A/N: Hello. Wow, I love writing about Yuffie, Vincent, and Jim.... It's way
too much fun. So... yeah here's another Yuffie, Vincent, and Jim chapter.
Yippee! Enjoy
-Ototoi
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It was cold and dark, the wind swiftly passing through the deep snowy valley, chilling to the bone. The smoke and ash were slowly being carried by the breeze off of the ground. Snow had begun to show on the ground, deep and frigid, squeaking beneath the feet of the three tired travelers.
"I'm hungry!" Yelled a small high voice.
"I agree. I too am famished." Replied a monotone tenor.
Yuffie trudged through the harsh snow, barely carrying her own two feet. She followed behind Vincent who marched earnestly ahead of the three. His torn red cloak flew in the brisk wind, rushing around his face and hair.
"Cant we stop now?" whined Yuffie, hugging herself, trying to keep warm. She ran her hands swiftly up and down her upper arms, but it didn't keep out the cold. "It's freezing!" she yelled.
Vincent paused and looked back at Yuffie, still rubbing her arms. " Well perhaps if you wore a little more....."
"Hey! What are you saying you old fart?" she said, cutting Vincent off. She took her hands off of her arms and placed them on her hips. " I'd watch it! I have a body guard!" she exclaimed.
"Vincent stood still and silent, trying to figure out what scheme Yuffie had conjured with Gelrin this time.
"Jimmy will protect me. Right buddy!" she yelled, tapping Jim on the shoulder.
Vincent's face grew furious. He clenched his fist and stared into Yuffie's eyes. "For the last time. His name is Gelrin!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "And, He is not your buddy!"
Yuffie's face grew guilty. She walked slowly and cowardly hid behind Gelrin.
"That's it. The city of ancients is two miles down this valley! I'm going alone!" shouted Vincent. He turned and marched slowly down the valley, leaving Jim and Yuffie behind. Yuffie stood, surprised that Vincent had actually left.
"He'll be back." She said in a happy voice. Come on lets get a fire started." She said.
Jim watched Yuffie for a few seconds, and then helped her gather small twigs and branches from the small trees near by.
"Yuffie." Said Jim. He stopped and looked at her curiously. "Yeah Jim. What's up?" she asked. "Why is Vincent so...."
"Tense?" she said, finishing Jim's question.
"Yes." He said, nodding his head. Yuffie set down her sticks and grabbed a thick red blanket from her bag, placing it next to the stick pile.
"Sit down." She said calmly. Yuffie sat on the blanket next to the fire and took out two flint stones from her bag. She began to strike them and soon got a small fire crackling beside them.
"Jim. Let me ask you something first. What did Hojo teach you?" she asked. Jim thought quietly and hesitated to answer.
"He said we were experiments, that we meant nothing. He told us that we were copies of a master piece, that would never match up our model." He replied.
Yuffie sat and shook her head slowly. "Did he tell you who your model was?"
Jim shook his head and answered. "Sephiroth."
"I'm sorry. You are not worth less ya hear?" she said, smiling at Jim. "You have become more to Vincent and I then Sephiroth will ever be. That's why Vincent is so hard on me.
You are like the son he never had."
Yuffie smiled at Gelrin, and then laid her head down on the blanket. "Jim?" she asked.
"Yes?" he replied.
"Go after him." She said. Yuffie sat up. "We'll go together. I don't like him going alone."
Jim sat, looking puzzled at Yuffie. Because he had no true personality, he agreed with no protest.
"Very well." He replied.
Yuffie stared briefly at his face. "A guy as cute as you, also takes orders from women. This is too good to be true!" she said quietly, slightly above a whisper. "Well what'cha watin for!? Lets go!" She hollered.
Yuffie slowly got of the blanket and pulled her shirt down, covering her midriff. She stretched her arms and legs and brushed off her lap, sending wood chips flying over the blanket.
"Come on!" She said, holding out her hand to help Jim get off the ground. He looked at her in confusion. Gelrin slowly held out his hand and was suddenly jolted off the ground harshly. Yuffie held onto his hand tightly and ran swiftly through the harsh weather, following Vincent's tracks.
"I.... I do not wish to go see Masa and Mune." He said, trying to keep up with Yuffie.
"Why are you so worried about them?" she asked. Yuffie paused and turned around, catching her breath while listening to Gelrin's reply.
"Masa and Mune were once part of Hojo's experiment. Hojo taught us much about them; telling us about their connection with our Model, Sephiroth." He replied slowly.
"What did he teach you about them?" she asked.
"He told us that they were villains, tyrants of the Promise Land. So they were sent back to live as spirits on this planet. I fear them." He said shamefully.
"Don't fear em pal! We've thrashed a lot of people around and never really lost! We can take em!" she yelled cheerfully. "Come on. Lets go." She again grabbed his hand and dragged him through the snow.
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Faintly you could hear the creaking of the bitter snow, crunching beneath the slow footsteps. The wind had slowly died down and the air was nearly clear of the ash and smoke from Midgar.
"There!" yelled a high pitched voice. Yuffie sped up her pace and jogged into a clearing, which split in to three roads leading to an old building. "This is it!" she yelled. "Vincey is here somewhere. Lets go!" Yuffie let go of Gelrin's hand and ran down the central road.
"Are you sure Sir Vincent would appreciate you referring to him as Vincey?" Asked Gelrin, while running behind Yuffie.
"Tough luck! Like I care!" she laughed. "Shhhh!! We're almost there." Yuffie slowed down to a crawl and lurked through the street, finding the first building she could hide behind. She looked form her hiding place to the central building. The building was tall with open rails and arches, resembling a large coliseum. In the center of the building ran a large waterfall, frozen from the cold, hanging from the cliffs above.
Yuffie sneaked into a window, peering down the central room. There Vincent sat, knelt on one knee with the sword placed horizontally on the ground in front of him. You could faintly here him mumble something to the sword and then looked up at the waterfall. Two small wisps of clouds began to form above him, in the shape of two children. Gelrin looked down to Vincent, fearing what might happen. His face grew in terror and squinted as he looked down to his friend. His face began to sweat and turn red. He looked down again and heard Vincent begin to talk again.
"Vincent!" he yelled frightfully.
-Ototoi
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It was cold and dark, the wind swiftly passing through the deep snowy valley, chilling to the bone. The smoke and ash were slowly being carried by the breeze off of the ground. Snow had begun to show on the ground, deep and frigid, squeaking beneath the feet of the three tired travelers.
"I'm hungry!" Yelled a small high voice.
"I agree. I too am famished." Replied a monotone tenor.
Yuffie trudged through the harsh snow, barely carrying her own two feet. She followed behind Vincent who marched earnestly ahead of the three. His torn red cloak flew in the brisk wind, rushing around his face and hair.
"Cant we stop now?" whined Yuffie, hugging herself, trying to keep warm. She ran her hands swiftly up and down her upper arms, but it didn't keep out the cold. "It's freezing!" she yelled.
Vincent paused and looked back at Yuffie, still rubbing her arms. " Well perhaps if you wore a little more....."
"Hey! What are you saying you old fart?" she said, cutting Vincent off. She took her hands off of her arms and placed them on her hips. " I'd watch it! I have a body guard!" she exclaimed.
"Vincent stood still and silent, trying to figure out what scheme Yuffie had conjured with Gelrin this time.
"Jimmy will protect me. Right buddy!" she yelled, tapping Jim on the shoulder.
Vincent's face grew furious. He clenched his fist and stared into Yuffie's eyes. "For the last time. His name is Gelrin!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "And, He is not your buddy!"
Yuffie's face grew guilty. She walked slowly and cowardly hid behind Gelrin.
"That's it. The city of ancients is two miles down this valley! I'm going alone!" shouted Vincent. He turned and marched slowly down the valley, leaving Jim and Yuffie behind. Yuffie stood, surprised that Vincent had actually left.
"He'll be back." She said in a happy voice. Come on lets get a fire started." She said.
Jim watched Yuffie for a few seconds, and then helped her gather small twigs and branches from the small trees near by.
"Yuffie." Said Jim. He stopped and looked at her curiously. "Yeah Jim. What's up?" she asked. "Why is Vincent so...."
"Tense?" she said, finishing Jim's question.
"Yes." He said, nodding his head. Yuffie set down her sticks and grabbed a thick red blanket from her bag, placing it next to the stick pile.
"Sit down." She said calmly. Yuffie sat on the blanket next to the fire and took out two flint stones from her bag. She began to strike them and soon got a small fire crackling beside them.
"Jim. Let me ask you something first. What did Hojo teach you?" she asked. Jim thought quietly and hesitated to answer.
"He said we were experiments, that we meant nothing. He told us that we were copies of a master piece, that would never match up our model." He replied.
Yuffie sat and shook her head slowly. "Did he tell you who your model was?"
Jim shook his head and answered. "Sephiroth."
"I'm sorry. You are not worth less ya hear?" she said, smiling at Jim. "You have become more to Vincent and I then Sephiroth will ever be. That's why Vincent is so hard on me.
You are like the son he never had."
Yuffie smiled at Gelrin, and then laid her head down on the blanket. "Jim?" she asked.
"Yes?" he replied.
"Go after him." She said. Yuffie sat up. "We'll go together. I don't like him going alone."
Jim sat, looking puzzled at Yuffie. Because he had no true personality, he agreed with no protest.
"Very well." He replied.
Yuffie stared briefly at his face. "A guy as cute as you, also takes orders from women. This is too good to be true!" she said quietly, slightly above a whisper. "Well what'cha watin for!? Lets go!" She hollered.
Yuffie slowly got of the blanket and pulled her shirt down, covering her midriff. She stretched her arms and legs and brushed off her lap, sending wood chips flying over the blanket.
"Come on!" She said, holding out her hand to help Jim get off the ground. He looked at her in confusion. Gelrin slowly held out his hand and was suddenly jolted off the ground harshly. Yuffie held onto his hand tightly and ran swiftly through the harsh weather, following Vincent's tracks.
"I.... I do not wish to go see Masa and Mune." He said, trying to keep up with Yuffie.
"Why are you so worried about them?" she asked. Yuffie paused and turned around, catching her breath while listening to Gelrin's reply.
"Masa and Mune were once part of Hojo's experiment. Hojo taught us much about them; telling us about their connection with our Model, Sephiroth." He replied slowly.
"What did he teach you about them?" she asked.
"He told us that they were villains, tyrants of the Promise Land. So they were sent back to live as spirits on this planet. I fear them." He said shamefully.
"Don't fear em pal! We've thrashed a lot of people around and never really lost! We can take em!" she yelled cheerfully. "Come on. Lets go." She again grabbed his hand and dragged him through the snow.
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Faintly you could hear the creaking of the bitter snow, crunching beneath the slow footsteps. The wind had slowly died down and the air was nearly clear of the ash and smoke from Midgar.
"There!" yelled a high pitched voice. Yuffie sped up her pace and jogged into a clearing, which split in to three roads leading to an old building. "This is it!" she yelled. "Vincey is here somewhere. Lets go!" Yuffie let go of Gelrin's hand and ran down the central road.
"Are you sure Sir Vincent would appreciate you referring to him as Vincey?" Asked Gelrin, while running behind Yuffie.
"Tough luck! Like I care!" she laughed. "Shhhh!! We're almost there." Yuffie slowed down to a crawl and lurked through the street, finding the first building she could hide behind. She looked form her hiding place to the central building. The building was tall with open rails and arches, resembling a large coliseum. In the center of the building ran a large waterfall, frozen from the cold, hanging from the cliffs above.
Yuffie sneaked into a window, peering down the central room. There Vincent sat, knelt on one knee with the sword placed horizontally on the ground in front of him. You could faintly here him mumble something to the sword and then looked up at the waterfall. Two small wisps of clouds began to form above him, in the shape of two children. Gelrin looked down to Vincent, fearing what might happen. His face grew in terror and squinted as he looked down to his friend. His face began to sweat and turn red. He looked down again and heard Vincent begin to talk again.
"Vincent!" he yelled frightfully.