Est Sularas Oth Mithas

Yuffie Kisaragi2

LAST TIME:

Reno spared a glance at her. "What's that mean?"

She looked at him, her face emotionless once again. "My Honor is My Life. It's from a book, but it was the way that we promised each other things." No matter what things that we promised each other...

Chapter Seven

"Yuffie, where'd you go?"

She smiled down at the handsome young man from her spot in the tree. "I'm up here," she called tauntingly as she leapt down, landing behind him. "So, how long's it been, Drake? A whole twenty minutes? Wow, you're losing your touch!"

A smile settled over his cute features and he turned to face her. Perfect blue eyes, complete with pupils, looked at her. "Not funny, Yuffie." He kissed her forehead softly, then took a step to look at her. "You look abosol- SHIT! Duck!"

She did as he told her, fear clenching its icy fingers around her heart as the darkness slowly took her vision from the impact on the hard December ground.

She awoke some time later to the cries of her male friend.. Her boyfriend. "Drake!" she called out, but no one answered. "Drake!" she tried again, unable to see well in the dimness of wherever they were.

A hand touched her shoulder and she jumped away from the figure. "Hey, there, girlie," a man with greasy blonde hair said. "Wouldn't be pissin' me off right now, 'cause I'm the only thing here that's keepin' ya alive. Yer boyfriend, however... Well, well... Let's just say that he's not gonna be lookin' atcher purdy face fer a long, long time." Something connected with the man's skull, then hers and she blacked out again.

The next time she awoke, she was back at the Pagoda, Godo fuming over her being kidnapped by the local terrorist gang. Gorki shook his head slowly, but did not say anything. The fifteen-year-old jumped up and grabbed her shuriken. "It's not my fault! Me and Drake-"

"You were with that BOY again!?"

That was the last straw... Yuffie Kisaragi ran from the Pagoda to the local tavern that she always met Drake in. He wasn't there... She didn't see him again until after she'd saved the world. She was seventeen... And had resumed school. He was there... Drakonstic Demetrian Demonzil... With his sight-less eyes.

Cloud stood with his arm around Tifa's shoulders, trying to give her some moral support, though it could not be much help since she was still sobbing. They watched as the first shovel of dirt thunked on the lid of the black and crimson coffin. The martial arts expert turned her head and buried it into her boyfriend's chest.

Shera, like Tifa, buried her face in Cid's chest. The old pilot stared at the grave, disbelief in his eyes.

Nanaki howled a howl of sadness and sorrow. A song of mourning.

Reeve bowed his head, his eyes closed against the tears.

One by one, they each turned and left their now-buried friend under the shade of a giant oak tree in the Wutai Cemetary. All were angry at the ninja girl for not showing up. Cid even cursed her under his breath, though Shera quickly reprimanded him for it. They had all heard of her coldness toward Cloud a few days before. No one saw the blue suits standing across the cemetary. No one heard the ninja's whispered prayers.

Slowly, after her friends were all gone, she walked through the gravestones and crouched down beside the new grave. Her navy eyes read the tombstone silently, trying not to let her tears blur it too much.

'Vincent Valentine. Saviour of the World. October 13, ???? - June 30, 5052. May your soul rest in peace.'

Yuffie tossed a blood red rose on the grave. "May your nightmares and demons be gone forever, big brother." Standing and turning abruptly on her heel, she limped toward the black SUV that she and her compadre had arrived in.

"Yuffie, here." Vincent handed the ninja girl a blood red rose.

"V-Vinnie! What's this for?" She'd been laying on his couch reading a book.

"To cheer you up." A faint smile played on his lips. "And for keeping my... son a secret."

Tears were in the ninja's eyes. "Oh, Vincent!" She bounded over to him and hugged him tightly, catching him by surprise. Slowly he wrapped his arms around her. "Thanks, for everything! You're truly a great big brother!"

"And you are truly a great little sister."

Yuffie blinked away her tears... her emotions... her memories. Her hand went up instinctively to her necklace with two rings on it. One a larger golden class ring, the other, a much smaller silver class ring.
Drake smiled. "Yuffie-" he started, but the eighteen-year-old cut him off with a kiss.

When they'd parted, the ninja girl held his hands in hers. "Now, what were you going to say?"

The blind man laughed. "Acting on impulse again?"

"Maybe," she said sheepishly.

"Well, it's my turn. Yuffie, I love you." He removed his ring and gave it to her. "I know you're leaving tomorrow, so I want you to promise me something."
Reno placed a hand on her shoulder as she stared at the grave from beside the blazer. "Ready?"

Looking up at him with emotion-filled eyes would be admitting to her weakness, of which she had none, so she merely nodded.

Reno walked to the black blazer they'd ridden in and opened the passenger's door for her. She got in slowly, still favoring her right leg, then he shut the door and walked around to the driver's side.

"Promise me that you'll love... Promise me that if we never see each other ever again.. You'll find someone new..."

"Drake-"

"Promise me!"

"I promise.. Est Sularas Oth Mithas..."

The ninja glanced over at the red head in the seat next to her. He was her boss, though he acted more like her companion. Perhaps... Perhaps she should get away from him. Ask for a job solo. That would work, wouldn't it? Sure...

YK2: Whew! That chappie's done! M'koi... Err.. I hope that cleared things up on who Drake was.

Surka: You added the part about him not being blind! That wasn't in the original!

Dracon: It sounded better, so get over it.

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YK2: I love reviews! And I even welcome flames to help me light the way to the seven hells! Tee-hee! Anywho! Only one more chapter after this! And I might be making a sequel, but that really depends... HrmZzZz... OH! Please review! Till Next Time AUDI!!!

-Yuffie Kisaragi2, Surka Sokyu, & Dracon Fira