Disclaimer: I don't own any Final Fantasy VII characters.

Summary: AU. Jenova is the queen of the western continent, taking Sephiroth as her prince. She believed that her other children (Cloud, Zack, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz) were too weak to become princes, so they became higher servants. What happens when young scrawny Cloud takes interest in the prince? Other main characters will be in here. R&R!

A/N: I believe a broken bone cannot heal in less than 24 hours. I also believe that Sephiroth wouldn't exactly walk up to Cloud all happy-go-lucky either. Anyway, the reason Vincent took so long to return was because he was meditating on his thoughts in different regions on the planet.

Since I didn't state exactly where Jenova's castle or the Cetra was in the story, I'll just say it now. Jenova's castle is in the western region (the Nibelheim region on the Final Fantasy VII world map) and the Cetra castle is in the northern region. There have a few hundred miles of distance between them. I'm so sorry that I didn't put that in there before. If I get the time, I'll go back and redo the prologue so that it states that.

Anyway…enjoy the new chapter!

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Decisions Between Love and War:

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Chapter Three: On The Way…:

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He woke up a completely new person. He didn't feel any pain in his chest. He didn't even know where the hell he was. He couldn't even remember what happened the other day. All he knew was that he realized he had another big problem in his family jewel's area. He…had another erection beneath the sapphire blue silky pants he was now wearing.

Growling in annoyance, he looked around the room. He observed white ceilings and carpet. There was a lot of white furniture in the room and it was kind of dark. He heard a sharp gasp and looked at the door. At the sight of seeing her again, he glared at her.

"Glad to see you're awake. Hurry up…we're almost late", the white-haired woman hissed. "The drug should be kicking in anytime now".

"What-?", was the only thing the blonde could get out before he felt an immensely excruciating headache. "Ow!".

He gripped the sides of his head as he squirmed around like a wild animal. He eventually fell off the bed with a sickening thud on his head. The red-eyed woman standing in front of him sighed in frustration and came by his side, throwing his back against the side of the bed effortlessly. His pained blue eyes glared her red ones.

"If you don't stop, little one, you'll rip out your new hair", his suppose-to-be mother muttered.

He snorted. He actually thought she started caring for him. That's when he caught the end of what she was saying. New hair? His shot backwards and grabbed his spiky mess of golden hair.

His eyes widened to saucers when his hand trailed down and found that the strands of his hair were in fact longer. He pulled the hair in front of him and saw that it was actually real. It stopped to his shoulders.

"What the hell-?", the blonde began, but as soon as he muttered the curse words he felt another shocking pain in his head. "What did you do to me?".

The white-haired woman chuckled, "Hojo gave me a clever little drug called Chemical X (A/N: Haha…I know…). It'll slowly make you into a nice little boy and a perfect mate for that little prince boyfriend of yours. You won't be able to use profanity and you won't have a say in pretty much everything that happens to you".

That bitch…

That was the only thing that hopped into his head and the thing he wanted to say the most.

"With Sephiroth being drugged up from his mako treatments and you being drugged by Chemical X, you two won't cause any trouble", she explained, making the blonde even angrier.

"This was your plan all along?", the blonde began, controlling his fury. "To dress me and Seph up like some prostitutes-".

He paused when he felt another wave of pain enter his skull.

"So that we could go marry off one of the princes or princesses?", the blonde ended.

"I could've sworn you would've got that earlier when I asked you to do this for me", she said, insulting him again.

He growled and looked down at his attire. It practically screamed "slut". It was a blue silk outfit. It consisted of buttons that stopped mid-way on his torso, showing off his flat stomach. He had a sash going around his waist and it drooped down to his knee. To make matters worse, he had a necklace of blue roses around his neck and one blue rose in his hair.

The sleeves were long and went past his hands and the bottom attire consisted of very, very short shorts underneath a long skirt that had a revealing split in them. He never had any leg hair in his life so that just left his smooth white legs. Lastly, he noticed he had wooden sandals and that his toe nails were unfortunately painted a dark blue to match everything he had on.

What in God's name did they do to him…?

It made him sick to his stomach that he was dressed up like this, but there was nothing he could do about it. His mind trailed back to Sephiroth. The white-haired woman who was supposed to be their mother said something about mako treatments.

"You said something about mako treatments. What are those?", he muttered, staring at the floor.

She rolled her eyes and got up, lifting the blonde up as she did, "Follow me and you'll know".

With that, she left. The blonde hurriedly followed her. Once they got in the hall, he noticed it was a lot more busy than usual. Everyone was rapidly running this way and that way and it almost threw off the blonde.

"You still didn't say anything about the mako treatments", he began.

"Why do you want to know?", she snapped back instantly.

"I was just wondering…", he muttered, feeling all of his aggression and sharp tongue slip from his second nature.

"About Sephiroth?", she questioned, glancing over her pale shoulder at him.

"Yeah, I am", he admitted and saw the amused look on her face. "He's my brother…".

"Indeed…", was the only thing she said as she turned her attention back in front of her.

Well, he just totally made a fool of himself…

His thoughts were disturbed when he felt an arm around his neck, choking him. His head was pulled back by a rough hand and his hands shot up to grab the arm around his neck. He was choking and heard a playful laughter. One he recognized immediately.

"Hey, Spikes! Good to see that you're still alive! I would've thought that Seph killed you before you got to Mother".

The blonde noticed that their mother was leaving them behind and dropped himself to the floor on his butt. He looked over his shoulder to glare at the black-haired teen that had choked him.

That frown turned upside down instantly after seeing the older boy's attire. He was wearing black and blue. He had a black cloth tied over his forehead. It was very long and went down his back. His black spiky hair was longer than before (just like the blonde's) and it went a few inches past his shoulders.

His shirt was more of a silk-type jacket with blue zigzags going up the sleeves. On the inside of the top, it was completely blue while the outside was mostly black. It showed off a lot of his much defined chest and abdomen. His bottom attire consisted of a long skirt with long black pants underneath. The last thing the blonde saw was the black-haired adolescent's black sandals with black socks.

The older youth helped the blonde to his feet. He didn't notice this before but it hurt like hell to walk in this wooden sandals. He didn't think he would survive the night. Fixing, his already revealing clothing, he turned to frown at the raven-haired youth.

If he was never attracted to his older brother, he was definitely attracted to him now…

"They dressed me up like a whor-", he started to complain before he felt another wave of pain enter his skull.

"I didn't let them give me any drugs. I told them I'd take them myself and once they were out of the room…phew…it was gone", the older one said as he made a shooing movement with his hands.

The blonde remembered his question from before was never answered. Maybe Zack knew the answer…

"Hey, Zack…", the blonde began. "What are mako treatments? And what do they do to Seph?".

The dark-haired one sighed and put an arm over the blonde's shoulder, "You can call that Chemical X drug they gave you child's play compared to what happens to Seph during his mako treatments…".

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Reno was pacing back and forth in front of the door to Hojo's lab. He was nervous. He didn't know why though. He looked at Rude who was calm and collected. He had his arms folded in front of his chest as he stared at the red head walk back and forth in front of him.

"Aren't you worried about him, Rude?", the red head blurted out.

"Why should we? We've done this over and over again. Besides, you don't even like the prince", the bald-headed man commented.

"Yeah, I know but I can't help but worry, yo", the red head sighed.

"All you need to worry about is watching your mouth when we have to dress him", the other man said.

"I'll try…", the green-eyed man said as he chuckled. "I'm glad that that sicko isn't dressing him but I'm not all too comfortable about seeing him naked either".

"Figures…", the other man said with a smirk.

"Don't give me that smirk, yo! I do not like the asshole!", the red head fumed.

The bald man chuckled, "I didn't ay anything about liking him….".

"So, yo, but you were about to! And don't you dare say you weren't!", the red head exclaimed as he continued to pace back and forth.

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Hojo watched Sephiroth's unconscious body dangling from a series of wires that were attached to his back. The prince was completely naked and was floating inside of a huge pod filled the dangerous liquid, mako in its condensed form.

The single black wing that had sprouted from his back while he was in there seemed to make him even more angel than he already was. The scientist just stared. A lecherous smirk was plastered on his face.

Too bad he had already had his fun though…

The silver-haired prince twitched in his sleep, making the scientist stand to his feet. He didn't want the youth to wake up just yet. Bubbles started to float in the pod and he knew then that he was waking up.

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Vincent lifted his arms as he let the servant tie the long black sash around his waist. She warned him that the sash had to be tight around his small waist and he acknowledged it with a small nod.

She nervously put her foot on the back of his upper thigh and pulled backwards. She spread her arms like an eagle with each end of the sash in her hands. The black-haired prince gasped when the sash tightened to very uncomfortable lengths around him. He felt like it was utterly cutting off all circulation going on down there.

She returned her foot to its rightful place on the floor and dusted off any dirt or lint that she got on his black leather pants. After she was done, she stepped in front of him, observing the finished product.

Little did she know she would be on the floor and passed out from what she saw…

The raven-haired loner arched a dark eyebrow as he stared at the unconscious servant girl confusedly. He didn't understand why she had suddenly passed out. It kind of made him feel even more self conscious about his body.

He was still curious so he walked up to his full-body mirror. He usually covered that up at most times because he didn't like looking at it. Removing the red blanket and throwing it on the floor, he finally took a good look at himself in the mirror.

He wore a loose red shirt that revealed a lot of his built abdomen. That ruffles on it were black and it almost gave him a Jack Skeleton look. His long black hair was tied up in a high ponytail and since he was wearing black and red his usual red head garment remained on his cleaned head.

He wore a long black cape that went about an inch below the knee and he had another long red cloth that was a part of his shirt that hung to his black leather boots. His bottom attire was a pair of very tight black leather pants. He still didn't know how the servant managed to get him in that. Kind of like how he still didn't get why she fainted.

"Vincent, is everything alright?".

The dark-haired prince turned his attention from the mirror to the door. It was Tifa who was shocked to see the servant passed out on the floor. She was dressed in a long brown dress that went down to her ankles and her hair was in a high ponytail. The hair that was hanging was in curls that fell to her shoulders. There were a few strands of straight hair hanging down in her face. She had diamond necklace around her neck along with a diamond bracelet on her right wrist.

She went by the servant's side and shook her before looking up at the prince.

"Vincent, what happened?", she asked.

"She was looking at me then she passed out", he muttered as he crossed his arms in front of his visible chest.

"I bet she did it because you look dashing", she teased playfully as she grabbed the servant by her arms. "I'll go put her in her room now. Mother said she wanted to see everyone in the throne before the ball".

The black-haired loner nodded and Tifa dragged the servant out of the door. He exited the room as well and headed straight for the throne room. He almost felt nervous about tonight. He was especially uncomfortable about the idea that Cloud was coming.

He remembered that kiss…

It stayed in the back of his mind. No one in his life had ever come at him like that. Not even Lucrecia and they were in love. They were supposed to be enemies but he took it upon himself to show him a way out when he trespassed in their castle.

Ever since that day, he would have peaceful dreams (both day and night dreams) about the blonde instead of his normal nightmares. Did he like this boy? He had never thought about his sexuality much after awakening from that 30 year slumber. It was like when the blonde's lips touched his in that hungry fashion he didn't know if he liked boys or girls. Now that moment frustrated the hell out of him. Maybe after tonight he won't be so confused anymore.

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Reno was rapidly tapping his foot with his slim arms crossed before him. He got tired of pacing around the empty room so he leaned up against the wall with Rude. As soon as the hyper red head heard a click, he jumped out and stared the door down.

The bald man chuckled, "You're so paranoid…".

"Am not, yo!", the red head cried as the door swung open.

The two servants saw Hojo carrying an unconscious Sephiroth who wore just a thin robe. It barely covered his body. Before the two could get to the silver-haired prince, the scientist dropped the prince.

Luckily for them, Rude caught him before he could hit the floor. They heard the older man bust out in a fit of laughter. Reno looked over his shoulder to glare at the cruel man who claimed he was a scientist.

"You bastard…this is your only son and you just throw him like he's trash", the red heard snarled.

Sometimes, even his defensive side scared him…

The black-haired man grinned and said, "You think I care? Go on and dressed him so I won't have to see your ugly faces anymore".

With that, the crazed scientist left, leaving Reno bug-eyed. He looked back at Rude who was throwing Sephiroth over his shoulder. The red head balled up his fists, feeling his anger overcome him.

"Ah, hell no, yo! He, out of all people, called us ugly! He's the ugly one!", the red head fumed as he stomped over to the door with his fist raised.

Before he could put his hand on the doorknob, Rude grabbed him by the back of his shirt and slung him over his other shoulder. The red head poke his bottom lip out as he pushed his elbow into the older man's back to support his head.

On their way through the series of rooms, they ran into the blonde woman who they met in front. She arched a golden eyebrow when she saw the bald man come up to her with the two over his shoulders.

"Is he ready for changing?", she asked.

"Yeah, of course, yo, the clothes are outside. Rude, here, will go fetch them", Reno muttered as he rolled himself off the older man's shoulders and onto the floor very clumsily.

He landed with a loud thud. He groaned and got up as quickly as he could which took him around five to ten seconds. He dusted himself off and grabbed the prince's arms, trying to tug off Rude's arms. After fifteen seconds of struggling, he started panting and called a quits. He was unaware of the arched eyebrows and the confused eyes that faced him.

The red head looked at them both as he chuckled nervously, "How about I get the clothes?".

"Yeah, that would be a better idea", Rude muttered as he followed the blonde woman to go get the silver-haired teen dressed.

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Zack and Cloud were sitting by each other in the carriage. The blonde had been begging the older teen to tell him the answer to his questions ever since they left the castle. Now the only three things they were waiting for were Loz, Yazoo, and Kadaj.

The black-haired adolescent grabbed the blonde's hand and dragged him in the back room of the carriage. This carriage was initially supposed to be shared by the five of them (Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, Zack, and Cloud). He pushed the blonde the seat behind him and quickly sat by him, staring into his confused blue eyes.

"Sephiroth has been getting mako treatments since he was inside the womb. Mako is kind of like spiritual energy but the type of mako he floats in is much worse. He told me that it's like getting zapped by 300 kilovolts all over your body for five hours long", the black-haired youth explained. "But he doesn't feel it until he wakes up inside of the pod because he's sleep for the majority of the five hours. He gets it every month and if he doesn't he'll get sick and die".

"Whoa…", the blonde said as he held his head, trying to absorb all of the information. "I'm starting to consider taking everything I've ever said to him".

The older teen smiled, hiding his nervousness behind the smile. He was so glad that the blonde didn't catch the part where he said that the prince told him that. He looked out of the window and saw the three stooges they were waiting for.

Kadaj was wearing a loose green kimono with green boots. His hair was neatly groomed but it remained in the same style it was usually in. He had a green cape that hung to his knees. Loz simply wore a dark green kimono and cape with the same color boots.

Yazoo looked like a completely different person. He wore a white and aqua green headband that on top of his hair. His silver hair was worn down in the usual style. He wore a very unique and extravagant dress. His top consisted of a puffed aqua green jacket-like top and its edges were white.

There was an itchy material underneath that kind of looked like a curtain. His whole stomach area was shown and much to his luck, it had not scratches or bruises of any type and it was flat. There were two aqua green straps right at his hips that secured the plate of armor right in front of his family jewel's area. Lastly, he had two capes. One went to his knees and the other went to his aqua green and white boots.

When Zack and Cloud saw the three get in, they laughed their heads off. Usually, the three silver-haired hot heads would've said something but they said absolutely nothing. Both black-haired and blonde youth thought that they must've been drugged by the Chemical X stuff too.

"Man, I thought I had it bad. Look at Yazoo", the blonde snickered before he felt another wave of great pain enter his skull.

Zack nodded. He didn't feel like talking all of a sudden. Maybe it was because he was hiding something from the blonde that would only hurt him again if he recalled the memories. He didn't want to remember what happened in the past when he was so happy with the blonde now.

But he couldn't stop worrying about Sephiroth…

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Jenova got into her own lustrous carriage. Elena and Tseng packed twelve whole bottles of Chemical X into the back. The blonde was scared that if she touched the strange liquid she would die since Jenova said it was dangerous to regular humans.

Tseng chuckled at her, "You don't actually believe her, do you?".

"I don't know…it's just that it doesn't look like a non-poison liquid", she answered.

"I'm sure she's just doing that to scare you", the black-haired man said as he placed a comforting hand on the blonde's shoulder.

She nodded and he put the last of the bottles into the back room. They exited the carriage out the back door and went to the front together. Sitting on the driver's seat in the front, the black-haired man made the horses start to gallop.

"Hey, Tseng", she began, grabbing the man's attention. "Why do you think she needs twelve bottles of that stuff?".

"I assume that it's for the princes", he answered, seeing the look on her face. "You know...Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo, Cloud, Zack, and Sephiroth".

"I know who the princes are, Tseng!", she cried as she stuck her tongue out at him while simultaneously hitting him in the arm.

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Vincent, Aerith, Tifa, Barret, Cid, Yuffie, Red XIII, Queen Ifalna, and all of the other Cetras attending the ball were in the throne room together. Vincent distanced himself from the crowd and hid behind a pole as he listened to what Ifalna had to say.

"I called you all here to tell you that you guys look marvelous and that this is an important night. We are supposed to make peace with Nibelheim. Tonight is the night for that", the brunette queen began with a huge smile on her face.

She was wearing simple pink dress with her long brown hair down and Aerith was really starting to look like her. Her hair was down as well but some of it was in a high ponytail that was held up by a green and pink bow. She wore a long strapless green and pink dress and it made her emerald eyes come out perfectly.

Barret and Red XIII were the only ones in their normal attire. The both of them didn't want to dress up in case something went wrong. Cid was dressed up in a simple dark blue suit and dress shoes and Yuffie was wearing a strapless orange and black midriff top and an orange and black skirt.

"The ball starts in an hour. Stay here until then", Queen Ifalna ended as she sat on her throne.

Unfortunately for Vincent, someone always had to find him and that someone just had to be Yuffie Kisaragi. She gave him a bright smile and hugged him tightly at his waist. That was the only thing she could reach with her short stature. He merely looked down at her with a stoic gaze.

"You're ready for the ball, Vinny?", she asked.

"I guess…", was the only thing the black-haired prince muttered as he removed his gaze from her to look at the walls.

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A/N: Well, there goes a new update. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that you guys understand everything now that I've explained some stuff. If you don't then just ask…I'll try to update soon if you guys review.