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way. Anyway, please R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of FF7's places, materials, characters, etc. Squaresoft owns them all.
[Chapter 1: Strange Behavior]
"Semmi ne sano la kata?" Yuffie read from her book. "Meaning 'Hello, how are you?' Hmm, it DOES sound familiar." She looked over the sentence once more. "Semmi ne sano la kata?" She smiled.
"It's been so long since I've spoken Wutainese..." she cleared her throat. "Semmi ne sano la kata?"
"Yuso ora desa." Yuffie looked up from her book and saw a bit of red cloth flash past her door. "Vincent?" she closed her book and jumped off the bed.
"Hey, wait!" she called down the hallway as she stepped out her door. "Huh?" she looked down the direction to where she had seen him pass. She ran down the hall sock footed towards his room. "Vinnie?" she called, approaching his room.
She knocked at his door impatiently. "Come in." a voice from inside the room called. She turned the doorknob and flung the door open as she scrambled inside.
"Vincent, what the hell?!" she nearly shouted. He looked up from the desk he was sitting at and focused his glance towards Yuffie. He had a bit of a confused expression.
"Hm?" he questioned her with his eyes. "You know what I'm talking about!" she crossed her arms over her chest and impatiently tapped her foot on the ground. Vincent shook his head. Yuffie rolled her eyes and let out a low, long sigh while unfolding her arms. "C'mon! The Wutainese! I'm not stupid!"
"I know you aren't." Vincent smirked. "This is not time for games, Vinnie! Tell me, how do you know Wutainese?!"
He shrugged. "I just, you know, picked it up."
"You can't just pick it up! It takes weeks, months, maybe even years to learn!"
"I know. I--I just......" Vincent looked backed down at his papers he was working on. "....Never mind...." he groaned. Yuffie looked surprised. "C'mon, you can tell me." She walked over and put her hand on his shoulder. He lightly shook it off. "Please Yuffie, just go."
The hairs on the back of Yuffie's neck rose. Something was wrong. Something she couldn't quite place. She walked out of the room without saying a word.
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"So what did you guys do today?" Tifa chirped at the dinner table. Vincent said nothing. Yuffie looked away.
Tifa frowned. "What's the matter?" Neither of them said anything. Tifa sighed. "Leave 'em alone. They're probably mad at each other." Cloud pointed out. "No...it's not that..." Yuffie spoke up.
"What then? Are you on your---" Tifa dropped her fork and quickly covered his mouth. "Cloud!!" "What? I was just asking if she was on her---" Tifa crushed his foot with hers. "Ahh! Oww! What was that for!?"
"I'd think it be best if you not ask her that, okay?!" she said through clenched teeth. "Okay, okay!"
"May I be excused?" Yuffie spoke. "Uh, yeah, sure!" Tifa laughed nervously.
Yuffie cleared her plate and walked out.
"See?! Now you scared her off! What kind of person do you think you are?! Asking her if she's on her period! Gosh!"
"Ahem." Tifa's head whipped around to look at Vincent. She turned three different shades of red. "Uh, oh yeah...you're still here..." she said, embarrassed. Vincent got up from the table, cleaned off his plate, and left without a word.
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Yuffie flipped through pages of her small navy blue book. "C'mon, it's gotta be here somewhere!" she scanned a page with her chocolate brown eyes. "Ah, ha!" she read with her finger on the word.
"Yuso ora desa." She said slowly, reading the definition to the sentence. "I am fine." She said flatly. "So that's what it meant...I knew it sounded Wutainese right when it came from his mouth. I knew it couldn't be any other language. I may have forgot a lot of Wutainese, but I can remember the accent and some of the words, names, phrases, and other things."
She closed the book and rolled onto her back, looking up at the ceiling with her arms crossed behind her head. She closed her eyes.
*He was acting really strange at dinner...* she thought. *It was almost like he was acting the same way when we first met him.....* she rolled back over on her stomach and tried to erase the thought from her mind, but she felt a flashback coming on.
~~~Flashback~~~
[Knock knock] "Who disturbs my sleep?" came a deep male voice within the coffin that lay before the three comrades. The coffin lid flew off and a strange, tall, dark man stood before them, wearing nothing but black with a blood red cape.
"What do you want?" he snorted bitterly. "Do you know anything about this mansion?" Cloud asked. "Leave me alone." The man stepped back in his coffin and closed the lid.
[Knock knock] The lid flew off again and the man stood before them. "What did I just say? Leave me alone!"
"Hang on, do you know anything about Sephiroth?" the spiky blond spoke up once more. This seemed to get the man's attention. "What about him?"
Cloud explained that Sephiroth had gone mad and everything that went on in the mansion. After he was done, the man told his story of why he was down in the basement and why he was wearing such dark clothes and had a claw for a hand.
"You sleep down here as punishment because you lost your true love? What a weird punishment...sleeping?" the female brunette said. "........" the man didn't answer. Instead, he climbed back into his coffin and closed the lid.
[Knock knock] "Hey, at least tell us your name!" "....Vincent..." came within the coffin. They shrugged and walked out.
As soon as they were about to go up the steps, Vincent appeared in from of them. "Wait....I....I want to join you..." he said. "Huh? Really?" Cloud was surprised. "...Being an Ex-Turk I might be of some help to you." Cloud grinned. "Welcome to AVALANCHE."
As they walked out, Tifa, Yuffie, and Cloud were all asking him questions. Like where he was from, the name of his true love, how old he was, etc.
Yet he never answered them. He kept silent most of the time. "How long have you actually slept in that coffin?" Cloud asked. "....." Vincent kept silent.
"Do you have any family?" Tifa asked. "........"
"Why'd you work for the Turks anyway? I mean they are so stupid! So useless! So...."
~~~End Flashback~~~
Yuffie's eyes flashed open. "Oh man! I forgot I said that!" she sat up frantically. "I'm so stupid!" she mentally kicked herself. "I need to apologize to him!"
She looked at the clock on the nightstand. "10:00? It's THAT early?" she sighed. "He's probably asleep. I'll tell him in the morning." Yuffie crawled up on her pillow and pulled down the covers on her bed. She slipped in and turned off the lamp.
"Yeah...in the morning..." she said before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.
Hope you liked that chapter! Please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of FF7's places, materials, characters, etc. Squaresoft owns them all.
[Chapter 1: Strange Behavior]
"Semmi ne sano la kata?" Yuffie read from her book. "Meaning 'Hello, how are you?' Hmm, it DOES sound familiar." She looked over the sentence once more. "Semmi ne sano la kata?" She smiled.
"It's been so long since I've spoken Wutainese..." she cleared her throat. "Semmi ne sano la kata?"
"Yuso ora desa." Yuffie looked up from her book and saw a bit of red cloth flash past her door. "Vincent?" she closed her book and jumped off the bed.
"Hey, wait!" she called down the hallway as she stepped out her door. "Huh?" she looked down the direction to where she had seen him pass. She ran down the hall sock footed towards his room. "Vinnie?" she called, approaching his room.
She knocked at his door impatiently. "Come in." a voice from inside the room called. She turned the doorknob and flung the door open as she scrambled inside.
"Vincent, what the hell?!" she nearly shouted. He looked up from the desk he was sitting at and focused his glance towards Yuffie. He had a bit of a confused expression.
"Hm?" he questioned her with his eyes. "You know what I'm talking about!" she crossed her arms over her chest and impatiently tapped her foot on the ground. Vincent shook his head. Yuffie rolled her eyes and let out a low, long sigh while unfolding her arms. "C'mon! The Wutainese! I'm not stupid!"
"I know you aren't." Vincent smirked. "This is not time for games, Vinnie! Tell me, how do you know Wutainese?!"
He shrugged. "I just, you know, picked it up."
"You can't just pick it up! It takes weeks, months, maybe even years to learn!"
"I know. I--I just......" Vincent looked backed down at his papers he was working on. "....Never mind...." he groaned. Yuffie looked surprised. "C'mon, you can tell me." She walked over and put her hand on his shoulder. He lightly shook it off. "Please Yuffie, just go."
The hairs on the back of Yuffie's neck rose. Something was wrong. Something she couldn't quite place. She walked out of the room without saying a word.
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"So what did you guys do today?" Tifa chirped at the dinner table. Vincent said nothing. Yuffie looked away.
Tifa frowned. "What's the matter?" Neither of them said anything. Tifa sighed. "Leave 'em alone. They're probably mad at each other." Cloud pointed out. "No...it's not that..." Yuffie spoke up.
"What then? Are you on your---" Tifa dropped her fork and quickly covered his mouth. "Cloud!!" "What? I was just asking if she was on her---" Tifa crushed his foot with hers. "Ahh! Oww! What was that for!?"
"I'd think it be best if you not ask her that, okay?!" she said through clenched teeth. "Okay, okay!"
"May I be excused?" Yuffie spoke. "Uh, yeah, sure!" Tifa laughed nervously.
Yuffie cleared her plate and walked out.
"See?! Now you scared her off! What kind of person do you think you are?! Asking her if she's on her period! Gosh!"
"Ahem." Tifa's head whipped around to look at Vincent. She turned three different shades of red. "Uh, oh yeah...you're still here..." she said, embarrassed. Vincent got up from the table, cleaned off his plate, and left without a word.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yuffie flipped through pages of her small navy blue book. "C'mon, it's gotta be here somewhere!" she scanned a page with her chocolate brown eyes. "Ah, ha!" she read with her finger on the word.
"Yuso ora desa." She said slowly, reading the definition to the sentence. "I am fine." She said flatly. "So that's what it meant...I knew it sounded Wutainese right when it came from his mouth. I knew it couldn't be any other language. I may have forgot a lot of Wutainese, but I can remember the accent and some of the words, names, phrases, and other things."
She closed the book and rolled onto her back, looking up at the ceiling with her arms crossed behind her head. She closed her eyes.
*He was acting really strange at dinner...* she thought. *It was almost like he was acting the same way when we first met him.....* she rolled back over on her stomach and tried to erase the thought from her mind, but she felt a flashback coming on.
~~~Flashback~~~
[Knock knock] "Who disturbs my sleep?" came a deep male voice within the coffin that lay before the three comrades. The coffin lid flew off and a strange, tall, dark man stood before them, wearing nothing but black with a blood red cape.
"What do you want?" he snorted bitterly. "Do you know anything about this mansion?" Cloud asked. "Leave me alone." The man stepped back in his coffin and closed the lid.
[Knock knock] The lid flew off again and the man stood before them. "What did I just say? Leave me alone!"
"Hang on, do you know anything about Sephiroth?" the spiky blond spoke up once more. This seemed to get the man's attention. "What about him?"
Cloud explained that Sephiroth had gone mad and everything that went on in the mansion. After he was done, the man told his story of why he was down in the basement and why he was wearing such dark clothes and had a claw for a hand.
"You sleep down here as punishment because you lost your true love? What a weird punishment...sleeping?" the female brunette said. "........" the man didn't answer. Instead, he climbed back into his coffin and closed the lid.
[Knock knock] "Hey, at least tell us your name!" "....Vincent..." came within the coffin. They shrugged and walked out.
As soon as they were about to go up the steps, Vincent appeared in from of them. "Wait....I....I want to join you..." he said. "Huh? Really?" Cloud was surprised. "...Being an Ex-Turk I might be of some help to you." Cloud grinned. "Welcome to AVALANCHE."
As they walked out, Tifa, Yuffie, and Cloud were all asking him questions. Like where he was from, the name of his true love, how old he was, etc.
Yet he never answered them. He kept silent most of the time. "How long have you actually slept in that coffin?" Cloud asked. "....." Vincent kept silent.
"Do you have any family?" Tifa asked. "........"
"Why'd you work for the Turks anyway? I mean they are so stupid! So useless! So...."
~~~End Flashback~~~
Yuffie's eyes flashed open. "Oh man! I forgot I said that!" she sat up frantically. "I'm so stupid!" she mentally kicked herself. "I need to apologize to him!"
She looked at the clock on the nightstand. "10:00? It's THAT early?" she sighed. "He's probably asleep. I'll tell him in the morning." Yuffie crawled up on her pillow and pulled down the covers on her bed. She slipped in and turned off the lamp.
"Yeah...in the morning..." she said before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.
Hope you liked that chapter! Please review!