Chapter 2:

Ansem smiled at Isa.

'' What did you think'' He said smiling. Isa didn't know what to say. The castle was huge and beautiful but to tell the truth he still felt bad about leaving Lea.

'' I don't know'' He simply responded.

Ansem frowned a little bit.

'' How about you stay for a night''

Squall sighed as he looked for Yuffie. Suddenly he thought he spotted a little patch of black hair. Yuffie! He ran toward her. Yuffie saw him and ran away laughing.

Squall groaned.

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Lea wondered about that guy called Squall. He seemed pretty nice enough but really rigid. Lea also wondered what happened to that Ven guy. '' Hey get out of the street you'll get run over'' a man yelled from a distance. Lea laughed as he saw one of the few cars in Radiant Garden come toward him. He jumped to the top. A few people started yelling at him including the woman in the car. Lea just laughed. Suddenly he fell off but was barely hurt. A man laughed and walked toward him. He seemed not too much older then Lea. He had spiky black hair.

'' Hi I'm Zack'' He said smiling.

'' Lea got it memorized'' He said shaking Zack's hand. He noticed a bit off a bump on his back but didn't mind it.

'' That was awesome what you did'' Zack said referring to the cars.

Lea laughed cockily. '' Thanks.

Squall raced after Yuffie.

Suddenly she was right in front after him. ''Buh bye'' She said and blew a raspberry.

She kept running. Squall cursed and ran after her.

Yuffie ran through a stand of fruits, Yuffie somehow jumped over a stand-leaving Squall flabbergasted. '' How did you that''

'' I'm Yuffie the greatest ninja ever'' She said smiling. Squall didn't know what that meant but chased after her.

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Ansem looked solemnly at the picture of him and his family. His family had died ages ago in a gunfight. Someone knocked on his door.

'' Master Ansem'' a voice called. Ansem didn't respond for a few seconds.

'' Yes, come in'' He finally said. The door creaked open and Ansem saw Dilan look in.

'' Ansem Isa has disappeared and Braig is no where to be found, as well as Xehonart.''

Ansem slammed his hand on his desk angrily. '' You and Aeleous look for Isa. I'll look for Xehonart and Braig'' He said glaring. He knew where they were. In fact he knew too well.

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Isa ran out the door of the castle. What Braig had said to him had almost made him cry. ( AN: You'll learn later what he mean) Isa knew what he had to do. He had to find Lea and apologize.

He and Lea had met years ago when they had been 8. Lea had been running away from his house again when the ran into each other. Isa at the time had no friends since he was what you would call a bit antisocial. Lea befriended him and they had become close to inseparable even if Lea teased him most of the time. Isa knew why he teased him but Isa had also learned how to keep calm coming from a rough family. But the more Isa stayed calm the more anger was inside him being kept away. Isa could go berserk at any moment. Like he had just a few minutes ago.

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'' So can you teach me how to do it?'' Zack asked the cocky Lea. Zack liked the kid. He was happy and all but Zack could tell something was wrong in the picture.

'' I would but it takes years of practice to get it right'' Lea said rolling his eye's. Zack laughed.

'' Hey give me a chance'' Zack pleaded. '' fine but your going to get hurt'' Lea warned. Zack grinned as another car came driving by. He jumped on it grabbing on. Lea's jaw dropped as Zack stood on top of the car with no problem.

He jumped off when the man in the car started screaming. '' That was lucky'' Lea muttered. Zack grinned. '' Want me to do it again?'' He asked proudly.

'' Oh shut up. Got it memorized'' Lea said angrily.

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Dilan had no idea why Ansem had gotten so angry. It was already night out in Radiant Garden so he guessed it could be because Isa could get robbed or something like that.

He walked through the empty streets of Radiant Garden holding his spear looking for Isa.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew towards him. There was an old piece of paper flying through it. Dilan grabbed it. It was a picture of a heart, the heart was shaped like a valentines heart but it was split in four pieces. One piece said rage, another said love, one said impulse and the last one said hatred. Dilan turned it around to find a picture of a human being with the heart showing. It also included the brain. There were notes under it saying that all of those pieces connected to the brain. Meaning that if the heart turned dark the brain turned dark including the thoughts. Dilan saw a strange signature at the end of it. He couldn't read it. However this page had a number 5 on it. Dilan suddenly was interested in pages. There had to be more around the town. Dilan thought about it. Ansem would probably get mad at him for taking a while but he guessed Isa would be okay.

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Squall kept running chasing after the hyper Yuffie. Squall finally caught up to her and grabbed her collar. '' Finally, now stay still or else '' Squall threatened. Yuffie frowned.

'' Come on Squally let me go'' Yuffie started pulling with extraordinary strength. She started pulling Squall. Squall couldn't believe this something was wrong with this girl.

Squall stopped her with all his strength. Yuffie however crept under his arms and kept running. Squall cursed and chased.

Yuffie laughed as she ran. She saw a girl walking and slid under her legs. Squall however ran into her.

'' Um sorry'' He said embarrassed. The girl seemed his age and had black hair with a few brown streaks through it. She was wearing a white dress.

'' No problem, I've seen that girl around. Always running or talking''

'' Yeah, she's a brat'' Squall said.

'' Hey I think she's sweet'' the girl argued.

'' Sweet hah. Sweet as the devil'' Squall said.

'' Child hater''

'' Brat lover'' Squall responded. He finally got a good look the girl's face. She wasn't what you would call amazingly beautiful but she was pretty. Squall blushed a little bit.

'' I'm Rinoa'' She introduced her self. '' Squall Leonhart'' Squall said.

Rinoa looked at his uniform. '' Oh you're part of the RGDF that explains it'' Rinoa said rolling her eyes.

'' Explains what!'' Squall exclaimed. Rinoa laughed. '' Hey you should get that girl she's getting a huge lead on you'' She said changing the subject.

'' Oh right!'' Squall started running and Rinoa giggled.

Ansem went to the door of the basement where he had guessed Braig and Xehonart would be. He tried to open it. Locked. Ansem eyes filled with fury. They had planned this. He realized he had a key and would've laughed if it weren't for his overtaking anger. He grabbed the key from his pocket and unlocked the door.

He walked down the huge stairs. He turned on the lights looking for his apprentices. Nothing. All the machines seemed untouched, nothing was out of place. He realized they weren't here and felt relieved they hadn't disobeyed his orders. He walked upstairs again and locked door.

Unknown to him the apprentices had been down there but gotten away in time.