Chapter 10 - Deadly Family Affair

Song (1): End of the World from the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack

...Northern Crater...

The being known as Sephiroth had returned to the planet's surface with the sole purpose of revenge in his mind, but he knew he still had his 'mother's' duty to fullfill. However, this time he was to be aided by his three counterparts, Loz, Yazoo, and Kadaj. Sephiroth was all but happy to have his 'brothers' accompany him, but he knew that what they lacked in intelligence they made up for in their strength and teamwork. Even so, their somewhat separated intentions tended to pull them apart. Kadaj did what he was told, whereas Yazoo and Loz, the older siblings, would cause chaos and mayhem for all the wrong reasons.

It was in fact Yazoo who had decimated Costa De Sol. Sephiroth had told them to find information about Cloud and the others' whereabouts. Kadaj followed orders and asked around about Cloud, but Yazoo and Loz decided to have lunch in one of the local restaurants. Loz felt it took the waitress too long to bring them their food and began screaming. When one of the other people in the restaurant to him to 'shut the hell up', Yazoo went on a gunner's rampage, killing everyone and destroying everything in site with his beautifully handcrafted shotgun. When the boys saw their tall, silver-haired brother looking for them they ran away, leaving him in the open for people to spot him. Sephiroth returned to the Northern Crater, his choice of headquarters, to find the three mischievious boys arguing amongst each other.

"Shut up!" Sephiroth screamed. "All of you!" The boys straightened up. "I cannot believe your stupidity! Do you what you have done?"

"It was Yazoo's fault, Seph." Loz stated. "He's the one who messed up everything."

"Well, if you didn't start crying about little things like you always do," Yazoo harped. "that man wouldn't have yelled at you and I wouldn't gotten mad!" Kadaj stood silent, rolling his eyes at his two mentally younger brothers. Sephiroth grew irritated.

"Enough!!" he screamed. "That is all the two of you do. Argue! Why can't you be more like Kadaj? Sometimes, you two anger me more than this planet could ever come close to! I don't know why Mother holds on to you! Now we have to go and destroy the Shinra Headquarters and retrieve the evidence of the events that have just occured." Sephiroth began pacing back and forth in front of the three boys. "A pointless step that we did not have to take. Not to mention Cloud and his band of merry men now know that we have returned and will be hunting for us. I did not want to have to deal with them now! Which brings me to your punishment." Yazoo and Loz winced at the word. "Yazoo, no cookies and milk for two days. If I find you've disobeyed me, then I will slash you." Yazoo looked toward his feet. Sephiroth then looked to the shorter-haired Loz. "As for you, I'm taking your phone away." Loz began to cry. Sephiroth was not amused. "Cry all you want! It will not change my mind. ...and don't you ever call me Seph again!" Kadaj broke his silence to ask Sephiroth a question.

"Sephiroth. When will we be leaving for New Midgar?"

"As soon as we can locate Cloud's whereabouts."

"I can do that for you. Just let me use my powers to find him." Kadaj smirked. "It'll be easier than phsyically going out." he looked up to the ceiling and closes his eyes. "In fact, think I can see him now. He's..." Kadaj paused for a moment. Yazoo sighed and Loz folded his arms and shifted his weight to one leg. (1.) "There all in New Midgar! At that 7th Heaven place!"

"Good." Yazoo said. "We can wipe them all out at once."

"No, Yazoo." Sephiroth said. "Only a fool would rush into a battle of that caliber, especially now that Gainsborough is with them as well." Yazoo's Mako-induced eyes widened.

"You mean...Aeris?"

"No, though she has returned to the surface just as we have. I speak of her brother, Damian Gainsborough."

"Miss Aeris has a brother?" Loz asked. "I didn't know that."

"He didn't feel very strong, Sephiroth." Kadaj stated. "In fact, I barely noticed him. Why should we fear him?"

"He is stronger than what even the mind can see. I was told by a passing spirit in the Lifestream that his body houses the spirit of a dark entity called the Phoenix, an Esper that is said to have great power. We must take that into consideration. Even if it isn't true, we still have the others to deal with."

"But Sephiroth," Loz said, weary of calling his brother out by shortening his name. "You're the one-winged angel! You can do anything you want!"

"Au contraire." Sephiroth snapped. "I am the one-winged angel, indeed, but even my powers have limits. I must rely on the planet's energy, the so-called Promised Land, to use my power. If the lifestream were to somehow rise against me as it did three years ago, then we will be defeated. Though, that cannot happen with the current state this miserable planet is in."

"So we can't lose, then. We can beat those guys with not one problem." Sephiroth turned to Loz.

"Underestimating your foe is the greatest mistake a fighter could ever make." He then began pacing once more. "We will go directly to the Shinra Building. Stop anywhere else, and I will kill you without hesitation." Loz swallowed and Yazoo shifted his shoulder-length, silver hair behind him. "Now we make our move to right the wrong that you two have done." (1 off.) Sephiroth walks out into the cool terrain of the Ice Continent, leaving Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz in the cave and expected them to follow. Yazoo and Loz looked to each other.

"Why is he such a Prima Donna?" Yazoo asked Loz.

"I don't know." Loz answered. "Maybe it's the hair."

"Whatever it is, he needs to let it go. It's not that serious." Kadaj interrupted the conversation.

"Yes, it is!" he yelled. "It's very important! Mother sent us here for a purpose and we must fullfill our duty." Loz rolled his eyes.

"You're such a suck-up, Kadaj" he said. "You spend so much time with Seph I'm starting to think he raped you or something!" Yazoo busted out in a fit of heavy laughter. Kadaj began to pout.

"I'm telling Sephiroth you said that!" Loz threw his arms into the air, showing apathy for Kadaj's comment.

"So. I'll just tell him about your porn movies!"

"You wouldn't dare!"

"Try me." Kadaj accepted his obvious defeat. Yazoo was still luaghing uncontrollably.

"Let's just go and catch Sephiroth." Kadaj said as he walked outside. His two brothers followed a good distance behind. While in stride, Yazoo gives Kadaj a look of disgust.

"Loz." he said softly. "I can't believe you ever considered dating him."

"It was a phase." Loz responded. "I'm well over that now."

"I hope so. I didn't want to have to explain that to Mother."