Hello my reader here is the ninth chapter of ignorance for you. Sorry it's been a while since I last updated but I got really distracted, namely by reading the whole of Inuyasha in two weeks. So sorry about that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final fantasy Square Enix does.

Hell's doors creak open

Staring at the message in disbelief, Fang gripped the phone tighter in her hands.

It told her that what she had been dreading for so long was finally going ahead. Serah's time of safety here was over and Cocoon was making their move. And it had been sent from Lebreau no less, the last person in the world Fang would have placed as a Pulsian shadow agent.

Staring at the message only a moment longer, Fang deposited the phone back in her jacket pocket hastily and set off away from the hospitality block, as she had been doing before the ringing of her phone disrupted her.

Behind her, Snow watched her read the message and replace the phone back in her pocket. Watching also as an unexplained sense of urgency overtook her movements thereafter as she walked away. Confused by the new emotion fuelling her, he made to go after Fang but the sound of his loud footsteps quickly reached her ears, and forewarned of his approach, she made sure to stop him in his tracks

Halting, Fang twisted around to look him in the eyes and told him firmly "Don't you dare think of following me!" Then twisted back around and continued on.

Before she was out of Snow's sights he shouted over to her retreating figure "Wait, what was that text you got?"

"None of your business." She spat savagely.

Leaving Snow behind her, Fang climbed the small set of stairs that ran parallel to the right side of the science block and walked onwards. Now that she tried to, she could hear yells coming from D block, the place where she knew Serah to be located. They were gruff voices, the kind that certainly didn't belong in a school like this last time she checked.

Turning a corner Fang spotted D block up ahead. Outside the main doors there were five people, they were dressed like normal students but the guns in their hands revealed that to be pretence. It came to Fang that they were Cocoon agents, most likely the Cocoon scouters who were stationed in this school to look for new agents.

Treading towards them with deliberate steps, Fang was halted on her way by a whimpering voice that belonged to an older woman.

"Miss you're only a student aren't you? I wouldn't go over there if I were you; those people have guns on them. I don't know what's going on here but it certainly can't be good, if you're smart I'd go and hide."

Turning her head so that she could spy the woman who had spoken to her, Fang saw that the speaker had been one of the schools teachers. She was an aging woman with greying hair that had been hiding in the open doorway of the science block. Her position made it that she was out of sight of the cocoon scouters, but that they not out of hers.

Her poorly chosen words made Fang want to laugh. She didn't of course, but that didn't stop a smile from spreading across her face. To just about anyone in this school right her words would have made perfect sense, but then, they weren't her.

Flashing the elderly women the dark smile that already rested upon her face, Fang told her "Well actually for your information despite my appearance, I'm not a student. I'm a lot like those kids you see up there; I'm a Pulsian shadow agent. The difference being that those kids work for Cocoon."

Facing away from the teacher so that the kids were in her sight once more, Fang drew a handgun from where she had hidden it on the underside of her skirt, and began walking in the direction of the agents. And in a single practiced movement lifted it high and aimed to kill "You see those kids have a task to fulfil here, one that I'm not inclined to let them complete."

Without giving it a thought she let off a round of bullets. Two of the kids went down with a bullet through the head, the others through the chest. All of them went down, crumpling to the ground like broken dolls.

Lowering her gun Fang flicked her head over to the elderly teacher now staring at her horrified "Their naivety to not put up a sentry is what cost them their lives." She said with a disturbing air of indifference to the act she had just committed, revelling in how it made the teacher even more disturbed at how she had killed the kids so thoughtlessly.

The look the teacher gave her did nothing particular to her mood, spectators viewing her as a monster was something that had long since stopped affecting her. Now she was just numb. And seeing Snow, who had been drawn to the scene by the noise, crouching down in the grassy area by the side of the science block wasn't going to change that view any more than the teachers looks had.

Striding past Snow, Fang walked up to the doors of D block. Inside she could see three other Cocoon agents, all of who stood by the doors of D25 with guns poised. Readying her own, she stepped inside with every intention that within the next few moments she would end their lives.

...:...

She didn't know what had happened. One moment the class had been going along like always with nothing out of the norm. But then this strange looking guy with white hair and bizarre looking tattoos down the length of his arms had come up to the door, and very jovially told Mr Rosch something about the Cocoon corporation. She didn't catch what exactly it was he had said but whatever it was it had a profound on Mr Rosch. Beside her she also noticed Lebreau tense up and pull out her phone, but at the time she hadn't bothered to question why.

Unlike the first time, the next words that the strange white haired man's said came out loud and clear. He laughed, a creepy sound coming from him and lifted his arm to point right at her "That's the girl alright." he said finding something about the situation amusing, but she couldn't say what it was, as she didn't even know what the situation was. Whatever in the world was going on, it was beyond her.

Distracted as she was by the white haired man and his confusing words she failed to notice Rosch walking towards her until he was right upon her. Grabbing her by her collar Rosch pulled her forcibly from her chair, away from her desk and back to the front of the class with him.

"Topaz!" Lebreau yelled as she was forced to jump up from her own desk so that she could dodge Topaz's chair as it fell.

Sending her friend a frightened look Topaz tried in vain to struggle out of Rosch's grip "What's going on?" she asked him in confusion, unsure if he'd give her an answer.

The amused smile that spread across his face her did nothing to relieve that confusion "So they really did erase your memory then, how foolish. Did they really think that that was going to trick us and make you fall under the radar?"

'What?' Topaz thought, what did he mean they erased her memory. What was going here? What in the world was he talking about?

Hearing a laugh coming from the other side of the room, Topaz did the best she could to look around at who was creating the sound under Rosch's restraint. It was the white haired man, chuckling at the class that had now begun to gather and cower at the back of the room under the cover of the tables.

Because he was pointing a gun at them.

He was waving it around to every member of the class, who in turn would try as hard as they could to conceal themselves from him and the loaded firearm. Still laughing he twisted his head over to look at Rosch "Can I kill some, please?" he asked drawing out the last syllable gleefully.

"Do what you want, she's the only one we need" Rosch answered him indifferently. Getting a better grip on Topaz's top as he prepared to leave the room.

Starring up at the man horror-struck of what he had just permitted, Topaz's eyes swerved back to look at the petrified class. Thanking her lucky stars that only one of her friends had been unfortunate enough to be in this class with her. On that note, she made a point of seeking out Lebreau in the pack of frightened teenagers. When her gaze did find the girl she was shocked to find that there wasn't an ounce of fear on her face. That registered to her as odd, because, how could she not be afraid when forced into a corner like the one she was in now?

Topaz was given no time to question the oddity as the sound of gunshots came from somewhere outside of D block and her concentration was directed elsewhere.

Snapping his head to face the door, Rosch gripped her shirt ever tighter in his hand "Seems like Pulse has finally acted. I would have thought that they would have had sooner, seeing as they have 24-7 surveillance on you."

Looking up at the man again without a clue as to what he was talking about, Topaz's attention was ripped away from him when more gun shots sounded off, this time just outside the door. The three people that she had barely noticed were there at all until now dropped limp to the ground. And that over one of their bodies stood Atla, a handgun hanging loose in her hand.

The Atla's gaze was locked with the body of the poor soul she'd just shot, but it soon worked its way over to Rosch and the figure of Topaz who he had in his grasp. Topaz saw anger in her eyes, and hate, hate like she'd never seen before.

Looking once again back to Rosch, Topaz tried to discern if he knew her, but there was no recognition on his face. Glancing back over to Atla she watched as the girl walked closer, lent her shoulder up against the doorframe and used the moment of ceased activity to reload her gun in a well-practiced movement. Never once did she look away from Rosch's face.

"Are you all?" Rosch asked her "I would have thought that Pulse would value this girl a little more to have more people stationed to look after her."

"Are you that naïve" Atla spoke up, tone enveloped in menace. Showing in every way just how much she hated the man she held gazes with.

As she took her first steps into the room, the white haired man turned away from tormenting the class and he raised his gun at her. Unaffected she kept on walking closer to Rosch one step at a time. The false façade she had kept up for so began to fall away and as she spoke her real accented voice began to shine through more and more as each syllable was spoken until not a shred of the faked voice remained.

"Do you really think that Pulse would just put anyone in charge of looking out for someone as important to them as her" stopping just inches away from Rosch's face, Atla said the last words with every bit of malice she could muster "you parasite infested roach."

Besides her, Topaz felt Rosch go rigid, and at last she saw his face flood with recognition of who the person who stood before him was.

That was when Topaz saw the white haired man take steps towards them as well and place his gun point blank against Atla's head. Gasping at the sight of it, she tried to say something to Atla only for Rosch to cover her mouth with his hand suddenly and pull her in closer to him to restrain her movements further.

Because of her close proximity to him, Topaz could clearly make out the sounds of the man's breathes as he sucked them in. He dragged each one in shakily and the pace of his heart had quickened noticeably from its normal rate. Finding that strange she tilted her head upwards to stare at him as much as her position allowed. The expression Topaz saw on his face wasn't one she'd ever seen there before. It was one of fear. Rosch was scared, really scared. But why?

Was the answer the girl who now stood stationary in front of him? Even with a gun to her head Atla didn't make a move to step away from Rosch and her. Her only movement was to tilt her head slightly to the side and she flash Rosch a smirk that was laced with dark intentions, promising the man she was glaring at unspeakable pain.

There was insanity in her eyes, Topaz thought. Insanity not unlike the kind that decorated the white haired man's eyes as he laughed as he pressed his gun into the back of Atla's head.

It was of course then, that Topaz saw that it had been a mistake to put his gun so close to her.

Dropping her smirk, Atla finally broke her eyes away from Rosch. Before either of them had the chance to react, she twisted around and elbowed the white haired man's arm, making him drop his gun which she then caught and threw into the group of students at the back of the room. Startled by the sudden action, he wasn't prepared for when Atla next kneed him in the stomach, tripping him over backwards and shot him in the head.

Flinching as the gun sounded, Topaz scrunched her body. Through half closed eyelids she watched helplessly as Rosch brought out a gun from where ever the hell he had stashed it and aimed it at Atla while her back was still turned. Topaz tried to yell a warning to the girl, only for the need of it be made redundant as another gun went off. Slowly, she felt Rosch's grip on her slacken until his hand unclasped her shirt and he fell to the floor.

Starring at the man who now lied limp on the ground in shock, Topaz straightened out and quickly let her eyes wander over the room.

Atla was still standing over the white haired man, who now had a sizably hole in his head. That she had expected to see, but what she hadn't been was that among the group of students in the back of the room was Lebreau with a gun in her hands. The same one she had used to shoot Rosch.

Starring at her friend astounded, a question popped into her head

'Had Atla thrown the gun in there purposely for her to pick it up?'

The question was answered for her it turned out, as Rosch weak voice drifted up from down on the floor "So there wasn't only one Pulsian agent here then."

"Got that right." Alta remarked as she walked closer to Rosch's downed form. Grabbing Topaz by the shoulder, she aimed her gun at Rosch "You would do good not to be so naïve bastard." Flashing him another dark smirk, she added "Oh and this time Rosch, do me a favour and stay dead."

She let off seven of bullets into the man's body for good measure.

Bringing the gun back to her side, she pulled on Topaz's arm and pulled her to the door with her where Lebreau was already waiting.

"Coast is clear." Lebreau told them both as they neared her.

About to leave the room behind them, Rosch's ever more feeble voice made Atla stop in her tracks.

"I guessed that I should have expected this from that harlot's lover."

Visibly steeling herself against turning back to face him, Atla clenched her fist. To Topaz or any other of the room's occupants, Rosch's words made no sense, but for her, it seemed she knew exactly what he meant.

"Sorry to say, but that was a common misconception. Light was not my lover." Then more quietly she added with a quick flick of her gaze to his direction "but while we're on that subject, I was your wife's."

From where she was standing Topaz watched as Rosch's face contorted in anger at Atla's response. Though there were many questions in her mind that she felt she needed to ask in regards to their exchange, she wasn't given the time to ask them. As Atla was quick to grab her arm and lead her away from the classroom.

Finding herself faced with the indifferent Atla walking ahead of her with a firm grip on her wrist and Lebreau walking behind them, Topaz was defenceless against being caught in their exchange of words.

"What was he talking about?" Lebreau asked, as confused by what Rosch had said as Topaz was.

"It's none of your business." Atla told her harshly "He was just trying to get me to waste more of my bullets on him."

Stopping it there before it could evolve into any more conversation, Atla dragged Topaz along behind her, intending to take her through D block, and then to the top of the school and on to the exit. But overwhelmed by what was going on around her, Topaz fought against her grasp, snapping at her "Wait!" she begged "What's going on here, can someone please explain it to me!"

Walking from behind her so that she stood by her side, Lebreau placed a hand on her shoulders and told her gently "I'm sorry but we don't have the time to explain it here. Just bear with us and stick to Fang's side. So long as you do that you'll be okay."

Every fibre in her body rebelled against Lebreau's words but common sense prevailed and instilled in her that she was clearly in danger, and would do good to do as the people who knew what was going on told her to. So eventually she let Atla pull her along, and fell silent. What had been told to her in the last couple of minutes didn't satisfy her want to know what was going on, it only amplified it. Her annoyance at it all even made it that her mind had barely noticed Lebreau just called Atla Fang. She guessed that that was probably her real name, seeing as after all that had just taken place she hardly thought that Atla was her real one. So did that mean that Lebreau wasn't the real name of the girl who stood by her side either, right now she could do nothing but contemplate it.

Distracted by her turbulent thoughts that swirled around her head, she barely detected Atla asking Lebreau if she had contacted Pulse about what had happened. A question to which Lebreau had answered yes, and that someone had already been sent here to pick them up.

The path they led her through the school was occasionally hampered by what Topaz now perceived as someone from Cocoon, but they were always quickly shot by Atla, and for the most part, killed. Her ability to kill without thought was something truly unnerving to Topaz but she knew that this was certainly not the right to time say anything about it.

Reaching the gates, Topaz saw a black sedan waiting for them right outside the school's bounds.

Stepping through the school gate for what was most likely going to be the last time she ever would, Topaz let Atla push her along closer to the car. Before entering it Atla whispered one last thing into her ear. It sent shivers down her spine.

"Welcome back to hell."

It scares me that Fang can kill people so easily when she doesn't even know who they are, because of that within the first page of writing people were already dead.

Going off serious subjects now but when I got my sister to upload this document onto my account for me it was easy to know which document it was, just had to look for the one called "pie". That is why you don't trust my sister with your documents, it was funny though.

Also before I go there's something I want to say.

Last time I updated I did a double update but even after so long between the update I received no reviews except from a friend of mine who always gives me a review because it is common courtesy to give me a review as I'll always give one to her. I have said before that I have been in a real slump with my writing lately and that reviews would really be nice to have, so after giving you two chapters I thought that at least one person would review, but no one did so it made me sad.

And I realise there are probably people who just forget to review and others who just don't altogether. For the people who just forget I can forgive, because I'd be lying if I said I don't forget every now and then (I've actually gone for nearly a hundred chapters once and forgot to review, don't quite know how that happened.) But the for the people who don't review I find it rather irritating, I know it should be all ok as long as I get alright hits on a chapter, as my friend has told me a million times but it isn't for me. Because I have this really paranoid thought that tells me if no one's reviewing no one likes the story and where it's going. Which is really stupid considering I've had a lot of reviews of people telling me how much they love the story but I can't do anything about it unfortunately, not that I haven't tried.

So please can more people start reviewing, it'd help my sanity greatly.