Chapter 4

Tifa decided, to Vincent's dismay, that it was a great day for a swim on the beach, Tifa had noticed how hesitant the gunslinger was, and was itching to ask her 'husband' if his skin will be caught on fire if he was exposed to too much sun but decided not to.

"We have to expose you as a target for those abductors, so show as much skin as you can." Tifa said, minding her own business and not really looking at where Vincent was, until he spoke.

"Like this?" He asked in his monotonous, raspy voice, Tifa had once again recieved the shock of her life which made her shriek, whether in excitement or fear, she wasn't sure herself. Vincent flaunted himself to her, wearing only an electric blue speedo. Tifa covered her eyes with her hands but kept peeking from between her fingers.

What have I become? She thought disgustingly.

"N-No... Not THAT much... Ummm..."

"But you specifically instructed for me to sh-"

"Just some regulars trunks or beach shorts will do..." She said then turned around to go out of the room. She carried the necessary things they needed for the beach while already wearing her sexy teal bikini under her see through dress shirt and some black flip flops. "I'll uhh..." She gestured to the door without looking at Vincent then started running away once she was out.

Cloud peeked through a huge rock near the hotel that Vincent and Tifa are staying at. He wore some sunglasses and decided to take off his 'regular' clothes for some large hooded sweater, some jeans and sneakers, the hood had been lifted up to cover his chocobo of a hair. He turned around and leaned on his back while he pulled the lower part of his hood to cover his face when someone passed by, he was avoiding any ladies' attention that will eventually blow his 'disguise'. Coincidentally, behind the two girls that he tried to avoid was the new and improved Vincent and Tifa that he himself didn't recognize. Once the coast was clear, he tried to climb up the rock and put out his binoculars to look up ahead. He was so engrossed with his own activity that he didn't notice someone beside him, doing the same thing, it was a funny sight, especially if you know that story behind it. When they finally noticed each other, they both turned around to face one another, binoculars still attached to their eyes and both of them let out a yelp of surprise that had them fall over.

"OW!" A female voice exclaimed, and it sounded VERY familiar. Cloud grimaced then stared in shock in the female in front of him, who was doing the same to him, his hood came down after all, blond spikes fully exposed to the world.

"YOU!" They both exclaimed at the same time while pointing their forefingers to one another.

"What the hell are yo-" Yuffie asked but stopped and wore a sinister grin that was so creepy and wide that the hair of the nape of Cloud's neck stood up. "You were spying on Tifa aren't you?" Cloud's eyes widened.

"N-No- That- Eh-"

"Sure... I'm sure it was making you crazy just hearing from Reeve that she's all alone with Vinnie while playing husband and wife." She said slowly in a low voice that had Cloud's eye twitch.

"That's not-"

"It's only a matter of time, being alone in their bedroom with Tifa wearing that see through night gown... Oh yes..." Yuffie teased more and but it pissed her off more than the blond while she said those things that her fists actually clenched and her eyes hardened and it earned a perplexed look from the blond who was on the ground. "And Tifa would not be able to resist Vincent's deliciousness, and all she had to do is pull one strap of her night gown before Vincent approached her, crawl over to her like a predator so they can start to..." Yuffie knelt down Cloud's height on the ground to whisper. "Get their freak on." She hissed loudly like a snake to his ear that greatly widened Cloud's eyes, sweat pouring out of him like waterfalls. Yuffie stood up.

"Get their..." Cloud swallowed.

"Unless you don't want that, let's get started on operation spy!" Yuffie said while she placed her hands on her hips. Cloud stood up as well and dusted himself.

"That's a lame name." He said in monotone. Then he looked up and raised his eyebrows. "Wait a second..." He narrowed his eyes. "WHY are you spying on them on the first place?" He finally asked with arms crossed in front of him. Yuffie's eyes widened this time.

"I don't know what you're talking about." She said, pretending to be clueless but her greatly widened eyes that was traveling everywhere except for him gave her away.

"Whatever." Cloud said while he uncrossed his arms. Yuffie looked around again to see if the couple they were spying on was around. She gasped then pulled Cloud to the other side of the huge rock.

"There they are!" She said as she pointed her forefinger at the Godly looking couple that seemed to glow on the beach side, the woman with light brown, shoulder length hair with full bangs wearing a teal bikini was playing in the water, laughing and splashing on her companion, who has blond hair and an ultra muscular body, but was stiff as the rock they were hiding from even if he was being splashed with huge amounts of water. Cloud's eyes popped out of his sockets.

"That's... Them...?" He asked, still shocked. Yuffie nodded her head.

"I told you, it's only a matter of time..." Yuffie said in a serious tone which made Cloud look at her with furrowed brows, and he realized that she was talking about them doing the nasty. He looked over to where 'Tifa' was and his pants began to tighten without his permission.

Shit.

"Let's go then?" Yuffie asked that earned her a confused look.

"Go whe-" But he didn't get to finish when Yuffie pulled him away started running away from the too perfect couple on the beach.

"Everything looks good, right Magnus?" Tifa said as she looked over at her menu while Vincent did tha same. He only grunted in response, then he spoke after a while.

"What will you be having, Quinn..." He paused then swallowed. "Dar...ling..." He said in his raspy voice and he shuddered inwardly from his words, he even felt that Chaos had been laughing to his heart's content deep within because of Vincent Valentine's recent misadventures. Tifa smirked behind her menu.

"Just give me a second honey..." Tifa said in reponse.

When they have decided on what to get, Tifa called over the waiter simply because Vincent will not do it, he just sat there with his arms and legs crossed like a statue. While waiting, TIfa decided to look around, it was a fancy place, they had to wear a dress and a suit to fit in to the environment. She wore a sexy, haltered and backless black dress that was only above her knee while Vincent wore a dark grey suit with both black ties and dress shirt, women and men laying their eyes on them only had two reactions, envy or hyperventilation.

"Here you are Sir, Madam, a bottle of wine for the lovely couple." The waiter interrupted their comfortable silence then started to pour wine in each of their glasses. Tifa lifted hers up, gesturing for Vincent to do the same, and he did, then clinked their glasses together before they both took a sip. At that moment, another couple was being ushered by a waiter just right beside them, she looked over to them and saw how cute the couple was, the woman had red hair that was long, going down her waist with some side swept bangs, while the man had black hair that was cascading to his eyes, it was a bit messy but he looked sexy and attractive still. They were laughing and looking really happy and Tifa wondered when will she had that feeling, being with the one you love, just having fun and having dinner, full of love with each other. She sighed then turned to look at Vincent, who was still very stiff and not moving at all, like just one push and he's down on the floor with the same position he was while on the chair with blank eyes.

I hope we can get more leads to these disappearances. She was getting frustrated, there was another disappearance reported earlier and she had still had no idea who was responsible for doing it or what was the reason.

Their food was served after a while and they started eating, to attempt at looking like a couple, Tifa placed a forkful of pasta in front of Vincent's mouth and he stared at it suspiciously like a girl in bar suspecting her drink given by a stranger being contaminated with date-rape drugs, Tifa gestured for him to eat it and he did, really slowly that it becoming annoying. Tifa shoved it in his mouth when he was not making any progress that the ends of the fork almost collided all the way inside. Vincent gagged in a very uncharacteristic manner and started a coughing fit. Chaos started laughing menacingly deep within.

"Oh! I'm so sorry honey!" Tifa said which made everyone look at their direction. She went around the table to back Vincent's back then when he calmed down, she raised her hands and waved everyone down. "Everything's good, sorry about that." She said and everyone went back to their business. Tifa grabbed a glass of water and handed it to Vincent. "You okay honey?" She asked him, Vincent only nodded after he took a sip of his water. Tifa went back to her seat and stared intently at her 'husband'. He really looked good that other women from other table had been staring at him and she figured that it was the reason why he was being stiff, he was very uncomfortable of the attention, she just hopes that he wouldn't crack anytime soon and begin transforming to rip their beautiful heads off. She started snaking her hand towards his when the couple beside them started laughing, quite loud too that all the attention shifted to them this time. The handsome guy with raven hair started pounding his hand on the table while laughing in an exaggerated manner and Tifa noticed her how his girlfriend's happy face melted slowly when he started laughing like a maniac. Tifa stared at the guy who suddenly looked at her direction, his eyes widened before he hastily looked away again, fished out his phone and started talking on it, his girlfriend hid her face with her hand in shame and Tifa knew why, the phone he was holding was upside down and it was not even flipped open for him to be able to talk on it. Tifa heard someone behind them mutter something about 'kids' and 'drug abuse'.

Tifa looked straight ahead again towards Vincent, who didn't seem to be bothered by the strange behavior of the handsome man beside them, the martial artist furrowed her brows while she tilted her head to the side, there was something about the raven haired guy beside her, his voice and the phone he was holding was familiar. And those electric blue eyes.

Are the same as Cloud's.