Yuffie shook her head, not even caring as tears stained his shirt. It wasn't just that though. This was only part of the story. "It isn't just that." She hick upped once as her palm pressed to her eyes.

"She lived. For two days, in pain before dying. I made her suffer and even at the end she smiled at me. She told me she loved me. Didn't she know it was my fault?" Yuffie felt awful for having forgotten her mothers sacrifice.

"I failed her, I failed so many."