Cave of Strange Excretions

Author's note: We are really sorry, it isn't as long as we anticipated but we are going to post another chapter up today hopefully.
"TIFA!" Yuffie screamed, drawing the attention of Vincent, Cid and Barett to look at her. "What?"

"Yuffie," Vincent began, then seeing words were no use, got up and walked behind Yuffie. The young princess stiffened. Her mind told the rest of her body to move, but her body was unable to comply. 'Oh my gawd, what is he doing? What is he doing?' her mind screamed. Vincent leaned down so that his chin was touching her shoulder.

"You should relax..." he drawled. As if that wasn't enough. He straightened then stretched out his arms. The hand and metal claw on the ends tightened around her shoulder blades. Then moved in a circular motion, his thumbs rubbing against her bare skin that was showing. 'I could get use to this,' he thought.

Yuffie, her face now coated wit a faint blush, shut her eyes. 'Ok… he has changed. OH CRAP! Tifa, she must have been right. Wow.'

The constant rubbing had felt really nice against her skin. She wanted more because of the sensation it left. 'Please… don't let it end,' her mind groaned.

"Oww," Yuffie cried out weakly. "Stop… it," her words were punctuated by fits of giggles. She heard sounds; a throat being cleared, muffled laughter and… was that singing? When she chose this moment to open her eyes, she really wished she hadn't. She had to squint in order to be able to see her surroundings. The sound of running water and the birds' sweet lullaby fully awakened her senses. Her eyes shot open, her head turned left and right. 'Trees, flowers, river… wait, river?' "I slept in the RIVER?" Silence; except for the birds and the water gushing around her. "Oh God damnit!" Yuffie screamed as she looked around her in confusion.

"Ooh, your stomach is really, really squishy," a voice sang from behind a rock. "It has a valley, a humongous valley. It's deep as the deep blue... aah!" Cloud yelped as Yuffie boxed his ears. The rest of avalanche burst into renewed howls of laughter. But the question in Yuffie's mind was: 'where was Vincent?'

"That'll teach ya Spike" Yuffie said, as se danced out of is reach, hiding behind Tifa once more. "Hey Teef, you were right" she whispered and both Yuffie and Tifa began to giggle.

"Did I miss something?" Cloud asked.

Tifa whispered something in the younger woman's ear.

"WHAT?" came Yuffie's loud exclamation. "h... he... poked me? In the stomach?" Tifa giggled and nodded. "I'm gonna kill you Spike!" Yuffie: yelped as she rounded on him, her eyes blazing with slight laughter, as she glared.

"I would get the F(& outta her way" Cid commented to Barett. Unfortunately, Yuffie had heard.

"Shut it old man!"

It was then that Vincent chose to make his dramatic appearance, by coming out of the grove of trees, cape swirling behind him. He glared distastefully at the others.

"Have any of you noticed that we are no longer in a cave?"

"What" Yuffie asked, before cursing loudly "Holy shit! How the…" she stuttered, in complete shock, her eyes wide as she looked around. Her gaze came to rest on Vincent "Where the hell did you go off to?" she asked him.