A/N- Wow my first FF7 story... Please don't flame me too hard for this one.

I've decided to base this around my two favourite characters cause their just awesome. Anyhoo, my facts might not be 100 right (especially about Wutai) because I'm currently only on disk 2 (which is lame...I know). But yeah, hope you enjoy it and please leave me nice reviews cause that would help :).

Disclaimer: I don't own FF7 unfortunatly...but I guess I can dream.

Chapter 1

Wutai had suffered over the recent years. After it's war with Shinra, the town had lost a lot of its former power, being reduced to a 'tourist town'. Although the war had ended some time ago, Wutai had been struggling to regain it's status, especially as it had been stripped of all it's materia. In these past few years however, Wutai had begun to recover. After putting more funds into the tourism, Wutai had been able to regain some of the money it had lost during the war. The town was slowly rebuilding what had been lost and the thought that it could reach its former glory didn't seem so impossible anymore. At least, that's how things seemed.

"Godo Kisaragi…." Godo turned around to see two men enter the room. Both wore smart black suits; their eyes hidden behind sunglasses.

"What are you doing here?" He asked with a frown on his face. He had not been expecting a visit from them anytime soon. The taller of the two men placed his hands in the pockets of his blazer and took a few steps towards him.

"We've come to claim what you owe," He explained and Godo's expression dropped slightly.

"We noticed that the town seems to be doing better for itself these days," The other man spoke up, "The boss figured that now would be the time to collect the money you owe him."

"We still don't have that much money…" Godo stated, "Not enough to pay back and run the town at the same time." The taller of the two men gave a small laugh at Godo's response.

"That isn't our problem," He replied with a slight sneer, "We're here to collect the money and be on our way."

"And I told you, I don't have that money," Godo repeated. The two men glanced at each other before taking a few more steps forward. Godo glanced at both of them, suddenly feeling a little intimidated.

"You made a deal with our boss," The taller man reminded him, "He lends you the money to so you can help rebuild this town and you pay him back with the interest. Now he wants his money, so you give him the amount you owe. It's not complicated Godo."

"But I told you, I can't pay the amount back," Godo told him, "If I did, there would be nothing left to support my town."

"Well, that's just too bad," The short man sneered, leaning closer to Godo and giving him a menacing stare from behind his sunglasses. After a moment, he gave the Wutaian a little shove backwards before stepping away.

"You have a week to gather the sufficient funds," He continued before straightening up his tie. Godo glared at both of them.

"You don't scare me." He stated and the small man smiled dangerously.

"Tell me Godo…how's your daughter?" Godo's expression fell and the two men gave little laughs before turning away from him, "You have a week." Godo watched as the two men made their way out of the room. As they closed the door, he sank into a nearby chair and buried his head in his hands. He had no idea what to do now. He knew that he wouldn't be able to afford the payments without ruining the town but he could not let his daughter get dragged into this. He cursed himself for being so stupid; he should have known better than to borrow money from people like them. Yet he'd been so desperate to help reclaim Wutai's honour…now he was in danger of ruining everything.

The next day brought clear blue skies and a gentle wind that softly blew the dark hair of a certain petite ninja as she stood atop Da Chao. She'd climbed up there earlier that morning after a certain incident involving yet another fight, only this time the boy's parents were going to speak to her father. Since she wasn't in the mood to face another lecture, she clambered up the mountain where she knew he wouldn't find her. Well, it wasn't her fault the boy was being a total jerk and needed to learn a lesson. It also wasn't her fault that boy wasn't strong enough to defend himself. And it wasn't her fault that she was so amazing at fighting that she kicked his ass without even trying that hard. Well, at least he would think twice about being a complete jerk next time.

She was lazily sprawled across one of the giant statues when something in the town caught her eye. It looked like some kind of bike parked just outside the Turtles Paradise bar. She could faintly make out a blonde haired figure making their way towards her father's house before stepping inside. Feeling a little curious, she got to her feet, deciding she wanted to investigate this. She was naturally a curious person…oh ok, she was just nosey. She quickly made her way back down the mountain and back into the village. She had literally walked about five steps into the town when she heard someone call her name.

"Oh, there you are Yuffie," The petite ninja rolled her eyes and turned to see who had spoken to her. It was one of her father's servants; Yuffie figured he must have been sent out to look for her.

"Your father wishes to see you," The servant told her but she just shrugged.

"Well that's too bad," She replied before turning away from him, "Tell him it wasn't my fault that that guy was being a pain in the ass. I was just teaching him a thing or two."

"But your highness…" The servant protested and she glared at him.

"God if there's one thing I hate being called…" She began in a dangerous voice that caused the servant to flinch, "I'm not going to speak to my…'father' so get over it." The servant quickly left and Yuffie followed him with her eyes.

"Gawd…I hate butt-kissing servants…" She thought to herself as she continued on her way towards the town's resident bar. A few people smiled at her as she passed but she didn't smile back - she hated all the royalty stuff. She knew that one day she'd have to run the town; it was a duty she couldn't avoid forever. But being cooped up inside a building and signing documents wasn't the future she had in mind. She wanted an adventure. She wanted to explore the rest of the world and find that oh so precious materia. She wanted to go around kicking some monster ass and showing off her skills…not just sitting around all day. It just wasn't her style at all.

"But ooooh boy!" She thought as she stood in front of the most impressive motor bike she'd ever seen. It was a sleek, black design that just looked so awesome! Yuffie couldn't rid herself of the grin on her face as she looked at it. She traced her eyes towards the general direction of her father's house. If the bikes owner was in there…maybe she could convince them to give her a ride on this beastly machine. With the grin still fixed on her face, she began skipping towards her father's house.

His heavy boots clunked loudly on the wooden flooring as he walked. He reached the room he'd been instructed to wait in and stepped inside. It was simply decorated; there were three comfortable looking beds with a few shelves lining the walls. After a few moments he began pacing around the room, looking at a few of the traditional Wutai decorations.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting," He turned around to see a man wearing a Wutaian Kimono walking into the room, "My names Godo Kisaragi. I'm the leader of Wutai."

"Names Cloud Strife," He replied and Godo nodded.

"Yes, I've heard your reputation as a mercenary and I wish to enlist your help," Godo informed him.

"What's the job?" Cloud asked, wanting to get straight to business.

"It's about my daughter," Godo began, "I've received threats about her safety, so I've decided to hire a bodyguard for her. Would you be interested in taking up the job?" Cloud looked at him for a moment before nodding his head.

"As long as I get my payment then I don't care what the job is," Cloud answered before folding his arms, "So you just want me to look after your daughter."

"Yes," Godo replied, "A while ago I borrowed some money from a man named Sephian in order to help my town. However, he now wants his money back with interest that I can't afford. He's threatened to harm her if he doesn't get his money back within a week."

"I want you to make sure no harm comes to her," Godo continued, "At least, until this madness is over." Cloud nodded his head in response to Godo's words. Yet, before any of them could speak, the door opened and in burst the dark haired ninja.

"Ah, speaking of which…" Godo began and Yuffie frowned slightly.

"You were talking about me?" She asked but Godo pretended not to hear her as he turned to look at the only blonde in the room.

"Cloud, this is my daughter Yuffie," Godo introduced him to his now beaming daughter. Yuffie held her hand for Cloud to shake, "Yuffie, this is Cloud Strife…you're new body guard." The instant Yuffie heard the words 'you're new bodyguard' she retracted her hand and a mixed look of shock and horror replaced the smile.

"W-What!" She exclaimed and Cloud folded his arms again, looking away from her, "I don't need a bodyguard!"

"In these new circumstance, you do," Godo replied.

"What new circumstances!" Yuffie demanded but Godo just waved his hand at her in a dismissive fashion. Yuffie scowled at him again.

"I don't want a bodyguard," She stated, "I can take care of myself-"

"Cloud is your new bodyguard Yuffie. End of discussion." Godo interrupted with a hint of finality in his voice. Yuffie puffed out her cheeks, before storming out of the room. Godo watched her go before sighing.

"I'm just warning you now Cloud," He began as the blonde turned to look at him, "She might be a little bit…difficult."

"If it's my job to protect her then that's what I'll do," Cloud stated.

Yuffie stormed down the corridor absolutely seething from the conversation with her father. A bodyguard!? As if she, Yuffie Kisaragi - the Wutaian Ninja and thief, needed a bodyguard! This was the biggest load of crap she'd ever heard. Even though her new 'bodyguard' just happened to be quite good looking, nobody followed her around or told her what to do. She does her own thing and only ever pleases herself. She scowled again; something told her that these next few weeks were NOT going to be fun….

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