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 6: Falling Apart

"I was driving to tell you what I am, Cloud." Tifa began in a serious voice. After a few seconds of silence Cloud walked over to her and gave her a questioning look. The long haired brunette sighed and closed her eyes. "I'm a paid assassin,"

Cloud blinked and blinked some more. "Is that why you moved away from Nibelhiem," He asked as he regained himself. Tifa shook her head and turned around from the twenty-two year old man.

"No… when you left a stranger came into town and destroyed the village, he gave me a scar and allowed me to live. That was when I was found by Barret, the person who actually owns Seventh Heaven, and brought to Midgar where I met Yuffie and her father.

"He was a scientist working on a high tech satellite able to see around the whole world. Some men wanted to buy it, but he said no, and they killed him. Before they pointed their guns at us, one of them turned on them and shot them, leaving us to live. He taught me how to fire me first shot, you know," Tifa smiled reminiscing in the past.

Cloud stood in shock as he replayed the whole story inside his head and stood there still as a wall. The blonde nodded and walked up to Tifa putting his arms around her shoulders and holding her for a second. (FFX style!)

"I'm not going to cry… I've already cried out my tears. But Cloud… how did you find me?"

"It took me a long time. As soon as we won the war in Wutai, I set out for Nibelhiem and found that no one was there that I remembered. I then went to Costa del Sol to relax for a little bit I heard on the news about an assassin in Midgar so I left to become a mercenary. Heh, I would have never expected my childhood friend would be the killer of the power hungry, Shinra," Cloud exclaimed as he let go of her shoulders and turned her around looking into her wine colored eyes. "Tifa… don't worry,"

"Cloud, I'm sorry," Tifa whispered.

"By the way," He began, "why did you kill Shinra?"

Tifa smiled and shook her head, "I would have thought better of you, Cloud. That is strictly business," Cloud blinked a few times and then nodded. Of course he wouldn't push her to tell him anything, he would never imagine doing such a thing, but it was bothering him. He always thought of Tifa as an innocent child, she also had her bad moments, but doesn't everyone?

"Let's go," Tifa smiled. She grabbed his hand and ran down the dew streets.

As the both of them returned to Tifa's large house, Tifa noticed Yuffie wasn't home. "Cloud, have you seen Yuffie anytime?"

Cloud shook his head and walked over to the white leather couch in the living room. Tifa sighed and went over to the computers to check on the surveillance camera. "Though she did bring me to your bar," Cloud added. Tifa looked over to Cloud and shook her head.

"How did she sneak in?" Tifa asked, she could have sworn she doubled security.

"Heh, she was her way… and let me tell you, they're deadly," Cloud joked. Tifa smiled and walked away from the already waiting computers. Sitting down close to him she sighed and laid her head back onto the couch's end. There were no lights turned on, the rising sun was the only light throughout the house.

((I can't help but worry about Yuffie… where could she be, I closed down the bar… and I arrived later after, she should be home)) Tifa stressed. Cloud looked over to her friend and sensed her worried feature.

"She'll be alright, she's stronger than she looks," He smiled. He then grabbed her softly and cradled her body against his.

((I know, but…)) She began. Cloud began to rub her tense back and allowed her to relax against his built body. ((Cloud, if only you knew how I felt about you)) Allowing a sigh to come out of her mouth, Cloud took that note and nuzzled her neck. Tifa's eyes popped out in shock, literally. "Cl-Cl-Cloud," She whispered hoarsely as her face became a radiant red color. The feel of his breath against her neck made her want more and also making her temporarily forget about the missing Yuffie matter.

Cloud smiled as his nose touched her neck, for a reason he wanted to smother her forever. ((But she's my friend… but this also feels right, I fit her…)) He thought arguing in his mind. After a few more seconds he decided to screw the whole matter and go on instinct.

Tifa couldn't believe it. Cloud was nuzzling her, at first she thought it was just her imagination, but then realized he might just have feelings for her. With that thought, the assassin loosened up and allowed him to take over her body. Cloud lifted her long legs up and brought them around his torso making her straddle him. The blonde spiked haired man grinned and lifted her and him both up with ease then walked over to the kitchen area… for more or less reasons. His lips left her neck and traveled up toward her thick lips making her moan. The littlest touch of his lips against hers and Tifa was on flames.

((This has to be heaven…)) Tifa thought. She could feel herself getting wet and started to blush pink. ((Cloud, you don't know what you're doing to me…)) She whined. His tongue brushed on Tifa's lips and she gladly opened for him, making his way through her lips, Cloud explored the interior of her mouth and then found her tongue.

While his mouth was busy with her mouth, his unoccupied hand traveled up Tifa's thigh and to her back. ((Tifa…)) Cloud moaned. Cloud's back hit against something hard making them, regretfully, break their kiss. Tifa opened her eyes to see he had hit one of Yuffie's cameras on the computer table and knocked it down. ((Hmm, I thought we were in the kitchen…)) Cloud thought as Tifa jumped down from his torso.

((Ah! Yuffie, why do you always leave your stuff around?)) Tifa angrily thought. She walked behind the computer table and picked up the item. Looking up she saw a picture of Yuffie on the computer. "What?" Tifa asked. "Ohmigosh, I forgot about Yuffie," Tifa yelled in realization. Cloud sweat dropped and scratched the back of his head.

"Is she alright?" He asked unaware that she was on the screen.

"Cloud, come over here," Tifa ordered. The blonde nodded and quickly rushed over to the brunette's side. Tifa pointed to the screen where the teenager was at and Cloud's eyes widened.

"She's at the police station?" He nearly yelled. "What has she done now?" Tifa sighed in frustration and tiredness.

Tifa sat down upfront of the monitor and began to turn on the sound for that one place out of many. ((Yuffie, what have you done?))

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"I ain't talking," Yuffie spat handcuffed and all. Vincent shook his head and began to ask the question again.

"Miss Kisaragi, I'll ask you again. Are you related to Angel?" He asked in a calm voice. Yuffie growled and placed both of her hand on the desk then placed her head onto her palms.

"I ain't talking, Mister Vampire," Yuffie sarcastically answered. Vincent stared at her with his blood red eyes and then turned around.

"Then suit yourself, you'll be staying in here for a long time now," He stated as he started to turn around to leave. Yuffie pouted and stuck her tongue out.

"Why? I didn't do anything!" She complained. The man in black stopped in his tracks and answered her question.

"You owe a lot of money to Midgar, with all the cars you crashed and the property you destroyed, plus you insulted an officer and disobeyed the laws, shall I keep on going?" He asked. Yuffie lifted her handcuffed hands up and shook them.

"This is harassment ya know!" She yelled back.

"May I remind you that it was you who fell on me," Yuffie stopped waving her hands and placed them down again and sarcastically laughed.

"It wasn't my fault!" She defended. Vincent ignored her and left the questioning room. ((Damn it… I need help Tifa! I just hope you and Spiky aren't hittin' it off somewhere!))

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"Damn, they got her," Cloud cursed. Tifa closed her eyes and was in deep thought.

((If I only got to see the policeman who held her captive… this would be easier)) "Cloud… they probably have Yuffie on a tight security watch, making it highly difficult to break in and get her. I need to think this one over," Tifa sighed as she rubbed her temples. Cloud nodded and hugged to woman still sitting in the chair.

"I'm sorry, Teef," He whispered. Tifa gave him a weak smile and opened her eyes to do some work on the computer.

"Cloud, get some rest, I'll call you when I'm done with the technical stuff,"

Cloud shook his head and let go of Tifa. "No Teef, if you ever need help, I'll be there to rescue you, remember?" He asked and Tifa smiled.

"I remember, but we were young," Tifa added. Cloud shook his head again and smiled at the strong willed girl.

"No, that was a year ago, I remember because you were the one who made that promise. And it's the reason I'm still alive, I remembered your words," Cloud said as he bent down to kiss Tifa's lips. "I'll always be there," He whispered as he pulled away slowly. Tifa gave him a weak smiled and pulled her wine eyes away from him. "Now that we have that settled, what should I do?"

Tifa smiled and pointed to a chair near the kitchen. "Grab that chair over there and sit beside me, we'll work on this together," Tifa smiled. Cloud also smiled and did what he was told. "Now I'm going to only explain how the computer works once, are you ready?" Cloud nodded and Tifa began to explain.

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Rufus sighed, it was morning and he only got one hour of sleep. He was awaiting his new bodyguards that he was supposed to meet at Seventh Heaven, but the party ended to quickly making them reschedule for this morning. The blonde haired president growled and closed his eyes.

/BEEP/

The sound of his intercom went off alerting him to open his eyes. ((Damn…)) He cursed and he pushed the button on his phone.

"Hello Mister Shinra," The voice said cheerfully. Rufus growled but shook it off.

"Aerith, please don't call me that, it reminds me of my late father," He replied. He heard shuffling on the other line and awaited the light brown haired woman to reply, but it never came. "Hello?"

"Hello," A male voice came through. It sounded old and groggy.

"Who is this?" ((It surly can't be the Turks already)) Rufus thought.

"My name is Hojo and I was wondering if you'd like to know where 'The Angel' lives."

That snapped Rufus's attention to the phone and he immediately answered. "You know where I can find them?" He asked. He heard a sinister laugh on the other line which made Rufus grin.

"Yes, yes I do, with the technology I have… I could find anyone," Hojo replied. Rufus cracked a smiled and cracked his knuckles.

"Well then, I'll page you up to my office," Rufus grinned making Hojo laughed again.

"I'm not in the building, I cut off your conversation with your secretary, but I'd loved to be escorted up, along with my son Sephiroth," Rufus's grin instantly dropped and his mouth made an opening sound.

"Your son is Sephiroth? The great and powerful general who won the war in Wutai a little while back, I heard that he disappeared," Rufus stated. Hojo laughed and Rufus heard another shuffle on the other line.

A dark and ominous voice came on the phone and answered, "I assure you, I'm perfectly fine…" At that the line was disconnected and Rufus heard his secretary again.

"-and then my day went like-" Aerith said.

"Aerith! There are two important men that are coming in the building soon, escort them along with a few guards, to my office," Rufus ordered. Aerith agreed quickly and then hung the phone up.

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The short haired young woman growled as they placed her in her cell. ((Damn it, they tightened security, now how can I escape?)) Her handcuffs were still on, unfortunately, and she had only a little bit on living space to think. ((This sucks… and this is how they treat a princess!))

She jumped onto her lumpy bed and lay down onto it. It was probably three or four in the morning, and Yuffie hadn't had any sleep since, so she closed her eyes and began to even out her breath. ((There're no blankets either…))

"Daddy… Tifa's being a meany again!" Yuffie yelled. She was younger, about fifteen, and had longer hair. Her father, Godo Kisaragi, sighed in annoyance. He was working on his life project inside the house when Yuffie decided to drop by and bug him.

"Yuffie, don't bug your sister and maybe she might not be mean towards you, now go do something useful," He scolded not looking at his only child. Yuffie growled and turned around to meet her blue-violet eyes with wine colored eyes. Tifa smirked, her nineteen year old smirk and grabbed Yuffie.

"Hey, you stole my bra again," Tifa laughed as she nudged Yuffie's hair. Yuffie struggled and escaped her grasp.

"It's not like it'll fit me," Yuffie grinned. Tifa blushed and tried to grab Yuffie, but she evaded it. "Ha, ha, you'll never catch me!"

"Yes I will!" Tifa winked as they ran all over the house. Yuffie smirked as she ran through the living room, and before she knew it she tripped over a wire and landed on her dad.

"Ahh, princess overboard!" Yuffie managed to yell before her dad saw her. CRASH Yuffie rubbed her head and saw her father's angry eyes before her. "Uh-oh…" Yuffie smiled.

"Yuffie Sakura Kisaragi!" He yelled as Yuffie was lifted up by Tifa. "Go outside and jump for as many hours as you can count!" He yelled. Tifa sweat dropped and let go of the younger woman. Yuffie instantly ran out of the room and began to jump, cradled on the ground and covering her ears. Tifa smiled but quickly covered it. "That girl…" Godo sighed. "Tifa, you're nineteen years old and you can move out, you don't have to stay here and look after Yuffie,"

Tifa smiled and shook her head. "No, I like having a younger sister… it takes my mind off of my real parents…" Tifa sighed. Godo bowed his head and then got up with the help of the brown haired woman.

"Thank-you, without you, I'd have no time for my project since Yuffie's more than a handful,"

Tifa nodded and then turned around to watch Yuffie fulfill her discipline.

Yuffie opened her eyes. ((It's just a memory… and yet not)) Yuffie sighed. She looked at her handcuffs and growled. ((Now where did I put that hairpin?)) She asked herself as she searched all over her hair. "Ah-ha!" Yuffie grinned.

"Ah-ha what?" A dark voice asked. Yuffie turned around to see Vincent sitting outside of the cell looking at her with his piecing red eyes.

"Ha, ha, I said, Ha, ha," Yuffie innocently smiled covering up her outburst. Vincent shook his head and leaned his head against the wall again. "Sorry, did I wake ya?" Yuffie grinned as she placed the hairpin back into her hair. Vincent shook his head slightly and looked upwards. Yuffie's eyes traveled from his face to his torso and then to his shiny hand. ((Wait that golden thing from before… I got to ask him about that!))

"Hey Vinnie?" Yuffie asked in her playful tone getting Vincent's undivided attention. Ignoring the nickname, Vincent was all ears. "What's that golden thingy on your hand?" She blurted out. Vincent's blinked and looked into her eyes. ((He really is a vampire isn't he?))

"…" He answered. Yuffie sighed and grinned.

"You probably got that from your ex-girlfriend, cheating on her and all," Yuffie winked. Vincent slightly took in a gasp of air in surprise then looked away. Yuffie grinned and sat fully up. "So… do I know her?"

Vincent remained quiet and closed his eyes. "No…" He whispered. Yuffie smiled and walked over to the bars dividing the two people.

"Soo… what was she like, you're ex I mean," Yuffie asked wanting to know a bit more about her captor. Vincent crossed his arms and rose from his spot. Yuffie could tell that she was far from short on him. He was like a giant next to her making her blush a little, and plus the black outfit made him sexier than he already was, but then the cold, dark, and angst look turned her off too. He quietly walked toward the younger girl and bent down a little to her level.

Yuffie could sense his breath close to hers making her blush even more, but hopefully not noticeably, as he looked into her eyes. After a few seconds of silence and fast heart beatings, Vincent opened his mouth. "She was like… a beautiful flower, beautiful red hair… deep brown eyes… and pink full lips…" He began. Yuffie slowly breathed as he arose again yet still keeping their eye contact he spoke again. "She was his assistant, the man who destroyed my life, and she chose him instead of me,"

Yuffie placed all the information she just got out of the dark man and stored it in her 'Vampire' file in her head, the one reserved for him, and smirked at the man. Yuffie then realized that he had just told her one of his many secrets ((He must be warming up to me. Awww and we just met)). "Why did you tell me all of that?" Yuffie couldn't help but ask. Vincent turned around then walked away and out of her sight. ((He's weird…)) Yuffie thought as she brought out her hairpin again. ((Now time to unlock these puppies!))

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A man with long silver hair and another man with greenish looking skin walked though Rufus's office. Aerith smiled and closed the door. Rufus grinned and walked up to the two men.

"My name is Rufus Gate Shinra," Rufus formally introduced. The black haired, greenish colored skin man nodded and introduced himself.

"I am Hojo Creed and this is my son Sephiroth," Hojo grinned evilly. Sephiroth walked over to a chair and sat down, with his five foot sword close to him. "I brought my son here for clean up duty also," Hojo grinned. "I shortly found out that you needed help from some of my connections and then hooked myself up with you, if you ever wanted to know how I found out about your Angel and police problem," Rufus smiled and escorted the scientist to the chair next to his son. Rufus then sat down at his own chair and discussed his plans with his new allies.

After a few minutes of discussing their plans the door rudely opened. Rufus and Hojo looked to the door and found that it had been knocked down. A red haired man with a pole in his hand and a bald headed man with a gun in hand stood where the door had been a few seconds ago.

"Hello, Mister President," The red head grinned as he placed his pole down. "Did we miss the party?" Rufus realized who they were and grinned.

"Hojo and Sephiroth meet Reno and Rude of the Turks, the best of the best," Rufus grinned. Aerith was yet again in the background smiling and waving 'sorry'.

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"There, I got a plan, Cloud," Tifa smiled. "Here," She began pointing to the screen, "Is the weakest and most unguarded place in the building. If you make a distraction, I could get into there, knock out most of their systems, and lock them down. All you have to do is knockout the guys in the front and we're in," Tifa happily explained. Cloud sweat dropped and shook his head in confusion.

"And how do I make a distraction?" He asked not fully liking what was going to come out of her mouth next.

"You're going to dress like a girl!" Tifa smiled.


A/N: BOO-YAKA! I couldn't resist... hehe. Erm, review and be nice to poor Lady.