A/N: Alright, I know people have been clicking on my story because of that magic little click-counter thing and only three people have reviewed so far. (If there is more before I post the story, sorry). That's why I am dedicating this chapter, and possibly the next as well, to those three who have reviewed. Toons, Ryka Phoenix, and 13onnie! Also, this chapter may take a little longer then usual to update since I'm projecting it to be pretty long. Let's just see how many people review this time. xD. I have a lot planned for this chapter, and I'll try to take it slow and not speed things up too much. I've figured that I'm writing kinda in Cloud's second-person point of view most of the time just so it doesn't confuse you why I'm not writing about what happens when he leaves somewhere. Also, Vincent will start to become more open in this chapter, and as an author, I hate to have someone OOC that makes the reader go. "He'd never do that." That make's it a little more interesting and actually goes along with the story. Anyways, I think it's about time to write the disclaimer and warning. I hope you enjoy it, and please review. Thanks .

Disclaimer: I own nothing of FFVII. Not the characters or the places mentioned. The one thing I do own of this chapter is the pills. I'm not telling you why either, you'll just have to read. xD.

Warning: This chapter will contain things that Yuffie should never do, and major randomness as well. xD.

Slipping into Tragedy-

Chapter 3-

The blonde had actually had a fairly decent sleep, only waking once in the middle of the night to go down to the kitchen and grab something to drink before heading back upstairs. He had slipped back into bed, this time not disturbing the sleeping form beside him in anyway. The sun was already placed into the eastern sky as the red numbers on his alarm clock was a minute away from going off at eight o'clock, only an hour from getting picked up. Cloud had figured it was just enough time for the two of them to get ready and meet up with Yuffie and get her going with him.

The hard black surface of the alarm clock started to jump as the inside timer had finally clicked into place. Vincent was already up and dressed into his usual attire, sitting quietly on the edge of the bed. He slightly winced at every beat of the alien object. The blonde didn't stir and kept quietly sleeping through the entire thing. The raven-haired man simply got up from his seat, and quickly whipped by the edge of the bed with the dramatic flip of his cape. He clicked the snooze button before searching for the switch that clicked it off until it was summoned to perform its purpose once again.

Vincent now had a choice to make, in which he chose the most appropriate for the situation. He extended his clawed hand and planted it softly on the blonde's shoulder, shaking it lightly as to not scare the sleeping being.

Cloud felt the coolness of something metallic slowly rocking his shoulder out of his dreams. He could smell the small particles of air whisking off it, making his mouth taste the bitter rust, waking him from his sleep. His eyes parted, revealing his mako blue eyes full of sleep still. Vincent had simply taken his gauntlet off of the blonde's shoulder and placed it by his side one again before making sure that Cloud was going to stay awake.

"Your alarm went off, and you didn't wake." The ex-Turk simply explained before heading back over to his side of the bed, silently sitting down on the soft covers that had been ruffled from the blonde's small movements. Cloud had muffled something into his pillow before sitting up on the edge of the bed, leaning slightly forward to read the clock. It was now ten after, but he wasn't worried since he had planned the time to get everyone ready for there trip. "Heard anything from Yuffie?" Cloud asked, still somewhat half asleep. Vincent had stood up from the bed once again, but this time walked to the door.

"She's already downstairs waiting, I did not want to deal with her yet." Vincent returned holding slightly onto the doorknob with his gloved hand, his face half turned toward the blonde. This made Cloud laugh as he stood up as well and strode quietly over to his dresser. "Just don't shoot her before I get down there. I kind of want to see the look on her face, you know." The blonde said jokingly to the ex-Turk, in which he got a short nod and the slight shaking of raven hair, before the figure disappeared behind the door leading to the stairs. The door clicked softly as he left, in which the blonde took his attention back to the clothes in his dresser. He grabbed his usual attire for when he went on small side missions. Just some black baggy pants equipped with three long belts that wrapped tightly around his waist and a small knife holder, just in case he was caught without one of his sword. He had grabbed a spare holder for his swords in the bottom of his dresser and strapped it on over his signature blue sweater vest. He then put his guard on before finally slipping his gloves that reached to his elbows. He shut the dresser drawers before turning and sitting on the edge of his bed to tie up his boots, and shuffling the bottom of his pants over top of the laces before walking out the door and proceeding down the stairs, not closing it and letting it hang open.

He walked into the bar where Tifa and the other two sat quietly in their choice of chairs. Yuffie gasped and jumped up to hug Cloud. "You look great! It's been forever since I've seen you with gloves on!" The ninja explained holding his right arm up eyeing it and hugging it. "Yuffie, you can be weird sometimes. You know that, right?" The blonde stated, getting a nod and a laugh from both Yuffie and Tifa.

"Do you think that they'll will have something to eat on the helicopter because I'm uber HUNGRY!" Yuffie yelled as she bounded over to the refrigerator, jumping into its contents without mercy. "If you eat too much, you won't be able to wear those kinds of shirts anymore." Cloud said, mutter slightly just loud enough to be heard as he walked by the counter and headed for the couch that Vincent was sitting on. Tifa had burst out laughing and gave him a thumb-up, and even Vincent looked slightly amused. Cloud had quickly sat down and watched the ninja's face light up to a light pick.

"That's not FUNNY!" Yuffie pouted as she shut the door of the fridge, getting a granola bar out from the cabinet and chomping down on it continuously glaring at both Cloud and Tifa.

"We should get going anyway…Tifa where are we supposed to get picked up at anyway?" Cloud asked, eyeing the brunette with a curious gaze. "Just on the outskirts of Sector seven. It should be easy to spot." Tifa stated, with a bit of a smile. Cloud had no idea why she was smiling and began to piece the puzzle together. Then it clicked in, and the blonde's face stared to burn, leaving a slightly rosy color placed on his high-boned cheeks.

"NO! I'm taking these two on my motorcycle. They'd cause me to have a wreck!" Cloud anxiously yelled, stuttering slightly on a couple of the words. "Besides, Vincent wouldn't want to…" The blonde stated, finally thinking that he had won his case. "…Not really…" The ex-Turk countered. Cloud couldn't believe his ears.

"Cloud, it'll be fun! Please?" Yuffie begged, jumping over the counter, giving her best puppy-dog look she could possibly pull off. Cloud glared at the young ninja for a few moments, before reluctantly giving up and nodding in approval. "Yay! Thank you Cloud!" Yuffie screamed as she got up and kissed Cloud lightly on his cheek before bounding out the door to Fenrir. "Ugh, Yuffie kisses." Cloud said wiping his face off and getting up from his seat to keep the teenager from killing his precious bike. "Be careful!" Tifa said, waving him a good-bye. "I will, promise." The blonde said, waving for Vincent to follow. The ex-Turk followed the blonde out through the door, leaving it close by itself.

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Yuffie had already jumped on the bike and was holding onto the handle bars. "Yuffie, you're sitting in the middle, so scoot." The blonde said, motioning with his hand. Surprisingly, the ninja listened, but Cloud soon figured out why. I hope she doesn't kill us all… Cloud thought, getting on the bike and switching on the key. His waist was suddenly attacked by Yuffie. He winced a little, but quickly got over it. Vincent slipped onto the bike silently, holding onto the seams underneath the seat. Good thing were all small, or this would never work… Cloud thought as he looked over his shoulder to see that everyone was on. "Ready?" The blonde questioned, getting a nod from both. The blonde gripped the throttle and pulled it in quick successions and the vehicle sprang forward into life. The streets weren't very busy, and so he pushed forward through the streets, getting squeezed to death by Yuffie at the action. Vincent's cape followed them dramatically, whipping quickly behind them.

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Even though Yuffie about made them all wreck rounding a corner by leaning too far to the side, they managed to get to the outskirts in time with room for error. Cloud had to pry Yuffie off of him, who seemed to be enjoying every minute of it a little too much. He saw the helicopter's blades resting and was glad that Tifa had hired one large enough for them and his motorcycle. He could now take it with him, so that relaxed the blonde a bit. Yuffie had already run from the bike and strapped herself into the helicopter. Cloud waited for Vincent to get off before he would load it into the copter. He safely loaded it onto the platform, grabbing one of his swords from his bike before raising the ramp up, and slipped it into its holder on his back. Once finished he jumped up into the front of the helicopter, where he found that he had to sit in the middle of a fairly small seat between both the ninja and the ex-Turk. Great…Cloud thought, strapping on his headphones as the helicopter revved up its engine. Yuffie had somehow just realized she would be in the air and had covered her mouth in disgust and queasiness. The blonde just strapped himself in and propped his knees up and rested his head on them. He already felt a headache coming on. Vincent had simply lain back, paying attention to the ground beginning to leave them at a fairly rapid pace.

The helicopter was now passing over the city of Midgar, flying west southwest. Yuffie was now clutching her stomach and mumbling something to herself that the blonde couldn't quite catch. Vincent was quite used to this and casually looked out across the ocean, and Cloud found this quite entertaining. Vincent, being an ex-Turk, had felt the blonde's gaze and turned to see what he was looking at. Cloud had simply pointed out toward a peninsula near Costa del Sol, and that itself saved his hide. The blonde thought it would be best to not stare at the ex-Turk anymore in fear of not getting as lucky next time. He focused his attention on Yuffie who even paler then Vincent at this point. Cloud looked out further and could see the coast in the distance. The ninja's face lit up a little as she knew that they were getting closer to getting back on the ground.

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The helicopter landed close enough to the Gold Saucer, that it wouldn't take too long to get to it. By the looks of it, it wasn't that busy, but who knew what it would look like once they got inside. Yuffie had jumped out of her seat and started to attempt to hug the ground, but only ended up with dirt all over her front. Cloud laughed and helped Yuffie up to get her bearings back. He pointed for Vincent to help Yuffie avoid falling flat on her face while he retrieved his bike from the platform, pushing it down the ramp and onto solid ground. The pilot simply gave him his card and nodded a farewell, taking off after getting a thumbs-up from Cloud.

The blonde pushed the bike forward until he found a safe spot for it, grabbing all of his swords and combining them into one just incase someone wanted to be sneaky and rob him. He had learned from experience never to trust the locals around here. He ran forward and found that Yuffie was walking by herself better then she had been before. Vincent had walked behind her just in case she were to fall, and could react quickly. He caught up with the two and walked in front of them, handing three golden tickets off to the clerk and entered into the inn.

Yuffie was glad to see a booth and quickly ran over to it, gratefully collapsing into it. Vincent received the usual weird looks from the locals and had simply ignored it and walked over to another booth about seven or eight feet away. Cloud followed the ex-Turk, getting a questioning glance from the other man in return.

"I really don't want to get barfed on…"The blonde explained as the raven-haired man sat down on the other side of the booth. "You do have a point…" Vincent stated, tapping his golden claw against the table rhythmically, putting microscopic holes deep within the table's surface, while resting his other arm on top of the booths backing. Cloud had lain out across the booths seat, letting his legs stretch after the long ride here.

Yuffie had a sly smile on her face and motioned the waitress over discreetly, still faking being sick. The waitress had practically danced over where Yuffie was and held her pen at the ready. "Just get me a couple glasses of water, please." The ninja asked as sickly as she possibly could. "Oh, sure thing miss, I'll get right on it." The waitress said before dancing back over to the backroom of the bar.

"I'll go get us a room, be right back." The blonde stated to Vincent, who gave a nod and continued to tap his fingers impatiently. What's his problem? Cloud thought as he slid off of the booth, heading over to the innkeeper's desk. "I'd like a room with three beds in it." Cloud said, handing over a small bag of gold coins. "Yes, sir. Just sign here and I'll have that ready for you. How many nights do you plan to stay with us?" She questioned, pointing at the dotted line for Cloud to sign. Cloud picked up the pen and finished signing for the clerk. "Hopefully no more then two nights." Cloud returned as he grabbed the keys from the clerk, and she flipped through her book and wrote down a couple things before smiling at Cloud. "Have a nice stay."

The waitress had come back over to where Yuffie was sitting and had placed two glasses of water onto the table. "I hope this helps, miss." Yuffie nodded and dismissed the waitress who went back to getting orders from the rest of the inn.

Cloud walked back over to the booth where Vincent was sitting and handed him one of the keys to the room to him and kept the other and put it neatly into one of his pockets. "We're all sleeping in the same room, but I made sure to get three beds." Cloud stated as Vincent slipped his own key into his gun holder and replaced his gloved hand back into its original position.

Yuffie had pulled out a couple pills from one of her pockets and discreetly put them into each of the glasses. With a small chuckle, she dissolved them with a straw that the waitress had given along with the glasses. Once they were dissolved, she put on her best puppy-dog look and motioned the waitress over once again. The waitress happily pranced over to where Yuffie was at gave her toothiest smile. "What can I do for you, miss?" The waitress said, obviously trying to get a nice tip this time. "Yeah, can you take these over to those two? They look like they need it more then me." The ninja said, pointing at the two before laying out fifty Gil on the table, giving her a wink. "Of course. Would like me to tell them who it's from?" The waitress asked, slipping the Gil into her pouch. "No, just keep this between me and you." Yuffie said, waving her off. She just nodded and continued on her merry way over to the two with the glasses of water.

A waitress had appeared beside them with two glasses of water and sat them down in front of the blonde and the ex-Turk. "You two looked a little parched, so it's on the house. You two look like you deserve it anyway." The waitress smiled and gracefully nodded and walked off to do her job. "Thanks…" Cloud said, picking up the glass and examining it. It looked like regular water. Vincent had also shifted position and was doing the same thing Cloud was doing. He was carefully scrutinizing the glass of water closely, before finally nodding to himself and it sitting back on the counter in front of him. Cloud had also sit his down and stared over at Vincent in question. "Do you think it'll kill us?" The blonde asked, sloshing the water around in the glass in a swirl. "I couldn't see anything wrong with it." The ex-Turk stated as he picked the glass up, giving it one last look, before finally sipping a small amount. "Anything weird about it?" Cloud asked, taking the glass to his mouth, and mocked what the other man had seconds before. "…Not that I can tell…" Vincent said, taking another sip from the glass. Cloud nodded, as he couldn't tell if anything was wrong with it.

Yuffie was now under the table and shaking with laughter, trying not to be too awful loud about it. She didn't want to give away what she had done, and her plan had worked! She couldn't believe it. Now all she would have to do is wait for the right moment. She got up and neatly placed herself in her seat and got up like nothing happened, with her usual smile. She walked toward the table, trying to look as tired as she possibly could. "Hey guys…"The ninja greeted with a long yawn, which got both Cloud and Vincent to stare at her. "…I'm bushed, I'm going to head to bed." Yuffie finished, hoping she could get one of them to go with her to show her the room. Cloud finished off his drink and got up, motioning her to follow him. Vincent had stopped drinking the glass once he got a fourth of the way through and sat patiently, but got up and followed

Cloud was going up a flight of stairs up to his designated room, standing in front of the door with the key raised to the look. He was beginning to feel dizzy, but shook his head and unlocked the door. Yuffie had to keep from laughing, but a small chuckle slipped from her throat which made the blonde look at her. She had simply shook her head and walked past him. The young ninja jumped on top of her bed and smiled at Cloud as he stumbled slightly. Vincent had finally shown up at the door, and hadn't felt the effect yet. He had noticed Cloud standing in the middle of the room eerily and walked a few feet in front of him. Cloud's legs gave out from him, only to be caught by the ex-Turk himself. "Cloud...?"Vincent asked with a flash of worry coursing through his crimson tinted eyes. He got no answer and picked the blonde up, careful not to tear anything with his metal claws. He walked over with Cloud in his arms and laid him down on the bed before turning and staring at Yuffie. The ninja simply shrugged and covered up underneath her covers, burying her head within the pillow hiding her smile. "Night Vincent!" Yuffie chimed and pretended to sleep. Vincent was starting to feel the effects as well and walked over to his bed and sat down on the edge, finally beginning to know exactly what she had done to them both and knew the result wouldn't be good. "…Yuffie…" Was all the raven haired man could say before he fell unconscious as well.

Yuffie had turned to see if they were both asleep. Once she knew the coast was clear, she slipped out of her bed and walked quietly over to the two men and giggled to herself, proud of what she had accomplished without fault. Time to get to work! Yuffie thought as she walked over to where Vincent was slumped to his side. Yuffie started undoing his cape buckles with a sly smile. After she unbuckled the last buckle of his cape, she carefully slipped it off from underneath him and threw it at the bottom of the bed to grab later. Then the ninja rolled the ex-Turk on his side, carefully arranging his gauntlet to the side as to not stab him to death, reaching through his messy hair on the back of his head and found the knot that held his headband in place. She quickly untied it and put it beside his cape and left him to go and hide the articles in a place he would never look.

She came back after a few minutes and climbed back into her own bed and laughed at her handwork and smiled proudly to herself. She turned and rested her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes as she went to sleep…

A/N: Sorry this wasn't as long as the last chapter, I had to got to a funeral. Ugh. Anyways, I really wanted to post this chapter and I had to split this up into another chapter that I'll be working on tomorrow. There willbe guy and guy action within the next two chapters, trust me. ;). I'll start working on the next chapter as well. I really wanted to go further with this chapter and make it at least a page longer. Sorry if I disappointed you all in this, but it reaches my quota for a chapter. I also included Vincent more in this chapter, how cool is that? Tomorrow morning will be fun, as will it's evening with the two guys. hint, hint. BUT,you have to review, and I'll make up for this chapter in the next one if you do.

Vincent: Why did she have to take my stuff?

Me: Just because I felt like typing it. You'll get her back though, trust me.

Cloud: Well, there's one good thing about this.

Me: What's that?

Cloud: Vincent held me! How cute is that?!!

Vincent:…It was quite adorable…

Cloud and Me: What?!!?

Lol, I hope this was a good enough chapter for those I dedicated it to. Without you, I would never have enough motivation to write really long chapters. So, I thank you three from the bottom of my heart and I promise a great chapter the next time I update. Again, Review! Please? Lol.