The Deal of Eternity
Oracle Thunder
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AN: "Blah blah" talking, 'Blah blah' thinking
The cries of sea gulls overhead alerts Yuffie to her new surroundings. Yuffie looks herself over. She finds she has long curly black hair, a green bikini, and is carrying beer. 'Oh well at least the swim suit fits right.' Yuffie walks along the beach and sees a blanket on the sand and a red haired man watching the sun set. She hurries to the man. 'Ok, let's get this right.'
"Yuffie where'd you go?" Reno asks.
Yuffie smiles and pulls a six pack from behind her. "Getting you a drink," she tells him.
Reno's eyes light up as he reaches for a beer and pops the top. He takes an appreciative swallow.
"Is there any thing else I can get for you?" Yuffie asks.
Reno shakes his head no and puts his beer down in the sand. "Nah I'm fine Yuffs," he says. He smiles and pulls her close. Reno starts nuzzling her neck.
In Hell, the four generals frown at the scene in the scrying pool.
"I don't like this," Galian declares softly as they watch Reno fondle one of Yuffie's breasts.
"I don't like this either," Chaos admits quietly. His eyes flicker to the throne where their master sits, watching with a deep frown on his face. "The master hasn't said a word about it though."
Hellmasker fidgets a little as he notes the dark wrath practically radiating from their master. "So don't do anything that will draw his attention! I haven't seen him this angry since you know who visited," he hisses to Galian.
The Devil glares silently at the scrying pool before abruptly standing from his throne. "I am going to put an end to this now," he declares, telling himself he's doing it to preserve Yuffie's necessary innocence.
"Um Reno I think we should..." Yuffie begins uncomfortably. 'He's fucking groping me!'
"Mmm, what?" Reno asks distractedly as his hand goes to Yuffie's back and finds the clasp to her bikini.
A football nails Reno in the side of his head.
"Ow!" Reno groans as he falls over on his side.
A man in black, red lined trunks comes running up to the couple. "Oh I'm so sorry. Are you all right?" the pale man asks. Even though his words are perfectly pitched for that of a concerned man Yuffie can tell he's amused.
"Vincent," Yuffie greets him, smiling.
"Vincent? Who the fuck is Vincent?" Reno growls as he sits back up, rubbing his head.
Yuffie gestures to the man in front of them. "Reno this is my, er, friend Vincent Valentine. Vincent this is Reno," she introduces them.
Vincent nods his head in acknowledgment. "Are you all right?" he asks Reno, the corners of his mouth tilting up.
"Yeah, what the fuck ever," Reno grumbles. "Just watch where you throw that thing," he warns him.
Vincent nods his head again. He takes the football and backs away from the couple. His eyes sparkle as Yuffie mouths 'Thank you' to him.
"Stupid bastard," Reno grumbles after the guy, thankfully not catching Yuffie's mouth moving. He turns back to her. "Now where were we?" he teases her as he leans in again.
Yuffie frowns and leans back. "Uh Reno I don't think..."
A football flies through the air and hits Reno. Yuffie barely stifles her laughter as Reno falls over again and looks down the beach. Vincent waves.
Shaking her head at Vincent she reaches over and pats Reno's shoulder. "Are you ok?"
"What the fuck do you think?" Reno yells at her. His eyes dart murderously towards Vincent. "I'm going to introduce that asshole to his maker if he doesn't learn how to throw a god damn ball," he swears.
"Reno I'm sure he didn't mean to," Yuffie lies.
Reno's eyes turn back to her. "Where'd you meet that guy?" he asks.
Yuffie smiles. "I think it was at camp," she laughs.
"You didn't fuck him did you?" Reno asks.
"Reno!" Yuffie shouts.
"I'm just checking," he says.
Yuffie sits back and looks to where Vincent is talking to... oh no.
Tifa walks up to the couple. She is wearing a black bikini and her hair is tied up in a high pony tail.
Reno lets out a long whistle. "Hey Tifa, did you come to see me?" he asks.
Tifa shakes her head and says to Yuffie, "Yuffie some of us are planning to play a little beach volleyball. Guys against girls. You want in?"
Yuffie smiles and kisses Reno's cheek. "You want to play with us?" she asks.
Reno shakes his head. "Nah, I'll watch."
Yuffie stands up and follows Tifa to the net. Elena, Cloud, Cid, Shera, and Reeve are waiting. Elena is wearing a light blue bikini and Shera is in a white striped pink one piece. Cloud is in dark blue swim trunks, Cid is wearing bright yellow shorts and Reeve is in gray trunks. Reeve has his jaw length, curly, floppy brown hair tied back in a small nub.
"Hey where's Reno?" Cloud calls.
Yuffie shrugs. "He said he'd rather watch," she tells him.
"This isn't good. We don't have equal sides," Reeve says.
"I suppose I could sit out," Shera offers.
Cid stomps his foot. "Fuck no! If you don't play I sure as hell wont."
Tifa sighs. "Do you guys really care if we girls have an extra player?"
"Hell yes! We got stuck with Reeve," Cid yells, pointing to the man.
Reeve looks sheepishly at the ground.
Elena groans. "Where is Rude when you need him?" she asks.
Yuffie frowns, feeling as though it's her fault. 'Damn if Reno had only joined. Either we find another guy quick or one of us is going to have to sit this out. Wait a minute...' Yuffie turns around and looks at Vincent, who is explaining to a five year old little boy what a couple down the beach are doing. "Hold up guys I think I know someone who can play," she says.
Yuffie hurries to Vincent, stopping short when she hears the word 'orgasm'. "Vincent!" she exclaims.
Vincent looks up from the boy's upturned face to Yuffie. "What is it now? Surely you are capable of fending Reno off by yourself," he says.
Yuffie frowns at Vincent and then she leans down to the boy. "Sweetie I think you should go to your parents now, ok?" she tells him.
The child nods his head slowly and races away.
Yuffie turns back towards Vincent. She frowns at him and places her hands on her hips.
"What is it now?" he asks, bored.
She sighs, "Normally I would be chewing you out for telling a little kid about such crap but I need a favor."
"If you want anything you need only wish for it," he reminds her.
Yuffie holds her hand out to him. "Oh come on it will be fun," she promises.
Vincent shakes his head, "I will be the judge of that."
She grabs his arm and starts pulling him towards the volleyball net. "Come on Vincent. We only need another player. It will only be for a while," she pleads. Seeing the unconvinced and uninterested look on the Devil's face she tries a new tactic, "Just imagine how much you can humiliate us mere mortals."
At this Vincent's eyebrows rise and he stops dragging his feet. "I could use some entertainment, although I don't think you need another player anymore," he remarks.
Yuffie looks back to her friends and sees Reno standing by Cloud. She walks up to them with Vincent and smiles at Reno. "Hey you decide to play with us?" she asks.
Reno gives Vincent a glare as he leans down to kiss her cheek. "It might be fun," he shrugs.
Vincent bows his head slightly, "Then my presence is no longer necessary." He turns to leave. He stops as Yuffie's hand clasps his arm.
"Guys does it really matter if we have an extra?" Yuffie pleads.
Reno nods smiling. "Come on guys. This is one of Yuffie's friends. Let's make him welcome," he says.
Vincent frowns at Reno's seeming sweetness before looking back to Yuffie, who continues to hold his arm. Yuffie looks back at him hopefully. He turns back to the guys. Cloud is hanging his head, Cid is shifting his feet in the sand and Reeve is looking between him and Reno nervously. 'Ah revenge is it? How deliciously...petty.' He smiles back at Reno as pleasantly as a snake.
"I guess if he wants to play then it's ok, right?" Cloud mumbles to Cid and Reeve.
Cid stamps his foot angrily but doesn't say anything.
Reeve frowns and shrugs unhappily.
Reno claps his hands together. "Ok let's play. Vincent you're on the girls' team since you're Yuffie's friend," he says as he grabs the ball out of the sand. "Since you have Vincent we'll serve first,"Reno calls over his shoulder as he races to the server's spot.
Yuffie frowns at Reno's sudden buoyancy but steps back.
Tifa whispers as she stands back with her, "You better know what you're doing. I really don't want to lose to Reno again."
Reno smacks the ball really hard as he serves. The ball flies over the net straight for Vincent's face...
and then Vincent slaps it right back at Reno. The thud of Reno hitting the sand as he holds his bloody nose is made sharper by the sudden silence. Cloud and Reeve watch in macabre fascination as their friend groans in pain. Cid can't help laughing. Yuffie, Tifa and Shera's mouths drop open in shock.
Elena shrugs and turns to Tifa, "I don't think we need to worry."
"Fuck!" Reno howls.
Yuffie looks over at Vincent, who isn't even trying to look apologetic. She walks up to him and whispers, "Did you really have to do that?"
Vincent looks at Reno, leans toward her and whispers back in her ear, "No. That was fun."
"Uh are we still serving?" Reeve asks as Reno stands up.
Reno glowers at Vincent before throwing the ball to Elena to serve. Elena serves the ball and it flies into the air. The ball sails over the net and Cloud hits it back over. Tifa dashes over and knocks it back into the air, setting Yuffie up for the spike. The petite woman jumps into the air to hit the ball down hard. Reeve dives for the ball and keeps it in the air long enough for Cid to slap it back to the girls. The ball speeds towards Vincent who knocks it back over the net this time without injuring anyone. The ball lands just out of Reeve's reach, who is on his knees in the sand.
"Damn it!" Reno mutters.
The girls rotate positions so now Shera serves. Shera whacks the ball as hard as she can and it just barely passes the net. Cid, knowing Shera's volleyball skills, is already under the net, waiting for the ball. He slaps it back and it lands in front of Shera.
"Sorry," the quiet woman apologizes. "I know I'm not very good at this game."
Tifa sighs and shakes her head. "It's ok, Shera. You're trying," she admits.
"You're doing a hell of lot better than last time," Elena agrees as she throws the ball to Cloud.
Cloud grins at Tifa before he throws the ball into the air to serve. The ball glides by and Tifa is still looking at Cloud's body.
"Tifa!" Yuffie shrieks as she dives for the ball and hits it into the air. Vincent steps behind her and hits the ball over the net towards Reeve, already identifying him as the weakest player on the other team.
Tifa's face flushes red as she yells, "Sorry!"
Reeve, who wasn't paying attention either, doesn't see the ball until it hits the sand in front of him. Sand sprays onto his face and hair.
"God damn it, Reeve! What the fuck were you thinking?" Reno yells.
Reeve shakes the sand off of his face before turning to Reno. "Sorry," he mutters as he rolls the ball under the net to the girls.
"It's ok," Elena assures him as she bends down to pick up the ball, not noticing the blush on his face. Elena tosses the ball to Vincent, who serves next.
Tifa smiles evilly. 'Pay back.' She catches Cloud's eye before she begins to readjust her bikini top.
Vincent throws the ball into the air and hits it. The ball zooms over the net and sails over Cloud's head.
"Cloud!" Reno yells.
Cloud doesn't even say anything in his defense. He just rolls the ball under the net, keeping his eyes on Tifa's top.
Yuffie grabs the ball and gets in position. She bends down and hits the ball up and over the net. The ball flies over the net and Reeve hits it back over. Elena, surprised, knocks it back over to Cloud. Cloud whacks it over to Vincent, who hits it back to Cid. Cid hits it straight into the air for Reno to spike. The ball is in the air above the net. Reno sees Vincent heading for the net and smirks in anticipation. He jumps to hit the ball down and score, hopefully getting Valentine in the process. Vincent is already in the air though. Vincent is tall and has a good wrist because the ball is spiked back onto the guys' side. Instead of the ball heading for the sand though it hits Reno in the face. Again.
"Fuck!" Reno moans as he covers his once again bleeding nose. The red head glares at his attacker.
Vincent shrugs his shoulders disinterestedly.
"Are you ok?" Yuffie calls worriedly. 'Man that's the second time.' She begins to hurry to the guys' side of the net.
Reno scowls at her.
Yuffie pauses, hurt.
Vincent frowns and turns back to the red head and his team. He casually calls to them,"Question, if the ball hits you is it still our point?"
Reno stalks to the back of the court without answering.
Reeve nods hesitantly, "Yeah I think so."
Vincent looks at his team and says nonchalantly, "Well then we're still winning."
Yuffie looks back at Vincent incredulously.
"He has a point," Elena mumbles.
Yuffie looks back at Elena in shock.
"It is good to win for once," Shera agrees happily.
Yuffie looks back at Shera in dismay.
"I can't count how many times I've wanted to do that to Reno," Tifa admits lowly. "Hey Yuffs," she calls, "your friend is cool."
Yuffie looks back at Tifa in outrage. She turns to defend Reno and rag on Vincent for hitting him again, but sees Reno's attention is elsewhere. Like the cleavage of hot blond in an orange bikini. 'That asshole!'
Yuffie turns to Vincent and smiles at him, all thoughts of fighting with him gone.
Vincent frowns, puzzled. 'Why isn't she defending her beloved?'
Cid throws the ball over the net and Yuffie catches it. She smiles mischievously at Vincent before she tosses the ball to him. "Lena you mind if Vince serves?" she calls.
Elena looks from Vincent to the ogling Reno and smiles knowingly. She shrugs. "Nah, your friend can serve this time," she calls back.
Vincent takes the ball to the server's corner, reflecting over the vindictiveness of women. 'He salivates over another woman and she's willing to put the poor bastard at my mercy. A woman after my own black heart,' he muses. He frowns.'Still she's no...'
"Hey Reno, heads up!" Cloud yells to his friend, bringing Reno and Vincent's attention back to the game.
"Yeah, because there ain't no fucking way I'm losing to the girls," Cid growls. Then he looks through the net at his girlfriend and hastily says, "Nothing against you, Baby."
Shera sighs and readjusts her glasses.
Vincent looks at Reno and smiles before he throws the ball into the air. He gives the ball a good thwack and sends it over the net. Instead of hitting Reno, though, it's sent back by Cloud with a backwards hit. Shera races forward and slaps the ball over the net towards Reeve. Reno shoves Reeve out of the way and hits the ball. The ball is over the net and slowly falling back to the sand...
Vincent races for the ball, he yells "I've got it!"
"I've got it!" Yuffie screeches as she dashes toward the ball.
They collide, but since Vincent is heavier he falls on top of Yuffie. Yuffie and Vincent stay still before they slowly look at each other. Vincent lies the length of Yuffie's body and both are covered in sweat from their competitive play.
Yuffie's long hair is under her body so she looks like she has her normal short style. The sun and heat have kissed her face with a healthy, rosy glow and her dark eyes are wide. There is a light, a sparkle, in her eyes that fascinates the fallen angel. He leans forward to look closer.
Yuffie lies still or as still as she can with her heart pounding in her chest. All the exertion of the game has left a glistening sheen of sweat on the King of Hell, but there is no flush to the pale, pristine skin of the immortal. No red mars his face and detracts from his strange eyes. Even his lips lack color except for a touch of purple to distinguish them. He is a breathing, ivory and utterly perfect statue of living flesh.
Neither of them notices the green eyes as they stare...
Vincent leans closer, almost brushes his nose with hers when a stray thought crosses his mind. 'Her light is like Luc...' He pulls away with a jolt. The former archangel stands on his feet and snaps his fingers, disappearing in flash of red light.
"Vincent?" Yuffie mumbles, too numb to know what she is feeling at the moment.
"Hey Yuffie," Tifa kneels down beside her. "Where'd Vincent go?"
Yuffie shakes her head, "What? Didn't you see it?"
"See what?" Shera wonders as she kneels.
"The red light?" Yuffie says.
"What light?" Elena pries.
"Yuffie is talking about some light," Tifa explains.
"Oh," Elena mumbles. "So where did Vincent get to? I thought he landed on you?" she asks.
"I didn't see him go. Yuffie, do you know where he could've gone?" Shera asks.
Yuffie shakes her head. 'He must have stopped everyone from seeing him.'
"Are you alright?" Reeve asks, coming over to check things out.
"Yeah we're fine," Elena assures him.
Cloud and Cid run over and stand by Yuffie.
"You ok, girl?" Cid demands.
Yuffie nods her head yes.
"Where did Vincent go?" Cloud asks Tifa.
"I'll get us some sodas to cool down with," Reeve offers. He looks around. "Hey, where did Vincent go?"
Yuffie shakes her hand. "It's ok. I'm sure he just had to run to work or something," she lies. 'That has to be the lamest excuse ever.'
"What he didn't have off today?" Tifa asks curiously.
'Think fast.' "Nah he doesn't really get days off," Yuffie answers. 'It's not really a lie. How many days off can Satan possibly get from Hell?'
"Oh and he came here to see you!" Tifa cries.
'What the hell?'
"Took time out of his busy schedule to come to the beach to see her," Shera pipes in.
"And now he has to go back to work to face the wrath of his boss because he did," Elena chimes in.
Tifa, Shera and Elena sigh. Cloud, Cid and Reeve frown at each other, knowing what is next.
"How sweet," Tifa says.
"How wonderful," Shera agrees.
"How romantic," Elena concurs.
"Uh guys...," Yuffie mutters.
"Uh, Elena I took off work to come here too," Reeve reminds her.
"Damn it Shera! Snap out of it," Cid blurts.
Tifa rounds on Cloud. "Why can't you be more like Vincent?" she demands.
"What?" Cloud shouts.
"Uh guys..." Yuffie tries to interject.
Shera sighs. "Tifa it could be worse," she says. The older woman surreptitiously thumbs to Reno, who whistles at a passing female.
Yuffie drops her head and sighs.
Author's Note: Thank you all for your patience. No I didn't die or give up on this story. This has just been a very hectic time for me. One brother got married, another is having a baby and moved back in, my dad came to visit and he got in a car accident, my step dad is coming home from Guam (he's deployed) and I've had problems with the financial aid offices at my college. To top it all off I couldn't get the chapter to read like I wanted. I waited and waited and finally I got it the way I wanted. I hope it was worth the wait. To all Reno and Reffie fans, no offense but he is not my favorite character. Don't worry he won't be completely left to dry in the end. However, this is still Yuffentine. That will not change. Have no fear of that my fellow YV friends. Enjoy and please review.