okay, so the three chapters of today's posting spree (that'd be 3-5) were supposed to be one long chapter. but they looked like crap together, or so i thought, so i broke them up. apologies for the long wait between chapters.
read and enjoy! (oh, and reviews are like chocolate cookies!)
eerian
Chapter 3—Darkness
"Something's wrong," Yuffie said, lowering Death Penalty slightly and attempting to look into the house where Chaos had retreated.
"What do you mean?" Reeve looked down at her as he reloaded his handgun.
"He should have come back out by now. Something is wrong." The ninja stood up and leaned Death Penalty up against the wall.
Reeve's eyes widened as she pulled out one of her many shuriken. "What are you doing?"
"Cover me, Reeve. I've gotta go help him."
He grabbed her arm in an iron grip as Yuffie attempted to run out the front door. "Absolutely not."
"Let me go, Reeve." Yuffie's voice could have been chipped from ice.
"I will no." Reeve spun her around, forcing her to look at him. "I will not allow you to endanger your child by running out there after someone who can take care of himself."
"He needs help!"
"Not from you!"
Their argument was cut short by the front wall of the house across the street exploding outward in a wave of splinters and darkness. A woman, scantily clad in red armor, flew out of the house in the darkness. She hit the street and rolled to her feet, turning to face the ruined house.
Yuffie gasped as Chaos staggered out of the house through the remaining tendrils of Darkness. His eyes glowed with an abnormal, intense crimson light. His claws had elongated into something that might be more accurately called talons and he had somehow—inexplicably—gained a tail. The demon was still obviously Chaos, but just as obviously not.
"Sweet Holy," Reeve whispered. "What happened in there?"
Yuffie could only stare, open-mouthed, at the demon she and Vincent had come to love. Her shuriken clattered to the porch loudly in the suddenly silent street.