I'm back! I meant to post all this on friday, but some reason it wouldn't load. Maybe it was because it was Friday the 13th! Mwahahahahaha! Anyone else notice that "Mwahahahahaha" had a total of thirteen letters in it? Creepy coincidence. Things start to pick up after this point so pay attention. I don't own anything related to Final Fantasy. A full list of what I do and do not own will be at the very end of the story. So don't nitpick me about not putting up the copyright and ownership stuff.

Vincent sat up. A small candle burned brightly in a corner. This place was familiar to Vincent. It took a moment before he recognized it as Mr. Holzoff's cabin near the Gaia cliffs. But Mr. Holzoff wasn't to be seen. Neither was Yuffie, which worried him greatly. Remembering his dream, Vincent started to think that the person might have been right. Or maybe it was just a dream. As if response to the thought, his left arm released a pulse of light from under the shield.

"I'll take the hint. Where are you Yuffie?"

"You call Vince?"

Yuffie stepped into the room. She had an apron on and was holding a skillet.

"Good timing, I was just making something to eat."

"What happened? I remember the fall, but nothing after that."

"You were out cold when I woke up. I tried to wake you, but I couldn't. It was too cold just to stay there until you did, so I dragged you to Mr. Holzoff's place. And I just been waiting for you to get up and around since then."

"A few days. Outside the hypothermia, you had managed to really mess up your back. You apparently hit those rocks real hard."

"I couldn't let you be hurt."

"Thanks Vincent. You're so sweet. I don't deserve you."

"I'm the one who doesn't deserve you."

"Stop, you're making me blush."

"But you look so much cuter like that."

"Stop. Dinner will burn if we keep this up."

"And Mr. Hozoff might come in at any second."

Yuffie looked down at the floor.

"No, he won't."

"What does that mean?"

"While I was bringing you in, I saw a gravestone outside."

"So he's dead. May he return to the planet in peace."

"Amen. Let's get something to eat."

In a little while, Yuffie had managed to make a small hot dinner for the both of them.

"This is good. Where'd you get everything?"

"A lot of it was in the pantries. It's kinda strange that for such a remote place, its well-stocked with food."

"And this meat is wonderful. Where'd you learn to cook?"

"I had to take a part-time job with a chef for a while."

"Steal anything from him?"

"I resent that. I took nothing but what I earned."

"So he watched you like a hawk."

"And how."

"So where did you get the meat? I didn't see a meat locker around here."

"There isn't a meat locker."

"Look Yuffie, I don't quite know where this is going, but tell me where you got this meat."

"Outside."

"Outside? Where outside?"

"Just around outside." said Yuffie, looking around.

"Wait, don't tell me. You didn't dig up? I said I was enjoying that."

Yuffie burst into peals of laughter.

"You should see the look on your face! It's rabbit. A couple of Jumpings were hopping around outside the other day and I got 'em."

"I'll get you back for that."

"How? You couldn't pull a prank if your life depended on it."

"How about this. While I was asleep, someone talked to me."

"Of course someone did. I was bored, carrying you around. It helped to talk."

"No, I mean someone else. Someone in my head."

"Hearing voices, not a good sign."

"They told me three people had Jenova cells in them. There was me, Cloud and you."

"You were probably dreaming. I couldn't have Jenova cells."

"You could. Jenova cells infect every part of the body. I mean every part."

"Please, in the name of Leviathan, tell me you're joking."

"Here's the scary part, I'm not."

"This is worse then being pregnant! What'll I tell my dad? I'll become some freakish zombie bent on eating human flesh! I'm too young to be an undead zombie!"

"Yuffie! It's not like that. You're fine. It said it was a guardian of sorts. It just wants to help it's host, not control them. Relax. Would I lie to you?"

"You're gonna kill me someday with surprises like that. What else should I know about? You're gonna turn into another monster or something?"

"As a matter of fact, I am."

*Thud*

"This is like our wedding night all over again."

Yuffie woke up with a wet cloth on her head. Moving it aside, she saw Vincent bending over her. Yuffie's memory returned and she started to strangle Vincent.

"You had better be kidding." Yuffie said after she let him go.

"And if I'm not?"

"Well, I, um, I'll think of something."

"I'm not kidding. Baxent said I'll transform into something he called Order. Its some creature born from everything else inside me."

"So you'll just gain another limit, right? Nothing to worry about."

"Baxent said it will either be expelled from my body or just take over me."

"Vincent, look at me. Look me in the eyes. Tell me you're not joking. If you're messing with me I'll never forgive you. I'll just leave right now. Are you messing with me?"

"No, I'm telling the truth."

"Good, I'd hate to go out there. It's cold. But why didn't you tell me? You should have told me. I'm your wife dammit!"

"I didn't want you to worry."

"Now I'll worry double-time to make up for not knowing sooner. Don't worry about me. It's you who has the big problem."

"Thanks Yuffie. I think."

Later.

"You sure you're your up to this?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'll take care of Order in due time."

"And I'll be there to help. Here Chocobo! Come out, come out wherever you are! I said come here!"

The Chocobo jumped out from a little nest it had dug into the snow. It bounded over and chirped merrily. Yuffie wiped the snow from her face and grimaced. Vincent laughed quietly until Yuffie gave him a death stare. Climbing aboard the Chocobo, Vincent and Yuffie rode up the tall frozen cliffs.

A while later.

"Do we have to do this to every Malboro you see?"

"Yes! Do not question the wisdom of Yuffie the Vengeful! Die you bastard, die!"

Vincent leaned against the Chocobo. The Chocobo gave Vincent a stare that asked 'is she alright?' Vincent shook his head. This was the third stop this hour, and it had only been fifteen minutes into this hour. The last few hours had resulted in the sum total of 43 dead Malboros. Not that Vincent minded the Malboros. It was just that it was taking a long time for Yuffie to indulge her revenge against the species.

"Hey Vincent? Gonna help me or what?"

"No, you seem to be torturing it fine enough on your own."

"Come on! It's fun!"

"I'll pass."

Yuffie continued to slowly kill the creature for the next five minutes. When Yuffie finished, she wiped her Conformer off in the few remaining patches of clean snow and happily skipped back to the Chocobo.

"Are we ready to go, your highness?"

"Yes we are knave. There's another Malboro! Die!"

Vincent wasn't going to stand for another round of this. Yuffie might run out of snow to clean her weapon with and might decide that his cloak was a good substitute. Grabbing Yuffie across her waist, Vincent picked her up and jumped onto the Chocobo.

"I was enjoying myself."

"We are not going to stop until we reach the caverns, understood?" Vincent said in his most chilling tones.

"Understood."

The Chocobo climbed it's way up the cliffs. Since the terrain was unpredictable and rocky, Yuffie found a way to occupy herself. Taking deep breaths of the cold mountain air, Yuffie fought off the urge to throw up. The air helped and Yuffie soon was merely fighting to settle her stomach. At long last, too long for Yuffie's taste, they reached the top. The view was startling. The crater was green with vegetation. The air was no longer freezing cold, but it wasn't warm to say the least either. Riding down into the crater, Yuffie smelled the perfume of a thousand different flowers in bloom. The entrance to the caverns were devoid of plants. Nothing grew around its rim.

"Pretty unsettling. A few years ago this place was dead, but now. It's so beautiful. I wish I could stay here forever."

"We could."

"I doubt it, all the monsters would make it impossible."

"I don't think fighting is a huge problem here. Listen, there are some song birds singing."

"Good beat. But why's that a problem?"

"Birds don't sing if there's monsters around. And song birds stay a long ways away from dangerous places. Plus look at the ground around here. No tracks. It's as if all the monsters are gone."

"This is scaring me. This is the most dangerous place in the world, but nothings happening."

"Let's go down. We're sure to find some sign of Cloud."

Yuffie and Vincent walked deep into the planet's surface. It was eerily quiet. Nothing alive was down there. The only sounds that could be heard were the footsteps of the two and the maddening drip-drop of water from somewhere. Deeper and deeper they went, neither daring to make a sound. Soon they were close to the end of the road. Yuffie, who was particularly disturbed by the quiet, suddenly stopped.

"God damn it! If there are any monsters out there, just attack! You had better be here Cloud or I'll beat your spiky head into the ground! Where are you?"

Vincent jumped at the sudden noise. The echoes reverberated Yuffie's voice a thousand times over and over again.

"Did you have to do that? I could have died from shock."

"I couldn't take it anymore. It just got to me."

"You could have warned me about it."

"Sorry."

From the distance, a new voice called out.

"I'm down here! No need to shout! It's only me in this place."

If Vincent wasn't surprised before, he was now. Vincent took a minute to catch up with his heart, which was going a mile a minute. Yuffie was speechless and currently gasping for air. When they both recovered, they both silently agreed to beat the hell out of Cloud for that. Stepping through the archway that served as the entrance to the lowermost part of the cavern, Vincent and Yuffie prepared themselves for what ever lay on the other side.

What you think of that, eh? Things are getting interesting. Stick around. And do please do review. Maybe not this chapter, maybe not the next, but soon, probably towards the end.