"Yuffie, what do you mean you can't find, Vincent?!" asked Cloud, he of course sounded worried, since they weren't in a town anymore, Vincent was no longer safe.

"He was on the Highwind, but I searched every nook and crany and I still haven't found him!" explained Yuffie. "And if he's outside, I wouldn't think he'd get that far away from the Highwind!"

"Right, we'll look for him out here. C'mon guys!" said Cloud. They all split off to search for Vincent, yet again, Yuffie frantically looked around the Highwind again, Cloud searched the area a long with the rest, but they still couldn't find him. Red was trying to sniff out his scent, but he smelt a very faint scent, a scent of blood! Red looked around, the wind was blowing, forceing the smell back and forth, Red couldn't pick up the scent's direct location.

"Cloud! I think I smell something!" said Red.

"Like what?" asked Cloud.

"like blood, but not just any blood." said Red witha worried expression, "The smell of Vincent's blood!" Cloud's heart dropped at the explaination he just got, he knew for sure, Vincent was hurt, or even dead. He looked around a bit more, before going off to search.

'Damn! Vincent hold on!' thought Cloud as he ran off in a different direction, Cloud surely didn't want Yuffie to hear what Red said, about smelling Vincent's blood, she'd have a heart attack.

"Vincent? Vincent!?" called Barret, "Damn where the & could that lil kid be?"

"Vincent, is that you?! Oh should've never left you alone in the room!" said Yuffie, she continued to search on.

"Vincent?" asked Cid looking behind some shrubs, Vincent wasn't there either.

Red was looking around for the nearest sight of blood he could find, he took a few steps forward, before stepping in a puddle of slightly warm, and thick liquid, it had a distinct smell, that of which Red had been looking for. "Blood, but is it Vincent's?" muttered Red. He took a few sniffs of it, then he smelt Vincent's haunting scent, and another, it smelt like Sephiroth's. "Ugh! It can't be... Sephiroth can't be...." pondered Red, then he heard a slight cry like sound. He looked down the side of the cliff to see something in pure black moveing around, but barely. Red hoped down the side of the ledges that were on the side of the cliff, then he got to the biggest one, he saw a small child laying there, in a pool of blood, he had crimson red eyes, and very pale skin.

"Vincent!" exclaimed Red, he nuddged the child to sit up, Vincent just cried out in pain, he started crying almost, and caught himself in the middle. Red nuddged him again, he knew it hurt Vincent, but he needed to get him on his back somehow. "Vincent, you need to try and stand up. I can't pick you up on my own."

"Ah... B...But it... It.." said vincent dong his best to talk in between throbs and sharp pains surgeing through his small fragile body. His eyes kept watering up, and blood poured out of his wound, "I... Can't Red!"

"Come on, you need to get on my back so I can carry you back."

"N-no! If I can stand up almost then I can make it back!" said Vincent, then standing up holding on to the side of the mountain, but then he fell again, and yelped out in pain.

"Ok, Vincent you want me to go get, Cloud?"

"No.. Ugh!" said Vincent, he knew Cloud would probably heal him, then whip the hell out of him for running off again, and Vincent was willing to be embarrassed but not like that. so instead he climbed up on Red's back. "Wah! Red slow down! Eep! Watch where you wag your tail!" said Vincent.

"I'm sorry!" said Red running as slow as he could.

"Ugh, I'm about to fall off! Wai, please stop my cloak almost caught on fire! Ack, my stomache still hurts!" he complained. Red sighed knowing that Vincent's childhood must be resurfaceing and makeing him very annoying now. Then just a Red was about to ignore it, Vincent grabbed onto his ears.

"Ow! Vincent let go!" said Red.

"I can't! I.... Can't hang onto you mane!" said Vincent in reply.

"We're almost there! Please just hold onto my back!" said Red.

"I'll try.... Ngh!" said Vincent, he held on as best he could, he still felt the sharp pain and started whimpering yet again.

"Yuffie!!" said Red from outside.

"Red, did ya find him?!" asked Yuffie.

"Yes come out, he's hurt, use a cure spell on him or something!" said Red running up into the Highwind.

"Vinnie!!" said Yuffie almost in shock. "What happened?! Who hurt you?!"

"It was.... Seph...Roth...." said Vincent as he was picked up, he felt more pain surge from his stomache to the rest of his body.

"Sephiroth?!" said Yuffie.

"How he's dead!" said Red.

"Go... Get cloud and the rest...." said Vincent. Then he almost passed into the world of slumber, and peace. Red did as told and went to get Cloud, Cid, Tifa, Barret, and Cait Sith.

"Vinnie?" asked Yuffie.

"Mh?" replied Vincent, he was fighting sleep, for Yuffie.

"I'm so glad your ok!" she said as she embraced him and knelt down to her knees, next thing Vincent knew, she was crying.

"It's alright, Yuffie. I'll stay alive, Lucrecia, and espeacially.... You." he murmured, before falling asleep in her arms.