Saving Me Chapter 1: The Cave, a final fantasy vii fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters.

Summary: Vincent saves both Elena and Tseng from being tortured by Kadaj's gang. Elena, on first sight, starts to have feelings for Vincent, but what about Tseng?

A/N: I decided to write a male/female story, since I've been writing a lot of yaoi lately. I hope you enjoy this story, and I also hope you review and tell me what you think. Anyway, here it is…

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Saving Me:

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Chapter One: The Cave:

A young blonde woman rushed down the hall of the Golden Saucer. She was panting heavily. She dreaded running, but at the moment she had to. She saw the Shinra label plastered all over of the hall walls.

Once she entered the bar of the arcade place, she stopped to take a breather. Fixing her clothes, she started to look around the room. There wasn't that many people, so she figured that she would find who she looking for with ease. After a couple of minutes of searching, she grew frantic.

They were supposed to be here! We were supposed to have the meeting here!

"Good to see you're late again, Elena", a voice said behind her.

She jumped and turned around only to see a man with long, black hair and what appeared to be a tilak in the middle of his forehead. She frowned at him and pushed him away playfully before stomping her foot down in anger.

"It's not my fault, Tseng! I came all the way from drinking-", she cut herself off as she blushed. "Um…oops…forget I said anything".

He chuckled, "Rufus is over there if you were looking for him".

The black-haired man pointed over to the far right corner in the back of the bar, and the blonde sighed, "Oh…".

She felt really stupid now, and the black-haired man smiled, reaching his hand out to her, "Would you like me to take you over to him?".

She smiled at the charming man, putting her hand on his, "Yes, I would".

Tseng returned the smile, and together, they walked over to the impatient blonde man who was sitting at a booth, tapping his foot angrily. He was flicking his wrist around, shaking the liquid in the glass he had in his hand.

Once the black-haired man and the blonde woman stood in front of him, he instantly snapped his attention from the glass to glare at the two. Seeing that it was only Tseng and Elena, he replaced the scowl on his face with a smirk.

"Oh, it's only you two. Take a seat", he said as he pointed to the other side of the booth.

Tseng nodded and sat Elena down first before he sat down beside her. Elena's brown eyes tried not to stare into the sinister blue eyes of the current president of Shinra. The blonde man spared the duo two brief glances before opening his mouth to speak.

"Now that we're all here", he began, giving Elena another brief glance, "we can talk about the rumors of the resurrected Sephiroth".

"But, sir, those were only started by travelers who were just passing by", Tseng said.

"All the more to believe them, and besides, those are the only people who had ever come in contact with the cave", the blonde said.

It was kind of quiet to Elena, but then it hit her…

"Excuse me, Rufus...sir, where's Reno and Rude?", she asked.

"They already know of the mission", the blonde man, named Rufus, answered.

"What mission?", she asked.

"You four are to go to the Northern Cave and investigate", he answered.

"May I ask when, sir?", Tseng asked.

"Tomorrow…", the blonde man answered. "Meet Reno and Rude here. They'll have the helicopter".

"Yes, sir…", Tseng and Elena said in unison.

They departed with the blonde man who stayed to continue drinking his alcohol. Outside, Tseng walked Elena to her car. The blonde woman really liked the black-haired man, and she could tell that something was troubling him as he opened her car door for her (after she unlocked it).

"What's the matter?", she asked.

"I just have a feeling that if the rumors are true then we're going to be in…big trouble", Tseng answered as he let her in and closed the door for her.

She nodded and waited until the black-haired man pulled away from the car before she drove off.

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Elena got up earlier and went to Golden Saucer again like Rufus Shinra instructed. She met up with Tseng who was just about to enter the amusement place. He smiled when he saw it was her and opened the door for her. They went in together, and the blonde was the first to bump into a rushing red-haired man.

"Hey, watch it, yo!", he yelled.

The man took a step back and instantly saw that it was Elena and Tseng who he made the smart comment to. Gulping, he nervously itched the back of his mess of red hair and looked at them reassuringly.

"Hey, Tseng…Elena, ready to go into the chopper?", Reno asked.

"That's why we're here", Elena said.

"Well, its right in the back, yo", Reno said as he turned his back to them and started walking away.

Tseng nodded and followed the red head along with Elena. They exited the amusement place and found that the lanky red head was telling the truth. The helicopter was indeed in the back, and it was up and running. They saw a bald-headed man in front of it, waving at them.

"Hey, it's Rude!", Elena pointed out as they approached the bald-headed man.

"The chopper is ready", the man explained as he opened the chopper door for Elena and Tseng.

Tseng let Elena go in first before he turned to Reno and Rude, "Reno, you can fly it".

"Aw…why me, yo?", Reno sighed.

"Because I said so", Tseng said sternly.

Reno sighed again before running over to the pilot's side of the helicopter. Rude hopped in the passenger's seat, and Tseng and Elena buckled in. They were very close to each other just like they were the other day.

Elena sighed uncomfortably and forced herself not to stare at Tseng as he prepared their weapons. She was confused as to why she even started liking their black-haired leader. Sure he was polite and nice to her, and he was very handsome in her eyes, but what was it really?

Reno raised the chopper in the air while Rude closed his door. They buckled in, and Reno headed north…in the direction of the Northern Crater. Tseng had finished preparing their four guns, loading it full of bullets after around five minutes during their flight.

Elena started playing with her fingers, trying to focus on them and the mission ahead of them instead of watching Tseng busy himself with the weapons. His black eyes were glued onto the weapons, and finally, she couldn't help but watch so she did.

Tseng felt eyes on him and turned his head to see Elena watching him. He saw that she had a slightly nervous look on her face. Was she nervous about the mission? Or was she just nervous being so close to him?

"What's the matter, Elena? You look troubled", he began as he went back loading up the other types of weapons.

"It's just…what if Sephiroth is really alive again?", Elena asked, feeling shivers go up and down her spine.

That's not what she was really bothered about though…

Tseng sighed, "Well…we'll just have to fight him off then".

"Ha, you know he'll kill us easily!", Reno butted in.

Tseng scoffed and handed Elena a gun. He reached down and grabbed two guns, handing them to Reno and Rude. He picked up the fourth gun and put it on his lap. He looked at Elena who put the gun he handed to her in between them.

He sighed, wishing he could tell her how he really felt. He liked the blonde very much. The blonde had actually made him take his mind off Aerith Gainsborough, the woman he had known since she was little and also who he had loved. The only reason he could come up with for not telling Elena his feelings is that he was the leader of the Turks. Being the leader of the Turks was not an easy job at all.

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The Northern Crater. The place where Sephiroth was encased in a crystal of mako. Elena looked down upon it, just wondering what good or bad experiences awaited her and the other Turks inside. Reno lowered the chopper down into the huge snow-covered crater. It was very foggy, and the red head could barely see anything so he stopped the helicopter. It began hovering in place.

"What's the matter, Reno?", Tseng asked.

"I can't see a damn thing, yo! I'm not about to wreck the chopper and get us stranded here", Reno answered.

"How about me, Tseng, and Rude go in?", Elena perked up and asked eagerly.

"Uh…about that…", Reno began, chuckling nervously.

"Reno, doesn't know how to read anything up here, so I'm going to stay up here and help", Rude finished for him.

"But I do know how to communicate to you guys through the headphones AND I know how to steer the chopper", Reno said, trying to make himself look smart.

"Alright…Elena and I will go. You guys stay here", Tseng said as he opened the chopper door near him.

He reached back and grabbed Elena's hand firmly as he leaned forward and pulled down the ladder on the side of the chopper. It fell down, and he put the blonde woman in his lap as he lowered her down onto the ladder.

Elena felt her cheeks turn a light pink as she brushed against Tseng. She finally got a hold of the ladder, and that's when the black-haired leader let go. Her brown eyes connected with his worried black ones.

"Reno, the chopper better still be here when we get back!", she cried as she began climbing down.

"You bet it will be, yo!", Reno replied.

Elena nodded and continued to climb. Tseng soon joined her, looking down to see if she was okay. It was hard to see through the fog, but they continued down the ladder. Elena closed her eyes and decided to use her sense of touch to get down to the ground.

Tseng mimicked her, and when Elena reached the end of the ladder, her foot tapped on the rocky ground. Opening her eyes, she looked around and saw the beautiful light blue entrance of the Northern Cave.

She hopped down, and the black-haired leader followed her, opening his eyes as well. She observed the pretty blue, green, and gray stones that connected with the light blue wall of rock that made up the entrance. It was glimmering with an awkward light. Tseng was the first to pull out his gun. He cocked it, preparing for what was inside, and started walking towards the entrance.

"Come on, Elena. We have a lot of work to do", he said.

The blonde woman nodded and copied the black-haired man by cocking her gun and following him. Above them, Reno and Rude were just sitting there, and Reno was making sure that the chopper stayed afloat. He heard a loud beeping noise and jumped.

"What's that?" Reno cried.

Rude looked down and noticed the phone attached to Reno's hip was flashing, "Your cell phone".

Reno chuckled and ripped the phone out of its pocket and removed the headphones from his ears, "I thought there was something wrong with the chopper, yo".

He put the phone to his ear and pressed the button, "Hello?".

"Reno, it's Rufus. Tell Tseng and Elena that they need to get Jenova's head", he heard the blonde president say on the other line.

"Alrighty, boss, but why do we need Jenova's head, yo?", the red head asked.

"Just get it. The planet will be in danger if you don't", the blonde growled before hanging up.

"Alright…", Reno sighed as he hung up the phone and put it back.

"Who was that?", Rude asked.

"The boss…he says to tell Elena and Tseng to get Jenova's head", Reno answered.

"Why?", he asked.

"Who knows?", Reno replied. "Now press the button that'll let me speak to them, yo".

Rude smirked and shook his head. He leaned over to where the red head's mouth piece was and tapped it. He leaned back in his seat as the red head sighed stupidly. Reno felt more retarded now as he grabbed the mouthpiece and positioned it near his mouth.

"Thanks…", he said to Rude. "Elena? Tseng?".

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Tseng heard static from the small earpiece he had over his head. He and Elena were already inside of the cave, seeing nothing but bright blue rocky walls and blue, green, and gray rocks below them. Tseng tapped the little earpiece, trying to make the static go away.

"Tseng…Elena….you guys there, yo", they heard Reno's voice call to them.

"Yeah, we're here", Tseng muttered into the mouth piece.

Elena stood beside Tseng and yelled, "What do you guys want?".

"Rufus wants you guys to get Jenova's head, yo", Reno answered, sneering at Elena's comment.

Elena saw a flash of silver go by and broke away from Tseng to after it. Tseng wondered where she was going and followed. He kept the mouthpiece near his mouth. He could hear Reno humming to himself even though it was almost silenced by the loud static that rose again.

"Why does he want us to get her head for?", Tseng asked in the mouthpiece.

"Don't know…he didn't say before he just hung up, yo", Reno answered.

Elena saw two more blurs of silver fly past her to her left, and she cut the corner, running after the blurs. One of them was encased in a light blue aura that almost matched the walls. The blonde saw both silver blurs cut two more corners both in opposite directions.

Raising a blond eyebrow, she continued forward. She heard footsteps behind her and knew that Tseng was following without even having to turn around. Ahead of her she saw a single huge mako crystal that seemed broken, and she wanted to check it out. She walked up the set of steps in front of her and gasped at the sight that she saw by the crystallized mako.

"Tseng, look at this!", she said as she pointed to the object that caused her astonishment.

Tseng soon came behind her and looked at the object she was pointing at. He saw, with his very eyes, what looked like the remains of a head. It wasn't just anyone's head. It was Jenova's head. His face twisted with disgust at how horribly disfigured it looked.

"Pay dirt…", he muttered.

"Not a pretty sight, is it?", Elena said.

There was a green liquid protruding from the head, and both eye balls were gone. The calamity's white skin was almost completely covered by white hair, and the part where her neck was cut off was a dirty and crusty black.

The duo heard swishing sounds behind them, and they turned around to find the same blurs of silver that Elena saw before again. Elena was about to follow them again before Tseng grabbed her arm, jerking her back by his side. She sighed and reached down to grab the head by its hair.

"Who cares? Just get the damn thing…", Tseng heard Reno muttered on the other line.

Tseng rolled his eyes and put the mouthpiece near his mouth to say, "Reno, the chopper".

The black-haired leader felt a wave of uneasiness pass through him, and he wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. He heard the red head reply to his command with a yes and knew they had to get out of here soon.

He grabbed Elena's hand and dragged the blonde woman with him as he started running towards the direction they came from. As they turned the first corner, three silver blurs appeared before them. They stopped, and Tseng and Elena saw three young men with varied lengths of silver hair and bright emerald eyes.

Reno pulled the chopper above them. The red head was glad that he found the two of them and found an opening in the fog to lower the chopper in. Reno slid down the ladder as Rude took control of the chopper.

The three silver-haired men smirked at Tseng and Elena. Tseng stood in front of Elena protectively as he pointed his loaded gun to them. The youngest looking one stepped forward.

"Is there a reason you have Mother's head?", he snarled angrily.

He threw his hand behind him, and the young man with the longest silver hair pulled out a gun and pointed it at them. The man with the shortest hair lifted his arm, and Tseng and Elena saw that he had a white metallic weapon on his arm. It was different from any weapon they've seen before.

"Who are you?", Elena said as she pushed herself out of Tseng's protection zone a little bit.

"Even if we told you, that still wouldn't explain why you have our Mother's head", the silver-haired man with the gun said.

His voice scared the blonde woman.

"Now return Mother's head or we'll shoot!", the short silver-haired man threatened.

Tseng would've laughed had the silver-haired man with the gun not shot at their feet twice as a warning. The black-haired man stumbled backwards, and the blonde woman held him up on his feet. She looked above her and saw the ladder fall down beside her. She saw Reno climbing down through the fog.

"Reno, hurry!", she cried.

"Whoa…", the black-haired leader said as the silver-haired boy shot at his feet again.

The stench of the head was starting to bother Elena now. She wondered why it was bothering her now when it didn't bother her at all when she picked it up. She watched as Tseng got angry and shot at the silver-haired boys.

All three of them dodged the bullets and dashed towards the black-haired man who continued to shoot at them then. She looked back up the ladder and saw that the red head was right by her.

"Reno", she called and handed him the head before going back to Tseng who was having a hard time dodging all of the short-haired man and the medium-length haired male's attacks.

Reno looked at the silver-haired boys and said, "Who the hell is that?".

The long-haired boy cocked his gun as he aimed it at Tseng who was still busy shooting at the other boys. Elena saw this and jumped in front of Tseng as the boy pulled the trigger. It hit her right in the stomach, and she fell in the very shocked Tseng's arms.

"Elena!", he cried.

"Go! Get out!", she said to both Reno and Tseng.

"I won't leave you…", Tseng muttered.

Tseng growled and began fending off the boy's with a series of bullets. The silver-haired boys stood their ground, and they didn't even notice when Reno fled with Jenova's head until the end. The long-haired boy started shooting at the red head, which made him climb faster.

"Damn it…", he muttered, wishing that he could've saved his fellow Turks.

He climbed all the way up, and Rude helped him into the chopper. Rude almost shrieked at the thing that was in Reno's lap. The red head ignored the bald-headed man as he started the helicopter.

"Where's Elena and Tseng?", Rude asked.

"We have to leave, yo. There are three silver-haired boys in there that are after this", Reno answered as he helped Rude lifted the ladder.

"Oh…", Rude said as he shut the door.

Reno mimicked Rude and shut his door as he took off into the sky. He prayed that Tseng and Elena would be okay. He felt a wave of guilt and cowardliness pass through him after leaving the two like that.

Elena was bleeding from the wound heavily, but she weakly pulled out her gun and help Tseng by fending off their attacks. The youngest one let out an irritated growl, and in a blink of an eye, he knocked Elena's gun from her hands. Tseng put his gun to the boy's head, but before he could shoot, the boy disappeared.

"Yazoo, let's get them", the youngest one cried to the longed-haired one.

The longed-haired one, named Yazoo, shot Tseng in his leg as he tried to reload his gun with bullets that he had in his pockets. The black-haired man hissed and clutched his leg where the bullet went through.

Getting them while they were down, the short-haired one disappeared and reappeared behind them, sticking his pointed weapon into the black-haired man's back. He launched the points of his weapon into the other man's back, sending waves of electricity down his spine literally.

Tseng grunted as the silver-haired boy that attacked him lifted him by the weapon and threw him into Yazoo's arms. Elena cried out Tseng's name as she crawled over to her gun on the ground. Tears of anger fell down her cheeks as she grabbed the gun and pointed it at short-haired man.

He smirked at her, and she growled and pulled the trigger. The bullet penetrated the silver-haired man's stomach, and he hissed in pain. He clutched his stomach and doubled over. The youngest one got angry, but she didn't catch the look on his face because she was crawling over to Tseng who was now unconscious.

"Tseng…", she whispered.

The silver-haired man that she shot started whining in pain, "Kadaj, it hurts so much! I'll get that meanie for ever shooting me!".

The youngest one comforted the whining man and made him stand up straight. He met Yazoo's eyes with his own and nodded to the other boy. Yazoo smirked and aimed the gun he had at Elena who was holding Tseng in her arms (he had dropped the other man).

Elena was covered in her and Tseng's blood, but she didn't care. She was praying the black-haired man was alive as she cradled him in her arms. She heard footsteps and looked up from her ministrations.

She saw Yazoo in front of her and closed her eyes, preparing for the incoming pain that she was going to inevitably meet. Instead of shooting her like she expected, he pistol-whipped her across the face, knocking her out instantly.

"Good job, Yazoo", the one name Kadaj said as he patted his companion on the back.

Yazoo smirked as he put the gun away, "What shall we do with them, brother?".

"Let's take them to our hideout", Kadaj said.

"Hey, what about me?", the other boy whined still clutching his wound that was bleeding a little bit now.

"You'll be fine, Loz…", Yazoo said calmly.

Yazoo picked the blonde woman up and handed her to Kadaj who threw her over his shoulder. Yazoo rubbed his hands together as he prepared himself to pick up the black-haired man. He pulled the older man's arms, and then hoisted him over his shoulder.

"You ready?", Kadaj asked, and Yazoo nodded.

The three of them left the cave, disappearing from the cave in a blink of an eye. Yazoo made sure that Tseng wouldn't fall from his shoulders. It was kind of hard though because of the pace they were going at. Kadaj did the same, tightening his grip on the Elena's legs. Loz was slowest because of his injury when he was usually the fastest in running.

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A/N: Well that's it for now. Vincent will be in the next chapter hopefully. If you review you'll see him soon!