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[Chapter 4: Girl Talk]
"It's been two days since Vinnie got caught..." Yuffie said studying her Wutainese book. "It's not fair, it wasn't HIS fault he had bad luck in the shower. After all, it WAS Friday the 13th. And Cloud has to be so mean about it! Making Vinnie clean up the bathroom and the whole house! Gawd!"
Yuffie studied her book over as she heard voices from outside of the room. She quietly walked out to the hallway and up to Cloud's door from where the sound was coming from. She put her ear against the door.
"So Vincent, do you think you've done your task properly?" A male voice inside spoke. Cloud.
"Yes. Can I please go work on something else now?" Another male voice came from inside the room. Vincent.
"Oh no, I've only just begun..." Cloud laughed as Vincent groaned. "Come on, man! I need a break! At least I paid for the new shower curtain and cleaned the whole house!"
"Oh, this is not a hard task..." the sound of papers being ruffled was heard. "In fact..." Cloud cut himself off. "Just look at this..." a gasp was heard from inside the room. "Oh my God...! Cloud, no way!" Vincent sounded excited.
*What? What're they doing?* Yuffie pondered in her thoughts.
"Yup. After a long time of working late in the night, I've finally got this set up for you. I hope you're happy." Cloud sounded a little excited as well. "Oh, but I am! Thank you so much!"
*Huh?*
Footsteps were heard in the room. Yuffie knew they were headed her way. "Uhh..." she looked both ways as for a way to escape. "You sure are a pal, Cloud!" Vincent chuckled. The doorknob was being turned. "Uhh..."
Vincent opened the door. "Haha! Yeah thanks again!" the man walked swiftly out the door. He sensed something and walked over to Yuffie's bedroom. As he passed, he looked through the open door.
"Hmm..." he shrugged and walked on past, his cape fluttering as he walked.
Yuffie pulled her knees up to her chest as she sat behind the back of the door.
"There is SO no way I need to be caught eavesdropping by Vinnie!"
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"Yummi ne fio coan boi nei." Yuffie spoke. "I think I'm getting the hang of this again!" she said happily. "I only spoke Wutainese when I was like, seven! I wonder how Vincent remembered all of his, he's older than me and he hasn't spoken the language since he was six or so. He was right...he does have a good memory and never forgets anything..."
She heard a knock on her bedroom door. "Come in." Vincent opened the door and walked in. "Hey Vinnie, what's up?" she still lay on her stomach casually on her bed. "I thought of an idea. It's kind of funny, but it depends on if you're up to it."
She nodded. "Cloud and Tifa don't know any Wutainese. So I figured..." "We could teach them?" Yuffie interrupted. "No...but if you already remember most of the language, then we could talk like that around them. They won't know what we're saying! It'll be fun!"
Yuffie smiled.
*He's becoming more like me...*
"Sure! That would be fun, but I need to study a bit more. I almost know all the phrases and stuff."
"I can help you review if you'd like." Vincent offered. "Yeah okay. I only need to do a little more." He sat down in the chair to the left side of the bed. "Lasso miu sei no ionly?" he asked.
"Er...Mano lano jenop isa mons?" Vincent shook his head. "No it's Mano lano jenop isanu mons." "Oh..."
"This might take a while..." he groaned.
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"Vincent, Yuffie! Dinner!" Tifa yelled up the stairs. Yuffie stepped out of her room at the exact same time as Vincent did out of his. They looked at each other and nodded.
They went down the stairs silently.
~~Flash~~
"You'll do fine...just don't think about it so much."
~~Flash~~
*I sure hope you're right, Vinnie...*
They stepped into the kitchen and grabbed a plate and filled it with food. Yuffie sat down right beside Vincent.
"So, how was your guys' day?" Tifa said cheerfully at the dinner table. Neither one answered.
"Aw, naw, it looks like Yuffie may be on her---" Cloud was cut off by Tifa smashing his foot. "Let's not start that again." Yuffie looked at Vincent as he looked at her. "Neschino leme kama..." he spoke.
"Wha---?" Cloud looked surprised.
Translation: "There they go again..."
"Lono rei seni mosure junt isoneu kusa." Yuffie replied.
Translation: "Yeah, those two can be a handful!"
Vincent smirked. "Lono poso ne lama humari!"
Translation: "Yeah, you're getting the hang of it!"
"You guys quit!" Cloud complained. "Isn't that Wutainese?" Tifa asked. "Yup." Yuffie grinned. "Sure is."
"Talk some more in it! I like it!" Tifa smiled. "Umm...Cloud ornano do portano se limio perte `comnso de ionos. Constanze la hama zaki neso le Vinnie meanee. Nosano lana ortyaba seleme!"
Vincent spit out his soda everywhere and burst out laughing. "Yuffie!" he said between laughs.
"What?" she smiled innocently.
"What'd she say?" Cloud asked.
Translation: "Cloud has porno magazines in his bedroom under his bed. I've seen them there when I was helping Vinnie clean. He has them because he knows that he can't get any!"
"Tell us what it means! It had my name in it!" Cloud demanded. "Yeah, I wanna know too! It was so pretty sounding!" Yuffie spit out her soda in surprise and laughed so hard her lungs hurt. Vincent was falling out of his chair already from laughing so hard.
"HAHAHA!! I don't think you wanna know!!" Yuffie said between laughs. "Is it nasty?" Tifa asked. "Let's just say it's not appropriate for the dinner table." Vincent said as he regained his normal position and tried to stop laughing. He failed. He fell completely out of his seat with laughter.
"It......wasn't....as....pretty....as you....thought it...would've been...!" Yuffie said in between fits of laughter. Cloud and Tifa looked at them real funny-like and scratched their heads in confusion as the couple across from them laughed their asses off.
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Yuffie watched the night stars with Tifa out on the deck. She would laugh here and there about the incident at dinner.
"Aren't the stars so pretty?" Tifa sighed. "Yeah..." Yuffie inhaled the crisp night's air. "I wonder what Vinnie and Cloud are doin'?"
"Probably working on something. Guys; they're so weird. Take my advice and NEVER get married!" Tifa laughed jokingly. "I thought that's what you wanted!" Yuffie said.
"Yes. Of course it is. I love Cloud. I truly do and I'm so glad we have made the commitment of marriage to each other. Just take my real advice; before you marry someone, make sure he's the right one. If you marry someone who doesn't care for you, then you'll be really screwed up."
"Yeah...but damn it! You found the right guy when you were young. I have to choose! It's like destiny for you; you found your true love when you were young. Damn my luck. I had a rough life even before I met you all."
Tifa looked sad. Yuffie got up and walked to the door. "Don't leave yet..." Tifa whispered barely enough for Yuffie to hear. She walked back over by Tifa and sat down. She looked into her eyes.
*She's crying...* Yuffie thought.
"I--I never really get to talk to you...you're always with Vincent or in your room. It makes me sad when you're here and I never get to talk with you. That's why at dinner, I always try to strike up a conversation." She wiped her eyes with her hands.
"I want to talk with another girl. It's not the same talking to Cloud about things so personal."
~~Flash~~
"Where's my materia?!" Tifa yelled. Cloud looked for his as well. "Oh no! Yuffie ran off with our materia!"
"What?! Ohh, I'll never forgive her for this!!"
~~Flash~~
"Never..."
~~Flash~~
"Forgive..."
~~Flash~~
Tifa started sobbing. "Yuffie I--" she sobbed harder. "Remember when you stole all of our materia? I was just so mad...I never wanted to speak to you ever again, but now..."
"Now I'm not the same old fuckin'-bratty-ass-no-good-immature-ungrateful- teenager anymore. Yeah, people hated me for what I did. I don't even give a damn what people think anymore. That's why I stole materia, gave cold shoulder to most people I hated, and above all, acted so immature and bratty to everyone." She paused.
"That's why I changed my ways in order to make friends with you. Before I met you guys, I had no friends. All the girls in Wutai thought I was too boyish and couldn't be a real woman because I didn't have a mother. The boys thought I was just a weird tomboy. That's why I became the Yuffie you met in the forest." She grunted.
"I'm sorry to bring this up, but why were you in the forest in the first place?" Tifa continued to sob.
"I ran away from Wutai. My stupid father continued to increase my ninja instincts so that I would be able to hunt for materia on my own. Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I started stealing materia for myself. I stopped hunting it for him and began hunting it for me. I really thought I alone could bring Wutai's 'resort town' image to the big and beautiful village it used to be."
"If your father continued to yearn the materia orbs for the same intention-- "
"Ha! The same intention? He not only wanted to restore Wutai, but to be the best of all ninjas. He wanted an empire of all ninjas, and nothing else!"
"But he is the Supreme ruler of Wutai now. What more power does he want?"
"I don't know. He's always been that way. So greedy and yet, I don't know. He was so loving and caring when my mother was around. But after she passed away, Godo...dad was so damn persistent. He wanted all. He wanted to receive the ultimate gift of Leviathan, to be the best and top-ranking ninja of all times." She paused again.
"But I ran from home because I couldn't take the stress. I had no friends, I had barely what you could call a family, and worse yet, all the villagers thought I was just an ungrateful teenage brat who always wanted my way. They called me an arrogant foul-mouth whom could NEVER take Godo's place after his death as ruler. "
"I'm so sorry. I never knew what kind of trouble and mischief you grew up in. I will forgive you for taking our materia. It was to serve your town and I should have made the donation. I just never knew. Why didn't you tell us?"
"...People thought I never had feelings. They didn't listen to me. They didn't know I cried or didn't give a damn about anything I treasure in life. They didn't listen to my stories. I didn't think you guys were any different. I kept it all bottled up inside of me. It'll seep out once in awhile, my true feelings towards life, but all in all, I don't think it'll all come out."
"I'm sorry for the way I acted towards you. I look at you differently now. You're more than just my friend. You're my best friend." Tifa hugged Yuffie tightly.
"So...this is what friendship feels like..." Yuffie said in a gruff voice. This made Tifa cry harder. "Shh now, you don't need to feel sympathy towards me. I've never felt it before and I don't need to feel it now." Tifa hugged her friend harder.
"Please don't say that...you sound like....."
*She sounds just like Vincent...*
"Like who?"
"Never mind."
*So cold and dark inside. She's kept her feelings hidden and never wanted to express them with anyone.*
~*~ Anyone but you...~*~ a voice inside her head told her.
*Why not Vincent? Is it because...?*
"You're the only one who can understand what a girl feels like." Yuffie suddenly said, as though she heard the conversation in Tifa's mind. "Vinnie can't possibly..."
"He'll understand. He's had a rough past as well. You can tell it through his eyes."
"That doesn't mean anything. You are a girl, just like me. Girls all have strong bonds in their hearts and can communicate through those bonds. Guys can't connect with their hearts like us. They can with love, but not complete understanding."
"We're like sisters then?"
"In a way...yes." Yuffie smiled as the two women broke the hug. After a few moments, Tifa decided to change the subject.
"But remember when you told us that you had the materia you stole in your basement?"
"Ohh, ohh! And when I led you guys down there and you went in the room with the statues!" Yuffie grinned.
"And you said for Cloud to pull the lever! And he did! Haha!"
"And you and Barret were trapped! Ah yeah! That was so funny! I tried to make the trap to where all three of you were trapped, but it didn't work. But what a time I had getting away!"
"The major pursuit of Yuffie Kisaragi has gotten out of hand!" Tifa said in an announcer's voice as they both laughed.
"Hey-hey! Remember this? "You gotta be tough as steel to get the materia! Get it? Steel?" Ah that joke was so corny!" Yuffie laughed. And they continued to laugh until they both fell asleep from the exhaustion.
Long chapter there! Hope you liked it, please review!!
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns all FF7 material.
[Chapter 4: Girl Talk]
"It's been two days since Vinnie got caught..." Yuffie said studying her Wutainese book. "It's not fair, it wasn't HIS fault he had bad luck in the shower. After all, it WAS Friday the 13th. And Cloud has to be so mean about it! Making Vinnie clean up the bathroom and the whole house! Gawd!"
Yuffie studied her book over as she heard voices from outside of the room. She quietly walked out to the hallway and up to Cloud's door from where the sound was coming from. She put her ear against the door.
"So Vincent, do you think you've done your task properly?" A male voice inside spoke. Cloud.
"Yes. Can I please go work on something else now?" Another male voice came from inside the room. Vincent.
"Oh no, I've only just begun..." Cloud laughed as Vincent groaned. "Come on, man! I need a break! At least I paid for the new shower curtain and cleaned the whole house!"
"Oh, this is not a hard task..." the sound of papers being ruffled was heard. "In fact..." Cloud cut himself off. "Just look at this..." a gasp was heard from inside the room. "Oh my God...! Cloud, no way!" Vincent sounded excited.
*What? What're they doing?* Yuffie pondered in her thoughts.
"Yup. After a long time of working late in the night, I've finally got this set up for you. I hope you're happy." Cloud sounded a little excited as well. "Oh, but I am! Thank you so much!"
*Huh?*
Footsteps were heard in the room. Yuffie knew they were headed her way. "Uhh..." she looked both ways as for a way to escape. "You sure are a pal, Cloud!" Vincent chuckled. The doorknob was being turned. "Uhh..."
Vincent opened the door. "Haha! Yeah thanks again!" the man walked swiftly out the door. He sensed something and walked over to Yuffie's bedroom. As he passed, he looked through the open door.
"Hmm..." he shrugged and walked on past, his cape fluttering as he walked.
Yuffie pulled her knees up to her chest as she sat behind the back of the door.
"There is SO no way I need to be caught eavesdropping by Vinnie!"
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"Yummi ne fio coan boi nei." Yuffie spoke. "I think I'm getting the hang of this again!" she said happily. "I only spoke Wutainese when I was like, seven! I wonder how Vincent remembered all of his, he's older than me and he hasn't spoken the language since he was six or so. He was right...he does have a good memory and never forgets anything..."
She heard a knock on her bedroom door. "Come in." Vincent opened the door and walked in. "Hey Vinnie, what's up?" she still lay on her stomach casually on her bed. "I thought of an idea. It's kind of funny, but it depends on if you're up to it."
She nodded. "Cloud and Tifa don't know any Wutainese. So I figured..." "We could teach them?" Yuffie interrupted. "No...but if you already remember most of the language, then we could talk like that around them. They won't know what we're saying! It'll be fun!"
Yuffie smiled.
*He's becoming more like me...*
"Sure! That would be fun, but I need to study a bit more. I almost know all the phrases and stuff."
"I can help you review if you'd like." Vincent offered. "Yeah okay. I only need to do a little more." He sat down in the chair to the left side of the bed. "Lasso miu sei no ionly?" he asked.
"Er...Mano lano jenop isa mons?" Vincent shook his head. "No it's Mano lano jenop isanu mons." "Oh..."
"This might take a while..." he groaned.
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"Vincent, Yuffie! Dinner!" Tifa yelled up the stairs. Yuffie stepped out of her room at the exact same time as Vincent did out of his. They looked at each other and nodded.
They went down the stairs silently.
~~Flash~~
"You'll do fine...just don't think about it so much."
~~Flash~~
*I sure hope you're right, Vinnie...*
They stepped into the kitchen and grabbed a plate and filled it with food. Yuffie sat down right beside Vincent.
"So, how was your guys' day?" Tifa said cheerfully at the dinner table. Neither one answered.
"Aw, naw, it looks like Yuffie may be on her---" Cloud was cut off by Tifa smashing his foot. "Let's not start that again." Yuffie looked at Vincent as he looked at her. "Neschino leme kama..." he spoke.
"Wha---?" Cloud looked surprised.
Translation: "There they go again..."
"Lono rei seni mosure junt isoneu kusa." Yuffie replied.
Translation: "Yeah, those two can be a handful!"
Vincent smirked. "Lono poso ne lama humari!"
Translation: "Yeah, you're getting the hang of it!"
"You guys quit!" Cloud complained. "Isn't that Wutainese?" Tifa asked. "Yup." Yuffie grinned. "Sure is."
"Talk some more in it! I like it!" Tifa smiled. "Umm...Cloud ornano do portano se limio perte `comnso de ionos. Constanze la hama zaki neso le Vinnie meanee. Nosano lana ortyaba seleme!"
Vincent spit out his soda everywhere and burst out laughing. "Yuffie!" he said between laughs.
"What?" she smiled innocently.
"What'd she say?" Cloud asked.
Translation: "Cloud has porno magazines in his bedroom under his bed. I've seen them there when I was helping Vinnie clean. He has them because he knows that he can't get any!"
"Tell us what it means! It had my name in it!" Cloud demanded. "Yeah, I wanna know too! It was so pretty sounding!" Yuffie spit out her soda in surprise and laughed so hard her lungs hurt. Vincent was falling out of his chair already from laughing so hard.
"HAHAHA!! I don't think you wanna know!!" Yuffie said between laughs. "Is it nasty?" Tifa asked. "Let's just say it's not appropriate for the dinner table." Vincent said as he regained his normal position and tried to stop laughing. He failed. He fell completely out of his seat with laughter.
"It......wasn't....as....pretty....as you....thought it...would've been...!" Yuffie said in between fits of laughter. Cloud and Tifa looked at them real funny-like and scratched their heads in confusion as the couple across from them laughed their asses off.
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Yuffie watched the night stars with Tifa out on the deck. She would laugh here and there about the incident at dinner.
"Aren't the stars so pretty?" Tifa sighed. "Yeah..." Yuffie inhaled the crisp night's air. "I wonder what Vinnie and Cloud are doin'?"
"Probably working on something. Guys; they're so weird. Take my advice and NEVER get married!" Tifa laughed jokingly. "I thought that's what you wanted!" Yuffie said.
"Yes. Of course it is. I love Cloud. I truly do and I'm so glad we have made the commitment of marriage to each other. Just take my real advice; before you marry someone, make sure he's the right one. If you marry someone who doesn't care for you, then you'll be really screwed up."
"Yeah...but damn it! You found the right guy when you were young. I have to choose! It's like destiny for you; you found your true love when you were young. Damn my luck. I had a rough life even before I met you all."
Tifa looked sad. Yuffie got up and walked to the door. "Don't leave yet..." Tifa whispered barely enough for Yuffie to hear. She walked back over by Tifa and sat down. She looked into her eyes.
*She's crying...* Yuffie thought.
"I--I never really get to talk to you...you're always with Vincent or in your room. It makes me sad when you're here and I never get to talk with you. That's why at dinner, I always try to strike up a conversation." She wiped her eyes with her hands.
"I want to talk with another girl. It's not the same talking to Cloud about things so personal."
~~Flash~~
"Where's my materia?!" Tifa yelled. Cloud looked for his as well. "Oh no! Yuffie ran off with our materia!"
"What?! Ohh, I'll never forgive her for this!!"
~~Flash~~
"Never..."
~~Flash~~
"Forgive..."
~~Flash~~
Tifa started sobbing. "Yuffie I--" she sobbed harder. "Remember when you stole all of our materia? I was just so mad...I never wanted to speak to you ever again, but now..."
"Now I'm not the same old fuckin'-bratty-ass-no-good-immature-ungrateful- teenager anymore. Yeah, people hated me for what I did. I don't even give a damn what people think anymore. That's why I stole materia, gave cold shoulder to most people I hated, and above all, acted so immature and bratty to everyone." She paused.
"That's why I changed my ways in order to make friends with you. Before I met you guys, I had no friends. All the girls in Wutai thought I was too boyish and couldn't be a real woman because I didn't have a mother. The boys thought I was just a weird tomboy. That's why I became the Yuffie you met in the forest." She grunted.
"I'm sorry to bring this up, but why were you in the forest in the first place?" Tifa continued to sob.
"I ran away from Wutai. My stupid father continued to increase my ninja instincts so that I would be able to hunt for materia on my own. Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I started stealing materia for myself. I stopped hunting it for him and began hunting it for me. I really thought I alone could bring Wutai's 'resort town' image to the big and beautiful village it used to be."
"If your father continued to yearn the materia orbs for the same intention-- "
"Ha! The same intention? He not only wanted to restore Wutai, but to be the best of all ninjas. He wanted an empire of all ninjas, and nothing else!"
"But he is the Supreme ruler of Wutai now. What more power does he want?"
"I don't know. He's always been that way. So greedy and yet, I don't know. He was so loving and caring when my mother was around. But after she passed away, Godo...dad was so damn persistent. He wanted all. He wanted to receive the ultimate gift of Leviathan, to be the best and top-ranking ninja of all times." She paused again.
"But I ran from home because I couldn't take the stress. I had no friends, I had barely what you could call a family, and worse yet, all the villagers thought I was just an ungrateful teenage brat who always wanted my way. They called me an arrogant foul-mouth whom could NEVER take Godo's place after his death as ruler. "
"I'm so sorry. I never knew what kind of trouble and mischief you grew up in. I will forgive you for taking our materia. It was to serve your town and I should have made the donation. I just never knew. Why didn't you tell us?"
"...People thought I never had feelings. They didn't listen to me. They didn't know I cried or didn't give a damn about anything I treasure in life. They didn't listen to my stories. I didn't think you guys were any different. I kept it all bottled up inside of me. It'll seep out once in awhile, my true feelings towards life, but all in all, I don't think it'll all come out."
"I'm sorry for the way I acted towards you. I look at you differently now. You're more than just my friend. You're my best friend." Tifa hugged Yuffie tightly.
"So...this is what friendship feels like..." Yuffie said in a gruff voice. This made Tifa cry harder. "Shh now, you don't need to feel sympathy towards me. I've never felt it before and I don't need to feel it now." Tifa hugged her friend harder.
"Please don't say that...you sound like....."
*She sounds just like Vincent...*
"Like who?"
"Never mind."
*So cold and dark inside. She's kept her feelings hidden and never wanted to express them with anyone.*
~*~ Anyone but you...~*~ a voice inside her head told her.
*Why not Vincent? Is it because...?*
"You're the only one who can understand what a girl feels like." Yuffie suddenly said, as though she heard the conversation in Tifa's mind. "Vinnie can't possibly..."
"He'll understand. He's had a rough past as well. You can tell it through his eyes."
"That doesn't mean anything. You are a girl, just like me. Girls all have strong bonds in their hearts and can communicate through those bonds. Guys can't connect with their hearts like us. They can with love, but not complete understanding."
"We're like sisters then?"
"In a way...yes." Yuffie smiled as the two women broke the hug. After a few moments, Tifa decided to change the subject.
"But remember when you told us that you had the materia you stole in your basement?"
"Ohh, ohh! And when I led you guys down there and you went in the room with the statues!" Yuffie grinned.
"And you said for Cloud to pull the lever! And he did! Haha!"
"And you and Barret were trapped! Ah yeah! That was so funny! I tried to make the trap to where all three of you were trapped, but it didn't work. But what a time I had getting away!"
"The major pursuit of Yuffie Kisaragi has gotten out of hand!" Tifa said in an announcer's voice as they both laughed.
"Hey-hey! Remember this? "You gotta be tough as steel to get the materia! Get it? Steel?" Ah that joke was so corny!" Yuffie laughed. And they continued to laugh until they both fell asleep from the exhaustion.
Long chapter there! Hope you liked it, please review!!