When they heard the loud stomps coming up the stairs, Kadaj and Yazoo groaned with trepidation. Now certainly was not the time for whatever it was that Loz had found this time. At the very least, the sound of Loz returning had stopped the fight between the other two brothers. Kadaj was nursing a bloody spot under his eye and Yazoo was rubbing a set of slashes on his left arm. The two pairs of feline eyes watched the door, not flinching when Loz burst through it.
"What did you find now?" Yazoo yawned as he asked the question, as if he and Kadaj had not just tried to murder each other.
"No more pets." Kadaj cut in, grumpy.
"But Kadaj!" Loz protested, pouting. "You killed the last one!"
"It nearly brought all of the Turks on us! Of course I killed it."
"Well, what are we supposed to do with whatever Loz found?" Yazoo twisted to look at his violent younger brother.
"Kill it." Kadaj snapped, glaring.
"No! We can't kill her! She's a mother! Her name's Jani." Loz stepped to one side in order to let a woman step forward.
She had a motherly air, like she wanted to take care of all the Remnants as if they were her sons. That was what stopped Kadaj from killing her. She was a mother after all…
All they'd wanted last time was their mother, and they'd been killed for it. But now… now they could have this one, couldn't they? She looked willing enough to stay, if her marching over and wiping the blood from Kadaj's cheek was any sort of indication of that. "Jani, is it?"
"Mhm. That's my name. Sit down so I can get a better look at this wound will you?" Jani's brown eyes were kind, her voice that distinctive type only a mother has.
Surprised, Kadaj would plop down onto his butt, meekly letting Jani clean the wound. He wasn't too sure what to think about her. She made him feel welcomed… like Jenova – curse that bitch – never had. It was enough to make him sigh with what could be taken as happiness, watching her give the same treatment to Yazoo and then move around, cleaning up the mess that the fight had left behind.
"So, brother, can we keep her?" Loz asked, hopeful.
"One condition, we share our new mother."