Chapter 9 Why are you so odd?
Yazoo proceeded to carry Alexia. They reached the Capitol without further incident, and climbed down to the hidden prayer room. Yazoo cut the rope off of both the girls, and quickly backed away.
"Are you going to listen?" Sephiroth questioned firmly.
Each girl nodded. What… did he want them to say no and get up and walk away?
"I'd like to thank you for being in our company, although, I'm positive you'd rather not" he said smugly.
It was the perfect truth. They'd much rather have been sleeping in the corn field with manure spread or gnawed on by those rabid bunnies than kidnapped by four of the most frightening men in the world…whatever world it might be…
"This is not a dream. As I've said before to someone else, I'm sure you were looking for: What I show you is reality." Sephiroth purred, pacing and side glancing at them.
"This place exists. You're still on earth. Only people that are born here can see this place. You probably want to know how there's a game and movie based perfectly on these few islands. There are run aways every year."
"They were born here, and left for the main lands, never to return. All they needed to bring our story to life was the technological advances that our world hasn't mastered yet. You two are the ONLY exceptions to Gaia's magical protection. You can see it; you can be part of it. No one knows how or why you two are the only ones throughout the whole existence of this planet that can do this, but I assure you…my brother's and I would never destroy someone that powerful. Especially because of the potential influence you have on the whole world."
"You two are the only ones that can be a part of both worlds. My brothers could only stay in the main lands for a few more hours. If they were late…they would have never seen Gaia again." He said sweetly, cradling Alathia's face in his strong fingers.
She was horrified!
Who does that?
Who the hell grabs someone's face?
Alathia uncontrollably slapped his hand away, and curled up into a ball. She felt like hissing something back, but decided it best to just glare… evilly… and angrily… if looks could kill, ya know?
Sephiroth smiled coldly, and rubbed the top of his hand.
"Great to see you two still have some fight left in you." He cooed, standing tall once again.
Alexia hadn't moved from her position. Her long hair fell down her shoulder and brushed her cheek. Nothing made sense. How did they know all these things about them that they didn't even know? And why were they kidnapped? If Alathia and she were so powerful, why hadn't anyone rescued them, or noticed their disappearance?
She glanced up when Sephiroth neared her, and bent down.
"You two will be staying with us. We will be training you tomorrow. Kadaj, show Alathia around. Take Yazoo with you…for protection. Loz and I will show Alexia around" he smiled, staring right at her.
"I think I'm going to throw up." She thought as Sephiroth stood.
After her fainting spell, she'd felt sick. It was nerves. Every time Sephiroth so much as breathed in her direction she felt her skin chill.
Sephiroth did seem to notice, and let Loz stand beside her.
"Are you alright." He asked, gently supporting her by the shoulders.
"Hehe…just a bit queasy" she said awkwardly.
Alexia didn't like him touching her. She looked into his eyes warningly, and then down at his arm around her shoulder.
Immediately, he let go, and scratched his forearm awkwardly.
"Lead the way." Alexia whispered, staring at the ceiling.
Sephiroth smiled at the mood swing, and lead the way to a boat.
The three climbed in, and followed Yazoo, Kadaj, and Alathia across the black, underground lake.
Was it weird that she felt thoroughly awkward sitting next to Sephiroth?
He, like his brothers, was quite handsome. But something about his presence made everything…creepy.
Alexia winced when she noticed him side glance her. She didn't think about anything for a while as they drifted in the darkness. By nervous habit, she started playing with a piece of her hair, on Sephiroth's side.
Her hair was extremely long and soft, so she thought nothing of the lock of hair as she twisted and played with it. But she could feel both Sephiroth and Loz staring at her as soon as she had picked up the hair.
Suppressing laughter, Sephiroth looked at his brother who was grinning from ear to ear.
"…So, are you hungry?" he asked very calmly.
Loz nodded and continued looking at Alexia
"How about you?"
Alexia scowled at him angrily. Did she not mention how sick she felt just a moment ago!
Then she glanced down at the hair she'd just braided and gasped.
"OH MY GOSH! I'M SO SORRY!" she said, throwing the hair out of her hands.
IT WAS SEPHIROTH'S!
He picked up his newly braided hair and examined it.
"Cute." He smiled at her, making Loz burst out in a fit of laugher.
Alexia turned beet red. She splashed Loz with some of the water, and let her embarrassment turn to anger.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING? YA JUST SAT THERE AND STARED AT ME! AS IF I DIDN'T FEEL AWKWARD ENOUGH!" she complained, bravely shoving Sephiroth away from her.
"Well, I thought you'd notice!"
"Oh, ya know what? Don't even give me that crap! You're as odd as a Midgar Zolom!" she huffed, splashing Sephiroth and curling into a ball again.
They laughed until Alexia complained of feeling like she was going to upchuck. Even if that moment had been embarrassing, it lightened the mood for all of them.
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Kadaj peered behind him to see what the boat behind was laughing about. He watched Alexia splash Loz and shove Sephiroth. She was extremely red, and looked very upset. He turned around and looked at Yazoo questioningly.
"She braided his hair by accident." His older brother inquired, staring blankly ahead of him.
"Maybe if he got it cut once in a while…Heh. Look who I'm talking to. Loz and I are the only ones that cut our hair." Kadaj scoffed.
Yazoo smiled evilly and splashed him. Sharp objects weren't really his thing. That's why he had the Velvet Nightmare. Yazoo usually cut himself on Souba. So much for being the most graceful of the bunch.
Alathia smirked at Yazoo for splashing him and Kadaj noticed.
"Oh sure! Take his side!" he complained.
"He didn't pull my hair when he captured me!" she said, shoving him.
"Oh yeah? Well at least I don't grab the crotch of strangers! Crotch grabber!" he teased, poking her in the forehead.
"She what?" Yazoo questioned, raising an eyebrow at her.
Kadaj explained what happened and proceeded to call her a "Crotch grabbing machine"
"Ya know, that's not all I'll grab…" she scowled and poked his temple aggressively.
"YAZOOOOOOO!" Kadaj whined
His older brother laughed, and crossed his legs. Kadaj copied and smiled at her.
"No more crotch grabbing for you."
She didn't hear his insult, as she'd already spaced out and was looking away from them.
Alathia was happy as long as they weren't planning on killing her.
Absentmindedly, she dug around in her sweater pocket. There was one more candy bar left! She thought she'd ate them all!
Excitedly, Alathia pulled it out and began eating it…right in front of Kadaj.
"Hey!" Kadaj yelled bitterly, and snatched it away.
"That was mine!" he sneered and hit her in the forehead…such a bad temper.
Alathia smiled sheepishly.
AND SLAPPED IT INTO THE WATER!
"If I can't have it…no one can." She smiled evilly.
Kadaj's jaw dropped in astonishment, and a little chuckle escaped from his throat.
Yazoo tried to keep his cool, but every time he thought of what just happened he doubled over laughing.
Kadaj splashed her and proceeded calling her "beast" while she kept asking, "Why are you so odd?"