Hey everyone! How y'all doing? Well this is the second chapter to my new story. I really think this story will get people's interests. Anyway remember to vote on the couples C/Y or V/Y .... I can make it go either way. Anyway this chapter Yuffie tells the group what happened in Wutai.... I kind of just popping things right out of my head for this chapter just to warn you. Oh I forgot to do this last chapter... I Do Not own Final Fantasy 7. Now ONWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER
Chapter 2- Recalling The Nightmare
Everyone was gathered at Tifa's and Cloud's bar wanting to know why they were all called down. The TURKs are sitting separately at a small bar table having a few drinks. Barret and Cid are sitting at the counter waiting. Red XII laid in the middle of the bar on the rug. Tifa and Cloud were standing behind the bar counter nervously. Reno snorted, "When is this meeting going to start Strife!?" Reno yelled frustrated as he slammed his glass on the table. "Reno calm down..." Elena tried controlling him. Cloud scratched the back of his head, "We're waiting for Yuffie to come down" He explained. Cid puffed out cigarette smoke, "Well tell the brat to hurry it up... It's not like I AM busy..." "Cid shut up.." Everyone turned to the weak command from the stairs. Everyone's eyes widened a bit at the site before them.
"Yuffie?" Barret asked questioningly as he stood up and walked towards her.... He examined her up and down before cracking a small smile, "You sure has grown!" He said before giving her a bear hug. Yufffie squirmed in pain. Tifa raced towards Barret, "Barret! Yuffie's injured! Put her down!" Barret immediately dropped her and scratched the back of his head, "Oops.... Sorry about that Yuffs.." Yuffie remained on the ground getting air into her lungs, "It's.... alright.." Red XII walked up to her and nodded his head, "You've grown into a beautiful woman Yuffie..." Yuffie smiled and patted him on the snout just to annoy him... "Thanks Red!" She said happily. Red XII shook his head and said, "But I see some things never change...."
"Well let's get on with the meeting already" Reno said as he stood up and walked towards the counter. "I'd like Yuffie to tell us what happened in Wutai first.." Cloud announced. Everyone turned to Yuffie. Yuffie took a deep breath and walked to the middle of the room ready to tell about the nightmare that took place in Wutai.
~Wutai...Four days ago~
Yuffie slowly walked towards the pagoda. Her father, Godo, had called a meeting for the Great Warriors of the Pagoda and she was also required to go. Her father wanted to talk about some disturbances appearing in the town for the last few days. Yuffie groaned in frustration as she began to climb the stairs, "Can't he have the meeting downstairs? Why the top!" She said to herself.
As she reached closer to the top she could hear her father already speaking. Yuffie entered the top floor with a irritated expression on her face. Godo turned to his daughter, "Ah Yuffie! So nice of you to finally join us." He said a bit annoyed at her being late. Yuffie waved him off with her right hand, "Yea, Yea, get this little meeting over with already. Yuffie took a spot in the circle everyone was forming.
Godo took a deep steady breath to banish his annoyance, "Now as I was saying," He looked at the group, "There has been some disappearances in the town for the past couple of days. The kidnappers haven't left a clue, does anyone have any information?" He looked at each one in the group separately.
Gorky cleared his throat, "Snake and myself have spoken to the town's people. They reported hearing rather.... unusual noises during the night." The teenager known as Snake jumped to his feet, "Ms. Kiowa, the item shop owner, said she saw a pair of glowing orbs in the woods at night. She also reported hearing unusual noises." Godo nodded his head, "Good."
He turned to Staniv, "You searched the area this afternoon, correct?" Staniv nodded his head, "Yes." "Did you find anything?" Staniv shook his head and punched the floor angrily with his fist, "I found nothing. No sign of struggles, battles, tracks, or blood. Whoever kidnaps these people cover their tracks good enough to pass my keen eyes."
Godo pulled at his mustache as he thought, "Have any of you heard anything? Or seen anything?" They all shook their heads. Godo glanced over in Yuffie's direction seeing her practically sleeping in her spot. "What about you Yuffie?" Godo asked trying to regain his daughter's attention again. Yuffie's head suddenly snapped up in attention, "Huh?" She gave a bewildered look. Godo sighed and shook his head, "Have you seen anything?" Yuffie tapped her chin with a finger as she thought, "Besides the regular monsters, no"
Godo opened his mouth ready to say something when Yuffie suddenly shouted, "WAIT!" They all turned to the slightly excited Yuffie as she hopped to her feet. Yuffie turned to Snake, "You said Ms. Kiowa claimed to see glowing red orbs in the woods right?" Snake nodded his head. Godo slapped his forehead as he guessed what Yuffie was thinking, "They weren't Summon materias Yuffie" He told her. Yuffie waved her hands out in front of her and shook her head, "No, no, No.... I think I've seen something similiar." She exclaimed. That caught their attention. "When? Where?" Chekov asked as she asked the questions on everyone's mind at the moment.
Yuffie quickly thought of a way to explain, "It was last night! I was entering my house and I looked to the stream, and underneath the crossing bridge were glowing red orbs...no, not orbs, EYES!" "Eyes?" Godo raised and eyebrow questioningly. Yuffie quickly nodded her head, "It scared me, they looked like Vincent's eyes but, now that I think about it, they looked more like Chaos' because they held more anger and malice in them" Yuffie shivered a bit in fear as she pictured them.
"The thing was starring straight into my eyes for a few moments and then they just vanished" "Vanished Miss Yuffie?" Gorky repeated unsure. Yuffie nodded her head. "After they disappeared I ran into the house and locked the place up. I WASN'T waiting to find out what that thing was."
Godo nodded his head approvingly, "That was probably the best option. Did you see the creature?" He asked hopeful. Yuffie shook her head, "It stayed under the bridge.... All I saw were the eyes" "Did you hear anything?" Staniv questioned a bit uneasily. Yuffie crossed her arms as she tapped her foot, "Yea, but it wasn't any unusual noises, it was more like whispering"
"What was it whispering" Chekov asked as she started writing down the information on the creature. Yuffie's brows cringed in thought, "It's hard to say, it was pretty faint. One of the words was... song I'm sure." "Well that's a LOT of help" Snake commented sarcastically. Yuffie sent him a glare. "Hey I'm trying OK" "Try to remember Yuffie" Godo said. Yuffie nodded her head then sat down. She closed her eyes and took deep steady breaths trying to remember last night.
She remember the glowing red eyes, they were starring right into hers unwavering. She remembered feeling frozen to the spot as it seemed to search her soul through her eyes. Then she remember the faint frightening sounding whisper, it sounded as if the word were coming from a tongue of a demon. "Sssong.... giveth.... us....sssong...ernity." Yuffie remembered blinking them and the creature vanished.
Yuffie opened her eyes and looked at the group who was waiting anxiously, "It said something like, 'give us song' um... and ernity? I think that's part of the word." She explained. Chekov gasped and looked at Godo, "Lord Godo, could it be after.." Godo held up his hand and slowly nodded, "I believe that may be it." The rest of the group nodded in understanding minus Yuffie who was totally lost.
"After what?" Yuffie asked curiously. Godo shook his head, "We do not speak of it. The less people know about it, the better" He explained. "But.." Yuffie pressed on. "No!" Godo said ending the discussion, "Sir only one of us knows the.... song" Staniv commented. Godo nodded his head, "And it will remain that way. My wife never should of taught it to another. If this creature out there learns it, it could very well..." A strong breeze blew into the room blowing the candles out. The group looked about in bewilderment.
"Now issshhh the time..... Give usss the song.." A demonic voice commanded. A pair of red eyes watched the group from the far corner. "Everybody stay in a group!" Godo commanded. Yuffie and the Great Warriors hudled into a group keeping their eyes on the creature's. "Give it... to ussshhhh" It hissed. Everyone drew their weapons, "Not over my dead body demon!" Godo shouted. The pair of red eyes made a wicked laugh, "Sssooo be it. Your light will no longer protect you.." Then the thing vanished.
Godo lit a match and relit the candles, "What did it mean by our light will no longer protect us Lord Godo?" Gorky asked. Godo shook his head. "I don't know.." "Oh-no.." Snake suddenly said. Yuffie turned to him, "What?" She asked. Snake held his head in his hands, "Of Coarse! All the sightings and unusual noises accord during the night!" "That must mean.." Staniv started. Chekov nodded in understanding, "They come during the night... when there is no light" They started hearing screams. Godo held out his arm, "The town's people!" He yelled. They all began racing down the tower.
Yuffie came out of the tower last and gasp in surprise and fright. The town's people were being attacked and gruesomely killed. Some of the villagers were fighting but they didn't seem to be doing any harm. Yuffie turned to her right where a villager laid dead on the ground in a pool of his own blood. His stomach was slashed open having his intestines hanging off to the side. The head on the villager was gone, cut off or bitten off.
"Attack!" Yuffie stood in bewilderment as the warriors ran into battle. All around the town there is those creatures with the glowing red eyes attacking. That is the only thing visible about it, the eyes. Yuffie couldn't make out anything else. There is about twenty pairs of eyes. Yuffie shook with anger as she watched another villager be brought down to their knees. Yuffie charged at the closest pair of eyes. She threw her Conformer, the flew through the air heading straight towards the creature. The creature simply stood there. Yuffie smirked as she thought it would be killed, her eyes widened in disbelief when she watched her Conformer go right through the creature. The Conformer flew back to Yuffie. "how the hell.." Was all Yuffie could think of to say.
The creature started towards the Yuffie. Yuffie was struck back by a strike. 'How can it hit me, it my Conformer goes through it?' She thought. Yuffie squinted her eyes in the dark at the eyes. She could barely make out a form, it looked like it stood on two legs and had claws.
She saw the creature moves again, Yuffie quickly dodged the strike and then threw her Conformer at it again. She got the same results. Yuffie caught her Conformer and watched the creature. She could here the screams of villagers in the night as they were being killed off. Yuffie looked around, she didn't see Snake, Gorky, Chekov, or Staniv. Her father, Godo, she saw running about in a frenzy.
The creature made another strike and Yuffie jumped to her left. When she stopped she was struck from behind. She quickly got up and turned around, three more creature are behind her and are slowly advancing. Yuffie quickly got up and walked slowly backwards. "Sssong..." Yuffie turned around only to be struck down by another one. 'There's too many' Yuffie thought as she was attacked by five of them. Yuffie curled up into a ball trying to block the blows. The creatures kept repeating themselves, "Giveth.... ussshhhhh... sssong" Yuffie could already feel bruising all through her body.
"YUFFIE!" Godo jumped into the middle of the group of creatures and grabbed Yuffie. He ran as fast as he could towards his Gold Chocobo. "Yuffie listen to me. You must not allow them to capture you, you understand?" Yuffie nodded her head, "Leave Wutai and go someplace safe" He commanded. "Why me?" Yuffie complained. "Yuffie if they capture you, they will learn the.. ARGGHHHH!" "DAD!" Yuffie exclaimed as he was dragged off by a herd of the creatures. Four other creature slowly moved towards Yuffie.
Yuffie shook with anger as she looked about, the town's people are on the ground all dead. Their corpses laid about all over. Blood stained the ground of the once beautiful Wutai. 'I've failed Wutai' she thought as a single tear rolled down her cheek. "Sssong..." Yuffie's eyes blazed as she glared down at the four creatures in front of her. Energy gathered in front of her waiting to be released. It gave off a white glow of pure anger. The creatures drew back as the watched the girl gather energy. "Look what you did to Wutai you BASTARDS!.... ALL CREATION!" A beam of pure energy blasted towards the creatures. The area flashed with white light. Yuffie's beam struck the creatures pushing them back. Yuffie collapsed on her hands and knees breathing heavily. She gazed up, 'Shit..' was her only thought as she saw the creatures begin to advance towards her.
Yuffie looked behind her at the Gold Chocobo. She picked up her Conformer and jumped on the back of the bird dashing off into the night. Leaving behind her home village, the once beautiful Wutai now a ghost town."
~Back at the Bar~
"And that's about it" Yuffie said. "After I crossed the ocean I sent my Chocobo in one direction just in case the creatures were tracking me down." Everyone sat in silence as they thought of Yuffie's story. Each lost in their separate thoughts.
Well that's my chapter I hope you liked it! Remember vote for pairings C/Y or V/Y not C/V I'm sorry for the confusion in my summary I didn't mean to put Cloud/Vincent. So far Cloud/ Yuffie leads 3 votes to none. By the end of the next chapter I will decide. Well TTNC (Till The Next Chapter)