"Ahhhhhhhhh!" I screamed as a huge green dragon came at me from behind.

How was I supposed to know it was there, it was hiding!

The dragon behind me screeched and began it's chase across the emerald forest.

It had been several days since I found out about the whole 'other life' thing. It was pretty scary really, I mean, who else has found out that the last three years of their life was a lie? Well, I'm still not sure it is, but I guess I have to believe them. After that night I told the two members of AVALANCHE about the images I kept seeing and they confirmed them as memories. Since then, Vincent has been helping me track my path to where he found me. He said if we can find out where I've been for the past week, it might help us find out where my false life has come from.

Oh and my toes? Yeah they still weren't there in the morning... Weird...

Whatever, all I knew was that we were going on an adventure!

And I was being chased by a dragon...

"Vinnnnncennnnt!" I screamed again, the whole point of him coming with me was to protect me and where was he now? Probably frowning in a tree or something, geez that guy likes to be on his own. Every single night we've camped, as soon as I'd settled for the night he'd walk off! I don't even want to think about what he's doing out there...

A red cloaked figure appeared at my side and ran beside me, shooting bullets behind us.

"Where the hell have you been?" I shouted as we simultaneously jumped over a large rock.

He didn't answer, he just looked at me, and then back at the dragon.

I have also noticed Vincent is a man of few words.

The gunslinger let one more bullet free and the dragon behind us yelped in discomfort.

We stopped running at that sound and looked closely behind us. The dragon had stopped its charge.

"Is it dead?" I breathed, leaning on my knees for support.

The forest around us was silent. Only birds far off in the trees could be heard and the distant trickling of a stream. The dragon stirred.

"...No." He replied.

Then three things happened at once. One, I looked up at Vincent in surprise, the dragon looked pretty dead to me. Two, Vincent decided to throw himself on top of me and pin me to the ground. I know I'm good looking and all, but that was a bit much. Three, the dragon let loose and burnt everything within a one hundred yard radius.

Huh.

I guess it wasn't dead yet.

Luckily, as I was being being shielded by not only a man, but the large rock we had just jumped over, I wasn't touched by the flames. Really, I was more worried by the six foot, pale skinned, very fit (as I had just found out when he threw himself on me) male that was pinning me to the floor.

After the dragon had finished destroying the land around it, it let out another shriek and slumped on the floor. I couldn't see it slumping, but I could hear it.

Moments later, Vincent was still on top of me.

Another few moments later, he was still there... Not that I'm complaining or anything!

"Err Vincent?"

The gunslinger turned his head to look at me. Now we were so close, our noses brushed each other.

I swallowed. "Would you mind, you know, getting off me?"

His liquid red eyes stared into me before he finally stood up and stamped the flames out on his cloak.

So that's why it was so battered.

"Geez there are dragons here?" I asked, getting myself off the floor. "This isn't much of a dream world, more like a nightmare."

Nightmare...

The same dizzy feeling overcame me as I recalled another 'memory'. I was inside a dark room filled with skeletons and coffins. There was a damp smell in the air and something was dripping far away. The blonde man was there again and so was Big Boobs. He was lifting the lid on one of the coffins. Idiot. Suddenly the lid sprung off its hinges and a figure sat up from inside the coffin. I was absolutely terrified but I tried to stay calm. The dust soon settled and the figure was revealed.

"Yuffie?" Vincent asked, crouching over my collapsed form.

I blinked up at him. "Ahhhhhhhhh!" I screamed, scrambling away.

His eyebrows knotted together again.

"V-Vampire!" I yelled, pointing at him with a shaky hand.

Vincent's look of worry turned to disdain. "I'm not a vampire." He replied monotonously.

"B-but I just saw you! You were in some dark room in a coffin! I knew there was something weird about you!"

He sighed at my response and walked away. "I'm not a vampire."

"Well, then what were you doing in a coffin?" Now I was more intrigued than scared, and jogged up beside him as he walked.

"..."

"Come on, tell me!" I poked him in the arm in an attempt to persuade him.

"..."

It didn't work. "Come on, otherwise I'll just think you're a crazed vampire out for my blood." I threatened, making gnashing sounds with my teeth.

"..."

I sighed. "Fine, be all grumpy. My water bottle's empty, can we fill up?" I asked as I headed off the path and towards the sound the stream on my left.

He never replied but I'm guessing he followed me anyway, I'd already gotten myself into enough trouble with the dragon.

I loved this part of the Planet. Okay so I haven't explored much of it yet (or at least in my false life hadn't explored it) but this part was beautiful. We were exploring the forests West of Gongaga. Vincent had found a few clues like burnt out fires and torn clothing to lead us along this path but we hadn't seen much for a while now. Not that I was complaining, these forest were gorgeous! They were lush and green - the opposite of the forests around Wutai - and we kept finding little streams of perfect turquoise water. There was life everywhere and everything smelt different because of the variety of flowers and plants.

As I pulled my way through the undergrowth of this flourishing jungle, I found yet another beautiful jade coloured stream. It glided smoothly across my path and disappeared again in a swamp of trees. The water trickled like bells past me as I took out my water bottle to fill up.

The trees behind me rustled feverishly and a hand darted out, grabbing me around the waist and pulling me back.

All the breath was sucked out of me as I was jerked back and was pulled back against something hard.

Oh. Vincent's chest. I should have known.

I looked up at his face to give me some clue why he had decided to grab so suddenly, but he gave nothing away. "Vince?"

He let go of my waist and crouched down next to the stream, engulfing his golden left hand into the water. When he pulled it out, the pool that was created in his palm had a strange iridescent tinge to it, like the soap solution you use to make bubbles.

"What's wrong with it?" I asked. Of course something was wrong with it, when was the last time water look like that!

Vincent studied the water closely before letting it drain off one of his fingertips. He stared down at the water before replying. "...The lifestream." He stated.

"The lifestream?" I repeated. I didn't know much about the lifestream. It was where you went if you died but also how Shinra made their power. That's why Wutai were so against Shinra, they knew they were draining an invaluable source.

"It seems to have surfaced in more than one place." The other being in Mideel, I knew that. "No one has noticed it here because it is hidden beneath this stream." He stood up slowly, still staring at the stream. "This might have something to do with your memories; ingesting this water, or falling in it, could damage your brain permanently."

Okay, so the lifestream was a no go area.

"It's already getting dark, we'd better set up camp and explore the area tomorrow."

"Sounds like a plan!" I agreed, following him away from the stream. I don't know why, but I was kind of scared of what could have happened to me.

As I followed, Vincent stopped suddenly and stared into the distance.

"What's wrong?" Seriously, not much else could wrong with this day!

"...You called me Vince."

OOOOOOOOOOO

We shared a small fire just off the dusty path we had been walking down and cooked our meal over it (just tinned rations, but it was better than nothing). There was a strange silence that had overcome the two of us, well no, just me, Vincent never talks anyway, and I intended to stop it.

"So, in this life, how do I know you?" I asked whilst I ate my food.

"...What do you mean?" Step one, he had actually spoken!

"Like how did we meet, how well do I know you, are we even friends?"

"..." Oh great, back to nothing. "You know how we met."

Oh yeah, creepy vampire moment.

"We're comrades. We've fought a lot of battle together."

"Huh." I replied. Well that was boring. No rampant love affairs, nothing! Well okay there was a madman trying to take over the Planet that we stopped but that wasn't much! I smiled to myself. "It's hard to believe I did all these things when I was so young." I stared into the fire and remembered all those years training in Wutai, could that really all be a dream? What about Sensei? Was he a dream too? I hoped not.

We soaked in the silence that followed.

"I still can't believe it's all a lie." I told him. "Everyone was so real, how could I lead such a different life?"

"You can lead whatever life you want, there are no boundaries."

"True..." Oh man the conversation was dying out again. I had to think fast. "How did you find me, you know, when this whole thing happened?"

"I was looking for you." He simply stated.

"Well why were you looking for me?"

"..." His eyes were glazed over in thought and I could see the fire reflecting in them. "You had asked me to help you the week earlier. There were strange disappearances happening South of Cosmo Canyon and you wanted to investigate them. I denied and you never returned..."

...

Ah.

"Oh gawd." I snorted.

This was not the response Vincent was anticipating and it brought him out of his trance.

"You think it was your fault this happened to me, don't you? Are you an idiot? Like you could have saved me! If the Great Ninja Yuffie Kisaragi can't handle it, who can?"

I could see him smirking under his coat.

"I'm going to sleep." I announced, unravelling my sleeping bag, pulling my shoes off - though I was careful to keep my socks on, Vincent didn't need to know I was a toeless freak - and snuggling inside.

"Goodnight Yuffie." I heard him whisper as my eyelids sank.

OOOOOOOO

I awoke with a damp smell up my nose and an uncomfortable mattress beneath my head.

"Is she waking up?" A voice whispered.

I stirred in my bed and sat up slowly. "Ow!" I yelped. I looked over to where the pain was to see a massive hole in my shoulder... I looked around me to find myself back in North Corel, and a chocobo peeping through the entrance. My chocobo.

"Good morning." A voice called. "I'm sorry about the shoulder wound, Vincent forgot who he was fighting."

"Tifa?" The dark haired woman sat across from me with breakfast in one hand. She frowned.

"...Yes. How did you know my name?"

Ah.

Crap.

Again.

A/N: I managed to get four reviews on chapter 2 but only two on chapter 3. Please tell me your thoughts on my story, or just what you think is happening! Reviews are my only inspiration so please do so, just I know people are enjoying my story! But a big thank you to those who did review, it made my day!