Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or any of its characters. In fact, I own nothing that was made in Japan…

Note: Okay. No fluff…yet. I promise, soon…I'm having trouble deciding whether to make Vincent choose Yuffie or Tifa…but when I do I'll add a little fluff between them! If anyone's OOC in this chapter, I apologize.

Second Note: Dialogue completely in Italics is between Chaos and Vincent. Normal dialogue is normal dialogue.

Chapter 5: Do We Have A Deal? (Vincent's POV)

"Chaos, I need to talk to you," I said, laying on my back in the bed Tifa had lent to me. It was a dark night, and silent—just the way I loved it.

"Fine. What is it, Vincent?" Chaos snapped. I saw him looking at me in my mind.

"Why do you insist on making me so miserable?" I asked.

"Simple! I'm a demon—a creature of destruction, mortal. I do what I can to make you miserable. As you know, I'm not a pervert—but I act like one to make you miserable!" he explained. His voice was dripping with malevolent superiority.

"Why, though? That didn't answer my question!" I sighed, and attempted to close my eyes and sleep, but Chaos decided that he wanted to talk.

"All right, I'll tell you, mortal. It's because I respect you. Yes, hard to believe, is it not? But I do. You can resist my attempts to control you, and that signifies that you are stronger than I first thought you were—that is worthy of at least a little respect. But I do not like you, don't get me wrong," the demon explained, sneering his last sentence.

"I respect you too, Chaos, but I don't like you either," I replied. Even the voice I had in my mind was dull and void of emotion. "But I don't want you to control me."

"Is that so? Hmm…" The demon pondered, I watched him. His head was down somewhat, eyes narrowed on concentration. I watched. I had never seen him this deep in thought before.

"Planning something?" I asked.

"You know that I will NEVER give up my grasp on your mind, right?" he sneered.

"I gave up hoping long ago, Chaos," I admitted, knowing he knew I was defeated.

"But, I am a spawn of the devil—that is what many people believe demons are. It's not far from the truth, either. But we love making deals…did you know that?" Chaos actually had a somewhat fatherly tone in his voice. I was surprised.

"No," I said. "Why, are you planning on making a deal?"

"Why, yes, Vincent! I am! Would you like to hear it?" The odd tone of voice he had signaled that whatever he was planning was dangerous. I wanted to hear it, though, to see for myself.

"Why not?" I mused.

"Good boy, Vincent. You've just earned a bit more of my respect…well; I would like to make a deal with you. Three days before this party ends—that would be the day after tomorrow, I believe, as we are going into the third day of the party—I will let you have full control of yourself and you may do whatever you wish without my barriers. BUT! The day before the party ends, I will take COMPLETE control of you, meaning I will become you. Each will last for twenty-four hours. What do you think?" he asked, his tone dangerous.

But twenty-four hours of freedom…! I could do anything…

"It's a deal," I announced, and in my mind, we shook hands. But then I remembered—the nightmare! Chaos had taken control of me in my nightmare. Was that what he was planning? "No!" I shouted, but it was too late. He had already marked it in his calendar, which he followed strictly. The purple demon cackled.

"Oh, Vincent, you're so weak…that loses you a respect point, my dear man. But I do not want you to be TOO miserable…I promise that for my deal I will not kill any of your friends…however, I cannot promise that they will not get hurt," Chaos taunted. His low, demonic voice just oozed malice.

"Just don't kill them," I muttered before the demon turned my consciousness off and sent me to my nightmare world of sleep.

Yumesuta: Well that's that! I'm sorry it was a short chapter but that's all I wanted to get through in this one…the next one will be longer! I promise. Well, anyway, REVIEW! …Please!