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Chapter 5, Yuffie and Barret

Just outside of Seventh Heaven, Vincent literally ran into Barret. The muscled man jumped back and raised his gun-arm at Vincent's face. "Outa the way, Turk!"

"Wallace, I-"

"What are you doing here Turk?"

"That's none-"

"Answer you bloodsucker!"

"My name is-"

"Vampire! Bloodsucker! Demon! Turk!"

"Look-"

"Monster!"

Vincent's eyes narrowed and every instinct said to kill the man for his insolence. "That was not kind."

"Not trying to be kind, traitor."

"I am not-"

"Traitor!" Shouted Yuffie as she sauntered from behind Barret's back with her arms folded across her chest.

"Ms. Kisaragi," he addressed the more cooperative of the two, "name calling is an ill greeting for friends. I have merely returned to work after taking an extended vacation."

"Hmph!"

"Yuffie…I am still your friend."

She looked into his soft red eyes. "Oooh, alright. Don't give me the puppy eyes." She put a hand on her hip and pointed at Vincent accusingly. "But you're still in trouble mister, so no cookies for you!" She walked past and went inside the bar.

Barret was still standing there with his gun raised to Vincent's face. "I knew better than to trust a Turk. Your all the same. Pure evil. You may have fooled the others, but I know better. You're just a snake, waiting to bite. If you so much as look like you're about to twitch the wrong way…" He charged up the gun and brought it an hair width's length from Vincent's face.

The Turk in him wanted nothing better than to shred the man to pieces and the demons in his head agreed, but the friend in him was willing to let the comment slide for the moment. 'He sees only in black and white. Turks are bad, period. ShinRa is bad., People who work for ShinRa are bad. He does not see the grays. Such as the poor farmer selling plants to feed the ShinRa Soldiers so that his family can eat. I was like that once. I didn't see the grey of Lucrecia's own insanity, the thirst to have her crackpot theories proved. It killed me. I pray he does not come to such a fate.'

"Mr. Wallace, I am no traitor and I have no intention of ever betraying those who brought me back to life."

Whe he tried to pass, Barret grabed his shoulder. "We're not through."

Vincent's patience ended. Before Barret even understood that he had moved, Vincent grabbed his wrist, twisted to near breaking point, grabbed his other arm, and twisted them both behind his back. He pressed forward so that his mouth was near Barret's ear. In his low, gravely voice, he spoke just above a whisper with a threatening lilt, "due to our past affiliations, Mr. Wallace, I have postponed any injury I might wish to place upon you. Should you ever touch me again I will not hesitate to rid you of your ability to procreate or even feel the pleasure from such activities. Do you understand?"

He nodded, surprised at the strength the seemingly frail body showed and the threat whispered in his ear. When Vincent released him, he nearly fell forward on his face and stumbled forward a few steps.

"If you will excuse me, I must be on my way." Vincent turned away sharply and continued on. Tifa, Cloud, and Yuffie had come outside after Yuffie told them about Barret. So they had seen the entire episode. They were less than pleased with how things had gone. Tifa glared at the bigger man, "He is our friend Barret!"

"He's no friend of mine!"

Yuffie stood defiantly in front of him, her anger at Vincent only temporary. She poked him in the chest with her finger, "But he's ours, and if you hurt Vinnie, be sure I'll put you in a cage and send you to the Don!"

Barret knocked her back. "Get away from me! He's bad and that's final!"

Cloud cocked his head to the side. "Then, if we associate with him, we are bad?"

"Y-Yes…"

"But we saved the planet."

"Shut up!"

"Are we evil?"

"I don't know! But he is!"

Tifa squared her shoulders, "If that's how you feel, then you can get your drinks someplace else!" She went back into the bar quickly with Cloud right behind. Yuffie stuch her tongue out at her and followed too. Barret stomped around and cursed before moving off to find another drinking place.

-VV-

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