Failed Plans & Gold Fishes
Chapter 6
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Red XIII couldn't have lifted his head, even if he had wanted to. His flaming tail was wrapped around his body as he sat there, unhappily hanging his head, eye closed. Yuffie's father had come and dragged her away no matter how much she resisted. Even though in matters of strength Yuffie was almost as powerful as her father, she didn't hit or punch him. Red knew why. No matter how equal they were in fighting one another, they were still family and he had an authority she still looked up to, even if just for a small part.
Red waited for the tears to come, but they never came. He wondered what he could do. He would most probably be leaving tomorrow. Godo Kisaragi's glare at him had definitely told him he was no longer welcome in Wutai. Inside Nanaki just felt numb. Stop kidding yourself, a voice inside of his head told me. You didn't really think it'd work out?
Get real. Something stung his chest. "Get real" was just the kind of phrase Yuffie would use. He shook his head. Forget it. It's over.
Godo had taken Yuffie to his house. The last few feet of the walk, he had finally let go of her arm and she just walked beside him in silence, knowing what kind of argument they'd have later in the house. She was right. In that moment, she hated being right.
"What were you thinking?" he angrily spat at her as soon as they got in.
"That I could bring a friend to my home and it'd be okay," she replied calmly and shot him a glare.
"A friend? You call that thing a friend?" He huffed.
"He's a friend just like Cloud Strife or Tifa Lockhart! He fought with us to save the Planet. Yes, he is a friend of mine."
"That thing…" Godo Kisaragi breathed in quickly. "Is nothing more than a monster with verbal skills!"
Yuffie had already opened her mouth to say something, but now she closed it and took a few steps back. Monster? She turned away, angry at her father. She faced the wall with confused thoughts running around in her head and both of them stood in silence like that for a moment or two. Then he spoke, more gently than before:
"You know I didn't mean that, Yuffie…" He walked closer to her. "Child.. I'm just worried."
"Worried of me? Dad, I've been out on a huge adventure gathering material for the last two or three years and you're worried of me now?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Not worried of you… Worried of the choices you might make. I can see you're…" He searched the words for a while. "In love with Nanaki."
"And what if I am?" she snorted, a mixture of confusion and demand in her voice.
"Think, Yuffie… You're both so young now. And you're of different species. You didn't think it was going to work out with you two? Even your friends would not accept it. His people would not accept it." He let out a little laugh. "Admit it. It was foolish to begin with."
"Crazy, young love, eh?" Yuffie said sarcastically.
"Yes," he said, taking her previous comment seriously. "Crazy indeed."
Yuffie turned to face him. "Dad," she said, her voice silencing.
"What?"
"I don't care what you or anybody think." Her voice was determined, but the look on his face was amused.
"Lady Yuffie… Aren't you over your rebel-phase yet? Do not stand against your father's will. You know it'll only cause you bad things."
She folded her hands and her eyes became narrow. "A re you threatening me?"
"No," he answered. "But I think you'd know if I was."
And with those words, she fled the house, full of anger and frustration and ran as high as she could get up the Wutai Mountains. Beneath the sacred statues she just cried until she fell asleep and after a few hours, the sun came up. Uncertain on what she was going to do, she just sat there and quietly thought about all the things that had happened. I don't want to give him up…She huffed angrily. This is ridiculous, what does my father want me to do? Flee the country, so I can be with the one who I care the most for? Amusedly she thought about the choice she was put to make. My father or the one I love?
And then she looked up and saw Nanaki and the sun shining behind his frame. A worried look was written all over his face as he sat down next to her.
"How are you?"
