Alliance
AN: I do not own anything in this story. Please R&R.
"So the person we have to blame for this mess is Yuffie-dono?" Kenshin questioned.
"It would seem so." Vincent remarked. Yuffie had a sheepish grin on her face.
"Heh, I'm sorry?"
"Can't you just cast the spell again?" Sano asked.
"Normally yes but this Materia was experimental. It looks like you're stuck here." Yuffie told them.
"You greedy thief!" Misao yelled out, lunging towards Yuffie. The ninja leapt at her with equal fury.
"Yeah well at least I can actually steal from people!" Vincent and Aoshi both held back the struggling young women.
"Calm down." Both men spoke at the same time.
"Alright, I suppose you can stay here since it is our fault that you're stranded here." Cloud said. Kenshin bowed.
"Thank you very much and sorry for earlier, Misao can be a handful sometimes."
"Yeah Yuffie's a pain sometimes." Both female ninja's looked ready to kill the two men as they said this but were held back by their cold companions.
"Great we get to stay with another weasel girl." Saito remarked towards Yuffie.
"What did you call me?"
"Weasel girl because you act like one." Saito replied expelling a puff of smoke.
"I'll kill you!" Kenshin stepped in front of her and tried to calm her down.
"Now, now don't let him get to you or it will never end."
"Yuffie calm down and go to bed." Tifa cut in. Yuffie huffed but went up to her room.
"Seems like we have a mother hen along with our rooster." Saito said, smirking. Tifa ignored him and came up to Sano.
"I'll show you to your room."
"Thanks and just ignore Saito, he's a bastard."
"I'll do that. Sorry about earlier."
"It's no problem although your punch did numb my hand a little." Tifa blushed at this.
"Sorry I don't really know my own strength."
"It seems to me you know it just fine. I'd hate to fight you for real of course my selling point is my toughness so I won't go down easy. Would you like to spar sometime?" Tifa nodded and then stopped in front of a door.
"This is your room and if you need anything just call. Good night."
The next day dawned bright and early. Aoshi was in his room meditating when he heard some stealthy footsteps approaching his room. He silently drew one of his kodachis and waited. Yuffie burst into the room with a huge bucket of water. She threw it at the okashira who seemed to waver for an instant and then he was right behind her. Her arms were pinned to her sides.
"How in the hell are you able to move like that?" Aoshi didn't respond but instead walked towards Vincent's room with Yuffie. He heard Misao shrieking from his room and sighed heavily. Vincent opened the door and dragged Misao out.
"I see Yuffie tried to pull a prank on you also."
"It would seem so." Both ninja girls glared at each other.
"I have an idea." Vincent said, pointing towards his room. Aoshi gave a small smirk and nodded. Then both men threw the two teenagers into the room and locked the door.
"We'll let you out when you can get along with each other." Aoshi said in his cold tones.
"I think we'll get along pretty well, Aoshi. Do you want to get a drink with me?"
"I'm sorry, I have no tolerance for alcohol but I will have some tea." Both men then walked off, ignoring the shrieks coming from the two hyperactive ninjas. When the two men got down to the bar they found Kenshin keeping an eye on Marlene while cleaning the tables. Hiko was in a corner drinking from his sake jug while Saito and Cid were smoking away from each other.
"Where's Cloud?" Vincent asked.
"That idiot went to get a new sword. Maybe he'll use it better next time." Hiko said from his corner. Just then Tifa came down and saw Kenshin cleaning her tables.
"Kenshin you don't have to do that, you're a guest." The rurouni smiled at her but continued to clean.
"It's alright Tifa-dono, this one doesn't mind."
"Let him do it Tifa, Uncle Ken likes it."
"Uncle Ken?" Tifa questioned the nickname.
"Yeah, I like him and he's really fun to be around." Marlene said, smiling at Tifa.
"Kenshin has a way with children Missy and laundry too." Sano said, coming down to the bar.
"I guess it's because he's young also." Kenshin blushed at that.
"Actually this one is 28." Tifa's eyes widened at that.
"Yeah and his master's 43." Sano informed her.
"But how is that possible?"
"I don't know." Sano shrugged and then Hiko came up and whacked him over the head.
"I'd prefer if you kept my age a secret you moron." Hiko then looked at all the people gathered around. "Well, I'm going to go train. I've got to get away from you people, no offense but my genius can't survive for long surrounded by you fools."
"You're a meanie!" Marlene yelled at Hiko's back. He just ignored her and left.
"The master is arrogant and crude that he is but he really does care about people, even if he doesn't outwardly show it." Kenshin remarked.
"I think I'll take my leave too, if that's alright with Mother Hen over here." Saito announced, pointing at Tifa.
"I don't care what you do, just stop calling me that!" Tifa yelled.
"See you, Mother Hen." Then with another puff from his cigarette, Saito left.
"By the way, where are Yuffie and Misao?" Tifa asked.
"They're being punished for trying to prank us." Vincent informed his friend.
In Vincent's room the two ninja girls glared at each other.
"Alright, how bout we call a truce okay?" Yuffie asked.
"Why so you can backstab me as soon as we're out of here?"
"Well at least I'm not crushing on some ice cube." Yuffie remarked.
"Don't you call Aoshi-sama that! And don't lie, I saw those looks you gave Vincent although what you see in that creepy guy I have no idea." Both girls had had their weapons confiscated by Vincent and Aoshi so they lunged at each other and engaged in a cat fight.
"They could be in there for a while." Aoshi remarked. Vincent acknowledged that by downing another shot of whiskey.