Tenshi no Kurayami Yoru
Angel of the Dark Night
A FF7 fanfic
Chapter Two
By: ~*~ MetallicPink Sakura ~*~
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Tetsuya Nomura and SquareSoft Japan. All righties reserved. ^^
Character Pairings: Cloud/Zack?, Cloud/Sephiroth
Genre: romance, angst?, self-pitiment
Rating: R
** Note:** Loooooonnng night last night was. After watching a VERY old episode of Pokemon- the one about Bill and the Lighthouse and Ash worring about his Krabby in the hands of Pro Oak * KRAB LEGS!*, then turned around and watched Yu-Gi-Oh, then Hey, Arnold! and chasing my sisters around the house to get my picture of Sephy I drew- I finally awoke this morning at 15 minutes to ten and watched the Digimon movie on HBO and then turned RIGHT back around, played some of FF7 then wrote the second chapter. Man, Pokemon and Digimon- what a mix. ^^ It's been, like, what- three or four years since the series of Digimon first came to America?! *sigh* Matt STILL looks good... and Tai... but I'm going off subject. MILD yaoi in this chapter, oh chaotic-fan girls of Sephy and Cloudy. ^^ Remember- reviews are helpful! *And also- forgive me about the rating: It's supposed to be R, but I forgot to place the appropriate rating on. SORRY! ^^;;;*
**
So, we rode on the next morning to the mountain of Mount Nibel. Aeris rose along side me, ash-faced and her green eyes were sort of glazed over, as if she lost something dear to her or she saw something she didn't want to see. Her skin and hair looked dull in the bright morning light and she didn't talk to anyone. I urged my chocobo to catch up with Barret and Tifa, Red inbetween me and my chocobo. " Hey, Tif... what's wrong with Aeris this morning? Was it about what happened last night?," I asked lowly, not wanting the flower girl to hear. " I think so... but Red has his theories. She didn't eat breakfast either," Tifa answered back, her ruby-amber eyes casted downwards, moving with the motions of her chocobo. " What are your theories, Red?," asked Cloud, looking down at the red furry creature in his lap. " This is what I think-
Aeris is in this stage of preamble shock because last night, and this is where my theory comes in- Sephiroth premumably threatened her in such a way that is inhumane and it frightened her deeply, possibly cutting through her most inner thoughts and feelings. The threat sent a wave of shock to her head and that's why she refuses to speak or look at us. We must give Aeris time until she can get back up on her feet." The tiger-wolf looked at his friend riding quietly alongside of Cloud, petite hands clasped around her reins.
" Shit... that means that he's very close nearby!," spat Barret angrily, his chest swelling with fury. Tifa patted his dark shoulder gently and kicked her chocobo lightly in the sides, urging it on. I stayed in the back, my thoughts traveling back to Sephiroth before he had the final stages of the Mako posioning from Hojo and we saw each other more often that usual...
I felt my eyes grow heavy and so, I slumped my head down on my chest and took a little nap, all the while, dreaming and remembering...
**
The ride was very bumpy for Cloud and he grabbed his stomach and let out a soft moan, motion sickness creeping up on him quickly. Zack took off the traniee's mask, ruffling up Cloud's hair a bit and grinned at him. " Cheer up, buddy. We're almost there." " By land and friggin' sea, I'm beginning to hate Wutai," mumbled the blonde, banging his head against the ship's side in the sick bay. " It's swesome! There's a really cool resturant that serves some mean sweet and sour chicken on the Pheniox and Dragon platter... a fantastic Weapons and Item store... rivers running underneath the bridges with lily pads on the surface... large mountains with Da-chao's face carved in it with the other Gods... rumour has it that at the Pandagon that there is a Water God you can get, but no one's figured out how yet. Wutai's the best, dude... there's losta cute girls there!," crooned Zack, nudging Cloud in the sides. " Stop! You're making my stomach hurt... what about Aeris?," teased the blonde, giving Zack a weak smile.
Zack blanched, then grew ruby red, scratching his head. " She's still my number one girl... Please be happy, buddy," Zack said gently, patting Cloud's cheek. The blonde nodded and laid down on his bed, sighing in semi relaxation and also for comfort. ' Too much stress.' Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Cloud snuggled up against the pillow and fell asleep, his breathing going even and his stomach settling down.
**
" General, sir, we shall be approaching Wutai in five hours tops, sir!," Zack said, saluting Sephiroth, who stood in the captain's deck with Tseng and Vice-President Rufus. The son of the President Shin-Ra was most impressively handsome, but couldn't top Sephiroth. Rufus had dirty-blonde hair with tints of orange showing and bright blue-gray eyes that showed a lot of mischief and also slyness. Flipping back some of his hair, Rufus glanced at Sephiroth. " Just exactly are we doing here again, General? My father's instuctions were to go to Rocket Town- which we did go- but, why are we going to Wutai?"
" To see an old friend and to also gather supplies. MY men need to rest before returning to base," Sephiroth answered coldly, mystical green eyes burning into Rufus's. Zack watched this with some amusment and went back to his quarters, shoulders shaking with silent laughter. Sepiroth sighed inwardly and turned on his heel sharply. " I shall be in the infirmary for quite some time. Tseng, take over for me."
" Yes, sir," answered the man, walking into Sephiroth's spot. Rufus scowled behind the general's back and touched his panther's head, his Dark Nation, who purred at his touch briefly. " Sometimes I think you're smarter than him..."
**
Sephiroth walked down the sickenly clean hallways to the sick bay, to lie down and take painkillers for a large migrain that was attacking his poor head. Opening the door with a gloved hand, his eyes fell on a sleeping angel...
'Wait... Strife... yeah, that's his name... from yesterday.'
But it was the way Cloud was sleeping that made him look so angelic and cute. His hands were under his face, blonde hair splashed across the white surface of the pillow, pale skin glowing in the late sunlight and his breaths coming out in soft inhales. His cheeks were a dusty pink and his body was curled up like a kitten. Sephiroth allowed a smile to form over his stony face and he approached him slowly and quietly, not wanting to wake him up. Grabbing a chair, he sat down and placed his arms on the back of it and watched the blonde kitten sleep. Sephiroth tilted his head a bit to the right, continuing to stare at Cloud.
' So innocent... so... right...'
He streched out his right arm and briefly touched Cloud's lips, feeling warmth seep into his leather-encased hand. Cloud shifted a bit in his sleep and then latched himself on Sephiroth's hand, murmuring into it softly and snuggling his head on it a bit in utter, unnoted satisfaction. The great General blinked then laughed to himself at Cloud's childish monuver. So, the silver-haired man stood from the chair and took his hand away, running it through Cloud's soft hair. " You're one of a kind, Cloud," whispered Sephiroth. And with that, he left, his migrain suddenly gone.
/~/~/~
Wutai was something else.
Cloud couldn't stop smiling and he was enjoying himself at the resturant. It was really fun being with everybody, including Zack. The girls WERE awfully pretty, but a certain someone stood out in Cloud's mind and he kept that to himself all throughout the day. He saw what the General did in sick bay to his lips and hair-
And it felt great.
Gulping down a whiskey malt, Cloud rubbed his tired eyes and yawned, streching. " I'm calling it a night, Zack," he mumbled, standing groggily. Zack nodded and winked at him, a arm around a Chinese bar hostess, who was giggling madly. Cloud shook his fair head and walked out of the resturant towards the small hotel at the entrance of Wutai. There, standing in the lone of the darkness was Sephiroth, leaning against the entrance pole, moonlight bathing over his form, something protruding from his back, visible slightly. Cloud once more shook his head, thinking it was all the drinks he had, or did he jsut see a pair of transclucent wings on the General from the moonlight?
" All right there, Strife?"
" Yes, sir!"
The blonde made his way to the tall man and stood with him, his hear racing in his chest and pumping madly like a racehorse. He was standing so close to Sephiroth adn he could smell bourbon, musk, and dry sweat on him. Cloud thought he was in Heaven. " What are you doing out here, sir, if you don't mind me asking? Privacy?," asked Cloud lowly, shyly. " Somewhat, yes, but I like looking at the sky on a clear night," rumbled Sephiroth low in his chest, green eyes focused on the silvery orb. Cloud looked too, studying the stars. " My mom once told me a story about these stars... they were formed long before the Planet and the Cetra... a great force in the universe exploded, releasing the stars from a long entrappment in the darkness and they scattered everywhere, guiding people to their soulmates, friends, homes, or ways to safety in the wilderness. One star was the ringleader of them all. A grand leader, that was given the name Queen of the Night because she shone the brightest of them all... she helped many great warriors out of the darkness and into victory...," Cloud recited slowly to the General, not watching his actions or his eyes on him, caught up on his little fairy tale. " She helped my mom to Nibelheim-
but not my dad."
Cloud felt his head droop some at the mention of his forgotten father. From what the towns-people told him, Cloud's father was a brave man and soldier. Tears stung his sapphire eyes, but he dismissed them, keeping a steady gaze on the ground for the longest time. Sephiroth spoke:
" I think she might have helped me and you too."
The boy looked up quickly, a light and faint blush on his face. " Sir?," he croaked slightly, confused and nervous. The General was looking at him SO strangely. " We can become friends, you and I," Sephiroth said to Cloud, smiling a bit. Cloud nodded. " I would like that, sir! A great honour... thank you, sir- er, Sephiroth," Cloud said happily, saluting a bit. Sephiroth chuckled lowly in his throat, that almost sounded like a purr. " Good. Then you won't mind me doing this-"
With that, the General took Cloud's arms in his hands, swung him against the pole to the entrance of the town, his back pushed up against it gently. Cloud was startled when a pair of soft lips pressed against his lightly like a feather. His hands started to shake and his legs wobbled. Fearing of himself fainting in front of the Great General, Cloud drew up his chest and pressed back just as lightly, trying to keep his mind clear and to also soak up this wonderful time that would burn in the back of his precious memories. Sephiroth pushed up against Cloud anxiously, his larger frame over Cloud's smaller one, making the blonde wirthe and buck up against Sephiroth's hips that were pressed against his so closely. The General groaned and fully took Cloud in his strong arms, enveloping the boy and demading entrance into his sweet mouth with his tonuge. Willingly obliging, Cloud moaned in Sephiroth's mouth and twisted his hands in the silvery mane of Sephiroth, relishing at the softness and texture of the silvery hair.
Their tonuge dueled for dominance until Sephiroth won the rightful place. Cloud supported himself against Sephiroth, realizing that this was too fast... until...
hands started to make their way up Cloud's shirt, fingertips lightly brushing against his nipples, making them swell up. " Aah!," gasped Cloud, burying his face in the crook of Sephiroth's neck. " Can't take it, kitten?," mused Sephiroth, bringing Cloud's face up to the surface. The blonde blushed furiously and wrapped his arms loosely around the General's neck. " Um... I... haveta go," mumbled Cloud. A hand brushed up against his cheek, making Cloud close his eyes in leisure. " Of course. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. I want my soldier in top notch condition to survive those dangerous waves of the sea," teased Sephiroth lightly, kissing Cloud's nose and chin then capturing his rosy lips once more. Sighing deeply, Cloud then broke the sweet scence and took a step back, saluting. " Goodnight, sir," he said softly, sapphire eyes unusually bright in the silvery light of the moon.
" Goodnight, kitten."
/~/~/~
Cloud wrapped his arms around himself and walked into the hotel quietly, smiling to himself. He unlocked his door-
only to find it already unlocked.
Curious and on his guard, the blonde drew back his hand and reached for his gun strapped on his back. Then, bursting in, Cloud raised it up, ready to shoot whomever that was in his room. It was Zack and he looked unhappy and blank. " Dude... what's wrong? Too much to drink?," implored Cloud, lowering the weapon from his friend.
" ... I saw."
EEEEEEEKKKKK!!! Oh, no!!! He saw cloud and Sephy-chan!!! What does this mean? A friendship ruined over a general- a sexy one at that? Review and you shall see!!! Thankies!
- Sakura ^_~
Angel of the Dark Night
A FF7 fanfic
Chapter Two
By: ~*~ MetallicPink Sakura ~*~
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Tetsuya Nomura and SquareSoft Japan. All righties reserved. ^^
Character Pairings: Cloud/Zack?, Cloud/Sephiroth
Genre: romance, angst?, self-pitiment
Rating: R
** Note:** Loooooonnng night last night was. After watching a VERY old episode of Pokemon- the one about Bill and the Lighthouse and Ash worring about his Krabby in the hands of Pro Oak * KRAB LEGS!*, then turned around and watched Yu-Gi-Oh, then Hey, Arnold! and chasing my sisters around the house to get my picture of Sephy I drew- I finally awoke this morning at 15 minutes to ten and watched the Digimon movie on HBO and then turned RIGHT back around, played some of FF7 then wrote the second chapter. Man, Pokemon and Digimon- what a mix. ^^ It's been, like, what- three or four years since the series of Digimon first came to America?! *sigh* Matt STILL looks good... and Tai... but I'm going off subject. MILD yaoi in this chapter, oh chaotic-fan girls of Sephy and Cloudy. ^^ Remember- reviews are helpful! *And also- forgive me about the rating: It's supposed to be R, but I forgot to place the appropriate rating on. SORRY! ^^;;;*
**
So, we rode on the next morning to the mountain of Mount Nibel. Aeris rose along side me, ash-faced and her green eyes were sort of glazed over, as if she lost something dear to her or she saw something she didn't want to see. Her skin and hair looked dull in the bright morning light and she didn't talk to anyone. I urged my chocobo to catch up with Barret and Tifa, Red inbetween me and my chocobo. " Hey, Tif... what's wrong with Aeris this morning? Was it about what happened last night?," I asked lowly, not wanting the flower girl to hear. " I think so... but Red has his theories. She didn't eat breakfast either," Tifa answered back, her ruby-amber eyes casted downwards, moving with the motions of her chocobo. " What are your theories, Red?," asked Cloud, looking down at the red furry creature in his lap. " This is what I think-
Aeris is in this stage of preamble shock because last night, and this is where my theory comes in- Sephiroth premumably threatened her in such a way that is inhumane and it frightened her deeply, possibly cutting through her most inner thoughts and feelings. The threat sent a wave of shock to her head and that's why she refuses to speak or look at us. We must give Aeris time until she can get back up on her feet." The tiger-wolf looked at his friend riding quietly alongside of Cloud, petite hands clasped around her reins.
" Shit... that means that he's very close nearby!," spat Barret angrily, his chest swelling with fury. Tifa patted his dark shoulder gently and kicked her chocobo lightly in the sides, urging it on. I stayed in the back, my thoughts traveling back to Sephiroth before he had the final stages of the Mako posioning from Hojo and we saw each other more often that usual...
I felt my eyes grow heavy and so, I slumped my head down on my chest and took a little nap, all the while, dreaming and remembering...
**
The ride was very bumpy for Cloud and he grabbed his stomach and let out a soft moan, motion sickness creeping up on him quickly. Zack took off the traniee's mask, ruffling up Cloud's hair a bit and grinned at him. " Cheer up, buddy. We're almost there." " By land and friggin' sea, I'm beginning to hate Wutai," mumbled the blonde, banging his head against the ship's side in the sick bay. " It's swesome! There's a really cool resturant that serves some mean sweet and sour chicken on the Pheniox and Dragon platter... a fantastic Weapons and Item store... rivers running underneath the bridges with lily pads on the surface... large mountains with Da-chao's face carved in it with the other Gods... rumour has it that at the Pandagon that there is a Water God you can get, but no one's figured out how yet. Wutai's the best, dude... there's losta cute girls there!," crooned Zack, nudging Cloud in the sides. " Stop! You're making my stomach hurt... what about Aeris?," teased the blonde, giving Zack a weak smile.
Zack blanched, then grew ruby red, scratching his head. " She's still my number one girl... Please be happy, buddy," Zack said gently, patting Cloud's cheek. The blonde nodded and laid down on his bed, sighing in semi relaxation and also for comfort. ' Too much stress.' Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Cloud snuggled up against the pillow and fell asleep, his breathing going even and his stomach settling down.
**
" General, sir, we shall be approaching Wutai in five hours tops, sir!," Zack said, saluting Sephiroth, who stood in the captain's deck with Tseng and Vice-President Rufus. The son of the President Shin-Ra was most impressively handsome, but couldn't top Sephiroth. Rufus had dirty-blonde hair with tints of orange showing and bright blue-gray eyes that showed a lot of mischief and also slyness. Flipping back some of his hair, Rufus glanced at Sephiroth. " Just exactly are we doing here again, General? My father's instuctions were to go to Rocket Town- which we did go- but, why are we going to Wutai?"
" To see an old friend and to also gather supplies. MY men need to rest before returning to base," Sephiroth answered coldly, mystical green eyes burning into Rufus's. Zack watched this with some amusment and went back to his quarters, shoulders shaking with silent laughter. Sepiroth sighed inwardly and turned on his heel sharply. " I shall be in the infirmary for quite some time. Tseng, take over for me."
" Yes, sir," answered the man, walking into Sephiroth's spot. Rufus scowled behind the general's back and touched his panther's head, his Dark Nation, who purred at his touch briefly. " Sometimes I think you're smarter than him..."
**
Sephiroth walked down the sickenly clean hallways to the sick bay, to lie down and take painkillers for a large migrain that was attacking his poor head. Opening the door with a gloved hand, his eyes fell on a sleeping angel...
'Wait... Strife... yeah, that's his name... from yesterday.'
But it was the way Cloud was sleeping that made him look so angelic and cute. His hands were under his face, blonde hair splashed across the white surface of the pillow, pale skin glowing in the late sunlight and his breaths coming out in soft inhales. His cheeks were a dusty pink and his body was curled up like a kitten. Sephiroth allowed a smile to form over his stony face and he approached him slowly and quietly, not wanting to wake him up. Grabbing a chair, he sat down and placed his arms on the back of it and watched the blonde kitten sleep. Sephiroth tilted his head a bit to the right, continuing to stare at Cloud.
' So innocent... so... right...'
He streched out his right arm and briefly touched Cloud's lips, feeling warmth seep into his leather-encased hand. Cloud shifted a bit in his sleep and then latched himself on Sephiroth's hand, murmuring into it softly and snuggling his head on it a bit in utter, unnoted satisfaction. The great General blinked then laughed to himself at Cloud's childish monuver. So, the silver-haired man stood from the chair and took his hand away, running it through Cloud's soft hair. " You're one of a kind, Cloud," whispered Sephiroth. And with that, he left, his migrain suddenly gone.
/~/~/~
Wutai was something else.
Cloud couldn't stop smiling and he was enjoying himself at the resturant. It was really fun being with everybody, including Zack. The girls WERE awfully pretty, but a certain someone stood out in Cloud's mind and he kept that to himself all throughout the day. He saw what the General did in sick bay to his lips and hair-
And it felt great.
Gulping down a whiskey malt, Cloud rubbed his tired eyes and yawned, streching. " I'm calling it a night, Zack," he mumbled, standing groggily. Zack nodded and winked at him, a arm around a Chinese bar hostess, who was giggling madly. Cloud shook his fair head and walked out of the resturant towards the small hotel at the entrance of Wutai. There, standing in the lone of the darkness was Sephiroth, leaning against the entrance pole, moonlight bathing over his form, something protruding from his back, visible slightly. Cloud once more shook his head, thinking it was all the drinks he had, or did he jsut see a pair of transclucent wings on the General from the moonlight?
" All right there, Strife?"
" Yes, sir!"
The blonde made his way to the tall man and stood with him, his hear racing in his chest and pumping madly like a racehorse. He was standing so close to Sephiroth adn he could smell bourbon, musk, and dry sweat on him. Cloud thought he was in Heaven. " What are you doing out here, sir, if you don't mind me asking? Privacy?," asked Cloud lowly, shyly. " Somewhat, yes, but I like looking at the sky on a clear night," rumbled Sephiroth low in his chest, green eyes focused on the silvery orb. Cloud looked too, studying the stars. " My mom once told me a story about these stars... they were formed long before the Planet and the Cetra... a great force in the universe exploded, releasing the stars from a long entrappment in the darkness and they scattered everywhere, guiding people to their soulmates, friends, homes, or ways to safety in the wilderness. One star was the ringleader of them all. A grand leader, that was given the name Queen of the Night because she shone the brightest of them all... she helped many great warriors out of the darkness and into victory...," Cloud recited slowly to the General, not watching his actions or his eyes on him, caught up on his little fairy tale. " She helped my mom to Nibelheim-
but not my dad."
Cloud felt his head droop some at the mention of his forgotten father. From what the towns-people told him, Cloud's father was a brave man and soldier. Tears stung his sapphire eyes, but he dismissed them, keeping a steady gaze on the ground for the longest time. Sephiroth spoke:
" I think she might have helped me and you too."
The boy looked up quickly, a light and faint blush on his face. " Sir?," he croaked slightly, confused and nervous. The General was looking at him SO strangely. " We can become friends, you and I," Sephiroth said to Cloud, smiling a bit. Cloud nodded. " I would like that, sir! A great honour... thank you, sir- er, Sephiroth," Cloud said happily, saluting a bit. Sephiroth chuckled lowly in his throat, that almost sounded like a purr. " Good. Then you won't mind me doing this-"
With that, the General took Cloud's arms in his hands, swung him against the pole to the entrance of the town, his back pushed up against it gently. Cloud was startled when a pair of soft lips pressed against his lightly like a feather. His hands started to shake and his legs wobbled. Fearing of himself fainting in front of the Great General, Cloud drew up his chest and pressed back just as lightly, trying to keep his mind clear and to also soak up this wonderful time that would burn in the back of his precious memories. Sephiroth pushed up against Cloud anxiously, his larger frame over Cloud's smaller one, making the blonde wirthe and buck up against Sephiroth's hips that were pressed against his so closely. The General groaned and fully took Cloud in his strong arms, enveloping the boy and demading entrance into his sweet mouth with his tonuge. Willingly obliging, Cloud moaned in Sephiroth's mouth and twisted his hands in the silvery mane of Sephiroth, relishing at the softness and texture of the silvery hair.
Their tonuge dueled for dominance until Sephiroth won the rightful place. Cloud supported himself against Sephiroth, realizing that this was too fast... until...
hands started to make their way up Cloud's shirt, fingertips lightly brushing against his nipples, making them swell up. " Aah!," gasped Cloud, burying his face in the crook of Sephiroth's neck. " Can't take it, kitten?," mused Sephiroth, bringing Cloud's face up to the surface. The blonde blushed furiously and wrapped his arms loosely around the General's neck. " Um... I... haveta go," mumbled Cloud. A hand brushed up against his cheek, making Cloud close his eyes in leisure. " Of course. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. I want my soldier in top notch condition to survive those dangerous waves of the sea," teased Sephiroth lightly, kissing Cloud's nose and chin then capturing his rosy lips once more. Sighing deeply, Cloud then broke the sweet scence and took a step back, saluting. " Goodnight, sir," he said softly, sapphire eyes unusually bright in the silvery light of the moon.
" Goodnight, kitten."
/~/~/~
Cloud wrapped his arms around himself and walked into the hotel quietly, smiling to himself. He unlocked his door-
only to find it already unlocked.
Curious and on his guard, the blonde drew back his hand and reached for his gun strapped on his back. Then, bursting in, Cloud raised it up, ready to shoot whomever that was in his room. It was Zack and he looked unhappy and blank. " Dude... what's wrong? Too much to drink?," implored Cloud, lowering the weapon from his friend.
" ... I saw."
EEEEEEEKKKKK!!! Oh, no!!! He saw cloud and Sephy-chan!!! What does this mean? A friendship ruined over a general- a sexy one at that? Review and you shall see!!! Thankies!
- Sakura ^_~