Okay, this is the first chapter, enjoy! R&R (Oh and I did not play FF8 so I do not know Seifer's last name, so sorry!)
I awoke to horrible pain shooting through me, and a yelling voice. When I opened my eyes, I realized I was lying on the ground and a brown haired woman was running towards me.
"Riku! You can't just drop her! Oh you poor girl, are you alright?" The woman asked kneeling beside me. I didn't answer; instead I narrowed my eyes and asked, "Are you human?" I pretty much thought she was, there were no wings that I could see.
The woman seeming taken aback nodded, "Y-yes I am. Why?"
"Well a demon kidnapped me last night." I replied.
"Oh. You mean Riku?" She said gesturing to a silvered hair teen.
"I…I guess." I said. "Is he your friend?" I was hoping that she would say no, that she was captured too, but no such luck.
"Yes. We work together." She replied, "Oh by the way, I'm Tifa Lockheart. What's your name?"
"None of your damn business." I snapped. The girl gave a small smile.
"Oh I see, well anyway we need to look at those bruises and that bump on the back of your head. Where did you get such a huge bump?" She asked.
I glared over at the silver haired teenager, and then turned back to her, "Your friend over there decided to knock me out." The girl sighed running her hands through her long hair. She stood up and dusted her short black shorts off.
"Well, since Riku was the one to give you those bumps and bruises, he'll be the one to treat them."
"WHAT!" we cried together, I looked over at him and found he was looking at me too, and then we looked away.
"Yes that's right Mr. High and Mighty, you did this you fix it." She said, and with that she walked over to the boy and whispered something in his ear, which made him turn and interesting shade of red, then she pushed him forward. "Get going."
"Alright, alright, I'm going. Keep your socks on woman." Riku muttered, he had brought over some ice and some cloth. Immediately I jerked away, not wanting the teenager to touch me. "Yeesh, ya act like I'm gonna kill ya."
"Well you are a demon." I said coldly, "Why wouldn't I want to stay away from you?"
"No, I'm not a demon." He said, staring at me with something like….amusement?
"You're not?" I asked feeling confused.
"No I'm not, I'm a vampire." He said, my eyes widened. I didn't know much about them, except that they're dangerous and they can kill you with in seconds. Instinctively my hand reached for my trusty shuriken that was…….not there.
"AHHH!" I yelled not really caring how silly I sounded. "Damn! Where the hell is it!" I must have looked really crazy, I was spinning around and waving my arms frantically. Then I heard a short evil, evil laugh, I turned around to see Riku twirling my shuriken using his fingers, ignoring the tiny cuts that were appearing on his hand. "AH! Give it back!"
"Is this what you're looking for?" He asked me. I didn't answer, instead I lunged at him, trying to get my beloved shuriken, but he being the evil vampire he is quickly moved out of my way. Leaving me to fall flat on my face.
"Hey, give it back!" I yelled, lunging at him again. And again he dodged it. "Gawd! I just want it back!" He laughed again and threw it, it landed at my feet, and I hurriedly picked it up and put it away.
"Don't freak out on me sweetheart, I'm not gonna hurt ya." He said.
"Call me sweetheart one more time and I'll kill ya." I said icily. He laughed that evil, evil laugh again.
"Not if I kill you first." He replied. 'Man this guy is unbelievable, first he steals my weapon then he treats me like a 4 year old!'
"Who died and made you king! You can't go around stealing people's things!" I exclaimed heatedly.
"I didn't steal it, well technically, when I threw you over my shoulder it poked me, so I took it and put it in my pocket, and I guess I forgot about it." He said. 'Oooh I hate him. How can he act so relaxed when I'm over here with steam coming out my ears!'
"Oh so you forgot to give it back to me! Nice try, but I'm not buying it. I can't trust you, you're a vampire." I said.
"So? Are you all about this whole stereotype thing? I mean just because you're a human and I'm not doesn't mean we can't get along does it?" He said in mock hurt.
"I'm not gonna waste any more time on you." I said, then started walking away from the campsite, but was cut off by a brown haired boy with one black wing on the right side of his back. Realizing he was I demon, I got into my fighting stance.
He shook his head and waved his hands around, "Nope, I can't hurt you. I'm not allowed too. My brother's orders."
"And where is your brother so I can ask him why he can treat me like some doll?" I asked, annoyed that he was standing in front of the only safe place to leave.
"He's not here, Riku, Tifa, and I were sent to get you." The boy said.
"Well can you move out of my way so I can leave?" I asked irritably.
"Nope can't do that either." He replied. "Sorry. My name's Sora. What's yours?"
"Like I said to your friend Tifa, none of your business." I said coolly.
"Fine. But you're gonna hafta trust us soon. If you hang out with us soldiers are gonna kill you too." He said. I narrowed my eyes, turned around and stomped back to where I had been sitting before, and sat down, earning a probably bruised tail bone.
I winced and heard a snicker behind me. "Shut up." I snapped.
"Aww are you hurt?" Riku said in mock concern. He jumped down from the tree he was sitting in and smirked. I jumped up kick him in the stomach, sending him back a few feet. I walked over to him, stood in front of him with a smirk of my own.
"Wow. You're stronger than I thought." He said. "Maybe we could spar sometime."
"Alright you're on." I challenged. He looked up at the sky, then shook the bangs out of his eyes.
"But not tonight. It's gonna rain, besides I have some business to take care of." He said, and then he turned around and walked over, then into a tent. I growled under my breath and had to literally, physically restrain myself from running over to him and beating the crap out of him. And then only thing that kept me from doing so was a laugh behind me.
"You have to ignore him. He sometimes is a jack ass." Sora said.
"I've noticed." I said bitterly. Sora walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder, my mind was saying 'Shove him off you moron! He's a demon! Don't let him touch you!' but my heart was saying 'There's something about him, he seems nice. Maybe I can trust him.' I followed my heart.
"Look, I know you don't want to trust us, but you can. We're not going to hurt you. I promise, besides if anyone of us did we would get our asses kicked by my brother." He said humorously, I couldn't help but laugh. But then I caught myself. 'I know I shouldn't trust them, but they've been so nice to me, besides Riku. But I could at least tell them my name.'
"My name is Yuffie Kisaragi." I said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Kisaragi. I'm Sora Strife." He said. My eyebrows furrowed. 'Strife? Where have I heard that name before?' But then I shook my head, 'Oh well I'll think on it later.' Because just then an irritated voice yelled,
"Yo! You guys, dinners ready! Get your scrawny asses in here!"
"We better get going, Riku gets angry when he doesn't eat." He said, and then he walked over to a larger tent.
"When isn't he?" I muttered, but then followed. But just as I was about to go in a sudden thought came to my head. 'Wait, Riku's a vampire, is he going too….Oh no! What if he's going to eat ME!' I know this isn't the time to panic, but ahhh! 'Oh no, oh no, on no!' I thought frantically.
"Relax, he isn't going to eat you." I feminine voice said. I spun around to come face to face to a girl with big black cat ears and a black cat tail wrapped around her leg. I couldn't help it, I screamed.
"Shh, quiet. I'm not going to hurt you." She said. I looked at her, I couldn't help staring, I've never seen anyone like her. She had long black hair that curled in at her shoulder blades and yellow cat eyes.
"Wh-who are you?" I stuttered.
"My name is Olivia. You must be Yuffie." She said. I nodded, but then something she said made me jump.
"How did you know my name?" I asked.
"I heard you tell Sora." She replied, saying Sora's name is a quite dreamy way.
"Oh. Are you there friends?" She nodded. Then Riku came out a long blade in his hand, but when he saw Olivia he lowered his hand.
"Oh. It's you." He said.
"Nice to see you too Riku." She said sarcastically.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, ignoring her remark.
"I'll tell you when I tell everyone else. Now can I come in?" She asked.
"Fine. Sure. Whatever." He stepped aside and let her go in first, then he nodded me ahead of him. I had to admit I was surprised, he didn't seem to be the gentleman kinda guy. He closed the tent right when Olivia ran up to Sora, obviously ecstatic to see him. But Sora, much to my amazement, was oblivious. Riku rolled his eyes at me then took a seat at the table set up. Tifa, who had been sitting at the head of the table jumped up to see her friend.
"Olivia!" She exclaimed, "It's great to see you! How have you been?"
"It's nice to see you too. And I'm doing fine. How about you guys?" She replied.
"We've been great." She said while taking her seat once again. On her right side was Sora, and on her left was Riku, and next to them were to empty seats. Much to my dismay, Olivia took the one next to Sora. 'So much for avoiding him.' I thought grimly. I went over and took the seat next to him, crossing my arms.
"So Olivia what brings you here?" Sora asked. Olivia smiled, two sharp fangs glistening.
"Well, you're brother sent me here to ask you, Why the hell you're taking so long! He told me to tell you to hurry up and get your asses back here. He's getting impatient." She said. Riku smirked, Sora was wide eyed, and Tifa was trying not to laugh.
"Well tell him we're sorry. And that we should be home tomorrow afternoon." Tifa said. Olivia nodded.
"Alright, well I've got to get going. See ya soon." And with that she stood up and ran out of the tent.
"Weirdo…" Riku said while shaking his head. He picked up a glass with a thick red liquid in it. 'Blood..' I realized, I swallowed hard, earning myself questioning looks.
"It's nothing." I said quickly, but somehow they didn't look convinced.
"So Yuffie, you're a ninja?" Sora asked me.
"You're names Yuffie?" Tifa asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah, I'm a ninja, the greatest." I replied proudly.
"Well, well Miss Modest." Riku said sarcastically. I glared at him, before returning back to my dinner. We ate in silence for the rest of the meal, then Tifa stood up.
"Yuffie, you'll be sharing a tent with me. So we best get to bed, we've got a long day ahead of us if we want to get back to camp that afternoon." She said. Riku and Sora nodded and also stood up.
"G'night Yuffie, night Tif." Sora said.
"Good night." I replied. Tifa said her good night, then Riku walked by.
"Good night Yuffie." He said pausing a moment before walking on. "Night Tifa."
"Night…" I said.
"Night Riku." Tifa said, then walked out of the tent. Me following, we got to the tent and I settled into a black sleeping bag Tifa said was mine. As I was drifting off to sleep a thought popped itself into my head. 'Wait didn't Olivia say "Relax he's not going to eat you"? But I didn't say that out loud. Did she…?' I didn't get to thin of it too much because I fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
I was awakened by the sound of a loud crash, and a curse.
"Damn it. Who put that there!" A deep voice whispered. 'Riku…' I said. I got up quickly to see what happened, and when I did I couldn't stop laughing. There was Riku lying on the ground with his hands on his shin.
"What happened here?" I asked, very amused.
"Shut," he winced, "up. I tripped."
"Over what?" I exclaimed as loud as a whisper could get.
"I don't know. A bag I think." He said.
"What are you doing out here anyway?"
"I heard a noise and I thought it was a soldier, so I came to check it out." He said. Something told me he was lying, but I decided to let it go. When I looked back at him he was still holding his shin.
"Does it still hurt?' I asked. He nodded, his face set in pain, I started towards him.
"It….it's fine. Just…go back to sleep." He said.
"No. Let me look at it, I was taught first aid."
"No. Yuffie, it's alright."
"No it's not, let me see it Riku."
He sighed, "Fine. But I'm telling you it's alright."
"Oh well, I want to make sure." I knelt down beside him and rolled up his pant leg, and what I saw was not just from falling. There was a big gash that looked like it was caused by sword.
"Riku! What happened!" I exclaimed.
"I don't know. I guess I fell on a rock." He replied.
"That's bull shit. Where's the first aid kit?" I asked.
"Oh so now you care?" He teased me.
"Shut up, and tell me where it is." I snapped.
"It's in Tifa's bag." He said nodding over to a black bag. I went over to it took out a bandage and some cleaner and walked back over to him.
"Why are you doing this?" He asked me.
"Because you shouldn't have to be hurt." I replied simply.
"I thought you didn't like me?"
"I don't, but you shouldn't have to bleed to death just because of that." I said, "If you're going to die, I'm gonna be the one to kill ya." He laughed, I did too. 'Maybe he's not all that bad.'
"There ya go." I said standing up, "All done. You'll have to re-wrap it in the morning."
"Okay. Good night Yuffie."
"Good night Riku." And with that I walked back into the tent and went to sleep.
"C'mon lazy, get up. We hafta get going if we wanna make it back before my brother decides to come and get us." A voice yelled.
I jolted up, "What?" I looked around and saw Tifa standing there, her hands on her hips.
"C'mon we gotta get moving." She said again.
"Okay." I mumbled, still not awake. When I got outside of the tent it was still dark. "It's still dark."
"Yup. If we wanna get there this afternoon, we got to leave now." Sora said coming out of his tent. He had on a long black coat, and baggy black pants, and black gloves were on his hands.
"Mornin' Yuffie." Riku said walking over to me, "Wow don't you look awake."
"Be quiet." I said, "Oh how's your leg?"
"It's good. I wrapped it this morning." Sora gave us an confused look. I shook my head and chuckled.
"It's nothing." I said to him. I looked over to where Riku and Tifa were standing. Riku had on a tight black t-shirt that showed his well muscled arms, and baggy black pants like Sora's. And Tifa was wearing short black shorts, and a tight black top, with black combat boots.
"What's with the black?" I asked looking down at my own attire, an army green tang top, and tan shorts, with brown boots.
"Oh, that's right, you need clothes." Tifa said, "I'll be right back."
"Okay?" I said.
"The black keeps us hidden. And we don't want you noticed." Riku said. I nodded just as Tifa walked out of the tent.
"Here," She said to me, "These will probably big a bit big, so do whatever you can to make them tight. Loose things aren't good, you could get caught on something."
"Okay." I said, and went inside and changed, there was a brown belt, short black shorts, and a black t-shirt. I put them on, I had to tie the shirt in a knot in the back, so it showed my stomach a little, and the shorts fit when I put a brown belt that Tifa gave me on, it didn't fit perfectly though so it hung down in the front, and the boots fit okay. I walked out of the tent, "Okay, what should I do with these?" I asked holding up my old clothes.
"Here give them to me." Tifa said, "They're not too bad on you." I shook my head.
"No they're not, I kinda like em' too."
"That's a nice look for ya Yuf!" Sora exclaimed.
"Thanks." I could feel someone's eyes on me so I turned around to see Riku staring at me.
"Like what ya see?" I asked him, his cheeks turned a little red, and he turned away from me, hiding his face. I couldn't believe it, Riku was embarrassed. Oh this is just too good.
"That looks nice on ya Yuffie." He said, avoiding my eyes. I bit back a laugh.
"Th…thanks" I managed. 'Oh gawd this is hilarious. I can't believe he was blushing!'
"Alrighty guys, let's go!" Sora yelled. Riku and I nodded and walked over to him.
"Um…Riku you remember….?" Sora asked. Riku nodded briefly before walking over to me, picking me up and slinging me over his shoulder.
"Wha-hey! Put me down!" I yelled banging my fists on Riku's back.
"Sorry Yuffie, we just want to make sure you won't escape." Sora said apologetically.
"Well I won't try and runaway I swear!" I said, punching Riku again.
"Ow! God damn it Yuffie. Quit it." Riku yelled jerking me a little so that I slid forward, I immediately stopped, not wanting to fall off, and knowing Riku would let me.
"Fine." I grumbled, crossing my arms and resting my chin on them.
"Okay! Let's get going!" Tifa yelled.
We had been walking for a couple of hours, Riku's grip on my waist not getting any lighter.
"I won't runaway ya know. I don't know where we are, so I've got no where to run to." I said.
"Sorry. I aint allowed to put ya down, rules." Riku said.
"I bet your enjoying this aren't ya?" I snickered.
"Alright, that's it." He said letting slid forward so I got a nice view of his butt. And instinctively I shut my eyes.
"Ack! Pull me back up, you're ass aint the prettiest sight in the world." I said. Riku chuckled, and pulled me back up.
"Now you gonna quit whining?" He asked me.
"What happens if I don't?" I replied.
"I'll let you slid and leave ya there next time." He threatened, and that was a good threat.
"Okay, I won't whine anymore." I said quickly. He chuckled again and ran forward.
"Whoa, what was that?" I asked, I had almost slipped off his back.
"Sorry, soldiers I couldn't let ya get hurt now could I?"
'SOLDIERS!' I thought, 'Aw man, I could've gotten help!'
"Whatever." I replied grumpily. "What time is it Sora?" I called up to the brunette.
He looked up at the sky shielding his eyes, and replied, "I'd say it's about 11:30. Why?"
"Just wondering." I said. I saw Sora shrug okay, and then I shut my eyes.
"Are we there yet?" I groaned.
"For the last time. No!" Riku yelled.
"Yeesh, ya don't hafta yell" I complained.
"I'm sorry, but you asked that about 20 times." He said.
"Well, it's uncomfortable up here and I want to get off and stretch my legs." I complained again.
"God you are annoying." He said.
"Thank you."
"Here, stretch your legs." He said gently letting me slid on the ground.
"Finally!" I exclaimed. Bur didn't get to feel relief for a long time because I felt someone grasp my hand, it was Riku.
"I can walk on my own ya know. I'm a big girl." I said haughtily.
"I know." He replied simply.
"I know you just want to hold my hand." I teased. He stopped spun around to face me and stared into my eyes.
"Look, I don't want to but I can't trust you so just be quiet." He snapped. That shut me up, he didn't seem like the type to snap at someone. I was quiet the rest of the way.
"We're here!" Tifa called back to us, Riku quickly dropped my hand and walk ahead of all three of us. "What's got him mad?" Tifa asked me.
I shrugged, "I don't know. Hormones I guess." Sora snorted, Tifa laughed, and I grinned. We walked into the camp and when I saw it, I gasped. It was more like a town then a camp there were small houses and shops on either side of me, people of all shapes, colors, and sizes were bustling about, there were all kinds of creatures and animals too.
"Hey there." A deep voice said.
"Vince!" Tifa yelled, running up to a man with long black hair and red eyes, and throwing her arms around his neck. "I missed you." She said.
"I missed you too." The man replied.
I looked at Sora curiously, and Sora grinned, "That's Vincent Valentine he's Tifa's boyfriend."
"Oh." I said.
"C'mon guys!" Tifa called from up ahead, her arm around the man's shoulder's.
"Okay." Sora said, and he and I caught up with them.
"Vince this is Yuffie, Yuffie this is," Tifa started, but I cut her off.
"Vince, your boyfriend." Tifa looked surprised, but then looked at Sora, who grinned.
"Sorry Tif, she was curious." Sora said sheepishly.
"It's okay." Suddenly we were standing in front of a building bigger than the rest, and Riku was already waiting at the gate for us.
"Took ya guys long enough!" He yelled.
"Hi Riku." Vincent said.
"Hey Vince." He replied. We walked in the building and at the back near a big table a man was standing in the shadows.
"That's my brother." Sora whispered, I nodded in response.
"Well it certainly took you guys a long time." A deep, cold voice said, it made me shiver.
"Sorry. We had a hard time finding her." Sora said nervously.
"No matter, as long as you have her with you." His voice was so scary, it made me want to go run and hide. Then the figure leaning in the shadows stepped out. He had gravity defying hair like Sora's only it was blonde and his eyes were blue like Sora's, but a little darker. And they were cold, they did not hold the warmth and amusement his brother's did. He had on a deep red scarf that covered up the bottom half of his face, and a black shirt and pants. And then I remembered where I had heard the name Strife before.
"My names Cloud Strife." He said.
"No…." I whispered. 'This can't be. If that's his name that means I'm here with the…..Rebel Group!'
Dun-dun-dun! Mwhahahaha! Poor Yuffie, stuck with her worst enemy, and an annoying vampire! If you haven't noticed I'm hinting on something here. I won't tell what, but I'll leave you to guess. Next chapter should have Squall Seifer and Riona. Thankies to all my reviewers! MWA! Review Plz!
Possible Pairings So Far:
Yuffie/Squall
Yuffie/Riku
Yuffie/Sora
