Leon and Materia Don't Mix

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Disclaimer:…Do I really have to? sigh I guess I don't want Square-Enix to beat down my door and take my playstation so…cry I DON'T OWN KINGDOM HEARTS!! Or any characters, items, or objects associated with it.

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Key- "The"-talking

'the'-thinking

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Chapter One: Discovery

SLAM! A door was flung violently open by a certain female ninja. She raced into the hallway and promptly tripped on the thick wool carpet lining the floor and landed on her face with a thud. She pushed herself up off the floor muttering to herself about evil rugs and their doom.

She contemplated casting a fire spell on the offending piece of carpet when she remembered why she was in such a hurry. Forgetting all about rugs and it's doom, she sprinted off once again this time more attentive to where she was running.

She burst through the doors that led to Hollow Bastion's library nearly knocking down an older girl clad in a long pink dress. "Yuffie, what's wrong?" Aerith's face etched with worry at the girl's disheveled appearance.

Yuffie gasped for breath, "Nothing's wrong Aerith, look…" She extended her hand revealing a small glowing green orb.

Aerith's shoulders slumped as she let out the breath she had been holding, "Yuffie, it's just materia, why are you so excited? You nearly gave me a heart attack. I thought the Heartless were back or something."

Yuffie rolled her eyes, "Aerith, look again. Do you notice anything different? They're glowing, and that can only mean one thing. Our world has been restored!"

Both girls squealed in delight, jumping up and down with childish glee. At that moment a young man with long russet hair and icy blue eyes confronted them. "Yuffie do have to be so loud? I was trying to read." He glared at her menacingly.

"But Squall, I just found out that our world is back now, see…" she showed him the small translucent orb.

"It's Leon you know that, and aren't you a little old to be playing with marbles?" Yuffie huffed at his comment. "This is NOT a marble it's materia you moron."

Leon gave her a blank stare. She mentally smacked her forehead 'Ah, that's right, He's from a different world. How could I forget that? I guess I feel like he's always been with me.' Yuffie shook her head to clear her thoughts.

"We use them to channel magic Leon," interjected Aerith. "But you don't need them anymore since you can cast spells without them, so what's the big deal?"

Yuffie bristled as he spoke, "Big deal!! The deal is that materia contains spells that are much more powerful than the ones we know now, plus they contain a far wider variety of spells than we know. Like this here Barrier materia. Watch this."

The small orb glowed brightly in her hand and after a bright flash the materia returned to normal. Leon smirked, "Nothing happened."

"Oh yeah, then try stepping towards me then," replied Yuffie, looking very smug.

Leon strode towards her unhesitatingly, only to run smack into an invisible barrier and fall flat on his rear.

Yuffie burst out laughing uncontrollably, "Oh this s priceless, I never thought I'd see the day when the Great Squall Leonhart fell flat on his butt!"

Leon's face turned several different shades of crimson as he picked himself up off the floor. "What the &) was that!?"

"It's a shield spell similar to Aero, but much more effective," replied Aerith. She cast an admonishing glance toward Yuffie who ignored her completely. "Yuffie I think you ought to apologize to Leon for doing that to him."

Yuffie wiped a few tears of laughter away, "No way. He deserved it, I warned him. I just wish I had gotten that on tape, oh the possibilities…" She rubbed her hands together maniacally.

Leon could practically see the wheels turning in the teenagers head, as she thought of ways to blackmail him. "Would you like to see some more of my Materia collection Squall?" Yuffie batted her eyelashes innocently at him.

Leon glared daggers at her. "It's Leon, and no I would rather not be subjected to any more of your childish pranks," with that he strode quickly from the room.

'Does he really think I'm a silly child? Why does that bother me?' Yuffie shook her head to banish the strange thoughts that entered her mind. She hung her head ashamed of what she had done to Leon.

Aerith, noticing the confused and remorseful look on the ninja's face and decided to try and cheer her up. "Yuffie, have you told Cid and Cloud about our world?"

"No,why?"

"Well, don't you think they would care about their home too?"

Yuffie's face brightened up at this, her smile lighting up her face. "Yeah, I'll go tell them now!" She ran from the room and slid down the banister to the main hall in search the blonde swordsman and foul-mouthed pilot.

Unbeknownst to her a pair of cerulean blue eyes watched her every movement as she skipped lightly down the hall.

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Soooo, what do you think? Crap, brilliance, or mediocre?

This is my first fic so go easy on me.

It might be awhile before I have the next chapter up, but don't worry it won't too long for the next chapter.