Utopia: All for You
Chapter 1---Sephiroth
Sephiroth had killed yet another human being. His sword turned crimson with the blood of his foes. As his hair billowed with a gust of wind coming from the south, a voice spoke softly to him.
"When will it end, Sephiroth? This mindless killing of yours…"
He turned around to stare into deep blue eyes that showered him with a feeling of kindness. "Cloud…" He smiled a dark twisted smile. "You know the answer to that. I have given you the same answer time after time…and yet you still refuse to understand."
"Sephiroth!" Cloud's eyes narrowed. "You spill the blood of the innocents for what? A dream! I cannot accept this!" He looked away to face a small dried up bush a few yards away.
Sephiroth reached out his arm towards Cloud, brushing his fingers across his cheek. "But what I do is all for you and Mother. I only want you both to be happy, especially you…Cloud."
A small, startled breath of air escaped Cloud's lungs. Tears formed at the edges of his eyes as he looked back into Sephiroth's caring face. Cloud didn't care what others thought of Sephiroth because many people had thought he was evil, cold, and heartless. Everyone was wrong, though. To Cloud, Sephiroth was everything good in the world, despite his faults of homicide and lack of psychiatric help.
"Do not be sad, Cloud. If you want me to cease the killing I cannot do that I am afraid. But what I can do…for you…is to keep it only to the necessary minimum." Sephiroth took a step closer to Cloud and cupped his face within his gloved hand. "I will do anything for you Cloud, once I make a Utopia for us both and Mother. You will see…someday…" he whispered and leaned closer to him. Sephiroth brushed his lips across Cloud's cheek and to his ear to whisper one last message. "Know that, Cloud."
With that he jumped back and disappeared within the overcast sky. "Sephiroth…!" Cloud stared longingly at the sky and thought, "When will be he next time we meet?"
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Heavy rain poured from the sky. Roofs sagged under the immense weight of the rain water, but still held up over the heads of lonely people stricken with grief over lost loves, lives, and possessions. Their faces flickered with light from the few candles that illuminated the bar. The entrance door opened and Cloud walked slowly to the counter with heavy steps while the bartender washed used glasses with an already dirty rag.
"What will it be, sir?" The bartender asked while setting down the glass he tried to clean.
"The usual, Roy." Cloud looked to his right and stared off into space, remembering the previous encounter earlier that day. Sephiroth had always acted that way for some unknown reason, but it was that same reason why Cloud had been drawn to him.
"Here ya go, Cloud." Roy set down a green drink known to many people as absinthe. "Is somethin' wrong, Cloud? I haven' seen ya this…angsty before."
"Oh…" Cloud looked at Roy. "No…nothing…" He placed his hand around the base of a dirty glass with bright green liquid stirring in it and stared into its depths.
"Okaaay, Cloud. Whatever you say." Roy picked up another dirty glass and attempted to clean it while walking away to serve other customers.
"Haiii! Cloud-kuuun!" A young girl ran towards him with her arm in the air, leaving the door open to let the cold and wet rain seep inside.
"Oh…hey, Yuffie. How have you been?" Cloud asked solemnly.
"Honestly, Yuffie…" Tifa followed Yuffie after closing the door and sighed. "So, Cloud. This is where you've been all this time?" She sat on the stool next to him, ignoring a very loud Yuffie.
"Tifa…you're here, too…" Cloud looked to the side, away from his female comrades.
"What's wrong, Cloud?" She placed a concerned hand on his shoulder and leaned in closer.
"…Sephiroth." Cloud said this without looking into Tifa's eyes.
"Whaaaaat? Sephiroth, ne?" Yuffie budged in. "There's a bad thing, right there, along with all of this strife. Excuse the pun…heh."
"He's not a thing!" Cloud burst out and jumped up out of his seat. "He's…" Realizing his mistake of defending his enemy, he sat quickly and downed his absinthe. Once he firmly set the glass down, he looked over to see shocked faces of a Yuffie and Tifa.
"Cloud…" Tifa said with concern. "What is it with Sephiroth? You search for him day in and day out and I can always tell when you have encountered him because you're always touchy and moody all day. And then you try to protect him?" Tifa raised her voice and closed her eyes while clenching her fists. "I just don't know about you anymore, Cloud!"
"Yeah, Cloud! You never tell us anything anymore!" Yuffie joined Tifa by her side and clenched her fists as well.
"Tifa…Yuffie…" Cloud stood up and titled his head down, closed his eyes, and sighed. Looking back into the faces of Yuffie and Tifa, he finally let his secret be told. "I…don't know h w to say this…" Quietly he told them, "but Sephiroth is…" He looked to the side. "I…I'm in love with him. I'm sorry, Tifa. Yuffie."
With that, he ran out the door and into the pouring rain. How was everyone going to handle this? Sephiroth…their enemy, and Cloud was in love with him! "This would not go over well," Cloud thought. "Not at all…" He kept on running until he disappeared from Midgar. When he finally stopped he collapsed on a wet rock smothered in sticky mud that covered him almost completely, head to toe. Cloud cried out, "Sephiroth!" and curled up in defeat, eventually falling to sleep.
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Cloud felt warm. He stirred a little in soft blankets and it felt like he was wearing different clothes, though they didn't fit him that well. He started to open his eyes and heard a familiar voice, " Awake now, huh?"
He sat up and looked at the lovely face of Sephiroth. "Sephiroth!" Cloud cried out.
"I have been looking after you since I found you curled up in a heap just outside of Midgar. You could catch a disease out in the rain, you know." He smiled and turned to the soft fire in the hearth of Sephiroth's home. It was just a small little shack, but it was built well and quite sturdy. Cloud blushed a little. He had never been brought to Sephiroth's home before now.
"Sephiroth…how did you find me?" Cloud looked away, but had a sad look to his eyes. He couldn't help it, being just a little depressed because he had told his comrades a deadly secret.
"Huh?" Sephiroth turned from the fire to look at Cloud. He chuckled a little and said, "Why, I heard you, of course. I can never get you off my mind, so when I heard your voice call out my name, I thought I was hallucinating." He looked up at the ceiling and wore a peaceful expression on his face. "But when I took a gander and looked for you, there you were. Right I front of me." Sephiroth smiled and looked back at Cloud. "I was worried about you, you know…"
"Sephiroth…" Cloud clutched the bed sheets, the shirt he wore was clearly Sephiroth's. It was baggy and too big for him. "I…I told them. About us. That's why…"
"Hush. No need for that talk right now." Sephiroth got up and walked a few steps towards Cloud's bed. "It doesn't matter right now. Just me and you."
"Sephiroth…" Cloud leaned towards him and his soft silver hair brushed the side of his cheek. He leaned forward more, while Sephiroth took his arm and placed it around his waist and Sephiroth rushed in to Cloud and gave him a fiery passionate kiss that showed Cloud Sephiroth's love for him.
"Cloud…stay with me." He spoke softly and didn't even wait for an answer to steal another kiss by the firelight.
End chapter 1.