When dawn comes
Vincent walked up to the cockpit. All of them were sleeping in vain after spending the night
celebrating Meteor's defeat. Cloud and Tifa were sleeping in a corner, their arms around each other's
necks. Red XIII was sleeping soundly near the dis-activated Cait Sith. Barret and Cid were both passed
out on the floor, beer bottle in hand. Yuffie laid sleeping in another corner, close to the exit.
The dark man walked over to the exit and opened the door, stopping a moment to look at
Yuffie's face in the moonlight. Her pale face shone, with a brief smile on her face as he passed, she let
out a groan and continued sleeping. He walked outside, felt to cool air hit his face as he leaned over the
railing. "Everyone seems happy, their fight is over. But when will mine be over?"
He looked at the stars hanging in the sky, the moonlight shone on his pale face. "Why do I
continue my life like this? I'm a monster, I don't know why the others even try acting as if they care. I
don't belong with them. While they celebrated, I stood in my corner, only knowing Lucrezia would sleep
peacefully now that everything is at its end made me feel happiness. When was the last time I felt
happiness?"
Vincent thought back at the time he was happy, he was about to give Lucrezia a ring, asking her
to marry him. He had been so exited. The present Vincent smirked at how exited he was. He had gotten
everything planned, his love for Lucrezia was unimaginable. But after that moment, as was his last time
of happiness, it was the beginning of his sorrow. She had turned him down and ran back to Hojo.
He sighed, his eyes burning as he though of it. Clutching his fists into a fit of rage, he noticed he
didn't have any feeling in his left arm. The golden arm glimmered in the light from above. He looked at it
in pure anger, only trying not to unleash the monster inside of him, Chaos.
Lifting his head at the stars again, he whispered to himself. "Why do I live? What is my purpose
in life? Red XIII needs to protect his village, Cloud and Tifa are in love, Barret has to take care of
Marlene, Cid has to tell Shera his true feelings, Cait Sith; Reeve needs to help the people from the
slums, and Yuffie..."
He paused, trying to think of what Yuffie will become. "And Yuffie. She'll grow up to be a
beautiful woman." He groaned, and entered the Highwind again.
The gang's party didn't last very long, only until midnight. The old plane was filled in darkness
and reeked of alcohol. Of course, Vincent could easily see in darkness, he had spend many years in a
coffin. "What other choice did I have?"
He closed gently the door, looking down, he didn't find the girl who had been sleeping there
several minutes ago. He searched around with his eyes, no sign of her. He didn't panic, but was angered
at her if she had listened to him. He walked down the cockpit and got off.
The grass from the ground felt good under his feet, the wind blew against his crimson cape. He
looked around, only able to distinguish a figure near the cliff. He walked after it quickly, almost in anger.
His long black locks flew with his speed, his golden claw hung to his side loosely.
Arriving at the cliff, he saw the ninja cooly looking out into the far mountains. She didn't look
behind her, but something in her changed. She quietly started to speak, her voice calm. "Isn't it
beautiful?"
Vincent paced next to her, and looked at the scenery. The flowers and forests on the mountains
glimmered with the radiance of the moon and stars. He nodded in acknowledgment.
"Vincent... what are you going to do now? Now that's it all over?" The ninja looked out on the
horizon peacefully, her eyes slightly closed because of the wind, witch made her short brown hair flip in
the air. She didn't once even look over at Vincent.
"I don't know. My being here doesn't change anything." He sighed, his own thoughts drifting
away in the cool night air.
"Yeah, me, too. I don't know why I continue on. Maybe it's for my father, maybe it's because..."
She stopped. Her face blushed for a moment while she looked down.
"Maybe it's because... ? You may continue." Vincent was curious of what she would say next.
"No, it's stupid. And I know it will never happen." She sighed and lifted her head again, this time
turning it towards Vincent. His red eyes looking at her, asking her to continue.
"Maybe... it's because I want someone to love. To know someone out there loves me." Vincent
looked at her with confusion, lifting lightly his eyebrow. "Yeah, I knew it would be stupid. Everyone else
seems only to see me as an arrogant brat whose sole existence is to steal materia. But that's not really
what I want. My father taught me those things, I guess I just wanted him to be proud of me."
Vincent knew how it felt to always try to make someone else proud of him, but those were
decades ago, to him. His eyes moistened, burning red eyes rested on the brown ones. "Don't worry,
you've got someone out there whose looking out for you. Someone who cares for you; who loves you."
The two of them looked in the distance as the sun slowly crept its way onto the horizon, while
Yuffie's eyes blurred with tears.
Vincent walked up to the cockpit. All of them were sleeping in vain after spending the night
celebrating Meteor's defeat. Cloud and Tifa were sleeping in a corner, their arms around each other's
necks. Red XIII was sleeping soundly near the dis-activated Cait Sith. Barret and Cid were both passed
out on the floor, beer bottle in hand. Yuffie laid sleeping in another corner, close to the exit.
The dark man walked over to the exit and opened the door, stopping a moment to look at
Yuffie's face in the moonlight. Her pale face shone, with a brief smile on her face as he passed, she let
out a groan and continued sleeping. He walked outside, felt to cool air hit his face as he leaned over the
railing. "Everyone seems happy, their fight is over. But when will mine be over?"
He looked at the stars hanging in the sky, the moonlight shone on his pale face. "Why do I
continue my life like this? I'm a monster, I don't know why the others even try acting as if they care. I
don't belong with them. While they celebrated, I stood in my corner, only knowing Lucrezia would sleep
peacefully now that everything is at its end made me feel happiness. When was the last time I felt
happiness?"
Vincent thought back at the time he was happy, he was about to give Lucrezia a ring, asking her
to marry him. He had been so exited. The present Vincent smirked at how exited he was. He had gotten
everything planned, his love for Lucrezia was unimaginable. But after that moment, as was his last time
of happiness, it was the beginning of his sorrow. She had turned him down and ran back to Hojo.
He sighed, his eyes burning as he though of it. Clutching his fists into a fit of rage, he noticed he
didn't have any feeling in his left arm. The golden arm glimmered in the light from above. He looked at it
in pure anger, only trying not to unleash the monster inside of him, Chaos.
Lifting his head at the stars again, he whispered to himself. "Why do I live? What is my purpose
in life? Red XIII needs to protect his village, Cloud and Tifa are in love, Barret has to take care of
Marlene, Cid has to tell Shera his true feelings, Cait Sith; Reeve needs to help the people from the
slums, and Yuffie..."
He paused, trying to think of what Yuffie will become. "And Yuffie. She'll grow up to be a
beautiful woman." He groaned, and entered the Highwind again.
The gang's party didn't last very long, only until midnight. The old plane was filled in darkness
and reeked of alcohol. Of course, Vincent could easily see in darkness, he had spend many years in a
coffin. "What other choice did I have?"
He closed gently the door, looking down, he didn't find the girl who had been sleeping there
several minutes ago. He searched around with his eyes, no sign of her. He didn't panic, but was angered
at her if she had listened to him. He walked down the cockpit and got off.
The grass from the ground felt good under his feet, the wind blew against his crimson cape. He
looked around, only able to distinguish a figure near the cliff. He walked after it quickly, almost in anger.
His long black locks flew with his speed, his golden claw hung to his side loosely.
Arriving at the cliff, he saw the ninja cooly looking out into the far mountains. She didn't look
behind her, but something in her changed. She quietly started to speak, her voice calm. "Isn't it
beautiful?"
Vincent paced next to her, and looked at the scenery. The flowers and forests on the mountains
glimmered with the radiance of the moon and stars. He nodded in acknowledgment.
"Vincent... what are you going to do now? Now that's it all over?" The ninja looked out on the
horizon peacefully, her eyes slightly closed because of the wind, witch made her short brown hair flip in
the air. She didn't once even look over at Vincent.
"I don't know. My being here doesn't change anything." He sighed, his own thoughts drifting
away in the cool night air.
"Yeah, me, too. I don't know why I continue on. Maybe it's for my father, maybe it's because..."
She stopped. Her face blushed for a moment while she looked down.
"Maybe it's because... ? You may continue." Vincent was curious of what she would say next.
"No, it's stupid. And I know it will never happen." She sighed and lifted her head again, this time
turning it towards Vincent. His red eyes looking at her, asking her to continue.
"Maybe... it's because I want someone to love. To know someone out there loves me." Vincent
looked at her with confusion, lifting lightly his eyebrow. "Yeah, I knew it would be stupid. Everyone else
seems only to see me as an arrogant brat whose sole existence is to steal materia. But that's not really
what I want. My father taught me those things, I guess I just wanted him to be proud of me."
Vincent knew how it felt to always try to make someone else proud of him, but those were
decades ago, to him. His eyes moistened, burning red eyes rested on the brown ones. "Don't worry,
you've got someone out there whose looking out for you. Someone who cares for you; who loves you."
The two of them looked in the distance as the sun slowly crept its way onto the horizon, while
Yuffie's eyes blurred with tears.