Chapter 5

/This was much easier in theory/ Yazoo thought as Cloud blocked his way out the door with his overly huge sword.

"You aren't going anywhere" said the blonde. Yazoo stared at him levelly, even though he had to look up a little to do it.

"I have to find my brother. You can try and stop me but you wont succeed." Yazoo pushed the sword to the side. Cloud stepped in front of him. Yazoo began contemplating using force and starting another fight when Tifa came and pushed the two who were glaring daggers apart. Yazoo stepped back under her hand and stepped badly onto his hurt knee. It gave way beneath him and he ended up on the floor.

"Damn, I'm sorry Yazoo. Cloud stop trying to pick a fight." said Tifa as she helped Yazoo up.

Cloud opened his mouth and gave her an incredulous look. He swallowed what he was going to say at another glare from the barmaid. Yazoo started towards the door again when it opened revealing Reno and Rude. Yazoo sighed mentally. The redhead and his partner really had the worst timing.

He tried to step past them when Reno grabbed his arm. "Hey where do you think you're going?" he drawled. Yazoo gave him an icy glare. Weren't these the guys that had caused the explosion that had separated Yazoo and Loz from Kadaj in the first place?

Yazoo jerked his arm away. Cloud followed him out the door.

The two Turks looked at each other then at Tifa. The dark haired girl just waved her hands at them. "What are you waiting for?" she said impatiently. "Go after them! They're going to look for the other brother." Reno rolled his eyes and left, following Cloud. Rude was impassive as ever and just went along to keep Reno from creating havoc.

Yazoo had barely made it to the collapsing building where the explosion between Cloud and themselves had happened. He was already tired and in pain. He pushed all that to the side of his mind. He knew that Cloud and the two Turks were right behind him watching. He tried to push them out of his mind too. The brothers had always been able to sense where each other were. It was like a small pulse in the back of Yazoo's mind. He closed his eyes and concentrated.

He started walking down a side street. There it was, the pulse was weak but it was definitely in this direction. There was debris everywhere. Pieces of the building that had fallen into the alleys. Yazoo looked up. There, that had been where he had fallen. So Loz couldn't be far.

"This is impossible. Look at all this shit. There's no way we could find him in all this. He's probably dead anyway." the redheaded Turk whined.

Yazoo didn't respond. He knew Loz wasn't dead. He continued walking but more slowly. He was getting close. But the direction was wrong. Off to his left there was a kind of landslide of concrete that had fallen from the taller parts of the building. Yazoo walked over to it. Here, this is where Loz should be. Yazoo pulled on a large piece of asphalt and pushed it away. His side cried out in protest but he ignored it. He kept clearing the rubble away. Cloud came beside him and helped. After a minute and a smartass comment from Reno, so did the Turks.

"Loz!" Yazoo cried when he saw a mangled leather clad leg. There was a huge piece of rubble that took all of them to move before Yazoo was able to sit kneel next to his brother. Loz was unconscious. Yazoo caught his breath when he saw how badly hurt Loz was. His limbs were broken in several places. There were deep cuts in his chest through the black leather. "Loz, its me. Wake up Loz."

Yazoo breathed a sigh of relief when his brother opened his eyes.

Cloud knew that Loz couldn't survive for long. It was a miracle that he wasn't dead already. He watched Yazoo wake him. The look on the younger mans face was heart wrenching. Reno and Rude turned away. It seemed like such a private scene.

"I missed you" said Loz. Yazoo bit his lip. "I'm here now. I'm going to take care of you" Cloud could see the denial in Yazoo's eyes.

Loz seemed to laugh a little. "its too late. It was all a lie Yazoo. Mother, she wasn't what we thought…." Loz turned his head to see Cloud standing there.

"Take care of Yazoo, brother. He isn't as tough as he seems…." said Loz as his eyes dimmed. Cloud nodded. He could grant this mans dying wish. "I will".

Loz turned back to Yazoo. "Goodbye, brother….."

Loz let out a ragged breath. He closed his eyes with a small smile. Just like his brother before him he dissipated into green pinpricks of light to join the lifestream.

Yazoo couldn't move. He felt as if his body had gone cold. He was frozen, Loz had left him, just like Kadaj, Mother and that bastard that started all this. Sephiroth.

He had thought his heart would break seeing his brother a minute ago. Now he just felt numb. He felt a hand on his shoulder but didn't really register who it was. There were hands pulling him from his kneeling position in the rubble and voices asking him questions. He was closed to it all.

Kadaj, Loz, Mother, Sephiroth. They had been his world. Where did he go from here? What was he supposed to do? Who was he without them?

Cloud slung Yazoo's arm around his shoulder with Reno on his other side. Yazoo didn't respond to anything they said and just stared straight ahead like he wasn't seeing anything. He walked on his own but only at their guidance. Reno kept up a comforting nonsensical banter all the way there. For once Could was grateful for the talkative redhead. He didn't think he could stand the silence right now when his mind kept flashing to the look on Yazoo's face when Loz had died.

They made it back to the bar and Tifa came running towards them and motioned them to a back room in the kitchen. Cloud and Reno sat Yazoo down at a table. Reno tried to get the silver haired mans attention. He waved his hand in front of his face and tugged on his longish hair lightly. Finally he stood back and put his hands on his hips.

" I didn't want to do this." he said and slapped Yazoo hard.

Yazoo's head turned to the side under the slap and when he looked back at Reno he was blinking as if coming out of a dream. He winced and raised a hand to his cheek.

"Was that really necessary?" he asked. Reno nodded and sat next to him putting his feet up on the table. Cloud and Rude sat down as well.

Yazoo looked at the table. But it wasn't the blank stare, just kind of lost. Cloud studied Yazoo in earnest for a moment. He was actually rather delicately built. He was slender and had face a sculptor would love to have as a model. He was pale but not in a sickly way, with his silver hair it went well. His hair was in his eyes a lot but it didn't seem to bother him.

Yazoo put his hands on the table and folded them. He rested his forehead on the intertwined fingers. Cloud hesitated then put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, about your brothers. I wish it could have been different."

Yazoo lifted his head. Cloud expected accusations and insults but Yazoo just regarded him thoughtfully. "You have nothing to be sorry for. It was Mother and Sephiroth who killed them. Not you." The catlike eyes seemed to burn for a moment. Otherwise his face was unreadable.

Reno pulled his feet off the table and leaned onto his elbows. "That still cant make it easy for you Quicksilver. It's not like you weren't right there with them." he lit a cigarette as Yazoo ducked his head a little, letting his hair fall in his eyes.

Tifa walked in to the room and cuffed Reno upside the head. "Be nice." she ordered.

She walked up to Yazoo and put a hand under his chin and lifted his head. Cloud had to give it to the girl. She had balls.

At first Yazoo tensed and tried to pull away. Tifa just moved her hand pushed some strands of hair behind his ear. "You found him didn't you?" her eyes were giving Yazoo that sympathetic soulful look. Yazoo said nothing. Tifa pulled him into a hug. Yazoo looked like he would bolt or break her neck but wasn't sure which. Then something seemed to break in his eyes and he leaned his head on Tifa's shoulder just barely.

Everyone in the room, including Reno was stunned into silence. Tifa pulled away and smiled at Yazoo. "Don't worry about anything. We would love for you to stay here with us. I think Marlene would have a fit if you left actually."

Yazoo shook his head as if to clear it. "I don't understand. We're enemies. How can-"

"Were enemies, as long as you aren't planning on a another Reunion anytime soon I have no reason to fight you. As far as I'm concerned its all history." she quipped. Yazoo looked as if he thought the woman was crazy. Tifa just gave him another smile. "You look tired. Why don't you go upstairs and get some rest. I'll bring some food up for you in a bit."

Yazoo went as fast as his injured leg could take him back to the room where he had been sleeping. Cloud and the Turks sat in silence for awhile. Tifa raised an eyebrow at them. "Well, what happened?" she demanded finally.

Cloud sighed. "He found his brother." Tifa rolled her eyes. /Thank you Mr. Obvious/ She rounded on Reno. "Can you offer a better explanation please?"

"Certainly, Yazoo found his brother just to see him die. Didn't accomplish much accept to have the one called Loz make Blondie over here promise to watch out for the psycho upstairs." Reno rubbed the back of his neck with a cheeky grin on his face as Tifa glared at him. "Nice to know you are all sooo sensitive about it."

Cloud stood and walked out and up the stairs. Tifa just shrugged and went back to tending the bar where the patrons were calling. Rude stood abruptly and pulled Reno to his feet when he didn't follow. "What?" protested the younger Turk. "She asked and I told her!" Rude just left the bar as quickly as possible with his partner in tow.

A/N Okay, was this one too sappy? I apologize of it was. Anyways, If you read thisPLEASE REVIEW!Evenif its just to tell me it was a total waste of your time to read. thats cool with me. flameswelcome! Anything, please...