Chapter XVI: Diamonds Of The Sky, Sapphires Of The Night.
Yuffie watched Vincent make the useless excuses for not stealing the buggy. But he could so far only come up with "Its not ours," and "Its illegal." These things hadn't stopped her before and they weren't about to now. She placed a comforting hand on Vincent's shoulder.
"Its not like anyone's gonna miss it? I mean, who would miss that rust bucket?" She said smoothly.
Vincent looked at her as if the whole prospect of stealing horrified. Then he gave her his withering gaze.
"No." He said coldly. Yuffie shivered involuntarily, but was still determined. Vincent had been the good, yet very depressed Boy Scout for a good many years, it was time for him to commit a crime again. "Come on, it'll be fun. And Clouds not using it, is he?"
"Its not right." Vincent said, baffled as to why she had not been silenced by now.
"If we don't, how will we move all this?" She said, indicating the pile of clothes that they had accumulated.
"I don't know!" Vincent replied, giving up.
Yuffie's comforting glaze shattered into a malicious grin. "Then," She suddenly ran behind Vincent and jumped on his back. "To the buggy, my trusty steed!"
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As the sun slowly dipped into the sea, a shadow of a man prowled the streets. He wore a black suit, with sunglasses. He had black hair that he wore short with small spikes. Everywhere he went, people avoided his gaze, as if he could control them. Those that ventured to look soon looked away horrified. Through the sunglasses burned two green pits that resembled eyes. He walked coolly across the sidewalk. He took curve after curve, hour upon hour, but still seemed to prowl in the same way. Contemptuously.
He finally stopped in front of a building, pausing to watch as a man and woman walk silently out of it. The look of contempt left him, as his burning eyes glared at the man. Then something happened that had never happened before. He smiled.
"Vincent Valentine." His cold voice said. It sounded like a cat with a bird would if it could talk.
He turned his gaze to the ground and muttered something. He slowly began melting into his surroundings.
He was soon lost from sight.
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Yuffie walked beside Vincent, not bothering to latch onto Vincent after he had threatened to shoot her. She allowed him to think that he had a marginal power over her. In his new clothes, he was hard to see in the dimming light. Looking at him was like trying to grasp smoke. He glided across the streets with an uncanny silence and stealth that surpassed her own skill. She didn't really mind that he was so hard to see, but that he was so GOOD at it.
"Stop that." She said.
Vincent turned to address her.
"Stop what?"
"Sneaking." She replied.
"We ARE stealing, you know. We're supposed to sneak." He said accusingly.
"No, we don't." She said, while pulling out an imaginary book. "'Cuz it says right here in "The Big Book O' Thieving" that people who go around sneaking up to buggy's late at night are the people who usually get caught."
Vincent drew close to her and looked down at her "Book".
"Oh, I see it. Its there right next to "Vincent doesn't give a damn", isn't it?" He said sarcastically.
"Vinnie, you swore!" She said in mock appal.
Vincent looked thoughtful about this.
"I guess I did."
Yuffie grinned.
"Jokes, humour and now swearing? Where does it all end?"
"When I take over the world." He said, grinning back at her.
"Cool."
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"The angel-child lost its halo." Yuffie continued.
Vincent frowned.
"I'm not an angel."
Yuffie frowned back at him.
"If you start with the whole "I'm not human" business, I'll hurt you." She said sternly. "Your just as human as Barret."
Vincent looked confused at this.
"Barret?"
"Anyone who has a gun for an arm and manages to get THAT drunk has got be as inhuman as humans can get."
"Ah."
Vincent continued walking down the street in his hardly visible manner.
"I SAID STOP THAT!" She hissed.
Vincent stopped briefly. Then he turned his head to her.
"You know what you can do?"
"Vinnie!" Yuffie said, mocking appal again.
"Come on, ninja girl." He said.
He began running into the night.
Yuffie began a stumbling run after him. This was not the Vincent she had thought she would be taking with her. He was almost childish, if that were possible with Vincent. She followed the shining glow that his golden claw gave off in the pale moonlight.
"Wait up!"
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Vincent stood by the buggy, waiting for Yuffie to catch up. His ruby eyes stared out into the misty darkness. They scanned it for any trace of movement.
YOU PUZZLE ME.
Vincent jumped in surprise. Then he regained control.
What do you want?
ITS CALLED TALKING, SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T KNOW MUCH OF.
Great. Advice from a demon.
HA.
I ask again, what do you want.
HOW CAN YOU STAND HER?
How can stand up there? It must be very cramped.
THIS DOES NOT AMUSE ME.
Did it ever cross your miniature mind that it might not all be about you?
IT SHOULD.
Huh.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTS AGAIN.
Oh yay.
WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU BEING SLIGHTLY INHUMAN WOULD STOP YOU FROM FALLING IN LOVE.
Chaos put pure disgust into the word "love".
How so?
YOU CAN STILL REPRODUCE. THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
Your sick, you know that? Sick.
WHAT?
Sick.
IS THAT NOT THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS?
No.
OH. HUMANS ARE STRANGE, AND MUST REGRETFULLY REPORT THAT YOU ARE ONE.
"Vinnie!"
Vincent snapped out of the conversation.
"Yes?"
Vincent looked around to see Yuffie gesturing an open door.
"Lets go for a ride."
"I'M DRIVING." He said, suddenly sounding very un-human.
Yuffie took a step back.
"Vincent?" She said cautiously.
Vincent cleared his throat.
"I'm driving." He repeated.
Yuffie looked at him sceptically.
"You alright?"
"Never better." He said.
"Ok." She said.
Vincent looked up at the stars momentarily. Yuffie looked up to.
"Why do you look up at those?" She asked.
Vincent looked down at her seriously.
"They are the sapphires of the night, the diamonds of the sky. They are beautiful. It is the only consolation I have had over these years. You all may die, but they will be with me forever."
Yuffie was taken in by his words. She drew in close to him and looked at the stars with him.
"It also fascinates me that people have made thousands of constellations throughout the years, but they have all failed miserably to look like anything to me." He pointed upward. "look, Virgo. She's supposed to be a fairy with some wheat. That in itself is pretty stupid but it doesn't like a fairy at all."
"The Leviathan!" Yuffie said excitably.
"Huh?"
"The Leviathan! People say that you can only see it if your in love!"
Vincent looked up at the stars again.
"So it is. Right there. In the middle of the sky. Wonder why I didn't see it bef-" He stopped suddenly. Yuffie was looking at him strangely.
He circled an arm around her. She pulled her arms around him.
In the pale moonlight, beside a stolen buggy, Yuffie Kisaragi And Vincent Valentine kissed.
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The green eyed dude wont be appearing to much in this story, he pretty much is just watching Vincent, just so you won't be disappointed when he DOESN'T appear.
Yuffie watched Vincent make the useless excuses for not stealing the buggy. But he could so far only come up with "Its not ours," and "Its illegal." These things hadn't stopped her before and they weren't about to now. She placed a comforting hand on Vincent's shoulder.
"Its not like anyone's gonna miss it? I mean, who would miss that rust bucket?" She said smoothly.
Vincent looked at her as if the whole prospect of stealing horrified. Then he gave her his withering gaze.
"No." He said coldly. Yuffie shivered involuntarily, but was still determined. Vincent had been the good, yet very depressed Boy Scout for a good many years, it was time for him to commit a crime again. "Come on, it'll be fun. And Clouds not using it, is he?"
"Its not right." Vincent said, baffled as to why she had not been silenced by now.
"If we don't, how will we move all this?" She said, indicating the pile of clothes that they had accumulated.
"I don't know!" Vincent replied, giving up.
Yuffie's comforting glaze shattered into a malicious grin. "Then," She suddenly ran behind Vincent and jumped on his back. "To the buggy, my trusty steed!"
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As the sun slowly dipped into the sea, a shadow of a man prowled the streets. He wore a black suit, with sunglasses. He had black hair that he wore short with small spikes. Everywhere he went, people avoided his gaze, as if he could control them. Those that ventured to look soon looked away horrified. Through the sunglasses burned two green pits that resembled eyes. He walked coolly across the sidewalk. He took curve after curve, hour upon hour, but still seemed to prowl in the same way. Contemptuously.
He finally stopped in front of a building, pausing to watch as a man and woman walk silently out of it. The look of contempt left him, as his burning eyes glared at the man. Then something happened that had never happened before. He smiled.
"Vincent Valentine." His cold voice said. It sounded like a cat with a bird would if it could talk.
He turned his gaze to the ground and muttered something. He slowly began melting into his surroundings.
He was soon lost from sight.
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Yuffie walked beside Vincent, not bothering to latch onto Vincent after he had threatened to shoot her. She allowed him to think that he had a marginal power over her. In his new clothes, he was hard to see in the dimming light. Looking at him was like trying to grasp smoke. He glided across the streets with an uncanny silence and stealth that surpassed her own skill. She didn't really mind that he was so hard to see, but that he was so GOOD at it.
"Stop that." She said.
Vincent turned to address her.
"Stop what?"
"Sneaking." She replied.
"We ARE stealing, you know. We're supposed to sneak." He said accusingly.
"No, we don't." She said, while pulling out an imaginary book. "'Cuz it says right here in "The Big Book O' Thieving" that people who go around sneaking up to buggy's late at night are the people who usually get caught."
Vincent drew close to her and looked down at her "Book".
"Oh, I see it. Its there right next to "Vincent doesn't give a damn", isn't it?" He said sarcastically.
"Vinnie, you swore!" She said in mock appal.
Vincent looked thoughtful about this.
"I guess I did."
Yuffie grinned.
"Jokes, humour and now swearing? Where does it all end?"
"When I take over the world." He said, grinning back at her.
"Cool."
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"The angel-child lost its halo." Yuffie continued.
Vincent frowned.
"I'm not an angel."
Yuffie frowned back at him.
"If you start with the whole "I'm not human" business, I'll hurt you." She said sternly. "Your just as human as Barret."
Vincent looked confused at this.
"Barret?"
"Anyone who has a gun for an arm and manages to get THAT drunk has got be as inhuman as humans can get."
"Ah."
Vincent continued walking down the street in his hardly visible manner.
"I SAID STOP THAT!" She hissed.
Vincent stopped briefly. Then he turned his head to her.
"You know what you can do?"
"Vinnie!" Yuffie said, mocking appal again.
"Come on, ninja girl." He said.
He began running into the night.
Yuffie began a stumbling run after him. This was not the Vincent she had thought she would be taking with her. He was almost childish, if that were possible with Vincent. She followed the shining glow that his golden claw gave off in the pale moonlight.
"Wait up!"
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Vincent stood by the buggy, waiting for Yuffie to catch up. His ruby eyes stared out into the misty darkness. They scanned it for any trace of movement.
YOU PUZZLE ME.
Vincent jumped in surprise. Then he regained control.
What do you want?
ITS CALLED TALKING, SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T KNOW MUCH OF.
Great. Advice from a demon.
HA.
I ask again, what do you want.
HOW CAN YOU STAND HER?
How can stand up there? It must be very cramped.
THIS DOES NOT AMUSE ME.
Did it ever cross your miniature mind that it might not all be about you?
IT SHOULD.
Huh.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTS AGAIN.
Oh yay.
WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU BEING SLIGHTLY INHUMAN WOULD STOP YOU FROM FALLING IN LOVE.
Chaos put pure disgust into the word "love".
How so?
YOU CAN STILL REPRODUCE. THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
Your sick, you know that? Sick.
WHAT?
Sick.
IS THAT NOT THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS?
No.
OH. HUMANS ARE STRANGE, AND MUST REGRETFULLY REPORT THAT YOU ARE ONE.
"Vinnie!"
Vincent snapped out of the conversation.
"Yes?"
Vincent looked around to see Yuffie gesturing an open door.
"Lets go for a ride."
"I'M DRIVING." He said, suddenly sounding very un-human.
Yuffie took a step back.
"Vincent?" She said cautiously.
Vincent cleared his throat.
"I'm driving." He repeated.
Yuffie looked at him sceptically.
"You alright?"
"Never better." He said.
"Ok." She said.
Vincent looked up at the stars momentarily. Yuffie looked up to.
"Why do you look up at those?" She asked.
Vincent looked down at her seriously.
"They are the sapphires of the night, the diamonds of the sky. They are beautiful. It is the only consolation I have had over these years. You all may die, but they will be with me forever."
Yuffie was taken in by his words. She drew in close to him and looked at the stars with him.
"It also fascinates me that people have made thousands of constellations throughout the years, but they have all failed miserably to look like anything to me." He pointed upward. "look, Virgo. She's supposed to be a fairy with some wheat. That in itself is pretty stupid but it doesn't like a fairy at all."
"The Leviathan!" Yuffie said excitably.
"Huh?"
"The Leviathan! People say that you can only see it if your in love!"
Vincent looked up at the stars again.
"So it is. Right there. In the middle of the sky. Wonder why I didn't see it bef-" He stopped suddenly. Yuffie was looking at him strangely.
He circled an arm around her. She pulled her arms around him.
In the pale moonlight, beside a stolen buggy, Yuffie Kisaragi And Vincent Valentine kissed.
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The green eyed dude wont be appearing to much in this story, he pretty much is just watching Vincent, just so you won't be disappointed when he DOESN'T appear.