( None of these belong to me. They are owned by Squaresoft/enix so I would greatly appreciate it if you don't sue me please thanks) This is my second time writing a fic so bear with me, there's prolly a lot of mistakes in here. Lol no flames please. This is a Vincent/Aries fic. This is a great fic for all you Vincent or Aries fans out there... ' oh and another thing.. I know that I'm kinda rushing things and I'm telling the story really fast, but bear with me... I swear, I'll go more into depth and the later chapters will get better! ' I hope...

Red Death's Love

-LMG-

(Lyrics from the Crow)

It can't rain all the time,

The sky won't fall forever

And though the night seems long

Your tears won't fall forever

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Vincent stepped through the giant waterfall. "Lucrecia?" He called out to her.

Silence. She was no longer there. It's been a week since the meteor incident and Vincent had trekked all the way back to the cave to see if his lost love was still here. He had promised Lucrecia that he would take care of Sephiroth, which was what she wanted, no needed to hear before she passed on the nether world.

Vincent sighed and took a long look around the white cavern. This was where Lucrecia had hidden to get away from Hojo. He had turned her into something different, and ethereal. He had killed her. The woman Vincent loved, the mother, of the bane of existence Sephiroth, Lucrecia. Although he hated Hojo, Vincent was also to blame for what had transgressed between Hojo and Lucrecia. He could've done something to prevent Hojo from hurting her. But no... He had to follow orders. He had to play the role of the Turk, instead of a lover. Dark stands of hair fell over his eyes. For the second time in his life Vincent cried. He crumpled into a pitiful heap on the floor, and let it all out.

Vincent was devastated when he left Lucrieca's Cave. He had wanted to see Lucrecia again one last time before she joined the life-stream. But now, it was too late. He disappeared and went back to the Shinra mansion to brood. He went back to the coffin... Lucrecia was gone, and the threat of meteor destroyed... what else was there? He laid there in his coffin, undisturbed. Years passed and Vincent had nothing but the pain of his memories to comfort him.

He thought about ending his life many times. He could do it and be done with it... No one would miss him. Then he could be with his beloved.

Although he was depressed, he had found some solace in knowing that Lucrecia was happier now, and that one day she would return to the earth... and maybe then they could be together. It was hard to let go of Lucrecia, and he didn't want to... but he knew that he had to move on somehow...

After a while, he decided that it was time to go. He left his coffin, and returned to the realm of the living. It had been a long time since he'd went outside. 10 years to be exact. He wondered about his old friends and how they were faring, maybe it was due to nostalgia, but Vincent wanted to see them again.

He was a light packer. He only packed the things he needed, which wasn't much. He wasn't expecting to return for a long time. When he exited the Shinra building, he didn't bother to turn around. He just kept moving forward.

There were people standing in the middle of the street gawking at him as he passed by. Vincent simply ignored them. He knew that he must have seemed a frightful sight to behold. Hojo had created him that way. As Vincent neared the exit gates of Nibelheim, he heard footsteps trailing behind him. It was almost as if someone was trying to catch up to him. Vincent turned around to see who it was. When he did so, he felt something small bump into him.

Vincent looked down just in time to see a little girl fall back onto her bottom. He noticed a group of young boys, about five of them whispering to each other behind some bushes, from the corner of his eye. The little girl was wearing a yellow summer dress and looked to be about 6 years of age. Her dress was dirty, probably from rough housing with her friends. She had short brown hair and big brown eyes that stared at him with wonderment. To Vincent's surprise, she grinned at him. She was missing her front tooth.

She got up from the dirty street and held out her hand. "I think you dwop dis out from your black bag... mister..." She said cutely.

She opened her tiny hands and revealed a piece of materia. It was a cure materia, and he had plenty of those. Did he drop it? Vincent shook his head. "It's yours..."

The girl's eyes twinkled with delight. "Are you sure? Are you really for real?"

Vincent nodded and didn't say anything.

"Gee thanks mister..." She turned to leave, and paused. "Um... why are your eyes red?"

He somehow knew that she was going to ask him that question, before she said it. Everyone he'd come across did. They always wanted to know why he looked the way he looked. And they always asked his about eyes.

Vincent knelt down and hunched over a bit so he could see her eye to eye. "It's because I'm a monster.." He told her.

He didn't really care if he frightened her, he just wanted to continue on his journey.

The little girl stared at him for a moment thoughtfully and said, "I don't think you're a monster... I like your eyes.. I dink they're pwetty..." After she said that, she bounced away happily and towards the group of boys.

The boys began poking and teasing her playfully. Vincent was too far away to hear their conversation, but he could tell what was going on by their body language. It was amazing what a few gestures could reveal.

The boys were pointing at her hand. The little girl shook her head no at first.. and she hesitated to open her palm to show them her gift. She reluctantly frowned and gave in to their demands when they pointed towards a nearby home, which Vincent guessed, was her house by the way she scrunched up her face when she looked over at it.

A murmur of oohs and ahs could be heard. The little girl glanced back at Vincent and waved. He got up and turned away. He walked through the gate and he knew that it would be awhile before he returned if ever. He didn't care either way, but the little girls actions had stirred something within his heart... a feeling he thought had passed away... a long time ago...Vincent pushed the thought away and headed in the direction of Rocket Town.

-End-