Synopsis:
Vincent is back to his brooding and back to the mourning of the death of Lucrecia. Yuffie, who has loved Vincent since the first time they met, is stalking Vincent, and then proceeds to get him away from Lucrecia's cave, and show him her true feelings for him, but something bad happens in Midgar, and Vincent and Cloud must jump into action once again.
Vincent x Yuffie
Rated M
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Final Fantasy VII, or anything associated to Square Enix, sadly...
NOTE: I'm going by the series transition. The first game was made in 1996, So I will assume the first game took place in the same year. Advent Children happened 2 years later, and Dirge of Cerberus happened 1 year later. Also, this story will tie in with my story, Scarred.
SIDE NOTE: Anything that is "italicized and in quotation marks" is a thought.
Undying Love
«-¤ Chapter 1 ¤-»
Memories
Song to set the mood: "Remember Everything" by Five Finger Death Punch
Time Period: 2 years after Deep Ground
Time: 0:30
Date: November 20th, 2001
Location: Lucrecia's Cave
Vincent Valentine sat about three meters away from the diamond stalagmite that encased and preserved Lucrecia's dead body, staring at her with a soft, but yet battle hardened, pale face. In his head, his demons were silent, for they knew Vincent was in no mood to deal with their trifles when he was like this. A tear silently rolled down Vincent's cheek at the sound of Lucrecia's spirit sincerely apologizing to him from the Lifestream. "I'm sorry… Vincent…" Vincent finally replied after a month of sitting in the same spot, motionless, silently mourning his lover's death.
"Why did you leave me? I loved you…," Vincent said in his deep voice, although it was a little cracked from holding back a full-fledged mental breakdown.
All Lucrecia's spirit could reply was, "I'm sorry… Vincent…" Vincent stood up and loaded his gun, Cerberus. Cerberus was a three barreled pistol, which was modeled after the Flint Stock Pistol. It could hold 18 rounds, and it shot three rounds at a time. It was able to have many mods attached to it, from a short barrel, to a long barrel, a materia floater to a power cross, and even a materia could be attached to it from a chain. "How I wish I could die… just so I could be with you…," Vincent cocked Cerberus, then put it to his temple, and pulled the trigger. Three bullets penetrated his skull and flew out the other side of his head, and Vincent fell to his hands knees and let out a gut wrenching scream in anguish. But then the wounds quickly healed themselves. "…but I am cursed to live forever… alone… forever cursed to watch my friends and loved ones die off… and I will always remain the way I looked 45 years ago, when I was 30…" Vincent slowly stood up, his ears still ringing from the gun going off next to his ear, and then holstered Cerberus, and sat back down. He slid off the golden gauntlet from his left arm, revealing his marred, black, clawed hand, scarred from many fights. This arm was an outward manifestation of his most powerful demon, the god of discord himself, Chaos. He silently stared at his hideous arm, then slid the gauntlet back over it, and continued to stare at Lucrecia's lifeless body.
Yuffie Kisaragi was hiding behind a small rock formation, watching Vincent. She had on a black version of the hood she was wearing when she saved him at ShinRa Mansion two years back. Yuffie had been watching him for a few hours, for she had just snuck into Lucrecia's cave about four hours before. Yuffie watched as Vincent sat there, motionless, silent, waiting for her opportunity to make her presence known, which wouldn't be easy, because Vincent, being a battle hardened man with a case of PTSD and lightning fast reflexes, could kill her out of reflex without even meaning to if she wasn't careful. Another hour passed, and Yuffie decided to make her move, she silently and swiftly made her way over to Vincent, and then stopped dead in her tracks when he stood up with Cerberus aimed at her face, directly between her eyes. "Aw, come on Vincent, it's just me, ya' big bone head!" Yuffie took off her hood to reveal her face, and Vincent lowered Cerberus, and then holstered it, when he saw that it was Yuffie.
"What do you want, Yuffie…," Vincent holstered Cerberus, and then stared back at Lucrecia as he waited for a reply.
Yuffie looked at Vincent, then put her right hand on his cheek and moved his head around to look at her, and she looked him in the eyes with a look of concern. "Vinny… you can't keep going like this. Yeah, I understand that you loved her more than life itself, but it's time to let her go. It's not healthy for you to go months without eating or drinking, sitting on your ass in one position the whole time. Come with me Vinny, we'll go to Tifa's bar, back in Edge. We all miss you Vinny… I miss you…," Yuffie looked down with a sad look on her face.
Vincent noticed this and thought to himself for a minute. He finally made a decision after a minute of thought, "Alright… as you wish, Yuffie…" Vincent adjusted his holster for Cerberus so that it was sitting more comfortably on his side.
"Yay!" Yuffie looked up with a beaming smile and jumped up in excitement, grabbed Vincent's normal hand, and dragged him out of the cave. Vincent slightly smiled at this, although it was hidden behind his blood red cloak. Vincent looked back one final time as they exited the cave. "Vincent, Cid built me a motorcycle!" Yuffie said as she hopped on the rather large bike, shoved in the keys, and it roared to life with a violent rumble. The bike looked nothing like Cloud's Fenrir. This one wasn't as armored as Cloud's, but it was still heavily armored and sounded like a beast. It was chrome red, with black metal parts, and a silver flame design on the body. Vincent looked impressed as he walked around the bike. "Hey, Vincent? Ya' wanna drive?" Yuffie got off the beast of a machine, but left it still running.
"Um… sure," Vincent replied as he lifted a leg over it and sat down. Yuffie got on behind him, and she put her arms around his waist, a little too close to his crotch than he was comfortable with, but oh well. It's not like he minded it or anything… "You don't have feelings for her do you Vincent?" Vincent thought to himself. "Nah, you couldn't. You're old enough to be her father. Besides, she wouldn't be interested in a man like you." Vincent concluded to himself. Vincent checked his phone for the time, 01:00, and then pocketed it. He revved the engine, then took off for Edge, not realizing that that would be the last time he ever visited Lucrecia's cave again.
