Chapter 8

Yazoo! Yazoo! Yazoo!

He looked up from putting the last of the tools away to see Marlene and Denzel come running. Fenrir was fixed and Yazoo had taken more than a few precautions considering how hard Cloud pushed the machine and reinforced more than was usually necessary.

"What is it?" he asked them as Denzel grabbed onto the sleeve of his shirt and tugged him towards the bar.

"Vincent's here and he was asking about you" answered Marlene. Yazoo hesitated, he wasn't quite sure how to react to Vincent. The last time he had seen him had been when he had saved him from his attempted suicide and Yazoo had really lost his composure. There was something about Vincent that made Yazoo feel vulnerable. Like the guy could see right through him.

"Its alright Marlene, Denzel, leave him be."

They all looked to see Vincent standing in the doorway. The kids just shrugged and went past him back inside. Vincent came towards Yazoo and then over to seem to study the bike. "You've been busy I hear." he said finally

Yazoo said nothing. Vincent turned to face him. "You don't have to worry about that day. I understand better than you may think."

Yazoo quirked an eyebrow at him. "I think that may be what I'm uneasy about."

Vincent almost smiled. "Acknowledged. Anyway, I have a favor to ask of you and Cloud. The monsters are becoming restless, making the roads almost impassible to those who cant fight them. I thought you could help me eliminate some of them from between here and Junon."

Yazoo looked back at Fenrir, not really seeing the bike but just needed something besides Vincent to focus on while he thought. "What kinds of monsters?"

Vincent shrugged. "Your standard random groups. A lot of shadow leapers."

Yazoo winced. "I wont kill shadow leapers. But I could probably convince them to leave the roads alone."

Vincent looked at him confused but before he could say anything Cloud came to join them.

"It looks great Yazoo, thanks." Cloud ran a hand over Fenrir appreciatively. Yazoo just gave him a short nod.

"So Vincents told you about the monsters?" Cloud asked.

"We were just discussing it" he replied.

Vincent crossed his arms. "Yes, Yazoo was being rather vague….."

Yazoo just shrugged. "I learned to be able to summon shadow leapers, Cloud saw that first hand. They are intelligent to a degree. Its just a matter of understanding them."

"So does that mean you will help?" Cloud pressed.

"As long as I don't have to kill them. I don't have any problem dispatching any other monsters though." Yazoo pulled his hair up and tied it in the back with a piece of leather he kept in his pocket. Sometimes he just got sick of it in his face. Kadaj had always told him it was like he hid behind it anyway.

"Alright. We leave tonight. They will be most active then" said Cloud.


A/N okay, when i write shadow leaper I mean the really freaky looking things that Kadaj summoned to attack Cloud and that Yazoo later brought up in the middle of Midgar. I dont know if that is what they are really called though and I apologize if I have just completely stolen the name from someone. I cant remember where I heard it or got it into my head as their name though.(please dont hate me) Aside from that, sorry if Yazoo seems OOC not wanting to kill the leapers.But they did lend assistance in the hunt for mother, so I'm hoping that would be enough to warrant Yazoo's loyalty since they did come to his aid. Oh and Marlene and Denzel call Yazoo by his unaltered name because while I understand the terms placed on the end of names in the Japanese culture such as -san, -kun etc I have no idea how to use them. Sorry.