Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII

Warning: Fem!Cloud; Time Travel; OOCness

Un-Beta'd

When Angeal told him about the strange day he had, Genesis almost didn't believe him, but did anyway since his childhood friend was too honorable to lie about such a thing. The rumors he had overheard upon his return about a silver-haired child had also piqued his curiosity. He honestly couldn't imagine Sephiroth as a father. And he couldn't believe that the General didn't even bother to tell them, his best friends, about his child - let alone about the woman.

He would have thought that they were close enough for Sephiroth to tell them about such news!

Genesis had to see the child for himself, but alas, he was informed that the child had been picked up by the mother. So Genesis did the next best thing.

He cornered Sephiroth when the General came back from his mission.

Of course, like any sane best friend, Genesis couldn't believe it when Sephiroth had the gall to act clueless. So in a true Genesis fashion, Sephiroth received the cold shoulder.

It eventually reached his ears that a certain puppy personally knew the child. So Genesis cornered him.

Zack offhandedly told him that "of course he would know the kid" since he was the kid's "uncle." And Genesis wondered exactly what was Sephiroth thinking when he appointed Angeal's puppy as the "Uncle."

Genesis would've made a better uncle. Definitely.

And he wasn't jealous.

Really, he wasn't.

So he grit his teeth and asked (see demanded) why a puppy like him would be the "Uncle."

Then the little upstart just blinked and said he was "Spikey's brother" before bidding the Commander good-bye to return to class.

And when he heard that, Genesis definitely did not feel relief.

He didn't.

At. All.

Because he was never jealous in the first place.

Angeal found Genesis in a better mood. When asked why, Genesis told him that he had found out why the puppy knew the child in the first place: Zack was the child's uncle.

Angeal wryly said that he figured that out when the boy repeatedly referred to his protégé as such. Genesis gave him a smug look.

"But you didn't know that he was the mother's brother now, did you?" the red-head said, before offhandedly saying that "Spikey" was such a strange name for a woman.

"Probably a nickname," Angeal reasoned.

A few weeks later, Sephiroth was out on another mission and Genesis was greeted with the sight of two small, hooded figures running around; a Turk was watching over in the corner of the room. Genesis stopped to observe them. After a moment, he was about to walk past them until he saw silver hair.

The smallest figure tackled the other one, causing their hoods to fall off.

Genesis was surprised. He thought he would never have the chance to see them. Although he had thought that there was only one...

He walked over to the children, catching their attention. He ignored the Turk's subtle tensing.

"Hi" the shorter one greeted.

"Hello there," he replied.

"Who are you?" the other one asked.

"I'm Genesis. Who are you two?"

"I'm Loz!" the taller one said.

"Kadaj!" the other one beamed.

Genesis noticed Kadaj looking at his sword.

"Are you like Uncle Zack?" the child asked.

"Yes, but I'm a SOLDER First," the man replied. "Zack is only a Second."

"You're sword's different," Loz said.

"How so?"

"Momma's and Uncle Zack's swords are really, really, really big!" Loz exclaimed.

Genesis raised a brow at that. Figures Sephiroth would go for a female swordsman. "What about your dad?"

The two blinked at him.

"Papa doesn't have a sword," Kadaj said.

Loz nodded. "He uses guns."

Genesis furrowed his brow in confusion. "What does your father look like?"

"He has really, really long hair," Kadaj said.

"He's really pale," Loz said.

"His coat covers half of his face most of the time," Kadaj said, slightly shocking Genesis with his articulation. But of course, only Sephiroth would have such articulate toddlers.

"Oh, and his hair's black."

"He's really tall."

"And his eyes are red."

"And they glow sometimes."

"And he's really quiet too."

Genesis blinked at the description. "Does he ... express himself?"

"Like if he smiles a lot?" Loz asked.

"Yeah..."

"No," Kadaj said. "Not really, but Mommy always knows what he's feeling."

"Yeah!" Loz agreed. "Even though his face looks the same most of the time."

Genesis looked thoughtful.

Did the General go out of his way to disguise himself?

The mako glow could probably show through contacts. His hair was obviously dyed, or a wig was worn. And he probably wore the coat to cover his face just in case anyone recognized him. The General wasn't a bad shot, either. He could pull off being a gunman.

And the way the kids described their father's personality, as childish as the description was, sounded just like Sephiroth. The stoic prick, Genesis thought, amused. Genesis never imagined there would be a day that the General would go as far to disguise himself.

He really should have come to Genesis, the expert of theatre. Disguises were his forte, after all.

Genesis inwardly snickered. With that disguise, people probably thought the General was a vampire or something.

Out of the corner of his eye, Genesis saw the Turk shifting his attention to his ear device before calling out to the kids.

"Your mother's here," the Turk said.

Finally, Genesis could meet the woman herself.

He wanted to see who captured the asexual (not that he nor anyone else voiced it out) General's attention.

He dialed Angeal's PHS. He knew the man wanted to meet her too.

For those wondering why Kadaj is speaking so well at his age, please remember that the Remnants are aging a bit quicker than normal. Plus, I just can't type baby-talk.

Okay, so I know some people may be confused about who does and doesn't remember their past lives, so here's the list:

Cloud - remembers

Zack - remembers

Aerith - remembers

Tifa - remembers

Reeve - remembers

Rufus - remembers

Cid - remembers

Yuffie - remembers

Vincent - remembers

Barret - remembers

Turks (Reno, Rude, Elena, Tseng, etc.) - remembers

Sephiroth - remembers

Nanaki - remembers

Buganhagen - remembers

Minerva/Planet/Gaia - remembers

Angeal - doesn't remember

Genesis - doesn't remember

President ShinRa - doesn't remember

Mrs. Strife/Neibelheim villagers - doesn't remember

Hojo - doesn't remember

Jenova - doesn't remember

Lucrecia -doesn't remember

Remnants (Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo) - doesn't remember

So basically, the Planet/Goddess, AVALANCHE, Rufus and his Turks, and Sephiroth are the only ones who remember. Everyone else doesn't. If I forgot someone on the list, I'll add them in once I remember or when someone reminds me/asks me about them.

But seriously, you guys are awesome. I didn't expect anyone to even like this story. Especially since I'm just experimenting with the writing style o.O

And as I've said before, this really has no plot whatsoever. I just found that I don't get mauled by rabid Plotbunnies if I actually write them out before they become rabid.