Part IV

Sephiroth walked back to Yazoo's room, pausing momentarily to gather his thoughts before entering. Genesis looked at him, eyes filled with worry, "What's wrong Sephiroth?" he whispered. "I'll tell you later Gen, in private." Genesis frowned, not liking the sound of that, but nodded. Genesis then turned to the boys, "Kadaj, you need to sleep, as do you Loz." Kadaj turned around, "I don't need sleep, let me stay… please…" Genesis remained firm. "No Kadaj, hurry up."

Both Loz and Kadaj walked out slowly, sulking. "Fine… we'll see you later brother." Kadaj said quietly, glancing over his shoulder. Yazoo smiled slightly, trying not to show how much pain he was really in, "B-bye…" he stuttered. Sephiroth smiled as Genesis walked over to kiss Yazoo's forehead and say goodbye. "Good bye son, we'll see you tomorrow".

"So, Sephiroth, are you going to tell me what the doctor said to you?" Genesis whispered, being led by the elbow out into the hallway by Sephiroth. Sephiroth breathed in deeply before looking into Genesis' eyes. 'He is going to be crushed when I tell him this… I don't know if I can… My beautiful husband… I'm sorry' Sephiroth's thoughts trailed off and he sighed. "He told me about Yazoo's injuries…" Genesis looked away, not really ready to face the news of his poor son. "O-ok… How bad is it?"

"He suffered some major head trauma… His speech and motor functions may be affected," Sephiroth glanced at Gen's face, noticing his quivering lip, "Genesis… He might be ok… This may not be permanent…" Sephiroth took one of Genesis' hands in his and used his free one to stroke Gen's face gently. "I hope so Seph…" Genesis whispered. "I really hope so…"