So There I Was In A Church

by Guile

SHFF7 drabble collection. So far... Yuri and Cloud, Karin and Tifa, Anastasia and Marlene, Gepetto and Cait Sith, Joachim and Vincent, Kurando and Yuffie, Blanca and RedXIII. Now with more Frank and Hilda.

5. Vincent & Joachim

5. Joachim and Vincent: On Vampires and Mistaken Identity

Cloud pushed at the hidden door, watching as it opened ponderously on rusty hinges. He stepped through.

Inside were three caskets. He strode to the middle one and rapped cautiously on the lid. He leaped back with a start as the coffin lid slid aside, and a massive man-shaped creature, rippling with muscles and covered with little blond braids, rose up. "Who would dare," he boomed, "to awaken me from my slumber?" Then he seemed to actually notice Cloud. The braided man deflated immediately. "Oh, it's you. You'll be wanting the casket over there." He jerked his thumb to indicate the casket on the right. "Now beat it. I need my beauty sleep."

And for the first time in the annals of Final Fantasy, a hero did facefault.