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[Chapter 22: She's...gone...]
Vincent was breathing heavily. "W-why? Why did I leave her up here? I could of saved her by making sure she was with me!" Vincent mentally kicked himself.
Everyone else slowly came up the stairs. They had heard Vincent cursing himself about what he had done. They didn't want to believe it was true though.
Tifa pushed through the crowd of friends. She reached Vincent, whom was kneeling aside his true love.
"No...this can't be!" Tifa cried, kneeling aside Vincent. "I don't want another friend taken away!" she buried her face in Vincent's shoulder and cried harder. Cloud stepped up.
"Roy?" he asked, his voice became harsh and rough. Vincent looked back down at Yuffie and nodded slowly, closing his eyes and letting the tears fall to the ground.
Cid stepped forward. "Is she......?"
Vincent shook his head. "She passed out. Probably from the loss of blood. Come on, let's get her down stairs and see what we can do." Vincent picked her up slowly and walked down the stairs with everyone following.
Vincent reached the meeting room table and set her on it. Elena ran up to her.
"If she was shot in her stomach, there's probably not much we can do!" Elena's eyes were filled with tears. "We don't wanna cause her too much pain, now, let's try to stop the bleeding." Cid stepped up and wrapped a small hand-cloth around her stomach.
"Don't tighten it too much, it may hurt her..." Vincent looked Cid in the eyes as if pleading for him to help her come through. Rude pushed through them both and looked down at the fallen ninja girl.
"....I don't know if she's going to make it...." Rude tightened the cloth a bit more to stop the bleeding. One by one, everyone left the room, leaving the couple. Tifa didn't take her eyes off Yuffie, nor did she leave.
"If she doesn't make it..." Tifa began with tears streaming down her face. "...What will you do...?" Vincent never took his eyes off Yuffie, either. "I don't want to talk about it...." Tifa nodded. "I understand." she left Vincent alone with Yuffie.
Vincent swallowed a lump forming in his throat. "Yuffie....you gotta pull through for us....not just for Cloud and the others, but me also." Vincent's voice was rough and scratchy. A crystal colored tear fell on Yuffie's cheek.
"Uhnnn...." Yuffie shifted. Vincent about jumped ten feet in the air. "Yuffie! Are you okay?!" he asked frantically. "Vinnie....is that....unnn....you?" Vincent grabbed her hand that was snaking it's way up to the wound. He feared he never would hear the word "Vinnie" again.
"Yuffie....." Vincent began to shake. "I-I don't wanna lose you...." he cried harder. "Vinnie.....don't be afraid....if I die, I'll always be in your heart..." her voice faded and she closed her eyes slowly.
"No! I can't let you do that! Yuffie...you can't die....I love you!" Vincent continued to cry. Yuffie slowly opened her eyes again. "...And I love you...but Vinnie, we all can't have what we want in life....sometimes it gets taken away from us, and we cry out in despair, but no matter how much we cry, the sorrow's of the Heaven's will not even grant us life again, unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
The cloth over Yuffie's wound started becoming blood red.
Vincent's eyes widened when he saw it. Yuffie looked down at her wound.
"See? It's not gonna mater unless....uhhnnn...." Yuffie closed her eyes.
"Yuffie! Yuffie, open your eyes!" Vincent shouted. He held her hand and brought it up to his face. "Please wake up, Yuffie..." he touched her hand upon his cheek.
Her soft hand was so cold, filled with pain.
He gently put her hand back on the table beside her. "I have to stop him...." Vincent approached the door as he heard Yuffie.
"Don't leave.....yet...." she coughed. "I have....something....for you...." she reached up to her neck and undid the silver necklace around her neck. Vincent walked over to her.
"Take this...." she slowly handed him the necklace. Vincent accepted it and tied it around his neck. "It possess Holy powers....or so my mother said...." Yuffie smiled a bit. "The way to unlock the power is to.......to......uhnnn...." she closed her eyes half way.
"Yuffie! How? How do I unlock it?! Yuffie please!" Vincent's eyes became watery again. Yuffie laid still, her grip releasing from her wound and eyes closing fully.
Vincent knew right then what had happened.
"....Y-Yuffie??" his voice was shaky. "Yuffie?! No.....no this....this can't happen!!!" Vincent yelled. Tifa and Rude ran through the doors.
"What's going on?!" Tifa ran up to Vincent. He turned around and faced her. "......" Rude said nothing as he walked up to Yuffie.
"...She's......" Vincent looked behind him. "...She's....gone...." Vincent buried his face into his hands. Tifa's eyes widend. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Rude examined Yuffie's wound. He then checked her pulse.
".........................." Rude backed away. Vincent looked back at Yuffie, then at Rude. ".....She's really....." Rude said in a gruff tone. Before Vincent had time to look back at Tifa, she'd already had her face in her hands sobbing.
"I can't believe this is happening!" Tifa started. "My mom was taken away from me....then my dad......then Aeris.....and now Yuffie??" she sobbed harder.
Vincent's expresion changed as he walked past both Rude and Tifa with an angered look upon his face. "Roy...." Vincent scolded.
"When I find you, I'll.....RRGH!!" Vincent yelled. He ran up to the deck of the Highwind.
Vincent sat aboard the top of the air ship. His hair and cape blew fiercely in the wind. He looked to the front of the ship.
"Where the hell's Cid taking us?" his voice was gruff and stern. He looked into the sky and closed his eyes.
~Flash~
"Vinnie, we all can't have what we want in life....sometimes it gets taken away from us, and we cry out in despair, but no matter how much we cry, the sorrow's of the Heaven's will not even grant us life again, unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Great..."
~Flash~
"Phoenix..."
~Flash~
Vincent jumped up. "Phoenix!!!" he breathed. "The Great Phoenix Fire Bird must help us!" he jumped of the Highwind and down to the deck. He ran as fast as he could to the main control room.
"CID!" he ran near the pilot. Cid turned towards him. "I heard what happen-- -" "Yeah, and we may be able to save her!!" gasps were heard all through out the room. "What?! How!?" Tifa ran up to Vincent.
"Yuffie said that Great Phoenix can return life to someone who's been killed innocently!" he said. "She did?!" Cid asked. "Well, she didn't say to someone who's been innocently killed, but why else would Phoenix resurrect someone who wasn't?" Vincent explained.
"He's got a point..." Cloud spoke up. "Exactly, that's why we need to go to Phoenix now." Vincent demanded. "An' where exactly IS Phoenix?" Barret asked. "The most Holy place on the planet...."
Tifa gasped. "You mean---??!" Vincent nodded. "The Lifestream..." all gasped. "But that's underground! We can't get to it!!" Reno said. "There's a place where it starts. The Lifestream isn't all underground---"
"Wait. If Phoenix will revive anyone whom was killed innocently, then why wouldn't he revive Aeris?" Cloud interupted. Vincent turned towards him. "Good question. Aeris was accepted by the Lifestream faster than Yuffie will be because Aeris was a Cetra. She died saving the planet, therefore there was no time saving her with Phoenix. Yuffie will be accepted by the Lifestream later than Aeris."
Cloud sighed. "Yeah, but where does Lifestream start?"
Elena stepped up. "The City of the Ancients!" Vincent shook his head. "Umm...the Temple of the Ancients?" she tryed again. "Ancients are very Holy people, but it's not in their territory." Vincent said. "How do you know all this?" Cid asked.
"I went to the Lifestream to try to revive Lucrecia, but it was too late..." Vincent hung his head. "Cosmo Canyon?" Tifa asked. Vincent shook his head again. "It was there, but it sealed up. Now it's at Lucrecia Falls...." he sighed. "That's why I buried her there....you see, when we visited her during the war with Sephiroth, she wasn't really alive..."
"What?!!" Cloud blurted. "That was her spirit taking over her own body, acting as though she was alive. But no, she's dead and buried...." Vincent decided to get to the point. "Anyway, we need to get to Lucrecia Falls, and quick!"
"Wait, what about Phoenix? Do you actually KNOW where he is?" Tifa asked. "He lives in a cave by the starting of the Lifestream." Vincent nodded. Cid grunted. "Heh, a big ol' bird lives in a cave? I gotta see this!"
Cloud gave Cid a stern look. "We're not going just to horse around, we're going to try to resurrect Yuffie!" "I know, I know! Sheesh!" Cid pulled a lever and the Highwind turned a bit to the right. "Lucrecia Falls, here we come!!"
I'm guessing two or three more chapters? Hmm...it's a shame when good stories have to come to an end, eh? Well please review!
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns all FF7 material, not me.
[Chapter 22: She's...gone...]
Vincent was breathing heavily. "W-why? Why did I leave her up here? I could of saved her by making sure she was with me!" Vincent mentally kicked himself.
Everyone else slowly came up the stairs. They had heard Vincent cursing himself about what he had done. They didn't want to believe it was true though.
Tifa pushed through the crowd of friends. She reached Vincent, whom was kneeling aside his true love.
"No...this can't be!" Tifa cried, kneeling aside Vincent. "I don't want another friend taken away!" she buried her face in Vincent's shoulder and cried harder. Cloud stepped up.
"Roy?" he asked, his voice became harsh and rough. Vincent looked back down at Yuffie and nodded slowly, closing his eyes and letting the tears fall to the ground.
Cid stepped forward. "Is she......?"
Vincent shook his head. "She passed out. Probably from the loss of blood. Come on, let's get her down stairs and see what we can do." Vincent picked her up slowly and walked down the stairs with everyone following.
Vincent reached the meeting room table and set her on it. Elena ran up to her.
"If she was shot in her stomach, there's probably not much we can do!" Elena's eyes were filled with tears. "We don't wanna cause her too much pain, now, let's try to stop the bleeding." Cid stepped up and wrapped a small hand-cloth around her stomach.
"Don't tighten it too much, it may hurt her..." Vincent looked Cid in the eyes as if pleading for him to help her come through. Rude pushed through them both and looked down at the fallen ninja girl.
"....I don't know if she's going to make it...." Rude tightened the cloth a bit more to stop the bleeding. One by one, everyone left the room, leaving the couple. Tifa didn't take her eyes off Yuffie, nor did she leave.
"If she doesn't make it..." Tifa began with tears streaming down her face. "...What will you do...?" Vincent never took his eyes off Yuffie, either. "I don't want to talk about it...." Tifa nodded. "I understand." she left Vincent alone with Yuffie.
Vincent swallowed a lump forming in his throat. "Yuffie....you gotta pull through for us....not just for Cloud and the others, but me also." Vincent's voice was rough and scratchy. A crystal colored tear fell on Yuffie's cheek.
"Uhnnn...." Yuffie shifted. Vincent about jumped ten feet in the air. "Yuffie! Are you okay?!" he asked frantically. "Vinnie....is that....unnn....you?" Vincent grabbed her hand that was snaking it's way up to the wound. He feared he never would hear the word "Vinnie" again.
"Yuffie....." Vincent began to shake. "I-I don't wanna lose you...." he cried harder. "Vinnie.....don't be afraid....if I die, I'll always be in your heart..." her voice faded and she closed her eyes slowly.
"No! I can't let you do that! Yuffie...you can't die....I love you!" Vincent continued to cry. Yuffie slowly opened her eyes again. "...And I love you...but Vinnie, we all can't have what we want in life....sometimes it gets taken away from us, and we cry out in despair, but no matter how much we cry, the sorrow's of the Heaven's will not even grant us life again, unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
The cloth over Yuffie's wound started becoming blood red.
Vincent's eyes widened when he saw it. Yuffie looked down at her wound.
"See? It's not gonna mater unless....uhhnnn...." Yuffie closed her eyes.
"Yuffie! Yuffie, open your eyes!" Vincent shouted. He held her hand and brought it up to his face. "Please wake up, Yuffie..." he touched her hand upon his cheek.
Her soft hand was so cold, filled with pain.
He gently put her hand back on the table beside her. "I have to stop him...." Vincent approached the door as he heard Yuffie.
"Don't leave.....yet...." she coughed. "I have....something....for you...." she reached up to her neck and undid the silver necklace around her neck. Vincent walked over to her.
"Take this...." she slowly handed him the necklace. Vincent accepted it and tied it around his neck. "It possess Holy powers....or so my mother said...." Yuffie smiled a bit. "The way to unlock the power is to.......to......uhnnn...." she closed her eyes half way.
"Yuffie! How? How do I unlock it?! Yuffie please!" Vincent's eyes became watery again. Yuffie laid still, her grip releasing from her wound and eyes closing fully.
Vincent knew right then what had happened.
"....Y-Yuffie??" his voice was shaky. "Yuffie?! No.....no this....this can't happen!!!" Vincent yelled. Tifa and Rude ran through the doors.
"What's going on?!" Tifa ran up to Vincent. He turned around and faced her. "......" Rude said nothing as he walked up to Yuffie.
"...She's......" Vincent looked behind him. "...She's....gone...." Vincent buried his face into his hands. Tifa's eyes widend. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Rude examined Yuffie's wound. He then checked her pulse.
".........................." Rude backed away. Vincent looked back at Yuffie, then at Rude. ".....She's really....." Rude said in a gruff tone. Before Vincent had time to look back at Tifa, she'd already had her face in her hands sobbing.
"I can't believe this is happening!" Tifa started. "My mom was taken away from me....then my dad......then Aeris.....and now Yuffie??" she sobbed harder.
Vincent's expresion changed as he walked past both Rude and Tifa with an angered look upon his face. "Roy...." Vincent scolded.
"When I find you, I'll.....RRGH!!" Vincent yelled. He ran up to the deck of the Highwind.
Vincent sat aboard the top of the air ship. His hair and cape blew fiercely in the wind. He looked to the front of the ship.
"Where the hell's Cid taking us?" his voice was gruff and stern. He looked into the sky and closed his eyes.
~Flash~
"Vinnie, we all can't have what we want in life....sometimes it gets taken away from us, and we cry out in despair, but no matter how much we cry, the sorrow's of the Heaven's will not even grant us life again, unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Unless recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Recognized by Great Phoenix."
~Flash~
"Great..."
~Flash~
"Phoenix..."
~Flash~
Vincent jumped up. "Phoenix!!!" he breathed. "The Great Phoenix Fire Bird must help us!" he jumped of the Highwind and down to the deck. He ran as fast as he could to the main control room.
"CID!" he ran near the pilot. Cid turned towards him. "I heard what happen-- -" "Yeah, and we may be able to save her!!" gasps were heard all through out the room. "What?! How!?" Tifa ran up to Vincent.
"Yuffie said that Great Phoenix can return life to someone who's been killed innocently!" he said. "She did?!" Cid asked. "Well, she didn't say to someone who's been innocently killed, but why else would Phoenix resurrect someone who wasn't?" Vincent explained.
"He's got a point..." Cloud spoke up. "Exactly, that's why we need to go to Phoenix now." Vincent demanded. "An' where exactly IS Phoenix?" Barret asked. "The most Holy place on the planet...."
Tifa gasped. "You mean---??!" Vincent nodded. "The Lifestream..." all gasped. "But that's underground! We can't get to it!!" Reno said. "There's a place where it starts. The Lifestream isn't all underground---"
"Wait. If Phoenix will revive anyone whom was killed innocently, then why wouldn't he revive Aeris?" Cloud interupted. Vincent turned towards him. "Good question. Aeris was accepted by the Lifestream faster than Yuffie will be because Aeris was a Cetra. She died saving the planet, therefore there was no time saving her with Phoenix. Yuffie will be accepted by the Lifestream later than Aeris."
Cloud sighed. "Yeah, but where does Lifestream start?"
Elena stepped up. "The City of the Ancients!" Vincent shook his head. "Umm...the Temple of the Ancients?" she tryed again. "Ancients are very Holy people, but it's not in their territory." Vincent said. "How do you know all this?" Cid asked.
"I went to the Lifestream to try to revive Lucrecia, but it was too late..." Vincent hung his head. "Cosmo Canyon?" Tifa asked. Vincent shook his head again. "It was there, but it sealed up. Now it's at Lucrecia Falls...." he sighed. "That's why I buried her there....you see, when we visited her during the war with Sephiroth, she wasn't really alive..."
"What?!!" Cloud blurted. "That was her spirit taking over her own body, acting as though she was alive. But no, she's dead and buried...." Vincent decided to get to the point. "Anyway, we need to get to Lucrecia Falls, and quick!"
"Wait, what about Phoenix? Do you actually KNOW where he is?" Tifa asked. "He lives in a cave by the starting of the Lifestream." Vincent nodded. Cid grunted. "Heh, a big ol' bird lives in a cave? I gotta see this!"
Cloud gave Cid a stern look. "We're not going just to horse around, we're going to try to resurrect Yuffie!" "I know, I know! Sheesh!" Cid pulled a lever and the Highwind turned a bit to the right. "Lucrecia Falls, here we come!!"
I'm guessing two or three more chapters? Hmm...it's a shame when good stories have to come to an end, eh? Well please review!