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Chapter 9: Confession and Teams

Everybody, who was sitting in the lounge, looked up as they saw Tifa re- enter, carrying a mug of tea, with Vincent strolling along by her side. Tifa sat back down on the sofa and Vincent hopped back up onto it and lay back down with his head resting on Tifa's lap again. After a short period of nothing but silence, Red XIII spoke up.

"What was that all about, Tifa?" he questioned.

"Well I have something I have to tell you all, but I had to check something before I could tell you," Tifa answered, looking down at Vincent, who was watching everyone with a lazy expression.

"Well, what was it?" Cloud asked.

"Oh, right," Tifa said, feeling a little embarrassed that she hadn't told them her news yet, "Well, you may find this a little hard to believe, but I'm in love with Vincent and he returns my feelings. In other words we are going out."

This news caused everyone to be shocked into silence. Suddenly Cloud stood up, his face showing his anger.

"I can't believe this!" he yelled.

"Cloud?" Tifa said, wondering why he was so angry.

"I can't believe you're in love with him!" Cloud spat angrily, "I just can't believe you!"

Cloud stormed out of the room and everyone stared after him in shock. After a short while Cait Sith broke the silence.

"I think he's jealous. Cloud's also been in love with you, Tifa. I think he's annoyed that you chose Vincent over him," Cait Sith said.

"Well, I'm sorry I hurt his feelings, but he will just have to learn to deal with it. I love Vincent, not him," Tifa replied, turning her attention away from the door and back to Vincent, who was looking very uncomfortable.

"I think we should let him be alone for a while," Barrett suggested, "Let's decide what we are going to do tomorrow."

"Well, we've already decided that we are going to look around that lab facility where Tifa and Vincent were being held prisoner," Red XIII reminded everyone, "Tifa how large is that facility."

"It's massive. I'm actually surprised that me and Vincent found the exit," she replied.

"Well, then the best course of action will be to split up into teams and search the lab that way," Cait Sith said.

"O.k. then let's go around the lab in pairs. We should be able to cover a lot of ground that way," Yuffie suggested.

"O.k. but who is going to go with who?" Red XIII asked.

"Let's see. How about myself and Yuffie?" Barrett said, "Then Vincent can go with Cloud. It might give them time to sort things out."

"How can they sort things out when Vincent can't speak?" Cait Sith asked.

That's what I was thinking, Vincent thought.

"Well, Cloud will hopefully realize that Vincent is his friend, not a rival and that he should be happy for him and Tifa," Barrett replied, slightly annoyed that Cait Sith was questioning him.

"Who will the rest of us go with?" Tifa inquired, a little disappointed that she wouldn't be with Vincent.

"Tifa, you go with Cait Sith and Cid, you go with Red XIII," Barrett answered.

Everyone seemed happy with Barrett's decision. Shera eventually left the room to start making dinner for everyone and Tifa left to help her. Cid left to see if he could find Cloud and Barrett, Cait Sith and Red XIII just lapsed into silence.

Yuffie, realizing that everyone was done talking, moved to sit next to the sofa and started to fuss Vincent. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, she thought.

AN - Oh dear, Cloud doesn't seem to happy for Vincent and Tifa. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one will be up soon, so keep reading. Please review.