Alicia: I'm back with the second chapter. Yay!

Aden: Great….

Alicia: I have so many great ideas!

Aden: Meaning that they're bad for me.

Fang: suddenly appears It could be worse. She could have you raped in this chapter. Right?

Alicia: evil grin Heh.

Aden: whimpers

Fang: Does he?

Alicia: You'll have to read and find out.

Fang: starts to read the fanfic

Alicia: Please read and review if you want the good stuff.

Chapter 2: The Bounty

Sephiroth had looked in every place that he could think of, well almost every place. There was one place that he hasn't looked in yet and that place was the fourth district, also known as the Sin City of Traverse Town.

Sephiroth pushed opened the double doors and was met by bright lights, loud music and voices, and the smell of alcohol, smoke, and sweat. He walked past many exotic dancers, both male and female, who were trying to get his attention.

In the middle of the district the courtyard had been turned into a fight ring. Many people usually surrounded the ring, placing their bets on who they thought would win, but at this time the ring was empty, say for a few men cleaning up the blood.

Sephiroth calmly walked past the ring, heading towards a bar that he knew was a good place to find fighters, and would hopefully find the kid. He stopped and looked up at the neon sign of the bar. "The Crescent Moon. Hmm…" He walked into the bar and looked around. He glanced at everyone in the bar, but his eyes focus on a small group of guys at the bar.

The group was made up of three silver haired men and Aden. The one with the shortest hair, sitting at Aden's left, was Loz. The one with the waist length hair, sitting next to Loz and was taking care of his wounds, was Yazoo. The last one, the one with the shoulder length hair was Kadaj. He was sitting at Aden's right and was taking care of his wounds.

'It looked like Aden and Loz had a fight a few minutes ago due to the bruises and wounds they have,' mused Sephiroth as he walked past them and sat down at the far end of the bar. He half listened to their conversation and ordered a drink.

Aden was happily talking with the three brothers as he was being taken care of.

"I told him to fuck off," he said with a smile.

"Did he leave?" asked Kadaj.

"Hell no." Aden took a drink of his beer. "And when he didn't I kicked him in the balls. He was on the floor crying like a baby."

They all laughed.

"So, where do you come from?" asked Loz.

"A place far away. Some stuff happened there and I don't want to go back. I like this place and I'm going to stay here," Aden said as he took a drink. "I just want to start a new life."

"That's understandable," said Yazoo.

The bartender walked over to the angel and placed a glass of whiskey in front of him. "Sephiroth."

"Lulu," he said, looking at the gothic looking woman in front of him. He gave her a nod as he took a sip of his whiskey. He glanced over at the group when Aden said something. He watched as the teen took a black cell phone with red flames out of his bag.

"Hello?"

"Aden? It's Lilly. Something weird has happened," said a young woman on the other end.

"What do you mean? What happened?" Aden looked worried. "Did something happened to the kids? If something happened I-"

"Nothing happened to them, dad," she cut in. "It's about Rage."

"Rage? Oh, no."

Lilly continued. "He disappeared. We can't find him anywhere. Rai's afraid that he could have found a way to follow you."

"Maybe he did. He always found a way to get to me, but if we meet now he would surely kill me. I need to get stronger."

"You need to come back to us. You'll be safer here," she insisted.

Aden shook his head. "I can't. I can't put you and the kids in danger. Besides, I need to continue my search. I only have a few weeks left."

"I understand, Aden. Good luck with your search. And Aden?"

"Yeah?"

"Come back to us alive. Your children are already sad growing up without knowing their father and they would be heartbroken if their dad died trying to find them a safer and happier life," Lilly said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"I will, Lilly. Tell them that I love them and that I'll see them soon. And make sure that James stays out of trouble." Aden wiped a tear away from his eyes. "He'll grow up into a fine young man like his father was."

Lilly was silent for a moment, but when she spoke her voice held a lot of concern. "You miss him a lot, don't you?"

He nodded slowly. "I do. Every time I look at him I'm reminded of the man whom I loved dearly and whom I wanted to spend the rest of my life with." Tears started to roll down his cheeks. "All my life I feel like I'm living in a Shakespearean play. When I have some happiness tragedy strikes and it's taken away from me. At times I feel so weak and powerless."

"The world is a cruel place and you have been through the cruelest of things these past four years, Aden. No one can say that you are weak."

Aden sighed sadly. "Thank you, Lilly. I'll try to come back as soon as possible. Bye"

"Bye, Fox," she whispered, before hanging up.

Aden sighed sadly and put the phone up, then gulped down the rest of his beer. He winced slightly and reached behind to touch a gash in his back.

Kadaj saw this and narrowed his eyes at the wound. "Here, let me take care of it."

"I'm fine," he protested. "Don't-"

But it was too late. Kadaj raised up the injured man's shirt and gasped loudly at what he saw. "What happened?"

Aden growled loudly and pulled his shirt down, but not before Sephiroth saw the scars all along his back and sides. "It doesn't concern you," hissed the angry teen.

Kadaj was about to say something when Loz caught their attention. "Hey, look at that."

The guys looked at a TV in the upper corner of the bar area. Lulu turned up the volume so that everyone could listen to the interview with Ansem.

A moogle was interviewing the heartless leader. "What have you found out, kupo?"

"I have seen a large nine tailed fox, but I can't tell if it's harmless or if it's a great danger to everyone."

"Have you been able to capture this creature, kupo?"

Ansem shook his head. "Every time I try the fox escapes me. That's why I'm putting a bounty on this beautiful creature. I want this creature brought in alive so that I can study it and see if it's a threat or not."

"And how much is this bounty, kupo?"

Ansem smirked. "Twenty thousand munny."

"Kupo! That's a lot of munny!"

Aden got up and grabbed his bag, paying for his drink, and left even before the interview was finished. "I'll see you later," he said and disappeared out the bar. He slowly walked along the alleyways, growling slightly. "He's a fool for putting that bounty on that fox. He will never catch it. Only someone who is deemed worth will be able to catch the fox." He smirked slyly. "They will all try, but only one will catch the nine tailed fox."

Alicia: how was that?

Aden: I know a secret. smirks

Alicia: Yes. You do know.

Fang: He wasn't raped. pouts I want to see him get raped.

Alicia: You will. Later on in the fic. :3