Chapter Five
'Come on Kadaj. It's a surprise.'
'Will I like it, Yazoo?'
'..Ya. Of course.'
Hands grabbed at him and he reached out at the closing doors before him.
'Yazoo! Help me! Yazoo! I don't wanna go! Yazoo!'
Yazoo turned his head away and the doors were almost shut.
'Nii-san!'
Kadaj's last attempt at calling for help sent sparks to rise in Yazoo. Nii-san? He was calling for Cloud? But why!
"Nii-san. Nii-san. That's all you ever say!" Yazoo yelled at the closed doors.
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Yazoo sat up abruptly. He took deep breaths to calm himself. Back then he could only think of that.
Kadaj was always talking about 'Nii-san'. It was his favorite topic. He was always wondering what 'Nii-san' was doing or discussing what 'Nii-san' might be eating for dinner while they had half-assed lunch meals. He always talked about the racing he'd be doing if they hadn't moved.
'Nii-san'. 'Nii-san'. 'Nii-san'. It bugged Yazoo to no end. Knowing his brother could care less about what happened to himself or what happened to his family. It just angered him. So he'd decided to help his father to get back at Kadaj.
"Why would any brother do that?" he put his palm to his forehead and fell back against his bed.
Why would any brother give up his brother to those maniacs just to teach him a lesson?
Yazoo sighed. Sound came from his side and he looked out of the corner of his eyes at his cell phone on the side table.
"Not now." he muttered. The phone call must not have been important. They hung up rather quickly, as if hearing Yazoo's order.
Yazoo decided to take a tip from Cloud and be alone today.
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Kadaj closed his phone. He had a feeling Yazoo didn't want to talk right now. Oh well. Maybe he could get Loz to get him ice cream instead. Kadaj didn't feel like getting it himself.
"Hey Loz?" Kadaj spoke before Loz could even say 'hello'.
"What?"
"Could you grab me some ice cream?"
"Why not do it yourself?"
"Aw, Loz. You're gonna make me cry." Kadaj pretended to start tearing.
"Oh. Don't cry Kadaj. You like chocolate right?"
"Yea. I guess." Kadaj said sadly, playing his role.
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Kadaj smiled. Loz was too easy to trick.
– –
Yazoo stared out his window. It looked like it would rain. Yazoo picked up his cell phone and dialed a number he wasn't sure would work.
Ring. Ring.
Ring. Ring.
Ring. Ring.
'Hm. Maybe I have the wrong number..'
Click
'This is Cloud. I'm not here right now. Leave a message.'
Beep!
'Or maybe I did.'
"This is important, Cloud..."
Cloud scoffed as he listened to his messages. That's what everyone who called him said. But he didn't recognize the voice.
'Mako came up with a way to get the ultimate fighting soldier.'
Cloud paused in his scowling and looked at his phone strangely. Who was this talking to him?
'Kadaj, the son of Sephiroth, was the perfect soldier's son. While Sephiroth had other sons, Kadaj was the only one with the possibility to become great. To become a leader, a soldier, the perfect weapon.'
Cloud's hand shook slightly as he listened.
'But Kadaj was too simple minded at the young age of 13. To turn him into the ultimate fighting soldier, they needed someone without ties to the simple feelings of normal people. Kadaj was so young and very much attached to a boy on the other side of the war.'
Cloud shut his eyes and made a frustrated noise.
'Sephiroth asked Kadaj's brother.. Yazoo.. To find a way to get Kadaj to come to him. Kadaj didn't like his father and Yazoo was currently very jealous. Yazoo felt betrayed by his younger brother who spoke daily about his old friend... so he tricked Kadaj into the laboratory.'
Cloud gasped softly. The voice sounded mournful.
'Ignoring Kadaj's pleas for help, Yazoo watched his brother get taken away. Kadaj screamed for his 'Nii-san' and Yazoo heard him no more. In the lab, Kadaj cried and screamed as they put him to sleep... Known to everyone else, Kadaj awoke the next morning with no memory of his life. He bowed to Sephiroth as the man walked past and cared not for almost anything. Despite his cold attitude, Kadaj retained his childish spirit. He lost almost all need to eat with his new form.'
Cloud wasn't sure what this person was trying to tell him. There was a pause.
'... The Mako army is planning to attack Midgar with all it's power. Be prepared, Brother.'
Click!
'End of Message. No other messages.'
Cloud froze. Brother?... His mind raced through memories. Kadaj and his brothers, always so helpful around the house and laughing about jokes together with him. He saw Loz and his goofy smile and Kadaj with his adorable grin. Yazoo had his arm around Cloud's neck and gave him a smirking smile. His memory froze.
"Yazoo?"
The desert wind blew around him, a good 50 miles from Midgar.
Yazoo ran his fingers through his hair and looked out at the darkening sky.
"It looks like rain.." he left his hair alone and watched as the rain began to pelt his windows.
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Fingers touched the window and slowly expanded to the whole hand pressed softly on the window. It's partner joined it and Kadaj leaned on his window, feeling the water tap against it. Like a heartbeat.
"Mother.. It's familiar.." he spoke. He was in his own room but mother always heard him.
Kadaj closed his eyes and stayed there, smiling, as the rain painted a picture in his mind. Drop by drop.. He could only see the picture when a raindrop hit. When the rain rolled down the picture, he saw a line of the picture but it soon faded away with the drop that began it.
The rain picked up and the picture began to clear. Kadaj smiled unknowingly to himself at the picture in his mind.
"Nii-san." he mumbled, sitting on the floor by his wall length window.
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Onee-chan: my friend said her fave part was the last part with Kadaj.