Chapter Four: Sephiroths

Creed tapped his foot in rhythm leaning against the wall next to the bathroom door. He sighed frustrated looking at his watch. He knocked on the door with the back of his hand.

"Hurry the hell up in there, Witch!"

Saya frowned shaking her head behind the door as she walked poked her head back out.

"Wait your turn, Creed-kun, I'll be a just a bit longer." After saying such she went back inside. Creed snarled as a vein in his temple throbbed in anger at being called 'kun' by the 'witch' before snapping.

"You don't even have that much hair! How can it take you so damn long in there!?" Echidna rounded the corner of the cabin and sweat dropped at Creed snarling at the bathroom door.

"… Do I want to know?" Echidna questioned and Creed shot her a glare thus initiating a 'no'. Echidna sighed and walked back the other way. Sven sat in the living room in a chair looking at the news for any bounty at all seeing as Rugato was now a no go. He was also slightly perturbed at the additional company, especially Doctor continually staring at Eve with a wicked smirk. Train seemed to had vanished this morning for some reason leaving Sven to cope as the one to prevent Creed from killing everybody in the house, which he succeeded pretty well despite a small scuffle with Leon yesterday. It had been a good week since Creed and crew moved in.

"I SWEAR TO WHATEVER DEITY YOU BELIVE IN MINATSUKI I WILL SHATTER THIS DOOR TO PIECES IF YOU DO NOT GET OUT!!!" Sven looked to the corner as Creed yelled, and shook his head before readjusting his paper and returning to reading. All was quite in the house…for all of ten seconds before there was a loud BANG. Sven and Doctor jumped from their seats and raced to where it came from.

They found the hallway outside the door to the bathroom with Creed on the floor and a bullet hole in the door. Creed got up slowly and rubbed his head, he didn't seem injured but the wall behind him also had a scratch and as the pair looked down Creed's leg was bleeding.

"Creed maybe you should wait away from the door." Doctor said but was cut off as Saya walked out and waved her hand dismissively. "No it's fine I'm done now." She walked past the men and went for the designated room she and Eve shared. Creed snorted and walked into the bathroom slamming the door. The other two men just looked at each other and shrugged, then walked back to the living room.

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Jenos snapped his wrist and his wires of his Excellion smacked away the cards flying at him. A black man with dreads dressed in the usual Cronos eraser three piece suit, landed on the ground shuffling a deck of cards and shot many of them at Jenos, who deflected them all with ease.

"Come on David! I'm not even getting a workout here. Maybe I should have strained with Anubis instead, at least he's a challenge."

David sneered and began charging for Jenos, four cards between his fingers. Jenos whipped his hand forward and the wires streaked across the floor at David, who dodged them easily and threw the cards at Jenos midsection. Jenos jumped last second and one card grazed his leg, cutting it and splattering blood on the pillar the cards hit instead.

Jenos smirked as he landed and leaned down to brush the blood off his leg. "Nice work David, looks like you win today." David walked to the pillar to retrieve his cards and walking out of the area. "Yeah you almost got me though." Jenos gave a laugh and headed in the opposite direction.

Jenos stopped suddenly as Won walked out in front of him. He frowned seeing the new give a smirk.

"Lucky number VII, having fun playing cards with IX?" Jenos didn't like how Won preferred his actual name but he called everyone else by their number. He walked around Won while furrowing his eyebrows.

"Something you want Won? I have to report to Sephiria-nii-chan right now." Won turned around and followed Jenos. "Ah what I can't have a nice conversation with my fellow numbers?"

"Not with me you can't."

Won stopped short with a startled look. Jenos was supposed to be the nice one of the numbers. He shrugged and kept following.

"Well then, VII, since you aren't in the mood I guess I'll tell someone else about Miss Walker's accident." Jenos stopped as Won spoke and turned around to give Won a very dirty look.

"Tell me what happened to Rins, NOW." Won quirked his eyebrow and shrugged and started his story.

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Rinslet Walker, the world's best thief-or so she thought-sat in a hospital bed frowning as she watched the news. She turned as the door opened and she looked startled when Train and Jenos seemed to walk in at the same time. Jenos frowned and set the flowers he brought her down. Train seemed to just stare flatly at Rinslet, confused at what may have happened.

"Rins what happened to you?" Train frowned as Rinslet's head dropped and she clenched the blankets of the hospital bed. Jenos walked over and clenched his hand around Rinslet's to which much to Train's surprise she didn't jerk back or show any sign of annoyance. Rinslet rubbed her face with her free hand before speaking again.

"I was paying a visit to Doctor Lunatique and on my way there I was stopped by someone who resembled Baldor only his hair and suit where shades of white instead of black. He asked my name and after my answer he immediately pulled some kind of weapon and then… I blanked out when I felt something cut into me abdomen." Jenos blinked and turned to Train who seemed to have a look of fear on his face.

"What's wrong with you Heartnet?" Train shook his head and stepped back towards the door. Rinslet looked up and was equally as confused as Jenos. Never had she ever seen Train afraid-maybe startled but never afraid.

"Did he have any tattoos on him Rinslet?" Train asked in a shaky voice. She nodded.

"Yeah he had an odd symbol of some sort, kind of like an upside down triangle with a diamond in it, on his right temple." At that moment Train lost all the color in his face and fell to his knees. Jenos stared at Train and Rinslet turned her head to Jenos seeing if he had any idea what was going on.

"It's them…the Sephiroths." Train started, "I met them right after I defected from Cronos. They are the Numbers polar opposites. Evil twins. All are pale and white-like Creed, but instead of 13 there are 20 of them… well 19 now." Train looked at Rinslet sternly.

"Those guys…they were the reason I faked my death so well, they almost killed me. They are not people to mess with. If they are blocking Lunatique…there's no way you can reach her. You're lucky to be alive Rinslet." Train got up off the floor and left quickly after giving his condolences to Rinslet and hoping she gets well soon.

"Jenos…do you know anything about what he's talking about."

"Not a damn clue Rins-chan…but he's scared…and he knows something…"

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Train walked back into the house to a bickering Doctor and Leon, who stood between Doctor and Eve. Train cleared his throat to get attention. They immediately stopped and stepped out of his way. He walked across the room to Creed snoozing and grabbed him by the color of his leopard pattern shirt.

"You and me need to chat, partner." Train looked at Creed with and intense death glare to which Creed, was not in glee but actually startled. Creed followed Train to his room and he slammed the door behind Diskense.

"You're old crew is hanging about "Lucifer"" Creed stared at Train with surprised eyes, his pupils shrinking back. "…Train…what did they-?"

Train cut him off. "Asmodai attacked Rins while she went to visit Lunatique."

Creed blinked and frowned. "So it's started then."

Train quirked his eyebrow at Creed's response. "What has?"

"Project Eden." Creed said, his eyes narrowing.