1- Young Cloud

2- Zack

3- Older Cloud

4- Sephiroth

Overlapping


2nd Viewpoint

"Where are we…?" I feel so groggy. Didn't I just wake up like a few hours ago? Yeah, I did! Seph woke me up and then Cloudy fed me breakfast! Why am I so sleepy now then…? I can feel Seph next to me; his scent can't be confused with anyone's. So fresh and pepperminty. Did we fall asleep on the way to Junon? No way, we needed to get out and take chocobos from the ranch to Junon because of the mountains and Zoloms. We would have had to been woken up for that. So then where are we? I open my eyes and instantly shut them again. Blinding green light had filtered in the second I cracked them open. I groan and try to move, no such luck. I can feel Seph start to stir next to me at least. So we're not dead. It feels like we are wrapped tightly in silk or something. It's soft and kind of fluid, almost like water, but not wet. "Zackary?" I nod slightly and respond to Seph. "Yeah?" He starts to move around next to me more alertly now. "Where are we?" I chuckle softly at the absurdity. "No idea, buddy."

I make another attempt at opening my eyes again, this time with better success. The green light is harsh, but my eyes adjust. Woah. Well we are wrapped pretty tightly in green… uh stuff? It's weird, like solid but not solid. That makes no sense. "I see you are finally waking up." Aeris?! I whip my head to the left side and spot her standing there. That's impossible. Aeris died her sleep over seven months ago! Oh Shiva. We really are dead! "NO! No! No! No, no, no, no, nooo! We can't be dead yet! I have so much shit to do! I never even got to kill Hojo! Or have sex with Cloud while he was wearing a leather leash!" I continued to moan about all the things in life I never got to do until Seph shut me up. "Zackary, get a hold of yourself." I stop rattling on and look over at him. He looks extremely concentrated. "Where are we, miss?"

Aeris looks over at Seph and smiles brightly. "The Lifestream. But you're not dead, so don't worry Zack. You were brought here to save you from dying actually." Seph just nods and fires off another question. "How long have we been here?" Aeris' smile gets a little sadder. "Awhile." Great! Cloud is probably freaking out right about now! "Don't worry about Cloud, he's fine. He moved on quite some time ago though." What? "What… What do you mean Aeris? Moved.. on? But we're still here. We haven't gone anywhere!" Aeris shakes her head softly and I can feel my eyes tear up. "Please tell me this isn't true. Please Aeris! This can't be true!" She just smiles and closes her eyes. "It's true Zack, I'm sorry. I will send you back to Gaia now. It's not too late, but please be considerate. Things have… Changed."

And with that Seph and I found ourselves flat on our ass in some unknown area of the planet.

4th Viewpoint

What the hell could she have meant by "changed". Certainly she meant Cloud's situation, correct? Yet I have a sickening feeling she means quite more than that. I look to my left and frown at Zackary. He is on the verge of tears, and I can't blame him. Just what the hell just happened? And where are we now? I close my eyes and shake my head as I wrap Zackary in my arms. No need for him to feel any more pain than necessary. "Shh. Everything will be fine, we will get Cloud back Zackary, I swear it." He nods slowly and puts his head on my shoulder. A routine mission. That's all it was supposed to be. How could things become so skewed? I push the thoughts aside and lift Zackary and I to our feet. It's already dusk and we have no idea where we are and what kind of monsters we will be encountering. I start leading us toward a source of water I can smell a couple miles away. It's saltwater but we can always boil it.

We appear to be in some sort of valley. There are mountains on three sides. I can tell we are walking south, towards the ocean, but I can smell more water on each side. So it must be an island. Oh Gaia. This couldn't be… The woman couldn't be so cruel have dropped us in Wutai could she? She and Zackary knew each other; she wouldn't condemn him to death would she? I shake the thought from my mind, no use worrying about it. I couldn't really change it anyway. All I can hope for is that we meet some ShinRa personnel soon and hitch a ride back to Midgar. Of course it figures my phone was left with Cloud so he could call my Junon apartment while we were away. I can sense Masamune, so I am still able to summon it here. Zackary has his Buster Sword and we are both SOLDIERs, we should be fine.

After a couple hours of walking we reach the ocean. Unfortunately my earlier suspicions of being in Wutai were confirmed when we were attacked by a leviathan trying to get some water. Lovely that our clothes were soaked in the process of killing the sea demon. Well now I know where we are at least. Having reached the southern-most point of Wutai I can only imagine we are near the peninsula that leads to the Temple of Tsukia. It is run by very pacifist monks; they will most assuredly have a means of transport back to the Eastern Continent. And if all else fails, the channel that runs between the tip of the peninsula and Illiq the town near Cosmo Canyon on the Western Continent is narrow enough for us to swim across. Illiq is just a little ShinRa outpost town and we can arrange for military transport home.

Zackary and I found a cave to set up a fire in and let our clothes dry. Luckily we still have all of our materia. The fire was blazing in moments and we stripped completely naked to dry off faster. Zackary still hadn't said much, but things were getting better as his impossible to crush spirit started to return. "Man! That levi was huge! I haven't seen one that big since the war! Oh boy I can't wait to tell Cloud about that one! His gorgeous blue eyes will probably bug out of his downy little chocobo head!" I let myself give into the smile threatening to take over my features. Zackary is so innocent for a SOLDIER. At least he is keeping me young. "I'm sure he will be thoroughly amazed Zackary." He grins at me and comes closer to lie in my arms.

I am still amazed at how far our relationship has come from colleagues to friends to best friends to lovers in just over a couple years. I have put all my trust in Zackary and I know the reverse is true as well. He still doesn't know just how amazing he is and how much I love him. Perhaps I can make use of this time alone. I lower my head to kiss him on the lips. It's soft and gentle, strange for us but not unwelcome. He moans and turns in my arms, letting me dominate the kiss slowly. "I just want to do this slowly Zackary. I want to take our time for once." He nods and lets me proceed very gently. It feels like all the sex we have ever had together has been rushed and hurried. I just want to show him how much he means to me.

I lower us both to the ground a few feet away from the fire, close enough to be warm, but far enough away not to burn or risk rolling into the fire. We're already naked and aroused. I push his thighs apart and settle in between them. I hold his shoulders down as I trail kisses down his neck and chest. He groans underneath me as I tease one nipple after another. I murmur sweet things to him to fan the fire burning between us. His eyes are glazed and dilated, they are the most beautiful I have ever seen them. "This is amazing Seph, please don't stop." I don't intend to, but I don't say that out loud, I just keep dipping lower and lower. I've given a few blowjobs by now in our relationship, mostly to Cloud, but I have received far more than I have given. Still I venture on, taking only the tip in my mouth to tease him. "Seph! Ugh…" I swirl my tongue around the slit and dip my tongue in slightly much to Zackary's apparent pleasure.

I push my head down lower and take him all the way down my throat. Zackary isn't small by any means, but years in the lab has killed my gag reflex. He grips my hair and cries wantonly. "Please!" I oblige and swallow to tighten my throat. He screams loudly, but who is going to hear him? I pull back to whisper some words of encouragement. "Scream for me." He follows the order well and as I dip back down he lets out a hoarse scream of undiluted pleasure. Zackary has always had a slight weakness to blowjobs, it's just a fact in our relationship, so I am not surprised when he releases quite quickly. I swallow everything greedily, the mere thought of consuming my lover's pure essence painfully arousing to me. He is panting harshly as I pull back. He spreads his legs further as I spit onto my hand to create some lubricant. Luckily it's Zackary the SOLDIER here with me and not Cloud who needs to be thoroughly lubricated before sex.

I stretch Zackary to the minimum amount and spit again to lubricate myself. I know I'm starting to rush, but my arousal can't be denied for much longer. I put myself into position and look down at Zackary for the final affirmative. "Go on. Give me all you got General." I smirk at the cocky words and thrust in harshly making Zackary gasp in pain and pleasure. I give him a second to adjust, the only thing can really do to ease the pain since we are lacking on proper lubrication. He nods his head after a few moments and I take that as my cue to start "giving him all I got". My thrusts are hard and fast, and dead on with their aim. Zackary cries out in need as I pummel his prostate. "Shiva! Seph! Oh Gaia, please!" I smirk even more and start driving even harder into the willing body. Zackary isn't too far from a second orgasm; I can feel it in the tight muscles of his channel.

I reach down and grasp him firmly, tugging in time with my borderline brutal thrusts. He is begging every deity I know of for something he just can't seem to get out. I smile and start to speed it up even more. Sometimes being this enhanced has its benefits. I thrust as hard as I can, losing some coordination as I near the edge myself. I give up all sense of order when I feel Zackary orgasm under me, clenching all of his muscles tightly. I work hard to push myself over as well, and in a few more thrusts I succeed. I groan deeply as I release the pressure that had been building in my abdomen. Zackary sighs lightly as I pull out of him gently. I know he must be sore, but by morning the mako will have fixed all of that. I pull him to my chest and smile down at my treasure. "I love you Zackary." He looks up sleepily and smiles a genuine, serious smile. "I love you too, Seph."