The party entered Wutai village per Gordon's recommendation. Coomer had gone on ahead to gather info on Yuffie's whereabouts.

"Hopefully Coomer already found her and we can get our stuff back." said Gordon.

"That's wishful thinking," said Vincent.

Coomer then came into view and when he saw the others he went over to them.

"I'm surprised he isn't lugging a vending machine," said Red XIII sarcastically.

"Ah, hello everyone!" said Coomer as he approached.

"Hey Coomer." said Gordon, "Were you able to find Yuffie?"

"I unfortunately was unable to Gordon." Coomer replied,

"But I was told if I wanted to seek any info regarding her, I should go and see Godo."

He then pointed to a tall building in the distance.

"Well let's get going then." said Cait Sith.

"That's not the only thing." Coomer continued,

"The Turks are here too!"

"What?" Cloud said, as him and the rest of the party were now on alert.

"Where are they now?"

"Oh I wouldn't worry about them Cloud, they look like they're on vacation." said Coomer,

"And they did seem quite intimidated when they saw me."

"Alright then." Cloud replied,

"We'll keep an eye out for them. For now let's go see this Godo."


The gang followed Coomer into the building where Godo was.

"From what I was told he should be in his room. Apparently he hasn't done much since the war ended."

They continued to follow Coomer as they made their way to Godo's room. As they entered they found a middle-aged man wearing a sleeveless blue kimono and a black trim laying in a tatami bed.

When he heard them come in he opened his eyes and glanced over.

"Who are you?" He asked them.

"Uhhh are you Godo?" asked Gordon.

"That's right, and you still haven't told me who you are." He replied, starting to sound irritated.

"We were told you could help us find someone named Yuffie," said Tifa.

"Yuffie?" Godo said,

"There's no one here by that name."

"That's not what I was told! The people here say that Yuffie has been around town and you know her!" said Coomer.

"Well you heard wrong." said Godo,

"I don't know anyone named Yuffie."

"Bullcrap." said Gordon,

"You're her father, you should know where she is."

"Huh?" said Godo, as he got up and eyeballed Gordon.

"What did you just say?"

"I said you're her father and-"

Gordon then stopped mid sentence and had a "oh shit" look on his face.

'Oh fuck oh FUCK! I slipped up again! Just like with my first meeting with Cloud! God dammit!'

He then felt himself begin to panic.

"Gordon?" Tifa asked,

"How do you know that?"

"Oh, u-uhhhhhhhhhhh-" Gordon stammered, trying to find a reasonable excuse.

"I just- I just assumed since Coomer was told to find him that he would be her father, that's all."

"Alright then." said Tifa, suspicious of Gordon as he internally breathed a sigh of relief.

'He's lying again.' She thought,

'It's just like with Cloud. How does he know these things?'

"Well you thought wrong, she's no daughter of mine." said Godo.

"Nor do I want to be." A familiar voice said.

Everyone turned around and saw Yuffie standing at the doorway, an unhappy look on her face.

"Why would I want to be related to a coward who laid down for Shinra and let them ruin our way of life?"

"Quiet child!" Godo shouted,

"You have no right to talk to me like that! You have no idea what I've been through since the war ended!"

"So what? You're just gonna lay down and call it quits?" She asked,

"No wonder Wutai has gone down the toilet."

"How dare you!" He shouted,

"No child like you is gonna talk to me like that!"

"And what are you gonna do about it!?"

"Shut up! You're a rotten daughter!"

"And you're a pathetic excuse for a fa-"

"Enough of this!" Bubby shouted as he drew out his Tau Cannon and aimed it at Yuffie, who in turn raised her hands to the air and had a distressed expression.

"Bubby what the fuck are you doing!?" Gordon shouted.

"She took all our soda Gordon!" Bubby shouted, as his gun began to charge up,

"And if she doesn't give it back by the time this fully charges I'm gonna turn her into paste-"

Godo then suddenly jumped and tackled Bubby, which caused him to fire off the Tau Cannon prematurely. Yuffie used this as an opportunity to throw down a smoke bomb. The room filled with smoke as everyone began to cough.

Gordon however pretended to cough in order to keep up the charade.

When the smoke dissipated, Yuffie was gone and Godo was on top of Bubby.

"Get off me!" Bubby shouted, as he pushed Godo off,

"What the fuck was that for!?" Bubby shouted as he got up.

"You were about to kill my daughter over a mere beverage!" Godo shouted.

"Well you didn't seem to have any love for her a few moments ago!" Bubby shot at him, as he held his Tau Cannon in a threatening fashion.

"And do that shit again and you'll be the one to get it."

"Is that a challenge?" Godo asked, as he went into a fighting stance.

"It's a guarantee." said Bubby, as he aimed his gun at Godo.

"ENOUGH!" Gordon shouted, as got in between the two.

"You-" Gordon said, pointing at Godo, "-calm the hell down."

He then looked at Bubby,

"And you, stand down, right now."

"He started it though-"

"No Bubby, you were the one who pulled out the Tau Cannon and aimed it at one of our own." said Gordon,

"That is something I'm gonna have a talk with you about later, but right now I need you to put the gun away and cool off."

Bubby looked at Gordon, then back at Godo, and seriously considered blowing a hole through Godo's chest before finally stashing the gun back into his lab coat.

"This is fucking bullshit." Bubby snarled.

Godo slowly eased up and exited his stance.

"Well he probably scared her straight." said Cait Sith,

"Now what are we gonna do?"

Cloud took a deep breath.

"Alright, this is the plan." He said, trying to take control of the situation,

"We'll split up into groups of three like we did a Gongaga and look for Yuffie. The group that finds her will report in with the others. Understood?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.


Cloud, Gordon, and Bubby were searching around Wutai Village for Yuffie. Both Cloud and Gordon had agreed to stick together and take Bubby with them to ensure he wouldn't try to harm Yuffie like he tried to at Godo's house.

And Gordon had given Bubby a stern talking to about what he did, which Bubby didn't seem to care for.

"I was just trying to get her to give us our soda back!" Bubby retorted.

"And you think using the Tau Cannon on her would've been a good idea!?" Gordon shot back,

"Yes! That would've scared her straight, and showed her what happens when you fuck with the science team!"

"Bubby she's with our party and you can't-"

"Guys quiet!" Cloud said, causing both of them to stop arguing.

They then saw what Cloud was looking at: a few feet away from them was a giant pot, and it was moving around.

"Cover both bridges." He said, as he pointed to the two bridges that led to different directions in the village.

Gordon and Bubby nodded as they went to each bridge and stood on their pathways.

Cloud slowly and quietly went over to the large jar. He tentatively moved his hand to the jars cover and grabbed the top part of it. He then looked over at Gordon and Bubby and nodded as they got ready.

Cloud then quickly removed the jar's cover and Yuffie immediately shot out of it. She tried to run to the bridge that Bubby was covering but Bubby had his Tau Cannon aimed and Yuffie, seeing she couldn't escape that way tried to run to the bridge Gordon was covering, but Gordon blocked the path which caused Yuffie to try and run into a nearby building, but Cloud was able to intercept her.

She then tried to flee into a different direction but Gordon and Bubby were quickly on her, and with Cloud behind her they were able to box her in. Yuffie, seeing that she had no routes to escape, gave up on running.

"Alright, alright!" She said,

"You guys win!"

"Damn right we do!" Bubby said, as he aimed his Tau Cannon at her,

"Now give us back our soda!"

"Hey, hang on a minute!" said Yuffie,

"How do I know you won't try and blow me away like earlier?!"

"I was just threatening you! How else was I supposed to get our soda back."

"What?"

"He was Yuffie." said Gordon,

"I know Bubby, he doesn't threaten people unless he has a reason to."

"You sound like you're talking from experience." said Cloud.

Gordon didn't respond, but gave an affirming nod.

"Now just give us our Materia and soda back and we'll forget this whole ordeal happened." said Gordon.

"Alright, I will." said Yuffie,

"Just follow me."


Yuffie led the trio down into a basement of a nearby house. Bubby himself was getting antsy from the whole ordeal.

"You all saw it didn't you?" She asked, as they entered the basement.

"Saw what?" asked Cloud.

"What's become of Wutai."

She turned to face the three.

"Ever since the war ended, Wutai has become nothing more than a tourist trap, and I thought with enough Materia I could take on Shinra-"

"I don't give a fuck!" Bubby shouted, interrupting her speech.

"Just give us back our soda you stupid kid!"

"You want it back so bad?" She asked,

"Just pull that lever back there." She then pointed a lever at the end of the room.

"Do that and the soda and Materia are all yours."

"Now hang on a minute." said Gordon, as he and Cloud were in the center of the room.

"How do we know this isn't some trap and-"

"Fucking hell I'm thirsty!" Bubby shouted, as he ran over and pulled the lever.

A large cage descended down from the ceiling and encased Cloud and Gordon inside.

"HA!" Yuffie shouted in glee,

"You're such an idiot Bubby for trusting me that easily! And again for that matter! Figures with someone with a stupid name like that!"

As she said that Bubby got more and more angry.

"If you want your Materia so badly then go and get it yourself! As for the soda I'm keeping it all!"

"Oh now you've fucking done!" Bubby shouted, as he pulled out Gluon Gun,

"You're fucking dead you little shit!"

"Oh crap!" Yuffie shouted.

She quickly ran towards the basement's exit as Bubby opened fire on her. Luckily the energy stream didn't hit her as she ran out the basement with Bubby in pursuit.

"Bubby, wait!" Gordon shouted from inside the cage,

"Don't leave us without freeing us and don't kill Yuffie!"

But it was too late, Bubby had already ran up the stairs and exited the house.

"Well that's just fucking dandy." said Gordon, as he sat down with back against the cage,

"Now what do we do?"

"Hopefully with some luck one of the others heard the commotion." said Cloud.

"Yeah fingers crossed on that."

After a few minutes the door to the basement opened and Tifa, Red XIII, and Vincent walked in.

"Hey!" Tifa said as she went over to the cage,

"We heard a strange noise and came over as fast as we could, what happened?"

"Yuffie led us here with the promise of giving back our Materia and soda. Bubby jumped the gun and caused us to get trapped in here." Gordon explained,

"And Yuffie managed to piss off Bubby to the point where now he wants to kill her."

"What!?" Tifa said, now very concerned for Yuffie's safety.

"Yeah, so now we gotta find Yuffie before Bubby does, so free us first and we can get going."

Vincent went over to the lever and pulled it up. The cage around Cloud and Gordon lifted up, freeing them.

"Alright." said Cloud,

"Now we have to find Yuffie before Bubby as Gordon said, we just need to figure out where she could be hiding now."

"I think I have an idea," said Gordon.

"And what would that be?" asked Red XIII.

"The statues we saw, there's a chance she could be hiding."

"And what makes you think she's there?" Red XIII asked.

"Just a hunch." replied Gordon.

'It's because I'm cheating, again.'


Cloud, Gordon, Tifa, Red XIII, along with Vincent and the rest of the party were all making their way up the path towards the statues. Cloud had gotten everyone else up to speed on what was going on and they were now all hoping to get to Yuffie before Bubby could get his hands on her. And hopefully be able to calm him down.

"You sure she's up this way Gordon?" asked Barret.

"Positive." He replied,

"No way she would stay in town with a murderous Bubby on the loose."

As they got closer to the statues, they noticed familiar figures nearby, both in black suits.

"Wait a minute, aren't those.." Barret said,

"The Turks?"

"It looks like Reno and Rude." said Tifa.

When the Turks noticed them, they didn't even draw their weapons or get ready for a fight either.

"Oh, it's you lot." said Rude,

"What are you all doing here?"

"We're looking for someone." replied Cloud,

"Friend of ours is supposed to be up this way and we're looking to get her back."

"Well you and us both." said Reno,

"Elena got kidnapped along with another chick and we believe they were both taken up here."

"What?" asked Cloud, "What do you mean?"

"It's Corneo." said Rude,

"He's kidnapped Elena and your friend and he's planning on choosing one of them as his 'bride.'"

"Corneo's here?" asked Cloud, somewhat surprised.

"Yes." replied Rude,

"And seeing as we both have someone that's his hostage, let's form a temporary alliance until we get them back."

Cloud seriously pondered this, while he did not like the idea of teaming up with Shinra in any capacity, he also didn't want to lose a friend either.

"Alright." said Cloud,

"We'll team up for now."

"Good." said Reno,

"Then follow us, but don't try anything."


"Let me go, you pig!" Yuffie shouted.

Yuffie along with Elena were tied up onto the face of a statue with Elena tied onto its right eye, and Yuffie tied onto its left.

Corneo, the one Cloud had an encounter with back in the Sector 6 slums was also there, and he was eager to choose who he wanted as his new "bride."

"I'm afraid I can't do that sweetheart!" said Corneo, the sleaze ozing off of him,

"You see, I'm having a hard time choosing between the two of you, but maybe tell me why I should take one of you and I'll let that one live!"

"You won't get away with this!" Elena shouted,

"I'm a Turk! When my friends get their hands on you, you'll be in some deep water!"

"Ah that won't matter to me!" Corneo replied,

"Shinra wasn't able to nail me when I ran Wall Market! And by the time I marry one of you I'll be way out of their reach!" He boasted,

"Now then, which of you to choose…"

"Corneo!" Cloud shouted, as he and the others ran up the hand of the statue that Corneo was on.

"Oh, it's you again." said Corneo upon seeing Cloud,

"What do you all want?"

"What do you think? Let them go!" Cloud shouted at Corneo.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." said Corneo,

"You see, ever since our first encounter I've suffered greatly since then and-"

"Oh my god who the hell cares!" A voice from down below.

Everyone looked over and saw Bubby climbing up onto the hand they were all standing on.

"Bubby!" said Gordon, as Bubby got to his feet.

Bubby didn't reply but instead aimed his Tau Cannon straight at Yuffie.

"BUBBY NO!"

Gordon and Cloud dashed over to stop Bubby before he could fire off a shot but too late, Bubby fired it at where Yuffie was strung up.

But instead of hitting her, one of the bindings that was holding her up was shot off, freeing her right arm.

"W-What?" said Yuffie, half shocked and half relieved her body didn't disintegrate.

"Just so you know I still wanna kill you!" Bubby shouted at her,

"But right now we have more pressing matters at hand!"

Yuffie didn't respond but hesitantly nodded in agreement, Gordon and Cloud meanwhile looked at Bubby and Yuffie in surprise and relief.

"Well that's settled for now," said Gordon, as he and Cloud turned their attention to Corneo.

"Oh now you've done it!" shouted Corneo,

"Now I'm gonna have to unleash my secret weapon upon you!"

He stepped to the side to reveal a small, green alien-like creature. It had yellow eyes and a tan cloak. It held a lantern in its right hand and a knife in its others. And it emitted a strong aura.

"Oh crap." said Barret,

"It's a Tornberry, I heard about these things. Most people who encounter one almost never live to tell others!"

"Not helping right now Barret!" Cloud shouted, as he and the rest drew their weapons in preparation for a fight. Only Coomer stepped forward.

"Dr. Coomer?" said Gordon,

"Actually you know what, let's let Coomer handle this."

"Are you sure?" asked Cid.

"More than sure."

"Ha!" said Corneo,

"You'll regret not taking me seriously. Now go my pet!" He said, pointing at Coomer in a way that guaranteed victory.

"Coomer use this!" Yuffie shouted, throwing a green orb at him.

Coomer opened his mouth and the Materia went straight in, he swallowed it as he advanced onto Corneo.

The tornberry itself moved in on Coomer. When it was in stabbing range it slowly jammed its knife into Coomer's leg.

But instead of piercing Coomer, the knife shattered in the tornberry's hand.

"W-What!?" said Corneo, the arrogant expression he had now gone, and replaced with one of shock.

Coomer, without even looking at the tornberry, grabbed its head and lifted it up. The tornberry swayed and struggled to free itself to no avail as Coomer's grip tightened.

And then, the tornberry's head was crushed in Coomer's hand like a tomato. Coomer dropped the monster's now lifeless body to the ground, his hand now covered in viscera. He continued to advance onto Corneo, who now had a look of utter terror on his face.

"S-Stay back!" He shouted, as he drew out a pistol and began to fire on Coomer.

The bullets seemingly did not fase Coomer at all as frost began admitting from his hands. He then made a motion like he was about to shoot out a kamehameha and pushed them forward. A stream of frost shot out of his hands towards Corneo, who in turn was now encased in ice.

"What the?" said Gordon, as he and the others looked at Coomer in bewilderment,

"When did Coomer get ice powers?"

"I give him the Blizzarda Materia!" said Yuffie,

"Didn't expect that to happen though!" She said, as she cut the other binding off and jumped from where she was to rejoin the group.

"Look." She said,

"I'm sorry I stole all of your Materia and soda, I promise this time I'll give it all back. If you'll just-"

"Not so fast." said Coomer, as he turned his head to face Yuffie.

The look Coomer was giving her made Yuffie tremble in fear and caused her to slowly back away, only to feel the cold barrel of a gun press against her back.

"Oh no you don't!" said Bubby.

A large sword then shot in front of her, blocking her from going forward. Yuffie looked over and saw Cloud who had a serious and threatening look on his face.

"Hey guys cut it out!" shouted Tifa, as she ran over to break the whole thing up. Only Gordon intercepted her.

"Don't." said Gordon, "This is science team business. It's best if you all stay out of it."

Tifa and the others didn't like it, but at the same time they did not want to get in Coomer's way.

"L-Look guys-" said Yuffie, panic in her voice

"I'm sorry I stole from you just let me-"

"Quiet." Said Coomer, as he went over to Corneo.

Coomer grabbed Corneos head and with almost no force, ripped it off.

He then turned to face Yuffie and slowly walked over to her.

"P-P-Please!" She pleaded.

Coomer then stopped a few feet in front of her and held out Corneo's decapitated head. He then threw it like a fastball at Corneo's body, shattering it into a thousand pieces.

Coomer then went over to Yuffie and was now face to face with her.

"Never. Steal. Our soda. Again."

Yuffie gave a weak nod.

Coomer then looked at Bubby and Cloud and nodded at them both, in turn they eased up and put their weapons away.

"And don't trick or insult me again like you did or I really will kill you!" Bubby shouted.

"O-Okay…" Yuffie said weakly.

"Alright, now that that's done-" said Cloud, "Let's see about Elena."

"It looks like she's already gone." said Cait Sith, as they all looked at where Elena was tied up to see the spot was now empty.

"Huh, guess the Turks already freed her." said Barret, as he turned to face Yuffie.

"Now kid, give us back our Materia and we'll forget about this whole ordeal!"

"Alright, just follow me and I'll give it back, along with the soda too." She said, as everyone beside the science team followed her down from the hand they were standing on.

"Cloud!" said Tifa, being the only one to not follow Yuffie,

"What was that about!?"

"She took our soda." replied Cloud,

"I had to show her what would happen if she tried it again." He then looked at the other members.

"Now, let's get going."

"Oh boy, we can have soda again!" Coomer said gleefully, as he and Bubby followed Cloud down the hand.

Tifa meanwhile stood there conflicted.

'While Yuffie did need to be taught a lesson, the way Cloud and the others did it went too far.' She thought.

'Just hopefully she learned her lesson and Cloud doesn't go down that path again.'

She then noticed Gordon walk past her.

"Gordon!" She said, getting his attention.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I wanted to apologize."

"For what?" asked Gordon.

"For deceiving you back at Cosmo Canyon. I did want to get information out of you about Black Mesa and me and Cloud did use you and Tommy being separated as a way to get different versions. But I genuinely to hear what happened. I know what happened at Black Mesa was awful and-"

"Tifa it's fine." said Gordon, cutting her off.

"You and Cloud did what you had to to get the full picture of what happened to us. I've moved past it and I'm looking forward." He said,

"And….I know what you're probably thinking."

"Huh?" said Tifa.

"You're probably wondering how I knew Godo was Yuffie's father." said Gordon, and judging from Tifa's reaction he was right.

"It's like with Cloud. I wish I could tell you how I know these things but….now isn't the time."

"Then when is the time?" She asked,

"When are you gonna tell me how you know about Cloud's past with SOLDIER? And how do you know so much about us?"

Gordon took a deep breath.

"When Cloud finds out the truth himself, I'll tell you everything." He said,

"But….you might not like the answers."

He then turned around and headed down the path back to Wutai Village, leaving Tifa contemplating what Gordon just said.

'What does he mean I won't like the answers? Just who he?'