Broken Dreams

The one he loved.

Sephiroth stalked the halls of the Solider barracks looking for someone. He glanced at all the passers bys as they crossed his paths each trying to get as far away from the great General as possible. Sephiroth turned into the main cafeteria. There with all the tables of many was Zack. He sat with his long black spiky hair sleeked back and black glasses on his face. He smiled with a toothpick in his mouth as he began to arm wrestle with someone. In less then a few second the man he wrestled found his hand flat on the table.

Zack's smile grew bigger as he stood up and caught an on going apple that passed by his head. Some one yelled "loser" and got the apple to the back of his head. He walked over and grabbed the apple. Rubbing it on his shirt he began to walk outward. He then spotted Sephiroth.

"Oh hey man sup?"

He stated calmly. Sephiroth looked at him.

"Hey you're a general aren't you? Oooopppsss... Sorry there bud. I mean, Sorry sir."

"At ease Solider."

Sephiroth's voice boomed. Zack backed up then smiled. He put out a hand.

"I hear your name's Sephiroth, the great General Sephiroth. Everyone from here to the other side of the damned world has heard of you."

Zack waited for Sephiroth to shake his hand. Sephiroth never did. Zack feeling a little let down started for the hallway. Sephiroth watched him as he left. There was something about that Solider that just wasn't right. He was too calm, too nice to be a Solider. Then again, from what he had read, Zack was a great solider and was working his way up pretty fast.

Sephiroth though, had no time to lollygag on the nonsense of the new recruit he'd been seeing so much. He continued on his way toward Hojo's lab were he wanted to have a talk with him and Lt. Amadema. Sephiroth grabbed the handle to the door and opened it. There on the table were papers scattered everywhere and Lt. Amadema was on the floor. Hojo was nowhere to be seen. The room was quiet. Sephiroth walked in. He examined Lt. Amadema. He was lying motionless. He was dead.

He continued on to the desk and began to look at the papers. They were all blank. He then knew exactly what happened. For days on afterward every solider in third class and up was inspected for suspicion of being the one who killed Lt. Amadema. Eventually they found out the culprit but nothing was done to them because of who it was, Hojo.

For a while, the solider community seemed normal, nothing strange nothing new happened, it seem to be all the same as usual. Sephiroth wandered the halls aimlessly. He watched as people passed him by. He had no interest with them. It was until he reached the room at the end of the hall way he begin to feel a sensation. He grabbed the knob but stopped. He could hear something going on within the room. He heard a faint groan and then a shove. He wondered what went on within the room. Without thinking he busted threw the door.

Sephiroth stepped into the room and stopped dead within his tracks He stared wide eyed at the scene before him. There on the desk of the General Witchington. The woman he had been with the other day was under the general being done by him. Sephiroth turned his back to them and cleared his throat. The general stopped what he was doing and finally took notice to Sephiroth being in the doorway. He pulled himself off the woman and zipped up his zipper.

"Um...yes General Sephiroth...?"

"You wanted to see me Sir."

Sephiroth couldn't stand knowing he was within the room with the same man who was just performing sexual intercourse with the woman. The general cleared his throat once again. Sephiroth, by hearing the movement of the other general's leather uniform, could tell he was reaching to grab something. Sephiroth took a glance from the corner of his eye to look at the woman. She was looking away trying to put her cloths back on. The other general snapped at her.

"Who said we where through!"

"Sorry sir..."

The woman apologized. The general glared at her then smacked her in the face. Sephiroth twitched. How he wanted to lunge at the general and beat the shit out of him. He didn't though. He couldn't. There was nothing he could do. No one was supposed to know about him and the woman. It would put her in grave danger and be considered as a weakness to himself. He had to sit back and watch even if deep, deep down inside it tormented him.

The woman landed hard on the ground. A little groan escaped her throat that Sephiroth could barely hear. He turned too look at the general this time trying his hardest to ignore the woman. The general pulled out another vanilla envelope and began to take out papers. One was filled with writing down to the edge of the page. The others weren't so filled. Sephiroth looked at the papers then at the general and back.

"These where sent down from the president. And then these were sent form Hojo."

The General handed Sephiroth the papers. There was a ring and both looked at the phone. The general reached for it then answered it. Sephiroth took this time to look at the woman. She just sat there in a ball with her cloths over her. Sephiroth mouthed the words "I'm sorry". The woman nodded and looked down. She felt so ashamed. The one person she truly loved stood and watched as another man committed sins upon her.

"Ok I understand" The general hung up the phone and turned to Sephiroth. "I am sorry I must leave you. I will leave more papers out that you can read here. Just ignore the girl okay?" Sephiroth nodded at the general. The general took his briefcase and waltz out the door. As soon as the door shut Sephiroth took his chance. He wrapped the woman up within his arms and held her tightly against his body.

"My god I am so sorry Kriss! I wanted to help I ..."

The woman, Kriss placed a finger to Sephiroth's lips. He stared at her in shock. His eyes were open wide and he had no clue what to do or say. Kriss though proved that there were no need for words. She leaned forward and kissed him. Sephiroth felt his fears drift away like water falling off a window. He allowed himself to relieve himself of his tension and continued on with the kiss. He picked her up and placed her up right on the ground.

"Now change and go on with your duty okay?"

Sephiroth sounded lovingly. Kriss nodded and got up. He turned around and reached for a paper. It wasn't right just to stand there and watch even if he wanted to. He began to read the paper to himself. He stopped as she read something. He turned to looked at Kriss. She was barely buttoning up her top.

"Kriss, Hojo found a specimen, it's a girl. Can you check it out for me and tell me what you find?"

Sephiroth asked. Kriss looked up at him and nodded. He reached down and pulled up her skirt then placed on her blue Turk jacket. He smiled as he brought her into his arms for another warm embrace. The price that came with working at solider always made him shudder. It was a shame. He loved her but could rarely show it. He sighed.

Kriss left the room and Sephiroth had the papers in hand. He looked over a few more. The reason he was so intrigued with Hojo's new specimen was because Hojo had used 'rebirth' on it. The only other time he used the chemical was when Sephiroth was born. Sephiroth shook his head. There had to be a logical reason to use the chemical. He looked over his shoulder. Kriss had for sure left him. He gathered the papers up and placed them back into the envelope.

Sephiroth wished it would all go away. He wanted to be happy and live his life out with her, but it was an impossible task. There was nothing he could do about it. She was a Turk and he, he was the greatest General that ever lived and he still was. There were so many risks if he made their love known. He couldn't chance that. Not with her. He placed the papers under his arm and reached to open the door. Sephiroth sighed and walked out into the busy hallway.