Chapter 2

That night Kyo lay on her bed. She wore, what she called, her comfortable clothes. A black tank top and long wide legged grey lounge pants. She was thinking, very hard, about what might happen if Kei did still have Sephiroth within him and he happened to get his hands on the Black Materia.

A sudden burst of loud music made her jump clear out of her thoughts. She rolled over to the right and picked up her phone off of the nightstand there, flipping it open,

"Yeah?"

"Hi Kyo!"

"Hi Mom."

"You want to come over for dinner?"

"I dunno…"

"C'mon, we want to celebrate your job, and your dad has a surprise for you."

"It's not a fight is it?"

"He's not mad anymore…" Tifa said angrily as if he was sitting right there, "Anyway, be here in an hour!"

-click-

"Mom!" Kyo shouted at the dead phone line. She let out a long sigh, "Fine, I'll go."

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The walk to the train station was a pleasant one. It wasn't quite dark, yet the lights of Midgar were already starting to come on. It was also very nice outside, a perfect evening for a walk, even though it wasn't a very long one.

When she arrived at the station she boarded the first train and it was quickly on its way. It didn't take long to make it to Sector 7 and her parent's home.

She walked up to their door and just stood there, afraid to go inside. Just then it burst open and there stood Cloud. He was obviously surprised to find her standing out there,

"What're you doing out here?" He put his arm around her shoulders, "C'mon inside."

She let him lead her into the house, her head down,

"What's wrong?"



"You're still mad aren't you?"

"Not really…I figure you can keep Shin-Ra under control from the inside."

Kyo laughed, "Right."

"Anyway, Tifa's down in the bar with Barrett, Yuffie and Vincent waiting for you."

Kyo walked over to the stairs and was on the first step down when she realized she was by herself,

"You're not coming?"

"I have something I need to do first."

She nodded and bounded down the stairs.

The four of them were sitting around a table talking when she entered the bar. They all waved and motioned her to sit down in a seat they'd saved for her,

"So…" Barrett started in, a bit of anger in his voice, "You started working for Shin-Ra…"

"Yes," She scowled at him, "Got a problem with that?"

He turned himself so that he was facing her and crossed his arms,

"What the fuck kinda question is that?! Of course I have a damn problem with it!"

"Shin-Ra is different now, from the one you remember."

"There's no fucking way they can be any different."

"You-…"

"Hey!" Tifa interrupted, "Should we go see Kyo's surprise?" It was obvious she was trying to stop the argument from going any further; she knew if it did they'd probably end up in a fight.

"Yeah!" Yuffie exclaimed, she jumped up and took Kyo along with her.

Tifa smiled and got up as well, leading them out the door and to where Cloud was standing outside, leaning on something covered in a large white cloth, he was grinning widely,

"I've been meaning to get you this for awhile now…ever since you stole Fenrir all those years ago…" He muttered the last part under his breath, "It was only recently that I was able to obtain it."

Kyo just stood there, a puzzled look on her face,

Cloud grabbed the cloth, "In any case, I hope you like it…"



He yanked it off, revealing a shiny, new motorcycle. For the most part it was designed just like Cloud's. The only differences were that it had silver detailing instead of gold, and it had one huge angel wing decaled onto either side.

She stood there for a moment, using all the effort she could to keep from falling down from the shock. Cloud held up the key, it was on a small keychain with 3 different sized pink stars hanging from it,

"It's all yours."

She ran up to it and walked around it until she got back to Cloud. She grabbed the keys and hugged him,

"Thank you!"

"Not a problem…anyway, I'm sure you were tired of riding the trains all the time."

She giggled at this, then ran around the bike several more times.

Cloud just watched her. It had been a long time since he'd seen her really smile. All of the Sephiroth business of five years ago had changed her. She was more serious and on occasions wouldn't say a word to anyone. It made him extremely happy just to see her smile again. Suddenly she stopped running,

"Can I take it for a drive?"

Tifa crossed her arms, "After dinner."

Kyo let out a disappointed sigh, "Oh alright."

After that they all marched inside and sat down again. This time Kyo sat between Vincent and Cloud, attempting to stay as far from Barrett as possible. Tifa brought out the food, and everyone pretty much ate in complete silence, not wanting to start another argument.

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After dinner Yuffie decided to start a conversation about how Rena had been doing when Kyo's phone rang. She got up from the table and went to the other side of the room before she answered,

"Tseng?" She paused for a moment to listen, "What? Kei? The Black Materia?" She paused again, "You have to slow down! You're talking to fast!" After another short pause she nodded, "I'll be right there."

By this time everyone was looking at her. She flipped her phone closed and looked up at them,

"I have to get going, duty calls."

They all told her goodbye as she ran out the door and to where her motorcycle was sitting. She was about to get on it when she noticed Vincent standing in her way,



"Vincent! When-…"

"That doesn't matter. I need to tell you, you have to be careful around Kei. I think he may still be associated with Sephiroth."

She stood silently for a moment, her head down. She slowly looked back up,

"Don't worry, I'll be careful."

He moved out of the way so that she could get on the bike, "Good Luck."

She got on and started it up, "See ya, Vincent." She said, then sped off.

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She got to the Shin-Ra building a short time later. She'd made a quick stop at her apartment to change her clothes first. She rode the elevator to the 70th floor where Rufus and the other Turks were waiting,

"Now that we're all here…" Rufus said as she came in, "This situation is very dire."

"What happened?" Kyo asked, "It was a bit rushed on the phone…I couldn't catch it all…" She said this as she glanced at Tseng, who adjusted his collar a bit,

"We put the Black Materia in a special storage facility here," Rufus stated, "It not only holds that, but also all of the other important things Shin-Ra keeps…Including the Jenova Cells. Kei was put in charge of a short period of guard duty…after a short time he was gone, as well as the Black Materia and the Jenova Cells."

Kyo gasped, "Sephiroth…" She whispered.

"Did you say something, Kyo?"

"N-no sir…" She said, suddenly remembering that they didn't know about Kei's situation. Hojo had done his experiments in secret and forced Kei to keep his mouth shut about it,

"Anyway, this assignment is to be your highest priority. We will look for him until he is found. I won't allow Meteor to happen again!" He slammed his fists down onto his desk, "You're to start your search immediately, and it won't stop until he's been found. No matter how long it takes you! Now get out of here!"

"Yes, sir." They all said as they filed out of his office.

Kyo stopped right outside the door and leaned against the wall,

"Kei…you idiot…" She stood there for a moment, then continued onto the elevator to begin her search.

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That's chapter 2. Sorry that it's taken so long to get the story off the ground. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first when I started writing it, but now I know, so it should flow more smoothly from now on.