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 10: The Setup
Yuffie instantly shot out of the car and ran strait inside her home. Tifa kept still in the car looking off into the other direction not bothering to notice Yuffie abrupt absence. And Cloud sat in the middle confused as heck. Tifa then unbuckled her seatbelt and quietly got out.
"Cloud, are you coming or not?" Tifa asked with a blank stare. Cloud looked at her through the window and then got out of the car. "I'm sorry about today,"
"No, no, don't be, it was... fun," Cloud smiled, putting on one of his goofy smiles that only looked good on him, which was especially made for Tifa. Tifa slightly smiled back then turned around and headed for the door. "Wait Teef," Cloud called out. Tifa stopped midway and waited. "Are you going to be okay?"
"... yeah," Tifa whispered. The brown haired girl then entered her mansion. Cloud slightly smiled then followed her.
As Cloud entered the house he saw a glimpse of Tifa's hair disappear behind the kitchen and quickly, but quietly followed.
"Yuffie, where do you think you are going?" Tifa quietly questioned. Yuffie turned around to her sister and scowled.
"Upstairs to my room," Yuffie stated as she turned around again and began walking up the stairs.
"Yuffie, come down here now,"
"Whatever," Yuffie mumbled as she now changed coarse and walked down to the kitchen.
Tifa turned around to Cloud as he walked in and bowed for forgiveness. "Cloud will you excuse us?"
"Actually Teef, I was planning on going, I'll just walk to your bar and grab my bike and go," Cloud stated. Tifa nodded and gave him a hug.
"Umm, Cloud?" Yuffie interrupted. Cloud and Tifa quickly let go of their embrace and switched their gaze to the ninja. "I um... well, you don't have a bike..."
"What?" Cloud asked think he hadn't heard it clearly.
"Umm..." Yuffie began.
"Yuffie," Tifa glared.
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"This isn't fair!" Yuffie screamed as she shut the door to her room. "Tifa should just... should just... go away!" Yuffie cried. ((No... I'm a ninja... like my mother... before we were exiled due to the war... I shouldn't cry))
Yuffie slowly trotted to her small bed and collapsed on it. ((What now? This is just not my night... er... my pillow is damp))
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"What would have happened if you never got away, you'd be in there for life," Tifa angrily yelled. Yuffie folded her arms and waited to hear the rest of her sister's commotion. "Yuffie, you're too young for this, you're only seventeen," Tifa sighed as she crossed her legs on the kitchen chair. "We're assassins Yuffie, not killers who have no goal. We don't get involved with the police, only our clients. I mean, Yuffie, we're only supposed to kill the ones were contracted for and not anyone else. What would of happened if... if–"
"If what?" Yuffie angrily asked jumping up from her stool. "If I stayed in prison? You know me very well,"
"No... I don't. Yuffie, if you were good then you would have never went to my club, and got caught, and destroyed Cloud's bike," Tifa glared.
"But Tifa," Yuffie begged allowing herself to lose her angry face.
"No Yuffie, I've had enough of this. Why don't you just grow up!" Tife yelled. Yuffie eyes widened at her elder sister at her words, then watered slightly. Tifa, realizing what she had just yelled, quickly covered her mouth and tried to protest but Yuffie stopped her.
"Tifa..." Yuffie whispered, Tifa looked up to her sister and listened, "Not every girl has a man to protect her like you do!"Yuffie screamed as she rushed upstairs to her room. Tifa, a little dumbstruck, gasped at Yuffie loud outburst and shuddered.
"Yuffie, I'm sorry," Tifa frowned.
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"Yuffie," Tifa whispered as she slowly walked up to her room. ((I'll tell her in the morning... I don't want her to get into trouble anymore due to my account)). After she entered her room, Tifa shut her door and sat on her large sized bed in more thought.
((Before I straiten things up I need to erase any evidence that shows that I worked at the Loveless, I might as well call Barett)) With that thought Tifa picked up the phone and dialed her boss's number.
"Yeah?" Barret answered.
"Hello Barett, I'm sorry for not showing up last night, I got tied up,"
"It okay Tifa, it musta been da brat,"
"Eh, yeah, or something like that," Tifa sweat dropped.
"But I know you jus' didn't call for dat,"
"Yeah, um, I'm sorry to say but I need you to cover for me,"
"Cover? Tifa, are you in shit wit da police?"
"Or something like that,"
"I see, I'll tell my men ta cover for you, no one will ever get a word outta us,"
"Not even Turks?"
"TURKS! You in dat big a trouble! Tifa, I thought you were a good girl?"
"Barett! Just see to that I never worked there, I'm sorry but I'll be leaving... and just for your information I didn't do anything bad. Barett, and also make sure Marlene is doing okay,"
"I trust ya, and yeah she'll be fine, you know Tifa, you were the best babysitter she ever had... too bad you still had to babysit that brat you call a sister still... Marlene misses ya,"
"I'm sorry, tell her I said good-bye and, Barett, make sure that nothing gets out about me... I never worked there,"
"Yeah, yeah, and don't get into too much trouble,"
"I won't," Tifa smiled. After another second Tifa heard a click and frowned. "I just hope Yuffie won't either," She then hung up her phone.
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"So is that gonna work?" Reno yawned. "I still feel like kicking that Turks's ass myself,"
"So you don't mind killing your own team mate?" Hojo smirked.
"Haha, Valentine? I could care less..." ((Even if he is the best we had in years...)) "You with me Rude?"
"..." Rude answered. Reno took it as a 'yes' and smirked.
"Okay then, when we're ready you can kill him... and the Angel," Hojo smirked.
"And this will clear me off the suspect list?" Rufus questioned.
"Don't worry your Highness," Reno smirked. "I already did, no one suspects you... and us Turks always keep our word,"
"Perfect, now send out the letter... this time we'll kill them," Rufus smirked. ((I'll take all that evidence and destroy it... leaving me the richest man in the world))
"And Sephiroth, do you want to be a part of this plan?" Reno blurted at the other side of the dark, office room. Sephiroth tilted his head up and placed his five foot length sword on the office table and smirked.
"Do what you wish, but I won't be too cocky," Sephiroth stated.
"Whatever," Reno said as he walked out of the darkened office room. "Common Rude, lets go pick our teams,"
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"You what?" Cloud yelled. Yuffie frowned and sat down on the kitchen stool.
"I kinda crashed it trying to escape big, bad, and creepy while you two were um... catching up," Yuffie smiled. Tifa kept her hard glare on Yuffie as she began to explain herself and never left her sister's eyes.
"So what you're saying is," Tifa growled, "Is that you destroyed a half a city block crashing someone else's bike... Yuffie, did it ever occur to you that you're not the only one in this world?"
"No!" Yuffie yelled back.
"I mean how could he know you? You never met, you didn't just go up to him and say, 'Hi I'm Yuffie and I'm part of a paid assassin team called the Angel, do you want to arrest me?',"
At this Yuffie's eyes teared up, "Tifa, if you weren't so busy going goo-goo eyed on Cloud, one of the guys that caused death to my mother and exiled us to hide in this god forsaken city, you'd notice that I was in trouble!"
"Yuffie," Tifa warned.
"Tifa, call me when this is over I'll just... head out," Cloud hurried.
"You're one more step to–" Tifa glarred.
"You know what I don't care... something bad is going to happen anyways... it always happens when you're around!" Yuffie cried. "So just say it!"
"Err, okay!" Tifa screamed.
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"I don't know what to do anymore," Yuffie cried. "Mother... Father... I'm sorry, forgive me,"
Yuffie wiped away her fallen tears and lifted herself off of her small bed. ((I've been crying for hours now, I can't think properly... (sigh) Tifa must be asleep by now... I'll just creep down stairs and get my other camcorder, since someone has my other one, and be on my way))
With that thought she slowly exited out of her bedroom and entered the dark, long hallway. ((Err, being a good assassin means you can't get caught... well then... I'll just have to sneak past your bedroom... somehow))
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"Cloud, I'm sorry about tonight," Tifa smiled. "But thank-you for staying with me,"
"It's okay," Cloud replied on the other line of the house phone.
"No really Cloud,"
"Well then to make it up to me I have a reservation for two at the most fanciest restaurant in Midgar,"
"Oh, so it's a bargain I see?" Tifa giggled.
"Yeah, just let Yuffie have some time to cool off... and plus your birthday is tomorrow,"
"Cloud! You remembered!" Tifa exclaimed.
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((Okay I guess I don't have to sneak by, she's already preoccupied on the phone with somebody... okay now lets run!)) Yuffie slyly snuck past Tifa's closed door and ran downstairs to the kitchen. ((Okay... the last place where I placed my camcorder was... next to the computers!))
"Found it," Yuffie whispered. "Hmm, the computer's on... Tifa must have found me on the computer and forgot to turn it off... hey isn't that that white room where Vinnie questioned me?"
Yuffie sat onto the leather chair and stared into the monitor. "Interesting, I thought that mirror was for looks... oh well," As Yuffie was about to turn off the main computer a pop up came across the main screen. "New E-mail?" Yuffie slowly clicked the mouse on the pop-up and cautiously read the letter.
((Be at the Honey Bee Inn at the stroke of Midnight. A certain someone's birthday will be filled with surprises... give him my regards. What the materia? So basically go to that stupid inn and kill some guys ass... hmm... this might bring Tifa and me back to talking standards))
"Morning," Cid yawned as he entered Vincent's office.
"Where were you?" Vincent asked softly.
"Hmm, oh yeah, I was on sick leave, got a problem?"
Vincent slightly glared at the man then slammed a thick folder on his desk.
"Whoa, who got your panties in a twist?" Cid coughed.
"Angel,"
"Wait, did you see them?"
"More or less, for the past two days you were gone things had happened,"
"What kind of 'things'? Wait let me guess, you caught the Angel but they got away," Cid smirked. Vincent glared yet again at Cid and got up from his chair. "Man, and I thought Elena was worn out because of Tseng..."
"Cid," Vincent warned. "I need you to go back to ShinRa and search the computer again,"
"Okay, but what's with that file on your desk?"
"'The Angel' file, hn, everything in here was trash... Don Corneo was in on it too, probably for the money,"
"That damned son of a bitch," Cid cursed through his cigarette. "Okay, then I'm off,"
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"Yuffie I'm up," Tifa yawned as she got out of her bed. The fighter slowly opened her door and looked around. ((Hmm, she's usually up early... she must be downstairs... wait, what is this? Yuffie's camcorder's on the floor))
Tifa squat down and lifted the small mechanism to her face. "Yuffie?" Tifa called out. ((I might as well watch it)) Tifa then walked back into her room and sat down. ((She wouldn't leave her camcorder around unless it was important... excluding that one time...)) At this Tifa opened the flap and pressed play.
"Hi Tifa," Yuffie said as she was jumping around in a squatting position. "Since I'm a brat and all and can't express my feelings to you... I just left this to say I'm sorry and I'll try to be that person you want me to be, I know I must be a jerk after what happened last night and I'm really sorry, I hope you forgive me," Yuffie smiled and then quit jumping and walked over to her camera.
The tape then ended.
"Yuffie, I forgive you," Tifa smiled as she shut the camcorder. ((I'll give you your forgiveness on here... just like you gave me your apology here))
"Hey Tifa, you awake?" Yuffie called from downstairs. Tifa smiled and exited out of her room leaving the camcorder on her bed.
"Yes I am," Tifa replied after she entered the kitchen where Yuffie was in.
"We have another letter for the Angel," Yuffie sighed breaking the news. Tifa shot her head up at Yuffie instantly and stared into her eyes.
"Yuffie... this brings me to what I was going to tell you later today,"
"Tell me what? That you're still mad at me?"
"No, it's just that... I want to quit,"
"Quit? You can't quit. We've taken two years to get to the top of the assassin business... you just can't destroy work like that!"
"I said that I want to quit,"
"Well then I'll do it,"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Tifa yelled. After she calmed herself down for a moment she then continued, "Yuffie, I think that we should go back to our old lives, we have money, our revenge, a place to stay, I already cleared our names from the police, job, and school records, we can start a new life over. We can just all move to Kalm, that town beside Midgar and live out our lives there,"
"But I already studied the layout of the building and picked out the weapons and everything... it's all right there," Yuffie exclaimed pointing to the living room table.
"Yuffie, no more, I want you to be happy and live a good life,"
"Well– no you're right, I'll just cancel the contract,"
"Yuffie," Tifa sighed, "I'm sorry, but it's for the best,"
"No, no it's okay, I'll live,"
"I'm sorry," Tifa sighed bringing her sister in a tight hug.
"Tifa... your boobs are squishing me again, I can't breathe," Yuffie mumbled.
"There's the Yuffie I know," Tifa smiled as she let go. "I'll be with Cloud today, so I trust you to take care of the house and be a good girl,"
"Aye, aye, captain!" Yuffie grinned. After Yuffie's salute, Tifa walked over to the living room and placed the large gun up underneath the window blinds and the other guns in the kitchen cupboard.
"There, now do you want to help me pick a special outfit for my dinner date with Cloud?" Tifa smiled. Yuffie grinned at her sister's suggestion and then ran up to Tifa's room. "Hey no fair!" Tifa yelled. "You'll always be faster than me, you sneaky ninja!"
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"Damn it!" Cid cursed. "This stupid darn big building, can't make left from right, what the hell was that vampire thinking making me come all the way over here to get more evidence, damn him,"
"Need any help?" A cocky accent rang, interrupting Cid's rambling. Cid turned around and locked eyes with none other than Reno's.
"Well looky here, what's cracking short stuff?" Cid smirked. Reno brushed Cid's nickname off and continued on his way through the sunlit hallway.
"I hear you had some trouble at the station last night," Reno grinned as he walked steadily past Cid. Cid frowned through his cigarette and walked beside the red head.
"What's it to ya?"
"Ah, nothin' just surprised that you almost caught the Angel and all,"
"Ha, you're darn right," Cid grinned.
"But too bad they got away since me and Rude weren't there,"
"Wha– you bastard," Cid growled ((Cocky as ever... and still a wise ass. God I hope he dies on the job someday))
"Hey, hey, I'm only stating the facts," Reno grinned. "So why are you here, still a lackey for Valentine?"
((One day I'll kill him on the job))
"Ah I see," Reno smirked.
"I'm here for more evidence," Cid answered.
"Hey, that's my department, Tseng left me in charge here, no hard feelings and all, so go back to your master and complain to him,"
"Just you wait," Cid whispered. Reno stopped and glanced over to his side opposite of Cid's big mouth.
"Hey you see that girl?" Reno whispered. Cid stopped in his tracks and looked the direction Reno was looking at. "She's got all the info you need... just don't tell anyone I told ya,"
Cid gave Reno a confused glare then nodded. "I never did get ya," The blond haired man sighed.
"Ha, and don't come back on my turf again," Reno yelled as he began to walk away.
"Crazy bastard," Cid whispered. "Always did like to two-face people,"
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"Did you get it Highwind?" Vincent asked on his PHS.
"Yeah, what do you think about this, 'Be at the Honey Bee Inn at the stroke of Midnight. A certain someone's birthday will be filled with surprises... give him my regards'?" Cid blurted out. "It confused the hell out of me."
"Hm, I guess the Angel has another hit tonight,"
"You're telling me," Cid yawned. "Don't these people ever rest?" With that Vincent hung up his PHS leaving Cid to answer his own question.
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"Did I mention you look perfect?" Yuffie grinned. Tifa blushed at her sisters words and nodded.
"Thank-you Yuffie,"
"No prob," Yuffie winked. "But you could stop lifting weights everyday, you look so muscular,"
"Hey!"
"But I have the cure! Here, take this scarf," Yuffie smirked. The short haired girl grabbed a white scarf from the other corner of Tifa's large closet a threw it to her. "There,"
"Wow, I guess that did make the difference," Tifa smiled as she placed it around her arms. The tall beauty was wearing a short skin tight blue dress, which was sleeveless and came up to her neck. There was a cut out circle right about her breasts making a little bit of cleavage show. Tifa wore small boot high heels, the same color as her dress, and small gloves to go with it. Tifa's hair was neatly pinned up and placed in a bun, and the scarf Yuffie had thrown her complimented her silver earrings Cloud gave her. "Thank-you," Tifa winked.
"Hey, it's almost two, Cloud should be here by now!" Yuffie exclaimed. The short girl then exited out of Tifa's large closet and watched her lovely sister walk gracefully out also.
"Well I suppose," Tifa shyly answered. "Do you think this is too much, I mean he is taking me for a ride in his new car he bought today, and then a classic dinner,"
"It's fine, it's fine," Yuffie yawned. "Now hurry off, I think I heard the doorbell ring, before I jump in Cloud's new car and–"
"– Okay, okay, Yuffie, I swear you only met him a few days ago and it seems like you've known him as long as I did, I better be off before, well you know,"
"Har, har, Tifa," Yuffie winked. Tifa winked back and then exited out of her room. ((While you and Spike are eating, I'll be kicking ass)) Yuffie grinned.
"Yuffie!" Tifa called from downstairs, "what are you going to do today anyways?"
"Wha– umm," ((Yuffie think of something... of wait, the new cd's I brought a few days ago!)) "I didn't have enough time to listen to my new cd's so I guess I'll be listening to them today I guess," Yuffie exclaimed back.
"Okay, remember to keep in touch,"
"I always do!" Yuffie yelled. "And don't do anything I might do while you're with Spikes!" At this Tifa blushed and Yuffie heard the front door slam. ((Good, she's out... now to get to work!))
Yuffie ran out of Tifa's room and into her room in a flash and began picking out an outfit. "What to wear what to wear... how about shorts?"
(A/N: After Yuffie picked an outfit...)
"There we go! I found it, the perfect outfit," Yuffie grinned. The short haired girl quickly jumped out of her small, unlike Tifa's, closet and posed up front of her mirror. "Ta-da!" ((Perfect, I have white collar jacket, a dark green tube top, cute black shorts, pretty green earrings, black thy high stockings, and hot black boots! Gawd, I look hot!))
With that she raced downstairs through the kitchen and to the opposite side of the living room and sat down on the computer chair. "Now to work my magic, just like I did to the Shinra building with Tifa, ha, perfect," Yuffie exclaimed. She grabbed her headphones on the clean desk and placed then slanted on her head. The short girl then got in a comfortable position and pressed record on the computer. "Ba, bada, dom, da dom, ba, ba, da dum, ba- da, dun, uh-huh, yeah, ba, ba, da, dum, sho, ba, dom, ah-ha," ((Repeat mania!)) Yuffie thought.
The sly girl pressed stop and then took off her head phones. ((Midnight, huh? Well, I better hurry fast, it's almost four!)) Yuffie jumped off of the chair and pressed play. ((Tifa better fall for this...)) Yuffie then took the big weapon which Tifa put away yesterday and quickly left the house. "Perfect," Yuffie grinned, Tifa's car was waiting right outside for her. ((Good thing Cloud brought Tifa's car back from the bar... I thought she had rode it home after I left... well whatever))
Yuffie softly placed the large gun in the back of Tifa's convertible and covered it neatly with a blanket. She then jumped over the driver's side and started the engine. Before the perky girl drove off she took out her palm piolet and deleted the evidence that she ever left the house. "This is a start of a perfect day for all of us,"
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"Cloud this is a perfect place but I'm worried about Yuffie," Tifa sighed. Cloud shook his head and frowned.
"Teef, I'm sure Yuffie will be okay, she can handle herself, I mean it's been four hours since she last called,"
((Yeah, that's what I'm worried about...)) "Cloud will you excuse me for a second," Tifa whispered looking directly into Cloud's irregular blue eyes. Cloud smiled and nodded as he leaned back on his chair. Tifa smiled and pulled out a small mini computer from her purse and opened it. The screen instantly showed the house from the view of the video camera's. ((Everything looks normal... hmm...)) "You silly girl," Tifa whispered as she watched Yuffie listen to music on the computer. Cloud instantly regained his composure and gave Tifa a weird glance.
"What?" Cloud asked.
"She hasn't budged an inch since the last time I checked," Tifa frowned. ((I know her good enough to know that she can't stay in one place for a long time... but then again she has no where to go...)) "Wait..." Tifa exclaimed softly, the brunette clicked another button and the screen showed a large window. ((Shit, she took the weapon... she did move!)) "Cloud," Tifa sighed as she closed her mini computer, "I have to go, okay? I'll talk to you later,"
"Okay, as long we reschedule," Cloud yelled as Tifa raced out of the restaurant. Cloud frowned and placed his hand in his pocket then pulled out a small boxed case. ((I guess this will have to wait until tomorrow, Teef)) Cloud thought as he opened it. ((This ring will bond us together forever Tifa...))
"Son of a bitch Yuffie, it's thirty till midnight..." Tifa yelled as she waved for a taxi. ((Yuffie... I didn't expect you to do this... no wonder why you changed your mind so quickly... err)) "To Wall Market!" Tifa exclaimed to the taxi driver as she entered the vehicle.
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"You sure this is the place," Cid yelled through the music, "All I see is hookers and drunkards, no killers here,"
"..." ((It's almost midnight... they'll come, and then I'll get them this time))
"Well hey, I'm going to head out for a smoke, wanna join?" Cid asked. Vincent shook his head but followed the blond anyway. After the two exited the boisterous building Cid pulled out another cigarette and sat on the steps. Vincent frowned and sat on the opposite side of Cid and looked up to the stars.
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"Hey boss, the cop is here," A man said into a PHS as he drove past the Honey Bee Inn.
"Good," Rufus answered from the other side. "Get everything ready,"
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"You know I never noticed they finished it already," Cid frowned through his cigarette. Vincent ignored the man but allowed him to continue. "They made another part for the Honey Bee Inn since this one here was only for parties, it's a shame they didn't connect them though... but hey at least people can actually sleep at the Honey Bee Inn now," Cid smirked. "And–"
Vincent instantly shot up and cursed. Cid gave Vincent a confused glance and shrugged his shoulders. "Cid, get up, they're not here, they're across the street," Vincent yelled as he darted off. Cid dropped his new cigarette and cursed.
"Well I'll be damned," He whispered as he began running after Vincent and grabbing another cigarette.
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"Do you need anything miss?" A waitress asked as she opened the room Yuffie was staying in. Yuffie looked up from the large window she was studying and shook her head.
"No, will you please leave, I mean, I'm just waiting for my friends that's all," Yuffie slightly smiled.
"Okay, well I hope you enjoy your stay," The waitress smiled as she shut the door. Yuffie sighed and slumped back into the long couch she was sitting in.
((I better make this quick... in about five minutes until the Honey Bee light show will start...and that will be my cue to kill Don Corneo)) Yuffie thought as she took out her duffle bag and quickly put all the pieces to her gun together. "There," Yuffie smiled. She then took out a small instrument to cut glass and placed it on the large window. ((Somehow I don't feel right doing this, but at least I'll show Tifa I'm ready to do this)) Yuffie then twisted the item and pulled it off of the window taking a piece of the window with it. Yuffie then placed the readied gun in the hole and aimed.
((Here we go, the lights are on! Now where are you oh fat one? There you are, okay baby lets aim... what the, quit moving fatty!)) Yuffie growled as she moved the gun.
"Stop, let me do it," Tifa interrupted. Yuffie instantly let go and backed off.
"What?" Yuffie gasped.
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"Police," Vincent stated to a waitress as he showed her his Turk badge. "Which room faces the top of Honey Bee Inn?"
"That's room eleven but they're already two girls in that room," The woman waitress explained.
"Two ladies?" Cid blurted out.
"That's them, lets go," Vincent ordered. Cid nodded and ran after Vincent.
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Tifa steadied the gun and in seconds she pulled the trigger. Yuffie watched in daze, it was a direct hit. "Let's go," Tifa ordered. Yuffie regained herself and packed everything up in her bag.
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Vincent slammed the room eleven door open and looked around to only see a window with a cut out piece, or nothing. "Shit they're gone!" Cid cursed as he caught up with Vincent.
((No ... I still might catch them, they might still be here)) Vincent thought as he left the emptied room.
"Ah shit, more running," Cid growled. "And this is why I didn't join the air force,"
((I'm so close, and this time they won't escape, I'll catch them for sure)) "The elevator," Vincent stated as he entered one of the six doors, Cid quickly caught up and leaned against the wall inside. As soon as the door began to close another elevator opened across the hall and revealed the two sisters. Vincent stared in disbelief as Yuffie looked toward him and locked her eyes with his.
After a second Vincent pushed opened the elevator door and exited, "Cid!" Vincent yelled getting his attention. Vincent then ran across the hall to the, now, closing elevator and cursed, he was too late. Vincent growled in frustration and was about to turn around when the elevator door opened again.
"Hey I'll call you back, babe!" A man yelled as he quickly exited out of the cramped room. Vincent and Cid took this opportunity and entered.
((Holy shit...)) Cid thought as he was pushed back into the back of the cramped elevator. ((Those two hot women, erm, that hot lady and that small squirt is Angel?))
((Damn it, damn it, damn it... how the heck can we escape... I could always sneak in with the crowd and... no I can't leave Tifa here with Vinnie... gawds what have I done this time?)) Yuffie thought trying to remain calm.
Tifa stood strait and looked forward pulling off the 'I don't see you, you're not here,' look. Vincent glance to his side and studied Tifa making sure she didn't pull a sneak move. After a few seconds he brought his gaze to the button floors and studied them. ((This woman... she is so calm...)) Vincent thought as he reached for parking three.
((This man... doesn't he learn when to give up)) Tifa sighed as she pressed parking three. The floor then hit parking one and distracted everyone in their thoughts. Everyone then exited out of the cramped elevator except for the four and the doors closed.
((Holy shit... I don't know what to think... but that girl in the blue has big boobs... bigger than Shera's)) Cid grinned. ((Though I'm more into Shera's))
((Okay, okay, your chance to escape is gone... oh damn it, quit thinking like that Yuffie... stay by Tifa, she'll protect you...AHH! What is this world coming to!))
((I can take them all here... it'll be a piece of cake)) Vincent sighed.
((The man in the back will be easy to knockout... but the Turk... that's another story)) Tifa frowned.
Yuffie bit her lip, she wasn't always the one for waiting, she looked over at Cid, then to Tifa, and then to Vincent and snorted. "Hiya!" Yuffie yelled as she kicked Cid into the wall. Everyone then took that as a cue and began to fight.
Tifa turned around and blocked an incoming punch from Vincent as Cid grabbed Yuffie and pressed her face first into the wall she kicked him into. Tifa noticed this and grabbed Cid away from Yuffie as she took his gun, and Vincent grabbed Yuffie by the hair locking her into his strong arms. At the same exact time both of the fighters took their guns and pointed it at each others partners.
After the chaos paused the elevator door opened and Vincent lead them out, each holding onto each other. "You know it's pointless to hold onto him, I still have your partner," Vincent stated with a small smirk.
Tifa returned the smirk and stared strait into his empty eyes. "Who cares if my partner gets killed, as reckless as she is, this partner of mine is useless to me,"
At this Yuffie looked into Tifa's eyes and saw no emotion. ((Tifa... I'm sorry...)) Yuffie thought as she closed her eyes. "We exchange," Vincent ordered. Tifa happily complied and loosened her grip on Yuffie. "On three,"
"Three," Tifa said as she pulled Cid close to her and placed the gun to his head. Vincent did the same but grabbed Yuffie more gently. "This is between you and me Valentine, let my sister go and I'll let your partner go,"
"Deal," Vincent nodded. Yuffie and Cid was thrown to the side of the large garage on that word and the battle began. Vincent aimed his gun towards Tifa and began to fire, but being a trained assassin she easily evaded it and raced toward the man.
"Can you do better than that?" Tifa smirked as she threw her gun directly at Yuffie. Yuffie got the gist of it and quickly grabbed it.
"Boo-yaka!" Yuffie exclaimed, Cid gave Vincent a look and Vincent complied. He then threw the gun towards Cid. Yuffie noticed it also and tripped Cid. "You snooze you lose," Yuffie grinned as she grabbed the other gun.
"You brat," Cid growled as he rose from the graveled floor. "You're gonna pay for that!"
"Nu-uh, I've got you where I want you," Yuffie smirked as she place one gun in her back pocket and the other right at Cid's temple. "Now let's watch the show, old man,"
"I was tired the last time I saw you, so there's no holding back now," Tifa exclaimed as she ducked from a clawed punch. "So don't hold back like you did last time,"
"I assure you Tifa, I won't," Vincent stated as he collided his knee with Tifa's stomach.
"Haha, first name bases?" Cid snorted.
"Yeah, that's what I said!" Yuffie grinned.
At the repeated knee kicking Tifa hurled up blood and spat, she then quickly recovered and blocked another knee kick. After a split second she flipped him backwards, only to be rewarded a kick to the jaw.
"Ouch, that's gotta hurt," Cid exclaimed.
"Hey, I can shoot you at any given second ya know, so keep your side comments to yourself," Yuffie pouted as she watched her sister get beat up. ((I know you can do it Tifa, he's easy, I mean I escaped him... once))
Vincent recovered himself and watched as Tifa cartwheeled over. Tifa then landed onto Vincent's shoulders and grabbed his head with her feet. After a second later she used all of her strength and tumbled over making him follow her.
"Now that one has got to hurt," Yuffie yelled. Cid looked up at Yuffie and nodded.
It was Vincent's turn to cough up blood. ((At this rate we both might die of blood loss)) Vincent thought as he grabbed one of Tifa's legs and lifted her up. Tifa smirked and used her other leg to kick him on his neck making him lose his grip on her leg.
Tifa neck sprung up and grabbed Vincent's hair also locking him in a joint lock. Vincent looked up at Tifa and glared. Tifa smiled back and grabbed the, now, unsheathed knife that held up her hair. "Good-bye Valentine, and I'm sorry,"
Tifa was about to bring the knife to Vincent's neck when–
/BANG/
"What?" Tifa gasped as she looked at where Yuffie shot. Yuffie had clearly shot the dagger part of the knife away and a part of Vincent's hair, actually it shot off dagger cutting the whole pony tail.
Tifa gave Yuffie a confused look and smiled. "Sorry," Yuffie whispered. Cid took that moment to jump up and grab the other gun out of Yuffie's butt pocket and aim it at her head.
"There brat, now I got you where I want," Cid smirked through his cigarette.
"Don't be too cocky," Yuffie whispered as she raised the gun from his lower part to his temple again. "Now let's watch the show in peace,"
"Damn you," Vincent whispered breaking away from Tifa's death grip. He glanced at the hair in Tifa's hands and then to the dagger on the floor. "You cheated,"
"I'm only protecting my sister and myself," Tifa stated as she kicked the dagger away. "But I guess Yuffie wants me to play fair," Tifa smiled.
((She's unnerving me again with that same smile)) Vincent thought as he rose up from the floor. "Who said we were playing fair,"
"What?" Tifa asked as he ran over to her again. Tifa glared and brought her fist back for a punch, but as soon as she let it go Vincent dodged it quickly and grabbed onto it. "Huh?" Tifa gasped.
Vincent quickly brought out his handcuffs and placed it on her. ((I got her)) Vincent thought.
Yuffie growled at Vincent's move and almost came to Tifa's aid when Cid glared at her. ((Damn, Tifa... please make it out!))
((No, he doesn't have me yet)) Tifa thought as he pulled her hands back in order to handcuff them both. Before Vincent could put the other one on her other hand Tifa flung her hair back and made it collide with his face. Vincent instantly pulled away from shock and pain and covered up his face.
"Shit," Cid cursed for Vincent.
Tifa pulled back from Vincent and gabbed her arm ((That hurt...)) Vincent recovered shortly and watched as Tifa swung the handcuff around toward him. Vincent, luckly, dodged them all and backed away. "Running away?" Tifa coughed.
"Not likely," Vincent replied. Tifa swung one more time but Vincent saw this opportunity and brought his clawed arm up making the handcuff connect.
"What!" Tifa yelled surprised looking at his smirking face. Tifa instantly changed her facials to a death glare and grabbed his cuffed hand. And like a mirror Vincent copied her hand motion.
"Wow, it doesn't look like anyone's going to win," Yuffie whispered. Cid nodded in agreement but kept quiet.
After a few seconds of pulling and tugging Tifa brought her elbow to Vincent's face, she then used her leg and kicked through his grip on her hand. Vincent quickly recovered and began punching at the assassin, Tifa kept a strait face on and began evading his attacks.
A few kicks were thrown in, but yet again Tifa blocked them. ((I have the upper hand... but I won't get too cocky)) Tifa thought. After her slight train of thought Vincent smirked and grabbed onto her shoulder and tore her dress.
"Now that... was cheap," Cid whispered as he look dazzled at Tifa's push-up bra. Yuffie twitched her eyebrow at Vincent then looked over to Cid and frowned. With her gun she moved his head to the side making him not look.
"No free show for you," Yuffie growled.
Tifa opened her mouth at Vincent in shock and then instantly shut it. "Now Valentine, I didn't expect you to be that kind of man," Tifa managed to say between her gritting teeth.
"This isn't a fair fight," Vincent stated.
"But that was– uh– uncalled for!" Tifa exclaimed as she tried to evade more of his attacks. ((My turn...)) Tifa thought as she grabbed his shirt and yanked him toward her. Vincent instantly lost his balance and leaned in toward Tifa. As he leaned in toward Tifa, Tifa grabbed his cuffed hand and moved out of the way of his fall. As soon as he tumbled to the floor Tifa fell down and pinned his hand behind his back. "How do you like that?" Tifa whispered into his ear.
"I don't," Vincent growled as he began to struggle. ((But too bad I'm stronger than you)) Vincent thought. At his thought he flipped over and pinned Tifa underneath him. The brown haired fighter narrowed her eyes and let go of Vincent's arm. Taking this to note Vincent flipped over and Tifa jumped up. After a few seconds of recovery they were at it again.
"This will take forever..." Cid growled as he tried not to pay attention to Tifa's almost exposed boob. "Damn it Vincent, just knock her out so I can go to Shera's– er– home!"
"Wait a second..." Yuffie whispered as she looked through the empty garage. Cid cast his eyes down toward the short girl and raised his eyebrow. "Nine o'clock!" Yuffie screamed. Tifa and Vincent instantly stopped what they were doing and looked towards their nine o'cock. The two fighters instantly saw what Yuffie saw and ran for cover at one of the pillars. Yuffie pulled away from Cid's grasp and fired her gun.
"What the," Cid yelled. After a few seconds of Yuffie firing her gun he saw the many men behind the many pillars in the garage. "Ah shit!" He cursed as he ran for cover in an emergency room.
"Yuffie pass it to me!" Tifa yelled as the many bullets we shot. Yuffie nodded and ran behind another pillar next to Tifa's and Vincent's. Yuffie then slid her gun to Tifa but it was immediately stopped as some people shot at it.
Vincent took note to this and yelled for Cid. "Thrown your gun to me!" Vincent ordered. Cid peeked out of the emergency room he was in and quickly threw his gun to Vincent. Vincent easily caught it and began shooting people. Yuffie took this moment to run off to get the car.
"Yuffie!" Tifa cried out at Yuffie as she found the car. Vincent looked to the direction Tifa was yelling at and saw that Yuffie was about to get shot. With his quick speed and aim Vincent stood up and aimed towards Yuffie then shot. Yuffie looked up at Tifa's cry and saw a bullet rush past her face, almost touching her face, and followed it to see a man get shot behind her. At this Yuffie gave Vincent a small, twitchy smile and opened the car doors.
Tifa took this second and grabbed the gun on the floor and aimed it at Vincent. Vincent looked back and Tifa then frowned. ((Is she really going to shoot me?)) Vincent thought. Tifa smirked at Vincent's dilemma and moved her aim over an inch to shoot a person behind him. Vincent looked behind him and then back at Tifa and gave her an actual smile.
Yuffie started the car and cheered. She raced through the garage full of suited up men and began smashing them against her car. "Who's gonna care anyways?" Yuffie grinned. After hitting a few more guys Yuffie reached Tifa's and Vincent's place and allowed them to hop in. Before Vincent entered he aimed his gun at a fire extinguisher and shot making the whole thing explode and knocking back a few men.
"Cid!" Vincent called as he shut the door. At his name Cid ran out of the emergency room and pulled out a water hose.
"Here ya go you damned bitches, here's my replacement for the Venus Gospel!" Cid yelled as he began watering the people with a huge amount of force.
"Cid get in!" Vincent yelled as Yuffie drove to Cid's hiding place. Vincent opened the door for him and he gladly dived in. With all the passengers in Yuffie sped off ramming into more people.
Tifa looked down at Vincent's clawed hand and brought her gun up and shot. After she broke the handcuffs she took her hand and said, "After we hit the streets, get out," Vincent nodded and Cid agreed also at the assassin's words.
Yuffie shortly exited the garage and entered the highway. Tifa nodded and Yuffie pulled over. Cid opened the door and tumbled out followed by Vincent gracefully exiting. Tifa shut the hooded convertible's door and threw out the many pieces of the gun she dismantled. They then sped off into the distance.
"Are you okay?" Vincent asked as he helped Cid up.
"Hell yeah," Cid grinned. After a few seconds of walking Cid stopped and looked at Vincent. "Hey Vince... I like your new haircut,"
A/N: Hey Lady Evelynn again. This chapter was going to be two chapters but I decided to join them together, so I'm sorry to say The Angel only had a few hours to rest... sorry (they need sleep!). Any thoughts, comments, complaints? Then please review.
