Hiding From The Psycho

[Sephiroth]

Cid and Yuffie had finally reached Icicle Village, although they hadn't seen or even been bothered by Sephiroth on their way here, Cid was still paranoid that he was close. VERY close.
He approached the Inn and waved Yuffie over, before tapping a sign that was placed on the front door.
It read:

"Due to unexpected and hurtful threats from several white-haired travellers, the Inn will be close for the next few weeks until everything is repaired and the staff return back to normal.
We appologise for the inconveinience."

~Icicle Inn Staff


"You don' think it was Sephiroth's £*&^ing remnants do you? Anyway, forget about that! Where we supposed to sleep!?" Cid got a little frustrated and kicked some of the snow below him, before turning to Yuffie.

"Got any ideas? I'm fresh out." he asked, smoking his cigarette.

[Yuffie]

"He said.......it would be safe to come here though,there has to be a place we can stay I mean aren't there any abandoned buildings or homes from previous people who lived here.There has to be at least some vacant houses in this village,let's look instead of freezing our butts off out in this snow".

It has to be those three white haired freaks,why else would they close the Inn.Grumbling to herself she looked around hoping to find a empty house,darting from window to window she finally found one just a little ways from the Inn.

"Hey old man over here I found a house,it's empty and it seems the people who lived here left in quite a hurry.They seem to have fire wood and also food from the looks of it,yep I say we wait here or rather bunk here".

[Sephiroth]

"Good findin' kid! I'll keep watch for old cat-face though, I ain't letting that £*&^er get anymore shards. If we have to hand them over, I'm gonna kick his ass tryin'!! Cause I'm Cid!" he laughed, before sitting down on a log outside of the house, smoking.

"I'll be in soon, I just have this creepy feelin'....where are the people? I mean, I never once saw the village so...empty....or quiet....usually there'd be some £*&^ing kids throwing snowballs around, or some adults shoutin' at some dog....but I didn't see anyone. Did you?" Cid asked, rubbing his poorly-shaved chin.
It did seem a little suspicious, not only that...but who was this 'HE' Yuffie was talking about?
Cid decided to remain quiet on that one, this was more serious.

[Yuffie]

"It's because of those three remnants of Sephiroth,there are some people who stuck around though but are just too afraid to come out of their houses.I'll start a fire and maybe cook something to eat,and if old silver hair wants these shards he'll have to pry them out of my hands".

Giving a smile she opened the door to the house,putting a hand where her heart was and stepping inside.For one shard he would just have to take it off her,but the other one he would actually have to rip right out of her chest like she did to Cloud.

"Cloud I hope your alright.....".

[Sephiroth]

Cid nodded at Yuffie before smoking some more, his spear resting across his legs as he took in some air heavily before breathing out a long cloud of smoke.
He knew the kid was tough, she could look after herself alright...but Sephiroth was a different matter. He killed Aerith in one swift blow back in those days, not to mention slayed a huge monster all by himself....Yuffie would need backup if the silver-haired creep showed up.

He glanced at his hend, which held a long silver necklace with a small red orb on the end as the pendant.
Summon materia.
He tied it around his neck and tucked it under his shirt, remembering that Shera gave it to him to 'protect him from himself'....whatever that meant.
He was curious to test it, just to see what summon it was, but knew better. He could always use it against Sephiroth later.

[Yuffie]

Starting the fire wasn't too hard,it's what she was going to cook is what the problem was.Thing is she was never good at cooking and didn't want to make something horrible,going outside Yuffie decided to ask Cid if he could cook anything.

"Hey um Cid the fire is started but can you maybe cook something,i'm not really that good at it oh there's also two beds so thought I would point that out too".

Looking around it was eerie at how quiet it was,could Sephiroth be nearby and biding his time to attack or was he waiting when their guard was down.Wait what happened to that null materia,oh right Hojo had it well so much for using it against old hot head Sephy.

[Sephiroth]

Cid kept silent. Until a noise in a nearby bush caused him to spring to his feet, spear in hand and ready to fight.
That was when a rabbit hopped out of the bush sniffing the air around it, before hopping away into the distance.
Cid fell back onto the log and sighed, before smoking again.

"Can I cook?.....meaning, it'll end up burnt or aweful? I can't cook myself. I always got Shera to do that for me, £*&^. Hehe." Cid laughed nervously, before a cold breeze swept through the village.
Cid got to his feet again.

"Eh....that's not good." Cid said, before waving Yuffie to head inside.

"I'll be back in a minute, I gotta check something out." Cid said before hurrying around the corner of the house, his spear firmly grasped in his hand.

**Sorry, but me, Cloud and Yazoo are going to Rugby this weekend and stuff...so we won't be on until Tuesday. Sorry!**

[Yuffie]

"Hey old man don't get yourself in trouble,come back when your finished looking back there."

Yuffie went inside the house and closed the door,taking a seat down by the fire and waiting for Cid to come back.She hoped it wasn't Sephiroth because Cid could never stand up to that white haired freak,but better him then her who knows what reaction the black materia might have.

"Hurry Cid where are you,please be alright old man".

[Hojo Cresent]

Hojo had been staying in the village for a little while the cold from the north seemd to get colder thease day's he wonderd what the hell Criptos was doing or becoming he walked by what he knew was an abandend house which he had been staying at he opend the door with a creek he peered around as the warmth hit him as he slowly enterd.

[Yuffie]

Hearing the creak of the door,Yuffie was about to say "your alright thank goodness old man" but to her surprise she saw Hojo instead of Cid.This place was abandoned so what the heck was he doing in here,unless he was the one who occupied this place before.

"Hojo sorry we're you staying here,I didn't know I just came inside and there was no fire and no one at home so yeah".

[Sephiroth]

**Hate to say this but...I have NO IDEA what to post now...**

[Hojo Cresent]

((How about hojo comes back and freeks out((

"Hmm oh it's you Yuffie so you came here after all strange that strange indeed, May i ask why ou came?"

[Yuffie]

"I came because you told me to come here,also we have that silver haired freak on our tails.When I say freak I mean Sephiroth,he's gone power hungry for those damn black materia shards and if you ask me I think he's just plain coo coo".

[Hojo Cresent]

"Hmm my son my poor son what have i done to him, It isnt really his falut it is mine, But he cant keep the pace he is doing up for long his energy will be mostly used up and become weeker all the time and soon he will fall"

Hojo shut the door and leaned agasnt it resting and dusting off the snow that had began to melt.