Double update for you guys because this chapter is really short and just really showing Yuffie's recovery and what Seph has done.

Angelicxox: lol thanks. And no, Yuffie is still alive.

RaeDragongirl: Good guess lol.

RedXIIIlover: I love all of them too. Lion King, FFVII and Clorith.

Silver chocobo15: Land of tea? LMAO! Um, not that the idea isn't cool but…I don't think so lol.

Princess Thief Rikku Ayaman: Well, she gets the news in this chapter.

Chapter 9: The Rightful Heir

Yuffie groaned slightly as she felt a cold cloth on her head. She opened her eyes to see Aeris wiping away the sweat from a fever. She coughed slightly and tried to sit up but her friend just pushed her back down.

"Don't use your strength. You're still recovering." She smiled. Yuffie fell back onto the soft pillow and looked around her. Cards littered the shelf beside her and she turned to Aeris.

"Who are they from?" She asked.

"Well, your mother. My mother and I. Reno. Vincent. Oh and Nanaki and Cait Sith, remember the firewolf and the cat?"

"Oh yeah." Yuffie muttered as she frowned.

"Why haven't Dad and Cloud sent me one?" She asked turning to Aeris. The brunette dropped the cloth a little too hard in the water, causing some to flow over. Yuffie raised an eyebrow as Aeris took a breath.

"Aeris?"

"Yuffie," Aeris began, with closed eyes. Yuffie sat up, ignoring her warnings as Aeris opened her eyes. "Zack and Cloud, they…they didn't make it?"

"Didn't make it? What do you mean?" She whispered, her stormy grey eyes narrowing in confusion. They widened as they saw a tear roll down Aeris' cheek and it dawned on her. She shook her head, her raven hair flying across her face.

"No." She breathed in disbelief. "No!" She cried, throwing the covers off and racing out of the door.

"Yuffie!" Aeris cried but the Princess raced down the corridors.

"Dad! Cloud! Where are you? Cloud?" She called as she ran, the brunette trying to catch her. Yuffie ran down the stairs, calling Zack and Cloud as she burst the doors open. When Aeris finally caught her, tears were streaming down her face and her eyes were wide.

"No!" She cried, throwing herself against her friend. Aeris hugged her tightly as she sobbed. But the younger girl ripped away and raced to her room. Aeris watched her.

"Yuffie?"

"Just leave me alone." Came the broken reply. Aeris sighed, not knowing what else she could do.

Sephiroth watched her storm into her room and waited a couple of minutes before he knocked.

"I said leave me alone!"

"It's Uncle Seph." He replied, grimacing at the use of the nickname. Yuffie peeked out of the door and when she saw him, raced out and hugged him.

"Uncle Sephy! Tell me it's not true about Cloud and Daddy." She begged, looking up at him with tearful eyes. Sephiroth sighed.

"I'm sorry Yuffie, but it's true."

"No!"

"I'm sorry." He repeated before he took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.

"What's this?" She asked.

"Yuffie, do you really want to grow up and take over what was your brother's?"

"What do you mean?"

"The throne, Yuffie."

"What about it?"

"Do you want to take it over, knowing that it was your father's and then your brother's. It would be like stealing."

"But, I'm the rightful heir." She replied.

"You can't take the throne until your twenty one. I have to take it for you until then. But trust me Yuffie, it's like stealing. I feel so bad taking it when I know my brother and my nephew were first in line. But Yuffie, you're a child, you'll probably never be able to come to terms with this and that wouldn't benefit the kingdom would it?" Yuffie was silent for a moment.

"I guess not."

"And Zack and Cloud would both want what's best for the Kingdom." Sephiroth continued. Yuffie nodded.

"I understand."

"So, do you want to take the throne when you're twenty one or not?" He asked carefully. Yuffie looked at the paper before she turned to him.

"Do you have a pen?"

A.N: Oooh manipulation! I love it lol.