A/N: Thanks for the review. I'm glad someone's still reading it. Anyway, in this chapter, Lilie rejoins the Turks and begins a big mission, to mention, see someone she has been dying to see for years. Read and review.

Chapter 13:

Lilie spent the last hour explaining what had happened before she left. She even had to tell Tseng about her relationship with Rufus, just to fill in the blanks. The three of them were sitting in a bar, which happened to be Tseng's favorite place in Junon, drinking coffee. The others were quiet as they listened to her story and they were still quiet when she finished.
"So I left because of President Shinra and Rufus. When I lost my job just because of that bastard, and I saw Rufus kissing Scarlett, I just lost it. I had to leave. I couldn't stand it anymore." Lilie said with a sigh. Her head fell into her arm on the table. "Reno knew about my relationship with Rufus and he promised he wouldn't tell anyone. He was my best friend so I knew he wouldn't."

Tseng sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Well...I won't say that I'm disappointed of you running away like that. Because I am but I will say that I already knew about you and Rufus."

That surprised Lilie enough to shoot up in her seat. "What?!"

Rude shook his head. "After you left and Rufus asked us to try and find you, Reno had to tell us. It was only us. He was scared to death for you, Lilie. When you left without a word, he was freaking out. So you can't blame him for telling us." He said quietly. Lilie blew out a sigh as she put her face into her arms again. "I just don't know what to do anymore, Tseng, Rude. I'm scared that if I don't talk to Rufus again, but I'm scared to do it too. He must be so angry at me."

"No. He's not angry at you. He never could stay angry with you. He was angry with President Shinra and Scarlett. You should see how he's treating her now. He can't being in the same room with her for very long. He really hates that broad." Rude said with a disgusted look.

"Rude! You can't say something like that!" Elena said in a scolding look.

Lilie gave the woman a look but didn't say anything. "Tseng, who is this?" She asked, frowning. She ignored the look Elena gave her. Tseng just smiled. "Oh, her? This is Elena. She's new to the Turks. Elena, this is Lilie. She's one of our former Turks, hopefully she'll still be one of us." He said, almost asking Lilie if she was still in.

Lilie shook her head. "I was fired, remember?"

"So what? President Shinra fired you but Rufus would re-hire you. You were his bodyguard, Lilie." Rude said shaking his head. "You saved his life and he would gladly give you the job back."

Lilie shook her head. "Rude, I can't. I just don't know what to say to him. He was kissing Scarlett so I don't really want..."

Tseng touched her arm to silence her. "Lilie, no he wasn't. Scarlett kissed him. She always kisses men first. That's how she seduces them. Rufus hates her guts, all right? He treats her like shit now that he's the President of Shinra. You have to give him a chance to explain." He said. Lilie faintly smiled. "I guess you're right." She then frowned again. "But...what if he doesn't want to see me ever again? What..." She sighed as she buried her head into her arms. "I don't know."

"Lil, think of it this way. He won't turn away from you if you try to talk to him. I know that he wouldn't. He's always liked you, all right? Just give him a chance." Tseng said. Lilie smiled at him when she rose her head again. "Okay. How can I see him?"

Tseng shook his head. "Well, I can take you to him. He's on his way across the ocean to search for Sephiroth."

Lilie's eyes snapped open wide. "What?!"

Tseng and Rude looked at one another before looking back at her. "Uh, Lilie. It wasn't Avalanche that killed President Shinra. It was Sephiroth. Palmer saw him with his own eyes. He's alive and he's gone mad." Tseng said and then scowled when he saw Lilie bite her lip. "I know that look, Lilie. Don't even think about it. He will kill you if you try to speak to him."

"But, Tseng, I was his friend. He would listen to me if I tried..." Lilie was saying.

Tseng just frowned at her. "Lilie! I don't want you to take the chance. He's dangerous. He's killed a lot of people already. And I don't want him to kill you too." He said. Lilie saw Elena frown, looking almost jealous. "Tseng, what's going on? How does she know Sephiroth?" Elena asked, trying her hardest to keep the jealousy out of her voice. Tseng only glanced at her before looking back at Lilie. "Elena, Sephiroth helped train Lilie when she was younger. They were quite close friends before he supposibly died." He then shook his head. "Lilie, just please trust me on this. If you go up against Sephiroth, you will be killed." He said. Lilie just looked away.

Before anyone could say anything else, Tseng's PHS started ringing making all of them look at him. The Turk Leader sighed before he reached in and pulled it out. "Hello?" He answered. He was quiet for a minute before shaking his head. "No, we're still in Junon. Why..." His eyes then snapped open wide. "What?!"

Lilie, Rude and Elena looked at Tseng with interest. They all could hear the shock in his voice. Something was wrong, they knew it.

"How many are dead?! Is Rufus all right?! He's not..." Tseng was saying.

Immediately, Lilie's heart skipped a beat and she was staring at her former boss with surprise. She hoped that Rufus was okay.

Tseng was quiet for a minute before he nodded. "All right. We're on our way. I'll contact Reno as soon as I possible and he'll lead Rude and Elena after them. I, on the other hand, will be..." He paused glancing at Lilie, who rose an eyebrow at him. "...I'll be there as soon as possible." He then hung up.

"Tseng, what happened? What about Rufus? Is he all right?" Lilie asked. Tseng nodded. "He's fine. He wasn't attacked. The ship he's on...it was carrying suspicious characters. Five of those people were the infamous Avalanche gang and the sixth was Sephiroth. He killed a lot of people before taking off." He looked at Rude and Elena. "You two, you need to get with Reno and chase after Cloud and his crew." He said. Lilie frowned at the name. Why did that name sound familiar? Then her attention went to Reno. She frowned when she remembered that he usually travelled with Rude and Tseng. So where was he?

"Tseng." She paused waiting for him to look at her. "Where is Reno, anyhow? Why isn't he with you?"

Tseng and Rude both pulled faces as they look at one another. They both looked uneasy about something but they figured why not to tell her. "He's in Healin, Lilie. He needed medical attention after fighting with Avalanche." Tseng said with a shrug. "He'll be all right. He's healing quite nicely."

Lilie looked very worried and surprised at the same time. "He was hurt?! What did they do to him?!" She asked with shock.

"He'll be fine, Lil. I promise. All they did was beat him up quite a bit. You'll see him when he arrives in the helecopter. He'll be happy to see you again. That'll make him feel much better than he's been feeling for a while." Tseng tried to reassure her. Lilie just sighed and nodded. "In the mean time, can I ask you for a favor?"

"All right. What?" Lilie asked. She had a feeling this had to deal with being a Turk again.

Tseng nodded with a smile. "Can I ask you to go to Nibelhiem to check things out. There are Sephiroth clones there, some of Hojo's experiments that needed to be watched over. Not to mention, we believe that Avalanche might pass through there. So if it's possible if they do, we'll need you to give us a call right away and we'll come as soon as possible to help you. We just need you to stake out."
Lilie rose her eyebrow at him. "What about meeting with Rufus?" She asked. Tseng gave her a smile. "I swear after that job I'll take you to him. But right now, you're one of the best trackers we have and we need you to keep an eye out for Avalanche in Nibelhiem." He said. Lilie sat up taller with a nod. "All right. I'll do it." She said with a smile. Tseng smiled right back before holding out his hand to her. "Welcome back to Turks, Lilie Moy." He said. Lilie smiled right back and shook his hand.

When the helecopter with Reno arrived to pick up the four Turks, Lilie was never so much happier to see her old best friend. Sure, he looked a little beat up when he arrived but he looked very well. As soon as he saw Lilie, he grinned and leaped out of the helecopter before it even touched the ground. He ran over to Lilie and picked her up in his arms, spinning her around in circles.

"Hot damn, Lilie! You scared the hell out of me, you know that?!" He yelled playfully at her as he hugged her.

Everyone laughed as they watched Reno just spin Lilie around in circles. "Damn it, Reno! Stop that! I'm getting dizzy!" Lilie laughed as she hugged him back. Reno put her back on the ground and grinned down at her. "Don't you ever scare me like that again, ya hear?"

"Yes, daddy." Lilie said sarcastically. Everyone just smiled and climbed back into the helecopter.

Lilie listened to what Reno had to say about Avalanche. She found it interesting to hear that Aeris, the Ancient was apart of them now. She listened to Reno describe each and every one of the Avalanche members. When Reno told her about the woman, Tifa Lockhart, she remembered the woman in Junon. She remembered what the woman looked like and she matched the description of Tifa Lockhart, so she knew that she had met two of the Avalanche members without even knowing that she did.
"Well, better news is though, Reeve's sent that confounded comptraption of his to spy on Avalanche. You know, the one he calls Cait Sith. It's going to pretend to be a friend and he's going to keep an eye on the members, just to watch their every move. It'll be so much easier tracking them down." Reno said. Lilie only smiled. "So he finally got Cait Sith done, huh? I can't wait to see him. He's worked so hard on that thing." She said. Reno nodded. "Yeah, but it's sure annoying though. I've met that thing already and he already got on my damn nerves." Lilie laughed.

Finally the helecoptor arrived outside of Nibelhiem, since they took the short cut. From what Reeve reported so far while they were travelling over the mountains, Avalanche had gotten caught up in some mess at Gold Saucer and they were delayed. So that gave them the chance to catch up and get ahead of them.
Lilie had changed into a different set of cloths for the town of Nibelhiem. She was going to act like a items salesgirl. She had cut her hair a little shorter, to her shoulder blades and was wearing black pants and a white tank top with a white headband in her hair. She even put a little make up on so that no one would recognize her. Indeed she looked different. Reno had teased her by whistling. He shut up real quick when she rose a fist as if to punch him.

The helecoptor finally touched down and let Lilie and Tseng climb off. He walked with her half way, explaining what she had to do. "Anyway, if you have any trouble, any at all, give us a call and we'll come help." Tseng said. Lilie nodded as she turned to go to the town. "Oh! Lilie!" She turned back to look at Tseng. "Don't go into the Shinra Mansion."

Lilie frowned and tilted her head. "The mansion? Why not?"

Tseng shook his head. "It's dangerous. There's a bunch of monsters living in the house, some of Hojo's stupid creatures. I don't want you to get hurt." He said. Lilie only nodded before she went to the town. She turned back just to see the helecopter taking off before she went on.

For the next few days, Lilie was keeping her eyes on the so called Sephiroth clones. The clones were only people who wore black cloaks and paced back and forth, shaking and murmuring. It was a little creepy just watching them. There was still no word from the others and definitely no sight of Avalanche. She often thought about what it would be like to see Rufus again. She hoped he wasn't angry with her at all. She was also looking at the mansion as she walked around the town for fresh air. She could only wonder, what was inside the building? And one day, she decided to go find out.

The day was quite a warm one and the sun was shining brightly. Lilie was bored out of her mind so she decided to explore the mansion, even though Tseng had told her to stay out of it. When she entered the house, she couldn't help but feel a foreboding feeling in the air. There was something about this house, something very mysterious. She wanted to know what its secrets were. Strange enough, the house was quite clean for being abandoned for so many years. Lilie couldn't see a speck of dust anywhere.
Lilie found herself wandering into a ballroom of some sort. A beautiful grand piano was sitting off to one side. She smiled as she walked over to it, touching its shiny black coverings. She had always liked pianos. She remembered how in Junon, Rufus used to play for her when she visited him. He had even taught her how to play it herself.
With a deep sigh, she sank down onto the bench and ran her fingers across the ivory keys, not pushing down on them to make a sound. But then she pushed down one of the keys to start the song she was about to play.

Deep within the house, in the darkness of the basement, someone had heard the music began playing. A pair of eyes opened in the darkness of the room he was in before they narrowed as a deep growl of annoyance slowly escaped his throat.

Lilie closed her eyes as she let her fingers slowly dance across the ivory keys. She could feel her tears filling the rims of her eyelids and a tear began to roll down her cheek. The song she was playing was a very gentle and soft melody. It was a song that Rufus had wrote after they started seeing one another. He had called it 'Beyond the Heart of Midgar'. It was a love song about how a love was forbidden between them, yet they loved anyway.
She remembered how Rufus played it for her the first time. In away, it was full of gloom but then would slowly go into the melody of love. It was how he had felt before they got together. She even started to add a little of herself into the song. Of how she was feeling now. The song was so loving, yet full of sadness. It really turned on her tears as she remembered Rufus.
If she hadn't closed her eyes, she would have noticed the new arrival, the man in the dark corner, watching her play. She would have noticed him slowly drift in the room and turn his blood red colored eyes onto her. He stood in silence, just watching the tears roll down her cheeks as she put most of her energy into the song of love.

Finally Lilie hit the last key of the song, letting it echo all around her and the room. She finally lowered her head into her hands and sniffed as the tears came freely. She started to cry but then she heard something. She could hear someone breathing other than her. She slowly lowered her hands and sat up straighter.

"How long have you been standing there?" She whispered, waiting for the answer.

She then heard a metallic click and it made her turn her head a little when she heard someone approaching her. She still didn't look up, just sitting there until she saw red cloth from the side of her eyes. Then did she look up. She froze as her eyes met those red ones. It startled her a little but she couldn't help but stare into them. Those eyes, they were so creepy, yet lovely. She then looked at the man's face, or what wasn't hidden.

The man she was looking at was very tall and mysterious looking. He had a very pale complexion, yet it seemed to suit him quite nicely. She could already tell that he was quite handsome under that red faceguard. He had long, raven black hair, spilling over his shoulders, a red headband keeping a few long strands out from his face. He looked about the age of 27 years old, but his eyes showed that he was much older than that. The man was wearing black under the large red cloak. He was quite thin, but there was a strange, strong look about him. He was so mysterious and secretive looking and that's what interested Lilie so much about this man.
Lilie couldn't help but slowly stand up and step away from the bench, while facing the man. His demonic red eyes gazing into her's. She could see that he too seemed interested in her. His eyes were eventually looking over, almost trying to figure something out. But he couldn't seem to.

"Long enough." finally came the man's very quiet answer. His voice was so dark and quiet, yet there wasn't any threat behind it. It was like he hadn't spoken for a very long time. The man then tilted his head a little to the side, towards her. "Who are you?"

Lilie bit her lip as she just gazed into the man's strange blood red eyes. After a minute, she swallowed hard. "I'm Lilie." She whispered to him. She could almost see the frown on the man's face but it was a little hard because of the face guard. He then dipped his head, looking down at the piano, before he gently closed the lid over the keys. "Who are you?

His eyes met Lilie's again when she spoke up. He was quiet for a long time before he slowly shook his head. "No one of importance. What are you doing in here?" He said quietly.

Lilie shook her head as she looked around the room. "I was just curious about this place. I was told so many things about it. I heard it was haunted but I just haven't seen any ghosts." She then looked at him. "Unless you are one." She could almost see the smirk on his face when he made a noise from his nose.

"No. I'm no ghost. I am a demon." He said in a quiet. "And this house is haunted. Haunted with memories of the past. You should not be here."

"I'm not afraid of this place. And I'm not afraid of you. So don't try to scare me. Because it won't work." Lilie said sounding very brave. The man made a sound as if he was chuckling deep within his throat. He turned away from her, looking around the room. "You are brave to defy what horrors that lie in this place." He then looked at her. "You speak like you are not afraid of anything. Why were you crying if you are not afraid?"

Lilie had to look away in shame. She couldn't believe she had let this man see her tears. She quickly wiped what tears that were on her face as she turned away from him. "I wasn't crying."

"Of course you weren't."

She gave the man a look. Was he mocking her? She didn't dare to say anything about it. "I just miss the man that I love, that's all. My heart has been broken from a trecherous plot to break us apart. Unfortunately, it had worked. I thought he didn't love me and I said some really horrible things to him before I left. But then I learned that he really did." She sighed. "I just..."

"You're afraid that if you spoke to him again, he would hate you."

Lilie looked at the man before she slowly nodded. "Yes." She then frowned, her eyes narrowing at him. She could not help but wonder who this man was. He seemed to understand how she was feeling. But how could that be? He was a stranger. She didn't know who he was. "Who are you?" She asked again.

The man just watched her carefully. He finally gave his head a nod. "I am Vincent Valentine." He said quietly.

That really turned on a light in Lilie's head. Her eyes lit up and she looked at the man with surprise. It seemed to confuse him of her reaction but he didn't say anything about it. "You? You're Vincent Valentine of the Turks?"

Vincent Valentine gave a low grunt before shaking his head. "Former Turk. I have left Shinra Inc. I must admit that I am surprised that you know of me and my infileration with the company." He said quietly. Lilie faintly smiled. "Oh, I know you all right. You were once my childhood hero. I had always dreamed of meeting you. But I gave up my hope when I heard that you were dead. My father had told me that you were dead. He said that he had met you a long time ago when you were still a Turk."

The Ex-Turk was quiet for a long time before he lift his head a little higher. "Perhaps I have met him. Who is your father?"

"Devid Moy. He was a scientist for Shinra." Lilie said before she sighed. "He's dead. Along with my mother." She saw something flash in the man's eyes. It was no doubt recognition.

"You're Bella's daughter?"

Lilie frowned at her mother's name but she slowly nodded. "Yes. How did you know that?"

Vincent shook his head as he turned away. "Forget it, Lilie Moy. My past is my own. I never tell anyone about me."

"You know, I'm a Turk too. I've always wanted to live up to your name." Lilie said. Vincent turned back, his red eyes meeting her's. "You're a Turk?" he earned a nod. "Then you should leave Shinra while you have a chance.

That surprised Lilie. "Leave Shinra? Why?"

"They are trecherous, Lilie Moy. They will lie to you and use you. Leave them before they do the same thing they did to me." Vincent said before he turned towards the door as if to leave. "Leave this place. It is full of nightmares that you should not want to find. The nightmare is only beginning and this mansion is the beginning. Forget that you've ever met me. I am a demon of darkness now because of Shinra. They are my enemy and if you side with them, then you are my enemy as well. But I will not fight you. Leave me in this house, or perish." He then left the room.

Lilie just stood there, puzzled to the ears of what Vincent Valentine meant but it was clear that he wanted to be alone. She was confused of what he had said. Did Shinra do something terrible? Did it have something to do with Sephiroth? She decided not to even ask Vincent. She knew when someone wanted to be alone, it was best to obey their wishes. Especially when they used to be a very dangerous and powerful Turk like Vincent Valentine had been. Without a word, Lilie left the house, pausing at the door to look back around.
"I don't know what they did to you, Vincent, but I promise you that Rufus isn't like his father. He's very kind and gentle when people treats him like he's human and not some tool. Whatever happened, I'm sorry for what they did." She called into the house before she left.

A/N: Okay, if you are wondering what the song that Lilie has played actually sounded like, you can actually find the exact song on in the Final Fantasy VII files and it is actually called 'Beyond the Heart of Midgar'.