Differences

Yap! I have decided to post this. This idea has been in the back of my head for a while and I finally decided to write this. This chapter is sorta like the introduction of the real beginning of the story… so I don't exactly count this as a chapter but what the heck! Anyways… for now… it may seem kinda gloomy but it will all change and hopefully, I will make you say AWWWW a lot of times. ; ) SO! Hey! I hope you guys enjoy this fic as much as I will enjoy writing it! happy reading!

Chapter 1:Tragedies and "blessings"

Yuffie

Yuffie was on the dusty floor with a sponge on her hands, a bandana on her head and an apron which covered her body. She scrubbed the floor and cursed with every scrub she made.

Ting!

Yuffie got up and walked over to the microwave to get her microwave dinner that so happened to be the oh so loved Synthia's leftovers from last night. She pressed the open button and took out the plastic plate that came with the dinner. Yuffie frowned at the food that she was supposed to eat but she shrugged anyway. Hey at least she's feeding me.

Yuffie walked over to the table but slipped on the wet floor below her, dropping her delicious meal all over her and the floor.

"Whoopee! Another HAPPY day!" Yuffie said sarcastically getting up and removing the apron that was covered in sauce.

"You clumsy little bitch!" a high pitched voice said behind Yuffie. It was the voice of the person that Yuffie would pay millions just to plunge a knife down her throat.

"Sorry…" Yuffie said half mumbling.

"These are the good tiles!" Synthia said clutching Yuffie's hair.

"You don't have good tiles." Yuffie said in a sing song voice. This was just going to add wrinkles to her PRECIOUS face. Yuffie smiled evilly.

"Why are you smiling!" Synthia said looking as if a blood vessel was going to pop.

"Just thinking of how ridiculous you look in your clothes." Yuffie smiled even wider now.

Synthia was wearing a purple mini skirt and neon pink shirt with a ribbon in front, and who could forget, her yellow knee high socks and stilettos. She was also wearing an pink afro haired wig.

She examined herself up and down and glared at Yuffie. "HA! These are the latest in fashion! And why should I even bother to explain fashion to you, you retarded bitch." She slapped Yuffie on the face leaving a mark.

Yuffie glared at her with tears that threatened to fall, but she held them back. No they were not tears of sadness or pain but tears of frustration. She had to follow her rules, she paid for her tuition and a good education was her only way out of this hell hole.

"Hmph… you just stay there and cry while I go to the hottest club in town. Oh and Yuffie dear, don't forget to scrub the floor again. And I want it to be scrubbed with a sponge. Don't you even try to use a mop. I can see the difference." Synthia gave her a wicked smile and slammed the apartment door.

Yuffie couldn't take it anymore. She screamed and threw the sponge at the door that Synthia just slammed. "I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL, BITCH!" Yuffie screamed as she pulled her hair and tears rolled down her newly slapped cheek.

She sighed knowing that there was no point in crying. She didn't even cry when her parents died. No it was just showing that she was weak. That is life for you. You cant show your weak side unless you want people to step over you.

(A/N: then Yuffie… what do you think Synthia is doing to you now?)

Yuffie cleaned up the food on the floor, washed the apron that still had food stains on it, managed to study and finish her projects, all on an empty stomach.

She flopped herself on the hard sofa that served as her bed. She closed her eyes. Tomorrow will be a better day.

Leon

"Ready boys?" A confident spiky brown haired boy said beside me with a confident smile on his face.

The five boys smiled… well four smiled and one grunted.

The wide doors suddenly opened in front of them shining lights, loud music banging into their ears and smoke filling their lungs welcomed them. This is where they belong.

They walked in confidently immediately getting looks from everyone in the room. Women looking at the 5 hot boys walk into the club, men glaring at them because of the looks their dates were giving them.

It was the normal feeling that these boys got whenever they went out. They immediately caught everyone's attention, and they liked it that way.

"Not bad don't you think?" Cloud smiled at Leon.

"No… but a little tacky don't you think?" Leon said looking around disapprovingly.

"It's impossible to meet your standards Leon." Tidus frowned as they walked to the bar and they ordered their drinks.

"Who owns this place anyway?" Riku asked sipping his drink. (A/N: Yes! I know! You have to be 21 in able to drink! But it's my world here people! Even if it goes against the laws of my own country!)

"Richards." Sora replied sipping his drink but made a face. "Damn this is strong."

"No doubt the Richards… they try their best but their best want good enough." Cloud shrugged.

"This place was made for the middle class. Of course Leon doesn't approve." Riku smiled at a girl who just passed by. He gave her a wink and she started to giggle.

"Sora, you know about the hangover your gonna get tomorrow right?" Leon said seeing Sora down another shot.

"Yesh! Come on Leon! Live a little!" Sora said taking in another shot.

"Leon doesn't live, he stomps on the living." Cloud said chuckling.

"Hey… the usual?" Tidus said giving a wicked smile.

"Hey does that include men?" Sora asked making everyone stare at him in a weird way.

"Hey! You wouldn't know… maybe the she man would be dressed like a girl and had major plastic surgery!" Sora tried defending himself.

Riku looked at his watch. "Ok… it's now 9 we end this at 1. got it?" Riku asked making all of them nod. "Go!" the guys raced around the room looking for women to add to their list.

Leon spotted a pretty, tall, brunette in a red silk dress that showed off her perfect curves. She was talking to her friends but stopped when she saw Leon walking over to her group.

"Hey gorgeous." Leon said sexily.

His voice sent chills down her spine… and he knew it.

"Hey yourself." She smiled, making her friends giggle.

"May I take you ladies somewhere... this place is kinda dull don't you think?" Leon said turning to her friends. They giggled and nodded their heads.

"Aren't you suppose to be asking me that?" the brunette said raising one eyebrow.

"Maybe… but then I would be wasting those lips." Leon said still in his straight face, not letting a smile crack.

The brunette smiled and held out her hand. "Allison."

"Margarette." The curly haired girl said.

"Andrea." The red head said.

"Mark." He said taking all of them and they all entered a room.

Cloud

Cloud felt someone hug him from behind. He turned around seeing the most ridiculous looking girl he has ever seen. Her clothes were all neon and she had a cheap big pink afro hair wig on.

"Hey… sexy… I've been watching you for the whole night. Want me?" She said smiling like an idiot.

Cloud could smell the strong alcohol in her breath. "You had too much to drink. Get a cab and go home." Cloud said getting up from his chair and walked to a cute blonde girl leaving the drunk woman there all by herself.

Synthia

Tears were rolling down her eyes.

He didn't love her. The spiky haired blonde beauty she found in the club. She took another gulp of beer… her 15th bottle.

Her little worn out car didn't have the headlights on so she was driving in darkness, her only source of light were the streetlamps that appeared once in a while.

Her thick mascara was on her face looking like she was crying black tears.

How could he not love her. He must have. That's why he pretended that he didn't want her. He was playing hard to get. That's it! Hard to get!.

Just then Synthia couldn't feel the breaks of her car. She checked her speed. 180. She tried pushing and stomping on the floor but she couldn't feel the breaks. She saw red lights behind her before basking into a tree.

Yuffie

Yuffie rubbed her eyes hearing loud banging on the door. She sat up checked the clock. It was almost 2 o' clock in the morning.

Electricity ran through her head. Who could that be? A robber? No… this city's poor enough. Maybe it was Synthia who lost her keys. Yeah… that's right.

Yuffie got up as quietly as she could. She looked at the small peep hole. It was the police.

"OPEN UP! THIS IS SECURITY!" a loud voice came from the other side of the door. Yuffie jumped and opened the door seeing two policemen.

"Yuffie Kisaragi?" the curly haired guard asked her. She just nodded.

"We have to talk. Let's go inside." The two cops walked in and Yuffie closed the door.

Yuffie's hands were cold and sweaty and she was scared. Her legs felt like jelly as she walked over to her sofa.

"Your aunt is Synthia Kisaragi am I right?" the thinner cop asked me.

"Yeah… w… what's going on?" Yuffie asked going white.

"She died." The curly haired cop said.

"Oh." Yuffie said fixing her hair. It was mean, she knew, but when she heard that she actually felt relieved.

"You alright hon?" the thinner cop asked with a sympathetic look in his eyes.

"Yeah. So… who will I be staying with now?" Yuffie said getting up, ready to pack her things.

"Miss… you did hear that your aunt, your care taker is dead. You will never see her again." The curly haired cop said slowly.

"Yeah. I heard you right. So who am I staying with now?" Yuffie asked getting out her duffel bag.

"With your dad's cousins. You haven't met them. do you even wanna know how she died?" the cop asked looking confused.

"Oh… ok… sure… why not. How?" Yuffie stopped and looked at the cops.

"She had too much to drink and she was speeding and she crashed into a tree. We found her id and it said that she lived here. We looked through her files and it said that she adopted you. So we contacted a few people and some of your relatives are willing to take you in." the thinner cop said and tilted his hat.

"So… when can I move in?" Yuffie said getting back to her packing.

"Tomorrow, after her funeral. We found some of her funds and it's enough to cover for the funeral. She didn't leave a will so, being her closest living relative, you get everything." The curly haired cop said.

"Well… you can actually see that everything isn't really… anything. You can put this apartment up for sale and hand me the cash." Yuffie said zipping her bag. "So ready to take me to wherever I'm supposed to live?" Yuffie asked lifting her duffel on her shoulder.

"We said tomorrow. Not tonight." The thinner cop said slowly.

"I heard you… I'm not retarded. Sides… I don't think they'll really mind." Yuffie said walking out the door, she turned back to the cops who seemed a bit dumbfounded. "Ready to go?"

They both stood up, letting Yuffie lead the way outside the sad apartment building.

"That woman musta treated her real bad to make her hate her this much." The curly haired cop said to the other in a whisper.

"I know what you mean. Not even a single tear. Aren't chicks suppose to cry during these times?" the thinner cop asked the other.

"I think so. My daughter cried when her goldfish died." The curly hared cop said.

"You're daughter is 4 years old! This girl seems around 14 at the most." The thinner cop said.

Yuffie turned around. "Number 1, she did treat me bad, but that is all in the past. Number 2, no not all chicks cry during these times. When my parents and my brother died, I didn't shed a tear. Crying only shows weakness. Number 3, I am 16 not any other age. Got it?" Yuffie turned back to the police car that was already in front of her, leaving the cops even more dumbfounded.

Yuffie opened the back seat door and the cops climbed in.

The drive was pretty much silent, aside from Mariah Carry in the radio. Yuffie stared out the window. It was raining heavily, lights of karaoke bars and clubs reflected on the wet streets. A bunch of girls ran down the street to find shade, as they were laughing their heads off in the process. Yuffie never had that much fun. No. She admits, she wasn't happy. She pretended to be happy, she pretended to have fun, but that was only to fit in, and she wasn't doing a horrible job doing that. She heard the waves roll in. They were getting closer and closer to the ocean. The Destiny Islands beaches were the best. She wondered if her new parents lived in a beach house. Naw… the only people who could afford beach houses were the filthy rich. And Yuffie couldn't imagine any of her relatives being filthy rich.

They drove down a long road that led to an enormous house. It was painted white with glass. It was one of those contemporary houses that had edgy shapes. What the heck were they doing there?

"So… this is your home." The curly haired cop said admiring the house.

The thinner one whistled. "Some parents you have, ready to meet them?" they both gave her a look that said I wanna see the house!

Yuffie nodded and got out of the car while the cops followed. Yuffie walked over to the door and rang the doorbell. A few seconds later, a tall man in a butler's outfit opened the door. "May I help you?" he asked looking a little alarmed seeing the cops behind me.

"Oh… uh… may we please see Mister and Misses Kisaragi please. This is about their new daughter." The curly haired cop said as he gave a pat on my shoulder.

The butler nodded and opened the door wider. "This way please."

The three walked in, feeling stunned. The walls were all white and cold but the furniture looked warm and welcoming as a fire was lit. They walked up the cold glass staircase that looked like it would shatter any moment. They went through many, many hallways until they reached two gigantic doors. The butler gave a knock and it was immediately answered by a loud. "Enter!"

The butler opened the door and there was a gorgeous bedroom fit for royalty. Every little square inch of the room was amazing. The wooden floor was different from the rest of the house, but Yuffie liked it that way.

There was a tall blonde woman sitting on the bed. She was in a robe and she looked up from her book. There was also a brunette man who was quite built and was wearing a white shirt and dark blue cashmere pajama pants.

"What the hell is happening? The police?" The man said looking alarmed.

"No… it's nothing sir… this is your new daughter, Yuffie Kisaragi." The thinner cop pushed Yuffie forward.

Suddenly she felt thin arms wrap around her. The woman had her arms around Yuffie and there was a smile of pure happiness on her face.

"Oh… darling! It's so good to have you here! Oh… and we are so sorry about poor Synthia's death. It's horrible! But once we got the news that you were free for adoption… we just had to get you!

Yuffie felt like some antique china.

"Um… it's ok… I uh…" Yuffie was at a loss of words.

"No… no darling. Don't speak. We know how hard this must be on you. And we will try to make you as happy as Synthia made you." The woman looked like she was about to cry.

I hope not.

"Don't overreact, Suze. I bet she doesn't even miss the little bitch anyways." The man said walking over to Yuffie.

The girl named Suze's eyes got big. "Don't say that to her! she is suffering loss and she is in denial! That is why she isn't even crying. But that is why we are here, Luke, to bring her happiness back to her life!" Suze was glaring at Henry now.

"You don't miss her a bit now do you?" Luke asked Yuffie.

Yuffie shook her head.

"See, told you." Luke said giving her a triumphant smile. "No one could possibly miss her. bet she treated you real bad, am I right Yuffie?"

"Yeah… uh… how do you know?" Yuffie asked.

"She's my little sister… rather… she was my sister until my parents disowned her." Luke said getting a good look at Yuffie. "How old are you?"

"16. Wait… so you mean that Synthia was disowned?" wow… new discoveries.

"16? You look at least 14! And yes. She got herself pregnant with a man that left her. The baby didn't survive the giving birth part." Luke said it like he didn't care at all about her.

"Yeah… I know I look young for my age. She got pregnant? No freakin way!" Yuffie's eyes were big.

Luke chuckled. "I see you didn't get to know her very well."

"Um… we'll be leaving now." The cops said. "Nice home you have here… and uh bye Yuffie!" the cops said.

"Oh! Um… thanks!" Yuffie called out. "Bye!"

"Thank you! Daniel will see you out! Thank you for bringing dear Yuffie here to us!" Suze called out as Daniel the butler closed the door to give them privacy.

"We weren't expecting you till tomorrow!" Suze said smiling at her sweetly.

"I… uh… didn't want to stay in the apartment any longer." Yuffie smiled sheepishly.

Luke started laughing. "A…A…an apartment!" he said as if it was the funniest thing anyone has ever said.

"Shush Luke… not everyone can be well off." Suze said looking embarrassed.

"She could have been if she didn't get herself pregnant!" he said.

"Well… that's all in the past now." Suze said quietly.

Yuffie yawned.

"oh… I didn't realize! It's past three! You have to get some rest! And you wont be going to school tomorrow… actually… you wont be going to your old school anymore. Since we have the funeral tomorrow and we still have to sort out a few things." Suze gave a wide smile.

Ok. This caught Yuffie's attention.

"I wont be going to my old school anymore!" Yuffie said a little louder than she meant to.

"Oh… sorry we know how upset teenagers get when they change schools but think of this as a new beginning! And besides, we couldn't let you go to a public school." They both started laughing.

What is wrong with these people?

"Oh yes… your room. I was thinking of somewhere where you have a good view of the beach and the ocean." Suze said as she opened the doors and led Yuffie to another door.

"Come on open it!" Suze said excitedly.

Yuffie opened the door. She was looking at an eye shaped room. Not just any room but it had two floors and one side of the eye shaped room was made entirely out of glass giving her a perfect view of the ocean and white beach below.

"Whoa." Yuffie said with her mouth hung open.

"I knew you'd like it." Suze smiled and slowly closed the door leaving Yuffie to gawk at her room.

She was on the top floor of her room and there was a computer, a desk a big radio and a couch. Yuffie went down the spiral staircase and there was a gigantic king sized bed with a fluffy comforter. There was a television, a fireplace, another desk and a whole sitting area.

Yuffie yawned again and she finaly realized how tired she actually was.

She changed into shorts and a t-shirt and dozed off.

The funeral

Yuffie stared at the wooden coffin holding Synthia's dead body. Thank god she wasn't wearing the horrible clothes the had on when she died.

There were only 4 of them who attended the funeral. Yuffie, Luke, Suze and a priest.

Yuffie stared at the body of the woman who made her miserable since the day she walked through her apartment doors. She remembered how she would use her as a maid while she was on her bed with different men every night. And in the morning they would sneak away and leave Synthia there to cry and she would slap Yuffie for allowing the guys to leave.

Chills ran down her smile and her fists were clenched in a fist, her anger for Synthia seeping back. She sighed knowing that Synthia will never be seen again. She smiled as the priest said the final prayers and Synthia's body was underground and dug up.

Yuffie wasn't even wearing all black. She was wearing a denim mini skirt and a bright green shirt. This wasn't a sad day.

When the funereal was over.

"I feel like ice cream what about you?" Luke asked as they turned away from Synthia's grave.

The two girls nodded happily.

Some kind of tragedy this turned out to be.

YES! Done! Ok! I know maybe this made you a little depressed but I'm telling you… it will totally be worth it. I only put this up for you to understand! The next chapter will be a happier one and there will be a little humor. I understand that maybe you didn't like this chapter… I know I don't. But I'm sure you will like the next chapters to come! I'm generally a happy person so you will be expecting happy and or dramatic chapters from now on! Har har! PLEASE REVIEW! You guys rock! Until next time!

Bye! Mwah!

Yes! Maybe you have seen this list before, maybe you didn't! but anyways… I really hope that you can add to this list! PWEASEEEEEEEE! Thanku!

What separates teens from kids:

1) If you're in a fair, you are there to enjoy and… you have to admit… hunt for a cute guy. A kid would go there for the games… period.

2) Whenever you went out shopping with your mom… you would spend hours and hours waiting for her to shop so that you can buy the new Barbie that only your mom had the money for. Now, you are the one who goes shopping… for twice as long as your mom took. And now you go with your friends more often… not your mom.

3) You used to be able to get down and dirty. Now… you do but just in a different way. (A/N: I did not make this!)

4) Girls used to be better than guys… now guys are better than girls.

5) Before when someone called you names… you would go tell the teacher and start to cry. Now you make that person cry.

6) You used to think that kissing was disgusting… now that's what you want.

7) You used to want to play soccer with that guy to prove you were better. Now you want to see him get all sweaty and take his shirt off- Lady Sonora the black-Rose

8) You used to think boys were blecky, but now you wanna be held tight?"-RayZor

9) You used to eat everything in sight because you wanted to get bigger, now all you can think about is how to get smaller. –star-chan89

10) You used to hang out with everyone, now you only hang out with "cool" people. –xthechickenhousehelenaaaaaa

11) You used to listen to nursery rhymes, but now you listen to rock and rap and pop. . –xthechickenhousehelenaaaaaa

12) You used to close your eyes whenever it was the kissing scene but now you are willing to kill to be in it. (with the guy of coarse) –me……. skippinsunday

13) when you surfed the net… it used to be all Barbie or bratz or whatever but now… you're more into chatting. –me! AGAIN! See! See! I'm helping!

14) Grandma used to be someone who bought you toys and gave you candy when your mum wouldn't let you have any... Now she's the one you talk to when you're having problems with your mum and YOU bring the snacks to watch some sappy movie. –RayZor

15) When you were a kid you wanted to ride the bus to school, now you can't wait until your old enough to be able to drive a car there. -DiamondLucy

16) When you were a kid you wanted more responsibility so you could seem older, know you want less responsibility so you can just hang out with your friends. -DiamondLucy