Author's Note: Yay! A longer chapter and I still don't really know what this is about. Plot starts slightly. You're probably wondering where the girl from the prologue fits in, well, so am I. I still think it sucks a fair bit, so let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the things that I said I owned before previously and it would've saved a lot of time if I had just typed- "I don't own anything except the girl under the tree and me."

"Chocolate?" Yuffie stared at the box in her freezer. "Noooooooooooooooo!"

For the past month or so, Yuffie had been running around frantically trying to find some chocolate. Of course, she couldn't find some. Not at home, not in the stores, not anywhere. The chocolate sold in shops had gradually dwindled until there was only a one bar left, and even that had gone within the minute.

"Must…find…chocolate," she whispered as she looked under each of her chairs, beds, futons and tables. Her search had been thorough and not a single piece of chocolate found. Unless you count the age old chocolate that had been left open lying around and was infested with rabies… at least she thought they were rabies, there was absolutely no chocolate.

Yuffie ran out of her house and into the street and she kept running. She saw buildings and skyscrapers and roads and people. 'Just run,' she thought. 'Run, run, run,' was her mantra.

Her legs began to tire out so she slowed down. It wasn't until she had finally collected her breath that she realised she was no longer in Midgar, she was in Kalm She was shocked by how far she had run.

---- Flashback----

"If you come to Kalm again, be sure to visit us," Tifa said with a wink.

"Sure thing Teef" Yuffie said happily. She was so ecstatic now that Cloud had finally proposed to Tifa. All of AVALANCHE turned up to see the wedding and everyone had tears in their eyes, well, almost everyone. Cid and Barret had a hard time suppressing their laughter but when it was finally over they had given Cloud a slap on the back each and joked about it all the way to the bar where the catering was being held. Vincent of course just stayed his stoic self, offered his congratulations, stayed at the bar for a bit then left when the dancing started. Cloud had joked that the group should try and match-make Vincent with someone. Cid offered his grandma and Shera had hit him on the head.

----End of Flashback----

"Hehe," Yuffie chuckled. "Good times. Wellp, time to find that bar." She took off and searched for the building. Her senses picked out a gathering congregated around a wooden structure. Eyes widening, she crept forward, trying not to be noticed by the mob of citizens.

Tifa looked out of the window and saw a figure clad in colourful garments quite unlike the other protestors. Getting up, she moved to the window a few meters away, which would grant her a better look. She gasped.

"Cloud," she whisper-screamed. The spiky headed swordsman came over to her. "Look," Tifa pointed at the multi-coloured speck moving through the crowd. "It's Yuffie. Maybe she didn't go to Gold Saucer. Or she did and came back."

Cloud nodded his head slightly in agreement. "But where has she been hiding." He pondered. The couple sat in silent contemplation.

'Why are all these people out here?' Yuffie thought frustrated. 'Why don't they go inside, or go home.'

When she finally made it through the din, the people around her were silenced. With a great amount of will she lifted her hand and banged it against the wooden panel her friend used for a door. A blonde barbed head poked around the curtain on the window nearest her and she fought the mad urge to giggle hysterically.

Seeing the ninja's hand knock on their door had shocked them. It was them looking for her not the other way around. Cloud checked to see if it really was Yuffie come knocking. A quick look through the window was all that he needed to confirm it was their ninja friend.

Meanwhile, upstairs, the other members of AVALANCHE rested. Cait Sith had pulled out a deck of cards and was playing Solitaire as everyone else was in dreamland. A snort from Barret gave Cait the disturbing thought that Barret was a pig in his dream. Turning back to his cards he spotted a glimpse of reddish light. He jumped, thinking that Vincent was awake. Taking another look he saw only darkness. Beside the window where the sun shone through holes in the curtain was an empty bed. 'I wonder where Cloud has got to,' he pondered. After deciding that their leader had insomnia and went for a walk he continued playing.

"How have you been?" a delighted Tifa greeted Yuffie and embraced her in a hug.

"I've been better," she replied.

"We missed you so much!" After many hugs, kisses and questions, most of which were on Tifa's behalf came an awkward silence. Yuffie's eyes darted from Tifa to Cloud and back again repeatedly before grinning happily.

"So… How have you been?"