Bonjour everyone! I'm back! Hope your summer was great! Mine was!!! Alright, on with the story.

Vincent POV

"Alright everyone, time to wake up."
As on command, I sat straight up and looked around at everyone else. Cloud was poking around at the fire. Tifa was picking some berries. Cid was smoking like usual and talking to Reeve. Nanaki got up and started to walk back and forth, trying to wake up. I looked down at Yuffie. All she did was roll over.
But when she did, part of her shirt when up, showing off that bare midriff of hers. Oh how I wanted to stroke it; just feel how smooth it was. I had to grab my hand and pull it back so I could not.
"Vincent, could you please wake Yuffie up? We must get going," Cloud said from the fire.
I nodded my head and dared to do the impossible. To wake up the beauty from her sleep.
"Yuffie. Yuffie." No response at all.
I tried again, gently rubbing her shoulder, "Yuffie you must get up." At this she groaned. Actually… it didn't sound like an upset groan. More like one when someone is enjoying themselves.
I tried rubbing her shoulder harder. "Yuffie come on, you must wake up. We are going to be leaving soon."
She groaned even harder. "Vincent stop," She giggled. "Please! Oh please!"
I stopped immediately. What was she thinking about?
All of the sudden, her eyes fluttered open. Those beautiful, soft brown eyes looked up at me. "Vincent? What's going on?"
"I was trying to wake you up. You were…groaning."
Her usual tan skin just went white, like she had seen a ghost kind of white.
"Oh," Yuffie said, getting up to go see Tifa.
Whatever the dream was, I want to know what it was, why I was in, and WHAT I was doing to her. I must have been good at whatever I was doing because she got up fast so she didn't have to look at me, which she would never do.
I walked over to Cloud, pretending nothing just happened, and hoped that no one had heard me. "Cloud, what is the plan? Where are we going?"
Cloud poked the fire a little bit more, avoiding my question. "I'm still not sure Vincent. I don't even know how things are out there. So that's what we are going to find out. I do not want to see the ruins of Midgar anymore. So we will just wander a little bit until we find a town with a place to rest, a place to eat, and someone with information."
I looked at Yuffie, who was still limping a little, even if she tried hard not to show it. "We can not be out long. We are all tired. You can not expect us to keep walking after what just happened. So we must find a town soon." Cloud nodded his head.
"So what is going on between Yuffie and you? I have never seen you show any type of emotion before," Cloud glanced up. "No offense or anything."

I glared at him. I know he did not mean to hurt my feelings (as if I had any REAL feelings, they have disappeared.) but I am still human and I still have some emotions. "There is nothing going on between the princess and me. We are merely friends. That is all."

Cloud looked up at me again. "You're going to have to convince Tifa of that one mate. I do not care what goes on between you and Yuffie, as long as you don't hurt her. She has been through too much." Cloud looked at Yuffie. "This might be weird coming from me, but she is like a little sister to me. Even if she did steal all of our materia, I know why she did it. She only wants to save her hometown, and I respect that," Cloud sighed, looking back up at me.
"Just like what you guys were doing to us yesterday during the…" Pause. "…confession. I will admit, me and Tifa have eavesdropped on your conversations time to time," Cloud said. "You have changed Vincent. You are no longer the creature that we found in a coffin at the Shinra Mansion. And it is not us that have changed you. It is Yuffie. You need to thank her for that."
Cloud cleared his throat, getting the attention of everyone. "We are going to walk. We will try to find the closest town, whatever that might be. We will rest there and we will also try to find out what is going on. Come on everyone let's go." Cloud started walking away when Tifa came up and kissed him on the cheek. He blushed and kissed her on the lips back. Everyone started to follow them but I, I just stood there like a fool, taking in what Cloud had told me.
He is right, and I know it. I am a changed man from the day that I met everyone. But it is not just Yuffie's doing. Sure, she has been my one and true friend during the whole time, but without the rest of the group, I would be no where. I would not be where I am now. But Yuffie does have a big role in this. Without her Cure Materia, I would be dead after fighting one of those monsters. Without her I would be left for dead. Instead, she stayed there and bandaged me up. Those soft hands going around my torso over and over and over…
"Vince! What are you doing just standing there? The train is moving! Let's go!" Yuffie said, bringing me back to reality. She started to make train noises. "Come on, you can be the caboose."
"No, we both can be the caboose together," I said, smiling at her.

Yuffie's POV
I opened my eyes, and found Vinnie peering down at me like I had three heads. "Vincent? What's going on?" I asked, still noting the weird look that he was giving me.
"I was trying to wake you up. You were…groaning."
…WHAT THE HELL?!! I don't even remember what I was dreaming about! Though if I was groaning I know who it was about… *evil smirk*
"Oh," I got up and went to go see Tifa. I was ending this awkward conversation so no one had to ask me questions about why I was.
"Hey Tifa!"
She turned around and looked at me. With one of those, 'you got something to tell me and I need to know it now' kind of looks.
"Yuffie, I think you have something to tell me." What did I tell you?
"No I don't Teef! What are you talking about?"
Tifa just shook her head. "I mean about yesterday Yuffie, before you ran into the woods. I saw you sitting there with Vincent. You guys were holding hands like it was nothing out of the ordinary." She looked at me, with almost concern in her eyes. "I see how you look at him Yuffie, and I know that look. I used to give it to Cloud every waking second of my life when I saw him." She stole a look at Cloud and blushed.
"I don't know what you're talking about Tifa," I said, trying to conceal my blush. Was it really that obvious that I liked him? Did Vincent know?
Tifa looked back at me. "Yuffie, don't lie to me, I'm not an idiot," she sighed. "Yuffie listen to me. I do not care what goes on between you and Vincent. I know that under all that toughness of him, there is a sweet and normal guy. I think that you're bringing that out, Yuffie."
I looked at her in complete shock. Me? I'm changing Vincent? From macho scary looking beast Vincent, into sweet, loving and caring Vincent? Can't I just have a nice mix of the two?!
"Yuffie, you must promise me something though," she looked me in straight in the eye. "You must tell me what goes on between you two. I told you about my feelings for Cloud, remember? So I think from now on you should tell me about Vincent, okay?" I nodded my head, she did have a point. "Thank you."
Cloud cleared his throat, and we all looked at him. "We are going to walk. We will try to find the closest town, whatever that might be. We will rest there and we will also try to find out what is going on. Come on everyone let's go." Tifa ran up to him and kissed him on the cheek, he kissed her on the lips back.
I thought it was cute. I mean, it was nice to see them together. I've practically been waiting this whole adventure for this! (And saving the world, of course.) But I can't help but to feel jealous. I would like to feel that way for someone and know that they feel that way for me too.
I started to follow the rest of the gang, and noticed that someone was missing. I turned around and Vincent was just standing there, staring into the fire. It was like he was in his own little world.
"Vince? What are you doing just standing there? The train is moving! Let's go!" I called out to him. It seemed to bring him back to his senses. I started to make train noises, hoping to cheer him up. "Come on, you can be the caboose."
He came over to me. "No, we can be the caboose together," he said and SMILED at me! Aww man I thought my heart was going to melt!

I finally finished the chapter! Chica chica yeaaah! I'm sorry that it was short though. Better than nothing, no?

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