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Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns FF7. I own nothing of it.
[Chapter 6: Counting the Money]
Reeve said his good-byes and left the four with the briefcase full of money and full stomachs. "Man that was good!" Tifa said while she plopped down on the couch.
Yuffie moaned and groaned. "I hate WAY too much!" Cloud opened up the briefcase and dumped all the money on the floor. "How much do you think is there?" Yuffie asked as she sat on the floor across from Cloud. "I have no idea, but I know it's over 500,000 gil."
"Sweet Jesus!" Yuffie cried. "Now remember, we split the money EQUALLY. And Yuffie, we all know you are a master of grand theft and--"
"Hey!" Yuffie shouted. "I DO NOT steal anymore! I told you I've grown out of that stage." The young ninja girl looked hurt.
"I'm sorry. It's just with all this money--"
"You assumed I would steal it, right? I wouldn't steal from my friends!"
"But you did when we were saving the world!"
Yuffie winced back the pain. Tifa knew Cloud shouldn't have said that. Yuffie stood up defensively.
"Listen, I was just trying to turn Wutai's 'resort-town' image into a more successful one, okay? Is it really THAT bad? I'm sorry if it took you days to get that materia but it was my JOB to steal it. Blame Lord Godo for what I did, okay?!"
"But you also did it on your own will."
Yuffie felt like exploding.
"Naw DUH! Would you like living in a town that was a failure?! Would you, huh SOLDIER boy?!"
Cloud hated that name, but he didn't want to blow up on Yuffie.
"No."
"That's what I thought. Got anymore questions? Cause I can sure answer them!!"
Cloud shook his head. "I'm sorry for bringing it up."
Yuffie then felt guilty for yelling at him. "No, I'm sorry for yelling."
A few moments later, Vincent and Tifa joined them in counting the money.
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Vincent stretched out and yawned. "So the grand total is 765,432?" he asked. "Yup." Cloud replied. "I bet Reeve did that on purpose." Yuffie said. Everyone gave her a confused look.
"You know, the whole countdown thing; 765432. I bet he did it on purpose." She explained. "Ohh..." everyone said.
"Okay, okay, so that means we get 191,358 gil each, then." Yuffie said simply. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. "How do you know?" Vincent asked, surprised at her quick thinking.
"Being a ninja and all, I've had physical and mental training. If we ninjas didn't know math or science, we'd be dead!"
Everyone but Vincent questioned her with their eyes. "Meaning that if we didn't know math or science, we couldn't attack properly and quick enough. We couldn't make much use of battle techniques. That's why we calculate it all in our minds BEFORE attacking. We study the enemy's attack system. When they attack and when they don't. It's not easy being a ninja..."
"Hmm...when I lived in Wutai there weren't too many ninjas around. There were more civilians than ninjas as I recall." Vincent said to no one in particular.
Yuffie turned to face him. "Yeah, there are still more civilians than ninjas today in Wutai, but not much. Wutai's recovering little by little after the war and there are a lot of people in it than before. When I left to go live with Cid there were about 5,000 people or so there before I left." (A/N: I know that in the game there are not that many people in Wutai, but there is now, okay?)
Cloud and Tifa were still confused about the whole Vincent living in Wutai thing. They just decided not to ask.
"Yeah, and about 3/5ths of those people are ninjas." Yuffie continued. "Not many want to train to be ninjas anymore, I guess." She looked at Cloud and Tifa, whom looked bored about the whole situation.
"Sorry guys. Let's just grab our money and leave."
"Wait, I want to make sure that 191,358 is the right amount." Cloud said as he ran into the kitchen to grab a calculator.
"Go ahead, but I know I'm right. I've been home schooled until I was fifteen. Dad, Gorki, and Staniv all helped teach me. They taught me geography about Wutai's past as well as math and science." Cloud came back punching in numbers in the small mechanical device.
"Okay, let's see...765,432 divided by 4 is..." Cloud's expression went blank. "She was right..." he said in monotone.
"Ha! Told ya! I know my math!" Cloud felt a little jealousy swirl in his body. "Yeah, yeah. So we know you're good at math. Don't rub it in!" he said half-joking half-serious.
"Okay, fine. Let's split the money now so I can take a nap! I'm stuffed and I need to sleep." She said. "But first..." Tifa started. "Is anybody up for dinner tonight? I mean, since we had a big lunch and all I was just wondering if anybody wanted anything to eat tonight."
"No!" Cloud and Yuffie shouted at the same time. Vincent shook his head. "No, that's okay. I'm too full." Tifa sighed happily. "Good. I wasn't about to make dinner for anyone anyway."
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About fifteen minutes later everyone went upstairs to their rooms and hid the money in a save spot. Not because they were afraid one another would steal it, but if a burglar snuck in, they wouldn't find it very easy.
Yuffie lay on her bed and looked up at her ceiling.
*I gotta know what Vinnie was so happy about that day...* she thought.
*~*Then just ask him yourself...*~* a voice within her head told her.
*Maybe I should...* she sat up and leaped off her bed.
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Vincent was writing something as he heard a knock at his door. "Who is it?" he asked. "It's me." Yuffie's familiar voice called. "Umm...hang on!" he called back.
**Quick! Hide it!** Chaos growled.
*I am!* Vincent shouted back at him.
Yuffie heard papers being ruffled and drawers being opened and shut. "Hey, what's going on in there, Vinnie?" she asked. "Um, nothing!" he shoved a couple more papers in a drawer and shut it. "Okay, you can come in." he turned his chair back to the desk.
She opened the door slowly and peered in. "What were you doing?" she asked curiously. "Oh that, that was nothing."
"Are you sure?" he nodded. "Don't worry about it." Yuffie just remember why she came in his room. "Umm, Vinnie? Yesterday you were in Cloud's room and I heard you guys talking about something. And you sounded excited...so I was wondering, why were you so happy?"
"You eavesdropped on us?"
"Well not really..." Yuffie lied. "I kinda overheard it when I was in my room."
"Oh. Well I can't tell you."
Yuffie stomped her foot like a child. "Why the hell not!?"
He put his finger up to his mouth and winked. "It's a secret..."
"Here we go with the damn secret again! Please tell me!"
"Sorry, no can do. You'll find out later."
Yuffie thought for a moment. "Well do those papers you shoved into the drawer have something to do with it?"
"Wha--? How'd you know about that?!"
"I heard you. I'm not stupid. It does and I'll find out someday..." she walked briskly out of the room, closing the door with one swift movement. Vincent sat there in shock as he saw her leave. "I'm gonna have to find a better hiding place for this stuff..." he murmured.
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"Looks like I'm not getting any answers from him anytime soon..." Yuffie said as she walked back to her room with her arms crossed over her chest. "Oh well...I'll find out soon enough..."
Sorry for a short chapter. I just posted this little one to get the story going again. Next chapter should be up in a couple of days. It'll be longer, I promise. Please review. Thanks.
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns FF7. I own nothing of it.
[Chapter 6: Counting the Money]
Reeve said his good-byes and left the four with the briefcase full of money and full stomachs. "Man that was good!" Tifa said while she plopped down on the couch.
Yuffie moaned and groaned. "I hate WAY too much!" Cloud opened up the briefcase and dumped all the money on the floor. "How much do you think is there?" Yuffie asked as she sat on the floor across from Cloud. "I have no idea, but I know it's over 500,000 gil."
"Sweet Jesus!" Yuffie cried. "Now remember, we split the money EQUALLY. And Yuffie, we all know you are a master of grand theft and--"
"Hey!" Yuffie shouted. "I DO NOT steal anymore! I told you I've grown out of that stage." The young ninja girl looked hurt.
"I'm sorry. It's just with all this money--"
"You assumed I would steal it, right? I wouldn't steal from my friends!"
"But you did when we were saving the world!"
Yuffie winced back the pain. Tifa knew Cloud shouldn't have said that. Yuffie stood up defensively.
"Listen, I was just trying to turn Wutai's 'resort-town' image into a more successful one, okay? Is it really THAT bad? I'm sorry if it took you days to get that materia but it was my JOB to steal it. Blame Lord Godo for what I did, okay?!"
"But you also did it on your own will."
Yuffie felt like exploding.
"Naw DUH! Would you like living in a town that was a failure?! Would you, huh SOLDIER boy?!"
Cloud hated that name, but he didn't want to blow up on Yuffie.
"No."
"That's what I thought. Got anymore questions? Cause I can sure answer them!!"
Cloud shook his head. "I'm sorry for bringing it up."
Yuffie then felt guilty for yelling at him. "No, I'm sorry for yelling."
A few moments later, Vincent and Tifa joined them in counting the money.
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Vincent stretched out and yawned. "So the grand total is 765,432?" he asked. "Yup." Cloud replied. "I bet Reeve did that on purpose." Yuffie said. Everyone gave her a confused look.
"You know, the whole countdown thing; 765432. I bet he did it on purpose." She explained. "Ohh..." everyone said.
"Okay, okay, so that means we get 191,358 gil each, then." Yuffie said simply. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. "How do you know?" Vincent asked, surprised at her quick thinking.
"Being a ninja and all, I've had physical and mental training. If we ninjas didn't know math or science, we'd be dead!"
Everyone but Vincent questioned her with their eyes. "Meaning that if we didn't know math or science, we couldn't attack properly and quick enough. We couldn't make much use of battle techniques. That's why we calculate it all in our minds BEFORE attacking. We study the enemy's attack system. When they attack and when they don't. It's not easy being a ninja..."
"Hmm...when I lived in Wutai there weren't too many ninjas around. There were more civilians than ninjas as I recall." Vincent said to no one in particular.
Yuffie turned to face him. "Yeah, there are still more civilians than ninjas today in Wutai, but not much. Wutai's recovering little by little after the war and there are a lot of people in it than before. When I left to go live with Cid there were about 5,000 people or so there before I left." (A/N: I know that in the game there are not that many people in Wutai, but there is now, okay?)
Cloud and Tifa were still confused about the whole Vincent living in Wutai thing. They just decided not to ask.
"Yeah, and about 3/5ths of those people are ninjas." Yuffie continued. "Not many want to train to be ninjas anymore, I guess." She looked at Cloud and Tifa, whom looked bored about the whole situation.
"Sorry guys. Let's just grab our money and leave."
"Wait, I want to make sure that 191,358 is the right amount." Cloud said as he ran into the kitchen to grab a calculator.
"Go ahead, but I know I'm right. I've been home schooled until I was fifteen. Dad, Gorki, and Staniv all helped teach me. They taught me geography about Wutai's past as well as math and science." Cloud came back punching in numbers in the small mechanical device.
"Okay, let's see...765,432 divided by 4 is..." Cloud's expression went blank. "She was right..." he said in monotone.
"Ha! Told ya! I know my math!" Cloud felt a little jealousy swirl in his body. "Yeah, yeah. So we know you're good at math. Don't rub it in!" he said half-joking half-serious.
"Okay, fine. Let's split the money now so I can take a nap! I'm stuffed and I need to sleep." She said. "But first..." Tifa started. "Is anybody up for dinner tonight? I mean, since we had a big lunch and all I was just wondering if anybody wanted anything to eat tonight."
"No!" Cloud and Yuffie shouted at the same time. Vincent shook his head. "No, that's okay. I'm too full." Tifa sighed happily. "Good. I wasn't about to make dinner for anyone anyway."
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About fifteen minutes later everyone went upstairs to their rooms and hid the money in a save spot. Not because they were afraid one another would steal it, but if a burglar snuck in, they wouldn't find it very easy.
Yuffie lay on her bed and looked up at her ceiling.
*I gotta know what Vinnie was so happy about that day...* she thought.
*~*Then just ask him yourself...*~* a voice within her head told her.
*Maybe I should...* she sat up and leaped off her bed.
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Vincent was writing something as he heard a knock at his door. "Who is it?" he asked. "It's me." Yuffie's familiar voice called. "Umm...hang on!" he called back.
**Quick! Hide it!** Chaos growled.
*I am!* Vincent shouted back at him.
Yuffie heard papers being ruffled and drawers being opened and shut. "Hey, what's going on in there, Vinnie?" she asked. "Um, nothing!" he shoved a couple more papers in a drawer and shut it. "Okay, you can come in." he turned his chair back to the desk.
She opened the door slowly and peered in. "What were you doing?" she asked curiously. "Oh that, that was nothing."
"Are you sure?" he nodded. "Don't worry about it." Yuffie just remember why she came in his room. "Umm, Vinnie? Yesterday you were in Cloud's room and I heard you guys talking about something. And you sounded excited...so I was wondering, why were you so happy?"
"You eavesdropped on us?"
"Well not really..." Yuffie lied. "I kinda overheard it when I was in my room."
"Oh. Well I can't tell you."
Yuffie stomped her foot like a child. "Why the hell not!?"
He put his finger up to his mouth and winked. "It's a secret..."
"Here we go with the damn secret again! Please tell me!"
"Sorry, no can do. You'll find out later."
Yuffie thought for a moment. "Well do those papers you shoved into the drawer have something to do with it?"
"Wha--? How'd you know about that?!"
"I heard you. I'm not stupid. It does and I'll find out someday..." she walked briskly out of the room, closing the door with one swift movement. Vincent sat there in shock as he saw her leave. "I'm gonna have to find a better hiding place for this stuff..." he murmured.
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"Looks like I'm not getting any answers from him anytime soon..." Yuffie said as she walked back to her room with her arms crossed over her chest. "Oh well...I'll find out soon enough..."
Sorry for a short chapter. I just posted this little one to get the story going again. Next chapter should be up in a couple of days. It'll be longer, I promise. Please review. Thanks.