Chapter 5: Transformation & Confrontations
Vincent just glanced down at the girl he loved; she had fallen off the stump when she panicked. On the inside he was shocked, yet he managed to keep his composure on the outside.
**I knew you would set her off at some point. Your just a chew toy don't you see. ** Chaos said, trying to convince his host.
'You better watch it Chaos…I thought we had agreed two years ago that you would no longer bug me unless I actually needed you' Vincent growled.
**Fine, just trying to warn you though** the monster mocked and left him alone.
Yuffie was still recovering on the leaf-covered ground, taking deep breaths as a cold sweat came down her face. She stared at her arms, which were in front of her; she could see the scars from the whipping she had received. Some tears threatened to come out, as she slowly look up to see Vincent and gasped and saw it wasn't there.
"Vincent…" Yuffie whispered softly and heard crunching of leaves.
She turned to see him limping with branch toward the entrance of the forest.
'Is he leaving me?' Yuffie thought.
She stood slowly and followed him silently, head hung low, watching her feet. How could she explain herself? Tears now streamed down her face, blinding her from walking properly. She stumbled a bit and then fell on her knees, crying silently. Vincent continued walk, listening to his surroundings till something caught him as odd, he didn't hear another set of feet crunching leaves behind him anymore. He turned around to see a now limp figure, shaking due to her excessive crying on the ground a 100 or so feet back.
He started to limp toward and then kneeled carefully next to her.
**What do you plan on doing? You're a monster. She sees you as one now. Just accept it.**
'Fuck off Chaos, I'm not in the mood, something is ripping her apart from the inside and I need to know what it is.'
**Yes, I see now, hate, denial, mistrust, guiltiness, physical pain…her life sounds more interesting then yours** Chaos joked.
'Be useful for once, tell me what you sense exactly'
**You can figure it out by yourself**
"Yuffie…I'm not mad at you…" Vincent said calmly, trying to cheer her up.
"You are not…hiccup:: to blame…It's all Kenji and Godo's fault ::hiccup::" Yuffie replied crying hard.
"What happened in Wutai exactly?" Vincent asked.
Yuffie just simple showed her arms, and he could see scars on them, lots of them. Vincent held her arm in disbelief, tracing the scars slightly with his fingers.
"A whip…" Vincent noted.
"A Bamboo whip, the one my dad uses on incompetent slaves. Arms, Legs, Stomach, and Back…not to mention psychological harm…" Yuffie murmured under slowly as if every word hurt her deeply like a sword.
Vincent looked into Yuffie's stormy eyes, sensing a barrier there. Something she wasn't mentioning, keeping from him even. What was it? Vincent sighed at this question, stumped.
"Yuffie…is there anything else you want to tell me?" Vincent asked innocently as he could be but with sincerity.
"No…." Yuffie stammered and looked away, fighting back tears.
"You can tell me Yuffie."
"I don't want to tell you! You'll never look at me the same way again. I was weak…I let Kenji win! Where was Leviathan when I asked it for protection?!" Yuffie yelled crying more.
"What do you mean?" Vincent asked confused.
**She was violated, she probably deserved it too** Chaos butted in.
'You better be glad I can't hurt you without hurting myself, because if I could kill you I would!' Vincent yelled loudly causing Chaos to cower in surprise at his host's anger.
"I'm sorry Vincent…I let another man enjoy me, I didn't want him to but he did. I'm sorry…" Yuffie whispered and then ran off.
"Yuffie wait!" Vincent yelled as he tried to stand wincing.
**Told you, She was violated and is ashamed. Why do you think she tried to kill herself?**
'How…horrible for her, I bet Kenji is the one who did this…oh but Yuffie…' Vincent thought to Chaos
Vincent still sat there, streaks of crimson pouring from his eyes; he didn't know why he was crying exactly…for the pain it caused her? The shame it caused her? Her reluctance toward him all of a sudden? All of this? At some point in his life he would have never been able to cry back before the meteor and Sephiroth, but afterwards, Yuffie
Had opened him up and made him who he was back before Hojo and Lucreia. All he really could think about Kenji and how angry it made me, so angry it made Chaos happy.
**Want to spill some blood?**
'Yes….' Vincent replied his eyes becoming redder.
Yuffie ran fast, her head not thinking straight, she just continued to run, feeling the shame, blame, and pain coming back to her. Death was starting to look good once more, as she ran even faster. Yuffie was suddenly on the ground, still crying. She glanced back and saw a big tree root and her foot right by it. She kneeled and looked around; she did not know where she was anymore. She put her face to the ground as if bowing and started to cry harder.
"Why can't I stop crying…?" Yuffie asked aloud to herself with some difficulty.
"It's because you miss me so much my dear bride." Yuffie heard a familiar voice state.
She bolted up and through her blurry eyes; she saw the figure of a familiar brother of hers. She glanced up and started to scoot back when she felt some one grab her by her shoulders. She turned quickly to see one of Kenji's men holding her as a few more of his men approached them.
"Vincent!" Yuffie screamed but was soon silenced by Kenji's mouth.
Kenji kissed her deeply, despite her struggle, making it easier on him. Finally, she kicked him and he faltered back, looking angry.
"Shinji! Hand me the case." Kenji ordered.
The man named Shinji stepped forward and opened the long black case, pulling out something Yuffie could not see, because his back was to her. Kenji carefully took it from him and walked toward Yuffie. Her eyes were wide in horror as she saw her father's whip once more, with her dried blood on the whip along with the thousands of slaves' blood. She looked away and squinted her eyes, waiting to be struck when she heard men screaming in fright. She opened her eyes slowly seeing a black beast with red eyes kill Kenji's men left and right. Yuffie tried to break free from her captor but could not
Yuffie saw the monster coming toward her and it growled at Yuffie's captor. The man became scared and started to run away, releasing Yuffie. The black monster continued to chase the man down and then bit his head off and then rushing back toward Yuffie. Yuffie became startled as she saw the monster coming toward her and backed away, bumping into Kenji. Kenji grabbed her by the wrist before she could protest and started running.
"Let Go!" Yuffie yelled and gave him a swift kick to the stomach.
Kenji backed off and then started running away fast toward the vehicle he had arrived in. Yuffie sighed but then turned her thoughts back to the big black beast before her. The monster just stood there, looking at her protectively.
"You saved me…" Yuffie whispered and walked toward it, stroking it.
The beast gently took her hand and put it to its face. Yuffie then became confused; it was acting…like a human? No that could not be she thought. A beast cannot be a human. Yuffie then saw a soft yellow and red glow form around the beast and Yuffie backed away slowly, a bit scared. It wasn't till she saw black pants, bare chest, burgundy eyes and long ebony hair did she realize it was Vincent. The beast was now gone and Vincent stood in it's place.
"Vincent…was…was that Chaos?" Yuffie asked slowly touching his face with her hand to make sure it was not just, her seeing this.
"Yes…I finally agreed with him to transform to protect you." Vincent replied, enjoying her touch.
'Chaos…can we just agree on something?'
**And what would that be?**
'That I'll only transform into you when I'm helping some one in danger…like Yuffie…'
**I do not know Valentine…**
'Please Chaos?' Vincent asked, saying please to the monster for the first time in his lifetime.
**Well since you said please…that's a rarity. I guess I can agree with these terms…**
'Thank You….'
**Yeah Yeah Your welcome, now leave me alone, I'm tired.** and with that Chaos was silent.
"Thank You Vincent…for saving my life…" Yuffie said, hugging him.
Right as she broke away, they heard a gun shot. Vincent quickly put his arm around her and used himself as a shield as it pierced his shoulder. Vincent winced and Yuffie grabbed Vincent and started running toward the river near by. It was not long before they reached the river, bullets flying toward them. Yuffie glanced over the edge; the river was far below them, surrounded by a canyon next to the river. Yuffie started to run a long the edge in attempt to lose Kenji and his back up men. Vincent was right behind her when he stopped. Yuffie halted when she saw Vincent not moving and ran back to him
"Come on! We need to get going." Yuffie yelled yanking on his arm.
"Go on without me, my leg injury from earlier is only going to slow you down. I'll take care of them." Vincent and Yuffie ran a little until they were near the very edge separating air from land.
"Go without me please!" Vincent yelled seeing Kenji was catching up.
"You already made me do this before, I won't do it again." Yuffie yelled back
"Quit being stubborn and go!" Vincent yelled when they heard the loud sound of a gunshot.
Yuffie watched as it came flying, Vincent pushing her aside and taking the hit. He faltered a bit, his side bleeding. Yuffie was on the ground near the edge of the canyon watching as Vincent slowly faltered backward over the edge of the cliff.
Yuffie quickly put her arm over the edge to catch his hand and she did for a brief moment before her shoulder complained of the sudden strain on her wound. She started to cry as she tried to pull him up.
"Your hurt. Stop" Vincent ordered.
"No!"
Vincent took his claw and pried his other hand free and he dropped to the river below. Yuffie by now was crying harder again [AN: Damn this girl cries a lot . my fault I guess since I'm the writer].
She stood quickly when she heard more gunshots and started running away from the canyon. She continued to run when she saw Cloud and Tifa, yelling her and Vincent's name. Yuffie continued to run faster toward them.
Tifa glanced and saw Yuffie running quickly toward them, men shooting at her. Tifa tugged on Cloud and he soon noticed what Tifa was staring at.
Tifa quickly put her hand over a small green orb in her glove, "Lightning 3!" The bolts summoned came down near the Kenji and his men, causing them to cower once more.
Yuffie finally made it over to the two and dropped to her knees, catching her breath.
"What happened?" Tifa asked and continued, "All we heard was that you and Vincent had to escape the hospital and made a break for the forest."
"Kenji…came to the hospital so I escaped through the vents I don't know how Vincent made it out but I found him in the forest. We made a break for it even though injured and we ran into Kenji…Vincent turned into Chaos and saved me and then headed toward the small canyon. Kenji caught up with us again and shot Vincent, Vincent stumbled and fell off the cliff into the river and I couldn't save him!" Yuffie explained breaking down.
Cloud and Tifa were in shock as they heard, hanging on her every word. Tifa's eyes became glassy, hugging Yuffie.
"That river has a fast current…that means…Vincent is dead…" Cloud said slowly, trying to accept it himself.
How was that?? I mean, I think the more I write the worse I get but that's just my own personal opinion. Well, please R/R and thanks to the people who have already. I'm glad people like my "seriousness". Well, please continue to read and I'll see you guys in the next chapter! ^^