Chapter One- Mind No More

"Vincent?"

"Vincent?!"

"VINCENT WAKE UP!"

The crimson eyes had opened, seeing nothing but leafs from the top of large tree's, and the sun was brightly over head.

"Wh...what...?" Vincent said as it felt like his muscles had all clamped up, making him as stiff as a board on what seemed like the forest ground. How could the great Vincent end up battered on the forest floor?

From what Yuffie could see he had a bruised eye, and maybe a broken arm, but he didn't have the metallic hand anymore, nor the heavy looking boots, he seemed almost...Human now. With a jerking moving Vincent had moved away from who he thought was someone who would harm him, once finding out it was Yuffie he had slowly moved himself to sit up, his mind was else where and he couldn't remember.

Wh...Yuffie...I...

Not able to say what he was trying to think, his eyes had shut as he tried to recap on what happened. Remembering there was lights, a table, and people, people in what looked like soldier suits around him. Nothing more was able to be remembered.

"Vincent!" Yuffie called for the sixth time as Vincent spaced out,

"Yuffie..." His voice sounded shaken, almost as if something had happened to him but yet there wasn't any indication of what truly known; He could have been ambushed, he could have been attacked by the Shinra SOLDIERS. There were many possibilities but there wasn't much for the upper right hand at the moment.

"Vincent, what happened?" The 'Great Ninja' asked as she moved her hands to his arm, seeing if it was broken, seeing that it wasn't she had gave a sigh before she stood up slowly and looked at Vincent, seeing what a mess and who spaced out she was. She wouldn't be able to call Cloud because he was busy fighting Sephiroth with the rest of their friends. Everyone was busy so it was up to Yuffie to get Vincent back to Tifa's bar and tend to his wounds, or what wounds he had under that heavy clothing of his.

"Here Vinnie, let me give you a hand" she said as she had keeled down and put a arm under his and slowly helped him up, having only a little of his weight on hers since it seemed Vincent was starting to come back to reality.

"I-I'm OK...I just...I ..." Vincent stumbled around for words to say,usually at a time like this he would be thinking of what happened, how he had lost, and how his past would result to it, but- he wasn't able to think of his past, nothing came to mind. Staring blankly ahead of him he was on his feet in no time with Yuffie at his side.

"Vincent, just walk and I'll lead the way"

"Alright..."

Vincent wasn't really able to say to much at the moment, trying to contain what he wanted to say was the problem.

"You sure your alright there Vinnie?" Yuffie asked quizzically, seeing he was his usually silent self she didn't really find anything wrong, though it was her job to find where he was since Cloud told her to, in order to fight Sephiroth, but seeing Vincent in his condition, seeing like he had just been beat up, he was in no condition to fight Sephitoth with the rest of them.

"Yes. I'm sure I'm fine," Was what re replied with, really he was hungry, grumpy, tired and sore, but do you think he was going to tell Yuffie that of all things, no.

"Alright, but, come on. We gotta get back before the storm hits"

"Storm?"

"Yeah, Cloud said there as going to be a storm coming towards the bar, we gotta make it back or we'll be soaking, I don't feel like having a outside shower today thanks anyway"

"I'm trying to walk faster but...It's kinda hard at the moment"

"Did you hurt your left?"

"...Not to sure at the moment"

"What do you mean 'not to sure', common, if anyones hurt wouldn't they know it?"

With a awkward silence they walked back towards Tifa's bar.

Yuffie unlocked the bar door with her free hand since she still had her other arm around Vincent so he wouldn't fall onto the ground, which she was sure would happen if she let go, it wasn't like she had super human strength, it was the fact if he fell she'd have to drag him into the bar, and she was sure that Vincent didn't want to be covered in dirt and mud.

"Where are we...?" Vincent asked as he looked at the bar, not having a clue where he was, he remembered who Yuffie was and everyone else, just...Not Tifa's bar, it was a unknown place to him even though he had been there before.

"We're at Tifa's Bar...Like I said Vinnie, you sure you feeling ok, didn't bump your head to hard did you?"

"What do you mean bumped my head?"

"You...What happened before Vincent?"

"...The last I remember was leaving everyone"

"Vincent...that was to years ago" Yuffie was getting worried more and more by what Vincent was saying and how he was acting. She brought him inside and managed to set him onto a stool. It took a second for her to do what she was going to do before she moved a hand and removed his red headband, pulling it away slowly as she looked down into his eyes for a second, seeing he wasn't going to stop her. Continuing to take off the headband she removed it completely, revealing what seemed like a fresh stitch job.

Yuffie couldn't help but stare at the wound, who could have been able to harm Vincent like this. She wasn't able to think of what had happened as she stared for a second,

"What...What do you mean two years ago, and what are you looking at?" pulling away he put a hand up to the stitch. Lightly running one of his pale hands across the what felt like fresh wound, he jerked his hand away before standing up, knocking the stool over and making Yuffie back away in his sudden different action.

"Whats going on...where are we...where is everyone?"

"Vincent relax please, I'm trying to figure that out too"

"Where is everyone?!"

"There trying to fight Sephiroth again! that's why i came to get you but found you in the forest!"

Yuffie walked away from Vincent, surely she had to figure out what was going on, it wasn't like she was ale to go and see Cloud and everyone and ask for help.

"Uggghhhh!!" Yuffie groaned in aggravation as she moved her hands to her head and grabbed at her hair for a while as she put her head down in between her legs and took in a few breaths before shooting up straight as she had taken her hands off of her head

"Ok...I have a plan Vin-"

Yuffie looked around, finding nothing more then Vincents muddy footprints leading out the bar door,

"He left?!" Running out the door in a sprint she couldn't believe what she was getting herself into, obviously Vincent had something happen to him during the past two years, she had to find out what and soon so they could get together and fight Sephiroth once and for all.

Alright. I know it's not allll that great, but it's my first story and I think Vincent X Yuffie are an cute couple. Now please go easy on me

; If you guys like it, I'll consider in putting the second chapter up.