AN: Sorry for the loooooooong wait...Here, I present to you, chapter 2!

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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Chapter 2

Arriving and settling in

The second the boat had reached the port, yuffie dashed out. "Oh gawd! Precious ground! I missed you so much! Mwah mwah!"

"Mmmmm...that wasn't so bad!" Keiji stretched lazily seemingly oblivious to the glare that was directed at him.

"You could've told me before we had set off!" she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest expectantly.

"What? So that you wouldn't have went into the car?"

"Yeh! -wait! NO! Dammit, I mean no!" on realizing her mistake, her cheeks tinted pink.

"Heh." Yuffie pouted as he smirked smugly and added a tally mark to the right side of an invisible score-table in front of him.

"Jerk."

As soon as, Yumiko drove their car out from the boat and handed the driver seat to Keiji, the three of them set off once again.

"Wow, I didn't you can drive!" Yuffie stared at her in wonder.

"It comes in handy." Yumiko shrugged. "Just because I'm old doesn't mean I can't drive or learn to."

"I want to learn to drive too!" the heiress bounced in her seat enthusiastically.

"Don't, god knows what will happen if you do!" scowling Yuffie kicked his seat.

"Hey! I'm driving here!"

"Then keep your 'oh-so-witty' remarks to yourself!" Yuffie snapped. "You've been prodding fun at me non-stop from the start of the journey! Frankly, it's uncalled for, you insensitive jerk! Just what the hell's your problem!"

"What makes you think there's somethings wrong with me, Dr Kisaragi?" his voice dripped with sarcasm as he addressed her.

"Because- because you're being a- a bastard! That's what!" she snarled at him.

"Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you're wrong! I'm fine! Just fine and dandy! I'll be even better when you're gone, married off!" He glanced angrily at the rear mirror to Yuffie.

'Wait a minute, did she just snarled at me?' Keiji thought in disbelieve. 'Well, that's a first!'

Sensing an incoming headache, he rubbed his temple attempting to sooth it. The retort he was waiting for came never came, he glanced again he was greeted with the sight of a...pain filled face? Everything clicked in place as he rewinded the conversation. Regret filled him as he realized his mistake and wince inwardly, berating his stupidity.

'Shit! Why the hell did I say that! Geez, I guess reverse phycology doesn't work here...there goes her gloom and doom again.'

Suddenly, he jerked the car to the right just in time to miss an empty car parked at the side o the road. This earned a squeak from Yuffie, a gasp from Yumiko and a string of curses from himself.

"What the-! Kei you ass! Are you trying to kill us all!" Yuffie clamped her hands on each of his shoulders and yelled right beside his ear causing him to wince. Her fingers dugged painfully into him.

"That's enough, both of you! Princess, please calm down!" Yumiko was suffocating in the tension- albeit a short one but a tension between them that seemed like hours. She gently pryed Yuffie hands off Keiji. Yuffie's fractious behaviour was understandable but Keiji's? She had an inkling to why he's acting this way. It seem that this engagement affected him more than he realized. He may deny however much he want and he can say however many times that he doesn't give a damn about her being married off, but he cared. Cared enough. Cared like a overly protective brother would.

'Though I kind of wish it was somthing more...'

They really do give a perfect example of a stereotypical view of an old married couple. Yumiko smiled inwardly but glanced them and shaked her head.

'No, I would probably have to arrange their funeral before their wedding.'

Hmm. She can definitely imagine them vividly killing each other before the wedding, but...

'It really is such a shame.'

"On the contrary, I just saved us!" he corrected dryly. "Else we would have crashed into the car at the side of the road."

"Oh." Yuffie frowned. Blinked once. Twice.

"Yup! So, where are my accolades?" he grinned cheekily into the rear mirror.

Yuffie snorted in reply and they lapsed into a tension-free silence.

Yumiko leaned back comfortably onto the seat and relaxed her back. Talk about mood swings. Keeping up with Yuffie's mood swings and her antics were already hard enough. And now, she has Keijis' to deal with as well. It like dealing with two walking time bomb which combined together could produce a nuclear explosion. Ridding herself of these thoughts, she stared at the passing scenery. As she spied a herd of chocobos, she pointed it out to Yuffie.

"Oooh! Chocobos! I haven't seen one in ages!" Yuffie leaned out of the window. A smile spread across her face as she felt the the warm breeze of the wind. "They're so cute, I really want one!"

"Poor chocobo." the driver couldn't help but mutter.

"You said something?" her eye twitched.

'They're going to be the death of me.' Yumiko sighed in utter defeat.

"Mm? Nothing."

'Most definitely.'

When they finally reached their new home in Kalm, it was late in the atfernoon of their second day since they left Wutai. Their new home was situated at the end of the main street which was closest to Midgar. As they entered their new house with their luggage, Yuffie dropped the luggage she was holding and dashed eagerly around the house inspecting everything. All the furnitures were already in place, it seemed that all they had to do was unpack their belongings.

Yuffie had never felt so giddy in her whole entire life!

'Okay, maybe there were a few occasions.'

Such as the time when the three of them were at an osen where she had sneaked into the men's changing room and stole Kei's clothes. Yuffie grinned madly at that memory. Especially at his cries of horror when he 'lost' his clothes, his anger at reading the note left in replacement and his embarassment as he tried to obtain his clothes back.

'Ahh the bliss of it!'

Kei did eventually got his clothes back with the help of Yumiko, much to Yuffie's disappointment. In the end Yuffie had suffered for her prank, but-

'It was definitely worth it.' if possible, her grin stretched even wider.

As she finished scanning through each room, she went to the biggest bedroom which had it's own bathroom. Yuffie fell onto the double bed and laid there on her back.

"I'M GETTING THE BIGGEST ROOM!" she yelled and stretched her limbs.

"Figures. By the way, here's your luggage." Keiji dropped her luggage at the door, and just as he left for the room opposite he turned his head and smirked at her.

"And please don't screech like that. I really don't want to be kick out of Kalm." at this, a vein popped up on from Yuffie's forehead as she scowled.

'I do so not screech!' she pouted.

"Asshole." Yuffie muttered before getting up to unpack.

By the time Yuffie had finished unpacking, it was around three. She flopped onto her bed. She was bored. B-O-R-E-D. Yumiko had left for groceries shopping and Keiji was washing his beloved car.

Wait a minute, Kei was washing his car.

Washing equals water, which equals fun.

And his beloved car.

A devious smile spread across her face.

'I think my assistance will be needed.' crackling evilly she headed outside.

'Ready or not, here comes the Great Ninja Yuffie!'

Evening came and at the moment, the three of them had just finished eating dinner and Yumiko began to wash the dishes.

"So Kei, what made you move here with us?" the heiress, looked at him curiously but then smirked. "I didn't know you were this attached to me."

"Yes, I just can't bear the thought of living without you. That is exactly why I'm here and there's no other reason." his words coated with sarcasm.

"Yeh, yeh, I know that already. No, really, just tell me why. Yumi here is to look after me et cetera. What about you?"

"Bodyguard." he answered.

"Huh?" Yuffie blinked 'intelligently.'

"Well, a bodyguard is-"

"I know what it means, jackass! Why do I need one?" she snapped, interrupting him.

"As you may have realized, we're not in Wutai anymore," at this Yuffie snorted but Keiji ignored her and continued, "and we're most certainly not in the Pagoda or the Palace which are protected with high security. Meanwhile, our new home here and the the school we are going to attend are not protected like it is back at home, thus a bodyguard is needed, and this, is where I come in." He finished his explanation painfully slow. "O-kay?" he added.

"Fine, but don't you ever pa-patrone me again!" She cross her arms in annoyance.

"You mean patronize." he looked at her innocently.

"Whatever!" her cheeks flushing red.

'Innocent my ass! Jerk, jerk, JEEERK!'

"You two should rest soon, your first day is tomorrow." Yumiko advised, successfully snapping a reluctant Yuffie out of her mental image of repeatedly slashing Kei with her shuriken.

"Wait a minute, we start school tomorrow?" Keiji groaned, "and here I thought we don't start 'til next week."

"Yeh, can't we start next week instead?" Yuffie pleaded with Keiji seconding her. Yumiko chuckled inwardly.

'Oh dear, it's so rare that they agree with each other, but-'

"No, the principle teacher is expecting you tomorrow, and just so you know, I told them not to inform the students of your surname, princess." at this Yuffie smiled gratefully. "And both of you will be attending all your classes together." Keiji nodded, this way, it would be easy for him to look out for Yuffie.

"Soooo, Yufs, how did you find your uniform?" Keiji grinned at her.

"There's no way in hell I am going to wear it!" Yuffie immediately scrunched up her nose in distaste.

"You have to princess, it's the school's dress code." Yumiko looked at her in amusement.

"I will not wear that-that-"

"Skirt?" Kei finished.

"Ergh!" Yuffie shuddered, "I'm going to bed!"

Keiji and Yumiko glanced at each other with ill-concealed mirth in their eyes as the princess dashed up the stairs and into her room.

'No, there's no abso-bloody-lutely way in hell I am going to wear it!'

Yuffie, flopping onto her bed and under the duvet, she began to think of loopholes. Soon her eyes began to feel too heavy and she drifted into unconsciousness. And her last thoughts before falling into slumber were?

'Screw the dress code!'

Yufvin-valentine

AN: I will try to update sooner for the next chapter, but for now, I need to focus my mind on the chapter of my other fic I still need to update...I don't know if Rufus will appear in the next chapter...he might, but don't have your hopes up!(oh god, what characteristics will he have! How do I present him! Oh Noooooo!)

Reviews' responses!

AuraMistress - Sorry, it wasn't February after all. ; I'll try to update much quicker now that the exams are gone!

Magy - Thanks for reviewing! I'm sorry it took me so long! XD

PsychDragonX - Sorry for not updating sooner! I blame the exams! Anyway, this is a little longer chapter for you:P I came across this pairing from Hikaru a's "Just Your Average Fairytale" and Wakizashi's "Fragments." I wish I could write like them starry eyes Anyway, I tried to hyper up Yuffie but I'm still not sure if it's enough. Most of the time, it just seems like I'm picking on Yuffie continuously...poor Yuffie...