Tobikunai: YOU REVIEWED! You actually reveiwed! Thank you, minna-sama, you've made me SO happy! WHEE! And now for a new chapter... uh... how am I gonna do this chapter?

Kansatsu: So now you're unprepared? Great. When Tobikunai-sama's unprepared, there's always a fiasco.

Tobikunai: Oh, go away. You're ruining the cheerful atmosphere.

Kansatsu: No, I'm squishing you're swelled head.

Tobikunai: Well, then, you're breathing all my good air.

Kansatsu: I am an etheral being. I don't breathe.

Tobikunai: (shrug) To quote Squall... whatever!

-Chapter II-

"Okay everyone, we're here!" Aerith called as she pushed open the heavy library doors. She sat down at a table across from Squall, Yuffie, and Kairi.

"Feh. Took you long enough." Squall answered.Yuffie was still shouting Tellmetellmetellme! "Okay, okay, we're here, I'll tell you!" Leon shouted over her, "just shut up!" Yuffie stuck out her tounge at him, but fell silent. "I was training... down in the Waterway." he ignored Aerith's disapproving sniff, "and I went a little farther than usual. Down as far as the dungeons. There was something... weird there."

Aerith frowned. "What-" she started to say, but Cloud interrupted. "Something weird. What was it? Where?" he demanded, "Tell me!"

"It wasn't Sephiroth, for God's sake!"

"Then what was it?" Aerith asked, getting a little impatient.

"I don't know exactly. Some sort of black demon thing, it kind of looked like a bug, but with for legs, and its antennae were all bent. It had these weird glowing eyes, yellow eyes. But they weren't- it was kind of like... they were looking at you but they couldn't see you, you know?"

"No,"said Aerith, "I don't know."

"Whatever," Squall shrugged. "The point is, there was one down in the Waterway, and... Ansem was talking to it, or something."

"Ansem. What does he have to do with this?" Cloud said to himself.

"Nothing." Kairi interrupted. "Nothing at all. Either that, or those things aren't dangerous. Father wouldn't do anything that would hurt this castle, you know that!"

"No." Cloud pointed out, "We don't."

"There's no way to be sure, either way." Aerith said quickly, "We can't jump to conclusions."

"Yeah, she's right." someone said from the doorway.

Everyone jumped, looking towards the sound.

"Oh. It's just you, Cid." Aerith said, discernable relief in her voice.

Squall was less relieved. "How long have you been there?" he demanded.

"The whole time. Don't worry, though, I'm not gonna tell anyone. But Aerith's right, you shouldn't jump to conclusions."

"Yes." said Cloud, "we shouldn't." (He agrees with me! Yes! Aerith found herself thinking.) "We can't do anything, at least not until we've seen these creatures for ourselves."

"I don't think that'll be a problem." Cid interrupted, glancing back into the entrance Hall with a horrified expression.

"Wha-? Why not?"

"Because there's one standing right outside the door."

Tobikunai: CLIFFHANGER! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Kansatsu: Loser.

Tobikunai: (still laughing maniacally)

Kansatsu: (AHEM!) Well, another horrible chapter come and gone, R&R and we'll update soon, yada yada.

Ja ne, minna-sama!