Muchitsujo Zairyo
Chapter One: Furui Tsumi
(I hope everyone liked the beginning! Here's the first chapter!)
The soft padding of a chocobo's feet was the only sound that a black haired gunman heard as he rode across a grassy field on the very chocobo that was making the noise. He could see the city of Wutai coming into view, but he had no idea why he decided to go there. Perhaps he thought it was a good idea to go and visit that young materia stealing ninja, Yuffie Kisaragi, just to see how she was holding up, and how his hometown was doing in rebuilding.
His long raven colored hair whipped about as he made the chocobo pick up the pace. Both his human hand, and the bronze claw that replaced his left hand grasped the reins tightly as the chocobo raced through the field.
The gunman's appearance had not changed a bit over the three years that he had been out of the Shinra mansion...Obviously his hair had grown, in fact it was now all the way to his waist, which gave him an even more menacing look than when he was in Avalanche. His ruby eyes were still frozen like ice. The pale skin he had always had remained nearly white and held no wrinkles at all.
As he passed a farm, a little boy gave him a strange look; a look of distrust and uncertainty...The gunman received looks like that often ever since he began traveling alone. He knew exactly why he got these looks; his old sins. If he had not committed them, he never would have received the bronze claw that often burdened him by not wanting to work right any longer and becoming too heavy for him to carry around like a normal arm. The gunman wondered why the claw had suddenly begun to get too heavy for him; after all, it had barely bothered him when he received it thirty-three years before.
Once he entered the city, he dismounted his chocobo and put it in a stable near a hotel that he decided he would stay at that night. The gunman had no luggage to worry about, except for his gun, the Death Penalty, which he always kept close to him in case any danger should come his way.
Wutai was nothing like he had remembered it when he went there with Cloud, Yuffie, and Aeris three years before. It was more like it was when he lived there as a child, which only gave the area a nostalgic feeling about it. When the gunman saw a woman run by wearing the traditional Wutain kimono and her hair all waxed into place atop her head, he thought of a girl he had a crush on when he was twelve. She looked exactly like that girl he saw, but the gunman knew that it was not her.
Finally, the gunman found Yuffie's house, which he remembered was near a pagoda and close to the Da Chao Mountains. The house, he remembered, used to be a shrine to Leviathan, but was no longer that. He could not very well just barge in, so he rang the prayer bells that someone must have let remain there after the old shrine was sold to Godo, who made it into his family home.
After the gunman waited for about two minutes, the door to the house slid open and out walked a young woman wearing a dark green kimono with orange carp embroidered on it. Her dark hair lay on her shoulders, but she held an ornament in her hand, so the gunman assumed that she was going to put it up. The girl's dark grey eyes shined up at him. Suddenly, a wide grin formed on her face.
"Oh my God! Vinnie?!" the girl exclaimed as she jumped up and embraced the gunman, "It's really you! Know how I can tell? It's because you didn't say 'hello' when I opened the door! You were always so quiet when we were in Avalanche together, remember?" The girl released him and looked him over.
The gunman's expression did not change, "Yuffie, it's good to see you again after three years of being on my own...You've certainly grown." he said to her, "You're turning out to be quite the young lady."
Yuffie blushed slightly, "Vinnie, you haven't changed a bit! Gosh...You know what? I'm nineteen now! Hehehe...Cid can't call me a kid anymore, huh?" she said, "Anyway, come on in, Dad isn't home right now. Boy, will he get a surprise when he sees you here!" She continued to talk as she led him into her house and into a reception room. The two of them sat down and Yuffie began to ask all sorts of questions. "So, what have you been doing for the past three years? Do you have a girlfriend? Have you seen Cid? Or Cloud? Him and Tifa are married now, you know."
Vincent looked to the floor, "No...I haven't seen any of the others ever since I left." he began, "I've basically just been wandering around the Planet. I really don't have a purpose for it. And, no, Yuffie, I don't have a girlfriend." Truthfully, Vincent had hoped to meet with the others before, when he was wandering. But it seemed that everywhere he went, he could never find them. Only when he went to Wutai did he find Yuffie.
The ninja nodded, "Well...I bet I can get Cid over here to see you! I know what good friends you two used to be." she said, "Vinnie, it really is great to see you again." Yuffie gave him a warm smile and went to go find her PHS so she could get Cid on to talk to Vincent.
It was true that Vincent and Cid had been great friends during their time together in Avalanche; the gunman just hoped that it would remain like that when he saw him again. He knew that he, himself had not changed at all, but he wondered if Cid was any different. After everything that he and the others had been through, he could not help but wonder if any of them no longer wanted to see the other members of Avalanche...He would not blame them if they did. After all, he spent most of his time trying to escape his past anyway.
Yuffie came back in, holding the PHS up to her ear. "Yes, Cid, Vinnie's right here!" she said into it, "I'll put him on for you. What? Oh, you're gonna come down? Great! I guess we'll just wait then...You'll talk to him when you get here? Ok then, see you later." She turned it off and rolled her eyes. "He said he'd just hop in his new airship and come down." she explained to Vincent.
The gunman nodded, "All right. Say, Yuffie?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know if there's a girl around here named Wakaba? She'd be around fifty or sixty." he asked, still thinking about the girl he used to like.
Yuffie frowned, "She used to live in Wutai...But, uh...Dad knew her too, she died last year though. She never said anything about you...Why?" she replied to him, slightly confused.
Vincent shook his head, "Um...No reason." he mumbled. Everyone from his past had died...Lucrecia, Hojo, Sephiroth, and now Wakaba as well. There were only two people who were still there...Jenova and...Yuffie's father, Godo.
End chapter one! Well, as you can see, it's turning into a Vincent and Yuffie thing! I had a feeling it might turn into that...Maa ne...Please look forward to the next chapter!
Chapter One: Furui Tsumi
(I hope everyone liked the beginning! Here's the first chapter!)
The soft padding of a chocobo's feet was the only sound that a black haired gunman heard as he rode across a grassy field on the very chocobo that was making the noise. He could see the city of Wutai coming into view, but he had no idea why he decided to go there. Perhaps he thought it was a good idea to go and visit that young materia stealing ninja, Yuffie Kisaragi, just to see how she was holding up, and how his hometown was doing in rebuilding.
His long raven colored hair whipped about as he made the chocobo pick up the pace. Both his human hand, and the bronze claw that replaced his left hand grasped the reins tightly as the chocobo raced through the field.
The gunman's appearance had not changed a bit over the three years that he had been out of the Shinra mansion...Obviously his hair had grown, in fact it was now all the way to his waist, which gave him an even more menacing look than when he was in Avalanche. His ruby eyes were still frozen like ice. The pale skin he had always had remained nearly white and held no wrinkles at all.
As he passed a farm, a little boy gave him a strange look; a look of distrust and uncertainty...The gunman received looks like that often ever since he began traveling alone. He knew exactly why he got these looks; his old sins. If he had not committed them, he never would have received the bronze claw that often burdened him by not wanting to work right any longer and becoming too heavy for him to carry around like a normal arm. The gunman wondered why the claw had suddenly begun to get too heavy for him; after all, it had barely bothered him when he received it thirty-three years before.
Once he entered the city, he dismounted his chocobo and put it in a stable near a hotel that he decided he would stay at that night. The gunman had no luggage to worry about, except for his gun, the Death Penalty, which he always kept close to him in case any danger should come his way.
Wutai was nothing like he had remembered it when he went there with Cloud, Yuffie, and Aeris three years before. It was more like it was when he lived there as a child, which only gave the area a nostalgic feeling about it. When the gunman saw a woman run by wearing the traditional Wutain kimono and her hair all waxed into place atop her head, he thought of a girl he had a crush on when he was twelve. She looked exactly like that girl he saw, but the gunman knew that it was not her.
Finally, the gunman found Yuffie's house, which he remembered was near a pagoda and close to the Da Chao Mountains. The house, he remembered, used to be a shrine to Leviathan, but was no longer that. He could not very well just barge in, so he rang the prayer bells that someone must have let remain there after the old shrine was sold to Godo, who made it into his family home.
After the gunman waited for about two minutes, the door to the house slid open and out walked a young woman wearing a dark green kimono with orange carp embroidered on it. Her dark hair lay on her shoulders, but she held an ornament in her hand, so the gunman assumed that she was going to put it up. The girl's dark grey eyes shined up at him. Suddenly, a wide grin formed on her face.
"Oh my God! Vinnie?!" the girl exclaimed as she jumped up and embraced the gunman, "It's really you! Know how I can tell? It's because you didn't say 'hello' when I opened the door! You were always so quiet when we were in Avalanche together, remember?" The girl released him and looked him over.
The gunman's expression did not change, "Yuffie, it's good to see you again after three years of being on my own...You've certainly grown." he said to her, "You're turning out to be quite the young lady."
Yuffie blushed slightly, "Vinnie, you haven't changed a bit! Gosh...You know what? I'm nineteen now! Hehehe...Cid can't call me a kid anymore, huh?" she said, "Anyway, come on in, Dad isn't home right now. Boy, will he get a surprise when he sees you here!" She continued to talk as she led him into her house and into a reception room. The two of them sat down and Yuffie began to ask all sorts of questions. "So, what have you been doing for the past three years? Do you have a girlfriend? Have you seen Cid? Or Cloud? Him and Tifa are married now, you know."
Vincent looked to the floor, "No...I haven't seen any of the others ever since I left." he began, "I've basically just been wandering around the Planet. I really don't have a purpose for it. And, no, Yuffie, I don't have a girlfriend." Truthfully, Vincent had hoped to meet with the others before, when he was wandering. But it seemed that everywhere he went, he could never find them. Only when he went to Wutai did he find Yuffie.
The ninja nodded, "Well...I bet I can get Cid over here to see you! I know what good friends you two used to be." she said, "Vinnie, it really is great to see you again." Yuffie gave him a warm smile and went to go find her PHS so she could get Cid on to talk to Vincent.
It was true that Vincent and Cid had been great friends during their time together in Avalanche; the gunman just hoped that it would remain like that when he saw him again. He knew that he, himself had not changed at all, but he wondered if Cid was any different. After everything that he and the others had been through, he could not help but wonder if any of them no longer wanted to see the other members of Avalanche...He would not blame them if they did. After all, he spent most of his time trying to escape his past anyway.
Yuffie came back in, holding the PHS up to her ear. "Yes, Cid, Vinnie's right here!" she said into it, "I'll put him on for you. What? Oh, you're gonna come down? Great! I guess we'll just wait then...You'll talk to him when you get here? Ok then, see you later." She turned it off and rolled her eyes. "He said he'd just hop in his new airship and come down." she explained to Vincent.
The gunman nodded, "All right. Say, Yuffie?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know if there's a girl around here named Wakaba? She'd be around fifty or sixty." he asked, still thinking about the girl he used to like.
Yuffie frowned, "She used to live in Wutai...But, uh...Dad knew her too, she died last year though. She never said anything about you...Why?" she replied to him, slightly confused.
Vincent shook his head, "Um...No reason." he mumbled. Everyone from his past had died...Lucrecia, Hojo, Sephiroth, and now Wakaba as well. There were only two people who were still there...Jenova and...Yuffie's father, Godo.
End chapter one! Well, as you can see, it's turning into a Vincent and Yuffie thing! I had a feeling it might turn into that...Maa ne...Please look forward to the next chapter!