Even back in reality, in the present time, Kadaj could feel the pain searing through his head.

Kadaj dropped into the nearest pew, his head hidden in his hands as the pain seceeded.

"Now you remember." Sephiroth said simply.

Kadaj breathed heavily, trying hard not to believe what had come of this.

Sephiroth sat down next to Kadaj. "Your brothers figured out what had happend. At least, the fact I had erased your memory. They decided it was best not to let you know that there was a personal connection between all of us."

Kadaj has always seen Sephiroth like a celebrity or child hood hero. Someone who was to good to be associated with someone like him.

"And you chose to erase my memory." Kadaj muttered.

"Forgive me." Sephiroth asked quietly. He leaned towards Kadaj and pulled him into an embrace, his lips brushing against Kadaj's.

Kadaj pulled out, his face tensed. "Stop it."

"Still courting with Toyo? I should've known it would be almost impossible to seperate you." He mummmered. "But then, soon he'll die too. He is infected, nonetheless."

"Infected!" Exclaimed Kadaj. "Geo Stigma?"

"Yes." Sephiroth replied calmly.

"You did this, didn't you?" Growled Kadaj, standing up, his fists clenched.

"No. The lifestream chooses, not me." Sephiroth cooly stated. He stood up as well, then pulled Kadaj by his shoulders until their faces were very close.

"No! Not Toyo!" Muttered Kadaj, shaking his head back and forth. Anyone but him...

"But soon enough." He whispered in Kadaj's ear. "I will be above even the lifestream." He kissed Kadaj, his cold lips causing shivers to run up Kadaj's back.

He moved his hands up and down Kadaj's back, then to the front, reaching up for the zipper on his uniform.Kadaj quickly brought his hand to bat Sepiroth away, but Sephiroth pushed him against the wall, pinning his arm down.Sephiroth's moves were so smooth and liquid, and before Kadaj even knew what was happening, his uniform was halfway unzipped. Sephiroth pressed his lips to Kadaj's upperchest.

"Stop this!" He shouted through gritten teeth. Sephiroth said nothing as he moved forward again and began to nibble on Kadaj's neck as he pulled down his sleeves.

A gunshot fired off, leaving a bullet hole in the wall right to the left of Sephiroth's head. He turned around, allowing Kadaj to see who had fired it off.

"Get...off...of..him." Toyo ordered, holding out a silver pistol, his face set.

"Toyo? It has been a long time."

"Stay off him, Sephiroth."

Kadaj looked between the two. "Sephiroth will not hesitate to kill you. Leave, Toyo."

Toyo shook his head. "And nor will I hesistate to kill him. Leave Kadaj alone."

Sephiroth grinned coldly. "Such a waste of love." In one smooth move, he whipped Masamune from it's sheath. Just a few seconds later, Toyo was lying on the ground, a huge slash though his gut visible.

Sephiroth smiled sadisticly. "Sorry, Kadaj, but it had to be done."

Kadaj could feel his face grow hot. "Damn you, Sephiroth!"

The man laughed and jumped to the rafters in the ceiling."Until next we meet, Kadaj."

Kadaj first leaned down to Toyo. "You idiot! I told you not to-"

"Hush!" Replied Toyo. "I knew what I was doing. Look, when you guys told me to pick up some food, I stayed just out the door. You didn't even noticed me when you walked past. So then again, I got the chance to talk to Yazoo and Loz, and they finally told me all that's going on."

Kadaj sighed. "They told you before they told me..."

"Well, they didn't want to make you feel all guilty in our relationship or anything." He winced slightly, and Kadaj eyed the blood now spilling on the chapel's floor.

"Toyo, we need to get you back home."

"No, you need to find Sephiroth."

"You were an idiot once today, don't do it again!"

"I don't care!"

Kadaj groaned. "Look, if you're dead, there's really no point in my straightning things out with Sephiroth."

Toyo smiled. "Straigtning things out? You can't kill him, can you?"

"No."

Toyo sighed. "I should have known. So how are we going to do this? If he can't die, how are we going to stop him from liking you? It's a lose-lose situaition."

"I know." Kadaj sighed. He picked up Toyo, and began to head for the door. "Where's your motorcycle?" Toyo pointed to a small crevice between the chapel and a junk pile.

Kadaj lifted Toyo onto it, and got on in front of him. Toyo leaned heavily on him, his warm blood running down Kadaj's side and onto the ground.

"Hold on tight" Kadaj muttered as he started up the bike. Toyo nodded half heartedly.

Kadaj just gritted his teeth and looked ahead. He was sure he was not ready for what could come...

Speeding down the same highway he had been on earlier, Kadaj and the nearly unconscious Toyo were both on the edge. Between Toyo finding Kadaj and Sephiroth like that, and Kadaj just having to deal with the new information bestowed upon him, they were both burnt out.

"Hey, Kadaj!" Kadaj looked over his shoulder just as Yazoo sped up beside him.

"Is everything alright?" Loz pulled up to the right of him as well.

Kadaj shook his head hurridly. "No!" He pulled his motorcycle to a stop, and his brothers followed suit.

"Why didn't you guys tell me?" He demanded.

Yazoo's face clouded over, but Loz responded "Tell you what?"

"About Sephiroth!"

Yazoo gave a sad smile. "Because you didn't need to know. Not then. So what's up with Toyo?"

Kadaj was ticked off by Yazoo's casual demeanor. "We had a run in with Sephiroth. He revived my memory, made some moves on me, and Toyo ran in on us, tried to shoot Sephiroth, and ended up like this." He finished on a irratated note, pointing at his friend.

Loz picked up Toyo and stuck him on the back of his bike. "Then he can come home with me."

He pulled off, and Yazoo turned to Kadaj. "Hey, we have to figure out how to do this. Sephiroth cannot be stopped by us alone. But there's always one other group..."

Kadaj lifted his head. "ShinRa? Are you kidding!"

"No, brother." Replied Yazoo. "In fact, I've taken the liberty of setting up a five o' clock appoinment with ShinRa-san."

Kadaj shook his head, grinning. "You really are to much, Yazoo."

"Just get out of here and figure out how the hell we are going to do this."

Kadaj nodded. "Right."

Kadaj climbed on his motorcycle. "I wish you luck, Kadaj." Yazoo muttered. "Youre going to need it."

"Indeed." Kadaj whispered to himself as he tore down the street, leaving Yazoo alone to mull over his own thoughts.

Translations:

-sensei: teacher.