Vincent stopped reminiscing about the past and looked at the duo of Tifa and Cloud. "Those children, what are their names again?" Vincent had a forlorn look on his face as he missed a good part of the lives of his children.
"Ramiel-nii and Alexandra-nee? What about them? Right, who are you Vincent? Why do you look like them, especially Ramiel-nii?" Tifa was really curious and they started to relax, seeing as Vincent didn't really do anything suspicious.
"I do? Do you have pictures of them?" Vincent almost choked on his words, feeling depressed that his children has a high chance of not knowing him. "Well, we do. It's in my house, oh! I forgot, I need to introduce you to my parents to see if they know you or something." Tifa had a realization and Cloud quickly led the way to Tifa's home.
After a quick walk, they arrived to Tifa's house and Vincent was looking around Nibelheim. 'This place hasn't changed in a decade, it's still that calm little village.' Vincent sighed and psyched himself up. As he has a lead on something important, his children.
"So, can you tell me what are they like? I'm kind of related to them in a way. They're distant relatives you could say, I was just a little out of it earlier so I couldn't answer your questions." Vincent probed them for more information.
"Cloud, answer Vincent's questions. I'm gonna call for mom and dad okay?" Tifa went inside the house and the blonde thought about Vincent's inquiry for a second. "Ramiel-nii is very kind, he even gave me a cool sword so I can practice. And there was this virtual reality thing that he made for us so we can go on adventures even if we don't leave the village!" Cloud was excited and Vincent might not be well versed on technology, but he knew that was not an easy feat at all. Especially when they are approximately 11 or 12 in his calculations.
"I see, then how about my daug- Alexandra?" Vincent of course was a bit more biased towards his daughter even if he doesn't know her. It is a universal constant for a father to be a bit more biased towards their daughter. And Ramiel was obviously already a man that could fend off for himself if Cloud's story about him was true.
"Alex-nee huh? Honestly, we don't know much about her now that I think about it. She's really quiet and cool I guess? But she's also quite scary, she has this aura about her when she's alone that just screams leave me alone or you'll get an ass kicking of your life." Cloud shrugged and Vincent nodded in satisfaction that his daughter is very much anti-social. Boys will just ruin her life.
"The only people she interacts with is Ramiel-nii and our group. Though whenever he is around, she just turns into a beautiful big sister right next door." Cloud blushed a bit, remembering Alexandra's face that was like sculpted by angels.
Vincent glared at him and spooked Cloud a bit. "Hey, why are you looking at me like that?" Cloud got a bit nervous and Vincent sobered up. "Ahem, nothing much. So, do you know any more about them?" Vincent wanted to learn everything. Even if it was just secondhand information.
"Well, I did learn from Aerith that they are these super cool superhuman beings that has powers called SOLDIER. And they're the highest kind, 1st class if I remember it correctly. Me and Tifa are training to be just like them and join them at Shinra!" Cloud shouted out and Vincent quickly lost his happy mood due to learning more about the twins.
"SOLDIER 1st class?" Vincent went quiet and lamented the fact. SOLDIER isn't just a dandy group of super soldiers in the employ of Shinra. They are a result of project Jenova. And to be 1st class at their age, they must have gone through hellish amounts of training and experiments from Hojo. Experiments and training that even the best Turks can go through.
Vincent donned a serious expression that scared Cloud for a bit. "Tell me, where are they? Do you know where?" Vincent's eyes glowed and his Chaos aspect was about to go wild. "I… I don't know! They were called by Shinra almost two years ago, I guess Midgar or something?" Cloud answered quickly.
The ex -Turk immediately looked at the direction of Midgar, glaring. "Shinra… Hojo, you took everything away from me… I will be taking them back, no matter the cost." Vincent transformed to his Chaos form and flew away immediately, not wanting to waste another second on his mission to at least save his twins from the grasp of Shinra. (pic)
"Cloud, let Vincent in!" Tifa's voice was heard behind the door of her house and Cloud was still speechless from what he just saw. Tifa got a bit impatient as Cloud didn't respond, so she opened the door and just saw him there with his mouth agape.
"Hey, what's wrong? And where's Vincent? Mom and dad apparently knows someone named Vincent Valentine. So I wanted to show him to them." Tifa waved her hands in front of Cloud and he finally broke out of his stupor.
"Tifa… Vincent is a demon! I saw it with my own eyes! He transformed into a demon and flew away!" Cloud shouted out and Tifa raised a brow at his words. "Really? You didn't just lose him as he ran away or something?"
"You think I'm lying!? Even if we tried finding him all throughout the mountains of Nibel, we won't find him. He flew away at that direction over there!" Cloud pointed at the east and Tifa started to believe Cloud.
"Hah, Ramiel-nii and Alex-nee's relative is special too I guess? You think they got their powers due to him then?" Tifa was curious and Cloud wasn't sure. "I don't know, but I guess we need to train more if we want to enter SOLDIER like them." Cloud sighed and thought that reaching their dream was quite hard.
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