It was twilight outside the Seventh Heaven. The street was empty, save for the man in the red cloak that had appeared silently, walking on the sidewalk. He was quiet as the grave, and his movements made no sound. As he glanced up the street towards the bar, he barely noticed the silhouette running across the rooftops above him. It appeared to be a girl, but she seemed to be holding a shuriken almost half her size.

That wasn't possible, was it?

But, unfortunately for the cloaked man, it was possible. It was unfortunate because the girl jumped of the roof and onto his back, agile as a monkey and very heavy, despite her slim frame.

"Hi, Vin-Vin!" The youthful ninja yelled at the top of her lungs. "Surprise!"

"Get off me, Yuffie."

"I didn't expect to see you!" she said gleefully, ignoring his request.

"Where ya goin?"

Vincent, never one to mince words, pointed his claw at the Seventh Heaven.

"Wow! Me too! Fancy that!" Yuffie laughed. "Did Cloud call you, too?"

"Yes."

"Cool! I wonder if everyone else is gonna be there, too! It'll be like a family reunion!"

Vincent scowled almost imperceptibly.

"That's what I'm afraid of."

Indeed, everyone had gathered in the Seventh Heaven. Tifa and Cloud were sitting in the middle of the room, with Reno and the rest of the Turks sitting on random chairs. Rufus was sitting at the table with his legs crossed neatly. Marlene was huddled near Tifa's leg, while Denzel was leaning up against a wall. An unfamiliar girl sat on a stool sandwiched between Cloud and Reno.

When Yuffie and Vincent walked in, everyone's eyes went directly to them.

"Hi, guys." Cloud said, taking charge. "I've called you all here today because…well…um…some old friends have come back."

"Who?" Tifa asked stupidly.

"Tifa, you know."

"I do?"

Ignoring her, Cloud continued.

"These old…er, friends," he said, nervously glancing towards the closed kitchen door, "Have something that they want to tell us."

"Who are they?" Yuffie asked. "I like meeting new people! Are they nice?"

"Well, actually, Yuffie, you've met these friends before." Reno yelled in the general direction of the kitchen door. "You can come in, now!"

The door creaked slowly open… and a silver head poked around the frame.

Kadaj's startlingly blue eyes were wide open. "Um…hi?"

The jaws of everyone in the room (except for Cloud, Zella, and Reno) had fallen onto the floor. Actually, everyone except Vincent. His jaw had only dropped halfway down the floor, and he closed it pretty quickly.

"Omigod! It's the larvae!"

Everyone stared blankly at Yuffie before returning their attention to Kadaj and his brothers.

"Aren't you dead?" asked Rude.

"Not anymore!" Yazoo managed an uneasy smile.

"We got brought back…some how." Loz muttered.

All the color had drained slowly out of Rufus's face. "Please don't throw me off a building again."

Kadaj giggled anxiously. "Ahahaha…right…don't worry…"

"Wait, you don't know how you got brought back to life?" Reno broke in.

"Nope. Not a clue."

"I wonder how…?"

Tifa turned to Cloud worriedly. "Do you think…?"

Cloud shook his head. "No. Sephiroth couldn't be back. It's not possible. And don't you think he would have kept Yazoo, Loz, and Kadaj with him?"

"So who was it?"

Three shadows stood silhouetted against the pale full moon. One of them, an almost anorexic thin woman with white blonde hair and cat-like eyes, smirked.

"They've fallen right into our trap."

The one with brown hair crouched to the ground and sniffed at the air like a dog…or a wolf. A slow grin spread across her mouth, revealing sharp, pointed canines.

"Hey, Dell, you hungry?"

The sinewy redhead laughed a barking laugh. "Am I ever not?"

"Then let's get something to eat."

The blonde hissed at them. "Not, yet, Reesa!"

She turned back to the city.

"We wait until midnight…"