So Close

Warning: I don't own any of the characters or even the plot. It's a remake of a movie I saw called "So Close". I changed some of the pairings in the movie so there won't be any Yuri of the sort in it.


Chapter 3: The Loveless

Tifa's eyes fluttered open to not see Cloud anywhere. ((It was another dream…)) Tifa thought sadly. She had been having dreams about Cloud more and more after the last time they saw each other.

The last time they saw each other was on her birthday, when she just turned twenty. Cloud gave her a pair of genuine earrings and they were so beautiful it must have cost him a fortune. After that day he vanished. Yuffie always had her camcorder around, so when Tifa missed him she'd always watch the recordings of him.

Thatbirthday was almostthree year ago and Tifa was beginning to give up hope. He always complained about work and was always gone. Her childhood friend, her first love, her best friend, never had time for her.

So when Tifa's parents died, more like murdered, she moved to Midgar. Soon after she took a part-time job baby sitting and that's where she found Yuffie and her dad. Yuffie's dad instantly took Tifa in and they all became good friends, or family. After Yuffie's father died, Tifa was in the will, and she promised to take good care of Yuffie until Yuffie becomes of age, they both inherited the fortune and also the project Yuffie's dad was working on. Yuffie, being the computer genius, figured out how the work the computers quickly which meant Tifa didn't have to do all the electronics.

They took up the assassin job as soon as the job was opened. Yuffie, the coordinator, and Tifa, the combatant, together they were invincible. Tifa smiled at that, it had only beentwo yearssince they started to be 'The Angel', and they had achieved greatly.

"Tifa breakfast is on the table," Yuffie yelled from downstairs, she was probably watching Saturday morning cartoons and stuffing her face in the process. "Your shift starts in two hours. I'd get eating and showering if I were you, fighter girl,"

"Thank-you Yuffie," Tifa smiled, she walked casually down the steps and into the large white colored kitchen. Everything was spotless and shining, just the way Tifa liked it.

Tifa eat her toast and eggs and then walked back up the stairs for a bath. When Tifa was out of site, Yuffie began to grin and got up from her chair.

Tifa stripped her sleep wear of and turned the water on for a bath. The dark haired woman grabbed a towel from the towel rack and tied it around her fit body. The fighter combed her hair and looked at herself in the mirror.

"Cloud…" Tifa whispered. Tifa turned to the tub and shut it off. Slowly taking off her towel, she slipped into the warm substance.

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"Cloud," Tifa yelled in excitement. The blonde turned around and hugged the woman. He ruffled her hair and held her close to him.

"Teef, I have to go, I have another mission," Cloud said to her in a normal voice. "If I don't make it, I just wanted to say I'll miss you,"

Tifa's wine eyes opened wide then she shut them. She nodded her head and looked back at Cloud. "Cloud, I'll miss you too, please don't die on me,"

"Promise me Teef, that when I get back you'll be waiting," Cloud smiled. A tear almost slipped passed Tifa's eye, but she held back.

((Cloud, don't you love me, please I need to know)) Tifa screamed in her head. Her pride wouldn't let her say that though, her only reply was a ghostly smile.

"Teef, you're my best friend," Cloud said still hugging the frail girl. Tifa almost collapsed, for her heart broke in two again. She turned her head away from his intoxicating scent and softly sniffled.

"And are you," She quietly said. Her grip tightened on the young man then let go. ((I love you)) Tifa whispered in her confused, broken mind.

"Well I got to mosey, bye Teef," Cloud said with a cheerful grin. His usual static features disappeared and were replaced with a mask of happiness. Tifa would have laughed at that, but she was in no predicament to. Cloud released his grip on his friend and walked away.

"Goodbye," Tifa whispered. Her earrings were dangling in the wind and also her broken heart.

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Tifa emerged from the cold water. She slowly stood up and wrapped her cold body around the towel. Tifa stepped out of the tub to change, and as if on cue Yuffie busted through the door with her camcorder in hand.

"Well lookie here, the great fighter, Tifa, is just getting out of her bath," Yuffie smirked aiming her camcorder at the tall woman. The short haired girl had always taped everything about her sister ever since her parents died and even before. Tifa just smiled and shook her head in disappointment.

"Yuffie," Tifa sternly said. Yuffie took the camcorder away from her navy-blue eye and stuck her tongue out at her sister.

"You can't catch the great ninja, Yuffie, ever," Yuffie grinned. The short brown haired girl reached for Tifa's towel to only receive a slap. "Ouch," Yuffie frowned. Quickly recovering, Yuffie grinned, "Let's see what's under that towel of yours,"

"Okay, let's see if your fighting skill has improved," Tifa smirked. Still holding onto her camcorder, Yuffie reached for Tifa's towel again. She successfully tore it off making Tifa grab the bath curtains for cover.

Yuffie smirked and winked, "Aw, you're a little modest," Tifa frowned and Yuffie attacked. A high kick from the short girl was easily deflected and a roundhouse punch was dodged.

Yuffie's efforts were useless. Tifa smiled and then kicked Yuffie. Having only little space, since they were fighting in the bathroom, Yuffie flew only a few feet. Yuffie easily caught herself and somersaulted off the toilet.

Tifa saw this and flung her long hair at Yuffie, making her lose her balance. Yuffie slipped and landed in the cold water in the tub, along with her camcorder. Tifa smiled and left with the bathroom curtains tied around her. Yuffie pouted and got herself up. Tifa yet again won.

"No fair," Yuffie wined, "No fair,"

"Life's a game with no rules, Yuffie, learn that," Tifa winked. The brown headed fighter walked toward her room and shut the door. Yuffie snorted and left to her room across the hall.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll learn that… when chocobo's fly," Yuffie added.

Tifa closed her blinds and dropped the bathroom curtains from her wet body. With a smile upon her face, Tifa quickly changed into her work outfit and awaited Yuffie.

"Yuffie, do you need a ride before I leave to work," Tifa yelled. The wine eyed girl traveled down the long stairs and into the large living room.

"No, I'll walk, just go to work," Yuffie assured from her room. "I don't want to hear Barret bitch on the phone again," The shorter girl added. Tifa smiled at that and exited out of the manor.

Tifa plopped her things into her convertible and got into the car. She backed out with ease and drove to her destination.

Yuffie smiled and went down stairs to eat some more. Tifa worked at a bar called The Loveless, or better known at Seventh Heaven. In the day it was a regular old bar, but at night it was the coolest nightclub in Midgar.

Being twenty, Tifa managed to pull some strings with her old friend, Barret, and got the job as a waitress. Yuffie wasn't allowed in, not only because she was sixteen, but it was also because she was on bad terms with Barret. Yuffie grinned at that and began to cook ramen.

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Tifa arrived at the Loveless on time, as usual, and began to serve drinks. Barret smiled and thanked Tifa for actually arriving without her sister.

"Yo' Tifa, thanks again fo' takin' today's shift fulltime," Barret exclaimed.

Tifa looked at her manager in awe then managed to speak. "Fu-fu-fulltime?" She questioned. Barret nodded and smirked. "But… Mister Wallace-"

"Is' Barret, don' go formal on me Tifa, yo' da' last person I wan' eva goin' formal," Barret ordered with a friendly sigh. Tifa smiled and restarted what she was going to say.

"But, Barret, night shift is when Seventh Heaven starts," Tifa corrected. Barret nodded and began to mix drinks.

"Yo' deserved it," Barret grinned. Tifa smiled and excused herself from the bar. Tifa wanted to call Yuffie and tell her she wasn't going to be home until late. Tifa found a quiet corner and began to dial her sister's PHS.

"Hey, this is Yuffie the greatest ninja in the world… I'm kicking ass right now or eating, leave a message," Yuffie's answering machine screamed. Tifa sighed and left her a message.

"That's weird, Yuffie never forgets to answer her PHS," Tifa whispered to herself, "She must be out and forgot it,"

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"Hey Valentine, now that we're on this case, where do you plan on looking," Cid yelled through his cigarette. Vincent looked at the blonde and directed him to where he was going. "Oh, the music store… why," He asked.

"There was interference in the Mako generator system, it was music, it's self-explanatory," Vincent stated coldly. Cid shivered and drove him to the music store. Vincent got out of the car and waved the blonde off.

"Damn crazy ass vampire," Cid cursed as he drove off. Vincent brushed that comment off and walked into the store.

Yuffie was in the store buying new music for her and her sister's usage when she spotted the cop in the entrance way. He was wearing his normal black outfit but no red bandana. Yuffie blushed and out headphones on her ears.

Vincent casually walked into the building and spotted a section where the song might be. As he looked through the section Yuffie took the headphones off and skated toward the mysterious looking man.

Yuffie grinned and picked up the c.d. which she thought he might have wanted. It was the c.d. to the song she played at the Shinra Company for Mako generators. Vincent put headphones on and listened to some music, none were the ones he where looking for.

Yuffie skated passed the man and looked devilishly at him. She passed him one more time and then skated, with her skate blades, toward her prey. Yuffie grinned and scanned the c.d. to the computer Vincent was listening to.

Vincent looked up to see a childish girl scan a c.d. in his machine. When he looked at her, he could have sworn his heart stopped. He made no movement when she put a number into the computer but he did make a tiny movement when she left his side and skated onward.

Yuffie took a last look at the man and winked. She saw him blush a little and Yuffie exited. When the music began to play Vincent's eyes widened, it was the song that was on the computer at the Shinra Company.

"What," Vincent whispered in disbelief. "That girl,"

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Rufus Shinra walked down to his new office and smirked. He loved to be in control and loved being at the top. "Men, I'm having new body guards, Turks, please treat them with respect. Tonight I'm going to meet them at a Club, so take care of things topside." Rufus grinned.

The guards smirked and dismissed themselves.

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Vincent returned to the headquarters as soon as possible, or as soon as Cid got there to pick him up. When he arrived he automatically headed toward his office. His office, because he was a rookie, was on the bottom floor and it suited him just fine. As Vincent went down the elevator he reminisced what happened earlier.

The mysterious girl left Vincent and skated away. He could tell she wasn't a normal teen. After she was out of sight the music started to play.

It was the same music from the Shinra building, the same exact song. Vincent looked over to where the short brown haired girl was a minute ago and cursed at her absence. She had to be a part of Angel or something so Vincent thought.

Vincent took the headphones off and headed toward the counter for more questions. When he arrived to the cash register the person who was there directed him to the main office. The person brought him to the workers room and told him to go down the elevator to the bottom.

Vincent nodded and opened to elevator. A few people were inside, probably from the store upstairs. Vincent took a glance at the two men who shared the ride with him, turned around, and shut the elevator door.

Having a photographic memory really does come in handy. The Turk rookie remembered studying the wanted files, and somehow the two men behind him looked suspiciously familiar.

Using his memory he scanned through the wanted papers in his mind and finally found what he was looking for. Vincent was one hundred percent correct, they were wanted and that made Vincent shake his head in disappointment.

The elevator hit the fifth floor which meant they have six more floors till his destination. Suddenly the dark man turned around and kicked one of the two men down. The other saw this and took out his gun but, Vincent saw before this and brought out his gun too.

The both guns were planted into each others faces and both people were daring each other to pull the trigger. The man sighed leaving himself open for a second, taking advantage of the situation Vincent closed the distance between them and hit the end of the gun on top of the mans head, causing him to black out.

The elevator door opened cueing Vincent to leave. He grabbed the two criminals and dragged them out placing both of them off, out of his way. After he put the men away, Vincent walked leisurely to his goal.

Vincent reached a rusty old door and opened it. Surprisingly it had a beautiful interior. Vincent nodded in approval and continued walking the long hallway. After a few minutes of walking Vincent found himself at another door with two guards outside of it.

"State your presence," One guard said.

"I am Turk Valentine and I come here on a mission, the rest you may not know,"

"Understood," The other replied. He opened his coat flap and talked into its secret walky-talky.

"…"

"You may enter Mister Valentine," He said as he opened the door and requested he follow him. Vincent nodded and followed him inside the room.

"I see you are a Turk," A dark voiced man said. Vincent looked into the direction of the voice and saw a large man.

"Don Corneo," Vincent greeted. The security guard bowed at the two men and left.

"So what brings you to Wall Market, especially a Turk," Corneo spat. Vincent didn't like the guy one bit, but dismissed it.

"I heard that you know every little thing that goes in the city,"

"Yeah, yeah, make it quick I'm a busy man,"

"Don Corneo, have you heard of 'The Angel',"

"The Angel… yes, it's the damn whores who kill anyone and everyone who get in their way,"

"…"

"Just a few weeks ago, I got a letter from The Shinra saying that… well never mind," Corneo laughed. He walked closer to the dark man and patted him on the shoulder. "I see that since you are a Turk you have no time for ideal chit-chat, so here's all the things you need to know about the Angel project,"

"Angel Project…?"

"Yeah, since the Angel started, abouttwo yearsago, we've been collecting all the information on them. It seems like they are paid assassins, not normal computer hacking fuckers,"

Corneo lifted his hand off Vincent's stiff shoulder and handed him the file from on the desk. "So these are all the leads to the Angel?"

Don Corneo nodded and smirked, "If you need anyone to help you with that stiff shoulder of yours, call me and I'll hook you up with the Honey Bee Inn, they have some hot babes there," Corneo drooled.

"You might want to tell your men that there are two crooks outside, take them into the police station," Vincent ordered and he shut the door. ((So if 'The Angel' isn't just a normal computer hacking genius, they're paid assassins… and if they're paid then that means we have more leads))

The elevator opened and Vincent walked out of it and entered his gloomy office. As he sat down his phone rang. The red eyed man sighed and picked the phone up.

"Hey Vampire, turn the T.V. on and change it to the channelfive news," Cid screamed through the PHS. Vincent got up and did what the elder man told him to. "You'll never believe it man, but shit, see for yourself,"

"…"

"Bye, vamp-boy," Cid grinned then hung the phone up. Vincent hung up and turned the news on louder. A woman was on it reporting the daily news when the headlines on the bottom popped up reading, 'Shinra Attack'.

The news lady then began to speak, "We come here live to update the people of Midgar about this terrible loss. The former leader of the Shinra Mako Company had recently died by what we receive, an Assassin.

"We have an eye-witness here right now with us, her name is Aerith Gainsborough, an assistant of the Company. Miss Gainsborough may I ask you what happened earlier,"

"Yes, yes you may," Aerith smiled.

"Good, now, did you see the assassin,"

"Yes, but at the time she was wearing her sunglasses. Oh and the second time I saw her… never mind she was wearing glasses but not the same pair if that helps you out,"

"Ah, so do you have any leads to whom this assassin is,"

"No, but I think I can remember what features she had. Lets see here… she had long beautiful dark hair, and wore all white, I could tell she was rich, I mean not many people in the slums, where I was from, dresses up and looks so pretty," Aerith explained.

"Well you heard it ladies and gents, if you see a person who looks like that, call us up, and thank-you Miss Gainsborough have a nice day,"

Vincent nodded and shut the T.V. off. "More leads to The Angel," Vincent whispered. He walked over to his desk and researched everything he could find about The Angel, for they weren't getting off that easily this time.

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"Tifa, Ima take Marlene off ta bed, open up da place when da costumers come," Barret exclaimed. Tifa nodded and began to clean up the bar for her first nighttime shift.

"Drive careful Barret and tell Marlene to have a good night with the babysitter,"

"No need fo' dat, I'll leave ya here to run da place. I haven't been spendin' a lot a time with Marlene, so ask around if ya need help,"

Tifa sweat dropped and smiled ((He gives me too much credit)). "Thank-you Barret, I owe you a lot," Tifa exclaimed. Barret and his daughter left leaving Tifa and a few more people to clean the mess. Tifa smiled and began to clean again.

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"Damn, I shouldn't have shown that cop the music, but it felt kinda right," Yuffie complained. It was getting dark outside and Yuffie just got home about a few hours ago. "Oh Leviathan, I forgot to turn on my PHS, Tifa's going to be mad,"

Yuffie dialed the woman's number and began to play with her camcorder. Tifa answered and Yuffie grinned. "Hey Teef," She said in a low manly voice.

"Cloud is that you?" Tifa squealed.

"NO!" Yuffie laughed. Hearing a sniff on the other side of the phone Yuffie stopped her laughing. "I'm sorry,"

"No it's okay I need to get over him anyways,"

"You sure?"

"Yeah, oh Yuffie, I won't be home until late, if you read your messages, because I'll be at the bar,"

"Heh, the old man finally let you work nightshifts," Yuffie grinned.

"Yuffie," Tifa frowned.

"Yeah, yeah, oh Tifa, I got some new music,"

"That's great. Well duty calls bye Yuffie,"

"Bye, lover girl," Yuffie winked and shut her PHS.


A/N: I'm sorry if your confused... hehe, I need to fix my writing and writing style... ((sigh)). Review!