Vincent stood abruptly and strode over to Loren.

"Hey, what did you do back there?"

Loren shrugged.

"I only did what was necessary."

Vincent lowered his head.

"Thank you."

Loren looked him in the eyes and pointed a finger at him.

"If your demons ever begin to come out again, I will kill you. Do you understand me, Vincent?"

Vincent nodded gravely.

"Yes, I understand. I know that you do not want your world to get hurt."

"I am not doing this for the world. I am doing this for myself and nobody else."

Vincent nodded again.

"I understand."

He turned and began to walk away, but Loren stopped him before he could go far.

"Vincent, try your best not to let them overcome you. I do not want any unnecessary blood shed…."

Vincent tilted his head to the side.

"Thank y-"

"I do not want my carpet to get dirty. It would take so long to clean."

Vincent bit back his words before he finished. He thought that at least once she had shown compassion for him, but it was for her carpet. He whirled away from her and went to stand by a wall. Was he mad at her for not caring about him? No, that is ridiculous, he thought, I am just mad because I had misinterpreted her words and meant to say thank you for no reason.' He reassured himself several times before he let his thoughts drift back to the past.

Loren watched Vincent leave with earnest curiosity. Why had he just left so suddenly? 'He is mad at me for some reason. I did something wrong.' She thought. But what was it that she had done wrong? She let the question settle in her skull and blew it off. 'Why should I care what anyone thinks? The last time I trusted anyone else's thinking I nearly went insane.' She walked over to Cloud who was trying to scare Yuffie.

"Yuffie, if you keep staring at my ass I'll either gouge your eyes or I'll cut my ass off!"

Yuffie shrieked and turned around. Cloud snickered.

"That works so well."

Loren gave Cloud a quizzical look and he shrugged.

"Hey, even if the best ideas are gross, you've got to use them to save your ass, am I right?"

"Yes, I suppose you are right."

Cloud stared at Loren.

"What was that thing with Vincent all about? He seems really angry."

"I do not know. I only told him that I did not want any unnecessary bloodshed. He then began to say something, but I cut him off and said that I did not want to get my carpet dirty. He then whipped around and stalked off to his little corner."

"I see. He was probably taking your first comment as kind words and began to thank you, but you then said a self-centered remark that got him mad because he was thanking you for nothing."

Loren gave him a bewildered look.

"How did you come up with such a hypothesis?"

Once again, Cloud shrugged.

"I've been around Vincent for quite some time now. He's spoken to me more than once about his…secret…emotions, the emotions that he never shows anyone. Then again, he never shows much emotion, does he? I don't blame him, though. I would be the same if I had been locked in a coffin in a creepy ass cursed basement for God-knows-how-long."

Loren mimicked his movement. She shrugged. She then went to look for Tifa. She had no idea why she wanted to talk to her, but she wanted the group united no matter what. When she approached Tifa, the woman tensed visibly.

"What do you want?"

"Come back inside. They all need you, even though it does not seem so."

"How would you know? You don't even know them!"

"I know them better than you think. I have been with them for over seventy-two hours, including you. Do you honestly think that I would not know them all by now?"

"Okay, well…how tall is Barret?"

"He's six-foot four standing at full height."

"Who was Red XIII's father? And what is Red XIII's real name?"

"His father was Seto and his real name is Nanaki."

Tifa was getting frustrated.

"Where was Cloud born? What was Vincent in the past?"

"Cloud was born in Nibelheim and Vincent was a Turk."

"What is Cait Sith?"

"Cait Sith is a robot that is controlled by Reeve."

"Rr! What are our weapons called?"

"Specify which ones you speak of."

"Our ultimate weapons."

"Ultima Weapon, Premium Heart, Limited Moon, Missing Score, Princess Guard, HP Shout, Conformer, Venus Gospel, and Death Penalty."

"How the hell…! Okay, what are our final Limit Breaks?"

"How long will these questions go on?"

"Just answer!"

"sigh Omnislash, Final Heaven, Cosmo Memory, Catastrophe, Great Gospel, Slots, All Creation, Highwind, and Chaos."

Tifa began to tap her foot.

"What are the summons?"

"Choco-mog, Shiva, Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Odin, Leviathan, Bahamut, Bahamut Neo, Bahamut ZERO, Kujata, Alexander, Phoenix, Hades, Typhoon, and Knights of the Round."

"DAMMIT! Do I love Cloud?"

Loren gave Tifa a cold stare.

"You have never been able to figure that out ever since you were a child. You do, but you do not. You can never make up your mind."

Tifa stared at the ground while a red hue flushed up her cheeks. Loren stepped forward.

"Go inside. Forget that this ever happened. I will never mention this again as long as you do not even hint that you want to leave the team. You leave the team when Cloud says so. He is your leader and you follow his orders. He cares about you and you care about him. Do not forget that."

Loren stepped inside and Tifa silently followed after.

A/N: Hey again, and if you are reading this you are the bravest people on this planet. I love you all and thanks so much for the reviews! SephirothValentine, I thank you for your comment. I tried to fix up Cloud as much as I could. Bluedranzer77, I appreciate your comment. Please, don't kill Sephiroth until I finish with my own death threat. Especially with a frying pan hides from pan They're evil! Speaking of which…if you don't review, I'll kill Sephiroth with…a pen!

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