Disclaimer: I do not own all FF characters which I use in my fic, Square does. Thx

Update May 2009:
Corrected minor errors in this chapter.

A/N: Thx people for the encouragement. Don't fret if the characters do seem a little OOC, that will be explained and dealt with later. XDDD I don't do things without a reason eh? And don't worry abt the tail, I have figured that out I think.

Ok people now u shall see what Sephy planned! Apologise but I feel so lousy after Sep 13! Ugggh! Like all my inspiration and whatever left me. Duhz. Lucky this was done before that cursed date… Back to fic!

10. Judgment

"What do you think you are doing!" Kuja demanded to know. He had seen the smirk and had a premonition that the general was up to no good.

Sephiroth made no move to reply but instead continued dragging him to the bed despite his resistance, in the same manner a lumberjack would a stubborn log of wood.

And before long, the general had forcefully deposited him head-down onto the mattress such that his back was now facing upwards.

Kuja was preparing to curse at Sephiroth for the way he was being ill handled, until he felt the man pulling up the hem of his garment. Pulling and pulling until he felt his buttocks in the air, exposed. Suddenly, anger gave way to fear. He tried to turn around to see what the man was attempting, but a strong hand kept him pinned down...

Then without warning, it came.

SMACK!

The sound resonated through the air while hardly a second later, Kuja's left bottom cheek registered pain. Like it had just been whipped.

"What are you doing!" He cried out loud, trying hard to contain the tears of anguish that threatened to spill any moment now. "Hojo will have your head for this, I swear it!"

"Teaching a brat such as yourself to respect your betters. And if memory serves me right, Hojo said not to harm you but he did not say I could not discipline you." And as if to prove his point, Sephiroth slapped the perky round butt yet again and again. Sadistically. And watched with satisfaction as they reddened.

Kuja sniffled, trying hard not to cry. He had never been so humiliated his entire life! This was certainly worse than death itself. Being treated like a five year old and spanked… he may have done bad things and all, but did he really deserve this? NO! His mind shrieked. If there was anything he hated most, it was being treated like an immature child!

He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down. He would show this man yet! Yes, he would somehow turn the tables round and show him! Desperately, he tried summoning his magic again. He chanted the spells in the esoteric Terran tongue, and when that failed, he tried again in the modern tongue. The spanking stopped and he gave himself a triumphant smile, confident that somehow his spells had managed to materialize and stop his tormentor. Yes, he still had his magic. It had not fled him afterall…

But what Kuja did not know was that Sephiroth had voluntarily stopped spanking of his free will to stare at him. Disbelievingly. By the Planet, he had thought spanking the brat would have brought her to her senses but it appeared she had turned even dafter than before. Trying to summon spells without any materia? Who did she think she was? Some damned Cetra? He could not believe what he had just heard. The girl was absolutely hopeless!

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There was a knock on the door. Sephiroth immediately straightened and resumed his position by the table in the front room before replying.

"Enter."

It was Zack who came waltzing in. "Sephiroth, I…" he paused, noticing the exasperated look on his friend's face. "What's wrong?" he asked, genuinely concerned. It was really rare to see the usually cool general so annoyed.

"Nothing."

"There's something you are not telling me." And before the general could stop him, Zack had already run off into his bedroom, where Kuja was pretending to be asleep. The raven-haired Soldier stood there, silently admiring the still form on the bed before spying the red imprints on the buttocks, which Kuja had unfortunately failed to fully cover in the short span of time.

"Zack, you shouldn't be here." Sephiroth warned.

"It's her, isn't it?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's her who makes you mad, isn't it?" Zack was obviously excited at his finding; his voice reflected it.

"Firstly, that's not a 'her.' That's an 'it' at least until Hojo manages to determine its gender. And no, I am not mad. Whoever said I was?"

"Awww, c'mon man. We are buddies. Besides if you were not mad, then where did those come from?" Zack pointed to the red marks on Kuja's butt.

"Actually it already had those marks from yesterday, it's just that you never noticed it. Really, Zack you should start paying more attention to details.

" Sephiroth could see Zack was buying his story and was grateful for the other's naivety for once.

"Really? But I am positive it's a female. I mean, c'mon. Only a female would have those sexy hips, and a butt as cute as that."

"I see your point, but let's leave it to the experts to determine the gender, won't we? Anyways, what brings you here?" Sephiroth was eager to change the topic.

"Oh right, before I forget. Shinra expects you to be present in the meeting this afternoon. With the report."

"Taken note of. And Zack if there's nothing else maybe you should get going? I still have my report to finish…" Sephiroth was doing his best to usher his friend out of the bedroom.

"Ok, I'll go! You don't have to shoo me around like some kid. I know when I am not wanted." Zack said teasingly. "But I still think she's not some alien but some damsel in distress who got sexually assaulted and dumped there. I mean, think about it. The clothes she wore were kind of revealing afterall."

His superior merely rolled his eyes at his opinion. "Zack, for the millionth time I am telling you to let the experts do their work? If she is indeed a human girl and not some alien, Hojo will most definitely let her go and then you can date her and you'll be happy together."

"Really, you think so?"

"Indeed, I am positive."

By now they had reached the entrance of Sephiroth's room and no sooner had Zack stepped out, the door slammed shut.

Ps: can someone tell me why those asterisks wont appear when I type them?