Swallowing Materia Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Chapter Six

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Chinese Cloud: ::in Chinese:: (It's unfair. Does it mean that we aren't good enough?)

Al Bhed Cloud: Dryd ryc du pa ed, pnudran. E ys hud yfyna uv so hispan. Firefly...Fryd ec so hispan?

Firefly99: Get off me, you dirty Al Bhed ¨C uh, switched into Wakka mode there. Ya.

WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!

The following chapter contains extreme Clouffie sappiness. If you are unsure of this sappiness, or are taking another form of sappiness, please consult your family physician.

Side-effects may include, but are not limited to:

Crying, sniffing, snivelling, flaming, rampant Clouffie shipping, going, 'Ahhhh!!', rampant Clouffie hating, sappy reviews, going, 'ewwww!', going, 'NNNNO!! It should be [insert name of other bishounen here]', or death. Well, actually, we made that last one up to add a bit of excitement. Or did we? MUHAHAHA! (See? Excitement!)

Yuffie felt happy.

She'd managed to have a slanging match with a guy, which was fun. And now, she was gazing into the eyes of the guy she fancied more than anything.

Mentally, she catalogued the pattern of filigree in his eyes, quietly appreciating the exact shade of blue...all the different patterns, and the telltale Mako glow...

Glowy...

"...um," Cloud eventually apologised, backing off slightly.

"Awww...!"

"What?"

"Nothing," Yuffie moaned. Oh god, she couldn't stay angry with him. Not after looking into those eyes...They drew her in, like black holes, only such a lovely shade of blue. So, like, blue holes. Um. Something.

Eeeee...blue...

"Yuffie, is something wrong?"

"Fine...I'll tell you what's going on..."

I'm not angry. I'm IN LOVE!! WHEE!!! Lalalala!! And he's got those sexy bits of hair that fall over his face, and his eyes, oh, OHH!! Those beautiful eyes-

"CLOUD! Quit shaking me!"

"She shows some signs of life, and rudimentary intelligence," Cloud said in his most sarcastic voice.

"Hmmph. I liked Dream Cloud better. He gave me daffodils -"

"What?"

"NOTHING!!" Yuffie shrieked. "I didn't say anything!"

"Something about," Cloud gave a slight shrug, "daffodils?"

"No...I said, umm...I would...very much like a bunch of daffodils. Ehehe. So. About this whole thing..."

Go, Yuffie. Come clean. You can do it. Do it for...hiiim...

"OK. I'll admit it," Yuffie said, with a deep breath. "I...I WAS BORED, alright? There was nothin' to do!! And all I could think of was terrorising the world with a big mega-materia, but it wouldn't cast, and then I called Vinnie in, because terrorising him is almost as fun!! And then..." Yuffie felt tears prickling at the back of her eyes, "I got him to eat it-"

"How?" Cloud cut in.

"...Guilt tripping him! But anyway, all that stuff with the sausages was a big lie, and then-then you came in and everything went horrible!! Not that, y'know, you're horrible, but...it's too much!!!"

Cloud stared as the young ninja dissolved into helpless tears. Strange...he'd never seen her cry before. Even when she was really angry, she cheered up within minutes if you didn't give her any attention. No, he corrected. There was that one time when she died. Then she cried on me...

Choking back the lump that had appeared in his throat without filing a proper permit, he threw his arms around her again. Like he'd done before.

She didn't seem much like a brat, now. Just a confused, scared little kid in trouble.

"It's OK," he said, trying to sound reassuring. "It'll be alright. I promise..."

Yuffie's muffled sobs began to slow slightly.

"...Really?" she choked.

"Really," Cloud said, stroking the back of her head.

She finally pulled away ¨C still red and tear-stained, but smiling.

Just another short one. Sap is not to be taken in large amounts, says our doctor; but it IS a good cure for fluff.