All characters and all settings taken from Final Fantasy 7 are property of Squaresoft, I'm just toying with their lives to make me happy. Olivia, however, is mine... And if you want her, Squaresoft, you're gona have to pay me for her... Enjoy :-)

Life leads to love -Chapter one-

Even after the defeat of Hojo and the death of Sephiroth, even after he thought he had taken his revenge on those that twisted his life, he still found himself lacking something. And it was because of that empty hole he found himself wandering aimlessly in any direction that fancied him. And that's how he ended back at that dreadful place, walking through that town full of memories and pain, back to the mansion where it had all really begun.

His wondering had left him back at the deserted Shinra mansion, or at least he thought it deserted. That was how they left it, why would it be otherwise. He was not prepared for the sight he saw before him when he opened the door and entered. He almost forgot to breath as he took in the sight before him. A lady, dressed in a tight fitting black body suit, which gave off her slim figure immediately, with a red stripe going from under her left breast to her right thigh. Her short purple hair framed the most delicate pale face in which were set two beautiful sapphires that were her eyes.

She looked at him with a stunned expression before realising who it was who just entered the building. "Hello there. I didn't think I'd ever get the chance to meet one of you guys in person"

He looked at her with a puzzled look. How could she know him? It was obvious really, they had killed the mighty Sephiroth. Stopped meteor from destroying the planet. Of course she would know him.

She held out her hand to him. "Nice to meet you. I'm Olivia, Olivia Toca. I'm a traveling performer

He took her hand and shook it, noticing the smooth skin that she had.

"I noticed you lot pass through Cosmo Canyon a couple of times on your journey. I was there doing some research."

"On planet life?" he questioned her.

"Nah, on materia. The stuff is really interesting to me" Olivia paused for a moment thinking, she had only just met this guy. One of the people who saved the planet. Probably the one person she should tell her secret to, she knew that he had differences of his own too. Just by looking into his deep eyes she could tell that they were going to have a very close friendship.

"Cosmo Canyon" he said aloud but more to himself, "Do you know of Nanaki?"

"Yeah, real great guy if you ask me. That is if you can call him a guy. More intelligent than a guy, not that being a guy is a bad thing." Giggiling, she mentally slapped herself for babbling. She had seen the man in front of her as Avalanche had passed through Cosmo Canyon, and had instantly taken a great interest in him, finding him very attractive to say the least. And now here he was, standing just in front of her, his deep eyes looking at her as if assessing wether she was dangerous or not.

She was also pleased to notice that he had changed from his usual attire, still dressed in black though. Black jeans and a black shirt, but instead of his usual red flowing cape he had opted for a long black trench coat. He still wore his red bandanna wrapped around his head and his gun strapped to his hip. If Olivia hadn't know his circumstances she would have thought of him as a Goth. Only thing that was missing was the black make-up.

There was a still quietness between them and Olivia was becoming uncomfortable.

"Nice coat. Lot better than that cape."

"Thank you. Your outfit also looks... fitting."

"So, um... what brings you to this smelly old mansion?"

"I don't really know. I went travelling and my instinct told me to come here" He looked at her as if to ask the same question.

"Instinct huh? You go on that?"

"Yes" impatient eyes blazed into hers "It usually turns out for the best"

She razed her hand as if in defence "Hey don't look at me like that, I was about to say that instinct told me to come here too"

He glared at her for a while before walking past her and up the stairs.

"Where ya goin'?"

"To a place I think you don't really want to go"

"And whys that?" She really was annoying him with her questions.

"Because it is a place where nightmares have started, including my own"

Never before had she know his eyes to glow as much as they did then, the usual deep red, glowed as if in proving a point. But that just made her want to come and see what was so bad. Everything Vincent did intrigued her, he was not going to stop her from finding out the truth behind his changing abilities.

"I heard there is an old Shinra library here. Is that true?"

"It is."

"And this library contains books on experiments that professors have performed. Is that also true?"

"It is."

"Oh, okay." Olivia took the repetition as Vincent trying to get out of conversation so she fell silently behind Vincent and followed him up the stairs.

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