A/N- edited :D :dances like a ninny:
Chapter 17 The stump and the tree grind
Alathia nudged Alexia and laughed at their new awkwardness.
Sephiroth and Loz lead the pack, Yazoo and Kadaj were next, and following slowly was Alathia and Alexia. The girls looked at the ground uncomfortably when they noticed Yazoo and Kadaj looking them over. By the fifth time, Alexia had had enough.
"My turn to come up with something…" she whispered evilly to Alathia.
"Do you think they have a bit of a crush?" Alathia asked, smirking at Kadaj as he peeked back at her.
Alexia nodded.
"Here's the plan…" she trailed off into her explanation.
Both girls twittered evilly when she was finished, and setup for the plan. They waited until they were positive that Sephiroth and Loz wouldn't notice their disappearance. When the men looked back a last time, the women beckoned them to come to them.
Yazoo and Kadaj looked at each other, but obeyed silently. Alathia grabbed Kadaj by the collar of his jacket, surprising him, and pinned him against a tree.
"Kadaj…there's something I have to tell you," she whispered seductively, unzipping the zipper to his pants.
He blushed madly, but smirked at her sudden aggressive advances.
She leaned in for the passionate kiss that she really did want, and ground her hips against his.
"I…" she trailed off and made it seem like she was going in for the kill.
"QUIT LOOKIN AT MY KNOCKERS YOU PERV!" she shouted, and elbowed him in the chest.
This caught Kadaj off guard, and he hunched over with a grunt.
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Alexia beckoned Yazoo to follow her into the forest a little ways, where they found a stump. She stood on it and started swaying her hips around dangerously.
"Dance with me…" she giggled, looking him deep in the eyes.
His mouth was wide open, and he had the look of terror on his face.
Nonetheless, he followed her command and got on the stump with her. Yazoo placed his hands on her hips and followed her moves, still looking deep into her eyes.
She smiled slyly and began nibbling at his ear.
"Guess what?"
"…. Mmmm…hm?" he moaned eagerly.
Within a split second the dazed man found himself slammed to the ground and stomach being stomped on.
"Pervertttttt." Alexia laughed heartily.
The two embarrassed men and glorious women joined the group again before Sephiroth even noticed they were missing.
"Ahhhh, what fun, what fun…" Alathia laughed, as she finally took a look at their surroundings.
The men had led them through their "backyard". It wasn't really a backyard; it was more like…four domed stadiums in the middle of a stone forest.
Each domed building had its own architecture and size.
"Mine is first. Follow." Sephiroth demanded.
No one dare disobey.
The group shuffled into the first dome and shut the great metal door.
Sephiroth walked to the far side of the football-sized dome and allowed the rest of them to gawk at its amazingness. The whole dome was crafted from the same petrified wood as the house.
But the architecture…
The building looked like an oversized cathedral inside. There were archways holding up the stone timber. Each arch had tiny human figures carved into it.
"Woah…he musta spent months on this!" Alathia gaped, as fire came from Sephiroth's fingertips.
He lit the cathedral in the same manner as the men lit the house.
Each pillar holding up the archways was lined with torches that burned red fire.
"This is the last dome you'll be visiting. Heh, you'll only make it here if you beat my brothers." Sephiroth chuckled.
"All of them!" Alexia gasped.
"Yes, all of them. Each one of us will be training you, until you surpass even our own powers. I'm the last you'll visit because…you can't beat me. Add in an evil chuckle. You are going to train with the two stealthiest of us first. Memorize their moves and tricks. They'll be pulling out all the stunts in the book. The trick is to know your opponent. If you don't know what the enemy will do next, there's a great chance you may lose your life. These training sessions aren't just to teach you how to fight. They're to teach you to control your energy and emotions as well…"
Sephiroth didn't notice until he was done speaking that the young girls had opted to skip out on his speech and scurry about the dome.
"Oh whoa, look at the carvings! This is awesome! Mannn… it's too bad that this is the last place we visit." Alathia complained, while touching everything she could get her hands on.
Wooooosh.
"Ah!" Alexia shrieked, instinctively spin kicking at the figure that had swooped at her.
"Ow!" she heard Yazoo yelp as he landed on the ground in front of her, holding his face.
"Sorry! You scared me!" she apologized, going to help the stunned man up.
Consumed by rage, he quickly stuck his leg out and spun in position, tripping the helpless girl. Both began wrestling exactly as Alathia and Kadaj had, biting, scratching, and kicking each other as hard as they could.
Alathia just watched, and Kadaj joined her shortly.
They would have attempted to pull them off each other, but they were afraid to even go near the little spat.
"I can't tell who's who! There's so much hair!" Alathia laughed.
"I know," Kadaj smirked.
They watched as the two stood up and began kicking at each other.
"That was fuckin' dumb of you." Alexia spat, flipping backwards three times to avoid Yazoo's blows.
"You kicked me in the fuckin' face!" he yelled back, now charging at her like a line backer.
She'd run out of options. Nowhere to run (the poor girl was up against a wall), she simply covered her face with her forearms.
Yazoo slammed into her, lifting the small frame, and pinned Alexia by her underarms against the wall.
She kicked him away, and landed firmly on her bum.
They sat there, eyeing each other for a moment, both sitting on the floor facing each other.
"Yazoo…training wasn't to be started here." A low voice permeated the thick air.
Yazoo went pale watching Sephiroth stride towards the two. Alexia got scared as well; she'd never seen Sephiroth angry…this was it…hmmm.
If looks could kill Yazoo would have been dead. His body seemed to go limp as Seph made his way to the man sprawled on the floor. A small squeak escaped from Yazoo's throat as Sephiroth hovered menacingly over his small body.
He attempted to crawl away, but stopped when Sephiroth started bending down to grab him.
Yazoo winced, and tilted his head away.
"NO! Its my fault!" Alexia gasped before Sephiroth touched Yazoo.
"I kicked him in the head…he was just defending himself." She said lazily.
Alexia picked herself up, and watched closely as Sephiroth helped Yazoo up and patted his back.
Kadaj bowed his head slightly as Seph passed him, gathering the group together once again.
The two fighters were silent, but walked side by side.
Alathia opted to walk with Kadaj, and Loz happily bounded ahead…leading the group to his dome (which was almost the same as Sephiroth's).
Kadaj and Alathia stuck together the rest of the tour. That babbled on abut nothing, which surprised them.
"Will you get me a chocobo!" Alathia screamed just before they reached Kadaj's dome.
"Haha! Yeah sure…Then we can breed them with that Zeio nut you stole." He laughed in response.
They tittered and looked at each other happily. Just seeing the boy smile and show his teeth made her melt. He was like a sex god. His silver hair caressed his neck, as he tilted his head back into a sigh.
"Wonder if they're talking yet." He smiled at her slyly, and tilted his head backwards to look at the two shadows behind them.
No, they weren't talking…but they looked very content. Yazoo and Alexia smiled brightly at Kadaj and Alathia as they walked arm in arm.
Kadaj and Alathia smiled back, and gave each other the look of "What was that!"
Sephiroth turned around to address the group.
"Well, we split here. Kadaj, Yazoo, bring them back in one piece." He stated firmly and strode away towards his own dome.
Yazoo and Alexia glided off towards his dome, leaving Alathia and Kadaj alone on the forest.
"So…you gonna beat me up now." Alathia asked meekly.
"No…haha, we don't fight til the end of training. Fighting with you tells me what you've learned and what we need to work on." Kadaj sighed, stretching out lazily.
"Ohhh, he's taunting me! He's doing it on purpose!" she thought, gaping as he bent his figure backwards to stretch his back.
He side glanced her, and smiled playfully.
"Wonder if she knows?" he thought just before walking up to her, coming within inches of her face.
"If this doesn't make it obvious, I don't know what will…" he thought, and looked deep into her eyes.
"Are you ready?" he asked, cocking his head to the side as if to lean in for a kiss.
Alathia just stared at him…what's he up to? What the bloody hell's he planning!?
Kadaj smiled slyly, and leaned in for the kiss. Alathia closed her eyes and held her breath.
Woo! She couldn't believe he was going to kiss her! Boy was she surprised by his next stunt.
She felt the hard fist slam into her stomach, just before her nervous system told her she was in a fairly large amount of pain.
He'd socked her in the stomach!
"First lesson you'll learn with me. Neither of us are pieces of meat. You will learn not to allow others to exploit you, even if you want to be…hehe, that was one of those sneaky moves you were supposed to watch for." Kadaj smiled, helping her up carefully.
"Sorry…you confused me." She winced, trying not to let him know she actually WANTED to snog with him.
He smiled and helped her into the dome, where the training was to begin.