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Final Fantasy VII: Awakening	By : Saan Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 844 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A roadway had been built through the mountain to encourage more travel. This was another one of Reeve's job renewal programs. Many people were still very reluctant to drive through Nibelheim to get there.

"Does anyone need to stop for anything?" In her heart, the Turk had prayed that she could keep the car moving.

"In this place�are you kidding?!"

"I'm with Yuffie on this one. We can get more supplies in Rocket Town. I don't mean to sound bad or anything but, if he's here, I'd rather have reinforcements�just in case."

Leira did not bother to argue. The truth of the matter was that this town always gave her the creeps, ever since it burned to the ground almost ten years earlier. She could not understand why Shinra pushed for the rebuilding of the town back than.

None of the three travelers bothered to look at the buildings, as the red sports car drove through. They did notice that the town still had the look of being deserted.

Along the highway, Leira noticed that the old Shinra Mako reactor was still in place. She quietly wondered about how Cloud was taking this trip down memory lane. She was not aware of all the details surrounding his life but the events that she did know about made her even more concerned for him. She looked into the rearview mirror at him. To her surprise, he had fallen asleep. She remembered the times that they had traveled together when they were both under Shinra employment. The company hated sending him on missions because of his problems with motion sickness. "A lot's changed." She whispered and returned her focus to the road.

Yuffie pressed her face against the window and studied some of the different types of monsters that still inhabited the blackened mountain. She remembered a certain monster that helped her beef up her enemy skill materia. "Materia Keeper, my ass." She muttered. "I showed you, didn't I?!" She giggled evilly. The ability that she had learned allowed her to harness the power of lightning and fire all in one. She remembered all the times that she was able to use the spell called Trine.

Hours later, the car made it through the mountain and surrounding valleys and pulled into Rocket Town.

Yuffie got out of the car first and nervously looked around.

"I doubt he's going to do anything. He'll know that we need him for a job." Cloud tried to comfort the little girl.

Leira ignored the talk and made her way to the inn. "I'll go ahead and reserve a room. I want to get a bath in and put on a change of clothes."

"I'm coming too." Yuffie ran after her.

Cloud scratched his head. "I guess I'll go ahead and look for Cid, then."

The inn looked the same way as it did so many years ago. The Turk was hardly surprised. It had been her experience; quiet small towns usually maintained the look as they started out.

The women made their way to the back of the inn. Leira rang a brass bell on the counter to get the attention of the innkeeper.

"Can I help you?" asked the innkeeper.

"Party of three please. Showers included are a must,� stated the Turk as her eyes wandered around the lobby of the inn.

"That will be one hundred gil,� said the attendant. "Would you like help with your baggage?"

"No. We'll get it later,� said Leira as she handed over a money transfer card. She looked over at Yuffie who was quietly mumbling about not taking plastic. The card was read and the keys were handed over.

"Thank you." Leira said and traveled up the stairs to where the rooms were. She matched the room number etched into the key with the correct room and opened the door. "You know you can go and meet up with Cloud. I'm going to be awhile."

"That's okay!" Yuffie pushed. "I'd feel safer with you around. That other guy hates me."

Lieandra did not bother to question the girl. She walked into the bathroom and disrobed as Yuffie lie down on one of the beds. "I'm hungry." The young girl groaned.

"You should have thought about that before. You can go eat, now�you really don't have to wait for me, you know."

"I'm just gonna catch some z's while you get cleaned up."

Cloud returned after a while and brought some of the group's luggage. He heard the water in the shower running and stood beside the open bathroom door. "I can tell that, modesty is still your top priority." He laughed.

Leira poked her hand out from behind the shower curtain and extended her middle finger to the boy.

"I'm wounded!" Cloud laughed. I'm going to set your clothes by the shower.

"Thanks, kid."

The spiky haired ex-SOLDIER slowly shut the bathroom door.

"No you don't." Leira shouted.

The smile never left his face as he pushed the door back open. She was still the exhibitionist type.

After her long hot shower, Leira pulled out her formal Elite uniform. She knew that she would probably end up causing a commotion, but the skintight black blue and gold uniform was like a second skin to her. She pulled on the black leggings and buttoned up the "over dress", as she called it.

Cloud had spread himself on the second bed as Leira approached him. She sat down beside him and began to put her high-heeled black boots on.

"So, did you meet up with those friends of yours?" she asked.

"Yep. They're interested in meeting you." He smiled.

"Is that so?" she purred.

The twenty four year old got up and patted his "mother" on the thigh. "Well, it's my turn to take a bath." He pulled his shirt off and headed for the bathroom.

"Whooo-hoooo!� shouted Yuffie. "There ya go! Take it all off, Cloudy man!�

He chucked his shirt at Yuffie's head and turned back to Leira.

"Y'know, I'm a guy. So I can do that type of thing." He flashed a bright smile at her.

"Well, I'm not a guy and I don't care." The Turk countered.

He just shrugged and stood in the doorway for a couple seconds. "Oh, I'm also going to shut the door behind me, too. I believe in knocking on doors." With that, he shut the door behind him.

Leira mimicked him as the door closed and stuck her tongue out. "He still embarrasses easily. I always loved that about him."

"Did you guys ever hook up? Y'know�romantically,� asked the little brown haired Ninja.

"He's too young. He's still just a kid."

"I saw you turn red and start grinnin' when he stripped for ya!"

"I admit that he's a gorgeous kid�but my heart belongs to someone else still."

"Oh." Yuffie chocked. She still wanted to hook up the two. "Well, I'm going to get cleaned up too�when he's out of course�I'll give you guys some alone time."

"Why wait?" The Turk got up and knocked on the bathroom door.

"What's up?" Cloud said on the other side. She could hear water stirring and figured that he really had decided to take a bath instead of a shower. She opened the door and closed it behind her.

"What are you doing?!" He tied to think of a way to hide is nudity. All he could do was put his washcloth over his groin area.

"Oh, come on kid. I've seen every part of you before, remember. You and every other guy in the men's shower room back at Shinra headquarters. I'm surprised you didn't cover your chest!"

He wanted to throw his covering at her but thought better of it.

"I just wanted to point out to you that your bags are still next to your bed." She was grinning from ear to ear.

"You can be such a pervert." He snickered.

"I just wanted to talk for a bit. I won't stare�too much�" She coughed as Cloud lifted the cloth and resumed scrubbing. "I promise�" she snickered.

Besides the obvious parts of the male anatomy, Leira focused on Cloud's arms. On the outside, Cloud seemed scrawny. He was actually pretty muscular. She was rather impressed with him.

"You realize that your little friend has been working hard at getting us together."

He paused for a second and blinked. "I thought so, too."

"It's not that I'm against it or anything but�you know how it is."

Cloud began to shampoo his hair. "Yeah. We all still have our ghosts and lost loves. I'm sorry about Yuffie being that way."

"It's actually kind of sweet. I think so anyway." She blushed a little. "I wanted to ask you about your friends, the ones that we�re supposed to meet in this town.�

Cloud gave it a little thought. "Well, one of them is an older pilot and a bit of a tough guy. He's a nice guy and has helped me out in a lot of situations�he can be a bit of a pig too�I guess. He cusses like a sailor for cryin' out loud. I can actually see you guys getting into a few arguments, actually."

"What about the other guy?"

"Hmmm. He's a nice guy, too. He used to work for Shinra, a long time ago. I don't think you'd know him though. He worked for them before I was even born. He has kind of a shy side to him. There's just something about being around him. You get this weird feeling. I can�t really describe it exactly. One thing you've got to keep in mind, he does make snap decisions about people. He's the guy that doesn't like Yuffie�" Cloud raised an eyebrow. "He doesn't like too many women period."

Leira reached over to the sink and grabbed a cup. She started to help the ex-SOLDIER rinse his hair. "You ever thought about getting it cut? It's hard to tell how long it is when it's all stuck up."

He flinched and splashed a little water at her.

"Well, I'll let you finish up. Yuffie wanted to go in after you." She walked to the door and opened it. "Oh, when are we going to meet these friends of yours?"

"I figured that we could stop by later today."

"Good boy." Leira smiled and left.

A few hours later, the group was ready to go. Leira followed Cloud through the town. Yuffie seemed to be content with walking real close to her. Whoever this person was was making her upset.

"This is the place." He said.

They were standing in front of a brown house with a white fence surrounding it. It seemed a little run down, but at the same time, it gave a rather cheerful feeling.

Cloud knocked on the door.

"Just a damn minute! I'm comin'! If yer a salesman, I sure as HELL don't want any!�

"He seems awful pleasant." Leira muttered.

"Wait till you meet him." Yuffie mumbled. "It gets better."

The large wooden door opened up. "What the hell do you�?" There was a man standing in the doorway. He wore a white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. He had short blonde hair and a little facial stubble. The one word that Leira could think of to describe him was "grizzled". She figured that he was at least in his mid to late thirties. His voice sounded rather harsh.

"Cloud! It's been awhile�I see you brought the girl." He hugged Cloud and shook Yuffie's hand. "Still up to yer thieving'." He joked.

Yuffie rolled her eyes at him. "Nope, not no more."

"Come on in, have a seat. Kick back." He stood by the side of the entryway and motioned them in.

Cloud and Yuffie entered first. Leira was still trying to study their host. "Hey, Cloud�who's the chick? She's quite a babe. An armed babe but still a babe."

Leira had decided to bring along her favorite weapon. In case of any trouble, she refused to be without it. She was still skeptical about the town and its people.

Cloud smiled and introduced the two. "Leira, this is Cid Highwind. Cid, this is Leira. She's working on finding Sephiroth."

Leira was a little surprised. "You're Cid Highwind? The Highwind airship, Highwind?"

"That's my baby." He reached over and shook her hand. "It's a sweet design. Helped me through a lot of hard times."

"You were a pilot for Shinra's space program, weren't you?" asked Leira.

"Yeah. I did a lot of things that I'm not proud of." The veteran pilot was becoming curious. "How did you know?"

"I was in one of your classes many years ago." She answered.

"You with Shinra?" Cid went over to a counter and put a kettle on the stove.

"I'm with the Elite division of the Turks." Leira did not like to play around with her answers.

"You say you're a Turk, huh? You might want to be careful around..." Cid was cut off by a loud crash as scrap metal hit the ground.

"WHO THE HELL IS THAT?!" boomed a voice.

"Uh, oh." grimaced Yuffie.

"Too late." murmured Cid.

Leira spun around. This was the third shock to her system. She had no idea how much more of this she could take.

"That's a Turk uniform...Where did you get it?" The owner of the voice was a tall black haired man. He had the strangest eyes. They were red, blood red, to be precise. He was dressed in a black turtleneck and a black pair of jeans. His long shoulder length black hair accented his stern features perfectly. She also could not help but notice that his left arm seemed a little different somehow. It looked like he had a long golden claw attached to his arm right above the elbow.

"Now, now, Vince..." Cid piped in trying to soothe his friend.

"The Turks were a plague to this land and you have the gall to..." His eyes began to glow even redder than when he had first entered the kitchen of the Highwind house. He was cut short by a very audible, "HMPH." Leira swung her AK-47 into her hands. She raised it and took aim at the Turk hater.

Vincent Valentine straightened at the sight of the weapon and ran his hands through his thick black hair.

"You're a Turk I see." he said coldly.

Leira paused. Any other time she would have blown his head off, but this time she felt something different about him. She could not put her finger on it.

Vincent was not about to waste any time. He quickly kicked the gun out of her hands.

Being disarmed was not enough to stop Leira, but than again, it never did. She put her hands behind her head and backed away from Vincent.

Vincent tilted his head to the side, curious as to what her counter would be. He did not have to wait long. Leira lunged with a quick punch aimed right at his head.

Vincent moved quickly to avoid her punch and caught it a few inches from his face. He than twisted her arm behind her.

"Do we really have to fight?" he whispered into her ear.

Leira gave an evil grin, "Uh, huh." With that, she swung her left leg into the air hitting him in the face with her foot.

Vincent let go of her, staggered back, and went to throw a punch at her.

"Now children...ooo..." Cid had gotten in the way of Vincent's punch as he attempted to separate the two combatants.

"Cid, geez guy, I'm sorry." He bent down to check on his fallen friend when he heard a menacing, "Yooo-hooo."

Not missing a beat, Leira had wandered over to the kitchen table and grabbed one of the chairs beneath it. The wooden chair was held above her head, threatening to strike both of them at any second.

"Now, now," a soft feminine voice said as Leira�s chair toss halted. "We don't need any violence...especially not at the dinner table."

The voices owner coaxed Leira to put the chair down then walked into view. "Hello. I'm Shera." she smiled.

"Leira. Look, I'm sorry. I'm trained to react I...I..." Leira started to apologize.

"That's okay," Shera interrupted. She was about one head shorter than Lieandra, with long sandy brown hair that was just a shade lighter than Leira's. She was dressed in a light green sweater with matching pants. The glasses that she wore gave her a rather sophisticated look. She was pleasant to look at and seemed, to Leira, to be a thoughtful person. "Vincent and Cid are the same way,� she pointed to the pair.

"Vincent." Leira stammered.

"That would be me. I'm Vincent Valentine."

The two stood there staring at each other.

"Uhnn,� moaned Cid. "Gawd Vince, you've got a helluva punch."

Leira looked down at her feet. "I'm sorry." she apologized.

Vincent drew in a long breath. "No, I'm afraid it's me that should apologize. I started this whole mess." He moved in closer to look at the girl wearing the Turk Elite uniform, "I just didn't expect to see this again." He said pointing at the sky blue uniform.

Leira tilted her head to the side and eyed him cautiously. "What is it you have against the Turks?"

Valentine smiled. "I used to be one."

Leira's jaw dropped.

"The very uniform that you are wearing signifies you as one of the Turk Elite. Shinra started hiring and promoting people to this rank around the time that I learned Lucrecia was pregnant." He paused and considered the age of the female Turk. "That would have to have been over thirty years ago."

Leira winced at the name Lucrecia. What could this wiry man, with a claw arm, have to do with the mother of Sephiroth? Her normally tan appearance began to noticeably pale.

"Umm," Cid butted in, rubbing the shiner that was starting to form over his left eye. "Maybe the three of us can go to the inn and discuss all this stuff over a couple nice cold ones." He turned to Shera, "Woman, we're heading out."

"Three?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THREE?! Whotta bout poor Yuffie?!" Yuffie jumped up and down on her toes angrily.

"Please don't come home snockered this time, Cid. I'm tired of having to drag you to your room." Shera pleaded.

"Okay, we're off!� Cid ignored her as the trio made their way out the door. "Oh, Shera, mind the kid." He said sticking his head back through the doorway.

"Well, dear, it looks like it's just you and me, for a while." Shera tried to comfort the nineteen year old as best as she could.

"HMPH." Yuffie spat as she sat down at the kitchen table and buried her head in her arms. "They never let me have any fun.
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