Something

By Queen of Curses

Disclaimer: Nothing' belongs ta me, k?

A/N: Hey, ff fan, usually, I wouldn't mind nitpicking n all, but i just read ur review today, and i'm pissed. don't take it personally or anything, I'm just currently in a bbbbbaaaaddd mood. so here goes what i need to say. first off, it's not my own damn fault i can't get the friggin facts straight. my parents put me into so much damn pressure, i can't even friggin _breathe_. i have barely enough time to play my vid games anymore, or to go on living a normal life. i've sacrificed my sleep to sneak in some fic-writing time, but it's still not enough. so _please_ don't go on tellin me 'before u go on with the fic, u should get the facts straight', or 'they're definitely OOC'. I don't take that kind of crap. I don't even know what the hell OOC even means! (if someone knows what it means, pleez give me the definition in a review) i hope u understand that fic-writing is my _only_ escape out of this life of mine, and my mental health is better off without pplz like u tellin me what i should have done. *breathes in and out deeply* now that i got it all out, i apologize greatly for my rudeness. it's just that it's not my day.

Here's the fourth chappie, pplz.

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Right after Squ--oh, excuse me--Leon left the library, Cloud asked the most insensitive question I've ever heard in my entire life.

"What's wrong with him?"

I walked over to him, and looked at him long and hard. He just turned his head away and lowered his eyes to the ground. He never did like it when I looked at him this way. Carefully, I reached out to turn his head to look at me.

"Hey, nice to see you again, Aer--" And Cloud was interrupted by the crack of skin on skin and the burning sensation in his cheek. When I realized that it was I who had slapped him, I didn't feel a drop of regret. Cloud's hand then was raised to the red mark on his cheek.

"How could you be so insensitive?" I firmly asked. The stupid guy only gave me a shrug that seemed to say 'I dunno, but I don't really care'.

"You don't even know why Leon is so angry, do you?" I just glared at him as he walked over to one of the tables to grab a frit to eat. "Do you?" I repeated.

"First off," Cloud started, using his 'teenage attitude' voice, "his name is Squall. It's a beautiful name, and shouldn't be replaced with one like 'Leon'." I was taken aback by his words. Very few have ever called Leon by his real name ever since the invasion of the Heartless. But almost all who did found themselves decapitated. As Yuffie would put it, "Cloud's got balls."

"Second," He continued, still using The Voice, "I _know_ I'm the reason for all of his bitching." Then Cloud spat some seeds onto the carpet, earning him another glare from me. "I just don't know what I did."

He _did_ sound like he was telling the truth, but I can't understand how he could be so . . . . BLIND. At this, I exploded inside.

"Don't you see, Cloud," I whispered softy into his ear after walking over to him, "all those years ago, you violated him in such a way, he'll be tainted like that forever." And with that, I shoved him onto the floor and glared some more. I needn't worry about my safety, for I know Cloud would never hurt me.

"Now if you excuse me, I'm going out to find Leon." And with saying that, I exited the library.

As I stomped down the staircase just outside of the library door, I heard the door open and close shut behind me.

"Aerith! Aerith! Wait up!" Shouted an eighteen-year-old Yuffie. Soon, she caught up to me, panting. I just looked at her and lifted an eyebrow. "I'm going with you." I just couldn't refuse her.

When we exited the castle, we found that Leon had taken our main gummi ship, the Ultra-Nova, and had destroyed the smaller ones, Nirvana and Déjà Vu.

"Darn," I heard Yuffie say, stamping her foot on the ground.

"Need a ride?" A tough masculine voice asked from behind us. Yuffie and I turned around to see Cid. I nodded.

Cid took us to an ice cave that took us fifteen minutes to walk to. There, we saw a huge gummi ship that must have had about 500 gummi parts.

"This," Cid proudly said, "is the Highwind."

"Whoa," I heard Yuffie say, "Lookie! There are four Flares! It also has a Holy! And ten Thunders, too!"

The exterior was nice. The armor was a shade of ice blue, while the wings and cockpit were colored a lovely cerulean. It was beautiful.

"There's a problem, though," Cid said, scratching the back of his head. "The reason that it's here is because the engine gave out many years ago."

Yuffie went over to the side of the ship and kicked it real hard. Cid then started shouting obscene words. A few seconds later, the Highwind started up.

"See," The young ninja gleefully pointed out, "something as simple as a kick can get this hunk of junk up and running!"

"What're ya callin' a 'hunk of junk'?" Cid asked. "The Highwind is mah pride and joy. If it goes down during flight, which I assure you will never happen, I go down with it!"

"Okay, okay. Geez, Cid, you're too serious. Lighten up a bit!" Yuffie replied, rolling her eyes. At this, the older man just snickered.

"Better save those words to say to Leon . . . if we find him." Cid said, traces of sadness in his voice.

"_When_ we find him." I said, hearing another voice say it with me at the same time. I turned around and, not surprisingly, there was Cloud. He turned his head away again to try and escape my intense stare.

"It's dangerous. I'm coming along to protect you all." He muttered, lifting up his Ultima Weapon for all to see.

'I'm twenty-four, Cloud! I can take care of myself!' I wanted to say, but I didn't and just kept quiet and nodded.

"There are million of worlds out there." Cid explained. "We don't even know where to start searching."

"He couldn't have gotten too far," I slowly said, eyeing Cloud, causing him to squirm. "The Ultra-Nova doesn't have warp-drive, am I correct?"

"Umm . . . well . . ." Cid started scratching the back of his head again. If he keeps that up, he'll have a bald spot by the end of the day. "I just installed it yesterday, at Leon's request."

"But the Highwind _does_ have warp drive, too, doesn't it?" I inquired.

"What more do you expect from the top gummi ship in all worlds?" Cid exclaimed, putting on a proud grin.

"Good. Now, let us begin our search." And I walked aboard the Highwind, with three persons right behind me."

This was going to take a while. A long while.

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QOC: There ya have it pplz, chapter 4. i need a plot. any suggestions? well, pplz, please review. if it seems like u have an attitude in ur review, just hope it's not one of my bad days when i read it.