I've decided to continue with this, because it was quite baby-ish of me to stop just because of a negative review. I like this story personally, and maybe some of you will. Please forgive the hiatus, any of you who like this already.

This story is serious M and contains sex and bloodplay. No kiddies allowed, and no infringement intended. When the HELLFUCKINGYES remake comes out, I fully expect this fandom to revive. I wouldn't at all mind being a Zangeal contributor again.

WITH THE DEAD
Chapter 4

When the last box was moved and the room around them finished, Angeal sank down on the bed, Zack in between he and Genesis. Everything was ready for Zack, who had been out for almost a day now, time enough for re-painting the white room pale purple, putting Zack's clothes and a lot of new ones away, cleaning, dressing the large and elaborate bed with purple linens and hanging thick curtains. The chamber was somewhat old-fashioned in gothic grandeur, but Zack's posters and knick-knacks hinted that a teenager lived here. An eternal teenager now.

"How's the baby?"

Genesis smiled softly, running a hand up and down Zack's arm. "His dreams are dim and peaceful. He's wiggled a bit, but seems content. He's going to be strong, 'Geal, I can feel it."

"But you're looking forward to him being dependent first."

"Oh Gaia, yes. You are too, admit it."

"True enough." Angeal took a bottle of thick red fluid from the floor and passed it over. "Here, I know you didn't eat during your turns out."

"Mmm, thanks. I'm ever grateful we stored such a good supply. And that this house has a wine cellar. And that blood doesn't go bad."

"And for me?"

"Especially you, and the cub." Genesis continued to stroke, unable to keep his hands off Zack. "I never knew I could feel like this. I used to think you were my only life's meaning, but..." Genesis wiped away a tear. "I feel like my heart's gotten out of me and is laying here, and I might not be able to protect him from everything."

"We can protect him, Gen."

"From him too?"

"We don't even know if he's still alive, babe." Angeal edged closer, kissed Genesis over Zack. "If he is, I'm sure he's found others to torment and is focused on them."

"Nice of us to wish that," Genesis chuckled.

"Perhaps, but what I care about most is my family."

"Family," Genesis sighed. "Us and our baby. It was mostly a joke, wasn't it, when we decorated this room ages ago and called it the nursery. I never thought I'd love anyone but you, that I'd ever want one. I was fine with just us, but now I feel complete."

"I know. A hole I didn't know existed has been filled." Angeal slid his fingers into Zack's spikes, the black hair more lustrous than ever. "He's perfect."

"Perfect and ours. Our love made this, can you believe it?"

"Just barely."

"Oh, did Lazard give you any trouble?"

"He was a little curious, so I had to push him a little. A bit of mental pressure, and voila, the three of us are on an unspecified leave of absence. I figure we'll let them get used to us being gone, then make it permanent."

"You know what I'll miss most?"

Angeal did. "Seph."

"He was so curious, though, and such a resistor. He let his questions go out of love, but eventually he'd have wanted to know more about us. Maybe we should have just told him about us."

"There was a risk. Seph may have been able to handle it if our kind tried to take him out, but we don't know when they'd stop, how many might have gone after him. We had to protect him."

"I know. I hope he finds other people to be close to."

Angeal smirked. "There's that trooper he has a crush on."

"Oh, that would be sweet. He deserves to be happy like us."

Zack made a soft noise, and shivered. Genesis put another blanket over him.

"Don't worry, Gen. Remember, we were cold our first day too. Gen. Calm down, he's fine."

"I want him to wake up. I can't relax until I feed him."

"I think we're supposed to let him sleep while the transformation completes itself."

Genesis hmphed. "He hasn't changed at all since yesterday."

"We don't really know what's going on internally. Maybe the organs change when they don't have to function anymore."

"I really wish our kind weren't so careful about not writing things down," Genesis complained. "I could really use a parenting guide."

"We just do everything your parents didn't."

"My funny 'Gealy. Do you think I'll get my pre-baby figure back?"

Angeal threw a decorative pillow at him with a laugh. "If it really involved weight gain, you wouldn't have done it."

"For him," the elder said quietly, "I would."

Zack began to stir, and Genesis thought, Thank Gaia. His eyes blinked several times when they opened, as though he couldn't believe them.

"Wow," the boy murmured. "The colors are brighter. Awesome. Where am I?"

"Your room, cub, in our home not far from Illyra. Are you cold?"

"A little." Zack laughed weakly as he was lifted up, blanket around him. "Angeal, you're not warm, so - oh Gaia."

Zack's body spasmed and he came hard into his pajama pants. He was frightened by the unexpected climax, and immediately enclosed by his reassuring parents.

"It's all right, baby cub, you're just going to be hyper-aroused for a while. It will decrease over time."

"I..." Zack kicked the blanket off and clung to Angeal, then Genesis, pulling them closer. "I need, I need - "

"To be touched. We know, Pup." They moved their hands all over him urgently.

Zack whined softly. "I need something, I don't know what."

"Are you hungry?"

"...yeah, that might be it."

"Thank Gaia." Genesis all but tore his own shirt off and lay Zack across his lap. "Drink from here, cub."

Zack wondered why, but was too eager to question. He nuzzled the offered breast, then put his lips around the nipple and sank his teeth in. Genesis breathed heavy, controlled breaths as he drank, incredibly aroused by the sight and feel of Zack drinking from him like a baby.

Angeal seemed to be enjoying it too. "Motherhood suits you."

"You better mean that."

"Of course I do. It's actually incredible."

Zack ran his tongue over the sensitive bud as he drank, absently registering Genesis's moans. He felt so warm, so loved, so eager for the hands that were all over him. He whined a little when he was gently pulled away.

"Ssh, baby cub, Angeal needs to feed you too."

Angeal settled him against his chest like a baby about to be burped. The boy found the vein immediately and tore into it, with Angeal rubbing his back and kissing him. Genesis casually toyed with his own nipples as he watched, and eventually managed to get Zack's pants off.

He slid two lotion-slicked fingers into the newborn, humming with pleasure. Zack came twice even before Genesis fed the thick cock into him. Genesis hugged them both as he thrust, and Zack's head fell to rest on Angeal's shoulder. Angeal's hand wrung orgasm after orgasm out of him, and the boy felt drowsy again, but was determined to stay up.

Guys?

"We're here, baby cub."

"This room is really cool."

"Good, we hoped you would like it. All your stuff is here, so there's no need to return to Midgar. We thought it would be easier this way, no goodbyes."

"Mmm. What - " Zack's body jerked suddenly; he was coming again. His sires gently pet him all over. "Gaia, I didn't think it was possible to come this much. Is this normal?"

"Yes, Puppy, it is."

"What time is it?"

"Around four a.m."

Zack looked toward the covered window. "I'm guessing sunlight won't hurt me, since I've seen you guys out in it."

Genesis chuckled. "Correct, cub, although your eyes will be sensitive to bright light for a while. That's why the lights in the house are dim."

"Can I see it? Will you give me a tour?"

"Of course, Pup, come here."

"I can walk," Zack laughed as he was carried into the hallway.

It was an elegant, old, well-maintained two-story, with several bedrooms, formal living and dining rooms, and a wine cellar full of blood that the elders had stockpiled for emergencies.

"How much does a vampire need to drink?" Zack asked as he was carried back up the stairs.

"We, personally, tend to only need about a person a week, because we're so..."

"Old, Gen."

"I'm not old," Genesis huffed. "You, on the other hand, baby cub, will need a lot more. How do you feel?"

"Strange. I don't know how to describe it."

Zack was settled back on his bed, and Genesis gently brushed his hair back. "I know, baby. I remember."

"Don't let me go to sleep," Zack murmured. "Want to stay awake and talk. Why am I crying?"

Angeal wiped his face. "Do you feel sad?"

"Uh-uh."

"You're just emotional right now, Pup. It will decrease over time. Go to sleep. We have eternity to talk."

"Who made you guys vampires?"

"We'll talk about that another time, Puppy. Sleep."

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Those first days all bled together. For Zack, it was a lot of sleep as he adjusted to his changed body. He would awake for a few hours to be fed, bathed, cuddled and held like the baby he now was, then would be out again. He was never left alone, Angeal or Genesis if not both were with him at all times. When he asked what they would do when he needed to go to the bathroom, they laughingly informed him he no longer had to.

Eventually Zack got tired of being bathed while unconscious, and asked if he could try out the big tub in his private bathroom. The look of mischievous glee on Genesis's face unnerved him, and the redhead excused himself and quickly returned with a ring with straps attached to it.

"Uh...is that..."

"Cock ring, baby cub. Otherwise you'll just fog up the water with all your come." Gensis laughed and kissed the faint blush on the boy's cheek. "You game, honey?"

Zack bravely assented, and sat up and watched with interest as it was fastened on. It would actually be a little nice, not spurting for a little while. Laundry was being done around the clock because of all the clothing and bed linen he was dirtying, but neither sire seemed to mind, and assured him it was entirely expected.

"Where's Angeal again?" Zack asked as the water was run.

"Taking care of business, registering you as a new member of the community. The Council needs details about you, that sort of thing."

"Council?"

"A team of nine of the oldest vampires alive, who oversee our world. They keep tabs on everyone, make sure newborns are well taken care of, punish those who get out of line. They're stern men, but fair, for the most part."

"All men? Aren't there girl vampires?"

"No, actually." Genesis grabbed the shampoo bottle out of Zack's hands and worked the goop into Zack's hair himself. "For some reason no one understands, women just don't take to it. No one's succeeded in transforming a female."

"A guys' club, huh?"

"One of the things I like about it. I don't like anything more feminine than myself."

"Not much, then," Zack snickered, and was splashed. "Hey, I can wash myself, you know."

"Indulge me. I'm a new and nervous mommy."

"What's it like?"

"I never thought I'd be this happy," Genesis said tenderly, and Zack kissed him. "I have everything I could want."

"Is Angeal happy too?"

"He is. What do you sense from him? Try to."

Zack squirmed, thinking. "When I kind of touch his mind, I feel this huge flood of love. But...he's worried too. He won't tell me why."

"Don't probe, cub. If you need to know, you'll be told."

"Is he okay, though?"

"He is, I promise. Angeal is very strong, in every sense."

"Were you guys made by two guys or one?"

Genesis's hand, scrubbing the boy's back, briefly froze. "One, cub."

"Why are you blocking me?"

"It's nothing you need to concern yourself with."

"Gen - "

"Let's get you dried, you need to eat."

"I'm fine, I just want to know - "

Genesis pulled the plug out of the tub, helped Zack up and wrapped a large towel around him. "Ssh. Calm down or your drowsiness will come back."

"Stop treating me like a baby!"

"You are a baby right now, and you knew what you were getting into." Genesis watched Zack roughly dry himself with a slightly angry tension. "Come on, time to feed."

"I won't drink until you tell me who made you."

The elder's eyes narrowed. "You will eat."

"You can't make me!"

Genesis grabbed Zack with a frankly frightening strength, threw him over his shoulder and carried the struggling boy back to the bedroom. He was dropped on the bed and pinned, Genesis's face glaring into his.

"You will eat when I tell you to."

"I won't!"

"You're hard under there," the redhead murmured, "hard and hot as much as our kind can be. You want to come in spite of your anger, and I'm not letting you until you let me feed you."

"I hate you." The boy burst into tears; as a newborn, he was only able to fight with a young child's strength. "You don't love me, you're just stuck with me because of Angeal."

"Don't say that." Genesis looked genuinely hurt. "I was falling in love with you before I knew Angeal thought of you as more than a student. You're as much mine as you are Angeal's, and I will not relinquish a fraction of my hold on you, no matter how much you struggle against me. Baby cub, I love you, and I will hold you here until I'm sure you believe that."

Zack continued to cry, guilt one of the thousand emotions raging through him. His wiggling was half-hearted and soon ceased altogether, and Genesis gently kissed his red-tinged tears away and nuzzled his cheeks and neck.

"Baby cub, I'm sorry I upset you, but understand. Right now, I know what you need better than you do. The thought of not being able to feed you makes me lose my mind. It's biologically necessary for me as much as it is for you."

"'M sorry, Gen," the boy sniffled. "I didn't mean to be bratty."

"I know, baby cub, you're a walking mess of feelings right now. I remember when it was me."

"Won't you tell me anything about it?"

Genesis sighed. "Let me take care of you, then I'll say as much as my heart will permit."

"Okay."

Genesis released him, and gently rubbed the soreness he had inflicted on the wrists. "Do you want to play a little before you eat?"

"Oh Gaia..."

Genesis took his time stroking every inch of the boy's body, relaxing him out of his fading anger. He kissed and licked the toned belly while rubbing the nipples, which the parents had discovered was their child's greatest erogenous zone. Genesis sucked the trapped erection, trying to ignore the pained whimpers because he knew the payoff would be an incredible orgasm. He couldn't wait long, though, knowing his baby was uncomfortable.

"Want to come, baby cub?"

"Please..."

"My polite little one."

Genesis undid the cock ring, and lightly blew on the twitching organ. Zack obediently began to shoot, and Genesis drank it all down, sucking for a long time, then mentally nudged Zack to keep him awake.

"You said you'll eat, cub."

The teenager curled up on his lap against the headboard, latched onto a dusky nipple and broke the skin. Genesis groaned with pleasure at the feeling of his child feeding from him, the thought that his own body was nourishing Zack's. It's wasn't just like what a woman felt, because it was sexual as well as maternal.

Genesis wet two fingers in his mouth and slid them into Zack, easily finding the prostate and rubbing it almost soothingly. He counted the times Zack came, one, two, three, before the full newborn detached and rested his head heavily on his sire's shoulder.

Gen?

Honey, 'Geal and I don't like to talk about our sire. His name was Dagan and he was not a good man.

Is he the one who hurt you?

Genesis nodded against Zack's sleek hair. I was a fetching young thing like you, and I guess too tempting for him. He bribed me into accepting eternal life by changing Angeal too, offering us an eternity together.

It was bad?

Mmm. He spent my infant years forcing sex and the blood of the innocent on me, when 'Geal and I were too weak to fight back.

Zack pressed his tearing eyes into Genesis's billowing white shirt and hugged him tightly. I'm so sorry, Genesis.

You've been more healing than you can possibly imagine, baby cub. Part of me feared I'd be as bad a parent.

You're awesome. I love you.

I love you, cub.

But you got away from him?

As soon as our fifty years were over and we were strong enough to fend for ourselves. The Council was divided, only half believing that we were abused, but they gave us their blessing to live apart. Usually the head of a clan, like Dagan, have a sort of visiting right.

There are clans?

Oh, yes. You are formally Zack Fair of the clan Varius, though Angeal and I don't much associate with those who value clan ties. Our clan is one of the oldest and most noble, though. In addition to the fortunes we've built ourselves as hired swords, we got inherited wealth from Dagan, and a trust that's yours now. It was always intended for our hypothetical child. So you have about fifty million Gil if you ever want something we forbid you, Genesis mentally laughed.

Fifty million?!

We had your ShinRa account added to it, so more than that.

Would I be able to give some of that to my parents?

We knew you'd ask. Half your ShinRa funds is being directed to them. Genesis hesitated, fearing more anger, then switched to speech. "Baby cub...ShinRa will be informing the Fairs you were killed in action with us."

Silence. A long silence which frightened Genesis, then the beginning of sobbing that grew louder and louder, and was wordless. Genesis rocked him, pet his hair, said nothing because nothing but time would heal this. Thankfully, Zack clung to him rather than push him away, soaked into his aching heart the affection given to him.

"I know, honey. But the alternative was making them wait and wonder for years. Better that they start to grieve as early as possible, and it's like a splinter, drawing it out instead of letting it work its way to the surface. You can cry, baby. They were your parents, after all."

Zack sniffled for a few minutes. "Now, you and Angeal are."

"And you have us forever, because we're not letting you go. Eventually you won't be a newborn anymore, but you'll always be our baby. Is that okay?"

"Sounds good." Zack lifted his head to offer a watery smile. "I can feel Angeal close."

"Very good. He just came in."

A rushing feeling of adoration, a pulse rather than his usual hum, accompanied by Angeal coming into the bedroom. Angeal happily cuddled the puppy who bounced into his arms, and kissed Genesis over Zack's shoulder.

"Hello, my angels. What's been going on here?"

"Oh, you know," Genesis said casually. "Parenthood."

To be continued. If it pleases.