NightRain0: Yay! Chapter 2! I love winter break! (I don't own any Final fantasy characters)

Something to Life For

Chapter 2: Lost and Found

Two minutes left and Ken hadn't seen the silver-haired teen. Asano hadn't called, so Ken assumed that he had no luck either. As he ran through the empty streets, he hoped that he wouldn't be too late.

One minute left, and Asano wasn't pleased. He hadn't spotted the stupid kid and Ken hadn't called back. 'I knew he was going to be trouble,' thought Asano bitterly. 'Didn't know that he'd be more trouble than Daisuke…'

The clocks all struck twelve, and their chimes echoed eerily throughout the city. Kadaj stopped in his tracks and listened to the sound the clocks had made. He was beginning to wonder why everything was so quite, unfortunately he was about to find out…

Somewhere in the distance, Kadaj heard something. He wasn't sure what it was, but it sounded somewhat like a motorcycle. The sky seemed to become darker and the distance rumbling seemed to get louder. A dark mist suddenly appeared and the air around him seemed to become colder, if that was even possible.

Turning to face the sound of the distance noise, Kadaj saw a dark cloud in the shape of a pack of wolves approaching him. Within seconds the darkness surrounded him and the wolves were howling in such a way that it sent chills through his body and soul. Still, Kadaj held his ground, even though he was still injured he was not about to be intimidated by a bit of air.

The wolves were now beginning to circle faster and for a few seconds, it was like Kadaj was in the center of a miniature tornado. Suddenly, one of the wolves, leapt out at him and before Kadaj knew it, it had pinned him to the ground. To his surprise, when Kadaj opened his eyes, he saw that it was not a wolf that was pinning him to the ground, but a woman! The wolves around him had also changed into humans as well and their leader, a man in his late twenties, emerged from the rest and walked over to Kadaj.

"What do we have here, Bellatrix?" he asked.

"An Unregistered, Tsume," she replied as she tightened her grip on Kadaj's neck. "What shall we do with him?"

"Get off of me," choked Kadaj as he tried to kick Bellatrix off of him.

Tsume gave him a swift kick to the side in return and Bellatrix once again tighten her grip on Kadaj. Kadaj coughed up some blood when the blow hit him and glared at the two. Tsume smirked as he knelt down to get a better look at Kadaj.

"So, what's your name little cat?" Tsume asked in a mocking tone.

"I will destroy all those who try to prevent me from reaching Mother," growled Kadaj. "I will have my Reunion!"

"Oh? Really now… Did you all hear that? This little kid misses his mother…"

The rest of the group howled with laughter as Tsume kicked some snow into Kadaj's face.

"Obviously this one hasn't had much experience with the Enforcement Committee…" said Tsume.

"There you are!" called out a voice.

The Enforcement Committee and Kadaj all turned their attention to a seventeen year old boy who had suddenly appeared out behind them. Because of the teen's way of dress, it was obvious that he wasn't a part of the Committee. Unknown to Kadaj, this was Ken Narita, one of Asano's allies who was dispatched to look for him.

Ken was a bit relieved when he saw that the silver-haired teen was mostly unharmed. He wondered if it was possible to talk his way out of this one, but then again, if he had to fight, he was ready…

"I'm so sorry," apologized Ken brightly. "You see, he's a friend of mine from out of town and he didn't know…"

"Trying to talk your way out of trouble again?" questioned Tsume. "It's not going to work!"

Ken continued to smile as the Enforcement surrounded him as well. There was something about his false smile that made one wonder what he was truly thinking of…

"State your business," snarled Tsume.

"Oh dear," said Ken. "It seems as though I'll have to fight you all after all…"

No one said anything for a while; all eyes were focused on Ken and what he would do next. Ken, still smiling, removed the long narrow package that was strapped on his back and set it down in the snow.

"You all are very lucky," Ken said. "My New Year's resolution will save you a lot of trouble. What to know what it is?"

"…"

"My resolution," said Ken in a malicious tone of voice. "Is to be nicer to people, meaning…I'll kill you all quickly so that you won't have to suffer…"

The other members of the Enforcement Committee suddenly reverted to their wolf forms and leapt at Ken. Ken's hazel eyes turned into an amber color as he opened up his package. What happened next no one was quite sure, but decapitated wolves littered the ground and the snow was dyed a wine red color.

Ken stood up and appeared to be unscathed. There were two blood stained katanas in his hand and the crimson liquid was still slowly flowing down the blades of each sword.

"Oh dear," moaned Ken. "I'd just cleaned these too…"

"You!" exclaimed Tsume a bit surprised. "You're…the …."

"Too bad," said Ken. "Unlike the Tsume before you, you're not much of a challenge."

A gunshot was heard.

"Ah!" screamed Bellatrix as she suddenly fell to the ground.

As Kadaj slowly got up, he realized that blood was pouring out of her. Tsume took this chance to transform back to his wolf form and dashed away. However, another gunshot was heard, and the wolf let out a pain-stricken yelp as he fell to the ground.

"Hi Asano!" said Ken returning to his happy self as quickly as he had changed into his deadly persona.

Asano emerged from the shadows of a nearby alleyway with a still smoking gun in his hand. The first thing he did was rush over to Kadaj and gave him a quick kick to the head.

"Asano!" exclaimed Ken.

"You stupid Momma's Boy!" shouted Asano, who didn't seem to notice Ken's protests. "I told you not to move!"

"Now that wasn't very nice," said Ken but he quickly shut up once Asano gave him a death glare.

"We've still got 40 minutes," said Asano. "By now they've probably reported this incident."

"So what should we do then?" asked Ken. "They'll be sending several more of those guys out here soon."

Asano said nothing but pulled out his cell phone. While Ken seemed to understand what was happening, Kadaj looked on confused.

"Hey Akira," said Asano. "I need you to do a favor for me…"

When the government's private army appeared on the spot, they were a bit surprised to see a gigantic bell in the middle of the street.

"How did this get here?" asked one of them.

"It's a funeral bell!" questioned another.

"Yup," replied Ken as he emerged from behind the bell. "That's correct!"

"Guess who it's for?" said Asano as he pulled out his gun.

"Why you little…"

Kadaj, who was still in no condition to fight, watched silently from a distance. He didn't have his sword and for some strange reason, he couldn't summon any of his creatures. He was also a bit surprised about the funeral bell. After Asano had called the guy, Akira, the bell suddenly materialized from thin air. It was hard to explain, but the wires from the surrounding technology suddenly came to life to form the bell. Moving in a serpentine way, the wires coiled together into a bell form and then it turned into the bell!

Asano gave the bell a kick and at that moment the clocks all struck one. The streets were littered with corpses and the stench was becoming unbearable.

"I feel a bit sorry for the cleaning crew," said Ken. "I guess we'll have to apologize later…"

"You!" shouted Asano as he pointed his finger at Kadaj. "Let's go!"

"I don't mean to question your authority in your own home, Asano," said Ken cautiously. "But was this really necessary?"

When they'd returned to Asano's apartment, Asano had tied Kadaj to the cot and gagged him.

"This will save me some trouble," replied Asano as he kicked the door shut.

"You're so cruel…"

NightRain0: Don't worry you guys, Kadaj will be a bit more active later. Anyways, hoped you like it! Please review! More explanations are on the way!