Now and Forever

Summary: Finding happiness with the one man you would never think would actually open up to anyone. To him, she is the only one he feels he can tell his secrets to. Can this dark heart be healed or will his heart forever stay black and cold? What obsticles stand in their way of happiness? Read and find out! lolCheeky grin lol

Chapter 1: Friends reunited

A young girl flopped down on her bed with a heavy sigh. She was 19 today, her brown hair had grown only a little over the past year. Also over the year she had formed womanly curves. She was amazed at how fast it was, that only last year she was a scrawny immature little girl, who bugged everyone especially Red XIII, Cid and Barret, but, she wished everyone had remembered her birthday but no, she didn't even get a single call, visit, or not even a card.

She kept telling herself that it was only early in the mourning so she knew that someone was going to call her.

As if reading her thoughts the phone rang. She raced down stairs and jumped with delight when she seen who was calling her.

"Hello Tifa." said Yuffie a wide smile on her face.

Tifa was Yuffie's friend, she was only a little bit taller then Yuffie and she was also big busted. If Tifa had short brown hair and green eyes she would probably look like Yuffie, but, Tifa was tall, big busted, brown eyes, and long brown hair and Tifa was actually married to Cloud, Yuffie's best friend. They always acted like brother and sister Cloud and Yuffie. Cloud had blond hair, blue eyes, and a built body, but, he also had a queer attitude. Like Yuffie, Tifa was good at hand to hand combat, but Tifa only used her Kung Fu and Yuffie not only used her fists but also her Shurken

" So Yuffie... HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY!." Tifa yelled. Immediately Yuffie took the phone away from her ear for a second,after Tifa's outburst had decipated she returned it to her ear.

" Thanks I appreciate it. So are you guys coming down 'cause I was going to have a party?" Yuffie asked.

Tifa answered in a quiet voice so know one could hear her, " Listen I'm not suppose to tell you this because Cloud told me not to, but I can't hold it in any longer. We were going to have a party for you down here but were missing someone and you know who that is don't ya." Tifa stated.

Yuffie thought about who could be so distant as to not let anyone know where they were, then Yuffie had a flash back...

" So Vincent are you going to come back with us, and not be a loner again?" Yuffie asked.

Vincent looked at her with a intense glare that she could tell that what she had just called him hurt.

Yuffie waited for his answer as she watched his Garnet cape bellow in the wind, and his beautiful ebony hair glisten in the sunlight.

His heavenly ruby eyes stared at her, and those eyes that second were showing all they're secrets, and Yuffie seen the scars of his grief and despair. Also she could see something that looked like happiness and love but it was only a hint of it.

Then just like that those glorious eyes turned cold and callous again. He looked at her and answered her pleading eyes, " No, because I think that know matter how hard I try I will never be able to become one of you guys because I am know human, I am a demon."

" Vincent that's not true just because you have a demon inside you doesn't mean your any less a human, so stop your self from staying in the past before you die a lonely man, and I know that if you just took the time to look around you would find out that there are a lot of people around you who love you for who you are. Another thing, if you tried to meet people you might meet someone you might want to spend your life with, and you know what your lucky you get to look cause I'm being forced to marry someone I don't love so, if you need anyone to help you become your self again I would gladly oblige, so think about it." Vincent looked at her then left.

Two years later she had gotten Vincent to become his self again but even so he still went back to Nibleheim when Avalanche killed Sepiroth.

End of flashback

Yuffie started wondering why Vincent wouldn't call know one because well it was her birthday and Vincent knew that, 'What if he...' Yuffie thought as she started to worry.

" So Tifa are you telling me that Vincent hasn't even called or anything?" Yuffie asked as she started to worry even more.

" Well the only call or letter was when it was my birthday and that was months ago." Tifa answered with slight worry present in her voice.

" Tifa, I think I'm going to go and see him in Nibleheim. If he's not there I'll call you before I go looking for him." Yuffie said. Yuffie's eyebrow's Knotted together while sweat rolled down her head.

" Tifa I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach, something bad is happening to Vincent, I just know it is." Yuffie eyes started to water just thinking about what could be happening to him, only one thought kept crossing her head it was, what if he's dead or being tortured again.

" I know same here, and I'm worried so go find him and what ever happens phone me please." Tifa said pleadingly.

" Know worry's I'll call when I get there, ok, cya." Yuffie said the worry still apparent in her voice.

" Ok cya." Tifa said. After that Yuffie put down the phone, and rushed up stairs to pack her stuff, she ran to her room , and walked over to her dresser and took out shirts, pants, socks, underwear, bras, and sweaters, she put it in her bag when she folded it up.

She looked up at her mirror and seen a picture of her and Vincent that she had from the Gold saucer, she reached for it slowly, when she had it in her hands she held it delicately, because, she was afraid that if she held it in a firm grip it might fall apart.

In the picture Yuffie was hugging Vincent, she had thought that he might had gotten mad or something but he didn't, he had his arms around her waist, and for the first time she noticed that he had lifted her up off the ground slightly, and when Yuffie went back to thinking about the time at the Gold saucer she had not felt him lift her up.

She put her hand up to her mouth to stop the outburst of emotions that was flooding back to her, along with her sadness and grief. She sat down on the bed and dropped the picture on the floor, then put her face in her hands and let all the emotions flow out like a river.

" Oh Vincent, I hope your ok, because I don't know what I would do without you." Yuffie said aloud.

' Come on Yuffie if your so worried about him then why are you sitting there not doing anything, now get up and go and find him.' Yuffie thought to herself. Yuffie wiped her face and put on a green knitted tank top. She found her green head band and wrapped it around her head.

Now she looked like the old Yuffie in her knacki shorts, a green knitted tank top, with her green head band on, also her determined look she had on her face.

She grabbed her bag and flung it over her shoulder and ran down the stairs, she put on her yellow sneakers, and ran out the door and into her stable to get her chocobo, Jesse her green chocobo. The chocobo looked at her with it's big blue eyes and warked softly.

Yuffie fed him some grain then put on his saddle and hooked her foot in the ring on the saddle and sat upright on Jesse then steered him in the direction to Nibleheim.

' No matter what is wrong Vincent I'll help you.' Yuffie thought as she got closer to Nibleheim.

There was a blizzard late in the evening when Yuffie had first arrived in Nibleheim, Yuffie was traveling up in the mountains to get to Vincent's house.

She had encountered monsters during her trek trough the mountains. She stopped not far from the end of the trail, because she was cold she fell off the chocobo, she tied him to a tree so she could go and find a cave, so she could stay warm.

She wrapped her arms around herself as a cold blistering wind tore at her very being. She shivered violently, and her teeth chattered, even though this was happening she didn't stop looking around so nothing would come at her when she wasn't expecting it.

She heard a demonic roar, Yuffie frantically searched to see what it was that made that sound.

Then when she started to walk again she spotted a purple beast with horns eating something, Yuffie just stood there, the beast sniffed the air and turned its head towards her, snarling, when it snarled blood was coming out of it's mouth and rolling down it's chin.

Yuffie took out her knife and threw it at the beast, it missed, and it also pissed off the creature even more, that it started running after her, Yuffie screamed, as she ran away from it.

As she ran down a path she tripped over a stump, as she hit the ground the beast had fell with her and they were tumbling down a hill off to the side of the path, when they stopped the beast had gained control and was on top of her, Yuffie tried to wrestle the beast off of her but with it's weight she couldn't get it off her. The beast was a inch away from her face when Yuffie noticed that it had red eyes like Vincent.

Before she could stop herself she said it, " Vincent?" Yuffie eyed the creature, the purple beast looked at her then let out a shrill as it started forming into a person with ebony hair flowing past the man's shoulders. The mans shirt was ripped it individual places, the same had happened to the mans cape and pants.

The man groaned as he slowly lifted up his head, Yuffie just wished that he would get off her because it was uncomfortable to have a guy who's shirt was ripped and everything else along with it.

When the man had lifted his head up, she gasped when she seen who it was.

" Vincent?" Yuffie asked. She started crying, she finally know's that he's alright, Vincent looked at her at first for a little while not knowing who she was at first, then he's eyes went wide as he figured out who it was, he grabbed her and held her in his arms.

" What are you doing here Yuffie, don't you know I could have hurt you?" Vincent asked with worry visible in voice. Yuffie wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder.

" Oh Vincent, I thought you were dead I'm so glad your not,...god... Why didn't you call any of us to let us know that you were ok?" Yuffie questioned. Vincent just chuckled a little, it was kinda funny for someone like Yuffie to worry about someone like him.

" Don't worry Yuffie I'm ok but what about you, are you ok, oh my god your froze Yuffie, you know better then to come out here without a coat and a sweater and pants, but of course you had to go out with a tank top and shorts." Vincent answered. Yuffie lifted her head off of his shoulder and looked at him, she smiled compassionately.

" I'm just so glad your alive, and nothing is wrong, I'm not to worried about myself, so it don't matter now, plus you're here to keep me warm now." Yuffie smiled and chuckled a little.

Vincent smiled at her and hugged her as he said, " Know one said I couldn't worry about you."

Yuffie smiled mischievously, as she picked up a bunch of snow and put it down the back of Vincent's shirt.

" GOD THAT'S COLD." Vincent said as he jolted up on his legs to get the snow out of his shirt.

" Well know matter what you say your going to have to worry about me because now I have a weapon, and you don't, so, HAHA!" Yuffie said as she laughed. Vincent looked at her and smiled. He ran towards her grabbed her and fell back into the snow.

" But Yuffie you seem to forget I can always manage to get you down." He said with a smirk.

Yuffie looked into his eyes deeply and saw the emotions again, that she had seen two years ago, except this time there was know scars and know grief, the only ones that she seen was happiness, and compassion.

" So Vincent how do you like your mobbing, because your going to get one." Yuffie said as she smirked.

" Yuffie my dear, do you really think I'm going to let you go that easy, your going to have to make me let go of you." Vincent said with a smirk.

" Well Vincent I know one way you'll let me go." Yuffie said, Vincent raised an eyebrow curious to what she was going to do.

Then the unexpected happened Yuffie kissed Vincent on the lips. Vincent was surprised at this one, he had never thought she would do something like this, but he went along with her, their mouths trying to overpower the other ones mouth. When Yuffie stopped she realized what she had done, and immediately she blushed. She tried to get out of his grip but he still wouldn't let her go, she gave him an questioning look.

" Like I said your not getting away so it doesn't matter what you do." Vincent said as he chuckled.

" Come on Vinnie please?" She asked as she gave him puppy dog eyes. Vincent hated that nickname she always said but for some reason this time it wasn't bothering him.

" Nope." Vincent answered. Yuffie looked at him again and smirked.

" I'll kiss you again if you don't let me go." Yuffie said, Vincent had a mischievous glint in his eye as he tightened his hold on Yuffie.

Yuffie was surprised that he actually wanted her to kiss him again but this time she just looked in his eye's with a loving stare.

Vincent smiled as he too stared at her with a stare that mirrored hers. As if a magnetic force was pulling they're faces closer and closer, they're lip's almost touching...

then the spell was broken when a loud 'WARK!' resounded not far away.

In a tangled heap they both got up tripping a couple of times over each others feet, but they had each other to make sure the other one got up safely, then they ran toward the sound that was still reverberating in their ears.

They stumbled down the root infected path, both aware that their might be dangerous things waiting for them when they aren't expecting it.

The warking got louder as they neared the thing that was making the loud sound. When they found what it was they feared for they're lives because what had been attacking the unsuspected chocobo turned it's face towards Yuffie and Vincent. With a sneer it ran at them with such agility that Yuffie nor Vincent could barely see.

When Vincent got his eye's focused on the vicious beast he jumped in front of Yuffie to stop it's critical attack on her.

The beast was almost man like but deformed, it had no nose, just to gapping holes where they the creatures nose should have been, and it had holes on the sides of it's head that represented it's ears, It's mouth was cut in different places exposing some of the creatures teeth, and the creatures eye's were the same color as Vincents, only the eyes held a haunting look in them.

The creature looked like it had been turned inside out with it bloody flesh.

Vincent held the creature far away from his face so it wouldn't rip it off. The creature struggled hungrily, to get at his face or any part of his body.

Vincent held the creature by it's neck, and punched it several times, then when Vincent punched it the last time, he broke open it's head. Ooze and blood came out of it's head onto Vincent's face.

Vincent pushed the dead corpse of him, he got up and continuously spit the blood out of his mouth, he took snow up in his hands and washed the blood of his face.

He moaned with pain as his side burned like fire, he looked down and withheld a gash in his side, the beast had managed to cut him during his wrestle with it.

Yuffie proceeded cautiously over to Vincent but she still kept a weary eye on the creature, just in case it decided it wanted to come back to life again.

Yuffie reached Vincent and seen that he was clutching his side in pain, she gasped when she seen the gash.

" Vincent, Oh my god, are you ok, see I shouldn't have came here because if I didn't you wouldn't be hurt, stupid, stupid me." Yuffie said to herself.

Vincent looked at he softly and replied, " Your not stupid,... Yuffie you wouldn't have known that this was going to happen,... So don't down yourself,... That's what you used to say to me."

He smiled weakly as he winched in pain, still clutching his side as blood spilled like a river from the wound.

Yuffie grabbed Vincent and put his arm over her shoulder, she walked with Vincent over to the chocobo who was still in shock, and snapped her fingers, the bird eye's blinked a couple of times before it recognized it's owner.

Yuffie helped Vincent on Jesse the chocobo didn't complain about another person on it, but the weight was another thing. When Yuffie got on the chocobo the big bird warked in pain at the weight, combined, with Yuffie and Vincent put together they alone weighed about 900lbs, and the big bird could only hold 500lbs-600lbs.

" Vincent I have to walk because this chocobo can't hold both of us, plus you can't walk your wound is to bad, so that's why I'm going to find a near by cave and bandaged your wound, and no if and's or buts." Yuffie said Vincent just looked at her, with a soft expression, he didn't need to say anything because Yuffie could tell that by the expression on his face that he was saying thanks.

Vincent fainted when Yuffie was walking because of loss of blood. Yuffie wanted to hurry to find a cave anything for shelter against the cold brisk air that was starting to blow as the gloaming started to begin.

Yuffie looked at Vincent with a longing look in her eyes, she hopped that he will be okay because if he died Yuffie would blame herself for it for the rest of her life. Yuffie's eyes started to well up with tears as she thought again of a life without Vincent, as she thought about other thoughts started to form in her head, what if he didn't die? What if she fell in love with him? And what would happen if he loved her too? Would they get married and have children? As Yuffie thought about these things her heart started to beat faster and it fluttered to when she thought about when she kissed him, he had not pulled away and given her a lecture about how younger she was then him, he engaged in the kissing he gave in and it made her feel love for him, that's how she knew she had to hurry to find a safe place before her love died.

Yuffie started to jog a little. She glanced around everywhere before she found an abandoned cave that would be a good enough shelter for them to stay in over night.

Yuffie ran as fast as she could to reach the cave, because she didn't want to be to slow and to late, to help at all.

When she reached the cave she tied her chocobo to a rock, and took Vincent off it's back so she could bandage his wounds so it wouldn't get infected.

She took out the bandages and the ointment that would help take any infection out of it, then she put a little bit of rubbing alcohol on it so it would heal faster, then she cut Vincents shirt with her dagger so she could bandage the gash, the gash was deep but not fatal so Yuffie was grateful for that anyway.

She wrapped the bandage around his abdomen after she had put the ointment and rubbing alcohol on his wound, and gave him a potion so he could heal faster. After she was finished she put the things back in her backpack, then she took the blanket off the chocobo and put it over her and Vincent.

Yuffie put her arm around him praying that he would get better at least by tomorrow, so they could go to his house in the warmth and not staying outside in the blistering cold.

Yuffie looked outside and listened to the wind howl and watched the stars until she could not stay up any longer.

A/N: Hey this is Karina!XD lol tell me how you like my story and i'll try to post more lol bye! R&R