OMG I'm so sorry for the delay in this one! I totally forgot to keep updating it with the two Yuffentines I've been writing! I promise to be better about this one! I'm so sorry! Ok so there isn't any Cloti in this one, it's a chapter of everyone else pretty much, with some Yuffentine thrown in for my Shattered fans... Prop of Square Enix of course! Enjoy!

The Guests

Yuffie sighed softly, closing her eyes and leaning back against Vincent's chest, smiling a bit as his strong arms encircled her waist. It was the morning of Tifa's birthday, and she knew that Cid would be coming to pick them up soon, but she couldn't make herself leave her lover's arms. Yuffie and Vincent had succumb to each other shortly after the Omega Crisis, even though they'd kept it under wraps since then, they knew they'd have to tell them soon.

Vincent gently rubbed Yuffie's belly, the small protrusion still easily concealable, but he wasn't sure that was the right way to go about things. These people, even with how crazy, vulgar and eclectic they could be; they were still their friends, and the closest to family that most of them had. "Are we going to tell them about the baby?" He whispered to her, lacing his fingers with hers, happy to be with her and relaxing in their bedroom. The ninja smiled a bit, "We have to tell them about us first…" She whispered back, giggling a bit, like they were spies and this was some super secret information. Vincent let out a small chuckle, drawing lazy circles on her bare tummy with the tip of his clawed finger. She smiled, squirming a bit, and he smirked, knowing it tickled her. He was actually feeling rather mischievous, and he figured it was because of the cloak and dagger feel to their relationship at the moment. The only person that knew about it was Shelke, who had taken to seeing Yuffie was a sort of mother figure, even though they'd gotten off to a rocky start in the beginning. Valentine gently kissed the ninja's neck, letting his eyes slip as he relished the closeness.

Yuffie spoke up, turning her head a bit to look at Vincent again. "We should probably tell them about us, but wait a bit to let them in one the baby. We don't want to steal Cloud's thunder… you know?" The gunman nodded a bit, nuzzling her cheek. "Very true… this is going to be their big day."

"Do you think that she'll say yes? If she doesn't, it'll crush Cloud."

"I think she will," Vincent said softly, squeezing her gently. "I would hope if I asked a woman I loved a similar question that she would say yes as well."

The ninja smiled and turned to look at him, "I'm sure she'd say yes… if you were to ask. You know, you probably should ask soon." He tickled her again softly, causing her to giggle, "What happened to stealing Cloud's thunder?"

"I know, I know…" She settled back down against him, placing her hands over his. "They're all going to freak out, it'll be really funny." She relaxed for a few more minutes, until they were the door open and a loud voice booming through the house. "Where th' hell are ya?" Yuffie blinked and looked to a rather shocked Vincent, and then they could hear footsteps coming up the stairs. Yuffie went to move quickly from the bed, and to put more clothes on the then bra and panties she was wearing, but her lover kept her close, pulling the blanket over her. Cid's call came again and he opened the door to their room. A pillow went flying at the smoking pilot, who barely ducked. "What th' hell is this?"

Yuffie smirked a bit, "What? Can't lovers share a bed?" The ninja winced as the longest stream of cuss words ever in the history of cuss words streamed from his mouth. She giggled a bit, "Then get out ya perve, so we can get dressed… you want to leave, don't ya?" She let out a gratified chuckle when the chain smoking pilot slammed the door.

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Once the Shera was in the air, Cid actually decided to ignore the fact that there was something obviously going on between Yuffie and Vincent. The thought in itself seemed ludicrous, but he'd seen them in night clothes, lying against each other in the same bed. It seemed a little unreal, but he drove the mental imaged out of his mind and concentrated on piloting. He heard the door open and Shera walked through, a small smile on her lovely face. "Cid dear," she said softly, walking over with a mug for him, "Yuffie wants to know when we will be landing in Edge… she seems to be sicker then usual… I've already had to take Vincent's cape and shirt to the wash…"

"Shit, we'll be there soon, we have t' stop in Corel, t' pick Barret and the rest o' them up… then it'll be straight to Edge. It's kinda strange, how the vamp is stickin' to th' brat."

Shera gave a small chuckle and shook her head, "They're in love Cid, and of course he's going to take care of her."

"I ne'er though I'd see that… Vince and Yuff of all people, sure I figured Cloud an' Tifa would git together, but them two?" Mrs. Highwind chuckled a bit and leaned over to kiss her husband's cheek. "It makes more sense then you think." He made a small, non-committal sound and started the decent into North Corel…

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There was a ton of loud commotion in the board room, as the remaining members of Avalanche, minus Cloud, Tifa and Reeve of course, gathered to hear the up coming plans. "Shut yer traps!" Cid called, taking a drag on his cigarette. "Now, we're all 'pose to git there this afternoon, so we cin git Teefs her presents. Cloud's gunna pop the question and all us bein' there is a surprise… got it?"

There was an outbreak of chatting again, and Denzel popped up, raising his hand. "So they're going to get married and we all have to make this Tifa's best birthday ever, right?"

"Tha's right kid, an' we gotta be supportive o' Cloud… we all know when it' come to Tifa, he chickens out a lot." Barret nodded and looked pointedly to Elmyra and Marlene for support. Nanaki gave a toothy smile, "I don't think he'll be afraid this time, Reeve told me that they have been working to make this perfect for her, he wouldn't go through all the hassle if he didn't intend on going through with it."

"Yeah, Cloud can look Sephiroth straight in the eye, yet when it comes to Tifa; it's a scared-y cat… no offense Red." Yuffie snickered and looked over to Vincent, who just squeezed her hand and spoke softly, "I agree with Nanaki, he will not back down on something this important."

"Yes, but we still need to give him all the support we can," Elmyra interjected, "That young man certainly deserves to be happy after all that had happened." Marlene nodded in agreement and Cid lit a new cigarette. "Alright then, we're gonna land in Edge, the rest o' ya need ta keep scarce. Tifa can't see us 'fore the party. Shelke, we're gonna put you in charge of the youngin's, take 'um to the park or somethin' alright?"

The red haired girl nodded, "I can do this, though I require time to shop as well."

"Don't worry about it, we're just gonna put you on with me and Vinnie… like from the family sort of thing." Yuffie smiled and looked back to the others. "Don't forget the lists that Reeve sent us, he did all this research and he'll be butt hurt if we don't use them…"

They all nodded, knowing the gravity of Reeve and his lists, then they all looked to each other, and the conversation was seemingly over. Cid pounding his fist on the table to signify the end of the meeting, "alright ya'll, don't screw this up! We'll be landin' in Edge in abou' 15 minutes. Git ready!" And with that, Tifa's party guests started to funnel out… Cid only hoped the Turks were trustworthy enough to take care of the alcohol like they said they would… the pilot felt like he'd need a drink after all this… "It's like herdin' fucking cats…" Well if worse came to worse, he did have a tab at Seventh Heaven…