Lou-pie: I can see that you guys are a little weirded out by the interlude and making Cloud a girl. But I had to make Cloud a girl for certain reasons that I'm not going to spoil. Anyways, enjoy this chapter and review. And as for the pairing for Denzel/Kadaj, or Reeve/Kadaj… I keep getting both, so you know what? I'm going to make it a threesome between them. Reeve/Denzel/Kadaj BAM! There, now everyone's happy!

Rating: PG-NC17

Pairings: Seph/Cloud, Angeal/Zack, Zack/Cloud-ish stuffs, Vincent/Genesis, Reeve/Denzel/Kadaj

Chapter 10: Origins part 2

Sephiroth laughed from his seat in the hot spring, watching his naked wife dance around the spring with a fan sluggishly, making weird faces at him every time she uncovered her face from the fan. They were celebrating their third year anniversary. They already celebrated with the village, receiving gifts from many people, but now they were having their own celebration. Sephiroth had ordered Angeal to keep anyone from entering the washing area so they could be alone. The blond gave a bark of laughter when Cloud suddenly slipped and fell into the water backwards, splashing Sephiroth in the face.

Cloud resurfaced with a gasp, coughing a little. When she saw her husband laughing, she splashed him, earning a splash back. Soon enough, it became an all-out splash war; water showering the stones around them. Cloud giggled as she threw water at the blond as she looked away to keep water out of her face. By doing that, Sephiroth got the chance to suddenly grab her by surprised and pull her onto him, wrapping his arms around her to keep her captive. The dark haired woman hummed happily and snuggled against Sephiroth's chest.

Three years and the love and excitement were still there. They didn't even have to say 'I love you' anymore, but they still did because it felt nice to hear it from their lover's lips. Cloud sat up, a look of seriousness on her face, though her eyes held excitement and love.

"Sephiroth…" She looked down, her hands on her husband's shoulders.

"Yes, my love?" Sephiroth removed his arms and sat his hands on her hips, the smile on his face dropping when he saw her face.

"I think… I think I might be pregnant," she uttered, happiness in her voice, though it was hard to tell. Her smile grew as she looked back up, almost looking like she would glow any second. "I stopped taking the herbal tea like you asked me to and I missed my monthly bleeding. Plus, I've been feeling a little sick lately. We might be having a baby!" She hugged him with a laugh, Sephiroth's face stuck in shock.

He wrapped his arms around her slowly, Cloud's words still registering in his mind. However, a grin spread across his face when he finally got the concept that he was going to be a father and Hugged his wife tightly, standing up and twirling her around, making her laugh. After a few spins, Sephiroth sat his wife down back onto her feet and kissed her passionately, grinning into the kiss.

"Sephiroth! Cloud!" Angeal suddenly yelled as he came running over to their spring in a panic, making the other two break apart.

"What is it, Angeal?" Cloud asked as she stepped out from the water to grab the guard's forearms and look him in the eyes, not caring about her nakedness at the moment. Sephiroth came up beside her and waited patiently.

"Intruders are attacking the village, killing everyone in sight!" the man answered hurriedly, urging his masters to follow him quickly.

Cloud and Sephiroth put on their yukatas and ran through the palace to the armory to load up on weapons. When Cloud grabbed for a katana, Sephiroth grabbed her wrist and shook his head no.

"I am not going to put your life on danger," Sephiroth stated harshly, speaking in English. "Especially now that you are with child."

This caught Zack's attention, who was gearing up on kunai, shurikens, and his katana, but said nothing and continued to listen.

"You and I both know that I am a better swordsman than you," Cloud answered back tensely. Sephiroth had taught her how to speak his language after their first meeting. "And I only said I might be pregnant. I'm not letting you go out there without me." She gently removed Sephiroth's hand from her wrist and tied the sheathed yukata to her waist. "I'll watch your back while you watch mine."

Knowing Cloud, Sephiroth knew it wasn't going to be easy to make the woman change her mind, especially now since she had her mind set and she was as stubborn as a mule. He sighed in annoyance as he rubbed his eyes. "Fine, but you will stay close to me at all times."

She smiled and nodded, handing her man his five foot long katana that he had specially made for himself. She gave one last loving gaze before leaving to change into something more comfortable and moveable for battle while Sephiroth's men gave him his own battle clothing.

For some reason, it felt like Sephiroth made the wrong choice in letting Cloud join the battle and something horrible was going to happen. He smashed the thought as one of his men pulled back his now longer hair into a bun to keep it out of his face.

xxBLOODxx

When Cloud and Sephiroth made it outside, Samurai were already fighting a bunch of men that were wearing the same thing the blond wore when he first came to Japan, only they were wearing armor and had shields. But what really caught the emperor's eyes was the symbol on each shield: a man on a six legged horse. This meant bad news for the Japanese and especially for Sephiroth; he'd recognize that symbol anywhere and it was not a good sign. He rushed forward into the fray and started killing the men off of his people without a second thought.

Cloud soon joined in with her fast agility, showing her true power and speed. The men she killed didn't even know what hit them until they were stabbed to death with a sword through their chests. She and Sephiroth killed down the main road where the fighting was going on until they reached the beach where most of the fighting took place, blood smeared over their clothing and dripping from their weapons. They fought side by side, keeping each other alive with the blond's strength and the woman's speed and kept each other's back like they said they would.

The battle was over quickly, the Japanese having more skills with hand to hand combat and sword fighting. However, just as they were settling down from their energy high, an arrow suddenly came down and pierced Zack, who was close by, through the shoulder, earning a cry of pain from him. More arrows came raining down, causing the emperor's men to run into the jungle and take cover. Angeal helped Zack into the jungle, broke the end of the arrow, and pulled out the head quickly, wrapping the wounded shoulder with a piece of cloth he had ripped from his own clothing.

"I'm fine," Zack said as he sat up, but soon winced at the pain that sang through his shoulder and arm.

"Just sit still," Angeal answered back, gently pushing the younger man against a tree trunk and giving him a small peck on the lips. The large guard had Sephiroth help him speak in his tongue so he could speak to Zack and tell him about his feelings. "Stay here and don't try to fight or you'll lose too much blood."

"But what about you?"

"I'll be fine." He turned towards Sephiroth, walking towards the man while in a crouch. "What do we do now, Sephiroth-sama?"

"We wait, they'll run out eventually," the blond replied, looking out to see two boats out in the ocean, the trouble makers that were raining arrows down upon them. An Arrow stabbed the trunk next to his head and he quickly moved out of the way just as another one pierced right beside its brother. "We must find better shelter; the arrows are starting to get through the foliage."

Angeal nodded, picked up Zack, and ran deeper into the forest until he was far enough away that would keep Zack safe. He placed the smaller man behind a large boulder and ran back towards the beach where Sephiroth was hiding behind the trunk of a tree. A couple of men were close by with their bows ready at their emperor's signal, lighting the tips of their arrows. Sephiroth motioned for them to move closer to get a better shot at the ships that were almost close enough to anchor before yelling at them to fire, raining the ships in fiery arrows. The blond smirked when they hit the masts and the sides of the boats, catching them on fire.

Men jumped off the flaming ships and swam to shore, but didn't make it far. Their bodies were littered with arrows just as they popped out of the water, the Samurais not giving the intruders a chance to fight back. When they ran out of arrows, they killed the rest of the enemies with their swords or knives until every last man was dead. The Japanese worriers cried in victory, raising their weapons as they did so. However, Sephiroth did not think that every enemy was dead; it seemed too easy to win in such a short time.

Pain erupted in his stomach suddenly. He looked down to see a five point shuriken imbedded there, blood gushing out from his newly made wound. He heard Cloud scream his name but ignored it as he fell to his knees to dodge another one, ripping out the one in his stomach at the same time to throw it in the direction it had come from. He heard a howl of pain and was satisfied that he had hit whoever had thrown them, but it soon dropped when he looked up to see that it was only embedded into the enemy's leg. A hand clutched around the weapon and pulled it out quickly from the leg, a squirt of blood following it.

The enemy was dressed in a red tunic and had medal made from gold around his left hand, forming a claw. Long raven hair fluttered around him as the ocean breeze blew around them, sometimes covering his dark red eyes. Tied to his belt around his waist was a katana along with a bag that Sephiroth knew held more shurikens or kunai. The man's skin was pale and a red bandana was wrapped around his head, contrasting against his skin. But the man's face, Sephiroth could never forget a face that angelic, that beautiful, a face that held so many secrets.

"You?" the emperor breathed out as he clutched stomach as he stood back up. He glared at the man in front of him, picking up the sword he had dropped.

"Me," the man dressed in red replied sarcastically with a smirk.

"Why are you here? I thought you said you never wanted to come back."

"Did I say that? I afraid you must have misheard me." The man chuckled as he walked closer towards the blond. He stopped, however, when a woman ran to the emperor's side. "Oh my, it has been a long time since I last saw your beautiful face Cloud-sama." He gave a mocking bow.

Cloud's eyes narrowed in recognition at the enemy and growled. "Vincent… what are you doing here? I thought I banished you." She raised her sword in case the other man decided to charge, eyes narrowing and filling with hate.

"You did banish, but I was hired to help this man find his son." The man called Vincent gazed to the side, causing Sephiroth and Cloud to look where his eyes went, finding a man holding Zack hostage with a knife against his throat.

"Zack!" Angeal and Sephiroth yelled.

The man holding the knife to Zack's neck had his face hidden behind his hostage's head, moving down the beach towards Vincent. When he reached the crimson eyed man, he pushed Zack away and revealed himself. Zack grunted as he landed harshly against a large rock, using it to help him to his feet; he had lost a lot of blood and was feeling weak and nauseous. The man beside Vincent snorted at Zack's pathetic attempt to get away, but didn't stop him, letting him be carried away by Angeal, who had ran towards his lover after he had been pushed away.

Sephiroth glared at the new intruder, only to gasp suddenly as his eyes widened. "Father?" This caused Cloud to freeze and slowly look between her husband and the man beside Vincent. She watched Sephiroth's eyes narrow angrily, most likely at what his father had done, when the man nodded. "Why did you do this? Why did you hurt my people?"

The man scoffed, brushing back his dirty blond hair over his shoulder, furious green eyes staring back; his purple tunic flapping with the wind. "You're people? Since when has these beasts become your people? Your friend Vincent told me all about these filthy rats and I want nothing more than to destroy them!" He pulled out his two edged sword from its sheath that was tied around his waist. "What have they done to you? Did they brainwash you? Did they make you fight for them?"

"What are you talking about? These honorable men are not rats or beasts; they are kind and care about each other, not power! Whatever that man has said to you, he's lying! He may have been the one to teach me their language, but I never considered him as a friend! But I did consider Kadaj, the man who he was with, a friend… where is he?"

Vincent chuckled at this and pulled out a necklace that the man called Kadaj had worn all the time, covered in blood. He threw it and it landed next to Sephiroth's feet. "I couldn't let him hinder my plans, now could I? He would have just gotten in the way. He was too nice for his own good anyways."

The young blond felt tears spring up at the thought of the small, dark haired man who had been so wise and courageous. Anger welled up in him as he picked up the necklace, feeling Cloud's hand rest on his back as he brought the piece of jewelry to his face. Suddenly, the hand was gone and Sephiroth heard the detailed signs of running footsteps. When he looked up, he saw Cloud charging the crimson eyed man, tears running down her cheeks as she raised her weapon to make the first strike. He called out his beloved's name before following after her and to help her, but his father interfered.

"You would rather help these people rather than kill them? They must have brainwashed you!" The man thrust his sword forward which Sephiroth easily dodged and swung his blade around to strike his father's back, almost missing when he ducked. The man cried out in pain when the blade met his skin and left a deep cut across his spine, but not too deep to damage the nerves there. "Do you plan to kill me? What will happen to the kingdom then? You were supposed to rule if anything ever happened to me!" He brought his blade down which Sephiroth easily blocked and kicked the man away.

"I already rule a kingdom!" Sephiroth yelled, making his father stop and look at his son in confusion. "A couple years back, when I first came here, I met the woman of my dreams." He looked towards Cloud, making the man look back, both watching the woman beating Vincent senseless as she dodged the man's attacks. "But that woman was the empress whom I soon married almost a year later." He looked down at the sand with a small smile. "The people love me and I taught these people new things, bringing them great health and new ideas." The smile was gone to be replaced with an angry frown. "I will not have you murder them because of some kingdom that you could easily replace with another son. You're only in your forties."

His father growled lowly. "What have they done to you? Now you're just spouting out ridiculous things that your mind must have made up!" He charged and did a series of blows that Sephiroth easily dodged or blocked, his large sword making it easier on him. "Stop this madness and come with me back home!"

"This is my home!" Sephiroth spun around after moving to the side from of his father's thrust, swinging his blade up into his father's stomach. Blood spurted everywhere, getting on Sephiroth's clothes and making the sand clump around them. Once again he felt pain in his stomach suddenly, but it rain straight through to his back. He looked down to see his father's sword going right through his stomach. The man had pulled his arm back quickly after making a stab towards his son so he could make another stab while Sephiroth sliced at him, making them get each other.

The man went down, trying to hold in his intestines that were falling out from his wound only to have Sephiroth slice off his head as he fell to his knees. He watched his father's head fall to the ground, closing an eye from the immense pain running through his body. Taking the handle of the sword into his hands, the blond slowly took out the weapon, yelling as he did so. His yelling caught Cloud's, who had finished off Vincent, attention and turned to see her lover finish pulling out a weapon from his stomach, blood gushing from the wound and dying his clothing red. She screamed his name and ran towards him, catching him just as he fell back.

When Sephiroth had fallen to the ground, the future Sephiroth had stayed standing, watching his past self in the arms of his wife. The future Sephiroth was confused, having no idea what was going on. At one point he was his past self without even realizing and not noticing the difference or remembering; and the next, he was here… standing on a bloodied beach, watching his past self die right in front of him… and naked. No one could see him as he stood there, the past Angeal running through him to look at his emperor's wounds.

The blond Sephiroth smiled weakly up at his wife, blood staining his teeth as a crimson stream dribbled down the side of his face from his mouth. "I guess this is it for me…" he said weakly, cupping his wife's place with a bloodied hand, leaving a smear on her face.

"No! No, you can't die…" the woman Cloud cried, tears flooding her eyes and falling down onto her husband's face.

"I'll tell… Kadaj that you… said… hi." He gave a tired smile as his eyes dimmed, becoming lifeless as his hand fell from her face. His head tilted to the side as he became limp, every muscle in his body becoming relaxed.

Cloud grabbed the blond's shoulders and began shaking them. "Nonononono, you're not dead! Please tell me you're not dead!" Her shaking slowed when Angeal placed a comforting hand onto her shoulder, engulfing her when she launched herself in his arms and began balling. Everyone around them fell to their knees and began crying from the loss of their emperor, praying to Minerva to help bring Sephiroth back.

Future Sephiroth couldn't look anymore and looked away, a hand covering his mouth as tears began dribbling down his face. He felt a soft hand touch his arm, making him turn around and come face to face with Minerva, who had a sad look on her face. It suddenly became dark around them and Sephiroth found himself back in the dark room that he was in before he went back in time. He jerked his arm away from the woman, falling to his knees and letting the tears flow.

"Why did you show me that?" he asked thickly, his back towards the goddess.

"To give you a better understand about how your bloodline began," she answered a little sadly. "Cloud, the woman, was pregnant and killed Vincent before he could take his plan into action and become ruler of Japan. She did this with the thought of her child in danger. And when she tried to revive you, she was calling upon Hades. If I had let her gotten away with it, Hades would have been freed from the Underworld and causing chaos. So I had to stop her and punish her for almost freeing the god of destruction."

Sephiroth stood up slowly, turning around with fury etched on his face. "So you turned her into a vampire and her child? And not only that, you took my soul so I couldn't be reincarnated? What kind of sick fuck does that to people they created?"

Minerva bristled at this. "She brought this unto herself. She knew what would happen and yet… she couldn't part with her lover and took drastic measures that would have brought destruction on Gaia. I had to teach the people what would happen if they got carried away on their black magic and to keep them from doing it again." She spoke calmly, but the anger was evident in her voice.

Sephiroth shook his head in annoyance and turned away. "My mother used to always say: never let power get over your head and control you." He glanced back to see the goddess greatly offended like she had been slapped in the face. "Are we done here? I want to go back to my real life… or are you going to steal my soul again?"

The mighty woman was not pleased by the man's tone of voice, but admired his courage to talk back to her. "Yes, we're done here… you may leave." She snapped her fingers.

xxLUSTxx

Sephiroth awoke with a jerk, sitting up quickly and breathing heavily. Cloud, his Cloud, his blond, male, beautiful Cloud was sitting up next to him with a concerned frown, his hands on his shoulders. The blond opened his mouth, but Sephiroth cut him off as he hugged Cloud tightly against him and kissed him desperately. The young vampire's exclamation was muffled as his lips were covered, blue eyes blinking in confusion. When the silver haired man broke the kiss, Cloud gasped; eyes wide, and mouth trying to come up with something to say. Sephiroth only hugged the man tighter and let his face snuggle against the blond's neck in comfort, happy that he was back home.

"Uh, Sephiroth? What happened?" Cloud asked as he returned the embrace. "You were crying in your sleep and rolling around, making Kadaj and Denzel move to another room."

Sephiroth gasped out his brother's name and stood up quickly, moving towards his youngest brother's bedroom. The door was open and Kadaj and Denzel were on the floor, playing a round of Boggle. When the older male burst in, the two teenagers looked up just as Kadaj was suddenly pulled into his brother's embrace, the breath being squeezed out of him. Kadaj looked over his brother's shoulders towards Cloud, who shrugged. Denzel watched in surprise, looking at his own brother with a small pout.

The younger blond suddenly got up and hugged his older brother, surprising him. Before Cloud could return the embrace (confusedly), Denzel was already back where he once sat, Sephiroth done hugging his brother. Kadaj sat back down with an odd, yet giddy, look on his face, watching his brother drag the blond back out and into his own room.

Back in his room with the door closed and locked, Sephiroth grabbed the blond's shoulders and kissed him deeply. He gently pushed Cloud back until he hit the foot of the bed and gently laid him on his back, crawling over him. Cloud was expecting the man to suddenly ravish him right then and there, but the silver haired vampire only sat there on his hands and knees above him, looking at him with such love and adoration. The young vampire reached up and touched Sephiroth's still wet face, wiping the tears with his thumbs as he cupped pale cheeks.

"Whatever you were dreaming about must have been bad," Cloud whispered, leaning up to kiss his lover gently and wrapped his arms around Sephiroth to drag him down on top of him. Sephiroth wrapped his arms around Cloud's waist, happy that the blond wasn't asking him what his dream was about again. The younger male broke the kiss and let Sephiroth hold him; his lover's head once again snuggled into his neck and shoulder. "I heard you calling my name, telling me not to leave. You have nothing to worry about, I won't leave you ever."

Sephiroth almost cried again, but composed himself as he continued to embrace his blond lover. "I love you Cloud; so much that it almost hurts at the thought of you going away."

The blond kissed the top of his head, petting silver hair as he smiled tenderly with his eyes closed. "I love you too, Sephiroth. You are the first person who has ever captured my heart and make me into pudding just by looking at me; you are my soul mate."

Leaning up a little to look into Cloud's eyes, Sephiroth saw truth in them and smiled genuinely, kissing the blond's lips tenderly. The younger vampire hummed at the feeling of yearning running between them and felt himself becoming hot, separating his legs so Sephiroth could settle between them. Sephiroth did with a chuckle, feeling his lover's want for him. The older vampire did not, however, act upon his sexual urges and controlled them, disappointing his blond. Cloud bit his lip to keep from protesting when Sephiroth laid his head against his chest, closing his eyes so he could go back to sleep even though it was clearly morning.

"Don't worry Cloud," the older male murmured against his chest. "You'll get what you want, but not yet." He chuckled at his lover's groan, feeling his hands run over his back.

xxBLOODxLUSTxx

Later that afternoon, when Sephiroth decided to finally pull him and Cloud out of bed, everyone that hadn't left were talking in the living room as they ate a late lunch. Reno and Rufus were gone, telling the others to tell Sephiroth thanks for letting them stay overnight. Loz was gone for his job while Yazoo stayed home, up in his room to get in some extra sleep, saying he had the day off when Sephiroth questioned him. Angeal was gone, saying he had some errands to do before he left, Zack stayed. And Kadaj was leaning on Denzel's back, watching the young vampire play on Loz's PSP over his shoulder.

When Sephiroth showed up downstairs, Kadaj was up in no time to hug him, not exactly knowing why but he had a feeling the older man needed it. Done hugging him, Kadaj sat back down on Denzel's back to continue watching him, not noticing the constant blush on the younger teenager's cheeks. Sephiroth was a little surprised from the brotherly embrace, but his day seem to lift even higher from that one embrace and couldn't help but kiss Cloud on the mouth before sitting down next to Zack, who snickered at the older blond's flushed face. The snicker was washed away when Sephiroth kissed him long and hard, giving the raven haired man a taste of his kissing skills.

Zack's arms waved around, eyes wide as Sephiroth planted one on him, his protests muffled. He started to enjoy it a few seconds later, his muffles quieting into moans as Sephiroth's tongue did things to his that even Angeal had yet to do. In the back ground, Cloud watched as his friend slowly wrapped his arms around his lover, suddenly becoming very hot and bothered at the sight of the two kissing. He almost laughed, though, when Sephiroth pulled away, leaving a dazed Zack on the couch so he could help Cloud, who was going to make him and his lover lunch, in the kitchen.

Kadaj and Denzel tried to ignore them, but their faces held bright blushes.

"Now I see why you're always flustered after just one kiss from the man," Zack hummed, looking over at Cloud with a smirk. "Cloud, hurry up and have sex with him so we can have a foursome."

The older blond blushed at this, accidentally spilling some mustard on the counter and missing the slice of bread completely. "Don't say that out loud!" He took the wash cloth from the sink and cleaned up his mess before continuing on making him and his lover a sandwich. "Especially in front of Denzel…"

"Yes, please," Denzel murmured, groaning in frustration as he lost again. He turned off the game before he became too angry and handed it back to Kadaj, who placed it on the coffee table. "That game sucks…"

"What game?" Zack asked.

"Kill Zone. It's cool when you play it on the PS2, but it's more difficult on that thing and the story line is different." He made Kadaj get off him so he could lie on his back and stretch his muscles. "Speaking of which, I still have yet to play the second game and it came out like what… two years ago I think." He looked up at the ceiling in thought before he grunted when Kadaj fell on top of him, laying his head on Denzel's chest. He rolled his eyes, but let the silver haired teenager do what he want.

Zack cooed at the cuteness. "It would be so cute if you two hooked up, I can see it too."

This had the teenagers look back at Zack before they looked at each other, blushes coming across their cheeks. Kadaj laughed nervously as he got off of the younger blond, scratching the back of his head. He saw Sephiroth drop his head in agony at the thought of his youngest brother dating anyone at the time, especially if it was Cloud's younger brother. Cloud thought the same thing and glared at Zack for saying something that ridiculous. Though, he could see it too, but knew that something was missing, he just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Yeah, like we'd ever date," Denzel said lowly, suddenly becoming nervous. "Besides, we just met like yesterday…"

Zack raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then kiss him."

"What?" the teenagers yelled as Sephiroth growled in the back of his throat.

"Kiss him," the raven repeated. "If you're so sure about not dating each other, then a kiss should have no effect on you two. Plus I just want to see you two kiss." He grinned, waiting for the two to begin. He smiled back at Sephiroth, who was being held back by Cloud.

Denzel shrugged as he turned his head to look up at the silver haired male sitting next to him. He nodded for Kadaj to kiss him, confident that this would be pointless as the other teenager leaned down to plant his lips on him. It wasn't like this was his first kiss anyway; how different-whoa! Those were some major vibes running through his body! Kadaj's lips were soft and felt nice against his. When Kadaj pulled away, Denzel grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him back down, surprising the other and everyone else in the room.

Sitting up without breaking the kiss, Denzel licked the other's bottom lip and slipped his tongue in when the mouth opened. Kadaj moaned and cupped the back of the young vampire's head, moving to sit on his lap and wrap his arms around his shoulders. Denzel cupped Kadaj's face, devouring the human's mouth greedily and almost professionally. Everyone in the room gaped, except for Sephiroth, at the heated kiss.

Zack's eye twitched as the teenagers kissed in front of him, feeling a bloody nose coming on. He looked to the side to see Sephiroth almost fainting at the sight of his brother kissing his lover's brother, looking like he was going to kill the raven haired male at any moment.

When Denzel broke the kiss, both painting and heavily blushing, Kadaj stood up and walked up to his room with his head down in embarrassment. Denzel followed after him while giving a quick glare towards Zack's way. The dark haired man wondered what the problem was before Cloud smacked him over the head.

"Now you gave the two boys a complicated problem to fix and confused them about their newly found friendship," Cloud scowled, sitting on the couch next to his roommate. "Whatever happens, we will support them, ok?"

"Of course!" Zack exclaimed.

"… sure," Sephiroth mumbled a few moments later after an intent look from his lover, taking a bite out of his sandwich. He just wished that whatever his brother chose, that he would be happy.

Lou-pie: wow, I typed this all up in two days, lying off sleep a little. I noticed that a couple of you wanted Zack, Angeal, Sephiroth, and Cloud to have a foursome and I wanted to too, so I am going to write one in later chapters. I hope you all enjoyed the quick blast to the past thing and gave you a better understanding. And I was feeling corny so I wrote so fluff to the end. Review! Oh yeah! Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a good one, most likely better than since this is the first one me and my family celebrated without both our parents… oh well, it was still cool to hang out with my family!