The End of a Dream

5

Crystal Clear

He stopped in front of the large body of water. The only noise was the roar of the waterfall. "Well . . . here I am." He looked around. The lake was clear and sparking. The area where water poured down into was white. There was nothing out of the ordinary about this place, just very beautiful scenery.

He slapped his forehead. "All this way for nothing? Damn you Valentine . . . If this is a joke, it's a rather poor one." He narrowed his eyes.

The general sat down on the grass and sighed deeply. It was funny; all throughout his days in SOLDIER he had been everywhere on the planet, except this place. He watched the raging waters crash down into the lake.

He stood up. "Wait a second . . ." He slowly walked towards the waterfall. "There is something behind here . . ." He looked behind the curtain of flowing water and spotted several holes that led up to a large passageway in the rock.

The silver haired man laughed to himself. "I guess I should put more trust into you next time, Valentine." He reached up and gripped one on the wholes, using them as a ladder to reach the top. Finally, he pulled himself all the way up to the top and into the opening.

He scanned the area around him. It was a large cave of some sort . . . Then, he saw something in the corner of his eye; it was a young woman! He gasped and pulled out the masamune from his sheath. "Who are you?!"

The woman looked up at him. She was as white as a sheet and had long brown hair pulled back in a pony tail. Her eyes were dull, lifeless, and filled with sadness. "You can't kill me. There's no use in drawing your weapon here . . ."

A shiver ran down his spine as he noticed her phantom-like features. He lowered his sword and spoke softer this time. "Tell me who you are."

"My name is Lucrecia."

His mako-colored eyes widened. "What did you say?!"

"You heard me. Now, who are you and what do you want?"

"M-mother?"

Lucrecia squinted and studied his every feature. "No . . . you can't be . . . I heard you were dead . . ." Tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. "Can this be so? Are you really my son Sephiroth?"

"Yes . . . yes I am." He smiled. Maybe he'd cry too, if that were only possible.

"Sephiroth!" She reached for him but didn't move from her spot.

He stepped towards her. "I can't believe it. Did Hojo's diary lie? It said that you were dead." He extended a hand to grasp hers, but it seemed to pass right through. "What the . . ."

The brunette looked away. "I AM dead." He recoiled his hand. "My spirit somehow found its way here and I am trapped here forever . . ."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know . . ."

"It's alright my son. I am happy that you are alive and well. How his Vincent? I haven't seen him in a long time . . ."

He stepped back. "You knew him?!"

"Yes, he was the one who told me that you were dead."

"He was the one who told me to come here!"

"I think I should tell you a story . . . about him and me . . ." She looked even sadder than before as she spoke.

****

The blonde opened his eyes and yawned. "Tifa?" He looked around only to notice that she wasn't there. "Hm . . ." He got up and searched for her. Loud heavy sobs caught his attention. "Tifa?" He saw her through the trees with a gun up to her head. "WHAT THE FUCK!?!"

"I can't take it anymore!" She sobbed. "Sephiroth's inside my head! The only way to kill him is if I blow him out!"

"NOOOOO!!!" Cloud darted towards her in an effort to stop her, but it was too late.

Click.

Click. Click.

Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.

The gun was out of bullets.

She dropped the gun and fell to her knees sobbing.

"Tifa what the fuck were you thinking?! Sephiroth isn't in your fucking head?! What are you?! Crazy?!" Cloud shook her violently.

She looked up at him. "Yes he is Cloud! I hear him! I know he's there! He's not dead! He can't be killed! He's in my head!!!"

The mercenary sighed. "Forgive me for this but . . ." He hit her on the back of her head with his hand, causing her to pass out. "We really need to get you to a doctor before they lock you in the nut house." He lifted her up and carried her away.

****

"Valentine . . ." He whispered so low that it seemed as if he had lost his voice for a moment. "He never told me any of this . . ." He mumbled.

Lucrecia starred at him, her eyes filled with sorrow. How she wanted to comfort him like she was never able to do. She never once held him as a baby; never saw his first steps or him growing up. She was still completely oblivious of all the horrible things he had done before. "You should get going now. . ." He nodded silently. "And if you see Vincent again, please tell him how sorry I am?"

"Goodbye mother."

"Good bye Sephiroth."

He turned to leave. That wouldn't be the last time that he's see her however. He already promised himself that he'd come back to visit her again, but right now, he had to see Vincent. The silver haired man jumped to the bottom of the waterfall and began looking for him.

****

He gave a small groan in his sleep and opened his eyes. He was dry, but a lot colder than he was last night for some reason. For some reason, something was missing. The raven haired man sat up and looked around. "Sephiroth?"

His clothes were gone; he must've left. Darn.

Sephiroth's body was so soft and warm. The thought of him sleeping next to his nude form in order to keep from freezing made him feel awkward. "Oh yeah!" He blushed remembering the dream he had last night. Ah . . . what a dream . . . Him with Sephiroth, making love.

Vincent gave a small gasp. "My god . . . Am I in love with Sephiroth?!" Every time he closed his eyes, he could see Sephiroth, naked. "That must be it. But . . . is Sephiroth . . . gay?"

Why would he be? He had thousands of screaming girls at his every whim. 'Do not be stupid, Vincent, you know you haven't a chance with him. He hates everybody, besides; hanging around with him will only bring trouble . . . You don't want to get your heart broken again . . ."

'Who the hell am I trying to kid?' The other half of his mind argued. 'I cannot stop thinking about him!' He shook his head and stood up.

The sun was beginning to slowly rise and he had bigger things to think about, like getting back to his coffin. "I should hurry; I have plenty of time to think about Sephiroth later."

Later he arrived back at the mansion and lied down inside his comfortable coffin. He closed the lid and rolled over on his side. "Why is it that I always fall in love with a person I can't be with?" He thought for hours about Sephiroth and Lucrecia. He remembered how Lucrecia was back then. She was always in love with Hojo for some reason. She said it was because she had a thing for 'mad scientists.'

He thought about why he loved Lucrecia. 'She was beautiful, smart, friendly, loving, caring, understanding, but so foolish sometimes.'

Then he thought about why he loved Sephiroth. 'Well, he's sexy, handsome, has a big dick—I mean big ego, he's strong, fearless, calm, wise, aggressive, tries to act like an asshole even though he can't.' He smiled at that last one. 'Sephiroth is a child when you think of it. He's never had a mother to love him ever since he was torn away from Lucrecia. That's why he hides his emotions so much. No wonder he's so fucked up . . . Damn you Hojo . . .'

'Now that you mention it, I liked Lucrecia for completely different reasons than Sephiroth. I never felt such urges to be with somebody before I met him. I've never wanted to be touched so badly by anyone until now . . .'

He thought and thought, but soon, he was finally asleep.

****

The silver haired general entered the room. "You had better be in there." He growled than pulled the coffin lid open.

"Yes? Can I help you?" Vincent said, not even opening his eyes.

"VALETINE!!!"

"No need to shout, I am right here. I must I say, it's very rude to wake one from one's sleep, wouldn't you say?" He replied smartly. A rough hand grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, yanked him out of the coffin, and held him against the wall. He opened his eyes slowly to see Sephiroth's beautiful form in front of him.

The man glared at him angrily. "You're such a lying pig Valentine!"

"Really? I am? How so?" He blinked.

"I went to the waterfall and saw Lucrecia." His mako eyes were piercing now.

"And what did she say?"

"Everything!"

"Everything is a lot of things to tell."

"Don't fuck with me!"

"Are you going to tell me what she said or am I going to hang here all day?" The raven haired man looked calmly into those burning eyes of his.

"You knew her! You knew my mother! You knew Lucrecia!" He barked.

"So?"

"SO?! So why didn't you tell me!?

Vincent narrowed his eyes. "You never asked." Sephiroth sighed, relaxing a bit. "I was there you know, the day that it all happened. I tried to stop Hojo but . . ."

He looked away "Yes, I know. She told me. She also told me to tell you that she was sorry."

"It wasn't her fault . . . It was mine." He mumbled.

Sephiroth felt Vincent's hands around his neck, playing with his long silver hair. He stared at him confused. 'What are you doing?' was what he wanted to say, but for some reason he decided to remain silent.

He smiled slightly. "I remember how innocent you looked when you were a baby."

"I guess that means that you're older than I am."

"Funny isn't it? Thanks to Hojo, we'll always look like this. The mako adds a few years doesn't it?"

He finally let Vincent go and sat down on the coffin lid. "Yes, and thanks to Hojo, I lost my whole childhood."

The raven haired man remained silent for a long time. Then, he finally broke the silence. "Would you like to stay for the night?" Sephiroth looked at him. "I . . . uh . . . have . . . a lot . . . of room in the coffin . . ." He blushed.

'Is he trying to tell me something?' He shrugged. "Well why not. I don't have anywhere else to go anyway."

'YES!' He almost said out loud. He honestly didn't think that he'd say yes . . . He WAS Sephiroth after all. 'I hope he doesn't know yet . . . He'd probably freak out . . .' Suddenly his eyes were fixed on Sephiroth who was removing his trench coat. He stared.

The general saw him in the corner of his eye. 'Is he . . .?' Vincent quickly looked away, his face was burning. Sephiroth climbed into the coffin, leaving space for Vincent.

He took off his red cloak and slowly, climbed in next to Sephiroth's body. He was so careful not to touch him.

"Are you OK? You look a bit flustered."

"Who? Me? No way. I'm fine! Don't worry." He answered quickly.

He noticed how squashed Vincent looked in the corner of the coffin. "Are you sure? You look uncomfortable."

"No really, I'm OK!"

"You can move over a little if you want." He narrowed his eyes. There was a whole space in between them.

"Well . . . I guess . . ." He blushed moving a bit closer, still trying not to touch Sephiroth.

"Night."

"N-n-n-n-night!" He forced an awkward smile and tried to get some sleep. 'Man . . . I finally get this close, but I have to act like an idiot.' He sighed and rolled over with his back facing the other man.

To Be Continued . . .

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(A/N:)

Yokai: Well that took awhile!

Sephiroth: I'll say! You type like my grandma!

Yokai: You don't have a grandma . . .

Sephiroth: Shut up . . .

Vincent: Hi! *hears a whole world of applause in the background (Vinny fans)* Wow . . . I swear that's never happened before . . .

Sephiroth: *sends meteor and kills a whole section of them*

Yokai: You're lucky that none of the reviewers were there . . . *glare*

Sephiroth: ^-^;;;;;;

Yokai: Oh well! I'd like to thank Angel280, Akkeil, mistressofterror, Shadow Shi13, Princess of Yaoi, V.Valentine, Serena McKeenzo, and DragonMistress3.

Sephiroth: Cloud killing time!!!!

Vincent: Ok, ok, hold on to your boxer shorts! The first is from Angel280:

*Does not want to be stabbed and can't resist Vincent's puppy-dog eyes*Yay! nummy Sephiroth Vincent action*grins evily and curls up in Vincent's lap*Must say I am enjoying this very very much. And ha! Like Cloud could ever kill you Sephiroth*grins evilly*Now for killing Cloud*Hands Vincent her purdy black gun called Jackel*You can use this. This is my pretty Jackel that I borrowed from Alucard. It can blow him to bits*Grins evilly once more*Well can't wait for more nummy Sephiroth Vincent action. Keep up the great writing!*Kisses Vincent on the cheek, bows to Sephiroth and Yokai and fades off into the darkness*

Alucard: So that's where my gun went!

Vincent: Get outta here, you're in the wrong section! This is a Final Fantasy VII fic!

Alucard: It's not my fault your author doesn't write a Hellsing fic! *disappears*

Vincent: There's only room enough for one vampire in this fic!

Yokai: No matter how hot he is . . . *sigh*

Sephiroth: Ahem!

Vincent: Oh! Right! *takes the jackal and blows up Cloud.* I'm so keeping this! *-*

Alucard: Over my dead body!

Vincent: HEY I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT!!!

Alucard: Fine! *mumbles* I'll see you in hell . . .

Sephiroth: Next one's from mistressofterror:

Since you only got four I suppose it's about time I make myself known. I've been reading your story since day one but I am really lazy. My pet demons Mephisto and Izula do all my dirty work for me. They've gotten really creative over the years and share my hatrd for the dumb blonde procupine. If you'd ever like him ripped to shreds by humanoid Lords of Hell just let us know. We'll be waiting for your summons. Though I can't think of just one torture that would be sufficant enough for Cloud...

Yokai: Cool! *types e-mail to mistressofterror telling her to send demons* *five econds later they appear in a black box*

Cloud: MAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *-* *opens the box and get pulled in by the demons* Ow! My nails!

Sephiroth: Ha ha!

Vincent: Next up is Princess of Yaoi:

*grabbing her art stuff* Ok Yokai the last scene in that chapter gave me an idea for a picture and will be sent to you a.s.a.p. Also for next killing me have evil idea! Send Cloud to the hairdressers and get ALL of his hair shaved off then run him over THEN stuff him with all of that hair. That way not only can you pose him in stupid ways HE doubles as a punching (or stabing) bag. The pic will come A.S.A.P I promise

Yokai: Thanks for the pic! It was very cute!

Sephiroth: C'mon Cloud we're going to Burger King!

Cloud: Burger King!!!!!! *-*

Alucard: Bring me back some fries or I'll sick Integra on you.

Vincent: ARGH!!! Out! Out! Out!

*Sephiroth takes Cloud to the hairdressers instead of Burger King and they cut off his hair.*

Cloud: Where's my paper crown!?

Sephiroth: *shoves the hair up Cloud's ass* Shut up!

Cloud: Ow! That's sharp!

Sephiroth: *ships Cloud to Barret so he can be used as a punching bag.* Bye!

Yokai: Well that's it!

Sephiroth: Review or else I won't fuck Vincent in the next chapter.

Vincent: Hehehehehe. -^-^-

Alucard: Where are my fries?

Sephiroth: . . . Sorry, I forgot . . .

Alucard: *growl* *chases Sephiroth, firing away with his other gun*

Sephiroth: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! End the fic all ready will ya?!!!

--Yokai Hansha (When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.)