Disclaimer: I don't own anything! No songs, words, phrases, or characters! All I own is the plot!

Chapter 12: Another attack & emotions surface!

"-So diastral boys & harlequin girls Dance to this beat & hold all of her close (Let's get these teen hearts beating faster, faster! Let's get these teen hearts beating faster)"

"Okay guys, I think that's enough for today! Don't you?" A very cheery blue haired one asked.

Ienzo, Lea, Myde, and Lumaria were at band practice, just finishing up actually. It was a day after the accident, but nobody spoke of it. Almost as if they were afraid that if they did, Ienzo would get hurt badly again, like in a dream. The only difference was that no matter how strange it seemed when they looked back, Lumaria couldn't help but remember that Ienzo once said "Truth is stranger than fiction 'cause fiction actually has to make sense."

When everyone had brought Ienzo home… Let's just say they would have rather dealt with the Devil himself and (gulp) an angry Larene when it was her time of the month! That's saying something! The visit went something like this:

"Okay, has everyone written their wills?" Lumaria was very frightened at what would happen when Cid saw them, so they wanted to write their wills before hand. Lumaria saw everyone nod so he gestured to keep them in their pockets.

They walked up to the door, Ienzo was on Lumaria's back, and knocked.

The door flung open and out stepped Cid, who at the moment looked very, very frustrated of something, though it probably had something to do with the yelling and screaming coming from inside… Was that a vase breaking?

"Yeah, what do ya, WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO YOU ALL?!" Cid yelled, recognizing everyone as Ienzo's friends and seeing said boy in this state. Without waiting for an answer, he shooed everyone inside and gave them wet towels to get off the dust. They all whipped their faces, except Lumaria, who used his towel to get the dust off Ienzo.

Once done, they surveyed the area around them. It was different than the last time they were here, mostly it was because there was flour, eggs, and other kitchen items all around and broken glass was smashed on the wall too. In fact, it seemed the whole downstairs was a mess. Including the people in it! Cid had who-knows-what on his shirt & pants and egg yolk in his hair. You could still hear that screaming coming from the kitchen, along with a few, um, colorful words from Cid.

"YUFFIE! Get Ienzo upstairs into his room!!" They heard some voice they had never heard before yell. It sounded very deep, like a man in his 20's.

"Sweet!" Called back a young girls voice, "I've never been in their before! The Great Ninja Yuffie to the rescue!" And as if on cue, a girl with short black hair wearing her usual, tight, black tank top and mini skirt coming bouncing into the living room. Yes, bouncing. She snatched the small boy from off the couch and zoomed down the hallway. The yelling had died down a bit but there was sometimes a scream and cuss, followed by a few crashes and bangs. Cid came back.

"Now, would someone please explain to me what happened?" he asked in a low and dangerous voice. They were right to write their wills. And so, they took turns explaining what happened but kept out the part about the flash from the necklace, wanting to make sure no one thought they were crazy.

Once they were done, Cid just nodded and went back into the kitchen. Not even 2 seconds after he did so, two men stepped out, both carrying big-ass, lethal swords. The first on looked about 21. He had on a dark jacket and black leather pants that were tight on his legs.. (I see where Yuffie gets her style.)Black leather gloves too. His hair was dark brown and it went down to his shoulders and it was somewhat spiky. The second man had blond hair that stuck up in large spikes and looked more likely that it was held up with concrete than it was natural. You couldn't really see his clothes because he wore a large red cape that covered ¾ of his body, was ripped up on the end, and sometimes covered part of his mouth, depending on if his head was down or not. The sword on his back wasn't just large, but some of it had bandages wrapped on it.

Basically, they looked as if they would kill the 12 year olds in the room, no questions asked. The one with brown hair stuck his sword under Myde & Lumaria's neck while blondie did the same for Lea.

"Now," Spoke the brunette, who obviously was the man who was talking to the girl 'Yuffie' from before. "you will tell us why Ienzo was brought home like that… Or else." At 'or else' he eyes went into slits and he pressed his sword closer to Myde's and Lumaria neck.

"Leon! Cloud!" A sweet, girly voice called from the kitchen. "Stop that!"

"Yeah guys, let them talk first. My God, you both are ready to kill them before they even get words out." Snapped the girl, Yuffie, from before, as she walked into the room.

"Watch your language!" said the brunette.

"Oh, skip it Leon!" She called back. Okay, if the Brunette was Leon, blondie must be Cloud.

At that moment, a lady with long, light brown hair done in a braid with a red ribbon that was perched at the top of it. She wore a frilly pink dress & sandals. Her steps were soft and, for some reason, there was just this calming aurora around her. Her face looked of that of a mother's, peaceful. She slowly walked up to the two men carrying the swords, and gave a small half-smile. She slowly reached down and took off her shoe. Her smile grew bigger as she closed her eyes and cocked her head to the side. It was very calming and yet, it was also disturbing at the same time. At first nothing happened as she stood there with her sandal in her hand. And then…

SMACK!

PLOP!

BANG!

Cloud & Leon had there hands holding their heads as they both stared at the woman in shock. She had just hit them with her shoe and no longer had that cool, calm expression. In fact, she was glaring at the two men and, if you looked hard enough, held your breath, and stood on your head you could see a blazing fire crackle in her eyes. All in all, it was like doing/saying something stupid to a woman in labor. Or saying 'hello' to Lareene when it was her…ahem, 'time of the month'. Oh, wait, that would be worse, much, much worse. Basically, to put it in my terms, they-were-SO-screwed. Oh wait, the lady's yelling.

"-TO POINT THOSE GIANT SWORDS AT CHILDREN! CHILDREN! YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL DAY! I KNOW THEY BROUGHT IENZO HOME LIKE THIS BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DID ANYTHING! FOR ALL YOU KNOW, HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN ATTACKED OR SOMETHING AND THEY JUST BROUGHT HIM HOME! ARE YOU GONNA KILL 12-YEAR-OLDS FOR THAT!? WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY FOR YOUR SELVES? THAT'S RIGHT, NOTHING BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS! I'M TAKING THOSE SWORDS AND KEEPING THEM UNTIL YOU CAN CONTROL YOURSELVES! I WON'T DO IT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS HERE BUT WHEN THEY LEAVE I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASSES SO HARD-"

Her yelling was cut off by Myde, who, surprisingly, had the guts to pull on her sleeve. "Um, sorry to interrupt you ma'am but, um, it's alright. About what they did, really. If I had a big sword and saw someone I cared about come home like this, I'd probably do the same thing, ya know." He said, timidly.

Her angry expression died and was replaced with the bright smile from before. "That's okay, dearie, they need to learn a lesson. Oh, by the way, my name's Aerith."

"Mine's Myde. On the end there is Lumaria and the kid who looks like a flaming hedgehog is Lea. It's a pleasure meeting you." He said merrily.

"Pleasure's all mine. Now, if you don't mind…" She gestured to the frightened boys with big-ass swords, which they were clutching, trembling in the corner. They looked like lost little puppies. Awww:3

…

Now I don't care. Anyway…

"Oh, go right ahead!"

Aerith nodded in thanks and walked back over to the trembling boys. Her face was dangerously evil as she started shouting again. I'd tell you what she said but I don't think I'm allowed to repeat such words.

"You might want to get of here." Gah! I'd forgotten Yuffie was in the room. She disappeared when Aerith was yelling and just popped up behind the couch. "When Aerith gets mad, there's NO stopping her." They all nodded, not really wanting to stick around. With one last wave they disappeared from the room and with a flash, they where halfway down the street trying to forget the things they had just seen/heard, except Myde, who liked to cherish and remember every moment of life. They now realize what Ienzo means when he says the people he knows are all crazy. He likes to discuss their sanity, or lack there off. Now, they're gone but I want to see what Aerith does so let's look! Only I can though 'cause I feel like being a bitch today… and it's pretty graphic!

Wow, just wow.

I never knew that was a word!

I feel sorry you can't hear this…

That's gotta hurt.

I'm not sure that's supposed to bend that way!

And… Oh Dear God! That's way to graphic, I'm so outta here! Begging will get you nowhere Cloud! Stuck it up Leon, you're supposed to be a man!

See ya suckers!

…And that's how it went.

Lumaria realized that while he was thinking, his body was on auto pilot and he had packed his things up. Looking around, he realized nearly everyone was ready, except Lareene who had already left. Lumaria had decided earlier that he was going to talk to Ienzo about that day and this was his last chance to do it today.

He turned and saw Ienzo was about to leave. "Hey, Ienzo!" Said boy turned around and gazed at the pinkish- brown haired boy. "Can I talk to you? Ya know, on the way home?" The smaller boy nodded happily and waited by the doorway for his friend to walk with him. He tried to ignore the stares the two other boys where giving him as he made his way across the room to his best friend.

It had been several minutes of the two walking in silence. Lumaria was on the left while Ienzo on the right. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut with a knife. Neither knew how long they had been walking, but then again neither cared. Lumaria knew he should say something but he couldn't find the right words. Suddenly, Ienzo stopped and looked around for something that wasn't there. Lumaria took this chance to speak.

"I-" But he never got the chance to talk. Before he got the first word out, Ienzo covered his mouth with his hand. Glancing over to the bluenett next to him, he saw that the younger was biting his lip so hard blood was coming out, and, for the first time since they had met about 5 years ago, he looked truely scared. Not that kind of nervous scare you get before you do a big jump on your skates or your skateboard. No, the other next to him looked terrified.

"Shh!" He hissed. And so he kept his mouth shut.

At first, Lumaria couldn't hear anything, but then, very faintly, there was a soft padding of steps. By the sounds most likely an animal, but that was impossible! Animals never, under any circumstances, did they ever come out of the woods. People never went into the woods, animals never came out. It was like an unspoken law. It wasn't possible for animal to be here in town.

That was, until, he saw It. It was a very large wolf that probably wasn't all that normal due to the fact that its fur had a tint of green and, the last time he checked, green on an animals fur isn't normal. It hunched its back, bared its teeth, stuck out its claws and growled in a deep menacing voice. Lumaria swore under his breath while Ienzo cussed loudly.

"It's back…" Ienzo whispered so quietly Lumaria thought he imagined it for a split second. Whirling to his right, he faced the younger and just stared for a second. He had seen this wolf-thing before. Was this the reason he had those slashes…

"Ienzo, what is that? It's defiantly not a normal wolf." He said a little panic-y. But the other didn't respond, in fact, it seemed like he had never heard the question. The boy just stared blankly ahead as the wolf paced back and forth.

"Run." He whispered so quietly Lumaria had trouble hearing him.

"What?" He asked

"Run!" He called louder this time, the situation finally seeming to sink in.

Without waiting for a reply, Ienzo abruptly spun around, grabbed Lumaria hand and dashed off with Lumaria barley keeping up behind him. For such a small kid, he really was strong & fast. They twisted down so many ally ways and shortcuts that Lumaria forgot for a split second they were being chased and could have sworn they were in a maze. The older didn't really know how the blue haired one knew which way to go or how he could see when it was nearly pitch black except for a street light now and again. Okay, the knowing-which-way-to-go thing didn't really surprise him 'cause Ienzo knew everything, but how he was truly confused as to how he could see, even he couldn't see in this place! The only thing keeping him for getting lost was the fact the other was holding his hand. Well, Ienzo did always have cat instincts. Maybe he had cat eyes too. (Hint-cat-Hint)

Lumaria could hear the loud barks and footsteps of the wolf behind them. It was catching up, and fast. Suddenly, they gave a sharp turn to the right and fell on a pile of foul smelling garbage. Within seconds, Ienzo formed a small wall of the garbage bags and pushed the two behind them.

"Hold your breath and keep quiet." He whispered.

He had just barley finished his sentence when the wolf stopped only feet ahead of them. It froze in place, sniffing the air. After a few minutes of just sniffing the air and the wolf unmoving, he saw his friend move out of the corner of his eye. He wanted to grab him and scream for him to stop, but something in the back of his mind to him not to. Ienzo saw his friend staring at him and just winked. Then, faster than the pinkish haired one could see, Ienzo threw a rock in the opposite direction (ahead) that hit some pipes causing loud clanging noises. The snapped his head in that direction and took off.

They still kept down but after 10 minutes of complete silence, Ienzo helped the other boy up after rising himself. They were both covered in sweat (Really only Lumaraia was. Ienzo didn't seem to have broken a sweat.) and had some tares in their pants and shirts, along with a scratch or two, but other than that they seemed fine.

"Sorry about pushing you into the garbage. You see, animals have a sharp sense smell and hearing. I figured that if we could cover up our scents we'd be able to get away. I was right." He chuckled. Lumaria didn't bother to ask why, Ienzo sometimes found things funny other people didn't, along with an odd sense of humor.

"Hey, Zo? Earlier you said 'it's back', um, what exactly was 'it'?" He immediately knew that was the wrong thing to say, for Ienzo's eyes became glazed over and he had a blank expressing on his face like before. It was quiet for several minutes until gave a sudden jolt, as if coming back to reality. His face gave off a fake happiness as he tried to change the subject.

"We should get home soon. It's been nearly an hour since practice let out and ever night Cid gets up at 2:30 on the dot to check if I'm still on bed. Its 1:00 right now so if we hurry, we can get there, take showers, you can borrow some clothes, and get you home before 3:00." Lumaria just nodded, not really knowing what to say. He knew that the dog- wolf-thing had something to do with Ienzo's past; he knew by the way his eyes glaze over. It happened every time someone brings up his childhood. He gets quiet for a minute before changing the subject.

He sighed, it was gonna be a long, long night.

The end of the chappy! I'm very pleased with myself on this one. Bye! .