Chapter 5

"About what?" She said angrily. "Oh yeah, about that thing that you whispered in my ear and stuff, I know it was all a joke, right? I guessed so. But you know what? Just because I'm a kid to you and others, doesn't mean I can't kick you're aes!" She shouted.

"Sorry." He said quietly but Yuffie heard it.

"Why? What for? There's no reason to be sorry. I know you don't mean it." She said.

She started to walk down the ladder but she almost tripped. I guess I didn't really get over my fear since I fell down the roof of the Gizmo. She thought.

She sighed. She better get down quick. So she did. Carefully, but quickly, she went down.

Squall just thought about how he felt. He knows how he feels, yet why is it so hard to say it? He actually never felt this before. Maybe he should ask someone. Someone like….Cid? No. Vincent. Don't think so. Aerith? She'll probably go all cheery. Cloud. Maybe he could help.

So then it's off to Cloud.

He kind of followed Yuffie, but he went to the hotel and she went to the underground cave. Probably off to train.

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Yuffie walked to the cave angrily. What happened to the silent, gloomy Squall? Why did he just joke around with her feelings? She felt tears in her eyes. No. She can't cry. Not now. Not for Squall. Not for her.

She went into the cave using the waterway.

She took a deep breath and soon, she was there, training.

But someone was there hiding, watching her train.

Yuffie took out her conformer, and twirled it. She smiled. She just loved her weapons and she didn't want any other weapon. At the same time, she threw her shurikens and caught them back.

What she didn't hear was that someone who was hiding was sneaking up on her.

When that person was right behind her, only then did Yuffie feel that someone was behind her. She turned around and saw him.

She was about to scream when that man covered her mouth. But she bit his hand and he let go of her.

She ran away from him and got ready of her weapons.

"You! You're that freak!" She shouted.

The mysterious man laughed. "Please, call me Kretz. That I would prefer." He said, smirking.

"Why don't you show your face? You seem so confident to be talking with me!" Yuffie said, trying to sound brave, but she was actually scared.

He was the one who pushed her off the roof of the Gizmo.

"I will. Oh yes, my apologies about the incident earlier." He said.

"You're not forgiven." She said.

"I see. Oh well." He said.

He took off his cloak. Yuffie just looked at him expecting something dangerous. But all he looked like was a guy at an age of around 18, short blonde hair (please think of a hairstyle you like), violet eyes, and he wore a blue choker. And he wore similar clothing to (BHK). (Just change the colour if you want. He's not BHK.)

"Hey! You look younger than I thought! I thought you'd e one of those ugly mean guys! Well you are mean." Yuffie said.

"Yes, I'm not who you thought I am." He said.

"Stop talking wise. It's no good for people like our age." Yuffie said.

"Yes, well I talk like this so too bad. Anyway, I came to take you away from this place." He said, smiling.

"Why?" Yuffie asked nervously.

"Because you have to help us…in something." He said.

"And what is that 'something'?" She asked.

"You will find out there. Till then, you must come with us." He said.

"No way!" She shouted.

"Very well. Then take it the hard way." He said, and readied his weapons.

Yuffie held tight to her shurikens and her conformer. But she dropped her weapons suddenly when she saw what weapon he had.

"A gunblade…" She whispered.

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Squall was talking to Cloud. Until he felt something wrong. Terribly wrong. And the first thing that came to his mind: Yuffie.

He stood up and ran out. Cloud just shouted, "Leon!"

He just ran. Where was she before? The underground cavern. She has to be there.

He ran there and soon he got there because it was nearby.

"Yuffie!" He shouted. He saw her and across was a man, who Squall guessed was the mysterious man.

He ran to Yuffie's side and took out his gunblade.

"S-Squall….look…" Yuffie turned to him and said slowly.

He looked and saw that man wielding a…gunblade…?

"A...gunblade?" He said. He was shocked, just like Yuffie.

"Now don't be so shocked. Why can't there be another person who can wield a gunblade?" Said Kretz, grinning evilly.

Squall couldn't say anything. But then, maybe there were a few people who can wield the same weapon he did.

He snapped out of his thoughts and said, "Then let that be. What do you want?" He asked.

"I want her." Kretz said, pointing at Yuffie.

"Why and what for?" Squall said.

"See, she is Crystal, is she not? She's very important. She controls the power to manipulate things. And we need that power." He said.

Yuffie snapped out of her shock. "I'm not Crystal! My real name's Yuffie!" She shouted.

"Really? Don't joke with me, girl." Kretz said. He was ready to attack Yuffie and Squall.

"Her name is Yuffie. And she has no such power as you say." Squall said.

"Oh, but she does. You never knew. We have found out." Said Kretz.

"Maybe you've found out wrong." Said Squall. He was getting annoyed.

Yuffie couldn't say anything. She had powers? But that must be Crystal. She's Yuffie. She's different. And is there anyone called Crystal?

"Look, I'm really not joking. My real name's Yuffie and Crystal's just some stupid name I made up just to get back at Squall." She said, moving her hands around and explaining.

Squall turned to look at her. He would have to talk to her about this later.

A bright light appeared from Kretz's hand. "Well, let me talk to my master about this. He'll tell me right things."

"No! Wait!" Shouted Yuffie but she was too late when he disappeared.

"Yuffie. We need to talk." Said Squall, his eyes closed.

Yuffie turned and looked at him, confused.

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"Aerith, I'm hungry." Said Cloud.

"But Cloud, you just ate! You're becoming like Yuffie!" Said Aerith.

Cloud imagined himself acting like Yuffie. He shuddered. "You didn't have to tell me that."

She giggled. "So you want to eat, huh? Well, shall we go to the café or should I cook?" She asked, smiling.

"You can cook?" Asked Cloud.

"I know a few things." She said.

"Ok, then cook for me!" He said, grinning.

"Ok." She said, giggling.

So she cooked. (Don't ask me where. She just cooked…somewhere.)

And Cloud ate it while Aerith watched him eat. She was also eating, but very slowly. She mostly watched Cloud eat with a smile on her face.

"So Cloud, what do you want to do later?" She asked.

"I don't know. We do still have to find out who that person is." He said, looking worried.

"I know Cloud. Do you think we can find it out?" Aerith asked worried.

Cloud took her hand and said, "Don't give up, Aerith. Didn't you tell me that before?" He said, smiling.

"Of course. I will never give up." She said, smiling back.

Cloud grinned and went back eating. So did Aerith. (But she mostly watched Cloud eat.)

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"Yuffie! What the hell where you doing?" Squall shouted.

"What do you mean, 'What the hell am I doing?'! I was training and the freak came!" She shouted back.

Squall sighed and calmed himself down. "Just…next time that happens, just…call me." He said.

Yuffie was surprised. All she could say, or rather ask was, "Why?"

"Well, I suppose I was…worried." He said, turning away from her.

Yuffie beamed. "Oh Squallie! I didn't know you cared about me!" She said happily.

"It's Leon and I always did." He said.

She giggled. "Well, I'm sorry." She said softly but loud enough for him to hear.

"Accepted." He mumbled.

And she beamed again. She ran and hugged him from behind.

He stiffened, and she loosened her grip. "Oh I'm sorry." She said and she let go.

"No it's ok." He said. "By the way, what was that so-called freak's name?" He asked.

"Oh yeah…his name was Kretz. Weird name. Weird guy. I guess it matches." She said, shrugging.

"From now on, you have to be careful. And if that guy comes again, shout my name. I'll come." He said, holding her shoulders.

She giggled and said, "Sure."

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"Vincent!" Cid shouted from his gummi shop.

Vincent came down jumping from the roof of the accessory shop. "What?" He asked.

"No one is to stay up on that roof. I know how much ya like staying up on high places, but stay up somewhere else." He said, grunting.

Vincent just walked through the doors of the second district.

"Even if we're worried about Yuffie, it still seems as if nothing changed from before." Vincent mumbled, but Cid didn't hear.

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Yuffie walked back to the hotel with Squall.

She was grinning the whole way, and Squall was smiling inside his heart because of her.

Then, Squall turned serious. "We have to tell the others about this Kretz." He said.

"Aw, come on Squall, take it easy first. This walk is quite peaceful and nice, ya know. Don't spoil it!" She said, grinning.

"How can you act so calm when you're the one they're after?" He yelled.

"Because I don't know where they are, I don't know if they're really after me now, you know, because that Kretz freak said he'll have to talk to his master and stuff, and worrying about it now won't solve anything. I mean, what's the point of worrying when you don't know anything? Let things be for a while, and think about it. Stay happy. It's good!" She said happily and grinning.

Squall sighed. That's Yuffie alright.

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"Master, it appears that that is not Crystal, and she is called Yuffie." Said Kretz to his master.

"Ah, but remember our real intention, Kretz." Said the master.

"Ah yes, I see. Yes, I will follow." He said as he disappeared.

"You're doing a great job, S…" (Cut off.)

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Aerith walked to the café, as she was thirsty and wanted a drink.

There, Cloud was sipping his coffee and stared into nothing.

"Hello Cloud!" She said brightly.

That startled Cloud and he almost dropped his coffee. "Oh, uh, hello Aerith. You startled me." He said, laughing nervously.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Cloud!" She said, sad.

"It's ok, Aerith. It really is. It's my fault because I was daydreaming." He said.

"Oh, ok then!" She said, taking her seat next to Cloud.

"You know Cloud; you've been eating a lot lately." Said Aerith.

"Uh…" He laughed nervously. Did she have something against it?

"I'm not going to grow fat or anything, Aerith." He said.

"I know. I'm just saying that you're eating a lot nowadays, which is good!" She said giggling.

"Oh. For a moment there I thought you were mad." He said.

"I'm not mad!" She said happily.

"Well, shall we go?" He asked.

They got up and Aerith started running everywhere.

"I think Yuffie affected you." Said Cloud with a sweat drop.

"Yay!" She shouted and ran, Cloud running to catch up with her.

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"Vincent!" Shouted Squall when he barged into Vincent's room.

"I prefer you not shouting like that." He said.

Squall calmed down and said, "We know who that man is. And that man's name is--"

"His name is Kretz!" Shouted Yuffie from behind.

"And he is still a---"

"Teen!" Shouted Yuffie again.

"And he tried to attack--"

"Me!"

"Yuffie! I'm trying to tell the story so shut up!" He shouted at her.

Yuffie's eyes started to go all teary. She ran to the corner of the room and said, "I'm sorry, Squallie. sob,sob I was trying to help…sniffs and sobs…"

"Sorry." Squall mumbled.

"Apology accepted!" She jumped up happily and glomped him.

And these are the reactions:

Vincent - amused.

Yuffie - cute, happy cheerful smiles :P

Squall - blushing, but kind of happy. (hehehehe!)

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"Yuffie, please get off of me." Said Squall kindly.

"But Squallie, you're so warm! I like it!" She said grinning.

"Shouldn't we be discussing about the so called 'Kretz'?" Said Vincent, a bit amused.

Yuffie gasped. Squall looked at her. "What?" Asked Squall.

"Vinnie's happy. VINNIE'S HAPPY!" She shouted out.

"I am not happy. I was amused." Said Vincent.

"Amused, happy, all the same." Said Yuffie waving her hand.

Squall smiled. He knew, no, he realized that he actually loved her. But that would have to be after…this.

He cleared his throat. "As I was saying, Kretz is just a teen."

"And he said I have this weird power that can manipulate things, but I don't have such a power as that because he said Crystal has it, not Yuffie. And I'm Yuffie so I don't have it and blah blah blah blah blah blah…" She continued.

"She's hyper today." Said Vincent.

"Very." Said Squall.

Sweat drops….sweat drops…

"Ok, Yuffie. We get it." Said Squall, sighing.

"But I'm not finished yet! Since I don't have this so called power, he said he's gonna ask his master about me, so me and Squall are hoping that it really isn't me because if it is me, then I duno what to do and--"

"We get it, Yuffie." Said Vincent.

And so, Yuffie's blabbering make them sweat drop a lot.

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Author's notes: Sorry, just couldn't think of anymore. I know I didn't update for so long, and now I have to update my Let's go to school! Chappie, so review please?