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Summary: Yuffie has been put in Juvy (a school for bad kids.) She has only one way out. She has to either participate as a cabin leader for five weeks at a kid's camp with other Juvy's or go back to that hell for 3 years. Squffie.
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Chapter Four
Griever
It was dark and probably some where after two in the morning. The door creaked open and in trotted Kairi and Aerith. Under the covers, Yuffie had her CD player on as usual, but had turned it down to listen to what they were saying. They glanced over at Yuffie and whispered to one another.
"Good thing the girls spent the night at the other cabin. They'd be exhausted if they had stayed with us," Aerith whispered.
Kairi gave a curt nod and inquired as she pulled back the covers to her bed, "How come Yuffie left so early?" Shifting came from the bed next to her; Aerith's bed.
"I'm not sure. She didn't really have anyone to talk to except," Aerith trailed off, taking a moment to glance at the figure they thought was sleeping. Yuffie furrowed her eyebrows together in inquisition. 'What are they getting at?' Yuffie thought silently.
"Yeah, her savior," Kairi laughed quietly. Irritation boiled up inside her. She quenched her mouth shut tightly to avoid interrupting their little 'chit chat.'
"Don't you think…ya know?" The teen dressed in pink whispered, adding wink to spice it up. Although Yuffie couldn't see Aerith's action, she knew that she had done it.
"Um, what do I think?" She asked, shuffling through her bag to obtain her pajamas. Aerith gave a quiet exasperated sigh and replied, "You know, perfect for each other." Kairi let her mouth open in an 'ah' motion to show she understood. Yuffie seemed to reason with that, but she wasn't so sure about that.
"Yeah, but," Kairi trailed off.
"Yeah what?" Aerith pressed on. Kairi was a little hesitant; it was floating on the tip of her tongue. "Spit it out already."
"Squall's cold. He's not like others. Think back to school. He wasn't too friendly with people and Yuffie's different than that. Sure, she can be a little grumpy…but she's bright and cheerful," Kairi explained.
'They think I'm cheerful? Ha, they make me laugh. Are they sure they're talking about me?' Yuffie thought.
"But think… He's warming up to our little sleeping pig er, beauty," Aerith joked. Kairi and Aerith giggled loudly, both pushing their hands over their mouths to suppress the laughter. Yuffie was ready to let a low growl out, but forced herself to stop. They were going to pay in the morning or sometime soon…she just had to think of a plan.
"Yeah, I guess your right…in a way," Kairi whispered, trying to keep the giggle level low.
"Plus, he saved her life. Affection," Aerith added, pointing her finger up to the ceiling trying to prove a point.
"But they only met a couple days ago," Kairi pointed out. Aerith tipped her head down in thought.
"Kairi…Haven't you heard of love at first sight?" Aerith inquired.
"Of course. We'll just see how this little duet plays its notes," Kairi smiled. She began to stifle a yawn and stretch.
"What time is it?" Aerith asked.
"3:00…Wow, we surely did talk a long time."
"It best the both of us get to sleep. We have to be up by seven tomorrow and of course I need my beauty sleep," Aerith murmured, a yawn following the whisper.
"The only one who will be getting their beauty rest is Yuffie. All the better for Squall. He can love his sleeping pig," Kairi joked. The giggled once again and Yuffie let out a small growl. The others glanced around the room then at each other.
"Did you hear that?" Kairi asked.
"Sounded like…" They glanced at each other and gritted their teeth in fear.
"A bear!" They hissed loudly. Yuffie beamed underneath her blanket. Her CD player turned off and she reached down to turn it back on when she heard a low, "Grrr…" She completely froze.
"EEK," Kairi and Aerith squealed. There was silence and the two teens were standing in the middle of the room, trembling. Something began to swat against the side of the cabin and the two couldn't stand it much longer. They looked up to the window to where the swatting happened. Nothing was there….
"RAWRRR!" Something brown hit the window and since it was dark, they couldn't see what was happening.
"Bear!" The screeched, as they ran out of the cabin, throwing open the door with a huge boom. Yuffie threw off her covers and gazed at the open door. The screen door shut with a slam.
"What the hell!" Yuffie cussed. The teen hopped out of bed and peeked outside the front of the screen door to see the two teens were over fifty yards away yelling, "Bear! It's going to eat us!"
"Bear?" She glanced around, cautious, and then decided it was nothing to be afraid of. She gave a snort, letting her deep brown eyes drift closed for the moment, and grinned.
Idiots…
The bear would just eat Kairi and Aerith if there really was one. What made Yuffie wonder most was that no one in the camp was waking up. Yuffie only shrugged the thought off since she contemplated that everyone must've dropped dead after they had gotten back.
"Raawrrr!" A brown thing roared, as it hit the screen door.
"Ahh! A ravisher!" Yuffie shrieked, as she stumbled back onto the cold wooden floor. The door opened slowly and she crawled back in fear and choked out, "Get away!" She closed her eyes as she crawled back to come in contact with the relentless obstruction known as the wall.
"Psspht." Silence filled the cabin and Yuffie was huddled while trembling. Yuffie listened to the sound. It sounded like…laughter? Suppressed laughter! She opened her eyes and came upon three laughing boys. Their figures were hard to see but she knew who they were.
"Riiiiiku, Sooorrraa, Clooooud," she growled venomously. She knew who had planned it and who had joined it. She jumped up ready to beat some teens asses at the moment.
"Come on Yuffie. It was merely a joke," Riku assured her.
"Oh was that all?" Yuffie said, adding a dry laugh. The three teens shifted uncomfortably in the position they stood. She advanced towards Sora and Riku and grabbed them by their ears.
"I'll teach you jokes! Have you guys heard the story where the very mad Yuffie kicks your asses?" She hauled Riku and Sora out the door as the blonde ambled after. Yuffie glanced venomously yet, wearily over her shoulder at Cloud and scowled.
"Stop the screaming banshees. They're gonna wake up the whole camp." Cloud contorted his face in confusion till it hit him and ran off in the direction of the screaming juveniles.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" They both whispered. Yuffie stomped very angrily towards their cabins. She had no shoes on and was very tired resulting grumpiness. She came upon their cabin and threw open the door. She grabbed the two, who tried to escape as soon as she let go but she was quick to grab on again.
"Ow!" They whined.
"That's what you get!" She ranted violently. She threw the two into the cabin making them crash onto the floor, who knocked a couple things onto the ground. No one seemed to be in the cabin…except Squall. He was standing by his bed and was apparently not pleased.
"What the hell is going on, Yuffie?" Squall growled, running his hand along the rigid wall for guidance towards her small outlined figure. It wasn't normal for a seventeen-year-old girl to pullulate in a guys cabin at three in the morning.
Yuffie growled and hissed back in a tone that sounded in layers of sarcasm, "Just ask these two. You'll find it rather funny." He narrowed his eyes to Riku and Sora, who were curled up into a ball on the floor.
"Babies," Yuffie chided. Squall gave her a curious look. For the first time, Yuffie heeded Squall's appearance. Her face became deep red but lucky for her, it was dark. Squall had no shirt on revealing his firm chest and only had boxers on. She felt the blood rush to her face worse than had ever done so before.
She whipped around quickly and whispered, "I-I uh, gotta go." She got to the door then broke into a run out of the boys cabin and brushed passed the blonde coming in. A questionable look was thrown her way as he saw the petite form grow smaller in the distance.
She couldn't believe it. She had blushed beyond her belief. What scared her most is that she never blushed when a guy was dressed like Squall, but this was a whole different situation. Yuffie stopped for the second thinking, "If I go in there like this, they'll know something is up." She snapped her fingers and whispered, "I know." She threw open the door and stomped over to her bed.
"That'll teach them," She hissed, as she clapped her hands together to show a job well done. The two teens were looking at the angry Yuffie.
"Yuffie?" Aerith asked.
"What?" She growled.
"What did you do?" Kairi asked.
"Ask me that in the morning when I'm well rested." Kairi and Aerith glanced at each other and whispered, "Let's not mess with her…"
Yuffie dove under her covers with a grin plastered on her face. They'll never find out…
Poke…poke
"Uuugghh…"
Poke…poke…poke
"Wah do ya waan?" She slurred out.
"What? I can't understand you," the voice complained.
"I said what do ya wan?" Yuffie slurred but it was more understandable. Her eyes were still closed and closed tight.
"Time to get up! That's what," the young voice chirped.
"How can you be so cheerful?" Yuffie groaned. She put her arm over her eyes to shade herself from the light. She realized the figure was sitting on top of her and wasn't too heavy but not light like a six-year-old. She slightly opened her eyes to see who was on top of her.
"Ah! GET OFF!" She screamed, as she realized who it was. She threw him off of her and onto the floor with a big thump.
"Ow Yuffie. You sure have a nick for hurting people," he complained.
"Last night…You deserved that, Sora!" She pulled the covers up to cover herself in warmth.
"Well, it was just a joke," he replied.
"A joke that scared me have to death," Yuffie hissed back. She shook her head in irritation then rubbed her temples in a circle. "Sorry…I didn't get too much sleep and well, I need sleep." Sora's frown was replaced with his goofy grin as he said, "Ah, no prob. I just came to wake you up before Kairi did. You don't want her to wake you up because she's not in the best mood this morning either."
"Great…Just what we need. A psycho crimson headed chick on everybody's case," Yuffie smiled. Sora pushed himself up from the ground and off towards the door he went.
"Yuffie…Don't turn too red today or else you might look like a tomato," Sora joked. Yuffie gaped at him and grabbed the closest thing she could find and threw it at him, narrowly missing him as he disappeared through the door.
"And to think that kid went to Juvy! He is too cheerful to even look like a kid who goes to Juvy. Well, he is really badly behaved and steals stuff and other messed up things so I wouldn't blame his mom." With that Yuffie wearily hopped out of bed. She began to think deeply.
"Half of the kids who go to Juvy don't act like they belong there, but I don't think that those things each person did Kairi told me about is the only thing they did," she thought slowly. "Maybe it's because they have friends here. This is like a place where they belong."
After a few attempts of putting on normal clothes, she changed and left out the door. Because of lack of sleep, the whole camp was drained of its energy. After they were done with their activities, they'd all take a nap…A nap sounded so good right now. Although she had gotten the most sleep out of the whole camp, it wasn't by far because she had gone back to the cabin after the fire and listened to her CD player while messing around with her cell phone. Yes, she had a cell phone at camp with no one to call, which was pretty dumb in her mind, but it was for safety calls.
Trudging through to the mess hall, she finally reached it and entered it to come upon her friends sitting at the table eating. She wasn't exactly hungry so she'd eat back at the cabin where she had stashed snacks. Eyes watched the young girl as she sat down next to the crimson-haired teen, who was just finishing up her breakfast. She looked up at Yuffie and smiled.
"Hey," she greeted, "We're in for a big day! We get to go on a hike in the forest with out the kids. They're going to go on an easier hike."
"Ugh," Yuffie groaned. She wasn't in the mood to hike; a long, dreadful, dragging, brutal hike with no sleep. Oh how fun that sounded. Kairi blinked a couple times then said, "You don't like hikes?"
Yuffie shot her a glare and crossed her arms to express her feelings. Kairi let her smile drift away then she murmured a little, "Oh." She perked up and said, "Aren't you going to eat breakfast? It's the most important meal of the day."
"No, I'm not hungry. I can thank no sleep for that," she muttered, a bit too bitter.
"Well, the hike doesn't start till around four this afternoon. It'll be too hot if we go now," Kairi explained. Yuffie sat up slowly and said, "Good. I can get some extra sleep while I'm at it." She realized Kairi wasn't too grumpy this morning. She searched around as her eyes came upon a mug. 'Ah, coffee.'
Kairi's expression became sour as her vision was placed on something behind Yuffie. Yuffie's eyes darted to where she was glaring and soon she felt herself doing the same. There stood Rinoa and Fujin whispering as they passed the table. Yuffie turned her head towards the table and ignored the looks the two were flashing her way.
"Kairi," Yuffie muttered, "Stop glaring. Don't waste your energy."
The newly refreshed Yuffie stood next to the deteriorated pole that gave her a poor reflection of herself. She had gotten to take that nap she wanted and was now the happy Yuffie her friends thought she was. This hike was supposed to be easy, fresh, clean, and they mentioned something about sometimes seeing deer. She didn't like deer, however, hoped to see one. She had never seen one actually. Animal planet showed violent crazed deer tearing up people and that's all she had seen. She didn't live in the country. She was a big city girl.
The wind began to ruffle Yuffie hair, lightly prickling her soft skin sending a shiver down her spine and back. The weather was stilling the same as it was this morning. It hovered over the camp site and miles into the forest. It was going to rain but Yuffie hoped it wouldn't be during the hike.
"Yuffie," a voice called softly. Her chocolate eyes drifted to the sweet Aerith, who was heading towards her. A grin hit Yuffie's face, all the more making her seem happy.
"Aerith," the seventeen-year-old replied. She looked up at the stormy deep emerald eyes of their owner, smiling.
"Excited?" She asked, excitement visible in her melodious tone. Yuffie shifted her position, turning around to change position, while giving a thumbs up although it was rather sarcastic, but Aerith didn't catch that. A glance over her shoulder was enough to say, 'let's get going.' Pacing forward, the two joined about twenty other chatter boxes. Although Yuffie's mood was brighter, she wasn't exactly in the mood to 'talk.'
The camp leader in front waved for their attention, and they had yet to give it to him. Yuffie glanced up at the leader before growling. It was him; the gay, obnoxious, insulting one. She had learned that his name was Steve and what made it worse was that he was over thirty. Him liking a seventeen-year-old made her sick, very sick.
Yuffie clasped her hands together, while taking on a frown. Aerith shot her a curious glance, but she shrugged it away.
"Can I have your attention?" They still chattered away and he finally blew his patience, "Shut up!" A couple stopped then glanced up at him and it became a chain reaction. "Thank you. God, learn to zip your lips. Okay, we'll be heading towards the trail up there," he informed as he pointed to it. All at once, everyone turned their heads towards the trail and gawked. They were really to go in that place of the woods; it looked haunted.
"Great, I'll just end my life now," Yuffie muttered. A few glances were shot her way because they seemed to notice she muttered a lot.
"And it will take two hours for the whole hike," he began again in his unusually high voice and finished, "We'll be taking groups and the other leader who will be assisting me is Adam." Her eyes shifted to the man now stepping up beside Steve. Yuffie dropped her mouth and before she knew it, her face was turning bright red. He was absolutely gorgeous. He had a masculine build, that perfect feathery hair, those deep ocean eyes, and those luscious looking lips. Almost every girl in the crowd began to gawk at him and the guys weren't too thrilled.
"We'll split you guys up by the girls going with," Steve trailed off. The girls in the crowd were getting anxious and Adam said, "Steve."
"Shit," Yuffie cursed. This was not keyword NOT good. Who knew what this guy would do to her. Plus, she didn't get to go with the gorgeous Adam. All the girls in the crowd sighed and Yuffie thought, 'Adam's doing this because he knows Steve is gay and won't make the move on seventeen-year-olds especially since we're girls.'
Steve gave a small glare at Adam's back and Yuffie caught that. She knew a couple other people caught that because giggles had spread through the crowd. A clap from Adam set the two groups to split up and head on the trail. Steve's group was first to go up the trail while the boys waited back where they were. They traveled up the hill and down as he warned them about falling rocks, which a couple chips did fall and almost hit Selphie. Luckily, Kairi pulled her back from any harm.
"Yuffie, what are you doing?" Kairi asked, as the adolescent hid behind a couple girls.
"I'm hiding, duh," Yuffie snapped. Kairi tilted her head inquisitively and whispered, "Why?"
"From Steve. I don't want to cause any trouble," she whispered back.
"Why…hello Yuffie." Yuffie felt a shiver run down her spine and she mentally cursed.
"Great er, um nice to see you again," Yuffie said, as she straightened up to look anywhere but at Steve.
"The pleasure is all mine," he said, Yuffie noticing his tone was layered in sarcasm. She laughed nervously then brought herself to say, "What brings you uh, eh, here?"
"I had to check on the girls who usually cause trouble," he said, eyeing her as if he were disgusted. He probably was but Yuffie didn't really care. She stood up straight and said, "Are you implying something?" He stood back shocked (acted was more like it) and said, "No, no. Just saying." He glared at her as he walked off to investigate some other misfortunate girls.
"Sheesh! Can't that guy ever get a hint? I don't want to be near him!" Yuffie shuddered while Kairi nodded in agreement.
"This is taking a lot longer than expected," Yuffie muttered. It was beginning to cool and they hadn't turned back yet, which was making her aggravated. The weather wasn't clearing up either and she knew it was going to pour on them.
Rustle…Rustle
Yuffie turned her attention back towards the bush and just shrugged it off. It was probably some boys trying to scare them. The instructors wouldn't let them get eaten or else they'd be eaten themselves in jail. Yuffie grinned at the thought of Steve being in jail. She could see it now and she'd visit him every so often just to laugh at him. He deserved it but then again, he might take reprisal; you could never know his motives.
"Raawwrr…" A low growl came from the bushes. Yuffie looked back and rolled her eyes, Kairi of which doing the same thing.
"Knock it off Riku," Yuffie said. Another rustle came from the bush and Yuffie stopped putting her hands on her hips impatiently.
"Really guys," Kairi began softly and continuing with ire, "Stop it."
"Raawwrr," the sound came again. Yuffie tapped her foot then she heard running behind her.
"Hey you guys," a familiar voice said. The two teens still looked over at the bush and said in unison, "Not now Riku." There was an awkward pause then, "Riku?!" They turned around and looked at him and Kairi said, "If you're here then…"
"Who's that?" Yuffie finished, pointing to the bright green bush behind them. He gave a shrug and replied, "I don't know. Everyone else is over there with Adam…" They glanced at each other then a bright paw came out of the bush, but Yuffie and Kairi had already taken off.
"Bear!" They screamed, setting off a chaotic stampede. It jumped out from the bush and roared loudly. It seemed to tease all of the hikers by chasing one person then cutting off for another one. Its target caught its eye and began to chase her.
She panted for air, her lungs screaming for her to stop, but her brain screaming for her to keep going. She knew which one she had to take and continued running. She was separated from the whole group leading down a path warning the person who trespassed of the dangers ahead. She didn't get a good glance at the warning but continued on the path that led her to safety in her mind. She looked back to see the bear was starting to slow down but didn't completely stop chasing her and that was her mistake. She tripped over the root of an old oak tree and stumbled down a soil covered cliff, landing on a couple rocks while at it.
"Eek!" She screamed, as she rolled. She tried to cover her head as she stumbled to the ditch below, while landing with a horrible crack. She hoped she didn't break anything, but she knew she lacked in the faith department. When she recovered from shock, her gaze shifted up to see the bear was starting to slide down the hill. She wearily got up, clutching her left hand to her chest from the pain rising in it and sprinted in the closest direction she could find suitable for her to run through. The bear began to really slow down as she went on, but her mind kept telling her it was a trick so she kept on running. Soon, the bear was out of sight and Yuffie realized she had no idea where she was.
"H-Hello…?" She whispered. Fear began to stir within her when she realized that she was miles away from the camp and had no idea of what to do. A searing pain rose up in her wrist making her flinch in throe. Her chocolate eyes rested on her black and blue skin that covered her wrist.
"Broken…Just great," Yuffie muttered, as another pain hit her. Her eyes threatened to leak with tears but she wiped them away with her right hand. She began to walk, slowly feeling the energy burn from her legs. It wouldn't be long before she fell to the ground exhausted from her life threatening situation. She grew weary sooner than she expected and sat on a log nearby to examine her casualties. She had a broken wrist for sure. Nothing else seemed wrong except a couple scratches here and there.
It was a couple hours later and she was beginning to get cold. The sun wasn't showing because of its hiding behind the gray cotton clouds. She was a bit surprised it hadn't rained yet but she knew it would soon and that meant she needed shelter. Rustles came here and there, which meant something was out there but Yuffie only thought of it as squirrels. What she couldn't get her mind off of was her wrist and that was making her flush the color in her skin away.
A twig snapped causing Yuffie to glance in the direction it came from. She began to come more cautious and when she heard another one, she knew something was watching her. She got up wearily and shivered. It was getting really cold and now she was beginning to wonder how'd she make it through the night.
"H-Hello?" Another twig snapped and then she saw the brown. She squealed and took of running and in the distance she heard a quiet, "Yuffie!"
"No, I'm hallucinating! Bears don't talk!" She muttered fiercely. She was running out of energy but still was keeping herself at top speed. She dodged branches threatening her way while trying to stay away from things that brushed against her. She knocked a couple things away from hitting her in the face, some scratching her lightly.
"Yuffie," It called again.
"No! Bears don't talk!" She came into an open area with a huge tree shading the area, leaves scattered everywhere like it was fall too soon, and some rocks scattered in the corner like someone had been camping here before. There before her were two paths before her and it had to make her think.
Which way was the question. She had to choose fast or else she'd be someone's dinner tonight.
'Left? No…No…Right!…No…Left! Yes, left!' she thought, as she was getting ready to turn left. Something pulled her back but not too hard. It just had a grip to make sure she wouldn't run away.
Too late…You're dinner, Yuffie…
"Yuffie," It said again.
"Bears don't talk," she replied.
"I'm not a bear," it countered.
"You're not?" The person let her go and she turned around to see who it was. "Squall?"
"Leon," he simply corrected.
"Whatever…What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Chasing you! Who ever knew you were so damn fast." She grinned at him and then replied, "Star sprinter on the track team in Junior year." He shook his head and said, "A couple bears intruded on the hike causing many of us to scatter and I was one of those hikers to be chased by the bear. How about you?"
"Same," she said. She felt a small cold substance hit her on her arm. There it went again and then it hit her on her face. She blinked then she felt it all over her body and frowned.
"It's raining. Come on," Squall said, ushering her to the tree that welcomed warmth and safety from the rain. They both sat down under the tree next to each other and Yuffie hid her broken wrist but Squall was quick to catch it.
"Yuffie, you're wrist is broken," he said.
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious," she muttered. Squall gave a tiny glare then pulled it into view by grabbed her arm and hand.
"Hey!"
"Let me see what the damage is. I used to be in boy scouts," he whispered.
"Boy scouts?" Yuffie gave him a questionable look.
"Don't rub it in."
"Okay, okay," Yuffie murmured. Boy scouts? She laughed mentally at the picture of a little Squall in his little Boy Scout uniform. She let out a low hiss from the pain.
He glanced up at her then murmured, "Sorry." Yuffie cast a glimpse at what he was doing. He then grabbed something from his pocket and held it up.
"I always keep some bandages handy," he muttered. He unraveled it and began to tie it around the broken wrist. It hurt like hell and she knew Squall was trying to be gentle. She saw something shine on his finger and she realized it was a ring. At the right moment when he was rolling the bandages around her wrist, she slipped it off his finger instantly.
"Hey-"
"Ahh, don't worry Squall," Yuffie said, as she examined it. He pressed his lips together and glared. She lifted if up to inspect it forgetting all about the pain in her wrist. Squall seemed to notice that.
"Well, you can look at it if it keeps your mind off your wrist…"
"Done and done," Yuffie whispered perkily. Squall gave a tiny smirk and continued to wrap it around her swollen wrist. After looking at it, she asked, "What is this creature on this?"
"Griever…It's a lion," He explained.
"Oh, how could I not guess Mr. Leonhart."
"Hmph."
"Thought so," Yuffie said. It was too big for her fingers that was for sure. She looked at it shining slightly and smiled.
"You like it?" He asked. Yuffie nodded slightly and said, "I've never seen a ring like it."
"Yeah, I made it…" Yuffie turned her attention to him.
"You made it? That's really amazing," Yuffie said, as she took a glance at it.
"Well, here. Why don't you hold onto it for me for a while?" Squall offered. Yuffie felt a smile coming on and said, "Really?" He gave a nod and she replied, "Okay!"
"There. All finished. That should hold you off till we get back to camp then you're going to have to go to the emergency room…"
"Thanks…" There was a silent pause and then she continued, "I hope I don't have to leave camp just yet," Yuffie whispered.
"You probably won't have to leave fully. Just for a cast and then you'll be able to come back. Plus, you have to be here five weeks to get out of going back to Juvy. I don't see why you can't stay," he explained, shrugging.
"Ya know, this is the most I've ever heard you talk," Yuffie pointed out. "Are you going to be like a parrot now? Chit chat away?" She teased. Squall rolled his eyes and gazed out into the rain saying, "Hey, it's better than living in an awkward silence isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess…" It began to get darker and Squall noticed the rain began to go to a light pour and said, "I'm going to go find some wood for a fire."
The fire crackled brightly in the woods. Squall had surrounded the fire with rocks and pushed away the leaves nearby with Yuffie's help so the forest wouldn't catch fire. It was completely dark except for the light of the moon and the fire. Squall sat on the ground leaning against the log as Yuffie sat on the otherside of the fire watching Squall as he fumbled with the chain on his belt.
Squall had said earlier that the smoke might give them a signal as to where they were. Yuffie wasn't too sure about that since it was completely dark and she didn't like dark. She saw that her fingers were beginning to look different from her hand. The fingers seemed fine but the hand was a different color. He had wrapped up part of her hand as well but she could still see some of it.
A thunderous boom filled the sky causing a startled jump from Yuffie. Squall glanced up at her with a small chuckle and she growled. She hated lightning.
She crossed her arms and pouted. Why'd she have to be stuck out in the woods? It was going to rain and she didn't like it…
"Yuffie," he called out softly. She shifted her gaze up to the man sitting across the fire from her. "Come here." Yuffie looked around then slowly got up with exhaustion. The running from earlier was starting to wear down on her and she wanted to go to sleep. "Sit down so I can check your wrist," he said coldly. Talk about sudden emotion change. Yuffie didn't bother sitting down next to him and sat on his lap perpendicular to his body. He became a little shocked but tried not to show it. A light blush ran up his face but Yuffie was too tired to even look. She held her wrist up in his face and he took it in his hands.
Yuffie being tired as she was, leaned her head on his chest. More blush ran up his face and he was arguing in his head, 'What am I doing? What's happened to you Leonhart!? You're letting her touch you…' But Squall pushed the thoughts away and then something hit his mind, 'You're going to hurt her like you do everyone else…'
"Squall," the brown-haired girls voice broke his thought.
"Y-Yeah…?" He stuttered as he studied her wrist. He looked down at the young teen and realized she was already asleep. He didn't want to stay like this (Well, sort of.) His mind screamed that he shouldn't but his body screamed for him to stay. He liked the warmth as well so he just studied the girls face. He realized what he was doing and looked the other way in embarrassment. His face was turning too red. He didn't know what was happening to him. Hormones?
"Stupid hormones…"
A/n: YAY! This chapter done! By far the long Camp Nightmare chapter yet. Hehe…I have so much planned for them. It's not all good either…:/
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What happened? Seven reviews to two? Hum……
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Next chapter: Hum…I'll make this one a cliffie! Won't tell you what it's about yet!