"…and then you brought them here without having the slightest idea of who they are." Concluded Jake, after assessing Sei's story on why the other two were there. Needless to say, a big scene had exploded as soon as she entered the house and Jake saw that she was being followed by two strangers. Jake's mood hadn't improved when Sei had told him that she had barely met them on the way home.

"I know their names." She replied defensively.

"Do you know anything else?"

"They're looking for someone."

"And besides that?"

"Uh…"

"Yeah." He let a short dry laugh escape his lips.

"Jake, they're newcomers. They're new to the city, they have no where to stay!"

"That's what hotels are for!" Jake was smiling sarcastically as he said this, making him seem creepy indeed, especially as he stood up. He and Sei had been arguing inside the kitchen while Kadaj and Loz were in the living room, sitting on couches right across each other.

"Yeah, that's a good point, thing is, they don't have money either." The girl looked carefully out the door as if making sure that what she was saying was the truth and it didn't in any way embarrass the guys.

"What kind of idiot travels without money?" hissed Jake, placing his hands on the table and leaning towards Sei who in return leaned toward him saying; "Please, give them a chance. Just this once. When I bumped into them, I realized there was something about them—"

"Oh, C'omon, Sei!" yelled Jake, throwing his hands in the air and released a much exaggerated sigh, "there's something about everyone in town! The only reason you don't bring them over is because they already have a home, or they think you're some weirdo trying to kidnap them or something!" Kadaj had been looking at his oldest brother; well at least there was no doubt that the girl was insane, after all, to some degree, but matters would've been better if her brother had been in the same predicament.

"Yeah, yeah, but this time, I actually mean it!" she said.

"Sorry Sei, but sometimes enough is enough." Jake walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. "You two," he said, motioning to Kadaj and Loz to follow him to the door, "you're leaving," he added, opening the door for the startled black haired men, who began to stand slowly.

"No, sit down." Sei, followed her brother and closed the door. "You're staying." She looked at her brother pleadingly, she leaned her body against the door as the only obstacle between it and the other two, who obediently sat back down.

"I said that you're leaving." Jake made an attempt to reach for the doorknob but Sei pushed his arm away saying "Jake, please don't do this."

"Sei, get out of the way, it's not polite to make uninvited guests leave through the window."

Sei looked at Jake with anger when he mentioned the uninvited part, especially because he knew she had offered to let them stay. "I'm sorry, but they're staying."

"Leaving."

"Staying!"

Kadaj, thinking it was best to keep things out of the danger zone for now, decided to agree with her brother and stood up saying, "Maybe we should just—"

"NO!" yelled Sei, making him sit back down in surprise.

"Sei, we can't do this," Said Jake, in a more concerned tone rather than a lecturing one. He seemed tired, of everything; as if unable to find the strength to fight with his sister any longer. "They're not hurt. The only reason I agreed to help Yazoo was because he was."

"What?" asked Kadaj, looking straight at Sei and her brother, both who stared back with confusion. Loz turned his head towards Kadaj; Jake saw that his lips were moving quietly in Kadaj's direction. All of a sudden, the young boy stood up and walked further into the house opening every single door and looking inside, with Loz following each of his movements, his eyes wide open in a desperate attempt to find something… to find someone…

"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" At Jake's questioning, Sei ran into the hallway and stopped the other two on their tracks before they touched the door that led to Yazoo's room that was being blocked by Sei's body. "You can't just step into the house like you own the damn place." Jake was really angry by now and was now pulling Kadaj away from Yazoo's room with every intention of kicking him out of his house.

"Did you say Yazoo?" asked Kadaj.

Sei's attention centered on Kadaj. "Answer me, lady," he demanded, struggling to get away from Jake's grip.

"Don't talk to my sister that way!" answered Jake, who tightened his grip around Kadaj.

"Did you?" asked Loz. Sei's dark eyes flew to Loz's face, which was showing anxiety and concern. He tried reaching for the doorknob but Sei's hand got there first and shielded it from his touch. For a moment she hesitated; what if they were the ones that harmed Yazoo? What if they were looking for him to finish him? She couldn't allow it.

"We have to see who's in there," said Kadaj, who somehow had slipped away from Jake's grip and was now standing beside Loz, confronting Sei. Having them so close to her like that was intimidating, but then her eyes caught sight of something. Their eyes were anxious and desperate, full of questions… now where had she seen that look before? And their skin; seemingly smooth and marbled in texture and ashen in color… She wanted to touch that skin…

There was an awkward moment of silence, where the only sound that came to Sei's ears was the sound of Jake's pants and her own pulse beating in her ears. Something in her told her it was okay to open the door. She felt her hand tighten around the doorknob and began twisting it, as she pressed her other hand's index finger against her mouth in a "be-quiet" manner. They nodded and then entered the room when she pushed the door open; they stood near the entrance, scanning the room slowly.

Jake walked up to his sister and standing beside her, watched how the other two slowly walked to Yazoo's bed. He was sleeping soundly; it was amazing how he hadn't awakened even with all the noise they had all made.

"Yeah, that's him." Said Loz.

"I… I can't believe it…" whispered Kadaj.

"You're not going to hurt him?" asked Sei, second guessing her decision to let them in.

"Hurt him?" asked Kadaj.

"He's our Brother!" said Loz.

Jake released a dry laugh a second time that afternoon. He was sitting in the kitchen again, with Kadaj and Loz sitting across the table and Sei sitting beside him.

Kadaj and Loz had been telling the story about what they had done; how they were created from Jenova cells, how they attacked Elena and Tseng, how they attacked Big Brother (they didn't mention Clouds name), how they kidnapped the children, how they hypnotized them, the disasters they made at the city and how Kadaj and Loz died.

Sei looked at them surprised. Was she staring at a couple of ghosts? She stood up and tugged at Kadaj's hair.

"OW! What the hell was that for?" he demanded, looking at her furiously.

"But if you died, how come you're here?" she asked.

"Well, a lady told us that we could be given a second chance. And when she told us that, we were planning on coming back and kill Big Brother this time to take revenge on our deaths and Yazoo's as well. But I guess Yazoo never was dead, considering we never saw him on the other side."

"So, you're fully alive?" asked Sei, eyeing them suspiciously.

"Yeah," answered Loz.

"Ok, this is definitely going too far." Jake set his forehead on his hand.

"What makes you say that?" asked Sei.

"I WONDER!" Jake motioned to the two men across from him. "This is crazy! Three people in my house, they're all murderers, and they died and then came back to life? What the hell is this?"

There was silence; Kadaj lowered his head and stared at his knees. Why had he told them? He knew Jake was right; it was crazy for someone to come into your house and just say that they're murderers, and they died and then came back to life. Maybe Sei wasn't the only one who was crazy; maybe they shouldn't have bumped into her in the first place; maybe they shouldn't have followed her home…

"Maybe we should just get Yazoo and leave," Kadaj suggested.

"I like that idea," Said Jake. Sei stared at him taken aback. "You can't do that." She said.

Jake sighed. The other two stood up and left to Yazoo's room, leaving Sei and her brother alone in the kitchen once again.

"You can't do that." She repeated.

"Don't start with me."

"You know we're no different!" she snapped.

He looked at her. There was a blush of anger on her cheeks. It was true she hardly ever asked for anything, but when she did… he sighed again.

"If they leave because of what they are, then I should leave with them as well, since you don't like murderers in your house."

"Your case was different Sei; you didn't know what you were doing."

"But it all adds to me being like them, don't you think? If you can accept me, why can't you accept them?" She kicked the table's leg and then crossed her hands in her lap. "Are you afraid that they might get out of hand? What if we show them the right way the way you did with me?" she added hopefully. "You led me to the right path. How come you can't do the same to them?"

"Why do you have to…?" Sei looked at Jake when he didn't finish the sentence. He looked at her and began shaking his head. Jake had never seen Sei so determined to let people stay at their house, which in itself meant something; she usually gave up around the time he opened the door. Not only that, he had committed the mistake of judging them and classifying them by something they did in the past, without knowing their true intentions for the future, so in a way he would be contradicting a lot of things he had said to his own sister in the past. Maybe he should just go on with everything; maybe yielding to his sister this time was alright… but there was a lot he had to think about. Simply put, it was hard being the oldest and responsible for the two; a single decision could bring the best or worst consequences forth. If this was some sort of test for him, he knew that if they left, he would fail that test, and she would never forgive him for taking a chance of happiness away… the thought scared him.

He stood up and then went down the hall, without noticing that Sei had followed after him. When they got to Yazoo's room, they found Kadaj and Loz standing next to his bed, staring down at their brother. They seemed to be studing the situation; wondering where to take him and how. Loz seemed worried, above all. But when they saw that Jake was standing at the door with Sei behind him, their emotions were masked with indifference and then Kadaj spoke.

"Don't worry. We'll be out in a second." He began to lift the covers from Yazoo's body, when a hand stopped him. It belonged to Jake, who was staring at him with so much concentration, Kadaj almost backed away. But before anything else happened, Jake motioned for the both of them to follow him out in the hall. They did, allowing Sei to close the door after them.

"Listen, I want you to stay."

"Huh?" It was obvious Kadaj was impressed by Sei's brother's sudden change of mind.

"I'm having a chance of mind… I had a bit of a talk with her," Said Jake, motioning to smiling Sei. "And well…" he hesitated. He was still hesitating… so was this a good idea?

"Does that mean we get to stay?" asked Loz.

"Yeah, you do," uttered Jake after a moments thought, in the smallest of voices he could find. Then in a stronger tone, "But in exchange of that, you two need to do something for me."

Kadaj stared at Jake; he didn't like the way he said that. Loz was nodding furiously and it seemed his head was to fall off any minute.

"Um… I'll go get your rooms ready," said Sei and disappeared further into the hall while the three guys stepped into the living room.

Kadaj turned and turned in his bed. Yes, it was comfortable… but he had never slept in one. It felt weird. He turned a full turn before he gave up and rolled off the mattress. Dragging the covers to the floor with him, he lay down on the carpet and covered himself. That felt much better. He still couldn't take off his mind on why he had given himself and his brothers away so fast; their history was something that he didn't usually share. After all, Sei and Jake were complete strangers, unlike Rufus, who had taken mother, and even then, that man had only been given only the knowledge of what they were planning.

He thought about his intentions when he first came back. He was so full of anger; he lashed out at Loz at first. But then he came to understand that his anger needed to be lashed out at Cloud… that traitor… he wanted to take revenge for killing Yazoo and Loz and himself. But neither of them had died. So what now? Was he just going to go on with the deal he, Loz and Jake had made?

"Maybe I should just give up… there's no way I'll find Big Brother anyway." Didn't it take two years to find him the first time? "And besides, I was given a second chance. By the nice lady in pink. By that girl. And her brother. I wonder why. What's my purpose now?" He shook his head. All this was driving him insane; at least even more than he already was. "When Yazoo awakes, we have to talk. We have to figure out what we're going to do next," he thought. He turned a last time, cuddled under the covers and with that thought in mind, fell asleep on the floor.