totally forgot about a disclaimer! No i definately dont own any of the FF characters! My own personal Vincent would be pretty nice though ;P

(Chapter 3)

Too Many Questions

After another agonizing day on the ship and a long agitating train ride, Yuffie found herself standing outside of the gates of Shinra Manor. Oh! She noticed a small engraved plate that now read 'Valentine Manor.' "Valentine Manor?! Hey that's pretty cool!" she said running her fingers around the marble plate with the name engraved in it.

"Cid put that there." Vincent said using his key to open the gate. He would rather not have the entire town knowing he lived there, but it was pretty obvious anyways. The great Vincent Valentine had made quite a name for himself after saving the planet from Omega. So anywhere he was spotted, people were talking.

"You should have invited me out here to come help remodel! Aside from being a great ninja, I also have some pretty awesome interior decorating skills, ya know." Yuffie elbowed him while grinning up at his stoic form. He didn't offer any response to this but led her through the front yard and up to the house. Yuffie skipped happily next to him it was almost as if she'd forgotten the true reason she was even here at all.

Vincent swung open the wooden doors that Cid helped him paint black and Yuffie ran into his house marveling at the remodeled grand staircase. "Woah! Vinny this place is awesome." she said running up the stairs and looking down at him from the second floor, leaning against the black banister. Vincent took off his golden boots, and unbuckled his cloak to hang it up by the door. Yuffie had only seen Vincent without his cloak once and that was during the time she helped save his life after finding him in this very house looking like a corpse. Yuffie grinned to herself thinking back to that day. She had gotten to see a lot more than just the other half of his face. She had him completely shirtless in the back of the Shadow Fox while she cleaned and helped cure the hole in his chest.

"Which room is mine?" Yuffie asked looking left and right she knew the place very well and there was at least two bedrooms on each side of the house.

"Go left. The first door on the right hand side." Vincent said finally looking up at her. He went straight a head through a doorway downstairs into the kitchen. They didn't offer any food at the train station so he knew Yuffie was probably hungry. He was surprised at himself when he found his cabinets and refrigerator practically empty.

Yuffie walked into the room and jumped on the bed. She noticed right away that this wasn't exactly a Vincenty room so he and Cid must have designed it for company. The color scheme in the room was mostly blues and greens. There were flower patterns on the curtains and a rug on the floor with the same patterns. Yuffie didn't bring very much with her. Her small knapsack contained two small shirts and one other pair of shorts, a cure, regen, and a fira materia, a bottle of un opened prenatal pills she received on her first doctor's visit, and her tiny stuffed chocobo. She sat the stuffed animal by her bed with a smile and laid back moving her arms and legs as if she were making a snow angel. Wonder what living with Vinny's gonna be like! She squealed at the thought of all the trouble she'd get to cause him, but never forgot her main mission. Above all things, she wanted to see that man having fun! She wanted to see him smile laugh and just enjoy life! Pregnant or not, she'd find a way to do it.

After relaxing for a while she found herself nearly starved to death. She skipped down the hall looking around. She cross the grand staircase again into the other hallway and walked up and down looking in the rooms. The door at the very end was locked and she figured it was Vincent's room. She knocked a couple of times "Vinny!!" He didn't answer. She flew down the stairs going into every room and looking around. "I know his rotten ass didn't dump me off here and run off!" she yelled to herself. She reached into one of her many pockets and pulled out her cell phone.

As soon as she dialed his number, she heard a phone ringing as the front door opened. Her senses quickly picked up the smell of chicken. "Uh! Way to cause a major freak out! I thought you ditched me!" She hopped up to him and stealthily snatched the box of fried chicken out of his hands. She dashed into his kitchen and hopped up on a chair devouring a chicken leg.

Vincent walked into the room and quietly prepared a sandwich for himself.

"Mmm! Thanks Vince." She said. Vincent turned to her and gave her a nod. His eyes widened at the mess she had already managed to make. "You're gonna take awesome care of me while I'm pregnant, right?"

Vincent sighed as he placed his plate on the table and sat across from her. "I'll do what I can."

She grinned at him before picking up another leg and ripping the meat off of it with her teeth. She glanced up at her quiet friend as he took a very neat, small bite of his sandwich. "I'm three weeks along, by the way." She still wasn't absoluetly sure what she was going to do with the baby, but she didn't want to put a damper on the mood by bringing that up. She knew that the reality of evening giving birth to a child wouldn't hit her until she was swelled up like a beach ball.

Vincent nodded again. In his head he was doing the calculations of possibly how long until the child was born and he could send Yuffie back on her way. He recalled hearing her say something about adoption back at Tifa's bar. He hoped she stuck with that idea otherwise he was sure he'd find himself living with Yuffie and her child! He was sure living with two Yuffie's would bring the Galian beast out of its slumber.

Yuffie couldn't stand the silence so she kept coming up with random comments to make. "Is your bedroom the one at the end of the hallway on the right side of the house?"

Vincent once again responded with only a nod.

"Why's it locked?"

Vincent shrugged.

"You got materia in there that you think I'm gonna steal?"

Vincent sighed and looked up at her. She was now holding a chicken leg in each hand taking a bite out of one and then the other.

"What?" she asked after a few seconds of him giving her the annoyed look that she had gotten so used to back when the gang was after Sephiroth.

Vincent shook his head and continued to eat quietly.

"So, you still sleep in a coffin?" Yuffie asked snatching up a napkin from the dispenser in the middle of the table and wiping her hands.

Vincent shook his head no.

"Did you and Cid remodel the basement too?" she asked knowing all her questions were getting on his nerves but these were things she had to know!

Vincent sighed. "He and I emptied the basement, burning its contents before sealing it off."

"Oh." Yuffie said quietly. She wondered if that's what he wanted or if that was just Cid's idea. She decided it was definitely Cid's idea and she could see him right now. 'Ain't nothin to do but burn the shit!'

Vincent cleaned up after Yuffie once they'd finished eating dinner while Yuffie hung around the kitchen asking him more questions about the house. She chattered on and on as she followed him out of the kitchen and up the stairs until Vincent turned to her suddenly.

"…and what about all the fiends in here? You and Cid must have…"

"Is there anything else you need?" he asked cutting her off. One more question and he swore he'd do his brain a favor and blow it out with his hand gun.

"Uh, no. I guess I'm alright." Yuffie said noticing how dark the house got without the light from all the windows.

"Then, good night." He said turning his back to her and going to his room. Although it was at night that he was most alert, he pretended to be going to bed. Yuffie knew Vincent never slept so she was already on to him and made a note to get him later.

"Well, good night then, Vinny." She said with the biggest grin. Vincent knew she was up to something but he didn't know what. Even to him, Yuffie was completely unpredictable sometimes. And he hated surprises…