Woot! I'm glad some people like my story! I know it's a little weird, but weird is good. Oh yes, weird is very, very good.

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I waved to my departing friends. They disappeared into the Highwind and it soared above the clouds, heading towards Midgar.

I was going to go with them, but I had too much stuff to take care of here in Wutai. Like getting rid of all these stinking TOURISTS!

I scowled at an elderly couple taking my picture. Stupid, ugly, OLD TOURISTS! Their flash went off, blinding me, and they walked away, oblivious to my rage.

"RAWR!" I yelled, picking up Vinnie, "Tourists make me wanna SET THINGS ON FIRE!"

'…That's nice,' he replied.

"WHOA!" I exclaimed, almost dropping Vinnie, "You can talk! Or…er…send me psychic messages!"

'I suppose.'

"Am I the only one who can hear you?"

'Who knows.'

I squeezed him affectionately. Cats were so cute!

'Are you going to tell anyone about what happened?'

"Nah," I replied, walking towards the Pagoda, "I don't wanna get Ranho into any more trouble. Besides, this way he'll only be my personal slave. I don't wanna share with Godo."

'…'

"Vinnie I'm glad you stayed."

'…I am only staying out of consequence.'

"But still, I don't like being alone that much."

'This coming from the girl who lived in a forest for some odd years?'

"Well I did that 'cause I had to."

'You wouldn't be alone anyway. You have Godo here and everyone else."

"BWAHAHA GODO," I laughed heartily, "That's a good one Vin. I'm glad you understand how to joke now."

I hopped up the steps to the Pagoda and merrily trotted inside. Gorki sat in a pile of pillows, enthusiastically picking his nose.

"GROSS!" I shouted, pointing my finger at him. He leapt at least two feet into the air and his face turned bright red.

"M-Miss Yuffie!"

"YOU WERE PICKING YOUR NOSE!"

"Was not!"

"WAS TOO!"

"Err, I most certainly was not picking my nose!" Gorki stuttered, trying to change the subject, "Is there a reason you came to the Pagoda this morning?"

"You were TOTALLY picking your nose!" I laughed, putting Vinnie on the floor, "And, yea, I need to see my old man and you."

"What do you need from me?"

"I need ya to go find some cat equipment."

"Huh?"

"Y'know! Like a dish and a poop container or somethin'!"

"Er, certainly, Miss Yuffie," Gorki replied, walking past me. I heard him stop and hesitate by the door, "U-Um…Miss Yuffie?"

"What now?" I asked, still not turning around to face him.

"Y-You won't…tell…anyone, will you?"

"EW!" I yelled, whirling around, "Get lost you nose-picking FREAK!"

He ran out the door and I picked up Vinnie again and began my long trek up the Pagoda.

UUUUGHHH! I'M OUTTA SHAPE! pant pant

'Yuffie, you look terrible.'

"SHUDDAP YOU CAT!"

Sweat was pouring down my face and I felt like I was melting. I gasped my way up the ungodly amount of stairs and finally reached my old man.

"Yuffie, you look terrible."

"SHUDDAP YOU CAT!"

"I'm not a cat," Godo said, staring at me. I felt a pair of red eyes staring at me too.

HAHAHAH! I WAS PERFECTLY SANE!

"Yea, well, who cares!" I said, quickly changing the subject, "Hey, old man, I got a cat now."

I gestured to Vinnie and set him down. Vinnie sat down serenely and looked straight ahead at Godo.

"…Kinda creepy for a cat," Godo said, staring back at it, "Red eyes too. Doesn't someone else have red eyes that you know?"

Godo put his finger on his chin, looking as if he was deep in thought.

"I duno," I said quickly, "Maybe. It's not like I stare into everyone's eyes and memorize their eye color! Cloud could have pink eyes for all I know!"

"Red eyes kinda stand out though," Godo said, "I think you would notice at least them."

"Well I don't!" I protested, "Anyway, he's my cat. So get use to seeing him around the palace."

"I hope I'm not allergic," Godo said, "We've never had a cat before."

"Even if you are allergic, he's still stayin'!" I grumbled.

"Is that all?" Godo asked, obviously bored with us now.

"No," I said, "Another thing, when are you gonna VACATE ALL THE DAMN TOURISTS! I brought you a whole crap load of materia to help cope with what we lost and I still haven't seen ya do a goddamn thing!"

"Just because you brought some dinky materia doesn't mean anything," Godo said, "We're already this way. We can't go back to how it was before."

"Says you!" I yelled, "You're just lazy! If you won't do anything then I will!"

"What can you do?" Godo sneered, "You're just a whiny little brat."

"And you're just a fat old decaying NOBODY! I can do a whole lot more than you ever would!"

"Just get out," Godo snapped, losing his patience, "I don't need to hear your yapping in the Pagoda. I get enough of it in the palace."

"Fine!" I snapped back, also losing my patience, and scooping up Vinnie with one arm, "I'm getting tired of looking at your FAT STUPID FACE ANYWAY!"

I stomped out of the fifth floor and stomped all the way down to the first where Gorki sat on his pillows again, looking rather satisfied with himself.

"Oh, Miss!" Gorki said, grabbing a giant bag, "Here's all the cat equipment I could find."

"Thank you Gorki," I replied, still fuming from my old man. I snatched the bag and continued to stomp out of the Pagoda.

I walked into the palace, put Vinnie down, threw the bag into some corner and slammed the sliding door shut.

"FAT STUPID OLD MAN!" I yelled, stalking into the kitchen.

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(((Vincent)))

I sat calmly next to the door where Yuffie had set me down. It was odd, having someone carry you around. And it was rather annoying the way Yuffie promptly snuggled her face into my stomach every 2.5 minutes. I think a timer went off in her brain every 2.5 minutes and she realized, yet again, that I was now a cat. And she was holding me. So, logically, in her mind, the only other possible thing she could do was squeeze me a little tighter and say how cute and fuzzy I was.

I followed Yuffie as she stomped into the kitchen. She seemed to be fuming with anger. Not that I could blame her. Godo seemed to be unusually harsh on his daughter. I would assume that every 2.5 minutes Yuffie and her father simultaneously realized that they were talking, in a room, together and immediately knew that 2.5 minutes was far too long. I come to this conclusion merely because the conversation that they held was so short and seemed to get venomous as they progressed. Which leads me to another question: how did Gorki get all of those supplies so quickly?

I dropped the question almost immediately as I thought of it since I found Yuffie sitting, with her head in her hands, at the table.

I sighed, sitting casually right beside her.

We sat in silence for a small period. (2.5 minutes I'm assuming again.) Although I had no idea Yuffie could sit in silence at all. The only time she was quiet was for that split second when she was pulling in air to fill her lungs so she could rant anew.

"Vinnie?" she said, in a morbid tone I had never heard from her before.

My ears pushed themselves back and I stared into her face as best I could. Even though she was horribly annoying sometimes I would rather that she stayed cheerful and hyper. The depressing tone in her voice was unnerving at best.

"Vinnie?" she asked again, in that same tone.

My eyes bore into her, 'Yes?'

"Do you think I'm worthless?"

My ears pushed themselves back more, if that was possible. What a horrifying question, especially coming from Yuffie.

'What sort of ridiculous question is that?'

She laughed wryly, "It is ridiculous, but please give me answer."

I paused for a moment. Yuffie was certainly not worthless, but I was not one to console. In fact, I'm pretty sure that a rooted plant would be better at consoling a person than I.

'You are not worthless,' I said firmly, worrying about where this would lead to.

"Then, why does everyone hate me?" she asked, lifting her head out of her hands.

There were tear marks on her cheeks and a frown on her lips.

There was a pinpricking emotion somewhere in my body. I ignored it.

'No one hates you and you're a fool if you think otherwise.'

"It's true!" she said softly, giving me a desperate look, "I was always an outcast. Nobody in the group really liked me. Especially after what I did, stealing all your materia. Cloud almost never put me in the party and I was always left out. No one wanted to share a room with me, or talk to me, or even be around me. And Godo's the same, worse even."

'It's true you don't socialize well, but no one hates you. As you should distinctly recall, I was outcast with you.'

She sighed, "I suppose you have a point. But still…"

She lingered in her self-pity for a moment and then stood up and got a drink of water. She closed her eyes while she drank it.

I watched her intently. I had nothing better to do. She seemed very calm as she drank the water. Almost as if she was savoring the water. Although there wasn't too much taste to water. Water tasted like water and nothing else. Perhaps she was just deep in thought.

After she had finished with her drink she promptly walked back out into the foyer. I heard the rustling of a bag and then quickened footsteps.

"Vinnie!" she called to me, in her usual cheery voice.

I relaxed and then was puzzled at myself. Why had I been tense to start with?

"VINNIEEEE!" she called again.

'Yes, yes,' I called back, trotting to meet her voice.