Authors Notes:
Ah, another fucking cold morning, another day when my fingers are freezing this while I'm tryping. ((shivers))
Eh, sorry about last chapter. Toyo had to go sometime. Then seemed right.
Replies to Reviews (I know I've been lazy...)
midnightcherryblossom:
((claps)) Huzzah! Lots and Loads of reviews! And I have good news...more Elle in next chapters! I named her after my friend's friend Elanor, who we just nickname Ele. If I were Kadaj, right now I too would be like "WTF? Everyone wants to freaking sleep with me! Am I that cool or do I just have a nice ass?" Then I might just go and pick one of the guys (probably Sephiroth, knowing me..) to run away with to Wutai. But then, that wouldn't make for too much of a fanficition, now would it?
Ereona-sama:
Heh. that Elle girl was named after you, ya know. "I don't know what you mean about 'making the fangirls jealous,' though. I know Yazoo-kun still loves me! XD" Ah, so little you know you poor delusional fangirl. You're gonna love that fic anyways. ((evil laughs))
Sora Kainmori:
Have given up on the Japanese, mostly. In case you couldn't tell. Thanks for the reviews.
SolitaireAikanaro:
Same thing as Sora Kainmori.
Sesshomaru-bishounen:
Sephiroths a puzzling guy anyways. Just hes even more puzzling here. 0-0
Daenis TooShy:
Heh. My friend Lorwen's hectic about me killing off Rufus. She said I had to have him dying in honor, and one of the Turks should go down to even the score. So nice. Well, I picked Tseng. He's cool, but I wanted him to die too. Im so nice... But No one said Rufus was dead... Well, I dont know, I just left it hanging for speculation.
Lorwen ShinRa:
Heya. Glad you finally reviewed, took you long enoough. Dont worry, I know you liked my fic anyways. If its the yaoi you don't like, I have a few non yaoi fanfics I wanna put up soon. But first, that Toyo story then my Sephiroth/Yazoo story, nya.
Well, thats all. I'll see you guys later, okay? Heres your chapter. I want to make a final dedication (I know, I'm weird) This ones to Kyoshi-san, my older bro. He looks scarily like Kadaj...((Has now decided after writiing to go poke brother and ask him how many people wanna sleep with him... I know Lorwen's one of them...)) XD
Lorwen: 0-0;;; Uh...
Lidya: ((evil laugh)) I know you all too well, Lory.
Kadaj kicked Tseng over so he could retreive his sabo out from under the man. He then sheathed the sword, standing up and looking over the scene. He felt a tug on his sleeve.
"Hey, Daj person!" Elle cried. Kadaj tried to pretend she wasn't there. He didn't need an extra idiot to watch now. The girl pulled harder. "Hey, I'm talking to you! Listen! Listen!"
"What!" Kadaj shouted.
Elle cowered for a sec, but regained her composure. "You don't have to be such a jerk, you know. Anyways, I was going to ask you if you wanted your cell because earlier it kept ringing but I was afraid it would make you mess up while fighting so I shoved it in my coat.." She was now holding out the phone for Kadaj.
Brushing aside the fact that the little girl had even been somewhat rooting for him, Kadaj checked the missed calls. Yazoo, Yazoo, Yazoo, Loz, Yazoo.
"Damn." He dialed Yazoo, deciding to call him first.
"Kadaj?" Yazoo asked. He didn't even give Kadaj time to answer. "Look, I don't know what you did the piss ShinRa off so much, but we have almost all of Turks on our tails."
"Ah, that. Well, there's one less to bother you, I killed one called Tseng. And ShinRa's been done in too."
Yazoo chuckled on the other line. "You outdid youself this time, little brother."
Kadaj sighed. "Look, Yazoo, we're already short one party member, so we're going to have to make this quick, probably by-"
Yazoo cut him off. "Nani? What do you mean short a party member! It's not Loz, he's right here..."
Kadaj remained silent as Yazoo put the pieces together.
"You sound pretty well put together emotinally considering he's gone." Yazoo replied quietly.
"No time to worry over past things, Yazoo. Send Loz to Aerth's church, there are a few infected orphans there. Can you grab a few more from the Seventh Heaven Bar? Then I have Elle. We don't need many children, fifteen tops, alright? Just enough." Kadaj commanded, the words almost flowing from some unkown source in his mind. Yazoo said nothing, just hanging up. Kadaj took that as an "Alright."
"Where are you taking us?" Elle asked.
Kadaj stood there for a second. "I...I don't know."
Elle giggled. "That's kind of sad. Going to a reunion and not even knowing where it is." She jumped back on the motorcycle, her curly long black hair bouncing. "Come on, Mr. Daj. I have a feeling you really need this done, huh?"
Kadaj didn't answer. The girl nodded. "I thought so. I...I know what its like to lose someone too. I saw that brown haired mans arm, it's just like mine. If I can help everyone get better, if that's what your doing, I'll come with you."
Kadaj paused. What should he tell her? That he was using her to bring that other 'creepy man' to godhood, wiping out her race? "Alright. Thank You." He replied, getting on in front of her. He wasn't really lying, but at this point, he wouldn't have cared about out right lying to Elle anyways.
As he drove down the street, Elle's arms wrapped tightly around his waist (A/N Oh, I'm jealous...XD), everything as far as Kadaj could see can only be described with one word: Chaos. Shadow Creepers, monster from the mountains, were running loose among the people, not hesistating to kill any of them for any reason. The creepers though seemed to take no noitce of Kadaj and his hostage as they sped down the street.
"Don't hurt the people!" Elle cried as they sharply turned to avoid hitting yet another person running in the street.
"I'm more worried about my bike getting messed up.." Kadaj muttered under his breath. Lucky for him Elle hadn't heard him say that. But he wouldn't have cared anyways, his mind set on what to do next.get the children to Sephiroth.
Kadaj didn't know how he did it. Somehow, he had made it here. Somehow, luck had been on his side. They had found the airship and loaded up the children. The trip to meeting place had been horrible. The airship was too small, and all the children were cramped together, some crying and others just dead silent, which creeped Kadaj out more then annoyed him.
In fact, Kadaj didn't even know how they had gotten to the Capital of the Ancients in the first place. When they had started out, he had no idea where they were supposed to go, but then he began to point them in diffrent directions, whichever called to him the most, and somehow now they were here, standing in front of the lake. Kadaj looked over the serene waters, and the calm waters softly whispered to him. It was a peculier feeling, the feelings washing over him now. A mixtue of obedience and defiance.
"Are you sure we're at the right place?" Loz asked. Kadaj turned on him.
"You doubt me?"
"No. I don't doubt you. I doubt your navigational skills."
Yazoo, on the other hand, remained oddly and uncharacrstically quiet, his eyes continuing to search Kadaj. "What?" Kadaj demnaded irritably. Loz walked down to the lake, and watched the children as they began to swim and play in the water, happy to be out of the cramped airship.
"Come on, stop acting like such a rock, little brother."
"What are you talking about?"
Yazoo crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the tree, his face turned up to the grey sky. "Toyo died thanks to Sephiroth. You can try to decipher it diffrently, but its not gonna change it."
"Yes."
"And yet you still serve him."
"Yes."
"You're punishing yourself for bringing Sephiroth back by throwing yourself into this, aren't you?" Yazoo sighed.
Kadaj nodded offhandedly. "Look what I've brought upon myself, upon you two, upon Toyo, upon everyone. I brought Sephiroth back into this world. I messed with the lifestream."
"You didn't do it, moron, I did."
Kadaj blinked at his brother. "What!
"I did the main part of tinkering with the lifestream. I was making it easier for you, I had wanted to help you, Kadaj. Yet I screwed your life up even more."
Kadaj smiled sadly. "Isn't it funny how this turned out? Mother whispering in our ear, promising us true happiness in the promised land, yet here we are, sacrificing everything we love to assist them in screwing our lives even more."
Yazoo walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. "You're growing up almost too fast."
Kadaj gave a quiet laugh. "And I wasn't grown up before?"
Yazoo seriously eyed him. "Yes. Yes you were."
Kadaj now had nothing to say. He looked at Loz, who was actually enjoying being with the children. He knew, too though, what they needed the children for. What they were going to do to the children. It was unjust, but Kadaj had a lack of justifying characteristic lately. He had a lack of alot of things lately. He closed his eyes and stepped back from his older brother, Yazoo's hand sliding off his shoulder.
"I'm going to go think. Please excuse me." Kadaj said. Yazoo nodded.
"Of course. Take care. I'll be helping Loz, we need to find out how we're feeding these kids." Yazoo stepped over to the lake. Kadaj shook his head, and turned around, bumping into someone. He looked up, then did a double take.
"Evening, brother." Sephiroth's fluid voice greeted. He walked past Kadaj, giving a small bow of the head towards Yazoo and Loz, who's solemn faces showed no change.
Sephiroth looked over the children, his green eyes sparkling with a distant, somewhat insane excitment. "Reunion is almost come. We wait for Cloud now." He slowly stepped into the water, his hand trailing across the crystal clear liquid and causing ripples to disrupt the surface that had been silent. The children stared at the new man, intimidated by his very presence.
Elle, though, seemed to be one who was not intimidated easliy. "You! You're the guy who was mean and snogged Mr. Daj!" She shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Sephiroth. The man gave a small smirk, and bent until he was face to face with Elle.
"I wouldn't think of it as being mean, Elle. I would think of it more as a favor, or a gift bestowed upon your caretaker." He told her.
"How'd you know my name?" She asked, but Sephiroth put a hand over her mouth. "No time for questions now. Loz, Yazoo, please take them back to the airship. They needn't be fed now."
Loz and Yazoo began to gather the frightened children, and Kadaj moved towards them, but Sephiroth put a hand on his shoulder. "Stay with me, Kadaj." He ordered.
As the last children filed into the ship, Sephiroth let Kadaj go and stepped back into the water. Once the water was a little more then waist deep, he motioned to Kadaj. "Come, brother."
Kadaj, as unwilling as he was, waded into the water, the icy feel of the liquid cooling his skin that had grown hot from the nervousness building up inside of him. Something about being around Sephiroth could cause anyone to feel nervous...
Kadaj now stood in front of Sephiroth, both looking into eachother's eye, both silent. Then Sephiroth took and wrapped his arms around Kadaj's waist, pulling him into a warm embrace. Kadaj was surprised by the lack or forcefulness that Sephiroth had possesed earlier. Sephiroth took one hand and traced it along Kadaj's face, taking in every feature of Kadaj's face.
"Kadaj, I love you." He whispered.
Kadaj said nothing, his eyes falling and looking at their relflection in the water. His heart then panged with a sudden sadness, he suddenly missed Toyo with everything in him. He longed to hear his cheerful voice, see his sharp eyes again and feel his hands on Kadaj's body again. Tears began to cascade down Kadaj's face, no barrier holding them back. His voice came in choked sobs.
"Its-Its-all your fault!" He cried. "You did this! You-You-killed Toyo! You ruined everything!"
Sephiroth looked only a little surprised. His face then relaxed, and to Kadaj's shock a black wing extended from Sephiroth's back, then slowly wrapped around the two as Sephiroth pulled Kadaj into an even tighter hug, whispering seductivly into his ear. "It's okay. Soon we won't need to worry about anything from the past, we can forget all of those memories. We have Mother, and our future in the new land. This old planet will be washed away, and our hopes will be anewed." Even the wing extended out again, giving the two room to breath just a little.
Kadaj allowed Sephiroth to bring his lips to the young man's own lips, even allowing Sephiroth's tongue to flow in. Sephiroth's hands then left his face, quickly unzipping Kadaj's outfit and allowing most of it to slip off into the water. Kadaj felt himself harden as Sephiroth began to slowly trace his fingers up and down Kadaj's length, he gritted his teeth and tried not to let out any sign he was gaining pleasure from this. Even if he was. His mind shouted no, but his body was egging him on to let Sephiroth continue.
But what was left for him now? Toyo was gone. There was no one to hold onto him now, to promise him anything. Except for Sephiroth. Kadaj's tears were still flowing, even as Sephiroth began to kiss his chest softly and thrusting his fingers into Kadaj's opening so hard Kadaj let out a loud gasp. Sephiroth smiled at him.
"Should I go slower for you?"
When Kadaj didn't answer, Sephiroth smirked and began to strip away his own clothes, then pushing Kadaj down into the water, and quickly thrusting his entire length into Kadaj's body, then began to pull back and forth. Kadaj tried to push the man off of him, but Sephiroth only began to thrust harder. Soon they had moved close enough to shore that Kadaj was now on his back against the sand of the lake, his face barely above the water. Sephiroth pulled himself slowly out of Kadaj, then kissed him softly.
"It wasn't horrible, now, was it?" He asked. Kadaj thought on it, and realized it hadn't been. He laid there, Sephiroth's warm body pressing against his, Sephiroth's lips to his neck, Sephiroth's heart trying to catch his. Oddly, he didn't feel like this was wrong. In fact, it felt...right? He couldn't even believe he was thinking this...
Sephiroth then pulled himself from Kadaj sharply, his face alert. Kadaj turned his head too. Standing on the edge of the lake, face clouded in confusion, stood Cloud.
And now I stand before them, Mother, the children without hope...
We're going to do this for you,
They don't know what's going on, how to save themselves,
But we'll tell them what to do.
Heh. Oh boy. Well, not much to say. Review, if possible. Ah, yes. The lyrics at the bottom by my friend Lorwen. She'll kill me for posting them, but whatever.
It took me one week to write this. Gah! Shame on me...