A/N: Hi guys. Wow, maybe me typing all those chapters so quickly burnt me out for a while, so I stopped. ... Laughs nervously But okay. I am back updating again with Camp Nightmare. It's the summer, I'm getting active (not lazy anymore ), and I feel like updating since you guys have been waiting for this chapter forever. I bet half of everyone has forgotten this story by now, but that is alright with me. I kind of deserve that since I keep making you guys wait longer and longer. :( Hope you like this chapter. Warning: there's actually more cussing in this chapter than any other chapter. Just a warning so you won't be offended.

Chapter Nine

"Leon, you idiot!" Cloud bellowed at the teenager lying down on the bed quietly staring at the roof. The blonde-haired-teenager harassed Squall after Yuffie had darted out the door. She was broken and the blonde hated seeing her like this. After all, she was his good friend and Leon had hurt her. "What did you do to make her like that?" Squall grumbled a couple words under his breath, before he turned to his over to face Cloud. Of course, this wasn't the best move the Gunbladesman could have made for now he saw the anger flashing in Cloud's cerulean eyes. "She's younger than you. How can you treat her like that? She's only so strong." After he finished that sentence, Squall sat up glaring at Cloud.

"It's her fault. She started this whole thing," he told Cloud and added, "She shouldn't have made me feel like this then.." His icy blue gaze followed the wood flooring away from Cloud.

"So you raped her?" Sora chipped in. Good ol' Sora to brighten up the situation. They both turned their heads towards the boy in a threatening motion.

"Damn moron," Squall cursed at Sora, "I kissed her, god damnit. Butt out before I murder you with no regret." By the time Squall finished that, the puzzle in Cloud's mind settled leaving his mouth slightly dropped in a gawking motion. Sora, defensively, surrendered by giving a glare and settling for hiding behind the other beds to watch the situation.

"You kissed her?" Cloud inquired pacing about his bed. "What did you do to make her angry?" Squall turned his gaze towards the wood flooring once more to inspect that rather than listen. He began to recall the kiss. It was a sudden bliss, his lips moved about hers softly with little pressure. It was nothing to fierce, but a matter that was inviting. He wanted to blame it all on Yuffie. It was her fault for cracking him. She woke him up to reality and then stole his heart.

"I kissed her," Squall simply replied. He wasn't telling the whole truth, the truth where he had kissed her then fled. He laid back down on the bed staring at the ceiling. There was more to the kiss he had not meant to do, but it was none of Cloud's business. There was a reason Squall fled.

"You-grr-Leon-Damn-why?" He choked out in a stutter. Shaking his head vigorously, he reworded his sentence. "Leon," he began exasperated, "Of all the damn things you could possibly do, this is probably the worst you've done yet. But this big question now is what are you going to do? Are you going to sit here, while Yuffie is out in that snow storm crying her heart out, or are you going to be a man, face your damn feelings, and get on your white horse and save her?" The whole cabin went silent (although, it already was close to the brink of beyond silence.) Squall did not move for the moment. He seemed to be thinking, but then again, he did not because he glared at the roof silently, a feature that seemed to be permanent.

"My horse is black," he replied, finally. Cloud stared hard at Squall in question. How exactly was he answering the question?

"And?" Squall sat up from his bed and glanced around the room. Slowly, he got up and began to search the room, however, not even taking a moment to answer Cloud's question. Sora and Cloud, confused, watched as he began to pull something out of his bag. Squall walked passed Cloud with his bag causing the blonde to turn in a semi-circle to keep following him. "What are you doing?" Squall pulled something black, soft, and shiny from his bag slowly and carefully.

"I'm getting my coat," he replied.

"But you already have a coat on," Cloud reminded him. Squall's icy blue gaze turned towards Cloud for a moment, before heading towards the creeking door. They had never bothered to close it. He fastened his boots tightly stepping up to the door.

"I know." And then he was gone out to the door. Just like that with the snap of two fingers. The two of them sat gaping at what had happened. It was a moment before anyone spoke again.

"Damn Cloud, your words are powerful." A chuckle arose in the blonde as he turned to face the boy hiding behind the bed. "I wonder why he has that coat." Cloud shrugged, however, he had an idea of why. Sora was too oblivious to know why.

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Tears burned her cheeks in the soft breeze of the snowstorm. What the hell, it wasn't soft. The wind tore at her skin blinding her vision as she walked through the blizzard. It occurred to her that if she didn't hurry, she might have a chance of dying. After all, she was wearing shorts and no real protective gear for the snow.

"This stupid place," Yuffie murmured to herself in the movement of the wind. The wind took her words and blew them through the wind, so if she were to talk to someone they would not understand anything. "I will never come back. First, I get sent here by my god damn parents, then I actually make friends, which is so damn stupid. I'll never talk to them ever again once I leave! Then I practically love someone who is as cold as this god damn snow! Damn it all!" Her legs began to feel numb as the touch of the coldness. Perhaps she was getting frost bite. That would not be fun to deal with, but then again, pain was nothing. She crossed her arms for warmth as she shivered. Her face was biting down on the edge of complete numbness. These tears that cascaded down her cheeks weren't helping much either. With her arm, she wiped them away leaving a red bright puffiness.

In the distance, a cabin became visable but it seemed so far away. Now that she looked at it, it seemed like a good couple of football stadiums away, but it was much less than that. Much less.

Something soft gripped her shoulder and she automatically whipped back. Her eyes stared back at the man with no hope. Wow.. she felt tired...

"Yuffie," he called over the snow storm. She stepped back from his grip and glared at him in the mist of the white snow storm. Her anger ready to lash out at him any moment. The russet-haired-girl could not fully understand him though. Her glare was still settled on him as his brown hair whipped wildly at his face. Both stood unbothered by the irritation it was causing them. They just stared (Yuffie glared) at each other.

"Why, Squall! Why the hell did you chase me out here? Why!" Yuffie yelled to him. She stepped forward slightly and caught herself. He was silent for a moment, before he shook his hair out of his face and he stepped forward. He looked down upon her and answered, "Because Yuffie, I'm not as cold as you think." She squinted at him for a moment trying to recall what he had just told her.

"Oh so you can make me feel worse than I already am?" She inquired, angrily. "You really aren't the knight in shining armor I thought you were. You're too black," she spat bitterly. Squall stepped forward once more quickly and gripped her shoulders gently.

"You're so cold, Yuffie," he began, "Come back with me before you-"

"Before I what?" she interrupted. "Freeze? Well, I'm ready to stay put and freeze. I damn well have no reason to come back-"

"Yuffie! Don't you god damn say that ever!" He snapped at her angrily. "I may not be your knight in shining armor, but I will be your damn black horse that will carry you to safety, so please," his voice went soft, almost like he was pleading. Yuffie blinked twice watching him for a moment, blinked once more, then nodded.

"Okay," she began, "Carry me." With that, Yuffie fainted falling foward.

"Whoa-!" He grasped her and pulled his black jacket around her cold skin. "Yuffie?" He questioned. "Oh man." He ripped off his glove and felt her skin. She was on her way to sickness. Not good. He sweeped her up in marriage style treking towards the cabin that seemed so far away to Yuffie earlier. Actually, it was more like several yards, but it was not too far for Squall. He opened the door not caring whether anyone was in there or not.

The door burst open, a snow covered Squall stepped through, and shreechs erupted.

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"Hmm," Sora hummed as he thought aloud, "I wonder where Riku went. Sephiroth did seem mad.." He chuckled evilly at the thought of what Sephiroth could do to the poor boy. Cloud quirked an eyebrow at the teenager curiously.

"What are you thinking of now?" Cloud inquired. "Probably something idiotic," he muttered. Sora grinned his cheesy grin and replied, "Ohh nuttin'.. Just wonderin' what happened to Riku. Ya know, Sephiroth did seem mad.. heh heh."

"You know, you are one evil child," Cloud responded getting up to look out the window into the blizzard. He turned slightly towards Sora and grinned. "But so is Riku."

"...Huh?" The door slammed open. "EEP." He held a smirk across his face as Sora hid behind the bed again.

"Hi Riku," Cloud greeted, a smug smirk settling on his lips. "How are you doing?" Sora glared at Cloud. He was building a conspiracy silently with Riku just by glancing at each other. Sora twitched slightly.

"Yah.. heh.. How are you?" Sora inquired, bitterly. Riku was going to do something to him for payback of setting Sephiroth on him. Well, hey! It was the only way to throw all that stuff at them. They had taken advantage of the weather and snuck into the cafeteria. They stole some of the pastries because they were hungry, but since the pastries were rock hard and down right nasty tasting, they thought someone else might like to have a tasting of it's sweet nector. Who else would have been the better choice to "eat" them?

"Lovely," Riku began, as he stepped forward holding the door open.

"Uhh Riku? You're letting the cold air in," Sora told him. His gaze shifted towards Cloud then to Riku, who both were smirking smugly.

"We have to let our guest in," he told Sora.

"Guest?" he squeaked. He peered over the bed facing dropping instantly. "Uhh..ohh..."

"Hello, Sora," he greeted. The silver-haired monster peered over at Sora with his mysterious, yet very mischevious eyes. "Looks like we're going to have fun." He cracked his knuckles and added, "No one can hear you scream."

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The startled girls peered over at the doorway as Squall swiftly made a move toward her bed. "Yuffie!" Aerith gasped out. Squall interrupted, "Where is her bed?" Aerith pointed to her right as Squall nodded, and continued over to put her down on her bed. They quickly gathered around her bed inspecting every inch of Yuffie. Kairi held the little girls back by their beds so they would not disturb the two. Aerith was trained in healing, so she would assist Squall or probably take over.

"What happened?" She asked, quickly checking the pulse of the teenager. Squall peered over at Aerith, sighing.

"She's been out in the snow too long. With the clothing she is wearing, she's about to gain hypothermia." Aerith wasted no time.

"Get me some blankets.."

They worked late into the storm, while Aerith comforted Yuffie, warmed her up, and hoped for the better. They couldn't get a real doctor out in the cabin since the snow storm had packed them in. It looks like Squall would be spending the night in their cabin. Oh joy. Who would want to spend the night in a girl's cabin? Sheesh, what an inconvience for the teenage boy.

"I'm sure I can get back," Squall told Aerith. Aerith's hands remained on her hips. Kairi glanced over at the two as she ushered the set of gremlins to bed. Sure they were worried about Yuffie, but Kairi was also worried that they would not get enough sleep. As soon as she could them to bed, the sooner she could see Yuffie. They turned out the cabin lights by the little girls and Kairi chirped, "Night girls!"

"Awww," they moaned in protest.

"Ah ah. You can see in the morning." A yawning protest sounded out as they turned grumpily on their side. "Bed," she warned, venomously. Most children aren't afraid of woman when it comes to disapline, but when they were talking about Kairi, they automatically bowed down to her. Earlier, she heard one of little girls tell another, "She is the commander of us, we bow down to her." Kairi would grin flattered that she had such power until they started giggling at the thought. Her face dropped to a glare and she would simply cross her arms stubbornly and walk out of the room.

"Leon," Aerith began sweetly, "We all know you're in such a hurry to get back to your cabin with idiots, but I simply can not let you go back till early morning. The storm will die down during the night. I'm positive." He quirked an eyebrow.

"Positive?" He eyed her. When something was promised, he held it to them. She scratched her head in a confused motion.

"Umm.. Sure..?" He rolled his eyes with sigh. The hero made a move to leave the cabin until Aerith's eye began to turn red with fiery irritation. Her voice began to deepen as she croaked out vigorously, "You leave this cabin and I will literally kick your ass."

"Eeer.. uhh.." Squall choked out surprised. When Aerith was mad, she was mad. No doubt about that. It was best he did not disregard her wishes, so he turned around quickly and inquired, "Where will I sleep?" The pink-clad girl clasped her hands and giggled. Wow, talk about an illness.

"Over there," she pointed to the spare beds in the corner. Squall's gaze followed her finger slowly towards the dusty side of the dark cabin. His face scrunched up in disgust, his eyes now taking in the sight of the bed.

"Over there? You mean as in over there," he persuaded her pointing finger towards their beds.

"No."

"What!" He protested. Aerith shook her head. "No boys aloud by the girls." He glared at her, she glared back. It was a glaring contest. Who would win? The blue-eyed warrior or the innocent flowery girl? She bended over slightly, he bended over slightly to glare harder, something he seemed to have a profession in. They wanted to blink. No.. they would not.

STOMP.

Aerith's boot made contact with Leon's foot causing him to blink and stumble back. "Hey!" He protested in ire, "That's not fair!" He rubbed his foot biting his lip. She pushed him forward and giggled. "A girl knows her tricks, now get over there or I'll hurt you like no other." Her glare fiercely upon his presence. Squall could have sworn if that woman could get any more evil, she would the exorcist. She could probably turn her head all the way around if she wanted. He shivered at the thought.

"UH..ER.." Glancing not once, but twice over towards the bed, Squall finally lifted his boots (still hesitantly), and cautiously moved towards the bed like someone would jump out at him from the dark corners. He wasn't afraid... just really, really, really creeped out, ya know? How the heck do girls do that? They have power over men like no one would know. They were the puppeteers, the men were the puppets. You put those two together: you have a show.

Squall hesitantly sat down on the bed.

Squuueeaaakkk..

Squall sighed loudly putting his hand to his forehead. He shook his head, glanced at Aerith once glaring at her once again (her returning it), and laid back on the..whoa.. quite comfortable pillow.

Squeeeaak...

This bed would be quite the pain in the middle of the night. A smirk began to gradually grow as he began to think. He turned over.

Squeeaak..

And again...

Squuueeaaakk...

Oh and once more...

Squeeeeeeakkkk...

"Stop moving!" Kairi bellowed at him. Aerith sighed and shook her head.

"Fine," she succumbed to his annoyance. She tipped her head forward in defeat and pointed at a bed close to the girls. "You can sleep there." He sat up swiftly and removed himself from the annoying bed. Maybe they should put some WD-40 on that.. It would really help.

"Thank you," he muttered and plopped on the bed. He glanced over at Yuffie once, before his close his eyes. Aerith looked around the cabin once more, before she turned out all the lights. "Okay," she whispered in the cold night air, "Night everyone.." She checked Yuffie's temperature, tucked the blankets around her comfortably, then laid down on her own bed. It was the silence Squall loved, yet hated so. It made him think. He loved to think, but tonight was not one of those nights to think, ya know? So much had happened today...

His eyes flashed open causing him to sit up. Shivering, Squall glanced over at everyone. It seemed pretty late into the night. Everyone was sound asleep. His ocean blue gaze followed the beds towards Aerith's pink wall. She was out like a log. He chuckled. Too bad he didn't have Cloud in here. Whooa... Did he just chuckle? As a matter of fact, he had chuckled earlier too. He knew he was beginning to scare himself. The warrior fumbled with his hands. Oh darn.. He left his glove out in the snow. A frown settled on his face as he looked out the window to see the serene snow slowing to a stop. Interesting, he wondered if anyone had the right clothing for this weather and how long would they be trapped here? Everything was just so... irritating. He plopped his legs over the side of the bed, leaned over, and sighed. He sighed too much didn't he? That wasn't a good trait as Yuffie would say. It would make him "old." Pshh. What did she know about being old? He was older than her. Well, he supposed anyway. He was older than most of the kids at Camp Wapatuki.

Ahh! He was thinking again. Not a good trait. Too much thinking is not wise. He would go insane! Whoever said he wasn't already insane, though. Oh bejesus. Shut up already.

Squall ventured towards the door once more setting his ungloved hand on the door knob. He was going to his cabin no doubt about it. This was freaking him out,and if his friends heard he was in a girls cabin, they would either tease him to the underworld and back, or be very envious. Jesse, on the other hand, would kill him and kick him out of camp. Hopefully, she never found about this. That would NOT be good. That woman was really scary. Good thing though for Squall. He could always tell when she was coming. The floor always vibrated. The fidgeted with the knob a couple times, before he growled in frustration.

"Damn Aerith. She chained the door. What is wrong with that woman?" He inquired aloud. For the first time, he noticed he could see his breath. He rubbed his hands together as he moved towards his bed once more. He did not like this. No, he hated this like no other. Aerith was trying to get her revenge on him! He knew it! For catching Squirrely. Well, next time.. he will strongly reconsider. Strongly. Let me put an emphasis on this. STRONGLY like the length of the Wall of China. He sat on the edge, stared at the floor, then groaned. What did he do to deserve this? What-

He turned his gaze towards the bed in the middle of all the beds. Yuffie's. Her voice sounded out quietly, a moaning call it was. She was waking up, that's all... Wait.. She was waking up! Squall got up slowly, ya know, just incase Yuffie wasn't really waking up. Weird, this girl recovered from all these injuries rather quickly. He moved to the side of her bed staring down at her form. Oh yep. She twitched. She's waking up... but she's shivering. A lot. Her eyes flickered open slowly then slowly shifted to the warrior standing above her. Startled, Yuffie threw her blanket over her head to hide.

"Leon," she muffled from under the blanket. She called him Leon.

"Squall," he corrected. A moment of silence. The blanket began to inch downwards as her upperbody became visable. Her chocolate eyes stared at him for a moment.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm trapped," he responded automatically. Her eyebrow twitched in irritation. She began cough slightly and sat up, the blanket scooting down to her waist. She wrapped her arms in it's silky features, before she turned her attention to him.

"Is that all.." A disappointment appeared in her face, Squall catching on quickly.

"Uhh but that's not all." Her eyes flickered to him once again waiting for him to explain what he meant. He shifted his weight to the other leg and then kneeled down next to her bed. "I'm also here to give you an apology. A true apology." He had her attention. He sighed once more. There he went again with the sighing. "I did not mean to come onto you.. like that.. it's just.. uhh..er.. Oh damn it all, Yuffie," he whispered fiercely. "I like you, okay? It's just so hard coming from my background, you know? It's just not as easy as you would expect it to be. A cold hearted lion does not belong to a girl who acts like a ninja. The lion is too fierce.. too cold.."

"Wait..Say that to me again," her voice interrupted. She was clearly surprised he would come out like that. His eyes flickered to her as she came down to his level.

"What? You mean the Lion/Ninja speech-"

"No, no, no.. the first part." He looked at her embarressed with hot cheeks.

"I like you," he told her. "I really do-"

Yuffie interrupted his sentence closing the gap between the two. Her lips sealed on his like he had done to her earlier that day. Wow.. two kisses in one day. Oh wait.. it was probably early in the morning. Okay, one yesterday and another today but two in a row? She was on a roll. He responded bringing his hand up to her cheek kissing back. She smiled through the kiss, both soon breaking away to catch their breath. It was a silence after that. What to do now?

She looked at him and began to laugh quietly out of joy. "Glad you feel that way," she told him. His eyes were filled with surprise. Yuffie playfully knocked Squall in the chin and grinned. "Go to bed."

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A/N: YAY I GOT THE NEXT CHAPTER OUT. Wow, I spent the last couple hours typing this. I didn't get a chance to edit it because well.. I don't have the time and the fact my fingers are going to fall off . I'll edit it later so please excuse the grammar. Really.. Okay.. Yah.. I liked this chapter somewhat. Tell me what you think! Wow! The one year anniversary is almost coming up! Isn't that exciting? I'm debating whether I should update it again on the 24th since it will be the one year anniversary. Depends on which writing mood I am in .

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