Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ If I Could Be You For A Day ❯ A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed ( Chapter 12 )

If I Could Be You For A Day

By Charles Xavier

"WOW!" Yuffie was dancing around Vincent after having seen the movie. The others didn't seem too happy when they got out, though. They were more focused on Vincent and herself.

"I can see you enjoyed it." Vincent muttered, he had hoped that their friends weren't here to see it. But worse came to worse. They were right in front of them. "Yuffie…please calm down. Cloud and the others are watching us."

"Oh, I can't resist! I just loved it!" Yuffie was spinning around like a ballerina. "Who would have thought that Eve was actually Aya's clone made by that damn company!"

"OH! THANKS A LOT! MISS GIVE-IT-AWAY!"

The queues of people outside yelled at the gunslinger and threw popcorn.

"I think he's really gone off his head today." Cid mumbled in Cloud's ear. The spiky head man nodded back.

Though out of the blue…

"Uh-oh." Rude froze while Elena and Rude did the same. "It's them again. The weirdos."

The Turks would have liked to flee at this point, but since it was quite late at night and they were extremely exhausted, they didn't even take the bother of making any sudden actions.

"Oh, hi, Rude." Yuffie spoke uneasily.

"I suppose you're going to call me cannonball head again." Said Rude.

"Listen, um…" Yuffie tried to find the words. "I really didn't mean to call you cannonball head, I'm sorry."

"Well, okay then." Rude gave a slick smile. "Let's just forget the whole thing."

"I ACTUALLY MEANT CHROME DOME!"

"WHY YOU…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rude's temper erupted again and he began to chase Yuffie round the cinema.

"HEE! HEE! HEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!" Yuffie giggled. "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!!!!!!!"

Everyone else watched the two make a dash round the square. Elena and Reno were too tired to keep their eyes on Rude and just leaned sloppily on a wall. AVALANCHE moved their heads left and right as Yuffie and Rude ran round the building like a race track. Vincent, however, walked away and shook his head.

"COME HERE! YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Rude was beginning to turn red as ever.

"You guys were right." Tifa said. "Something has finally snapped into Vincent's brain. But now I feel that perhaps he was better off before."

Nobody had seemed to have taken notice that Vincent was nowhere to be found. Every time Yuffie turned a corner, she couldn't see her 'friend' anywhere. This made her worried and eventually wiped the smile off her face.

Vinnie?

Nowhere.

Vincent? Where are you?

He was gone.

Oh no…is it because?

She immediately stopped her foolish activity and thought to herself.

"Now I've got you where I want you!" Rude jumped in front of Yuffie. He ignored the painful look on her face and prepared to charge at her full speed.

What am I doing? I'm not supposed to be doing this…not in front of them. Oh, Yuffs, what have you done to yourself this time? You've completely humiliated Vincent!

"VINCENT!" Yuffie ran out of Rude's target and left the square. Rude caught nothing but air and ended up smashing himself into a brick wall, which happened to knock him out cold. "VINCENT! COME BACK! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!"

"Oh, great. Now he's talking to himself…in a strange voice!" Barret said.

"People." Cloud gathered everyone round. "Let us never to speak of this day again."

…A light dances among the clouds…

…And seasons pour down on the meadow…

…Now it begins…

"VINNIE?" Yuffie opened up her hotel room, to find Vincent sitting silently on his bed, with his back facing her. "Vinnie, I'm sorry."

No answer.

…Turning around to a friend's voice as they're running towards me…

…There is a smile that never changes…

…And the rays of light sparkle…

"Vinnie, please forgive me." Yuffie shut the door behind her and slowly advanced to him. "I…didn't know what I was thinking. I'm such a jerk. Even for the whole day. I've…

What?

…I've now realized how much I've just made fun of you."

Vincent had heard something he hadn't thought Yuffie could have ever possibly known. For once, somebody knew how he felt at this moment. Because that person could see his thoughts, his feelings and his pain. And all he wanted was no more torment of being alone. Had he finally found someone to share his life with?

Yes.

Vincent understood now that he had always been happy, not through other people but through himself, because for too long he had hid his shadow in the dark. And all he needed was just to have a good friend, yet maybe something beyond that…the girl in the room seemed to accept him as he is, no matter how much different he may have been compared to others.

The open ring box in his palm shone bright reflections of light from the bed side lamp.

Give it to her.

A voice echoed inside his mind.

You deserve her more than I do.

Vincent got up from his bed and turned around.

"Yuffie…"

"What's that you've got in your hand?"

…When walking along the frozen path in winter…

…How many times have I been saved…

…By the passing cheer-me-up?…

"Yuffie….I was going to give this to Lucrecia…but now I think you should have it."

The diamond's rays almost blinded Yuffie. But still, she did not roll her eyes away from the object.

"Vinnie…are you saying…you want me to be…?"

"Yuffie…you're the only one that understand a monster like me."

"Vincent. You're not a monster. I may have lied a lot before…but never have I lied in my heart. Because whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

…I want to be like you…

"Yes. I'll be with you…until the day we die."

Yuffie rushed to Vincent and embraced his entire body on herself. She wished that this dream was over. All she wanted now was to be Yuffie…not Vincent… Never had she liked being somebody who she's not. She wanted her real self back.

I wish be Yuffie again.

Vincent felt the warmth of Yuffie's loving cuddle. It was the same warmth with Lucrecia. But he was in his own body at those times, and love had still existed with him. Becoming a ninja girl was nothing more than a mere mistake. It had only brought him confusion.

I wish to be Vincent again.

The clock suddenly struck midnight. A bright white flash filled the room.

"Vince. You've grown so big."

"And you've shrunk so small." Vincent replied, smiling.

***

Yuffie turned off the lights in the room. Walking back to Vincent, she revealed her perfect figure in the moonlight, to his eyes only.

"Are you sure you want to do this now?" Vincent whispered in bed.

She entered his bed as he moved aside to invite her in. Yuffie couldn't help giggling when she crawled into bed and looked at Vincent's bare body with a hungry look in her eye.

"I've been waiting seventeen years for this moment, silly!"

Finishing her conversation, she pulled the covers over both of them and uttered a low seductive growl.

…I want to be like you, someone who gives others courage…

"I Want To Be Like You"

Tomoyo Daidouji

Author's Note: Wait! Don't go! It ain't over yet until the fat lady sings!

But anywho, the song comes from Card Captor Sakura, in case any of you are curious. And everyone, buy Kingdom Hearts! It's SO good! (There's Yuffie, but where's Vincent?).

E-mail: charlesxavier85@hotmail.com .