Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any of its characters, just my own.
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Author's Note: Sorry guys that this chapter is coming so late. I guess I just got lazy and stopped writing for a while. Plus, I was still deciding on how I was going to present this to you. Oh, by the way, you guys are great! Thanks for all the reviews. When I first started this fic I thought no one would actually read this thing. Thanks for your support! Keep reviewing! - uchiki-angel
" " -talking
' ' -thinking
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Getting Over You
Chapter 4: Last Shard Broken
The moon shone brightly against a dark velvet sky; cold diamonds shining out of its depths. There was a light breeze bringing in the coldness from the north, and with it came looming clouds.
"So, that's what you were doing the whole time," Yuffie replied as she and Vincent strolled about in the garden at the Malahide. She and Vincent had just recently arrived from the party, and since they were not quite tired yet, they decided to catch up on each other's lives.
"It's been a while, hasn't it Yuffie?" he questioned. The light breeze blew by which caused her to shiver.
"Are you cold?" She looked up at him while hugged herself and nodded. He removed his cape and draped it about her shoulders, then she sneezed.
"Bless you."
"Thanks." She replied, smiling.
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Pound…pound…pound…
"Damn it! What's going on now?" Tifa groaned. Groggily, she raised herself out of bed and looked about her bedroom. 'Hmm…I wonder where Yuffie could be?'
"Probably at the party still," she said aloud to no one. She rolled over on to her back and placed her hands behind her head. She accidentally scratched her ear on something.
"Ow, what was that?" she looked at her wrist and noticed a carbon bangle containing three materia on it. She had forgotten to take it off before she had fallen asleep. 'Geh…Whatever…' Tifa looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyes. 'What am I going to do now?' she sighed. 'I suppose I'll just go back to Cosmo Canyon. No point in hanging around, at least not until the big day.'
Disappointment and sadness washed over her countenance, once again bringing up tears that she thought she had cried out long before. 'Damn it, Tifa. Just get over it. He doesn't love you, okay? At least not in the way you want him to…' She shook her head and sighed.
"What am I going to do?" she repeated.
Pound…pound…pound…
Her lips twisted into a scowl. 'Didn't anyone have any courtesy anymore?' It seemed as if it was coming from the room next to hers. Sleepily, she got of bed and slipped on a pair of jeans and she didn't bother with a shirt since she had a light green tank top on. She was seriously going to tell whoever was making that noise to shut up. Whatever they were doing. Slipping quietly through the room, she made her way to the door and entered the hallway.
Tifa groggily grabbed the doorknob and twisted it, too sleepy to actually knock. Surprisingly enough it was already open so she didn't have to bother with knocking.
"Damn it people! Just shut..." she yelled but the scene before her finally woke her up. The spilt wine and abandoned glasses told her that Cloud and Aerith were too drunk to remember to lock the door. And so there they were, stopped in the middle of their passion; all eyes locked on each other. Aerith's eyes once burning with rapture suddenly clouded over with sadness and her rosy, thoroughly kissed lips bended into a frown.
"Tifa…"
Tifa stepped back, speechless. 'I knew this would happen to them. But now? Why did I have to see it? It's too soon for me…it's too soon for me…' She heard Cloud call out her name but she didn't respond. Stepping backwards towards the door, she swiftly turned around and darted out of her room. 'I don't want to see them. Don't touch me. Don't even look at me!'
Tifa ran down the hall as fast as she could, as she heard Cloud call out her name again. 'I have to get away. I have to get away…' She tripped over an area rug but quickly got up again and ran. Tifa's mind was far too stressed to obtain all of this. All she could think of was getting away. She hastily ran down the stairs, passing by surprised guests who haven't gone to sleep yet. She ran through the large mahogany doors and darted into the cold.
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"Tifa! Wait!"
"Huh? What's going on? Yuffie asked as she faced in the direction where someone was yelling. She looked up at Vincent quizzically.
"It sounded like Cloud…" Vincent replied as he faced in the same direction. They both saw Tifa running across the courtyard, obviously not minding the cold. Yuffie and Vincent gave each other confused looks.
"We should get back and see what's going on." Vincent suggested.
"Nah, you go on ahead. I'll go follow her."
"Alright if you insist…" but he was cut off as he realized that Yuffie had already run off.
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Apparently though, their ruckus had caused the other members to wake up and see what was going on. Aerith was explaining to the group what had happened while Cloud (who had already slipped on a pair of pants ^.^) ran after Tifa. Soon, a large search party was in action to find her.
"Tifa! Where are you!" she heard Shera yell as she hid behind the wall.
'Damn it, why is everyone out here? I just want to be alone.' She heard footsteps and she ran into one of the alleys. She heard footsteps come closer and she climbed up a fire escape.
"Tifa! Come out, please!" Cloud yelled.
"You fucking idiot. You could have at least locked the door." Barrett grumbled.
"Will you please stop blaming me and just help find Tifa!" Cloud yelled.
"You're the reason why she ran off! If you had just waited to get your business done at another time she wouldn't have walked in on you!" Barrett shot back.
"Damn it, I don't' even know why she's acting this way. Why should what I do with Aerith bother her so much?"
"You son of a bitch, you don't even know everything about her. Don't ya kno she…" but Aerith cut him off. She shook her head as a signal not to tell.
"She what? Tell me!" Cloud demanded.
"Nuttin' once we find her you should ask her yourself." Cloud rolled his eyes and commenced with his search.
She found herself on the roof and jumped on to the neighboring one. Climbing down the stairs, she hid in a small alley. Once knowing no one was about she dashed to another dark corner of a different alley. As she made her hasty retreat she tripped over and ran into a trashcan, making a loud noise.
"What was that?" Makka asked as her ears pricked up.
"I think it's coming from that direction." Aerith said. They all started heading towards Tifa's hiding spot.
'Shit shit shit shit...' Tifa repeated under her breath as she heard their footsteps coming closer. There were no fire escapes in this alley, and if she tried to go back they would see her. A glint of light caught her eye and she noticed her carbon bangle. Looking at it closely she noticed manipulate, all, and cover materia in the bangle. 'Yes!' She quickly arranged her materia and started to cast manipulate-all on her friends. 'A noise over there…a noise over there…a noise over there…'
"Wait guys. I think I here something over there." Cloud suddenly said. "I think we should go check it out." The group turned about and Tifa heard their footsteps fade away. Grinning, she made a mad dash to the edge of town. 'The spell will only last for a little while. I better hurry...'
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Tifa ran into the open fields at the outskirts of the town, she gave a sigh of relief knowing that she was finally out but she heard a noise.
"Going somewhere Tifa?"
She groaned and turned around. "Yuffie…"
"Where are you going?" Yuffie asked, her hand on her hip.
"I just…need to get away…" she replied.
"Why? What happened back there?"
"I...I don't want to talk about it Yuffie..." But Yuffie pressed on.
"Please? Tell me Tifa--"
"No! I don't want to! I just have to get away. Please, don't tell them." Tifa cut in.
"Do you think you can go now? Look at you! You're not prepared at all." Yuffie pleaded with her.
"True, but it's too late to prepare now. I have to leave tonight and they're all searching for me right now."
"But where are you gonna go? At least let me come with you!"
"No you can't, I need to be alone on this one. Personally, I don't know where to go, I just need to. Please? Don't tell them?"
"Alright then, take this with you just in case. I don't have anything else I can give you." Yuffie handed her a hi-potion.
"Thanks. Oh no, I hear they're voices. I have to go, cover for me, ok? Good bye for now Yuffie."
"Buh bye." Yuffie replied and Tifa ran off into the dark.
Yuffie stood there for a long time into the dark, and looked up at the moon. The moon was now half covered with threatening clouds. 'Oh no, that can't be good…' She looked again to the direction where her friend had disappeared into. 'Tifa…Please be careful.'
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Author's Note: Oh my God! That totally sucked! I'm so sorry. (now you can see why was so reluctant on releasing this chapter.) Me so sorry, don't worry though, it'll get better (I hope.) Bleh, sorry about Barrett's talking style, I don't know, I'm not good at it. Well anyways, Tifa didn't really know that she had those materia on her. I remember when I played the game, sometimes I'd use my old accessories as storage for my materia. She was also using the carbon bangle as jewelry. On another note, Tifa was really groggy when she was woken up so all of that dialogue in her head was just passing thought, you know, like when you're half asleep. She was also too sleepy to realize what was going on in the other room. And even though Cloud and Aerith were a lil drunk by the time they got to the bed they weren't horribly drunk. Then, Tifa's little intrusion kinda sobered them up a bit. ^.^ Also, in this fic I'm trying to remain true to the game, but I'm not going to use the game elements all the time. Like, I will use items and the materia system but I won't use it as a quick fix to everything. It'd be too boring that way, but I'm trying to incorporate the game play into it. It's there world, not ours. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter despite its horrible quality. Keep reviewing! It's greatly appreciated. - uchiki-angel
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Author's Note: Sorry guys that this chapter is coming so late. I guess I just got lazy and stopped writing for a while. Plus, I was still deciding on how I was going to present this to you. Oh, by the way, you guys are great! Thanks for all the reviews. When I first started this fic I thought no one would actually read this thing. Thanks for your support! Keep reviewing! - uchiki-angel
" " -talking
' ' -thinking
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Getting Over You
Chapter 4: Last Shard Broken
The moon shone brightly against a dark velvet sky; cold diamonds shining out of its depths. There was a light breeze bringing in the coldness from the north, and with it came looming clouds.
"So, that's what you were doing the whole time," Yuffie replied as she and Vincent strolled about in the garden at the Malahide. She and Vincent had just recently arrived from the party, and since they were not quite tired yet, they decided to catch up on each other's lives.
"It's been a while, hasn't it Yuffie?" he questioned. The light breeze blew by which caused her to shiver.
"Are you cold?" She looked up at him while hugged herself and nodded. He removed his cape and draped it about her shoulders, then she sneezed.
"Bless you."
"Thanks." She replied, smiling.
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Pound…pound…pound…
"Damn it! What's going on now?" Tifa groaned. Groggily, she raised herself out of bed and looked about her bedroom. 'Hmm…I wonder where Yuffie could be?'
"Probably at the party still," she said aloud to no one. She rolled over on to her back and placed her hands behind her head. She accidentally scratched her ear on something.
"Ow, what was that?" she looked at her wrist and noticed a carbon bangle containing three materia on it. She had forgotten to take it off before she had fallen asleep. 'Geh…Whatever…' Tifa looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyes. 'What am I going to do now?' she sighed. 'I suppose I'll just go back to Cosmo Canyon. No point in hanging around, at least not until the big day.'
Disappointment and sadness washed over her countenance, once again bringing up tears that she thought she had cried out long before. 'Damn it, Tifa. Just get over it. He doesn't love you, okay? At least not in the way you want him to…' She shook her head and sighed.
"What am I going to do?" she repeated.
Pound…pound…pound…
Her lips twisted into a scowl. 'Didn't anyone have any courtesy anymore?' It seemed as if it was coming from the room next to hers. Sleepily, she got of bed and slipped on a pair of jeans and she didn't bother with a shirt since she had a light green tank top on. She was seriously going to tell whoever was making that noise to shut up. Whatever they were doing. Slipping quietly through the room, she made her way to the door and entered the hallway.
Tifa groggily grabbed the doorknob and twisted it, too sleepy to actually knock. Surprisingly enough it was already open so she didn't have to bother with knocking.
"Damn it people! Just shut..." she yelled but the scene before her finally woke her up. The spilt wine and abandoned glasses told her that Cloud and Aerith were too drunk to remember to lock the door. And so there they were, stopped in the middle of their passion; all eyes locked on each other. Aerith's eyes once burning with rapture suddenly clouded over with sadness and her rosy, thoroughly kissed lips bended into a frown.
"Tifa…"
Tifa stepped back, speechless. 'I knew this would happen to them. But now? Why did I have to see it? It's too soon for me…it's too soon for me…' She heard Cloud call out her name but she didn't respond. Stepping backwards towards the door, she swiftly turned around and darted out of her room. 'I don't want to see them. Don't touch me. Don't even look at me!'
Tifa ran down the hall as fast as she could, as she heard Cloud call out her name again. 'I have to get away. I have to get away…' She tripped over an area rug but quickly got up again and ran. Tifa's mind was far too stressed to obtain all of this. All she could think of was getting away. She hastily ran down the stairs, passing by surprised guests who haven't gone to sleep yet. She ran through the large mahogany doors and darted into the cold.
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"Tifa! Wait!"
"Huh? What's going on? Yuffie asked as she faced in the direction where someone was yelling. She looked up at Vincent quizzically.
"It sounded like Cloud…" Vincent replied as he faced in the same direction. They both saw Tifa running across the courtyard, obviously not minding the cold. Yuffie and Vincent gave each other confused looks.
"We should get back and see what's going on." Vincent suggested.
"Nah, you go on ahead. I'll go follow her."
"Alright if you insist…" but he was cut off as he realized that Yuffie had already run off.
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Apparently though, their ruckus had caused the other members to wake up and see what was going on. Aerith was explaining to the group what had happened while Cloud (who had already slipped on a pair of pants ^.^) ran after Tifa. Soon, a large search party was in action to find her.
"Tifa! Where are you!" she heard Shera yell as she hid behind the wall.
'Damn it, why is everyone out here? I just want to be alone.' She heard footsteps and she ran into one of the alleys. She heard footsteps come closer and she climbed up a fire escape.
"Tifa! Come out, please!" Cloud yelled.
"You fucking idiot. You could have at least locked the door." Barrett grumbled.
"Will you please stop blaming me and just help find Tifa!" Cloud yelled.
"You're the reason why she ran off! If you had just waited to get your business done at another time she wouldn't have walked in on you!" Barrett shot back.
"Damn it, I don't' even know why she's acting this way. Why should what I do with Aerith bother her so much?"
"You son of a bitch, you don't even know everything about her. Don't ya kno she…" but Aerith cut him off. She shook her head as a signal not to tell.
"She what? Tell me!" Cloud demanded.
"Nuttin' once we find her you should ask her yourself." Cloud rolled his eyes and commenced with his search.
She found herself on the roof and jumped on to the neighboring one. Climbing down the stairs, she hid in a small alley. Once knowing no one was about she dashed to another dark corner of a different alley. As she made her hasty retreat she tripped over and ran into a trashcan, making a loud noise.
"What was that?" Makka asked as her ears pricked up.
"I think it's coming from that direction." Aerith said. They all started heading towards Tifa's hiding spot.
'Shit shit shit shit...' Tifa repeated under her breath as she heard their footsteps coming closer. There were no fire escapes in this alley, and if she tried to go back they would see her. A glint of light caught her eye and she noticed her carbon bangle. Looking at it closely she noticed manipulate, all, and cover materia in the bangle. 'Yes!' She quickly arranged her materia and started to cast manipulate-all on her friends. 'A noise over there…a noise over there…a noise over there…'
"Wait guys. I think I here something over there." Cloud suddenly said. "I think we should go check it out." The group turned about and Tifa heard their footsteps fade away. Grinning, she made a mad dash to the edge of town. 'The spell will only last for a little while. I better hurry...'
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Tifa ran into the open fields at the outskirts of the town, she gave a sigh of relief knowing that she was finally out but she heard a noise.
"Going somewhere Tifa?"
She groaned and turned around. "Yuffie…"
"Where are you going?" Yuffie asked, her hand on her hip.
"I just…need to get away…" she replied.
"Why? What happened back there?"
"I...I don't want to talk about it Yuffie..." But Yuffie pressed on.
"Please? Tell me Tifa--"
"No! I don't want to! I just have to get away. Please, don't tell them." Tifa cut in.
"Do you think you can go now? Look at you! You're not prepared at all." Yuffie pleaded with her.
"True, but it's too late to prepare now. I have to leave tonight and they're all searching for me right now."
"But where are you gonna go? At least let me come with you!"
"No you can't, I need to be alone on this one. Personally, I don't know where to go, I just need to. Please? Don't tell them?"
"Alright then, take this with you just in case. I don't have anything else I can give you." Yuffie handed her a hi-potion.
"Thanks. Oh no, I hear they're voices. I have to go, cover for me, ok? Good bye for now Yuffie."
"Buh bye." Yuffie replied and Tifa ran off into the dark.
Yuffie stood there for a long time into the dark, and looked up at the moon. The moon was now half covered with threatening clouds. 'Oh no, that can't be good…' She looked again to the direction where her friend had disappeared into. 'Tifa…Please be careful.'
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Author's Note: Oh my God! That totally sucked! I'm so sorry. (now you can see why was so reluctant on releasing this chapter.) Me so sorry, don't worry though, it'll get better (I hope.) Bleh, sorry about Barrett's talking style, I don't know, I'm not good at it. Well anyways, Tifa didn't really know that she had those materia on her. I remember when I played the game, sometimes I'd use my old accessories as storage for my materia. She was also using the carbon bangle as jewelry. On another note, Tifa was really groggy when she was woken up so all of that dialogue in her head was just passing thought, you know, like when you're half asleep. She was also too sleepy to realize what was going on in the other room. And even though Cloud and Aerith were a lil drunk by the time they got to the bed they weren't horribly drunk. Then, Tifa's little intrusion kinda sobered them up a bit. ^.^ Also, in this fic I'm trying to remain true to the game, but I'm not going to use the game elements all the time. Like, I will use items and the materia system but I won't use it as a quick fix to everything. It'd be too boring that way, but I'm trying to incorporate the game play into it. It's there world, not ours. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter despite its horrible quality. Keep reviewing! It's greatly appreciated. - uchiki-angel