Elmyra nervously sipped her tea. She was so worried about Tifa she almost went out to find her by herself.

"You can't go out there. It it way to dangerous, and I really don't want to lose you to some Hell House!" Barret was not going to allow Elmyra to go out into night time Midgar. It was truly not a place for a woman such as Elmyra. "Tifa can take care of herself. Don't worry."

Elmyra and Barret had been together for the last 6 months. After the crisis Barret had gone to get Marlene and him and Elmyra had gotten to talking. Marlene had taken a liking to the motherly woman and Barret couldn't bear the thought of taking her away from his little girl. They began living together and then one thing lead to another, like they always do. Now they are a very happy couple. Barret haden't been this happy since his wife, Mina, had been alive.

"All right." Elmyra took off her coat and hung it back up. She knew Barret was right but she was so worried for the young woman."But if she's not here tomorrow you go look for her."

"OK I promise I will." with this Barret went up to make sure Marlene was well. Elmyra went to the kitchen to make some tea.

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Tifa awoke the next morning with the feeling of being watched. Cautiously, she looked around the room to see the man she had saved the night before. He was staring at her with a hint of urgency in his eyes. "What's wrong?" She really was beginning to wonder how long he had been staring at he like this.

"P-p-p-lease h-h-help. C-c-can't m-m-move. G-g-gotta g-g-go." She realized he had not moved since she had brought him in.

"Ok, ok, ill be back with some soft. It will only take a minute." She ran out of the room and out the Inn door.

She made her was to the item shop. It wasn't broken any more. she put in the gil and retrieved the small vial containing what would help the man. on her way out she bumped into someone. Tifa fell "ow, hey! Watch where you're going!" she had dropped the soft and found it right in front of the man's foot.

"I'm terribly sorry. Tifa?" the man sounded completely shocked. She looked up only to see one of her favorite people, Vincent. she jumped up and gave him a great big hug. "I missed you so much!" she actually looked at him only to realize how much he had changed.

He let his hair grow out and it was almost too long for only a year to have gone by. It was braided and reached past his waist. His gothic style had completely took on a new form of scary, and sexy. His black and red cape had become a jet black cape with a beautiful red dragon embroidered on the back. His leather boots seemed huge and had several belts wrapped around them with silver buckles. He no longer wore his gloves and proudly displayed his mechanical arm. The Death Peanalty was strapped to his back underneath the cape and gleamed beautifully.

"Well... how are you?" Vincent really wanted to know how she was. She was the only person who had shown any emotion for him in almost his entire life.

She told him the story of Cloud and she completely forgot about the man in her room. He told her about the time he had spent in the mountains. He was also now living Midgar and working as a wholesale weapon maker.

"Well it was good to see you again." Vincent gave her a quick hug and left. She ran outside the tent and he was nowhere to be found. She knew she would see him again.

It suddenly struck her, there was a paralyzed and in her room. She ran to the Inn as quickly as she could, still flooded with thoughts of Vincent.