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My Eyes Can't Lie...
Everyone met up again at the float as the amazingly beautiful finishing touches were being made by Cid and Cait Sith. Everyone was relieved Yuffie was safe, and even angrier at Cait Sith. But everyone was happy again when Yuffie found out about the float and that she got to sit in the middle of it surrounded by lilies and tulips.
"Everything is ready, right? Nothing else is needed? Then, here we go!" Cloud said as the float moved slowly through the streets of Costa del Sol. Yuffie was turning her head to all the noises she heard and was surprised when something hit her on the head. Vincent picked it up and gave it to her.
"It is a red rose, Yuffie. And a picture with a phone number and...a guy's name. He is asking you out..." Vincent told her slightly angry, but more gloomy.
"Ooohh! And he's cute too!" Tifa said.
"...where's the bastard?" Cloud said with his Buster Sword out and ready.
"I was just kidding, Cloud! Put that thing away! Why do you even have it with you?"
"Cait Sith. Just in case." Yuffie turned to Vincent, hoping he was still there, and not killing the guy who threw the rose.
"Hehehehe, don't worry Vinnie. I wouldn't choose anyone over you!" Yuffie said as she smiled and tried to hug him, but hugged Cloud instead, who was next to her.
"Ummm...Yuffie...I'm Cloud." Cloud said, blushing deep red.
"Oh, you won't choose anyone over me except for CLOUD. I see. I can take the hint." Vincent said jokingly.
"Cloud? CLOUD! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW! Why did you go in front of Vinnie? You sick and twisted little..." Vincent covered her mouth as the people on the streets were now staring at her. Yuffie bit down thinking it was Cloud's hand.
"OW! Yuffie! My hand!" Vincent yelped as he pulled his hand away and cradled it.
"OOOPPPS! Sorry. I thought you were Cloud." Yuffie said.
"It's OK." Vincent hugged her, and the crowd "aawwwww"-ed as well as the other people on the float.
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"WOW! That was great! Too bad tomorrow is the last day of the festival..." Yuffie said with a sigh. She was in the lobby now, waiting for the doctor to give her some medication. It was a compound that was supposed to heal her eyes faster. Unfortunately, it was in the form of a needle, so he would have to make sure Yuffie never knew.
"Oh, Yuffie! There you are." He said. He had a cotton ball with a cleaner thing on it ready to use his plan to give Yuffie a shot without her knowing. He walked to her, also readying the needle.
"Oh, you have some dirt on your arm! Let me clean it off for you." He said taking the cotton ball, and cleaning the "dirt" off her arm, and quickly inserting the needle.
"Owww! Are you sure it is just dirt, doc? It kinda sorta feels like a...a..." Yuffie suddenly changed her face from a confused look to a look of anger and one that could kill. "You sneaky little bastard! You gave me a shot! If you weren't the only doctor here, I would kill you!" Yuffie screamed.
"How else was I to give you a medication to make your eyes heal faster?"
"Pills!" She screamed simply.
"This is only available in a form of a shot! I had no choice!"
"Whatever. I better get a cool chocobo Band-Aid and strawberry lollipop!" She said pouting.
"You will." He said, putting on a regular Band-Aid. Since she's blind, she won't know the difference. I don't have any chocobo Band-Aids left. But strawberry suckers, I have plenty of. He thought as he pulled out a sucker from his pocket. "Here."
"Thankies! VINNIE! COME 'ERE AND TELL ME IF THIS BAND-AID HAS CHOCOBOS ON IT!" She shouted. And as if on cue, he came running from his room and stopped in front of her asking what she wanted.
"Does this Band-Aid have chocobos on it?" Yuffie repeated.
"Ummm...no...why?" Vincent said with a sweatdrop.
"WHAT? IT DOESN'T? WHERE IS HE? THAT LYING (^$$(%($#%)%^^)^*&^$~$@) LIED TO ME TWICE IN 5 MINUTES! WHERE IS HE???" Yuffie stood up now and had her fists up ready to punch whoever was in her way.
"Goodbye, and see you tomorrow, Yuffie! Vincent!" The doctor ran out of the lobby and into the streets of town.
"I'm...not going to ask." Vincent said as he flopped onto the couch, pulling Yuffie down with him.
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~In the lobby later that day~
"So, how are you supposed to see the doctor tomorrow?" Nanaki asked again still in disbelief.
"The asshole thinks I am actually going to agree to meet him while I am in a cage. Or handcuffed. Or tied to a chair. Who the hell does he think I am?" Yuffie repeated angrily.
"So, how are you gonna meet the quack, Yuffie?" Barrett asked.
"I'm going with Cloud, Vinnie, and Tifa. We all agreed to make sure I don't beat the snot out of him if he tries to do something that will help me. They are going to hold me back." She replied turning her head and pouting.
"You know if you $%#*& kill him, that you won't be able to get your (*&$# sight back." Cid said.
"Yeah, yeah." Yuffie said in the same angry tone.
"So, how are we supposed to keep her back when it took me, Barrett, Cid, and Vincent to hold her down when she was half asleep?" Cloud whispered to Tifa while recalling the night someone came and cut her oxygen tube.
"Hey, don't say anything, but I have an anesthetic in the form of a gas that I could use on her if all else fails." Tifa replied showing Cloud a portion of the gas mask.
"Oooooooohhhhhhhh. I gotcha!" Cloud said winking and giving her the thumbs up.
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"So, how are you feeling, Yuffie?" The doctor asked hesitantly.
"Fine." Yuffie stated coldly.
"Do you want to see if you can take the bandages off and see?" The doctor asked trying to get Yuffie's interest.
"What? Do you mean it? Really?!" Yuffie asked with hopeful smile.
"Sure. But it may hurt your eyes. If you are really hurting, we have to put the bandages on right away, though. Understand?"
"Yup!"
"OK." He walked to her and slowly undid the bandages. As the light slowly grew brighter in Yuffie's eyelids, she opened her eyes cautiously. But as soon as she did, she shut them and put her hands over her eyes.
"OOWWW! It's so bright!" Yuffie said as a few tears fell. She wasn't crying, but the light was so intense to her, that her eyes started tearing up.
"I didn't think you would be able to take the light yet. That is why you have to wait 6 months." The doctor said.
"You mean you knew all along, but had me try just because!?" Yuffie said starting to get angry.
"Well, I wanted to see if you were progressing. The medication I give you is supposed to make you see at least one month before the original time. At least. With dosage I have been giving you, you should see before the first three months."
"Three months? YAY! That is so much better than I had even hoped!" Yuffie exclaimed happily.
"Well, that is the best I could do. I just hope you have the money by then."
"M-M-MONEY?!?!?! BUT I'M BROKE!" Yuffie yelled, her hopes and happiness disappearing.
"Well, well. How are you going to pay me then? This is my vacation."
"I...I don't know."
"Well, I will give you at most 3 weeks after you see to get the money paid in full. Times are tough, and I needed a vacation, but I got a patient instead."
"Yes, I know. I'm sorry, but I really needed you to help. I will get you that money. If I don't, then...I...really don't know what I could do or say. I will pay you. I promise."
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"Yuffie, I really need to know how you plan to pay Mr. Doctor Guy." Tifa asked sitting herself next to Yuffie under a shady tree outside of the hotel.
"Well, I hope I can get enough money by working." Yuffie replied, her back against the trunk. "What money I can't pay up, I guess I'll just have to...well, I don't know what I'll do then, but I'll deal with that when the time comes."
"You know that is a dangerous thing to do." Tifa said.
"Well, what else is there? Working is really the only thing I can do!"
"Well, I am willing to give you some money if you help me with things, like cleaning and cooking and stuff. You do know how to cook and clean, right?"
"Yeah, but...you mean it? You are willing to loan me money?"
"Sure! You are a friend."
"Wow...I...thank you, Tifa!" Yuffie said as she held her arms up trying to hug Tifa. Tifa walked to her and hugged her.
"No thank you needed."
"...sorry for getting a little mushy there..." Yuffie said.
"It's OK. We all have out moments."
"Yeah...but I seem to have more since my little "misfortune." Some people in Wutai think it is because I was such a thief and so annoying before this happened. I don't know. They're probably right."
"No, you were just at the wrong place at the right time. We should have walked you to Wutai."
"I'm not a baby, I could do it myself. I just...I don't know."
"Yuffie? Tifa?" Cid's voice called to them. "We're leaving now. I'm pretty sure you wanna go wind surfing, doncha?"
"Yeah, OK." Tifa said.
"How...I can't...can I?" Yuffie asked sadly.
"Oh, don't worry! I'm sure Vincent won't mind sharing a board with you. You can surf with him. I don't think you know how to surf, do you? I don't know if Vincent does either, but let's hope he does."
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"Yay! Go Yuffie!" Tifa shouted as Yuffie clung to Cloud for dear life. Yes, Cloud. Vincent was being taught to windsurf by Cid, and until he knew and could help Yuffie, Cloud was to be the victim.
"This is so cool! Kind of scary though. 'Cause I can't see what's happening, and when we turn, I feel like I am going to fall!" Yuffie shouted into Cloud's ear.
"Could you not yell in my ear, Yuffie? Please?" Cloud yelled back annoyed.
"Huh? Oh, sorry!" She yelled in his ear.
"...*grumble*...no problem..." Cloud grumbled.
"YEAH! I THINK VINCENT GOT THE *(&^$ HANG OF IT!" Cid yelled.
"What, Vinnie? YAY!" Yuffie said forgetting that she was still on the board and let go of Cloud. She fell in the water not knowing what was happening until she was submerged.
"Yuffie!" Cloud yelled to her, as he jumped after her. When he got her, he pulled her and the board to the shore.
"YOU IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?! WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME AND YOURSELF AT THE PROCESS? YOU GAVE ME A *%^$* HEARTATTACK!" Cloud yelled as he looked at Yuffie's pink face.
"Yuffie, are you OK?" asked Tifa.
"What happened?" Cid asked.
"What's wrong?" Nanaki asked with worry.
"...why is your face pink?" Vincent asked.
"...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Yuffie burst out laughing.
"..." Tifa said nothing.
"..." Cid said nothing.
"..." Nanaki said nothing.
"...what's so funny?" Vincent asked confused.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can hahaha just picture hahaha your faces! Hahahahahaha!"
"This ain't somethin' funny, Yuffie! You could have killed yourself!" Barrett said.
"What, you think I let go on purpose? Well, I did, but I just forgot that we were still in the water. I thought that since it felt to still that we were on land." Yuffie said.
"Yeah. Whatever."
"Well, anyways. Vinnie! Your turn to take me out in the big wide blue!" Yuffie said.
"Wha'?" Vincent said surprised.
"After your little incident, I don't think you should go out anymore!" Cloud said.
"Oh, you are just a spoil sport!" Yuffie said as she walked away from the beach. (She knew this because the sound was behind her.)
"Where are you going?" Tifa asked her.
"Somewhere...I don't know. Just somewhere." Yuffie said just before tripping on a piece of driftwood. "...OK...attack the blind person. I don't' care."
"Really? You don't? Fine, then I will."
"R-R-Reno? Go away! Don't come near me! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yuffie screamed as he came towards her and picked her up. Unfortunately for him, Yuffie hit him in the nose and he dropped her.
"My dose! You doke my dose!" Reno put his hand to his bleeding nose just as Cloud and company came.
"Reno!" Cloud jeered.
"Note to self. Don't take the ninja if she isn't bound tightly." Reno whispered to himself as he pulled out a little vial. "Do you know what this is?" Reno asked after curing his nose. When no one answered, he continued.
"This is something special. To help me escape." Reno smiled as he opened the vial and threw it on the ground. And explosion was heard and smoke covered the area. Everyone immediately started to cough. Then, a muffled scream, then blackness.
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*gasp* Whatever is going to happen? ^^ Please read and review! I'll be happy and smile a lot, and be happy some more! Oh, and I dedicate this chapter to Ah-choo, L.K. Synthesis, and mostly Kittie and Fate, for reviewing my fic. Thank you!
Ruri-sugar