" Damn coffin boy you can punch. That might bug a normal person but not me. Good thing for you then that I like it rough." I replied looking him up and down. I saw rage creep into his eyes.

" I could have killed you." he growled.

" Could my dear friend could. If the world lived on coulds, woulds, and shoulds we'd all be dead, but we wouldn't know it." I replied waving my hand dismissing everything as if it weren't a serious matter in no way at all. Vincent let out and aggravated breath.

" You walking back." he replied as he strode angrily towards town. I couldn't even stand let alone walk. But Vincent couldn't know that because he'd feel bad then. I would do anything to keep him from feeling bad so I would suck it up. Damn me and my big mouth, I thought. I pushed off the tree, in that instant I thought I was going to die. It took every once of will power I had to keep walking. I was engrossed in walking, since it was so painful, had no one been around I probably would have cried. Paying attention to Vincent or surrounding was irrelevant to me. All I could comprehend threw the pain was one foot in front of the other. When I finally dared to looked around I saw we were still a few miles from Edge. That knowledge seemed to want to kill my will and me. Each step seemed to get harder and harder. I was oblivious to Vincent who glanced back every few seconds. Yes he was pissed with me, but that didn't fully rid him of his guilt nor the dread of when I told everyone else how dangerous he was. He feared he would be shunned from his friends, which was all he really had. Most of all he was angry with his self. He had blew it. When I did notice him looking back I snapped.

" I know I look like hell don't remind me." I snapped. It was a pathetic attempt to distract him but I was too tired to come up with anything else and speaking hurt. Sadly I had more to say.

" I won't tell them if that's what your worried about. Far as I'm concerned Chaos is your business and we can't begin to understand. I see why you kept it secret though. Cloud would trip out if he knew. Actually that might be funny to see, but only if he trips out over something else. Sorry for pissing you off." I replied. I wasn't just apologizing for this one time, it was all of them. Since he didn't know that I was able to say it. The only thing that told me he heard or paid any attention at all was that he stopped looking back. That ruined my slightly improved mood. I couldn't help it I was already miserable enough without him possibly planning to crucify me.

" You really hate me don't you?" I asked of handed enough but I was dead serious. No one else would have notice I was serious, so I was stunned when Vincent turned to look at me seriously.

" I find you annoying, unbearable, and insufferable, but I do not hate you." Vincent replied.

" Well the look on you face says I'm playing to kill you and feed you to my dog." I replied.

" I don't have a dog." he replied.

" Details details." I replied. He had made my mood worse. I wanted to punch him really bad. So I walk right up to him and punched him hard in the arm. He looked at me stunned.

" And I find you annoying, unbearable, and just as insufferable." I snapped furious as I walked towards Edge. Rage always strengthens ones will.

Cloud and the other had just killed the last dino.

" Everyone still alive?" Tifa asked. Everyone nodded and replied. Val wanted to find Storm but she was exhausted.

" We have to find Vincent and Storm." Val replied raising up.

" No we don't here they come." Yuffie pointed tiredly. Vincent and Storm walked over both looking as if they had been threw hell.

" Storm?!" Val replied as she hurried to her sister.

" I'm fine." she replied greatly annoyed. Val looked at Vincent. She had known him so long she could read him like a book now. He was feed up with fights, and was contemplating killing Storm. Should have known, Val thought. Everyone retired into 7th Heaven for a cure materia.

" I'll bet Eric knows something about this." Storm replied as Tifa cured her. It seemed to do little good for Storm.

" We should go talk to him." Cloud replied.

" You can spiky, I'm going home." Storm replied leaving. Soon everyone left, Vincent however stayed in a room upstairs at the 7th Heaven. To long and dangerous a walk home.

" We all almost died today." Cloud replied out loud to himself.

" We all survived. That's all that counts Cloud. We can grill Eric tomorrow for some answers. It'll be fine." Val replied as she patted Cloud comfortingly on the shoulder. Cloud gave Val a hopeful look.

" Do you think that?" Cloud asked.

" Of course. Cloud you've gotten us out of bigger messes than this." Val replied smiling. Val was stunned when Cloud pulled her to him and kissed her fiercely on the lips.

" Good night Val. I just want you to know if anything happened to you I wouldn't be able to go on." Cloud replied looking down. Val was stunned. She had heard the words she had always wanted to here. She just wished they were said in happier times. They talked for about another hour before she left. Cloud kissed her again before he let her leave.

When Val arrived home she wasn't surprised by the knock on the door a few minutes later. She and her sister had just gotten separate apartment but they still felt as if the lived together and they were always staying at each others apartment the might as well be living together. When Val opened the door. Storm was leaning on the door breathing hard.

" Val, it hurts." Storm replied as she collapsed. Val caught her sister and laid her on the couch as she began healing her. She had several severe injuries. Val healed them easily though having healed many similar wounds before. She left Storm on the couch as the door bell rang again and Vincent walked inside.

" Vincent." Val replied happily at the sight of her friend.

" I lost control of Chaos." Vincent replied tiredly as he sideways glanced at Storm sleeping soundly on the couch now that she had been healed. Val knew that Vincent would have been worried about Storm telling since she could be very loud and insensitive at times, especially when she was offering some of her brand of humor. But, Val knew something he did not. Storm would never rat Vincent out she'd rather die. Furthermore, Storm thought that she didn't know about why she made Vincent mad, but she did. If there was one thing Storm couldn't stand it was someone who was depressed. If your pissed you have no time to be depressed. Val was sure Vincent was starting to catch on a little bit.

" So? Storm won't say a word." Val replied stubbornly. Vincent had slumped in the chair he sat in and looked up at her.