"Why don't you talk to him?" I asked. "He is your son." Vincent looked at me and my heart went out to him. His eyes were pained, showing his true age.

"He looks like it now more than ever." Vincent said sadly. "What can I say to him?"

"Vincent, that I can't help you with that but, everyone needs a second chance. Why not you too?"

Chapter 6: Mending Broken Bonds Part 1 (Vincent's POV)

As I watched Cloud leave I couldn't admit that he was right. For as long as I could remember, all I wanted to know the truth of my son's whereabouts. For a long time I had believed that my son had died at birth but now, before my eyes, he stood before me as a man. The feared General of Shinra himself. Who would have thought…?

"Hey Vin," The blond haired pilot called. "Are you gonna talk to your son?" I glared at him and the pilot shook his head. "Never mind, go fuck yourself." With that he left me alone and I was thankful. I made my way to the one place where I would be able to think clearly….Lucrecia's tomb.

"I should have been there…." I lamented as I looked at the figure of my beloved in her crystal tomb. "I should…..have……"

I'm sorry. A soft voice said in my head. It was sad and forlorn. I looked up to see a tear fall from her face. I should have never…..trusted him….I was young but that's no excuse….you and Sephiroth had both suffered….it was my fault…I wanted to comfort her, to hold her, to run my hands through her hair, to wipe her tears away…

"Our son is alive." I said. I heard her gasp of surprise in my head. "He's freed from Jenova and Hojo's control. He knows the truth."

My Sephiroth….. I heard her say, ready to sob. Vincent, take care of our son. Talk to him, be there for him….

"What do I say to him?" I asked. "I just can't go up to him and say 'hello, I'm your father.'"

"Why don't you try me?" A smooth baritone voice asked from behind me. I jumped up and aimed Cerberus in the darkness. My eyes met cat like crimson and out came my son with his hands up. "Don't shoot, I just got back here you know." I smiled a bit and lowered my weapon.

"Don't you know it's bad to sneak up on people?" I asked firmly. The boy looked at me and smirked.

"You're a little too late on that line." He joked, lightly tapping the Masumane's hilt. I nodded and sat back down. I watched the young man approach the mako crystal pillar and looked at the woman inside. "So this is my mother?" I heard him ask as he reached a hand out to her. I placed a hand onto his arm and shook my head.

"Don't….you could be harmed…." I began but the young man looked at me and shook his head.

"I'm practically used to Mako by now." He said. "I've been on it since my mother was pregnant with me. This will be nothing to me." He removed my hand from him and moved on. I watched in shock as the Mako infused water didn't affect him as he entered it. He walked to the pillar and placed his hands onto it. I watched him bow his head and then look at her. He saw the features and knew that Hojo had lied to him for a really long time but said nothing about it. I knew my son was raging. I smelled it on him. After what seemed like forever, he looked away from the crystal and walked back to me. I saw the tears, the pain…the anger…He placed a hand onto my shoulder and I just looked at him.

Crimson upon crimson….I thought as I looked at him. He was my son and there was no denying it. My son…

"She said none of this was ever your fault and that she wishes she could tell you that, and to see us again. She never stopped loving you and that she'll wait for us on the other side. She wants us to take care of each other, for we are all we have." I looked at him and nodded. I allowed my son to help me to my feet and together we walked out of her tomb. The last thing we heard was more of a 'see you around' rather than a 'goodbye'.

I'll be watching you two. I love you always….

Yea I know, bit short eh? I'll continue soon! Promise.