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Chapter 1 - the untouchables
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Sephiroth was sat in the head of Shin Ra's office wondering what was up and why he was sat in an office of a short fat man at almost half-three in the morning. The short fat man in question walked in and shuffled across the room and sat in the leather chair. Sephiroth should have got to his feet as the president entered but Sephiroth was quite vain and thought himself too good to be courteous for a politician. This was the reason the president had called him there, Sephiroth was growing too powerful and so the president was about to blow a massive hole in his sails to let the wind out; who ever said Sephiroth was unbeatable? "General Sephiroth" said the president sitting forwards to shake hands with the twenty four year old general
"What is the trouble?" asked Sephiroth
"You are" said the president eyes flashing "Effective immediately, you are fired" the president said nothing after these words in order to let them sink in. Immediately he could see the death of a general as the light in Sephiroth's eyes vanished as his dream of Supreme Commander of the Soldier forces vanished. Some say that the President was over exaggerating his power when he fired Sephiroth just as Sephiroth over exaggerated his powers as untouchable. Sephiroth's grip increased on the chair, this grip would have shattered the forearm of a strong adult male. "I'm what?" asked Sephiroth sitting up straighter "Fired, Sephiroth" said the president talking to Sephiroth as though he was a slow child. The president smiled, he was so powerful in his minds eye. Sephiroth imagined himself jumping forwards and decapitating the president. The president picked up on this and moved out of arms reach. "Why?" asked Sephiroth
"Your services are on longer required" said the President "You are a good general but we have too many of them and so you are expendable" Sephiroth got to his feet and towered over the president who stood up straighter making himself taller to a mere five foot seven while Sephiroth stood at six foot two. Sephiroth lifted him off the floor with his left hand by the throat "Listen here fat man" said Sephiroth pulling the president towards him "I recommend you reinstate me" guards came into the room and pointed their guns at Sephiroth. Sephiroth knew that the bullets wouldn't hurt him but he did not feel like spending a night digging bullets from his torso. He threw the president over the desk, the president landed in his chair which rolled across the room before it crashed into the window at the back of the office. Sephiroth whirled around making his coat fan out dramatically before swiping up his sword and storming out of the office "You'll regret this fat man" he remarked as he walked through the door
"I'm not fat!" shouted the president "I'm just withholding water!" he said pathetically
"More like withholding pies" muttered Sephiroth sweeping out of the room. Zack, dressed in his Shin-Ra uniform sniggered but quickly muffled it but not soon enough "You find him funny?" shouted the president "Then you are fired too!" he shouted. Zack was going to argue but left it and ran to catch up with Sephiroth. Sephiroth had taken the stairs and Zack had to sprint to keep up with the grey haired individual. "So what are we going to do now?" asked Zack as they walked across the foyer
"What do you mean we?" asked Sephiroth stopping near the desk
"Seeing as you got me fired, I guess I'm stuck with you" said Zack. Sephiroth shook his head
"No deal" said Sephiroth "You got yourself fired now go play on the train tracks" Sephiroth turned to leave but Zack cut him off "Come on!" he said "Please"
"No" said Sephiroth trying to step around him but Zack cut him off
"Stop being all lone-wolfy" said Zack stepping forwards making Sephiroth step back absent minded
"Right then" said Sephiroth grabbing Zack by the collar and lifted him off the ground "You are really annoying now move!" commanded Sephiroth throwing Zack a few feet back. Zack rolled back to his feet and ran and cut Sephiroth at the doors "You're a pussy" said Zack. Sephiroth raised an eyebrow
"Really?" he asked
"Yeah, bitch" said Zack "Now let me go with you!" This expression was heard wrongly by everyone in the foyer and it brought a lot of suspicious glances "Not like that" said Zack looking at the others. Sephiroth tried stepping around Zack but Zack pushed him back, big mistake. "If you don't let me join you I'll kick your ass!" shouted Zack. Sephiroth struck so fast that the air hissed around him. He struck Zack simply in the centre of his chest and sent him crashing through the doors of the Shin-Ra building which exploded in a shower of safety glass and bent steel. Zack rolled backwards down the steps and simply lay there about to pass out. The last image he saw was Sephiroth sweeping past him as silent as a ghost.