R&R longer note at the end

The two men in suits led Tifa and Vincent through to the collapsed underground roadway, as they approached they saw a small group of people sat around a campfire a blonde man looked as they approached spear in hand. As they got closer Tifa looked surprised, it was the same man who had helped them escape Wymer's friend.

"Well look who decided to show" Cid said greeting the two men as his eyes fell on Tifa and Vincent "Wait? Weren't you the two Wymer told me to get out of the slums? Why are you here?"

"It's a long story" the taller man in sunglasses said as he scanned the faces of the people here "Where's you know who?"

"Hasn't made it back yet, I figure she was caught so we should just leave her behind" Cid said as he scratched the back of his head "I'll give it another five minutes then we'll have to get going".

"How dare you threaten to leave such a delicate woman behind" came a female voice as they heard rushing steps headed to them as a small girl in a white and brown poncho jumped into view trying to slap Cid across the back as he pushed her off.

"Hey, pack it in already you little brat" Cid said in protest as no one attempted to help him "Some help please?" The group stood and laughed as the girl continued her attack on Cid, after a few moments she stopped as she looked around the make shift camp before her eyes fell on Tifa and Vincent. She walked over as she began to circle the two checking them over as if she were some kind of animal inspecting its prey.

"Who are beauty and the beast?" she asked.

"Two people who needed a little help" the man with red hair said "Friends of a friend, however now seems like a good time for some quick introductions. I'll start, name's Reno I use to help out the neighbourhood watch in sector six so I know Wymer pretty well".

"Name's Rude" the bald man said stepping forward "Like him I worked with the neighbourhood watch, we took care of business when needed".

"Name's Cid but you already knew that" Cid said stepping forward keeping his distance from the smaller girl, a third man in a suit stood he wasn't as tall as the others but seemed to carry himself with more dignity.

"Pleasure to meet you both" he said a smile on his bearded face "My name is Reeve I was the one who ran the neighbourhood watch for Sector six, me and my associates here kept the three from the arena busy while Cid helped you escape". Tifa nodded smiling, she began to remember seeing them now they had come to a meeting for the neighbourhood watch in Sector seven one night at the bar.

"Pitiful introductions, let a professional show you how it's done" the girl said as she pushed her way to the front standing proud ""Swift as a bird she travels through the shadows, unseen, silent as a mouse" the girl said "Loved by her peers the lone star shines brightest, she blends in with all crowds, an enigma. The one the only Yuffie Kisaragi". Tifa and Vincent watched as she posed a look of confusion mirrored on their faces, the girl named Yuffie looked pleased with herself as she grinned.

"Stunned into silence by my brilliance" Yuffie said "It's only natural for this to happen, so beauty and the beast how about some names unless you wish to soak in my existence a little more that's fine with me".

"My name is Tifa" Tifa replied after a few moments of remembering how to speak "It's a pleasure to meet you all".

"Vincent" Vincent said watching them all, he was still suspicious of these people, why had they saved him and Tifa? Were they dangerous?

"Well beauty here knows how to give an introduction as for beast here, yours needs work" Yuffie said as she folded her arms "Anyway since you're here, we might as well take you back with us. Seems like you've got some trouble of your own so we'll help you out".

"Who died and made you boss?" Cid spoke up angrily as Yuffie turned on her heel arguing with the older man, the others of the group sighed as they tried to calm the two down. Tifa couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, they didn't seem so bad a little out there but they seemed harmless enough.

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Jessie, Biggs and Wedge sat at a nearby bar slowly drinking the beers they had bought, the boss was on his way the man who never left unless it was an extreme circumstance, this was certainly the case. Their third failure to recapture the prisoner it made sense to Jessie who gulped down the last of her drink, this had been her last chance and she had failed, it hadn't been her fault but the blame would rest on her.

They looked up as they heard someone approaching their table, the three nearly falling off the bar stools as they saw the blonde haired figure of their boss, the handle of his large sword poking out over his shoulder slowly swinging as he walked. Passers-by looked on in shock as they hurried away not wanting to stick around for too long.

"B-boss" Jessie said her voice a slight hint of fear in her voice as he got into ear shot, he didn't speak just looked at the three of them as they all stood out of respect.

"Were are they?" He asked his voice emotionless as his sea blue eyes rolled over the three of them in turn.

"We aren't sure sir" Biggs said not wanting to lie to him, they had known his anger in the past.

"W-we will find them sir" Wedge said his voice shaking a little as the man picked up the empty beer bottle, he held it up to eye level as the trio stayed silent.

"Well they don't appear to be at the bottom of this bottle" He said placing it down "So when did you plan on finding them?" The three stood in silence not sure how to respond, the boss sighed as he looked up toward the don's mansion, curiosity took him as she began to head to it. The three followed closely, they had no idea what the boss was thinking or planning but they didn't want to make thing's worse for themselves, they knew the trouble they were in already, they didn't need to add more.

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The journey had been long, walking through the collapsed roadway every now and again exterminating the occasional monster that blocked their pathway, reaching the other end the group shielded their eyes against the light, the girl named Yuffie skipped ahead crawling under a nearby children's toy in the park between Sector's Seven and Six. Tifa looked around as the memory flashed into her mind, she looked to Vincent seeing the same feeling mirrored on his face. They were back, the place they had first met Tifa looked ahead a small smile appeared at her lips, at least this time he isn't injured she thought to herself.

"Over here you lot" Yuffie called out as she crawled back out from under the toy waving as the group walked over, Tifa and Vincent followed curious on what was going on. One by one the others crouched down crawling in as they disappeared down a unearthed man hole cover, Vincent watched as a memory of an underground passage flashed through his mind causing him to wince a little from the pain in his head.

Slowly he looked down feeling a warm, comforting hand enter his looking over he saw Tifa holding it smiling. The pain began to disappear as he nodded feeling
Tifa squeeze his hand once more before she crawled into the underground passage, Vincent followed behind as they reached the bottom they heard metal on metal as Yuffie replaced the manhole before sliding down.

"Come on" Yuffie said as she slipped by the two "Just a little further in now". Tifa and Vincent nodded as they followed, they weren't sure what to expect but should anything happen, the pair were ready to fight their way out of here.

Everything is coming to a head, now the boss is out and it looks like he ha plans for the Don. What of our duo however? They are now in the hands of a strange bunch but they don't seem dangerous, well I guess we'll find out what they are after soon enough