alive again
chapter 10 Genesis
A/N: true to your reviews i added him in, hope you enjoy
Disclaimer: sadly i don't own
"Sephiroth? What are you doing up, you should be resting" Cloud snapped and rolled his eyes at Sephiroth's stubborn attitude. He looked back at him and did a double take "hey who said you could wear my clothes!"
Sephiroth gazed coolly at him and shrugged "there was nothing else"
"What about your armor?" Cloud hissed and stood up placing his hands on his hips, he was annoyed that Sephiroth looked so ordinary in his clothes. He was wearing a plain white shirt and black trousers which showed that he could blend in if he wanted to.
Sephiroth shrugged and leaned against the wall, ignoring Cloud's furious stare "my armor is covered in dirt and blood; I don't really think that Tifa's hospitality would hold if any of it stained the carpet"
"What about my hospitality?" Cloud snarled and advanced slowly towards Sephiroth whose hand went instinctively to his side were Masamune was normally strapped. He snarled in annoyance and glared at the ceiling, that was all Cloud needed he leapt and knocked Sephiroth to the floor. "Why are you back!" he snarled "why couldn't you just stay dead!"
Sephiroth struggled, but as the Mako was still strong in his blood his strength was that of an average SOLIDER. Cloud easily held him down and wrapped his hands around his throat.
"Why did you cause the Stigma? Why did you try to kill me! And why are you back now, couldn't you just leave us alone!" his grip tightened around Sephiroth's throat, he struggled wildly and kicked Cloud savagely anywhere he could reach.
"Let go Strife!" he growled "if I haven't killed you yet, do you really think I'd start now?"
Cloud loosened his grip and let Sephiroth up, he rolled over and coughed covering his mouth with his hands
"Not now" he muttered "please not now" he muttered, and a shudder ran down his body.
Cloud turned away in disgust, why did he have to keep holding on, why could he just let go?
Have you ever considered that he's scared?
Cloud flinched and looked around; the voice sounding in his head defiantly wasn't Zack or Aerith. He took a deep breath and gazed down at Sephiroth, No why would he be scared?
Jenova may be gone from the planet, but she still remains in the Lifestream, imagine how annoyed she'd be to find the being who betrayed her.
What do you mean betrayed her? Cloud frowned keeping his gaze on Sephiroth. He did pretty much everything she asked… didn't he?
The only reason you managed to beat him, was because he let you, he knew to escape Jenova's influence he had to die. So he let himself lose and let you run him through with your sword several times, and when he said 'I will never be a memory' that was mostly Jenova, though part of it was him.
How do you know all this?
I've been watching all of you for a while Cloud, you're not that difficult to find. And you might want to get Sephiroth away from that carpet, he looks pretty sick.
Cloud whirled round and spotted Sephiroth on his knees with both hands covering his mouth; Cloud hauled him towards the bathroom and turned away as he was violently sick. He waited until he had finished then handed him a glass of water
"Here, rinse your mouth"
Sephiroth took the glass and nodded his thanks "I know you don't want to help me" he took a sip then spat it out "and I know you want me dead" he waved a silencing hand as Cloud opened his mouth to protest "you just strangled me Cloud" he purred "I know that you don't want me here, but due to the circumstances" he cast a gloomy look at the toilet "I don't think I can move anywhere any time soon"
"Can you walk?" Cloud asked, his hatred had died away again and he found himself looking at the Sephiroth he knew long ago, Sephiroth shifted and grimaced.
"I'd prefer not to" he leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes "I don't know what caused that, I was feeling fine this morning"
"It can strike at random moments" Cloud said, remembering when he had Mako poisoning, Sephiroth shook his head slowly
"No, this felt more forced, like something had deliberately caused it"
"You mean like your relapse in the church"
Sephiroth nodded "exactly"
Cloud thought for a moment before replying "Sephiroth…don't think I'm crazy…but I heard a voice in my head while you were on the floor"
Sephiroth opened his eyes "you mean a voice that wasn't Aerith's or Zack's?"
Cloud blushed "how do you know about that?" he muttered.
Sephiroth held his gaze "after you helped me in the church the pain in my body was unbearable, so to escape I moved most of my consciousness into others. Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo didn't mind, well of course they wouldn't, and Vincent made me feel somewhat welcome. But in your head Cloud was the only place I could talk to Zack and Aerith again and try to beg their forgiveness"
"And were you forgiven?"
He nodded with a slight smile "yes, Zack has always been the forgiving type and Aerith accepted my apology, she also told me why she thought my relapse had happened" he paused then went on "another with the same cells as me as somehow occasionally taking control of my system and forcing the sudden fever spikes and other things"
Cloud frowned "how could they do that? And who is doing it?"
Sephiroth grimaced and rubbed his temples "through telepathy, Materia…I don't know" the last word turned into a whine, Cloud sighed
"Your fever's probably gone up again…here let me check" as his hand touched Sephiroth's forehead, a flash of auburn blinded him. He shook his head and blinked, Sephiroth watched him carefully
"What did you see Cloud?"
Cloud rubbed his eyes "just a flash of auburn, nothing to be worried about"
Sephiroth allowed him to be convinced and made himself a makeshift nest out of towels on the floor. He sighed as he laid down on them; He was going to be there a while if the mystery person kept on messing with his body.
A small figure squeezed past Cloud and knelt down in front to Sephiroth, he looked up into Marlene's bright eyes and smiled slightly
"Hello Marlene"
She smiled shyly and felt his stomach gently "does it hurt?"
He winced even though her hands were very gentle "yes quite a bit" she took her hands off with a worried expression and he said quickly "but I don't mind you doing that, it helped with the ache"
Her face lit up and she held out a yellow Moogle doll, it was unbelievably cute with black button eyes and a small stitched smile "he helped me when I was ill, he listens when you have no one to talk to"
Sephiroth carefully took the toy and cradled it in his arms "does he have a name?"
"no…not really, I just called him Moogle" she thought for a moment then her face lit up a grin that only Zack could have matched "why don't you pick the name Sephiroth"
Sephiroth glanced at Cloud who nodded and mouthed make it a good one. Sephiroth looked carefully at the toy then smiled "I'll call him….Cloud"
Cloud's mouth fell open "when I said make it a good one I didn't mean you should choose my name"
Sephiroth smiled and held it out so Cloud could see "what? It has your smile"
Cloud had to admit that the small smile on the Moogle face looked a lot like his own, "but why?" he asked tilting his head with a happy expression though he did his best to hid it.
"Because if I remember correctly Zack often referred to you as kitten and look" he pointed at its ears and they had a distinctly rounded and cat like look at them "and it's the exact shade of your hair Cloud"
Cloud blushed and ruffled Marlene's hair "let's leave Sephiroth to sleep now"
"Why is he in the bathroom?" Marlene asked, staring with interest and confusion as Sephiroth curled up on his towel nest.
"Because his tummy is upset"
"Oh" Marlene smiled and waved as she walked out "hope you're better soon Sephiroth"
He was already half asleep but he gave her a wave and a small smile as the door closed behind her and Cloud, he absentmindedly cradled the Moogle Cloud to his chest and yawned, it had a warm comforting smell and he soon fell asleep.
"Can I go see him now?"
Vincent sighed and set down his book, Kadaj was staring hopefully at him as he sat cross-legged on the floor.
"No Kadaj for the fourth time you can't go see him, Cloud said he just fell asleep"
Kadaj glared and stood up folding his arms "he's my brother; I have the right to see him!"
"I know you do but just listen, he just had a relapse Kadaj and those aren't something you can risk worsening"
Kadaj gave him one last glare then looked with interest at the book he was reading "LOVELESS? What's that?"
Vincent stared at him "what are you talking about, I don't like plays, especially LOVELESS"
Kadaj looked at him confused "then why are you reading it?"
Vincent looked down at his book and his eyes narrowed "how did that happen?" he murmured then stood up and tucked the book under his arm "I need to talk to Cloud"
"Does that mean I can see Sephiroth?"
"No!" Vincent snarled then sighed "just stay here okay"
"Fine" Kadaj said sulkily and stuck out his tongue at his retreating back, he pulled out Masamune and watched the light dance across it.
"It's a nice sword isn't it?"
Kadaj spun round; a man with auburn hair was lounging on the sofa, his right hand was curled around the hilt of a red rapier, a huge black wing drew from his left shoulder.
"Who are you?" Kadaj asked warily, he clutched the hilt of Masamune but it was too heavy for him to do serious damage with it. The stranger glanced at him and smiled
"Names aren't really that important but if you insist" he stood to attention and smirked "Ex SOILDER First Class Genesis at your service"
"SOLIDER…but wasn't that?"
"The same force that Sephiroth and Cloud were part of? Yes" he walked slowly round Kadaj looking him up and down "you don't look much like him" he said disdainfully as he stopped in front of him "but then I suppose" he purred "you're only a Remnant after all"
Kadaj bristled "I'm not just a Remnant!" he spat "I'm his brother!"
"Hardly" Genesis rolled his eyes and smirked "but I guess you'd know all about that, since you're only a part of him"
Kadaj leapt at him bringing up Masamune to slash at him, Genesis leaned away and Kadaj smashed into the sofa, he lay there dazed as Genesis pinned him there and held his rapier against his throat.
"I want to make this absolutely clear" he hissed "one…you don't attack me and two you don't steal my books"
"What you mean LOVELESS?" Kadaj asked innocently, Genesis's eyes flashed
"Where is it?" he snarled and pressed the rapier deeper into Kadaj's throat, Kadaj smirked
"Right behind you"
Genesis turned, then flew backwards letting out a piercing shriek as three bullets sank into his shoulder. His head smashed against the wall and he slid to the floor unconscious, Vincent bent down and examined him carefully then looked at Kadaj,
He shrugged "what? I did try to warn him"
"Just shut up and help me get him upstairs" Vincent growled, he put Genesis's arm around his shoulder and frowned "I think it would be better if Sephiroth didn't know about this"
"Why?" Kadaj wrapped his arm around Genesis's waist and looked curiously at Vincent, he sighed
"I'll tell you later"
was it okay? i hope i managed to make an good excuse for him to fit in
oh wells
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