I watched the one Cloud called Vincent move away from me, only to have the blonde in his previous position. I felt the sharp end of his sword press against my delicate throat as he continued,
"Let me do it..."
I looked up at the traitor with pure hatred, my slightly parted lips painted with blood. I wasn't going to beg for my life, instead I looked in his mako blue eyes daring him to finish me off.
He raised his thin, muscular arm into the cold brisk air. Suddenly thick with tension, it felt like an eternity had passed before the blade came down but it never reached me. I was taken aback, Vincent had abruptedly stopped the large blade with his claw.
"Wait" He said firmly, which in turn received a bemused look from Cloud. He spoke up again,
"Don't kill him. Not yet"
I grasped the blonde's ankle roughly, snatching his attention from Vincent. I was stuck for words but I couldn't help the same feelings that haunted me last night. I would rather be skinned alive than have him touch me again. I didn't want to cause my brother's anymore shame than I already have.
I probably looked desperate, he probably thought I didn't want to die. Truth is I didn't but everything that was running through my head promptly demolished as I was hit by the hilt of the traitors sword. Knocking me out cold.
I woke up with a small groan, instantly realizing I was tied up. I opened my eyes to see Cloud in my line of vision. Sitting on the grass, leaning against one of the many frosty white trees with his vest off. His facial expression grim as he was changing the bloodied bandages around his arm and shoulder.
I shifted my gaze from him to a tall red headed man. His clothes crinkled and dirty, they were quietly talking amongst themselves. It was obvious that they hadn't yet noticed I was conscious.
I quickly scanned the landscape for my brothers, Loz was tied up to a tree a few feet away from me. Looking a bit battered and bruised but to my utter relief stable. Where's Kadaj? I felt myself begin to panic until I felt the chains lightly rub against my chest from around the tree.
"kadaj?" I whisper ever so softly,
"...aghh...Ya...Yazoo..." He breathed out painfully, scaring me at how fragile he sounded.
"Kadaj, stay awake! Don't close your eyes" I almost pleaded, the only thought running through me mind was my little brothers untreated wound. What were they planning to do? Just let him blood to death!
They had stripped me of my materia and I didn't want to thrash around for I was being rational of my brothers severe injury. I looked at where Cloud and the other man were, only to see the unkept red head without the blonde.
"Ah... You're awake hey?" He stood up from his crouching position and casually walked over to me. An electro-rod resting on his right shoulder.
"Heal my brother" I demanded through gritted teeth,
The red head raised his left eye-brow, an amused smirk crossed his lips, "Why should I?"
"Because he'll die if you don't, and if you don't you'll regret it" I answered, my cat-like eyes narrowing dangerously. This caused the red head to chuckle,
"Have you forgotten who's tied up here?" He took another step forward, a little too close now.
"Heal my bother" I repeated
The red head ignored me, lightly running his fingers over my healing cheek. I turned away from the touch, casting my eyes on Loz.
"Don't touch me" I whispered harshly, wanting to be sick.
"Youch! This kitten's got claws" He said to my disgust.
"Just heal my brother!"
If it wasn't for the superior genes that were passed down from our beloved Mother, Kadaj would have died long ago.
"You know I'm not gonna babe"
"Don't call me that!" I hissed angrily, just wanting to shoot that stupid grin off his fetching face.
It was during our bickering I had noticed something stirring out of the corner of my eye, Loz was waking up. I knew he could break the chain, considering his strength and build. So it was up to me to distract the red head while he did so.
"Who are you anyway?" I asked skeptically, glaring at him.
"That's none of your concern, but the names Reno anyway. Best in the business" He was bragging, clearly full of himself. Tugging the collar of his white shirt with another smirk.
"Would you still be this cocky if I wasn't tied up?"
"It doesn't matter, you lot aren't going anywhere until I hear from the boss. You guys failed, What did you want with Jenvoa's head anyway?"
This hit me deep, Mother's head? How dare he speak of her as if she were just a mere body part! I was about to correct his rude, distasteful comment until Loz bet me to it.
"Don't speak of her like that!" The look on Reno's face was one twisted into surprise to pain as Loz hit the lanky man down.
While Reno was staggered back up to his feet my Brother broke the chain around me. "Where's my materia!" I yelled, getting ready to hit the man again.
"I don't have it!" He yelled back with just as much anger.
"Give me yours than!"
"Fuck you!" Reno retorted, turning his weapon on.
"Hmph..." The red head didn't have a chance of defeating Loz and I. Was he trying to stall us until Cloud got back? Well I didn't have time to fight, Kadaj needed to be healed.
Than I remembered, my bike! I had stored some of the blonde's materia Loz found at the church when he was looking for Mother.
"I can handle this one go help Kadaj!" Loz said, I didn't want to leave him to fight alone but I knew he could handle it. All three of us had fallen by the hands of two people. Though Clould wasn't exactly normal, he was our brother. But Vincent? No, I don't even think he's human. We are all strong, this wasn't suppose to happen. My poor fighting performance was from what Vincent had done eariler. It was my fault that we were in this situation and I was determined to fix it.
I dodged Reno's attack as he charged for me, before Loz took over and pinned his chest hard against the tree. Twisting his right arm until he let go of his weapon with a aggrieved curse. I rushed to Kadaj and untangled him from the chains, he fell into my arms, his whole face pale with cold sweat.
"Come on, this way" I said gently, wrapping his arm around my neck so I could support him. Holding onto my little brothers waist I started walking into the direction of my motorbike. As fast as I could without dragging Kadaj, hearing Reno and Loz fighting behind me. I knew Cloud would soon be a part of it.
We walked through the shrub following a little dirt path and I was so scared, Kadaj's grip on me became more and more weak.
"I-I'm... c-c-cold"
"Just a little bit futher Kadaj" I assured, not wanting to stop. Kadaj was wheezing.
"You're the strongest out of Loz and I Kadaj! Don't you want to see Mother's happy face when we reunite?" I tried desperately to encourage him on.
He didn't say anything. We continued to walk and his breathing become swallower and swallower. It was when we were around the black river I heard Kadaj choke.
"K-Kadaj?"
He went limp in my arms.
I shook my head. 'He's just sleeping, he's just sleeping' I reassured myself over and over again.
"Come on Kadaj... wake up we're nearly there"
Silence.
In my last bid to save my little brother I whisked him into my arms and started running. Shaking from a mixure of fear and the weight of Kadaj's limp body in my arms. I fianlly reached my bike and mildly placed Kadaj on the grass. Scrabling to the motorbike, I snatched the cure materia from inside a small pouch.
I rushed back to Kadaj's side and hastily took off my left gove and pressed it down onto my brothers stomach. He was so cold. I casted cure over and over again. Exactly like I did when Loz took Vincent's bullets for me. But this time... nothing happened.
Panic. Fear. Regret. Sadness. Anger.
"Wake up!" I screamed from the top of my lungs, as if so he could hear me in the darkness.
"Wake up!" I screamed again, emphasising my urgenty by shaking his shoulders roughly.
He wasn't going to. I knew. I knew all along he wasn't going to make it. That bastard! All of them!
I was holding his lifeless body in my arms. As if to keep him warm. I cradled him back and forth, a shattering scream left my dry lips. So loud that my throat burnt. My heart heavy with sadness. My face wet with tears. Nothing was going right... and his death was all my fault.
Aurthors notes: O . o; yeah... poor poor Yazoo --; I just wanna say THANK YOU to everyone who's reviewed my fic very much appreciated. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll make sure there's yaoi in the next one.