Stuck Together
Chapter 4: Almost Death
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*********Yuffie's POV********
I woke up in the dark cave. Everything around me was still and quiet. I looked around and saw sunlight coming through the mouth of the cave. Squall was over at another rock, sleeping across it. I smiled at his gentle face.
The snow was high in the ground, but it looked as if there was enough room to walk in.
I got up, and my stomach was growling uncontrollably. I looked around the cave for something to eat. I saw nothing, so I walked to the mouth of the cave. The wind had died down a lot, and there was pure white snow everywhere that had not been touched.
Over to the right, I saw a bush. Curious, I walked over to it across the cold snow. My foot sank into the four-foot deep snow, and soon I saw little things on the twiggy bush.
I smiled, berries!
I clumsily walked through the deep snow, and finally got to the bush. The berries were red and they hung off of the icy branches. I picked one and popped it into my mouth, not caring if it was poison or not.
It was sweet and the juice mixed throughout my dry mouth. I picked up a few more, and kept eating them. The bush was huge, and there seemed to be hundreds of berries on it. I kept eating them, and then realized that I should give some to Squall.
I only ate about twenty, and I was starting to feel full. I then realized I still had Squall's coat on. I picked off a lot of berries and stuffed them into his pockets until they were full. Then I started picking more berries off and stuffed them into my pockets.
As soon as all of the pockets were full, I headed back into the cave. When I walked in, Squall was waking up. He opened his eyes slowly, and looked around. He saw me and I walked over to him.
I took off the jacket and handed it to him. "Look in the pockets," I said as he took it.
His hand went and came out with a handful of berries. He looked at me, "These could be poison,"
I shook my head and my bangs came into my eyes. I brushed them away as I said, "I ate a lot of them, and I don't feel any different. They're safe."
Squall put one into his mouth, and waited a few seconds. I went and sat down on my rock and ate a few of my berries out of my pockets. Squall started eating more, and then he asked, "Where did you get these?"
I pointed my head out towards the mouth of the cave. "It's out there next to the opening."
After we ate all of the berries in our pockets, I was full. Squall put his jacket around him and said, "We should start moving. If there's people in those buildings, they might be able to help us."
"What if there are no people?"
He sighed and said, "Then I don't know what we'll do."
I felt in my pockets for any more berries. "We should stock up on berries first."
He nodded and both of us walked out into the opening.
The land that we were on was like a cliff. If you looked below, the real ground was thousands of feet below.
I Squall the bush, and we stocked our pockets full. After that, Squall stepped close to the edge, and looked down. I walked over to him and looked down to.
This mountain must have been huge because you could barely see the bottomland from up there. I backed away a little, and started walking along the walls of the mountain, feeling safer. "Squall, lets get going."
Squall looked over at me and said, "Leon," and then started walking besides me. I was feeling warmer than yesterday, and now I didn't fold my arms around myself.
We walked along the snowy land. Our feet sunk deep into the snow with every step we took. My legs were starting to get exhausted.
Soon enough, after what seemed like half of an hour, we came to a dead end. There was nowhere else to go, except down.
Squall started walking towards the end. "Lets go."
I reached out and grabbed his arm. "Maybe there's another safer way," I said, looking around as if hoping for something like stairs to appear so we could go down.
"Are you-"he stopped because I heard a growling noise behind me. Squall grabbed his gunblade and I put my hands on my belt that held my Shurikens.
The growling was louder, and I turned around fast, firing my Shuriken at whatever was behind me.
It was those wolves again. There were three of them, and they stood in a row, growling at us. These ones around 6 feet tall, and their breath were coming out in fog in front of their faces.
The Shuriken I threw hit the largest one in the eye. The Shuriken was stuck in the eyeball and whenever the dog moved it's eye, the Shuriken moved along it.
The two small wolves went and attack Squall while the large one stood there growling at me. Soon, it pounced on me and I fought back.
It knocked me over, but I rolled out of the way quickly and threw another Shuriken at it. It hit the dog's belly, and the dog did a little howl in pain. Then it tried jumping on me again.
I stood up and faced it. We stood in our ready positions right next to the edge. I heard gunshots and dog howls by Squall. I quickly glanced over and saw him finished with the second one. He looked over at me, and when I looked back at the dog, and it jumped on me.
The ground was icy, and I fell on my back. The wolf was on top of me, crushing my ribs. I gasped for air, but I didn't pay attention to that. I was more paying attention to me sliding along the ice. Soon, we came to the edge, and the wolf and I tumbled off.
"Yuffie!" I heard Squall yell.
I screamed as I felt myself falling. I quickly grabbed something which was a twig sticking out of the mountain snow wall. I put my foot into the wall, and on of my hands was on the twig, while the other was on the mountain, holding onto the snow.
I heard howling as the wolf fell off of the mountain and into the ground.
"Yuffie!"
I looked up and Squall was above me. He actually had a worried expression on his face.
"Don't worry Yuffie, I'm coming down."
I looked down, and I gasped and hung on tighter.
I looked back up at Squall and I saw him lie down on the ground. "Help me!" I pleaded, not even daring to let go.
"Hold on Yuffie!" Squall reached his hand out to me, but it was inches apart. I didn't even use my hand to reach to him.
"Take my hand Yuffie!"
I shook my head, and shut my eyes.
Suddenly, the twig snapped off. I yelled and quickly grabbed onto the mountain wall. My frozen hands were slipping off of the snowy wall, and my legs dangled below me. The twig, I knew, fell down somewhere.
"Come on Yuffie! Grab my hand!" Squall yelled, with emotion in it.
I looked up, and feeling myself slipping, I quickly reached up my good arm and took his hand.
My other hand slipped off of the wall, and now my whole body was being held by Squall's hand.
My heart was pumping quickly and my breaths were coming in short and quick.
Squall started pulling me up. I helped a little by kicking off of the wall, and pushing myself up. Soon enough, Squall pulled me up onto the cliff.
He let me lie down on the snow, and I lay there, panting and shaking. I sat up, and flew into Squall's arms
Surprisingly, Squall put his arms around me, and let me cry into his shoulder. I was shaking badly at what had happened, and I started feeling safer in his arms.
Both of us sat there for a while. Sitting on the ground, while I cried into his shoulders. I never liked the heights; I even stayed away from the window or looking down when we always landed somewhere.
"Are you alright?" he asked while I pulled away from him.
I wiped away some tears and said, "I-I think so."
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How was this chapter? Sorry if I didn't explain to well when Yuffie was falling off.
Anyways review please!
Next Chapter: They are heading down the mountain when an avalanche strikes, and there is no shelter to go to.
Chapter 4: Almost Death
*~*~*~*~*
*********Yuffie's POV********
I woke up in the dark cave. Everything around me was still and quiet. I looked around and saw sunlight coming through the mouth of the cave. Squall was over at another rock, sleeping across it. I smiled at his gentle face.
The snow was high in the ground, but it looked as if there was enough room to walk in.
I got up, and my stomach was growling uncontrollably. I looked around the cave for something to eat. I saw nothing, so I walked to the mouth of the cave. The wind had died down a lot, and there was pure white snow everywhere that had not been touched.
Over to the right, I saw a bush. Curious, I walked over to it across the cold snow. My foot sank into the four-foot deep snow, and soon I saw little things on the twiggy bush.
I smiled, berries!
I clumsily walked through the deep snow, and finally got to the bush. The berries were red and they hung off of the icy branches. I picked one and popped it into my mouth, not caring if it was poison or not.
It was sweet and the juice mixed throughout my dry mouth. I picked up a few more, and kept eating them. The bush was huge, and there seemed to be hundreds of berries on it. I kept eating them, and then realized that I should give some to Squall.
I only ate about twenty, and I was starting to feel full. I then realized I still had Squall's coat on. I picked off a lot of berries and stuffed them into his pockets until they were full. Then I started picking more berries off and stuffed them into my pockets.
As soon as all of the pockets were full, I headed back into the cave. When I walked in, Squall was waking up. He opened his eyes slowly, and looked around. He saw me and I walked over to him.
I took off the jacket and handed it to him. "Look in the pockets," I said as he took it.
His hand went and came out with a handful of berries. He looked at me, "These could be poison,"
I shook my head and my bangs came into my eyes. I brushed them away as I said, "I ate a lot of them, and I don't feel any different. They're safe."
Squall put one into his mouth, and waited a few seconds. I went and sat down on my rock and ate a few of my berries out of my pockets. Squall started eating more, and then he asked, "Where did you get these?"
I pointed my head out towards the mouth of the cave. "It's out there next to the opening."
After we ate all of the berries in our pockets, I was full. Squall put his jacket around him and said, "We should start moving. If there's people in those buildings, they might be able to help us."
"What if there are no people?"
He sighed and said, "Then I don't know what we'll do."
I felt in my pockets for any more berries. "We should stock up on berries first."
He nodded and both of us walked out into the opening.
The land that we were on was like a cliff. If you looked below, the real ground was thousands of feet below.
I Squall the bush, and we stocked our pockets full. After that, Squall stepped close to the edge, and looked down. I walked over to him and looked down to.
This mountain must have been huge because you could barely see the bottomland from up there. I backed away a little, and started walking along the walls of the mountain, feeling safer. "Squall, lets get going."
Squall looked over at me and said, "Leon," and then started walking besides me. I was feeling warmer than yesterday, and now I didn't fold my arms around myself.
We walked along the snowy land. Our feet sunk deep into the snow with every step we took. My legs were starting to get exhausted.
Soon enough, after what seemed like half of an hour, we came to a dead end. There was nowhere else to go, except down.
Squall started walking towards the end. "Lets go."
I reached out and grabbed his arm. "Maybe there's another safer way," I said, looking around as if hoping for something like stairs to appear so we could go down.
"Are you-"he stopped because I heard a growling noise behind me. Squall grabbed his gunblade and I put my hands on my belt that held my Shurikens.
The growling was louder, and I turned around fast, firing my Shuriken at whatever was behind me.
It was those wolves again. There were three of them, and they stood in a row, growling at us. These ones around 6 feet tall, and their breath were coming out in fog in front of their faces.
The Shuriken I threw hit the largest one in the eye. The Shuriken was stuck in the eyeball and whenever the dog moved it's eye, the Shuriken moved along it.
The two small wolves went and attack Squall while the large one stood there growling at me. Soon, it pounced on me and I fought back.
It knocked me over, but I rolled out of the way quickly and threw another Shuriken at it. It hit the dog's belly, and the dog did a little howl in pain. Then it tried jumping on me again.
I stood up and faced it. We stood in our ready positions right next to the edge. I heard gunshots and dog howls by Squall. I quickly glanced over and saw him finished with the second one. He looked over at me, and when I looked back at the dog, and it jumped on me.
The ground was icy, and I fell on my back. The wolf was on top of me, crushing my ribs. I gasped for air, but I didn't pay attention to that. I was more paying attention to me sliding along the ice. Soon, we came to the edge, and the wolf and I tumbled off.
"Yuffie!" I heard Squall yell.
I screamed as I felt myself falling. I quickly grabbed something which was a twig sticking out of the mountain snow wall. I put my foot into the wall, and on of my hands was on the twig, while the other was on the mountain, holding onto the snow.
I heard howling as the wolf fell off of the mountain and into the ground.
"Yuffie!"
I looked up and Squall was above me. He actually had a worried expression on his face.
"Don't worry Yuffie, I'm coming down."
I looked down, and I gasped and hung on tighter.
I looked back up at Squall and I saw him lie down on the ground. "Help me!" I pleaded, not even daring to let go.
"Hold on Yuffie!" Squall reached his hand out to me, but it was inches apart. I didn't even use my hand to reach to him.
"Take my hand Yuffie!"
I shook my head, and shut my eyes.
Suddenly, the twig snapped off. I yelled and quickly grabbed onto the mountain wall. My frozen hands were slipping off of the snowy wall, and my legs dangled below me. The twig, I knew, fell down somewhere.
"Come on Yuffie! Grab my hand!" Squall yelled, with emotion in it.
I looked up, and feeling myself slipping, I quickly reached up my good arm and took his hand.
My other hand slipped off of the wall, and now my whole body was being held by Squall's hand.
My heart was pumping quickly and my breaths were coming in short and quick.
Squall started pulling me up. I helped a little by kicking off of the wall, and pushing myself up. Soon enough, Squall pulled me up onto the cliff.
He let me lie down on the snow, and I lay there, panting and shaking. I sat up, and flew into Squall's arms
Surprisingly, Squall put his arms around me, and let me cry into his shoulder. I was shaking badly at what had happened, and I started feeling safer in his arms.
Both of us sat there for a while. Sitting on the ground, while I cried into his shoulders. I never liked the heights; I even stayed away from the window or looking down when we always landed somewhere.
"Are you alright?" he asked while I pulled away from him.
I wiped away some tears and said, "I-I think so."
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How was this chapter? Sorry if I didn't explain to well when Yuffie was falling off.
Anyways review please!
Next Chapter: They are heading down the mountain when an avalanche strikes, and there is no shelter to go to.