Well here it is... the first chapter. I feel like it should be longer...

So the summary of this chapter is pretty much when Vincent gets back from his visit to Lucrecia's cave at the end of DoC, and Yuffie's feelings on all of it.

**Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, places, or any of the Final Fantasy VII games. If I did, well, things would be A LOT different.

Homecoming Rants and Smiles

I was madmadmadmad. It was the kind of anger that occupies your mind, your every thought, like a parasite. Frustrating you to the point of wanting to viciously hurt anything in your path.

The reason why I was so mad? Easy, Tifa chose Shelke over myself to go retrieve Vinnie. (Who was MY partner.) I don't understand it at all. After spending the past few weeks nagging Tifa on any information about Vinnie, I thought that I would be the first person Tifa would inform on any news.

Apparently not. The day Tifa got a call from Cloud on Vinnie's whereabouts, I had been in town. By the time I got back to the bar, Shelke was already halfway out the door. She seemed to even double her quick pace when I tried to ask where she was going off to in a hurry.

'Well I don't really care anyway' That's what I thought, until I found out that the reason Shelke was in such a hurry, was because she was off to get MY Vinnie. Then I cared. Of course, I confronted Teef.

"What the hell Tifa! Why did you tell Shelke go get Vinnie?"

"Yuffs..." Tifa began, sighing like some wise old grandma, "I know you're worried about Vincent – We all are. Shelke seemed more reasonable for the task than you. People do crazy things when they're worried about someone."

I huffed and stomped out the door, like the bratty teenager I knew I was acting like. "Reasonable" my ass...

I started running.

God damnit I hate them

I hate Tifa for not believing in me.

I hate Shelke for being more mature than me.

I even hate Vincent for leaving to go see "darling Lucy" starting this mess in the first place.

And lastly, I hate myself for being so god damn worried.

Sighing, I slowed down. I sat down on a particularly pretty hill and watched the sunset. (Oh god, now I'm turning into Cloud.) Idly, I noticed a caterpillar crawling up my leg.

"Hey little guy, wait or are you a girl? You look skinny, so I think you're a girl- or maybe you're just hungry... Are you hungry? Well I'm hungry. Guess I better head on back to Teef's." I said to the bug. Laughing at my ridiculousness, I started running, keeping the smile on my face.

I could see lights radiating from the window of the bar from down the street. Tifa was probably at the counter, I could see Cloud too, as I got closer. Hmm, it seemed like everyone was there. Am I, Yuffie Kisaragi, missing out on a party? Then, a flash of red caught my attention. Oh my god...

Sprinting the last couple of yards. I reached out my hand and flung open the door.

There... Red tattered cape, raven black hair, his arm gleaming a bit under the light, starting to turn his head...

"Vincent..." I breathed out. For a moment, we just stared at eachother, dark brown met crimson. I wondered if he had heard me.

"Yuffie." I guess he did.

The anger seemed to just float away. I didn't care anymore (well maybe a little). I was just glad that he had finally come home.

"VINNIE!" Jumping on him, I started blabbering.

"You stupid vampire! We were so worried about you... Why didn't you answer your phone? The purpose of a phone is so people can reach you, idiot..."

Through my whole rant Vinnie didn't stop me once. When I finally looked up at his face, I noticed that he looked... different somehow.

His mouth was covered, but his eyes seemed softer, almost as if they were twinkling a bit. It can't be...

"V-V-Vincent Valentine, are you smiling?" I managed to sputter out. His eyes kept the same twinkling and softness.

"OH MY GOD! SHELKE, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HIM?"

Welllllll, what did you think? Bad? Yeah, I thought it was pretty bad, definitely (ugh did I spell that right?) not my best.

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