The Bloodstained Diary

A/N: It's been awhile (Okay a long while) I know and I've just been real busy with college. Working on other chapters for the other stories I'm working on and fixing errors in each of them so you won't get confused. I just type too fast that's all. Heh, silly me. Enjoy this chapter it'll be awhile before I get the next one up for this. Trying to make longer chapters for this story you know.

Diary Entry 3

"Forty-seven, Forty-eight, Forty-nine…"

Cloud was on the floor in Tifa's living room doing push-ups. He was dressed in a white T-shirt and a pair of sweat pants. He breathed in and out as he lifted himself off the floor and back down each time. It was getting pretty cold outside and windy, as the leaves passed by the window outside. It'd get colder soon, since they were so close by the mountains anyway. Vincent was sitting in a chair beside the window reading a book. The book was a dusty red color and the spine looked a little worn out. It was probably from the mansion no doubt. It's been about two weeks and Vincent seemed to have made himself comfortable being here, though on many occasions he would go and leave sometimes.

"Say…Vincent, do all you do is read?" Cloud asked, as he continued doing push ups. His head turned to the side as he looked at Vincent, who was quietly sitting there as his eyes read the words along the pages. Cloud sat himself up after his seventy push up, as he sat on the floor and looked over at Vincent as he sat Indian style with his hands on his knees.

"Vincent?"

He still didn't get a response either. Vincent just seemed to have that blank calm look on his face as he read. Though, that's how he usually looked all the time. After five minutes the ebony hair man closed the book and put it down in his lap as he looked at Cloud with that look he always had.

"I heard you the first time. I prefer not to stop in the middle of my reading. I don't like to lose my place it's very agitating."

"Ah, I'll remember that then. I think I remember when Yuffie use to bother you sometimes when you read." He reached over and picked up a small towel and rubbed some of the sweat off his face before putting it around his neck.

"You're exaggerating the word 'sometimes' a bit much." He put his book aside on a small table next to the chair, his hand resting in his lap now and his clawed one resting along the arm of the chair. Cloud shrugged his shoulder and leaned himself forward.

"For the next week or so I'm going to be helping Cid fix up the highwind, since he's short of some of his crew members to help. Would you like to give us a hand?"

"If you need my services then I shall help you then. I shall assist you with whatever manual labor that you need."

"Great, I'll call Cid on the PHS then later and tell him we have another extra hand to help then." He got himself up off the floor and walks towards the kitchen as he opened one of the top cabinets and looks for a glass. "You want anything to drink?"

"No thank you."

He lifted his hand up and ran it back through his dark hair. He leaned himself back in his seat and glanced outside the window.

I've been having the strangest feelings lately. As if, something is wrong but I'm unaware of it somehow. Maybe it's nothing to think too much about…

He noticed Tifa walking into the Item shop as she carried a paper bag in her arm. Tifa closed the door behind her as she entered the shop. She walked up to the front counter and placed the bag down and adjusted the scarf around her neck a little before she greet the store clerk.

"Hey Maria, how are you doing today?"

"Hey Tifa! Oh, I'm doing pretty so so, you know? It's been a pretty slow day, but I can't complain. Starting to get more nippy outside huh?" The girl smiled at her and leaned on the counter. She had short dark red hair and she looked pretty young, perhaps twenty or so.

"Yeah, tell me about it. So, did those gloves I ordered come today?"

"Mm? Oh yeah, let me check." She walked towards the back wall where the shelf was and began searching through them as she continued to talk. "Say, is it true that guy is staying with you? You know, the real tall one."

"Oh you mean Vincent? Yes, he is. Well, I hope he does I just thought he didn't need to be staying in that drafty mansion over there plus he's a friend of mine." She brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and looked around the shop.

"He's kind of creepy though. His skin is kind of pale and he wears dark clothing all the time. Though, he is real handsome though in an eerie way. Think I could get a date with him sometime? Ah-hah! Here it is!" Maria crotched down and picked up a box from the bottom shelf and took it over to Tifa putting it down on the counter.

"Well, that's how he is really and I really wouldn't count on that so bother asking. He's not one for relationships or anything like that." She looked at the box and smiled as she picked it up, "Hey great. I've been waiting for these for a good while. They'll keep my hands warmer and they're good for some good training too."

"Oh well, guess I'll keep looking then. Always working out huh? Getting out of bed is still a challenging enough exercise for me."

"Heh, sure it is. Well, I'll talk to you later then. I need to get back home." Tifa put her package in the paper bag she had brought and picked it up as she started to leave.

"Hey wait! I almost forgot. There's something else here. It's for that guy." Maria said as she trotted over back to the shelf and began reaching up her arm to one of the shelves as she pulled down a thick rectangular yet somewhat small package. She walked back over to the desk and handed it to Tifa. "It came in sometime ago, been sitting there for a good while. Kinda forgot all about it really."

"Oh, hey thanks. Well, I'll see you later then."

Tifa waved to her before she exited the Item shop. She stopped shortly after taking just a few steps away from the door before taking a look at the wrapped package in her hand. It was wrapped in brown paper and had a white string tied around it. She saw Vincent's name written on the front of it with the address. Judging by the size and shape of the package it looked like a book. The stamp in the top corner of it was a Midgar one.

I didn't even know Vincent got mail. Maybe he ordered something from Midgar…?

She shook her head slightly.

No, no… Why would he order a book all the way from Midgar? Besides, there's no return address on it at all. I wonder who or if Vincent knows anyone in Midgar.

She decided not to dwell too much on the issue, as she started to walk back to her house. It really wasn't any of her business what he got in the mail or who from really. She just thought it was a little strange even for Vincent really. The brunette walked up to the front door and opened it, a leaf or two brushing inside of her home before she closed the door behind her.

"Hey...I see…you're back now…" Cloud said inbetween the push ups.

"Hey and I see that you're still doing push ups." She put the bag down on the table so she could unwrap the scarf around her neck and take off her leather jacket. They were both tossed on the near by chair as they dangled off on the side of it.

"Well, I did happen to take a break for awhile and chat with Vincent."

"Where is Vincent? I have to give him something."

"Vincent is upstairs taking a shower. He'll probably be out in awhile, since he got in there some time ago."

"Oh, okay. Well, I'll just go put this on his bed then." She lifted up the brown paper package before making her way upstairs to the guest room, which use to be her parents room a long time ago. The door was already opened as she walked in. She could hear the sound of water from the bathroom as she walked to the bed next to the window. Her vision was diverted to something already on the bed; it was Vincent's claw arm.

He can take that thing off! I thought that was part of his arm…

Tifa looked around the room for a moment, before her hand slowly reached towards the gold looking armlet. She lifted it up a little as she didn't want to disturb its resting spot. The inside of the gold claw glove was pretty hollow inside. It seemed like it'd be a tight fit though, even for her arm to slip inside. Tifa gently placed it back down on the bed like it was before it was disturbed.

"I wonder why he's always wearing it though…"

The sound of the water that she heard had suddenly came to a halt all of a sudden. She shook her head a little and pushed the thought out of her head since this wasn't the time to be thinking about that now. Laying the book, or so what she thought, down on the bed she immediately took her leave from the room as she closed the bedroom door right behind her. Ten minutes pass now before the bathroom door opens, Vincent stood there holding a portion of the towel over his head as he used his right hand to dry his hair. He was just wearing a pair of black pants and nothing else as he was barefoot and shirtless. His eyes looked around the room slowly before he walked in and made his way across the room. He pulled the towel down from his damp hair as he began to wipe his face dry. He stopped in the middle of the room as he lowered the towel from his face slowly.

That smell…

Vincent turned up his nose slightly and his eyebrow twitched a little, as he suddenly got a whiff of this new scent in the room, actually he could identify a second scent. It was a woman's perfume. It was pretty obvious to be traced in the room since it was a little heavy, but the other scent was…

"Where…"

He couldn't trace the source from where this was coming from. It would be faint to many others, but with Vincent's senses he could pick it up. The smell was retched and just the mere scent of it made his nostrils feel like they were almost on fire really. He put the towel around his neck as is rested down over his shoulders before he moved towards the window and lifted it up. The cool air breezed on through, his hair brushing back behind him a little. He breathed in slowly before exhaling a little as he gave a sigh.

"That's better, but I can still smell it…" Vincent murmured quietly to himself, as he moved away from the window and sat down on the bed. He ran a hand through his semi dry hair, before going to reach over for his claw glove. His ruby eyes narrowed, as he noticed what was next to it. The rectangular package was lifted up from its place on the bed, as Vincent looked down at it. Tifa must have dropped by and left it here for him

What is this?

He noticed there was no return address on it, yet there was a Midgar stamp in the upper right corner of it; this arose questions in his head now.

"How strange why would this come from Midgar to me…" He trailed off, before lifting the parcel up and sniffing it a little. He pulled back as soon as he did, "It's coming from this?"

He silently looked at the brown wrapped package in his hands, as he felt slightly wearily about this. The string undid itself and fell to the ground as he pulled it off, his hands wasted no time ripping the paper away from the objects as pieces of it fell to the ground. Vincent's brow rose slowly, as he held the small book in his hand. The book was a dull silvery white color with the spine of the book a dark blue. Also, there was a symbol of a dragon on the front of the book; no it looked more of a serpent of some kind really. The edges around it looked a bit tattered though for a lovely looking book. Though, who would send him something like this? He opened the book and saw there was something already written on the front page and on the inside hard cover of the book. Nothing he could really read though, they were symbols of another language it looked. The writing looked familiar to him, yet he couldn't place it at the moment. The only thing he really noticed were a few musical notes written in a few spots here and there. He turned to the next page and noticed the page full of words. They were hand written, which was strange because books aren't really written by hand, since they're printed.

Day One

I never really thought I'd ever use this thing, I don't see why now seems like a good a time as any. I just need to write my thoughts down and all. I'm not sure if I'm still in the building or not, but all I know is that it's kind of dark in here and I'm surrounded by nothing but walls right now. There is some light in the room on the ceiling, but it flickers a little bit and lights a small area in here. The smell is awful and it's getting hard to breath. This is really freaking me out. I still feel woozy after that that shot he gave me earlier. I just woke up not too long ago. Probably an hour or something I think.

My head hurts a lot…

I wonder what they're going to do with me. Being in this room makes me really uneasy. There's this smell around this room, I hate it. It seems to be all around me, not just the room but also outside of the room really. I can hear people talking outside my room and the faint sounds of screaming echoing as well.

It's so creepy and it's making me scared.

I'm getting butterflies in my stomach and it's making the wound around my abdomen hurt too, it almost feels like it's re-opening now.

I really just want to close my eyes and just drown everything out right now, but…as much I hate to say it I'm really just too scared to go to sleep right now or even stay awake either. It seems as if I don't have too much of a choice at all. I'm just sitting in the corner with my hands covered over my ears. I can't stand the noise. I even kicked and banged on the door here, but no one would come open the door or say anything to me. It was like I was invisible or like some animal behind bars. I really want to go home…

I've been sitting here for more than three hours now, I really don't want to be here by myself…

I hate being alone. It sucks.

"What is this?"

Vincent stared at the page as he finished reading it. After awhile he figured out that this book he had received seemed to be someone's journal or diary at the most. By just reading the words, he thought that whoever was writing this was a female. He still wasn't clear now, on why someone would send him their diary. To him it felt like a invasion of their privacy, but on the other hand it was sent to him to probably read. What other reason would their be? He flipped to the back of the book and looked on the back page and hard inside cover of it to see if he could find a name.

Nothing.

There wasn't a name or address to where or whom this came from. Though, from what he was reading it seemed like this person is troubled and that she's in some type of dire situation. He looked around the room for a moment and then back down at the open book in his hand.

"Should I continue reading…" He asked out, no one in particular just to himself really. He felt as if he shouldn't go on reading anymore, but he still felt curious on who this female was and why this was sent to him. The corner of the page slowly lifted up as his finger pressed along the edge and pulled it back as he turned the page slowly. In a way, his heart felt some compassion towards this individual now, even though he didn't know them.

Day Two

I wonder what time it is?

Bah, like it even matters in this hell hole. It was hard to sleep last night there was just too much noise. I wonder what's going to happen today? I really don't want to think about that really, it's not anything I'm looking forward to. I'm starting to get hungry now. Some guard brought me something to eat, but I haven't even touched it yet.

I'm thinking it's either poisoned or drugged, so I'm not taking my chances.

I need a bath soon, my body sort of smells and my clothes feel a little gunky on me right now. A little bit like the water from the marshes near Midgar I guess. Everything is such blank; I thought I would remember something like that though…

Yuffie lifted her head up from her diary, as she heard keys clanking against one another as they jingled a little. She put the pen down in between the pages as she stopped writing and closed the book as she put it aside next to her. The steel door creaked open, as more light was let into her cell. She could see could see two silhouettes now, as the door was just halfway opened now. It was the guards. She lifted herself up off the floor quickly, before running towards the door. She stopped right in front of the person in front of her before pulling up one leg and standing on the other as she gave a quick kick to the first guy in the chest. He ended up stumbling back intro the other guy behind him. Yuffie pushed forward knocking them back, before she was able to make them lose their balance and fall to the floor. She ran out of the room and quickly looked around as she noticed the long hallway she was in. There were a few cells like her own along the side of the walls as well, with a clipboard with information regarding the prisoner here.

"Hey you!"

The young girl turned her head back, as she noticed she had been spotted by one of the guards down the end of the hallway. He began to approach her immediately, but she backed up and turned down the other end of the hallway as she began breaking into a run. She wasn't quite sure where she would be running too, since she wasn't too sure where the exit was here and she very well wasn't going to stand around and be dragged back to her cell.

I got to get out of this place!

She could hear footsteps running after her now, not just one but two or three. Her head turned back, as she could see that the other two guards she had momentarily stunned for the moment had gotten up and began pursuit after her as well.

"Great, I just added more attention to myself." She murmured, as she could forget trying to sneak out of her quietly now.

She looked forward in front of her, as she could see that hallway splitting down in two directions now; left and right.

Crap, which way?

She really didn't have time to make any last second decisions; she decided to turn left as soon as she reached the corner. Her feet skid down against the floor as she made the sharp turn, she nearly hit the wall, but was able to stop herself from doing so. It was a little hard to turn, since she wasn't wearing any shoes or socks. Her feet slapped against the cold floor or the hallway, she ran past a few people that were walking down the hallway. At least, they weren't SOLIDER or anything like that. Papers flying everywhere as she knocked down someone wearing a white lab coat, just like how some of the others few people that were wandering the hallway were dressed. It might have slowed some of the guards down a little from the traffic disaster caused in the hallway. She could hear them calling after her angrily. Though she wasn't going to stop for them of course. She noticed that there were a few security cameras in the hallway. There was no time to waste now, since she didn't want to alert everyone on the floor or in the building.

Her feet came to a halt, as the sound of a 'ping' sound was made. She turned her head back and forth before she noticed a elevator to her right at the end of the hallway. Yuffie immediatley made a B-line towards the opening doors, as she could hear the clattered of feet coming from over the other hallway. She nearly lost her balance as the floor was moist and slick, as someone must have been mopping the floor earlier. Though she was sliding fast enough now, as she reached the end of the hallway and pretty much just toppled inside the elevator falling back onto her butt. She grunted slightly as she rubbed the bakc of her head, as she looked out of the elevator seeing a few guards coming her way as two of them had slipped due to the floor. Scrambling to her feet, she got up and tapped the close door button at the bottom of the set of buttons vigerously in an attempt to close the doors quickly. The doors slowly began to close as the guards neared, before they closed just in time. Yuffie could hear the thump from behind the door, as she guessed one of the men had rammed into the door. She gave a heavy sigh of relief as she put a hand on her chest before she noticed the elevator began to move. A groan made under her breath as she noticed the elevator passed the first floor, someone must be waiting on the elevator to come.

"Great, I have to make my way back down, maybe if I go down the stairs. I know no one uses them in this whole building." She rubbed the back of her messy hair slowly. She was dressed in her shorts and green top and was barefooted. They probably confiscated all her gear and weapons after they found her in the marshes. Her skin was a little grimy along with her clothes, she really needed a bath and soon. If there were another thing she couldn't stand it would be smelling worse than a chocobo pen. Yuffie signed to herself, before she looked up hearing the loud ding as the elevator slowly came to a halt now.

Damn

The doors of the elevator slowly parted as they opened up widely before showing a empty elevator to the people that stood there before they entered the empty elevator. A few white wearing some lab coats and others in a professional business attire. Yuffie grunted quietly as she listened to the cluttered chatter below her as she was spread out along the ceiling of the elevator holding herself up. Luckily for her no one seemed to have noticed her, though all they really had to do was look straight up, but they seem to be too involve with things they had to do. She only hoped that they would get off soon so she could get out of here soon.

"So, how did the latest test on those subjects go?"

"You know how that goes, usually one out of the five make it through all the tests, but on some occasions they die later on."

"I see. Well, you should make a note to use less mako in the the process. Maybe take the dosage down a little..."

They're using mako on the people here? Ugh, that's horrible...

Yuffie felt sick hearing the conversation, as she didn't pay attention as the elevator had stopped for a moment as a few people got off the elevator. How could anyone do that to people? Knowing ShinRa they probably just take some people from the slums in one of the sectors. It made her hate ShinRa even more with a passion. ShinRa seem to always reach a all new low with everyone, but it's not as if anyone can do anything about it. Anybody that tries and speak out against ShinRa usually end up dead or something even worst.

Uh, I hope Wutai never turns out like this Midgar place. It's so cluttered and the air smells and feels odd...

"Here, I finished writing up the report for you. Everything should be here, sir."

"Good, this is what I needed before I start the physical."

That voice...

Yuffie snapped out of her thoughts, before she leaned her head down a little at the sound of the voices that were heard through the elevator, as there were only two people here now. Her eyes widen a little as she saw who was in the elevator with her now. She nearly lost her balance as she presses her hands firmly against the wall as she held herself up. It was Rumiko that blonde guy she had saw a few days ago and that weird Hojo guy as well. If they saw her she would be so busted big time. She drew her breath in as she didn't want to make the slightest noise to give away her position as they continued to talk. Of all places, she had to be in a elevator with these two. In the back of her mind she was cursing out loud as she stretched herself a bit more so she wouldn't lose her footing since she was a bit small and it was hard to keep herself up like this. Rumiko ran a hand back through his hair with his other hand down in his pocket as he looked at the professor.

"Some of the subjects are having a strange reaction to the mako, but it is natural for that to happen. Though, it is a little different. Do you really think it's wise to start using concentrated Makoru, professor?"

"Do you not trust my judgement?" Hojo asked, as he looked at him from the corner of his eye. Rumiko shook his head slowly as he placed his other hand down into his pocket.

"No, Professor...whatever your decision is does not affect me in any way."

Hojo chuckled to himself, as he looked down at his clipboard as he flipped a page back of the thick report Rumiko gave to him earlier, "Good then. If scientists didn't take risks well we wouldn't have really gotten this far in science and technology. I take risks without any regret of what will happen. If I hadn't I wouldn't have gotten this far in my work. I am sure you feel the same way about yourself seeing as what your occupation is..."

Rumiko kept the unexpressional look on his face still, as he looked at Professor Hojo before he nodded his head. He lifted his left hand out from his pocket and brushed a strand of his hair out of the way as he pushed it behind his ear, "...of course I do. I never have any second thoughts about what I do and the people that..."

He stopped in mid-sentence as a 'ping' sound was heard as the elevator slowly came to a halt now. Yuffie let a small breath escape from her lips as she was grateful that they were about to get off now because she was about to lose her hold now. Besides, the conversation between them was creeping her out anyway. She peeked down as she watched them began to make their way out before a guard quickly came up to them.

"Oh, Professor Hojo! I was just looking for you. We have a situation sir."

"Whatever it is I'm sure it's of no importance. Take care of it and don't come to me about trivial things when I'm busy." He adjusted his glasses along on the top of his nose as he looked at the guard with some annoyance.

"...but sir, that girl is missing. The one that was brought in a few days ago."

This seemed to have caught his attention along with Rumiko's as well. Yuffie grumbled to herself, as she was trying her best to support her body weight but her arms were getting tired and so were her legs. Her fingers curled as they began to slowly slide along the walls of the elevator. She glanced down watching Hojo shake his head as he sounded a bit angry and annoyed by what the guard was babbling about to him. Rumiko was just standing back as he watched silently.

"Are you telling me that three guards couldn't stop a sixteen year old? Truly pathetic I must say... Either the guards here are getting incompetent or the girl is smarter than what I gave her credit for." He rubbed his forehead slowly, as he looked down.

Why you little...crap! I can't hold on any longer...gah!

She yelped out as she just couldn't hold it as gravity seemed to take over her body as it fell down. Her eyes shut tight as she expect to make contact with the floor or either her fall would be broken by someone below her. It didn't come, actually it felt like she was suspended in mid air really, except someone was holding her. She opened her eyes as she had a view of the floor below her and somebody's foot. Her head lifted up slowly as she turned it a little as she saw the familiar green eyes staring back at her. He had one arm under one ofher legs and the other under her abdomen as he stood there holding her with Hojo and the guard looking back at them. Her cheeks flushed a little as she looked up at him with this over whelming feeling crossing through her body.

"For a ninja you don't seem to be too good at stealth and making yourself scarce to others..." Rumiko said to her in a low tone, before she made a scowl at him before mumbling a 'shut up' to him. She tried to jerk back from him because of the awkward way he was holding her. It was making her uncomfortable and embarssed.

"Well, it seemed you saved us the trouble of looking for you Miss Kisaragi. I guess it was just the guards incompetence then. Well, since you're here let's get started then shall we?" Hojo looked at her, before turning around as he moved passed the guard that stepped aside for him as he made his way out of the elevator who carried a disgruntaled Yuffie who he had to hoist over his shoulder because she was thrashing about screaming and spitting insults to him and Hojo. Of course, they were just ignoring her and that was just making her more angry. She noticed that she was on a different floor; it wasn't the same floor from where her cell was. That is where she thought they were taking her, but it looked like they weren't for some reason. There were a few rooms around down the hallway with windows, as she could see different things happening in each room. She caught a glance of young woman sitting on a table as it looked like she was getting a shot. The woman looked extremely pale and was wearing something that looked like a hospital gown. There were ugly marks on her arms too. They looked too ugly to be scars, but maybe they were scars. Yuffie felt a chill go up her spine, as she couldn't imagine where she could have gotten those from; hopefully it wasn't from being here.

They stopped shortly before the electronic door slid open as they made their way through it. Yuffie felt Rumiko's hold on her loosen before he dumped her down onto the floor where she landed on her butt with a thud. She rubbed her backside before looking up at him as she yelled out at him, "What's the big idea you jerk?" She got herself up onto her feet, as she looked at him with a frown.

"Get undressed."

Her eyes widen as she looked at him like he was crazy for a second before making a hasty reaction of slapping him as her hand made contact with the right side of his face. Rumiko seemed to stand there as he didn't even flinch from the hit, as he looked down at her as she began to yell at him with her face looking flustered.

"I don't think so! I'm not going to strip for you pervert!"

"Don't flatter yourself. I don't have any intentions like that. You need a shower before the professor can go through with the physical and I think even you'll agree that you need one." He placed the strand of hair that went out of place back behind his ear as he looked at her.

"He is right. So, don't make this difficult for us or I could just get someone to help clean you if you are incapable of doing so for yourself." He looked at Yuffie, as he had a slight smug look on his face and she just wanted to get rid of it with her fist. She really need to take a shower as much as she was dirty and smelling. A person could only go so long without shower, before they got sick that is, but she didn't want to strip down in front of these two weirdoes especially that Hojo guy. Not that she wanted to undress in front of the other guy either, despite that he was sort of handsome. She quickly pushed that random thought that came to her mind for no reason; she really just wanted to kick herself for even thinking that. Her eyes glanced around the room as she noticed she was in a large room with showerheads lining up against the walls.

"Will you hurry up? I don't have all day Ms.Kisaragi and the nude body is nothing that I haven't seen before. I am a doctor."

That didn't make her feel any better really, since she was a little self-conscious about her body. She turned around with her back to them as she breathed in deeply as she just had to suck it in and do it. Her cheeks flushed a deep rouge color before, she put her hands on the bottom of her dirty green top before she lifted it up as it peeled off of her body quickly, before going to take off her shorts and undergarments. She just wanted to shower and get through this humilating moment in her life. A heavy breath came from her mouth as she exhaled lowly before she walked to one of the closet showerheads near her before she turned it on. The needles of water hitting the top of her head and the rest of her body heavily as she adjusted the water pressure. Her arms were wrapped around her torso, as she felt so naked. Well, she was naked but it just felt she been stripped of more than just her clothes. The dirt ran from her body as the water traveled down her skin and carried it down the drain where the rest of it was going as her body was being rinsed. The girl tried to ignore the fact that they were there as the grabbed a sponge a bar of soap that was already there for her to use. She could hear their distant chatter as they were talking about something, though it still felt like their eyes were still settled on her body. She wouldn't doubt it either. This was probably one of the longest showers she would ever have in her life. She ran a hand back through her hair as she squeezed it making sure there was no more dirt in her hair as she cleaned her body.

Gawd, I can't believe I'm doing this...it's so humiliating.

Seven minutes seem to go by slowly as she was under the shower. The longest seven minutes Yuffie had to go through; she turned the shower off as she ran a hand through her wet hair that was down against her shoulders. Her head turned slowly to them as she noticed there wasn't anymore talking as there was silence in the room with the exception of the shower dripping. The only person here with her was Rumiko. It seemed like Hojo had left and only Rumiko was here with her now and was approaching her. She jumped at his sudden advance to her, well maybe it was more the fact that she was wet and naked at the moment. Her hands squeezed her arms slowly in nervousness as she didn't want to stumble back and end up slipping on the floor. He stopped short in front of her as his arm rose as he held a towel and thin fabric in his hand.

"Here. Dry yourself off and put this gown on, so I can escort you to the professor."

She looked at him silently with a stunned expression.

"What? Go on. Professor Hojo does hate to wait and I really don't feel like being lectured on why it took so long to bring you to him." He sighed, before turning away from her. Yuffie had a look of puzzlement on her face for the moment before she began drying herself off with the towel quietly as she decided not to say anything. This guy was sort of odd. He didn't look like he would be a scientist or even a apprentice to one. There was something about him that was strange, though she really couldn't put her finger on it what it was. She felt like she almost knew him, though she never seen him in her whole life. Maybe it's just one of those feelings or something. She shook her head as she brushed it off as she slipped on the gown and tied the top part around her neck Her hands went behind her as she closed up the opened back of the gown as she really didn't want others to see he rnaked backside after they left.

"I'm done..."

He turned his head looking at her, before motioning her to follow him with his head before he walked off to the door as it slid open. She followed after him, shivering a little at her bare feet pressing against the cold floor. There were a few passing glances made to her in the hallway by others as they walked by. It made her uneasy that they were looking at her in a strange way. This place creeped her out in more ways than one. She could hear distant screaming all around her all the time. It was just a really bad feeling. Who knew what went on down here? Yuffie rubbed her arms as she got goosebumps just thinking about it before she walked into Rumiko's back as he had stopped at one of the rooms that had blinds drawn over the window. His hand pressed against the scanner next to the door before the door slid back and opened.

"Finally, I didn't know how much longer I was going to wait."

"Excuse me for the sudden tardyness professor..." He bowed his head, before edging Yuffie into the room. The room was empty with the exception of Hojo here. There was a long table with a leathery cushion on the top, some counters with a sink, cabinets, and strange instuments that were around. Her nose twitched a bit, as there was a strange odor lingering in the room. It smelled fresh, but the smell was a bit faint as someone had probably cleaned in here earlier. Hojo fanned his hand towards Rumiko as he looked down at his clipboard.

"That will be all. You may leave now."

"You want me to leave sir?" He raised a brow, as he looked back at him.

You're going to leave me alone with him?

Yuffie looked back at him with a weary look as she stared at him quietly. He momentarily glanced at her, but directed his attention back to Hojo who looked to him slightly annoyed.

"I didn't stutter. I said you were done here. You can find your way out."

Rumiko said nothing, as he nodded his head towards the professor as he turned around to leave. He didn't give Yuffie a second passing look as the door shut behind him, as she was left alone with this mad man. She stared at the door silently, before she jumped at the cold hand that pressed along her back before pushing her towards the table.

"Have a seat and so we can get started...the sooner the better"

She scowled at him as she made her way over to the cushioned table before jumping up on it as her legs hung over the edge It wasn't like she had a choice at this point, since anythign she would do would cause trouble. Oh, how she wish she had her PHS right now. He looked at her before he slowly manuvered around her as his eyes traveled up and down her body. She watched him do so, as the thought of him being a pervert came into mind.

"So young..."

"What's it to you, asshole?"

"...and lively. Yet, lack of manners, but I suppose I shouldn't expect too much from a mere child."

She growled at him as she turned her head away from him. Her arm folding across her chest they had left her backside being exposed a little now. She didn't care at the moment, as she was so close to belting this guy in the jaw. He didn't look like he could defend himself much seeing ass he wasn't exactly a fighter.

"Shut up! I don't have to take that from you or anyone else. Sooner or later you'll be sorry that you even brought me here. I'll make your life hell if that's what it takes for me to get out of here. You don't know how much in trouble you are. Oh, you just wait! You don't know whoo-ow!" Yuffie yelped out as she didn't finish her sentence as she felt a prick on her left arm where as Hojo had took the liberty of getting a syringe out and injecting her. She rubbed her arm as she looked at him.

"A mild-sedative to help you calm down. Can't have you getting so riled up. Your wound might open back up due to the stress and I certainly can't work on you if you pass out from blood loss. It can be a hassle." He put a top on the syringe before deposing it in a nearby waste basket. Yuffie could feel a slight tingling feeling running up through her arm slowly and soon through the rest of her body. This sedative felt anything far from mild as it wasn't taking it long to go into effect. Her vision was starting to slowly get impaired as she wobbled over to the table nearly collapsing over it as her body suddenly felt like gravity was pulling her down. She was suddenly pushed down onto her back as a hand grasp her chin and squeeze it as she could see Hojo towering over her.

"I don't take well to empty idle threats Miss Yuffie You better try to make the best of things here if you can get on my good side then maybe you'll be treated a bit differently...if you have any common sense that is."

"Go...to hell..."

"Believe me my dear I've already been...and now you're going to have the same experience..."

TBC

Bleh, I wanted to make this chapter a bit longer...but haha my mind went into a daze, plus I didn't want to way so logn to put this chapter up, but I suppose quality is better than quanity eh? Yeah, I do believe that's right. Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this cause I didnt't my hand is numb and I'm up at 6AM. Haha, what I do for the sake of writing and the threats of reviewers...and certain friends. >>;