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Natcs: Truly, yes, Kenji is a good guy. he just hates Zack. XD! I can't wait to read your fic!

Oh Kichijistu: Oh, it will be a cloud/zack sequel for sure. :)

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­Chapter Eleven

Mother fucker! The pain shot through him, wracking his body in wave after wave of mind-numbing agony. Muscles spasmed and joints locked. He was distantly aware of someone moaning, giving the occasional scream that was timed perfectly to when the pain ripping through his frame intensified. I'm screaming. Haha! OH FUCK! Make it stop! Make it stop make it stop makeitstopmakeitstop! ZACK! A weight press down on him, pinning legs and arms to the mattress beneath him and preventing him from moving.

Some of the pain instantly allieviated as he was no longer able to pull and tear open his wounds, but a fierce panic filled him as he found a pair of grey eyes glaring down at him. Oh god no...NO! He bucked and tossed, unable to hear past his own yelling as he fought tooth and nail to escape. It wasn't my fault! Let me go! No, not my fault! Nononono!

Tears misted the Soldier's eyes as he watched the fear that had been absent for so long return. "Spike! Come on, snap out of it! LERIA!" The blonde went limp as his strength left him and he simply looked to the side, tears spilling from cerulean eyes.

Zack moved off from where he was poised over the cadet, standing beside the bed. The woman rushed in, clothes in a disarray. She took one look and moved to Cloud's side, hands placing lightly over his stomach where several tears had occured. She closed them and the few others she could sense that had opened on his back, then set to work relieving the pain. Sweat beaded on her as she focused everything in making the blonde more comfortable. Slowly the muscles relaxed and blue eyes filled with comprehension.

"Zack?" Cloud lunged for the Soldier, grabbing his hand and hanging onto it as if it were a lifeline. Leria moved back, swiping a hand across her forehead, watching the two. "Don't leave me. It hurts."

"I'm not going anywhere, Spike. Never." He nodded his thanks to Leria as she moved to the door.

"I must leave for a few hours, I'm needed as a midwife. I will be back tonight." She motioned at Cloud. "He should be alright for the rest of today, I've managed to burn away most of the infection and seal up his wounds again. There's an herbal mixture in a black jar in the cabinet over the sink. Make it into a tea and use it as a painkiller if you need to." She bowed once and left, closing the door behind her. The priestess paused for a brief moment and grabbed up a pen and spare sheet of paper.

The Soldier looked back down as Cloud whimpered, curling around the hand he held trapped in his grip. The darker-haired man shifted to sit on the edge of the bed, stroking back one wayward spike. The blonde let go of his hand so that he could instead wrap himself around the Soldier's waist. "Hey, its okay." He got no response other then a tightening of the blonde's arms. "I promise, I'm not going anywhere."

"Zack."

"Yeah, Spike?"

"Will you turn on a light? I don't like the dark."

The Soldier froze, looking out the window to where bright sunlight was streaming through it. He pushed the blonde back a few inches, staring at his face. "Spike, open your eyes." Cloud obeyed, revealing blue, filmy eyes. "Can you see anything?"

The younger man rubbed his eyes and blinked a bit. "Zack, what's wrong with my eyes? I can only see blurry outlines." He rubbed his eyes again, grasping tightly onto the Soldier's shirt.

"Cloud, stay here. I'll be right back." The darker-haired man sprinted out the room, shooting towards the door. A white, folded piece of paper bearing his name in Leria's handwriting lay taped to it. He ripped it off, opening it hastily.

Zack

If you're reading this, then something is wrong. I didn't want to mention this to

you while in Cloud's presence. I didn't want him to panic. I had to preform an extensive

healing procedure that used him, as much as magic. If he's blind, deaf, or unable to

move something, don't worry. Its temporary. It will wear off in a few hours. Just keep

him calm. If its something other then that, come get me right away. Otherwise, he's

fine.

Leria

"Temporary..." He sighed with relief, leaning against the door. He jumped as a crash sounded behind him, whipping around to see Cloud clinging to the wall with the shattered pieces of a vase at his feet. Blue eyes were wide with panic as he tried to see and one arm was wrapped tightly around his abdomen. "Spike!"

The blonde turned in his direction. "Zack? Where are you?" One hand waved blindly in the air until it contacted with the darker-haired man's shirt, the cadet latching on instantly.

"What are you doing up! You're gonna get hurt."

Cloud shivered, pressing close against the other man. "...scared...don't leave...please."

"I won't, I promise. I'll never leave you." He picked up the blonde, carrying him back to the bedroom.

"Not even for, Seph?" Cloud asked, trying to joke through the thick panic clouding his mind. It wasn't so much the darkness or lack of sight, but the thought of never being able to see again.

Zack smiled and shook his head. So stubborn. "Not even for him."

"Good." Cloud blinked as he felt himself set down on the bed, watching as the hazy blob he'd identified as Zack straightened up. The bed sank slightly as said man then sat down on the edge of the mattress. The Soldier pushed his shirt up and checked to make sure that the blonde hadn't aggravated his wounds any further. "No fair, Zack. M'hurt."

Grey eyes blinked in a moment of confusion before the older man understood. "Aw, it just means I get to do whatever I want." He smoothed Cloud's shirt back down and gave the cadet a kiss. "Get some sleep. And no more getting up."

"No, not tired. Stay here." The blonde yanked on Zack's shirt until the man consented to lay down beside him, wrapping an arm lightly around his waist. The simple contact of another body helped ease the panic that had engulfed him.

"Now will you go to sleep?" He sighed as his boyfriend shook his head. "Alright, what do I have to do to get you to sleep?"

Cloud ignored him as he slid his hands up under the Soldier's shirt, grinning as he felt the muscles shiver and contract where he touched. The older man bit his lip against a groan as the blonde swept his palms across his nipples and tangled a leg with his. Cloud smirked, going back to scratch his nails lightly across the upraised nubs. Zack gasped and grabbed his wrists.

"Spike, no. Not now, I can't risk you hurting yourself!" He clenched his jaws as Cloud moved up to nibble at his neck, pressing his hips firmly against the Soldier's.

"Then we better make sure I don't hurt myself." He scraped his tongue roughly along a spot on the other man's throat that he knew Zack liked. The Soldier moaned, clutching onto Cloud's shoulders.

The grey-eyed man forced himself to push away from the cadet. "Dammit, Spike. You had to offer now, of all times."

"Yup." He strained against the hold on his wrists until a sharp twinge in his stomach made him cease.

He's injured, no! I can't risk hurting him. Cloud opened his eyes wide, even though he couldn't see, and gave Zack the most sorrowful, dejected look he could. Aw shit, I hate it when he does that! No, no, NO! I won't! Aw, shite, who am I kidding? He sighed. "Fine. But the moment you feel any pain, we're stopping." He released the grip he had on the other boy slowly, still uncertain with his decision. The uncertainty was quickly swept away.

The moment he was free, Cloud pulled the other man back in tight against him. The blonde held back a wince as a small spear of pain lanced through him, shifting to alleviate it. He felt his way down Zack's body until he reached the edge of the man's shirt, hurried movements working to yank the material over the darker-haired man's head before pulling off his own. The blonde pressed against the Soldier, dragging his face down to kiss him. His tongue swept into the other man's mouth, tangling with the Soldier's own and nibbling on the older man's lower lip.

Zack sank a hand into the fine, blonde spikes, pressing the boy closer until their teeth bumped in their need to be closer. Still, he kept his motions in check, careful of his lover even as he shifted to loom over him. He shivered as Cloud looked up at him with pure trust. He leaned down, flicking his tongue across the younger man's left nipple. The blonde gasped, arching up and clutching onto the sheets. The darker-haired man smirked and sucked lightly on the nub, scraping his teeth against it.

"Za-ck!" He writhed underneath the other man.

The Soldier moved to lean on an elbow, waiting until the cadet's breathing evened out and his eyes opened again. Blue eyes searched out the hazy blobs that were slowly gaining detail and definition. He was about to demand why the taller man had stopped, when a palm pressed to his stomach and trailed down, across the front of his pants to rub the growing bulge there through the clothe, causing the cadet to mewl and buck up. The hand left to trail teasingly up to the elastic band of the pants Leria had lent to the cadet while she cleaned and repaired his others. One finger slid under the edge, stroking the smooth skin there before slowly pulling it down. Zack yanked off the pants, lifting an amused eyebrow at the silk boxers with chocobos on them.

The hesitation caused the blonde to growl and he felt his way down to the snap on Zack's pants, flipping it open with a flick of the wrist and sliding the zipper down. He cursed the Soldier's tendency to wear tight pants as he tried to yank the denim off his lover. It didn't help that certain events had made the pants even tighter. With an irritated grunt he gave up, allowing the chuckling Soldier to roughly shove the jeans off. A flush of red spread across the blonde's face when a stroke down the older man's hips proved Zack preferred to go commando. The blonde growled as the other man shook with suppressed mirth at his embarrasment and pushed the taller man over and straddling his hips.

Grey eyes blinked up in shock at the change of position, even more so as Cloud pinned his wrists above his head. Zack squirmed beneath him, not used to it, until the smaller man thrust against him, erections sliding against one another. Both men groaned as the motion was repeated. Zack pushed against the hold on his wrists, trying to free himself to get the last, annoying piece of cloth off the cadet. He fell back with a strangled cry as a hand fisted around his shaft, slowly pumping him. The boy shifted to sit further down on the Soldier's body, releasing his grip on the older man's wrists.

The darker-haired man moaned and thrust up into the grip on him as Cloud experimented with different speeds and pressure, watching the other man's reaction. The blonde smirked as Zack flung his head back, screaming his name and hips surging up. Stars snapped before the Soldier's eyes and a spike of pleasure so intense it was almost painful lanced through him when his younger lover leaned over and licked across the top of his shaft. The cadet lapped at him, keeping the rhythm of his hand going. With a devilish gleam in his eyes, the blonde sealed his mouth around the other man and sucked.

"CLOUD!"

A bright light flared, blinding him and he was struck deaf in that moment, fingers clawing at the sheets as he came. The blonde watched him, enough of his vision had returned that he could make out distorted and hazy features. He rolled off the bed as the other man started to relax from his orgasm, padding over to where their packs were and pulling out an old shirt, using it to wipe the thick fluid off where it had landed on him. Comprehension was dawning in the Soldier as Cloud moved back onto the bed. Grey eyes watched him and the cadet gave the other man a sultry look before swiping a finger through the liquid still on Zack's body and licked it off. The Soldier groaned and closed his eyes as Cloud repeated the action, before cleaning the rest of the fluid off him.

"Where the hell did you learn to do that?" Zack asked when he felt it was safe enough to speak without cracking in the middle of a sentence.

The blonde stretched out beside him, smirking smugly. "Zack, you were a recruit once. You should know that within a week of living in the barracks, a person will learn everything and anything concerning sex. And quite a bit more after several weeks."

"Well then, how about I show you one of those things you heard about." Zack purred, capturing the blonde's lips with his own.

The Soldier tangled his tongue with the other man's for only a moment before moving down along his jawline in a series of nips and kisses, pausing to bite lightly at the juncture of the blonde's neck and shoulder. He licked the sting of the bite away, and continued to work his way down. He descended on one peaked nipple, sucking hotly on it and causing Cloud to moan raggedly. He switched to the other one as he slowly slid the boxers off the blonde. The older man flung them to the side and continued his torturously slow descent down, stopping briefly at the navel to swirl his tongue around it.

A streak of red formed on Cloud's face as the other man stopped and looked down at him. Or, more importantly, what was between his thighs. Grey eyes rose to meet his and held him there with the predatory lust and want in them. His heart thundered in his ears and he gulped air as Zack gave him one of his lopsided smiles and lowered his head again. "Za...ack! Ahhh!"

He held the blonde's hips down with one hand, stroking sweat-streaked thighs with the other as he took in the hard shaft, tongue stroking and swirling around the thick flesh. He rolled his eyes up to see Cloud's head flung back, eyes staring sightlessly up at the ceiling and panting for breath. He forced his throat to relax, and slid farther down on the cadet until he had reached the hilt. The Soldier sucked gently as he came back up off his lover, causing the blonde to thrash and cry out. Hands dove into the thick, black spikes and Zack covered a wince as the other boy's hold tightened painfully.

The older man bobbed his head, reaching down to play with the blonde's heavy balls. Unable to resist the temptation, the darker-haired man drew in the firm flesh again, deep-throating the cadet again. He let his throat muscles contract around the shaft until he was forced to come off him for air. Zack hummed suddenly, the vibrations wracking through Cloud and he surged up, fingers tightening in Zack's hair. The older man wrapped his hand around the base of the blonde where his mouth wasn't and squeezed while humming again.

"Zack...gonna...gonna...ahhh!"

Liquid heat pooled inside him, and the waves of pleasure that had been crashing through him, now overwhelmed him. Zack stopped what he had been doing and focused now on swallowing all of the blonde's essence, running a tongue over his upper lip to catch the last of the salty, musky taste. He moved up next to the dazed blonde, wrapping an arm around his waist and pulling the smaller body tight to him. He lazily stroked his fingers down Cloud's arm, dropping a feather-soft kiss on the cadet's lips as the younger man regained his senses.

Cloud curled into the other man's embrace with a content sigh. "Are you glad you took the risk now?"

"Oh, hell yes. Of course, now I'm going to be insatiable."

Cloud rolled his eyes. "And you weren't before?"

"Snap." The Soldier chuckled, Cloud joining him before flinching from the pain it caused. "What's wrong?" Zack asked, noticing the tenseness in the smaller man immediately.

The blonde shook his head and smiled, opting to tug on one drooping black spike until the owner obliged to kiss the blonde again. The two lapsed into a comfortable silence, just enjoying the nearness of the other.

--------------------------TBC--------------------------------

A.N. Yeah, I'm definately not the best smut writer out there. lol. Sorry this took me so long to finish, but I have issues when writing lemons. So, from now on you'll know most likely when one is coming up by how long it takes me to write it. Shhhh, its a secret though. Can't let anyone know I've become predictable about anything. Anywho, I'm starting to get a rough estimate about how much longer this story will be. I'm guessing somewhere in the vicinity of 10 more chapters. Then I'll get started in on the second fic in this series. Also, if anyone's interested in them, I have about seven other stories I've started and almost finished the first chapter too. So I'll be submitting quite a few things.

I've gotten the sudden urge to draw the scene where Cloud is curled up around Zack, panicking from the pain and loss of sight. I've been in a major drawing mood lately. Anywho, I'm aiming for the next chapter to be up by this weekend, or Monday. One of the two. It really all depends on how much studying I need to do. I have several tests next week that I need to do some major studying for. Now then, Daily Chapter Question:

How are Zack's parents going to feel about Cloud?

See you at the end of the next chapter.