A/N: Thank you for your reviews. Here's the chapter where they'll get to meet and yes Cid swears alot in this chapter. Like always. It should be a little amusing.

Chapter 2.

Inside the largest buidling of the town, there were several people in the large hall. They were using the stair case as a stage. Most of the people were men. Very few were women who looked like men. And they were all saying, "Oh, Uncle! It's me, Rufus Shinra! I've waited so long to see you!" There were two people sitting in chairs looking disgusted at some of the people. One was a gruff looking man and he was smoking a death stick. He had messy dirty blonde hair and grey eyes. He looked a little like a pilot.

And the other person was a very pretty woman. She had long dark brown hair that looked more like a river of chocolate flowing down her back. Her eyes were a wine red color. She wore black pants and a white dress shirt with a brown leather vest over it. Her face was resting in her hands as she stared at the men with wide disgusted eyes. She turned to the pilot and shook her head. "Cid, this is so ridiculous. Every single one of these idiots are just not getting it." She said. Cid shook his head. "And your &&ing telling me! This was your idea, Teef." He said standing up. He moved over to the large crowd. "Look you sacks of pig #!T! Your suppose to act all fancy! Act like your a rich and all! Try again, number one!" He pointed at black haired man.

Tifa rolled her eyes and slumped back in her chair."Oh, Uncle! It's me, Rufus Shinra! I've waited so long to see you!" The actor spoke rather loudly. Tifa looked even more disgusted. Cid saw the look and shook his head. "Next!" He hollared. They went on. Going through each actor. "Tifa! &!(#! This is not working! I can't && work these idiots!" Cid yelled as he slammed himself in the chair. Tifa rolled her eyes with a sigh. "At this rate, we'll never find the right guy to play as Rufus Shinra. How many times do I have to tell you! We need a blonde guy with grace and poise. Not some lumbering lazy louts!" She exclaimed. Cid began cursing.

The young woman of 20 looked at another young man who was eyeing her..."AHHHH!" He then cried out when she chucked her shoe at him hitting him hard in the head. "Get out! Get out all of you!" Tifa yelled getting to her feet and moving out of the room. Cid looked after her then waved his hand. "You &&ing heard the lady! Get out!" He roared. Muttering angrily every single fake 'Rufus Shinra' left.

Cid followed Tifa into the large dining room. "Listen, Teef! We're not giving up now! We'll find the right guy to play as Rufus Shinra. I know we will." He said. Tifa plopped into a large chair. "Yeah right. We've been looking for "Rufus Shinra" for two years and we haven't found a single guy that can do the job." She said wearily. Cid sat down next to her. "Now you listen here, Tifa Lockhart! I've known you for seven years. We are not giving up! You have never given up on anything in your life!" He said. Tifa looked up at him and sighed. "But..." She was saying. The pilot touched her lips with a rough finger. "Eh, just stop it. We'll find the guy. We'll find the right guy to play the part, collect that ten million Gil and they be outta there before the big boss of Shinra, Rupert Feine will ever figure out that it was a scam." He said. Tifa looked away. There was a long silence. "Well...let's go into the kitchen and eat some more ice cream." Cid said walking out. Tifa laughed and followed him.

Outside the mansion, at the gates stood Red and Yuffie staring with wide eyes with shock. They had never seen such a huge house like this before. They had spent a while asking some people where the Shinra Mansion was and every time they would get barked at then the people would whisper the directions. When they did, they would say, you didn't hear it from me.

Now they had found it and were in a deep shock of how big the building was. There must have been a lot of rooms in that house. It at least had four levels and a large court yard. There were several trees in the yard. The building was quite old and run down. But it still stood. It looked like a battle had taken place here. Red stared up at the building. A look on his face. For some reason this place looked familiar. Yuffie looked at him. "Red? What's wrong?" She asked. Red shook his head shutting out the images in his head. "Nothing. Let's take a look." He said climbing over the ruined gate. Red and Yuffie walked up to the boarded up door way. They had to pull some of the boards by their hands so they could get in.

Inside the kitchen, Tifa and Cid were eating. The young girl looking out the window with a sad look on her face. "Teef? What's wrong?" Cid asked. Tifa shook her head. "Nothing." She said looking back at her icecream. Cid tilted his head. "Say, even if we do find the guy, what makes you think that Rupert Feine will even believe us or see us?" He asked. Tifa looked up at him. She smiled faintly. "I have something that belong to his nephew along time ago." She said digging into her pocket. "Oh yeah? What's that?" Cid asked. Tifa held out her hand. Lying on the palm was the small music box that used to belong to Rufus Shinra. It still looked like it had ten years ago. "Don't worry. Once he sees this, he'll see us." She said softly.Cid nodded slowly.

Red and Yuffie had finally got in. It was warmer inside than it was out. There was dust every where. But foot prints disturbed the light layers of dust, meaning that someone had been here. There were several chairs set up. But otherwise, it looked the same. Red and Yuffie looked around with wonderment. They slowly walked into the halls looking around. Red found himself in the large ball room. "Wow! Look at this place." Yuffie said. But Red didn't say anything. He just looked around with confusion on his face. There was something familiar about this place that he couldn't figure out.

The two intruders were unaware that there was someone else in that room. He was sitting in the dark on a railing. He had been watching those pathedic fools trying to find a Rufus Shinra so they could collect the reward money. But he knew that Rufus Shinra was dead along with his family. The man in the dark did spot the two new comers. He watched them with interest. His eerie green eyes glowed in the dark as he leaned forward. His pale face reflected the small light that was shining in through the window. His silver white hair fell over his shoulder. It was the son of Hojo, Sephiroth. His eyes on the two looking around.

Yuffie stepped up to a dusty table with several silverware and goblets just lying there. She blew dust off a plate. "Wow. How much do you think this stuff is worth?" She asked picking up a golden plate. Red crinkled his nose and gave her a look. "Yuffie, put it down!" he said sharply. His voice echoed in the room out into the hall.

In the kitchen, Tifa swore she heard something. She sat up straighter. She looked towards the door. "What was that?" She asked. Cid looked up. "What?" He asked. Tifa shook her head. "Never mind. I thought I heard someone." She said. Cid rolled his eyes. "It's this creepy ass house getting to you, Tifa. Why the hell do we stay here at night anyway? It's like this &&# house is haunted." He said. Tifa rolled her eyes and continued to eat.

Red and Yuffie continued to look around the ball room. Yuffie was still checking out the silverware and goldware. Red's eyes caught sight of a large black grand piano near the other end of the wall. He stared at it when an image flashed in his mind. He shook his head violently as a small headache built up. Then his eyes widen as he looked back at the piano. He quietly walked over and looked at the instrument. Yuffie turned and saw where he was. She hurried over.

"Oooh. Look at this. It's really pretty." She said. Red stared hard at it. Something going in his mind. Yuffie looked up at him. "Red? What is it?" She asked. Red shook his head. "I don't know. I'm seeing images in my head I don't remember." He sat down on the bench.

Another flash in his mind. He saw a woman sitting at the piano playing it. Playing a beautiful tune. It was like he could hear it in his ears. The woman, herself had a young boy of eight sitting next to her. He looked almost like Red. He wore a white outfit and a smile on his face. He was playing with her. "Red, do you know how to play the piano?" He heard Yuffie. Red looked up and shrugged. "I...I think so." He lifted his hands and softly placed them on the keys.

As if just like that he began to play a song that was in the back of his head. The tune he always hummed. The piano music lifted into the air. But continued when Red stopped. His eyes opened sharply. It was like a haunting dream coming true. Red stood and looked around the ballroom with wide eyes. He was seeing something that Yuffie couldn't really. "Yuffie, I know this place." He said softly.

He stepped forward and walked to the middle of the room. He slowly turned looking every where. In his mind he was seeing people all around him. There was a grand party going on. The lights were on brightly. Music was playing all around the room. People were waltzing on the dance floor or chatting with each other. They all looked like ghosts. Red blinked and then saw himself wearing a white outfit. A black turtleneck shirt under a pure white jacket and pants. It was breathtaking. Red smiled softly as he looked around the 'party'. The band was playing his lullabye.

"I know this place." He spoke softly. Yuffie stared at him as he looked around at the images she couldn't see. She was in awe. Because he was now waltzing with an invisble person. But in his mind he was dancing with a lovely girl. "I remember seeing so many faces around me. They were all smiling." He spoke as he danced. He danced with another. "There was a song in the air. My mother's song. She always held me at night and lulled me asleep with it." Red spoke.

He stopped dancing with an invisible girl when in his mind he saw a man and woman smiling at him. He knew the woman. She was his mother. She was arm in arm with a man he knew wasn't his father. Red smiled at his mother and bowed to her while she curtsied. They began a waltz together. So many ghosts around them waltzing just like them. Every single one was happy to see him. It was like they knew him. Red was unaware of the people watching him. Two new arrivals had heard the piano music and came to see what was going on. Tifa and Cid saw a stranger dancing with himself and they gave each other a skeptical look. Yuffie was too much enthralled to see them.

Red twirled his mother out then brought her back in. He stopped to see a man standing close by smiling at him. A man he knew from his dreams. But couldn't see his face to well. The man had the same features of his mother. The man extended his hand out to Red to shake his hand. Red smiled and took the illusion's hand. The man bowed to him respectfully. Red bowed back and then was embraced by the ghost. He hugged the man back. He turned around when he heard someone call his name. He found a young woman standing in front of him. But she wasn't wearing a dress like everyone around him. And she looked mad.

"Red! Watch out!" Red heard Yuffie cry out. The illusion around him vanished when he blinked. And he got a foot right in the face knocking him to the ground. "Who the hell are you!" Red heard a rough voice (Cid). Red tried to sit up only to get bowled into by the one woman. She was throwing her fist at him, which he caught and with a jerk he pulled her right off her feet and to the ground. The woman gave a yelp of shock as she found herself being pinned to the ground. Red stared down at her with surprise. He knew those eyes. He remembered them from somewhere.

But he never got the chance to say anything because the other person that was with this woman had a spear in his hands and he swung it hitting Red in the side of the face. The young man cried out rolling off the woman. She pounced on him again and had him pinned this time. Yuffie decided to join in by jumping on the pilot's back. "What the &&!" The pilot cried out. He grabbed Yuffie's arm and flipped her off onto the floor. He quickly pinned her down with the spear.

Red stared wide eyed up at the woman sitting on his chest, pinning his hands beside his head. An angry look on her face. "Who are you! And what are you doing in here!" She demanded. It was a little dark so she couldn't see his face. The sun had just gone down making it darker. Red swallowed hard as he looked up at her. He could see her face with the moonlight. And she was beautiful. A year younger than him too.

"Get the hell off of me, ya creep!" Yuffie's voice screeched out. Red tilted his head trying to look around the woman to see that Yuffie was being pinned down by the man. He gasped and tried to pull free. "Leave her alone!" He ordered. But the woman gripped his wrists tighter making him wince. She had a very good grip. "Ow, ow. That hurts!" Red cried out. The woman rose an eyebrow. "So answer my question." She said sternly.

Red winced again. The moonlight slowly crept over onto his face from the window now. Tifa's eyes lit up once she saw his face in the light. A very surprised look on her face. Red sighed. "Look, we were looking for a Tifa and Cid. Are you them?" He asked. Tifa quickly got off him and backed away to let him up. She looked over at Cid. "Let her up, Cid." She said. Cid let Yuffie go. Yuffie quickly got up and hurried over to Red's side to help him. They were all standing in the moonlight now.

"Yes. I'm Tifa and this is Cid." Tifa said folding her arms. "Who are you?" She asked. Red rubbed his wrists as he stared at her. "The name's Red. This is Yuffie. Look, we were told to talk to you about travelling papers. That you could help us." He said. Cid narrowed an eye at him. "Who told you about us?" He asked seriously. Both Red and Yuffie looked at each other. "I don't know. A few people who said 'You didn't hear it from me', a guy name Barret, Elmyra, there was a guy name Dyne who said that too. Look, we've come a long way just to get some papers. We're going to Midgar and we just need some papers that's all. Can you help us or not?" He asked with annoyance.

Cid was about to start snapping but Tifa slapped a hand over his mouth. "Wait, your going to Midgar? Why?" She asked with suspicion. Red shook his head with a sigh. "I'm trying to find my family. I've been looking for my family for the past ten years." He said. Tifa looked at Cid with a look. "Cid, it's him." She whispered dropping her hand. Cid stared at her. "What! Who's him?" He asked. Tifa nodded to Red. "He's him. The one we're looking for." She said. Cid eyed Red. "Him? You sure?" He asked. Tifa nodded.

"He's a strawberry blonde, he has blue eyes. He looks graceful. And he's han..." She quickly cut off. Cid grinned knowing what she was thinking. "Go on. Say it." He said slyly. Tifa blushed a little. "He's handsome and he looks like Rufus Shinra." She whispered to him. She pointed to behind them on a wall. All four of them looked up at a portrait of three people. The boy in the picture looked just like Red.

Yuffie's jaw dropped "Whoa! Red, that kid looks just like you!" She said. Tifa spun around eyeing her then Red. "Hold on. You said your family is in Midgar and you want to go see them?" She asked. Red bit his lip. "Well...I think they're in Midgar. You see, I don't quite know. Um...you see I'm suppose to be an orphan. But I know that I have family still somewhere. I'm sure it's in Midgar." He said. Tifa nodded slowly now walking forward. She began to circle Red who looked uneasy trying to keep his eyes on her. She was looking him over. "You know, you look like him." She said. Red narrowed his eyes on her. "Like who?" He asked. Tifa nodded towards the portrait.

"Rufus Shinra. The heir of the great Shinra company of the world. You look exactly like him. Has anyone ever told you that?" She asked. Red eyed her carefully. "Uh...yeah. Plenty of times at the orphanage. And will you please stop looking at me like that?" He asked. Tifa stopped circling him, standing right in front of him. She smiled sweetly. "They say that Rufus Shinra is the only one in his family that escaped the small war eleven years ago. What happened to your parents?" She asked. Red narrowed his eyes with confusion. "I don't remember. I lost them ten years ago. I think they were killed in the war." He said.

Tifa's eyes lit up with more interest.She smirked even more. "You know, that's so funny. The man who runs Shinra Inc. now was Rufus Shinra's uncle, Rupert Feine. He has been searching for his lost nephew for eleven years.And he lives in Midgar City at the company. Why do you think Rufus wouldn't go to his own uncle?" She asked. Red and Yuffie looked at each other with skeptical looks. "What are you talking about? What does this have to do with me?" He asked. Cid grinned. He had caught on to Tifa's little plan. "Tifa, maybe the &&ing kid has got amnesia. Can't remember diddly squat of who he is, who his family is, or where he belongs." He said. Tifa smiled brightly. "Yes, that is quite the theory, Cid. Maybe..." She paused looking right at Red. "He's standing right in front of us and he doesn't even realize it." She said. Both eyed Red.

Red shook his head. "Look I just want to go to Midgar. Me and Yuffie just wants some papers to get there." He said with a sigh. Yuffie nodded. Tifa stuck out her hip a little. "Why? What's your reason to go to Midgar?" She asked. Red looked offended. "That's my business, not your's." He said. Tifa shrugged. "Look, Red. Rufus Shinra's uncle is in Midgar. And we're going to take him to Midgar so he can be with his family." She paused looking him over again. "I think you are Rufus Shinra." She finished. Both Red and Yuffie stared at her then gave a short laugh.

"Yeah right." Yuffie said. Tifa shrugged. "You never thought of the possibility?" She asked. Red shook his head trying not to laugh. "That's ridiculous. I know the story about that kid from others probably just as much as you do. The kid is dead. And me...well, look at me! I don't even look like a rich kid." He said looking himself over. Tifa spun on her heel and pointed up at the portrait. "No! You look at him! Just take a good look at him. Look at the eyes! They're yours!" She said sharply. Red stared up at the picture.

He reached up softly and touched the necklace around his neck. He played with it for a second before looking around the ballroom remembering what he had seen and Yuffie didn't. It didn't make too much sense then again it did. Red turned his eyes back onto the boy in the portrait. It sure looked like him. Tifa shook her head and turned away. "You don't have anything to lose. There is connection there. And if I'm wrong about you, Rupert Feine will know. He'll just tell us that we're wrong. No harm done and we can be on our way. Either way, you'll be Midgar." She said walking away with Cid right behind her.

Red looked down at the ground. Yuffie was watching with concern. "Red?" She asked touching his arm. Red closed his eyes and turned around to look after Tifa and Cid, who had paused at the door. Tifa smiled faintly. "Come on. Find out the truth. Come with us to Midgar." She said holding out her hand towards him. Red and Yuffie looked at each other then back. "Alright. I'll go with. Just as long Yuffie comes with." He said with a smirk. Tifa and Cid glanced at each other then shrugged. "Sure. Why not, Shinra. She can come." They both said with smiles. They all left the room.

In the dark, Sephiroth stepped down looking grim. His eyes narrowed. "Great." He muttered. He shook his head. "He's not going to be very happy." He spoke softly. He closed his eyes and just like that, teleported out of thin air.