NightRain0- Wow! I finally updated! Sorry for the delay! I don't own any of the FF characters so don't sue me! Oh, changes in the story have turned it into a one part story after all.

Things Change

Memory 4: Foreshadow

"Well hello, Dr. Endou," greeted Hojo. "What brings you here?"

"You know what brings me here, Hojo! I don't want my daughters with those…those things any longer!" snarled Reiko's father.

"Now, now, Dr. Endou, be reasonable… If we were to remove her from the picture, then those poor boys would be heartbroken and the experiment would fail. No, I cannot allow her to leave just yet…"

"But…"

"Dr. Endou, you knew what those boys are going to do…it's your own fault that your daughter is now involved…"

"It's so boring," moaned Yazoo. "We're not going to the lab today… I can't go outside because the humidity will ruin my hair…"

"Were you always this vain?" asked Kadaj. "Or is it because that lady at the lab keeps spoiling you?"

"Who? Irene?"

"Every time you get a small cut or something like that, she stops everything and cries over you like it's the end of the world."

"Of course, if anything were to happen to this pretty face of mine, it'd be a permanent scar on this pathetic planet."

"We've already gone through this a hundred times; I'm the better looking one!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Uh… don't I get a say in this?" asked Loz.

"Shut up, Loz!" snapped Kadaj and Yazoo. "Everybody knows that you're the ugliest!"

When Reiko walked into the room, she found two silver-haired brothers arguing about who looked prettier and another silver-haired brother huddled up in a corner, crying. 'Sigh, this is going to be a long day,' she thought.

"Will you two shut up?" she asked. "I already told you two that you were both equally ugly!"

"Reiko! How could you say that?" whimpered Kadaj.

"Yeah, Reiko," purred Yazoo as he put his arm around her shoulder. "You can't deny that I'm pretty, right?"

Before Reiko could answer, Kadaj tackled Yazoo to the ground and the two proceeded to pull at each others' hair. Reiko, not wanting to get involved any further, promptly turned and left the room. The three brothers, noticing that she was leaving, followed. None of them noticed the camera that was recording every second of this event.

"Soon, Jenova, soon…"

The scientist, Irene, had stopped by later that day and praised Yazoo's looks and how healthy he looked and so on and so forth. Kadaj, not wanting to hear any more of this, stalked off. Wasn't there anything better to do? Loz wasn't going to be much fun, he was playing around with that stray puppy he had found wandering about. And Reiko…actually, bothering her was the perfect thing to do at the moment! Kadaj rushed off with glee to bother his favorite victim.

"Reiko-chan!" exclaimed Kadaj as he bulldozed his way into the library.

Reiko looked up from her horror novel and muttered, "Oh great… What are you doing here?"

"Let's play, Reiko-chan!"

"…No!"

"Please?"

"Go away!"

"Reiko…"

"Sigh…Kadaj, how can you be this…active?"

"…Dunno."

"Maybe this is what it's like to be a child…"

"What do you mean?"

"My mom passed away when I was very young… So I had to grow up fast… I never had the time to be a child, or make any friends…"

"You have friends now. We'll always be friends, Reiko. All four of us! We'll be friends forever!"

Reiko, looking a bit sad, whispered, "We can't be together forever…"

"What are you saying?"

"We will one day die separately… That's the way it always works…"

"Reiko…"

"Things change, Kadaj…"

That's it for now. Sorry it's been like a year since I updated, but I recently regained interest in this fic! Ja ne!