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Disclaimer: I do not claim rights over Final Fantasy VII, but the story idea and lines are mine.

I Can Be Hurt Too!

Yuffie woke up bright and early the next morning. She stood up slowly, glancing over to Vincent's bed. Not there.. She thought. Hey! Maybe he's already downstairs eating breakfast with the others, already! That is, if they even get up this early, and that, is pretty doubtful..

She turned her head toward the clock on the left wall. Whoa.. It's only 6:36 and Vinnie's not even in bed! Damn, that vamp gets up early.

She glanced around the room more, this time spotting a spider. She let a scream escape through her lips and backed up slowly, terrified of the creature.

By this time, Vincent had already heard the scream. He was up the stairs in a flash. Yuffie! his mind screamed, something must be wrong..

He dashed toward their bedroom, ready to snatch his Death Penalty out and kill whatever, or whoever had made Yuffie scream so loudly. He hated it when she screamed, loud as she may be, it was an unpleasant sound to be heard from the young Shinobi. Nearing the door, he collided with a hard something--or rather, someone.

"Vinnie!" she muttered under her breath. She clung to him, unable to let go if her life depended on it. She was shaking badly, Vincent knew that something must have been wrong.

"Yuffie, what is the matter?" Vincent questioned, keeping his voice his usual monotone.

"S-sp-spider!" Yuffie stuttered, clinging even tighter.

"Only a spider?" Vincent raised an eyebrow surprised. He had thought it had been something much more.

"What do you mean ONLY a spider?! Those things creep the hell out of me.." Yuffie exclaimed, clinging even more then one would thought possible.

"..Yuffie...calm down.. If you're so terrified, I'll go kill it.. Now let go of me." Vincent told her, voice as monotone as ever.

Yuffie looked up into his eyes, noticing they held no emotion. Hah, she thought to herself, Same old Vinnie.

Yuffie unclung from Vincent quickly. As he started to walk toward their room, she snatched his arm.

"No! Vinnie, you can't kill it.. Just..dump it outside! Killing creatures, even as scary as that one, is wrong." Yuffie begged.

With a sigh, Vincent said, "Fine. It'll be gone, and I won't kill it, just wait here. We don't need the rest of AVALANCHE coming up here to see what all the commotion is."

With that, Vincent walked into their room and closed the door, leaving Yuffie to no one but her thoughts.

After about five minutes, which seemed more like five hours to Yuffie, she saw Vincent come out of their room. She had been sitting on the floor so she instantly got up and ran over to him.

"So.." she whispered, seeing as though everyone may be asleep. She raised her voice a little and continued, "You got it, right? And didn't kill it?"

"Yes," was Vincent's only reply. He started to walk toward the stairs when Yuffie spoke up once more.

"Stop right there, Vinnie Valentine!" she yelled at Vincent. Startled, he turned around to face the young Shinobi.

"What is it now?" Vincent asked quietly.

"Well.." she dashed over to Vincent and wrapped her arms tightly around him.

Startled by the sudden embrace, Vincent asked her, "What was that?"

"My way of saying thanks.." Yuffie turned from him and blushed furiously.

"Okay then.. You're welcome.." Vincent told her as he walked down the stairs, leaving the girl to herself once more.

The day passed quickly, everyone on the couches Cloud and Tifa had in their living room, waiting for Cloud to start the meeting.

"Well.." Cloud began.

Cloud looked over to Tifa, smiling he stated, "It seems we all haven't been like this in a year, so it was Tifa's idea we have an annual meeting and a party."

"Is this alright with everyone?" Tifa asked the group known as AVALANCHE, hope shown showing through her facial features.

"A'ight. Fine wit' me." Barret stated, looking around the room at everyone else.

"Sure, as long as it doesn't last long. But be aware, that if anything happened to Cosmo Canyon, I shall not be attending for that year," Nanaki, previously known as Red XIII, told the rest of the group."

"Fuck yeah! I wouldn't miss this it if Sephiroth came back! Gotta love to party." Cid grinned at the others.

"Yo, vamp! Answer Tif's question before I shove a pipe in ya--" But, before Barret could finish what he was saying, he was interrupted by Vincent.

"I am not a Vampire, and yes, I will be attending if she wishes my presence." Vincent stated bluntly, voice showing no emotion at all

"Heck yeah! Par-tay!" Yuffie pipped in, excitement flowing through her veins.

"Shut up, brat!" Cid yelled at Yuffie angrily.

"You shut up, old man!" By this time, Yuffie was getting angry at the pilot.

"You're nothing but a child, go back to Wutai." Cid told her sternly.

Yuffie lost control of her anger, she couldn't take them treating her like a child anymore. Before she could stop herself, a loud smacking sound was heard, followed by a scream of pain coming from the pilot Cid himself.

"D-d-don't you EVER call me a child again!" Yuffie stuttered angrily.

With this, Yuffie ran as fast as possible out past the red material hanging from the roof to separate the living room from the dinning room. A couple of seconds later, they heard a door slam.

"Damn, brat.." Cid muttered under his breath.

Cloud and the others looked from the red material hanging from the roof(I can't remember what it's called..) to Cid. He repeated this several more times before getting up, attempting to leave the room but it was no good, Tifa had gotten up as well and held him back.

"Cloud.. I know you're angry at Cid right now, but, Vincent, could to please go see if she's okay?" Tifa asked.

Vincent nodded and got up, walking out in the direction Yuffie went. Silently he walked up the stairs and tried to open the door. No good. It was locked. He knocked on the door and silently called in to her, "Yuffie? Please, let me in or I shall be forced to break this door down."

After there being no answer for several minutes, he punched the door hard, having it land down on the floor of the bedroom. Quickly he walked in and looked over to see a crying Yuffie spread out all over her bed. He picked up the fallen door and put it back on.

After fixing the door problem, he walked over to Yuffie.

"Yuffie, are..you okay?" He asked, a bit of concern flowed in his voice for the first time since he was awoken briefly by Yuffie, Cloud, and Tifa back at ShinRa Mansion.

Yuffie instantly wiped the tears away. "Yeah.. I'm fine!" she replied, putting on a small but fake smile.

Getting up, Vincent knew that she lied about her being alright. Not really caring about his looks for a second, Yuffie wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight hug.

"Vinnie.." Yuffie whispered into his ear.

"Yes?" Vincent asked Yuffie, noticing she stopped crying.

"Thanks for your concern." she told him, her voice soft, and on her face, a small genuine smile.