Mission 1 The Remnants of Deep Ground: Part one.
It all started at Seventh Heaven, Yuffie thought to her self. Well that wasn't really true. It really all started with Cloud opening up a coffin in Shinra manor and finding a lovely, all be it grumpy vampire looking fellow named Vincent Valentine whom with the help of the others of Avalanche saved the world three times over with Yuffie by his side. At the time Yuffie really didn't give much thought to her actions. Calling Vincent non stop and babbling on his voice mail, fallowing him around when he was round, trying her best to make him laugh (she got a few chuckles from time to time, which was something), pulling pranks on him, just to name a few of their interactions.
Yuffie looked at the picture in her hand it was of her and Vincent at Seventh Heaven Tifa had taken it when both of them weren't looking, right after the defeat of Kaji, Yuffie was laughing and pulling on Vincent's blood red cape. As Yuffie looked at the picture Vincent didn't look mad at her he looked more questioningly amused. Maybe that's why she did it all. Chased after that man again, again, and again. Just to see him smile. It wasn't until recently she'd even discovered her own feelings. She'd laughed when the thought first crossed her mind, 'Me!!? and Vinnie?! Ha ha brain!'. But as she grew more in to a woman she found herself being able to met his gaze less and less but it wasn't so awful and awkward until he'd showed up one day at Seventh Heaven. The oddest thing about that day was that it so ridiculously normal of a day.
It was a cold November day, about year after Omega and he smelled like the rain. Something wild and free Yuffie had mused to herself, as much as Vincent put on the torchured soul bit he did what ever the hell he wanted, when the hell he wanted to. That was something Yuffie could admire, freedom. He took a seat next to Cloud at the bar whom was in a good mood mainly due to the fact that he, Cid and Yuffie had been doing their jobs of being Seventh Heaven's best customers.
"Vincent!!" All three had cheered when he walked threw the door. Vincent had stopped in her tracks looking for a second he looked like he was going to turn tail and run. He knew one member of Avalanche drunk was trouble, three was....well he'd rather have to face Deepground soliders then this. He sighed and a took his seat anyways.
"Good God damn it man! Good to see ya!" Cid yelled over Yuffie and Cloud.
"Thank you Cid." He looked up to see Tifa's ever smiling face. "Tifa."
"Hey Vincent, what will it be, honey?" Tifa used pet names for everyone in their bazar family that was Avalanche Vincent had gotten use to it.
"Red Wi...."
"Oh like Hell! He's drinking with us you know that!" Cloud yelled in a jovial tone grabbing Vincent by the neck and pulling him in a what Yuffie like to call a "Bro-hug". Vincent sighed 'Great that means whisky.....damn it" Vincent thought to himself.
"Crown!!!" All three cried out in union. After Yuffie's Crown battle cry Yuffie's eyes fell to the bar not really know what to say to the gunman today was the day that she for once didn't wonder what he was doing, if he was okay, if he had changed he's number ....again. And here he was just when she'd felt something shift inside herself here he was, again. But on a lighter note he'd leave with out saying "good-bye" soon again.
Cloud and Cid chattered mainly at not with Vincent whom was sipping he glass of crown on the rocks. He wasn't doing shoots again that's how he found out Chaos wasn't really gone for good. Maybe it wasn't chaos but one of the other four demons but he really didn't care to find out.
Tifa was eyeing up the uncharacteristically quite Yuffie. Yuffie met her eyes Tifa mouthed 'You okay?'.
Yuffie nodded and sipped on her glass making a face that make Tifa giggle. That was when Yuffie started listening in on what the boys were babbling about, Oh the things alochol did to people.
"Vince, where you livin' these days? You still need to stop by Rocket Town, need to see you're ugly fuckin' mug more, Vincent" Cid punched Vincent's arm in a friendly manner.
"I've been staying and restoring Shinra manor." Vincent said.
"Well shit that's all you been doing? Thought you'd be off hell I don't know doing vamp shit." Cid side wavering a bit as he stood up.
"Fixing up a creepy old mansion isn't "Vamp shit?"" Tifa questioned winking at Vincent to let him know she was joking, not like Tifa had a mean bone in her body, unless you crossed her.
Cloud had caught the gesture and in a fit of half playful drunken jealously grabbed Tifa and kissed her across the bar. Tifa pulled away blushing and giggling. Yuffie loved her friends to death, however they sure had a way of making it blindingly apparent to her that she was single. Vincent rolled his eyes.
Cloud turned to Vincent looking very pleased with himself. "So any lady in your life?" he asked with out a second thought.
Yuffie nearly feel out of her chair while sitting still. Cid did fall over and muttered "...damn it..." on his way down.
"CLOUD!" Tifa barked eyes nearly shooting laser beams out of her eyes. It was a known secret among Avalanche that Yuffie was starry eyed over Vincent for going on five years now. A known secret to everyone save for the people in question.
Yuffie felt about the size of a five year old 'Oh god what if he says yes? Even worse what if he says no and that stupid hope comes back'. Yuffie was sure her face matched Vincent's cape right now.
"What?! I can't ask a question to my......." Cloud turned to met Tifa's eyes then silented in Tifa's wake of rage.
Vincent appeared to be completely unaffected by Cloud's question he was a normal enough question for a normal conversation for normal people. Vincent couldn't really bring himself to play along. He chuckled "No Cloud, there's no one. As it turns out the monster doesn't get the girl and what fool would want me as I am now? Humph..." Vincent said looking at his claw.
Yuffie didn't know what it was about it time, maybe it was the two last times he didn't say good-bye, maybe it was the five shots of whisky, maybe it was the first time in a long time that she hadn't thought about him a whole day, then he goes and shows up, maybe it was the fact that he'd just unknowingly called her foolish, but today was the day that was enough. She raised her glass to her lips and slammed the golden liquid that burned it's way down her throat and in to her vains to was like a kick start to her anger.
"OH HELL I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Yuffie yelled slamming down her glass.
"Now look what you did!" Tifa said in her famous whisper yell through her clenched teeth to Cloud. Cloud just looked confused. Cloud was not alone in his confusion Vincent had gone still in a shock.
"Yes, Vincent what happened to you sucked, sucked real bad, okay? We get it!" Yuffie said raising up from her sit to face him stepping over Cid who was still on the floor watching the whole scene play out. "I'm sorry your girl friend screwed you over but she was a JACKASS!" Everyone was still in shock you couldn't cut the tension in the room with a chainsaw. At this point the entire bar had for the most part gone still. "Yeah I said! And I'll say it again. Lucrecia was a fucking JACKASS! I'll prove it!" Yuffie pulled out cell phone. "I'm googling Hojo! Fuck that guy...."
Vincent face had gone from shock to anger but Yuffie was too drunk or to pissed for his death glare to have any effect on her what so ever. "I don't see the point in ...." Vincent started.
"AH-HA! Got it! And I'm not asking you!" Yuffie turned her back on him, for a minute he thought it was over, Oh how very wrong he was. "I'm asking them!" Yuffie all but stormed up a table full of girls, had Yuffie been a normal girl Vincent would have said they were Yuffie's peers but peers had a chance in hell at winning a fight. The girls looked at Yuffie in near terror as she came up to them. "Excuse me I need a favor." The girls all relaxed a little when Yuffie's voice had softened for them. "I need you guys to play a quick game of 'would you rather?'."
Like they were going to say 'no', a blond girl in the middle actually smiled and answered "Sure."
Cid took Yuffie's seat next to Cloud. "Shit you're in for it now she's got recuits!" Cid chuckled until Tifa hit him in the back of the head.
"Okay would you rather fuck that guy right there." Yuffie said pointing directly at Vincent whom could only glare, he was too in shock to shoot her. Some of the girls blushed coyly other suggestively quirked there brows. "Or this guy!" Yuffie handed her phone over to the blond and all the girls huddle around it.
What happened next did nothing short of shock Mr. Valentine. All five of the girls at the table scream in union "EEEWWWWWEE!!! "
The Blond in the middle looked at Yuffie "What is this some kinda joke? Like that would ever...." Yuffie gave the girl a knowing look it was a mystical silent language in between females that only they fulling understood "Oh my god that's happened?!"
"Yes he's ex!" Yuffie said throughing up her arms in the air. "She chose THAT guy." Yuffie said point at her phone.
Once again all the girls exclaimed "eeewwweee..."
"This guy looks like he belongs on that Megan's law web site!" A mousy looking brunette chimed in some of her cohorts laughing.
Another one of her friends licking an napkin "I can't get the taste of that picture out of my mouth!" All of them bursted in to laugher. Tifa was trying her damnest not to laugh herself she pour Vincent another shot sans the ice. Vincent shot it straight back his eye's never leaving Yuffie.
"Okay, okay, wait, wait. WAIT" The blond said trying to contain herself "We aren't being fair! We can't just do this by looks we'd be shallow...."
"But, Haylie you ARE shallow." A red headed girl with bright blue eyes laughed.
"Shut your face Roxy! Anyways we have to make an informed decision. Like is HE...it....this thing a noble peace prize winner?" Haylie said waving the phone at Yuffie with her voice still cracking with laughter.
"Like six years running?" Roxy giggled.
"Nope that man has tried to destroy the planet not once, not twice but three times!" Yuffie exclaimed
"So great personality is out? Ugly here isn't winning points is he?" The Blond said.
"Okay okay wait, Does sexy cape boy like beat women? Have herpes or give girls a, you know good old fashioned raping?" the mousy brunette asked.
"As if he'd have to rape anyone." Roxy scuffed.
"No on the herpes and the rape. I've only ever seen him hit one girl and she ripped a whole in his chest almost offing him. He's actually quite the gentleman. Opens doors and the whole bit." Yuffie exclaimed with a hint of pride in her voice that only went unnoticed by Tifa whom smirked a little pouring more crown for Vincent who was now pinching the bridge of his nose. 'Poor Vincent he doesn't even have a clue.' Tifa thought to herself.
All the girls looked at one another. Haylie spoke up "So yeah it's a pretty a safe bet that each one of us would fuck that man ten ways form sunday."
"DING DING! Your answer is correct congratulations your all won yourselves a shot!" Yuffie exclaimed. "Tifa shots!"
"Of?" Tifa asked flatly.
"Hell anything!" Yuffie said with a smile still ignoring Vincent's death glare.
"That'a girl!" Cid yelled.
Tifa brought over the shot that she made while the girls and Yuffie chatted away the only thing that could really be deciphered was loud remarks about how gross Hojo was and jokes about where he'd like to put the his bunsen burner. Yuffie raised her shot glass with the other girl and looked at Tifa blankly.
"Tits MacGee?" Yuffie said flatly.
"Yes Yuffie?" Tifa shot back just as monotone, Tifa just loved all her nick names.
"Where's yours?!" Yuffie yelled and stamped her foot. Sometimes Yuffie was the little sister that Tifa never had and now wanted to give an atomic wedgy too.
"Uhhhhgg..." Tifa went and got herself a shot.
Yuffie raised her glass again now that she was fully pleased that she had one more partner in crime. "Here's to the men folk that save the world and open doors!" She tipped her glass up watching Vincent out of the corner of her eye whom was still glaring. Yuffie made a face after she was done. "Double D! what are you trying to kill us?!" All the girls were now coughing. Tifa had giving them Patron. "Oh well I'm out, bye ladies. Lover Face, put it on my tab." Yuffie said kissing Tifa on the cheek and grabbed her phone. Yuffie walked passed Cloud whom was now looking like a child sitting on his hands trying not to get in anymore trouble, falling in love made that man once so prone to brooding all day down right goofy at times. Vincent had his back turned towards her. She stopped as she grabbed her coat.
"Vinnie, you're not a monster your my friend, and I don't let anyone talk bad about my friends. Bye Cid, Bye Cloud." With that Yuffie left the bar out in to the rain. Vincent didn't move save for sinking in to his collar. Glaring down at the shot glass filled with whisky so many thoughts were running through his head mostly of embarrassment. He's thoughts were interrupted by Yuffie bursting back through to door with a fly ninja kick. "Oh yeah and IN YOUR FACE LUCRECIA!" Yuffie yelled both middle fingers in the air.
Haylie at the table stair in awe for a moment before saying "That woman is my effen hero!"
"IN YOUR FACE! I'M OUT!" With that Yuffie was gone. Vincent let out a sigh of seething rage he took his shoot then stood up.
"Vincent! Don't kill her, she means well.....most of the time." Tifa called out cleaning a table. Vincent didn't giver her so much as a backwards glance. "Yuffie, you've done it now." Tifa opened her phone about to text Yuffie that she should run or at the least to look out for a pissed off guy in a red cape. But quickly closed her phone, 'Let him find her, he won't know what to do with her when he does.' She smiled to herself.
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Author's notes: hope you enjoyed this I know I have yet to finish anyone thing on this site but this just popped in to my head and was dying to get out of my skull! I think I've now read every single Yuffietine on this flippin site....It's time I posted something. Let me know what you think.
