Author's Notes:

Alright, this story is back after some rounds of major editing. I thought I could improve it slightly by making some minor (minor...) changes. Don't worry, the plot hasn't been changed at all. Just a few spelling and a lot of the Japanese taken out.

This was my first yaoi fanfiction, and my first posted fanfiction to be exact. There were no flames the first time, and I hope there will not be again. I will most likely ignore you. On the other hand, respectful critique is greatly accepted. Any thing is accepted, in fact! (Aside from flames... . )

LAST WARNING: If you absolutly loath Yaoi, OC couplings, Extremely mature situations and scenes, and the such, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS. STOP NOW. That is all.

Thanks to my betas Lorwen ShinRa, Erenoa-sama, and Kyoshi Kurokawa. And to my most faithful reviewers...Arigato!

-Lidya Kurokawa

Disclaimer:

All characters copyright Squaresoft/SquareEnix (Whatever they're calling themselves now), with the exception of Toyo Arisaki and Elle Demus, who are my own original characters from my own eggplant-ish mind.

Rain cascaded down from the black clouds, covering the buildings of Midgar in a thick sheet of water. Inside a familar church, standing in front of the pews, two figures resided silently. Drops of Rain echoed as they fell through the roof and hit the puddles on the floor.

"Sephiroth..." A man in his late teens with short silver hair nearly fell to his knees before his comrade, his eyes wide. "You're back.."

Sephiroth nodded, the rain pelting on his black coat and streaming down his face. His slick, silver hair gave him a lordly demeanor, and his eyes, though the same mako green as Kadaj's, seemed diffrent, even more cold and isolated.

"Yes, I am. Cloud...where is he?" Sephiroth asked. Kadaj shook his head.

"Forgive me, Sephiroth, I mean- brother. We lost track of him after..well, we don't know his current where-abouts." Kadaj finished uneasily.

"So you have failed to kill him yet?"

Kadaj's turn to nod.

"Splendid then. He is mine alone to kill." Sephiroth replied after a short pause. He began to walk off towards to giant double doors at the end of the church.

"Wait!" Kadaj shouted. Sephiroth paused. "How...how did you return to us?"

Sephiroth turned around, walking back to Kadaj. "I can't tell you everything, but.."

He leaned foward, and gently whispered into Kadaj's ear "You took a part in it. My highest thanks to you..." Sephiroth then stepped past a flustered Kadaj and out of the chapel.

Kadaj let the rain continue to dampan him as the confusing thoughts drifted across his mind. Now what? Now what was going to occur?

"Kaa-san!" Kadaj screamed, awaking from the nightmare. The same one that had haunted him for what seemed like forever. He lay in his bed, tangled in the sheets. All night he had been thrashing from his nightmares...no matter what he did he couldn't escape their hold on him.

His brothers had stopped running into his room months ago. They had grown used to his frequent screaming in the middle of the night, they knew no harm was coming to him. At least, not on the physical scale.

There was a knock on the front room door of the apartment's Kadaj and his brothers temporarly shared. No doubt it was Yazoo bringing home another girl after a late night at the bar. Loz was sleeping soundly in his bed in the room next to Kadaj's, having retired much earlier. He slipped on a pair of loose pants and clicked open the deadbolt. Sure enough, Yazoo was standing there. Kadaj opened the door all the way, standing back to let his older brother in.

But instead of the usual girl, someone else followed Yazoo in. The man was about 6'2, his hair dark brown with red highlights, short cut, but spiked slightly. Kadaj didn't even recognize him until he saw his eyes. The eyes that he could not forget no matter how he pressed himself...

I know, a bit crappy, but it was plot building... I hope you guys are able to stand it!

Translation(s):

Kaa-san: Shortened form of Okaa-san, means 'Mother'.