"Reno?"

"Reeeeeeeno! Wake up, you baka!"

"Reno, c'mon, wake up. Man, gotta wake up."

Pulled and twisted out of the comforting dream he'd been enveloped in, Reno reluctantly opened his eyes. Staring at the ceiling of a hospital room, he could faintly hear doctors around him, nurses trying to take care of him as well. Whimpering, he tried to shut his eyes again, only to hear Yuffie's voice calling out to him. "Renny-kun! Chu scareded me!"

The doctors chuckled as he woke up. "He's going to be alright."

"Just a bullet wound, eh, Ren?" Rude grinned down at him as Andine bounced around and around. The little moogle squeaked something and then suddenly there was a loud explosion of power. There, where she stood was a little girl. "DAAAAAAADDY!" She glomped Rude's leg and just beamed. And, since Reno woke up to all of this, he simply assumed that he was out of his mind for a few seconds.

"So what the hell happened?"

"Lots of shooting, lots of bleeding, lots of hurting. Stuff like that, you know?" Rude nodded at this as he stroked Andine's hair. "Oh, and the moogle turned into a girl and the girl clings to me. I don't know about this moogle. I think we got a strange one."

Andine giggled up at them. "Nah uuuuuh! I'm a special moogle and you're my daddy now!" Twirling, she started to dig through her pockets. She actually found something edible. "Oh mah GAWD! GRANOLA BAAAAAR!"

Reno sweatdropped, as did Rude and Yuffie. "Anyway… Reno, I'm going to get some coffee or something. I'll be back soon." Turning, Yuffie walked out of the hospital room and then turned down the corridor, headed toward the cafeteria. The only problem was, someone grabbed her shoulder and snatched her back.

"Yuffie? Are you okay?"

She looked back and what she saw shocked her. Vincent was standing there, looking very disheveled and very impatient. His red eyes looked pained and insane, which made her alarmed. "I-I'm okay. How did you get here, Vinny?" Her stomach sank down to her knees as she saw him. Suddenly, she got very worried about her red-headed friend's safety.

"Because I've been looking for you. Why are you here looking after the Turks?"

"B-because they found me and brought me back… And R-reno-"

"Reno what?" A flare of anger washed through his eyes as he looked at the small woman. "What did he do?"

"I f-fell in l-l-"

"You did what now?" Vincent's eyes widened as he stared at Yuffie. "That fast? How? You didn't care for me!"

"I mean… He took care of me, and they took care of me, and he needs someone to take care of him and…"

"In other words, that's why you hung up the phone?"

"N-no, I dropped the phone just as you picked up and-"

"That's the reason. Because you're in love with another man. DESPAIR!" Vincent almost seemed to wail at the thought. The poor thing was driven insane by love. "Oh, the wilds of the wind, the playing sands of tiiiiime!"

(Note: author is having fun with this. Vincent isn't nearly this flowery and dramatic in the RP. Okay, back to the chapter.)

Yuffie sweatdropped and tried to pull away from him again, successfully breaking his hold. Vincent stalked off with his head hung down as she walked back toward the hospital room. Oh mah gawd, oh mah gawd… He's going to kill Reno when he gets hold of himself. He's going to blow his fuckin' brains out and I'm going to have to CLEAN 'EM OFF OF THE WALL AND SAVE THEM TO CUDDLE AT NIGHT! Yuffie wailed mentally as she stepped into the room and glanced at the red-head and his friend. "R-reno, we have a little problem."

"What is it?" He glanced up at her, a smile on his face.

"S-see, Vincent's back and he isn't too pleased because… Well, cuz he ain't too pleased and see, he's very very angry and… Well, he's probably going to make an attempt at your life."

Rude and Reno's jaws both dropped as they stared at her. "Do what now?"

"See, I'm in love with Reno… and Vincent knows that now… And he's going to try and kill Reno and-"

"Whoa whoa! Wait, whoa, hold on. You, in love with me?" Reno's eyes shimmered with disbelief. "Really?"

"Yah huh, and now Vincent's gonna kill you and I don't know how to stop him and then he's probably going to steal me and run away with me and… Oh…" Yuffie sniffled as her eyes started to tear up.

Reno blinked, not knowing what to say at first. "I mean… I guess I love you too a little bit, but what are we gonna do?"

"I don't kn-know, but he's going to KILL YOU!" Wailing loudly, she dove at the bed and clung to Reno, sniffling and bawling. "And he's going to kill you and I'm going to have to bury you and then he's going to carry me away and then he's going to cuddle me and probably make me do evil things with him AND I DON'T WANNA GO WITH HIM CUZ I WANNA STAY WITH YOU AND EVERYTHING IS MESSED UP NOOOOOW!" Rude, Reno and Andine sweatdropped.

"Whoa, whoa… Slow down, Yuffie." Rude stepped forward. "Nothing is going to happen, because we won't let the vampire touch him. Elena and me would guard Reno with our lives. Nothing is going to happen."

Yuffie sniffled as she looked up at him. "S-see, you don't understand. Vincent's a lot more powerful than you and Elena and Reno, and he's a lot more powerful than me. See, he's a lot better than I am at fighting and I was one of the best, and now he's going to come after us all. He'll squash us all into the ground and there won't be anything that we can do about it because he'll have the upper hand."

Reno rolled his eyes. "I'll kick his ass. There ain't no problem with it."

"No you won't kick his ass, cuz he'll kick yours, you baka."

"Ah… You doubt me?"

"Of course! Cuz he's going to SQUASH you, dumbass. He squashes everything else in his path, so why not you? Not like he would have a problem with it."

"Meh, we'll think of something, won't we?"

Rude sighed and nodded, then looked around. "Someone needs to call Elena and make sure she's safe. I think I'm gonna go handle that." He stepped out of the room to make the call to ShinRa Headquarters, where she'd gone to work a little bit.

"Yuffie?" The girl turned to look at whoever was calling her name. Reeve stepped into the room and tilted his head. "You know, Vincent looks a little pissed off… Could you tell us why?"

Yuffie's heart sank again. "Oh, cuz of a lot of stuff, and-"

"He's muttering to himself, m'dear. About shooting someone and revenge. Don't you think you need to go see about him?"

"I know who he's going to shoot and I probably won't be able to stop him."

"Oh…" Everyone hung their heads, at a loss of what to do. Little did they know, Vincent was planning something worse than what they could imagine.

To be continued.

I wants to thank some people. I don't usually do this at the end of a story, but there are a lot of people that made this possible. Not that I can remember everyone's pennames, but you know who you are. Lessee… Matron Raenee, I owe the most to. See, she's the girl that RPs Yuffie (and Vincent…and Andine). Without her help, this chapter wouldn't have been completed. Cuz me, forgetful as I am forgot what happened. Soooooooooooo… Tank chu. –Huge grin-

LadyTwist, thank chu very much for reviewing and giving me your thoughts and opinions on this story. They mean much to me and I look up to you, as you already know. –Hug hug-

Jasmine32, big sister, you're a very loyal reviewer and I'm happy to thank you. I enjoy RPing with you and interacting with you on a daily basis. Indeed, you fuel my creativity and my insanity day in and day out, especially when we RP until 7 AM in the morning.

To everyone else not mentioned that have reviewed and those I talk to almost every night, thank you very much. If not for all of you poking at me to update, I probably wouldn't. Okitay. Enjoy!