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[Chapter 2: Vincent's Secret]
Yuffie yawned loudly as she walked into the kitchen with her pajamas still on. "Morning already...man, nights fly by these days..." she looked in the pantry.
"Where's all the food?" she wondered aloud. She scurried over to the kitchen counter. "No....not again!" she said as she picked the note up. "Grr, every time, too! They always gotta go to the store in the mornin'!"
Yuffie walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. She decided that she might as well watch TV while Tifa and Cloud were gone. She stopped in mid-step as she saw a lump on the couch.
"Mmmm?" she wandered over to the back of the couch and looked down. "Vince?" she whispered. "I didn't see him here before...why is he sleeping down here? What's wrong with his room?"
Yuffie quietly tiptoed to the staircase. "Good morning." Yuffie about jumped out of her skin. Vincent sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "You didn't need to scare me like that!" Yuffie giggled. "Sorry. I was up most of the night, I didn't get to sleep at all."
"Sorry to hear that. Why'd you sleep down here anyway?" she walked over to a chair in the living room and sat down. "Well, I was working late last night in my room. And so I came down here to get something to eat. After I finished eating, I didn't have enough strength to get back up the stairs, so I just fainted on the couch."
Yuffie laughed a bit. "How long were you up for?"
~~Flash~~
"Yeah, I'll tell him....."
~~Flash~~
"In the morning...."
~~Flash~~
Yuffie was spaced out during Vincent's conversation. "Yuffie? Hey, are you okay?" she shook her head a bit. "Huh? Oh yeah. I'm fine." She laughed nervously.
"Are you sure?" Vincent asked.
"Yeah. It's just...." Yuffie fiddled around with her fingers. "There's been something on my mind. You know when we first met? Remember what I said to you?" "Yes." Vincent responded quickly.
"Oh. It's THAT memorable, huh? Well I'm sorry about what I said."
"No. It's just I never forget anything. Well...maybe SOME things, but not very many. My memory's just good. But yeah, apology accepted."
Yuffie looked up. "Really?" he nodded. "It wasn't that big of a deal. It was just the first time you've met me. You didn't know what I was like or anything. It's okay. It's not like I'm working for the Turks any more anyway."
Yuffie smiled, then frowned. "Please don't get mad when I ask you this, but..." she looked down and fingered the soft cotton fabric on her pajama pants. "Please tell me, how do you know Wutainese?" Vincent's ears sort of perked up as he heard the word "Wutainese".
He grunted. "Now see! Don't get mad! Please, I want to know." She said softly. "Are you comfortable?" he asked. "Huh?"
"This is going to be a long story. Are you comfortable? You might not be standing for a while." Yuffie nodded. "Go ahead."
Vincent sighed. "I've NEVER told ANYONE about this. I expect you to keep it hidden as well. I'm making a decision here. Can I trust you with my secret?"
"Yes. I won't tell a soul."
Vincent cleared his throat.
"I...I grew up in Wutai..." he began. Yuffie shifted into a different position and decided not to interrupt.
"I was born and raised there until I was six. After I turned six, my mother was taken away by Shinra and thrown in a torture chamber..." he paused and looked away. "W...why?" Yuffie asked. "That's horrible!"
He looked back at her. "Shinra knew she had answers about my father. You see, my father was a killer..." Yuffie covered her mouth with her hand. "A k-killer!?" Vincent nodded slowly. "Yes. He wanted revenge on Shinra for the Wutai war between Shinra. And--"
"Whoa, whoa! Hang on a second, the Wutai war happened when I was four!"
"It's not the same war. There were two wars."
"Two?!"
Vincent nodded. "But since my father fought in that war, he saw all that happened when Shinra won and destroyed the town. They tore down buildings and harmed the villagers. My father was really protective of the town, too."
Yuffie urged him to go on. "He wanted revenge. He had always wanted to destroy the whole incorporation of Shinra. Then, one day, he broke in Shinra H.Q and killed twenty of the employees. He was arrested before he could make it up to the main office where the President was."
"That's awful. Your dad must have went through a lot during the war." Yuffie said.
"Yes. But after he was arrested, he escaped a few days later and was never seen again. Then, after that, a couple of months later my mother was thrown in that horrible torture chamber by Shinra. They knew she had answers, but truthfully, she didn't."
"What happened to her...?"
"They killed her...."
"Oh my God...!" Yuffie covered her mouth.
"She told them over and over that she didn't have any idea of where my father went. But they continued to torture her until she told them something. Finally, out of blind rage, they got fed up with her and killed her. I found out that she was killed by Shinra when I was twenty."
"Twenty?! Why so late?"
"They said she was being hospitalized for stress. I believed that when I was a kid, but when I turned seventeen I wanted to go visit her. Yet I was restricted."
"Restricted? By who?"
"Well, I was taken away from Wutai when I was six and sent to some place I didn't even recognize. I still don't know where they took me."
"Who?"
"Shinra. After they killed my mom, I had no where else to go. I ended up going to this unfamiliar place."
"If you had to return today, you wouldn't even know where you were?"
"I don't know. It depends, if I were taken there out cold I wouldn't know, but if I was conscious I probably would. All I remember when I was a kid was a dark, musty place. Then, when I turned ten they shipped me off back to Wutai for a couple of months. And I saw..."
"You saw...?"
"Me and Roy used to be best friends. He would be there for me like a brother. I met him when I was five and when I went back when I was ten I saw him again. He hadn't changed a bit. His hair was still a bit long and dark brown."
"What about his eyes?"
"......."
"Vince?"
"His eyes were still brown as well."
"Brown? But I thought they were--"
"Scarlet? Blood red? I know. Our eyes changed color after the things Hojo did to us."
"What color were your eyes?"
"Well...they were a really soft blue color. I can't really describe it. It was like the color of Cloud's eyes, only much of a paler blue. But it's so weird, when I became a Turk my eyes sort of faded to a brown color."
"Two eye colors?! How weird!"
Vincent looked deep into her eyes. "Yeah, they were a little darker than yours. A bit darker than hazel. I mean I've heard of people's eyes fading from green to blue or vise versa, but from blue to brown? It's weird."
"Hmm..."
"But anyway, back to the story. Roy was my best friend, and when I came back to Wutai when I was ten, we were -as you would call it- 'best buds'. After I was taken back by Shinra two months later, Roy was angry that I was leaving. He was so furious that two weeks after I went back to that musty place, I heard that he killed someone."
"Wow..."
"And the killing never stopped. Each week he'd pick out a target, like he was being possessed by a demon, and murder them. It was so horrible..."
"How come I've never heard about this? I've always lived in Wutai."
"Because...he killed the people in different towns. He just killed innocent people in rage to see me again. We were like brothers..."
"Did you ever see him again?"
"The first time I saw him after that was at Costa Del Sol when we went for vacation. I knew it was him, even after all those years we've been separated. Then, when I turned eleven, I was shipped to the cottage we saw on our journey. You know, the one by the Gold Saucer?"
"The one where we saw that man who talked about the Temple of Ancients. He had all those weapons in his cottage and he taught Aeris the Great Gospel attack in exchange for some Mythril. Yeah I know."
"Yeah. That's where I was shipped. It was better than that musty old place."
"Who watched over you when you lived in both places?"
"I don't remember. It was some guy. I don't know his name. But he took care of me. Now, to skip past all the unimportant details, when I turned sixteen, Shinra took me in and made me a Turk. I didn't have any other job to apply for then, so I just took it. But now, if I could change the past, I'd go back and never agree to work with Shinra. Because now...now I know what really happened to my mother. Argh, those Shinra bastards!!"
Vincent punched a pillow. "Because of Shinra I lost most of my left arm!! Because of Shinra my parents are dead! Because of Shinra everyone's suffered! Barret lost his hometown, Tifa lost her father, Cloud lost his mother, Aeris lost her father, (by the way, her father was Professor Gast) Cid lost his job as a pilot, you've lost your hometown's image AND your mother, and I've lost everything!"
"Actually...it wasn't Shinra's fault my mother died..."
~~Flash~~
"YOU!!!! You're the one who killed my mother!!!"
~~Flash~~
"You're Roy!!!"
~~Flash~~
"Oh I'm so sorry..." he said guiltily. "It's okay..." Vincent cleared his throat. "Do you still want to hear more?" Yuffie nodded.
"Well after I became a Turk, I later found out that my mother was killed by Shinra after searching through some files in the President's office, so I was going to quit. But before I did, I had my mind set on proposing to Lucrecia. And THAT'S when Hojo fucked up my life. Both me and Roy's, he just couldn't get enough of torturing us."
"I'm so sorry..."
"And he's the one who tortured my mother...he killed her...THAT STUPID SON OF A FUCKIN' BITCH!!" he shouted.
"....."
"And I'm glad he died. I'm glad that I took part in his death too. That ass hole should have died a long time ago. He killed Lucrecia by poisoning her with Mako and Jenova Cells. He's the beast who created Sephiroth! He's the one who experimented on his own wife! And above all, he killed so many innocent people!"
"I hope he went to Hell."
"Why wouldn't he? He has no damn right to go to Heaven!"
"Vincent...I'm so sorry you've had to suffer most all of your life. People you knew and loved died right before your eyes. I've only experienced that once..." tears fell from her eyes as she covered her face.
Vincent got up slowly from the couch and walked over to Yuffie. He sat right next to her on the chair and embraced her in a warm hug. "That's why I was afraid of losing you..." she buried her face in his chest.
He ran his fingers through her hair with his good hand. "I never wanted to lose you. That's why I did all I could to get Phoenix to revive you. I couldn't let you go. If Phoenix were to never be at the cave, and the Lifestream would have took you, I don't know what I would do..."
She looked up at him with tearful eyes as he lowered his head and kissed her with endless passion.
Hope you liked that chapter! Please review! I love you all! Hehehe...
Disclaimer: I don't own any FF7 stuff. Square owns it all.
[Chapter 2: Vincent's Secret]
Yuffie yawned loudly as she walked into the kitchen with her pajamas still on. "Morning already...man, nights fly by these days..." she looked in the pantry.
"Where's all the food?" she wondered aloud. She scurried over to the kitchen counter. "No....not again!" she said as she picked the note up. "Grr, every time, too! They always gotta go to the store in the mornin'!"
Yuffie walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. She decided that she might as well watch TV while Tifa and Cloud were gone. She stopped in mid-step as she saw a lump on the couch.
"Mmmm?" she wandered over to the back of the couch and looked down. "Vince?" she whispered. "I didn't see him here before...why is he sleeping down here? What's wrong with his room?"
Yuffie quietly tiptoed to the staircase. "Good morning." Yuffie about jumped out of her skin. Vincent sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "You didn't need to scare me like that!" Yuffie giggled. "Sorry. I was up most of the night, I didn't get to sleep at all."
"Sorry to hear that. Why'd you sleep down here anyway?" she walked over to a chair in the living room and sat down. "Well, I was working late last night in my room. And so I came down here to get something to eat. After I finished eating, I didn't have enough strength to get back up the stairs, so I just fainted on the couch."
Yuffie laughed a bit. "How long were you up for?"
~~Flash~~
"Yeah, I'll tell him....."
~~Flash~~
"In the morning...."
~~Flash~~
Yuffie was spaced out during Vincent's conversation. "Yuffie? Hey, are you okay?" she shook her head a bit. "Huh? Oh yeah. I'm fine." She laughed nervously.
"Are you sure?" Vincent asked.
"Yeah. It's just...." Yuffie fiddled around with her fingers. "There's been something on my mind. You know when we first met? Remember what I said to you?" "Yes." Vincent responded quickly.
"Oh. It's THAT memorable, huh? Well I'm sorry about what I said."
"No. It's just I never forget anything. Well...maybe SOME things, but not very many. My memory's just good. But yeah, apology accepted."
Yuffie looked up. "Really?" he nodded. "It wasn't that big of a deal. It was just the first time you've met me. You didn't know what I was like or anything. It's okay. It's not like I'm working for the Turks any more anyway."
Yuffie smiled, then frowned. "Please don't get mad when I ask you this, but..." she looked down and fingered the soft cotton fabric on her pajama pants. "Please tell me, how do you know Wutainese?" Vincent's ears sort of perked up as he heard the word "Wutainese".
He grunted. "Now see! Don't get mad! Please, I want to know." She said softly. "Are you comfortable?" he asked. "Huh?"
"This is going to be a long story. Are you comfortable? You might not be standing for a while." Yuffie nodded. "Go ahead."
Vincent sighed. "I've NEVER told ANYONE about this. I expect you to keep it hidden as well. I'm making a decision here. Can I trust you with my secret?"
"Yes. I won't tell a soul."
Vincent cleared his throat.
"I...I grew up in Wutai..." he began. Yuffie shifted into a different position and decided not to interrupt.
"I was born and raised there until I was six. After I turned six, my mother was taken away by Shinra and thrown in a torture chamber..." he paused and looked away. "W...why?" Yuffie asked. "That's horrible!"
He looked back at her. "Shinra knew she had answers about my father. You see, my father was a killer..." Yuffie covered her mouth with her hand. "A k-killer!?" Vincent nodded slowly. "Yes. He wanted revenge on Shinra for the Wutai war between Shinra. And--"
"Whoa, whoa! Hang on a second, the Wutai war happened when I was four!"
"It's not the same war. There were two wars."
"Two?!"
Vincent nodded. "But since my father fought in that war, he saw all that happened when Shinra won and destroyed the town. They tore down buildings and harmed the villagers. My father was really protective of the town, too."
Yuffie urged him to go on. "He wanted revenge. He had always wanted to destroy the whole incorporation of Shinra. Then, one day, he broke in Shinra H.Q and killed twenty of the employees. He was arrested before he could make it up to the main office where the President was."
"That's awful. Your dad must have went through a lot during the war." Yuffie said.
"Yes. But after he was arrested, he escaped a few days later and was never seen again. Then, after that, a couple of months later my mother was thrown in that horrible torture chamber by Shinra. They knew she had answers, but truthfully, she didn't."
"What happened to her...?"
"They killed her...."
"Oh my God...!" Yuffie covered her mouth.
"She told them over and over that she didn't have any idea of where my father went. But they continued to torture her until she told them something. Finally, out of blind rage, they got fed up with her and killed her. I found out that she was killed by Shinra when I was twenty."
"Twenty?! Why so late?"
"They said she was being hospitalized for stress. I believed that when I was a kid, but when I turned seventeen I wanted to go visit her. Yet I was restricted."
"Restricted? By who?"
"Well, I was taken away from Wutai when I was six and sent to some place I didn't even recognize. I still don't know where they took me."
"Who?"
"Shinra. After they killed my mom, I had no where else to go. I ended up going to this unfamiliar place."
"If you had to return today, you wouldn't even know where you were?"
"I don't know. It depends, if I were taken there out cold I wouldn't know, but if I was conscious I probably would. All I remember when I was a kid was a dark, musty place. Then, when I turned ten they shipped me off back to Wutai for a couple of months. And I saw..."
"You saw...?"
"Me and Roy used to be best friends. He would be there for me like a brother. I met him when I was five and when I went back when I was ten I saw him again. He hadn't changed a bit. His hair was still a bit long and dark brown."
"What about his eyes?"
"......."
"Vince?"
"His eyes were still brown as well."
"Brown? But I thought they were--"
"Scarlet? Blood red? I know. Our eyes changed color after the things Hojo did to us."
"What color were your eyes?"
"Well...they were a really soft blue color. I can't really describe it. It was like the color of Cloud's eyes, only much of a paler blue. But it's so weird, when I became a Turk my eyes sort of faded to a brown color."
"Two eye colors?! How weird!"
Vincent looked deep into her eyes. "Yeah, they were a little darker than yours. A bit darker than hazel. I mean I've heard of people's eyes fading from green to blue or vise versa, but from blue to brown? It's weird."
"Hmm..."
"But anyway, back to the story. Roy was my best friend, and when I came back to Wutai when I was ten, we were -as you would call it- 'best buds'. After I was taken back by Shinra two months later, Roy was angry that I was leaving. He was so furious that two weeks after I went back to that musty place, I heard that he killed someone."
"Wow..."
"And the killing never stopped. Each week he'd pick out a target, like he was being possessed by a demon, and murder them. It was so horrible..."
"How come I've never heard about this? I've always lived in Wutai."
"Because...he killed the people in different towns. He just killed innocent people in rage to see me again. We were like brothers..."
"Did you ever see him again?"
"The first time I saw him after that was at Costa Del Sol when we went for vacation. I knew it was him, even after all those years we've been separated. Then, when I turned eleven, I was shipped to the cottage we saw on our journey. You know, the one by the Gold Saucer?"
"The one where we saw that man who talked about the Temple of Ancients. He had all those weapons in his cottage and he taught Aeris the Great Gospel attack in exchange for some Mythril. Yeah I know."
"Yeah. That's where I was shipped. It was better than that musty old place."
"Who watched over you when you lived in both places?"
"I don't remember. It was some guy. I don't know his name. But he took care of me. Now, to skip past all the unimportant details, when I turned sixteen, Shinra took me in and made me a Turk. I didn't have any other job to apply for then, so I just took it. But now, if I could change the past, I'd go back and never agree to work with Shinra. Because now...now I know what really happened to my mother. Argh, those Shinra bastards!!"
Vincent punched a pillow. "Because of Shinra I lost most of my left arm!! Because of Shinra my parents are dead! Because of Shinra everyone's suffered! Barret lost his hometown, Tifa lost her father, Cloud lost his mother, Aeris lost her father, (by the way, her father was Professor Gast) Cid lost his job as a pilot, you've lost your hometown's image AND your mother, and I've lost everything!"
"Actually...it wasn't Shinra's fault my mother died..."
~~Flash~~
"YOU!!!! You're the one who killed my mother!!!"
~~Flash~~
"You're Roy!!!"
~~Flash~~
"Oh I'm so sorry..." he said guiltily. "It's okay..." Vincent cleared his throat. "Do you still want to hear more?" Yuffie nodded.
"Well after I became a Turk, I later found out that my mother was killed by Shinra after searching through some files in the President's office, so I was going to quit. But before I did, I had my mind set on proposing to Lucrecia. And THAT'S when Hojo fucked up my life. Both me and Roy's, he just couldn't get enough of torturing us."
"I'm so sorry..."
"And he's the one who tortured my mother...he killed her...THAT STUPID SON OF A FUCKIN' BITCH!!" he shouted.
"....."
"And I'm glad he died. I'm glad that I took part in his death too. That ass hole should have died a long time ago. He killed Lucrecia by poisoning her with Mako and Jenova Cells. He's the beast who created Sephiroth! He's the one who experimented on his own wife! And above all, he killed so many innocent people!"
"I hope he went to Hell."
"Why wouldn't he? He has no damn right to go to Heaven!"
"Vincent...I'm so sorry you've had to suffer most all of your life. People you knew and loved died right before your eyes. I've only experienced that once..." tears fell from her eyes as she covered her face.
Vincent got up slowly from the couch and walked over to Yuffie. He sat right next to her on the chair and embraced her in a warm hug. "That's why I was afraid of losing you..." she buried her face in his chest.
He ran his fingers through her hair with his good hand. "I never wanted to lose you. That's why I did all I could to get Phoenix to revive you. I couldn't let you go. If Phoenix were to never be at the cave, and the Lifestream would have took you, I don't know what I would do..."
She looked up at him with tearful eyes as he lowered his head and kissed her with endless passion.
Hope you liked that chapter! Please review! I love you all! Hehehe...