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CHAPTER 14: Monster

Zack and Rukia entered Angeal's house and froze. Zack was stunned and it felt like he was losing air. Angeal's mother lay on the ground dead. Who....? Suddenly sensing someone else in the room with him and Rukia he spun around. Angeal stood against the wall staring at his mother, his face expressionless.

Did Angeal....? Zack snapped. Zack grabbed his mentor and shook him when he didn't react. "What the hell did you do, Angeal?!" Angeal didn't respond. Zack threw him against another wall and punched him hard across the face. Angeal stumbled outside and fell to the ground.

Rukia grabbed Zack to stop his assault and looked at Angeal. She pointed inside the house. "Is that your idea of honor, Angeal?"

Angeal got to his feet saying, "My mother... could not... continue to live" He looked at them with a serious expression. "And neither... can the son"

Zack was losing it. "What the hell are you talking about?! What's going on?!"

"I told you" a familiar voice suddenly joined in. Genesis appeared and glared at Zack and Rukia. "You cannot live on that side anymore"

Angeal spun and began walking away. "Angeal!" Zack yelled as he tried to run after him. Genesis tripped him and he fell to the ground. "Angeal!" His mentor didn't even look back.

Rukia looked from Angeal to Genesis, unsure of what to do.

Genesis watched as Angeal walked away. "My friend, do you fly away now, to a world that abhors you and I?"

Zack turned and glared at Genesis, still on the ground. "Shut up!"

Genesis ignored him. "All that awaits you..."

"Shut up!" Zack snapped at him again.

Genesis continued as if he hadn't spoken. "... is a somber morrow..."

"Shut up!" Zack unsheathed his sword and knelt on the ground glaring. "I'm warning you, Genesis!"

"... no matter where the winds may blow" Genesis concluded. He looked at Rukia then. "I don't see Sephiroth today but... are you two game?"

Zack stood up and he and Rukia took up defensive stances as Genesis called out a summons. A blue dragon now stood before them. Zack was furious. "A summon?!"

Rukia looked over at Genesis, who was watching from afar. "So that's how it is, huh?"

(A/N: I'm not very good at fight scenes so please use your imaginations)

Zack picked up the summoning crystal that the destroyed dragon had left behind. He then turned and glared at Genesis. Genesis was turned away from them. "Summons aren't supposed to be used like this!"

Rukia came forward hesitantly. "What happened to dreams, and honor?"

Genesis looked down sorrowfully. "We are..." He put his hand to his forehead. "... monsters" He shot his hand out to the side and a large black wing appeared, two features falling off. Genesis turned his head to look at Rukia. "We have neither dreams, nor honor" He took flight and disappeared.

Zack and Rukia looked up at the black feathers falling all around them. Zack held his hand out and a feather fell into his palm. He looked down at it. "SOLDIER..." He looked back up at the sky. "... doesn't mean monster"

"For some people it does" Rukia said sadly. Zack looked at her.

She was looking up at the sky.

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Zack and Rukia watched from a safe distance inside a helicopter as the air strike obliterated Banora. Rukia watched with disappointment. But she wouldn't give up. There was still a chance Angeal and Genesis could be saved. Zack watched with worry... and sadness.

"Angeal...." he whispered.

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