((Ahh! Its you! Well, this is my FIRST! (yes, my FIRST) Ever! Fanfiction! Woohoo! Well, I do hope that you enjoy reading this, just as much as I enjoyed writing' the dammed thing..-inane mumbling..eyes person looking a lot like..Yuffie..running- Oh c-whack..is tackled..this inane Non-story information ends.-))

Vincent awoke with a start, he gave a loud cry as he shot upwards, grabbing ahold of the quilt upon his bed, looking around, sweat on his brow, as he gave a loud sigh..his shimmering red eyes scanning the room, before he slowly lay back down upon his bed, this was the same nightmare he had been having for the past time since AVALANCHE had defeated Sephiroth..It was always the same, he was standing before Sephiroth, lifting his weapon, the Death Penalty, before suddenly something ran infront of a sweeping downwards blade, a sharp cry of pain, from a female voice, then a swirling void of darkness, with cries for help, then Sephiroths insane laughter, before he awoke with a start.. "What is happening to me..what has become of me?" he said, with his still sharply cold voice, before he shook his head and rose out of his bed, looking towards the window. It was still dark outside, with a few starts giving out their light, overshadowed by the large full moon covering the wet grass ground with a faint glow of moonlight.

Elsewhere, a different person was having the same nightmare, but from a different perspective, it was the same, Sephiroth with his sword, then the person would get ready to attack, then a dark form would rush in the way of a blade coming downwards, then a male cry of pain, before the eternal void, cries of pain, Sephiroth's laughter. This person? This person was none other than Yuffie Kisanagi, the 'brat' of AVALANCHE, except that she lived in Wutai, while Vincent Valentine lived the old Shinra Mansion, rebuilt by his own..'hand and claw'. She rose upwards "Geeze..whats with this nightmare..?" she said, as sweat glistened from her now quite toned, but still feminine features, she had grown, it had been exactly 5 whole years, 5 years since they had defeated Sephiroth, yet Yuffie and Vincent had both been having the exact same nightmares, from different perspectives, for all that time, but soon enough came the annual reunion of the entire AVALANCHE group.

This year, it was to be held in Vincent Valentines mansion, much to the dismay of Yuffie, who always regarded Vincent as the "Spooky old Vampire." A nickname she had never stopped calling him, but now he never took any notice of it, the first to arrive we're Tifa and Cloud Strife, now actively married and happily living together in the newly rebuilt Seventh Heaven, as Vincent opened the door, he still kept that stotic face, non-smiling lips, cold dead eyes, as he said "Welcome, come in, sit yourself down while we wait for the others."

After Tifa and Cloud, next came Red, the strange talking creature, as he gently gave a small paw against the door, it was opened by a welcoming Vincent, of the entire group, Vincent was most akin to Red, as they both kept logical, although Vincent was primarily more quiet than Red, "Welcome." Said Vincent, nodding slowly, "Thank you Vincent, I suppose Tifa and Cloud are already inside?" Red asked, "Of course." Vincent replied, as Red made his way in, it was only around 10 minutes later that Barrett arrived, along with a surprisingly calm Yuffie and an ever cursing cig smoking Cid, "F*$%ing goddamed Highwind broke down.." Cid said, while Yuffie then said "Hello Vampire!" with a small bounce, still with the grin that never seemed to fade, although she had her more woman like curves upon her, she still acted like she did all those years ago, as he skipped on in, she was followed by the still smoking Cid, as Barrett Said "Hmm, Yo.", while Vincent merely responded by a nod, letting Barrett enter.

When they we're all grouped together, Cloud then spoke up, "Excuse me? C'mon now, lets all stop talking, we have to get to business first, then the idle chit chat can start." He was replied to by a few mere grunts, then nods, then a single wave of the hand from a stotic Vincent, leaning against the wall beside the fireplace.

"Good good, now, first thing is first, how is the rebuilding of the plates going?" Cloud said, followed by a swift reply from now Mayor of Midgar Barret, "Yo, everything is going as planned, we'll be finished with the repairs and the done touch-ups by around..2 years time, so don't worry yo' ass." Then came a swift nod from Cloud, before a grinning Barret sat down, obviously pleased with the work that is going on to his new home.

After a few less needy talks from Cloud, everyone settled down to talk to everyone else, that is, but Vincent, he stood there watching everyone with a non-blinking stare from his cold dead blood red eyes, as Yuffie sat idly by the windowsill, looking at the day run by, as Vincent moved over to her and put a hand upon her shoulder, she jumped slightly, as if she was in mid- dream, "It seems we are both doing nothing, how about a walk Miss Kisanagi?" Said Vincent, as Yuffie looked upto the man, staring into those cold dead orb's for eyes, she replied "Why not?" before giving the inane grin, jumping up, skipping over to her jacket and grabbing it, putting it on "Well? What's keeping yah?!" Said an overly excited Yuffie, as Vincent grabbed his red cloak, wrapping it around his form, before clipping it up, then moving outside, with Yuffie giving a few laughs of just..hyperness then running along, along the path down, shouting "Hurry up Vampire! Or has old age slowed you down?!" As Vincent came running after her, he almost smiled (What am I thinking? Chasing after Yuffie? Is there something wrong with my mind..? But..she looks.strangely..cute.) before he shook it away, then continued running, before he tripped over a rock, soaring into the air, giving a cry of "Agh!" before his head collided with the ground, he felt himself rolling down some hill, before hitting something else, then it all went..Black.

"Vinny..? Vinny..?!..Vinny wake up and speak to me you!" before there came a dull, but slightly burning feeling upon his cheek, had she slapped him? He couldn't tell, he felt this dull throbbing pain inside of his head, he must have a concussion, or something along those lines, before he moved slightly, then came a sharp stab of pain in his spine, then a cry of pain escaped from his pale white lips "Auuaahh!" he cried out, Yuffie almost leapt away from him, but she was glad he was still alive, "Don't move..You've got a piece of metal stuck in your back.." (Please be alright Vinny..Please?) she thought, but she didn't know why..why was she hoping he was alright so much? Maybe it was an..emotion? She shook it away from her mind, as she slowly turned him over, looking at the shard of metal sticking from his back, (This must have been here when the mansion was wasted, he must have rolled down the hill straight onto it.) she thought, before tenderly grabbing it in her fingers, then starting to slide it out, much to the cries of pain from the usually emotionless Vincent, who was now in absolute agony, as it came out, he started to twitch, before he fell silent, his eyes half open, a slow moan of pain escaping, as Yuffie took off his bandana, pressing it tightly against the wound on his back, turning him over so his eyes locked unto hers "W.W..W..Why'd you sa..save me Yuf- Yuffie..?" he stuttered out, through grit teeth, "Because I wanted too..Because I don't want to see you hurt Vinny.." as she gently extended a single hand, flicking some of his midnight black hair from his face, as the colour (or what there ever was) drained quickly from his face, as his bandana became soaked in blood, then saturated, as it slowly began to seep through, the pressure was having no effect, if only she had taken her cure materia! She sobbed silently, holding his body in his arms, before he slowly moved his cold fingers, touching her face slightly "Y..You..s.s.should go....the-..there are.st-..still mon-..m..monsters around here.." he managed to say, attempting to push her away, just to be held tighter by the now crying Yuffie, before he pushed her away, just slightly, before cupping her cheek lightly in his hand, drawing her closer, as his pale lips touched her full lips, her arms held him ever tighter, as his eyes closed half-way, so did hers, it seemed a moment of perfect bliss, before she was pushed aside, as a monster leapt upwards, diving straight at them, he slid out his Death Penalty, he never went anywhere without it, snapping off a single shot, as it hit off the hide, it kept on coming, "Go!..D..Don't argue with me just go!" Vincent shouted, lifting himself upto his feet, still snapping off shots at the charging monster, as Yuffie looked to him, then fled, "I'll be with you, always." He said, before she disappeared out of eyesight, then came a cry of pain, a single shot, then nothing, she dared not to look back, but kept running.

As she made her way into the mansion, she hurriedly told the entire story, skipping the kissing part, that was for them and them alone, before Cloud took his blade, Cid his staff, Barret twirled his gun arm, then they took off, moving towards the site that Yuffie had told them off, as they came to a scene which scared them all to their very souls, Vincent, lay there, his eyes closed, his mouth twisted in pain, a single massive claw mark, cutting straight across his chest, so deep that they could see inside of him, while the monster lay beside him, bullet holes within its body, Cybernetic claw straight through its chest, "Dear god." Barret said, before Yuffie simply attempted to run over to Vincent "VINNY!!" she cried out, but was held back by Cid, his face cold and stern, all the others looked on in horror, as Cloud set his sword upon his back, then slowly lifted Vincent upwards, into his arms.

They grouped around the gravestone, of which the words "Vincent Valentine." We're inscribed into stone, nothing else, no-one needed to know anything else, this was for them alone, Yuffie was sobbing into Barret's arm's, while Tifa was being held by Cloud, the others simply stood there, heads held downwards, before they slowly dispersed, Yuffie lastly, as she knelt, kissed her fingers, then slowly moved them downwards across the gravestone, before laying a single red rose upon the earth, whispering "I'll be there for you, always.." then turning and leaving..

The nightmares had gone for Yuffie, now replaced by Sephiroth being knocked down by the shadowy creature, which had turned out to be Vincent, now, instead of nightmares, they we're her dreams, dreams of Vincent, the pair holding each other over a moonlit sky.

-Vincent Valentine (2002, All rights belong to Squaresoft, etc etc.)

Dedicated to..No..Its not over..Yet.