Alive again

chapter 4 Nii-san

A/N:sorry people who waited, the evil beast called Writer's Block reared it's ugly head and it took me a while to kill it, ( i had to borrow Masamune, Sephiroth wasn't happy) anyways please enjoy

disclaimer: once again i do not own Final fantasy

Kadaj watched Sephiroth sleep, his face seemed so peaceful and he wondered if he looked the same when asleep. Sephiroth's breathing was fast and shallow and rattled slightly in his chest, Kadaj spotted something trickling out of Sephiroth's mouth and froze in fear, it was blood.

"Sephiroth" he whispered and brushed the silver hair out of his face "Sephiroth can you hear me?"

There was no response and Kadaj carefully wiped the blood off his lips, what was happening to him? He wouldn't wake up and now this….. He felt a sob rising in his throat and stifled it as best he could; a few tears ran down his cheeks.

"Kadaj….." Sephiroth had opened his eyes and was staring up at him, the pain was apparent in his eyes. Kadaj shuffled closer and began stroking his brother's hair

"Yeah?" Sephiroth shifted and winced, Kadaj leant forwards and touched his forehead, he was still burning up so it could just be his fever talking. But it could also be genuine.

"Please…I'm scared" he coughed and more blood dripped down his chin, Kadaj felt more tears running down his face as he lifted his brother as best he could and cradled him to his chest, Sephiroth weakly touched his mouth then stared at the blood on his fingers "am I dying?" he asked

"No! Of course not! You can't die! You can't leave me again!" kadaj buried his face in his brother's hair and cried freely as Sephiroth groaned and coughed harder than ever, Kadaj felt something spatter his face but didn't move away, he looked into his brother's eyes and kidded himself that he could see straight into his soul. But all he saw was the green glow flickering dimly and the strange calm that Sephiroth was known for slip away. He clutched at Kadaj desperately and whimpered, "It hurts…..make it stop"

"I can't…." Kadaj swallowed and set his brother back down on the stone floor, he glanced at the mouth of the cave and frowned, should he go find Vincent or was he just over reacting? As if in answer Vincent dragged himself back into the cave, he was in a terrible state; his hair hung limply round his face as blood trailed down his cheek, his cloak and clothes were torn and streaked with dirt and snow. His pale complexion had gotten even paler almost grey. He shivered uncontrollably and his eyes had a hollow far away look at them.

"We have to go" he murmured

"We can't! Sephiroth's too sick; he's coughing up blood Vincent!"

"We have to go" Vincent's voice suddenly was cold and unfeeling

"Please….we can't move him" Kadaj pleaded, his vision blurred as more tears filled his eyes, he brushed them away angrily. Vincent stared down at him then shook himself slightly

"I'm sorry" he said, his eyes softening slightly "but we really have to go"

"Where to?"

"7th Heaven" he paused and in answer to Kadaj's questioning look said "Cloud and Tifa's place"

"Nii-san's home?" Kadaj's eyes were shining; Vincent gave him a small smile

"Yes…but I can't carry Sephiroth" Kadaj looked closely at Vincent, his shoulders were slumped in defeat

"How can we get him there then?"

Vincent had obliviously thought this out for he answered almost immediately "we'll make a stretcher"

Kadaj nodded and picked up Masamune "I'll cut some branches down" Vincent opened his mouth and Kadaj shot him a steely glare "I'll do it Vincent"

"Fine"

He knew it was better not to argue with a teenager carrying a huge sword

"Hey Cloud come and look at this" Marlene was poking him repeatedly in the side, knowing that she would stop until he followed her he set down his paper and walked over to the window. Denzel was already crouched there, his nose pressed against the frosted glass

"What's going on then" Cloud asked kneeling down and peering out into the deserted streets. Denzel fidgeted and glanced at Marlene

"You tell him"

"No you" Marlene folded her arms, a gesture she had copied from Tifa, Cloud bit his lip fighting back a laugh

"No you, you spotted him" Denzel turned back to the window, Cloud looked at Marlene and raised an eyebrow

"Well, what's going on?"

"I think I saw Vincent"

"Really" Cloud sat back thinking hard, Vincent mostly kept to himself if he ever came into town it was either, he was hurt or very rarely when he wanted company. Cloud guessed it was probably the former of the two. He stood up and pulled on his coat "tell Tifa I'm going out"

"Why?" Marlene caught his coat and held him back, Cloud gently removed her hand

"I'm going to find Vincent" he opened the door and went out, his eyes scanning each alley way and corner. It didn't help that Vincent was a master of stealth when ever he cared to be, which was all the bloody time. Cloud swore and rubbed his arms, snow was falling heavily now and how the hell was he supposed to find Vincent in this weather?

"Nii-san?" Cloud froze, the last time he had heard that voice the world had almost ended. He turned slowly and saw the youngest Remnant huddled in a corner, green cat like eyes shinning in the dark. Cloud pulled out his broadsword and pointed at threateningly at Kadaj's chest, waiting for him to attack.

"Nii-san….please" Kadaj reached out for him, his hand shaking "it's Vincent, he changed" his voice broke and he buried his head in his hands, Cloud lowered his sword, what had happened to the old Kadaj? The one who had tried to kill him despite their connection through Jenova, a low moan made him walk closer and he saw someone curled up next to Kadaj, his head resting on his lap.

Sephiroth

But something was wrong, gone was the proud General Cloud had known and gone was the insane cold and cruel one winged angel. He had been reduced to this shivering wreak and instead of feeling satisfaction, Cloud felt sick to his stomach, this wasn't right.

"What's wrong with him?" he whispered and crouched down next to Kadaj.

"Mako poisoning" Cloud blinked with surprise and looked down at Sephiroth, he had opened his eyes and was smirking at him "Good to see you… Cloud"

Cloud shivered then grimaced as he saw the huge black wing wrapping around Sephiroth's back in a vain attempt to keep him warm, Sephiroth looked at Cloud's expression and raised an eyebrow "what? My wing disturbs you?"

"Kinda of…it's more that Gaia's greatest enemy is defenceless at my feet" Kadaj bristled angrily and Sephiroth smiled

"So what are you going to do about it Cloud?"

"The best thing would be for me to kill you and have gone with it"

"Don't bother, I'll be back…..she always drags me back" Cloud was surprised at the amount of bitterness in his voice, didn't he want to come back?

"Does that mean, you not connected to Jenova anymore?"

Sephiroth twisted slightly and moaned "no I don't think so" he looked up with a desperate expression "Please, you've had this before; you know what it's like"

Cloud's expression softened slightly as he stared down at the weakened Ex General "I'll take you back to 7th Heaven, you'll both be safe there….although you will be questioned as to why you're both back"

"Fair enough" Sephiroth's eyes closed and Cloud felt as if weight had been lifted from his stomach. Kadaj grabbed his arm and pulled him closer

"Tell me how to get there, you have to find Vincent, he changed into something awful"

Cloud gave him the directions and stood up; he was going to find Vincent even if it took him all night.

well that took me a while to write

couldn't think of better chapter title sorry :(

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