Possession Of Flame

DnCnChIcK369

The Only One

A/N: Well, here is chapter four! Wow, I feel like I'm updating REALLY fast! But still, the fast updating leaves LESS time for reviews… anyway:

Dedication: Pandora Lockhart

Okay guys, she is great, but I am sad to say that some parts of this story may dissapoint her. And since you are anonymous Miss Pandora, here is my review reply to you!

I pretty much love all Tifa pairings too, even CloTi, one of the most common. I do love SephTi a lot, in fact, that and RufTi, wow lol so many Ti's, are my 2 favorite pairings… ever! Thanks so much for your review, and thanks so much for being not only my 5th reviewer, but the first to review chapter three!

Alyssa

Okay guys, so she gets some cake, flavor is her choice, AND-

Thanks to: Pandora Lockhart, saberchic(I swear, you are, like, my best friend with this story! You've supported me since chapter one! Yay!) , blueravenchick, and corkykiggs!

All of you get cookies and strawberries… and to make thing more interesting, you get your choice of ice cream too!

I… sob… don't own final…… Idon'townfinalfantasysevenoranyofthecharactersorsetoranythingfromitthatdoesnot… ijustdontownitokay? Now then, I DO own my plot! And maybe my occasional OC I might place here and there.

Enjoy chapter four!

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"You know Cloud… I'm really worried about Tifa. She hasn't come out of her room… or, well, Rufus's room, all day," Yuffie confessed.

After the last night, with all of Tifa's screaming at an "unknown voice", Rufus ended up just leaving Healin Lodge all together… leaving his room open. So, eventually, Reno just sent Tifa to Rufus's room for her to stay.

However, when said President DID come back, and went into his room, he was quite a bit surprised to find a certain brunette lying in his bed.

Which is why Rufus was now scowling in the corner of the room the other boys and Yuffie were conversing in.

"Why couldn't you have just gotten her another room? Why just put her in mine?" Rufus asked coldly. Yuffie just kind of stared at him before giggling and pointing at Reno.

"Hey, don't yell at me and Cloud! It was ALL Reno's idea!" Yuffie said cheerfully. Rufus just rolled his eyes and said nothing for a long while after that.

"Okay, back to what I was saying then…" Yuffie commented, turning back to Reno and Cloud.

"Yeah… maybe we should go and check on her…" Cloud suggested.

"I'll go first, I mean, I AM another girl! Maybe I can help!" Yuffie exclaimed, jumping out of her seat immediately and bolting up the stairs. She knocked on the door to Rufus's room.

"Tifa? It's Yuffie! Can I come in?" Yuffie asked Tifa, softly, through the door.

"Sure I guess," Tifa replied. Yuffie opened the door and came in, taking a seat on Rufus's bed. Tifa was sitting on a stool, looking out the window, before she turned to look at Yuffie with her normal, optimistic smile on her face.

"Do you need something?" Tifa asked quietly.

"Tifa… you haven't come out all day… are you okay?" Yuffie asked worriedly. Tifa just shook her head slightly and looked back to the window, her smile fading.

"Yuffie, I'm fine, there is absolutely NOTHING to worry about. My ears were just hallucinating is all," Tifa explained. She knew they would come in and aske "Oh Tifa! Are you okay?" over and over again, so she prepared an answer for each of them.

"Nya ha, hallucinating ears? That's a new one Teef!" Yuffie replied giggling. Then she stopped. "But I'm worried about you Tifa… if you need help, we're all in the waiting room."

Tifa sighed as Yuffie left, fully expecting Cloud, Reno, or even Rufus, to come in and interrogate her more… and she was right. Right after she got situated on the bed again, none other than Cloud came through the door to Rufus's room.

"Teef? You okay?" Cloud asked.

"I'm fine Cloud. You know, I think I just was having a bad day and thought I was hearing things yesterday… I mean, with my eye, and the hair. I didn't even have a nightmare last night," Tifa said, sitting up and smiling at him.

"That's a relief Tifa, we're all really worried about you you know? Just know we're all right downstairs if you need us… okay?" Cloud asked.

"I know Cloud," Tifa said as though she'd had to say those same three words, only with a different name, a billion times all ready. He smiled at her and left the room, leaving Tifa to her thoughts before those two sent in Reno, and then Rufus.

About, oh say, ten minutes later, a certain red-head Turk cautiously entered Rufus's room.

"I know you still… eh… who am I kidding… are you okay?" Reno asked hesitantly.

"I'm fine Reno, I know I was acting crazy yesterday, but now I realize I was just hearing things, kay? Really, I'm fine," Tifa explained… and it was this third explanation when she realized that she sounded… scripted. "I mean it, I'm really okay."

"Okay Teef, whatever you say, I trust you… We're all here if you need us you know? Even Rufus," Reno explained before also leaving Rufus's room.

Now she realized that all she had to do was prepare for one last speech… and maybe the four of them would stop that horrid question. And a few seconds later the door opened and Rufus stepped inside his room.

"Let me guess, you're gonna ask me if I'm okay?" Tifa asked him.

"No. I'm going to ask you if I can have my room back now," Rufus replied coldly, without any emotion on his face.

"I… I… um, yeah, sure…" Tifa stuttered before leaving the room, now a slight simle on her face. She walked into the waiting room, where the other three were, and (unknowingly of course) took the seat where Rufus was before her.

"Tifa! You came out! Look who's here to see you?" Yuffie exclaimed, pushing Marlene and Denzel towards Tifa. Tifa automatically assumed Cloud, Reno, and Yuffie explained about her eye and hair… well, as much as they could anyway, because Marlene and Denzel didn't even ask.

They just ran up to her and gave her hugs.

"Tifa I like Mr. Rufus! He's nice!" Marlene whispered to Tifa.

"No Marlene! I told you not to tell her that! She doesn't like him remember?" Denzel reminded Marlene.

"Actually, you two… I don't think he's that bad anymore… I think he may have changed… somewhat anyway," Tifa told Marlene and Denzel in a hushed voice. Marlene's face suddenly lit up with joy.

"Really?" She yelled. Tifa shushed her, and then smiled and nodded.

"Shhh, I don't want Cloud, Yuffie, and Reno to know," Tifa told the two, winking, all of her old personality back in place. Marlene and Denzel giggled and went to talk to Yuffie about something. Then Yuffie began walking over to her, as Tifa looked accusingly at the two children, who's eyes widened and they ran behind Cloud's chair.

"Oh Tiiiifaaaa!" Yuffie said as she hopped over excitedly.

"Yuffie, if you're gonna say anything, at least say it quietly?" Tifa asked, now a bit annoyed.

"Someone's gotta new crush," Yuffie whispered, sitting down next to Tifa, giggling.

"Yuffie, I didn't mean it like that. He's just… he's the only one not treating my differently just because I look different. I respect that, so I made a vow to myself not to hate his guts," Tifa explained.

"I still think ya like him!" Yuffie told her. Tifa just shook her head, smiling at Yuffie's new obsession.

And at that moment, said "crush" walked down the stairs and over to Tifa and Yuffie.

"Hmm, first you take my room, then my seat? Funny, and I thought you hated me," Rufus told Tifa, accusingly. Yuffie just laughed, turning the attention if the whole room to the three of them… the whole room that somehow held Vincent Valentine in it.

"Yuffie… what in the world is so funny?" Said Ex-Turk asked Yuffie… who immediately stopped laughing and ran over to him, a big smile on her face, and attacking him with a hug.

"Vinnie the Vampire! You came to see me!" Yuffie exclaimed playfully, not noticing the somewhat pained look on Reno's face.

"Yuffie… I'm not a vampire, and I didn't come to see you. I came to see how Tifa was doing. Cloud told me about her… hearing voices, and I thought Id come talk to her," Vincent commented, prying a smirking Yuffie off of him.

"Uhuh Vinnie, you just think whatever you want," Yuffie said, making her way to the bathroom.

Cloud looked over at Tifa's laughing face and Rufus looking a bit annoyed at her. He turned to Vincent.

"I think you may just have to wait your turn, looks like the President has her busy," Cloud told Vincent. Vincent just nodded and took a seat on the couch, next to Reno.

"Why do you have to sit here though? I just so happen to like this spot, mister," Tifa giggled, looking at Rufus's annoyed expression.

"I don't like sharing seats with people, and I don't care for the converstations the others are having. This seat is farther away so I don't need to worry about being pulled into unwanted conversation," Rufus explained. "Now will you move?"

"Nope, I don't think I will. I told you already! I like this seat!" Tifa told Rufus, playfully.

"Fine," Rufus muttered. He then put a hand on Tifa's back, and une under her knees, picked her up, and dropped her on the couch, next to Vincent. "I bet you'll like it here too."

Tifa stared it Rufus in shock as he went and sat back down in his corner, and Cloud, Reno, Marlene, and Denzel stiffled their laughter… Vincent turned to the brunette now sitting beside him… and then to Rufus.

"Can we borrow you room for a few minutes please?" Vincent asked Rufus. He raised an eyebrow at the two. Tifa's eyes widened, even more than they already were, and Cloud's mouth dropped open.

"May I inquire as to what for?" Rufus asked the ex-Turk, a smirk on his face.

"We need to talk in private… and I mean talk. You know I won't do anything else… it would just be another sin to atone for," Vincent comented, clearly not amused by the situation at all.

Rufus just scowled again and nodded as the two rose from their spots on the couch and walked up the stairs. They took a seat on Rufus's bed and began… talking.

"What is is Vincent?" Tifa asked.

"Cloud told me about how you hear voices… and… how your appearance is changing in… frightening ways. I think I may know what's going on…"

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A/N: I know, who hates me? The next chapter is gonna reveal a lot actually… hmmm, maybe I just won't tell you all yet? Muahahahaha! I feel like torturing you like that mean voice in Tifa's head! Hehehehehe…

Alyssa