L'amour et la Fume`e ne Peuvent

Chp 7 L'amour et la Fume`e ne Peuvent se Cacher By Vincent’s Angel, Topaz, Quistis, and Sailor Poison Chapter 7 Zell, "Shit dude we gotta go after them" Vincent growls instrastration. Zell, "What's the matter with you aren't you gonna go after your friend?" Vincent, "Northern crater is far far to the north. The Highwind is the onlye ofe of plane in this hemisphere that works" Zell, "So your just giving up on him? Man, I thought you were his friend!" Vincent, "No! I would die a thousand times before I would allow him to be harmed but we need a device that simply does not exist!” Zell, "... So what are we suppose to do then? Sit here and wait for them to come back?” Vincent considered that, "Cid might send them back unless that man interferes. The way our luck is going I wouldn't count on anything. Right now I'm going get an elixir and stronger weapons." Vincent slowly staggers to his feet. Zell exclaimed, "Puh," before he starts walking over to help Vincent up. Vincent groans, "Damn him to hell, I hope you have some good materia for when we fight him." Zell looks confuseduot;uot;Materia? what's that?" Vincent stares at Zell. "Just where are you from?" Zell, “I'm from en, en, I'm a member of SeeD" Vincent just shakes his head, "..." He really doesn't have the energy to deal with an idiot. "Materia is a device that enables people not naturally gifted with magic to use it. It comes from condensed energy. A charge of mind power will activate it" Zell just stares at the man and laughs "I haagicagic its Junctioned along with me GF's. Its a skill only SeeDs have" Vincent, "Junctioned? Please describe that," raised an eyebrow. Zell shakes his head "With the power of Guardian Forces you are able to use certain magic to increases your statistics, you gain this magic from drawing it from your enemies" Vincent, "So magic is gained by drawing it from individual living beings. I think I understand. The energy Materia is condensed from is the same energy that is in living things. So we condense it after it's joined the planet, but you draw it directly from a body" Vincent considered all this. "And a guardian force is the catalyst that allows this. What exactly is a guardian force, can you describe it?" Zell, "Oh.. Well.. Umm, its kinda like this big creature that comes down to help us" Big creature. Informative. Vincent, “We have a similar thing that can be called forth though a special Materia that only forms in nature. Each is a different God with an element. Shiva is of ice, Leviathan is of Water, Ifrit is of Fire and so forth. But they don't interact with us or give us abilities. How do you form relationships with these Guardians?" Zell, "Grr.. I'm getting frustrated stop with the questions!!! Lets just get you some help, and wait for Cid.. to come back....... hopefully" Vincent frowned. This had sparked his curiosity and it MIGHT be useful. It sounded similar to a number of Gast's records of regional mythologies. "Alight", Vincent nodded tersely. Helping Vincent completely up he asked " Where should we go, is there a inn in that town over there?” Vincent, "Yes, But I'm not sure there's people in it. The entire town was destroyed a number of years ago and was rebuilt by the ShinRa and actors played the townspeople. Many of the actors left when the ShinRa collapsed and they stopped receiving paychecks. I don't intend to go down there if the walk may be useless, but you're free to" Zell, "The towns empty? There could be healing medicine and beds for you to rest it might be a good idea if we do go down... if you don't mind" Vincent, "Alright, but I want to grab my guns out of mansion first" Vincent sighed. He felt so naked unarmed. Zell, a bit concerned, "Will you be alright by yourself?" Vincent, "Of course." Zell, "I'll get to the inn meet me there k? I'm gonna see if I can't find medicine, and get a bed ready for you." Vincent, "Alright" Vincent nods and goes into the mansion. Zell walks into the town seeing a big sign outside a house that said INN, he walked In a found a medicine cabinet on the wall in the bathroom, as he looked through it he found some potions "Great I'm in luck" he continued upstairs and went into one of those rooms noticing the beds and everything were already made, so he laid down too take a quick nap while waiting for Vincent. Inside the mansion Vincent viewed his arsenal. So many guns to chose from. He grabbed Death Penalty, that was a given. SuperShot ST would be good. See that bastard dodge one of Vincent's sniper shots! His outsider would be a nice back up Vincent decided tucking it into a shoulder holster. He could wear his peace keeper on his hip, and he grabbed about 6 different knifes and placed them in different places on his body. He also grabbed a bundler of grenades and his most advanced materias. He grabbed a mytheral armlet form himself and one for Zell. He looked longingly at his other weapons, but he could only take so much. Vincent spotted a rocket launcher as he was beginning to leave. Barret's? "..." Vincent slowed hard, looked straight on and walked out the door. By the time Vincent got to the inn he was beginning to consider his equipments effects on his speed and strength. He walked into the inn and looked around. Zell must be upstairs. Vincent set his rifles by the door and treaded up the stairs and into the main room. Zell was asleep on the bed. Vincent looked at the boy. He certainly wasndsondsome. He wondered where Cid had met him, and how close they were. Well...sleep looked pretty good in the shape Vincent was in. He sat on the bed and took his holsters off. His outsider slipped off the bed and clanged to the floor, misfiring and blowing a picture off the wall. Zell blinked a looked up. "Oh hey Vincent," he managed to mutter, "I got some medicine, take off your shirt so I can treat your wounds" Vincent stopped staring at the hole in the wall, exhaled and let go of the iron claw-grip he had on the bed. "....Thank you", Vincent said with a nod. Zell watched as Vincent removed his shirt and moved over closer to him on the bed "This is gonna stingittlittle bit." Zell rubbed some alcohol on a cloth a pressed it hard against the scar on Vincent chest Vincent was unmoved by the slight pain, but his curiosity was burning his tongue. He couldn't keep silent any longer. "How did you get to know Cid?" He asked the blonde. Zell looked up at that man, staring into his eyes "Oh, Cid.. he helped me out back around this town, I think he called it Rocket Town, I guess I blacked out or something, I woke up in a cavern, not sure how I got there, but Cid was kind enough to help me out, to try and find garden, our meeting was kinda unexpected." Zell continued to press harder trying to get any poison that may be there out, and removed the cloth to get the bandage ready Vincent, "He's a good man, he has a very pure heart. I remember when i first became acquainted with him" Zell, "Oh? when did you meet him" Zell said just trying to be polite he'd rather talk about Vincent. Vincent, "I met him after a man named Cloud Strife woke me up from my long sleep. But when I fist meet Cid I thought he was a wife-beater and I was about to take him out back and knock some sense into him," Vincent smiled a little at the memory, "But it was when we were on a crashed plane in the middle of the sea that I got to know him better." Zell, "Oh? How good did you get too know him>" Zell glared at Vincent straight into his eyes. Vincent looked him evenly. "He's like a brother to me. There's no living human I trust more than Cid." Zell let a sigh out, more of a sigh of relief then anything and started getting ready to start applying the bandage to Vincent Vincent started thinking. Where Cid and him really so close as brothers? Cid hadn't been to see him in so long, then out of the blue he did, bringing this boy who apparently had a thing for him. It was bizarre. "Why did you two come here in the first place?" Zell, "Come to this town? I asked Cid to bring me here looking at the map I thought was REALLY out dated; I thought Garden was here why do you ask?" Vincent, "Simply curious. Out of all the days to come here I suppose my luck was the one that made it today" Zell, "Yeah I guess so", lifted Vincent's arm up and started to press the bandage to Vincent's chest, wraps it around his shoulder holding down tightly, feeling Vincent's chest to make sure the bandage was tight also to settle Zell's curiosity of what the man felt like "You’re cold" Vincent, "Cold...? I suppose so... I stopped cataloging the abnormalities of my body" Zell, "The what huh?" Stared at the man confused keeping his hand tight to the mans chest. The boy was earnestly confused Vincent found him becoming more and more endearing. "It's no matter, I suppose I'm just bitter," Vincent had a half smile, but even he didn’t know quite why. Zell, " I don't think your bitter" staring down to the bed, blushing Vincent, "..." and sighed a little. He was beginning to realize that Zell hadn't removed his hand, and Vincent really didn't want him to. "Cid's lucky to have you" Vincent said softly not realizing he said it outloud. Zell looked at the man removing his hand and placing it on the mans leg "Cid doesn't have me though," Zell said with his oh so lovable smile. Why did God love to tournament Vincent so? "You'll regret having said that," Vincent shook his head. Zell removed his hand kind of feeling rejected all he could mutter was "oh?" A carness cast it's self over Vincent. "Misfortune falls on people who get close to me, that is my punishment," Zell, "Isn't that a bit redundant? I mean you said Cid is a like a brother to you, your close, and misfortune hasn't fallen upon him" Vincent, "Then why did he come here on today?" Vincent said ly, ly, closing his eyes. Zell "... Oh well," was all he managed to say, he got up and ringed a cloth of water and walked back over "Wash yourself off, and go to sleep. You’re going to need your rest if we are to fight anything." Vincent took the cloth and wiped down before laying down on the bed and rolling over, curled up around his peacemaker. Zell stood there thinking what did this guy do with his guns that he loved them so much? Zell walked over to the other side grabbing a pillow in his arms and laying down facing away from the black haired man laying beside him. He fell fast asleep in a matter of seconds