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Writer to SOLDIER
Chapter 9: Time with the Generals
Marcus was sitting on his bed while staring on Setsu who was already in her cadet uniform. His left elbow was on his knees while his head was leaning on his left hand. He really can't believe at himself who thought of Setsu as a woman for the first time.
Setsu noticed Marcus staring at her. She looked at him and their eyes met. It was like that for a few seconds before Setsu raised her arms in a karate position which she had copied from Ran in Detective Conan. Unfortunately, she sucked at it.
"Waya! What are you staring at? You must be plotting my demise or revenge against the destruction of your precious jewels, isn't it?" Setsu said with a suspicious look on her face.
Marcus sighed and stood up. He approached Setsu and ruffled her hair. Just as he thought, she is just a brat.
"You really are a brat!" Marcus replied in a teasing tone while grinning.
"Ah! Stop that! I am not a brat!" Setsu countered while trying to stop Marcus' hand from ruffling her hair.
Marcus stopped ruffling her hair and went inside the bathroom. Setsu fixed her hair while mumbling some words that expressed her irritation at his actions. She approached Cloud who was sleeping like a log in his bed. She shook him by the shoulders just to wake him up.
"Boco! Wake up! Hey! Wake up!" Setsu said as she woke Cloud up.
"Hm... Just a few minutes..." Cloud mumbled in his sleep.
Setsu still continued to shake him, reminding him about their training that day. Cloud turned in his sleep and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her to him and locked her in a tight embrace.
Setsu's eyes widen in surprise. She got paralyzed at the move that Cloud made in his sleep. As a very sheltered daughter of the Nozomu Family, that was the first time that someone hugged her from the opposite sex.
"Y-Y-Yo! W-W-Wake... up... C-C-Cloud..." Setsu stuttered as she was staring at Cloud's sleeping face. She rarely called Cloud in his real name since she was used to calling him, Boco.
Cloud continued to sleep like he didn't do anything wrong. Minutes passed, Setsu was now begging in her mind for Cloud to wake up and let her go. She tried to leave Cloud's side but she couldn't do it because the guy's embrace was just too tight. She cried mentally at the awkward position that she got into. She was saved when Leon pulled Cloud's arm and signalled for her to move away from the bed.
Setsu clutched her chest while breathing heavily. "W-W-What was that? It never happened before."
Leon yawned and observed Setsu's reaction. It was a miracle that Marcus' woke up first before him.
"You still have your training together with the generals, right? Why don't you go first? I'll wake up Cloud for you." Leon reminded her.
"Are you sure?" Setsu asked while tilting her head to the side.
Leon nodded and yawned. With that, Setsu left to go to the training room where Genesis and Sephiroth will be waiting for her.
Leon looked at Cloud and smirked evilly. An extremely pissed off Leon cracked his bones in his hands as he stared at Cloud who was sleeping peacefully like a log.
As Setsu went towards the training room, she heard a loud scream that happened to be Cloud's voice. She paused in her tracks and looked behind her.
"AAAHHH...!"
"Hm... I wonder... How did Lei-Lei wakes Boco up? Oh well..." Setsu shrugged and continued to her destination.
Setsu arrived in the training room in one piece. The moment she opened the door, she saw Genesis who was half naked while training using his sword. Genesis looked at her when he noticed her presence. His god-like body which was being craved by most of the women in Gaia was exposed to Setsu's innocent eyes. He smirked when he saw the light blush on her face. He straightened up and had the flat side of his sword rest on his shoulders.
"Morning..." Genesis greeted her seductively.
He was teasing her early in the morning which was one of his favourite pass times. He was expecting her to react like most girls do in his world. Most girls would fidget under his presence, act cutely, blush to their greatest glory and greet him with the sweetest voice ever. Unfortunately, Setsu didn't react like what he had expected. She really defies people expectations of her.
Setsu covered her eyes and turned around so that she won't see him.
"Aaahhh...! Don't taint my innocent eyes!" Setsu told him completely unaffected by Genesis' charms and pheromones.
A vein popped on the side of Genesis' temple which showed how irritated he was in her reaction. "Shut up! I don't want to hear that from you!"
Setsu took a peek and glared at Genesis. Genesis did the same thing. The two had some glaring contest for one minute before Genesis decided to back down. He took the bottle of water and towel that he had on the floor. He went to the shower room to take a quick shower. He told Setsu to wait for him inside the training room. Setsu puffed her cheeks but listened to Genesis' order reluctantly.
After taking a quick shower, Genesis went back to the training room. He wore a red polo shirt that was partially buttoned and black pants. When he arrived in the training room, he saw Setsu playing with the four materia that she had namely fire, ice, thunder and cure. Around her were swords in different sizes which were formed to encircle her. She was right in the middle of the circle. She had an expression of a fortune teller which irritated Genesis a lot.
"You... What are you doing?" Genesis asked restraining himself from hitting Setsu.
"Hoohh... I am predicting the right time on when you will come out from the shower room..." Setsu answered like a full-fledged fortune teller.
Unable to restrain himself any longer, Genesis hit Setsu on the head with the use of a fan which he got from nowhere. "Knock it off! You're giving me the creeps!"
Setsu stood in alert and tears while clutching her head where Genesis hit her. Genesis stood in front of her with his arms cross. He didn't know how to deal with her first early in the morning. No wonder the employees threatened a mass resignation if she was placed under their mentorship.
Genesis sighed and acted like a real mentor. He never accepted any students before like Sephiroth. "Sephiroth will come here later once he finished doing his paperworks. For now, I will be in-charged in teaching you on how to control your magic powers and on how to use the materia properly..."
"Hmph! More like you will teach me on how to seduce a person or spread your pheromones 101..." Setsu mumbled her thoughts unknowingly.
Genesis heard that completely which made him hit Setsu again with a fan. "Shut up and listen!"
"Gyuh! I HATE YOU!" Setsu finally declared. The fact that she would be stuck with him for how many hours was such a sweet torture for her.
Genesis smirked at the reaction that he got from Setsu. Oh! How he would enjoy spending time with Setsu. "Well then, let's begin... Hehehe..."
Setsu received proper training and lecture from Genesis. At first, she was not doing well but time came that she was able to control her powers a little. She can use the materia's full potential properly as well. The problem was that she can't aim it properly to the target. Her magic would randomly hit anyone regardless of which side that target is.
Genesis placed a mannequin in front of her which would be her target. He told her to use the thunder materia against it. He stood a few meters away from the mannequin so that he won't get hit by the spell.
Setsu casts the spell towards the mannequin. Unfortunately, the one who got hit was Genesis who was standing quietly at the side.
"You..." Genesis said in a threatening voice.
Setsu gulped and started to back away from Genesis who was approaching her slowly. "Eeepp!"
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Genesis asked her in his authoritative and threatening voice.
"N-no..." Setsu shook her head and avoided eye contact with Genesis.
If there was something that Genesis learned about Setsu, it was that she didn't know how to lie. It was obvious every time she lies, she can't look at a person's eye directly.
"Are you... SURE?" (Genesis)
"Aahh... Maybe deep down... yes..." Setsu whispered in her lowest voice so that Genesis won't hear her.
Her magic powers were completely dependent in her emotions. If she could control her emotions, then it was easier for her to control her powers. Apparently, her aiming sense would reflect what was deep inside her heart.
Unfortunately for her, Genesis heard her clearly as the sky. He showed her his predator smirk which made the girls of Gaia faint and Setsu pale.
Setsu began to run away from him. Her heart was beating so fast that she thought that she was going to have a heart attack.
"Come back here!" Genesis chased her while trying to grab a piece of her clothing.
"I don't wanna!" Setsu jumped and evaded Genesis' hands that were attacking her from every side.
Even though Genesis was obviously faster than her and that he could easily caught up with her with his long stride, the fact that her reflexes was too good pisses him off. She would duck, crawl, roll and leap like it was nothing.
It took him a good long 30-minute chase to capture Setsu. He was able to capture her by pinning her on the floor when he caught her off guard. Their face was so close with each other much to Setsu's discomfort.
*huff huff* "You really... gave me... a hard time... chasing you...!" Genesis said while smirking. In that kind of situation and position, the girls of Gaia would have knocked down already.
Just in time, the door opened which revealed Sephiroth. His hair was completely tied down in a loose ponytail while some strands were left at the side of his face. He was wearing a somewhat loose black shirt that exposed his chest a little and black pants. He froze on the spot when he saw the position Genesis and Setsu have.
"What are you two doing?" Sephiroth finally asked the main characters of the show.
Genesis and Setsu's eyes trailed unto Sephiroth who was standing nearby. Genesis smirked which irritated Sephiroth a lot. How he wants to strangle Genesis right then and there. He noticed that Setsu didn't even realize the situation that she was in. Genesis' smirk didn't even last long when Setsu gave him a headbutt which forced him to back away from her.
"You little..." Genesis clutched his forehead. His handsome face was damaged thanks to Setsu.
Setsu copied Master Buten's pose in Dragonball. She raised her arms and right leg which she learned by watching Dragonball during her childhood days. She was now standing and balancing herself with her left foot.
"Haya! Witness Master Buten's special technique!" Setsu finally declared.
"What? Master Buten?" Genesis said. He was completely dumbfounded at Setsu's action. He doesn't even know if he should defend himself or not.
Before Setsu could even perform her so-called terrifying technique, Sephiroth grabbed her by the back of her neck. She struggled to get away from Sephiroth's grasp. She kept on kicking which made Sephiroth sigh. It was still early in the morning and yet the stress of taking care of Setsu was building up inside him.
"Knock it off... It's completely obvious that you don't know any martial arts..." The Hero of Gaia said as he massaged his forehead.
Setsu looked at Sephiroth and puffed her cheeks cutely. "AH! Don't destroy my marvellous moment!"
"What marvellous moment? You two were just playing around!" Sephiroth was starting to sound like Angeal.
Setsu pouted while hanging in Sephiroth's hands.
"Care to tell me, what happened, Genesis?" Sephiroth said in a demanding tone.
Genesis shrugged and began telling him what happened. Sephiroth stared at Setsu incredulously who was now standing on the floor with her head lowered down.
"You have casted a spell towards Genesis? And you landed a direct hit at him?" (Sephiroth)
"I didn't do it on purpose!" Setsu raised her head to meet Sephiroth's gaze.
Sephiroth was completely suspicious in that statement. It was already known in SOLDIER Setsu's dislike for Genesis. Setsu looked away and changed her statement.
"Maybe deep inside my heart... I did do it on purpose... but I didn't know it myself! I just realize it now... Mwahahaha...!" Setsu laughed while playing with the thunder materia that she got in her hand.
Genesis tried to get near her but Sephiroth stood between the two. "Se-phi-roth! Let me hit that girl even for once!"
"No!" Sephiroth answered flatly.
The two were forced to back down when Sephiroth emitted a deadly aura that could make the entire SOLDIER bow down before him. He proceeded with training Setsu with her basic fighting skills. The first on his agenda was to help her in choosing her weapons. He made sure not to give her any weapons that were within the long range types. He had already witnessed her aiming sense and he doesn't want to see a repeat of that. She would just fall within the range of short-range and mid-range weapons.
Genesis decided to watch from the sidelines on how would Sephiroth deal with Setsu.
There was a mini-weapon's stock room inside the training room. Setsu looked at the weapons that were lined up inside it. Sephiroth warned her on not to choose the long-range ones. When he noticed Setsu eyeing one cool-looking gun, he gave her some piercing glare so that her direction would go to something else.
Setsu mumbled something about a certain someone being a killjoy. Sephiroth crossed his arms to prevent himself from getting Genesis' fan and hit her with it. Genesis chuckled at the sideline. He was staking that Sephiroth's patience was stretched to the limits.
"Aahhh... I really can't choose anything... How about a buster sword?" Setsu pondered her thoughts out loud.
"Have you ever considered your height? It's completely obvious that the buster sword is bigger and taller than you." Genesis commented from the sideline.
Three daggers flew right on his face which he evaded expertly. It would be a major problem for him if he's handsome face got scratched. He looked at Setsu again who was standing INNOCENTLY while choosing her weapon.
Setsu beamed and went to pull something which she found in one of the shelves. A loud thunk sounded from the stock room. After minutes of pulling, Setsu came out while dragging a rapier which she couldn't carry.
Sephiroth sighed at the action that she was doing. Even though she has the perseverance of getting stronger, the fact that her stupid side would sometimes come out was really adding to his stress.
"Setsu, choose another weapon..." Sephiroth ordered while clutching his forehead.
"Eeehhh? Why?" Setsu asked stupidly.
Sephiroth face palmed for good. Genesis slid off at the wall that he was leaning on.
"Why choose a weapon that you couldn't even carry, smart case?" Genesis commented again.
This time a flying long spear went towards him. He jumped sideways to avoid the spear that fortunately got stuck on the wall. He stared at the spear for a few seconds before looking at Setsu again that disappeared inside the stock room.
"Is it just me? Or she could do impossible feats when she is angry?" (Refer to the carrying of 5-ton mallet which Genesis had witnessed in the previous chapter...)
"Genesis, I'm begging you... Stop inciting Setsu's anger..." Sephiroth sighed. He didn't want to deal with Setsu when she is angry. She can be pretty troublesome at times.
Genesis smirked but remained quiet. Setsu came out of the stock room panting. She asked for their help to pull something that was stuck in the mountain of swords. Genesis reminded her on not to choose a weapon that she couldn't carry. They have already learned that Setsu couldn't carry a sword except if she was angry.
"I told you! It is not a sword!" Setsu tried to reason out.
"If it is not a sword, then how come it is stuck in the mountain of swords?" Genesis countered back.
Setsu puffed her cheeks and look away. "Fine! I'll pull it myself!"
Setsu ran back inside the stock room leaving Sephiroth and Genesis behind. The two generals looked at each other before sighing. Sephiroth stopped crossing his arms and followed Setsu inside the stock room. Genesis ruffled his hair but soon followed Sephiroth.
When they got inside the stock room, they saw Setsu pulling the thing with all of her might. The thing was stuck at the side of the mountain of swords. Her feet were placed at the sides of the handle of the thing. They held the handle which surprised Setsu a bit and began pulling it.
They successfully pulled the thing which revealed to be a dark brown bo staff. Genesis and Sephiroth were surprised at the strange weapon that they discovered in the stock room. They gave it to Setsu in which they have realized that it was the perfect weapon for her.
"See? I told you it's not a sword." Setsu told Genesis off.
"Yes... Yes..." Genesis shrugged off.
Sephiroth went out of the stock room so that he could begin his next agenda. He heard a clanging noise inside the stock room. He turned around to see the mountain wobbling until the swords began to fell. Below it was Setsu who was inspecting her bo staff.
"SETSU!" Sephiroth screamed completely worried at her.
He tried to get there in time but it was no use. Genesis, who noticed the panic in Sephiroth's tone, looked at where Setsu was standing. Without saying anything, he ran to her side and covered her from the falling swords.
The two were buried from the swords that piled up above Genesis back. Luckily, all of the swords were all sheathed. Sephiroth removed all the swords that were covering Genesis and Setsu as fast as he could.
Inside the pile of swords, Genesis was pinning down Setsu who was clutching her bo staff.
"Really... Where is all the luck that you've got?" Genesis said in a forced teasing tone. He smiled just to reassure her of his safety.
Tears began to fell from Setsu's eyes. "I... I'm sorry..."
Genesis touched his forehead with her forehead. "Idiot... Don't be scared... I'll protect you... Now, why don't you smile like you always do?"
Setsu pouted and countered back. "Who could smile in this situation?"
Genesis smirked at her. He was happy to see the spunk in her.
Minutes later, a light shone brightly on them. Sephiroth was able to get rid of the swords that were covering Genesis and Setsu. "Are you two alright?"
Genesis looked at Sephiroth and smirked. Sephiroth noticed Setsu's blushing face while looking away from Genesis. She was even distancing herself away from him.
Sephiroth glared at Genesis while the Crimson General smirked triumphantly at him. The two men had some mental fight with each other. It was stopped when Setsu caught their attention.
"Thank you for helping and saving me, General Sephiroth and General Genesis..." Setsu bowed down at the two.
The two generals were caught off guard by Setsu's formal tone. Genesis approached her and lifted her chin with his thumb and forefinger. He resumed unto teasing her again so that she would go back to her normal self. "I might accept your gratitude if you'll express it with a kiss."
Sephiroth's eyes widen in surprise which was not seen by Setsu. Genesis smirked at Sephiroth's reaction. Setsu gasped before hitting Genesis' forehead with her bo staff.
Genesis released Setsu and clutched his forehead. He looked at Setsu who was glaring at him which he found cute.
"Hmph! I've already said my thanks! (bleh!) General Rhapsodos!" Setsu left the stock room.
Sephiroth sighed and followed Setsu. He glared at Genesis before leaving. "If you attack her head on, she'll run away... Better remember that, Genesis?"
Genesis saw the expression on Sephiroth's face and it was epic. "Who would have thought that I'll be seeing that jealous expression on the Silver-haired General's face?"
He left the stock room and observed Setsu's training.
Sephiroth proceeded to his next agenda on teaching Setsu some fighting skills and the proper positions. This time, it was now Sephiroth's turn to get his revenge on Genesis. He would spare a glance on Genesis every time his and Setsu's body would come in contact especially in some special or awkward positions.
Unfortunately, Setsu was completely clueless at what her commanding officers and mentors doing to her. Genesis would scowl and glare at Sephiroth since he knew that Sephiroth was taking advantage of the situation.
Sephiroth and Genesis would have taught her how to use the bo staff if only they knew how. Unfortunately, no one in SOLDIER knew how to use a bo staff. They only knew how to wield big swords and guns but bo staff? No... No one knows at all. It was even a mystery on where the bo staff came from.
As Setsu's training continued, a surveillance camera was taking a video of what they were doing. The video was being showed in Rufus' office which was being watched by Rufus Shinra himself.
Beside him were Tseng and Lazard who was watching the video as well.
"Hm... It seems like that girl is unknowingly worming up in the hearts of our aces. Keep an eye on her, Tseng. If by some chance that girl is affecting the performance of our aces, then get rid of her as soon as possible. I don't care if she came from another world or not." Rufus ordered Tseng, who was one of his trusted men.
Tseng looked at Lazard first who met his gaze in return before responding to Rufus' order. "Yes, sir..."
Lazard excused himself out of the office. He decided to warn the two generals about Rufus' order. If they really want to protect Setsu, then they must put a distance between themselves and her.
Author's Notes: It seems like this chapter have become serious at the end... Hehehe... :D
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