Here's chapter 3! Enjoy!

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You don't have a reflection! Rowen blurts out. I look and sure enough Chi had no reflection. /okay... this is getting creepy now. Is she a fruit bat or what?/
Thank you for pointing that out, Mr. Obvious. Chi mutters. She sighs annoyed and says, Look, one week every three months I don't have a reflection, okay. It's a sign that I need to feed. /Yep. She's a casket case. And she's gonna bite someone soon./
So, your reflection disappears when you're hungry? Kento asks.
Yeah. And I'm really hungry. Chi replies. Kento gives her this candy bar he found.
Thanks for the thought but that's not what I'm hungry for. You eat it. During this time, I can't eat human food.
What do you mean, Chi? Mia asks.
One of you will find out. But I don't have to feed just yet. Chi responds.
I get what you mean, Chi. How long until you need to feed? I say.
A few more days. Maybe less if I can find something to tide me over. she answers, glancing at the guys.
I see. /Great, she's gonna bite one or more of the guys. How did I go from dealing with invading aliens to dealing with a hyperactive vampire and a living plushie?/
We can speak later about this, Caraline. What we need to do now is find some shelter. The military is gonna try attacking the Dynasty. Little good that'll do. Chi comments.
Okay, how about there? Ryo points to an underground subway entrance. We all go underground and about twenty minutes later, tanks could be heard nearby.
How did you know? Rowen asks Chi.
My hearing is much much better than that of a human. she answers, casually.
You're acting different. Is that a side effect of your hunger? Plushie Duo asks.
Not really, Duo. I can be serious, it's just most of the time I choose not to be.
You like acting like a lunatic? I ask.
I'm not a lunatic! she exclaims.
I just said that you act like a lunatic not that you were one. I said, attempting to calm her down.
I suppose you have questions, Cara. I'll tell you what you want to know if you swear not to speak a word of it to anyone else. If you swear and break the oath, I will do worse than just killing you. Chi spoke suddenly calm.
Why don't you tell all of us? Sage asks.
I'll tell one of the guys a part of what I'll tell Cara, but after I feed. And most likely, I'm not telling you, Blondie. By the way, the plushie knows just about everything I'm gonna say. Chi says and walks deeper into the subway. I follow cause I'm curious about the hyper overgrown mosquito.

After we're out of the rest of the group's hearing, she stops and gestures for me to sit down. I take the seat and she removes her left glove, revealing a large 1' on her hand.
I was born probably centuries ago. My mom is a demon, my dad was created by a mad scientist. After my mom disappeared when I was seven, my half-brother and I were found wandering the streets of a dead town. My mom's cousin took us in for a while. I was raised by Yuffie to be a ninja before being shipped off to deal with Vinny for five years. Not pleasant living with a man who slept in a coffin for more than twenty years. I became a weaponsmith in those five years as well as more aware of my potential. Soon I got on Vinny's nerves so I was with Nanaki for about two weeks. Then Cloud took care of me for a while.
Do you understand so far, Cara? she asks
Uh... you had a bad childhood, and you can make weapons. I said, confused.
Basically that, yeah. I'm not really a vampire though.
Now I was really confused.
Well, not a true vampire. A true vamp gets bitten and turned, I've always been like this.
Maybe you were bitten and just don't remember it. I suggested.
Perhaps. That would explain a few other things as well. Do you have any questions?
Yeah. Why exactly are you afraid of this Cloud guy? And what kinds of weapons can you make? I asked.
Cloud killed Sephiroth and tried to kill me. And just about any kind if I had the stuff to make it. Chi answered.
Uh... Did this Sephiroth guy go insane? I ask.
Yes. He almost destroyed the world in his insanity. He was lied to his entire life and read something that he thought was the truth. It wasn't but he didn't know that. Sephiroth didn't even know that Hojo was his father. No one tried to tell Sephiroth the truth. He tried to become a god and Cloud killed him.
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I hate being serious and I know it's cause of all the time I spent with Yuffie. What am I doing? Telling this stranger about my past. That's obvious but why am I doing it? I don't have an answer for that. Oh well, I'm not sure why I do half the things I do, so what's new? Grr, I'm rhyming in my head. I hate it when I do that.
Chi! Something's attacking. Duo the Plushie said over the link I made when I accidentally made him plushie.
Okay. It's one of the warlords, probably Dressdude. Help the Ronin if you want, it's up to you. I'm still chatting with Cara. I reply.
Help them? How?! You have my scythe and I'm a $@#%& plushie! He practically yelled in my mind.
Call the scythe to you, baka. It'll appear and you should be back to normal. I responded, beginning to get a bit miffed as I took the idiot bishonen's scythe out of my little black backpack.
You make that, Chi? Cara asked.
Sort of. You could say I modified it. I replied as it disappeared.
You got it?
Yeah! And I'm back to normal, but the Ronins are running around in a circle for some reason. he reported.
They're gonna try to protect you and Mia by making a pentagram with their armors. But without their armors, they're pretty much helpless. Try and trip them as they run around you. I informed Duo. The only reason I know this is cause way back then, this was a favorite tv show of mine. Thank the Cosmos I have such a good memory of the show as well as the DVDs of it in my magic bag.
You modified it how? Cara asked.
The scythe is Duo's and I broke it shortly after we met. I fixed it using my magic. I put a bit of Duo's energy in it so he'd be in total control of his weapon. I said, shrugging.
A three foot plushie using a five foot scythe? Cara said, questioningly.
The plushie thing was an accident. But he says he's back to normal so everything should be fine.
Hey, tell me when the mini-tornado shows up, okay? Don't worry, it won't mess up your braid.
Ha ha. Very funny. When does the dust devil show up?
Right after the Ronin jump on this skyscraper to fight Anubis.
And how do you know this?
I'll show you later. Once it's all over, Duo. But that's gonna be a while.
So why exactly did you tell me all this? Cara inquires, on her guard.
I dunno. Just felt like it, I guess. Might as well tell someone who doesn't hate me yet. I mutter.
Okay... right... what ever you say. Cara says looking a little confused.
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Duo is kicking butt while the Ronin are getting their butts kicked. As usual.
Kunai and Chain! Anubis yelled and threw his chain thingy into the ground were several clones of the chain shot up and trapped/ choked the helpless Ronin.
Caraline took the chance when Chi was distracted for an instant to slip away and go into her Golden Eagle morph. She shed her outer clothes and began the change.
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I summoned the Golden Eagle DNA that resides in my body. I felt my self shrink and feather patters rippled over my body. SPROOOT! my mouth protruded forward into the hooked beak of birds of pray. Scales spread over my legs and my feet became talons. My arms shriveled and formed into wings. The sickening sound of organs shifting and reforming themselves and disappearing filled my ears. The morph was complete, I had to flap hard to gain altitude. A blessed gust of wind blew through the ally and filled my wings. / Lift! I need lift!/ I thought before I rose above the tops of the building. I spotted the guy in a dress hovering in the air. I adjusted my tail feathers and rose higher. I planed on surprising the cross dressing freak with a bomb dive. I drifted on a thermal over to the gloating demon lord.
Folding my wings, I bomb dived at Anubis.
Now where is that pretty little american girl that was with you?
/Oh, I'm right here. IN YOUR FACE!/ I said in my mind as my talons clamped onto his chain. I glared at him and then snatched the chain from him. Allowing the chins around the Ronins to go limp. /Always do I have to save the day?/ I wonder as I float on a thermal again, with the chain falling towards the dress guy. the old man from before appeared and threw his staff into the pentagram, thus breaking it. The Ronins the summoned their armor. Are they Digivolving? I ask the old dude. Who looked around as if he was going insane.
The Ronin, followed by a pissed off Duo, chased the fag-in-a-dress. Whom was jumping onto the top of a sky scrapper. I looked down to see Chi standing beside Mia, staring at me. /Pay no attention to the bird./ I said silently. Now she had a raised eyebrow, still staring at me. Almost as if she heard that thought. Here birdie birdie birdie. I saw her mouth. /I don't think so./ I say in my mind and continue to float. Enjoying the view. I suddenly got the urge to land on Ryo's helmet and do a very odd pose. So I did.
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I watched as a large bird of pray floated down from the sky, land on Ryo's helmet and spread it's wings as if doing a weird kung fu pose. I cocked my head to one side and stifled a laugh. Everyone else started to laugh. Even the demon dude.
What? Is there something on my helmet? Ryo asked like an idiot.
Yes, Wildfire, there is something on your head. A big bird. the demon lord said with a hearty laugh. The bird then left Ryo's helmet and perched on Cye's weapon. The brit looked dumbfounded when the Golden Eagle winked at him then flew off to perch on Anubis's shoulder, then quickly left. Leaving a deposit.
If you can't wound a guy... wound his pride a voice said.
What was that Chi? I asked Guanoforbrains.
I didn't say anything. Maybe that bird did. Chi responded.
Don't be silly. Birds can't talk. I respond and watch the bird fly off and disappear behind a building.
Oh, birds can talk. You just don't usually hear them... but you shouldn't be able to. Chi said. I just shrug and go back to kicking Anubis's butt.

I scolded myself for saying something for everyone in Though Speak range.
/ You idiot! You could have jeopardized everyone back home! Note to self: Never speak aloud./ I landed in the spot where I had left my clothes and demorphed. Dressing back into my clothes, leaving the ally, and becoming lost happened in just five minuets. As I was walking down a wide street, Duo landed in front of me. Unconscious or dead. So I picked up his scythe and proceed to poke him with it. The first words out of the former plushie's mouth were
Put my scythe down.
Gah! That was weird! I yell and drop the scythe right on the ungrateful boy. Take your scythe you ungrateful Bas... bishonen. I said. I as planning on saying something a little harsh but didn't.
The boy grinned, You think I'm a pretty boy?
No. I was avoiding saying something that would hurt your feelings. Believe me, mon ami, I can be very mean with words when I choose. I say and start to walk away. Just then Mia, Chi and the tiger come running up.
Are you okay Duo? Mia asked the guy.
Just fine. Duo said.
Did you see which way the Ronin went? Chi asked.
Duo said with a shrug. White Blaze came up to me and rubbed against my legs. I smile and start to pet the tiger, then concentrate. I was acquiring the white tiger. I felt the tiger grow lethargic in the acquiring trance. He leaned against my legs for support, ten seconds after I stop the process the tiger shook off the trace but continued to lean against my legs.
why is this tiger leaning against me? I wonder aloud.
Maybe he likes you. Chi said with a look that I didn't even want to guess at. For some reason my eyes felt weird and my vision changed. I couldn't be morphing! It's impossible!
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Do not fear young human. I have simply made a bond with you. You are seeing as I see, for now anyway. Until your senses adjust to this new power. A voice said in my head. I shook my head to clear it, trying to reverse the morph, but that didn't work. I still saw through feline eyes.
/ What is happening to me?/ I wondered and watched time stop. Oh no. Not him again. I mutter and move away from the tiger, who fell over on his side. The Ellimist appeared in his usual form, an old man with empty starry eyes and a long beard. What do you want? I demand of the seemingly all powerful dude.
Oh, nothing much really. Tell me young one, how are you liking Japan? It seems to me that you arrived in a very bad time. the Ellimist said.
Enough with the chit chat old man. What do you want this time? I demand, losing my temper.
Ah yes, one of the traits you inherited from your mother, always straight to the point. he said.
I growled, Tell me what I want to know or so help me I'll... I felt claws forming and fangs grow. But I wasn't morphing. Something else was causing the change.
Alright. I came to tell you something that will change your life forever. The man you think is your father is not. You see. I was hoping to tell you this before, but I couldn't come up with a way to say it but... The Ellimist stammered.
Out with it! I scream. The Ellimist was suddenly thrown backwards by a force that seemed to come from my body.
I see. Yes, your powers are awakening more fastly than I expected. I am your true father. The Ellimist said. I would not have believed it if i wasn't suddenly glowing and floating in the air. I blinked several times and shook such a silly notion from my mind.
I was not expecting that. And now with out thinking I can become a tiger. Thank you White Blaze. I mutter and go back to normal. The Ellimist than took me someplace where he explained it all to me. I don't feel like telling it, it'll take too long.
Well, this is interesting. The Ellimist froze time, and because of the Jenova in me, I'm not affected. So of course, I heard the whole thing about Cara being the Ellimist's daughter. I just stood around, waiting for time to start again when the Ellimist and Cara came back from wherever they disappeared to.
You must be a bit stiff from standing still so long, Chimamire. the Ellimist said, fully aware that I wasn't affected when time stopped.
Not really, old man. Just bored. I replied, yawning. Though I have a question, and you're probably one of the only ones who'd know the answer.
You want to know what Jenova was, eh? this creature said as it appeared seemingly from nowhere looking like a cross between a dinosaur and a prune.
What are you? I ask the thing.
I am Drode and I serve the mighty Crayak. It was my wonderful master that created Jenova. the thing said.
Okay. So Jenova was made by the big red eye. Great. I mutter.
So what does Jenova have to do with this? Cara comments.
Time starts again as both Drode and the Ellimist disappeared.
Okay, things are really weird and it's getting late. I say, taking charge.
Yeah, let's find a spot to make camp. We'll look for the Ronin tomorrow. Mia agrees. Duo nods and looks at Cara questioningly.
she asks, glaring at the former plushie.
You don't seem the type for roughing it, that's all. Duo comments.
And what would you know about me, braid boy? she replies, still glaring.
Enough to know you don't trust anyone except maybe Chi here. And you don't really trust her either. Duo answered.
I blinked at that, he's good. I just noticed that fact as he spoke.
she said.
I hate to say this but Duo has a point. If you're gonna come along for this little adventure, you're gonna haveta learn to trust us, Cara. I comment. After I let that sink in I added, I'll make a new weapon for you when you run out of ammo but I'll make a perfect weapon to suit you. In order for me to make the weapon, you'll have to trust me.
You make weapons? Mia asked, surprised.
I'm a weaponsmith. If I have the right materials, I can make any weapon for any person, but I have this little problem. I only make perfect weapons designed to suit a specific person's personality and only that weapon can bring out the person's full potential. I told her.
Sometimes a person already has a weapon that suits them, like Duo did when we met. So I improve the weapon to bring out the person's potential. Duo won't need to buy a new weapon again cause he has his scythe. I added.
So you could improve my gun? Cara asked.
Yeah, I could, but I won't. It doesn't suit you to have a restriction like needing bullets. I tell her.
she mutters.
Well, I suppose we're sleeping on the ground. Mia speaks up as she sits on the street.
If you wanna sleep on the hard ground you can, but I'm not. Duo says, picking up my backpack and tossing it to me.
One tent or two? I ask Mia and Cara, giving Duo his tent.
One will be fine. Cara answers. I nod and pull out a second tent as Duo pitches his.
You wanna have first watch? Duo inquired.
Go to sleep people. I'll be on watch since I don't need to sleep now. I say, starting a small campfire between the two tents and sitting by the white tiger.
You're the boss, Chi. Duo says between yawns.
Me? The boss? No way. I'm just more used to camping like this than anyone else. I say to Duo, who's snoring away.
Cara mutters and Mia's already asleep.
/Whatever is right. Im messing this up, but if I mess it up too much, things wont be the same as the show./ I think, petting White Blaze.
I'm suddenly reminded of home. Back then I'd go to Cosmo Canyon and play with Nanaki. I'd try to steal his materia, he'd catch me, I'd give it back and try to get Aiden to play with me. Aiden never wanted to play, Dad would play with me but it would have been more fun if Aiden joined in.
I wonder how you are, little brother. I wish I knew if you or the others were still around. I know I could find out now but what if no one's there? I murmur, still stroking the tiger's fur as I stare up at the night sky. The stars seem brighter as if something was restored to them. /Maybe it just looks like than cause Rowen is up there. Whats it like up there? Must be cold and empty... kinda like Aiden. Heh heh./
:Will you stop thinking about me, Kari.: I suddenly heard Aiden's voice in my head.
:Aiden? How did you know I was thinking about you?: I replied, happy to hear my brother again.
:You think too loud, Kari. Im sure Seph and his kin could hear you if I can hear you and Im an ocean away.: he answered.
:Maybe. Dad has kin?: I wondered.
:....... Get some sleep. Its too early here to be talking.:
:Alright. And Aiden? Good night.:
I say and shut off the small link I have with him.
Well, now I know. But I can't do anything right now except help the Ronin fight Talpa. I don't suppose you know where they are, do you White Blaze? I know where they are but I'm not telling anyone. Not even you, and you're Ryo's pet tiger. I tell White Blaze.
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