Tell Me I Was Dreaming
By: Yuffie Kisaragi2
I only own my own characters, I think you can tell which ones they are.
Nope, this is not based off of the song... This is an eight chapter short story that I will try to update every week or so. Don't hold me to that, though! Read onward! I apologize for my work is not wonderful, but you read at your own cost anyway.
Chapter 6: You are... You... How else can I describe you?
Yuffie awoke with a feeling of being late for something. She heard Vincent's rythmic breathing and the beating of his heart and instantly knew. She elbowed him awake. "You jerk! We missed the movie because of you!"
Vincent laughed, his laugh was beautiful and mysterious at the same time. Yuffie knew then that she had fallen for him. "I'm sorry, Yuffs. I must've fallen asleep."
She rolled over and glared at him. "Not funny at all, Vinnie!"
He laughed again. "Do that face again! You looked exactly like you did when you were seventeen!" She glared at him. "What? It's the truth!"
"Miss Yuffie? You have a doctor's appointment in forty-five minutes."
"Thanks, Shake." She looked at Vincent. "Wanna stay here or come with me?"
Vincent gave her a "Duh" look. "Of course I'm coming with you!" She bit her lip and jumped up to grab some clothes other than the jeans and tee-shirt that she fell asleep in.
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Yuffie walked into the room that the pretty blonde nurse had indicated wearing hip-hugger jeans and a baggy tee-shirt to hide all of her lost weight. "I hate doctor's offices," she heard Vincent say from behind her. She smiled sympathetically at him and sat on the exam room table.
They waited in awkward silence for awhile, then Dr. Hushman walked in. "Hello, Lady Yuffie."
"'Ello again, Dr. Hushman. Didn't see ya at Turtle's Paradise yet!"
He chuckled. "Well, you know me.. Can't ever have fun. How have you been feeling?"
"Well enough, I guess."
Dr. Hushman nodded. "Still singing?"
"Took a break yesterday because I had a dinner meeting."
He continued writing on a clip board. "Have you been vomitting still?"
"Yup."
"Coughing up blood?"
"Yup."
"More or less than usual?"
She looked thoughtful, then shrugged. "About the same, I'd guess." She looked over at Vincent, who remained staring at the floor.
"So, you have lost ten pounds since two weeks ago, when I last saw you, Lady Yuffie." She swallowed, waiting for more bad news. "Other than that, you seem to be maintaining a pretty regular schedule." He looked over at Vincent. "And you are her new bodyguard?"
Yuffie laughed. "Only for about half a day! He's my friend. Dr. Hushman, this is Vincent Valentine."
The doctor raised a blonde eyebrow, then extended his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Valentine." Vincent shook his extended hand, but said nothing. "Well, I'm going to up your medications a little to help you gain weight and put you on a new one. Perhaps you will pull through this, Miss Kisaragi."
Yuffie smiled and saw Vincent shift uneasily. "Dr. Hushman?" Both Yuffie and the doctor looked at the tall man, sitting in a corner. "I read about a Dr. Rayynz in Mideel that has cured 'incurable' cases of MAKO poisoning other than Cloud Strife's... Would you mind if I took Yuffie there just to visit him once?"
Dr. Hushman smiled. "Of course I wouldn't mind. It is his specialty, after all." He looked at Yuffie. "It seems that your friend is not as determined to give up as you are, Miss Kisaragi. I would actually suggest seeing him. Take a week off from everything here. Shake can, I'm sure, take care of things here."
Yuffie smiled weakly at the doctor and Vicnent. "Sure..."
-- "We'll take a week off from chasing Sephiroth and hang out in Costa del Sol," Cloud announced to his comrades. Yuffie wrinkled her nose and he sighed. "What's wrong, Yuffie?"
"If we're taking a break, then me and Teef'll need gil."
Cloud looked confused. "You and Tifa will need gil? Why?"
Yuffie and Tifa looked at each other rolled their eyes. "Okay, oh fearless leader, think about it. Me and Tifa have no other clothes except for the clothes on our backs. We'll need swim suits to go swimming and I don't feel like washing this outfit over and over all week. It sucks."
Tifa giggled and Cloud nodded thoughtfully. "How much gil?"
The girls exchanged looks and evil grins. "About 600," the answered in unison.
"What!?"
They looked completely innocent. "Wellll," Tifa started. "We'll need swim suits, new boots, sandels, new out fits-"
"Fine!" the blonde porcupine exclaimed loudly. "Fine.. 600 it is."
The two girls grinned and hugged him quickly before grabbing the gil and running away from the Highwind into town to go shopping. --
Yuffie looked at Vincent, who sat next to her in the limo. "Why are you so determined to help me get better? It's not as if you're in love with me."
The man looked taken aback. "On the contrary. I fell for you the first time I heard you sing."
The Lady of Wutia stared at him in disbelief. "Tell me that you're joking," she said softly, then coughed blood into a handkerchief. 'No, I can't be in love.. I'm dying. There's no way to keep me alive.. .I'm DYING, dammit!'
"I know that you've given up hope," he said softly. "But I'm not giving up hope. And I'm not joking. I love you, Yuffie Kisaragi. I may not have realized it when we were together with AVALANCHE, but I realize it now. And no matter what you say, I'm not changing my mind about it."
The ninja looked at him, her grey eyes full of pain and love, but so... upset. "You have to be joking, Vincent... I'm DYING, dammit! I wanted a friend, not to... to... fall in love!" She buried her face in her hands. "And now I'm confused!"
Vincent looked down at his hand and claw. "I know exactly how you feel..."
They sat in silence before arriving at the bar where Yuffie sang almost every night. With a look at him, she knew that she had hurt him. "Vincent... I'm sorry. I'm just so tired of hearing Dr. Hushman's false hope and telling me to do this or to do that to help myself get better."
The man looked up at her. "Why do you give up hope so easily? The doctor in Mideel has cured eighteen 'incurable' cases."
"And he's always looking for more glory. I tried that once, though Dr. Hushman doesn't know. If you don't believe me, ask Shake. Right after I was diagnosed, we went to Mideel for two weeks. They were the most agonizing two weeks in my life! He bleeds people still!" She shook her head. "I'm really sorry for what I said earlier, Vinnie, but I'm not going back."
The man nodded, now understanding why she seemed so afraid to go there. Bleeding people was illegal in most cities. "I didn't know, Yuffie."
"Of course you didn't know!" she laughed good-naturedly. "If you had, then you wouldn't have recomended it! Come on ,we've got a duet tonight." She winked. "Besides, I heard that the Masked Woman was going to reveal herself to see the looks on peoples faces!" Before Vincent could say anything, she had grabbed her purse and mask and was gone. He hurried to find her.
-- Vincent rushed through the forest, knowing that he should not have been so mean to the ninja. "Yuffie!" he called, but she did not answer. 'I'm such a jackass, she was right.'
He stumbled over something that yelped and looked down to see Yuffie nursing a quickly bruising thigh. "Ow, you big meanie! Just kick me, why doncha!"
"Yuffie! I... I apologize for what I said earlier." She glared at him with her grey orbs.
"You're sorry?" He nodded. "Well, you must be human then. Only humans admit that they're sorry. I doubt that part-demons even show any emotion." She stood slowly, giggling at the look on his face. "Listen, I'm gonna go back to chill out at Cid's... You wanna come and watch a cheesy old vampire flic with me?"
He stared at her in disbelief. "You... You are not angry with me for what I said?" She rolled her eyes and he nodded once. "I will go with you."--
"So, as my encore tonight, I'm going to sing a duet with a pal of mine. That, and I'm going to take off my mask." The were hoots of approval. Slowly, she took the green lace mask away from her face and there were many gasps, then the loudest applause that the tiny bar had ever heard. Passers by were tempted to look inside, and many did to see Yuffie Kisaragi, Lady of Wutia, standing on stage with a tall, dark, and handsome man.
Vincent: I wanted you to know
That I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high
And steal your pain away
I keep your photograph
I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high
And steal your pain
Both: 'Cause I'm broken
When I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
When you're gone away...
Vincent: You've gone away
You don't feel me here
Anymore...
Yuffie: The worst is over now
And we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high
You steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn
And no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
Both: 'Cause I'm broken
When I'm open
I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken
When I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
When you're gone away...
Anyone watching saw instant chemistry, causing many of the men to feel their dates cuddling closer. Yuffie flashed a gorgeous smile at her fans, her people, the ones that had faith and hope still. She coughed into a hand kerchief and felt Vincent's worried gaze on her. She shook her head to shrug him off, but felt dizzy.
Vincent caught her as she fell forward. "Someone call an ambulance!" came a shrill shout from the crowd.
YK2: Originally, I was going to take the story off completely. Then, I went back and looked at my reviews... I wanna thank those of you who still like this fic.. I know that there are people who don't and I'm lettin' 'em get to me, but I needed a break...
Paine Kisaragi: Megg (YK2) is really thankful for those of you who kept sending in those wonderful reviews.
YK2: It was PK that made me update! I swear it was! So, thank you all SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! I really love ya'll in that authoress/reader kinda way!
Thanks to all my reviewers!
Cattiebrie393 - Obie Kabie is a version of Okay.. My field commander used to say it all the time and it rubbed off!
Sorceress Fujin
The Scarlet Stalker - Thanks... I think... Kinda sorta, maybe?
Special Thanks to:
Ezri-Candy
Hotaru170
Neko-Yuff16
YK2: You three are awesome! You read my other fic and were still willing to read this one. I love you guys! Welp, Till Next Time! AUDI!!!
-The gang from TMIWD
By: Yuffie Kisaragi2
I only own my own characters, I think you can tell which ones they are.
Nope, this is not based off of the song... This is an eight chapter short story that I will try to update every week or so. Don't hold me to that, though! Read onward! I apologize for my work is not wonderful, but you read at your own cost anyway.
Chapter 6: You are... You... How else can I describe you?
Yuffie awoke with a feeling of being late for something. She heard Vincent's rythmic breathing and the beating of his heart and instantly knew. She elbowed him awake. "You jerk! We missed the movie because of you!"
Vincent laughed, his laugh was beautiful and mysterious at the same time. Yuffie knew then that she had fallen for him. "I'm sorry, Yuffs. I must've fallen asleep."
She rolled over and glared at him. "Not funny at all, Vinnie!"
He laughed again. "Do that face again! You looked exactly like you did when you were seventeen!" She glared at him. "What? It's the truth!"
"Miss Yuffie? You have a doctor's appointment in forty-five minutes."
"Thanks, Shake." She looked at Vincent. "Wanna stay here or come with me?"
Vincent gave her a "Duh" look. "Of course I'm coming with you!" She bit her lip and jumped up to grab some clothes other than the jeans and tee-shirt that she fell asleep in.
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Yuffie walked into the room that the pretty blonde nurse had indicated wearing hip-hugger jeans and a baggy tee-shirt to hide all of her lost weight. "I hate doctor's offices," she heard Vincent say from behind her. She smiled sympathetically at him and sat on the exam room table.
They waited in awkward silence for awhile, then Dr. Hushman walked in. "Hello, Lady Yuffie."
"'Ello again, Dr. Hushman. Didn't see ya at Turtle's Paradise yet!"
He chuckled. "Well, you know me.. Can't ever have fun. How have you been feeling?"
"Well enough, I guess."
Dr. Hushman nodded. "Still singing?"
"Took a break yesterday because I had a dinner meeting."
He continued writing on a clip board. "Have you been vomitting still?"
"Yup."
"Coughing up blood?"
"Yup."
"More or less than usual?"
She looked thoughtful, then shrugged. "About the same, I'd guess." She looked over at Vincent, who remained staring at the floor.
"So, you have lost ten pounds since two weeks ago, when I last saw you, Lady Yuffie." She swallowed, waiting for more bad news. "Other than that, you seem to be maintaining a pretty regular schedule." He looked over at Vincent. "And you are her new bodyguard?"
Yuffie laughed. "Only for about half a day! He's my friend. Dr. Hushman, this is Vincent Valentine."
The doctor raised a blonde eyebrow, then extended his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Valentine." Vincent shook his extended hand, but said nothing. "Well, I'm going to up your medications a little to help you gain weight and put you on a new one. Perhaps you will pull through this, Miss Kisaragi."
Yuffie smiled and saw Vincent shift uneasily. "Dr. Hushman?" Both Yuffie and the doctor looked at the tall man, sitting in a corner. "I read about a Dr. Rayynz in Mideel that has cured 'incurable' cases of MAKO poisoning other than Cloud Strife's... Would you mind if I took Yuffie there just to visit him once?"
Dr. Hushman smiled. "Of course I wouldn't mind. It is his specialty, after all." He looked at Yuffie. "It seems that your friend is not as determined to give up as you are, Miss Kisaragi. I would actually suggest seeing him. Take a week off from everything here. Shake can, I'm sure, take care of things here."
Yuffie smiled weakly at the doctor and Vicnent. "Sure..."
-- "We'll take a week off from chasing Sephiroth and hang out in Costa del Sol," Cloud announced to his comrades. Yuffie wrinkled her nose and he sighed. "What's wrong, Yuffie?"
"If we're taking a break, then me and Teef'll need gil."
Cloud looked confused. "You and Tifa will need gil? Why?"
Yuffie and Tifa looked at each other rolled their eyes. "Okay, oh fearless leader, think about it. Me and Tifa have no other clothes except for the clothes on our backs. We'll need swim suits to go swimming and I don't feel like washing this outfit over and over all week. It sucks."
Tifa giggled and Cloud nodded thoughtfully. "How much gil?"
The girls exchanged looks and evil grins. "About 600," the answered in unison.
"What!?"
They looked completely innocent. "Wellll," Tifa started. "We'll need swim suits, new boots, sandels, new out fits-"
"Fine!" the blonde porcupine exclaimed loudly. "Fine.. 600 it is."
The two girls grinned and hugged him quickly before grabbing the gil and running away from the Highwind into town to go shopping. --
Yuffie looked at Vincent, who sat next to her in the limo. "Why are you so determined to help me get better? It's not as if you're in love with me."
The man looked taken aback. "On the contrary. I fell for you the first time I heard you sing."
The Lady of Wutia stared at him in disbelief. "Tell me that you're joking," she said softly, then coughed blood into a handkerchief. 'No, I can't be in love.. I'm dying. There's no way to keep me alive.. .I'm DYING, dammit!'
"I know that you've given up hope," he said softly. "But I'm not giving up hope. And I'm not joking. I love you, Yuffie Kisaragi. I may not have realized it when we were together with AVALANCHE, but I realize it now. And no matter what you say, I'm not changing my mind about it."
The ninja looked at him, her grey eyes full of pain and love, but so... upset. "You have to be joking, Vincent... I'm DYING, dammit! I wanted a friend, not to... to... fall in love!" She buried her face in her hands. "And now I'm confused!"
Vincent looked down at his hand and claw. "I know exactly how you feel..."
They sat in silence before arriving at the bar where Yuffie sang almost every night. With a look at him, she knew that she had hurt him. "Vincent... I'm sorry. I'm just so tired of hearing Dr. Hushman's false hope and telling me to do this or to do that to help myself get better."
The man looked up at her. "Why do you give up hope so easily? The doctor in Mideel has cured eighteen 'incurable' cases."
"And he's always looking for more glory. I tried that once, though Dr. Hushman doesn't know. If you don't believe me, ask Shake. Right after I was diagnosed, we went to Mideel for two weeks. They were the most agonizing two weeks in my life! He bleeds people still!" She shook her head. "I'm really sorry for what I said earlier, Vinnie, but I'm not going back."
The man nodded, now understanding why she seemed so afraid to go there. Bleeding people was illegal in most cities. "I didn't know, Yuffie."
"Of course you didn't know!" she laughed good-naturedly. "If you had, then you wouldn't have recomended it! Come on ,we've got a duet tonight." She winked. "Besides, I heard that the Masked Woman was going to reveal herself to see the looks on peoples faces!" Before Vincent could say anything, she had grabbed her purse and mask and was gone. He hurried to find her.
-- Vincent rushed through the forest, knowing that he should not have been so mean to the ninja. "Yuffie!" he called, but she did not answer. 'I'm such a jackass, she was right.'
He stumbled over something that yelped and looked down to see Yuffie nursing a quickly bruising thigh. "Ow, you big meanie! Just kick me, why doncha!"
"Yuffie! I... I apologize for what I said earlier." She glared at him with her grey orbs.
"You're sorry?" He nodded. "Well, you must be human then. Only humans admit that they're sorry. I doubt that part-demons even show any emotion." She stood slowly, giggling at the look on his face. "Listen, I'm gonna go back to chill out at Cid's... You wanna come and watch a cheesy old vampire flic with me?"
He stared at her in disbelief. "You... You are not angry with me for what I said?" She rolled her eyes and he nodded once. "I will go with you."--
"So, as my encore tonight, I'm going to sing a duet with a pal of mine. That, and I'm going to take off my mask." The were hoots of approval. Slowly, she took the green lace mask away from her face and there were many gasps, then the loudest applause that the tiny bar had ever heard. Passers by were tempted to look inside, and many did to see Yuffie Kisaragi, Lady of Wutia, standing on stage with a tall, dark, and handsome man.
Vincent: I wanted you to know
That I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high
And steal your pain away
I keep your photograph
I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high
And steal your pain
Both: 'Cause I'm broken
When I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
When you're gone away...
Vincent: You've gone away
You don't feel me here
Anymore...
Yuffie: The worst is over now
And we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high
You steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn
And no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
Both: 'Cause I'm broken
When I'm open
I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken
When I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
When you're gone away...
Anyone watching saw instant chemistry, causing many of the men to feel their dates cuddling closer. Yuffie flashed a gorgeous smile at her fans, her people, the ones that had faith and hope still. She coughed into a hand kerchief and felt Vincent's worried gaze on her. She shook her head to shrug him off, but felt dizzy.
Vincent caught her as she fell forward. "Someone call an ambulance!" came a shrill shout from the crowd.
YK2: Originally, I was going to take the story off completely. Then, I went back and looked at my reviews... I wanna thank those of you who still like this fic.. I know that there are people who don't and I'm lettin' 'em get to me, but I needed a break...
Paine Kisaragi: Megg (YK2) is really thankful for those of you who kept sending in those wonderful reviews.
YK2: It was PK that made me update! I swear it was! So, thank you all SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! I really love ya'll in that authoress/reader kinda way!
Thanks to all my reviewers!
Cattiebrie393 - Obie Kabie is a version of Okay.. My field commander used to say it all the time and it rubbed off!
Sorceress Fujin
The Scarlet Stalker - Thanks... I think... Kinda sorta, maybe?
Special Thanks to:
Ezri-Candy
Hotaru170
Neko-Yuff16
YK2: You three are awesome! You read my other fic and were still willing to read this one. I love you guys! Welp, Till Next Time! AUDI!!!
-The gang from TMIWD