Chapter Three: Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes.
A wood of trees hid the land around Nibelhiem and in this wood, Vincent and Yuffie walked in silence. Said silence held for relatively ten minutes until Yuffie spoke, her voice seeming loud amidst the birds chirping softly. "Hey Vince, how far did Cid drop us outside of town?" Vincent's face showed no relative emotion when he spoke. "We are four miles from Nibelhiem, which we will come upon soon enough." Yuffie's eyes widened. "Why did he park us so far, Vince?"
Thunder rolled in the sky a few times before a crash of lightning hit a hill on the horizon. The sky darkened soon after and the rain fell like bullets. Yuffie darted under the nearest tree to try to keep her self dry, but in vain. Vincent stood next too her. "…if there is someone in Nibelhiem, they might get suspicious seeing a huge airship landing next to the town." Yuffie shook her soaked head.
"Gawd, didn't he check the tube to see the weather report!" No reply. Yuffie turned her head to see Vincent wasn't standing beside her anymore. She turned her head from side so side. There was still no sign of him. "Vincent? Where the heck did you go?"
Suddenly, a hand with a long black glove came from above her. Yuffie started to scream, but the hand covered her mouth and forced her to look up. Vincent was sitting in the tree above her. She shoved his hand off of her mouth. "Gawd, Vince! Why the h-"
Vincent reached his hand further. "Yuffie, shut up and grab my hand," he whispered. Obediently, the young ninja reached up as he lifted her off of the ground. "Dang Vince, do you have to scare me like that? And what the heck are we doing in a tree anyway? Don't you know that's like, the worst place to be during a- "Vincent covered her mouth again. He directed her face to look over the tree bough in front of them. Yuffie stifled a gasp when she saw the men a few hundred feet away from her, partially hidden by shrubs. In the dark and the moon hidden by rain clouds, all she could see were five men in blue uniforms, reloading their handguns.
Vincent recognized their attire all too well. What would Turks be doing here? I thought that they disbanded after meteor-fall? Well, all except Reno, Rude and Elena. But that was beside the point. Are these the people the ones hanging around inside the Mansion? I wonder if they are hostile...
Vincent's thoughts were disturbed by a short screech by Yuffie, who had almost slipped off of the slippery bough. The group of men stirred below them, firing at Yuffie and himself. The dirge of bullets sounded in the air, some whizzing by too close for comfort. Okay…so they are hostile. Yuffie pulled out the Conformer from her backpack. She stood on her left foot, balanced with her left arm and swung with her right. The ninja weapon flew from her hand, gashed one of the men below, and returned to its owner.
Vincent began pulling the Death Penalty from his gun holster when the young ninja's foot slipped from the branch she had currently occupied, falling onto the branch only inches below Vincent. More shots were fired. Vincent felled three of the men he assumed to be Turks, who fell next to their comrade that died at the blade of Yuffie. Then, he heard a scream. Yuffie! He shot the fifth and last of the men, then shoved his gun into the holster. He reached over and pulled Yuffie up. "Ugnnn…my leg…" Yuffie clung to her leg, her face grimaced in pain. Vincent moved the injured ninja into a more comfortable seating.
"I'm fine, Vince. It just grazed my leg. See? I'm fine now. It's just…" Yuffie stopped, seeing that Vincent was moving around. He took a bit of his already torn cloak in hand and ripped it. Taking the piece of cloth, he wrapped it around the injury. "Vince, you really didn't have to do that. Nibelhiem is just a few miles away and I'm sure I can stand. See?" Yuffie tried to stand up, holding onto a tree branch, but her left leg buckled under her. Vincent helped her sit down once again. "We may be ambushed on the road. You can not fight until you are better." Yuffie felt her face flush, so she turned away from the unfazed gaze of the man beside her. Gawd…why the heck am I…? Oh Da Cho, I am NOT crushing over Valentine here. My gawd, like, how old is he? Yuffie glanced at Vincent out of the corner of her eye. But you have to admit…his eyes…NO! I like people like Cloud! Think blonde hair and blue eyes. Yuffie nodded. Blonde hair and blue eyes. Blonde hair and blue eyes. Oh gods! I chanted that last bit out loud, didn't I? Ohcrudohcrudohcrudohcrud…
Vincent caught a glance at Yuffie. "…did you say something?"
Author's Note: Yuppers! Finally got my third chapter done! Gawd that was long. Vincent is a tad bit out of character…but I've never wrote about him before, so you understand my pain…right? Good. Well, remember to review! o;;