Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Cosmo Memory ❯ Red February ( Chapter 4 )

{mf, beast, oral, rom}

 

Red February

 

"I already said no."

 

"Please, Cloud? Just one more night, I promise!"

 

"We're already hours late on leaving today! Who knows how far ahead of us Sephiroth is getting?" The five were moving quickly down the mountain, with the late mid-morning sun over their heads.

 

"See? We might as well get a fresh start in the morning!" Yuffie felt awkward hanging onto Cloud's back. Even if Vince's stolen cloak covered her from view, her mostly-naked body was still pressed up against him. Still, Cloud is being as gentlemanly as you could expect... considering he has to hold onto your bottom with your legs and arms wrapped around his waist and neck.

 

Cloud looked over his shoulder at the girl to give her another denial, but it was Cid, surprisingly, who spoke up. "Truth be told, I'd prefer not to pilot the Tiny Bronco in the &@&#!$% dark. If ya'll wanna &%$^@ at the kid for holding us up, go for it, but there ain't no sense in leaving this late in the %$#!&*$ day."

 

Yuffie looked at him curiously. "Err... yeah, what he said."

 

Cloud sighed. "Fine, but no more delays. We leave Wutai at dawn!"

 

The girl grinned happily at Red, who looked at her suspiciously. She winked at him then kissed Cloud's cheek. "If it's the same to you all, I think one more night in a real bed might be good for the group's morale," the big cat commented. Cloud sighed again, recognizing that everyone was against him.

 

Cid snorted. "When'd a pussy like you be allowed to sleep in a real bed?"

 

"About every night," Cloud remarked. He was the one that always had to argue with the hotel owners.

 

"With teeth that big, I'd say whenever he wants to!" Yuffie piped in. For emphasis, Red bared his fangs at the surly pilot. Even Cloud managed a laugh.

 

Over on the side, Vincent plodded along silently.

 

___

 

Yuffie did a little twirl in front of her mirror, grinning at the reflection. She wondered if Nanaki would like it. The young ninja had slipped into some more traditional clothing while her other clothes dried. She was wearing a red kimono and tan hakama.

 

She snickered at the image, opting to slip out of the hakama and wear just the kimono. It had simple designs of Leviathan sewn on in slightly darker red lines, but was relatively plain. It had been a long while since she'd worn it.

 

On the dresser rested the hairpin. After eyeing it hesitantly for a long moment, Yuffie reached down and picked it up. The flower of Wutai...

 

"My own little flower of Wutai: resolute, determined, and marvelously radiant."

 

With a small smile, Yuffie reached up and pinned the flower, the symbol of her mother's resolve, into her light brown hair. She looked in the mirror again and blushed, thinking she looked silly with it on. The girl reached up, about to pull it out, when there was a furious pounding at her door.

 

Sighing, Yuffie walked over to the door, shooing a pair of her cats out of the way. She opened the door, her eyebrows drawing downward at seeing who was there: Godo Kisaragi, leader of Wutai; her father.

 

He stepped inside and stood firmly, wearing his dark blue kimono with white sleeves, a frown on his face. His eyebrows, mustache and beard were all pointy, sharp and angular like the rest of him. Except for small streaks of grey at his temples, the rest of his long hair was still raven-black. "What do you want?" she asked, already irritable from the look on his face and somehow angry that she still had to tilt her head back to look him in the eyes.

 

His dark brown eyes, though, were drawn to her hair. "Where did you..?" A glower replaced his surprised expression. Godo snatched at the hairpin. "Hand that over, now!" he ordered.

 

Yuffie angrily swatted his hand aside and fixed him with a cold glare. "It's mine," she told him, "and I'm keeping it. Now what did you want?"

 

"Don't take that kind of tone with me, girl," he threatened. His expression softened, then, and he gave a deep sigh. "All I have are that hairpin and memories, dau-."

 

"Well, I don't even have those!" she pointed out, a little more sharply than she intended. With a huff, she guiltily looked aside. "Didn't I earn any of your respect there in the pagoda..?"

 

"It's not about that!" her father growled, before shaking his head. "No, actually, it is about that!" Yuffie raised an eyebrow questioningly, not sure what he was getting at. Godo pointed that finger at her again. "Shake tells me that...dog...friend... of yours," he started.

 

The girl tensed up, immediately fearing the worst. How did that little..?

 

"...was running around Wutai with the Water God materia! That materia was entrusted to you by me in front of the four combat masters of Wutai! How dare you shame me and yourself by putting it in the paws of that Red... creature!"

 

Inwardly, Yuffie breathed a sigh of relief. Oh gawd, how bad would that have been..? Although I guess I do have to tell him... eventually... maybe. Outwardly, Yuffie flexed her fist in anticipation of what she might do to that little worm, Shake.

 

"First off, Dad, Red is not a dog," she told him, keeping her voice calm in spite of the insult to her Nanaki. "Secondly," Yuffie said, pulling her sleeve back to reveal her edincoat bracelet, "if that little punk is calling me a dog, I'll punt his scrawny behind into the river!" Nestled in one of the grooves of the white-marble bracelet was the summoning materia for Leviathan -- which was positioned right over the head of her hidden Leviathan tattoo.

 

Luckily for her, she hadn't had the chance to give it to Red again...yet. All she'd done was take it out of her shuriken.

 

Godo frowned at the sight of the rare and powerful red orb. "Well then," he said, obviously peeved at being embarrassed in such a way, "in that case, I believe I have a few choice words for the young master." Yuffie saw that his own fist was clenched.

 

Yuffie swung her fist at the air a few times with a cocky grin on her face. "Just be sure to tell him he's lucky it's your words and not my fist!" The teen punched the air twice more for good measure.

 

A slight smile quirked the corner of his mouth. "We'll see how lucky he is," he promised. His face turned serious again. "Guard that materia well, my daughter. And," he added, a bit of a mischievous look in his eye, "be sure to bring back many more."

 

Even though she understood what the old man was implying -- steal from her friends again -- she nodded. "You bet, Dad!" Not on your life, you old coot!

 

Godo turned and stepped out the door. Yuffie reached to the door, preparing to slide it back closed, but her father put his hand back in the doorway.

 

"Please... don't take to wearing that hairpin around," he said, without looking at her. The teen felt her shoulders drooping, understanding that he felt like she could never measure up to her mother. Yuffie looked up, then, a glower on her face. Well...screw what he--! "You look so much like her, it's painful."

 

With that, he dropped his hand from the doorway and walked off.

 

Yuffie stood stock still in the doorway for a long moment, mouth hanging partway open. Somehow, in some way, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her. Finally, she reached up and slid the door closed, a smile spreading on her face.

 

The girl laughed happily and bounded back over to her room. She stood in front of the mirror, taking another look at herself with the hairpin, not finding it as ridiculous as before. Yuffie actually blushed a little, looking at herself with the softly brushed purple columbine in her hair. Imagining her mother standing in front of a mirror like this, maybe even wearing a kimono like her, made the teen smile contentedly. Now she wanted to see what Red would think!

 

Dad will just have to get used to it, she thought, sitting back on her futon. Glancing over, she noticed the scroll on her dresser, also given her by her father in the pagoda, and, in a way, passed to her from her mother. Yuffie picked it up, reading the title once again: All Creation.

 

Her father had told Yuffie that her mother had been the last person to unravel the meaning in the scroll.

 

Looking once more at the flower in the mirror, Yuffie loosened the green strings and pulled the scroll open, eying the elegantly inscribed symbols curiously and eagerly.

 

Then her stomach groaned.

 

___

 

"Yuffie!" Red called out happily as the girl finally poked her head inside the Turtle's Paradise. "...Yuffie?" he said again, questioningly, as the girl walked the rest of the way in.

 

The teen blushed slightly as she walked over to the table where everyone sat. "Aww, you look so cute!" Aerith cried out, looking at the kimono and making Yuffie's cheeks burn brighter. "Ohh, now I want one of those!" She looked over at Cloud, who quickly shoveled another mouthful of rice into his mouth.

 

"Well, this is a side we've never seen before," Tifa remarked with a smile at Yuffie, although she flashed an irritated look at the flower girl.

 

"Looking good, lassie!" Cait Sith shouted from the end of the table, sitting atop his mog.

 

Cid, taking his cigarette out long enough to get a bite of spiced beef, grinned at her. "Well, maybe now them eyes won't get all the attention."

 

Yuffie wasn't sure whether to be insulted or flattered by that last comment, so she ignored it. The other patrons in the tavern, her townspeople, were also staring at her, probably just as surprised as her companions. "Oh shut up, all of you!" she retorted, embarrassed. "My regular clothes just need to be dried, so I had to wear this!"

 

Barret, trying futilely to use chopsticks with his left hand, flashed a sour glare her way. "Don't matter how it changes its spots, a rat's still a @#*% rat!"

 

The girl wilted a little, guiltily, even though the others all gave Barret angry looks. Red, sitting on the floor nearby, growled and flicked his tail over, lighting the wooden chopsticks on fire. "Tha hell!" Barret bellowed, dropping the sticks in his food. "The *&#@ is wrong with you, ya ^#&% mutt?!" He shook his singed fingers.

 

Hackles rising, Red matched Barret's glare. "I don't like..." he started in a threatening tone.

 

"Hey!" Yuffie shouted. "Don't call Red a mutt!"

 

"Yuffie," a voice grated from behind, interrupting the argument about to begin. "Where is my cloak?" The girl turned to see Vince, dressed all in black with his bronze claws and toes. Every time she saw him without the cloak, she fought the urge to giggle -- he looked so scrawny without it!

 

"Oh! Don't worry, Vince!" she explained quickly. "I bet it'll be ready before we leave!"

 

"Ready?" he asked, frowning. "You bet?"

 

"Uh-huh! It smelled like, well, it'd been rotting in a hole for thirty years, so I sent it to be cleaned!" Yuffie grinned cheerfully.

 

The gunman's eyes widened and he lifted his hands, about to reply. "I'll call him whate'er I &#*% well want to!" Barret shouted.

 

"Barret, calm down!" Cloud growled at the larger man.

 

"You calling him a mutt is calling Red a dog!" Yuffie retorted angrily.

 

"He is a dog, wagging tongue aside!"

 

Red, tail twitching angrily, frowned up at Barret. "I am decidedly leonid," he replied, simmering.

 

"The hell does that mean?"

 

From the back, Cait Sith spoke up. "It means he's a cat!" Yuffie barely heard as Cait quietly added, "Although 'felid' would be more appropriate."

 

Barret goggled. "A cat? He howls at the #$%^ moon! More a wolf than anythin' else!" He turned to look at Yuffie, thinking he had a clear victory. "And unless you can tell me exactly what he is, he's still a ^&#*$@ mutt."

 

Cloud, losing his patience, frowned at the big man. "Barret, go outside," he ordered. Yuffie blinked, thinking. He was definitely more of a lion than a wolf, but he did have traits of both.

 

Red growled low in his throat. "I am a--"

 

"He's a puppycat!" Yuffie exclaimed triumphantly.

 

"A what..?" Red asked incredulously. Cid burst out laughing and Cloud choked on whatever he was drinking.

 

Aerith and Tifa giggled. "A puppycat? That's so adorable!" Aerith said excitedly.

 

Red started to protest, but Tifa, sitting closer to the big cat, reached up and scratched his ears. "A big, sweet puppycat, huh?" Tifa teased.

 

"Urgrahh," Barret grumbled wordlessly, slamming his gun arm into the table, pissed that everyone seemed against him.

 

"Barret! Go outside!" Cloud commanded him again, louder, before he could say anything else.

 

"Fine! I'm outta here!" The hothead stood up suddenly, knocking the chair clattering across the floor as he stormed out the door. Yuffie thought he was going to slam into her as he passed, but he stepped aside at the last second. He made sure to slam the restaurant doors on the way out, though.

 

As soon as Barret left the scene, the restaurant patrons began cheering and applauding.

 

Embarrassed by the scene they had caused, Yuffie gave a small bow of apology to the room, even though she was struggling not to break out in laughter.

 

The teen quickly moved over to the fallen chair, taking Barret's place and shoving his unfinished plate out of the way. Nanaki, next to her, smiled warmly, although he couldn't help but ask one more time, "Puppycat..?"

 

Grinning, Yuffie reached over and scratched behind his ears.

 

"That's a lovely hairpin, Yuffie," Tifa told her, taking a gulp from the glass in front of her.

 

"I agree," Red told her with a mischievous smile.

 

Yuffie blushed, trying to fight back the smile that spread across her face. "Just don't get used to it!" she told the group.

 

"So, where can I get one of those pretty dresses?" Aerith asked, indicating the kimono.

 

___

 

Their late lunch lasted long into the early evening, and Yuffie felt her spirits buoyed. Besides Barret, everyone seemed to have forgiven her, which was unbelievable after what she'd put them through. A lot of it was thanks to Cloud, she knew. The group tended to follow his lead.

 

All of them had seen her argue with her dad, though, and then Cloud and Nanaki were witnesses to her battle up the pagoda. She'd wanted to do that for a long time, but if not for her travels with Cloud and the others, she couldn't have grown strong enough. It was also her companions, and her guilt, that gave her the necessary resolve to take on the greatest challenge of Wutai.

 

In just the few days since their escape from Rocket Town, it seemed as if her entire world had been flipped upside down, around to the side, and in a loop-de-loop. Although... maybe it had taken longer than that. Had it started from the moment she first tried to rob that blonde-headed ex-SOLDIER?

 

Yuffie reached over to scratch at Nanaki's neck affectionately as they walked toward her house, annoyingly sober. She'd been quick enough to point out that Red was really only an adolescent, and shouldn't be allowed to drink. That, in turn, meant that Red spent the afternoon foiling her attempts to swipe drinks of her own. Everyone else, including Barret after he returned and even Cait Sith although she could swear she never saw him eat or drink a thing, was now plastered.

 

It wasn't exactly a vacation, an extra day with half spent traipsing around a mountain and the other half spent drinking in a restaurant. Not exactly, but after how hard they'd been pushing to catch Sephiroth, it felt like a vacation. The girl smiled at Nanaki; even if they never had another break again, it was worth it for what she'd found, here, under the stars they shared from two different homelands.

 

"Almost a full day..?" Nanaki asked in wonder, looking up at the stars just beginning to reveal themselves.

 

Yuffie smiled brightly. "Almost," she nodded.

 

Red turned his amber eye up toward her. "I'm glad you wore the hairpin, Yuffie. It looks great on you." He gave her a kitty grin. "Does that mean you realized what a beautiful girl you really are?"

 

The girl blushed and rapped him in the head. "I am not! I'm strong and fast and a skilled ninja...and I might stretch and say cute... but I'm not beautiful."

 

Red smirked at her and slowed his stride. Yuffie didn't realize what he was doing until he said, "I disagree."

 

The girl let out a brief squeal of surprise as Nanaki licked her bottom once. "Red..!" she whispered urgently, glancing all around the street they were on. "We're in public! In my hometown!"

 

The cat chuckled at her. "Sorry," he retorted, still smiling. "I thought it might draw more attention if I were to stand on my hind legs and kiss you."

 

Yuffie grabbed the scruff of his neck, urging him to a stop. He looked up at her curiously, a little bit worried, even. He was probably wondering if he had crossed some line.

 

That just made his expression all the better when Yuffie went down to her knees and gave his muzzle a long, soft kiss. Who cared if anyone saw..?

 

Yuffie winked at the surprised cat. A playful grin snuck onto her face. "Race you home!" she shouted, already running before she finished talking.

 

"Hey!" Red cried out, only making Yuffie giggle louder.

 

The kimono was already loosened enough to run, but the shoes were slowing her down. The ninja kicked them off her feet, catching them and sticking them behind her sash. "What? Hold on!" she cried out as Red, laughing, slipped past her. "Grr..."

 

The girl picked up her speed, running barefoot down the open streets. Red ran straight and she laughed triumphantly, slipping to the side and down a shortcut. Zipping through the backstreet at breakneck speed, she smirked as she came out onto the cobble road leading up to her oversized house.

 

There was a roar from above, and Yuffie squeaked in surprise as a green-glowing form shot past her. "Hey! That's cheating!" she yelled in protest, recognizing Sled Fang. Red only laughed as he closed the distance toward her house.

 

Yuffie let out a surprised shriek and rolled, hitting the ground. "Agh! My knee..!" she cried out, clutching at the knee and moaning painfully as she rocked back and forth. "Uhn..."

 

"What happened..?" Red asked with a worried tone. Yuffie looked up at him, with tears in the corner of her eyes.

 

"I... I...."She pulled her hand away, letting out another hiss of pain, and pointed at the road, behind them. "I... totally fooled you!" she shouted, pushing against Red as she jumped to her feet and rushed the rest of the way to her home, leaping up the two sets of stairs to slam both feet down on her front porch triumphantly. Yuffie stuck her tongue out at Nanaki as he walked up, holding up her fingers in a V-sign.

 

"Cheater," he muttered, in spite of his grin.

 

"Ninja," she corrected, beaming.

 

Nanaki reared up, putting his paws against the door and licking the pinned Yuffie's face. Giggling, she kissed his nose and he went back down to all fours. Yuffie slid the door open behind herself and backed inside, eyes staying locked on Nanaki. She almost tripped as two of her cats darted out the open door, running for the shed where the rest of the cats were.

 

Yuffie laughed softly when Nanaki turned around and slid the door closed with his shoulder. The big cat sauntered over toward her and rubbed against her in much the same way. "Someone's being awfully sweet," Yuffie teased, reaching down to scratch the cat's shoulders.

 

"You know," Nanaki rumbled quietly, "it's interesting that you chose to wear red."

 

Because that was the color of his fur? Yuffie grinned, "Well, it is my second-favorite color!"

 

"Only second?" Red asked, pretending to be hurt.

 

The teen nodded eagerly. "My second-favorite color... and my absolute favorite puppycat!"

 

Red groaned in embarrassment. The girl got to her knees in front of him and kissed his muzzle, bringing his smile back. He licked her cheek and then told her, "It's interesting because...red is basically the color of life and beauty in Cosmo Canyon."

 

"Because of your family?" Yuffie asked.

 

The cat shook his head. "Once each year, the desert is awash in vibrant red flowers. They cover the hills, flow down the cliffs... everywhere you look is veiled in red and green."

 

The girl smiled contently, trying to picture it in her head. "It sounds awesome, Nanaki," she whispered, imagining them chasing each other through those flowers.

 

Red licked her face once more, his sandpapery tongue making her giggle. "Some of the elders call it Red February," he told her.

 

With a short laugh, Yuffie's eyebrows shot up. "Are you serious?"

 

Perplexed at her response, Nanaki nodded. Abruptly, Yuffie threw her arms around his neck, squeezing tightly. As she hugged the big fluffy puppycat with all her strength, Nanaki reached up and put one of his paws around her shoulder. The girl let out a quiet murmur of happiness, enjoying the warmth of his embrace. Yuffie squeezed him once more and then kissed his cheek as she pulled away.

 

"What was that about?" he asked, smiling through his confusion.

 

Yuffie sat down with her legs crossed, the red kimono spread around her. Beaming, she explained it to him. "Well... you prob'ly know this, but Wutai has its own language. No one really uses it anymore, though." Nanaki tilted his head, not seeing where she was going. "Kisaragi means February," she finally told him, grinning.

 

He still didn't get it, she could tell. "Really? I never would have known that," he told her, thinking she was just sharing a bit of personal information.

 

Enjoying the game, Yuffie leaned forward on her knees. "So, when you say Red February," she whispered softly, and she saw his eye light up in comprehension even before she finished, "it's almost like you're saying Nanaki Kisaragi."

 

"That's not quite what I meant," he said after a moment, causing Yuffie's smile to wilt. She caught a glint in his eye, then, as he added, "But I sure am thinking it now!"

 

Ecstatic, Yuffie leapt at the surprised cat, bowling him over. Laughing, the two rolled across the floor wildly, the girl trying to squeeze the life out of him in her arms. After several minutes, Yuffie ended up on top of the big cat, lying across his back with her kimono all in disarray. She kissed the top of his head and then laid her cheek against it.

 

"Well aren't you comfy?" Red asked sarcastically. With a laugh, Yuffie nodded against his head.

 

Yuffie rubbed his shoulder idly with one hand. "Just one day," she whispered, still amazed that at this point last night she was just thinking about how long it would be before she could see Da Chao again. "Just imagine, Red," she said softly, "a whole lifetime of days like this, now that we're together."

 

The girl felt a little slump in Red shortly after she said that. "Yeah," he said in a trying-but-not-quite-happy tone, "a whole lifetime...."

 

The girl lifted her head to look at him. Worriedly, she asked, "What's the matter, Red?"

 

Red looked up at her then turned his amber eye away sadly. When he still didn't answer, she prodded him once more. Finally, he spoke up, quietly. "A lifetime... is not quite the same for me as for you."

 

Understanding welled up within her, taking some of the mirth from the girl. Red was young, like her... but already so much older than her. He was older than her dad, even!

 

While she could live out her entire life happily with him, she would only fill a fraction of his long life. Was it really fair to expect him to go through that? Yuffie thought about it, tried to imagine what it would feel like to lose Red, to have to live without him again.

 

Just the thought made the girl feel sick to her stomach. "Red..." she said softly, sympathetically, unable to find any words.

 

As she thought about it, though, there was a good chance that neither of them would live through the coming months. That freaky dude with the sword, the Shinra, the cries of the Planet... maybe they would give their lives trying to save it.

 

No! That wasn't any way to think! They would save the Planet and stop that long-haired jerk and put the Shinra in their place!

 

Still, was she just being selfish? Was she trying to justify her own happiness, forsaking Red's?

 

What was the alternative, though? To not love? To live without love so that he wouldn't feel the pain? What of friendship, then..?

 

What good was life, if you denied yourself all its warmth?

 

"Nanaki..." she said softly, "... do you think about the March?"

 

The big cat turned his head to look at her curiously.

 

"When February comes around, your Red February... do you think about the March that comes after?"

 

A slight smile found its way onto Red's face as he understood where she was heading. "No," he replied. He turned to look at her, his expression brightening even further. "I enjoy it for as long as it lasts. The most beautiful month of the year," he finished.

 

Red rolled to his back, and Yuffie quickly rolled the opposite direction, staying atop the red-furred beast. She smiled warmly at him. Kissing his muzzle, she asked, "Do you think I could be your Red February..?"

 

Nanaki licked her face tenderly. "As long as I'm yours," he replied, making Yuffie blush from the two separate meanings. The girl kissed him hard, pushing her small tongue against his much larger one. Red eagerly returned the kiss and Yuffie opened her mouth wide for his tongue, moaning softly as she sucked on it.

 

The girl hugged his neck fiercely, struggling to express the feelings that had welled up inside her, the fears that had nearly crushed her. She realized that she probably didn't have to, that he probably felt the exact same things, but she felt like she had to let something out, even wished she could have the courage to scream it at the top of her lungs.

 

At first she thought it was too soon, that she would be going too fast. They had only admitted their feelings to each other... to themselves... less than a day ago. Shouldn't she wait a little longer?

 

With their latest understanding, though, she didn't want to waste another day, or another hour, or even another minute. Yuffie didn't want to waste any more of her life, and she didn't want to make this chapter in Nanaki's life anything less than wonderful.

 

Hesitantly, the teen struggled to bring forth the words, to let Red know, without a doubt, what she felt.

 

Taking one last gulp, Yuffie opened her mouth to say those three simple yet powerful, vulnerable words.

 

"I love you, Yuffie," Red said softly, hugging her tightly with one powerful foreleg.

 

The girl blinked. "You jerk!" Yuffie screamed, punching the cat in the chest. "I was about to say it first!" Growling irritably, Yuffie kissed his nose again. "I love you, too," she said softly, "my fuzzy puppycat."

 

Nanaki groaned. "Why do you have to keep calling me that..?" he asked, embarrassed.

 

"Calling you what?" Yuffie teased.

 

"A puppycat!" he replied sharply.

 

Yuffie tilted her head as if thinking. "But I didn't call you a puppycat," she said, leading him on.

 

The big cat turned over, dumping the girl off. She smirked up at him, unperturbed. "You just did!" he retorted, wondering what her game was.

 

"Nuh-uh," she said softly. Yuffie grinned as they both got to their feet. "I called you my puppycat!"

 

Red sighed, trapped. "Oh yeah..? Well, you're my... hmm... uhm." Yuffie waited eagerly, wanting to see what he could come up with, but he seemed stumped. "You're my..."

 

"I'm yours," she said with a wink.

 

Red grinned. "Right," he said, growling playfully and taking a step toward her.

 

Screaming in mock fear, Yuffie bounded over toward her bedroom, with the big red cat close behind. Giggling, Yuffie 'tripped' and bounced over onto her futon, sitting on her knees facing Nanaki. Red dragged his sandpapery tongue along her cheek as he sidled up to her. The girl could see she'd already gotten his attention.

 

Yuffie let out a soft moan as Red's tongue found the side of her neck. His claws snagged the already-loose sash around her waist, gently pulling it off of her. The shoulders of her kimono fell open, revealing her bare breasts. The girl felt her heart-rate quickening, the feel of his tongue already getting her wet.

 

Red began sidling around behind her, his tongue never leaving her tender neck. Yuffie let out a soft moan, turning her head to look at the cat as he walked around. "You know," she panted, "since we're leaving early we...uhn... should probably get some sleep."

 

"We should," he agreed, sliding his tongue across her bared shoulder. From his tone and the way his tongue kept rasping across her skin, she figured he didn't intend to stop.

 

She'd hoped he wouldn't.

 

The girl sighed softly at the feel of his tongue, slipping her arms out of the sleeves. Red took the collar of her kimono in his teeth, pulling it off of her slowly, jerking his head to throw it aside. Yuffie blushed and looked over her shoulder at Red, wearing nothing but her soft white panties.

 

Nanaki smiled at her. "You're the most beautiful creature I've ever seen," he said softly, turning Yuffie an even brighter shade of red. The girl gasped as she felt his tongue on the back of her neck, sending tingles down her spine. With a soft moan, Yuffie leaned forward, putting her hands against the futon and spreading her knees wider apart.

 

Red licked at her shoulder blades, every pass of his tongue sending warm tingles through her. Yuffie let out a long low moan as the big cat continued licking, slowly moving his way down her back. She wiggled impatiently, each lick seeming to make her knees shake.

 

"Nanaki...," she panted softly, looking over her shoulder at the big cat. His wide tongue was teasing the small of her back, her legs were little more than rubber. As the girl panted, she felt the cat grab hold of her panties in his teeth.

 

"Whoa..!" she cried out; instead of drawing them down her legs, Red had violently ripped the panties from her, lifting her off the futon before the fabric ripped. "Oww..."

 

Grumbling at the broken spell, Yuffie was about to turn and yell at him when that magic tongue dragged across her opening. It was like being struck by lightning! The girl jerked, getting her knees back under her and arching her back with a long moan. Panting, she cried out as Red's tongue brushed against her one more time.

 

Yuffie felt the big cat's soft fur rubbing against her bottom, against her sides, as Red began moving over her. The teen panted, yearning for what was coming next, to be joined with him once again, completely and fully. She unconsciously spread her knees wider as Nanaki's tongue found the back of her neck again.

 

Then, abruptly, she dropped flat to the ground and yelled, "Wait!"

 

Bemused, and horny, Red asked somewhat gruffly, "Why?"

 

Yuffie rolled over onto her back, the big cat's forepaws still on either side of her. "You've had me like a cat already," she protested. The girl leaned up and kissed Red's muzzle, slipping her tongue into his mouth and licking at the backs of his teeth. Taking a deep breath as she pulled away, Yuffie grinned up at him. "I want it like a human," she explained.

 

"Like a human?" he echoed, perplexed.

 

"Like... this!" she replied, since they were already basically in the right position.

 

Still looking confused, Red leaned down and licked her face. "We can give it a try," he said, eager to please her. He looked down at her for a long moment, trying to figure out how to do it.

 

The big cat took several steps back. Yuffie started to protest, but then his tongue dipped between her legs again. "Red..." she whined, "come back..!" The cat smirked at her, licking once more and causing her knees to stretch out, trying to get her legs as open as possible.

 

Yuffie panted harder as the red cat took a step forward, dragging his tongue up to her naval. With a soft moan, the girl reached down and began rubbing and scratching his head while she writhed under his tongue. The intense feelings welling up inside her made the teen feel like she was just going to melt away.

 

"Oh gawd, Red!" she squealed as his tongue found her small, exposed breasts. Each lick covered her entire breast! The abrasiveness of Nanaki's tongue sent off little explosions in her tender nipples. Yuffie twisted and turned, torn between trying to get away and trying to get more. "Red...!"

 

The teen couldn't take it anymore. She needed him! With a soft whine, Yuffie grabbed at the scruff of his neck, pulling on him, urging him forward. He smiled at her, licking her face and slipping his huge tongue into her mouth. The girl moaned around it, sucking on it, trying to communicate her want to him in some wordless, needful way.

 

A soft sigh escaped the girl, into Red's mouth, as she felt his furry body engulf her own. The big cat lowered himself down to her, her face pressed against his powerful chest, holding himself just enough so that his weight wouldn't crush her. Yuffie urgently lifted her hips up, desperate to feel him inside her, already soaked with anticipation.

 

"Nanaki!" she screamed out as she finally felt the bony tip slip into her. The teen almost cried when it slipped out, but almost immediately it was back in, deeper. Throughout her entire body, the girl could feel Red's deep rumble of satisfaction. Yuffie let out a sharp cry as Red pulled back, digging the sharp barbs into her sensitive tunnel, but then when he thrust forward again, moving deeper, waves of pleasure rolled through the girl.

 

She bit her lip as the big cat pulled back again and gasped when he thrust forward again. Each movement happened so quickly that the girl could only pant, bouncing between pleasure and pain.

Desperately, the girl wrapped her arms around the big cat's chest, tears in her eyes both from the sharpness of the agony and the strength of the ecstasy.

 

The two were beyond words, Yuffie trying to keep her hips lifted while Nanaki moved rapidly in and out, moving slightly deeper each time. As her head swirled with the intense rush of sensations, Yuffie felt the big cat's sack against her. Nanaki pulled back again, this one almost making the girl scream, and then thrust forward hard. Yuffie felt her entire body shake as Red let out a deep roar, spraying his burning seed into her womb.

 

The sensation of the hot liquid splashing inside her and the rumbling of the big cat's chest sent the girl over the edge. Yuffie screamed into Red's chest as a second blast of the fiery goo filled her up. She desperately threw her legs up and around Red's back, squeezing tightly with arms and legs as the torrents of pleasure blasted wracked her body.

 

A third jet of scalding liquid bathed her insides and Yuffie let out a deep moan. Red, holding still inside her rather than yanking himself out, panted heavily as he slowly began to shrink inside her. The big cat leaned his head down to lick the top of her head lovingly, somehow making the girl giggle through her panting breath.

 

"I love you, Red," she breathed softly into his chest, still holding him tightly.

 

"As I love you, Yuffie," he replied, his tongue finding her forehead. The teen beamed, closing her eyes and basking in the warmth of the moment, the warmth of his body, the warmth of his heart.

 

Then there was another warmth and her eyes popped back open. "Oh gawd," she gasped, "already?" The girl gave a soft yelp as Red began moving his hips again, moving his already-hardening member inside her. Yuffie moaned as Red's barbs scraped against her insides but seemed to hit every pleasure nerve inside her. Whimpering as his hips picked up speed, Yuffie pushed back against him, screaming into his fur again.

 

Her still-sore insides seemed to crave the burning shaft almost as much as Yuffie did and the girl felt herself heading for another climax. Red moved faster and faster inside her, growing harder with each thrust. Sharp bolts of pleasure shot through her non-stop, the sound of their panting and the beating of their hearts drowning out everything else around them. The girl, just beginning to feel the deep vibrations of Red's coming roar, screamed a third time into the big cat's fur as the world dissolved around her.

 

As the waves of emotion and sensation washed through the girl, she seemed aware only of the burning seed sloshing around inside her. Her heart was beating so quickly that all she could hear was the sound of the blood pumping in her veins, all she could feel was the intense burning of her skin, the flushing of her face.

 

Yet it seemed, in that state of euphoria, as if she felt a... spark of something, somewhere deep within. Another part of her, a part of her consciousness that ran deeper still, cried out with elation.

 

And then she felt Nanaki's rough tongue against the top of her head again, mussing her hair. Blearily, the girl smiled up, gazing into Red's deep and soulful amber eye. Nanaki was smiling back. "I really do love you," she whispered softly, "Nanaki." Red responded by licking her face as tenderly as sandpaper can, making the girl giggle.

 

Then she felt him moving again and gave a stronger laugh. By the time morning came, Cloud and the others would have to drag them along.

 

Yuffie kissed the big cat's chest. She didn't mind.