A/N: Whoo! Chapter 5 is finally up and running! Geez, took me long enough. :grunts: Sorry 'bout the long wait. Anyways, hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Anna belongs to me BUT FF7 doesn't.

Eyes of a Demon

Chapter 5

"EEP! THE LIGHTS ARE GONE AGAIN!" Yuffie shrieked as she hid underneath the covers of the bed. "WHEN'S THIS STORM GOING TO BE OVEERR!"

"Calm down! You don't see us panicking over something-" Red stopped as the sound of thunder played in the back, sending down chills down his spine. He fidgeted for a few seconds then returned to normal.

"Nice one, dog boy," Cid grinned, moving his newspaper closer to him.

"Maybe I shouldn't have left Anna in the room alone…" Yuffie said to no one in particular. "…she's probably scared and worried… no place to go a-"

"Be quiet, foo'!" yelled a really pissed off Barret. "All you do is complain complain complain! Everythin'll be awight!"

"I'm not complaining… I'm worrying!"

Lightning illuminated the room as thunder cued off once again. The scared ninja squirmed around on the bed, tugging on the blanket tightly as if someone wanted to just rip it out of her hands. Barret couldn't help but roll his eyes at her. It was just a blackout for pete's sake. Vincent, who had been sitting near the window (yet again…) stood up and made his way across the room to his bed. Cid, who had been trying to read his newspaper for quite some time, pulled it closer to him and squinted, in attempt to get a better view of the small letters. He gave out a soft laugh as he moved the paper away from him. The frightened ninja managed to peek her head out from the covers and looked at him.

"What's so funny?"

"…I can't read the rest of the paper."

Yuffie moaned and threw a pillow at his head. "Of course you can't! It's dark!"

"Ahha, that's where you're wrong," he sat up. "I managed to spot some important information about this crappy weather." He paused, waiting for someone to answer. When no one did, he continued, "It has something to do with the 'Red Moon.' It happens every… what? Fifty… sixty-years?"

"And… now you didn't know about that?" Red spoke up.

"Hey, I haven't read anything about some stupid red colored moon before!"

"Red Moon, huh?" Yuffie said as she made her way out of the tangled blankets. "Isn't that when demons take on their full form or something?"

"Watcha' talkin' 'bout, girl?" Barret asked.

"I've heard stories… but, I never understood what it really does."

"It's something that all demons go through," Vincent said through the darkness. "The Red Moon is like a source of demonic power for demons you can say. They await that time to strengthen their aura's in order to become stronger. But, for those who are half demons, who take the form of a human, can now easily transform into their full demon forms without waiting for another fifty to sixty-years."

"Tch. But why would they want to?" Cid grunted.

"I don't know."

Gee, you know a lot about this Red Moon thing," Yuffie suddenly spoke up, who seemed to be calmer than before.

"…"

"Are you gonna go through it?"

"…I'm not a demon."

"What about your-"

"I wasn't born a demon to begin with."

"How about when that H-"

Vincent immediately covered the girl's mouth tightly with his right hand, resisting the urge to slice her neck with his claw on the other. Silence filled the air for a few awkward moments before the light flickered back on. Yuffie swiped Vincent's hand away and happily stood up, stretching her arms out to her sides.

"Hooray! The lights came back!" At that, the lights died down once again. Yuffie looked around and plopped her arms back to her sides. "DAMNIT!"

"Stupid shitty lights!" Cid angerly yelled at the lights as if they just insulted him.

Red XIII came up next to him and wagged his brightly lit tail back and forth to his face. Cid crossed his arms and lied backwards on the bed.

"I almost forgot about your portable flashlight there, Red!" The ninja happily said as she patted Red on the head. He shook it off and lied on the ground.

At that moment, knocking on the door was heard. The girl quickly hid underneath the blankets and shivered in fear. Red sighed, got up and headed towards the door before asking, "Who's there?"

"Us! Tifa, Cloud and Anna!" Tifa responded.

Red gestured for Barret to open the door, obviously he couldn't due to his lack of opposable thumbs. As soon as Barret opened the door, a bright light shone in, practically blinding everyone. Tifa, Cloud and Anna walked in, obviously holding up flashlights. Cloud's Mako-blue eyes examined the room, making sure everyone was present. He tilted his head and walked over to the big lump on the bed. He took off the blanket, revealing Yuffie sitting upright.

"Everyone all right in here?" he asked as his friends nodded. "Good." He turned towards Cid and asked, "Any news if the weather will pick up?"

Cid picked up his newspaper and examined it before handing it over to him.

Cloud widened his eyes and looked up, staring out into the raging storm. "The Red Moon," he whispered to himself, "That's what… where have I heard that before?" Anna practically choked under her breath and slowly looked at Cloud's shocked expression on his face. Being lost in his thoughts, he didn't realize that everyone was staring blankly at him.

"Hey, you awight there?" Barret cautiously asked, trying not to surprise their leader.

Cloud shook his head around then scratched it.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I want everyone to be on their guard tonight."

Everyone nodded at that.

A/N: End of Chapter 5! … it was short… but, I wanted the next chapter to tie in with the other part that I worked on. So it wouldn't… seem awkward when you- OKAY! Hehe, hope you enjoyed this chapter and please tell me how you thought of it!