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Miranda began to brush through Lucian's hair. Her cigarette was making Lucian cover her nose and mouth. Lucian felt like she had a sister-like figure in Miranda. Miranda was so caring, even though she was a bit of a slum drunk.
"God you've got such pretty hair. If you're gonna be stayin' with me, you might as well look good." Miranda smiled at Lucian's reflection in the mirror. "I just found a diamond in the rough."
Lucian smiled to herself. She could get used to staying with Miranda and Damon.
"The only thing is that you'll have to work with Damon and I in keeping up the bar. Otherwise, you'll be just fine. I'll just think of you as my little sister." Miranda beamed at Lucian. Lucian was looking forward to the idea of working and living with Miranda.
"First, I'm gonna have to give you a bath. You smell like Shinjiru's place. That's not a good smell." Miranda said as she grabbed Lucian and escorted her to the bathroom. She ran the water, and added lavender smelling bubble- bath.
"I'm gonna go find some clothes for you. I'll knock when I get ready to come in here. You just be sure to lock the door." Miranda warned Lucian. Lucian looked down at the water as the bubbles began to foam. Miranda pushed the lock on the door as she walked out.
Lucian smiled at the water as she thought of herself and her sister. She remembered washing little Lennia. Lucian removed her clothes and softly dipped into the water. The water was quite hot at first, but as she got the rest of her body in, it was rather relaxing. She began to drift into her own sweet thoughts of her mother, sister and father.
Her father, Budd, was just as strong as he was handsome. He would defend his family to the fullest, and was sweeter than sugar to his daughters. It was hard for Lucian and Lennia to not cling to their daughters, for he would always try to find a way to keep their mother from punishing them when they got in trouble. He would take them to fairs, give them dolls, give them baths, and do things that fathers did.
About an hour later, Lucian found herself in a small tank top and even smaller shorts. She was wearing blood red lipstick and her eyes were heavy with eyeshadow. She looked much like a flapper. She was holding out her hand to Miranda, who was attaching fake nails to them.
"You look like a doll! I can't wait until Damon and Shin see you. Shin is going to go head-over-heels over you. I have to see this!" Miranda was just as geeked as a schoolgirl. Lucian was a bit repulsed by how she looked, but she knew that she was with someone who would see to her safety. When Miranda finished Lucian's nails. They both went down to the bar area.
"Wait on the stairs, hon. I have to announce your makeover!" Miranda excitedly ran down the other two steps as she strutted into the bar area.
"Did you happen to win a million dollars?" Shinjiru asked sarcastically, wondering why was Miranda so excited.
"I would like to present to you, the new and improved Lucian." Miranda announced, as she made a gesture with her hands.
Lucian walked out, just as meek and mild as normal, put her hand on her wrist and looked down. Shinjiru stared straight at her, taken aback. He began to feel himself harden for her, his blood beginning to flow straight to his manhood, his breathing starting to become much more deep. Lucian looked up at Shinjiru's poker-face, and smiled. He heart was beginning to pound in her chest. She couldn't tell Shinjiru how much she was beginning to fall for him. This man that she just met.
"Do you have any more clothes, Mandy?" asked Lucian.
"We're gonna go shopping today. I knew that you were gonna like this makeover." Miranda mentally patted her own back on her work as she stared at Lucian.
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"So you failed."
"Sir, we tried to get her, but..."
"If there is anything that I hate, it is when you tell me 'but.' You failed. You have been trained for missions like this, but still you find a way to mess up. Morisato, I thought that you were a much more worthy cleric than that."
Sephiroth sat on his throne, glaring with contempt at Morisato and the other two monks. Though Morisato couldn't see his face, she felt the anger that he had towards her.
"Go. I will deal with you." Sephiroth gestured Morisato and the other monks to go with her.
Sephiroth sighed. This chance failed. Now he knew what he had to do. He picked up a whip right next to his throne and walked down the stairs. He knew what he would do with Morisato. Soon after that, the screams of Morisato rang through the heavens, with the subsequent sound of a cracking whip.
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Later that evening, after Lucian and Miranda came from shopping, Lucian sat in her room putting her clothes away.
"Lucian," Shinjiru softly called Lucian's name. Lucian snapped her head to where Shinjiru was standing. He was looking at her lovingly. He couldn't deny his feelings towards Lucian, but he just couldn't say them now. "Y...you looked very nice today." Shinjiru's hand was shaking with desire. He wanted badly to reveal his feelings to her, to touch her. However, he was still drawn towards his former girlfriend, and it was far too early for him to say what he felt.
"Thank you." Lucian responded. A blush began to come over her face. "I'm not just thanking you for complimenting me, but for saving me earlier today." Lucian smiled sweetly to him as she began to put her belongings in the drawers.
Shinjiru walked off. He couldn't take it anymore. She was too beautiful and he was getting too excited. He had to keep his composure. He walked out to the bar, and saw that it was beginning to open.
"Were you foolin' with that girl again?" Damon asked, taking out the drinks.
"I was just telling her that she looked nice today. Nothing more, nothing less." Shinjiru responded, sitting down on a barstool, pouring himself a White Russian. Damon caught the massive blush on Shinjiru's face.
"I know that you aren't falling for her. You better not be. You haven't even gotten past Leila yet." Damon looked up at Shinjiru pryingly. Shinjiru rested his head on his hand, trying to hide the blush from Damon.
"I haven't gotten past Leila yet. Part of me wants her back to me, another part wants her to stay dead." Shinjiru downed the White Russian and poured himself another.
"Leila was a beautiful woman." Damon reminisced Leila's presence. Her long black hair with blue highlights. Her soft gray eyes, and her bad girl demeanor. Leila always smelled like Jasmine whenever she walked into the bar with Shinjiru. At this time, Shinjiru took some pride in his appearance, and would always look good for Leila.
"Well, she's gone now. I just hope to be able to get past her, and eventually go for..." Shinjiru was cut off by Damon, who was trying to warn Shinjiru of Lucian.
"I know you aren't tryin' to go for that girl. She's dangerous. I told you that. She's not your girl. She's here for a bigger purpose. You're just a peon screwing with something bigger than yourself. She's nothin' but trouble."
Shinjiru sighed to himself. He slowly walked up the stairs. "Shin?! Where the hell are you going?" Damon asked forcefully.
"To find Mandy. I've got something I've gotta tell her." Shinjiru replied as he trudged up the stairs.
"Don't bite off more than you can chew, Shin." Damon warned again.
"I won't, Damon. I won't."
Miranda began to brush through Lucian's hair. Her cigarette was making Lucian cover her nose and mouth. Lucian felt like she had a sister-like figure in Miranda. Miranda was so caring, even though she was a bit of a slum drunk.
"God you've got such pretty hair. If you're gonna be stayin' with me, you might as well look good." Miranda smiled at Lucian's reflection in the mirror. "I just found a diamond in the rough."
Lucian smiled to herself. She could get used to staying with Miranda and Damon.
"The only thing is that you'll have to work with Damon and I in keeping up the bar. Otherwise, you'll be just fine. I'll just think of you as my little sister." Miranda beamed at Lucian. Lucian was looking forward to the idea of working and living with Miranda.
"First, I'm gonna have to give you a bath. You smell like Shinjiru's place. That's not a good smell." Miranda said as she grabbed Lucian and escorted her to the bathroom. She ran the water, and added lavender smelling bubble- bath.
"I'm gonna go find some clothes for you. I'll knock when I get ready to come in here. You just be sure to lock the door." Miranda warned Lucian. Lucian looked down at the water as the bubbles began to foam. Miranda pushed the lock on the door as she walked out.
Lucian smiled at the water as she thought of herself and her sister. She remembered washing little Lennia. Lucian removed her clothes and softly dipped into the water. The water was quite hot at first, but as she got the rest of her body in, it was rather relaxing. She began to drift into her own sweet thoughts of her mother, sister and father.
Her father, Budd, was just as strong as he was handsome. He would defend his family to the fullest, and was sweeter than sugar to his daughters. It was hard for Lucian and Lennia to not cling to their daughters, for he would always try to find a way to keep their mother from punishing them when they got in trouble. He would take them to fairs, give them dolls, give them baths, and do things that fathers did.
About an hour later, Lucian found herself in a small tank top and even smaller shorts. She was wearing blood red lipstick and her eyes were heavy with eyeshadow. She looked much like a flapper. She was holding out her hand to Miranda, who was attaching fake nails to them.
"You look like a doll! I can't wait until Damon and Shin see you. Shin is going to go head-over-heels over you. I have to see this!" Miranda was just as geeked as a schoolgirl. Lucian was a bit repulsed by how she looked, but she knew that she was with someone who would see to her safety. When Miranda finished Lucian's nails. They both went down to the bar area.
"Wait on the stairs, hon. I have to announce your makeover!" Miranda excitedly ran down the other two steps as she strutted into the bar area.
"Did you happen to win a million dollars?" Shinjiru asked sarcastically, wondering why was Miranda so excited.
"I would like to present to you, the new and improved Lucian." Miranda announced, as she made a gesture with her hands.
Lucian walked out, just as meek and mild as normal, put her hand on her wrist and looked down. Shinjiru stared straight at her, taken aback. He began to feel himself harden for her, his blood beginning to flow straight to his manhood, his breathing starting to become much more deep. Lucian looked up at Shinjiru's poker-face, and smiled. He heart was beginning to pound in her chest. She couldn't tell Shinjiru how much she was beginning to fall for him. This man that she just met.
"Do you have any more clothes, Mandy?" asked Lucian.
"We're gonna go shopping today. I knew that you were gonna like this makeover." Miranda mentally patted her own back on her work as she stared at Lucian.
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"So you failed."
"Sir, we tried to get her, but..."
"If there is anything that I hate, it is when you tell me 'but.' You failed. You have been trained for missions like this, but still you find a way to mess up. Morisato, I thought that you were a much more worthy cleric than that."
Sephiroth sat on his throne, glaring with contempt at Morisato and the other two monks. Though Morisato couldn't see his face, she felt the anger that he had towards her.
"Go. I will deal with you." Sephiroth gestured Morisato and the other monks to go with her.
Sephiroth sighed. This chance failed. Now he knew what he had to do. He picked up a whip right next to his throne and walked down the stairs. He knew what he would do with Morisato. Soon after that, the screams of Morisato rang through the heavens, with the subsequent sound of a cracking whip.
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Later that evening, after Lucian and Miranda came from shopping, Lucian sat in her room putting her clothes away.
"Lucian," Shinjiru softly called Lucian's name. Lucian snapped her head to where Shinjiru was standing. He was looking at her lovingly. He couldn't deny his feelings towards Lucian, but he just couldn't say them now. "Y...you looked very nice today." Shinjiru's hand was shaking with desire. He wanted badly to reveal his feelings to her, to touch her. However, he was still drawn towards his former girlfriend, and it was far too early for him to say what he felt.
"Thank you." Lucian responded. A blush began to come over her face. "I'm not just thanking you for complimenting me, but for saving me earlier today." Lucian smiled sweetly to him as she began to put her belongings in the drawers.
Shinjiru walked off. He couldn't take it anymore. She was too beautiful and he was getting too excited. He had to keep his composure. He walked out to the bar, and saw that it was beginning to open.
"Were you foolin' with that girl again?" Damon asked, taking out the drinks.
"I was just telling her that she looked nice today. Nothing more, nothing less." Shinjiru responded, sitting down on a barstool, pouring himself a White Russian. Damon caught the massive blush on Shinjiru's face.
"I know that you aren't falling for her. You better not be. You haven't even gotten past Leila yet." Damon looked up at Shinjiru pryingly. Shinjiru rested his head on his hand, trying to hide the blush from Damon.
"I haven't gotten past Leila yet. Part of me wants her back to me, another part wants her to stay dead." Shinjiru downed the White Russian and poured himself another.
"Leila was a beautiful woman." Damon reminisced Leila's presence. Her long black hair with blue highlights. Her soft gray eyes, and her bad girl demeanor. Leila always smelled like Jasmine whenever she walked into the bar with Shinjiru. At this time, Shinjiru took some pride in his appearance, and would always look good for Leila.
"Well, she's gone now. I just hope to be able to get past her, and eventually go for..." Shinjiru was cut off by Damon, who was trying to warn Shinjiru of Lucian.
"I know you aren't tryin' to go for that girl. She's dangerous. I told you that. She's not your girl. She's here for a bigger purpose. You're just a peon screwing with something bigger than yourself. She's nothin' but trouble."
Shinjiru sighed to himself. He slowly walked up the stairs. "Shin?! Where the hell are you going?" Damon asked forcefully.
"To find Mandy. I've got something I've gotta tell her." Shinjiru replied as he trudged up the stairs.
"Don't bite off more than you can chew, Shin." Damon warned again.
"I won't, Damon. I won't."