Six months had passed since Vincent had been rescued. Everyone was at peace. Selene
had managed to hide the truth about Vincent's escape from the sailor senshi. Vincent,
on the other hand, had become a totally different person about the whole incident.
Only Lucrecia seemed to make him feel better. Cid and Shera had tied the knot two months
into her pregnancy. Red XIII had now re-joined the team, as his cubs were now old
enough. The senshi still had not attacked, much to the party's awe. But all that
was about to change.
Over at Cid's house, Cid was tending to Shera, who was now seven months pregnant.
Cid:
(walks over to where Shera is lying down
) Shera, don't even think about getting out of bed. Today I'm gonna wait on you hand
and foot.
Shera:
(sitting up
) Thank you Cid. Ow... (feels belly
) The baby kicked, Cid.
Cid:
Really? (leans over and puts his ear on her belly
) Hey there little one!
Shera:
(smiles
) Cid, are you ready to take on the responsibility of raising a child?
Cid:
(s
tanding up
) Dammit woman! I'm Cid Highwind! I'm capable of anything!
Shera:
(giggles
) Okay, if you say so.
There is a knock on the door.
Cid:
Shoot. I'll go get it.
Cid opens the door. It is Yuffie.
Yuffie:
(letting herself in
) Hey you guys! How are you doing?
Shera:
Hey Yuffie. A little bit good.
Yuffie:
(slaps Cid on the back
) Cid, I never found my Hanson CD!
Cid:
Ahhh!! (pulls on his hair
) Shut up with that @#$%^&* name! You might kill the baby!
Shera:
Cid! (throws him a book
) Don't say that!
Cid:
(dodges the book
) Sorry Shera.
Yuffie:
Dumb @$$.
The radar begins to beep wildly. Shera gets up out of bed and hurries over to the
radar.
Shera:
Oh my! Cid, the senshi are attacking! They're headed straight for Nibelheim! We've
got to warn Cloud, Aeris and Tifa!
Cid:
What's this "we"? You are staying in bed!
Yuffie:
I'll stay with her. If we see something else on radar, we'll PHS you guys.
Cid:
Okay! I'm outie! (takes Venus Gospel off of the wall and equips it
)
At Nibelheim, Cloud, Aeris, and Tifa are over at Cloud's house, playing a game of
Scrabble to pass the boredom. All of a sudden, Cloud feels uneasy.
Cloud:
Tifa, do you get the feeling we're being watched?
Tifa:
Kind of.
Aeris:
Maybe it's...
Cid bursts in the room.
Cid:
Cloud, Tifa, Aeris! Arm yourselves! The sailor senshi are here!
Cloud:
Wha...?
Tifa:
Are you sure?
Aeris:
It can't be!
Just then, a flame arrow hits the wall and stays. They turn around to face Sailor
Mercury and Sailor Mars.
Mars:
Don't move...
Tifa:
You @#$%^& ! Come on! Let's fight!
Mercury:
We have no intention of fighting with inferiors such as yourselves! We've come for
Vincent.
Cid:
Why ya want Vincent? So he can get ya pregnant too, @#$%^& ?!
Mercury:
I owe you no explanations, crack-head. What he does with Selene is none of our concern,
as well as none of yours.
Cid:
Crack-head?! Ohh, now you've gone too far! (draws Venus Gospel
)
Cloud, Aeris and Tifa draw their weapons as well.
Cid:
Mega Flare!
Tifa:
Judgement Bolt!
Cloud:
Bolt 3!
Aeris:
Giga Flare!
Mercury:
Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!
Mars:
Mars Flame Sniper!
The attacks hit each other and create a HUGE explosion. Sailors Mercury and Mars are
slightly injured. Sailor Mars stands up.
Mars:
Akuryo Taisan! (throws anti-evil scrolls on materia
) Now your materia is useless!!
Mercury:
We'll be back for Vincent. Count on it!
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars escape. Cid stares at the useless materia in his hand.
Cid:
(throws it aside in frustration
) This can't be! Our materia is useless now!
Aeris:
Now what?
Cloud:
Let's go discuss this with everyone.
They leave to Vincent's home. Once there, they PHS everyone. After they arrive at
Vincent's, Cid tells them everything that had happened.
Vincent:
(shocked
) What? You say they wanted me back? But why did they wait until now?
Cloud:
It's been months! If they wanted you, why didn't they look for you sooner?
Lucrecia:
This is weird. They went about 6 months without attacking.
Tifa:
And Sailor Mars sealed our materia. They're more powerful than Sephiroth was.
Sephiroth:
(defensively
) Ey! I said it was a phase! I thought it was cool at the time!
Aeris:
Well, whatever. Anyway, what do we do now?
Cid:
We can't attack the little @#$%^&* 'cause of Selene. Boy, are they lucky I won't
get to plant my foot up their stinkin' @$$es!
Barret:
Man, if it weren't for Selene bein' pregnant, I woulda blown down their whole stinkin'
place by now.
Lucrecia glances at Vincent. With the way they were talking, it was clear that he
was disturbed. He rested his chin in his palms, and seemed to be in deep thought.
Yuffie:
I wonder, what's gonna happen when Selene has the baby?
Everyone shuts up and stares at Yuffie. Vincent suddenly stands up.
Vincent:
I must go back.
All:
(shocked
) What?!!!
Aeris:
Are you crazy Vincent?
Vincent:
I have to. For my baby. I'll go and stay with Selene until she has the baby. Then,
I'll find a way to escape.
Lucrecia:
(hurt in her voice
) Vince...
Cloud:
Vincent, what if you can't escape?
Vincent:
Don't worry, I will come back. I have no intention of staying with Selene. Besides,
if I don't go, the sailor senshi will not stop attacking. It's me they're after,
not you guys.
Barret:
(calmly
) Vincent, I know where you're coming from. If it was Marlene, I probably would've
done the same.
RedXIII:
Yeah, ditto. (start licking his cubs' fur
)
Vincent:
For me to escape with my baby successfully, I have to pretend to love Selene, so she
won't try to control me again. (looks at Lucrecia
) I hope you can forgive me.
Lucrecia looks away.
Cloud:
I get your drift Vincent. Maybe you could buy Shera some time to come up with a plan.
Shera shrinks back.
Shera:
(thinking
) I can't do that. I just can't. But if not, Vincent will never be happy. But if I
do, then she'll never be happy...
Shera has a flashback...
Girl: You can't catch me!
Shera: I'm gonna catch you! (running) Just you wait!
Girl: (falls down and scrapes her knee) Oww!! (begins to cry) It hurts! (crying)
Shera: (kneels beside girl) Are you okay?
A boy walks up next to them...
Boy: Are you both okay?
Shera: Yeah. Thank you.
Girl: (gazes at him deeply) Yeah...
The boy holds out his hand.
Boy: Let me help you.
Girl: (takes his hand and stands up) Thanks... (gazes at him again)
Shera: (giggling and thinking to herself) She must've fallen in love again...haha....
Shera snaps back into reality.She looks at Vincent.
Vincent:
Two months is all we have. Selene should be about seven months pregnant right now,
like Shera. I need all the time I can get to suck up to her so she won't think I
would betray her.
Cid:
(gives him the thumbs up
) Good thinkin' Vince. Shera only has two months to go too.
RedXIII:
(walks up to Vincent
) Vincent, if you go, please, take one of my cubs with you. He needs the exposure.
But don't kill him!
Vincent:
(nods
) Okay Red. I won't kill him.
RedXIII:
(turns around and faces a cub
) Nanako, go with Vincent and follow him. He is your leader now.
Nanako:
Yes. (jumps onto Vincent's shoulder
)
RedXIII:
I'll be leaving. Good luck Vincent, and take care. Nanako, you will behave.
Nanako:
Yes.
RedXIII leaves with his other cub following.
Cloud:
(walks up to Vincent also
) Vincent, take this. (hands him master summon materia
) They can't seal this.
Tifa:
We'll be monitoring you. If you need us, use the PHS. (gives it to him
)
Aeris:
Take this too Vincent. (hands him master magic materia
)
Cloud:
(glances at Lucrecia
) We'll be leaving. I think you need some time alone with Lucrecia.
Aeris:
Good luck Vincent!
Tifa, Aeris, and Cloud leave.
Sephiroth:
(stands up
) Well, I think I'll go too. I'll give you some privacy with mama.
Cid:
Yo mama!
Sephiroth:
Yo mama foo'! (throws the finger at Cid
)
Yuffie walks up to Vincent.
Yuffie:
(hesitating
) Vince...ah... (hesitates again
) Aw, the hell with it. (takes out a CD
) Here Vince. A mint condition of Hanson's new single.
Vincent:
(puzzled
) Ummm... (takes the CD
) Thanks Yuffie. (quickly pockets the CD
)
Shera stands up.
Shera:
(thinking
) Please forgive me. I broke your promise, but Vincent deserves to be happy. I have
to do this... (out loud
) Cid...I think I have a plan. Let's go to my lab (reaches into her coat pocket)
Cid:
(stands up as well
) Sure thing Shera. Well, folks, I'm off to help Shera with her plan. (walks over to Vincent
) Vincent, I hope everything comes out okay. (pats him on
the back
) Good luck man, and bring that little one back safely! He or she WILL become best
friends with mine!
Vincent:
Thank you Cid.
Shera walks up and pets Nanako. She then turns to Vincent.
Shera:
(smiling
) Good luck Vincent. Take care of yourself. (shakes his hand
) Bye everyone!
Shera and Cid leave.
Barret:
Here Vince. (hands him some explosives
) When you get in there, plant these around their hideout. Then, when you escape,
use this (hands him a control box
) to ignite 'em. I wantcha to blow that place to smitherines.
Vincent:
(nods
) Wonderful idea. Thank you Barret.
Barret:
(pats him on the back
) Good luck Vince. (turns around
) C'mon Marlene. (he picks her up
)
Marlene:
Bye Bye Vincent! (waves
)
Vincent:
Hey, you called me by my first name.
Barret, Marlene, Yuffie and Sephiroth walk out the front door. Only Vincent, Nanako
and Lucrecia are left. Vincent takes Lucrecia in his arms.
Vincent:
(gently stroking her hair
) Rukre, I know how you must feel about this. I'm so sorry.
Lucrecia:
I'm trying my darnest not to cry. I know you'll come back to me, Vince.
Vincent:
I will come back. For you, Rukre. Also, this cub needs to come back to his family.
Nanako:
Roar!
Lucrecia:
(caresses his face with her hand
) Vincent Valentine, promise me you'll come back.
Vincent:
(nods
) I promise Rukre. (lets her go
) I have something for you.
Vincent pulls out a tiny ring box. He then gets on one knee and takes Lucrecia's hand
in his.
Vincent:
Rukreshia, will you marry me?
Lucrecia:
(gasps
) Oh my! (puts a hand to her mouth
) Yes! Yes! Of course!
Vincent:
(smiles
) Allow me.
Vincent stands up. He then takes out the ring from the box and slips it on Lucrecia's
finger. Nanako starts hopping in a circle in place on Vincent's shoulder.
Nanako:
I am a witness! I am a witness! So when do you both get to have cubs?
Vincent:
(looks at him with a weird face
) Not just yet Nanako.
Vincent takes Lucrecia in his arms again.
Vincent:
(in a soft voice
) Rukre, aishiteru.
Lucrecia:
(softly
) What does that mean?
Vincent:
(leaning closer
) It means I love you Rukre...
They kiss passionately.
Nanako:
Roar! How exciting! (hops around again
)
Vincent gently pulls away.
Vincent:
(whispers
) Wait for me, Rukre. (kisses the tip of her nose
)
Vincent lets her go and walks out without another word. Lucrecia falls to her knees.
Lucrecia:
Please come back to me Vincent. And bring your baby and Nanako back safely.
It was about twenty minutes after Vincent had left to the senshi hideout. Cid and
Shera were in Shera's lab. Shera, as usual, never rested.
Cid:
@#$%^&* Shera, for a pregnant woman, you sure don't act any different.
Shera:
We have to monitor Vincent's every move. I attached a little homing device in Nanako's
fur before I left. With it, we can not only see his position on radar, but we can
actually see and hear them.
Cid:
(scratching his head
) But how will that help us?
Shera:
Well, it could give us more time to react to what we see. And we could also find out
what new plans they have, as well as finding out how Selene is in on this.
Cid:
That's my woman! (embraces her
) What would I do without ya?
Shera:
(giggles
) You would have to suffer, Mr. Highwind.
The monitor beeps.
Shera:
Vincent and Nanako are in the senshi headquarters. From here on, we'll have to be
on watch every single minute in case they're discovered.
Cid:
Do you think the senshi'll still attack with Vincent back wit' em?
Shera:
(shrugs
) I don't know. I highly doubt it, but we can never be too sure.
Cid sees Vincent and Nanako pass Sailor Mars on screen.
Cid:
(thinking
) Dammit! Vincent, be careful...
Shera:
(looks up from monitor at Cid
) Cid, you're really worried, aren't you?
Cid:
(leaning back
) Well, yeah! He's like the brother I never had!
Shera:
(thinks
) Oh Cid, he will eventually become your brother. Selene...