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My Eyes Can't Lie...
"Is she asleep?" Tifa asked, rinsing the rag she used to clean up the little "mess" in the bathroom.
"Yeah. And...*sniff*...I'm..." Yuffie covered her mouth, and dropped to the floor, crying. Everyone instantly ran to her side.
"What's wrong?"
"Waaaaaahahaha! Hehehehehehehehe! Waaaaahahahahaahahaha! Hahahahahahahahaha!" Yuffie was hysterical, laughing and crying at the same time. "I don't know what to feel. I told her I would be her mother! Wahahahahaha! Hehehehehehehehe!"
"Yuffie! Calm down! You're starting to hyperventilate!" Cloud yelled. Then, as fate would have it, the pills the doctor gave her for her mood swings fell out of her pocket. Before she could grab them, Vincent snatched it up and read the bottle. To be exact, it read:
Take with food or milk.
This drug may cause drowsiness, nausea, stomach pain, and/or dizziness. Be careful when operating machinery, driving, or fighting while taking this medication.
Do NOT overdose. It will cause damage to your unborn child and may cause a miscarriage.
Take one tablet when you feel emotional discomfort.
"Guess what Yuffie is going to take! Her medicine to make her better!"
"You get that f*cking sh*t away from me Valentine." Yuffie growled, her hysterical session over, but her anger just starting.
"Woah there, little lady. What did I do? What ever happened to "Vinnie?" And what is with all those horrible words?"
"You know d*mn well why I am like this. You are all always treating me like a baby. How will you treat me when I have a baby? Yeah! I thought so! You can't think of any way to treat me because you are so used to treating me like sh*t! Just stay the f*ck away from me!" Yuffie started to run upstairs to her room, but Vincent grabbed her by the arm.
"You are going no where until you act like an adult and take your f*cking medicine, Yuffie Kisaragi!" He said sternly.
"And what makes you think I'm going to listen to you?!" Yuffie screamed going back into hysterics.
"Because. If you don't, you will just suffer, and I don't want to see you suffer as much as you don't want to feel the pain."
"I don't wanna be pregnant, Vinnie. Tifa. Everyone. I don't. I feel so weird, and I...don't think I can deal with it. To hell with what I said before. I'm gettin' me an abortion right now." Yuffie tried to get out of Vincent's tight grip by running towards the door, but she wasn't going anywhere. Vincent was just standing here as if she wasn't moving at all.
"Vinnie! Let me go! Vinnie! Let me..." She was silenced when Vincent's lips clashed with hers.
'Hush now or you'll bite your well needed tongue."
"..." Yuffie blushed. Cid walked in with a glass of water, and handed it to Vincent, who handed the water and the pills to Yuffie. She took it, and handed the empty glass back to Cid, who threw it out the window.
"CID! That was expensive china! Get out there, pick up all the pieces, and glue them together! NOW!"
"F*ck that! I'll just buy you a new (&^%@~! set!"
"Suit yourself. It is 1,000,000 gil, just so you know. It was a gift from the mayor of Kalm to us. I don't remember why, but it was a gift."
"1,000,000 gil! I'll be back in. Anybody got any super glue?"
"That's what I thought. Now I...excuse me..." Yuffie put her hand to her mouth, and ran to the bathroom. Everyone knew what was happening, so they waited patiently for them to come back. "Ummm...sorry about that. I'm feeling kind of...woozy, so I'm just gonna go back to bed, OK?"
"Goodnight Yuffie." Everyone said simultaneously.
"Woah. That was kinda weird. Whatever." She started up the stairs again, but after the first step, she fell over. She was staring up at the ceiling when Cloud and Vincent's faces were staring at her.
"Ow..." Yuffie said.
"Yuffie, you are a nut."
"A nut? What kind? Carob or Zeio or..."
"You are going to bed." Vincent picked her up, and carried her up the stairs.
"Hey! How come I don't get tucked in to bed?" Tifa asked, faking a pout.
"Are you tired?"
"Yeah..." Tifa stretched the words out so they came out long and slow.
"OK." Cloud picked her up and put her over his shoulder. He walked upstairs, and put her in bed and tucked her in.
"Goodnight, Cumulous!"
"...Cumulous? What the hell is a cumulous?"
"A cloud."
"...you're about as crazy as our dear Yuffie. Are you pregnant?"
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"And please bless my mommy, great Leviathan. My real mommy and my nice mommy. Even if my real mommy doesn't love me anymore, and if she is in hell, please bless her anyways. I still love her. And bless my nice mommy too, because she loves me, and will be my new mommy. I hope you are happy as a God, great Leviathan. Please stay happy. Amen." Yukina ended her prayer and climbed back into bed.
"Does she really want to be my mommy or does she feel sorry for me?" Yukina asked herself as she slowly drifted to sleep.
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"Good morning, sunshine!" Yuffie walked in Yukina's room with a plate of freshly made sunny side up eggs, buttered toast with honey, and a cool glass of orange juice. (I don't like milk, so Yukina isn't going to like milk either.) "How are you feeling this morning?" Yuffie set up the tray (You know, those things you set up in the living room when you eat in there instead of the kitchen.) and set the food on it.
"Great! I had a great dream, and later we are going shopping, right? Because you said we were going to?" She asked, rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes.
"'Yup! Then we can grab an ice cream cone in the park. Would you like that?"
"Yeah! Are any of the other people going?"
"You mean AVALANCH?"
"I think. The people downstairs."
"Oh, I think Tifa is going. The one with the long hair."
"Wow. I like her. She is pretty."
"Yup!" Yuffie smiled. "Well, I'm going to get ready. I can't go if I'm in my pajamas!"
"Alright. I'll find you when I'm done eating."
"OK."
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"So, Yuffie. Is she awake and ready to go shopping?"
"She's awake, eating, and looking forward to a day with me and the "pretty long-haired girl." They both laughed.
"That's great. I remember how fun it was to go shopping with Marlene. This will be about the same. But you'll be with, so it will probably be even crazier!"
"Hey now! Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Well, it will be more fun..."
"Ummm...well, I guess I could take it as a good thing. If you are nice from now on."
"Yeah. Right."
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"OK. IS everyone ready to go?" Yuffie asked. She wore a green dress that went to a little above her knees and shoes to match. Her hair was down framing her face. Tifa wore a pale yellow sun dress that tied around her neck. It had a bare back. It was the same length as Yuffie's dress. Yukina wore one of Marlene's dresses. Barret had one with him. Why, no one knew. Or wanted to. It was a little big for her, but it was good enough for the time being.
"So, where are we going first?" Yukina asked excitedly.
"We are going to the clothes stores so we can buy you some clothes of your own. That is the most important thing right now." Yuffie answered.
"OK. And then where?"
"Then we are going to a weapon and materia store. We need to stock up before we do an...uhh...important mission. Ummm...yeah, then we are going to go to a nice little toy store and then the park. Is that OK with you?" Tifa asked.
"Sure! We really get to go to a toy store? I never had a toy of my own before. I always had to look at the other kids play with theirs. And if they were nice, they let me borrow them, but most of the time...they threw rocks at me, and didn't share. See? This is one of my scars." Yukina held up her elbow to show a thin scar showing where a cut from not too long ago used to be. It wasn't that bad of a cut, but it wasn't small, either.
"Well, these toys will be all yours. I have a budget though, so don't plan on getting the whole store!' Yuffie said, winking.
"Don't worry. One will be enough for me."
"Well, here we are! Milani's. This is the best place to go to buy clothes for anyone. No matter the age or gender. Which means...we all get new clothes! And we can try on prom dresses even though we don't plan on buying any! It is a good thing we took the guys' credit cards before we left. Hehehehe..." Yuffie giggled looking at Tifa holding up Vincent's credit card. "Vincent didn't buy anything for that whole while in the Shinra Mansion, so there is a lot I can spend. I'm sure he won't know I bought anything."
"Yeah. Well, Cloud doesn't have oodles, but he has enough. I just can't buy everything I see." Tifa agreed, holding up Cloud's three credit cards.
"Whoa, there Tifa. He has three?!"
"Yup. He lost the others without canceling the accounts. But that is OK. That is more spending money for me!"
"Ummm...mommy? Can I try this on?" Yukina had a blue and white dress that looked like Dorothy's from the Wizard of Oz (I don't own the Wizard of Oz) in her small arms.
"Sure, honey! The dressing room is over there. When you have it on, come show me, and we'll see if you like it and if it fits, OK?"
"OK!"
"So, if Cloud found out you took his credit cards, would he be mad?"
"No. I know how to make him happier anyways. Hehehe. That is if you get my meaning."
"Eeeew, Tifa! That is not appropriate!"
"What? She's in the dressing room!"
"Well, just not in front of her, OK? I don't want to be a bad mother on my first try. Oh! Lookie at this cute top and these matching shorts! They are so cute!" Yuffie held up a light green shirt and short khaki shorts. The shirt was one of those that tied at the bottom just above the belly button.
"Hey, that does look cute! It would look great on you!" Tifa agreed.
"But shouldn't I also look at maternity clothes?"
"I don't know. You aren't that far along."
"But it is better to be safe than sorry."
"OK. Sure. Whatever will make you happy. I don't want to make the pregnant woman pissed at me right now! Not when we are going to have fun with our little addition to the "family" of AVALANCHE." Tifa said smiling.
"Here I am! I like this dress! It feels so nice and soft, and it is really pretty! Can I keep it, mommy?" Yukina asked with big eyes.
"Sure, honey. How much is it?"
"Ummm...500 gil."
"500 gil?!?!?! Are they crazy? That is just way to expensive!" Yuffie exclaimed surprised.
"But...but...I really want it!" Yukina started forming tears in her eyes, and held up her hands as if she was praying.
"Well...alright. But you better take real good care of it!" Yuffie told her. Yukina jumped up for joy, happy and running all over the store.
"Don't run around! You'll crash into something!"
"OK. I'll look around over there while you and Auntie Tifa keep trying on clothes."
"Alright, sweetie."
"She is a really sweet little girl. You know?"
"Yeah. She sure is." Yuffie looked after her, her eyes watery.
"Yuffie?"
"I'm fine. I just thought of how much she looks like Yukkie." She did look a lot like Yukkie. Her dark brown hair wasn't as short as Yukkie's always were, but the face, the height, and the curiosity was just like hers.
"Umm...misses. Are you ready to purchase?" The cashier asked trying to find a customer to serve to escape the boredom.
"Yeah. Yukina? I need to see the price tag so I can buy the dress."
"OK. In a minute." The cashier scanned all the items, and Yuffie paid. Then she scanned Tifa's items, and she paid.
"Thank you and have a nice day!" The girl said cheerfully.
"So, we are going to the...weapon store?" Yuffie asked Tifa for confirmation.
"Yeah. If you want, you can just go in while I wait with Yukina outside, and then I can go in while you wait with Yukina when you're done."
"It is alright. I used to go into the weapon store all the time. I wasn't supposed to, but I wanted to see what was inside. I like all the nice little throwing thingies and the pretty balls!"
"You mean the throwing stars and the materia?" Yuffie and Tifa said at the same time.
"Yeah."
"Well, maybe I can get you a nice little harmless materia. Maybe. I don't know about a weapon, though. You are only six."
"OK." They all walked into the store, and Yukina ran immediately to the glass display case where all types of materia were presented. She had her eyes on the purple orbs on the corner of the display.
"Oooooh..." She said.
"Now now, Yukina. Let Mommy and Auntie Tifa look at the things they need before your eyes get big." Yuffie said sweetly.
"I am. I was just looking at all the pretty things."
"OK. Now, You need to get your Premium Heart looked at, right? To make sure it looks brand new and stuff?"
"Yeah. And I need to get another materia. Restore. All the ones I have are mastered, so if I get another one, then I can master that one and trade it in for gil. How about you?"
"Oh, I am just going to get a sharpener for my Conformer. I want to sharpen it myself, and then sell all of these mastered materia." Yuffie held up a bag that held what looked like 20 materia.
"Wow, Yuffie! What kind of materia are those?"
"Oh, just a few barriers, restores, transforms, times, and quite a few all materias. I had them for a while. I figure I should trade them in since I don't need them and since I can get more and master them. Now that I am expecting and have Yukina, I can use the extra money, you know?"
"Yeah. I guess."
"Wow! Look, Mommy! Two ninjas are fighting outside!" Yukina yelled as she ran outside.
"Yukina, no! It isn't safe!" Yuffie ran after her daughter. When she reached the door, she saw Yukina behind one of the ninjas. The other had a shuriken (different from Yuffie's) and he threw it at his opponent. The opponent moved, and the shuriken made its way to Yukina.
"Yukina!" Yuffie closed her eyes, knowing she wouldn't reach her in time to stop the shuriken, or push her out of the way. Then she heard silence, and then applause from spectators.
"Huh?" Yuffie looked up to see that Yukina had caught the shuriken. She was holding it as if it was never thrown.
"That was a good throw. Here is your shuriken back." Yukina called as she threw it back to the owner. She threw it perfectly and it flew to the owner, but he missed, and it injured his arm.
"Ooops. I'm sorry, mister. But you really shouldn't use a shuriken if you can't catch it." Yukina apologized.
"Yukina! How did you...catch it?" Yuffie asked Yukina, picking her up from the ground.
"Oh, ummm...I used to practice with the wooden shuriken I had. When I played with Klouee. (Pronounced Clo-ee. The "o" is pronounced as the "o" in "toe". ^^) She was my friend." Yukina explained.
"Oh my God. Don't ever scare me like that again! I Thought you were..." Yuffie put her down, and went back into the store holding her hand.
"Is everything alright?" Tifa asked. She was unable to get outside because of the customers who were in her way, so she waited inside.
"Yeah. Everything is fine. Yukina? I want you to go over there in that corner and pick out any shuriken you want."
"What?" Tifa asked thinking Yuffie had just gone crazy.
"Really? OK!" Yukina ran to the wall, and picked out a crystal shuriken. "I want this one!"
"OK. I'm also going to give you a few materia, OK?"
"Huh? Yuffie, have you gone crazy?" Tifa asked now completely confused.
"Yay!"
"No, everything is fine. Yukina just so happens to be a pro at using a shuriken. It scared me at first, but she might as well have one since she knows how to use it, and since she will need to protect herself. I can just put her through a couple lessons."
"Ummm...how may I help you, Lady Kisaragi?" The elderly man asked from behind the counter.
"Yeah. I would like to buy a sharpening tool, Minerva band, Fairy ring, and a crystal shuriken. I would also like the following materia. Fire, ice, luck plus, enemy skill, sense, all, restore, and hp plus. Oh, and I would like to sell these." Yuffie set the bag on the counter as the man ran around the store collecting everything she listed.
"Is that all?"
"Yup."
"With all the purchases and mastered materia you are trading, I owe you 6,987,342,106,510,000 gil. Does that sound correct?"
"Sure. That sounds like plenty."
"Thank you for shopping here. Whew."
"Ummm...I was wondering if you could make my Premium Heart brand new or almost brand new." Tifa asked, setting her weapon in front of him.
"I have a do it yourself kit where you have instructions for only 5000 gil. If you had me fix it, it would be 10,000 gil. Would you like the kit?"
"Yes, please."
"Thank you for not purchasing as much as your friend, and have a nice day!"
"Hey, I thought you like customers!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Not when they buy that much!" Yuffie, Tifa, and Yukina walked out of the store, made a quick stop at the toy store, and quickly dropped their purchases off at the house. Then they made their way to the park. They ate ice cream, walked around, fed ducks, and went home after watching the sun set.
"Wow. We had a very busy day!" Tifa said happily, plopping on her the couch.
"Tell me about it. I'm exhausted. I just hope no one attacks us now. I won't stand a good fight." Yuffie agreed, still standing in the middle of the living room.
"Oh, really? I can take that as an advantage." Vincent picked Yuffie up, and put her over his shoulders.
"Aaaak! Vincent! Put me down! I ain't as flexible as I used to be!"
"OK. You aren't any fun, dearest."
"Ummm...mommy? Is that daddy?" Yukina asked tugging on Yuffie's dress. In her other hand, she held a baby doll. It was very pretty, and had a nice dress on.
"Ummm..." Yuffie looked at Vincent, not knowing if he wanted to take that responsibility. The whole room grew quiet, and all the members of AVALANCHE looked at Vincent, waiting for what he would say.
"Do you want a daddy, Yukina?" Vincent asked.
"Yes. I want a nice daddy who will love my mommy and read me stories at night and tuck me in wit mommy. And who will have a tea party with me tomorrow afternoon." Yukina said smiling.
"Would you like me to be your...father?" Vincent asked, his voice growing soft and hoarse. Yukina nodded.
"I think you will make a great daddy, and mommy really likes you. I see you kissing sometimes." Yukina replied. Everyone laughed at this except for Yuffie and Vincent who just blushed.
"Then, I will be your father." Vincent said, kneeling down and hugging her.
"Yay! Now I have a mommy and a daddy! I have a family!" Yukina cried. Yuffie knelt down next to Vincent and they had a little group hug. Everyone "awed" and continued with their tasks.
"Well, I'll go upstairs and put my doll to sleep. I'll wait for you and daddy to tuck me in." Yukina ran upstairs.
"Vincent.?"
"Yuffie?"
"Thank you. Thank you for accepting this responsibility." Yuffie said sincerely.
"No thanks are needed. I love you, and I love Yukina. You are my family."
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"Vincent, I'm going to take Yukina to school!" Yuffie yelled as she walked out the front door with an excited Yukina in front of her. Yukina was dressed in the uniform of a white collared shirt and a blue and green plaid skirt (with those layer thingies like Japanese uniforms have on their skirts). She had a Strawberry Shortcake book bag and a Care Bears lunch box which contained a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, chocolate pudding, carrot sticks, crackers, a cupcake, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, and a few mints for after the meal. She also had a thermos with blue Kool-Aid. (I don't own Kool-Aid or Thermos.) She liked blue Kool-Aid, and her dear ol' mommy didn't want her to starve on her first day at school. Her hair was put up in pigtails held together with navy blue ribbon.
"Let's go, Mommy! I wanna go!"
"Ok, dear. Be patient. You'll get there." Yuffie shut the door behind her and walked with Yukina to a school building.
"Here we are, Yukina. Wutai Elementary School."
"Yay! I know my way back. I'll walk home, OK, Mommy?"
"Alright. But come straight home."
"OK!" Yukina ran through the doors into the world of school.
"At least she's excited about it. I hated school." Yuffie said to herself.
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Tifa was in the kitchen making pancakes when the phone started ringing.
"Hello?" Tifa picked up the phone and asked. "She isn't here right now. She is walking her daughter to her first day of school. No, the baby isn't born yet and grown up. This is a girl she adopted. Yes. Right. I'll tell her. Bye." Tifa set the phone down.
Poor Yuffie is going to be put through hell today at the meeting. I know they are going to talk about her baby...Tifa thought.
"I'm back!" Yuffie said. She pulled plopped on the couch to get ready to go back to sleep, but Tifa stopped her from even shutting her eyes.
"Yuffie, I just got a phone call from your advisors. They want you to attend to the meeting tonight at 5:30. It is urgent they said. If you don't attend, they will take away your title as Lady Kisaragi."
"D*mn. I know what they are going to say. They are going to tell me to not have my baby. They are going to tell me to have an abortion. There is no way in hell I'm going to do that." Yuffie said angrily.
"Yuffie, you are going to go, right?"
"Of course. They never said not to disagree with their ideas and stuff. I'm their Lady. If I go, they still have to listen to me because I am ruler. If I don't go, then I have to listen to them."
"Alright."
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"OK, class. I want you to paint a picture of an apple."
"OK!" Yukina picked up her paint brush and started to paint on the paper. She had her own little station and her own easel and paints.
"Try not to get the aprons too messy. I don't want to have to wash them again."
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"Yay! I can give mommy and daddy my pretty picture of an apple I painted. I hope they hang it on the fridge!" Yukina ran all the way home.
"Mommy! Daddy! Auntie Tifa! Uncle Cloud! Everyone! Lookie lookie! I have a pretty picture!" Everyone gathered around with a special interest. Cid came up from behind her.
"Now if that ain't the prettiest thing I ever saw, I don't know what is!" Cid said, doing well in not swearing.
"Do you like to paint, Yukina?" Cloud asked.
"Yeah!"
"Marlene likes painting too. I really should bring her over one day so you can see her. I haven't seen her in a while either." Barret said.
"Yukina?" Vincent came from upstairs looking stressed. But he tried his best and put on a forced smile.
"Daddy! Look at my pretty picture!" She held it up high for him to see. He lifted her up, and looked at the painting.
"It is a masterpiece. Michelangelo could have done no better." He hugged her.
"Who?"
"Never mind."
"Where's mommy?"
"Yeah! Where is that girl? I thought she'd be the first one to the door." Barret asked.
"She's...ummm...washing her face. She decided to meet the members of the board early. And...
Flashback of Yuffie's meeting
"Wow. Everyone is here. I thought the meeting was set for 5:30?" Yuffie asked as she walked into the conference room. The only seat not filled was hers, where she made her way and sat.
"Correct, so may I ask what you are doing here?"
"I can't make it at 5:30."
"Well, then we might as well proceed. We have a certain subject I would like to bring up today, and..." The man was cut off by Yuffie.
"No."
"No? No what?"
"I won't do it. I won't have an abortion."
"But if you don't then you can't be ruler of Wutai."
"It will be killing a baby who hasn't had a chance at life!"
"Wufei, an enemy of Wutai raped you. That is also his child, who has his blood!" Someone else added.
"It hasn't been born yet! How do you know it is evil?"
"It is a hated child. You must not give birth to it. You must destroy it before it is too late."
"I can't believe you. I just can't..." Yuffie started to sob violently.
"Lady Kisaragi!" Chekhov stood up, and started to walk to her, but was stopped by one of the members.
"I can't believe you are all willing to kill the life of a child. Who hasn't had the chance to prove its innocence!" Yuffie ran out of the room. Leaving everyone staring at their feet, in silence.
End Flashback
"D*mn. That's rough. Is she OK?" Cloud asked.
"I think she is fine. She's been in there for about 2 hours though. The door is locked to the bathroom, and she won't talk to me anymore." Vincent said.
"Well, check on her again. Tell her that Yukina is here." Nanaki said.
"Come here, Yukina. I'll get you a snack." Tifa walked into the kitchen.
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"Yuffie?" Vincent knocked on the door. "Yuffie, let me in. Please?" He heard her soft crying.
"Yuffie? Open the door!" She still didn't. "D*mmit, Yuffie, I'm worried about you! Open the f*cking door before I knock it down! Yukina is downstairs, and I'm sure she doesn't want to hear a door being torn from its hinges!"
Yuffie still didn't open the door. That was when Vincent lost it. He thrust his claw out and punctured a hole in the door. He then grabbed the door handle, and tore the door off, and threw it on the floor behind him. The sight he saw made him sad at first. Then scared, then angry. His yells had everyone run upstairs to see what was happening (but they were already on their way after hearing the door thing).
"What the hell is your f*cking problem? Yuffie, are you trying to kill yourself?" Yuffie sat on her legs (the shin part. I'm not that stupid.) with five different bottles of medicine around her, some of the contents on the floor. One of the bottles was the medication the doctor had given her for her emotional distress. In her right hand, there was a sharp razor, crimson blood on part of the blade. On her left wrist, there was a strip of scarlet where she cut herself. She had her back against the sink, and she was looking at the wall. Vincent was too busy yelling at her to know what she was looking at. When he looked, he was she had written a message in her own blood. He fell to the ground doing something no one ever saw the strong Vincent Valentine do. He held his stomach, and passed out. On the wall, Yuffie had written,
'Goliath will rise again, and claim the sovereign. Death will come to all who oppose.'
No one knew whether it was the amount of blood dripping on the walls, or the message itself. Or the sight of Yuffie on the floor and the message and the blood on the walls. Either way, Vincent was on the floor, and everyone was shocked at what Yuffie did after he fell. She cut her hand again, and put fresh blood on Vincent's forehead. Then she lifted up the blade and cut his arm.
"Yuffie! What the *^#$!~%^& are you doing?!?!" Cloud yelled.
"Yuffie, please don't!" Tifa screamed. Yuffie set the blade on the floor next to the mix of pills. Then she stood up.
"I am ending my living hell. I am being forced to kill an innocent child, so before I am forced to do so, I am going to kill myself. That way I am not really killing the child." Yuffie started to sway dizzily, and fell next to Vincent.
"I just want...to be happy...without having...to..."
Then, all she saw was black.
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"Will she be OK?"
"What does that green line thing mean?"
"What is that needle for?"
"Is Vincent going to be OK?"
"What are those things for? Are they for Yuffie?"
"Ummm...should I wait in the lobby?" The mixture of the AVALANCHE members' voices were in the air, all asking the nurse the same questions. Vincent and Yuffie were taken to the local hospital for treatment. Vincent, because he usually never passed out, and Yuffie because she had an overdose of several medicines, she had many cuts, she was pregnant (and needed to know how the baby was) and was going to go through counseling.
"She will be OK, the green line tells us how her heart is beating, the needle is to take a blood sample, Mr. Valentine will be alright, this is an oxygen mask for Miss Kisaragi, and you should wait outside because animals are not permitted in the building unless they are seeing eye dogs." The Nurse answered all of their questions kindly.
"Not again with the animal thing!" Nanaki stated fumingly.
"Now is not the time, Nanaki. Yuffie and Vincent don't need us fighting about animal rights." Tifa stated firmly.
"I'll be in the lobby." Nanaki said, his tone stating no one would change his mind.
"OK. We'll tell you when you can come back in." Cloud said. Vincent and Yuffie were in the same room, but on separate beds. Vincent was hooked up to an oxygen mask, as was Yuffie, but that was all. Yuffie, however, had an IV, heart monitor, etc. Vincent then started to stir slightly.
"Uhhnn..." He grunted.
"Vincent?!" Tifa ran to his bedside. Everyone was in the room, but by the corner near Yuffie. She had the bed by the window. The door had nurses going in and out constantly to get supplies for the doctor and to check on things. Each nurse had their own job.
"You awrigh' man? you jus' fell over. Never knew you could pass out. I though' it was impossible for you, I mean, you are a vampire." Barret said, scratching his head.
"Call me a vampire again, I will tear your gun arm off of your body." Vincent said crossly.
"OK. I was jus' jokin'."
"How is Yuffie doing?" Vincent asked the nurse.
"We are still running tests. You have only been here for half an hour, so we aren't able to determine too much yet."
"Only half an hour? Only?"
"Yes. In medical terms, a reasonable amount of time for tests is about five hours."
"Maybe for you. I want to know what is wrong with her. Now."
"I'm sorry, sir, but even with our modern technology, I can't tell you her condition. I'm sorry."
"Daddy?" Yukina walked into the room and stood beside her father's bed. "Are you OK?" Vincent removed the oxygen mask.
"Sir, you'll need that!" The nurse said, frightened.
"No I don't. Come here, Yukina. Sit with me." Vincent helped her on the bed, and she lay next to him, and he put his arm around her.
"Daddy, is mommy going to be OK? I'm really scared. I don't want her to sleep forever." Yukina said with a childish cry.
"Mommy will be OK. If she isn't, daddy will make sure someone pays." Vincent looked pointedly at the nurse.
"But I don't want you to make sure someone pays. I want mommy to be OK so you don't have to. Please, daddy. Make mommy be OK." She was crying now. And Vincent noticed that he was topless when her tears left a trail down his chest. He hugged her warmly, and rubbed her back. Everyone was quiet, and all that could be heard was the rhythm of the heart monitor and the shuffling of papers. Soon, Yukina fell asleep.
"Tell me, Tifa. Did she see the wall?"
"Yukina? No. I wouldn't let her. I wouldn't let her see Yuffie, but somehow, she got out of my grip, and saw her on the stretcher when they put her in the ambulance." Tifa explained. "She is pretty strong for a six year old."
"..."
"I have one set of results. She obviously overdosed on several over the counter drugs. Aspirin, non aspirin pain relievers, all that such. Luckily it wasn't that bad. There was no damage to her body or her brain. But she also took an excessive amount of her medication. That may cause major damage to the baby. We are going to check on the baby's condition as soon as we are finished with her tests. It will be done shortly, but the results will take about an hour or so."
"Why does it take so long for the results?" Cloud asked.
"Because it has to go to the main office in Midgar by satellite communications. They translate and figure out what to do. Then they send back the data. But all the hospitals do this, so figure that there are five patients who enter a hospital every minute due to fighting to master materia. That is a lot of tests they have to figure." The nurse explained.
"Why can't they have some of those people in every hospital?" Cid asked, wondering where the sense was.
"I don't know. That is just how the main building set things up."
"Enough with the talk. Check on the baby so we can find out what we are going to do next. I don't like hospitals!" Tifa screamed loudly.
"Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to either lower your voice or to step outside. We need things quiet for the patients." A nurse in the hallway asked.
"Oh...I'm sorry. But get on with the tests before I blow up. Hospitals just make me uncomfortable." Tifa apologized. Two doctors came in dressed in a bluish-greenish doctor outfit, and unhooked Yuffie from the heart monitor. They kept her on the IV, but attached it to the stretcher thing so they wouldn't have to move it separately. They also kept the oxygen mask on, just in case she wasn't getting enough oxygen. (I know you can die if you have too much oxygen, but bear with me. It is staying.) Then they pushed her out of the room.
"Can I go?" Tifa asked.
"I'm sorry, but the machines are sensitive, and no one is to go into the baby testing rooms unless they are a doctor, nurse, or the patient being tested."
"D*mn. Well, that's OK. We need to keep Vincent company." Cloud said.
"By the way, can I get out of this bed and into my clothes now? There is really no reason for me to be in bed." Vincent asked.
"Yes. I'll be back with the other nurses when Miss Kisaragi returns. I'll have the results as well." The nurses all left the room leaving only the team in the sunlight room. It wasn't a big room, but it wasn't small. There was a small pot of light pink flowers on the window sill. The window had a light blue curtain over it. They all talked about meaningless things for half an hour as Yukina slept. After about an hour, a nurse cam running in, but not the original nurse.
"Mr. Valentine? I have some news concerning your baby..." She ran up to Cloud and looked at him, thinking he was Vincent.
"I'm...not Vincent. He is." Cloud pointed to Vincent.
"Oh, excuse me. I have news. I'm sorry your nurse couldn't come in and tell you herself, but I was sent by her. It is your baby, sir. I'm afraid that..." The nurse paused.
"Well? Spit it out! What is wrong with it?" Vincent yelled. He was angry. I mean, who wouldn't when people procrastinate in telling you what is wrong with your baby?
"Miss Kisaragi had a miscarriage. Due to all the damage she did, there was not much harm on her, but direct damage to the baby. I'm sorry. But the baby is no more. Miss Kisaragi doesn't know, and the other nurse told me to tell you that you have the job of telling her since you are her friends." The nurse cried. Then she ran out, worried that Vincent would hurt her for telling him the horrible news. After the door clicked shut, everyone looked at Vincent. But there was only silence.
"...Vincent?" Are you OK?" Tifa asked gently.
"The baby. She worked so hard in protecting it. And then she became foolish, and...she..." Vincent then punched the wall with his real hand, leaving a dent.
"Vincent! This is a hospital! I know you are upset, but there are patients who don't want to deal with your anger as well as their own!" Tifa yelled.
"You...are right. I apologize. This just frustrates me. I should have known she was up to something after being in the restroom for more than half an hour." Vincent apologized.
"It's OK. I know how you must feel. But, how are we going to tell Yuffie? I already had to tell her a few secrets not too long ago, and now we have to break more heart breaking news to her. She is just not in a good situation right now. It is like all her luck ran out." Tifa said sadly. Then, they heard a knock on the door. The nurse from before pushed Yuffie into the room, and the two doctors put her on the bed and took the stretcher out of the room with them. The nurse hooked her back up to all the things except the oxygen mask, and left the room quietly, not saying a word to anyone. They all stared at Yuffie, who stared back, looking as if she was drugged.
"...hey...how ya doin'? They told me you knew...how the baby was. They didn't tell me a d*mn thing. I almost killed 'em for it too." Yuffie murmured. Her voice made it clear she had been injected with a sedative to keep her from going crazy. She really must have tried to kill them.
"Well...wow! Is it hot in here. I'm just going to open the window!" Tifa said, sounding too cheery to be real. She opened the window and sat on the bed next to Yukina.
"Now I know something is wrong. What happened? Birth defects? Am I going to die giving birth? Are there difficulties?" Yuffie asked starting to get worried.
"You could say that there are major difficulties, but there never will be anymore concerning your baby." Cloud said quietly.
"Huh? Then that is good then, right? If there won't be anymore difficulties." Yuffie asked looking relieved.
"Well, not really, because...the baby...it...you had a miscarriage." Cid said painfully, every word causing a pain in his chest. He felt so bad for Yuffie. She was too young to have to deal with this kind of issue. She was just too young, and had enough problems. Why did this have to happen? Was fate trying to get a hidden message across? Maybe that it was her time to die? At so young an age? It just couldn't be possible.
"I...what?" Yuffie asked, losing her breath, not believing what he said.
"You had a f*cking miscarriage, because you were so f*cking stupid and decided to take every pill in your medicine cabinet and cut yourself! Because you are a f*cking fool!" Vincent yelled at her.
"Vincent! I'm sure she is aware of her faults, but you do not need to tell her that way! It is hard enough on her." Cloud yelled in her defense.
"I...I...can't believe..." Yuffie whispered.
"But it is her fault!" Vincent yelled back.
"...it's gone..." Yuffie continued to whisper to herself, as Cloud and Vincent fought.
"You still don't have to scream it in her face!" Cloud yelled back.
"...and it's all...my fault..."
"She needs to realize that she did something stupid and should not do foolish things!"
"I thought you loved her..." Cloud said. This made everyone stop suddenly, almost as if time had stopped. Everyone's breath paused.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOO!" Yuffie screamed. She cried and cried, realizing she had fulfilled the wish of her advisors because of the grief they caused her. She realized that she was in a lose-lose situation. She realized that she had become a murderer. She had killed the tiny life that was growing inside of her body. And she did it out of hatred.
"Yuffie! Calm down! Shhh!" Tifa hugged Yuffie and rubbed her back, trying to calm her down, but nothing was working.
"Move it!" A doctor came in with a big bag with a clear liquid in it. He took the tube and attached a needle in it. Then he took the other end, and attached a needle to that, and connected it with one of Yuffie's veins.
"OOOOOWW! NNNOOOO! I WANT MY BABY BACK! STOP IT! GO AWAY! GIVE ME BACK MY BABY! DON'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME, GOLIATH! I HEREBY PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE TO YOU! BUT DON'T TAKE MY BABY! DON'T TAKE..." Yuffie was silence when Tifa slapped her.
"Huh?" Everyone looked at her.
"Grow up, Yuffie. I know you are going through a crisis, and I do feel sorry for you, but it is your own d*mn fault that this happened. You didn't have to try to kill yourself. Because you did, your baby took all of the pain and impact, and you ended up loosing something dear. Stop being a child. You are an adult now. Act like one. It seems like you still have much to learn." Tifa said, turning away. The doctor left after hooking her up to the bag of tranquilizer stuff. As Yuffie thought of what Tifa said, she drifted off to sleep. A sleep containing a nightmare, worse than she ever imagined.
~The Nightmare~
Yuffie was running through the thick forest. She didn't know what she was running from, but there was a sharp pain growing in her stomach. She still had a child inside of her.
"Help me, please, Vincent. I don't know where to run anymore." She said to herself, hoping for a miracle. She fell into a big crater, and landed in a graveyard.
"Aaaaah!" She got up quickly, seeing bones popping out of the ground, trying to grab her. The pain in her stomach got so intense, she fell over. But then the pain went away, and the baby was turned into a small skeleton which stood in front of her.
"You killed me. Why did you kill me? I never did anything." The skeleton started to walk towards her.
"I...I didn't mean it!" Yuffie started to back up, but was held still by other bones. Then the people from the meeting earlier appeared behind the baby, holding torches and guns. Aiming the weapons at Yuffie.
"Down with the Lady, rise King of Darkness. Down with the Lady, rise King of Darkness." They chanted.
"Leave me alone!" Yuffie tried to run, but was still being held firmly in her place. Some of the villagers put sticks and leaves at her feet and lit them with one of the torches. She was burning.
"Hah! A perfect death for the evil murderer. You deserve to die, Yuffie Kisaragi!" They all said.
"I don't want to burn...please...someone help me. Forgive me."
~End of Nightmare~
"Aaaaah!" Yuffie screamed quietly, waking up from her dream.
"Good, your awake. You've been sleeping for a while now. And your fever hasn't gone away yet. The doctor says you may be sick due to stress, but all you've been doing is sleeping." Tifa said, dipping a washcloth in a bowl of water and ice. She wrung it out and put it on Yuffie's forehead.
"A...fever? Am I...*cough*..." Yuffie started to cough.
"I don't think it is the stress though. I think they are trying to make an excuse for overlooking that the patient next door has a very contagious disease and wasn't quarantined in a different room upstairs where he was supposed to go." Tifa said looking frustrated.
"When do I get to leave the hospital?" Yuffie said, coughing again after she finished her sentence.
"Tonight if your fever lets up. Everyone left except for Vincent and Cloud. They went to the cafeteria to eat though. Well, Cloud went to eat. Vincent is keeping him company. I doubt he will eat anything until you are out and feel 100% again." Tifa said.
"I see. Tifa? I'm sorry I caused you all so much trouble."
"It is alright. But the only thing you need to do is worry about what you are going to tell your daughter about the baby."
"Oh! Where is Yukina?"
"She was carried home by Barret. He didn't want to wake her, and no one else did either, so he just carried her home. We all agreed that a hospital is just not a place for six year olds to spend the night unless they absolutely have to. She doesn't have to."
"I agree. Thank you for looking after her."
"Don't thank me. Thank Barret. I think he does it though because she reminds him of Marlene."
"You all do so much for me. I don't know how I'm going to repay you."
"Just don't ever do anything stupid like that again."
"I promise."
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It was almost two in the morning, and Yuffie had been in the hospital for a day so far. Vincent was in the hospital keeping Yuffie company when she was awake, and taking care of her when she was asleep. Everyone was taking shifts so she was never alone, for fear that she didn't really mean it when she promised to never do something suicidal again. And because a hospital was not exactly her favorite place in the world, and being there alone would make her crazier. Tifa was sleeping soundly when the phone started ringing. Everyone in the house woke up, only to find that Tifa had already answered the phone.
"Look, pal. It is 2:00 in the f*cking morning, and I had a rough day yesterday. I would appreciate it if you would let me go back to sleep!" Tifa yelled into the receiver.
"I see. Then I suppose you wish for me and Yuffie to stay even longer in this God forsaken hospital?" Vincent replied in a low voice that was...well, Vincent –like.
"Vincent? Oh my God! I'm sorry! I'm just not a morning person in the early morning. Is Yuffie OK?"
"Yeah. Her fever went down far enough where she can go home, but she still has a slight temperature and a little bit of a cough. But she will be OK."
"That's great! So, why did you have to call me?"
"...to get the car? It is raining outside. I don't want her to walk all the way home when she is sick.
"I see. Well *yawn* I'll just wake up Cloud and get him to drive. Wait. How will this work if you can't drive in Wutai?"
"Get a carriage with chocobos! I don't care, I just don't want Yuffie to walk!" Vincent said a little too snappy.
"OK! Geez! No need to get all...hissy!" Tifa yelled.
"I'm sorry."
"It's OK. How can I not forgive you? Your just too...cute with your vampiric self!"
"I'm not going to say it."
"Good, because by now, I know it by heart. 'I am not a vampire.' Only you usually tell that to Cid or Barret." Tifa said, recalling the usual statement.
"Well, if you all were to stop calling me a vampire, I would stop saying that. But you just don't learn." Vincent said mockingly.
"Whatever you say, Louie! (I don't own that character or name.)" Tifa said.
"You never will learn, I guess. But I have to go. I'm on a time limit for the phone. There had better be some sort of rain shielding thing outside and something to keep Yuffie from walking within half an hour. And I don't want a bike with a raincoat!" Vincent said and hung up before she could argue.
"Hehehe. He just said rain shielding. He never said it had to be a vehicle type thing. I'll throw an umbrella and a wagon out there. See how he likes it." Tifa laughed evilly to herself.
"Who was it, Tifa?" Cloud said groggily.
"Vincent. Yuffie will be here in a minute, but I have a small favor for you, Cloud. Go get the wagon and umbrella from the basement, and drop it off at the hospital. Vincent and Yuffie will need it. He wanted me to bring them, but we all know that I'm better at taking care of Yukina than you are. She should be waking up any minute now." Tifa predicted. And on cue, everyone heard a cry from upstairs. "See?"
"OK. Why would he want an umbrella and a wagon?" Cloud asked heading towards the basement.
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"We should be out of here soon, Yuffie. How are you feeling?"
"I'm...fine. I just...wanna get out of this...hellhole." Yuffie answered Vincent while trying to put on her clothes. She had jumped at the chance to change out of the hospital gown, but now was having difficulty due to being slightly delusional.
"Are you sure you don't need help?"
"Yes, Vinnie. I'm...sure."
"OK. *Yawn* You picked a weird time to leave. And they picked a weird time to tell you that you could."
"Yeah, well I don't wanna be here as much as you do. And I'm sure they wouldn't want me to have to threaten them with my ninja skills." Yuffie said the last part quietly to herself.
"What was that?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing. Nothing at all, Vinnie m'boy!" Yuffie said smiling big and innocent.
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Cloud walked back into the house soaking wet.
"Tifa? I'm back. Now tell me why Vincent wanted a wagon and an umbrella. Does he plan to roll down the hill on the wagon and not get very wet? Does he really have a childish side of him?" Cloud asked.
"No. He wanted a vehicle or something Yuffie could be in that would shield her from the rain so she wouldn't get wet of have to walk. So, I figure ad an umbrella to the wagon, she can sit and not get wet, and Vincent will get to pull! Now, how many of you would pay to see that?" Tifa asked everyone. (They all decided to stay awake. Yukina was sleeping soundly again.) Everyone raised their hands.
"See? So now, we can see it without having to pay!" Tifa said.
"Oh. Well, I take the window seat!" Cloud ran to the window and plopped on the chair.
"OK. They are coming from this way anyways. The hospital is that way." Cid said, pointing to the opposite direction.
"What? D*mn! I never win!" They waited for about an hour, and they still didn't show up.
"OK. I didn't think it would take them that long to come here in a wagon. Vincent isn't that weak!" Tifa complained.
"Wait! I see something coming!" Cloud said. "It's a wagon! But...why is Yuffie pulling the wagon with Vincent on it?"
"I don't know, but I am going to find out. That is just wrong. Yuffie is the sick one!" Tifa stormed outside. "Vincent Valentine! Why is Yuffie pulling the wagon?!?!"
Yuffie was still trying to pull the wagon to the house, struggling with every step. She was wetter than if she was to fall into the ocean during a hurricane.
"Yuffie, stop pulling that thing and get inside! I didn't think he would be so mean as to have you pull him back home!" Tifa yelled.
"No, it isn't his fault! The doctor...he gave us a tranquilizer gun just in case I needed it later. I took it, and me and Vinnie walked out of the hospital. He saw the wagon and started cursing about you, Tifa, but then said it was better than nothing. He tried to get me to sit in it, but I wouldn't because it is just so dirty! I put the tranquilizer inside the wagon, and started to walk. Me and Vinnie had a little tackling thing going on. But I tricked him and said that I would sit in it, but I pushed him into it instead. He fell on the gun, and it shot him in the @$$. He was out like a light. So I just pulled him back home." Yuffie explained, out of breath.
"Why didn't you just go back into the hospital and wait for him to wake up?" Barret asked.
"I don't' wanna go back into that icky place. I hate hospitals! And it wasn't like he was dying, or I was dying!"
"But you are still sick! In the house, Yuffie. Now. And put on some dry, clean clothes." Yuffie ran inside, and Vincent just started to wake up.
"About time you woke up, man." Cid said.
"Huh? Where is Yuffie?" He asked, getting out of the wagon, only to slip on the mud and get covered in the gross...muddy substance.
"Hahahaha! She's inside getting into dry clothes." Cloud said.
"Well, I'm going to take a shower. And then, Tifa, we will discuss your little "joke." That was extremely uncalled for." Vincent said, walking into the house.
"What joke, Vincent? You wanted something Yuffie could sit in so she wouldn't have to walk and something to keep her dry. She can sit in a wagon and keep dry with an umbrella. You never specified if you wanted to sit down too, or if you wanted to not have to pull the wagon or do work." Tifa said.
Vincent, knowing he was conquered, just trudged upstairs to the shower.
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"Good morning, everyone!" Yuffie said happily, skipping downstairs.
"Watch it!" Cloud said. He was cleaning the floors from the mud Vincent trailed in last night, and Yuffie was about to step in the bucket. She swiftly jumped high over the bucket and Cloud, did a flip in the air, and landed right in front of Tifa.
"Well, you look great today! And I see your ninja skills are as great as ever!" Tifa complimented.
"Hehe! Thanks! Where's Yukina?"
"I took her to school. I thought you might want to sleep in today. And don't worry, I packed her a lunch."
"Oh, thanks a bunch. So, what are we going to do today?"
"We are going to work on the Goliath thing. We have about four or five days left. The Eye has grown bigger. I can't believe we forgot. I already sent Barret to search this island with Nanaki. Afterwards, they are going to come back and report. If they didn't find anything, they are going to search around Cosmo Canyon and Nibelheim. Later, we have to do something about Yukina so we can all search at different places knowing she is safe. But we need to get on with it. After we get into the shrine, you need to find Leviathan's Holy Sword. It is made of his tooth. Take that, and hit the Eye in the center. If you do that before Goliath gets out, we are safe. If you don't, you have to kill Goliath by sacrificing something or someone. But it has to be valuable. Not materials, like gil or materia. Precious value, like people, or arms and legs, or first born...I'm sorry Yuffie. I didn't mean that last part." Tifa said.
"...I know. I have to get over it sooner or later. I better start now." But, I'll just call the school and have Yukina stay with the teacher or something. It shouldn't be that bad." Yuffie walked to the kitchen, while Cloud turned on the news. A reporter was in front of the kindergarten school Yukina attended.
"Hello! We are live at noon! Today we have a special. We are going to interview the children to get their views and opinion on who their roll model is. We also had nothing else to write about, and most of the staff said their roll model was their fathers. Mothers if the child is female. So, now we...oh my God! The school obliterated! Those poor children!" Cloud ran outside and looked towards the school, hearing a boom as the TV showed the horrible explosion. Everyone followed him, seeing the smoke rising from about a mile away.
"Oh my God, you guys! I just called the school, and was talking to the teacher when the line was..." Before Yuffie could look outside, Vincent ran to her, and held her to him, her face pressed against his chest.
"Don't look, Yuffie. Please, just this once, don't look. I don't want you to see it." Vincent said. He was crying.
"Vincent...what happened. Your scaring me. I want to see." Yuffie said shaking. "I want to see...it's about Yukina, and I know it. Please, just let me see. I want...please..." Yuffie was trying to keep her voice from cracking, but was failing.
"No, Yuffie. I won't let you. I can't let you." Vincent said. They were both on the floor, but she was still stuck in his grip. Unable to see what the commotion was outside.
"...the FBI is looking into the cause of this horrible explosion. All they know for sure is that no one survived the blast in the small little school." The reporter on TV said sadly. They forgot about the TV.
"...Yuffie...I'm sorry..." Vincent said.
"...Yu...kina...YUKINA! They can't take you away from me too! The Gods can't be so cruel as to take you away from me too! They can't!" Yuffie tried to break away from his grip, but Vincent was stronger. "Let me go! I want to see my baby! I want to see my Yukina! Let me go!"
"No, Yuffie. She's gone. I'm sorry, but she's gone." Vincent tried to comfort her, but she was still struggling. She kept on struggling and yelling for a while until she wore herself out and blacked out. "I'm sorry, Yuffie."
"This is just not her month." Tifa said softly. Yuffie and Vincent weren't the only ones crying. Everyone was, except for Cid and Cait Sith.
"Well, we could have used the tranquilizer to calm her down if Vincent didn't shove the thing up his @$$!" Cait Sith said, attempting to lighten the mood. Everyone just glared at him angrily, except for Vincent, and he backed away.
"Poor Yuffie. All she needs is to fail the Goliath mission, and then she'll probably die of depression."