I?" Yuffie asked. She had no idea what time it was or anything like that.
"You are in Nibelheim, at the Shinra mansion." Vincent replied. "Shinra mansion? Nibelheim? Isn't this place YOUR house?" Yuffie asked. Vincent nodded. "Well, what time is it?" she asked. "5:00 p.m." he told her. "Hey Vince, is tonight the dinner party or was it yesterday? I hardley remember anything." "Tonight is the dinner party, yes. What do you remember before you woke up?" Vincent asked. "I remember...intense pain on my neck and my right arm...then falling to the ground and seeing a never-ending tunnel of blackness...." Yuffie explained as she looked at the bandages on her right arm, shoulder, and left leg. ".......................Anything else....?" he asked. "Yes, one more thing...gunfire..." Yuffie looked at her clothes underneath the covers. They were a little sandy, but not much. "Vincent, I have two questions." she said. "What?" he asked. "Is, is Sunny okay?" Yuffie looked deep into his eyes. Vincent sat down on the side of the bed. "Yes, he's fine." "Okay and.................you saved me, right?" she asked. Vincent looked at the wall. ".....Yes..." Yuffie was in so much pain right now, but she had to do, what she had to do. Yuffie leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Vincent and gave him a small hug. Vincent didn't pull away, nor return the embrace; just sat there. Yuffie let go. She smiled at him while he just looked at her. "What was that for?" he asked in his regular monotone. "That was my way of saying 'Thank You'." she tried to sit up more, but fell back on her pillow. "Owwwwww!" she yelled. "You shouldn't try to move around like that, you'll hurt yourself even more." "Vinnie..." Yuffie said. Vincent flenched at the nick name. "Tell me what happened...you know, how you saved my life." "Why?" he asked. "I just want to know." "I was walking around the desert area, you see, I'd just got back from visiting an old friend of mine in the desert prison of Gold Saucer, but anyway, I was on my way home and in view, I saw something dark blue. I was comming closer and reconized it to be Dark Nation, Rufus' panther. Well, as soon as I reconized it I saw it strangling something, no, someone and was biting their arm. I ran closer and saw that it wasn't just a girl, it was my old comrade, Yuffie Kisaragi. So I pulled out my Death Penalty, fired a quick shot into the center of his forehead and killed him." Vincent explained. "Wow..." Yuffie was surprised. "I really can't thank you enough." "There is no need to thank me. I always help people." he said. "Oh yes, and speaking of which, I need to cure you." Vincent got up and left the room. Yuffie thought for a while. *He saved my life, how could I ever repay him? Gawd he's so nice. He's even gonna cure me! God, thanks for etting me live, thanks for not letting me see eternal darkness. Thanks Vincent for being there...for me. This is probably his bed too. And he probably had to put me on Sunny and ride with me to here. Gosh he's so nice. * Yuffie thought. Vincent walked back into the room with some materia orbs. Vincent set all of them on the bed and picked up one. "Yuffie, I'm going to use Cure 3 on you, I need you to stand, but I'm probably going to need to help you." Yuffie sat up again and Vincent took her hand and slowly pulled her up. Yuffie felt a tingle in her heart. She blushed and looked away. Vincent took the Cure materia and held it in the palm of his hand. He started to mumble something and the materia started to float above his palm. Soon green, purple, white, red, and blue light particles surrounded Yuffie's entire body. She felt little tingles on her wounds as they started to disapear. The wounds weren't completly healed yet, so he repeated the same process. All of the young ninja girl's cuts and bruises vanished. "Really, Vincent, I can't thank you enough." Yuffie shyly said. "I told you, it's okay, it's my job." he said. "Do you want to try to walk now?" "Sure, I'll try." Yuffie began to take small steps towards Vincent. She then took a big step, but tripped. Vincent's reflexes kicked in and he caught her just in time. Vincent helped her upright again. "Maybe you should try baby steps. Just baby steps." "OK." she said. She took a lot of baby steps. "Okay, now try big steps again." he said. She did. Yuffie took about 7 big steps. "Now try walking fast." he said. Yuffie grinned; the mischevious grin like always... She didn't walk, she ran out the bedroom door and down to the kitchen without tripping once. Vincent followed her downstairs. "I'm impressed you can even run now." he said. "Yeah, well, I'm hungry!" she said. "Can you wait a little bit, we're going over to Tifa and Cloud's house for dinner, remember?" "Yes I remember, how long do we have to wait?" Yuffie asked. "Well let's see..." Vincent went into the living room and looked at the clock. It read 5:45. Vincent went back into the kitchen. "Anytime now, Cid should be picking us up with the Highwind." "Cid? That bastard? Why!?" Yuffie whined. "It's our only ride, unless you wanna ride chocobos." Vincent said. "By the way, I told Tifa and Cloud what happened. They are still worried even if you're safe here." he said. "Why'd you tell them? Now they'll NEVER let me go anywhere alone again..." Yuffie pouted. "Probably not a bad idea..." he said. "WHAT?! How dare you! Traitor, now you're siding with them!" she shouted. "Whoever said I was on your side?" Vincent said in monotone, trying not to laugh. "WHAT!!!?" Yuffie shouted again. Vincent chuckled. *Vincent...laughing? Weird....* Yuffie thought. "You know, you're kinda cute when you get mad..." Vincent said. Yuffie went 3 different shades of red. Vincent's face was flushed as well. *I cannot belive I just said that!* Vincent thought. **Me either** Chaos said. *I cannot belive he just said that!* Yuffie thought. "Umm...well....errr...umm...yeah...heh heh..." Yuffie stuttered. "Yeah...heh heh..." Vincent stuttered, too.
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