Thanks for the reviews! Okay, glad you guys liked the last chapter. Sorry, I can't resist putting in songs, I like to do it. I like Three Doors Down a lot (if you haven't noticed.) Well, here's Chapter Eight! Fear me! MWHAHAHAHAHA! Man…I've really gotta lay off of reading fan fics about Seph…or else I'm going to turn into him, but in a girl version. I'll call myself his sister! XD.

Chapter Eight

But LA is getting' kinda crazy,

And New York's getting' kinda cold,

I keep my hands from getting' lazy

I just can't wait to get back home

And all these days I spend away,

I'll make up for this I swear

I need your love to hold me up,

When it's all too much to bare

And when the night falls in around me,

I don't think I'll make it through,

I'll use you're light to guide a way,

Cause all I think about is you

Yuffie wanted to get away from Gackt now, more than ever. He was taking her into the ruins of that horrible place, and Yuffie decided she did not want to go in there with him. "Let go!" she yelled at him, jerking backwards. That only resulted in agonizing pain jolting through her whole arm and shoulder blade. Yuffie cried out at the pain as her arm was dislocated. She hadn't known Gackt would hold on so forcefully. Tears welled in her eyes as she whimpered, turning her head away from her dislocated arm. Gackt had released her.

"Yuffie, don't fight me. I told you I'm not going to hurt you. You're only hurting yourself." Gackt spoke with a soothing voice as he turned to face her and rested one of his hands on her injured arm. His finger wrapped around it. He placed another hand on her collarbone. "Now, don't struggle because you'll only hurt yourself worse," he told her.

Yuffie swallowed roughly, closing her eyes tightly. She wanted to run; run far away from this physco, but he had her by her injured arm, about to put it back in place. It would hurt, hurt worse than it already did, and then the pain would momentarily leave, she knew. Tears spilled down her cheek and she whimpered in fear, finally giving in to Gackt.

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Gackt's face was so close to hers as he looked at her. He had worry in his eyes, but it quickly vanished. He would help Yuffie, and then he would go into the ShinRa HQ. He waned to look at something in there. His grip tightened on her collarbone, digging his fingers into her skin. He quickly put Yuffie's shoulder back in place.

There was a loud pop as the bone moved and Yuffie's shriek of pain filled Gackt's sensitive ears, but he did not pull away from her. Instead he held onto her, looking at her pain filled face. His green eyes trailed to her arm, which was no limp in his arm. Gackt didn't expect what happened next, but before he knew it, Yuffie had stopped crying out in pain, tears streaming down her face, she raised her free hand and smacked him in the face.

Pain and shock spread through Gackt, but the pain was a mere sting. The shock was there because he had never expected Yuffie to smack him. No one had ever smacked him because of his resemblance to one of the greatest ex-Soldiers alive. He looked so much like Genesis, a forgotten Soldier, but ShinRa knew who he was supposed to resemble and whose inner strength he possessed. They and Sephiroth along with the other clones were the only ones who knew. No one else. Except Vincent Valentine. The Ex-Turk.

Gackt blinked, still holding onto Yuffie. He looked up to see a gun resting between his eyes. Green eyes met red and Gackt felt a smirk twitch on his lips. He still held Yuffie; Vincent's greatest weakness.

"Hello, Valentine," Gackt greeted coldly, unmoved by the gun that was not even two inches away from his face.

"Give me Yuffie," Vincent growled, his voice calm, yet it showed the anger he felt burning within him.

"Don't think I will. How about I just give you hell?" Gackt sneered, suddenly pulling out the Masamune faster than anyone could react and stabbing it right through Vincent. The long blade tore through Vincent's flesh and out through his back. A look of pain flashed across the gunslinger's face, and, it turned completely blank.

Gackt felt Yuffie yank away from him as he removed the deadly blade from Vincent's stomach. Before Yuffie could move, he stabbed it once again into Vincent's chest to insure death would be brought upon the dark gunslinger. Yuffie wrapped her arms around Vincent as he feel forward, gasping for air as it streamed down his chin from his parted lips. "Vincent!" she screamed, calling to him as she buried her head into his chest.

Both of them dropped to the ground, but one was still and not breathing. Yuffie felt great sorrow cut through her like a knife. She sobbed into Vincent's now lifeless form as Gackt stood over her. "I told you I would not let Vincent take you away from me," he growled in a pitiless tone as he grabbed Yuffie by her shirt and yanked her up.

A/N: How could I do that! I'm a huge Vinnie fan girl and I killed him! Well so much for my deep respect for him, heh! I'm always evil like that! But remember…I am not a pitiful person. I love death, blood, heartbreak, yeah, all the sad stuff. And so here it is! Heh-heh. Forgive me if I did not get the eye color right on this person on down below here. I do not know it.

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A woman sat in a cave, staring at the damp stone beneath her bare feet. Her brown hair flowed into her face as she hugged her knees. Her glasses slipped down to her nose, but she did not seem to notice. Shock was still flooding through her veins. She looked up, tears slipping down her cheek as she stared at the ground. Hesitantly, she reached out and touched the ground. It was solid.

She smiled ever so lightly; stroking her fingers over the cold stone as if she were unable to believe it was there. There was a sound behind her and she looked up slowly. Then she turned her head in the direction of the sound. Her blue eyes widened as she saw the large Mako crystal that she had been in for the last thirty or so years crack and sink below the Mako pools surrounding it.

Lucrecia stood up in her shock, but then she realized she was free. Now she could tell Vincent that she was sorry, and that she loved him. She could help fix things that had been shattered. 'Or I cold crush and bury them deeper,' she reflected.

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Aeris knocked on Elmyra's door, waiting for her mother to answer. She looked over at Sephiroth and found that he was staring at the door with horror. Aeris glanced back over at it and saw that Elmyra had opened the door and was staring at Sephiroth with horror. Figures.

"Hi mom!" Aeris greeted.

Elmyra glanced over at Aeris and she seemed to brighten, "Hello Aeris, um, can you tell me why your brought Sephiroth here with you?" she asked in an alarmed sort of voice.

Sephiroth glared at her, as if he did not want to be reminded. "We're getting married!" Aeris replied happily. Elmyra fainted.

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Yuffie grunted, trying to reach Vincent as Gackt began forcefully dragging her away from him. "Vincent!" she screamed as loud as she could. "Get up! Get up Vincent! Chaos! Help Vincent! Get up!" Tears fell more frequently as she stared at Vincent. He still hadn't moved.

0o0o0o0

Hands wrapped around the dying man.

A heart beat slowly.

Crimson spilled onto the dust.

Tears dropped onto the black leather.

A hand twitched.

Words were whispered.

"I'll save you…"

A beating quit.

Life passed on.

And the Demon roared in fury.

0o0o0o0

A shadow passed through the ruins of Midgar as night set in. Gackt and Yuffie were in the ruins of the ShinRa HQ. No noise was made as the black figure slowly crept over to the entrance to the ShinRa HQ. A head turned and soft blue eyes rested on the cold form of Vincent Valentine. "Awaken and fulfill your promise," a soft voice said. Shadow then turned her head to the sky and howled a soft note, facing the bright silver moon.

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Cloud looked over at Tifa. "Where do you think Vincent went?" Tifa asked, looking back at Cloud.

Cloud shook his head, biting his lip in worry. "The last I heard was that black wolf telling Vincent to follow him and she would take him to Yuffie. I think that Yuffie's in trouble."

"Then we need to go looking for her, come on Cloud!" Tifa urged at once, grabbing Cloud by his arm and dragging him towards the door.

"But Tifa! We don't even know where they are!" Cloud responded, but he did not object to going to find his friends. Instead, he followed Tifa out the door. Tifa turned to look at him and gave him a small smile.

"Then we'll try to most obvious place that has a knack of attracting danger: Midgar." Tifa responded, and then quickly headed around back. Cloud followed her quickly, digging for his keys in his pocket. He always carried his motorcycle's keys with him because he never knew when he might need them.

Jumping onto the motorcycle, followed by Tifa, Cloud started it and raced off down towards Midgar.

It did not take long for them to reach the very spot where the WRO sign had been. It was the quickest route to Midgar, Cloud knew. He made sure Tifa had a tight grip on him and then raced off of the edge, flying through the air. The motorcycle landed with a land crunch as the tires skidded across debris, but Cloud did not lose speed.

Instead, he maneuvered around everything, speeding quickly through the ruins, looking for any sign of his friends. "Maybe we should get off and look for them!" Cloud suggested, yelling over the loud roar of the engine.

"Yeah, but find some place where you won't lose the motorcycle!" Tifa yelled back, placing her head against Cloud's back. She was worried for her friends. She knew that beyond doubt that Vincent would protect Yuffie, but something told her that Yuffie was in trouble; she had known ever since Yuffie had left the Seventh Heaven.

Tifa had yet to tell Cloud and Vincent was in love with Yuffie and Yuffie was in love with Vincent. It was not her place to tell him, so she kept quiet about it, though she feared that soon, Cloud would find out. Tifa didn't really approve of it herself, but she was happy that Yuffie had finally found someone to be with. Now, as she raced through Midgar, looking for her friends, Tifa wondered about her own hidden crush on Cloud. Would they ever be together?

"Okay, we'll go to the center. I'd go to Aeris's church, but well…too many memories to dwell on over there at the time," Cloud muttered the last part, but Tifa heard him. She could heard his heart beating and could feel his muscles flexing as he sped away from another shattered and ripped building.

She sighed, just wanting to get to where they were going. Her wish was granted quiet soon. Cloud obviously knew his way around this place because within seconds, they had stopped at the remains of the ShinRa HQ.

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Yuffie felt Gackt release his grip on her arm. She quickly stepped away from him. They were in an old underground room. Metal and grass fragments lay everywhere, but Yuffie didn't notice them as she backed into a corner, furthest from Gackt and sat down, curling up. Yuffie wanted to cry and mourn for Vincent, but she also wanted to hurt Gackt. Make him pay for what he had done to Vincent.

Her breathing was sharp and irregular as she cried silently to herself. Gackt, meanwhile, was shifting through stacks of papers and notebooks. Yuffie ignored him, wondering how she was supposed to escape this ordeal.

"Chaos…" she whispered, hoping to hear the demon's voice that had sustained the link between her and Vincent for so long. There was only silence. Yuffie sighed out in sorrow, tears slipping onto the cold metal floor.

"Get up," an authoritative voice ordered.

Yuffie looked up and stared into the cold eyes of Gackt. He was not looking at her the way he had before. No, his eyes were cold and furious. Why, she didn't know, but Yuffie did know that she'd rather die than listen to Gackt. "No…" she mumbled, burying her face back into her arms.

Gackt glared at her, his piercing green eyes boring into the young ninja. "Get up, Yuffie. We're leaving the ShinRa HQ now. I have what I want," He ordered her once more.

"I told you no!" Yuffie shouted, looking up at him. Her stormy eyes were red from crying and her skin was pale. But the anger was clear. Her lips were twisted into a frown and her voice was cracked and harsh sounding.

Gackt sighed, shaking his head, "Do not dwell on someone who is dead, Yuffie. Now let's go or I will force you to,"

Yuffie felt her heart slow and her breathing stopped for a moment.

'Dead?'

'No…he promised me…'

'Promised to save me…'

'Vincent is not dead…'

'He wouldn't die on me…'

'And leave me here with this demon…'

'Would he?'

Yuffie swallowed, fearing her own thoughts. Just hearing that Vincent was dead made her horribly said and terrifyingly angry. Her eyes flashed before Yuffie knew what she was doing, she jumped to her feet and leapt at Gackt.

Caught of guard, Gackt was knocked to the floor as Yuffie showered his face with numerous blows. Blood poured from a busted lip and broken nose, but before Yuffie could do anything else, Gackt gripped her waist and yanked her down on top of him. She struggled in his arms, beating him and the floor, whispering, "Why? Why did you kill him?"

Gackt ignored her, and rolled over so he was on top of Yuffie. He glared at her with his face bloodied. He pinned her arms down and he spoke in a harsh whisper, "Do not ever do that again, Yuffie. I am tempted to end your life, but I love you to much to do that-yet."

Yuffie froze, staring at Gackt with horror. The blood from his wounds dripped onto her face, but she barley took notice. She was already very uncomfortable with the position they were in. Gackt, after a few more moments of glaring at Yuffie with unmasked rage, finally stood up and strode towards the door as if nothing had happened.

Yuffie sat up, not bothering to wipe the blood away from her face as she watched Gackt turn. He motioned for her to follow him. Yuffie did as she was told, noticing how Gackt had a hand on the Masamune. She did not like the idea of using that sword. Another tear slid down her cheek as she recalled that the Masamune was the very blade that had killed Vincent.

She swallowed, feeling her legs begin to weaken, but Yuffie forced herself to go on. Just as she caught up with Gackt, there was a loud explosion. Blood sprayed everywhere. Yuffie gasped out in shock, screaming in horror as Gackt fell back, stumbling, clutching his stomach. She tried to get out of the way, but failed as he backed right into her, knocking Yuffie off her feet and tripping Gackt.

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Cloud got off the motorcycle, and the first thing he saw was blood. And a lot of it. He quickly rushed over to it, following the blood trail until he came upon a lifeless form. Cloud mako blue eyes widened. Tifa came up beside him and saw who was lying in the dirt, a hole ripped through their stomach and chest.

"Vincent!" Tifa gasped, rushing over to her friend.

Cloud snapped out of his trance and walked swiftly towards his friend and dropped down in front of him. "Vincent?" he called out, checking for a pulse. He doubted that Vincent was alive. There was no way someone could survive something like that.

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'Her voice…Her tears…she cried for me. She called for me…I cannot give up. I will not give up!' Vincent thought as he forced himself to open his eyes. As he did, he sensed 'his' presence. Not even taking notice to Cloud or Tifa, who were looking at him with amazement, he reached for his gun. Quickly, gripping the gun, Vincent aimed. He fired.

A scream sounded and Vincent, at first, thought he had missed and shot Yuffie, but no, as he looked, he saw the blood gushing from Gackt's wound. He hadn't missed. He never missed. Wincing in pain, Vincent watched in silence as Gackt stumbled backwards. He knew very well that his body was already healing the stab wounds. They had been healing for hours now. Quickly, Vincent took one looked up at the sky and found that the moon was shining down on them.

"Cloud, do you have a Cure4?" he asked, looking over at his friend. Vincent could do not more than sit up without reopening the wounds, and still, that was very possible with just sitting up.

Cloud blinked, and then checked his materia. "No, I have a Cure3," he responded, but handed it to Vincent anyway.

Vincent grabbed it, or more like yanked it out of Cloud's hands, and used it on himself four times before the pain finally was reduced enough to where he could stand. Handing it back to Cloud, he looked down at his friends coldly, "Cloud, Tifa. I am glad that you came, but do not interfere. This is something between me, Yuffie, and Gackt. And I suppose Chaos."

Then Vincent started for the spot where Gackt had fallen.

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Yuffie scrambled away from Gackt, ignoring the blood that covered her. She would have to get Vincent for shooting Gackt in the stomach and making him fall on top of her like that! Gackt, meanwhile, was gasping for air, clutching the wound as blood seeped from it.

Yuffie wondered if he was dying. And then she heard the words, "Heal me Mother. Aid me brother,"

As Gackt muttered those, his wound began to close before Yuffie's very eyes and the blood flow stopped. She watched in amazement as Gackt sat up, drawing the Masamune. And then, like always, that amazement was replaced with horror as Gackt stood up and walked over to her. He looked coldly down at her, a smile on his face, "I'll be back, Yuffie. In the meantime, you can have fun with my brother. He's going to take you to a nice little place where you two can hang out. Isn't that right Number 1?"

A figure stepped out of the shadows, looking coldly at Gackt. "If you kill Valentine, yes I will watch your little toy," Number 1 growled.

Yuffie felt anger flood through her veins at being called a 'toy', but she kept her mouth shut. Number 1 bent down and picked her up by her arms. Just as he did, Yuffie met Vincent's garnet eyes and she screamed, "Vincent! He's going to kill you!"

Vincent only stared at her for a few moments, before nodding, "I understand that, but I think that Number 13 has yet to meet a friend of mine,"

"It's Gackt to you, Valentine!" Gackt snapped, slashing out at Vincent with the Masamune. Yuffie never got to see what else happened because Number 1 vanished, taking her with him.

A/N: Yeah, I know this chapter is shorter than the others. Well, only reason why, is because I promised to update today, I so I shall. Thank you Lord Makura & saharasfury for being my only reviewers on the last chapter! XD. (for now at least)I like reviews, gives me encouragement. How many of you liked it that I killed Vincent-for a few hours.

Readers: Grr…

Fan Girls: We'll kill you!

I know you will! Alright! I shall have Chapter Nine up by next week! I have decided that this will be 13 chapters long unless I bring up a much larger plot than intended. Which sometimes happens. Okay, I promised you Lucrecia, so I brought her, though I have yet to reveal her part in this fic-sort of. Heh-heh, heartbreak is such a sad thing! Oh well, whoever said I liked happy stories? No one.

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Ja ne!