I'm REALLY sorry if this is a bad chapter, I'm so bad at writing fight scenes.. I've never really written them I'm afraid xD
But, I've tried and you more or less get the idea, hopefully!


In mere moments, Cloud and Cid were slowly stepping away from the battle and hiding in a sheltered area nearby.

"… So, that's what that noise was snapping a twig." Yuffie said sarcastically. Vincent rolled his eyes and immediately ran toward the Vlakorados in an attempt to begin the fight.

Loading the shotgun held in his hand, he leapt from one rock to another and sprung himself into the air, flipping overhead of the beast.

With a simple blow to the head, the Vlakorados' rage rose above usual and began to swing its head mindlessly with frustration.

"Yuffie, be careful now." Vincent warned, landing nearby her and fire another shot to the monster. Yuffie nodded with a grin and run to ward the Vlakorados, striking it several times with her Shuriken. Although the initial idea was to lure the Vlakorados away, it never did occur to be a problem to have a little fun doing it.

With a simple flick of the tail, Yuffie flew back against the crumbling grey rocks. Unable to realize straight away what was happening, she winced and found herself gasping for air as the chipped rocks dug into her spine, leaving her injured and winded. Seeing his team mate down for a mere few seconds, Vincent jumped by her side and picked her up carefully and retreated to an enclosed area not far from the Vlakorados.

"Are you okay?" He asked with a worried tone, considering to fight alone seeing how tired the girl truly was.

"I'm fine, just winded. Now hurry up and go kill it! I'll help in a minute, alright?" She yelled, becoming agitated by the fact she was unable to regain her strength straight away.

Vincent nodded and ran ahead to the Vlakorados, aiming at its tail in an attempt to disable its use of it. Firing a few bullets directly to its tail left a few wounds in place, but was still able to be used as a defensive weapon. Yuffie ran to Vincent's side and was once again helping in battle, despite her previous encounter, it was clear she was determined to not let her drowsiness take over.

Bullets firing, a Shuriken flying and tormenting the beast, their battle was sure to be won and finally it began to retreat. Yuffie let out a cheer of triumph and grinned at Vincent who stood by, watching – not paying so much attention to their surroundings anymore. The only thoughts which lay in his mind were if Yuffie was honestly okay or not.

"Now we can go home, you can do… Whatever it is you do when you're not boring and I can SLEEP!" She grinned, stretching her arms.

"YUFFIE." Someone screamed from nearby, the voice sounding stern and worried. For a split second, Yuffie's concentration on what seemed to be of the won battle, switched off when she tried to navigate where someone was calling her name from. About to respond, she was suddenly flung against the crumbling cliff again by the Vlakorados' tail before it completely retreated – getting the final word in.

Yuffie screamed and winced loudly as her head snapped back against the rubble and knocked her unconscious. Vincent's eyes widened in shock and worry, thinking at this point what was about to happen and wondering what to do.

Wow… Do you think its dead? Chaos remarked, knowing it would get to Vincent.

Of all situations today, you decide to comment on this one?

Why do you care anyway? I'm probably right in saying its dead.

Shaking his head quickly, Vincent ignored the thought of her death and ran toward the young girl. A loud roar was heard nearby proving the Vlakorados to have been defeated; however it still didn't fix the problem that Yuffie wasn't moving.

"Yuffie..?" He asked in a comforting tone, frowning at the sight of her bleeding head and torn up body. Before he could reach forward to pick her up, he felt himself pulled back by another force as more rocks came tumbling down on Yuffie.

"Watch it Vin, you trying to get yourself killed? Jeez." Cid commented. "Where's Yuffie?" Vincent gave him a cold, hard glare before rushing over to the newly fallen rocks and carefully moving them out of the way.

Please, please be alright…

You really need to sort out your priorities. First Lucrecia, now this.

Vincent felt an ache in his chest as the name 'Lucrecia' was pulled to the front of his mind, with all thanks to Chaos. Quickly trying to shake off the thought, although not succeeding, he stared down at Yuffie who was now more cut and bruised than before. Frowning, he lifted her up in his arms keeping her head upright and balanced against him; he walked over to Cloud and Cid who were stood nearby watching in confusion.

The sight of their team-mate down made their eye's widen with shock and a weight of guilt to plunge them into an angry state of mind.

Cloud walked over and checked Yuffie's pulse then backed away, frowning. With a new brave face, he took her from Vincent and began walking away.

"I'll call Reno to bring the motorcycle here, make sure that Vlakorados doesn't return." Cloud commanded.

Vincent and Cid watched in silence, not a word to say about the situation. Only worry and hope that Yuffie would be okay.