Yay, I'm finally off work. I will try to get a couple of chapters up tonight, maybe more, we'll see how it goes. I don't have class tomorrow or the day after, so I may get a good chunk of the story done. Disclaimer: I do not own FF7 or the characters. Just borrowing them. I also do not own any of the Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice does.

Chapter 27

After playing games for over an hour the kids decided to watch some T.V. for a while. Kyra decided to get some training in for the day with Tifa and Yuffie. After they had been gone for a while, Angela decided to check up on them and see Kyra's progress.

"I'm surprised nobody's noticed the ring yet." Vincent said as he walked down the hallway with Angela.

"You're not the only one."

They parted ways when the hallway divided into two. Vincent went right and Angela went left. She entered the training room to see Kyra doing a training battle with Tifa and Yuffie. Reno was there watching from the side lines. Kyra let out a cry of frustration when Tifa had blocked another attack from her.

"Don't get frustrated Kyra, that's when you get killed." Angela said.

"When did you get here?" Yuffie asked.

"A while ago." Reno answered.

"Now would be a good time to take a break." Tifa said.

"Yo." Reno said as he answered his phone. "Uh-huh. I'll be there A.S.A.P." he said as he hung up his phone.

"Work?" Kyra asked.

"Afraid so babe. I'll be back to see you before you know it."

Reno gave her a small peck on the lips before leaving.

"Alright, when will I learn a style of fighting?" Kyra said turning to the three remaining people in the room.

"A style is something that you can't learn from a person Kyra. You will develop your own style once you fully know and understand the basics of fighting." Angela explained. She had made the mistake of using her hands as she spoke. As soon as she was done speaking, Tifa grabbed her left hand and looked at it.

"Oh my-"

"What Tifa?" Yuffie asked getting closer then started squealing. Kyra walked over to see what the commotion was all about and joined Yuffie.

"Crap." Angela sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"When did he ask you? When did he ask you?" Kyra asked

"Last night." Angela answered.

The three girls started screaming in delight and ran out of the room. Angela got out her phone and dialed.

"Vincent, the rest of AVALANCHE is going to know about our engagement in probably about five minutes. The girls saw the ring and started running down the hall screaming."

A sigh was heard on the other end of the line.

"Do you want to leave tomorrow and get away from all of the questions and complaints of not telling them sooner?" Angela asked.

"I'll leave that up to you."

"I would rather do that, and Vincent."

"Yes?"

"Be prepared, your about to be glomped by Kyra."

"I appreciate the warning."

Angela heard Kyra start to yell "Vincent" on the other end of the line before the connection was cut by him hanging up.

"Note to Angela, talk more with your mouth than with your hands in the future." Angela said to herself as she went to join Vincent.

The rain had stopped and the sky cleared up late that afternoon. Angela had gone out with the kids so they could enjoy the rest of the day.

"Just don't go out to far, or you'll run into trouble." Angela hollered at the kids as they ran out into the field. She sat down under a nearby tree and started to read a book. Vincent joined her under the tree a few hours later.

"Get tired of those three pummeling you with questions too?" Angela asked.

"How did you guess?" Vincent asked back. He tilted the book a little to see the title.

"It's part of the Vampire Chronicles. I fell in love with them when I was a teenager." Angela explained.

"Hn. I never read them."

"There you are!" Yuffie yelled as she ran towards the two with Kyra.

"Crap." Angela muttered as the girls approached them.

"Don't you two know there are things to plan?" Yuffie asked.

"Things that can wait for the time being Yuffie." Vincent replied.

"Don't you two want to at least start plan-" Kyra was cut off by the kids screaming.

"I told them not to go out to far." Angela said as she dropped her book and ran towards the screams. The other three ran after her through the field towards the tree line.

She stopped when she broke the tree line and ran into another clearing. She signaled the other three to stop when she saw the two kids staring down a Dual Horn. Denzel looked over and saw them, but Angela put up her hands and mouthed "Don't move." Denzel slowly nodded and turned back to the Dual Horn.

"What do we do?" Kyra asked.

"When I give the signal you guys grab the kids and run for it." Angela answered as she started to slowly move away from the group.

"What are you going to do?" Yuffie asked.

"Don't worry about me. I know what to do when you run into these things." Angela said as she continued her way around.

She was nearly to the back of the Dual Horn when she whistled loudly, catching it's attention.

"Now!" she yelled as she started waving her arms. She started running away from them when it charged her. She ran through the trees for a few minutes, dodging trees and ducking from branches. She finally ducked behind a tree quickly, making the Dual Horn continue to charge past her. She quietly ran back away, to where she came from. A few minutes later she reemerged from the tree line back into the field in front of the WRO. She walked back over to the tree she was sitting under, picked up her book and went inside. Everybody was in the rec room waiting for her to come back. Barret, Cloud and Tifa were lecturing the kids when she entered.

"Are you alright?" Vincent asked her as she walked in.

"I'm fine." she answered.

Tifa turned when she heard the sound of Angela's voice.

"Angela! Are you alright?" Tifa asked approaching her.

"I'm fine." she answered.

"Thank you so much for helping them." Barret said.

"Yes, thank you." Cloud added.

"It wasn't a problem. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to those two." Angela said.

"How did you know what to do?" Reeve asked.

"Yes. Those things are quite dangerous." Red added.

"One of my uncles was an animal specialist. He taught me some things about what to do in certain situations with different animals and creatures." Angela explained.

"Your Uncle Richard?" Kyra asked.

"That's right." Angela replied.

"Well, we're not going to do anything outside for tonight." Tifa said.

"I really don't want to go out there with that thing out there anyway." Denzel said.

"Me too." Marlene added.

"Well we could"

"No Yuffie. I'm not starting on any plans right now." Angela cut her off. She walked over to one of the tables and sat down.

"At least tell us the colors you want to use." Kyra begged.

"Lavender, pretty yellow, and light blue. Now will you leave us alone about it?" Angela replied.

"Are those the real colors, or are you just saying the first ones that came to mind?" Tifa asked.

"Those are the colors I want to use. I've had those colors picked out since I was a teenager." Kyra answered.

All the men in the room raised their eyebrows a little.

"What? Just because I'm tomboyish doesn't mean I don't have a girl side." Angela said.

"We didn't say anything." Cid said.

"You didn't have to." Tifa said.

There was a few minutes of silence in the room.

"Angela will you please play something? It's been so long since I heard you play something." Kyra pleaded.

"Yeah Angela please? I want to hear you play the guitar." Denzel said as he approached with Marlene.

"I don't have it with me." Angela said.

"I went back with Cloud to get some things from Seventh Heaven and we brought back your Flying V with us." Kyra said.

Angela sighed. "Where is it?"

Kyra ran to the corner of the room next to the instruments and walked back with the guitar.

"You should have brought the acoustic. An electric guitar won't sound that impressive without an amp." Angela said as she inspected the guitar.

"I didn't think about that." Kyra replied.

"Actually, there is a member of the WRO who plays his once in a while, and he left one of his here. You can use his." Reeve said.

Angela nodded and strummed a few chords and grimaced. "I need to tune it up first." she said as she walked towards the piano.

"Does she play piano too?" Tifa asked Kyra as Angela started hitting random notes on the piano, then strumming her guitar.

"Yeah, but she hardly plays anymore."

"Where is the amp Reeve?" Angela asked as she stood up from the piano bench.

"I'll bring it over." he said.

He did and Angela plugged her guitar in and strummed. She adjusted the volume to a lower setting.

"Playing a guitar can't be that hard. You pretty much just strum the chords right?" Yuffie said.

Angela played a tune that was more rhythm than song very quickly. Yuffie's eyes nearly bugged out of her head.

"That is called a tremolo pick. There is more to playing the guitar than just strumming the chords Yuffie." Angela said. "Do you guys want me to actually play a song that you may know, or do you want me to improvise?"

"Improvise Angela. You can make great songs by improvising." Kyra said.

Angela nodded and started playing. She played faster songs, slow songs, and songs that had a melancholy melody to it. She had played for a few hours when she decided she needed to stop.

"My fingers need a break. It's been a long time since I played for that long of a time."

"You're awesome." Denzel said.

"Yeah Angela, your really good." Yuffie added.

"It's getting late you two, bedtime." Tifa said.

"Come on Tifa. Angela and Vincent are leaving tomorrow." Denzel whined.

"We'll be by the bar as soon as this is over." Angela said as she put her guitar away.

"Promise?" Marlene asked.

"We promise." Vincent said.

"Alright." Denzel sighed as he and Marlene left the room.

"I think I will turn in too. We have a long boat ride to prepare for tomorrow." Angela said.

"I agree." Vincent said, and they both left the room.

Angela started to go down a hallway that led to the sleeping quarters she had been using when Vincent grabbed her waist and led her to his sleeping quarters. Angela was too tired to argue.

"We might as well get used to sleeping in the same bed together if we're going to be married." Vincent said as they entered the room.

Angela nodded as she got in the bed with Vincent.

"Vincent, do me a favor."

"What?"

"Knock me out when we get to our cabin on that boat. It will do me good to not have to suffer from sea sickness." Angela said.

"I'll get something from the infirmary here that will do the trick before we leave."

"Thanks." Angela said before she fell asleep in Vincent's arms.

A/N: I know that I said I would try to get a couple of chapters up tonight, but this chapter took longer to write than I had originally expected and I'm tired. I have never read any of the vampire chronicles, so sorry to those of you out there that don't like it, but I like a good vampire story once in a while, so I decided to put that in there. Also use your imagination for the guitar playing part. I play piano, but not guitar, my brother does. Also, if you don't know what a Dual Horn is, you can find it on google, that's what I did. I will try to write more tomorrow. R&R!