Yaaay! First chapter!

Okay, I'm too excited to say much more. XD

Hope you like it. ^_^


Chapter One: How It Began

Fenrir's engine roared through the silence of the desert, a trail of dust following her path as it weaved between jutting rocks and crumbling sandstone, the light of the moon shining down upon the blonde as he rode forward, mind trying to sort out what could possibly happen once he reached his destination… remembering the strange and memory-jogging call to his cell phone from only moments ago…


"YEAAAH!" The whole bar erupted, a few others randomly chiming in their own feelings towards the Blitz Ball team's big score, "Another great shot!" "Awesome kick…!"

Cloud glanced up from his chair in the corner, away from all the yelling friends and neighbors of where they lived, to see Tidus's huge grin plastered on the television screen that hung in the opposing corner of the bar. The screen everyone was enchanted by at the moment… except Cloud. Of course, all his friends enjoyed watching the sport, so they always dragged him along saying that he should have some fun… but how was yelling at a screen that couldn't respond to you fun…? He didn't get it.

But just as another round of yells struck the air, the cell phone in Cloud's pocket buzzed, attracting the blonde's attention immediately. "Finally…! An excuse to get out of here…" He thought as he stood, not wanting to answer in a loud place like the bar.

He walked out of the swinging doors and a few more paces away, just in case of the extra noise, and flipped it open. "Hello?" He said, wincing as another chorus of yells erupted from behind him.

"Hello… Cloud."

Immediately, his eyes widened, the voice on the other end causing his body to go cold, and his hand to almost drop the phone. "N… No…" He barely breathed, the other chuckling in response.

"What…? Not happy to hear from me?"

Cloud could almost hear the smirk in the other's tone… but that only caused him to get a grip upon himself faster. "What do you want?" He growled, voice raised. "Why're you-!"

"Sssh, softly now… I wouldn't want your friends at the bar to hear you." At that, Cloud whirled around, looking up and around, checking roofs and windows… seeing if he was there… anywhere. But the man just continued, voice displaying his absolute honesty. "Especially when it would be such a shame to have to kill them…"

When those words were spoken, it was as though Cloud's blood had run deathly cold within his veins, body locking, before he turned his full attention back to the phone call.

"…What do you want?" He asked, voice softer than before, eyes checking over his shoulder, in case someone had come out from the bar.

"I want to play a little game, Cloud…"

"What game?" Cloud grated out. He hated having to do as this man commanded… but his friends…

"I want you to find me. I'll even give you the location… But there's a rule."

There was that smirk again… he could hear it… taunting him in the other's tone. "What rule?" He asked, already walking towards the side of the bar where Fenrir was safely parked and propped up, getting out his keys with his vacant hand.

"You must come alone, or else- Well…" Sephiroth paused, Cloud pushing the key into the slot and swinging his leg over his beloved bike. "I'm sure you can guess."

Cloud's motions stopped for a moment… and he closed his eyes, swallowing. Even though he hated this, he had to follow this man's demands, or else he may have to be forgiven all over again… "…Where are you?" He asked, revving up the bike, hand upon one of the handles as he looked down the main street of Midgar Edge, phone still pinned to his ear.

"Where the living legacy was first created…"

Cloud felt his heart pound deep within his chest, breath shuddering, an ache resonating within his chest as the words sunk in… memories of blood and rain filling his mind.

But only to be cut off by the man's voice on the other end, "You have ten minutes." Before it died, the phone being flipped shut and pocketed swiftly, before his goggles were retrieved and placed over his eyes, revving the bike once more and lifting his foot to let Fenrir free, circling sharply to rush off in the direction he traveled day after day… to where Zack died.


Dust flew up from the ground as Fenrir's back tire slid to a halt, the sides of the bike ejecting to reveal six gleaming swords, two of which Cloud withdrew and placed in the holster upon his back, dismounting Fenrir in the process. Cerulean eyes scanned the area surrounding him, before they locked upon the Buster Blade… gaze narrowing as he watched the man of his nightmares circle the weapon, fingers drifting across its hilt and guard.

"Get away from that." Cloud snarled, Sephiroth smirking as his eyes rose up to meet the blonde's gaze.

"Eight minutes… Good timing."

"Why did you call me here?" Cloud asked sharply, hand reaching back to draw out his blade, but it was suddenly stopped, blue eyes widening at the feeling of the other's fingers gripping tight to his wrist, not even having seen the man move.

"Calm yourself, puppet…" Sephiroth hissed into the other's ear, Cloud giving the other a glare, before sliding his blade back into its holster. "I only want something."

"What?" Cloud shot back, almost instantaneously, catching a smirk from the corner of his eye, shoulder jerking forward when the touch of the other laid upon it… his whole body on alert.

"What I want, Cloud…" The man hissed to the other, standing behind his nemesis… lips only centimeters away from the shell of Cloud's ear… fingertips ghosting down from the blonde's shoulders across his arms… the blonde swallowing as shivers were sent through his spine. "…Is you."

At that, Cloud gasped, his wrists suddenly being grasped together behind his back in one hand, the other moving swiftly to push him down to his knees, his head bowing forward painfully as fingers curled into the golden spikes upon his head. "Ngh-! Ah…! Let me—GO!" He said as he struggled against the others tight hold, hair being pulled painfully by his own motions, nails digging into his wrists. Until his head was jerked back upwards, eyes widening at the sight of a grinning Kadaj, a cloth being pressed to Cloud's mouth and nose, the blonde desperately holding his breath against the scent of chemicals manufactured for sleep.

But soon… his struggling slowed… lids falling heavy over his eyes… until his body fell limp within the other's hands, Sephiroth and the Brother both letting go as Cloud fell to the ground, unconscious, Kadaj nearly giggling at the sight. "Silly Brother… falling into such an obvious trap."

But he didn't have much time to rejoice over the other's capture, Sephiroth ordering quickly, "Take him to the desert base." Kadaj blinking in response… before grinning and picking up the unconscious blonde, setting him over the back of his bike.

Then the general pulled free his phone once again, it only ringing once before the second Brother answered, Yazoo not able to say a word as his orders were given swiftly. "The target is in our possession. Leave the vicinity." The phone quickly being snapped back shut.

Sephiroth's eyes turned briefly to watch as Kadaj revved up his bike and began back towards the dome, centered in the desert, the general only watching for a moment before walking back to the sword in the sand… looking out over Old Midgar, surveying its destruction… Before his eyes closed, a smirk curling his lips as the wind carried his words…

"And so it begins."


Yay for symbolism!

Lol, not really, but whatever. XD

I just like how the story's over in the third installment, but in the fourth it's just beginning… So it's ALL beginning where it ended.

Just like the games…! Lol

So… YAY FOR SYMBOLISM!

Or maybe I'm just tired and don't know what I'm saying anymore.

Yeah, that could be it too, lol

So, yeah… this chapter was simply written to answer the common question about how Sephiroth got him in the first place, and here it is. ^_^

Hope this satisfies your curiosity, and that you liked it! Even though there wasn't any Cloud molestation, and it was super short. ;;.

But, I can tell you right now that future chapters probably won't be like this one, unless they're another "answering" chapter. I know there's going to be at least one more, but I KNOW it won't be this short and shmex-less. Lol

So! Hope you liked it, and that you keep reading to find out more. ^_^

Ttys,

~JT