Happy New Years! My birthday is in a few weeks! I'm exited! Anyway, this chapter was being a pain in the butt. Everytime I'd get halfway through typing it up, my laptop would go all spazztic on me and refresh itself, deleting everything I'd type. :'( But I got it done! :D Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own FF7. If I did, Zack would've lived and Sephiroth would've died the first time. (Note: Sorry, all Sephy-fans!)

Chapter 11:

I've been having these weird thoughts lately.

Like, is any of this for real...

...or not?

(Two Days Later)

Aya was in her room-which used to be Yunnie's room-getting a book when she felt someone watching her. Aya turned, but saw no one. Shrugging, she left the room.

In a dark corner of Aya's room, a giggle could be heard.

"She'll make an exellent plaything!"

Ian and Trishe were in Mamacita's office.

Again.

For the same reason as last time.

...Again.

Mamacita shook her head. "So, let me get this strait: Trishe, you pushed Ian into Comander Hewely, who apologized even though it wasn't his fault. Then Ian, you tripped Trishe, who knocked into Comander Rhapsodos, who tripped into Genral Sephiroth, and then complained that you got blood on his Loveless book. Then Director Lazard walked out of his office, asking what all the yelling was about. Ian screamed, 'to the bat cave' and ran down the hallway with Trishe following behind."

Ian and Trishe nodded, "Yep, that's about it." Mamacita sighed. "Ian, how'd you get blood on the Comander's book?"

Just then, Kk came in holding a bloodied white jacket. "Ian! What the Hell!? I've told you not to wear a white jacket on missions! Do you know how friggan hard it is to clean?!" Ian frowned, "It was cold!"

"I don't care! You don't wear a white jacket when you're going on an assasination mission! It's common sense!"

"Whatever!"

Kk threw the jacket down. "Fine! You can clean your own jacket!"

Ian gaped. "What?! I can't do that! I've got other stuff to do!" She huffed. "I'll just buy a new jacket after every mission."

Yori, who was the Corps' financial overseer, poked her head through the door. "No way. Ian, your the best Corps memeber we've got. In your life time, you'll go on an infinite number of assasination missions, which means an infinite number of jackets, which means an infinite amount of money wasted. Therefore, you will wear no jacket."

Ian sighed and flopped on her bed. After being chewed out by Mamacita, she was tired. But no matter what she did, she couldn't get those creepy dolls out of her head. Those had to be weapons from the Old World...they had to be.

Now, Ian was old. As in, old old. She was the oldest in the ShinRa by far, dispite her young looks. That being said, when she was a kid (a few hundred years or so ago) it was a time in Pulsian history known as the Old World. In that time, magic was used to power machines. After the creation of Magitec, a mixture of life essence and the planet's power, the method of using magic and machines was banned, creating the New World era. The use of Old World machines and magic is heavy stuff. Ian knew only one group of people who could possibly control such a thing, and that was the Black Mages. She sighed. Damn. Black Mages were crazy to deal with and a pain in the crack.

That, and the Pulsian situation. There were only a few left now. From what Ian had learned, the Pulsians that were found were all between the ages of ten and fifteen, with Aya being the youngest. Ian frowned and sat up. Looking through the table beside her bed, she pulled out four ID cards, each patially covered in blood.

Name: Jack De Aribia

Age: 15

Name: Arianna De Sola

Age: 13

Name: Rian De Aribia

Age: 11

Name: Aya De Anelja

Age: 10

Ian sighed. If the Pulsian race was to continue, the four kids that had been found would have to repopulate when they were old enough. But...Aya was a Child of Fate. Children of Fate couldn't have children. They lived a long time, unless they were killed. Ian didn't want Aya to have to suffer not having child.

She stood up. Thinking about it wouldn't help. It would be better if Aya met with the other survivors, Ian thought, walking down the hallway. She'd send Kk down with Aya for now. Her head was killing her.

Aya remained silent as they made their way to the SOLDIER Floor. She didn't know why she had never been to the other floors of the ShinRa Building, but figured she would someday. Kk had told her that they were meeting the other kids who had survived the Pulsian Massecre. She wasn't too thrilled. It had been hard enough meeting the other Corps members, who's drastic change in personality from member to member had given Aya headaches the first few weeks in ShinRa.

Aya hoped that the other survivors were more contained.

Eleven year-old Ryan, or Rian, was exited. Not only was he in ShinRa, but he was also training to be SOLDIER! Ryan thanked the Angel and couldn't stop talking.

Fifteen year-old Jack couldn't be more miserable. He was on Gaia, for pete's sake! Not only that, but he was stuck in SOLDIER with the two most annoying people in the world.

"Hey, Jack! Zack said that he'd show us the Training Room!" Ryan babled on exitedly as he hoped around his older brother like a rabbit on speed. The dark haired teen that was assigned to look after the two brown haired siblings grinned. "Yep! You guys are gonna have a blast!"

"Zacky-Boo!"

Zack groaned. "Oh for the love of-"

A flash of black and red darted past the two brothers and ran right into Zack. Jack blinked and saw that it was a girl, maybe a year or two older than him, that was sitting on Zack. She wore her black hair up in two long pigtails, and wore a black and white sundress. Zack grunted and pushed the girl off of him. "Kk! What's with the nickname? And how come you're not in uniform?"

The girl-Kk-stood up and smiled, "It's revenge for saying I'm hardly a lady! And the reason I'm not in uniform is that today is my day off, so I thought I'd take Aya out for lunch." She turned to Jack and Ryan. Jack was surprised to see that her eyes were a bright, sparkling red. "Who're you guys?"

Zack explained, "These two are Jack and Ryan Aribia! They're training to become SOLDIERs!" Jack nodded politely while Ryan said, "Your pretty!" Jack smacked the back of his brother's head.

Kk laughed. "Well, aren't you blunt! I'm flattered but I think I'm a little old for you."

A soft voice said, "Can we go now?"

Zack, Jack, and Ryan looked down. A little girl, with ice blue doe eyes and short hair. She hid behind Kk's skirt. Kk smiled and pulled the girl out infront of her. The little girl wore a knee length white and purple sundress. "Just a minute, Aya," She turned to the boys, "Ryan, Jack, this is Aya!" Aya nodded and remained silent.

Ryan walked up to her and hugged her. Aya noticably stiffened, surprised by the action. Jack resisted the urge to drop-kick his younger brother for hugging a stranger. Ryan ignored the girl's reation and said, "Now your just a cutie, mate!"

Aya stomped on his foot and kneed him in the stomach. When he double over, she kicked him in the eye. "Ian says 'never let a stranger touch you'."

Kk stood there, mouth open in shock. Zack stared at Aya, and Jack ran over to help his brother up. "That was a little over the top, don't you think?" Jack snapped. Aya shrugged. "It was his fault."

"His fault or not, you shouldn't have kicked him!"

Ryan looked up at Aya. "Nah, it's alright. I did hug her without permission. She had a right to kick me, mate. I'm just glad she kicked me in the eye and not anywhere else." He stood up and turned to walk to the Training room. He looked over his shoulder, "It was nice meeting you, Miss Kk and Miss Aya!"

Aya sat in a booth of an ice cream shop, staring out the window.

"Aya? You there?"

Kk was staring at her curiously. "Y'know, if you don't eat your ice cream, it's gonna melt." Aya nodded and began eating her strawberry ice cream. Kk tilted her head, "Something wrong?" Aya looked down before saying, "He was weird."

"Who?"

"That Ryan boy."

Kk nodded, "Yeah, not many guys I know wouldn't get kicked in the stomach and not complain. Zack being one of them." Aya looked up at the girl she considered her sister. "Kk, why are you wearing colored eye contacts?" Kk blinked. Instead of red, her eyes were a light green. "Hmm? Well, not many people approve of the Red Butterfly Corps. So, to keep from being disrespected, we wear colored contacts out in public when we're not on missions. Besides," She shrugged, "green is my natural eye color."

"Why are they red now?"

"The red mako. Like natural mako, it changes eye color when injected into someone."

"Oh. Will mine be red too?"

Kk smiled. "Yep!" Aya nodded and took another bite of her ice cream. A loud boom sounded outside. Kk looked worriedly out the window. "Uh-oh. Sounds like a storm's comin'." She turned to Aya. "Guess we'd better head back, huh?" Aya nodded.

Outside, Kk took Aya's hand and began to walk to the ShinRa Building. The wind blew, scattering litter around the sidwalk. As it did, Aya heard a faint wistle. She turned her head, trying to hear better, but the sound stopped. She looked up at the grey sky. Something flashed in her mind, but it was gone too quickly for her to make out any colors or shapes. Aya frowned.

What was that?

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