Chapter 3

~Childish Intentions~

I walked through the small town, as I walked around a corner I found the source of the voice. A man with long black hair and a golden claw was holding a young toddler by her ankle upside-down; she was swiping at him as he sighed. She was giggling, "But Vinnie!" she said as she attempted to kick at him.

"Yuffie, when you learn that my hair isn't removable I'll stop doing this," he said unimpressed.

"But it's longer than mine! Mommy said that my hair can be removed by cutting it and I've seen it!" she shouted in reply, he sighed and began to swing her back in forth by her ankle, she began to giggle hysterically.

"Yuffie, my hair. Is not. A toy," he said slowly. She looked up at him in a pout.

"Then can I play with your claw?" she asked ecstatically.

"Again, not removable," he stated simply.

She burst into a fit of hysterical giggles, "I know that silly!" she said as she reached for it.

"You know that my claw can hurt you Yuffie," he said as he put her at arms length.

"I don't mind, I like it!" she said happily.

"You like it?" he asked, she nodded, "You mean the pain or my claw," he asked.

"Both!" she shouted; I watched as a blush crept over his face and he quickly put her down.

"Why don't you go play with your Materia," he said as he watched her run off.

"Materia!" she shouted as she ran off in excitement. I bit my lip as I watched him quickly look away from her small figure as she ran past me. She ran into my legs and looked up at me; she had on a pair of tan shorts and a flowered tank top. She grinned up at me, "Sorry about that," she said giggling before running past me.

I looked up at 'Vinnie' and he was staring at me, it seemed like a storm was brewing in his eyes. He started walking towards the young child named Yuffie, but he stopped in front of me, "Why are you staring at me," he asked, I heard a metal clanking, I looked down to see a gold metal claw attached to his left hand, I shuddered as I watched the sharpness of the tips and took a small step back.

"Who are you," I asked, he smiled darkly.

"Vincent Valentine," he said before walking past me.

"Is she your daughter," I asked, he looked back at me with a venomous glare.

"No," he snapped. PEDOPHILIA! My mind screamed, I held back the small smile to keep from angering him as he started to walk away again. His cape blowing back behind him, exposing a large gun on his side, I looked away and started to move quickly away before I heard the little girl's voice.

I looked back as I watched her grab his cape and wrap it around her face, "Rawer I'm Chaos!" she squealed, I giggled a little before leaving. She really was a strange child.

I sighed as I continued my search for Terra, I looked around the place as I heard another squeal, I looked up to see a little girl running towards me, she quickly hid behind my leg, I looked up as a group of Unverse came flying towards us.

My keyblade quickly appeared in my hand and I began to strike at the strange creatures. They appeared around me as I fought them away from the young child. I could sense a light was emitting from her, and my job would be to protect her. For now.

I could hear her whimpering with fear just behind me as I slashed left and right, my key blade ripping through the flesh of each. I watched as the crazed feeling of loss ripped through me, I needed to find him, I needed to find them.