A/N- ahhh here's where I freaked out because I got a flame… :beats head on table: and I listened to them because??? Edited, enjoy.
Chapter 20 Shoot me.
"You did what!?" Yazoo hissed at Kadaj.
"Kissed her…" he admitted.
Yazoo's cheeks were red. He was angry…but had no room to talk.
"I kissed…gah! They're probably talking about it right now! Those girls probably think we're on the same level as them! Or worse 'cute'! I don't know about you, but I don't want to be thought of as babies." Yazoo spat, slamming himself on the ground.
"OK! I'll admit, WE need to work on hiding our emotions with them. They're the only ones we're having problems with. But I'm sorry…I can't just go turn off how I feel!" Kadaj retorted, slamming himself down in front of his older brother.
Yazoo had nothing else to argue about…so he hurriedly changed the subject.
"What ELSE did you do in training?"
"Worked on swordplay. We did a practice fight, and…just-by-chance," he added quickly, "her sword grazed my cheek."
"Did you lose your temper?" Yazoo questioned warningly.
"No…" Kadaj lied.
"I'm sorry what was that…yes?" Yazoo smirked.
"Yeah…"
sighs heavily "if she picks that up in her fighting, you do realize Seph will kill you a million times. Loz and I will be going out and gathering phoenix downs until we're thirty…"
"Thanks, I caught onto that. So, what did you two work on?" Kadaj poked around playfully.
"Gun…play…" Yazoo fumbled at loss for words. "She hit my toe. Heh, it was quite funny actually. But she too did that by luck." He said disappointedly.
"What do you think we can do tomorrow to show them we're strong, and teach them to show no emotion, other than amusement at the thrill of the fight?" Kadaj asked thoughtfully, not expecting a response.
Yazoo pondered it though. What do you do? Should the men just beat up the girls…nah, that wouldn't teach them anything but pain tolerance. They'll work on that later.
Torture perhaps? No, too soon for that as well…unless.
"Ok, here's the plan…" Yazoo trailed off, as the men took notes and discussed the new plan of action.
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Alathia watched as Kadaj taunted Cloud.
"You see this man? He's our big brother!" he smiled sadistically.
She swooned, and tipped off the bed. Alexia walked in and smirked at her.
"So…ya wanna hear a story?" she smiled playfully.
Alathia was sprawled out on the floor, pausing and rewinding Kadaj. Eventually she agreed to turn the movie off and gossip with her buddy. They laughed at each other about how awkward they were before and during the kisses.
"You forgot he shot you?!" Alathia busted out laughing.
"You let him sit on you again!?" Alexia laughed back.
"Yea, I'm surprised he did it again cause last time…well, you know."
"They're probably talking about how stupid they are. Kadaj will probably do the whole 'oh we gotta prove we're not sissies' thing…And Yazoo would neeeever disagree with him. Grrr. If one of his brothers told him to blow himself up, he'd as 'with dynamite or materia" Alexia complained.
Alathia finally sat up and pondered this thought for a moment… Would the men actually try proving themselves?
"You think they'll do the whole 'It meant nothing' thing that tough guys do?" she asked worriedly.
Alexia's eyes widened with fear. She'd forgotten about that trick. She scowled at the ground and began pacing angrily. This wasn't fair. These men had ripped her away from the man she'd been dating for three years, and Alathia was in the same situation. Yazoo and Kadaj had the nerve to show interest in them at such a vulnerable state? Why would they play even more mind games and blow them off after JUST COMING ONTO THEM?
"Wanna do the thing that girls always do?" Alathia smirked evilly.
"Avoid them?"
"Yup"
"Sure, it always worked for me," Alexia smiled happily.
"Alright, see ya at dinner time. I'ma check out the demon notebook."
Alexia wandered back to her room and plopped down on her soft bed. She threw the covers over her and began reading the silly magical notebook. It was extremely accurate! But she was disappointed to see that it only gave the thoughts of the two women. She knew her own thoughts pretty well…but Alathia's was a whole nother story! They were hilarious!
While reading over the part where she'd pulled out the notebook at the dumpster she busted out laughing.
'Alathia stared at Alexia with terror in her eyes. "You brought that thing!" she blurted out.
"Psycho ass! She WANTS to die! Man…we're so busted…" she thought, letting a squeak escape her throat when the pages began to flutter.'
Most of Alathia's thoughts were similar to that.
Alexia is crazy, random obscenities where she was scared shitless, or just…no thought at all. Alathia's brain worked too fast for the book to catch all the thoughts; it only caught the ones she almost said aloud.
As interesting as the book was, Alexia did drift off to sleep after realizing there would be no dinner. Alathia had drifted off as well…but not in her bed. She was still sprawled out on the floor; movie paused on the scene of the three men looking down at Cloud.
Kadaj was sitting up excitedly on his motorbike, chatting with Yazoo. Yazoo was aaaaaaaaalmost-orbiting-in-outerspace, and staring off into the sky.
Loz was nearly bouncing off the bike with excitement about…MOTHER and BIG BROTHER!
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Alexia awoke in the morning to Sephiroth busting in the door.
"Wake up! It's a gorgeous morning! Rise and shine my little dove!" he shouted at Alexia.
She screeched like a banshee and fell out of bed.
"Where's my guns…" she mumbled, crawling away from him.
"Nice outfit…" he smirked at her.
She was in Scooby-Doo underoos (meaning the type of underwear a little boy would wear if Ur not American)
"I hate you…where are my guns…I'm shooting your head off." She declared, wrapping her comforter around her shoulders.
He smiled brightly and made his way to Alathia's.
"MY GOD COVER YOURSELF!"
"EEEEEP! whimpers"
Sephiroth rushed back into Alexia's room, laughing heartily. He'd seen nothing.
Alexia had found her guns, and by the time he made it back to her room she was aiming for his forehead.
Unfazed, he went on destroying her beautiful morning with the words, "Oh, by the way, there's no fruit. So…no breakfast! Well, you'd better hurry up; you've got a tough day of training ahead."
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SHE SHOT MADLY!
Not only did he wake her up in the most obnoxious way possible, he made fun of her skibbies, played a prank on her buddy two seconds later, had NO FOOD for them, and then expected her to get ready for a rough day of training.
He, of course, caught all of them and tossed it at her playfully
"Now now young lady…I know you don't want to battle the great Sephiroth in your underoos." He chuckled, and glided out the door.
"You suck! Just…lettin' ya know!" Alexia shouted after him.
She sighed heavily, and slopped on her battle outfit. Alexia marched into her bathroom and began brushing her long brown hair. She spaced off while in the middle of combing, and began to daydream about Yazoo.
He was so mysterious and handsome, she couldn't figure him out! One minute he was all up in her face trying to attack her… the next he was pouncing on her and trying to woo her…What gives?
As she was spacing off, Yazoo snuck in and watched as she brushed away.
Well, wanting her attention, the small man quickly rushed behind her, and began tossing her hair about happily.
"Hey! I just brushed it!" she snapped, and hit him on the head with her brush.
"I mean, not like you'd know anything about brushing hair." She mumbled, staring at a cowlick on top of Yazoo's head.
He pouted at the insult and lowered his head.
"Aw!" she whispered, and pecked his forehead.
He smiled, and blushed a bit. He couldn't help showing that he cared for her.
His cat-like eyes stared into her own as he leaned in to kiss her once more.
"Yazoo, what are you doing up here?" Sephiroth questioned, interrupting the two love birds.
The boy went pale, and fumbled to find a good reason to be crammed in the bathroom, face to face with her.
"I um, invited him in…wanted to brush his hair." Alexia stammered, and ran the brush through his soft hair once.
It tangled, and Yazoo yelped. She smiled brightly at Seph, and continued to yank it the rest of the way.
"Aie!" Yazoo whimpered, before knocking the brush in the toilet.
Alexia grabbed him by the hair, still smiling brilliantly at Sephiroth and began tugging him out of the bathroom.
He snatched a handful of her hair and tugged back…ending up being a cat fight like Alathia and Kadaj's.
It was quickly stopped by the impatient Seph.
"Yazoo! You don't have time for this. There are people out there dying while you pull this girls hair!" he shouted, ripping Alexia from his grip.
"Yeah! See, at least one of you respects me!" Alexia snapped, fixing her fuzzy head.
She stormed out; leaving Yazoo and Seph alone in her room…giggled when she reached the stair banister…was in tears laughing by the time she reached the trail.
Yazoo joined her shortly, laughing just as hard.
"Ahhh, he totally believed it." He said, wiping a tear from his beautiful green eye, and snatching up her hand.
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Alathia laid there for a moment…still in shock from being woken up the way she had.
What an annoying man…She'll have to dispose of him later.
Alathia uncovered her slender form, which, by the way, was clad in sweat pants and a wife beater. She chuckled when she heard Alexia's guns fire, and Sephiroth toss the handful of bullets back at her, gloating about his power.
Her bright green eyes scanned the room as she stood from her position on the floor.
It was very bright and cheery as the sun poured in through the windows. Had Alathia chosen to sleep in her bed, the glowing sun probably would have awoken her before Sephiroth.
The girl sighed at this thought, and slowly made her way to the bathroom. She shuffled her feet and practically had to drag herself.
"Hey, um…can I come in?" Kadaj fumbled nervously.
She froze in the bathroom doorway. Was he preparing to turn her away…tell her it meant nothing?
"Sure, but you're not gonna see me do anything spectacular though…I'm just gonna brush my teeth." She smiled weakly, trying her best to hide the pained worry.
Kadaj smiled warmly, and followed her into the bathroom. He seated himself on the toilet cushion and watched as she brushed her hair.
"Um, I'm sure you figured this out, but…there is a discussion we need to have." He smirked, letting his cat-like slits scan her over.
He was studying her body language.
Kadaj noticed she'd become tense, and tried his best to keep her in that state. He quit smiling and put on a somber look: As if he had bad news.
She turned to face him and studied the boy's face…realizing he was playing another game.
"Kadaj can you be serious for one second! Quit trying to scare me!" she snapped, tossing her tooth brush at him.
"Maybe I am trying to be serious." He growled standing and pinning her hips to the sink.
She grew pale…falling for his trick, and lowered her head shamefully.
"So are you 'dumping' me?" she asked heavily.
"Ha…no! I'm just playin'. But I do want to talk to you about it." He smirked, pulling away and releasing her hips.
She sighed and snatched at her tooth brush.
He jerked it away, shaking his head.
"Give it!" she whined, practically climbing on top of him as he held it above his head.
"Nah! You don't need it…maybe I should just flush it."
She squirmed faster now! Somehow she'd wrapped her legs around his waist and was climbing on him, grabbing and snatching at the tooth brush.
"Kadaj quit teasing her…I just got done yelling at Yazoo about the same thing! Why do you two like torturing them? Do I really need to talk to you too? Please…allow her to finish getting ready. She should be fully trained by the end of the week. Cloud's only going to sit for so long." Sephiroth grumbled, pulling Alathia off of his little brother, and snatching the tooth brush away.
Kadaj was yanked off (smiling at her and waving goodbye) and taken downstairs to wait for her.
She rushed through her morning routine, and bolted down the stairs to the fruit bowl.
Alathia waved to Yazoo as he rushed out the door, and ran smack into Kadaj.
"Ow!" she whimpered, rubbing her cheek.
"Your chest is hard…"
"Your face is harder." He chuckled, rubbing his armored chest as if he were even slightly wounded.
"I think you cracked my armor!"
"…funny…where's the fruit?" she asked, pouting as she stared down at the empty fruit bowl.
"There's…no more food. But don't worry about it. I go out today to pick more. After training I'll be the one that gets the fruit."
"Can't you grab some meat or vegetables too?"
":sighs: I'll try…but I have to get the fruit first. I'm unsure about how much time I have before Cloud finds me." He said calmly, leading Alathia out towards the dome.
They walked silently down the trail.