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it up in anyway. Please, I'm losing inspiration...do you WANT me to throw
it all away? I hope not...
NOTICE: ~~~I AM A *HUGE* AVRIL LAVIGNE FAN, AND SO YUFFIE WILL BE SINGING SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BY AVRIL IN THIS FIC. IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS, THEN DON'T BOTHER READING THE STORY. THANK YOU.~~~
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns everything in FF7. I own nothing of that or any of Avril Lavigne's songs.
[Chapter 7: Yuffie's Secret]
"Just two more days..." Yuffie looked at the calendar in her room. "It's already the 18th...wow...time flies when you're waiting for a secret..." she said sarcastically. She was home alone at the time, which was very rare because Vincent hardly EVER left the house. Cloud and Tifa went to the mall and Vincent went to...well, not even Yuffie knew. All she knew is that they wouldn't be back for a long while.
"Maybe..." Yuffie pondered. "Since I'm alone awhile...I can practice my skills. I mean, they won't be home for a while so, why not? I'll only do a few..." she went to her closet and pulled out a guitar case. She carried over to her bed and set it down carefully on it.
She opened it and smiled. She pulled out an acoustic guitar and began tuning the strings. "It's been awhile since I last played this. And it was the hardest to sneak past Tifa when I moved in. I can't let anybody know about this. This is one of my biggest secrets, and ninjas shouldn't be playing guitars anyway! Dad would kill me if he ever saw it..."
Yuffie bought that guitar with her own money when she was thirteen. She hid it from her father because he didn't like recreational arts like music, painting, or writing. He said a ninja should focus on fighting, martial arts, and studying how to become a better fighter with a shuriken. If her dad ever found out she had a guitar, ohh how he would smash it to pieces!
Yuffie didn't have guitar lessons, she taught herself and found a book one day in a supermarket in Nibelheim. She bought it and learned gradually everyday in her room. She secretly played when her father wasn't home and she came up with her own lyrics.
As soon as Yuffie finished tuning the musical instrument, she sat on her chair by the window and set it in her lap. She gently stroked the strings with her hand. She laughed at the sound she hadn't heard in a long while, and ABSOLUTLY NOBODY knew about her guitar. She sort of liked having a secret of her own, but it wasn't easy keeping it hidden. She thought about if Tifa ever cleaned out her closet. Oh no...she didn't want to know what Tifa would say if she found it...
"Let's see...what song should I sing?" she thought aloud. She had come up with so many the recent years. She decided to try an easy one.
"So many memories..." she said out of the blue. "I came up with those songs because I've had recent boyfriends that have hurt me. I like turning my anger and sadness toward song writing." She smiled. "Now...let's see..."
"I know! I usually play a song that I feel. Right now I'm feel like playing Anything but Ordinary. That's one of my favorites!" she cleared her throat and grabbed one of the many chips she purchased with the guitar. She positioned her hand to the strings.
"Sometimes I get so weird I even freak myself out I laugh myself to sleep it's my lullaby Sometimes I drive so fast just to feel the danger I want to scream it makes me feel alive
Is it enough to love is it enough to breathe somebody Rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed is it Enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please
To walk within the lines would make my life so boring! I want to know that I have been to the extreme So knock me off my feet come on now give it to me Anything to make me feel alive
Is it enough to love is it enough to breathe somebody Rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed is it Enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
Let down your defenses use no common sense If you look you will see that this world is a Beautiful, accident, turbulent, succulent, opulent, Permanent no way I wanna taste it don't wanna waste it away
~Pause~
Sometimes I get so weird I even freak myself out I laugh myself to sleep it's my lullaby
Is it enough, is it enough, is it enough to breathe Somebody rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed Is it enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please
Is it enough, is enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be anything but ordinary please Ohhh I'd rather be anything but ordinary please..."
Yuffie laughed and stood up, holding the guitar in her hands. "Hahaha! I'm still a great singer!!" she laughed and spun around, feeling the happiest that she's felt this whole week. "And the guitar sounds great! Wow, I sounded so good, I never wanted to stop!" she twirled some more.
"Oh yeah! I AM anything but ordinary! Hahaha!" she sat back down and thought of another one to play. "How about...Nobody's Fool? That's a song I wrote after I broke up with Brian. He was such a jerk! Trying to turn me into someone I wasn't! Who does he think he his?!" Yuffie shouted. "Ah, well it's over now. I can forget about that!" she laughed, then cleared her throat.
"Fall back take a look at me and you'll see I'm for real I'll feel what only I can feel And if that don't appeal to ya let me know And I'll go cause I flow better where my colors show And that's the way it has to be honestly Cause creativity could never bloom in my room I'd throw it all away before I'd lie so don't call me with a compromise Hang up the phone I got a backbone stronger than yours
Lalala...yeah
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Don't know you think you know me like yourself But I fear that you're only telling me what I want to hear But do you give a damn understand that I can't not be what I am I'm not the milk and Cheerios in your spoon it's not a simple Here we go not so soon I might of fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean
Lalala...oh...yeah
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try Try to look me in the eye But you'll never see inside Until you realize...
Things are trying to settle down Just trying to figure out Exactly what I'm about If it's with or without you I don't need your doubt in me
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Lalala...yeah..."
Yuffie breathed out. "Phew! That was great! I haven't forgotten any of the notes or scales! I'm surprised I didn't screw up!" she giggled. "Oooh and how much I want to play so many more songs! Heh, maybe just two more. Nobody should be home by then..." she thought of what to play. "Hmm, how about Too Much to Ask? That song reminds me of my other boyfriend, Matt. He was such a dope! Gawd why did I ever go out with him? I wrote that song after we broke up. I hate him! Ugh, anyway..."
"It's the first time I've ever felt this lonely Wish someone would cure this pain It's funny when you think it's gonna work out Till you chose weed over me you're so lame!
I thought you were cool until the point Up until the point you didn't call me when you said you would Finally figured out you're all the same Always coming up with some kind of story
Every time I try to make you smile You're always feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You can't you're too tough You think you're loveless Is that too much that I'm askin' for..."
She continued to play as Vincent opened the front door and froze in the doorway. "Yuffie??" he whispered. He quietly shut the door as he heard soft humming and sounds of a guitar. He stealthily snuck up the stairs and flattened himself against a wall. He crept near Yuffie's open door, his back against the wall so that he wouldn't be seen so easily. Vincent decided not to peek in, for it might surprise her. He stood outside of her door, listening to her hum for awhile and play the guitar.
"Thought you'd come around when I ignored you Sorta thought you'd have the decency to change But babe I guess you didn't take that warning Cause I'm not about to look at your face again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself You can't see the world through a mirror It won't be too late when the smoke clears Cause I am still here..."
Vincent was amazed at her skills of both singing AND playing the guitar. She sounded so...so angelic. He couldn't wait to hear more. It was the most beautiful music he'd ever heard in his life and her voice was the most beautiful sound...
"But every time I try to make you smile You're always going feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You'd stand like a stone Alone in your zone Is that too much that I'm askin' for
Yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah...
Can't find where I am Lying here alone in fear Afraid of the dark No one to claim alone again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself You can't see the world through a mirror It won't be too late when the smoke clears Cause I am still here
Every time I try to make you smile You're always feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You can't you're too tough..."
Vincent stepped in the doorway as she sang the last bit of the song. He realized she had her eyes closed.
"You think you're loveless ...It was too much that I asked him for..."
She finished it and played the final notes for it. As she gradually slowed to a stop, she opened her eyes and saw the tall man standing at her doorway with a blank expression. Yuffie gasped.
"Vincent...!!"
Oh no...what will Vincent say? If anybody cares that is. *Sigh* Please I need inspiration. Please R&R!!
2nd Disclaimer: Again, I do not own any of Avril Lavigne's songs. Anything but Ordinary, Nobody's Fool, and Too Much to Ask are all owned by her and her band (I think).
ALSO: ~~~~~~~~FANFICTION.NET MIGHT HAVE PUT ALL THE LYRICS IN ONE LINE. IF THEY DID I AM VERY SORRY. IT IS NOT MY FAULT. I WROTE THEM ON SEPARATE LINES AND SOMETIMES FF.NET BUNCHES IT ALL TOGETHER, SO I'M SORRY.~~~~~~~
NOTICE: ~~~I AM A *HUGE* AVRIL LAVIGNE FAN, AND SO YUFFIE WILL BE SINGING SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BY AVRIL IN THIS FIC. IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS, THEN DON'T BOTHER READING THE STORY. THANK YOU.~~~
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns everything in FF7. I own nothing of that or any of Avril Lavigne's songs.
[Chapter 7: Yuffie's Secret]
"Just two more days..." Yuffie looked at the calendar in her room. "It's already the 18th...wow...time flies when you're waiting for a secret..." she said sarcastically. She was home alone at the time, which was very rare because Vincent hardly EVER left the house. Cloud and Tifa went to the mall and Vincent went to...well, not even Yuffie knew. All she knew is that they wouldn't be back for a long while.
"Maybe..." Yuffie pondered. "Since I'm alone awhile...I can practice my skills. I mean, they won't be home for a while so, why not? I'll only do a few..." she went to her closet and pulled out a guitar case. She carried over to her bed and set it down carefully on it.
She opened it and smiled. She pulled out an acoustic guitar and began tuning the strings. "It's been awhile since I last played this. And it was the hardest to sneak past Tifa when I moved in. I can't let anybody know about this. This is one of my biggest secrets, and ninjas shouldn't be playing guitars anyway! Dad would kill me if he ever saw it..."
Yuffie bought that guitar with her own money when she was thirteen. She hid it from her father because he didn't like recreational arts like music, painting, or writing. He said a ninja should focus on fighting, martial arts, and studying how to become a better fighter with a shuriken. If her dad ever found out she had a guitar, ohh how he would smash it to pieces!
Yuffie didn't have guitar lessons, she taught herself and found a book one day in a supermarket in Nibelheim. She bought it and learned gradually everyday in her room. She secretly played when her father wasn't home and she came up with her own lyrics.
As soon as Yuffie finished tuning the musical instrument, she sat on her chair by the window and set it in her lap. She gently stroked the strings with her hand. She laughed at the sound she hadn't heard in a long while, and ABSOLUTLY NOBODY knew about her guitar. She sort of liked having a secret of her own, but it wasn't easy keeping it hidden. She thought about if Tifa ever cleaned out her closet. Oh no...she didn't want to know what Tifa would say if she found it...
"Let's see...what song should I sing?" she thought aloud. She had come up with so many the recent years. She decided to try an easy one.
"So many memories..." she said out of the blue. "I came up with those songs because I've had recent boyfriends that have hurt me. I like turning my anger and sadness toward song writing." She smiled. "Now...let's see..."
"I know! I usually play a song that I feel. Right now I'm feel like playing Anything but Ordinary. That's one of my favorites!" she cleared her throat and grabbed one of the many chips she purchased with the guitar. She positioned her hand to the strings.
"Sometimes I get so weird I even freak myself out I laugh myself to sleep it's my lullaby Sometimes I drive so fast just to feel the danger I want to scream it makes me feel alive
Is it enough to love is it enough to breathe somebody Rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed is it Enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please
To walk within the lines would make my life so boring! I want to know that I have been to the extreme So knock me off my feet come on now give it to me Anything to make me feel alive
Is it enough to love is it enough to breathe somebody Rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed is it Enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
Let down your defenses use no common sense If you look you will see that this world is a Beautiful, accident, turbulent, succulent, opulent, Permanent no way I wanna taste it don't wanna waste it away
~Pause~
Sometimes I get so weird I even freak myself out I laugh myself to sleep it's my lullaby
Is it enough, is it enough, is it enough to breathe Somebody rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed Is it enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be Anything but ordinary please
Is it enough, is enough to die somebody save my life I'd rather be anything but ordinary please Ohhh I'd rather be anything but ordinary please..."
Yuffie laughed and stood up, holding the guitar in her hands. "Hahaha! I'm still a great singer!!" she laughed and spun around, feeling the happiest that she's felt this whole week. "And the guitar sounds great! Wow, I sounded so good, I never wanted to stop!" she twirled some more.
"Oh yeah! I AM anything but ordinary! Hahaha!" she sat back down and thought of another one to play. "How about...Nobody's Fool? That's a song I wrote after I broke up with Brian. He was such a jerk! Trying to turn me into someone I wasn't! Who does he think he his?!" Yuffie shouted. "Ah, well it's over now. I can forget about that!" she laughed, then cleared her throat.
"Fall back take a look at me and you'll see I'm for real I'll feel what only I can feel And if that don't appeal to ya let me know And I'll go cause I flow better where my colors show And that's the way it has to be honestly Cause creativity could never bloom in my room I'd throw it all away before I'd lie so don't call me with a compromise Hang up the phone I got a backbone stronger than yours
Lalala...yeah
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Don't know you think you know me like yourself But I fear that you're only telling me what I want to hear But do you give a damn understand that I can't not be what I am I'm not the milk and Cheerios in your spoon it's not a simple Here we go not so soon I might of fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean
Lalala...oh...yeah
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try Try to look me in the eye But you'll never see inside Until you realize...
Things are trying to settle down Just trying to figure out Exactly what I'm about If it's with or without you I don't need your doubt in me
If you're trying to turn me into someone else it's easy to see I'm not down with that I'm not nobody's fool If you're trying to turn me into something else I've seen it enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool
If you wanna bring me down...go ahead and try! Go ahead and try
Lalala...yeah..."
Yuffie breathed out. "Phew! That was great! I haven't forgotten any of the notes or scales! I'm surprised I didn't screw up!" she giggled. "Oooh and how much I want to play so many more songs! Heh, maybe just two more. Nobody should be home by then..." she thought of what to play. "Hmm, how about Too Much to Ask? That song reminds me of my other boyfriend, Matt. He was such a dope! Gawd why did I ever go out with him? I wrote that song after we broke up. I hate him! Ugh, anyway..."
"It's the first time I've ever felt this lonely Wish someone would cure this pain It's funny when you think it's gonna work out Till you chose weed over me you're so lame!
I thought you were cool until the point Up until the point you didn't call me when you said you would Finally figured out you're all the same Always coming up with some kind of story
Every time I try to make you smile You're always feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You can't you're too tough You think you're loveless Is that too much that I'm askin' for..."
She continued to play as Vincent opened the front door and froze in the doorway. "Yuffie??" he whispered. He quietly shut the door as he heard soft humming and sounds of a guitar. He stealthily snuck up the stairs and flattened himself against a wall. He crept near Yuffie's open door, his back against the wall so that he wouldn't be seen so easily. Vincent decided not to peek in, for it might surprise her. He stood outside of her door, listening to her hum for awhile and play the guitar.
"Thought you'd come around when I ignored you Sorta thought you'd have the decency to change But babe I guess you didn't take that warning Cause I'm not about to look at your face again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself You can't see the world through a mirror It won't be too late when the smoke clears Cause I am still here..."
Vincent was amazed at her skills of both singing AND playing the guitar. She sounded so...so angelic. He couldn't wait to hear more. It was the most beautiful music he'd ever heard in his life and her voice was the most beautiful sound...
"But every time I try to make you smile You're always going feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You'd stand like a stone Alone in your zone Is that too much that I'm askin' for
Yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah...
Can't find where I am Lying here alone in fear Afraid of the dark No one to claim alone again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself You can't see the world through a mirror It won't be too late when the smoke clears Cause I am still here
Every time I try to make you smile You're always feeling sorry for yourself Every time I try to make you laugh You can't you're too tough..."
Vincent stepped in the doorway as she sang the last bit of the song. He realized she had her eyes closed.
"You think you're loveless ...It was too much that I asked him for..."
She finished it and played the final notes for it. As she gradually slowed to a stop, she opened her eyes and saw the tall man standing at her doorway with a blank expression. Yuffie gasped.
"Vincent...!!"
Oh no...what will Vincent say? If anybody cares that is. *Sigh* Please I need inspiration. Please R&R!!
2nd Disclaimer: Again, I do not own any of Avril Lavigne's songs. Anything but Ordinary, Nobody's Fool, and Too Much to Ask are all owned by her and her band (I think).
ALSO: ~~~~~~~~FANFICTION.NET MIGHT HAVE PUT ALL THE LYRICS IN ONE LINE. IF THEY DID I AM VERY SORRY. IT IS NOT MY FAULT. I WROTE THEM ON SEPARATE LINES AND SOMETIMES FF.NET BUNCHES IT ALL TOGETHER, SO I'M SORRY.~~~~~~~