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Always Smiling	By : EzriCandy Category: Final Fantasy VII > Het - Male/Female Views: 1595 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 7: Your Secret Is Safe With Me (Part 2)

(Same tags apply as in Chapter 1)
"Vincent, I do want to tell you. You are my only friend and I want you to know more about the real me. I will, however, try to condense the story as much as possible."
"Do you have any family still living?" She asked.
"I had no immediate family. I was an only child and my father died shortly after I began working for Shinra. My mother died when I was a child."
"Well, I guess that is one thing that we have in common." She said absently not seeing his eyebrow lift slightly. "I'm also an only child. My mother died of cancer when I was twelve years old."
"She was my best friend. She taught me everything that I know about being a Ninja and was the greatest shuriken specialist ever known to Wutai. Though I loved my father, my mom and I had a special bond that no one could break.
"She insisted that I excel in all areas of study and though I didn't appreciate it at the time, I will forever be thankful that she made me learn all that seemingly meaningless trivia that I thought I would never use in the real world. That information has managed to save my hide on more than one occasion.
"Anyway, when I was twelve, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It progressed rapidly and the doctors tried everything but nothing worked. I stayed by her side, night and day and on many occasions, went days and without eating.
The day my mother died" her voice became thick with overpowering emotion. "That was the most devastating day of my life. I don't quite remember, but from what I was told by my father andothers, I collapsed a few hours after her death.
"In my grief over my mother's illness, I had begun to neglect myself. I was told that when I arrived at the hospital, I had gone from 102 pounds to only 60 pounds. I remained in the hospital for three weeks and died twice while there."
Vincent was speechless at these revelations. He knew that this was only the tip of the iceberg and remained silent.
"Eventually I was released and sent home with my father. Things were not to peachy between us after mom died. Every time my father looked at me, all I could see was the pain. Me and my mom could pass for sisters and the fact that her replica was there and my mother wasn't was too much for him to bare.
When I was thirteen, he bought me a house on the other side of town and ever sincethat has been my home. But even being on the other side of town wasnt enough for him. He gave me some bullshit story about needing materia to restore Wutai to the powerful nation it once was."
"Yuffie, I hate to interrupt, but who is your father?" He asked, interested to know who would distance themselves from their own flesh and blood based on their looks. He thought he might already knew the answer to this question, but simply wanted confirmation.
"Vincent" She paused for a moment, chewing on her lower lip. "What I am about to tell you, stays between us. I know you would never tell, but pleaseI don't want anyone to know right now. In time I will tell them, but not now."
He nodded.
"Myfather is Lord Godo. Godo Kisaragi, current ruler of Wutai and I, Yuffie Kisaragi, am the next in line for the throne. At the time of my fathers passing or when he decides to step down, I will become 'Lady Yuffie Kisaragi,' ruler of Wutai." She said quietly with her eyes downcast.
"I will not speak of it to anyone. When you feel you should tell them, you will. I am honored that you chose to share this information with me. Please, continue."
"Thanks, Vinnie. After traveling the world for three years, only returning to Wutai to bring back the materia I stole and spending short periods of time at home, I began to get tired.
"I returned shortly after my sixteenth birthday to find that nothing had changed. After confronting my father, I told him that I knew that he had been selling the materia that I had brought back and pocketing the money.
Here I had spent three years of my life doing what I thought would help Wutai, almost being capture, beaten, and nearly losing my leg trying to escape from a rape pack," she flicked the metal brace that supported her lame leg causing a metallic 'ping' to resonate in the night air. "When what I was really doing was making him richer. I told him that he should show me the respect that I have earned and said that I would no longer gather materia for him.
I told him that I would be the one to restore Wutai. He got pissed when I told him that I wouldnt do his 'Materia Hunting' any longer and-" Tears filled her eyes and threatened to spill.
"Hey, how much do you know about Wutain customs and traditions?" She asked with a shaky voice.
"I have a great deal of knowledge about Wutai, but I am not well versed in the traditions of the ruling families." He said honestly.
"Well at age seventeen, all decedents of the ruling family must begin a search for a mate. At age eighteen, they are married two weeks after their date of birth. The spouse will gain the title of Lord or Lady and after the death of the current leader, will rule along side their mate.
He nodded once again in understanding. "Go on."
"I remember what he said to me like it was yesterday. He said 'Yuffie Kisaragi, you will continue exactly as you have been doing until your seventeenth birthday. At that time, you will find a mate and if you do not find one before you turn eighteen, I will arrange a marriage for you to the person of my choice and you will be married two weeks after your eighteenth birthday such as tradition dictates.'
"If I dont continue to bring him materia, I will be disowned and lose my claim to the throne of Wutai. I also still have to earn my Ninja title or I will continue to be treated like a child. Though I have completed all of my training, I haven't gotten the official title yet."
Inside Vincent was silently fuming at how cruel her father had been to her. For someone who was suppose to love her, Lord Godo did not do a lot to show it.
'I care for her more than her father will ever care for her. He does not deserve someone as wonderful as her.' He thought to himself.
'It was quite dishonorable for him to risk his only childs life in the pursuit of riches.' Chaos growled.
"Vinceyou okay?" The tiny ninja asked slightly concerned, Vincent had a distant look in his eyes and there was a brief flash of anger in them.
"I am sorry Yuffie, I don't understand how your father could risk your life over gil."
"Well, in the beginning, he really did intend to use it for noble reasons, but then I guess he realized it would take a lot more than materia to fix Wutai. He got greedy." She said calmly.
"How do you get your ninja title? I would like to help you accomplish this. You deserve more than his a lot more than his respect, but I can tell that means a lot to you."
"You would really help me?"
"Of course, Yuffie, you are my friend. I respect you as the exceptional person you are. I also respect your skills. Your mother taught you well, she would be proud of you."
He saw her shiver. Despite the fire burning before them, the late night air was starting to chill her. He reached up to the clasps and freed the cloak from his shoulders wrapping it around her.
"Thank you Vinnie for everythingI would love your help even though you have helped me more than you imagined already. It feels like a weight has been lifted from me." She reached over and held the warm claw in her hand. This time, however he did not tense, or withdraw his hand. Instead covered her hand with his organic one.
"Lets see," she murmured, "there are only two steps remaining for me to complete to gain my title. The first one is to defeat the five guardians of the pagoda. The guardians are the embodiment of the Five Mighty Gods of Wutai. Lord Godo is the final guardian of the pagoda, so I will be facing my own old man. As much as I want to cream him and show him how much of a better fighter I am than he is, I still love the old coot. Despite all that he has put me through.
"The final step is to win a great victory in battle. Since we will be facing the two biggest threats to the planet, I think that part is pretty much covered." She said in a light tone.
"When did you plan to defeat the Guardians? Does it have to be done before our battle with Jenova and Sephiroth?"
"Yes. I dont know when but we will have to do it as soon as possible." She said, deep in thought.
"I will speak with Cloud once we are underway again. If you are going to challenge the guardians, I think you should wait until after our respite."
"I agree. Thanks Vince." She looked up at his handsome face and gave him one of her genuine smiles and he gave an equally genuine and rare smile. She pulled the cloak closer with her freehand and rested her head on his arm.
'This feels right.' He thought to himself.
.::-o-::.
It was around 1:00 am when his thoughts were broken by the pixie that still had possession of his handsand he had no intention of moving either.
"Vince, can I ask you a question? You can tell me to shut up if it's too personal." She said shyly.
"I would never tell you to shut up, Yuffie. You may ask any question you like, and I will try to answer it."
"How did you become a Turk?"
He thought about the query for a moment before answering. "Actually Yuffie, I never wanted to be at Turk."
"Really?"
"Yes. Originally, I had nothing wanted nothing to do with Shinra so I would travel from village to village to offer my services to those places that were being overrun by the monsters that seemed to be thriving off of Shinra's Mako reactor experiments.
"I was very good at what I did and as time progressed, my shooting skills became unmatchedor so I've been told." He said meekly.
"One day I was clearing the fiends from the area surrounding Fort Condor when I came across a beast attacking a group of under-trained Shinra executives whose transport had broken down. Their soldier had been killed early in the attack and they were left to face the beast alone.
I ran towards them but I knew that I would not make it in time. I was still about 100 yards away when I saw the beast raise his claw and prepare to tear into the man he had pinned.
I raised my quicksilver and fired, hitting the beast in it's head. It collapsed to the ground and I arrived at the transport. I performed a cure spell on the down executive and helped him back to the transport. Another man approached me, and was utterly amazed at my accuracy with a weapon that was never intended for sharp shooting. After talking with him while the replacement transport arrived, he offered me a position at Shinra training their guardsmen in their firearms skills.
I agreed and joined them on their way back to Midgar. I was in that position for two months before I received word that I was to report to the Turk leader for my new assignment.
I went to the Turk in charge and explained that I did not want to position and would not take it. After some well thought out and placed threats on his behalf, I was forced to work for the Turks. Soon I became the best assassin that the company had known. I never had any desire to kill others.
If I had a choice in the matter, I would have never joined the Turks. Hojo would have never shot me and I would still be completely human. Then again, if I had not, I wouldn't have met Lucrecia. There would have been no one in the coffin that I slept inside of for thirty years in the basement of the Shinra Mansion when you all searched it.
"Hey Vinnie, sorry to break in here, but how old are you?"
"When I was locked away, I was 24, with the thirty years I spent there, I am Technically 54 years old. My body did not age while I was in 'stasis' so I am biologically still 24 years old. I believe I should resume aging at a normal place now."
"Wow. You look great for fifty-four, Vinnie!" she joked. But she was astonished that he still looked so good.
Vincent blushed. "Thanks."
"If those events hadn't happened, I wouldn't have been around to join Avalanche or even meet you, Yuffie." Now it was her turn to blush.
"And for those reasons, I now see can now see that everything happens for a reason. I am grateful to have met you, Yuffie Kisaragi." He said gently squeezing her hand.
"Vincent, we are more alike than we both thought. We both hide our true emotions in order to protect ourselves and we have both suffered at the hands of Shinra. They made you a slave and used you to do their dirty work and they destroyed the prosperity of my home. Maybe if they had never defeated Wutai in the war, my father would have never sent me on that stupid materia quest.
But even more than that, we have both lost people that we cared about more than anything. There's not a day that goes by that I dont think about my mother. And I will always mourn the loss of Aeris. She will always have a place in my heart and I dont think I will ever stop thinking about her. She's only been gone a short period of time but I can still feel her presence, watching over me." She said quietly.
"Yuffie, do you remember when I went to talk to Tifa earlier tonight?" She nodded "Well I received three messages from someone very dear to all of us. Tifa got one, I received the other and the final message is for you."
"You got a message for me? Why did you get a message for me? And from who?" She asked puzzled.
"While I was meditating, Aeris began speaking to me. At first I thought I was hearing voices, but she assured me that this was not the case."
Yuffie remained silent with tears glistening in her eyes waiting for him to continue.
"She wanted to communicate with you earlier today but decided that it was best that you were left alone to think. As I understand it, there are certain people that she can contact directly, while you are one of those people, she thought it was best to wait. She said that she would try to make contact after meteor is dealt with.
She said 'Please tell her that I am proud and honored to be her sister. Tell her that I will always be watching over her. I hope she finds happiness in what the future shall bring her and not to deny what her heart is telling her.
And though I do not know what this means, she said that you would understand. She said for me to tell you 'I told you so.'"
Yuffie gave a small chuckle though there were still tears flowing down her cheeks. "She was right too. I think she knows me better than I know myself."
Vincent gave her a curious glance but didnt ask any questions.
"Vincent, I just want to thank you for everything that you have done for me tonight. I don't think I will be able to show the real me quite yet around the others, but I feel at ease showing you. I will not hide from you, because it won't do much good anyway, you can see right through me just like Aeris could."
"If at anytime you need to talk Yuffie, do not hesitate to seek me out. I enjoyed our conversation tonight and I am glad that you could trust me with the secrets and burdens that you have been carrying."
"Vince, I want you to feel that you can talk to me anytime. You know where my reserved seat is on the Highwind, and I will always be around if you just want to talk since I know that I will take some time for you to get use to talking with the others.
I know that this is not the easiest thing for you, starting your life over and all, but I want you to know that I am proud of you for the steps you've taken so far and I know Lucrecia is also." She said with her head still on his shoulder.
"It's is very late," he said glancing down at the watch on Yuffie's arm "It is 3:30 in the morning and we both could use some rest. I think that we should meet before Cloud and the others return so we can discuss what supplies you will need to gain your Ninja title and what to do about the materia that was requested by Godo when we do journey to the Pagoda."
"Agreed." She said as they both stood.
She pulled the cloak tighter around her and reclaimed his hand as the walked back to the inn. Once inside, Vincent walked her to her room. "Thank you, Yuffiefor trusting me." He said quietly so he would not disturb the other guests.
She smiled at him and hugged the sweet gunman. "Its kinda hard not too Vinnie." She released him and opened the door to her room and handed back his cloak.
"Yuffie, your genuine smile is quite beautifulI hope I get to see it more often. He said with a smile before walking across the hall and turning back to her. "Goodnight Yuffie."
"Night Vincent."
.::-o-::.
Yuffie changed into her green wool pajamas and collapsed on the bed"He thinks my smile is beautiful." She whispered closing her eyes. "Goodnight to you too, Aeris." Was said before falling asleep dreaming of the wonderful Vincent Valentine.
'I think I am beginning to understand, Lucrecia.' He thought.
"Goodnight Aeris" was said before falling into a deep, dreamless sleep.
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