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Song: Elephant Love Medley-Moulin Rouge

Chapter 5.

A few days later, Vincent had been doing many paper work. He was still being questioned by a few reporters about The Langhorn murders. A few pestful news reporters were doing stories about what happened to The Langhorn family. And Shinra demanded all of the Turks to say no comment. He didn't want it to get out that he had his Turks kill his rival and his family. The guilt was just weighing Vincent's heart down. He was starting to think about the words the girl begged of him.

"Please, have mercy! Please!"

The words echoed through his mind creating a massive migrane. He was sitting in his office rubbing his temples, his eyes tightly shut. He was looking like a mess because he didn't get very much sleep the night before because of all the reporters. They were swamping all the Turks asking them questions and calling them 24/7. Vincent ended up unplugging his PHS line just to make it shut up.

He was just sitting there when someone walked in. Her eyes on him now looking confused at the state of him. Vincent didn't notice because his eyes were tightly shut. His teeth clenched. The visitor bit her lip and lightly knocked on his door. Vincent just let out a frustrated and angry sigh. "What! I'm tired of..." He stopped snapping when he looked up. Shock and surprise was the only expressions on his face.

Lucrecia looked taken aback at being snapped at. Vincent quickly shot to his feet knocking over his glass of water and hitting his knee on his desk. "Shit! Ow." He muttered now trying to mop up the mess. His eyes still on Lucrecia. "Uh...Miss Toulouse. What a pleasant surprise." he said blushing terribly.

Lucrecia faintly smiled with amusement. "I'm sorry for intruding. Is this a bad time?" She asked looking uncertain. Vincent shook his head his throat dry. "Uh, yes, I mean...No! Not at all. Please come in." he said. He grabbed a towel that was hanging on the coat rack and used it to mop up the water. Lucrecia stepped in and closed the door. Vincent tossed the towel aside and then ran his hand through his hair. "Now, what can I do for you? Would you like something to drink? Water? Tea?" He asked. Lucrecia shook her head. "No thank you. This will only take a second." She said stepping forward.

Vincent swallowed hard. "Is there something wrong?" he asked. Lucrecia folded her arms over her chest and looked at the floor. "Look. I want to thank you for saving my life. I never got a chance to do it the other day." She said. Vincent shook his head. "Hey, it's no problem. I would honestly do it several times." He said smiling. Lucrecia smiled back. "I see. Well that is all I wanted to do was thank you." She turned to leave. Vincent bit his lip nervously and stepped forward. "Wait." he said. Lucrecia stopped and turned her head around to look at him.

Vincent held his breath for a second then nodded as he stepped forward. "That night...when you thought I was Professor Hojo. You said you were in love with me. Was it true or was it just an act?" he said. Lucrecia looked uneasy about this. She sighed. "It was just an act, Mr. Valentine. I'm sorry for doing that to you." She said. Vincent sighed with disappointment. "Oh. Well, it just felt real. To think a lovely girl like you would ever fall for a guy like me anyways. A Turk." He said with a small forced laugh and a shrug.

Lucrecia sighed stepping forward. "Vincent, I can't fall in love with anyone. It's against the rules of being a scientist. Especially when we're working for the same company." She said. Vincent looked dumbstruck. "Can't fall in love! Why not!" He asked. Lucrecia shook her head. "It's hard to say enough. I just can't." She said. Vincent looked faint. "But a life without love, that's terrible." He said. Lucrecia shook her head. "No. It's not. Living on the streets of a city like this is terrible." She said. Vincent stepped closer. "But love is like oxygen. You need it to live." He said. Lucreica stepped back. "Then I won't breath. I don't care, Vincent. I just want to be a scientist and if that means no love, then so be it." She said. Vincent looked even more horrorfied.

"Love is a many spendoured thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love." He said. Lucrecia sighed with frustration. "No I don't. Love is only for fools." She said turning towards the door. Vincent smiled mischievously.

"All you need is love." He sang catching her arm softly. Lucrecia turned around looking at him with annoyance. "Vincent, please don't sing." She said. Vincent just smirked.

"All you need is love." He sang even more and pressed his back against his door refusing to let Lucrecia leave the office.

Lucrecia gave him a very annoyed glare. But she forced a smile, which look more annoyed than she did. "Love is just a game." She said started towards his balconey door. Vincent hurried forward blocking her path.

"I was made for loving you baby,

you were made for loving me."

He sang and smiled. He reached up to touch her face but Lucrecia laughed harshly.

"The only way of loving me baby, is to pay a lovely fee." She sang back at him. She walked around him. But Vincent caught her arm again.

"Just one night, give me just one night." he sang. Lucrecia laughed again.

"There's no way, cause you can't pay." She said pulling her arm away. Vincent puffed out his chest and put on a proud look.

"In the name of love, One night in the name of love." He was smiling his most charming smile.

"You crazy fool, I won't give in to you." She turned and started towards the door.

Vincent frowned looking hurt. "Don't...leave me this way." He said softly. Lucrecia gives him a very annoyed look.

"I can't survive, without your sweet love, oh baby. Don't leave me this way." Vincent softly sang. Lucrecia sighed folding her arms. She walked towards Vincent looking towards the balconey.

"You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs." She softly said. Vincent looked down on her. "I look around me and I see that isn't so, oh no."

He reached up to touch her arm but she stepped away shaking her head.

"Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs." She sang. Vincent tilted his head to look at her better. "And what's wrong with that, I'd like to know." He said stepping closer to her again.

Lucrecia shook her head and turned away from him. Vincent looked around with panic then he grinned towards the balconey. He hurried forward grabbing the railing.

"Cause here I go again." he sang climbing over it and stepping onto a thick pipe and started to walk across it his arms spread out.

Lucrecia gasped covering her mouth. "Oh no!" She cried out and hurried out to the balconey.

"Love lifts us up where we belong..." Vincent sang. The wind was blowing through his hair. He looked excitedly down below at the hundreds of feet under him. "Get down! Please, Vincent! Come back!" Lucrecia begged. Vincent ignored her turning around holding out his hand to invite her to come out with him.

"Where eagles fly on a mountain fly." He sang with a big smile. Lucrecia grabbed his hand and pulled him back over the balconey. She gave him a dirty scared look.

"Love makes us act like we are fools!" She said shaking her head. "Throw our lives away, for one happy day!" She motioned to the edge of the balconey pretty much saying what an idiot he was for climbing out to death.

Vincent just grinned and shrugged. "We could be heroes, just for one day." Lucrecia stepped back giving him a look.

"You...you would be mean." She predicted. Vincent laughed and shook his head. "No. I won't." He laughed. Lucrecia sighed going back into Vincent's office.

"And I...I'll drink all the time." She said throwing her hands up in the air heading towards the door.

Vincent put his hand on the door and smiled after her. "We should be lovers!" He sang cheerfully. Lucrecia sighed looking at him over her shoulder. "We can't do that." She said. Vincent just stared at her then smiled again throwing his arms out to his sides.

"We should be lovers, and that's a fact." he insisted. Lucrecia turned to face Vincent and shook her head.

"Though nothing will keep us together." She sang. Vincent just shrugged. "We could steal time..." He said. Lucrecia smiled shaking her head and stepped forward.

"Just for one day?" She asked. Vincent nodded smiling at her. "We could be heroes, forever and ever." He said. Lucrecia smiled and blushed. "We could be heroes forever and ever." She said with a nod.

"And I will always love you..." He sang. Lucrecia smiled beaming. "I can't help loving you...How wonderful life is..." She paused. Vincent took her hands. "Now that you're in the world." He finished her sentence. Then he placed a kiss on her lips and she kissed him back wrapping her arms around his neck and letting Vincent deepen the kiss.

From across the way, Dariel was sitting on the balconey looking towards Vincent's office. He had a bottle of absinthe in his hand and was smiling. He was so happy for both of them.

"How wonderful life is, now that you're both in the world." He said softly. And he stood and went inside.

They came back to the reality. Tifa looked too interested in the story. Her eyes were wide with facination. Her hand over her heart as if touched by the words of the story. The man stopped for a second. "What happened after that?" Tifa asked with excitement. The man smiled at her glad that she was so into the story.

He stood and went back to the fireplace looking at the picture of Vincent which he had put on the mantle. "Just a moment. I'm trying to recollect the time. Let's see." He paused and then nodded. "Yes. Vincent did say that it was so wonderful that Lucrecia was in his world. He was so happy when she was around him. But there was only one thing wrong with the picture. They were breaking the rules. A Turk was never allowed to feel emotions. Never to express that he had a heart for anyone. The rumor was, once you've fallen in love it made you weak." He said looking back at Tifa.

Tifa looked horrorfied. "But that's not true. Vincent didn't think that did he?" She asked. The man shook his head. "No. He didn't. He knew that love was everything. He was a lovestruck man back then. Dariel believed the same thing as he did. The problem is, Hojo did not. Neither did President Shinra. You ever wonder….why the President was so heartless while he was still alive? It's because he believed if he showed love for anyone, or care for anyone he would be the weakest president. And he never showed his son any love whatsoever when he was born. That was why Rufus Shinra hated the world. Why he was so fearless, hated and cruel. It's because he didn't know the very meaning of love." He told Tifa. Tifa just nodded for the man to continue the story. And continued he did.