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A/N: Sorry it took so long. I have had a very stressing month. ^^ Too many problems in a week of the New Year...that just doesn't turn out good, you know?

My Eyes Can't Lie...

"OK. Everything is ready, and it is almost midnight. Do you think she'll be here soon?" Tifa asked. She was so nervous, that she was talking real fast, and was running around the room. Her face was slightly pale, and she was glancing around everywhere so fast, that everyone thought her head was going to fall off.

"I don't think she will leave until the Dark Ninjas are completely gone." Cloud stated simply. He had to repeat that same sentence so many times, and gave up yelling it at her.

"Oh, OK. I'll just sit down for a while then." Tifa sat down, but just as she did, she shot back up. "I think I'm going to mop the floor in the kitchen."

"Tifa, you did already. Five times already. Earlier." Barrett told her.

"It could be dirty!"

"Not in five minutes."

"It is more like four and a half."

"Sit down. She will be here before you know it. Take a nap. You have been doing stuff all day. You need to rest for a little while."

"OK." She sat next to Cloud, and rested her head on his shoulder. She was asleep in an instant.

"...she was tired. Very tired."

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OK. In about one hour, I can go. I think it is safe to get out of this stupid submarine though. I need to get back on land. I am going to go crazy down here. I never knew how scary it was to be surrounded by water, and the only thing keeping you from being engulfed in a sea of water was a couple layers of metal. That's it. I'm getting out whether the Dark Ninjas are there or not. I just freaked myself out.

Yuffie walked to the control room, and had the submarine rise to the surface. She got out as quietly as she could, and packed her stuff.

OK. I think it will be safe to leave this cave in about...half an hour. That will give me fifteen minutes, if I see them on the way home, to stay alive, and keep the Eye safe. This is going to be...tiring. I can tell right now.

She picked up her stuff, and looked at her watch. When it was time, she took in a deep breath, and walked out of the falls. She climbed the mountains and crossed the wilderness area. She was safe so far.

She walked on for a little while, but she stopped.

I could have sworn something moved from behind me. Oh, please don't be the Dark Ninjas!

She turned around, and saw...nothing.

OK. This is starting to get a little freaky. Maybe I should have waited longer.

Something moved from her left side, and as she turned to see what it was, something moved from her right, and she turned that way. But every time she moved, something would seem to move on a different side, and nothing would be where she looked. She started getting dizzy, and very scared.

What is going on? What is happening? This can't be the Dark Ninjas, because they would have taken the Eye and killed me already.

She started to walk towards Wutai again, but stopped, because in front of her was a big green emerald dragon. She turned, and behind her, was a ruby dragon. On her left, a sapphire dragon. And on her right, a diamond dragon flew. So, basically she was surrounded by dragons.

Oh, great. If it ain't the Dark Ninjas trying to kill me, it's a whole bunch of dragons! Why me?!?!?

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"It's five minutes to midnight. I'm going to take Tifa up to our room. I'll be back right after, OK?" Cloud picked up Tifa's beautiful sleeping form, and carried her up to bed.

"So...do ya think she is OK, Nanaki? Yer the one with the knowledge of this kinda thang." Barrett asked.

"I don't know. I can't tell the future. But by the way Yuffie is, her strength should keep her safe for a certain amount of time, and her understanding ways of the enemy, I think she will be able to control herself in ways to keep the Eye safe, as well as herself. She should be fine. Unless she does something stupid." Nanaki stated.

"Well, it being close to time, I think I am going to look for her. She might be hurt or something, you know. From the Dark Ninjas. If she escaped them. Last minute wise." Cid said slowly, putting on his coat.

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"There you go, Tifa. Into bed. He put her under the soft, cottony sheets and blankets, and pulled then up to her chin. "Sweet dreams."

He stood up and started towards the door, but stopped when he heard her move around a little. He looked at her, but she was still asleep, dreaming her dreams. He sat on the edge of the bed, and stared at her sleeping form. She had her hair untied and it lay crazily around her. A few strands in her face, and a few more framing it.

"You look like an angel, you know? Just laying there, all innocent. Sweet, lovable, motherly to everyone, sisterly to everyone, and you make a d*mn good martini!" Cloud whispered as he chuckled slightly. She shifted again, and her face turned a little towards the window. The full moon's light shone on her face that made her look even more angelic. He reached over to touch her face, and decided against it. His hands were cold. He didn't want to wake her up. He stood up, and started once again towards the door, but stopped in his tracks fearfully. There was a figure in front of him. A ghostly figure.

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OK. Let's see. There's no way in hell I can run, so I have to fight them. My limit is out of the question, because that will lure the Dark Ninjas. I can't scream or say anything, because the d*mn ninjas will hear me then, too. I can't get cut, because they'll smell it, and...D*MN IT! I AM JUST TOO RESTRICTED! THIS IS GOING TO BE TOO DIFFICULT!

Yuffie threw her shuriken, and it struck all of the dragons (she had slash all), but only caused them 4000 damage. She then cast haste on herself, plus wall. She was able to dodge all of the dragon's attacks just until she put up her wall. She wasn't hurt that much, and there was no blood, but she knew she was going to get a bruise there. She cast Ultima, but that too only did a small amount of damage.

D*mn! What is their weakness? I guess the only way to find out is sense. Godd*mmit! Why are they not able to be sensed? That is just so not fair!

The Emerald Dragon attacked her with a powerful jade beam. (Jade, emerald, green, it all ties together! ^^) She had 2000 hp taken from her out of her 4000, and she cast cure 3, then regen on herself. Then the Ruby Dragon attacked her with a crimson sword that was as sharp as...the sharpest thing in the universe (^^'). It too caused her damage, but she cured herself again. Then the Sapphire Dragon struck her with a powerful mist that amazingly took so much of her hp, that she had one left. She cured herself, and the Diamond Dragon used his attack. A crystal ball of energy, formed from it's claws, and unleashed it's mighty power with a loud cry. The crystal ball struck Yuffie. At first, she saw only white, but then all she saw was the blackness.

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"Where is she? Where is Yuffie? She had to have passed by here! Titan is no fool! If he goes this way, then Yuffie was here! YUFFIE! WHERE ARE YOU?" Cid yelled out into the cold air. Titan ran as fast as he could. He searched left and right, looking for any form, any moving thing, but saw none. But Titan stopped and Cid jumped off, knowing the reason. Yuffie was very close by. He looked around, and saw nothing. No Yuffie, no shuriken, no Eye. Nothing. Where was she?

"Stupid bird! Why did you stop?!" Cid yelled.

"Wark wark WARK!" Titan squawked angrily as he pecked the ground. Cid walked over and looked down. He saw something round with spikes, and drenched in scarlet liquid. It was Yuffie's conformer, covered in blood. But whose? Could it be from Yuffie?

"Yuffie...where have they taken you? What have they done to you?"

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Wow! This is one of the shortest chapters ever! I'm sorry, but this was just like a great place to stop, since there is suspense in Yuffie, a little of Cid, and Cloud's part. ^^ Please read and review!

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