Leon and Materia Don't Mix
Ren: Well I guess it's up to me to do the disclaimer…Gala is so lazy.
Gala: WHAT? I wrote the story didn't I!
Ren: Took ya long enough to do it. Can't you see all the poor people that forgot about this fic because you waited so long to post this chapter.
Gala: oh…you are sooooo cruel… Right now I've been bit by the oneshot bug. I've been writing challenge fics from my friends. Sooo to make y'all happy, leave me a review with a character from FF7 or KH, a weapon, and a weather condition. I'll choose the most creative one and write a short fic and put your name in it. That's my punishment for not working harder.
Ren: Now you forgot about the disclaimer. sigh .Gala doesn't own anything, she's a poor college student. She doesn't have any money if you want to sue her. Now READ people!
Chapter 4: Secrets and Revenge
Leon walked into one of the few places in Hollow Bastion that had remained unchanged during the heartless invasion. It was a small secluded place, covered in green foliage. Vines covered every inch of the stone walls, the only place that wasn't overgrown with lush vegetation was the well trodden paths.
No one really ever came to this secret garden except for Yuffie. She would always sit in one particular tree, a large weeping willow with branches that gently swayed in the wind. Leon debated just yelling for Yuffie, but changed his mind when he heard a faint sound coming from Yuffie's tree.
It almost sounded like…singing?
Leon walked a little closer as the song became louder. He could see part of Yuffie's yellow scarf amid the bright green branches. He didn't understand the words she was singing, but the language and the tune were so soothing. Leon stood there and closed his eyes, as the song continued he felt his muscles relax and he nearly fell asleep. "What am I doing? It's just a song, it doesn't even sound like Yuffie. It sounds too…sad, too beautiful."
Leon cleared his throat and called her name. Yuffie opened her eyes and whipped around so fast she fell off the branch she had been sitting on. Luckily it was a low branch so the fall wasn't that far. "SQUALL! What are you doing here, why were you spying on me!"
Leon narrowed his eyes at her, "It's Leon. Aerith sent me to get you, we're having a meeting. I was NOT spying on you."
Yuffie glared back at him, "You were too, how much of my song did you hear?"
"Most of it. What did the words mean?" His eyes softened for an instant.
"None of your business!" She screamed at him, " Just forget everything you heard, that wasn't for your ears. If you say one word about it I'll…I'll…" Leon smirked at her, "you'll do what." Yuffie stared at the floor so he wouldn't see the lone tear that slipped from her eye.
"Just as I thought, you're full of idle threats, you need to grow up Yuffie. Stop being such a crybaby."
Yuffie clenched her fists in anger, "Yeah, well at least I don't try to forget about the loved ones that I lost. If you ask me, LEON, I think it's pretty childish to try and pretend nothing ever happened. Rinoa's death wasn't your fault! "
For some inexplicable reason Leon felt a stab of pain where his heart was when she called him Leon. He quickly brushed off that feeling and replaced it with anger directed towards the petite ninja. "How dare you even say that name, you know nothing of my pain, my loss."
She stared back at him her eyes haunting and sorrowful, "You weren't the only one to lose loved ones Squall. I lost someone very important to me, but don't care."
Yuffie turned and ran from the garden, leaving Leon standing there speechless. "I think I went a little too far…" he thought to himself.
Leon entered the kitchen to find everyone seated at the table. He spared a quick glance at Yuffie as he sat down; she stared at her lap, her face void of emotion. The others were too excited to notice her lack of…well…Yuffieness.
Cloud stood up and everyone looked at him expectantly, "I'm sure you are all wondering why we're having this meeting. It concerns all of us and it's very important,"
Yuffie rolled her eyes at him, "Spike just get to the point, we have limited life spans." Cid chuckled as Cloud frowned in annoyance.
"Anyway, you all know that our planet was recently restored, evidenced by the rebirth of our Materia. Cid has been working on a machine that might be able to allow us to penetrate the world barriers." Yuffie and Aerith shared a look of excitement. Cid stood up, chewing on his ever faithful toothpick.
"Now before you all get your hopes up, I'm not entirely sure it will work. I have working model, but nothing beats actually trying it. I have a 'dummy ship', as I call it, that will test whether or not it will work. I am almost ready to launch, I thought you all might want to see it. Just in case it really does work. "
Yuffie frowned at the table, "But what do we do if it does work."
Cloud scratched the back of his head, his sign that meant he was thinking. "Well…if we could make it past the barriers, stress the word IF, then we could go back. Back home." Cloud's eyes glazed over a bit as he reflected on his friends and family that he hadn't seen since the heartless ripped them from him.
Aerith jumped to her feet, nearly knocking her chair over in the process. "What are we waiting for, let's go try it!" Everyone looked at her in shock, Aerith never got this excited. Usually Yuffie would be the one jumping around as if in a sugar induced high. Aerith lowered the arm she had pumped into the air, "Oh, excuse me. I'm a little excited about all this." She sat down, a faint blush on her cheeks.
Leon jumped to his feet, "Yeah! This will be like, soooo totally awesome!" He grinned and giggled as everyone stared at him in shock. Everyone except Yuffie of course, she was trying her best not to laugh out loud in the shocked silence that ensued.
Cloud stood up and felt Leon's forehead, "Are you okay Leon, you're not acting like yourself. Leon merely twirled and started to sing "I'm a little Teapot". Leon grabbed the stunned Cloud's hand, "C'mon Cloudy, let's dance!"
Cloud hit the floor like a sack of potatoes as he lost consciousness. Cid quickly smacked Leon across the back of his head. "Boy, what has gotten into you?"
Leon stumbled forward and stood up straight, his face an expression of extreme confusion. "What's going on? What was that for Cid?" He rubbed the sore spot on his head.
When Cloud had hit the floor Yuffie, unable to quell her laughter anymore, sat laughing like a maniac in her chair. Her laughter broke the trance like state that Aerith had been in when Leon had seemingly gone mad, and now rushed to the fallen Cloud's side.
Cloud sat up groggily, "Please tell me that was a horrible dream."
Aerith only laughed, "I'm afraid not, but I think I know what happened," she whispered in his ear.
By this point Leon was utterly confused as to what was going on, he turned to an amused Cid.
"Don't look at me like you don't know what happened boy. If you decide to go all 'mental' on us again I'll hit ya harder."
Leon turned to the near hysteric Yuffie, "What.did.you.do." He practically radiated an aura of anger, which made Yuffie stop laughing. A deathly silence descended on the room. Leon rushed towards Yuffie, causing her to bolt from the room shrieking as Leon chased her.
Aerith walked over to Yuffie's chair and picked up something off it. She smliled and handed it to Cid. He turned it over in the palm of his hand and burst out laughing.
Cloud frowned in annoyance, "What, what's so funny?"
Aerith grinned in response, "Yuffie used a manipulation Materia on Leon."
Realization dawned on Cloud and he joined the other two people in hearty laughter.
I love manipulation Materia, heh heh good times in the Northern Crater. Anywho, sorry about the delay. Bless you all! blows kisses
LaterzGala
