Vincent eyed a silent Yuffie warily. They were seated at a table for two at the Costa Café, and the young woman seemed to have calmed down. Vincent prepared himself for a barrage of hideous screaming; appearances could always be deceiving.

Yuffie turned from watching the waves and got to business. "Vincent, I didn't know you had a social life!" she exclaimed.

"…Neither did I," replied a slightly blushing Vincent. Which was to say he stopped being horrendously pale.

Yuffie stared curiously at the change in pallor, but quickly went on. "ANYWAY. You wanted to talk to me about something?" she reminded.

"Yes. I've been thinking about your 'getting even' strategy, and I've decided on a solution," He confirmed.

Yuffie shuffled uncomfortably.

"Well," continued Vincent as if he had never broken the sentence, "It appears that the only proper thing to do would be for something equally embarrassing to happen to you," he concluded.

"Whaaaat?! Whaddaya mean, 'equally embarrassing'?!? I should say that was embarrassing enough for me as it was!" protested Yuffie indignantly.

"Well, Yuffie, you WERE the one who sneaked up on ME, added to the fact that it was ME who happened to be naked," Vincent admonished her. Yuffie grumbled, but obviously had no arguments to that.

"Good," affirmed Vincent, nodding. "Well, I shall get back to you when I have decided on something, Yuffie. Thank you for meeting me here," he finished.

Yuffie was staring at him unnervingly.

"What is it, Yuffie?"

Yuffie did not answer.

"Yuffie?"

Slowly, she looked up. "Vincent…you're…wearing…the…same…thing…as…me…" she lamented.

Suddenly, he noticed that she was right. Yuffie had chosen the same white tank top and jean shorts as he had. Then he noticed the various other couples pointing and smiling at them.

"Oh my."


*

Sephiroth stalked along the beach, hardly noticeable in the resplendent sunset of Costa de Sol. "I'm coming for you, Vincent Valentine," he thought, laughing out loud as he continued on his course…towards the villa that Vincent and his friends called their home…


*

Yuffie Kisaragi was brooding in her room when Cait Sith rudely slammed the door open and waddled in. "What's up, wench? I'm here with a message from tall, dark, and hideous!" the leering cat blasted through his loudspeaker.

Yuffie eyed him, bordering on murder. "What is it, cat?" she demanded, forcing a bored tone.

Cait Sith saw right through the façade and grinned. "Well, having no soul of his own, our favorite vampire decided to ask me to sort through the billions of variables and come up with the most suitably embarrassing thing that you could ever do. Seems that our little boy Vincent has grown up to be a perverted young man!" he chuckled. "Anyway, he told me to tell you when I was done, so here I am!" the robotic cat scrambled up the bed and popped himself into Yuffie's lap. "Don'tcha wanna know what I came up with?" He asked innocently.

"No…but I guess there's no stopping you."

"Good! Well, I have determined that, a certain incident in mind, you have to…" Cait paused for drama and started humming cheap porno music.

A throbbing vein appeared on Yuffie's forehead. "WHAT IS IT, DAMNIT?!?!" she shouted. Red XIII paused on his way to his room and cocked his head at Yuffie's door, then shrugged (Who knows how?) and continued on his course.

Cait Sith put on a serious face and told her, "You just go get naked, run into a crowded living room, and give Spikey a big fat kisseroo!" he said calmly. Then he immediately burst out into fits of uncontrollable laughter.


*


Cloud, who was drinking a glass of iced tea, suddenly coughed up blood.

"Oh my god!! Cloud, are you alright?!?" Tifa exclaimed. She rushed over and felt his forehead, then checked his pulse. "Hmm. Nothing seems to be wrong," she said, worried.

Cloud wiped his mouth with a napkin and smiled at her. "I probably just spent too much time in the sun, Tiff…Although I have this horrible feeling that someone is plotting against me," he said darkly. Shaking the ridiculous thought from his head, Cloud smiled at Tifa again and asked for another glass of iced tea.


*

Yuffie fought an urge to scream. She trembled with the effort. Seeing this, Cait Sith wisely clambered off her bed and let himself out.

"Wahahahahahahahaha…That idiot!!" he thought to himself evilly. "Vincent did no such thing! He was too 'noble' to do anything about it, so he just sulked and then moped about it to me for a while. This is better than the time that I stole that SEPH CD from Vincent!! Wahahahahahaha…" Cait Sith rubbed his hand together eagerly and clanked toward the living room for a slice of cake.

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Well, right now it's 4:00 PM(EDT)on Saturday, August 26, 2001. I just finished this chapter…on the same day as Chapter 2!!!! Man, I am REALLY having an awesome writing streak!!! Woo~~!! ^__^= As always, thanks for reading, and PLEASE REVIEW!!!! Ciao for now!! -TBOtaku