Disclaimer: I dun own Vinneh, I dun own Cid, I dun own the Little Bronco and I dun even own a part of the FF7 landscape.. Bummer huh? I own the plot though!! Heeheehee..

*whoops* An FF7 fic! Yee!! My first FF7 fic at that.. but I hope to write more if this one goes well.

Chibi-Vash: Oh yay. She is writing more, what fun.

^^ He's only sarky cuz I've got another fic that I generally take ages to update..

Chibi-Vash: Yah. Anyway. This is a CidXVinneh fic. Well, will be, eventually..

So if you don't like it please don't bother to read and flame it, cuz the flame will only be eaten by Chibi-Vash.

Chibi-Vash: *belches fire*

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The Way Things Are

A battle. ANOTHER battle.

'La di fucking da!' Was Cid's general trail of thought, 'Just DIE already!!'

Cloud, the teams leader and best bet for finishing off the beast, was down and out, just when he was needed the most. Cid, most unfortunately, had then found himself stuck with a severe lack of a Phoenix Down, with the uncontrollable Galian Beast at his side.

Cid moved in, lance at the ready, and took a stab at hitting the monster somewhere critical, but only served to piss it off even more. In all fairness, Cid's attack did serve some use, it put the creature on it's last legs. On the downside of this, Cid had irritated it so much it thought that it would let all hell loose. Who wouldn't after one too many jabs in the ribs!!

While Cid had wrapped up his attack, the Galian Beast had unleashed some semblance of an explosive fire attack, that was at this moment rocketing towards the creature. Only Cid it seemed, had noticed that there was a particularly hellish attack bearing down on the Galian Beast, at quite an alarming rate..

"VINCENT!! LOOK OUT, YA STUPID BASTARD!"

This did not really have the desired effect. The Galian Beast turned it's attention to Cid, trying to puzzle out what the pilot had shouted instead of getting out the way. Needless to say, Galian Beast took the full blow of the attack and was thrown quite a distance.

Cid hurried over to the now torn body of Vincent Valentine, relishing in the echoing rumble that marked the large monster's demise. Cloud?

'The bastard can wait. He WILL go and get knocked out in the first five fucking minutes..'

Upon reaching Vincent, Cid routinely checked over Vincent's body for broken bones, gashes etc, as he would have done for any of his comrades. After a few moments of working around the remnants of Vincent's torn clothing, Cid diagnoses his unconscious form of three broken ribs and several shallow gashes,

"You got off that one pretty easy." He was met with potent silence for a reply.

It was at that moment that if finally occurred to Cid that, yes indeed, Vincent's situation was a tad more serious than originally perceived. Someone had also clapped a hand down on his shoulder, causing Cid to spin around a nearly skewer,.. Cloud.

"BASTARD!!"

". Thank you Highwind. Sleep spell if your interested." Was Clouds reply.

Cloud had also joined Cid in crouching over Vincent's body, and after very little time decided that it was best to take Vincent back to the Tiny Bronco, where there were the emergency supplies of Phoenix Down, potions and the like.

Cloud volunteered himself to scout ahead, while Cid was left to wrap Vincent up with the tattered remains of his clothes. For all the good it would do, he slipped his jacket around him as well, before heading for his ship.

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Well, what do you think? Quite probably sucked but first chapters are always hard for me. You'll see an improvement in upcoming chapters!!

Chibi-Vash: *yawn* Believe it or not, she has a point..

I hope anyone who reads this kinda liked it, and if you read it, PLEASE review it!! I need comments or even constructive criticisms.

With love;

Jessie + Chibi-Vash