A/N: Rawr! I finally decided to update this story. :victory pose: Sorry 'bout the long wait. I was workin' on this other FF7 story… and then this story kind of like went… ker-SPLAT. But, I wanna… un… kersplat it so, here I am d- I don't make any sense right now. :cough: Oh! And, thanks for the reviews:hugs:

Disclaimer: FF7 doesn't belong to meee.. only Anna does because I made her up so, HAH. :does more victory poses:

Eyes of a Demon

Chapter 3

Thunder and lightning played in unison as Cloud and company were busy training their butts off in the rain. Just outside the hotel, there was a nearby forest filled with monsters quite unknown to everyone. Odd thing was, not a single person complained about any monsters attacking the village. No one knew why they never attacked, but they didn't want to think of such things.

Meanwhile, deep inside the forest, tree branches fell to the ground as gunshots and slashing noises sounded off in the distance. Several dark figures revealed themselves behind the trees, showing off their true forms as lightning shone over them. A blade twirled around them before their heads got chopped off. A small figure then jumped down from above, revealing Yuffie now holding her shuriken.

"Gotcha!" she exclaimed in the darkness.

Two figures suddenly appeared, dodging tree branches that were flying right at them. A huge creature with glowing red eyes growled feriously, throwing more tree branches at its opponents. Lightning struck once again, revealing Cloud and Tifa looking extremely serious. Tifa quickly lunged forward, getting ready for her powerful assault. With Cloud covering her back, he noticed a couple of falling tree branches aiming for his friend.

"WATCH OUT, TIFA!" he yelled.

Stopping in her tracks, the fighter quickly dodged the falling tree branches as it collided onto the ground. The monster they were fighting against sliced more branches, forcing Cloud to dodge them. Cid suddenly appeared behind the monster, twirling his long spear around. He lunged forward, striking the sharp weapon right into the monsters back. Gunshots then sounded off, causing the monster to growl loudly as green liquid squirted everywhere.

"Eeewwww!" Yuffie shrieked.

"Cloud!" Tifa cried out, cautiously looking around for any more opponents. "Let's go already! It's too dangerous here!"

"Fine!" he responded with a nod to his friends.

As they quickly made their way back to the hotel, Cloud paused and turned around before looking up into the dark sky. He narrowed his eyes and said to himself, "This looks familiar… what's out there?"

With those thoughts floating in his mind, he turned and followed his friends.

The door to G47 opened slowly, as a dark shadow of Anna revealed itself inside the room. After finding the light switch, she looked around and spotted the dresser. She opened it and spotted Cid's shirts wrinkled up, followed by his pants. 'Gee, doesn't he ever fold these things?' She said to herself. She closed that drawer and opened up another one, spotting Vincent's stuff. 'Wow, at least he doesn't need to worry about shopping.' Anna grinned. 'This is good.' As she grabbed Vincent's black baggy pants and folded them nicely, she quickly made her way out of the room, only to bump into Barret's big chest and fall flat on her bottom.

"Ow…" was all that came out.

Cid made his way in and folded his arms across his chest.

"What the hell are you doing in here?"

"Uh… eh heh. I was uh… looking for eh… if Yuffie left my… uh…" Anna wasn't very good at these kinds of situations. Lying was not really her option. But she couldn't tell them that she was looking for Vincent's pants. That would sound… really awkward. Anna stood up and made her way out of the room, wanting to hide her embarrassment. Cid scratched his head, noticing that one of the drawers of the dresser was left open.

"Looks like she was digging through your stuff, Vin." He grinned.

Vincent made his way inside and peeked inside the drawer before closing it loudly. He didn't like it when people went through his stuff. Especially little kids. Lately, he hadn't been getting his "alone time." He just wished that he could have his own room like Cloud. Before answering, he made his way towards the window and examined the weather once again.

"I think I know what's been bothering me," he said out loud, even though he didn't mean to.

"Something's been bothering you?" Red replied. Vincent turned around and stared at the four legged creature. He hesitated for a few minutes and finally responded,

"… my pants… they're not clean."

At that, everyone stared awkwardly at Vincent. Barret and Cid managed a little snicker. Red narrowed his eyes before backing away. 'Okay… that sounded just… dirty.' Vincent said to himself, mentally whacking himself against a wall for saying something so stupid. After what seemed like forever, he made his way out of the room, leaving his friends with blank expressions on their faces.

"Hey… do any of you guys have shirts with… long sleeves?" Anna asked Tifa and Yuffie, who were sitting on their beds.

"No, sorry Anna," responded Tifa.

"Why? You wanna hide that robot arm of yours?" the ninja asked.

"There they go with the robot thing!" Anna thought to herself loudly. "Nooo…. I just wanna know."

"Oh, then, no I don't!"

Anna sighed and lied on her stomach. She needed to get things prepared for the Red Moon tonight. It was only 11:34AM, so she had plenty of time to search for her stuff. Red Moon was the time when she would turn into her demon form, turning into a totally different being. Hopefully, she would be able to receive the moon's powerful aura. She needs that to strengthen up their demonic one so she can turn into her demon form whenever she pleases. Hopefully, this will allow her to fight with AVALANCHE. She just needed something to cover up her stinkin' robot parts from the rain if she were to go out alone tonight.

"Gee, it's never going to stop raining…" whined a certain ninja. "It's the storm of the century!" she added with a deep sounding voice of a man.

"It will, hopefully," Tifa assured her, looking out the window.

Anna slowly stood up and headed towards the door.

"I'm gonna… go out for a while," she said.

"Not outside!" Tifa exclaimed with a concerned tone in her voice.

"No, just around the place."

At that, she made her way out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Anna sighed loudly and slowly made her way down the hallway. If only she could predict when the Red Moon was coming, she could have prepared for this certain day. The whole thing was driving her bonkers!

"Darn you wretched world! DARNIT!" Anna quickly covered her mouth. "Ah geez," she said quietly. "The heck is wrong with me?" She breathed deeply then exhaled, causing her to cough a lot.

She passed by a nearby window and looked outside. Definitely not looking good. Tree branches have been piling on the ground outside as the wind picked up speed. By the end of the day, these trees will definitely have no branches at all. They'd be like, oversized toothpicks! Anna twitched and walked away from the window.

As thunder sounded off in the distance, the lights of the hotel dimmed for a few seconds. Anna looked up as the lights suddenly die down. The hallway was filled with utter darkness. She looked around and ran down the hallway, oblivious to what she might whack right into. She liked being in the dark, but not as dark as this. It was darker than normal, and that's what freaked her out. As she made her way through the hallway, she bumped into something and fell backwards. (what's with her falling backwards? Really… I just realized that...) Anna slowly looked up into the darkness. Two glowing orbs suddenly appeared and looked down at the girl. Anna backed away from them as they moved closer to her. Not knowing what else to do at the moment, she quickly stood up and ran back down the hallway. But, where was she to go? She couldn't even see her own two hands! Anna managed to hide around a corner. It was silent. Only the sound of her throbbing heart was heard.

"What… the heck… was that?" she panted to herself.

Feeling a little safe at the moment, red orbs suddenly appeared in front of her. Anna gasped and just when she was about to make her escape, a golden claw grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back.

"Oh no… what's gonna happen? I'M ONLY A KID FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" she said loudly in her mind.

"Anna?" a calm voice said in the darkness.

Anna blinked and looked up, glowing red eyes now looking down at her. Now that she realized it, the golden claw… red eyes… it could only add up to one thing:

"Vincent!" the girl sighed. She leaned forward, trying to catch her breath. "Ugh… you scared me!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. You just started running off."

"Eh heh… I thought you were-" Just then, the lights suddenly flickered on. Anna clenched her fists. "Oh… now it decides to turn back on," she growled.

"… weird." Vincent finally said.

"Weird? Doesn't electricity usually die down when…"

"Not that," the tall figure interrupted, hesitant for a second. "I mean, weird that you just took my clothes before," he lied.

Anna blinked then nervously gave out a soft laugh.

"Oh yeah… eh heh… so eh… you found out?"

"I would think so."

"… you want them back?"

"Yes."

Before Anna could move, Vincent added,

"Is something bothering you?"

Anna shyly hid her arms behind her back and rocked back and forth.

"Oh… uhm… well, you see… I sort of…" 'Urg… I hate it when I'm stuck in this kind of predicament!' "No," she blurted out.

Vincent blinked at that.

"I sense something."

"…"

"…"

"Uh… you know, I'll go get your pants!"

And with that, Anna quickly brushed past Vincent and turned the corner.

AN: End of Chapter 3. Quite an odd little chapter. :scratches head: Ah well. Some randomness I wanted to stick in there. Hehe… I don't think Vincent would ever say, "My pants… they're not clean…" :falls over: Maybe if he was desperate or something. Hehe… sorry Vincent! Anyways, next chapter coming soon! Please leave ze review!