Author's Notes: Sorry it's taken me so long! I wrote a short humour fic
while I came up with some ideas, which is called FF Charades.
Disclaimer: Don't own any characters. Okay?
Fear and Courage Chapter 6
Sitting on a bridge in the town of Wutai, was a teenage girl, holding her Conformer in her right hand behind her head. She sat gazing up to the sky,
thinking, "God, it's Christmas Eve, and it's jus' doesn't feel like it. Maybe it's cus of the weather." She pulled out a fan covered in spectacular
oriental designs, opened it up and wafted it in front of her face. "God
it's hot out here."
Meanwhile, the former members of AVALANCHE were walking slowly towards where the girl was sat. All of a sudden, Marlene shouted, "Aunty Yuffie! Aunty Yuffie, is it really you?" Yuffie who nearly fell off the bridge in
surprise stood up and turned to the direction Marlene was running in. Barret and Tifa couldn't help but laugh at Yuffie's reaction to Marlene's cry of joy. "Hey, Marlene, is that you?" Yuffie shouted back. Marlene ran
into Yuffie's open arms and Yuffie picked her up.
"Wow, my god Marli, look how big you've grown!" the teenager told Marlene. "Yo Yuffie!" a deep male voice called to her. She instantly looked up and saw her fellow comrades Barret, Tifa and Cid. Obviously it was Barret who had shouted, she had recognised that. The three of them ran over to her and the little girl and asked the usual questions, like how she was and what
she had been doing for the past two years.
"Well, I've been studying for some exams."
"Studying? Exams?" Barret and Cid exclaimed simultaneously.
"Yeah, why? You think I'm 'too immature' to get on with my life?"
"Well you've ^*$£&@ changed your tune!" Cid whispered to Yuffie, loud enough for Barret and Tifa to hear, but not Marlene, as she had jumped out of Yuffie's arms to looks at the fish in the stream. "What kind of exams,
Yuffie?" Tifa inquired.
"Well, Tifa, I have some college exams and some exams for my new ninja
training course."
"That's interesting." Tifa replied to Yuffie's answer.
"You go to college?" Barret asked. "Well duh, Barret. Jus' cus I acted like a kid in the past, doesn't make me
stupid!"
"Geez, Yuff, I'm sorry." Barret looked at Yuffie with guilt written all
over his face. He didn't mean she was too thick to get into college, he just meant that he thought that Yuffie wasn't into that kind of thing. You know, education and college work? "Hehe. S'okay Barret, really." Yuffie was now feeling guilty too, for saying that to Barret. "I feel so guilty."
"Hey," Barret started. "Me too. We'll call it evens."
"Okay." Yuffie replied.
Tifa was now leaning on the bridge, watching the fish swim around in the stream, in no particular direction. She began to wonder again. "Is this the right thing to do? I mean, getting all of the guys together to see Cloud? Should I tell them? I could just keep if from them. But they might notice
when it grows bigger. Guess I'll jus have to." "Hey Teef, whatcha thinkin' 'bout?" The fetid smell of cigarettes caused
Tifa to realise that it was Cid who was asking the question. "Oh it's
nothing, really." "Don't gimme that, Teef. I know what it is anyways so I don't really know
why I asked." Tifa thought to herself,
"He has no idea..."
"Well, what do you think I'm thinking about?"
"Spike, by any chance?"
Tifa gasped. He knew. Marlene could tell. Maybe Cloud knew too. But highly
doubtful. "I thought so," Cid carried on.
"How did you know? I mean, is it really that obvious?" "Always has been. Well, to me anyway. Don't know bout Spike." Tifa let out a sigh of relief. "Is that why you called us all and goin' ta see him? To
tell him how ya feel?" Tifa blushed deeply. "Yes. And plus, I need to tell you all something as well. But I need you
all together to tell you that." Cid nodded. "A'right Teef," He really did want to know what Tifa wanted to tell everyone, but he trusted Tifa's judgement as to tell him when everyone
was with them.
"Wow, Teef, you never told me you owned the Inn at Kalm. That's so cool"!
Yuffie exclaimed.
"Yeah, it is." Tifa sighed.
"So, we ready to go?" Cid interrupted the conversation.
"Yeah, 'course. Just let me get.... Marlene?"
Marlene was nowhere to be seen. Where had she gone? "MARLI!" Yuffie shouted and pointed towards the deep stream, where Marlene
had fallen in and was trying her best to keep her head above the water. "Marlene, hold on!" Barret yelled and him, Tifa, Cid and Yuffie ran towards her. As soon as they were close, something wrapped around Marlene's little leg and pulled her under. "MARLENE, NO!" Barret shouted with tears in his eyes. Tifa, without thinking, cried, "Hold on honey, I'm comin'!" and dived in after her. "No! Tifa-chan!" Before Yuffie could jump in, Barret held her back, like he did with Tifa when Cloud fell into the Church. "Yuffie no, don't." Barret struggled to hold on to Yuffie, but Yuffie gave up, still
shouting "Tifa-chan." "Kid are you £^%@#£* crazy? You could die down there!" Cid screamed at her.
All Yuffie could do was stand there and cry.
Minutes went by, and nothing. No bubbles were rising to the top of the water. Barret, whispered, "Marlene." Yuffie whispered, "Tifa." Cid didn't know what to do. He had said before that if anything happened to Tifa, he didn't know what he'd do. Yuffie carried on silently weeping for her close
friend and colleague, and for the daughter of her other friend and
colleague. Just then, a few small bubbles rose to the top of the water.
Yuffie was first to notice. "Hey," she started. "What's that? Look you guys, look quick!" Barret and Cid turned with tear stained cheeks, to see that Tifa and Marlene reached the surface and dragged themselves onto the
side of the stream.
"Oh my God, Tifa-chan!" Barret ran and picked up his crying daughter and Yuffie and Cid helped Tifa to feet. Tifa was now coughing and spluttering.
Barret put Marlene down and threw his arm around Tifa and whispered,
"Thanks Teef. Don't know what I woulda done withoutcha."
"Hey, it's okay. Let's get to the Highwind. We need to dry off." "Well you might as well sit here for a couple of minutes, you'll dry off in no time!" Yuffie added. Tifa laughed softly and Barret chuckled with her.
"Yeah well," Cid started walking towards the Highwind. "Mebbe we should
start headin to our next destination."
"And where's that?" Barret asked.
"To the Gold Saucer, to get Cait Sith." "Wait a minute," Barret stopped to think. "Why didn't y get 'im when you
came for me?"
"Didn't think of at the time."
"Oh."
"Well then," Tifa disrupted the two of them. Shall we?"
Tifa was already drying, like Yuffie had said before, and they had all started to walk to the Highwind. "Right then," Cid shouted, yet again. "Off
we go! We'll jus' have ta pull Cait outta work."
R n R as usual plz I await your reviews. Chapter 7 soon. Cheers Sally xxx
while I came up with some ideas, which is called FF Charades.
Disclaimer: Don't own any characters. Okay?
Fear and Courage Chapter 6
Sitting on a bridge in the town of Wutai, was a teenage girl, holding her Conformer in her right hand behind her head. She sat gazing up to the sky,
thinking, "God, it's Christmas Eve, and it's jus' doesn't feel like it. Maybe it's cus of the weather." She pulled out a fan covered in spectacular
oriental designs, opened it up and wafted it in front of her face. "God
it's hot out here."
Meanwhile, the former members of AVALANCHE were walking slowly towards where the girl was sat. All of a sudden, Marlene shouted, "Aunty Yuffie! Aunty Yuffie, is it really you?" Yuffie who nearly fell off the bridge in
surprise stood up and turned to the direction Marlene was running in. Barret and Tifa couldn't help but laugh at Yuffie's reaction to Marlene's cry of joy. "Hey, Marlene, is that you?" Yuffie shouted back. Marlene ran
into Yuffie's open arms and Yuffie picked her up.
"Wow, my god Marli, look how big you've grown!" the teenager told Marlene. "Yo Yuffie!" a deep male voice called to her. She instantly looked up and saw her fellow comrades Barret, Tifa and Cid. Obviously it was Barret who had shouted, she had recognised that. The three of them ran over to her and the little girl and asked the usual questions, like how she was and what
she had been doing for the past two years.
"Well, I've been studying for some exams."
"Studying? Exams?" Barret and Cid exclaimed simultaneously.
"Yeah, why? You think I'm 'too immature' to get on with my life?"
"Well you've ^*$£&@ changed your tune!" Cid whispered to Yuffie, loud enough for Barret and Tifa to hear, but not Marlene, as she had jumped out of Yuffie's arms to looks at the fish in the stream. "What kind of exams,
Yuffie?" Tifa inquired.
"Well, Tifa, I have some college exams and some exams for my new ninja
training course."
"That's interesting." Tifa replied to Yuffie's answer.
"You go to college?" Barret asked. "Well duh, Barret. Jus' cus I acted like a kid in the past, doesn't make me
stupid!"
"Geez, Yuff, I'm sorry." Barret looked at Yuffie with guilt written all
over his face. He didn't mean she was too thick to get into college, he just meant that he thought that Yuffie wasn't into that kind of thing. You know, education and college work? "Hehe. S'okay Barret, really." Yuffie was now feeling guilty too, for saying that to Barret. "I feel so guilty."
"Hey," Barret started. "Me too. We'll call it evens."
"Okay." Yuffie replied.
Tifa was now leaning on the bridge, watching the fish swim around in the stream, in no particular direction. She began to wonder again. "Is this the right thing to do? I mean, getting all of the guys together to see Cloud? Should I tell them? I could just keep if from them. But they might notice
when it grows bigger. Guess I'll jus have to." "Hey Teef, whatcha thinkin' 'bout?" The fetid smell of cigarettes caused
Tifa to realise that it was Cid who was asking the question. "Oh it's
nothing, really." "Don't gimme that, Teef. I know what it is anyways so I don't really know
why I asked." Tifa thought to herself,
"He has no idea..."
"Well, what do you think I'm thinking about?"
"Spike, by any chance?"
Tifa gasped. He knew. Marlene could tell. Maybe Cloud knew too. But highly
doubtful. "I thought so," Cid carried on.
"How did you know? I mean, is it really that obvious?" "Always has been. Well, to me anyway. Don't know bout Spike." Tifa let out a sigh of relief. "Is that why you called us all and goin' ta see him? To
tell him how ya feel?" Tifa blushed deeply. "Yes. And plus, I need to tell you all something as well. But I need you
all together to tell you that." Cid nodded. "A'right Teef," He really did want to know what Tifa wanted to tell everyone, but he trusted Tifa's judgement as to tell him when everyone
was with them.
"Wow, Teef, you never told me you owned the Inn at Kalm. That's so cool"!
Yuffie exclaimed.
"Yeah, it is." Tifa sighed.
"So, we ready to go?" Cid interrupted the conversation.
"Yeah, 'course. Just let me get.... Marlene?"
Marlene was nowhere to be seen. Where had she gone? "MARLI!" Yuffie shouted and pointed towards the deep stream, where Marlene
had fallen in and was trying her best to keep her head above the water. "Marlene, hold on!" Barret yelled and him, Tifa, Cid and Yuffie ran towards her. As soon as they were close, something wrapped around Marlene's little leg and pulled her under. "MARLENE, NO!" Barret shouted with tears in his eyes. Tifa, without thinking, cried, "Hold on honey, I'm comin'!" and dived in after her. "No! Tifa-chan!" Before Yuffie could jump in, Barret held her back, like he did with Tifa when Cloud fell into the Church. "Yuffie no, don't." Barret struggled to hold on to Yuffie, but Yuffie gave up, still
shouting "Tifa-chan." "Kid are you £^%@#£* crazy? You could die down there!" Cid screamed at her.
All Yuffie could do was stand there and cry.
Minutes went by, and nothing. No bubbles were rising to the top of the water. Barret, whispered, "Marlene." Yuffie whispered, "Tifa." Cid didn't know what to do. He had said before that if anything happened to Tifa, he didn't know what he'd do. Yuffie carried on silently weeping for her close
friend and colleague, and for the daughter of her other friend and
colleague. Just then, a few small bubbles rose to the top of the water.
Yuffie was first to notice. "Hey," she started. "What's that? Look you guys, look quick!" Barret and Cid turned with tear stained cheeks, to see that Tifa and Marlene reached the surface and dragged themselves onto the
side of the stream.
"Oh my God, Tifa-chan!" Barret ran and picked up his crying daughter and Yuffie and Cid helped Tifa to feet. Tifa was now coughing and spluttering.
Barret put Marlene down and threw his arm around Tifa and whispered,
"Thanks Teef. Don't know what I woulda done withoutcha."
"Hey, it's okay. Let's get to the Highwind. We need to dry off." "Well you might as well sit here for a couple of minutes, you'll dry off in no time!" Yuffie added. Tifa laughed softly and Barret chuckled with her.
"Yeah well," Cid started walking towards the Highwind. "Mebbe we should
start headin to our next destination."
"And where's that?" Barret asked.
"To the Gold Saucer, to get Cait Sith." "Wait a minute," Barret stopped to think. "Why didn't y get 'im when you
came for me?"
"Didn't think of at the time."
"Oh."
"Well then," Tifa disrupted the two of them. Shall we?"
Tifa was already drying, like Yuffie had said before, and they had all started to walk to the Highwind. "Right then," Cid shouted, yet again. "Off
we go! We'll jus' have ta pull Cait outta work."
R n R as usual plz I await your reviews. Chapter 7 soon. Cheers Sally xxx