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.
Neko-Yuff16: Hehe, thanks for the review, yes of course there will be Shera/ Cid, I love that couple.
Chapter 4: Seventh Heaven
Yuffie watched her camcorder. The memories, the happy times, the sad times everything. Yuffie remembered when her parents were still alive, every time she did something bad her mom told her to scrunch on the ground and hop.
Yuffie laughed. So now every time she'd get mad now Yuffie would do what her mother told her. Oh course Tifa wasn't her real sister, the Kisaragi family had adopted her before they passed away, but to Yuffie Tifa was still her sister.
Yuffie grinned and turned off the camcorder. Getting up from the couch where she laid, Yuffie walked over to the monitoring room and began to surf the world or Midgar.
"Let's see here, I can visit the Turks section, or I can see what happening at the Shinra Company. Better yet I can spy on my gothic friend… oh I hope he didn't figure out who I was," Yuffie exclaimed to herself. There were about twenty monitors on and too many to choose from. Yuffie was about to switch all the monitors to one, when she spotted a spiky headed blonde from outside her house.
"Hmm, there's only one person I know who can pull a ridiculous chocobo hairdo like that," The ninja wannabe squealed. Yuffie got up and rushed to the door the blonde was at and quickly opened the door before he could knock.
"Hey there Spikes," Yuffie greeted. The blonde man looked down at the girl and gave her an acknowledged nod.
"Who are you? Is Tifa here?"
"I'm Yuffie Kisaragi, sister of Tifa, and no she's not here she's at the club,"
"What club?" The man asked while raising his eyebrow.
"Hey since I can't go in," ((Yeah right)) "Can you go there for me and tell Tifa something," Yuffie exclaimed totally ignoring the blond's question.
"Sure, but where is this club?"
"In the sector seven slums, it's called Seventh Heaven, I'm sure you've heard of it, mister serious," Yuffie joked. The man shook his head and left. "Hey wait, you can't go in there looking like you just won a war,"
The man turned back and smiled, "Well Yuffie, we just did win a war,"
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"Tifa, I think everything is ready, I'll unlock the doors," A work person yelled. Tifa nodded and wiped the sweat forming on her eyebrow. The music started to play and the people all rushed in. Tifa smiled and began serving drinks.
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/RING… RING… R-/
"…"
"Hey Vince, I'm coming down to your office and bringing your vampire butt out of that cave of yours," Cid bellowed on the PHS. Vincent sighed and hung up the phone.
After a few seconds of silence Vincent's door barged opened revealing a smoking Cid and his Venus Gospel, or his spear, pointing at his face.
"Get chur ass up Vampire, I'm taking you out to have some relaxation time. You're working overtime and need to get some sun in ya,"
"… Cid, I believe you are pointing that spear-"
"Yeah, well if ya don't move your ass in my count of three, the Venus Gospel will be pointing up your ass,"
"…"
"Okay, it's settled then," Cid smirked through his cigarette. Vincent got up and put all of his paperwork away. Placing his spear down Cid spoke again, "Hey, you won't mind if I leave my baby here, right,"
Vincent looked at the spear then grabbed his coat and left. Cid smirked and placed his spear down, shutting the lights off and locking the door behind him.
After getting out of the building, Cid led the man to his new creation. "I call this baby, the Tiny Bronco,"
The car was red and it resembled a Z-28 convertible. "I fixed this baby up in about two weeks, just wait next time I'll be designing a space ship for outer space,"
Cid smirked and got into his car allowing the dark man to get in also. Cid Highwind then sped off into the crowded city of Midgar.
Vincent looked over to the smoking blonde and Cid looked back at him getting what he was implying. "Heh, I forgot, well there's this hot bar that going down tonight, it's called the Seventh Heaven. It's also ladies night, and you need relaxation time, so I thought bringing you there would cool you down. I mean you've been cooped up in the dark room for hours now,
"And if you must, you can ask people if they know anything about your Angel. And since the big boy himself, Rufus, is coming there you might actually get some answers,"
Vincent absorbed all the information Cid gave out and turned his head toward the road. Cid smirked and turned his head also. Vincent could see flashing lights coming from a small part in the slums and guess it was the bar. He was right.
Cid smirked and dropped Vincent off at the front, "Now don't steal any girls while I park," The blonde grinned. Vincent shook his head and entered the bar. When he walked through all Vincent could hear was loud music and people screaming.
There was flashing lights all around the dance floor and guards all over the place, probably for the new Shinra president. Walking around, Vincent saw his four Turk friends, Elena, Reno, Rude, and Reeve.
"Hello Vincent," Reno smirked. He was sitting down at a table with the rest of the Turks as usual, and he and rude were drinking and smoking.
" Reno," Vincent acknowledged. Reno smirked and grabbed a random girl and started to kiss her. Elena rolled her eyes and Reeve laughed. "Rude, Elena, Reeve,"
"…" Rude nodded.
"Hey," Elena waved.
"Hi-ya," Reeve grinned. Vincent then walked away and found himself at the bar table where he saw a beautiful woman serving drinks to drunkards. Sitting down he called over the woman.
"Miss,"
"Hey, what would you like," The large breasted woman yelled. Since the music was loud Vincent had no other choice then to raise his voice.
"Do you have any-"
"He'd like one of those," Cid interrupted pointing to the strongest drink there was. "Make that two, hot stuff," He winked. The blonde sat next to him and began to flirt with the women around him. Vincent looked over at the dark brown haired woman mixing their drinks and became mesmerized. She had talent, a perfect form, Vincent noted. The woman smiled and gave them their drinks.
"Cid, I believe our drinks are ready," Vincent loudly said tapping the man's back.
"Yeah, yeah, I think that girl digs me," Cid winked looking at a woman with brown hair and glasses. Vincent turned to his drink and studied it. Cid chugged his drink down and left the bar table to talk with that girl, leaving Vincent alone.
Vincent swallowed his drink and ordered another… this was going to be a long night.
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"Yuffie, are you sure?"
"Yeah I am Spikes, now go in there and sweep her off her feet," Yuffie grinned. The two recently arrived and still the night was young.
"Hey Yuffie it was nice meeting you, thanks by the way," The man said. Yuffie just winked and pushed him into the crowd. Yuffie smiled and followed him shortly after.
((Mission: Get-Spiky-and-Sister-Together, has begun)) Yuffie thought as she followed the spiky headed man. Even though she told him she wasn't supposed to be there Yuffie would do anything to protect her sister, even though she doesn't seem like the person who would be overprotected.
Tifa smiled as she served yet another drink to a drunkard. The brown haired girl giggled at the man who kept on ordering the same drink with out getting drunk, and it was the strongest drink she had.
The man smiled and drank again, Tifa smiled and blushed. More men came towards her making Tifa snap out of her thoughts.
"What would you guys like," Tifa yelled, trying to make it clear over the loud music. The men smiled and grabbed her.
"Babe, you're new so why don't you and us guys dance then go upstairs afterwards," One suggested. Tifa made a disgusted face and quickly got out of their grasp.
"No thanks," Tifa frowned turning back to her mixing. The men grinned and pulled her back, only receiving air. The men gasped and looked around for her.
"Hey, baby, we didn't tell you to leave," Another man screamed. At that, Vincent looked up and saw some men harassing the cute bartender. Getting up, smoothly, Vincent walked over to the men.
"I'm sorry sirs, but I have to work and-"
"Yeah right baby, you'll come whether you want to or not," He said as he reached for Tifa's hand again. Tifa wasn't about to start a fight, since this is her first time doing full-shift, but if the occasion called, and it did, she wasn't going to back down. As the man reached for her another man's came in between them to stop it.
"I believe the lady does not want to," Vincent coolly said. The other man smirked and brought his hand back.
"So you want to fight," He asked, while his buddies grinned and agreed. Vincent shook his head.
"I have no time for you. Leave now, if you want to live,"
"Heh, you think you're tough, well show us what you got,"
"I'd rather save bloodshed for a last resort,"
"Then die,"
"Wait," Tifa interrupted. All the men looked at her then looked back at each other. "Please, don't fight. But if you must fight outside,"
"Heh, we'll fight where we please, huh dark man,"
"…" Vincent didn't agree. The man spat at him, but Vincent luckily dodged it. Vincent raised his clawed hand, covered by a glove and his long shirt, and grabbed the man's pressure point. The man yelled, making his buddies get angry. "Please leave,"
"No," They yelled back. Vincent let go of the limp man and walked over to the others.
"If you do not, then I'm afraid I will have to arrest you for harassing this young lady," Vincent calmly replied showing his Turk badge. The men's faces turned petrified, then they grabbed their buddy and left.
"Thank-you," Tifa smiled. Vincent nodded and turned around. "My name is Tifa by the way,"
Vincent turned around and nodded. "… and mine is Vincent," Tifa smiled and began to serve again. Vincent walked off into the crowd.
A certain blonde saw the whole thing, making him angry, ((What is he doing with my best friend)). He wanted to walk up to the girl and yell at her but then realized he was… jealous, for the first time, jealous.
He casually walked up and smirked, waiting for the girl to notice him. "What would you like today," She asked.
"I'd like the strongest drink you've got," He grinned. Tifa smiled, not making eye contact with the man, and shook her head.
"I'm sorry, we're out, what else would you like, sir," She said, still not looking up. The man mentally cursed and then ordered again.
"What about second strongest,"
"Nope,"
"Third,"
"Sorry,"
"Damn it, what about a tequila,"
"I'm sorry,"
"Shit and they call this a fucking bar," He cursed out loud, not meaning to. The woman looked up in astonishment to only meet eyes with familiar bluish eyes.
Tifa's heart missed a beat, they locked their eyes for a moment and pulled them apart, well Tifa did. ((No it can't be him, he- he's gone, Cloud's gone…))
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to curse," He managed to softly say through the loud background music. Tifa looked back into his eyes, hers almost in tears.
"It's okay, um, is it okay if I ask your name," Tifa managed to ask.
"Only if you come with me to the dance floor," He replied. Tifa smiled, she liked him… he was different.
"Okay," Tifa smiled. She called over her friend, who was mixing up a drink, and asked him to substitute for her. He agreed and Tifa took off her apron. The man smiled and walked her to the opening of the table, where they went off into the dance floor.
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"Damn it woman, you're stepping on my toes again," Cid cursed through his cigarette.
"I'm sorry," The woman said, her glasses slipping of the bridge of her nose. Cid frowned and cursed again.
"What's your name," Cid demanded. The woman smiled gentle and they danced again.
"Shera,"
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"Damn, I lost them," Yuffie cursed out loud. "Now I can't video tape them." The ninja had easily followed them into the crowd and easily lost them in the crowd, which made the short haired girl pissed.
Searching more, Yuffie spotted a familiar person in the crowd. ((Wait… it's the policeman!)) Sweat dropping, Yuffie stepped back and began to run only to hit another person. It was a woman with short blonde hair.
"Watch it," She yelled. Yuffie grinned and walked pasted her and her guy friend. "Tseng, now where were we,"
"Right here," Tseng smirked. Elena smiled and they began to dance again.
Yuffie walked casually out of the sweaty dance floor and back to point A, the bar. ((Okay, now what is he doing here, he better not have figured my sister out, or… no way, I'll kick his Vampire ass before that happens)) Yuffie thoughtfully thought. Yuffie was wearing her usual khaki shorts and green sleeveless turtle neck, the only thing covering her mostly up was a dark green duster (a/n: The sweater thing Rinoa wears in FFVIII).
Sitting down on a chair, Yuffie began to search for her sister and Spiky.
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Tifa was having the time of her life and he was an excellent dancer, which made the fighter blush. The man reminded her so much of Cloud, but it couldn't be him, she reminded herself.
Tifa and the blonde haired man walked out of the club and up the stairs to a balcony for some quiet time.
"Look at that," Tifa smiled. It was a shooting star.
"Make a wish," The blonde said as he covered Tifa's eyes. Tifa smiled and shut her eyes.
((Never thought I could look at you this way
No longer young enough to be blind
Or am I being blind now?
These strong bonds even stronger now
I wonder if you could see that now
Or do you see right through me?
Grown a strong passion for you))
The man brought his hands back and closed his eyes. Sighing he walked backward to see the beauty in full view. Tifa's closed eyes began to shimmer.
((You hold your tongue
And I try to speak, but nothing expressed
Some angry punches here and there
To spiel this angst out
Then again I feel so comfortable around you
I sometimes go too far
You just smirk and say nothing
If only passion were red and radiated
Maybe you could see then))
Tifa began to open her eyes but then quickly shut them, in fear that her true wish wouldn't be granted.
((Not the type to shy away so easily
Yet I feel the butterflies
Your stare makes me at ease
When you speak I wish you would more
I would sacrifice our friendship
Just to tell you one day about my affection for you))
Finally the tears spilled out. Tifa opened her eyes and smiled. "Cloud, I'm sorry," She said to the distant star.
"Don't worry Teef… I'll always protect you,"
Tifa turned around and saw the same man, giving him a questioning look. He smirked and walked up to her.
"Tifa Lockheart, I've missed you," The blond said. Tifa's eyes widened and her mouth formed the perfect 'o' at the realization.
"Cl- Clou- Cloud… is that really you?" Tifa asked as her heart began to form back together again.
A/n: I was going to go on, but there will be a second part. The poem that I used to express Tifa's wish/ feelings is called Strong Bonds. It was created by a great writer named Pearl or better known as Eloquent-Fighter. And just like every chapter, if there is any mess ups tell me!
