Chapter 2:

"Mina Valentine you get your ass down here!" Yelled a very red faced Yuffie.

"I will not! I'm not wearing it." The teenage girl yelled at her mom.

"Mina. Get down here NOW!" Yuffie screamed.

"I think you should just go, it can't be that bad." Said Mina's two minute younger brother, Darren.

"You're just saying that because you get the blue one."
"That is because I'm a guy, and you get the pink one because you're a girl"

"That is so stupid" Mina said as she stormed down the stairs.

Mina and Darren looked very alike. The only differences were that he was way taller than her at 5'9", she was only 5'4". They had the same light grey eyes, but Mina's always were filled with adventure, unless Kale and she were talking. Mina had the same figure that her mother did at her age, meaning the small breasts were inherited, but she was curvy. Her brother Darren, was much like his dad in figure, but did not share the length of hair. Darren's was always never past his ears.

Darren had snickered at his older sister and ducked when she pulled out her small kunai that her mother gave her. Darren laughed when it missed him and then ran off to get ready. He was glad that he did not have to put on the traditional makeup that Mina did. He put on the blue silk kimono; it was made of the finest silk and had small koi fish on it. He knew Mina was going to hate hers.

Mina stood in front of her mother while her mom helped her get ready. She stared down at the cursed kimono; the light pink fine silk, the small sakura blossoms flowing across it. The little white ribbon that would be tied around her waist to accent her curve made her even madder. She saw how short it would be on her and hated it, plus the makeup; she was a gunslinger like her father, why did she need make up she thought.

When her mother finished putting on the makeup, she ran upstairs and locked herself in her room. She would not out to see her friends. She was embarrassed by the way she looked. It was very girly. She saw how plump her lips looked, the slight eye shadow that highlighted her eyes. The small amount of eyeliner and the mascara pointed out her eyes even more. She wanted to be boyish; she was a gunslinger and not a girly girl. He brother had taken the ninja training their mom taught. Mina knew a few ninja ideas, and Darren knew some gun control.

Yuffie was very proud of herself; she had gotten her daughter down without help from her husband. Yuffie called her son down and watched him come down the stairs all ready for the party. "Darren you need to wait at the door for the guest." She told him and walked up to her daughter's door and told her not to take the kimono off" "Already too late." She heard come out from the room.

"Mom, Kale and Amethyst are here" Darren yelled up. "Their parents are still coming later"

"Kale please get Mina out of her room" Yuffie yelled and heard and ok. She saw him come up.

"Mina open the door and let me in" Kale said and the door opened, he was pulled in, and the door was locked again. Yuffie sighed and left to set the other things up.

Kale looked at Mina. She had halfway taken off the kimono. She looked good with little makeup and the kimono. He smiled at her and she glared. "This thing sucks. I'm going to put the mask from Halloween on and walk around with it." She told him.

"But what about that beautiful face of yours, it would sure be a shame" Kale told her in his flirty tone. "Zach and I would be so sad."

"That's a lie; Zack hates me, so stop" Mina said.

"He does not. He likes you. We need to go down to the party; I think the rest are here."

"Not your parents"

"No, but they are coming"

"K." Mina said and put the kimono back on right. Mina left the mask of a zombie on the bed. She unlocked the door and Kale and her left. They walked down the stair and walked to the group of people in the garden outside the house. They all looked at Mina. Mina smiled a small smile and sat next to Darren. Aries ran over to her and Darren and told them they looked good. She grabbed Mina's hand and took off with her to gossip about the boys. Amethyst went along too.

Darren laughed and saw Kale and Zack walking to him. He got up and walked to them. "You are so gay Darren. This is proof"

"Oh yeah, I totally would be wear this if I did not have to" Darren replied back.

"Yeah you would be." Zack said back.

Kale and Darren looked at him. The young Strife was one to never really talk. He was withdrawn to almost everyone. He only spoke when he needed to. He looked at them and smiled. Zack had black hair that spiked naturally, bright blue eyes, and was taller than Darren. He worked out a lot and looked good for his age. His sister had a mix of her father and mother's hair, it was dirty blonde with dark natural streaks, but had her mother's eyes. They were dark brown and glowed in the sun.

Mina, Aries, and Amethyst sat around talking. Mina started talking about the caves in the mountains that she explored. She told them about the materia that was inside and they laughed. She was like her mom in that way. Then they began to talk about the boys and they all were laughing so hard by the end.

The boys had left to Darren's room after sometime. That led to all the adults being alone together when they got a call. It was a very important call to have them help out. Reeve had information on an abandoned Mako reactor that was infested with monsters. The monsters were attacking nearby towns.

They all packed up and called Marleen and Denzel. They needed to have the kids watched, evenKale would have to go. They were afraid of things going wrong at home. They had told the kids. They would leave in groups. Mina, Darren, Kale, and Zack would be last to get there. Aries and Amethyst would leave before.