A/N: I only had about two hours to write this. Mom's got a week off from work(she deserves it) and is probably going to be on the computer for most of it. I got a window of opportunity when she went downstairs to watch a movie. Forgive any grammatical errors. I'm on a time limit here.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII, or anything else that's copyrighted.

Flamers: Go ahead and flame, but you've been warned.

WARNING: Damn won't let me use my squiggly line! FROWNY-FACE AT THAT!

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Vampire in the Tower

02 :: Vampire Zombie Rat Overlord

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"...Ah..." Olette stated in the most normal voice she could.

The vampire-zombie-coffin man blinked, arching an elegant eyebrow.

"...Aaaah..." She was attempting to say other things, but her mouth couldn't comprehend the messages it was sent. The vampire-zombie almost looked amused... or hungry, Olette couldn't tell. She hoped it wasn't the latter.

The man eyed her cautiously and stepped out of the coffin, most likely to retrieve the lid. The shocked brunette continued her normal -slightly hysterical- toned 'scream'. The wound on her ankle began to burn again. 'It's just a cut,' she thought, 'nothing to worry about.' Unless, of course, the vampire-zombie WAS hungry. ...Where did she get 'zombie' from? He could have just been a vampire, but not even vampires are that pale.

Why not just ask him?

Surprisingly, Olette found her voice again, "...Are you a vampire-zombie?" The vampire-zombie's left eye twitched ever so slightly, she didn't even notice.

"I have nothing to say to strangers. Get out." the man deadpanned. She had only known him for a minute, but Olette already knew that was his normal tone. Even, deep, a hint of angst. Again, she was reminded of the male version of Fuu. Then again, not even Fuu had this aura of tragedy and sadness. Olette absently clutched the 'Case Report' binder. Hah, her grades were saved! Maybe she could bring Mr. Not-So-Vampire-Zombie in and get extra credit.

"...Are you just a vampire?" she asked.

"No." He didn't twitch that time.

"Zombie?"

"..." Olette translated that as 'No, you idiot, now shut the hell up'.

"What are you?" The conversation made the man increasingly irritated, while Olette became more comfortable. Her questions had childhood innocence laced through the words. She wasn't trying to be inconsiderate or mean, she truly wanted to know.

"..." he didn't answer again, instead grabbing the edge of his coffin lid.

"The least you could do is tell me your name." the brunette pouted, crossing her arms over her chest, "It's rude to ignore somebody-!"

"Leave this place." The coffin door slammed shut, Olette glared a hole in it.

"You can't just shut me out! I need your help!" she yelled, shoving the door off again. The man looked mildly surprised, or that may have been her imagination. Nobody had never been this persistent. He hadn't heard a real human voice in so long...

"Let me sleep." the man muttered.

"You can go back to sleep when you get me out of here." the brunette stated, her face was flushed. Olette grabbed his real arm and attempted to drag him out. He wasn't going to ignore her. The man arched an eyebrow again; this was mildly entertaining.

"Go back the way you came." Olette felt a vein in her forehead throb. This wasn't an unusual occurrence, but normally only Hayner could irritate her this much.

"I would if I could but I got blocked in! Is there any other way out?"

The man thought for a moment. Killing her would bring more from the town above, and he did not want that. Without a word he unhooked her arms from his and began walking towards the stairway.

"Come." he ordered. Olette limped after him, the pain from her ankle returning with a vengeance. Her father was most likely going to kill her, and she was going to miss soccer practice for a while. At least she had the folder! Her one triumph over the situation. The man ignored her trouble, moving a bookshelf to one-side with incredible ease.

A secret passage in an underground science lab. How quaint.

The man walked through the doorway and into a maze-like hallway. Several different doors were lined on the wall. Olette almost wanted to wander off to see what was behind them, but decided against it. She was the sensible one who wasn't going to get killed by a zombie lab rat. The brunette bit back a laugh. Zombie lab rats from OUTER SPACE!

Oooh, scary.

Olette absently grabbed the mans hand as the hallways got darker. He didn't seem to mind, but they both knew he was slightly irritated by it. Fresh air graced their lungs sooner than Olette thought. The man shoved another door open and, viola, they were out.

The passage landed them right outside Twilight Tower and another building. Olette always wondered what that door lead to... And then she smelt it. Smoke. The tower was now a mix of her two favorite colors and red.

"...Is that Twilight Tower?" Olette asked in an almost inaudible voice. Indeed, it was. The beautiful white tower had been engulfed in flames by the time they got outside. They were too deep in the ground to notice before, but now... The brunette spotted Hayner sitting on a bench, his head in his hands.

"...Hayner, the tower's on fire." Olette said, her voice mimicking Vincent's deadpan.

"Yeah," Hayner said. Olette felt a vein in her forehead throb.

"Why is the tower on fire?" the brunette asked. She could almost feel Vincent's agony. His poor coffin.

"Well," Hayner began, this was going to be good, "I thought they might've had some secret compartment in the kitchen or something. So, I twisted all the nobs I could find... and forgot to turn them back..."

Three. Two. One.

"What?" Vincent said it for her, Olette couldn't speak. The sheer stupidity of that... Just... Something dawned on her.

"Where's Pence?" Olette suddenly asked, Hayner almost choked on air.

"I hope he's not where I think he is..." he muttered, Olette felt the vein burst.

"PENCE!"

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Hayner was not going to have to face an unintentional manslaughter charge.

At least, not that week.

Pence had decided to ditch both you and Hayner after your little drama session. Unfortunately, he neglected to tell them. Twilight Tower had long burned down before Olette got the idea of calling Pence's cell. His mother answered with an angry rant about how they were making their parents worry. When Olette had explained what happened... well, all hell broke lose. On that side of town. Hayner and Olette were perfectly safe where they stood.

Olette's father wasn't really mean just... strict. It was a normal type of strict, though. Be home by a certain time, get your homework finished, don't go exploring dangerous places with those idiot boys. He had actually said that at one point, sometime after Olette broke her wrist running around the forest.

Hayner, unlike Olette and Pence, within Twilight Town, instead of the smaller communities located outside the city. He went home right after they discovered Pence wasn't Kentucky fried. Olette wasn't so lucky, her train had already left by the time she arrived at the station. Luckily, Hayner's mother agreed to drive her home, but first...

"I'm really, really sorry about your coffin!" Olette said, clapping her hands together in a prayer pose. Her relationship with the zombie-vampire rat lord wasn't exactly blossoming.

Hayner and Olette, in return for burning down Twilight Tower, forc- er, allowed the man to stay at the Usual Spot.

"..."

"I know it's not as nice as your coffin, but it's good enough," Olette scoffed, hands on her hips. She turned to him, frowning, "I'll be back tomorrow morning. Don't steal anything, okay?"

Like he would want to.

"By the way, my name's Olette." she waited for a reply, when there was none she sighed and began to leave.

"Vincent Valentine." She almost squeaked. He really knew how to scare a girl.

"Vincent. Okay, I'll remember that."

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Vampire in the Tower

02 :: End

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A/N: Considering this is the crack pairing of February(Vincent Valentine's first month! He gets two because he's a vampire AND his last name is Valentine!). Every February for the next million years I will write a Vincette... and it will be goooood.

Next Chapter: Olette starts having strange dreams of another Twilight Town. She, Pence, and Hayner spend the day showing Vincent around Twilight Town. Poor Vinnie.

Thanks to my reviewers! Sephyandme, Shadow, and Tweenkle! For you, candies and an Olette plushie. You guys rock my world! I'm actually honored to have even one review. Three made my day. -tears of joy-

Review or be eaten alive by ugly vampires! XD