Chapter 14: Short Fuse

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"So why did they call us?" Barret asked again.

"They said they need to talk to us about something" Cloud said... again.

"About what I wonder?" He said.

Cloud shrugged "She just said that we all needed to come over..."

"I still shiver when I think about them being in love" Cid said.

"Why?" Nanaki asked.

"I mean think about it!! Yuffie? Vincent? Come the fuck on!"

"Calm down Cid!!" Tifa snapped, "I think they look cure together!"

"You would!" He snapped back.

"Would you guys shut up already??!!" Cloud yelled.

"Yeah! Who are we ta say is they should be tagetta or not?" Barret stated.

"I agree" Nanaki said.

"Why couldn't that fucking cat come?" Cid asked.

"We just couldn't get a hold of him" Tifa said.

"I still think we should try to get them apart! That's a 17 year age difference!" Mumbled Cid.

Cloud shot Cid a serious death glare.

"What?" Cid whined.

"Cid. Just drop it! If Yuffie and Vincent want to be together, then they want to be together. We have no say in it!" Snapped Nanaki.

Cid sighed "Fine. But don't fuckin get pissed when he breaks her heart- UFF" Cloud gave him a low blow.

"What the fucking hell was that for?!" Cid yelled.

"Look! They're together and that's that! Now DROP it!" The ex-solider demanded.

"Humph" The pilot said under his breath.

(*~*)

"You're sure you want to get them involved Yuffie?" Vincent asked concerned.

"Look Vinnie, We're a team remember! Plus... Since Terran have been all over us lately were gonna need some help... I could barely gather enough energy to kill Terran last time..." she sniffed.

"...What's wrong?" Vincent lightly took her in his arms "It just... Terran he... How can someone be so evil?... Even Sephiroth was a good guy a one point... But I don't think that was the case for Terran… I think he's always been insane..." she continued "Plus... Sephiroth had even more than you to deal with in his life... I would have lost my mind too..."

Vincent didn't know how to respond. How could he respond? "Well... don't worry my love... we will all face it together..." he scowled him self for that being the best he could come up with.

Yuffie looked up at him for a moment and gazed into his Crimson red eyes and smiled and nodded her head and then rested it on top on his chest.

Just then the doorbell rang.

Will friends believe you?

"I don't know" the young ninja mentally replied "How am I gonna tell them a Materia told me all this?"

You must think of a way! If not, the world- no the universe will be in supreme danger!

She kept thinking of ways to tell them as she made her way down stairs but it seemed like nothing would work.

She hesitantly put her hand on the knob before slowly turning it. She was nervous. So much had happened in so little time lately. How would she explain it all? She didn't know if she would be able too.

"H-hey guys!" she stuttered.

"Hey brat!", Barret joked ,"How you been?" he asked before stepping inside.

"Yuffie" Nanaki politely greeted in his special manner  as he always did.

Cloud and Tifa just nodded to Yuffie and she nodded back. She knew that they had already a slight clue of what they were going to talk about today.

Cid had an annoyed look on his face. Not that that was different from any other day but this one had other sorts of emotions mixed in which gave Yuffie chills. He just crossed his arms and walked in with out even making eye contact.

"What's eating him?" She wondered.

Yuffie walked into the living room where everyone was and sat down by Vincent. She noticed Cid giving Vincent an uncomfortable glare.

"So..." she tried to get somewhere "How has-" "Cut the greeting and all shit! Get to the point!" Cid snapped cutting her off. Vincent obviously took offence in this and opened his mouth to speak but Yuffie shook her head.

"Hurry it-" Cid began but Cloud nudged him... hard. "Ow! Hey watch it spiky ass!"

Yuffie started to get annoyed, "Ok people! What's going on?" she finally asked.

"What ya mean?" Barret raised a brow.

(*~*)

Chaos: Seems like Yuffie's about to blow a fuse.

Vincent didn't respond.

"Don't give me that!" Yuffie snapped "It obvious something's up! So what is it?!"

"Its nothi-" Nanaki started to be cut off by Cid "I don't think you two should be together! That's what!"

(*~*)

Yuffie's eyes widened. She felt tears slowly well up in her eyes.

"CID!!" Everyone but Cid, Vincent, and Yuffie yelled.

"Humph.  At least I told the fucking truth didn't I?" he mumbled.

Did her relationship with Vincent really effect the rest of the group that much? Was it really that big of a problem? Did it really cause this much commotion? But why?

(*~*)

Vincent slowly stood up glaring deeply into the very depths of Cids pathetic soul.

"How dare he!" He yelled in his mind.

"Damnit Cid!! Why couldn't you for once keep you're damn mouth shut?!" The blond haired swordsman exclaimed.

Vincent clenched his fists and turned to look at Yuffie. She was damaged even more from Cid's smart comment. The pain he saw was something he thought Yuffie would never have to experience.

"You fuckin idiot!" Barret yelled.

"How dare you!" Vincent finally cut in. He struggled to keep his anger at bay to keep Chaos under control to no avail. Cid had not only hurt him, But Yuffie as well.

All gazes, except Yuffie's, who kept her head down in shock, looked at Vincent.

"I dare what?" Cid mocked. Amazingly, there was a slight sound of amusement in his tone. That caused Vincent to almost loose control, but caught himself before it went too far.

"Cid! Cut it out!" Tifa hissed.

"No! I want to hear what the vampire has to say!" He mocked again.

Chaos: LET ME OUT! I'LL KILL EM!!! LET ME OUT!! LET ME AT HIM!!

"Well?" Cid began "Whatcha gonna do, vampire?"

That was the last straw. Vincent ran up and gave Cid an uppercut with his human fist.

Cid went flying across the room and landed with a loud thud causing everyone to gasp also catching Cid by surprise.

Cloud ran and secured Vincent, while Barret held back Cid so they wouldn't kill each other.

Chaos: God damnit! LET ME OUT!

"No! No one will die here! That was just to get my point across! Now silence beast!!!" Vincent screamed in his head.

Tifa ran in between the two men "Would you two stop it?! Someone is going to get killed!!"

"Yeah! ITS GONNA BE THAT FUCKING VAMPIRE WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM!!" Cid snapped.

"CID!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!" Tifa hollered turning to Vincent "Were sorry Vincent. Maybe we should come back tomorrow when everything is cooled down" she said as calmly as she could. Hiding the anger towards Cid.

Vincent nodded, trying to show as less anger as possible. Cloud slowly released him and everyone other than Yuffie and Vincent started out the door, with Cid being carried off by Barret to keep him self from getting killed by Vincent.

(*~*)

"WHAT WAS WITH YOU BACK THERE?!" Cloud yelled at Cid in the room at the Niblhem inn.

Cid had an annoyed expression on his face and avoided eye contact with Cloud and just shrugged, Like a pissed off teenager.

"Yuffie asked what was wrong so I told her" He sarcastically remarked.

"..." Cloud was speechless in fury.

"Man Cid! Were you looking to get killed back there?! You know Vincent! If he gets angry enough he won't hesitate to kill!" Tifa warned.

"To bad he would already be dead by the time he got that angry" Cid mocked again.

"Cid, what you did back there was totally unnecessary" The orange furred beast remarked.

Cid just kept avoiding eye contact and shrugged again like a 14 year old.

(*~*)

Yuffie cried and cried in her lovers arms.

"Shh... Its ok..." Vincent comforted.

"Is us being together *sniff* really that big of a *sniff* problem towards the others? *sniff*" she sobbed.

"I don't know..."  Was all he could think to say.

She kept on crying until eventually she cried herself to sleep in his arms.