Ch 6

The hunters are at it again!

Dragons' weakness

Alexis got to him first. Using her sword, she cut the material around the dagger and removed it. What she saw next shocked her; the mythril was somehow slowly, but surely starting to work through his system. His breaths became heavy and desperate as his arm became limp from the numbness.

"I have to get this out—"as she started to take out the dagger, his hand flew up to her wrist, stopping her.

"... J... Jackson... aler... alert him," he weakly said, his eyes pleading.

She nodded before Genesis kneeled next to him. He tore part of his coat and wrapped it around the wound and the dagger. Angeal got on the phone with Jackson.

"It's me. Get over here now. Sephiroth needs you ASAP," he said before hanging up and turning to Sephiroth, who now broke into a slight cold sweat. "Hang in there, buddy. He's on the way," he said, gripping his good hand.

Sephiroth squeezed it tightly as another wave of pain washed over him. "It... hurts!" he gasped out.

"Hold on, Seph. Jackson will be here soon," Genesis said, wiping a cold rag over Sephiroth's face.

"I'll go outside and see where that dagger came from," Zack said, grabbing his sword and heading outside with Cloud.

Five minutes later, Jackson, the muscular Major that Alexis saw last night that towered over even the General, came inside and saw his fallen friend. The others moved out of the way to allow him access.

"H... Hurry," Sephiroth barely managed to say through the agony.

"I gotcha, bud," Jackson said as he easily picked up Sephiroth, bridal style.

"... Alexis... comes too."

Alexis nodded as the trio hurried out of the cabin. She kept glancing at her brother, worry in her eyes, but deeper inside, anger boiled within her dragon side to those who tried to assassinate him.

"So, you're his sista, righ'?" Jackson asked.

"He told you, didn't he?" she replied.

"Yup. First day he came here, he said dat that if he joined up, he'd be able to find his lil' sista. Den, one nigh'... he just transformed out of nowhere. One of his buds got hurt and the next ting I know, he just healed him with NO materia whatsoeva!"

They made it out of the gate and were heading towards the base.

"He told me his story and dat he was born a dragon; that sure surprised me! Eva since, he made it his mission to find ya, no matta what," he added.

"Wow... all those years, looking for me?" she asked in awe.

"Yea, but dere is one weakness dat de dragons 'ave... and it's in his arm."

"Mythril?"

"But it's a special mythril, only made by de huntas. Dey make it so it would affect 'em... even kill 'em, if hit in the right spot."

Alexis glanced at Sephiroth, whose arm was now severely infected and his breaths grew shallow.

"Hang on, brother," she whispered to him.

Getting to the infirmary, he peeked inside to make sure no one was inside before getting inside with Alexis shutting and locking the door behind them. Jackson laid Sephiroth on the nearest bed and slowly removed the makeshift tourniquet around the dagger and wound. His arm was mostly black and purple when they looked at it. Alexis winced at the gruesome sight.

"Hang on, Seph. Time ta get dis ting out," Jackson said.

Gripping the dagger, he quickly yanked it out, earning another draconic screech of agony. Alexis quickly wrapped her arms around him, trying to calm him down. Quickly going to a cabinet, Jackson pulled out a small vial, containing a violet liquid, and a syringe. Drawing half of the liquid into the instrument, he stuck the needle into the General's arm, earning a hiss of pain. After the liquid was injected, Sephiroth finally calmed down and looked to Alexis, who smiled comfortingly at him.

"You alright?" she asked.

Sephiroth could only nod, too worn out from dealing with the agony. She and Jackson sighed in relief.

"You're one tough son of Shiva, aren't ya?" Jackson joked lightly.

Sephiroth smiled wearily, then remembered something. "... The test," he said.

"I told de others ta postpone 'til December, but I could already guess who was gonna win," Jackson replied with a smirk.

"We had the lead until those stupid hunters had to ruin our fun," Alexis said, pretending to pout.

"We'll... get another... chance," Sephiroth replied, drifting between sleep and awake.

"Get some sleep, Seph. You need ta recova," Jackson said, patting his uninjured shoulder lightly.

"We'll keep an eye on things. Don't you worry for a second," she assured, flashing a thumbs up before leaving with Jackson.

Sephiroth nodded and his eyes drifted closed and fell into a peaceful sleep.

(Dream)

"Sephiroth! RUN!" cried a woman with silver hair.

Young Sephiroth looked about his burning home, trying to locate the voice of his mother. He heard his baby sister crying somewhere else and rushed to the source. When he finally got outside, there stood a man donned in a black cloak, and in his arms... was his baby sister, crying.

"ALEXIS!" he screamed, running to her.

The man smirked and shot something at him. It nailed him in the leg, bringing him down in an instant.

"Only a fledgling. Not even worth my time," said the leader.

"What about the baby, sir?" asked his lackey on his left.

He looked to the crying baby dragon, a smirk on his lips. "I'm sure the other monsters will find a baby dragon delicious indeed," he sneered.

Sephiroth tried to get up, but that thing in his knee was slowly numbing him and was working its way to his other leg. Suddenly, a blast of darkness slammed into the lackey, driving him away. There stood Alexis's and Sephiroth's mother, her dragon form unleashed. She roared something to the leader, obviously a warning to the human. However, the hunter smirked and threw a smoke bomb at the two, blinding them. When the smoke cleared, the hunters were gone and so was Alexis.

"No... ALEXIS!" Sephiroth screamed, tears streaming down his face.

(End Dream)

Sephiroth shot up from his sleep, a cold sweat covering his face in a thin sheet. Tears streaking down his face from the horrible, surreal nightmare. He cleaned his face of them, forcing himself to calm down. His sister was back with him and no one would separate them again. He looked to his bandaged shoulder and gently rubbed it. He looked out the window close to him and saw that night had fallen.

Getting up, he made his way down the ShinRa pool, where swimming classes take place. The pool lights were on, which made it perfect for him. Transforming into his dragon form, he dove into the water with a big splash. Quietness settled on his ears as he hovered a few inches near the pool floor.

This is where he was always comfortable. His eyes drifted closed again in contentment and let the water rock him gently. An advantage of being a water dragon was the ability to respire underwater. Then, he sensed his sister's presence and swam to the surface. She wore a black and violet two piece bathing suit and a white towel was hanging over her shoulder.

"You're finally awake. Genesis told me this is a place you would often crash for awhile if work got you down," Alexis said, sitting near the edge.

Couldn't sleep?

"Not really, now I know that we have hunters wanting our skins. Mind if I join you?" she asked, letting her towel fall to the ground.

He nodded and she slipped into the warm water. The shallow end was only three feet deep, but the deep end was twelve feet deep. She swam out about half towards the deep end of the pool and there she treaded. Water always calmed her down as well when something was on her mind. She felt Sephiroth's tail brush against her ankle and she nearly squealed. The male dragon surfaced, his eyes shining with amusement.

"Not funny!" she pretended to scold.

Isn't that what brothers do to their sisters? Tease each other?

"I thought it was the other way around," she teased.

In this case, I do the teasing and you're just my victim.

"Oh, I'm so scared. Whatever shall I do?" she mocked, a hand to her heart in feint terror.

Sephiroth smirked and swam up to her. In his eyes, she saw lust and a trace of desire. Alexis smiled softly while wrapping her arms around his neck. Sephiroth used his wings to support them both while snaking his arms around her waist.

"I know we're brother and sister, but... it feels like... fate brought us back together again," she said.

Alexis, I understand this is new to you. I'll wait if I—

"No... it's ok," she quickly said.

Sephiroth smiled gently at her before leaning in slowly. They met in the middle, lips locked together in a passionate kiss. This is something Alexis never felt before; his lips were so soft and gentle. She felt her dragon roar in sheer happiness as it slowly appeared. She felt herself fall forward as Sephiroth dragged them both underwater.

They sank to the bottom of the deep end as the kiss continued. They broke apart and they gazed into each other's eyes, violet meeting golden feral ones. Alexis kissed him again, her hands tangled in his flowing silver hair. Sephiroth's hands glided down her back, sending a chill down her spine. She feel her dragon and his bonding together, strengthening the link between them until it came to the point of never leaving each other's side. They broke apart and swam to the surface. Waiting for them... was Genesis, Angeal, and Jackson.

"Had a nice swim, you two?" Genesis smirked.

The two only blushed.

*If you didn't catch in the early chapters, that's where I put in a little of the Vampire Knight concept. (Pureblood vampires mating within the family to keep the bloodline pure)