Ed bolted from his bed once more as he heard the flare, the smell of smoke rising into his senses. Link jumped up when he heard the loud flare go off, and at that moment, something was off. The two blonds looked at one another before they sprinted off, heading towards the smell of the fire. Link stopped quickly and ran back, grabbing the Ocarina then going back.

Outside, the Inn was starting to blaze with fire and at the moment, Link started to play a haunting song. Soon, rain started to fall from the sky again, thunder and lightning clapping loudly and the fire was starting to be put out.

"Who the hell did this?!" Ed yelled out, talking about the fire, as he looked at the place.

A hole was torn through the top of the the Inn as a Red Coated Figure appeared with red-brownish Hair and a red Sabre

"Who knows?!"

Kari yelled raising her hand making large mountains of snow go ontop of the water,melting and turning into water making the flames put out while her brother simply started snapping his fingers in tune making them all go out and Kari couldn't help but mumble

"Lucky butt for being half fire demon."

Allen came back out, his sense of smell telling him smoke was around, and his first instinct was to get Maria safe but he realized he couldn't see. Ed meanwhile looked up at the figure, his molten gold eyes narrowed in fury.

"Who the f#ck are you!?" He yelled upwards at the man, the rain still falling down and getting everyone wet once more.

"When the War Beasts bring about the worlds end, the goddess shal decend from the skys, wings of light and dark spreed afar, she brings Salvation." he said as A red enegy Radiated from his Destroying most of the Inn.

Kari's eyes widened as she remembered Allen wouldn't be able to go down the stairs or anywhere in there without killing himself and she raced in her arm over her nose and mouth coughing from the smoke going up the stairs.

Hiro on the other hand was still in the bed room,protecting Maria from the harsh flames from his black and white fur becoming one of a fire rat's,fire proof.And he heard Allen and swore mentally and heard his master come into the bedroom and she spoke in his tongue to get Maria out of there as she grabbed Allen taking him downstairs while Hiro was close behind with Maria asleep on him,him being huge to the size that could be equal if not bigger to a large bear.

the man Saw Hiro And Friends and Sent a Ball of Blue Energy right in there way as well as 5 balls of Fire, all closeing in on them.

Ed growled and clapped his hands together, an electricity energy flying through the air. Link felt helpless without his sword or shield. Allen was coughing harshly and Maria was still out cold though she started to shiver once more.

Link felt the ball of energy hit him square in the stomach, sending him going backwards but he managed to gain his balance once more just before he hit the flames.

"What.... do you want!" Link exclaimed, his blue eyes narrowed, a dangerous, almost primal glint in his eyes.

Hiei stepped forward mumbling something in a different tongue ripping off the bandanna that hid his third eye raising his hand making the flame's stop right in they're tracks and he sent them right back at the man saying with a smirk

"Tell me,is it smart to use fire against a fire apparition?"

Kari patted Allen on the back gently putting some water down his throat to help him stop coughing while Hiro was walking a safe distance away from the battle to be laying Maria down on the ground using a flat rock for a pillow for her and curled up around her keeping her warm with his long thick baggy black and white fur.

Allen was toppled over by Kari's sudden action, but staying low seemed to be the best solution for the moment. He wasn't going to get up, not yet at least. He'd play dead, if only Kari could understand him. Maria clutched at Hiro's fur tight but not ripping out any of his hair. Link watched as the Inn started to break down, and with only a single though, he dashed inside, as if searching for something.

"Where the hell are you going Link?!" Ed exclaimed as Link disappeared, smoke rising high into the air once more.

Kari understood,people thought she read minds like her brother but truth was she could tell what people were thinking by they're emotions and heart beats and such and she ducked down with him in a evidently perfected play dead look her hand casually near her gun in a dead position if somebody would come.Hiro whined softly in her ear licking it reassuring her it would be alright,if he could he would be in his teenage human form kicking some butt but since Kari was too weak and Maria needed protection he didn't even bother.

Hiei swore and ran in after him yelling to Edward as he ran in completely unaffected by the smoke and flames,he was half fire demon after all.

"Stall him!I'll go after the elf!"

"I see you all have some skills." he said as he grinned. then entire Inn then Exploded as it was Surrounded By a Pentigram.

Hiei groaned,he was a good hundred feet away from the building with Link underneath him,Hiei had some minor burns that would've been very bad if he wasn't nearly immune to fire though thankfully he got Link under him fast enough so the elf wouldn't be burned and then he realized something,his sister's acoustic was burned.Oh Sh!t.

Kari's eyes widened as the building blew up and she had protected Allen sure but that wasn't the problem,she had been smart enough to grab her binder and bag so it wouldn't burn but her acoustic guitar she couldn't get so it was just blown up.The last birthday present she had ever gotten from her mother,this man was in for a beating and it showed since the girl now had eyes wider than coins and was shaking and energy engulfed her making small pebbles and such raise,how such a tiny girl could have so much energy was amazing,and she still had her sealing collar on.

I'M BACK!!! YAY!!!

Suddenly a circle of blue fire appeard and there was blinding blue light. Both Alexander and Jillian appeard.
Alexander raised an eyebrown "What the hell is going on in here??" He asked as he looked at the destroyed inn.
Jillian looked at the stranger "I think it's pretty obvious" She mumbled "Who the hell are you?? And what exactly do you think you are doing???" Alexander asked angrily.

Link was clutching valuable items, such as his weaponry and both his and Edwards clothing, the bottle of medicine for Maria rolled into it.

"I'll show him... for almost killing 30 people," Link growled out as he and Hiei came out just before the explosion. Allen just stayed still, not allowing a muscle to move. He could smell the smoke, feel the wet grass and the enormous heat emmiting from the Inn, but for now, he was worrying about everyone.

"Link,we need to calm onna down first.She will blow up and then this place will turn into utter hell do YOU HEAR ME!?"

Hiei growled getting up painfully,her energy was starting to push gravity down more on people as she was losing control.

"Oka-san....he broke Oka-san....."

Kari mumbled clutching her head

Allen could feel the pressure building up like a shaken can of soda. He couldn't exactly see very well but he felt around with his right hand, finding her ankle. Knowing her general direction, he slowly got up and had a feeling that she was so stricken with grief, it's turning into anger.

Maria was coughing harshly, having the flu, smoke, and now the sudden gravity pressure was torturous for her. Allen figured out which way she was facing by now and embraced her, as if trying to calm her down. Link was coughing heavily while Ed was trying to make sure he didn't get burnt from the fire as he searched for Maria and Hiro.

It's okay to cry Kari. It's okay...... he counsold her silently, no words able to come from his now mute voice. He just held onto her, trying to mentally will her anger away and just turn it into grief. He knew the guy was still up there, but he wasn't going to let Kari kill him, he needed to suffer greatly with everything.

Kari's eyes widened and her shaking started to stop as she hugged him back burying her face into his chest and started crying silently,not sobbing or anything just letting the tears fall and turn into million dollar gems at her feet and her energy started to lessen to the point where everybody could breath again and she mumbled holding onto Allen knowing he couldn't hear her

"Thank you Allen-kun."

Hiro was starting to take Maria in the forest away from the smoke and his master's energy feeling guilty for not protecting her but Allen had her,he knew she would want him to take care of Maria.She always did have soft spots for kids,and he nuzzled her cheek assuring her it would be alright silently keeping her as warm as possible with his thick shaggy fur.

Edward couldn't find them from the slowly spreading fire but he happened to look at the entrance to the village and saw Hiro taking Maria away. Something inside of him told him to follow the wolf/shinigami. Taking a running leap, he jumped over the flames and started to follow Hiro and Maria across the planes to the forest.

Allen just continued to hold her, the air becoming easier to breath and the fire soon dieing out. Link was coughing out some blood, having had a wooden pier fall on him but otherwise, he was uninjured. Playing the ocarina again, more rain fell from the heavens and put out the flames, dampening the earth they were on. Looking up, the Hylian saw the man had disappeared, while 30 more people were trying to take all of this in.

"He must work for Ganon..." Link managed out before he coughed up more blood, his ribs obviously broken.

Kari stopped crying and her brother half dragged Link over to her and Hiei said to Allen as well gently ruffling her hair putting a necklace with a similar stone to the one's that she was crying around her neck

"Onna,you need to fix up Link.He'll be too proud to ask."

Kari slowly nodded happy that he had gotten the necklace for her to a seemingly unknown reason and she let go of Allen and said to Link calmly looking around for a pile of snow

"Hm,we'll need snow.And don't worry,you won't feel cold at all and neither will your body."

Link pulled out his map from out of his hat and layed it on the ground. He didn't care if it was going to be cold or not. Quickly searching, he pointed at a river valley close by the village.

"Just.... play this song *harsh couging* wh-when you get to the *coughing continues* waterfall at the *cough* end," he managed out between heavy bouts of coughing. Allen was wondering where Kari had gone but the smell of smoke was slowly disappearing, and Hiei was nearby so everything was fine. Sitting down in the wet grass, he couldn't hear Link play a slow song that sounded like a lullaby.

Kari and Hiei couldn't help but roll they're eyes and Kari dumped snow over him and started literally working her magic,no pun intended,fixing his ribs and making more blood cells in his body that he lost pushing up her glasses every couple minutes from them falling off her face.

Hiro noticed Edward running after him and skidded to a stop and gave him a questioningly look.

Allen felt something soft, wet, and cold land ontop of him. Shaking it off, he felt it and found it was snow. Link was trying hard to not scream as the rib was pulled out of his lung and put back into place while the hole was sealed up. Coughing up the blood that was still inside his lungs, he finally collapsed on the ground, exhausted thoroughly.

Ed skidded to a hault as well. Looking at Hiro with suspicious eyes, he just stood there as the rain continued to pour.

"Why are you taking her away from everyone? I'm not going to let you hurt her if that's what you're intending," he stated, his hair plastered to his face while his tanktop was soaked along with his blue boxer shorts.

Surprisingly Hiro started laughing at his comment wolfishly and turned back into his child form saying to Edward

"Edward-san,she couldn't breath right from Kari-sama's powers going berserk and the smoke.I was only getting her away since she's sick.I would never ever hurt Maria-chan."

Kari continued fixing Link till he would be fine after some rest and she sighed and started building a fort of some sorts out of snow having her brother conjure up a fireball making a small fire for everybody to sit at till they knew where they were going.

Edward was still warry about Hiro but for now, he let it slide. Turning his head back to the village, he didn't see the bright flames nor any pressure from gravity, so it had to be safe.

"Well, I think it's okay to head back now," Ed said, stretching up and remembered that Winry would have his head if he didn't take good care of the automail she made him. Allen felt himself being guided into the igloo and just sat there, no sound coming from him nor being heard. Link was putting on his clothing as quickly as he could before he got in trouble with Kari for only wearing his leggings. The blush on his face was an apparant sign at that.

Kari was too busy walking through the ruins of the inn since everybody had left clearly looking for something and Hiei watched her warily.

"Ok,can you carry Maria-chan please?I'm tired since Kari-sama is."

Hiro asked politely looking fairly worn out

"I think we should call the others, right now we are not in the conditions to keep this going" Jillian said to Alexander in almost a whisper "We are" He mumbled coldy "Perhaps we are but they aren't" She hissed "Jillian dont be ridiculous. We can do this. I wont allow anything bad happen to them" He said "We'll fix this mess".

"Really?" Repiled a Familer Voice. the man in the red coat was there, standing on air with a single Black Wing.

In less than a second both Alexander and Jillian took out their weapons. "What the hell do you want??" Alexander asked angrily.

"You are the Company with whicth the one winged angel Travels with correct?" he asked as the ground slowlly lit in Black Fire

Edward and Hiro came into the village, Ed carrying the little girl known as Maria with her head on his shoulder. Coming closer to the Inn, they two saw the tall, imposing man standing there with a single wing.

Allen meanwhile was just looking around, his blue/silver eyes having a hazy film over them, so he couldn't see anyways. Link happened to be trying to get his other boot on when he appeared, making the Hero fall backwards and made his boot go flying up. It came back down and got him right in the face. A comical sight at a very somber moment.

... The Man thought. "I must know. tell me or I'll slaughter you all." he said as his sword glowed once again. in the mean time he took out a white book with the words LOVELESS on the frount

Both Alexander and Jillian raised an eyebrown. "I dont think we have the obligation to answer that" She said coldy.

"Then you Damn nate An Entire Race." he said as he closed his book. "Tell me and I will be on my way." he said

"What a drama queen" Jillian mumbled as she rolled her eyes "Yes he works whit us" Alexander mumbled coldly.

Link scrambled to get up and put his boot back on while, Ed glared at the man, holding the sick Maria in his arms. Allen looked towards the general direction where the man was, the smell of fire once more wafting through his senses.

"One winged angel?" Link asked, confused greatly as he never really got Sephiroth's name nor his nickname.

"Then tell me his location, now." he said as he lowered himself to the ground.

"We haven't seen him in over a day,he didn't come into the temple with us."

Kari said still rummaging through the burnt dirt

"then where was he before..." he said

"Do you really expect us to tell you that??" Alexander asked as he raised an eyebrown "I think first you should tell us who are you and what do you want with Sethiroth" Jillian said.

"you shall tell me if you value life." he said as the fire extengished

Allen could feel the Black Fire heat leave and he looked in the directions, his blind eyes seeing nothing. He stood up, bare feet guiding him around rubble and burnt wood. When he got near the man, the smell identifying how close, he bowed at the waist and tried to speak, but he remembered he couldn't, so all that came out was air. Flushed red, Allen bowed again in apology and backtracked his way over to the group.

Link watched Allen for a little bit before shaking himself out of his revire.

"What are you looking for?" Link asked, moving the wood out of his path while looking at the ground.

"What do I serech for? I need his...Soul." he said simplly.

Ed put Maria down and glared at the man. He may have been a good four feet taller than him, but he was like a Wolverine, fight someone two times bigger than him and still be strong.

"So, are you one of those Homunculous? Dolls without a soul?" He asked in a harsh tone, his amber colored eyes narrowed into a death glare.

"No he's not" Alexander mumbled "I'm just gonna ask one more time: Who are you?" Jillian asked coldy.

"Who am I? A SOILDER." he said as everything whent dark from a Moment and Jillian found her arm with a gash through it. "I do not want to kill you." he said

Allen just sat there, staring at the fire yet not seeing it at the same time. He couldn't hear, couldn't see, so all he could do was sit there and wait, not knowing what was going on outside his mind. Maria was coughing again, trying to warm up once more but she couldn't just get warm with just the fire. Link looked up from his searching, finding a rounded triangle under some wood.

"A soilder? For what? An army trying to conqour the world?" Ed asked, trying to rebraid his hair once again.

Jillian didnt even blink, almost inmediatly blue sparks of magic ran across her arm healing it . "We wont tell you, now get out here" Alexander hissed angrily "Why??" Jillian asked in almost a whisper as she looked at him.

"Genisis. First Class SOILDER and product of project G. And i will if I must." he said

Ed gave a scoff at him. He may be scientist but he wasn't one that could understand those big words. Genesis was along the same lines as Genes. They messed with his genetic code? Ed pondered this inside his head while outside, he's slowly moving into a defensive position.

Maria finally stood, her arms and legs wobbly but she stood, her green blue eyes bloodshot and her face pale, almost gray. Slowly, she started to walk towards the man, her hands in fists. Link happend to look up and saw Maria but something stopped him. Allen's transformed left hand gripping it like iron.

"Why? Why do you..... kill them?" Maria mumbled as she got a bit closer, shivering from the cold air and ground while her slightly deformed legs were caked with mud, grass, and ash.

"Why did you kill them...... just for Sephiroth-san?" She asked again, tripping and falling into the mud. But she got back up, coughing harshly and slowly staggering towards him, only 10 feet away from him.