A/N: Okay, Chapter One was Ok, but I'm deciding to lay off the lyrics for the Chapter Titles. ^.
I have no idea how long this will be, as I just got finished with Chapter 4, writing it out, and I know I still have a very long way to go.
Okay, sooooooo….*drum roll*
Chapter 2: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose…
"Good morning!" shouted the seventeen year old ninja.
Squall reluctantly half opened his eyes, and saw the cheery girl awake and up.
"Good night," he snapped, turning over. Forgetting he was on a couch, he rolled over and hit the floor with a crash. The girl just laughed.
"Yuffie, what time is it?" he asked her, yawning.
"8:00 sharp." she answered. "Squall, it's not like you to sleep in. You usually wake up at dawn."
"It's Le—" his realized something, his eyes fully open now.
"You-you remember?" he asked.
"Yep."
"Everything?"
"Everything." she giggled.
"What?" he asked, in the same tone he normally had.
"I thought that you were my boyfriend?" she started laughing.
"And I thought that you were faking." he retorted.
"Yuffie, what happened last night? When you were screaming last night?"
"If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought that you actually cared, Squall." she snapped. He noticed that she was avoiding the question, and going for a fight.
She started to lose her balance.
Squall shot off the couch and almost fell into himself. He wrapped his arms around her waist before she crashed onto the ground.
"Aw, Squall, I didn't think you'd care…" she tried to sound sarcastic, but it came out in choked whisper.
"It's Leon." he muttered mechanically. "And no, not really. But Aerith will flip if she knew that I let you get hurt. Come on, Yuff. You should get some rest." he laid her on the bed.
"I can do anything I want, Squallie." she murmured, then fell asleep.
He stayed with her for a few hours, then, after about 4:00, decided to go to the waterway to train.
~ * ~
Once Yuffie was sure Leon was out of the room, she healed her legs, the rest of her body still scarred for show.
She looked at the small mechanical alarm clock that she and Leon shared. Only 4:00.
"How long was I out?" she wondered to herself. "Only eight hours."
She tried getting up, but a force held her down.
'Not yet…' hissed a voice.
"You're…you're not real. Get away from me…" then she fell asleep.
~ * ~
Squall still couldn't get over the fact that Yuffie was in trouble. 'What was she hiding, if anything? Was she even in trouble?'
He sighed, then went back to the training that he was doing in the waterway, swinging his Gunblade at invisible enemies.
'wait, what was that?' he thought. He examined the ground. There, on the ground was a circle, and in front of it were three triangles, about the same size, making a pyramid. (A/N: Kinda like the Mark in Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
He decided to ignore it, though, probably some kid's graffiti, he didn't want to waste time bothering with it.
But his mind kept on lingering on last night.
"Squall, help me! Find me!"
'What could she have meant?'
'Probably just in shock. It was rational, after all.'
He kept swinging his Gunblade over and over again, trying to take his mind off it.
~ ~ ~
Soon, it was nighttime, and Squall walked back to the Hotel.
He'd rather sleep at Cid's shop than there, since the couch back in the Green Room was really uncomfortable.
But, he decided that if he didn't, Aerith would probably flip, since she didn't know that Yuffie was out of her coma.
So, he went to the Green Room, and found that the lights were out.
"Yuffie?" he called out.
He saw the small lump in the moonlight.
He walked over to the couch, rested his Gunblade under the couch, took off his boots, then laid down.
* * *
'The Heartless were back, a new Keyblade Master was chosen. It was a girl, with short black hair, but that's what all Squall could see at the moment. They were fighting back to back in the Waterway, with probably a dozen Heartless surrounding them.
The Heartless were surrounding them, the Defender Heartless in the front waves and back waves, then the Shadows in the middle waves.
"Ready?" the Keyblade Master asked, in a voice like Yuffie's, but more raspier.
"When aren't I?" Squall asked, his unusual coldness surprising even him. It was almost if he hated her or something.
"We cut through. We've got five." the girl said.
"Are you sure?" Squall heard himself ask."
The girl muttered something under her breath.
As they started cutting through the Heartless that were in between them and the exit ot the cave, a noise from outside woke him up.
* * *
Squall's eyes snapped open. There was a rustling noise, and Squall realized it was coming from the bed.
'Perhaps she was just turning,' he thought to himself.
But the two thumps of feet touching the floor sent shocks going through him.
The floor creaked under her body. Squall heard the click of the door unlocking, then saw a small sliver of dim yellow light turn thicker, then, as her silhouette went through the doorway, the light waned, the door clicking softly behind her.
Squall, now fully awake, decided to follow her.
He picked up his Gunblade, put on his boots and left the room.
She was already at the end of the hall, going down the stairs into the lobby when he caught sight of her.
The lobby was dark, and many things, chairs, sofas and tables were there, giving Squall the advantage to hide whenever she turned around.
He watched as Yuffie walked out of the hotel, then followed.
* * *
She led him all the way to the waterway. He hid behind a slab of wall sticking up like a large rectangle. He watched as Yuffie kneeled on the rocky ground. After a few moments, she raised her arms straight in the air, arms crossed, and Squall could hear her mumble something over and over, like a chant.
As she mumbled, she lifted her head, and a small ball of light floated directly above her head. Then dozens of beams shot out, circling around her, dancing.
Squall lifted an eyebrow. 'Something very weird is going on here,' he thought.
As the light faded, he noticed Yuffie getting up. This time, when she turned around and looked his way, he could have sworn he had seen her eyes glow, one a bright but dark shade of blue, the other one a bright but dark shade of green.
She was holding something too, but Squall really couldn't see it, the lighting was bad. She stood up and started walking his way. He hid himself as best as he could behind the slab, his dark clothes blending in with the darkness of the cave.
Yuffie followed the small trickle of water of what used to be a small stream, leading out to the alleyway.
Squall stayed though, and went back to the place where he saw Yuffie doing that…weird thing.
'And what was she carrying?' he wondered. It really was too dark to see.
Yes, where she was kneeling was on that pyramid thing which he saw earlier, though he had no clue what it was, or what she was doing.
Now, though, he had to find her.
He walked out of the Waterway, and into the alleyway. He had a choice: go into the Second District and try to find her all by himself, or wake Aerith and Cloud to form a search party?
'Follow her, just trust yourself. For once, Okay?' said a cool voice in the back of his mind.
Squall closed his eyes and headed for the Second District.
He searched for her for ten minutes, then he decided that he should go to the Third District.
When he reached the Third District, he looked over the wall that was five feet off the ground where he was standing. It was really about 10 feet in all, the lowest platform of the Third District was where Yuffie was.
She was there, fighting, ('oh, no, no, not them') the Heartless. She wasn't facing him, so he couldn't see the weapon she was holding.
But, as soon as she did her last blow to the last Defender, he saw it.
She took the weapon and held it over to her right side, then swung it horizontally, and then it became perfectly visible.
The Keyblade.
Squall almost fainted.
He ran out the door to the Third District when he saw her coming, and ran all the way to the hotel, finally falling asleep after a half hour.
~ ~ ~
A/N: Sorry, I can't really write more for this Chappy. It's my B-day, so I'm gonna be out, so I want to post as much as I can!
*Imitates Yuna*: I am very sorry for the inconvenience *bows down, then runs away*
I have no idea how long this will be, as I just got finished with Chapter 4, writing it out, and I know I still have a very long way to go.
Okay, sooooooo….*drum roll*
Chapter 2: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose…
"Good morning!" shouted the seventeen year old ninja.
Squall reluctantly half opened his eyes, and saw the cheery girl awake and up.
"Good night," he snapped, turning over. Forgetting he was on a couch, he rolled over and hit the floor with a crash. The girl just laughed.
"Yuffie, what time is it?" he asked her, yawning.
"8:00 sharp." she answered. "Squall, it's not like you to sleep in. You usually wake up at dawn."
"It's Le—" his realized something, his eyes fully open now.
"You-you remember?" he asked.
"Yep."
"Everything?"
"Everything." she giggled.
"What?" he asked, in the same tone he normally had.
"I thought that you were my boyfriend?" she started laughing.
"And I thought that you were faking." he retorted.
"Yuffie, what happened last night? When you were screaming last night?"
"If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought that you actually cared, Squall." she snapped. He noticed that she was avoiding the question, and going for a fight.
She started to lose her balance.
Squall shot off the couch and almost fell into himself. He wrapped his arms around her waist before she crashed onto the ground.
"Aw, Squall, I didn't think you'd care…" she tried to sound sarcastic, but it came out in choked whisper.
"It's Leon." he muttered mechanically. "And no, not really. But Aerith will flip if she knew that I let you get hurt. Come on, Yuff. You should get some rest." he laid her on the bed.
"I can do anything I want, Squallie." she murmured, then fell asleep.
He stayed with her for a few hours, then, after about 4:00, decided to go to the waterway to train.
~ * ~
Once Yuffie was sure Leon was out of the room, she healed her legs, the rest of her body still scarred for show.
She looked at the small mechanical alarm clock that she and Leon shared. Only 4:00.
"How long was I out?" she wondered to herself. "Only eight hours."
She tried getting up, but a force held her down.
'Not yet…' hissed a voice.
"You're…you're not real. Get away from me…" then she fell asleep.
~ * ~
Squall still couldn't get over the fact that Yuffie was in trouble. 'What was she hiding, if anything? Was she even in trouble?'
He sighed, then went back to the training that he was doing in the waterway, swinging his Gunblade at invisible enemies.
'wait, what was that?' he thought. He examined the ground. There, on the ground was a circle, and in front of it were three triangles, about the same size, making a pyramid. (A/N: Kinda like the Mark in Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
He decided to ignore it, though, probably some kid's graffiti, he didn't want to waste time bothering with it.
But his mind kept on lingering on last night.
"Squall, help me! Find me!"
'What could she have meant?'
'Probably just in shock. It was rational, after all.'
He kept swinging his Gunblade over and over again, trying to take his mind off it.
~ ~ ~
Soon, it was nighttime, and Squall walked back to the Hotel.
He'd rather sleep at Cid's shop than there, since the couch back in the Green Room was really uncomfortable.
But, he decided that if he didn't, Aerith would probably flip, since she didn't know that Yuffie was out of her coma.
So, he went to the Green Room, and found that the lights were out.
"Yuffie?" he called out.
He saw the small lump in the moonlight.
He walked over to the couch, rested his Gunblade under the couch, took off his boots, then laid down.
* * *
'The Heartless were back, a new Keyblade Master was chosen. It was a girl, with short black hair, but that's what all Squall could see at the moment. They were fighting back to back in the Waterway, with probably a dozen Heartless surrounding them.
The Heartless were surrounding them, the Defender Heartless in the front waves and back waves, then the Shadows in the middle waves.
"Ready?" the Keyblade Master asked, in a voice like Yuffie's, but more raspier.
"When aren't I?" Squall asked, his unusual coldness surprising even him. It was almost if he hated her or something.
"We cut through. We've got five." the girl said.
"Are you sure?" Squall heard himself ask."
The girl muttered something under her breath.
As they started cutting through the Heartless that were in between them and the exit ot the cave, a noise from outside woke him up.
* * *
Squall's eyes snapped open. There was a rustling noise, and Squall realized it was coming from the bed.
'Perhaps she was just turning,' he thought to himself.
But the two thumps of feet touching the floor sent shocks going through him.
The floor creaked under her body. Squall heard the click of the door unlocking, then saw a small sliver of dim yellow light turn thicker, then, as her silhouette went through the doorway, the light waned, the door clicking softly behind her.
Squall, now fully awake, decided to follow her.
He picked up his Gunblade, put on his boots and left the room.
She was already at the end of the hall, going down the stairs into the lobby when he caught sight of her.
The lobby was dark, and many things, chairs, sofas and tables were there, giving Squall the advantage to hide whenever she turned around.
He watched as Yuffie walked out of the hotel, then followed.
* * *
She led him all the way to the waterway. He hid behind a slab of wall sticking up like a large rectangle. He watched as Yuffie kneeled on the rocky ground. After a few moments, she raised her arms straight in the air, arms crossed, and Squall could hear her mumble something over and over, like a chant.
As she mumbled, she lifted her head, and a small ball of light floated directly above her head. Then dozens of beams shot out, circling around her, dancing.
Squall lifted an eyebrow. 'Something very weird is going on here,' he thought.
As the light faded, he noticed Yuffie getting up. This time, when she turned around and looked his way, he could have sworn he had seen her eyes glow, one a bright but dark shade of blue, the other one a bright but dark shade of green.
She was holding something too, but Squall really couldn't see it, the lighting was bad. She stood up and started walking his way. He hid himself as best as he could behind the slab, his dark clothes blending in with the darkness of the cave.
Yuffie followed the small trickle of water of what used to be a small stream, leading out to the alleyway.
Squall stayed though, and went back to the place where he saw Yuffie doing that…weird thing.
'And what was she carrying?' he wondered. It really was too dark to see.
Yes, where she was kneeling was on that pyramid thing which he saw earlier, though he had no clue what it was, or what she was doing.
Now, though, he had to find her.
He walked out of the Waterway, and into the alleyway. He had a choice: go into the Second District and try to find her all by himself, or wake Aerith and Cloud to form a search party?
'Follow her, just trust yourself. For once, Okay?' said a cool voice in the back of his mind.
Squall closed his eyes and headed for the Second District.
He searched for her for ten minutes, then he decided that he should go to the Third District.
When he reached the Third District, he looked over the wall that was five feet off the ground where he was standing. It was really about 10 feet in all, the lowest platform of the Third District was where Yuffie was.
She was there, fighting, ('oh, no, no, not them') the Heartless. She wasn't facing him, so he couldn't see the weapon she was holding.
But, as soon as she did her last blow to the last Defender, he saw it.
She took the weapon and held it over to her right side, then swung it horizontally, and then it became perfectly visible.
The Keyblade.
Squall almost fainted.
He ran out the door to the Third District when he saw her coming, and ran all the way to the hotel, finally falling asleep after a half hour.
~ ~ ~
A/N: Sorry, I can't really write more for this Chappy. It's my B-day, so I'm gonna be out, so I want to post as much as I can!
*Imitates Yuna*: I am very sorry for the inconvenience *bows down, then runs away*