Not So Happily Ever After
Author: Ok yeah...I own nothing.
Rating: M
This is Yaoi....
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Chapter Seven: Journey Through Disappointment
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Cloud had been put asleep pretty quickly. Leon, Sephiroth, and Aerith went this time. Around them were many rooms, and all of them were real from what they could tell. Leon took a deep breath as he went to the first door. There was a fifteen year old Cloud there, Sephiroth gasped as he and Zack joked around, they had been in the SOLDIER army.
"Zack, do you think things'll get better for us around here? I swear, it's like he doesn't realize we exist." Spoke Cloud's young voice.
"He is the General Sephiroth. But I think you've impressed him somewhat Cloud. You know...sometimes I think that if I weren't dating Aerith...we could be together. We get along so well." Spoke Zack seriously.
"I like you too Zack. Besides, maybe one day, right?" Spoke the younger Cloud.
The scene became totally different not a second later. There was Cloud and Zack on the cliff, Cloud had blood on him, but Zack was dying. Zack smiled at Cloud.
"I know you can't understand me at times. I know right now, you're not yourself. But I have always been in love with you Cloud. I'm sorry that things turned out this way." Spoke Zack's kind voice.
Then Zack was dead, and Cloud finally snapped out of it. As he screamed in agony, he thought no one could hear as he spoke after that.
"I will always have been in love with you too Zack. If only things had been different between us...please forgive me." Spoke Cloud's young voice.
It was then that several of the mindless appeared. Leon was furious at all of this. He destroyed them easily. Sephiroth's eyes were wide. He'd never known how Cloud had felt all those years. He assumed that no one had really known. They left the room, as they found the next. This one had chains all over it, and blood dripping down the walls. They went inside, they saw a young Cloud and the General Sephiroth standing there. Cloud was talking with him, they were in the hotel in Nibbleheim before it had happened.
"Cloud, do you know that you and Zack have truly made me proud to be general of this army?" Asked Sephiroth.
Cloud was just a grunt then, and the happy smile that lit up his face was just a mere memory of the scowl that was on his face now.
"Really!? Thank you Sephiroth!" Exclaimed the young cadet.
What happened next no one could have predicted, as Sephiroth leaned down and kissed him on the lips. Leon's eyes widened, and Sephiroth stared at the ground. They were taken to a scene after the sex.
"I love you Cloud." Spoke the General.
"I love you to Sephiroth." Spoke the young Cloud.
The scene changed, and the town was burning. Cloud screamed in emotional agony. It then changed again, as he and Zack escaped together from the lab. It changed again, there was Hojo.
"You're just a clone, a failed experiment. The clone of Sephiroth." Spoke Hojo.
Cloud's eyes had gone wide. He then felt the hurt begin to rise up in him. They then skipped again to where Sephiroth had killed Aerith.
"I loved you Aerith...but Sephiroth. Why!? Why did you do this to me!? I loved you!" Screamed Cloud.
It skipped again, to where Cloud had first killed Sephiroth. Sephiroth died, but he looked up at Cloud with honest eyes.
"Thank you for killing me. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry Cloud...Jenova..." Spoke Sephiroth as he was dying.
"I know Sephiroth. And I have always loved you too." Spoke Cloud sweetly.
He kissed Sephiroth as he died in his arms. Sephiroth himself was crying, he wasn't used to this. To feeling anything anymore. It then stopped. Leon looked at Sephiroth, Sephiroth tried to hide his tears as his bangs covered his face. But he couldn't hide his shame. Just then a whole armies worth of mindless appeared. Sephiroth killed them all with his masamune. They then went to the next room. This is where they saw Cloud and Aerith meeting.
"You're kinda cute." Said Aerith's sweet voice.
The Cloud there had blushed. They then kept on going. It skipped ahead to their date in the park.
"I love you Cloud..." Spoke Aerith's sweet voice.
"You know, I never thought I could love again. But it's like I can't stop falling into new loves. I love you too Aerith." Spoke Cloud.
It skipped ahead to Aerith's and his sex, but it was after they had, had it. They were cuddling, not knowing of the future. It then skipped ahead, to her death. As Sephiroth sliced her in half, and as she died, she smiled at Cloud with her sweet smile. Aerith looked at Leon, and sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
"I loved you Aerith. I don't think I'll ever love another woman." Spoke Cloud's sad voice.
Suddenly the mindless appeared, as if they were trying to take his memories from him. His mind was weak at this point. Aerith actually killed them this time. They went into the next room at this point. There was Kadaj fighting Cloud. His plans to become Sephiroth. However as Cloud fought Sephiroth again, the pain it brought to his face. He had defeated Sephiroth again. And he saw Kadaj dying in his arms.
"Had things been different...maybe I could've been your Sephiroth." Spoke Kadaj.
"Kadaj. You and Sephiroth have one key difference. You haven't betrayed me as much as he has. And yes...I would've loved you, had I had the chance to." Spoke Cloud as he cried.
Cloud leaned down and kissed the dying Kadaj. The tears in his eyes evident. The place went black, and many more mindless came. Sephiroth once again defeated them. They all sighed as they went to the next room. There they saw a young man, young Vincent actually. He was being tortured by Hojo. They then saw him and Cloud after Kadaj had died.
"Hojo does terrible things to people. He destroyed everyone I ever cared about, he took your love. He made Sephiroth, but you're his father. He's the reason Kadaj ever came into being." Spoke cloud's solemn voice.
"He may have destroyed many lives. But he is not the reason I repent." Spoke Vincent's deep voice.
"What is?" Spoke Cloud solemnly.
"Because I may have loved once, but it was another man's woman. You must understand, that no matter what. We were both wrong in what we did. I am as bad as Hojo. But in truth Cloud. I want to be able to find happiness one day again." Spoke Vincent's solemn voice.
"It's not fair Vincent!" Yelled Cloud as he grabbed onto Vincent's collar.
"What isn't Cloud?" asked Vincent.
"You...you deserve so much better." Spoke Cloud's very sad voice.
Vincent smirked and grabbed Cloud and kissed him. His red eyes stared longingly into Cloud's.
"Then will you help me become whole again?" Asked Vincent.
It skipped ahead, after they had sex. Cloud was laying next to Vincent. They were tracing each other's scars.
"You have the same scars as me. Vincent...I do feel something for you. But love always seems to come back and bite me." Spoke Cloud's honest voice.
"Do not worry Cloud. I will never leave you. But if I do die. You must say that you will find love at least one more time." Spoke Vincent's deep voice.
"I promise Vincent. I will try." Spoke Cloud's honest voice.
It skipped ahead once again, the world was ending, and Cloud was holding onto Vincent's claw.
"Please Vincent! Don't let go! I love you!" Screamed Cloud.
"I am sorry Cloud. I love you too....but it looks like this is our end." Spoke Vincent's deep voice.
They shared one last kiss as Vincent disappeared. Cloud found himself at the Colosseum.
"I promise Vincent. I will find my light for you." Spoke Cloud's saddened voice.
Sephiroth and Aerith were in shock practically. They had never known. Leon killed the Mindless that had come this time. They went to the last door. Inside, Leon saw Cloud dressed like Vincent in the Colosseum. He had fought Leon, but lost.
"You'll never get anywhere unless you let it go Cloud." Spoke Leon's condescending voice.
It skipped ahead, and Cloud's disappearance with Sephiroth, and Leon's watching him go. It then skipped ahead to Sephiroth's reappearance with Cloud, and his new found sanity. It then skipped ahead to a conversation Cloud and Aerith had.
"I don't know Aerith. There's no way he could ever love me back. Not after everything I've done. I've loved enough for one man in life. Maybe I'll die alone." Spoke Cloud's emotionless voice.
"You promised him Cloud! Vincent needs you to go after Leon! You deserve happiness! After everything you've been through!" Yelled Aerith in frustration.
"No I don't! Apparently not!" Yelled Cloud.
It blacked out, and Leon became furious. As he killed the mindless one last time. They were soon outside Cloud's body. Leon hugged Cloud closely. Cloud looked at him with hurt eyes.
"I'm not them Cloud. I can't promise you I won't go anywhere. But I can promise you, I will ALWAYS love you." Spoke Leon's kind voice.
They all sighed in relief as Cloud nodded. The next person up would be Sephiroth. But then someone stepped into the room. It was Vincent....
"Hello Cloud. Hello Sephiroth." Spoke his deep voice.
Leon became protective, but Vincent just chuckled. "No need to fear there. I will not take him back. I told him to move on. But it looks like I finally found him." Spoke Vincent's deep voice.
Whelp, next was Sephiroth, and then Vincent. Then came Roxas, and then Axel at last. Not to mention, Sephiroth had been reborn so many times, Vincent actually called him no one's son, because he couldn't possibly have any relation to Vincent anymore.
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Author: So...reviews?
Cloud: Oh my god...what a headache
Leon: You sure do love the angst
Cloud: That's a lot of sex...
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