Chapter Sixteen: Kyou
Retarded Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 7 but it owns me. Oh, and the name Kyou? I got it from a show called 'Fruit Basket'. I've never watched it, but the name is quite interesting…
–Giggles-
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Yuffie's eyes widened as a figure stepped out of the elevator.
"You-you are-!"
A young man around Yuffie's age stood in front of her. He had blonde hair that was cut to the bottom of his ears but what was strange was that his bangs went a bit past his chin. He wore an outfit similar to Reno's except it was a darker shade of black and buttoned up a bit more. He had the complexion of a…Wutian! The boy also had an ever present smile on his face that never dwindled for a second.
"Hello, Lady Kisaragi."
Yuffie blinked, trying to think of where she had seen him before.
He spoke again.
"You don't remember me, my Lady?"
The ninja thought for second.
"You were the kid with Talbot. You took those stupid documents."
"Correct. Now please follow me my lady; Oh and your friends of course."
Reno positioned himself in a semi-fighting stance holding his nightstick in his right hand. Rude tightened his gloves and balanced himself by tightening his right leg.
The red-headed man nudged Yuffie.
"Who does this punk think he is, yo? Let's take him out!"
Yuffie, as discontented as she was, shook her head.
"What is your name?"
"I am Kyou."
"Kyou, if we go with you, will we see Ashton?"
The boy nodded.
"Mr. Talbot? He is off on business, so I had orders to give you a comfortable room until he returns."
Reno spoke up.
"Why are you being so nice to us, kid?"
"Should not captors be kind to their prisoners?"
Reno scoffed at this term.
"Prisoners? There is only one of you and three of us? Do the math!"
Yuffie shook her head.
"We will come."
Reno and Rude were both shocked.
"Yuffie!"
The ninja disregarded them and followed the young man into the elevator. Reno and Rude, without a choice, tagged along. Inside, Reno whispered to the ninja who was standing with her head slightly bent down.
"Hey Yuffie, why did you agree to come here?"
The ninja lowered her head even more, clutching her shiruken.
"This…is the only way to meet up with Talbot. I don't think we'll be harmed."
"I guess, yo."
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The elevator opened and the group stepped out: Kyou first, then Yuffie, next Reno and then Rude. Six guards stood outside the elevator as if awaiting their arrival. Two guards approached Yuffie as the others approached Reno. Yuffie winced as they took away her weapon and her throwing stars. One guard eyed her backpack.
"Open it."
Complying, she opened it and the guard looked inside. All he could find were tiny slips of paper with Wutian writing on them.
"What are these?"
Oh, this will be funny…I hope they believe me…!
She tried not to giggle.
"HEY! You've taken all of my weapons, why do you want to take notes from my boyfriend too, you jerk!"
The guard scoffed and handed back the pack.
Dumb-butts.
They led them to an unexpectedly well furnished room with no windows and no doorknob from the inside. The air-conditioning shaft was also too small to climb through, even for the ninja. Great, she thought, no chance of escape here.
"Mr. Talbot should be here by tonight. He will see you tomorrow. Good Night," said one of the guards as he shut the door.
Yuffie plopped back onto a bed.
Well they didn't take everything from me…but I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow when they let us out to see Talbot. I wanted to do it while I was still ticked off…I always kick butt better when I'm mad. Now we're back-tracked. Vinnie is going to try to come save me and Talbot won't be dead yet. I'm so stupid! I should have come more prepared and kicked that cute kid's butt all the way to Midgar! I'm sorry dad, if things don't go right here.
The ninja felt the mattress sink down a bit as Reno came to sit beside her.
"May I?"
She seemed indifferent, but did not decline his request.
"Yuffie, are you okay?"
She felt the tips of his fingers rest under her chin, bringing her face to meet his.
"I'm…beginning to think that I was stupid for allowing us to be caught."
"We'll be fine, yo. Don't sweat it."
She shook her head.
"What if…we don't get out of here? What if…he comes and Talbot kills him!"
"Him? You mean Vincent?"
She cast her eyes down and nodded.
Reno smiled.
"So you really do like him, squirt. I thought that was it!"
"Huh? Thought what was what?"
"I knew he didn't like me. Now I know why; he's jealous!"
Yuffie let out a choked giggle.
"Jealous? Jealous of you? Wow…Vinnie must really like me!"
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean, yo?"
Yuffie didn't answer, just giggled.
For the first time, Yuffie noticed that Rude had fallen asleep.
"Hey Reno?"
"Yeah?"
"Since I take it you don't 'like' me, what do you think of me then?"
Reno thought for a minute and then ruffled her hair.
"I think of you as a…cute but bratty little sis!"
Yuffie smiled.
"You know what? I think of you as a retarded and perverted big brother!"
Reno scoffed.
"Hey, I thought I already apologized about incident?"
"True."
The red-headed 'big brother' changed the subject.
"So…what's in the bag?"
Yuffie picked up her backpack off of the bed and rummaged through it.
"Oh, you mean these? They are paper bombs. Notice how the paper is thicker than usual? The powder inside explodes when it hits air. You have to rip it and toss. If you do it too late and you get blown up too. It's not very powerful though."
Reno scratched his head.
"Hey, works for me."
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Reno woke up later that night with a sense of foreboding in the pit of his stomach. Man, what did I eat? A bad hot-dog? No…that's not it. He sat up and looked around the room.Yuffie was sitting up in her bed with covers draped across her legs. What's she doing up? He got up and sat beside her. Rude was out like a light and snoring moderately.
"Why are you up so late?"
She jumped.
"Heh, I could ask you the same thing."
"Well, I thought I ate a bad hot dog but…"
"You feel odd too?"
"Yeah, like something isn't right, yo?"
She nodded and scooted back against the wall. Reno did the same.
"I wonder…if Vinnie's here. My whole plan was to kick Talbot's butt so he couldn't' harm him and for Wutai. Now…he's going to take Chaos' cells and kill Vinnie along with us."
Reno noticed that Yuffie's eyes were red and puffy. Her cheeks were damp.
"Vince can handle himself. As for us, we'll think of something."
Yuffie nodded and leaned her head onto Reno's shoulder.
"Thank you."
"Any time, sis."
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Author's Note: I felt quite happy with this chapter. Sorry guys, but this story isn't a Reno x Yuffie. The next story might be. Either that or a Sakura x Sasuke. Thanks for reviewing! Oh, and I've never watched Fruit Basket.