I had to do it. Of course, watching a lot of Trinity Blood didn't help.

Vampire

"He wasn't a vampire!" Yuffie stomped her foot.

"But Cid said-"

"Cid's a big, annoying jerk." She folded her arms matter-of-factly. "I spent more time around the guy than anyone so I would know."

"Would know what?" Aerith asked as she and Cloud came in from the back gardens.

"That Vincent was a vampire." Sora replied.

"That he wasn't!"

Cloud frowned at Tifa. She shrugged at him. "I always thought he was a vampire."

Cloud went into the kitchen with the herbs.

"What brought this up?" Aerith brushed her hands on her skirt before gathering some papers spread out on the dinner table.

"Sora swears he saw a werewolf last night when he was walking home with Leon." Tifa explained. "The only thing Leon says they saw was one of the teachers from the school."

"I swear, he was a werewolf!" Sora insisted. "I saw him after Leon did! He must have transformed!"

"Sure, Sora." Tifa rolled her eyes. "Professor Lupin is a werewolf."

"So what does this have to do with Vincent?" Aerith tilted her head.

"Oh, he told Cid about it and Cid told him that it wasn't a big deal because all of us used to hang with a vampire."

"He wasn't a vampire!" Yuffie again shouted.

"Then what was he?" Sora placed his hands on his waist.

Yuffie pursed her lips. "Well, uh, that's kinda complicated, yanno. He was… well, he transformed into this demon-bat looking thing sometimes."

"Some vampires do that." Tifa interjected.

"But, but." The small ninja sputtered. "He wasn't-"

"Leon's done with dinner." Cloud walked back into the room. He crossed over toward where Sora stood. "He asked for Aerith to help him."

"I guess it's my turn to set the table." Tifa followed Aerith into the kitchen to get dishes.

"I'll get Cid!" Yuffie jumped and run out the front door.

This left Sora and Cloud alone. Cloud had gone to the desk, looking for something. Sora watched him a moment before asking. "So what do you think?"

"Think about what?"

"Was that Vincent guy a vampire or not?"

Cloud stopped his searching for a moment to glance at him then he went back. He found whatever paper he was after and turned back to face the teen. He took a step forward and stopped just beside Sora. He tugged at the collar of his black shirt.

"How do you think I got this?" There were two tiny circular scars on the blonde's neck. They appeared to be rather old.

Sora only gapped as Cloud continued his way to the kitchen.