Kadaj POV

They say when you go into a coma you can hear everything around you, but you don't feel anything. For me, it was the opposite. I couldn't hear anything, but the pain; it was unbearable. I wanted to scream, to tell someone to kill me, but I couldn't speak, I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything but wait. Then what would happen? I would be ShinRa's puppet, a tool for their army.

When would it all stop? When would I be able to wake up to my Roze?

Roze. She said she'd stay by me the whole time. I honestly wasn't sure that she would. She had better things to do then to sit by an unconscious kid. I was probably just being paranoid, but after Genesis, that was normal.

My thoughts faded out as my mind slipped away, leaving only darkness and a throbbing pain.

Roze POV

I was freaking out. I didn't show it but inside I was panicking. It had been almost a week already and Daj still hadn't woken up. I didn't know how long these things were supposed to take but it felt like it was taking longer than it was supposed to. I was tempted to go down and ask Professor Hollander about it. That had to be where Genesis had gotten the Jenova cells to begin with. I wouldn't though. I promised Daj that I would stay by his side the whole time, and I would. I wanted to be here when he woke up, and I wouldn't risk missing it.

Doctor Hojo walked in with an odd expression on his face. "You seem to be the only one who seems to care about the boy."

"The rest of his family dropped him for the most part. I don't think his brothers know because they're on a mission."

"Well then I suppose you're the one I need to tell."

"Tell me what?"

"I'm afraid to say that Mr. Yuiki has been unconscious for longer than the normal length of time for things like this."

"How do you know?"

"I have contact with Professor Hollander. He's a close friend of mine. I explained the situation and he said that this should have been over by now. He said that it's most likely that his body isn't accepting the change. He says it's time to just put him out."

"Put him out?"

"It's much like putting down an animal. Very humane, he won't feel a thing. Hollander believes that he'll be in extreme pain if his body is rejecting the change."

"You can't do that. He'll wake up; just give him some more time."

"Miss, I'm sorry."

"No. I won't let you touch him."

"Miss, if we have to remove you we will. I'm sorry but this is over."

"No, let me take him home with me. I'll watch him. I can call when he wakes up." I was panicking so badly, my outer stoic expression gone.

"I suppose we can do that Miss. I do ask that if he hasn't woken within another two weeks that you bring him in or to call us and we'll come put him out."

"Fine." I sighed in relief. Daj would be safe.

The doctors helped me get Daj out to the car and I took him home. He was so light, he always had been, that I didn't really need any help. I carried him upstairs and laid him in the bed gently, covering him up. Pulling up a chair, I sat next to him and waited.

I never left his side if I could avoid it. I hardly ate or drank anything. If Daj was suffering, then so would I. Sometimes I thought I saw him move and I would grip his hand and call his name. But each time, I was forced with the realization that he hadn't actually woken, I had just imagined it. I was so worried. His two weeks were coming to an end quickly, and if he didn't wake they'd come looking for us and they'd take him from me. If that happened I would do two things. One, go kill Genesis for causing all of this, and two, go kill myself. He only had about half a week left, and then he'd be gone forever.

Kadaj POV

My head hurt, badly. I wanted to lift my hand to my head, but my body just felt so heavy that I couldn't move it an inch. I could twitch, that was about it. Roze saw occasionally, but since I couldn't speak either, she always thought she had imagined it. I wanted so badly to speak to her, to tell her that I was ok, but my strength was too little. It was like being trapped in your own body, unable to do a single thing but watch and hope things go ok. I was able to hear, and what I was hearing was not good. Roze had a habit of talking to me, thinking I was still knocked out. SHe told me that if I didn't wake up soon they were going to kill me. I didn't want to die, not anymore. But what could I do? Nothing. I could only watch my death slowly approach.

I dozed in and out of conciousness, though I tried to stay awake as much as I could. Roze didn't sleep much either. I guess we were both thinking the same thing. If I was going to die, we wanted to spend as much time together as we could, even if I couldn't respond. It was actually a rarity that I was awake when she wasn't. She was beating herself up while I was getting slightly stronger each day. I actually hoped that when I got my strength back enough that I could move that it would be while she was asleep, so I could surprise her. Normally my luck was crap but this time I got lucky.

My last day. I had to force myself to move, to let her know that I was ok so they wouldn't come for me. I used what strength I had built up to move myself slightly to face her. Slowly, I lifted my arm to rest it on her cheek as she slept. She was so peaceful, I didn't want to wake her, but she had to know I was awake. Of late I hadn't even been able to open my eyes. Now I forced them open to look at her peaceful state. "Roze. Roze wake up." my voice was horse and very quiet, but it was enough to wake her up, I knew that for a fact.

And it did. Slowly, her eyes opened and looked into mine. I smiled weakly at her as the tears formed in her eyes. "Daj, you're ok. Oh Gaia I thought I'd lost you."

"No, I've been awake for the last almost two weeks. I just couldn't do anythinng to tell you."

She attacked me, hugging me tightly. "But you're ok, you're alive and awake. That's good enough for me. I can call Dr. Hojo and tell him that you're ok. Then he'll leave us alone. How do you feel?"

"Shitty. My head hurts like hell still, but at least I don't hurt as badly." my voice was actually getting stronger the more I spoke. I was getting stronger quickly.

"You really were in pain?"

I felt bad for telling her because now she was going to worry. Time for an innocet little lie. "Yeah, but not from the change. From those damn beds. Do you know how unncomfortable and painful those thigs are to lie on for so long?"

She laughed. "Nope, never had to stay in one. Though you seem to have a habit of getting stuck in them."

I glared playfully at her, and she gasped slightly, almost so you didn't notice. I looked at her strangly. 'What's wrong Roze?"

"Your eyes. They changed."

"What do you mean they changed?"

SHe got up and grabbed a mirror. I looked in shock at my eyes. They had narrowed it looked like, and they were a brighter green, more like a jade color now. "Is that...from the jenova?"

"It must be. I'm sure alot of things changed because of your Jenova implants.I've also heard of extreme mood changes as well as extreme intesifications of personalities."

"Hm. I wonder what all happened to me."

"I don't know but I'm sure you'll be fine. Now come here you." she leaned in quickly and hugged me tightly.

I wanted more than a hug after my extreme sleep. I pulled back and kissed her, our first kiss. She sat there in shock for a moment before kissing back. I wrapped my arms around her waist gently, lifting her onto my lap. She wrapped her arms around my neck pulling herself close to me. I smiled into the kiss and held her tightly.

I don't know how long we sat there, but when we pulled away, we were both smiling and panting for air. Neither of us spoke, we justy sat together, Rozes head resting on my shoulder, me rubbing her back.

We dealt with the doctors later that day when they came to try to kill me. They had the best shocked look on their faces when I answered the door. It honestly made my day even better.

We were finding out all kinds of things about the new me. For one, I was alot more dominent than I had been before. I wasn't sure it was a good thing but Roze seemed to like it so I went along with it. Unfourtunately, me suicidal and extremely emo tendencies were also intresified, so were going to have to find a way to balance that stuff. I knew we could handle it though. It would just take awhile.