Title: Ice Cold Fires
Author: Chibi Envy Chan
Rated: PG-13
Warnings: male/male relationship
Pairing: Sephiroth/Reno, Zack/Cloud, Wesley(OC-SOLDIER First Class)/Hikari (OC-Turk Back-Up)
Extra: This is a gift fic for Chaos Silk on Gaia, aka BloodyChaosDragonKnight. She's a good writer. Check out her fics if you like to laugh. XD I have her under my fave authors.

Disclaimer: Square Enix pwns all characters except my two OCs.

Second Phase: Sephiroth's Revenge

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"Ya think he's alive?"

"I seriously doubt he's easy to kill."

"True. Turks have more lives than a cat!"

"Keep your voice down. You'll wake the other patients."

"What other patients? Ow! You don't have to be so physical."

"Sh…"

"What?"

"Would you up here? Some of us are trying to die in peace."

"Quit exaggeration," Sephiroth scoffed. Honestly, there was no need to be so melodramatic about it especially since it was only Hojo. It could have been worse. Then again, he had faced the worst the "good" doctor gave. "You're not going to die any time soon."

Reno's eyes shot wide open. He never expected the General of SOLDIER to be paying him a visit in the medical wing. Maybe he should get injured more often. "How awfully generous of you to grace me with your hot presence."

"Quite the contrary, I'm here to make sure my subordinate doesn't cause too much trouble or make pathetic attempts to pick up a nurse." Green eyes narrowed at his right hand man, who was attempting to look as innocent as possible.

"I'm not that bad," Zack pouted. He tried the kicked puppy look, but it didn't work on the General. How come he fell for it every single time those a certain pair of blue eyes looked at him that way? "And you know, I have been steady for three months." The spiky haired young man appeared to be extremely proud of this accomplishment.

"Wow," Sephiroth drawled, not bothering to hide his lack of enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, the Turk applauded with enough enthusiasm for the both of them. "Who would have thought someone was brave and patient enough to tame the wild SOLDIER? I guess he or she must be a saint."

More than indignant, Zack pouted again. "Hey! Is this pick on Zack day? I swear you three are conspiring against me." He flailed his arms around in random gestures though it made him look plainly ridiculous and continued in his rant, which was blatantly ignored.

"What's up with him?" Reno whispered, more out of habit than anything. SOLDIER hearing would allow Fair to eavesdrop on their conversation. It seemed he was too caught up in his personal speech to even notice.

The General merely shrugged. "It's a Zack thing. He think the whole world is against him today."

"Oh?" Reno said as he shifted his weight on his bed.

"Apparently," Sephiroth said, trying to ignore his subordinate, "everyone has something to say about him, some more than others."

The Turk grinned. "And I take it ain't positive?"

Sephiroth nodded his head slightly. He studied the Turk for a few moments. It was obvious Reno had a working brain. He didn't react in the slightest to the scrutiny. 'This is how a Turk should operate.'

"So you want me to tranq him?" The red head impishly suggested. Being a Turk meant he had access to certain equipment, one of which was a powerful enough tranquilizer to take out a SOLDIER first class. Still he had to be very, very careful. While it could take out SOLDIERs, it meant death to the non-enhanced people, particularly the Turks carrying them.

As tempting as it was, Sephiroth didn't want to even look at the ever growing stacks of paperwork. He kind of needed his second to be conscious to do the paperwork, not that he did much, but Sephiroth could always threaten him or something. "Very tempting, but I'll pass."

"Kay, but I'm still offering. So when am I going to be let out?"

"As soon as we can find a doctor to look over you," the General said as green eyes scanned the room and the corridors. "If he clears you, then you can leave as soon as possible."

The color drained from his face. "Please tell me it's not that Bastard who's currently passing himself as a doctor."

If Sephiroth had anything to say about it, the "good" doctor wasn't going to be within ten meters of Reno ever. "Not if I have any say in it."

Instead of his usual cocky smile, Reno genuinely smiled. It was strange to see Sephiroth actually caring about someone for a change. While he was glad the General started opening up, he wished he could have been the one to start it. Then again, he didn't have SOLDIER enhanced reflexes and doubted he would want to test it out. Sephiroth was lucky to have someone like at Zack by his side. Now he could hopefully continue the work.

"Let's find us a doctor!"

"I see you're conscious," a young doctor stepped into the room. He pushed up his glasses and studied his charts. Since his patient was a Turk, he didn't have access to their complete medical history. He normally didn't work with this group; hence, the secrecy. However, Tseng wasn't willing to trust their usual medical team. "We'll need to run a few tests on you to see if he hasn't done anything to you. Is there anything I need to know about? Allergies? Past injuries?"

"Yeah. Can you tranq him?" Reno pointed to the Lieutenant General, who was still going on and on.

"Um… okay."

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Maya – This is my first time writing for this pair. XD But I'm glad you liked it. Oooooh, cookies! Chocolate? X3

YinYangWhiteTiger – I have the third chapter all planned out. Now it's a matter of writing it. But here's an update as promised. I'm planning on updating every Friday (can't guarantee a time) until this is finished.

Lemon Wine – Um… thanks?

BloodyChaosDragonKnight – XD Glad you like your gift. I had so much fun with Seph and Zack. For some reason, writing their interaction is very, very easy for me. I guess it's cause two of my characters are similar to them in personality and relationship. It's a funny story about them. When I created them, I had no idea about Zack or how Sephiroth behaved other than the Final Fantasy VII games. (Blush) Sankyuu.