Chapter 2

Yuffie skipped happily through the hallway of the hotel. She couldn't wait to tell everyone about her new name. And she isn't going to let anyone protest 'cause, "If Squall hanged his name to LEON, why can't I?" – That was what she was going to say when anyone asked.

She went to the green room, and opened the door. And what she saw was something…shocking! Sweet, but shocking!

Cloud and Aerith was KISSING! Since when were they that fast?

"Uh…okay…" Yuffie started, and Aerith and Cloud stopped and looked at her. Wait, they didn't look at her, they were STARING.

"Uh…I'll pretend I didn't see that. Anyways, you guys wait here, 'Kay? I'm gathering everyone up. Did any of you see LEON?" Yuffie said, emphasizing the word, "LEON".

"Um…no, why?" Cloud said.

"Oh ok then. I'll tell you guys the good news later. So wait here, ok?" Yuffie said.

"Alright. We'll wait." Aerith said, with her gentle voice.

Cloud just nodded his head. But he had a gentle smile on his face. That made Yuffie remember the memories she had when they were in Hollow Bastion.

She grinned back, and skipped out of the room.

Aerith and Cloud let go of their breaths. Aerith sighed. "We have to be careful when somebody comes in again." She said.

"Yeah, but till then, can I have continue?" He said, smirking.

"Sure…" Aerith said, and they continued doing their stuff. (I don't want to know…)

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Yuffie was once again, skipping in Traverse Town. She was looking for Squ—Leon.

She stopped and thought for a moment. "Hm…Leon usually trains in the cavern…maybe I should go there." She said and she skipped again.

She went to the cavern, and as expected, Squall was there, swinging his sword in his usual stance, and sweat drops were forming on his face.

"Hey, LEON. I have something to tell everyone. It's good news, you know. Come on, let's go back to the hotel. Please?" Yuffie asked.

Squall was thinking of going back to the hotel to take a rest, so he decided that he would. "Fine." He said as he walked out.

"That was easy." Yuffie said, after Squall left.

She soon followed, but she was going to call Cid, too.

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"Yes, master. I have found her." Said the mysterious man.

"Good. How does she look like?" Asked another.

"I haven't seen her so close, master, but from what I saw, she had black hair." Said the mystery man no.1 (Let's put his name like that till we found out who it is.)

"I see." Said the other, thinking. He believed that the girl looked like that, but for some reason, he felt unsure. Maybe it was just his mind playing tricks.

"Go get her immediately. We need her urgently." The other said, as he walked away.

"Right away, master." Mystery man no.1 said.

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"HEY OLD MAN! WHERE ARE YOU?" Yuffie shouted.

"Kupo! You gave kupo a heart attack!" Said a moogle.

Yuffie just looked at it and asked, "Where's Cid?"

"He is upstairs, synthesizing, kupo." Said the moogle as it got back to work.

Yuffie said a thank you before going upstairs.

As she climbed up, she heard his voice muttering curses.

"Hey old man! I got news! So let's get back to the hotel so that I could tell everyone the news!" Yuffie said, grinning.

"Don't call me old! I ain't old!" Said Cid.

"Yeah, sure, whatever. Let's go already!" Yuffie said, as she dragged Cid away.

They were walking to the hotel and Cid asked, "What is it that you were goin' to tell us?"

"Oh, just wait, man! I want to tell everyone at the same time, ya know? You'll spoil the fun!" Yuffie said, grinning the whole while.

Cid decided that he should just wait.

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They soon arrived at the green room. Yuffie barged in, making Aerith shocked, but somehow Squall and Cloud expected it.

"Yuffie!" Said Aerith, surprised. "Please don't do that again." Aerith said, her voice returning to the gentle tone and not surprised.

"Sorry Aerith." Yuffie said sheepishly.

"Well, let's hear ya news." Said Cid.

"Hold on, old man!" Yuffie said.

Cid muttered a "Don't call me 'old man'." under his breath.

She cleared her throat. "From now on, my name shall be changed to…CRYSTAL!" She shouted with glee. She was happy, that everyone could see.

Aerith, Cloud, Cid and Squall sweat dropped. "And why did ya change ya name to 'Crystal'?" Asked Cid.

"Because I wanted to! I was too bored of my name, so I changed it! And I'm not gonna hear any of your protests about my name!" She stuck her nose up in the air.

Aerith took this calmly. "Anything that suits you, Yuffie. Well I guess I have to practice calling you 'Crystal' from now on." Aerith said, laughing.

"Well…If Aerith says she's fine with it, then so will I." Cloud said, a tint of pink on his cheeks, while Aerith giggled.

"I think 'Yuffie' is fine enough." Said Squall.

"Too bad, LEON. I want my name to be 'Crystal' and so now it is!" Yuffie said.

"Do what you want, kid. I ain't complaining." Said Cid.

"So, everyone agrees, huh? Well no choice now, LEON! You gotta follow!" Yuffie said, laughing.

Squall sighed and just walked out of the room. Yuffie just stuck her tongue out at him.

"Yuffie…" Aerith started.

"CRYSTAL." Said Yuffie.

Aerith sighed. "Crystal, maybe you shouldn't have changed your name…I mean, Crystal's a nice name, but it doesn't really suit you…" She said a bit softly, scared that Yuffie might get angry.

"Look, I don't get it. Why is it that SQUALL can change his name to LEON but I can't change YUFFIE to CRYSTAL?" Yuffie said, emphasizing the names.

"Yuf—Crystal, Leon is a different story. He's…he's not like you. His past…is something that he wants to forget. That is why he changed his name." Said Cloud.

"What about me? Not everything is about him, you know? I also had a sad past! I lost my parents! And I was right there to watch it!" Yuffie said the last sentence venomously.

Yuffie ran off, leaving Aerith worried sick and Cloud trying to comfort her, while Cid just stood there, shaking his head.

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Squall didn't like it. Yuffie's new name, he means. What the heck would she want to change it to 'Crystal' for? It sounds lame, anyways. Yuffie's fine enough!

Squall sighed. Why did he care about Yuffie's new name? If he needed to call her Crystal, then he would.

He decided to go back to the green room. Maybe he should get some rest.

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Yuffie ran away. Why didn't they just accept it? Why didn't they understand? What was so hard to just call her Crystal? She doesn't understand why don't they accept her new name when Squall changed his name to Leon?

She went to the top of the Gizmo shop, and sat down there, mad. But since this is Yuffie, she couldn't stay mad for too long.

But that didn't mean that she would let everyone call her Yuffie. No sur-ree. She wants them to call her Crystal. Case closed.

She sighed. Why did Squall care about her new name anyway? She wouldn't change. It's just a name.

She decided to go back to the hotel. She wanted to get some rest anyway.

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Squall was sitting on the bed in the green room. He didn't know why he actually cared that Yuffie changed her name to 'Crystal', but for some reason he just didn't want her to. He felt as if changing her name will change her personality too. And somehow, he didn't want her to change.

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Yuffie, being happy but not entirely happy, walked back to the green room, where she and Squall shared. Well, some may think it might have been weird to share a room with a guy, separating the bed into half and sleeping on either side, but Yuffie was used to it.

But the problem was, what was Squall going to do when they see each other again? Will he sulk away and leave, or will he just act as if nothing happened, like his usual old self?

She knocked the door, something that she usually doesn't do. Well, she did have this humongous crush on Squall, and she didn't want him to get mad at her. Ever since she was little, she always liked him.

When they were still living in Hollow Bastion, she would always walk around with him, except when she had to train. She wanted to be the best fighter there was, 1. Because she wanted to defeat the evil beings, 2. She wanted to impress Squall.

Anyways, she likes Squall. Like everybody didn't know that. Well, everybody except Squall knew that. It was obvious she likes him. Why isn't it obvious to him, then? Or maybe he knew, but he didn't want to say a word about it…she didn't want to think about that. Let's get that out of her mind.

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Squall was in the room when Yuffie knock the door. He expected Aerith to be knocking the door, but when he opened it, He saw Yuffie.

"Yuffie," He said, surprised.

Yuffie made a fake cough, as if to remind him that her name is different know.

"Crystal." Squall corrected himself. He sighed, and Yuffie walked in and he shut the door.

"Tell me why you changed your name to 'Crystal', Crystal." He said.

"Because…I just wanted to." She said, lying. She didn't want to tell him the plan. Well, she didn't feel so good lying to him either, but she just had to.

"There has to be something other than 'you just wanted to', Yuf-Crystal." Squall said. I need to practice calling her Crystal before she changes it back to Yuffie.

Yuffie giggled. It was kind of funny to hear people making mistakes of calling her by her old name. "I just wanted to, okay? Just call me Crystal from now on. What's so hard?" She asked.

"What's hard is that it doesn't seem like you." Squall said, a bit annoyed.

"Why do you care what my name is anyways? The last time I checked, you don't look like the person who cared what I do." Yuffie said.

It is true. She knew it was true. He never cared about her. He didn't even know how she feels. Like when he changed his name to Leon, she protested of course. She knew that even if he changed his name, it doesn't get rid of his past. It won't make any difference.

"Its not that I don't care about you. It may seem like I don't, but I do." I think. He said, and thought after.

"Yeah, right." Yuffie said. And with a 'huff', she went out of the room.

Squall started to think about what they were talking about just now. Why did he care what she does? It is her life…

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Yuffie went to the next room, wanting to apologize to Aerith and Cloud about what happened when she announced her new name.

She knocked on the door. She didn't want to see them doing things that she did not want to know again.

Aerith opened the door. "Crystal," She said, as she opened the door. Cloud was looking outside the window, feeling at peace.

"Um, Aerith, I wanted to apologize for just now. But you guys will call me Crystal from now on, right?" Yuffie looked at them with hope that they will.

"Of course. It's okay with Cloud too, right?" Aerith said, looking at Cloud.

"Sure." He said as he turned to look at Aerith and Yuffie with a small smile.

Aerith gave a huge smile that almost was like a grin. She did that to Cloud when she would be really happy.

"Alright!" Yuffie said, jumping. She gave a bear hug to Aerith, than ran to give a bear hug to Cloud.

Cloud stroked her hair. He treated her like a little sister, so he would let her do what she wants, as long as it would make her happy. But of course sometimes he wouldn't let her do something drastic. Same goes for Aerith.

Yuffie was laughing and grinning all the time. She knew she didn't have to go meet Cid, because he would already agree with her.

"Thanks, guys. I love you guys a lot!" She said, skipping out of the door.

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Squall heard everything just through the green door. Maybe he should just accept it too.

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"This will take some time, master. I hope you will give me the time…?" Mystery man no.1 said.

"Of course. Just get her." Said the one who was the master.

Just behind mystery man no.1, there was a man with a metal arm and leg, wearing a red tattered cloak, with piercing red eyes. The man walked away, muttering, "Squall, you better protect Yuffie."

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Author's notes: Hahaha…sorry for the first chapter. I know there wasn't any Squiffieness in the first chapter, it is just the beginning anyways. Who do you all think the man with a metal arm and leg, wearing a red tattered cloak, with piercing red eyes is? I'll say that I think that man is cute. He is to me, and he's cool too. Hahaha…he's from FFVII. Now that's a huge clue. And if you have figured out who it is, and if you ask if there will be any sparks between him and Yuffie, there's none because almost all the people is like a family to Yuffie. Except Squall, 'cause Yuffie LIKES Squall. Ok? Please review! I know this story sucks!