Chapter 52: Ninja babies?!
-Four weeks later-
A knock on her bedroom door caused Yuffie to groan and flop back on her soft bed. She knew who it was and knew that she was about to be run ragged. She was already tired from a particularly intense training session for Yoshi, in which both Vincent and Cloud had participated. It was a good session, showing Yoshi that even when your skills are known to be some of the best, you can always learn something knew.
She yawned and stretched her arms high above her head, allowing her muscles to relax. then called to her visitor. "Come in."
The door flew open before quickly closing. "Yuffie! You still haven't dressed?!" Tifa grabbed the ninja's arm, pulling her up into a sitting position. The towel around her body slipped a bit, causing the ninja to yelp and grasp for the towel to hide her breasts from view.
"Tifaaaa!" She blushed hotly, sending a slight glare at the older female. "I'd like to keep hidden what little I do have, if you don't mind! Geez!"
The fighter chuckled, shaking her head as Yuffie grumbled. "Don't worry, Yuffie, you're still growing."
"My boobs ain't getting any bigger than they are now."
"They will when you start having little ninja babies with Vincent."
"TIFA!" The ninja flopped back onto the bed, covering her cherry red face. She instantly warmed at the thought of creating a family with her raven-haired gunman. However, the thought of actually discussing it, even with Tifa, was embarrassing. There were things that were required in order to have a baby and those things involved two very naked bodies, a lot of panting and moaning. Not a discussion she wanted to have with her sister at the moment. "You are so evil..."
"I'm sorry Yuffs." Tifa gave the ninja's arm a pat.
"Do we really have to go? I'm tired."
"Yeah, we did overdo it a bit, didn't we?" Tifa stood, walking over to the window to gaze outside. "We'll be able to relax tomorrow since Reeve will be picking Yoshi up tomorrow on his way back to Corel. Wouldn't you rather get your shopping done today so you can just be lazy tomorrow?"
Yuffie knew she was right. She and Vincent would be leaving for their vacation in three days and they all knew that the August heat in Costa del Sol would be brutal. Other than the sundress dress that she and Tifa had purchased when they had first encountered Jonathan, she did need some new clothes to take along with her.
With a sigh, she put on her brace and stood, moving behind the shoji screen to dress, emerging a few moments later, pulling her hair out of the back of her shirt as she did. Now several inches past her shoulder, she was still getting used to the longer hair. She came close to cutting it once, but when she really studied her reflection with scissors in hand, she realized that she was begging to look less child-like and more her age.
Tifa turned from her view of the town, rocking on her heels with a smile. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah, yeah..." she tilted her head, "Aren't you even tired, Tifa? How can you even want to shop right now?"
"Yes I am, a little. But look at it this way, the faster we go, the faster you can come back and rest."
With no reason to argue against the fighter's simple logic, Yuffie grabbed her wallet and stuffed it into the pocket on her right hip. The ninja trudged out of her bedroom, following the older female down to the first floor. Vincent gave her a sympathetic look, remembering how exhausted the ninja was after their last shopping excursion. She could tell that he was glad that he wasn't going.
'Curse you, you lucky, hot vampy-boy!' She grumped in her mind but melted when he gave her a small smile and...'Did he just wink!?'
Yuffie brought her hand up to her forehead. "I must be going crazy..." She mumbled and moved to him as Tifa stepped outside into the warm, late summer air, giving her gunman a hug. "See ya Vinnie."
He kissed her forehead. "Go safely and come back soon."
Gray eyes met crimson, dancing with a touch of amusement. "I'll be safe. I have my kick-ass skills to beat any asshole who comes near me, even without my shuriken! Plus if I really need to," She reached up and touched the Leviathan materia that hung around her neck. "I bet he's itchin' to get out. As for coming back soon..."
"I heard that!" They both smiled at Tifa's shout from the front stoop.
Vincent ushered his ninja to the front door and watched as they both walked down the rose-lined pathway and out of the gate. The door was closed before he moved back to his seat on the couch. He found himself looking forward to their little vacation with each day that they moved closer to their departure. He would get to spend time alone with his ninja, and that's what would make the vacation enjoyable for him.
The gunman tilted his head back, his crimson eyes drifting closed as he began to think. This would be their first vacation together, and he wanted to make this special for them both. He knew that Tifa was planning a small get together for Cloud's birthday and their friends would be coming to celebrate, but mostly, he would be relaxing with the ninja he loved.
But he also wanted to do something special for her. He had been thinking about it for the last few weeks, but had yet to decide on what it was that he wanted to do. His mind began to turn as he thought of his options, occasionally getting input from his demonic companion. The corner of his lip upturned as one of a few possible ideas began to take shape in his mind.
.:-o-:.
"Yuffie, come out so I can see."
"Are you insane!? No way in hell!"
"Don't be difficult and don't make me come in there!"
"..."
"I'm serious!"
"..."
The fighter moved forward and pulled the door open to slip inside, only to be greeted with a yelp from the small ninja. Yuffie's face was cherry red as she covered her chest with her arms. She gave the ninja a look, telling her clearly that she was not going to back down and finally, the ninja dropped her arms.
The ninja was clad in a dark green flyaway tankini that accentuated her cleavage while the split in the material showed off her flat, toned stomach and belly button. The matching bikini bottoms secured by ties at her waist, enhanced the curves of her hips nicely. The short sarong made of a sheer green and white floral print still hung from a hook on the wall near the large mirror.
"Yuffie, I think this is the best out of all of them. Its perfect!" Tifa grinned at the smaller woman. They had found a gem within Nibelheim's meager summer wear inventory. "Yuffs, Vincent will have to beat the guys off with a stick!"
"I'll do it myself!" Yuffie grumped, turning to look at herself in the mirror. She really didn't look bad and this suit definitely covered more than the other suits she had tried on. The one pieces...well, even though it covered more, she wouldn't be caught dead in the few that the boutique. "Those guys can all go to hell. I have my Vinnie, so I'm perfectly happy with my hot-gunman-slash-chef."
Tifa chuckled, shaking her head. "You should get it, he'll love it. And you can always stop by one of the shops to get you a couple others in Costa. Besides, I bet you'll catch Vince's eye in that..." She said watching as her cheeks deepened in color once more.
"Can we go home now? We have enough to lug around, its been almost two and a half hours." Yuffie pleaded, she was so tired, she wasn't even hungry. She just wanted to go bed.
"Yeah, we're done here. Lets go home, you look ready to drop." The fighter slipped from the room and allowed Yuffie to dress.
.:-o-:.
The sound of pages, a pen scratching, and the occasional shifting of clothing mingled with the anchorman's voice as he spoke of the recent decision to upgrade and expand the prison in the Corel Desert. Vincent was scanning the page of sheet music in his hand, when the sound of the front door being pushed open caused crimson eyes to lift. The corner of his lips upturned slightly as he watched the ninja drop her bags to the floor with a groan.
Vincent placed his things on the low coffee and stood, moving to the foyer, he watched as the little ninja waved and closed the door. She turned to him and gave a weary smile. "I swear, that woman will be the death of me."
She moved forward and placed head against his chest, her small arms wrapping loosely around his waist. He heard the soft sigh escape her lips, and wrapped an arm around her. He leaned down slightly placing a light kiss on the top of her dark brown tresses. "It is said that what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."
A sharp bark of laughter was heard as she pulled back slightly, looking up to his crimson eyes. "Vinnie, honestly, I don't need that kind of strength."
He could feel his own smile widen and shook his head as she pouted and sighed once more. Looking at the six bags, he wondered how someone could find so many things to purchase in such a short amount of time. And as if reading his thoughts, the ninja rolled her eyes and reluctantly backed out of his embrace.
"Tifa insisted on lots of things...but I managed to convince her to keep it to a minimum." She picked up the closest bags.
Vincent arched his eyebrow as he grabbed the remaining bags. "This is the minimum?"
"Believe me, Vinnie. If Tifa had her way, there'd be a lot more. I don't understand it myself. She didn't buy much for herself, so I think she just likes dressing me." This gained a soft chuckle from the man at her side as they made their way up the stairs.
.:-o-:.
After Vincent had left, Yuffie took time to remove the tags from her new purchases, placing some in her closet and drawers, while others were folded and placed on the top of her dresser to be packed later. For now, she'd go see what the others were doing.
As she walked towards the steps, Yuffie looked out a clear section of the stained glass windows only to see Yoshi in the back yard, lounging against the side of her female gold chocobo, Kira, while Tiko basked in the attention he was gaining from the teen in the form of 'head scratchies,' as the ninja had dubbed it. She smiled and shook her head at the spoiled birds, then continued her way down the stairs.
The ninja reached the bottom the staircase and stopped when she heard the piano coming from the ballroom. Yuffie's smile grew as she darted off, following the music as it stopped and restarted. Vincent looked up as she entered the room, and turned to her.
"Don't stop because of me." Yuffie moved to the side of the piano. "Is this new? I haven't heard you play this one before."
"Yes. I found it with some of my other things. I hadn't had a chance to play it before everything happened all those years ago. It's a beautiful, yet difficult piece." He said, scooting over on the piano bench, and giving the seat a pat.
Yuffie sat down beside him, looking at the sheet music that Vincent was working on. "This looks difficult. I love listening to you play."
Claret eyes didn't fail to notice the blush that hinted at the ninja's cheeks, but didn't embarrass her by pointing it out. Instead, the gunman looked down to his beloved. "Would you like me to show you how to play?" He asked, taking her hand in his own.
Yuffie repressed the shiver that wanted to make itself known at his touch. Her mind became clouded as his thumb rubbed the back of her smaller hand. "S-sure." She managed after a moment.
Vincent nodded, the movement causing ebony strands of hair to brush against his cheek. "We'll start with middle C and go from there. You are a fast learner. I sure that you will pick this up quickly. Are you ready?"
"Yes!" She said, a little louder than she attended, allowing him to place her fingers on the keys.
"Then lets get started..."
.:-Author's Notes-:.
New chappy! Yaaaay!
This part has been at like 98 percent for a while, just had to finish up the end of the chapter. I've been helping out with the archive cleanup on AFF net, and let me tell you, I've been scanning over fics that have made my eyes want to BLEED, they were so bad! Omg, there was this one You/Spike story that I glance over in the Buffy section...the author made it so that you're the story, getting naughty with Spike. I felt waaay dirty afterward and thats just the tip of the iceberg of what I've seen. But I did find a new series that I've been reading because of helping. The books are by Laurell K. Hamilton. Her Anita Blake series has been awesome so far. In the last 3 weeks, I've read through 4 ½ of the books in the series. Gotta love hot vampires and werepeople!!
I've also been reminded that there are some absolutely horrible people out there reading these fics.
Part of the job is to scan over the reviews as well, and people are EVIL. I mean, there are some stories that I find horrible, but I'm not about to tell someone that they 'should die a slow and horrible death' and other stuff. My thing on reviews is if I think a story just needs a little work, like they have a good idea and all, I'll leave them some criticism and suggestions in an email if they have one listed. If you have a kick ass story, I'll tell ya what I like about it.
-Cuddles up to Vincent- All of this, makes me appreciate all of you more. I really did luck out because I've received very little in the way of mean/nasty reviews. I appreciate when someone points out something like typos and things like that because those of you that know me or have talked to me, know that I am constantly scanning my fics for errors because I know that I'm not perfect, but I try to make sure that anything that I don't catch the first, second or even third time around, gets fixed the next time.
Anyway. I'll shut up for now...but before I go, I just wanna thank those readers in the UK that have told me about the Official Playsation Magazine article! I had forgotten about it until I was told that it ad been published by jimmycranberry! Also, thank you to Joel Snape who brought the fanfiction community into the light. There are tons of wonderful writers and I hope that more people will start reading and adding to whats out here. I know people who don't even know what fanfiction is, lol!
I'm still on the hunt for it here in the states, but once I find it, it'll definitely be put in with my keepsakes -Grins-
Thats all for now! Thanks for reading!
Ezzy
edited 11/19/08