Word spread quickly that Sephiroth had chosen a wife and she was taken to her house in the slums by guards. Her new fiancé giving her a warning that if she tried to escape and hide somewhere that he would find her and drag her back to the Shinra Tower by her hair. She tried to look calm and collected in front of her guards, but inside, she was terrified and upset. Her parents were none too pleased about the situation and yelled at her throughout the night.

She was returned to Shinra Tower with a bag and box full of her things. Kathryn was delivered to Sephiroth's room by guards where she set her things down on the small hard bed and sat down herself. Folding her hands in her lap, she stared at the floor, knees pressed together nervously. She jumped when the door hissed open and Sephiroth entered, glowering.

He stalked over to the bed, opened her bag and started rooting through it. Kathryn glowered, "Stop that! Don't you have any decency?"

He pulled something long and shapeless out and eyed it, "Is this what I think it is?" he asked.

She snatched her muumuu back from him, glaring as he finished going through her clothes and started through her box. She stuffed the clothes back into the bag as he pulled out a stuffed teddy bear. "And what the heck is this?! Aren't you a little OLD for stuffed toys?" he threw it at her.

"Quit insulting me! You're the one that forced me into this!" she hugged her teddy bear to her chest.

"I hadn't expected you to be so childish," he replied, throwing her bag into a corner and tossing the box after it.

"Stop throwing my things," she snapped at him as he lay down on his back, his fingers linked behind his head.

"You're going to make me?" Sephiroth asked softly.

"I can cut your jewels off when you're asleep," she hissed in response but was interrupted by the door opening and a man with long black hair and thick glasses coming in.

"So this is her?" the man asked.

"Get out Hojo," Sephiroth growled.

Hojo continued to stalk around Kathryn, looking her over hungrily. Kathryn had the feeling that if she didn't become pregnant from Sephiroth, she just might end up that way by Hojo and she wouldn't like it much if it were the latter. "My my... nice shape... Not too bad looking," he reached out and grabbed her arm, pinching her slightly, "Breeding with her will be good for the future," he said somewhat vaguely and Kathryn was disgusted.

She yanked her arm from his grasp. "Keep your hands off me, you dirty son of a chocobo!"

Hojo frowned, "Though her attitude isn't very good. Might have to break her of it-"

"She is NOT YOUR EXPEREMENT," Sephiroth growled, now between Kathryn and Hojo, about to ring the scientist's neck.

Hojo smiled slightly, "Just remember, Sephiroth, if you don't have her pregnant by the end of the year....." Kathryn went pale, she'd been right, he was going to try to do something to her. She stepped back until she was pressed against the bare wall, hugging her teddy to her still. Sephiroth turned, looking down at her.

"I won't let him," he said firmly, "He has no right to drag you into this..."

"You're the one who dragged me into it!" Kathryn sniffled.

Sephiroth looked away, "I'm sorry," he said softly, almost as if not really expecting her to ever forgive him. She looked away as well.

"So when....is it?" Kathryn asked, swallowing and hugging her bear.

"In two weeks," Sephiroth replied, still not looking at her, his gaze locked on a wall and narrowed.

"Oh..." she whispered.