This is our lives

Chpt. 3

By: TGNYuffie

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for Rubi and the song that Yuffie and Reno dance to is It's easier to run by Linkin Park.

"No matter what, he can find me?' Yuffie asked as sat on the bar stool at the local bar. She blinked twice before reaching up to touch the mark. The mark had healed to the shape of a bullet. "Hmm fitting for Vincent," Yuffie said as she drank the amber colored liquor in the glass in front of her. She usually didn't drink but her husband had been gone for 2 months now. "Where the heck is he?" she said as she blinked and finished her drink. Rubi was with Cloud and Tifa and now Yuffie was feeling lonely. So she had decided to take a journey, not only to find Vincent but also to visit some old friends.

"Hey doll-face," a voice said from the shadowy corner nearest to her, "Haven't seen you in a while." The smooth, rich voice belonged to Reno, the Turk who hung around with Rude. "What's a good girl like you doing in a place like this?" he asked as he looked around, "Not exactly a place for a good looking lady who already has a husband, to be." That was true, since this was a bar in Junon. Not exactly a place that he would've expected the 20 year old wutai princess to be

"None of your business," Yuffie replied as she blinked and got another drink. Tequila was her drink of choice since it helped her wake up when she needed it. The loud rock music blared in the bar and Yuffie smiled as she stood up and said to Reno, "Wanna dance?" She walked to the floor and waited for Reno.

Reno smiled widely and said, "Hmm won't your husband be angry with me if I dance with you? I seem to recall he is kind of possessive." The song continued and they just talked for a couple minutes.

"Only when Chaos is present," Yuffie replied as the song they had been listening to faded and on the speakers came "It's easier to run" by Linkin Park. "Hah good song for you since you seem to run whenever it looks like you won't win." She stuck her tongue out and winked. She also made the victory sign with her fingers.

It's easier to run

Replacing this pain with something more

It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

The lyrics were making Yuffie cry as she thought about Vincent and wondering if he had run from the truth. From the fact that she Yuffie Kisaragi Valentine was not Lucrecia. She would never compare to Lucrecia in his eyes. She buried her face into Reno's coat sleeve as they danced.

"Aww c'mon now Yuffie no man is worth your tears," Reno said as he massaged her shoulders and continued dancing with her, "Is it Vincent? Did he hurt you? If he did I'll beat him so hard over the head he won't know what hit him."

Something has been taken from deep inside of me
The secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show they never go away
Like moving pictures in my head for years and years they've played

Unknown to both of them, crimson eyes watched them as they danced. A soft growl escaped the lips of one very angry Vincent Valentine. 'Why is she here? And why is she dancing with that man whore?' The thought went through his mind over and over again and Chaos was about to surface. 'She has my mark so why is she not at home?' Chaos questioned as the red head smiled. 'What the hell is going on here," Vincent said as he tore the two apart.

"Oh god," Yuffie said as she saw the angry look of her husband, "Vincent stop. I asked him to dance so if you need to take your anger out on anybody take it out on me." This was a side of Yuffie that had developed when she had been left without a husband for 6 months. "If anybody should be angry it should be me," she said as she slapped Vincent on the face, hard, "You left me without a word of where you were going or anything."

"Umm she has a point Vincent," Reno said as he slowly backed away and ran out the door. God Vincent scared him sometimes to no end. But hey Vincent had to be scary to keep people away from his home and his belongings. But Yuffie wasn't someone who you could own easily and Vincent owned her since that's what they were. Master and slave.

"Hmm you would really take what I was going to do to him?" Vincent said as he smirked and stalked towards Yuffie, "I see the mark has healed into my mark." He blinked and buried his head on her shoulder, licking and nuzzling the mark, sending chills down Yuffie's back. "I have missed you so much my 'pet'" he said and emphasized the word pet.

"Hmm and I have missed you to master," Yuffie said as the song kept on playing. She blinked and said, "Let's dance."

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(If I could take all the shame to the grave I would)
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(I would take all my shame to the grave)

"Yuffie I'm sorry I left you," Vincent said as they danced closely together. He had missed the physical contact so bad and this was heaven. "Yuffie I left because I had to deal with some things. I wanted to subdue Chaos and other things like that so you see I had to leave." He bit down softly on the mark and said, "I'm sorry I left."

Just watching in the sun
All of my helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
It's so much simpler to change

"I thought that you had left me because I'm not like Lucrecia," she said as she cried a tiny bit into the shoulder of his cloak, "I'm nothing like her and I thought that you couldn't lov…." She was cut off by the warm feeling of his lips on hers. His lips were soft and tender and usually erased whatever she was thinking.

"Let's go home Yuffie," Vincent said as he blinked and led her to the door. As he did the song ended and he said, "Perfect timing on my part."

It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

It's easier to run
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made)
It's easier to go
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(I would take all my shame to the grave

And I be done.