White Flower

MINI CHAPTER ONE
Narrated by Cait Sith

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As soon as Cloud and Aeris left, all hell erupted in the hotel room. I couldn't help myself from glancing at Cid with a confused look. My moogle- robot was down right now, so he merely stared blankly at Cid. Yuffie erupted into fresh giggles.

I understood why when I looked to the door.

There was Vincent, wearing nothing but his boxers. He looked rather tired and irritated, but that didn't stop me from blurting out "Put on some clothes!"

The glare he gave me immediately scared me out of my wits, so I merely stared at them with eyes wide open. Red was sleeping peacefully in the corner during this moment. Yuffie was watching Vincent with interest, not bothering to hide her obvious attraction for him. Cid and Barrett chuckled at Yuffie's expression.

"So, Vinnie," she began, already irking him with the adorable nickname. "What brought along the lack of modesty?"

He looked at her hatefully, then smirked ever so slightly. "To tempt you, of course."

Yuffie blushed the brightest red. Knowing Vincent, he was extremely out of character. Cid, being the stupid oaf he is, cried "What about Lucrecia!?"

At that word, Vincent's eyes flashed dangerously. Me, being smart, snuck away to watch the troubles unfurl in the kitchen.

We all knew what happened when Vincent's eyes flash. His skin began to turn a darker shade, and he slowly began to mutate into chaos, a horrible, destrutive beast of massive power. Cid gulped nervously, and laughed in a rather pathetic way.

Chaos turned its head, looming at Yuffie. Another thing; Chaos doesn't know what the battaguabloff its doing. With a single stroke, it smashed Yuffie's head against the coffee table. Of course, Yuffie was only hurt a little, but the emotional hit broke her apart. She began to tear as she grabbed her shiruken.

"Sorry Vinnie!" she wailed as began to hit Chaos repeatedly with the sharp boomerang-ish thing. Chaos stared at her dumb-founded. Cid took her lead and grabbed the nearest long-item, then threw it at Chaos. Not surprisingly, it missed and hit the couch, sticking itself into a cushion. Cid rushed over, and grabbed it, taking some stuffing out also.

Barrett began to shoot at Chaos with his gun arm. Some of the bullets hit the windows and table and doors; the house was beginning to look like a mess. I shook my head. "Uh-oh."

*

After a bit, Vincent had become his normal, stoic self. He managed to dodge Barrett's bullets, and the battle eventually stopped. Yuffie and Red were playing a game of Scrabble, while Cid and Barrett shared a list of dirty words. Vincent just looked at us all blandly. Feeling bored, I squeaked "Anybody want their fortune told?"

"Oo! Me!" Yuffie squealed, bounding over and knocking over the Scrabble board over. Red looked at her with an amused expression as I studied her hand. "Hmmm... uh-huh..."

"What, what is it?!" she asked eagerly. I looked at her a mock sad expression.

"You'll get married the day before you die, then get eaten by various monsters."

"No!" Yuffie cried. I grinned.

"Naw, just kidding. According to the stars, you are in love with someone we know," I said, wrinkling my brow. "And that this person only has feelings of siblingship toward you."

"Oh," Yuffie said dejectedly, studying the ceiling.

"But," I continued. "This person will eventually learn to love you."

"Yay!" she exclaimed, giving my moogle plush a squeeze.

"Hey, who is it, Yuffie?" Cid teased.

Yuffie stuck out her tongue. "Shut it, old man!"

Vincent chuckled hoarsely, raising up. His crimson rag of a cloak swished behind him. "Huh."

Barrett grinned slightly. "Anybody want to play Twister? I spin."

"Me! Me!" Yuffie cried, then she tugged on Vincent's arm. "Vinnie, you play too!"

Cid snickered at the nickname, causing Vincent to glare at him. But he didn't argue with Yuffie, and soon both were tangled in each other's limbs.

"Right hand red," Barrett chortled. Vincent turned the faintest shade of red. I didn't blame him; the only way to move his hand there was to put his hand near Yuffie's chest. His hand brushed it, causing Yuffie to yell out several dirty words.

"Stop acting like Cid!" I cried out irritibly. Yuffie and Cid both glared at me.

"Grossness! I'm becoming like the old man!"

"THAT'S IT! #%$@^!" Cid muttered, grabbing a harpoon. He hurtled it at Yuffie. It didn't hit her, but pierced the carpet near her, causing her to topple over. "Aw, WHY'D YOU DO THAT?" she whined. Vincent looked at us like we were his idiots.

*

Night came again. We had practically stayed up one-and-a-half days. Yuffie was nodding off on the couch, leaning against Red's body. Barrett and Cid snored loudly on the various chairs. Vincent merely sat in the corner, watching us with oblique red eyes.

"Vinnie poo," Yuffie yawned in her sleep. Vincent Valentine looked at her.

"I love you," she continued to murmur.

I swear I saw the smallest hint of a smile on that decieving man's face. *

PREVIEW OF THE NEXT CHAPTER: The battle against the monster! As they escape, they encounter the true bad guy for the first time! This person is so twisted, so evil, he kidnaps Cloud! What will the two girls do to save their man?

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Mini-chapter is over; yay! Cute though, huh? I had to resist the urge to put many random things. I tried to make it as funny as possible without going out of character, but instead it comes off corny and fluffy. Oh well, at least I tried.