Angeal and Genesis had been talking peacefully when music went off.
"What the hell..." Genesis stood up as Jenna walked back in, Min carrying a record player and Jenna carrying a pair of speakers.
"What are you two doing?" Angeal asked, raising an eyebrow as music began playing.
Min grinned and walked over to Genesis, placing a glow stick crown on his head. "We are celebrating life. If you two are going out, you're going out with a bang!" She exclaimed before tapping him on the nose. He blinked twice in confusion as Jenna laughed.
"Welcome to that weird feeling that is inexplicably Min!" She shouted as Genesis began to chase Min around.
"CD's impossible?"
"Couldn't find Any!"
"Liar!"
"How do you know?"
"So you did find some?"
"Not telling!"
Angeal chuckled as he came up behind Jenna, his arms folded.
"They will never grow up, will they?" He questioned. Jenna flushed as she recalled what had almost happened and nodded.
"But that's the sort of people they are. The types that make us more mature." She replied, walking back to the edge of the lake, but this time it was the shore rather then an over looking ledge.
"Jenna..." Angeal sighed as he walked after her, keeping about a foot away. "...About earlier..."
"It didn't freak me out." Jenna faced him, a serious expression on her face.
"I was afraid you'd say that..."
Jenna stared at him, panic all over her face to her very core.
"Afraid? Why?"
"It's not because I...I didn't want it to happen..." Angeal sighed as he placed his brown in his hand. Happiest I've been in a long while... Jenna smiled as his thought radiated.
"Its the happiest...I recall." She whispered, approaching him. Angeal took another step back.
"Jenna. I probably am dying. Rapidly, faster then Genesis...you know this. There's no future if you follow me." Angeal said quickly. You can do better...
Jenna fumed for a moment, not because of his reaction, but because of his reasoning.
"For cripe's sake Angeal!" Jenna cried out. "Dreams and honor! I get you're trying to be honorable! But my dreams...my dreams are of you! Maybe not a future...." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "But now. I live for now. And I-" Jenna's words stopped. Did she? Was she in...
"Jenna, please-"
"I'm in love with you Angeal! You are the most honest and honorable and brave man I've ever met!" Jenna cried out, placing her head against his chest as she began to shake, crying softly. "Don't leave me behind before you have too..."
A few minutes passed, the only sound Genesis and Min shouting in the distance, and the song Finally, Angeal placed a hand on Jenna's shoulder, his other lifting her chin.
"Are you sure you want to proceed?" He whispered and caressed her cheek. Jenna nodded once and sighed.
"Absolutely." She whispered before wrapping her arms around his neck leaning in lightly, but stopped short, not sure what to do. Fortunately, Angeal was able to figure it out and why she stopped. A moment later he leaned in and kissed her lovingly.
Genesis groaned as he collapsed on a boulder Min was sitting on top, appearing victorious.
"Ha! I win."
"Okay. Kansas has reached Hold On. Can you PLEASE switch to the CD player?"
"Fine..." Min dropped down. "I'll go talk to the others about music choices."
"How about My Bloody Valentine-" Genesis started to ask.
"We are not listening to Loveless." Min informed before going to find Angeal and Jenna.
Shortly she returned and looked right at Genesis.
"Spoons. Where."
"...not sure, why?" He looked up at Min as she began to climb up to the orchards.
"Cause I need to gouge out my eyes."
"What could have been that bad?"
"Well, I found Angeal and Jenna. They were getting...quite intimate. In their natural states." Min replied. It took a moment for Genesis to understand and then:
"Aaagh! Was that necessary to tell me?" Genesis ran after her as he howled this.
"Yes. Now you shall help me find a spoon so you can gouge out your own eyes."
Soon their search had turned up everything but a spoon. Forks, Knifes, Sporks, even a few spatulas. But no spoons.
"There has got to be another Shin-Ra conspiracy about the missing spoons of Banora..." Genesis murmured as Min scaled one of the dumb apple trees.
"I have no idea..." Min shrugged as she plucked one of the blue apples and dropped down. "Catch." She added, tossing it to him. He caught it in an instant, chuckling.
"My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow
My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess."
"I'm happy for them too." Min giggled slightly at his way of putting it as she leaned against the tree. "You always quote that because of the boulders down there, right? Because you and Angeal went down there all the time?"
"Mhm. I think those caverns are connected to the local orchards somehow." Genesis sighed, "Believe it or not, I used to be a farmer."
"No way!"
"Check if you don't believe me."
"I can't. Not while-" Min started.
Genesis lifted his head and laughed a bit.
"I get it. Isn't there some other way you can tell?"
"...well..." Min fell quiet. Genesis lifted an eyebrow.
"There is then."
"I can...sometimes read people's lives if I get really...close to them." Min confessed.
"How close?"
"Ah...kissing does it pretty well." She addded before Genesis started cracking up.
"So who was the lucky bloke?"
"A SOLDIER Cadet. I was the first and only girl he ever kissed. His name was Kunsel, he had orange hair, and he was gay. Much preferred guys. Favorite movie was 300. We saw it together once for the hell of it."
Genesis chuckled softly before creeping a hand up her arm.
"Is that so?"
"...do you really want me to see you as a farmer that badly?" Min whispered as he held her against the tree.
"Among other things." He whispered into her ear before kissing her.
It all came in a rush. The last few months the four of them had spent hiding together. But then...there were other problems. She felt them:
Bahamut Fury. Just before her and Jenna's escape.
Bahamut. The one she'd sensed in Banora's past.
Ifrit. Not far from Wutai. Before the war ended.
They'd all been summoned and their powers abused, used against people...summoned by...
No!
Min jerked back as she pushed Genesis away, her eyes wide in terror.
"You did that to them! You abused the powers they entrusted you with!"
"What?" Genesis blinked as he approached her again. At this point Min slapped him with her tattooed arm, the full word Minerva clear as she slapped him.
"Ifrit!" She slapped him again. "Bahamut!" And she finished with a punch. "Bahamut Fury!" Genesis stumbled backwards as Min glared at him, her eyes blurring over with tears.
"You aren't supposed to wield summons like that!" She snapped before turning on one foot.
"Min-"
"Leave me the hell alone!" Min snapped before running. She didn't understand why those three summons meant so much to her, but she knew she felt that way about all summons, somehow she knew. Why? She thought once was a good distance away.
"Why?"
