Author's Notes: Hey everyone! Thank you for those who reviewed the last chapter!!! Anyway, I was again making another fanfiction…jeez ideas are just coming up in my head!!!

Monochrome

Black Motivation: Connection

Character Profile: Tifa Lockhart

A senior who rarely goes to school, and so as a relative of Riku who seems to know a lot about him

So…this beautiful girl is Aerith Gainsborough, whom all the gangsters are afraid of…I wonder why…she's also one of the five original Grays.

"Ah…with impressions, I thought you would be tougher in the outside…" Namine sheepishly said. "Well, that's just what people assume." the brunette answered nonchalantly.

"Ojyou! I'll escort you home, there's huge commotion outside." Said the redhead which Namine seemed to know, entered the music room.

"Oi! The little girl Takaishi! Long time no see!" said Axel.

"You know this girl?" asked Aerith.

"Yah! She's the transfer student who became the Gray Leader!" said Axel.

"I haven't seen you for like…months, Inoue-san!" Namine, told Axel. He sheepishly smiled.

"That's because I need to take care of ojyou!" he replied and smiled at the brunette.

"Stop calling me that, you annoying little thing. I am a year older than you." Said Aerith bitterly.

"Aww…but if something happens to you, the boss would eat my head!!!" Axel said as he took out a pack of cigarettes.

Namine quickly grabbed it.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" the redhead complained.

"This is a school that's what it is!"

"Give it back to me." He said sternly. His expression…is definitely not normal… thought the blonde.

Namine was about to give it back, but then dropped it on the floor and she stepped on it. A vein popped on his head.

"Oops! I stepped on it!!!!" she exclaimed playfully. Axel's angry expression turned into a childish one. "Why, you're the first girl who made her point clear to me! I like you, little one!!!" he said, patting her head. "Oooh, let's be friends, Nami-chan!!!" He's so weird…

Aerith rolled her eyes.

"Eri-chan!!!" someone in a ninja costume entered the room.

"Wah! Another Gray!" Namine squealed again.

"What? Axel, who is the blonde?" asked the ninja-looking girl.

"Nami-chan, this is Kisaragi Yuffie! She's also one of ojyou's friends!!!" said Axel.

"Hi Nami-chan, it's nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too…?"

"Eri-chan seems to be finished playing the piano!!!" Yuffie said, taunting Aerith.

"Nami-chan, do you know that Eri-chan is afraid of spiders?" whispered Yuffie to Namine's ear.

"Sssh! Quiet Yuffie-chan! Ojyou can hear you!!!" warned Axel.

Aerith rolled her eyes.

"WAAHH!!!" the blonde shrieked at the sudden.

"What is it?!" Axel panicked.

"I just remember!!! Inoue Axel is also on the list, and so as Kisaragi Yuffie!!! That means…you're one of the five original Grays!!!" Namine squealed.

Eh, original? Yuffie thought.

"I see…those guys were out there for you. I thought it had something to do with us again…" said Axel who peeped at the window.

"I know what's going on this campus, but I have no intention to get dragged in." said Aerith as she stood from her seat.

"Huh? Why?! I know I'm making a huge request. You are not involved with it at all. But because you have that kind of power, you could get rid of those guys!" Namine convinced. "If I was the only one involved, it'll be okay. But I can't. There are other people. I want to help him, but I'm powerless to do that." She added.

"If you think begging would do the job for Eri-chan, think again! If Eri-chan would help you, what would she profit?" asked Yuffie.

Namine shrunk. "Nothing…" she muttered. "But…I can promise you, that if you need help, I'll be there!!!" Namine added.

Aerith sighed and turned around to leave.

"I think it would be best…for you to not to get involve with me." She said in melancholy.

"Why?!"

"Darn it they're still not coming out?!" one of the yakuza members said.

"Someone should go in!!!"

"Oi, Eri-chan, there's really going to be bloody blood…" said Yuffie as she and Axel looked back at the school.

"Ojyou is so cold…" commented Axel.

"It seems that Nami-chan came asking for your help, without knowing who you really are," he added. Aerith glanced at him.

"I am surprised as well."

"What do you mean she left?!"

"Why didn't you hold her back?" Sora added. Namine shrunk.

"Ano…I thought it wasn't even right to get her involved in our own problem…" she sheepishly said.

"So, I'm going to talk with them and ask what they want from me!!!" she said on the way to the door. "You can't do that!" said Sora and whacked Namine with the bat.

"Yo, rope please!!!"

"Why am I also tied up?!" screamed Namine, who was tied up beside Riku. "SORA! You don't think you can get away with this!!!"

"You are whiny…" suddenly said the senior, who was also tied up from the last chapter.

"Watch who you're talking to you dumb blonde!!!" retorted Namine.

"Look who's talking," Cloud snapped at the other blonde. She shrunk again.

"Nami, you know I like you, so please stop tempting me to whack your head!!!" Sora grabbed his bag. "I'm going out. Kazenuchi-san, watch these three." And Sora left the building.

"It seems like they're not going to leave. We have to stay here overnight." Said Wakka.

"Eh?! No way!!! I barely saw Tsuya-chan today…now he's finally back…" said Namine who was close to tears.

Oooh…so Tsuyacha… is a person… thought Riku. "I get it," (A/N: Riku mistakes it as 'Tsuyacha')

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Hey are they really intending me here tied up til morning?" asked Riku.

"It can't be helped! Because everyone knows it's a disaster once your rope got untied!" replied Namine. Riku sighed. "It really doesn't matter if you beat up the minors…just make sure you own the boss…it leaves them frightened of you so they won't seek revenge. Even by means of stabbing each other on the back." said Riku.

This guy…is one violent child… "I don't think you'll be untied soon…" said Namine.

He glared at her.

"You know, I do feel sorry…" said Namine as he turned to look at her.

"Because you saved me, you have to be here…in fact, you have nothing to do with this…and I haven't even thanked you…" This is harder than I thought!!! She thought.

"So, I'm sorry…and thank you…" the blonde ended.

Riku grunted. "Stop saying that you idiot! You're getting cheesy!!!" he told her, blushing. "Awww…and I thought you are purely ugly because you hit me! But you're cute too!!!" teased Namine.

"Stop being modest and show your true hideous form, Nigasa." Said Cloud.

"Just because your love life got screwed that doesn't mean you can screw mine!!!" yelled Riku.

"Wah! Have you been listening?!" freaked Namine. Cloud sweat dropped.

"I am just right here…"

"What do you think you're doing, Hayase?" Sora was bowing to Aerith at their uber big house—mansion.

"With your wasted intelligence, getting rid of those guys is a piece of cake," she said.

"If I had time I would do that!" retorted Sora. "The whole school is surrounded by the enemy, of all the people I know, you're the only one I can depend on!!!"

"Because I am the daughter of this family…so everyone fears me…" she said.

"Am I right? You know a lot hates this family…and yet you still ask for my help…" she playfully and half seriously said.

Sora looked up. "Please! I know this is really none of your business, but…you're the only one I know who could settle this down!" he bowed again.

"Is that so…then…would you leave a finger behind?" she asked. Sora shrunk. "What?!"

Axel got on his back with a blade. "Ojyou is a meanie!!!" teased Axel.

"Hehe, if you were missing a finger, you'll have a hard time with the computer!!!" said Yuffie playfully as she sat on front of him. Sora shrunk.

"Fine! I'll do it for Nami!" said Sora. Aerith was stunned by his courage. Maybe…I'm going to make an exception… Aerith thought.

"Damnit, I can't escape from the windows…" and Kazenuchi-san is standing outside on guard! Thought Namine inside the cubicle.

Riku however was still tied up on the air conditioner. "Pfft…this is unfair…" Riku looked at Cloud, who was busy untying himself. Cloud got up without a word. "Hey! Untie me too!!!" said Riku. He just glanced at him and exited the room. He sighed. How long is that monkey taking in?! Just then, he saw a silhouette of a man on the door. It opened to reveal the White leader.

"Ah! Sora, you're back! Where did you go?" Namine saw him tiredly walking. He rested his head on her shoulder and sighed. "I'm tired…for convincing a pretty girl like her…" said Sora with another sigh. Namine looked up to see they got company.

"Yeah right. You probably had it calculated that I wouldn't have done it for real." Aerith said. "Ah! Aerith-san!!!" greeted Namine. Since when did I give her permission to call me like that? She thought.

"Ojyou is so generous!!!" said Axel.

"Shut up! You didn't have to come along!" snapped Aerith.

"Your father will kill me!"

"I have to come too!!!" said Yuffie.

"You have no point to be right here, Yuffie." Said Aerith.

"I know! I just want to see Nami-chan again!!!"

"You're going to help us…I'm so glad!!!" cheered Namine. "Oh, and by the way, why does Aerith-san have such powers?" she asked.

"I have none myself." She answered. "Do you know what the Cetra Mafia is?" she asked.

"Eh…it's one of the largest Japanese mafia with thousands of members led by Sephiroth…Eh?!" she looked at the girl bewildered.

"I'm the daughter of the group's leader." Aerith finished.

"So…that's why they're Grays without getting bullied…the fact Aerith-san is the daughter of the largest Japanese gang…and Axel-san and Yuffie-san are members of it…" Namine thought out loud.

"Yuffie-chan is the head of the South, while I, Inoue Axel, owns this territory, the North of Japan!!!" said Axel with a proud smile.

"Aerith-san! Thank you for coming! I hope we can be friends!!!" said Namine as she held her hand to her. "If you're in trouble, I'll help you!" Aerith blushed.

"Friends with me?"

"Yeah! Is it wrong?" Namine asked.

"Weird. Normally, people would stay away from me."

"Well, I don't think that matters! You can create a beautiful melody, I don't think it can be that bad!!!" Aerith just blushed more.

"Haha! Eri-chan is blushing!!!" taunted Yuffie.

"This is my first time seeing her like this!!!" said Axel playfully. Aerith recovered with her blushing. "I don't have time for cozy relationship…"

"TAKAISHI-SAN! STRIFE AND NIGASA ARE GONE!!!" yelled Wakka.

"Nigasa? Strife…?" Aerith muttered.

"WHAT?! They were here just few minutes ago!!!" said Namine back as they hastily ran to the room.

"He tore the ropes?!" exclaimed Sora.

"He sure is strong…" wondered Namine.

"Where's Cloud?!"

"Aw who cares? We're going to make him Gray right after we finish this!!!" However, Aerith and her company seem to didn't care about this, but instead, the two hypers teased the brunette.

"Oooh...Eri-chan is blushing!!!!" taunted Yuffie.
"Well this is your chance to make up with him, ojyou!!!" cheered Axel.

"HAYASE!!! I didn't hear that Strife was in this!" yelled Aerith to Sora, ignoring the two. "But he isn't…we were just forcing him to be a Gray…" a scared Sora explained.

"And what does Nigasa have to do with this?" the female brunette fumed.

"Eh…" and the male brunette stuttered. Aerith turned her heels to leave. "I'm going home,"

"Wait!!! Don't!!!"

"How come…this is completely…wondering…" said Namine to herself. Cloud's rope looked as if he tore it…but…Riku's has been…cut by a knife. "It's different!" exclaimed Seifer.

"The two of them must've had their own escape plans…" said Wakka.

"It can't be the Blacks because Nigasa Riku made all of them to leave…"

Sora however, was ruffling on some indoor plant. "I knew it!" he said as he took out a hidden video camera.

"I hid a video camera!" said Sora proudly to himself.

"Woah…that's…smart…" said Namine. "But we have to leave that later! Nigasa is in trouble!" she continued as she ran downstairs to the school grounds. She found Cloud wondering on the hallways.

"Cloud! Where's Nigasa?!" Namine panicked as she clutched on the other blonde's shirt.

He sympathetically looked at her. "You're too late."

She spotted Riku alone, face to face with the gang.

"RIKU!!!"

"Hello, is this the police headquarters?"

"There is some idiot here causing violence on front of Gakuen Tasogare."

"Please arrest him."

He stared at his mobile phone as the call ended.

"My sympathies,"

"Riku."

There, I hope you liked this...

Achii