One More Brother

Kia yanked Kadaj down the hall, pulling him through different rooms. They descended a spiral staircase that was located in a vast, all white living room. Below, Kia stopped in a lower hallway, lined with a number of doors, and went to one that was much thicker than any of the others. Kia slipped inside, leaving Kadaj to stand in the hall to wait. Seconds later she returned. By this time, Kerra had joined them, out of breath.

Kia nodded at the door. "The coast is clear."

"Oh yay… Now can you two explain to me why you both ran off like the hounds of hell were upon you?"

Kia rolled her eyes at Kerra, who was slumped against the wall, trying to catch her breath. Now that she had time to think, she was breathing hard, too.

"We ran so fast 'cause I didn't want to run into Arri on the way down here."

Kadaj frowned. "Is that why you nearly ripped my arm off?"

"Uh, yeah!"
"Alright then… so why'd you check in there?"

Kadaj glanced at the heavy door.

"'Cause, Arri's always in there- Hey! How come you're not even breathing hard?!"

Kadaj grinned. "Aw, is someone a little weak?"

Kia drew up to her tallest (which, really, wasn't that tall) and stepped closer to him; although she was shorter than him, she was very menacing.

"We'll see who'll be weak if you say that again."

Turning, Kia marched into the room, the door snapping shut behind her. Under his breath, Kadaj mumbled "That again," before following her in. Kerra snorted. "Those two are just two frootloops shy of a bowl."

Kia was already hooking up the PS3 when Kadaj and Kerra walked in. The game room was large, though much longer than it was wide. It was equipped with five different TV's that extended along the wall. Kia had gone to the closest one to the door, her cheeks still red from Kadaj's comment.

Kerra flopped down on the couch that stood in front of the flat screen and immediately shut her eyes.

"Is it night time yet?"

"No, it's like one in the afternoon."

Kerra sat up, her hair a mess from the pillows.

"You're kidding me right? Ugh, today's been the longest freaking day ever! What, did the world stop spinning or something?!"

"If you think about it, retard, it's probably because I woke you up so early… for you, that is…. so we could get those games."

"Oh, so it's your fault!"

"Wha-? No! It's not- Normal people don't get up after twelve- Yes, it's Kadaj's fault completely."

Kadaj jumped on hearing his name. He'd sat down on what little couch space Kerra had left for him.

"What's my fault?"
"Everything, dude."

Kia laughed and walked over to plop down on Kerra's legs, a wireless controller in her hands.

"Ow!" Kerra grimaced, flinging a pillow at Kia.

"Get off you prune!"

"You… what?!"

Kia ducked, the pillow whizzing over her head and smacking Kadaj directly in the face. Both girls froze and peered over to find him glaring at them. Kerra pointed at Kia, who pointed at Kadaj. He blinked, confused.

"What's wrong Kadaj?"

"Are you saying that I hit myself with a pillow?"

"It's… possible…"

Kia leapt up suddenly, the PS3 had come to life.

"Ok, K-dog-"

"-K-dog-?"

"-Do NOT question thy name! Anywho, this is a PS3; a Playstation three."

Kia flipped through the screens, describing what a PS3 was for.

"Games; you put one in here, and then play it."

Kia opened the empty disk holder.

"M'kay, any questions?"

Kadaj raised his hand. "Is that it?"

Kia frowned. "What do you mean "is that it"? I showed you everything!"

"Except for an actual game."

"Oh… ok… um…"

Kia froze, she'd seen, out of the corner of her eye, Crisis Core lying next to the PS3. Her brother never put anything away! She wasn't too sure how Kadaj would take it if he saw his old enemy in a game, so she tried to steer his eyes away from it… with Zack and his freaking huge sword that resembled Clouds' so much on the cover… shit….

"Uh… ok, which one to you want to play from over there." Kia pointed to the stack of games opposite from the Final Fantasy game.

"Why over there?"

"Because."

Because…?

"Because because!"

"Okay… what is that?!"

Kia grimaced; Kadaj was looking right at the game.

"Um, what is what?"

"You're looking right at it."

Kia followed his gaze and picked up the game that was lying right next to Crisis Core.

"No way. Never. This isn't even for PS3, it's for Xbox."

Kia put down Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball and glanced over to find Kadaj still looking in the direction of the game.

"What about that one?"

Kia found his gaze trained on the newest game that her dad had gotten for her: SingStar.

"What about it?" She asked, picking up the game.

"Play it for me; just for a second."

Walking over, Kia popped the game into the console for a second, and then took it out.

"M'kay, there's your second, now what?"

Kerra threw another pillow at Kia, and this time it connected with the side of her head.

"Come one, sing one song for him you nit!"

Kia sighed and popped the game back in.
"Fine, but only one song."

The screen popped on, and Kia clicked Freeplay Mode. Walking over to Kadaj, she tossed the controller to him.

"Pick a song- I showed you how to work the controller, right?"

Kadaj nodded and began flipping through the songs while Kia plugged in the mic.

"How about this one?"

"Surprise me."

Kadaj picked a song, and Kia moved over to sit by the PS3 with the mic. Kerra was smirking from her place on the couch. Kadaj noticed this.

"What's up?"

"The ceiling. Whataya want?"

"Is she… bad?"

"Uh, no."

"She is, isn't she."

"No!"

Suddenly, the song came on. It was Careful by Paramore, one of Kia's favorite bands.

"I settled down
A twisted up frown
Disguised as a smile, well
You would have never known

I had it all
But not what I wanted
Cause hope for me
Was a place uncharted
And overgrown

You'd make your way in
I resist you just like this

You can't tell me to feel
The truth never set me free
So, I did it myself

You can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out a little more
More
More

More
More, more

Open your eyes like I opened mine
It's only the real world.
A life you will never know

Shifting your weight
To throw off the pain
Well you can ignore it
But, only for so long

You look like I did
You resist me just like this

You can't tell me to heal
And, it hurts remembering
How it felt to shut down

Can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out a little more
More
More

More
More, more
"

The truth never set me free
The truth never set me free
The truth never set me free
So, I'll do it myself

You can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out

Can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out
More
More
More
More, more…

As the song finished, Kerra leaned over and shut Kadaj's mouth for him, since it had dropped open almost as soon as Kia had started singing. "You were right about her singing." He whispered to Kerra. Kerra frowned.

"If you think she sucks, then your ears are about as useless as a PB & J sandwich to a drowning rabbit."

Kadaj leaned over and hit Kerra lightly on the cheek.

"What was that for?!"

"Well, first off, for that ridiculous comment about my ears. And, you said before that she didn't suck."

"Oh…"

"So why is she so good?"

Kerra sat up and made room for Kia, who was putting the PS3 away.

"Her parents are professional singers; hence the gimungo house… and Kia's voice… They're on tour right now in Europe."

"Oh."

Suddenly, Kia plopped down between Kerra and Kadaj.

"So?"

"You were great!"
'You sucked!"

Kia elbowed Kerra hard, causing her friend to cry out in pain.

"Thanks Kadaj, bit I just wanted to know if we could leave now."

Kerra, who'd rolled onto the floor in her "agony", called up to them. "Where are we going exactly?"

"Well, I figured that we still have some daylight to kill-"

"-Kill?! What? Where is it?!"

Kadaj stood up and drew his Kantana, looking around wildly. Kerra smacked her forehead from her place on the ground, while Kia stood up and grabbed Kadaj, pulling him back onto the couch.

"Calm down. It was just a metaphor-"

"-Meteor?!"

Kia slapped Kadaj. "Snap out of it!"

"Gosh K-dog, you're such a ruh-tard!"

"A what?" Kadaj frowned at Kerra.
"A ruh-tard!"

"What's that?"

Kia groaned. "She means retard! She got ruh-tard from this movie The Hangover!"

"No I didn't! And I don't mean retard, either, I mean ruh-tard."

Kadaj looked confused. "But-"

"-OK! Can we please just DROP it?! Kerra, as I was saying, I think we should head over to Gamestop to see if they any… er… Final Fantasy games."

"Oh… okay!"
Kadaj blinked. "What's Final Fantasy?"

"Er, you'll find out soon enough."

"So do you wanna go now?"
"Yeah, let's-"

Suddenly, footsteps were heard coming down the hall. The three froze.

"Okay," whispered Kerra, slowly slipping herself off of the couch. "That can only be three people."

Kia frowned, "Uh, three?"

"One is Meg, but I highly doubt that she's even a third of the way to being awake. Two is a robber and or hobo, but considering that your dogs would… ew… so that leaves-"

"-Arri!"

Kia leapt off of the couch and sped to the door, pressing her ear to it. She could clearly recognize her brother's footsteps as they drew closer to the door which they hid behind.

If he sees Kadaj clearly, he'll know right away who he is. Then we'll have a real situation on our hands

Kia leapt back from the door. "He's coming."

Grabbing Kadaj's arm, she yanked him off of the couch and led him, followed by Kerra, over to where a little white door stood, partially concealed by a tower of games.

"If he sees you, we're all in trouble."

"Why?"

Kerra followed them to the door. "Kia, Arri already saw Kadaj, remember? When he dropped Meg off."

"Yeah, but he definantly didn't see him clearly enough. You two have to go."

Kerra yanked the door open and she and Kadaj slipped into a tiny hallway.
"Okay, Kerra, you remember how this leads out to the garage, right?"
Kerra nodded.
"Go there, start the red mustang in the back of the garage, and wait for me."

"And what are you going to be doing?"

"Leading him off your trail, duh!"

Kia shut the door behind them and turned around to see the doorknob trembling. Grabbing a handful of games, she launched herself across the room, landing on the couch in the nick of time. She resumed the activity of sorting through the games. Arri, Kia's older brother by three years, stepped into the room. He was handsome, with blond hair tousled in a Cloud-like fashion. In fact… he really did look a lot like Cloud, it was weird… Kia barely acknowledged him as she got up off the couch and began to fix the games. Finally, she looked over.

"What?"

"I don't get a 'hi'?"

"No, what do you want?"

Arri sat down on the couch.

"I just wanted to know who that strange kid was that I saw you with today."

Kia frowned. "Kerra isn't strange. She may be a freak, but she isn't str-"

"-That's not who I meant! The one with the silver hair; I saw him when I dropped Meg off."

Kia pretended to be confused. "Wait… the one in the driveway?"

"Yeah."

"Oh… dude, he's the new neighbor!"

"We don't have any new neighbors."

"Well, that's what he said. I was walking down the driveway, and all of a sudden he was there, saying that he was new and hadn't known that this was a driveway." Kia shrugged. "He seemed friendly enough."

"Next time let me talk to him; he was probably just shittin' you about the new neighbor thing. You know people are always trying to get up here, 'cause of mom and dad."

"And our house, too. Our house is pretty beast."

"Right… So what are you doing?"

"Me and Kerra were going to Gamestop."

"Alright, just no taking the car."

"Why not?!"

"Because, you haven't gotten your license yet... even though you're turning seventeen tomorrow... and Kerra sucks ass at driving… but don't tell her I said that."

"But I can drive perfectly. Dad even said so!"

"Nope, walk, ride bikes, hitch hike, but no driving. That goes for Kerra too."

"You can't boss her around! She just as old as you!"

"Ah, but it's our house… and car… and-"

"-OK!" Kia stood up and marched out the way her brother had come in. Once she reached the top of the stairs, she booked it for the garage.

"Man, Arri, calling you an idiot would be an insult to stupid people."

***

Kerra and Kadaj were waiting for her.

"Well?"

"Let's move, we have about a minute before Arri comes up here to check and see if the car's still here."

"What'd you tell him?"

Kia leapt into the driver's seat of the mustang, grabbing the keys off their hook as she went.

"If we take this car, he'll never know 'cause we never use this one, and its in the back-"

"-Kia!"

Kerra had popped open the garage and climbed into the car, along with Kadaj, who'd slipped soundlessly into the back.

"What?"

"What'd you tell him?"

Kia pulled out of the driveway and closed the garage behind them.
"We're going to Gamestop, which we are. He bought it."

"And Kadaj?"

"A new neighbor slash stalker."

From the back came Kadaj's voice. "Oh yippee for me."

"Shut up!"

"Do we have money?"
"Yeah, let's bounce."

The car reached the end of the driveway, and they were gone.

***

Meg woke up suddenly, finding herself lying on Kia's bed. The time read 2:30. What had happened to her again? She sat up slowly and found that her clothes were damp. Oh! She'd jumped into Kia's pool with Kerra, and… Kadaj had killed Kia! But then a leaf had… killed… him? Then Kia was alive again and… and… it was… a joke?

Meg felt rage in her stomach. How dare they pull such a ridiculously evil prank on her! And then, to leave her, in her damp clothes, all alone on Kia's bed?! She wasn't expecting the welcoming committee when she woke up, but a person would have been nice! Meg slipped off the bed and almost instantly spotted a slip of paper on the opposite side. On it was hastily scribbled:

Meg,

Kia, Kadaj, and me (Kerra), have all gone down to the game room (the one below the White Room). If we're not there, than that sucks for you.

- Kerra =P

Meg frowned. How could they leave her? She'd been hurt! Well… she'd fainted at least, but still! Crushing the note in her hand, Meg threw it away and picked out a pair of Kia's jeans and a shirt to wear. Going into the bathroom, she undressed and took a hot shower, laying her undergarments out to dry.

Once fully dressed, Meg headed downstairs, hair still wet, to the game room. There was no one in sight. Standing there, she spotted Kia's copy of Advent Children, and lunged for it. She wanted to know who Kadaj was; what was going on. Popping the disk into the player, Meg sat back to watch.

Once the movie started, Meg became more focused. She was very confused, but instantly recognized Kadaj. However, the other two on the bikes were a mystery to her. They all looked similar, so she figured that they were his brothers. As the movie continued, Meg grew to favor Marlene and Yuffie; one was adorable while the other funny… plus, she had a kick ass weapon.

By the time that Cloud was fighting Loz and Yazoo in the forest, Meg had fallen for Yazoo. She couldn't tell what it was about him; maybe since they were so much alike. Meg having enjoyed the fighting scene between Reno and Rude and the two brothers, and then between them and Cloud, nearly had a heart attack when the Turks blew up the tunnel, in an attempt to kill Loz and Yazoo. How could anyone want blow them up?!

The fight against Cloud and Sephiroth excited her, but she was a little bit freaked out by how Kadaj had changed. He struck her as a little creep. Towards the end, when Yazoo shot Cloud, Meg was incredibly entranced by the movie. She felt her heart drop when Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz died, and ceased to pay attention for the rest of the movie. She barely registered Cloud being healed and sat through the credits until the menu screen came back on.

She had so many questions! Yet Meg decided to watch the movie again, mainly to see her favorite characters again, she told herself, but she knew it was really to watch Yazoo. When the movie ended, Meg swept away upstairs to Kia's laptop to Wikki all of the characters in the movie, to try and get a better understanding of the whole thing. She went off to sit on a cushioned window seat which overlooked the driveway.

***

Yazoo leaned forward on his bike, the wind whipping his long silver hair behind him. Loz was trailing him, his bike within a foot of his brothers'. The two had barley made it out of the tunnel explosion, but had sustained injuries. Loz had a burn on the back of his arm, while a shard form the tunnel had sliced Yazoo's chest. Despite the blood that streamed from his wound, Yazoo didn't stop, afraid that he would loose track of Kadaj and Cloud. The twos' bike tracks could clearly be seen, and were fairly easy to follow.

Yazoo pulled into the broken city and looked around, Loz pulling up quickly behind him.

"Where do you think he went?"

Yazoo was silent. He'd suddenly spotted, out of the corner of his eye, a flash of something blue, off to the right. He turned to look at Loz. "He's close, brother."

Yazoo considered what action to take next. If he sent Loz to check out the other half of the city, then their searching would be doubly quick.

"Loz, go left, search that half of the city. I'll go right. If you find anything, call me."

Loz nodded and rode off to the left, while Yazoo sped right. He looked around keenly, not wanting to miss the flash of light again. Suddenly, he saw it while turning a corner. It was indeed blue, and shimmered, standing as tall as he was. Yazoo slowed his bike to a halt and turned it off. For a moment he listened to his surroundings, wondering if Cloud was nearby, before getting off his bike and cautiously walking over to the light. It was apparent that it did not belong, which only made Yazoo more wary. Suddenly, he spotted his brothers bike parked up ahead, closer to the light. Yazoo felt his heart beating a little faster, his brother had definantly been here. Stepping closer, he cocked his head to the side and gazed at the mysterious object. Suddenly, a great force pulled him forward, sucking him into the blue hole.

***

Yazoo appeared on a dirt path, surrounded by trees. Uneasily he looked around him, utterly confused as to how he'd all of a sudden gotten into the middle of a forest. However, Yazoo being Yazoo, he managed to keep his cool, and immediately decided to follow to dirt road, noting that a car had driven along it not to long ago. He went uphill, figuring that whatever he might find was located at the top. Yazoo drew his guns, still unsure how he'd come from the city to a forest.

***

Meg sighed. She'd been at the computer for at least an hour, and her mind was nearly full to bursting with all the information she'd learned. The Final Fantasy world… it was so spread out! You had to know one thing to get the other. She was just closing the laptop when there was a knock on the front door. Now who could that be? Maybe it's Kia or one of them, or Arri, or… a robber!

Meg made it to the staircase just in time to see Arri going for the door. Sprinting down the stairs, she slid in front of him, blocking his path.
"No, Arri! What if it's a robber?!"

Arri sighed. "Meg, has it ever crossed your mind that robbers don't just knock on people's doors?"

Meg faltered; then who could it be?

"I'll get it then."

Spinning around, Meg reached the door before Arri and opened it, only to find a gun being pointed at her.

"SHIT!"

Meg leapt a foot into the air and slammed the door shut, leaning against it and breathing hard.

"I told you it was a freaking robber! What?! What now?! I told you!"

Arri, meanwhile, was starring open mouthed at the door.

"Meg, open the door back up, that was Yazoo!"

"Yahoo! The robbers name is Yahoo?! What is he, a player?"

"Yazoo! From AC! Open the door!"

Meg turned around and reopened the door. This time, however, she focused on the gunman's' face. Sharp features, determined eyes, long silver hair… it was Yazoo. Meg stepped back from the door and felt her mouth drop open. Meanwhile, Arri poked his head around the door, saw the remnant, and stared… and stared…. and… yeah… you get the picture. Meg's mind was working. If Yazoo was here, then there must be some kind of portal, some link from their world and his. She shook her head; would that make the two brothers aliens? There were other worlds out there then? Freakish!

Recovering from her shock, Meg glanced at Yazoo, who was staring at her. Grabbing his arm, she yanked him into the house and up the stairs, managing to get him to the hallway were Kia's room was located before he shook her free. Turning around, Meg raised her eye brows at him.

"Well?"

Yazoo blinked, like he hadn't thought her capable of speech.

"Yes?"

"How the hell did you get here, dude?! I mean, one minute I'm dealing with your brother, and now you? What? did your world get too boring or something?"

Suddenly Yazoo took a step towards Meg and grabbed her arms, holding her tightly. His eyes narrowed, and suddenly he became very mean.

"Where is he?! Tell me!"

Meg, not liking his attitude (and not being one to take crap from anyone), pushed him off of her. Turning, she stormed into Kia's room. Yazoo caught the beginning of her sentence, but failed to hear the end.

"He's up your-"

Following her hesitantly into Kia's room, he found Meg sitting cross legged on the bed, staring out of the window that was located behind the bed. Her long black hair hung damply behind her, slowly drying to its usual, straight self. Unsure of how to handle a girl (especially an angry one), since he'd never really been around them, save talk to one, Yazoo did the only thing that made sense to him. Pointing his gun threateningly at Meg, he waited for her to respond. However, she failed to even budge, and continued to stare out the window.

"I want to know where my brother is. How long has he been in this world? Is he ok?"

Meg ignored Yazoo, and, spinning off of the bed, went over and retrieved one of Kia's notebooks. Grabbing a pen and flipping to a blank page, she began to write, saying the words aloud as she went.

"Dear… diary… Today has sucked ass… I was pranked… so hard… that the prankers are defiantly going… to hell. And… as a bonus… I even fainted! Hellz yeah! Then… my so-called… "friends"… left me all alone! But… by far… the best part of my whole day has gotta be me… heaving to deal… with some idiot threatening to shoot me! I don't know how that's gonna… work, considering… I know…. where his brother is… and if he shot me… he would have no freakin' idea!"

At this Meg looked up to glare at Yazoo, whose gun was still trained on her. She sneered and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Bite me, weirdo! No, wait! Shoot me! That might work better. Go ahead, it'll be fun!"

Yazoo didn't budge; he seemed to be deciding something. Eventually, the two ended up having a stare down.

Suddenly, Yazoo blinked. Meg leapt off the bed and threw her pen like a football player would if he'd just scored a touchdown.

"Ha! You blinked! Fail-ure!"

Yazoo had in fact noticed how long Meg's hair was, and how it complimented her face, which was… pretty? He continued to study her until she grew quite. The pair of them looked at each other, noticed what they were doing at the same time, and looked away, embarrassed. Suddenly Yazoo had an idea.

"If you tell me where Kadaj is, then I'll tell you how I got here."

Meg, however, was no idiot on bargaining; she had a few tricks up her sleeve.

"Fine, but you have to tell me! Otherwise… I might just do something to him…"

Yazoo paused. Having no idea what Meg was actually capable of, he didn't want to take any chances, especially not with his brother.

"Fine."

"Fine! Now… can I see that?"

Yazoo nearly jumped. "See what?"

"Your gun, duh!"

Blinking confusedly, Yazoo held out one of his guns for Meg to see. She eyed it, drawing a finger across the barrel. Yazoo hadn't really expected Meg to be so interested in weapons.

Meg looked up at him suddenly, she had an idea. And idea that would get back at Kia and Kadaj for pranking her, and for them all leaving her behind, wherever they went…

"Alright, I'll tell you where he is."

"Where?!"

"There are these girls, a redhead and a blondie, who've taken your bro prisoner. The blond one is the leader. They left… but if you wait on the dirt road, you'll find them soon enough, they'll definantly come back sooner or later."

Yazoo made to leave, except that Meg grabbed a large strand of his hair, pulling him back.

"However!"

"What?!"

"What I need you to do is not hurt them, at all! I mean, scare them all you want, heck, scare the shit out of them, just… don't hurt them."

Yazoo frowned. "No way, I'm doing whatever to get Kadaj."

"Does he like pain? 'Cause I'll-"

"Alright!"

Turning, Yazoo didn't catch Meg sticking her tongue out at him as he left.

***

Kerra sighed, leaning back in her seat. On her lap was a bag full of games. Next to her, Kia wearily steered the car up the driveway. Kadaj, meanwhile, was chattering away in the back, not caring if anyone responded… or listened for that matter…

"There were so many games; it was so awesome!"

Kerra leaned over and whispered in Kia's ear. "Boys, no matter how crazily evil or what world they're from, they're nearly all the same at heart."

Kia grinned and nodded. "Except this one's a kick ass fighter… and maybe he's a bit crazier than most… Can't help but love him…"

Kerra started. "What did you just say?!"

"Uh, nothing?"

Suddenly, a gunshot was heard, followed quickly by another. Two bullets came whizzing past the windshield, hitting the branches of a nearby tree and snapping them clean off. Everyone froze and silence filled the car. Then, Kia spazzed and pressed the gas hard, the car speeding forward. Kerra was ducking and covering as they sped up the driveway.

"What the hell was-?"
"-Stop the car!"

Kia slammed on the breaks, causing everyone to fly forward against their seatbelts. Turning around to face Kadaj, Kia freaked.
"There's a freakin' guy with a GUN-!"

Kadaj unbuckled himself. "He's my brother, the gun shots were his signal."

Kia faltered, watching as Kadaj opened the door and sprang out of the car. Kerra, surprisingly, followed suit.

Looking back at Kia, Kerra paused. "Kia?"

"You're going out there?! You could get shot!"

"Kia, it's his brother, we have to help him!"

"Well if you're not Miss hero-of-the-day! You can go and get yourself killed, but I'm not going to Jesus today!"

Kerra frowned, but shut the car door. Kadaj was calling Yazoo's name. Kerra, registering this, began to call it too. Kia was not able to hear them from the car's interior, and with each passing second grew more hysterical.

After a few minutes, Kerra turned and motioned for Kia to get out and come help. Kia shook her head. Frowning, Kerra pointed to Kadaj, who was staring into the forest with a worried expression. Kia winced; she should have known that Kerra would have tried to manipulate her feelings. The guilt came anyways, and before long Kia had slammed the car door behind her and was walking quickly up the driveway to meet Kadaj. It happened very fast. There was a thump as someone landed, and the sound of a gun being readied to fire. Kia froze, fear clawing at her heart, and slowly turned around.

At least two yards away from her stood Yazoo, guns pointed at her chest and head. Kerra, who'd seen him leap down from where he'd hidden among the tree branches, had made it to Kadaj, and grabbing his arm she started to race back towards Kia. Kadaj, pulled to a stop a few feet from where Kia stood. He had no idea why his brother had hidden from him or why he was about to kill his new friend slash crush… Maybe something had happened back in his world, or when he'd entered the portal. These thoughts made Kadaj think about his new friends. While he could easily dodge the bullets, they most likely couldn't. Turning around, he grabbed Kerra and pulled her behind him.

Kerra was surprised that Kia hadn't recognized who Yazoo was yet. She knew that if she did, she'd explode (literally) into a total fangirl frenzy, and most likely attack him. And of course, that wouldn't be good, considering that Yazoo was holding Kia at gunpoint. So Kerra kept her mouth shut about Yazoo and looked on as he took a step towards Kia. Yazoo looked pissed, and at Kia! But why? Who could have made him so angry?

Kerra leaned over to whisper in Kadaj's ear. "Couldn't you try to reason with him?"

"You obviously don't know Yazoo."

Kia, meanwhile, was freaking out. She nervously stared at the barrel of the gun, and took a step back as the guns came closer towards her. Suddenly, she had an idea. "Kadaj! Give me your sword!"

Kadaj frowned. What use would a sword bring to Kia? Still, he unsheathed his kantana and tossed it to her, At least she had some protection, though knowing Kia she'd probably accidentally kill herself with the sword… oh boy…

Kia caught his sword (surprisingly) and, finding a branch that looked about right, swung and chopped it to the ground. Laying the sword down carefully, she grasped the dismembered branch and faced Yazoo. Kerra started shouting.

"What the hell?! Why didn't you use the SWORD?!"

"Are you kidding?! I'd kill myself with that! At least now I have a chance."

"Paging Captain Moron! He has a gun!"

Kia froze.

"Shit… Anyone have a BB gun?! … Or an airsoft gun?! … Or a Nerf gun?! … Or a rock?!"
"What are you going to do with a rock?"

Kia faltered. "Uh… throw it at him?"

"Oh yeah, cause that's gonna work!"

Kadaj winced as Kerra repeatedly yelled in his ear.

"Can you please with the yelling?"
"Sorry K-dog… KIA!"

Kadaj winced and looked up to see Kia aiming a rock she'd found at Yazoo.

"It'll work, watch!"

She tossed the rock as hard as she could. It made it halfway to Yazoo before he shot it clean out of the air.

"Daaaammn…" Kerra gulped.

Kia's trick had worked, though. While she'd distracted everyone with the rock, she'd run up to Yazoo and slipped behind him without anyone noticing. Now, she put her real plan into action. Slipping one of her feet in front of Yazoo's, she pushed as hard as she could. Surprised, Yazoo was caught off balance. His foot caught on Kia's and he fell to the ground hard. Kia stuck her tongue out at him, and then took off.

"Run… Run… RUN!"

As she whizzed past Kerra, she heard her shouting. "He has a gun, re-re, he can just shoot you!"

Kia turned to look at her friend as she ran past. "Not if we use our Naruto tree jumping skills-!"

Kia smacked head first into a tree and fell back, groaning. Kerra raised her hands in an 'I told you so' kind of way before running out of Kadaj's protection to her friend. "Brilliant, got a better plan, Einstein?"
"Yeah, can someone get me some ice?"

Kerra nodded and turned around to where Yazoo and Kadaj were both making their way towards her.

"YO! The ninnyhammer over here needs some ice!"

Kia raised her hand.
"What?"
"And some noodles?"

"You're a noodle."

"Well thanks!"

As Yazoo came up, Kerra turned around. "Can you get her some ice and noodles dude? Thanks…"

Kadaj, who'd come up to Kia's side, noticed Yazoo's extreme confusion. Taking it as an opportunity, he launched himself at his brother, and together the two tackled each other. Kerra sighed.

"Can we act our age for FIVE SECONDS?!"

Kadaj pulled Yazoo off of the ground, and together they walked to Kerra, still shoving each other.

"I hate men."

Kia raised her hand again.

"What?"
"Wouldn't they technically be boys? Since K-dog is only sixteen and Yazoo is…"

Suddenly her eyes grew huge, very huge… Leaping up, she turned to face Yazoo and pointed a finger at him.

"You…"

Kerra slapped her hand to her face. "Oh boy…"

"Now that I know who you really are… WAHHHH!"
Kerra sighed and yelled over Kia's fangirl scream, "You better run dude!"

Kadaj looked from his brother to Kia and dove out of the way, leaving Yazoo at the mercy of Kia, who was barreling towards him.

"Today has been hell."

Turning, he sprinted away from the crazy fangirl. Kerra and Kadaj looked at each other. They both knew they could do something to stop this.

Instead, they sighed and said in unison, "Nah, I'm enjoying this too much."

Done! It took me near a month to finish this! Sorry, but basketball and finals for school have made me a little tired and busy, so I had to write this in little spurts. Anyways, I hope that you like this chapter, guys! I couldn't really leave out Yazoo and longer, hehe. I'm not sure if I should add in Cloud and Loz in the next chapter, I'm still deciding. In other news, I finally bought my own copy of AC (Advent Children =D)! So, review and enjoy! Peace!

~MarXno

Kia – I never did get that ice you guys.

Cloud – Suck it up!

Kerra – Dude, she freakin' head banged that tree!

Kia – Um, hold on, how'd you get here?

Cloud – There are ways… *fades into shadows*

Kerra - *Coughs* Creep.

Tifa – You're tellin' me, I gotta deal with him!

Kia –How'd you get here! Next thing you know Reno's gonna just pop up outta nowhere and hit on me!

Reno - *Pops up next to Kerra* So, what's your sign?"

Kerra - *Frowns* No entry, dude. Look Kia, you were right about everything except for him hitting on you! Which… I can see why he wouldn't…

Kia – Why?! What's wrong with me!?!

Reno – Hey calm down baby! How about you just whisper those three little words that'll make my day.

Meg – I love you?

Kia – Nope! Go to hell.

Tifa – Ouch, burn…

Axel – Burn what?

Kia – Oh lord! Ok, I'm out! *marches off stage*

Meg – Wait for me! *runs after her*

Kerra - *Looks around at everyone* Well great!

Cloud - *From shadows* MarXno does not own Final Fantasy, or an of its characters… or me, she doesn't own me…

Tifa – There you are! *Walks over and drags Cloud out of shadows by ear* Time for your bath!

Cloud – No! No please!

Reno - *Laughing* Dude! That's friggin' sucks!

Meg – *Popping her head back in* Yes, yes it does.