( 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/Aeris fic. This is a great fic for all you Vincent or Aeris 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! ' Any more critiques or anything could really help me improve my writings.. thanks. This is a fairly short ... anndddd... I still don't have any songs!!

Red Death's Love

-LMG-

Vincent awoke in the middle of the night with a violent start. Had he fallen asleep? The air was cool. The night was dark and the shadows created by the soft flames, crept around him like wolves. The fire was dying down, and the chocobo had been sound asleep. He didn't know what caused him to wake up like that, but he knew something was up.

He reached for the Outsider next to him. Vincent sat up and listened for sound of any kind. At first he didn't hear anything unusual, but then, he heard it. That noise.. it sounded like someone splashing around in the water.. He could've sworn he heard something whimpering or coughing... It sounded human, and it was coming from the lake where Cloud buried Aeris..

This puzzled Vincent greatly. He could've sworn that there was no one here but him and the chocobo. Vincent to a quick gander around the room, and stood up. Whatever it was, he had to check it out. It could be someone in trouble. Vincent left the comfort of his room with the Outsider in hand, and proceeded out towards the darkness.

His night was just getting stranger and stranger by the moment. What in the world is going around here? He went down by the water to see what was going on. He'd guessed right, there was a person drowning in the lake. Maybe it's a wandering merchant? Or a treasure seeker. Or maybe a foe?

Vincent didn't know what to think, but he had to react soon before the person disappeared under the crystal waters. As much as he didn't want to leave his beloved gun behind, he thrust it down to the ground. He quickly unbuttoned his shirt and jumped in. God it the water was freezing. Vincent ignored the biting water and swam towards the struggling person.

It was dark and he couldn't make out the face of the struggling stranger The person was either insane, or didn't know how to swim. It seemed every time he reached for the person, that person would struggle even more, like he didn't know what was going on. The person's movement's became more frantic. He/she began kicking. Vincent knew that if he didn't do any thing soon, the person would most likely go down and most likely take Vincent down with him.

Vincent pulled back his hand and punched the stranger in the face. He felt the body go limp, and he took the opportunity to grab a hold of the person's shirt and drag them to shore, only when he grabbed for the man's shirt, he'd discover that it was a woman, he was holding not a man.

Too cold to rebuke himself for what he'd done, he swam back with the woman. He dragged her to the edge of dry land. She collapsed from exhaustion. Vincent was breathing heavily he fell on his knees next to the woman. He looked around his surrounding to make sure they didn't disturb anything from it's resting hole. Vincent picked up his weapon and his shirt. He knew better than to linger around in the darkness for long. There were too many things around that went bump in the night and he didn't want to meet up with any of those things. Last but not least, he hoisted the girl over his shoulder. He took another look around to make sure everything was safe, and made way towards his little "campfire".

As soon as he got home, he layed the girl down on the floor. He went over to the tree and broke off some more leaves and branches to feed the fireplace. The girl coughed and moaned. Vincent cast a quick glance over his shoulder then returned to rekindling the fire. The fire was getting bigger now. Good. He thought as he buttoned his shirt on. His black pants were soaked, and stuck to his skin. Vincent ignored the awkward feeling and went over to the passed out female. Thank God for the light, now I can see if she's wounded or not.

As he neared her, he paused, he could tell that the girl was young, and very pretty. But there was something familiar about her too. He sat down next to her and tilted her face towards the light so he could see clearer.

My God...

"Aeris ..."

Vincent whispered her name, like a ghost. How could this be? This is impossible... Vincent narrowed his eyes and peered down at Aries's pitiful face. He saw the bruise on her chin. Vincent felt ashamed for hitting her, but he had no choice.

Aeris's eyes were closed. He checked her wrist for her pulse. Good, it was normal. Vincent wanted more than anything to shake her awake and ask her questions. But he knew better. Interrogating her now wouldn't help anything. Besides, I don't think that she would be in the proper state of mind to answer right now, he told himself nonchalantly. Instead, he focused on the dire situation. Aeris, or whoever she was had been in the freezing water for how long? She could get sick or worse yet, frostbite.

Vincent picked up the unconscious girl and brought her by the fire. He took off her layers of wet clothes. He left her undergarments on and went over to his pack. He'd packed an extra pair of slacks and shirts, he pulled them out of his backpack and quickly put them on the wet girl. He went over to his cloak. He picked it up from the floor and wrapped the cloak around Aeris's form.

He grabbed the rest of her clothes and hung them by the fire to dry. Her hair was still wet, but at least she was dry. Aeris shivered slightly, and Vincent went over to her. He sighed. She was still cold. He laid down next to her and wrapped his arms around her. The fire was warm. And slowly, but surely, Vincent could feel the warmth spreading over her body. Vincent was already warm. But he was so tired.

Maybe, I can contact Cloud tomorrow on my PHS communicator.... I don't know if it works, but I'll use it anyways, maybe, he'll know what to do with Aeris ....

His eyelids were getting heavy and he could feel the arms of morpheus surrounding him. Within a few minutes, Vincent was fast asleep.

-End-

Good.. the party's getting started....