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the characters involved. ^_^ Arigatou.
She opened her eyes, drowsily, focusing on the ceiling. "Urrghh.." Yuffie groaned, in a sleepy annoyance. She'd never been a morning person. Hesitantly, she hauled herself out of the warm bed, and shuffled over to the en-suite bathroom. After taking a warm shower, brushing her teeth, dressing, and hauling a heavy coat over her shoulders, she headed downstairs. Yawning, she said a quick goodbye to the Inn-keeper, and trudged outside. The coldness from the peaks ahead drifted through the air. Luckily, the coat protected her from any nasty drifts. Hurriedly, she trudged over to the gates of the Shinra mansion. Turning on her side, she forced the old, rusting gates open with her shoulders. With a loud creak, they opened, and she let herself in. Sheepishly, she headed over to the door, and hammered on it, with a gloved wrist. She waited. Waiting.. Waiting.. Waiting.. 'Come on, Vincent.. Open the door, already!' she thought, hammering some more.
Vincent ears perked, upon hearing the loud sound upon his door. He raised his dark eyebrows, wondering who on Earth would visit a beast like him? Maybe somebody had come to evict him? No, that couldn't be it.. Everybody was scared of him. He couldn't possibly think of anyone important, so he sat back in his chair, and started reading again.
"Gawd.. Whats he doing, in there?" Yuffie said, out loud, before stomping down the side of the house, looking for a window. To her dismay, she didn't find any. Muttering to herself, she tried again. 'Ah-hah! There you are!' Yuffie triumphed, upon finding a very low window, that looked like it came from a Basement of some sort. Using her Ninja prowess, she pried the window open, and slid down, into the room. Blinking, she tried to focus, in the pitch-black darkness. Yuffie fumbled around, in the darkness, wondering if Vincent had even installed light-switches. All of a sudden, her hand met a solid, warm, and soft wall. She felt something.. Was it a heart beating? Yuffie kept her palm flat on the barrier, and listened. Then, a light switched on. She snapped out of the weird trance, and looked upon the subtle confusion that had etched itself onto the face of Vincent Valentine.
"Uh.. Hey, Vinnie!" Yuffie cheered, snatching her hand back quickly. "Yuffie.. What are you doing here?" Vincent asked, raising his arms in order to fold them across his chest. "Uhh.. I came to ask you something!" Yuffie blinked, wondering if Vincent was going to listen. "You remember back when we fought Sephiroth, you had that Full-Cure Materia equipped, right?" Yuffie probed the subject, as Vincent nodded, in affirmation. "What do you need it for?" Vincent asked, switching his weight to his other foot. "Theres a virus-thingy-ma-jigger in Wutai. We haven't got any medicine left, and Godo sent me to find a Full-Cure Materia. I didn't know where to look first, then I remembered that you had one." Yuffie kept probing, and finally asked; "Can I borrow it? Puh-lease?" Vincent was quiet, for a moment, before tapping his foot against the hard ground, and wondering. "Alright.." He said, turning on his heel, and taking off, up the stairs, with his crimson cape billowing behind him. Yuffie sheepishly followed.
Vincent led Yuffie up the stairs, and into a large room, with a dining table in the middle, many dusty chairs, and a piano with two legs in the corner. Yuffie wrinkled her nose, at the musty scent. "Sheesh! Guess you never did any renovating, huh?" she joked, glancing around with her fingers held over her nostrils. Vincent stayed quiet, before heading over to a small, rusty white filing cabinet. Yuffie peeked over his shoulder. There in the cabinet, lay a red velvet cushion, and three small colored orbs on top. Red, and two soft greens. Yuffie poked at the red Materia. "Which one is this?" She inquired, before getting her hand shoo'ed away, by Vincent. "That is Odin." He said, in a half-hushed voice, as he selected the green Materia on his right, and handed it to her.. "This is Full-Cure. Now.. I need this back, as soon as possible." Vincent hurried Yuffie along, after she accepted the Materia, and led her to the front-door.
A cruel idea popped into Yuffie's head, as she was bullied out of the old house. "Hey, Vinnie.. Wanna come with me? You'd get your Materia back faster!" Yuffie hid a mischievous grin, and prodded him in the chest. "No." Vincent said, getting impatient. Yuffie popped her best puppy-dog eyes. "Come on.. Please? I might get attacked by a monster! Who's gonna protect me then, huh?! Would you be able to LIVE with that?! You forced Yuffie Kisaragi, Best ninja EVER, out in the cold! With all those mean monsters!" Vincent stared at her, with his piercing red eyes. "No." He repeated, his patience wearing thin by the second. ".. What are you gonna do here, anyway?" Yuffie said, prodding him in the chest, for the second time. "Nothing. Now, go." Vincent pushed her out the door, and slammed it shut, behind him.
"Aww.. Vinnie, you meanie!" Yuffie kicked the door, and slumped back to the gates. At least she had the Materia.. But something wasn't right. She kind of wanted Vincent to come with her. She felt obliged to make him feel happier. She knew he hadn't met anybody since the incident, and he wouldn't have another breaking-and-entering for a very, very long time. Yuffie sulked, and clicked the gates open. She slowly headed out of the strange man's property, and miserably headed up the same mountain path she had trudged down, just seven hours before. She remembered what it felt like to have touched him. She didn't expect him to be so warm and sturdy.. He always looked so frail. His heartbeat was normal too. He wasn't as much as a freak as he thought he was. At least he -had- a heart.
Yuffie looked at the ground as she walked, up the winding mountain path, and up to the bridge. Carefully, she set out across it, looking at the pearly green Materia, in her right palm. She had hoped to have some company, on the week-long journey. But, no. Mean old Vincent was never nice enough to plod along with anyone. She remembered what he'd said, at Da Chao, when that bastard Corneo had her tied up against the statue. Did he notice how much it hurt her, when he'd said it? So what, she'd stolen their Materia.. But they got it back, right? She figured she should stop thinking about it. Strangely, the headstrong ninja felt as if she were about to cry. And thats not a good sign, for Yuffie Kisaragi.
Vincent had just slammed the door in the face of the possibility of actually having the company of someone he knew. He cast his eyes to the floor. 'Another sin..A star so bright shouldn't have even bothered with a freak, twice her age..' Vincent thought to himself, miserably. Secretly, he yearned for the old days, when he adventured with his "friends". He missed them so much. They hadn't even bothered to keep in contact with him. Except for Yuffie.. She had sent him letters, from Wutai. He remembered them well, and had them hidden under a loose floorboard. He never replied, either.. She just kept sending them.
'Why am I so stubborn?' Vincent's inner-voice asked himself. Yuffie was an angel. So positive, even when times were low enough that everybody else seemed to have lost their minds. Lucrecia.. She was never like that. Its as if she tried to follow the crowd, pretending not to care. 'Curse me.. Thats another to my list of sins.. My angel.. Lucrecia..' Vincent never seemed to realize. Lucrecia was gone. Nobody could ever replace her. Vincent left his thoughts behind, and walked, slowly, to the room with the piano. Swiftly, he seated himself at the head of the dining table, and rested his elbows on it. 'Perhaps.. I should go with the bright one. If I lost her to the hands of a beast, I could never forgive myself..' Vincent decided, and stood back up.
Quickly, he moved over to the cabinet, snatched up the Materia, and equipped them in the remaining empty slots in his gun, and his accessory. As quick as he could, he reached the door, flung it open, and sprinted to the gate. He proceeded to fumble with it, unlocking the rusty contraption. Being as impatient as can be, he left his home, and began to walk the long, mountain path ahead.
Kaiki-Chan's last note! : ^_^ Thankoo for reading. The sample of fluff was my finest, I think. Anyway, forgive if the story is too typical, but I was itching to write a Yuffentine. R&R! And, if anyone's wondering, the flame- welcoming is a part of how I build my writing ability. ^_^ Constructive flames are what I can learn from. Stupid flames are fun to laugh at. Anyways, arigatou!
She opened her eyes, drowsily, focusing on the ceiling. "Urrghh.." Yuffie groaned, in a sleepy annoyance. She'd never been a morning person. Hesitantly, she hauled herself out of the warm bed, and shuffled over to the en-suite bathroom. After taking a warm shower, brushing her teeth, dressing, and hauling a heavy coat over her shoulders, she headed downstairs. Yawning, she said a quick goodbye to the Inn-keeper, and trudged outside. The coldness from the peaks ahead drifted through the air. Luckily, the coat protected her from any nasty drifts. Hurriedly, she trudged over to the gates of the Shinra mansion. Turning on her side, she forced the old, rusting gates open with her shoulders. With a loud creak, they opened, and she let herself in. Sheepishly, she headed over to the door, and hammered on it, with a gloved wrist. She waited. Waiting.. Waiting.. Waiting.. 'Come on, Vincent.. Open the door, already!' she thought, hammering some more.
Vincent ears perked, upon hearing the loud sound upon his door. He raised his dark eyebrows, wondering who on Earth would visit a beast like him? Maybe somebody had come to evict him? No, that couldn't be it.. Everybody was scared of him. He couldn't possibly think of anyone important, so he sat back in his chair, and started reading again.
"Gawd.. Whats he doing, in there?" Yuffie said, out loud, before stomping down the side of the house, looking for a window. To her dismay, she didn't find any. Muttering to herself, she tried again. 'Ah-hah! There you are!' Yuffie triumphed, upon finding a very low window, that looked like it came from a Basement of some sort. Using her Ninja prowess, she pried the window open, and slid down, into the room. Blinking, she tried to focus, in the pitch-black darkness. Yuffie fumbled around, in the darkness, wondering if Vincent had even installed light-switches. All of a sudden, her hand met a solid, warm, and soft wall. She felt something.. Was it a heart beating? Yuffie kept her palm flat on the barrier, and listened. Then, a light switched on. She snapped out of the weird trance, and looked upon the subtle confusion that had etched itself onto the face of Vincent Valentine.
"Uh.. Hey, Vinnie!" Yuffie cheered, snatching her hand back quickly. "Yuffie.. What are you doing here?" Vincent asked, raising his arms in order to fold them across his chest. "Uhh.. I came to ask you something!" Yuffie blinked, wondering if Vincent was going to listen. "You remember back when we fought Sephiroth, you had that Full-Cure Materia equipped, right?" Yuffie probed the subject, as Vincent nodded, in affirmation. "What do you need it for?" Vincent asked, switching his weight to his other foot. "Theres a virus-thingy-ma-jigger in Wutai. We haven't got any medicine left, and Godo sent me to find a Full-Cure Materia. I didn't know where to look first, then I remembered that you had one." Yuffie kept probing, and finally asked; "Can I borrow it? Puh-lease?" Vincent was quiet, for a moment, before tapping his foot against the hard ground, and wondering. "Alright.." He said, turning on his heel, and taking off, up the stairs, with his crimson cape billowing behind him. Yuffie sheepishly followed.
Vincent led Yuffie up the stairs, and into a large room, with a dining table in the middle, many dusty chairs, and a piano with two legs in the corner. Yuffie wrinkled her nose, at the musty scent. "Sheesh! Guess you never did any renovating, huh?" she joked, glancing around with her fingers held over her nostrils. Vincent stayed quiet, before heading over to a small, rusty white filing cabinet. Yuffie peeked over his shoulder. There in the cabinet, lay a red velvet cushion, and three small colored orbs on top. Red, and two soft greens. Yuffie poked at the red Materia. "Which one is this?" She inquired, before getting her hand shoo'ed away, by Vincent. "That is Odin." He said, in a half-hushed voice, as he selected the green Materia on his right, and handed it to her.. "This is Full-Cure. Now.. I need this back, as soon as possible." Vincent hurried Yuffie along, after she accepted the Materia, and led her to the front-door.
A cruel idea popped into Yuffie's head, as she was bullied out of the old house. "Hey, Vinnie.. Wanna come with me? You'd get your Materia back faster!" Yuffie hid a mischievous grin, and prodded him in the chest. "No." Vincent said, getting impatient. Yuffie popped her best puppy-dog eyes. "Come on.. Please? I might get attacked by a monster! Who's gonna protect me then, huh?! Would you be able to LIVE with that?! You forced Yuffie Kisaragi, Best ninja EVER, out in the cold! With all those mean monsters!" Vincent stared at her, with his piercing red eyes. "No." He repeated, his patience wearing thin by the second. ".. What are you gonna do here, anyway?" Yuffie said, prodding him in the chest, for the second time. "Nothing. Now, go." Vincent pushed her out the door, and slammed it shut, behind him.
"Aww.. Vinnie, you meanie!" Yuffie kicked the door, and slumped back to the gates. At least she had the Materia.. But something wasn't right. She kind of wanted Vincent to come with her. She felt obliged to make him feel happier. She knew he hadn't met anybody since the incident, and he wouldn't have another breaking-and-entering for a very, very long time. Yuffie sulked, and clicked the gates open. She slowly headed out of the strange man's property, and miserably headed up the same mountain path she had trudged down, just seven hours before. She remembered what it felt like to have touched him. She didn't expect him to be so warm and sturdy.. He always looked so frail. His heartbeat was normal too. He wasn't as much as a freak as he thought he was. At least he -had- a heart.
Yuffie looked at the ground as she walked, up the winding mountain path, and up to the bridge. Carefully, she set out across it, looking at the pearly green Materia, in her right palm. She had hoped to have some company, on the week-long journey. But, no. Mean old Vincent was never nice enough to plod along with anyone. She remembered what he'd said, at Da Chao, when that bastard Corneo had her tied up against the statue. Did he notice how much it hurt her, when he'd said it? So what, she'd stolen their Materia.. But they got it back, right? She figured she should stop thinking about it. Strangely, the headstrong ninja felt as if she were about to cry. And thats not a good sign, for Yuffie Kisaragi.
Vincent had just slammed the door in the face of the possibility of actually having the company of someone he knew. He cast his eyes to the floor. 'Another sin..A star so bright shouldn't have even bothered with a freak, twice her age..' Vincent thought to himself, miserably. Secretly, he yearned for the old days, when he adventured with his "friends". He missed them so much. They hadn't even bothered to keep in contact with him. Except for Yuffie.. She had sent him letters, from Wutai. He remembered them well, and had them hidden under a loose floorboard. He never replied, either.. She just kept sending them.
'Why am I so stubborn?' Vincent's inner-voice asked himself. Yuffie was an angel. So positive, even when times were low enough that everybody else seemed to have lost their minds. Lucrecia.. She was never like that. Its as if she tried to follow the crowd, pretending not to care. 'Curse me.. Thats another to my list of sins.. My angel.. Lucrecia..' Vincent never seemed to realize. Lucrecia was gone. Nobody could ever replace her. Vincent left his thoughts behind, and walked, slowly, to the room with the piano. Swiftly, he seated himself at the head of the dining table, and rested his elbows on it. 'Perhaps.. I should go with the bright one. If I lost her to the hands of a beast, I could never forgive myself..' Vincent decided, and stood back up.
Quickly, he moved over to the cabinet, snatched up the Materia, and equipped them in the remaining empty slots in his gun, and his accessory. As quick as he could, he reached the door, flung it open, and sprinted to the gate. He proceeded to fumble with it, unlocking the rusty contraption. Being as impatient as can be, he left his home, and began to walk the long, mountain path ahead.
Kaiki-Chan's last note! : ^_^ Thankoo for reading. The sample of fluff was my finest, I think. Anyway, forgive if the story is too typical, but I was itching to write a Yuffentine. R&R! And, if anyone's wondering, the flame- welcoming is a part of how I build my writing ability. ^_^ Constructive flames are what I can learn from. Stupid flames are fun to laugh at. Anyways, arigatou!
