Okay, just a warning for all of you guys. I was VERY bored when I wrote this so Chaos and Hellmaster will be OOC for a little bit. It's really fun to make them OOC. I tried my bets not to make Vinnie OOC. I don't like him being OOC. Yuffie isn't too OOC, unless you want to count the fact that she is drunk. Anyway, Red is the slightest OOC.

Well, tell me if you guys liked it or anything. Please, resist flames. If you wish to flame me-send it on e-mail, k? I'll try to make these nice and long, k? K!

Chapter One

The first time Yuffie laid eyes on the man, she felt great fear for him, but over the years, that fear had faded away. She even came close enough to call him her 'friend'. Now that she was nineteen years old, and still immature, she considered him a friend, but she wanted him to be more. Often she had surprised herself, because long ago, she, along with everyone else, had felt a little uncomfortable around him, yet she had spoken to him. She was currently at Tifa's bar, looking at him, actually, she was staring.

She hadn't realized that she was staring, but she didn't really care until he turned his bloody red eyes on her. "Yuffie, are you okay?" he asked her emotionlessly. She blinked and looked away from his crimson gaze, her face turning red. She nodded, unable to find her voice. Yuffie swore she heard someone laughing nearby and, trying to ignore him, she looked around her, hoping her face wasn't too red.

Yuffie located who was laughing. It was Red, he was looking at her mischievously. She glared at him, but he only laughed. After a moment more of glaring, she was sure that she had stopped blushing and looked back up at him. He was still looking at her. Yuffie looked away, unable to look at him as her face began to redden again. She could feel his eyes on her. Why was he looking at her?

"Hey you two, want anything?" Tifa's voice suddenly asked, coming up to their table. Yuffie bit her lip as she looked up at her best friend and nodded. Vincent tore his eyes away from Yuffie and shook his head.

"No thank you, Tifa," he said politely, but his voice, like always, held no emotion. Yuffie glanced at him, relieved that he wasn't looking at her anymore.

"Alright, hey Yuffie, what do you want?" Tifa asked. Yuffie begrudgingly took her eyes off of Vincent again and looked back up at Tifa. She noticed Tifa had an eyebrow raised, looking questioningly at Yuffie. Yuffie bit her lip even harder as she responded, "Um…uh…some coke,"

Tifa nodded, "Right, oh yeah, will you come here for a minute, gotta ask you something."

Yuffie knew exactly what Tifa was wanting to talk to her about. She heard Red laughing again. Yuffie couldn't resist looking back at Vincent. He was staring at the table, unblinkingly. His eyes were glazed over. 'Is he speaking with his demons again?' Yuffie wondered silently as she stood up and followed Tifa over to the bar.

Meanwhile Vincent was lost in his own thoughts, oblivious to Red's laughter or Yuffie's eyes on him. 'Do you like the little ninja girl?' Chaos asked him within his mind.

'How can a monster like something?' was Vincent's simple reply.

'You've got it bad man, I'm the monster here! You're the idiot guy who likes the little ninja!' Hellmaster spat in his mind, laughing. Vincent growled in his mind, mentally glaring at Hellmaster.

'I bet she likes you too! That's why she was staring at you!' Chaos responded, his dark voice laughing, 'I like her too! She's a thief! My kind of girl,'

'You're a stupid demon, you cannot love, nor can you feel anything but rage. Chaos, what on earth has gotten into you lately? You never talk about a girl-except when you rip them to pieces!'

'Yeah well, we've all got to change, right Vinnie?' Chaos laughed as he used the nickname Yuffie had given Vincent. Vincent flinched, about to go into a flying fit at Chaos, but he knew that would only make Chaos want to escape and…kill everyone.

Red, meanwhile, watching Vincent blinked, flinching at something unseen. He noticed the glazed look in his friend's eyes and knew that he was talking to his demons. Lately Vincent had been doing that for some unknown reason. Ever since he had known Vincent, he had believed that the dark man had always ignored his demons. He had even told Red that they spoke in some demonic language that could not be understood. Could they speak English too? Had they learned from Vincent?

"Yuffie, do you like Vincent or something?" Tifa asked when they got behind the counter of her bar. Yuffie felt herself blush again.

"N-No," she replied sheepishly.

Tifa rolled her eyes, "Don't lie, we saw you staring at him."

"We?" Yuffie asked questioningly, biting her lip again. "As in just you and Red?"

"No, as in Red, Cid, and me."

"Cid! I thought Cid was in Rocket Town? When did he get here?" Yuffie demanded. Tifa suddenly burst out laughing, clutching her sides. "What?"

"You mean you didn't see Cid come in-oh wait, you were too busy staring at Vincent!"

Yuffie felt herself turn bright red. She hadn't been staring that long had she? She really hoped not…Yuffie turned away from Tifa, reaching for a glass brimming with something. She didn't care what it was as she raised it to her lips and drank it quickly. "Yuffie! Don't drink that!" Tifa snapped, trying to yank the quickly emptying glass out of Yuffie's hand. She didn't get it away from Yuffie until Yuffie had drank all of it. "Yuffie! That was for Cloud!" Tifa yelled.

Yuffie, however, didn't seem to see Tifa. She was once again, looking at Vincent. Tifa groaned. That drink had…been high with alcohol and Yuffie didn't have a very high alcohol tolerance because she never drank unless it was at a party or something. Sighing, she grabbed Yuffie by the arm, who was swaying slightly. "Come on, Yuffie, you're going to make yourself sick. You're going to bed," Tifa began dragging Yuffie out of the bar.

As she dragged Yuffie up the stairs, she felt eyes on her and turned her head to see Vincent staring at both of them. His red eyes betrayed nothing as he watched them go. Tifa gave nothing as an explanation as she had to now forcefully drag Yuffie up each step. The teenager was still looking down at the bar, at Vincent. Tifa wondered what was going through Yuffie's mind at the moment, considering she had drunk almost pure alcohol.

"Yuffie, please cooperate and follow me," Tifa begged.

Yuffie turned her unblinking eyes on Tifa, "But-But! I wanna go eat some cookies! With Vinnie! Please?"

Tifa blinked, staring at her friend. She stopped at the last step, wondering why Yuffie sounded just like Marlene. She shrugged it off, after all, Yuffie was drunk at the moment. "Please? You know Vinnie wants a cookie!"

Meanwhile, Vincent had stopped talking to his demons and were ignoring them, which was making them rather mad. 'Fine then Vincent, we'll go annoy someone else!' Hellmaster growled.

'Who are we going to annoy?' Chaos asked, confused.

'The ninja girl,'

'We can do that?' Chaos asked, completely confused.

'Yep,'

'Alright! Let's go! Wait a second, how?'

'Um…through the Void!'

'What Void'

'The one in Mr. I'm-A-Monster's mind.'

'Oh…that Void. Okay, let's go,'

Yuffie stared at Tifa, wanting a cookie. "Why won't you let me have a cookie, Tifa?" she tried to sound so innocent and convincing as she began to cry. "I wanna cookie!"

"Yuffie! Snap out of it! You're drunk!" Tifa growled.

"Drunk? Drunk! How can I be drunk! I didn't drink anything! And I still want a cookie…and Vinnie!"

Tifa promptly let go of Yuffie in shock. Yuffie fell to the floor, grinning slyly up at Tifa. "Did you just mean you wanted to-"

"Vinnie wants a cookie too! We wants cookies! Huh? What? Oh! Chaos wants a cookie!" Yuffie squealed.

Tifa sighed with relief. 'Phew, she meant Vincent wanted a cookie, for a minute there I thought she meant-Wait a second, did she just say Chaos wanted a cookie?'

'Hey Yuffie, can you get Chaos a cookie? I think he'll turn all evil-like if he doesn't get his cookie…'

'How can I give Chaos a cookie? Wait a minute-why are you in my mind? How did you get in my mind?'

'Through the Void, now GIVE ME MY COOKIE!'

'Okay, okay…um…gotta give it to Vincent I guess…'

Tifa glared at Yuffie, who seemed to have zoned out. She grabbed the ninja by the arm and began dragging her down the hallway. As she dragged the drunk ninja down the hallway, she past Cloud, who was looking rather tired. "You have my drink fixed yet, Tifa?" he asked wearily.

"Um, about that Cloud. Yuffie-she drunk it by mistake and well…just look at her!"

Cloud did and was shocked to hear Yuffie mumbling, "Cookie! Give me a cookie else I shall inflict the power of Chaos on ye all!"

"Uh…was it pure alcohol or something?" he asked Tifa, le to tear his eyes off of Yuffie, who was staring at the wall.

"Close enough…"

Meanwhile, down in the bar, Vincent had heard Yuffie say, 'Drunk? Drunk! How can I be drunk! I didn't drink anything! And I still want a cookie…and Vinnie!' He couldn't help but redden at Yuffie's comment. He heard Red snicker beside him, but Vincent ignored the red hybrid and stood up. Quick as possible, he rushed out of the bar, unable to remain there. He found himself biting his lip in utter shock and confusion.

What had Yuffie meant by that? He walked down to a nearby café, unable to get the words out of his head.

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Yuffie, meanwhile, fell backwards in a dead faint as the alcohol hit its heights. "You mind helping me carry her to her room?" Tifa asked Cloud, looking at him expectantly. Cloud shook his head and bent down. He wrapped his arms around Yuffie's limp form and slung her around his shoulder. Then he stood up straight and headed towards Yuffie's room.

"So, why'd she drink my alcohol?" Cloud asked as he opened Yuffie's door, looking at Tifa questioningly.

Tifa grinned and suddenly started chuckling. Only when she had finished, did she speak up, "I asked her if she liked Vincent or something. I only asked because she had been staring at him ever since Cid had returned. Red and me found that rather funny and so I dragged her over to the counter and asked her. She picked up the nearest glass and drunk it-which happened to be yours." Tifa explained.

Cloud suddenly laughed, "How funny would that be to see Vincent and Yuffie going out! I mean, talkative-hyper-active Yuffie going on a date with a gothic-dark-silent guy like Vincent! That would hilarious!"

Tifa nodded, grinning at the thought, "It would be, wouldn't it? Oh yeah," Tifa suddenly said, glancing down at the unconscious Yuffie, "do you have anymore Revive materia left, Cloud?"

"Yeah, in my room, I'll go get it," Cloud said and quickly walked past Tifa and rushed to his room.

Tifa waited until Cloud came back with it. Then she used it on Yuffie. Once Yuffie had woken up, she suddenly yelled, "I wanna go to the fair!"

Tifa and Cloud looked at one another and then died laughing. Yuffie looked at the two blankly, "What?"

Tifa forced herself to stop laughing as she replied, "Oh nothing Yuffie, anyway, I think you need to lay off the drinks, okay?"

"Why? What'd I do?" Yuffie asked quickly, staring at Tifa and then at Cloud.

"Do you really want to know?" Tifa asked, laughing slightly, her eyes glinting with amusement.

"Um…I think so. I-I mean yes!" Yuffie replied, baffled. What had she done that Tifa had to say 'Are you sure you want to know' for?

"Okay, you told me that you wanted some cookies and that you…" Tifa began to tell Yuffie everything. When she came to the part about 'Drunk? Drunk! How can I be drunk! I didn't drink anything! And I still want a cookie…and Vinnie!', she suddenly yelped with shock.

"I what!" She stared at Tifa wide-eyed with horror.

"Yep, you said that, but then you cleared it up by saying Vincent wanted a cookie too,"

"Yeah, but I don't think Vincent heard that part," a sudden voice said.

Everyone turned to see Red standing in the door, looking as if he were about to die laughing. Yuffie stood up, turning white, "Wh-What do you mean?"

Red grinned, "He left after he heard you say that…um…well…you know."

"Uh-oh," Yuffie said bluntly. "Ohhh no!" she wailed suddenly, rushing out the door. As soon as they heard the front door close behind Yuffie downstairs, all three of them burst out laughing. Even Cid, who had been dosing at one of the tables downstairs, was laughing loud enough to be heard.

Meanwhile at the café, Vincent was sitting at a table, staring blinking at the window. He sipped the hot coffee in his hand that he had ordered. He didn't particularly like the stuff, but it was better than nothing. 'Did you two really…manage to get into Yuffie's mind?' Vincent hesitantly asked his demons. He had a feeling he would not have wanted to know, but Chaos would have told him anyway.

'Yep, boy is she ever hyper-active! I mean, I wanted a cookie and she said she'd give it to you, drunk idiot didn't even realize who she was talking too! Ha-ha!' Chaos laughed.

'Yeah, and then she had the strange idea that you liked cookies so she kept begging that Tifa girl for some cookies so she could give some to you! It was so funny-if only Chaos had been there…or me! Yeah me!' Hellmaster laughed

'Whatever…you're not going anywhere, anyway, when did you two learn English? And why are you so bothersome? I thought you were evil…' Vincent asked bluntly.

'Oh, so you want me to be evil? It's fun to be evil!' Chaos laughed.

Vincent blinked, 'How did you get out of my mind?'

'Through the Void, of course, you, being the stupid emoish person you are, might be wondering 'What is the Void?' Well, the Void doesn't exist! Heh-heh, it was a nice trick though, right? Nope, we got into Yuffie's mind by using you. Easy enough,' Chaos replied matter-of-factly.

'Me? What do you mean, Chaos?' Vincent never got an answer, because at that moment, the ringing of the bell of the café door opening made him break his concentration. He turned to look at who had come in and was surprised to see Yuffie. Well, he had kept his mind off of her for a few minutes…

Yuffie came over, looking almost reluctant as she sat down. He noticed that she was biting her lip and avoiding eye contact with him. In fact, she was staring at the table, or more like her hands, which were on the table. Vincent blinked, not speaking. He wasn't sure what to say to her.

Yuffie suddenly looked up from staring at the table. Her face was a little red, "I'm sorry, for what I said…about twenty minutes ago, Vincent. I-I was drunk and didn't know what I was saying, it was all just nonsense," Yuffie told him quietly, apologizing for what had been said.

At first Vincent didn't say anything. He wasn't sure what to say, but he could faintly hear Chaos saying, 'Say something stupid! If you don't, she'll think you disregard her! And we both know that you don't dislike the ninja!'

Vincent swallowed, his throat feeling dry, but he knew Chaos was right. He opened his mouth to speak, raising his eyes to meet Yuffie's gray ones. "It's okay, Yuffie, I know you didn't mean it," he told her as gently as possible, but his voice still held that dark tone to it.

'Oh that's real meaningful, Vincent! Yeah, you might as well have said 'I hate you' to her face!' Hellmaster sneered. Vincent tried to ignore the two demons as Yuffie smiled weakly.

"D-Did I say anything else stupid?" Yuffie asked after a moment's pause. Vincent shook his head, but he said nothing. Yuffie didn't seem hurt by his tone of voice, in fact, she seemed to perk up a little.

Suddenly Vincent noticed that waitress coming towards them. He and Yuffie turned their gazes on her as she asked, "Can I get you two lovebirds something?"

Yuffie seemed to redden and look away. Vincent, however, remained emotionless, "We are not a couple, and no, I already have a coffee. Yuffie, do you want anything?"

Yuffie glanced back up at him and then slowly moved her head to the waitress, "I'll take some hot chocolate," she mumbled, before looking back down at her hands. Vincent noticed that she was still blushing, and she tried to avoid catching anyone's eye at the moment.

When the waitress left, she looked back up at him, her face slowly returning to its normal color. Vincent knew he had to say something else than what he had said, something to make Yuffie forget the whole thing. He could only come up with one thing, so he said, "Let's just forget this whole thing, okay Yuffie?"

Yuffie nodded, looking him in the eye, "Yeah,"

Secretly, Vincent didn't want to forget it. He wanted to remember every moment he spent with Yuffie. Where all of that was coming from, he didn't know. Vincent had never harbored feelings for Yuffie before, so why now? And a monster was not supposed to feel any emotion. He sighed, looking away from the ninja, his bloody gaze landing on his hand. 'After all, even if she does feel anything for me, it will be wrong. I am a monster and this arm shall always remind me of it.'

'Aw shut up you damn idiot! Yuffie likes you and you like her! Ask her out on a date, at least once!' Chaos growled. 'She wants to go to a dang fair! Take her to one! Or somewhere fun! Good grief you need to brighten up! You're so gloomy and emoish all the time!'

'I wonder why…' Vincent sigh mentally. 'Just shut up!'

(by Tim McGraw)

'Girl you never know no one like me,

Up there in your high society,

They might tell you I'm no good,

Girl they need to understand,

Just who I am'

'Baby I may be a real bad boy,

But baby I'm a real good man,'

'I may drink too much and play too loud,'

Hang with the rough and rowdy crowd',

That don't mean I don't respect my moma or my Uncle Sam'

Yes sir yes ma'am'

"SHUT UP!" Vincent screamed, clutching head. "You damned demon! Shut you damn mouth!"

Meanwhile…In Yuffie's mind…(uh-oh)

"This is from Vinnie. He wanted me to sing it to you,

'Girl you never know no one like me,

Up there in your high society,

They might tell you I'm no good,

Girl they need to understand,

Just who I am'

'Baby I may be a real bad boy,

But baby I'm a real good man,'

'I may drink too much and play too loud,'

Hang with the rough and rowdy crowd',

That don't mean I don't respect my moma or my Uncle Sam'

Yes sir yes ma'am'

'Oh gawd! Vinnie wanted Chaos to sing…that?'

Yuffie turned a bright shade of red at the words, daring to lift her eyes to look at Vincent. Vincent seemed to look very cross and angry about something. And then…he exploded. Yuffie was shocked to see Vincent in such anger and fury. He gloved head flew to his forehead. He closed his bloody eyes, screaming at Chaos. The voice in Yuffie's head changed from a sing-song yet demonly voice, to a rather cheerful voice.

'Finally a way to escape! Heh-heh! My evil plan worked!' Chaos cheered. Yuffie however, realizing what Chaos meant, screamed mentally, 'Chaos! Leave Vinnie alone!'

An image of Chaos filled Yuffie's vision. His creepy demon eye was twitching and his wings were flapping-or more like twitching. Hellmaster sat beside Chaos, staring at something that looked like a flower in all the blackness. Okay…strange.

Vincent calmed instantly, but both of them received very confused and shocked looks from the surrounding people. The waiter, meanwhile had come over with Yuffie's hot chocolate. She almost dropped it, but sat it down on the table. "Is everything alright?" she asked, staring at both of them.

When Yuffie realized Vincent wasn't going to say anything, she responded quickly, "Oh yeah sure, he's um…uh…just a little drunk-that's why he's drinking coffee! Hearing voices in his head, uh yeah…sure…let's go with that!"

The waiter gave Yuffie a look before nodding and going to the next table. Yuffie turned to Vincent and then said, "Okay, Vinnie, this is obviously the strangest day of my life. You just wanna go back to Tifa's bar now?"

Vincent looked up at her and nodded. He seemed to turn emoish again. Yuffie had stopped blushing and tried to act normal as she got out of her seat and waited on Vincent. He stood up and they left. Yuffie hadn't even touched her hot chocolate and Vincent had barley drunk any of his coffee. Nether the less, they left five gil on the table.

When they got back to the bar, Tifa was sitting at a table, speaking with Cloud, Red, and Cid. Barret was away at…Corel I guess…or Kalm. Anyway, he's staying somewhere with Marlene and some friends, k? K! Anyway, they all looked up as the door opened. Tifa shot Cid and Cloud a look that went unnoticed to Yuffie, but Vincent saw it-of course.

Yuffie walked over to an empty chair at the table and sat down. She avoided everyone's gaze as she looked at the table. Vincent just walked over to a corner and sat there, seeming lost in his own thoughts. Unknown to him, Yuffie heard every word with his conversation between Chaos, because Chaos had left the link open purposely to cause trouble.

'So Vincent, like the little trick I pulled on ya! Heh! I bet cha the ninja liked that song!'

'Chaos, if you ever dare do that again, I will…do something to you. I don't know what, but I do know that I will do something! I may have feelings for Yuffie, but I do not wish to posses them, do not encourage her. I have already hurt one person and I will not do it again.'

'That was not your fault, Vincent. When the hell are you going to accept that?'

'Never so shut the hell up and stay silent. Keep out of my conscious demon!'

Yuffie bit her lip as Vincent spoke back to Chaos. She had flinched when Vincent said he did not wish to have any feelings for her. That hurt really badly. The emotional pain must have shown on her face because Tifa asked, "Are you alright, Yuffie?"

Yuffie looked up and nodded, "I'm fine," she said.

She noticed Tifa and Cloud exchange glances. Cid, however, spoke up, "You ain't fine! What's wrong with ya? You're too quiet!"

Yuffie gave Cid a dark look and stood up. As she went upstairs, she could have sworn she heard Cid mutter, "I think Vincent's rubbing off on her."

Yuffie opened the door to her bedroom and shut the door. She just wanted to forget today's events. It was too overwhelming and hectic. Maybe she should just sneak a drink or two from Tifa's bar and get drunk again…or not. Yuffie sighed, throwing herself onto the bed. She stared up at the ceiling, glad that she could no longer here Chaos or Vincent's thoughts. She was deeply disturbed that she could hear them in the first place. Why? She didn't know.

Sighing again, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. Though it was still light out, Yuffie slept very deeply and long. She never realized that downstairs, Tifa and Cloud were now speaking with Vincent. Red and Cid had gone upstairs, wanting nothing to do with the conversation that was to come.

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"What did you do?" Cloud demanded of Vincent as soon as he heard Yuffie's door shut. Cid and Red had already left. Tifa and Cloud had both walked over to Vincent and were glaring at him.

Vincent looked at them emotionlessly, "What do you mean, what did I do? I did nothing to Yuffie,"

"Obviously you did! She looked very upset about something!" Tifa growled, poking at Vincent.

Vincent merely stared at Tifa and Cloud with unblinking eyes. "I could have done nothing to upset her. Maybe you should try another source, other than myself."

"Such as?" Cloud demanded.

'Such as me! Heh-heh! I am so evil!'

Vincent's eyes suddenly hardened and flashed a dark crimson. His features suddenly changed from emotionless looks, to white-hot rage. Cloud and Tifa watched as Vincent's muscles twitched, as he was resisting the urge to punch someone really hard. He muttered something that sounded like, "You've cause enough trouble, demon! Return to where you came!"

Cloud and Tifa blinked as Vincent seemed to relax again and continued staring at them as if nothing happened. "Such as?" Cloud repeated.

"Such as someone who is not me," Vincent replied, his dark voice holding a hit of irritation to it.

"Would you stop that!" Cloud snapped, it was not a question.

"Stop what?"

"Speaking like that!" Cloud growled.

Vincent did not reply. Instead, he pushed right past them. Cloud almost reached out and jerked Vincent back and continue his questioning, but something about the man made him freeze.

'Are you running from an argument? You're weak…'

"Drop dead and keep out of my mind," Vincent growled harshly.

Tifa watched as Vincent walked over to the counter of her bar and went behind it. "What are you doing?" she asked him.

Like she expected, Vincent did not respond as he grabbed a bottle of pure alcohol. "Vincent! Put that down!" Tifa snapped, both her and Cloud rushing over to him.

Before either could do anything, however, Vincent took the cap off the bottle and tipped over his lips. They watched in shock as he drunk the whole bottle in once gulp. "Damn…you're going to have one hell of a hangover…" Cloud muttered, his eyes nearly bugging out of his head.

Tifa, however, was frantic. "Vincent! Why did you do that! I need that!"

Vincent turned his crimson eyes on her. "Forgive me, Tifa, but I could not stop it any longer. That will keep them silent for a while. And as for hangover, Cloud, alcohol has no effect on my body no matter the amount I drink."

"Oh…Whatever then!" Cloud waved him off and then turned around, saying, "Well in that case, I'm going out for a bit!" He seemed to have forgotten to be angry with Vincent. Once he had left, however, Tifa rounded on Vincent.

"Okay Vincent, tell me, what did you do to make Yuffie so upset? What did you say to her? And if you won't tell us, why?" Tifa growled, approaching Vincent and poking him in the chest.

Vincent looked at Tifa with emotionless eyes. "If you want an explination, you're not going to get one. I'm sorry Tifa, but I do not wish to share this information with you at the present time."

Tifa glared at him, about to say something else, when Vincent turned around and…walked off! She watched in anger as he went upstairs. "Where are you going?" she demanded, but nor esponse was given.

R&R please! I like to know if you liked it-Chaos and hellmaster aren't going to be that OOC anymor eif you don't want them to-k? Just tell me!