Author's Note: YAY FOR REVIEWS! Thanks for all five of them! But yeah, here's chapter five…hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII is not mine. End of discussion.

For a moment, complete silence reigned. Even the pouring rain was quiet. The man sat on the ground, heedless of the rain that pelted him and the ninja that knelt in front of him. His knees were drawn up towards his chest and the elbow of his right arm rested on the same knee. His claw rested on the ground, slightly covered by his crimson cape. His red eyes were focused on the ground in front of his feet.

"Vincent?" she asked timidly. Boy this was weird! Here, no one's heard or seen him for six months and now she finds him in an alleyway in Neo Midgar in the middle of a storm of all places!

Still, there was no answer. She noticed the tears in his cape and clothes that she bet should never have happened. He had always been kinda out there, in her opinion, but this was just freaky. She was just reaching for her PHS to call Cloud and Tifa when a soft sound stopped her.

"It was my fault." Vincent's lips were slightly parted as he paused to think. "I…I should have…"

"Vincent?" Yuffie moved closer to hear him better. "What are you talking about?"

He didn't hear her, of course. "All of it. Everything was my fault. I could have stopped it all from happening."

"Stopped what?" she asked, intrigued.

For a moment he was quiet. But then he started to speak, hesitantly at first it seemed, but he grew more confident.

"Thirty three years ago, I was the leader of the Turks. Well, I wasn't really but I did things the real leader should have been doing in the first place. I suppose 'unofficial leader' would be my title then. I didn't like my job, far from it, but I was the best. And everybody knew it.

"One day, I was walking back from Shinra's office. He had wanted a report made in person so I had been sent to do it as usual. I was passing the labs. I rounded a corner and bumped into a young woman. Of course, she had her arms full of files and naturally, they flew everywhere.

"I started to help her pick them up. She was babbling something or another about one of the professors getting mad that the files were out of order again. It took her a second to realize she was babbling but she looked up when she stopped.

"She had the most beautiful brown eyes I had ever seen. Her long hair was held up in a ponytail by a blue ribbon, but the color was honey brown…just like Aeris' was. Her blouse was the same light blue as the ribbon. She wore a long white skirt and still had on her white lab coat. She was…an angel.

"I'll never forget that sight. The first time I saw her…Lucrecia Hazina." Vincent was completely lost in his thoughts.

Yuffie could only kneel there in front of him, storm gray eyes riveted on the crimson red eyes of the haunted demon in front of her. Gone were the sensations of touch and sound. The storm might as well have never existed.

Lucrecia Hazina…that was Sephiroth's real mother's name! So that's how Vincent knew more about everything than she and the rest of Avalanche did! And he had kept it all to himself! She was about to open her mouth and berate him for that alone, but his voice cut her short.

"I knew it from that moment, knew that I had feelings for her. I just didn't know what they would turn into. After all the files had been picked up we stood, but she seemed embarrassed. She muttered a hasty thank you and was gone. I stood there for a few seconds before reality came back and I remembered my duties I had yet to do.

"It was a few days before I saw her again, but I had never stopped thinking about her. This was at lunch in the cafeteria. She was sitting by herself, looking through a file and had a blank sheet of paper and a pen ready to take notes with. She looked rather preoccupied.

"I was torn between sitting with the rest of the Turks or with her. I decided to sit with the Turks, just to watch her. I was afraid of what she would say about it if I sat with her. A few of the times I glanced at her, I saw she would quickly look up and our eyes would meet.

"She had looked away pretty fast every time. She finished her lunch and gathered her things, then left. I finished the rest of my meal with the Turks. Since it had only been a few days since our first meeting, naturally, I knew the times when she left the labs by heart. After thinking about it all the rest of the day, I finally worked up the courage to meet her.

"So, 5:36 p.m. found me waiting beside the elevator for her to get there. And just on time, she walked up to the doors. She stood there for a moment, but then I asked if she would mind if I rode to the bottom floor with her. She merely shrugged and gave a slight nod.

"When we parted ways that evening at the front doors, I ended up with her address and permission to pick her up and take her to dinner the upcoming Friday." Vincent paused again, still lost in his memories of that moment.

Now this was interesting. Way better than wondering a big city. Yuffie made herself more comfortable, Tifa's food and her promise to be back at seven forgotten completely within just this short of time. She was caught in his story, at least by her own curiosity. Really, this was a chance to learn more about things that were never told to Avalanche during their journeys. And a chance for Yuffie to get some dirt on Vincent.

Well then! Yeah…probably not much to it but I'm working on it! So yeah…look for chapter five in a few days…just because I need to work on it and all that jazz…REVIEW! Please? Juzu