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My Eyes Can't Lie
"Oh. I see. You can't beat me yourself and have to call forth demons to kill me. I see your weakness. You are just a frail little coward who can't fight your own battles." Wufei mocked.
"Just because I can change into a demon does not mean he is a reinforcement. He is part of me. Therefore, he is me." Vincent said just as Chaos took over him. Wings tore through his skin and he let out a pained, angry cry. His hand and bronze claw turned into great claws of dark blue. Horns shot through his skull, and fangs positioned into the jaw of the angry beast.
"Oh. I'm terrified. Want to see me run to my mommy?" Wufei asked derisive.
"You won't get the chance to!" Chaos flew with great speed to the ninja and swung his claws at him mercilessly. But, Wufei dodged all of Chaos's attacks, only to use Bolt 3 on him. Chaos dodged it easily.
"It seems we are pretty much even, and I did not need the aid of a monster. Shows your strength well, does it not?"
"I care not what you think. Just shut up and wait for your fate. Defense for you is futile." Chaos said as he started to slash away at Wufei again. Wufei quickly dodged each blow with rapidness and grace.
But away from them, Yuffie was slowly growing consciousness. She started glowing a dark green, and before she knew what was happening, she was changing. She changed into...well, nothing. The dark green light surrounding her started transforming her into a mist. A green, pale mist. It hovered slowly above Chaos and Wufei's heads. It stayed there, floating, for about a minute, as if questioning who to help. Then, with amazing swiftness, the cloud of jade surrounded Wufei and seeped into his body. He stopped and let out a loud scream. Chaos stopped and watched him drop to the ground holding his body in pain with pleasure and amazement of what a little 'dust cloud' could do. When Wufei stopped moving, the mist left his body, and Chaos prepared himself and set himself up in a fighting stance. But Wufei still lay motionless. The mist became Yuffie again, and she sat holding her head staring at the ground. The Eye of Leviathan was dangling from a silver chain around her neck.
Wait. How did she get the Eye when I had it?
Good question. Ask her. You can take over again.
Only when there isn't a fight nearby.
I could fight her. It wouldn't be fair though.
Just shut up.
Touchie.
"Yuffie? Are you alright?" Vincent walked up to Yuffie and knelt down to her. She was still holding her head, and she looked as if something was trying to tear her head off, or smash it into a billion gazillion pieces.
"...Vinnie...please...make it...stop...all of it. I...I can't...it hurts...my head...it..." Yuffie struggled to say as she attempted to look up at the man. She gave up half way, and looked back down.
"What did you do? When you turned into that cloud of..."
"I don't...know! Why are...you all asking...me that?"
"You all?"
"Yes! You...my mom...and...the f*cking ancients!" Yuffie screamed.
"Your mom? The ancients? Yuffie, I am the only one here..."
"Don't...play stupid...with me, Valentine. I know...you can hear...then too."
"In all honesty, Yuffie, I hear no one but you." Vincent put his hand on her shoulder. She put hers on top of his, and leaned against him.
"Then...why...I don't...please...just...make them...leave me the f*ck alone!" Yuffie screamed this out and collapsed. Vincent picked her up and carried her to her house. After laying her in her bed, he closed her door, and ran to gather all the other counsel members.
"Where is she?'
"Is she alright?"
"What happened?"
"You did it, didn't you?"
"We should get a doctor..."
"This is a curse..."
These mixed voices wouldn't shut up, and Yuffie lay in bed with a pounding headache. She tried to sleep. Really, she did, but something was always keeping her awake. She reached over and turned on the lamp. She got out of bed and picked up a heavy shoe from under her side table thing. She opened her window, and threw the shoe with all her might to the noise makers out in the street.
"SHUT THE HELL UP! I AM TRYING TO SLEEP, G*DD*MM*T!" She screamed and shut the window, and crawled back into bed. She didn't hear another sound from the streets, and slowly drifted off to the land of dreams.
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Yuffie awoke the next morning to the knocking on her door. She tried to ignore it, hoping the person would stop eventually and give up, but the knocking continued. Annoyed, she got up, stomped over to the door, and swung it open.
"You had better have a d*mn good reason for making me get out of bed." She said groggily. There was a man she never saw before in front of her, and he seemed backed up a little at her words.
"Ummm...Lady Kisaragi...you have a visitor..." The man moved to the side and a little girl was behind him. She walked up to Yuffie and hugged her tightly.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!" She then let go and handed Yuffie a bunch of flowers. "These are for you. They are a token of thanks and ap...apra...appre-ci-macion...from me and my mommy."
"Appreciation? What did I do?"
"In the alley. I don't know, but my mommy said you saved her from a bad man."
"Oh...Wufei...that bas...I mean...that motherf...I mean...nevermind."
"I can't stay for very long, but thank you! Oh, and..." she leaned close to Yuffie and pulled her down so she could talk in her ear. "That man, down stairs? You look really nice together! I think you should get married!" The girl ran out of the room and Yuffie sat very still on the floor with a face as red as a tomato.
"Thank you, Lady. Have a nice day." The man walked out also, and Yuffie was left alone...but not for long. Vincent popped up 30 seconds after the man and the girl left.
"Yuffie? Who were they?"
"I don't know. I was hoping you would."
"No...ummm...do you..." Vincent started, but stopped to the voice of Chaos in his head.
Not now, stupid! Wait for her to start. Don't seem pushy, or she'll tear your head off and think you have no compassion. She's a girl, and girls have something called feelings.
Not all girls have feelings.
Name one.
Lucrecia.
She cried sometimes, too.
Yeah, but she...
"Yoooohoooooo? Viiiinniiiii? Are you still with me or are you having more fun ignoring me in Lala Land with all the little Muffin Men?"
"Oh...sorry."
"What were you saying?"
"Nothing. It was nothing."
"Fine. I'll see you later. I am going to Da Chao."
"What? But what if you..."
"What if I what? Turn into some green fog stuff and mysteriously kill people by going into them?"
"...ummm...actually...that is what I am afraid of, Yuffie..." Yuffie just stared at him funny and started laughing.
"Hehehehe! That is very funny, Vinnie. I think you should get off of what you're smokin'! Hehehehe!"
"..."
"Oh...your serious...why would I turn into something from my dream? I mean, come on. Misty stuff? I doubt that is really possible."
"But don't you remember last night?"
"Last night? Well...I remember the meeting...and Wufei...and then a scream...then I don't remember anything after that. Why?" Yuffie looked Vincent in the eyes and saw that he was confused.
"Yuffie, last night Wufei tried to...take a woman in an alley. All the counsel members, you, and me heard her scream and went to look for her. You found her and took her place. He...he raped you." Vincent barely whispered the last sentence, but knew Yuffie heard him when he saw her expression. It was a hurt face, with embarrassment, dishonor, and weakness. "It isn't your fault. You couldn't stop it."
"But then...I...he...oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my f*cking God! Do you know what this means? I am going to be a mom, and I don't want to be right now. Not for a fatherless child. Not for his child. I am so lost. I don't know what to do. Vincent...help me. I don't know what to do anymore." Yuffie turned away from him in shame. He took her in his arms and rubbed her back. She started to cry softly.
"Just cry. Let all your tears out. Don't hold them back. Cry them all out."
What are you going to do? You know, I can always kill the kid.
What do you mean? You aren't killing any unborn baby unless the mother agrees and I agree. It is wrong to even think like that.
I am a demon. What do you imagine me doing? Breast feeding it and playing peek-a-boo?
Just leave it alone. It isn't your business.
Fine. Just remember how hard this will be for her. And for you.
"What happened after that?"
"Huh? After what?"
"After he..."
"Oh. I fought with him. I tried to kill him. I would have if I could have. I even turned into Chaos, but he was strong even for him. You just turned into some green mist and went into his body and he died. Then you turned back into yourself holding your head in pain. When I asked you what happened, you said that your mom, the ancients, and I were asking you that, and you passed out. I also don't know how, but the Eye of Leviathan returned to you. Right after you turned back into a human. I was hoping you could explain all of this to me, but due to the circumstances..."
"I'm sorry, Vinnie. I don't mean to be so much trouble to you or many other people. But, my decision stays. I am going to Da Chao. I am going to pray and ask for forgiveness."
"Well, I'm coming with you. Maybe more than one person praying will have a bigger and better effect."
"Thanks."
He helped her up, and they both walked out towards Da Chao.
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Yuffie silently prayed on her knees. But even though her eyes were closed, tears made their way past the gates of eyelids on her face, leaving their marks.
"Are you alright? I don't mean to interrupt you, but..." Vincent asked quietly.
"I just remembered the last time I was here. I was with Yukkie. We prayed for me to get better. I was wearing a pretty pink kimono with cherry blossoms on it. It was beautiful. This was before I collapsed. In fact, this is where I fell. After we prayed, we were racing down, but I wasn't running too fast. I didn't want to ruin my kimono. Then, I fell. I don't remember much after that. But that was my last memory with her. My very last memory."
"I'm sorry. I had a brother also. Though, not my twin, he was very close to me."
"What happened?"
"My father gave us both guns for a Christmas present. We went out to shoot them, and we were separated. I heard him scream and followed his sound, but when I saw something move, I shot it on instinct. I thought it was the attacker. It was my brother. I shot him. I didn't mean it. I ran up to him, to see if he was OK, or if he was going to be OK, and he told me he screamed because he saw a lot of red eyes in the bushes. I was older. He was 12 at the time. I was 16 or so. I don't know why my stupid father gave us guns at such a young age. He was a fool. But it was my fault. I can never forget the look on his face, or what he told me before he died. He said, 'don't you cry, big brother. I know it was an accident, and I am not mad at you. Just never forget me, OK? And learn to shoot your gun real nice.' and died in my arms. His blood stained my clothes, and I felt so guilty, I just sat there and cried until my father found me three days after the accident. I beat me, then threw me out. It didn't matter, I was going to leave anyways. But...he was my only brother, and I killed him. If my mother was alive, she would have..." Vincent stopped. He turned his head and let his tears fall freely. Yes, Vincent was crying.
"It's OK, Vinnie." Yuffie walked up to Vincent and wrapped her arms around him. He didn't hug her back. He was too stiff. He didn't have the strength to. "It's OK. A man isn't a man until he cries without a care of how people will react."
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A week passed since Vincent told Yuffie about his horrible accident, and through that week, Vincent was no where to be found, and Yuffie was being put to work by her advisors like no tomorrow, while Cloud and the others looked at the sights and ate in the fine restaurants in Wutai. After finishing her duties as Lady by helping the construction of the new and improved children's hospital, Yuffie went to her tiny house and sat at her desk. (Yeah, she didn't have a desk, but she does now! ^^) She pulled out a pen and a piece of paper, and started to think.
How did that legend go? Oh, yeah. Mom told me that one story of the guy who...
(This is the legend now, kay?)
There once was a man who married a woman from a small town. They were happy together and decided to have a child. They were overjoyed when they were blessed with a baby boy. He slowly grew up to be a curious little boy who loved to snoop around. One day, the boy got lost. The parents were saddened by his disappearance, and prayed to the Gods for help to find their son. The Gods appeared before them and said,
"Write a small epistle of why you wish for your son to return, and without folding the paper, hold it into the heavens for the wind to carry it off to your son. He will obtain it and return home to you on his 7th birthday, when he gains the knowledge of reading and language."
With that the Gods departed, and the parents did what they were told to do. They wrote:
Dearest son,
We are your parents. We hope you are well, but wish you were here with us, so that we may once again be together as a happy family. As our son, we wish for nothing less than for you to be happy, but please return to us here. We miss you deeply!
Your parents,
XXXX
And as they were told, held the letter up into the sky and were surprised when a gust of wind swept the note from their hands and away, far off into the distance. They waited and waited, and after two years, there was commotion in the town. They ran to find out what was going on, and found out that a child arrived on a gold chocobo. The parents knew immediately who the boy was, and ran up to him. He jumped off the chocobo and it ran away, and the boy hugged and kissed his parents. The parents were happy for the help of the Gods, and continued to thank them every day for their kindness and help.
(OK. Now the story is done.)
OK. So all I need to do is to write why I want Vinnie to come back. What if this doesn't work? Well, I guess I have to try, huh?
Yuffie started to write, and when she finished, she ran to her window and opened it. She held the note up as high as she could.
"Please. Gods all mighty. Help me find my Vinnie! Help him return to me." Yuffie pleaded. Just as the wind carried off, she heard a voice behind her.
"Is this a fast enough service for you?"
"Vinnie!? It's been so long! And, yeah. I didn't expect you to arrive that fast." Yuffie said as she ran up to Vincent and hugged him, almost knocking him down.
"Oh, well then I'll leave until you do expect me." Vincent started to pull Yuffie away, but she held on to him tighter.
"I expect you now! I expect you now! Don't leave me!" Yuffie said a little too loudly.
"As you wish. What did you write in that letter?"
"Oh, nothing. It was nothing at all."
"I am familiar with the Wutainese legend, Yuffie. What did you write?" Vincent pressed on.
"Oh...you know that one, huh? Well, I just wrote that I wanted you to come back to Wutai...to me, because I...because I love you, Vinnie." Yuffie said blushing.
"I love you too, Yuffie." Vincent smiled and hugged Yuffie. "I'm sorry for being away for so long."
"It's OK, I guess. I was put to work anyways, and wouldn't have any time to do anything I wanted."
"...do?" Vincent asked with a slyness never before shown.
"NO! Not that. Not yet, anyways. I want to know I am truly in love before I make love."
"I was only teasing. Where is your sense of humor?"
"I never thought I'd ever hear that come from you." Yuffie smiled.
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It was 9:00 PM and Yuffie was in her room getting dressed as fast as she could, while the AVALANCHE members waited in her living room. They were all nice and prettied up for the nice dinner Yuffie was treating them all to for helping her through everything.
"Tifa? Why don't you go get Yuffie out of there or help her out?" Cloud whined again. Tifa stood up and faced Cloud angrily.
"BECAUSE! YUFFIE WILL KICK MY @$$! YOU NEVER TELL A GIRL TO HURRY UP WHILE SHE IS TRYING TO LOOK HER BEST! ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S A NINJA! SHURIKENS ARE SHARP! SO FOR THE LAST TIME, CLOUD! I AM NOT GOING INTO HER ROOM TO TELL HER TO HURRY UP!" And Tifa sat down, crossed her arms, and faced away from Cloud with her eyes closed.
"Ummm...actually, Tifa. I would like you to come over here and help me out a little bit. I am not really able to put this gooey crap on."
"Gooey? What do you have to put on that's gooey?"
"I don't know what you call it! Just come over here and help me out."
"OK." Tifa stood up and went into Yuffie's room and looked at how the ninja was progressing. She was pretty much done. She had her dress on. It was a spaghetti strap, soft, black dress that went down to just pass her toes. She had black shoes on that had small heals, and her wavy hair framed her face nicely, but something was missing.
"This stuff. What is it called?"
"Oh! That's make-up."
"Yeah. That's it. I don't know how to put it on."
"I'll do it." Tifa walked up to Yuffie and began her magic.
"Tifa? Can I tell you something? I mean a secret that is so concealed that no one knows about it except for me."
"Yeah. You can trust me."
"If you were to tell anyone, I would probably hate you forever, never talk to you again, and be so depressed I'd be an inch away from killing myself." Yuffie said seriously.
"OK. You can trust me. Heheh." Tifa said with a little laugh. When Yuffie didn't return the laughter, she stopped. "Oh. It's that serious?"
"Yeah. I will tell you this, and we are never to talk about it on the PHS, letters, or any other way. Only in person where we know we are absolutely and completely alone."
"Alright." Tifa nodded.
"OK. *sigh* The thing is, I really like Vinnie. I mean I don't think I even like him anymore. I think I love him. I love him so much, I want to marry him, have his children, and live with him for the rest of my life. But the thing is I don't know if he feels the same. I want to propose to him, Tifa. But I don't know how he will react when a girl, especially me, the annoying ninja brat with no life who steals materia, proposes to him, a guy who is mature, quiet, and so d@mn hot!"
"I don't know what to say to that, Yuffie. I guess you just have to trust your feelings."
"You're not mad at me for not telling you before?"
"Of course not. We all have secrets we need to keep for ourselves sometimes."
"OK. I'm really lucky I can trust you, Tifa. Thanks."
"You're welcome. Just remember this, though. Think before you do anything. I don't want to see you hurt because you made a mistake or something."
"Don't worry."
"OK. You're done now, finally."
"Great! This stuff feels kinda funky on my face. I don't know. I think I should just take it off..."
"Leave it on! It took me a while to put it on and you are keeping it on until we are done with dinner! That is a work of art I did, and you look great!"
"...OK...sheesh." Yuffie said as she backed away slightly against the wall.
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Wow! After this chapter, you might have to wait a while until the next chapter! This was long! Well, I want to thank everyone for reviewing so many times! Especially Kittie and Fate. Crazy Monkey and shayster for putting the fic on favorites and/or me! That makes me feel so special! This fic is for all of you! That made my day for more than a week! ^^ Until later...
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