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AN: *bows till face is almost buried into the ground* I'm a total idiot. I'll admit it RIGHT NOW. I was going through my Gallery on DeviantART to see if I did INDEED write up till about Chapter 5, more or less, had it posted this far. To this point before my laptop had its semi crash moment about a month and half ago and had to be restored. THANKFULLY, I'm an avid DA Deviant so I went through and when I thought I had mislabeled the Chapters when ripping them from there to Word to post 'em here...I found out in the Title Editing Process on this Chapter over there that I had INDEED posted this chapter correctly! So...for those you who may be reading this, HERE is Chapter 5. Now its a case of me re-reading it over to get my bearings on it, yet again, so that when the free time finds me, to work on the other chapters...since I had intentionally meant in a way to make Leon almost lose it again after a run in w/Cloud to then almost have him being physically, in a sort of...want go into, kind of way at one of his stops w/Cid. But I may end up changing that so that I don't drive our favorite little Lion into the Nut House forever and make Cloud turn into a feral animal that can only speak in almost Caveman talk.

Once again, I humbly apologize for not realizing I had this chapter already up on another source to post it here ^^; And once again, any songs used are copyrighted to their Artist that it is sung by as well as the hard working song writer who wrote the lyrics. If you aren't familiar with the movie this song is from, then...you aren't young enough to have remember the Don Bluth Pictures Film: All Dogs Go To Heaven. That even in this day and age, I hardly watch due to some of the later content involving the lead character in it having a nightmare of ending up in Hell due to being told since he left Heaven once against the words of the "Head Angel" as it may seem...Don't ask what it's about, just YouTube Search it...watch it, then you'll understand what I mean. ENOUGH DRABBLE FROM ME! ON TO READING YOU!

Oh yeah, Vincent Valentine is from FFVII and all other FFVIII mentioned characters are from FFVIII


Chapter 5-Soon you'll come Home

Soon you'll come home…
Home to my heart…
Soon you'll come home…
Home to my…heart…
…If I believe…
Lyrics from 'Soon you'll Come Home' from the Motion Picture 'All Dogs Go To Heaven'

For the first time since Leon had come to the Center; he had found reason to sleep, even after the tearful memory draw up during his talk with his Therapist the day before. It felt good to close tired eyes and just sleep, maybe even dream. Maybe his mind was as tired as he thought it was as he found himself waking up to the feeling of cold steel behind him. Either he had been beamed up and was facing probing or he was in a place he never wanted to be again, the Western Plain Prison. The one place he never wanted to see the inside of again especially since he had had nightmares of that place and what had happened to him in that place. Seifer had had too much fun torturing him as electricity coursed through his body to attempt to coerce information out of Leon, then Squall, as to what SeeD was truly about and what it stood for. Even now in his dreams; he had hoped that wasn't where he was now but no matter which way he turned his head; he found that was where he was.

"NO! NO! LET ME OUT OF HERE! I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE! LET ME DOWN!" Squall screamed as his eyes panicked to find someone to hear him, but all he felt was the coursing of electricity through his body as he woke up screaming.

"Leon….Leon! Wake up! Wake up! Son, you have to wake up!"

"Leon! Leon! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!" a familiar voice with the mixture of a rough hand on his shoulders started to stir the man as he came up swinging but the person responsible knew better then to let that happen, "Oh, hold up there, son, don't need to come swinging up at the Captain…I'm not going to hurt you…"

Leon started to slowly come around till his teary eyed eyes came upon Cid and his Therapist standing at the ready to subdue him should he turn violent, "…I'm sorry….sorry…" the man pulled away as he turned to showing his back to the duo; he never wanted anyone to see him cry, not ever.

He had come to a thought that he had lost the ability to cry over the smallest things after he had lost Rinoa and his world, maybe even the ability to cry, but when he had lost it when Yuffie had tumbled like Selphie the one time. That theory had been disproved, but he couldn't hide himself from the world as he felt Cid's cautious hand run down the back of his scalp. Feeling the bed shift as he felt the man sit on the edge of his bed and began to speak to him; all he wanted to do was lie there and just listen.

"The Doc says it would probably best for you to be here the next couple of days and then on the last day; I'm coming to spring you, but I can't take you home just yet," Cid sighed as he tried to find a way to break it to Leon that home at the moment, may not be the best environment; not there is anything seriously wrong with it. It was just, a particular someone was not the best influence for the man right now, "I've got to run to Traverse Town for a week to go and check in on some things that we left going when we moved here to Radiant Garden, then I've got to pop on over to Port Royal."

Leon cringed at the mention of Port Royal; he was more afraid of the reason. But Cid's voice chuckled as he patted the man's head, "Don't go away there in your head of yours, I'm not mad about the rum you drank with those pills; heck, probably best that I didn't get my lips around that bottle's head, probably would've drank myself silly and then Vince would never let me hear the end of it," Cid could slowly see Leon coming about as the man's blue grey eyes began to make their way to look Cid in the face, "I was thinking you could use the vacation and I know that Mrs. Turner has been dying to meet you; you've always been tied up with Restoration that she's hardly had a chance to meet you. I've done nothing but rave about you to her and that husband of hers, what you say, Leon? You up for a little road trip?"

"…As long as I get to drive now and again or at least pick out the music for the long travel…"Leon greeted the man with a faint smile.

Cid and the Therapist shared a chuckle as Leon seemed to make a full 180 turn as he sat up on the bed, Indian style, "And I think we can call that progress?"

"…So, what have I missed at home?" Leon spoke up as a small spark started to greet into the man's blue grey eyes.

"Well, where to start?" Cid nervously chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.

~XXX~

It had seemed like hours had passed, maybe even a whole day as Cid gave Leon the run down; keeping to not mention how Cloud was doing; he would only do it if the man inquired about the blond swordsman. There seemed to be not questioning about the man or his well being, who could blame him? Cloud had all but signed the man's death warrant that time, but the reason why Leon would go as far as he had this time was beyond him. They all had a vague idea that Leon had tended to be closed jawed about his past, especially his youth. But he would compensate for it all by hiding behind a façade face that he was doing alright without the person when inside, he was crying, screaming, clawing to find a way to find out why it was happening. Leon seemed like he would cry when Cid talked about Yuffie and what had become of her when word had been given that Leon was going to be stuck in the Center; hearing that she had fainted dead away broke his heart.

"…About Cloud…I…He…I know I would hate me if I did what I did to Cloud…"Leon let his long bangs hang over his hung down face, "…He may not think that I didn't hear him in the Hospital, but I did…I wanted to just jump out of that chair and run into his arms; beg him to forgive me for being so stupid, or at least punish me for being stupid, but my body…"

"My body wouldn't move; it was like some other part of my mind was telling me to tell Cloud to 'Fuck off and die'…I didn't want to do that to him, Cid…Do you think he'll ever forgive me?" Leon looked to the man with a look that said, 'Help me…I don't want to be alone after this…'

Cid scratched the back of his head as he heavily sighed, "Don't know, kid, up to the Chocobo head to make that call…Known the guy since joining up with his rag tag group of misfit AVALANCHE members; knew he was screwy in the head from all the Mako in his blood and all that song and dance, but…I don't think he purposely did this to you. I guess…you had just reached some breaking point and that letter just pushed you to it."

"…I really am stupid…stupid enough to believe something more then what someone says or writes…"Leon began to grind his teeth which to Cid meant that the Lion was coming forward; the very sad and 'its all my fault' Lion that had lead to Leon nearly killing himself, "I shouldn't have lived back then…I shouldn't be alive…I'm a waste of space…"

"Don't you go talking that nonsense again…so help me, Leon, I will slap you around myself, Hell, I'll even let them commit your ass to this place on a permanent basis at this point," Cid growled at the man who had turned to an almost on his knees pleading man in front of him, "I won't have any of that stupid talk on my Gummi Ship when I come to get you in a couple of days. If you aren't better, all smiles or at least the kind of Leon we're all use to by the time we come home from the two week trip I'm taking you on…I'll…I'll…"

"…You'll commit me to this place. Won't you?" Leon whispered under his breath as his hands clutched the bed sheets on either side of his sides on the edge of the bed, "Lock me away like an animal and forget about me?"

Cid hated to admit but, "If that's what it'll take to make you well, then yes…yes I would do it."

~XXX~

"Mr. Highwind, something happen while you were visiting?" the Therapist inquired of Cid as she watched him walking for the front door of the Facility, "Mr. Highwind?"

Cid stopped midway in his tracks, "I gave him an ultimatum; either straighten up and fly right in two weeks with me, or find himself straightening up in a straight jacket in this whacko basket…"

As cruel and unusual as it sounded; she knew that Leon was going to be a hard case to crack and fix, but if his "Father" felt that some form of his own treatment to fix the mismatched minded youth would work, well, then there was no stopping him, "…I wish you much luck with helping him, Mr. Highwind…Leon is a lucky young man to have a man like you for his Father to straighten his scattered mind out…"

"Tch, believe me, if I can find some way to straighten out the one who screwed him up in the first place, I know sure as I stand here I can do it for the boy too…"Cid grinned from ear to ear as he gave the woman a simple salute before walking outside to call home, "Hey Vince, yeah…its me…Heh, it seems I've got my hands full with the case of Leon…How's the Chocobo head holding up?...Still looking for Leon?"

Cid turned around to look towards Leon who was sitting not far from him in the Recreation Room as Cid looked at him through glass, "…I hate doing this to the kid, you know, taking his Mate, as he put it, and keeping him away for the next couple of weeks…The Therapist said to let Leon stay here the next couple of days then I'm coming to take him with me on my two week trip…I want to bring him by the house to say his goodbyes before I take him away, but at the same point…Heh…I know, Vince."

"I want to do that, but I'm afraid how Strife is going to react, especially Leon," Cid drew a tired hand against his face, "Tell the girls to come and see Leon before the end of the week…Just don't let Strife know about it…I don't want to get a call that all of Leon's therapy is ruined from seeing Cloud…"

Vincent sighed as he hung up the phone, "How long have you been there, Cloud?" the man's soft crimson eyes fell upon Cloud's gaze, "I know you want Leon but you need to give the Lion some time…"

"Want Leon home…its cold at night without him…If I don't have him, I don't know if I can keep my mind sane while he's gone…and you know what I can become without Leon around, Vincent, much like you become when you don't have Cid for a long time…"Cloud seemed to be trying to reason with the man to at least try and reason with the Captain to let the man see Leon before he lost him for what may seem forever.

Vincent harrumphed as he walked to the Living Room to address the girls, "Not happening, Cloud…the Captain knows what is best for the Lion and you can not get to me through such words…"

~XXX~

Aerith placed her book aside as Tifa and Yuffie looked up from what they were doing on the floor as they heard Vincent walk in, "What's the verdict on our wayward Lion, Vincent?" Tifa spoke up as she placed a hand on Yuffie's shoulder to keep her grounded should something shake her the wrong way, "Is Leon coming home soon?"

"That's what Cid was calling about…They're keeping Leon the next two days and then Cid plans to take Leon on the road with him since he's got to make some runs for the next two weeks," Vincent ran a hand through his long black locks as he pondered how to break it to the girls, especially with a questionable Cloud hanging back in the hall, "He may or may not stay the night before he has to head out for his runs, but no matter what happens…I suggest that we give Leon some space and not bring up what sent him into that place. He'll feel bad enough about it without being bombarded with questions about it."

Yuffie sighed as Tifa shifted up onto her feet to go about making dinner, "…Did Cid say how Leon looked?"

"He didn't give any specifics, all he could say was that…he wasn't too sure about Leon being here with Cloud around…he thinks that Leon may become skittish and try something stupid," Vincent gazed towards a leery eying Cloud as if the man was incapable of not pouting like a small child; he could be good…for a little while.

"All that matters is he is getting well," Aerith spoke up with a cheery voice, "That's what we have hoped for and that's what is happening…"

Vincent couldn't help but chuckle, if there wasn't anything Aerith couldn't do then the skies above would all but fall apart. She seemed to have a special gift for knowing things about people and things before anyone else. Everyone had their own theories about what why she was able to know things but there was only one thing that was known. It was that she was from an ancient race that had a gift endowed to them from the Planet. When Leon had fallen into the families' crazy nest of characters; she had been the first to know he was coming and the first to make a nesting in a way for the man for when he fell into their World. She had been the one to find the man when he had stumbled into their crazy little home and attend to the man's questions and other oddities. And she had also been the one to assure him that when Cloud began to make the man uncomfortable to shoo Cloud away. She had also told the man that Leon wasn't ready for such contact, but no matter how many times she had shooed Cloud away; he would find reason or way to go to Leon's side while he had recuperated. There was countless times she had found Cloud's head resting on the man's bedside edge like a lost dog that had taking to lying its head on its Master's bedside to wait for its Master to wake up. Each time she would find him there, she couldn't do more then just shake her head and watch the man as he took watch over Leon. The first time Leon had moved, she had to stifle her laughter as she watched Cloud jump at the sight of Leon's movement, but as Leon had finally come to; Cloud had taken to moving out of the room and keeping his distance.

She didn't understand it then, but at that moment, Cloud had taken it into his own mental banks to be the one watch over and guard Leon; no one was going to get closer to the man. This in her mind told her that Cloud had in his own weird mental way had branded Leon as not only fragile, something or someone to watch over and care for, but someone that he would hold higher then just a typical comrade.
Leon from the start was always marked as a future Mate for Cloud.

As the others started to make their way to the kitchen for dinner, Aerith seemed to focus her attention in on Cloud, "Cloud, can I talk to you for a moment?"

~XXX~

"Patient Leonhart has a day or two left with us and from the session the day before it has been showing that he wants to be helped, but he isn't sure how to ask for the assistance. There is some slight hesitation on wanting to touch on his past, but in today's session the topic will be presented to Patient Leonhart; if he wishes to open up on the topic, there is still a chance to help the man. If he wishes to not speak about it, then…" the Therapist sighed as she pushed away the writing tablet as her fingers toyed with the patient file that had been compiled for Leon, "…I know what it is that makes you fearful of getting close to others…it's your fear of being abandoned…"

With a soft sigh, the woman pushed her glasses off her face as she looked over Leon's file, "You were doing so well when Rinoa was around…what happened to you, Squall…when did you change?"
~XXX~

Leon sat in the Recreation Room of the Center watching the others playing cards, reading, or watching television; he didn't feel like he belonged among the various characters in the Center. All he wanted to do was retreat into his thoughts, but something was nagging at him to stay in the open and just watch the world go by. There would be something that would come around to entertain him or spark his interest. Everything seemed to be distant to him as his eyes gazed out over the room, but a soft nudge to his hand seemed to stir him as he found himself standing amidst a field of flowers. The same ones he had pointed out to Rinoa of where to look for him, should they get separated in their final showdown in the Sorceress War. But this time, she wasn't standing among them; another person had that place among the flowers.

"Hello little Brother," Aerith had somehow found a way to enter his wandering thoughts, "How have you been?"

Leon sighed as he shook his head, "I could say I'm alright, but I guess I can't when I'm locked up into some almost asylum…"

Aerith softly chuckled to herself as she moved towards Leon, placing a hand upon the man's cheek and then moving it against his forehead, "You don't seem sick, no thoughts of harm…but you are sick in one way…"

"Sick in what way?" a look of confusion crossed against Leon's face as his brows furrowed together.

"You're sick of feeling of helpless, that you aren't wanted or needed, that everyone you meet is just going to leave you alone and scared without a word as to why they left…Cloud doesn't want to leave you; he loves you more then you think…"Aerith's face beamed as a figure form of Cloud appeared behind Leon; his long arms wrapping around Leon's middle.

This had to be a dream; he had to been dreaming while on his feet, this wasn't real, Cloud didn't care about him, he only saw him as a way to get over his frustrations of having to be some delivery boy or the World's beck and call warrior at the ready. If that was so, then why did it feel as if he could feel everything Cloud could never express with words flowing into him like a steady stream of warmth? Tears were starting to sting at Leon's eyes as he brought his hands up to hide his face away from Aerith. He thought that letting others see him crying was a sign of weakness. Even as he attempted to hide his face away, Cloud's hands managed to slid up Leon's arms and twine his fingers in an interlocking fashion with Leon's hiding fingers. Pulling the hands away till he managed to in almost fluid motion, move Leon around to face him, face to face.

"…Come home soon, Leon…because I know…soon you'll come home…I need you home, because…I don't know where it is without you here to show me the way home…aren't you my home, Leon?" Cloud's face seemed to take on a crestfallen youthful look that made Leon want to sob all over again which he did as a soft kiss was brushed against his cheek.

Aerith patted Leon's shoulder as she began to fade away and Cloud's faint, never shown to anyone but Leon, smile seemed to fade out as he did; leaving Leon to stand alone in the middle of the room. Crying. No one else seemed to pay attention to the sobbing Lion in the middle of the Recreation Room, not even Security seemed to see him except for his Therapist that walked up to him, brushing her hand up and down the man's back.

"Leon…you okay?" her voice was soft as she almost gasped as Leon threw himself onto the woman; burying his face in her shoulder, "…Want to talk about it?"

She could feel his head nodding up and down against her shoulder as she moved them to a nearby sofa, "What's wrong, Leon…you seemed somewhat happy earlier and now, you're in tears…what happened?"

"When I was little, I was living in an Orphanage run by a woman that was almost like a Mother to me; I grew up with a lot of other kids that I didn't know where to be my future companions…even one girl that I regarded as my Sister…she protected me and had promised me that she would never leave…"

The woman nudged his shoulder.

"Her name was Ellone, she left one day without warning or word…she just…left…I kept reminding myself, 'I'm alright, I'm doing fine without you…' it seemed to work, even when I became older and joined Balamb Garden to become a SeeD. I thought I didn't need anyone till I found that sometimes, there is someone you need to protect even if you feel you don't need them…Rinoa was a girl who had hired my team and I to help her liberate her town from the Galbadian forces."

"She was…at best, a little annoying, but eventually she grew on me, especially when we were in space and facing down her being taken into custody because she had been possessed in a way by the Sorceress Ultimecia…she was so scared and all I could do was swear to protect her…But I knew I had to do more then that…I couldn't let anyone take her away from me…"

Leon seemed to become quiet as he looked down to his hands, "…When I came into this World, I felt that there wasn't anyone to protect like I had with Rinoa…I guess…"

"Guessed what?" the Therapist leaned forward slightly.

"…I guess I became the one that needed to be protected…Cloud, he…he never wanted me to be too far away from him or too far away that he couldn't get to me in time should something happen…he…became that way after his Darkness, Sephiroth, attempted to do more then just knock me around…" Leon closed his eyes as he ran his hands through his hair, "But I don't want to be protected! I'm fine without someone constantly being at my back to make sure I don't fall down or get hurt! I'm not fragile! I AM A STRONG WILLED PERSON WHO CAN HANDLE HIMSELF!"

The sound of Leon's fist slamming down on the table as it nearly broke the table, startled some of the others in the room, "…But I'm still weak…I took a stupid letters words to heart and look where its landed me…"

"Leon," a gentle hand took a hold of Leon's bruising hand, "I think you've made a great leap of progress today…Is that why you harmed yourself like you did? Did you think that Cloud thought you were weak and he didn't want you anymore?"

A soft nod came from Leon's slowly tearing up eyes.

With a soft embrace, the Therapist embraced the man, "That is something you will have to work on…but you've made some progress with realizing the one thing you just want out of your life…someone to protect. You're a natural protector as well as a hardened trained warrior…very unique qualities that is hardly seen in warriors."

"I did what I did because I thought…I thought that I wasn't worth anything to anyone; Restoration is over so it felt like…'What else is there to do? Cloud hasn't said whether or not he truly loves me…What's the point?' and when I found his letter…it just…it just sank it for me…I felt so free…there was nothing around to hurt me anymore…I felt…"Leon's gaze became distanced, "…free…but, it was a free that wasn't the kind you got after being released from prison…it was an indescribable feeling…"

The Therapist's hand never stopped writing down everything Leon had to say, "Well, I think our session is done for the day…I may be able to let you leave as soon as say, tomorrow?"

Leon's gaze turned towards her smiling face, "You mean that? You really mean that?"

"I can call your Guardian as soon as possible if you wish, I'm sure the rest of your family would be thrilled to hear about it," her smile never stopped as Leon couldn't stop himself from throwing his arms around the woman's neck and hugging her, "…It's all I can do for you, but getting yourself past your insecurities…that is something you need to do for yourself."

"What if I can't get past it?"

Her soft face pulled him back so she could look into his eyes, "…If you were able to save the World and still get the girl in the end, I'm sure you can get past insecurity."

~XXX~

"Highwind Household, what's up?" Cid grumbled as he ran his hand over his face while tapping away at the keyboard keys with the other hand, but when he heard the voice of the one calling; the man all but dropped the phone, "How may I help you, Ms. Trepe?"

A soft chuckle came from the Therapist's lips as she began to close up Leon's file, "How do you feel about a little family reunion tomorrow afternoon, at home?"

Vincent had taken to reading in the Living Room with Aerith as Aerith changed off between reading and working on her crochet work, but her hands stopped their work as if she knew that some form of celebration was going to be coming from the Computer Room. Vincent was all too ready for it as he counted down in his head to one, and upon reaching the final digit. The sound of Cid's war hoop hollering all but scared Yuffie from her perch on the outside of the house to survey for Cloud. Lately, Cloud had been taking his time as of late to get home from deliveries. Without Leon at home to come home to anymore, Cloud had an almost 'screw you and the World too' attitude towards everyone and everything, but today Yuffie wasn't on her usual perch to watch as she came inside to rant and rave at Cid for screaming like he had.

"Old Man, what is the big deal?" Yuffie glared at the man who had all but given the girl a heart attack, let alone, made her fall out of the tree to her utter demise, "What are you war hooping about now?"

Cid couldn't contain his joy as he ran into the Living Room, his face revealing it all as Vincent stood up and walked over to the man, placing a hand on Cid's shoulder, "What is it, Cid? Is there news about Leon?"

With tears in his eyes, "The Doc said that Leon can come home tomorrow afternoon, said he's made some real progress and she thinks he's good to come home tomorrow."

"HOORAY! SQUALLY IS COMING HOME!!" Yuffie war hooped now as she took a hold of Aerith's hands as she began to dance around the room with the brunette healer whose twinkling laughter seemed to fill the seemingly cold and quiet home.

"What did I miss?" Tifa walked in just as she saw Vincent embracing his tearful lover while Yuffie danced like a top around Aerith while Aerith stood nearby with her hands clasped in front her; a look of pure joy and 'I knew this was coming' on her face, "Hey, what's all the screaming and tears from Cid about?"

Cloud slowly started to bring up the rear behind Tifa as he pocketed his keys from Fenrir; he just wanted to go to his old room and mope, another night with Leon and yet another night feeling cold without his warmth there when there was enough blankets in the home for him to feel warm. He bypassed everything that was passing him by, even the sight of his joyful family celebrating the good news that Leon was coming home tomorrow; it wasn't until the man was all but nipped in the ankles hard by his internal guardian.

"Foolish Lone Wolf…Family is happy because Proud Prince is coming home soon, why isn't Host happy as well?" Fenrir all but growled while in the back of its own mind; it was purring over a reunion with Griever tomorrow, if Griever would still speak to him, "Why is Host not happy like family?"

"…I am happy, its just…Leon doesn't deserve me after what happened…I…I'm the one who put him there…I treated him like he was nothing…he's going to leave me when he gets home, Cid already has plans to whisk him away from me…"Cloud seemed to stand in a world of his own while his family hugged and embraced as well as rejoiced while boasting about how they were going to welcome the Stoic Prince home, "He'll go away with Cid and he'll find someone else to care for him while he's away…he will, I know he will…"

Fenrir didn't like his Host's tone as he seemed to nuzzle up alongside the brooding lone wolf that Cloud was, "Host…Griever has told this One that Proud Prince will never leave Lone Wolf…Proud Prince love Lone Wolf, but Lone Wolf…you have a hard time showing it to Proud Prince; that's why Proud Prince hurts himself like he does…Proud Prince would be lost without Host to guide Proud Prince in the ways of feeling whole with someone…he's always felt abandoned, always alone, don't let Proud Prince feel that way anymore Host…" the Guardian licked at his Host's cheek as it faded out into Cloud's subconscious as the sound of Cloud's bedroom door locking behind him seemed to draw the other's attention away from their plans and towards him.

"…I think it best that we hold off the celebration till Leon is truly home; Cid, you've made plans to take him with you on your two week work excursion, right?" Aerith looked to Cid as the man wiped his against his eyes once more.

"Yeah, I was going to take the boy with me because the Doc said it would be best for him because we don't know if he'll relapse or if Cloud will try something against the kid for doing what he did," Cid shrugged as he patted Vincent's caring shoulder, "I could leave tomorrow, but I don't know how well that'll go over with Leon since he hasn't seen you guys since the Hospital; I guess I can take him with me the day after tomorrow like I was planning to."

Tifa and Yuffie nodded in agreement, "Well, I think for now we should get to bed and get some sleep so we're all bright eyed and awake for when Leon comes home tomorrow," Tifa nodded as she ruffled Yuffie's hair.

"Tifa's right, alright, off to bed with all of you," Vincent remarked as he placed a soft kiss on Cid's cheek, "Busy day tomorrow, we've got a member of our family returning home tomorrow and we have to be at our best for his arrival."