Chapter 4

Sephiroth held onto Zack's waist as the two were lying on top of the silver haired general's coat that was on the cold ground. Zack was hungry while Sephroth was tired from the activities. The fire was burning dimly, keeping their sweaty bodies more warm than before.

The black haired male's head was resting against the General's chest as he yawned. His eyes were drooping and his lower body was in pain. He had never felt so much pain at once in his entire life and yet, he was glad that it was hurting. He wondered if something was wrong with him for enjoying this pain.

Sephiroth kissed the soft hair of the teen as he pulled him closer. He felt ecstatic that the activities from before had happened. He did not care about the slight hunger of his stomach since he had gotten rid of the hunger of his flesh. In fact he was glad that he was able to show his love through the activities.

The fire went out, making once slightly lit cave dark and cold once again. Outside the rain had finally stopped. It was dark; the stars were shining bright as well as the waxing quarter moon in the sky. It was such a beautiful night out in Wutai. One that made to support lovers as they went forward with their loving relationships. One where the General could love one of his men until the cruel dawn came for them.

Zack's POV

I felt so tired, barely able to keep my eyes open before a yawn came to me. I smiled a bit as I found myself being cuddled from behind. General Sephiroth may not have been such a bad guy after all. He could have just been confused about his emotions. I mean I get confused by my emotions all the time as it is.

I heard my stomach growl signaling my hunger. I let out a small chuckle showing that I was embarrassed by the fact. It wasn't that I was embarrassed by the fact that I was hungry; it was because my stomach growled during our cuddle time. What can I say, it is still the most embarrassing thing I will ever have.

He got up from the nice little spot behind me, very much intended on leaving me. He restarted the fire with another Fire spell and I swear I could see Masamune gleam in a devilish light. I shuddered as he picked up our dinner of a Thunderbird. He must have been getting ready to skin it while keeping the feathers intact. Damn, I actually felt sorry for the poor bird. It wasn't like it asked to be attacked and made into dinner.

I looked around for our clothing that he all but tore off our bodies. I needed to have at least my pants and my belt on my currently naked form. Even my armlet was taken off in his need of what had gone down not too long ago. I could never tell what would happen around him and well I just needed my Materia to feel a bit safer.

I located our clothes in a heap close to my feet. I grabbed my pants, my belt, and my armlet to make sure that I had maximum Materia protection. After I put them on, I strapped my sword to my back. I don't think it's natural to have to defend yourself against your commanding General.

Jade eyes looked over at me in what looked like a glare. Masamune had blood all over it from the Thunderbird and it looked even more dangerous than the length made it out to be. There was something off with this whole situation. I could sense something strange during the time that he had turned his head towards me. Maybe there was a hidden sense of madness within him.

I moved backwards in an attempt to get away from him, or at least more than seven feet away from him. Wait, should I count his arm length in there too? Crap. He must have taken my feeble scoots backwards as a threat as he stood up to walk over to me. He had that crazy glazed over look in his eyes again. Masamune's usually gleam was red from blood. It was held in his right hand and that alone showed that something was wrong.

The moment he attacked using Blizzaga, I knew that I needed to move to save my behind. I used my MBarrier LV2 Materia to try to save my ass. Speaking of that body part, it was hurting much more since I started running. Two bouts of strenuous activity for it in one day was not a good thing.

I'm not even sure how this even happened, but as he swung Masamune, I was able to jump over it. My eyes grew wider as I landed and just continued to run as fast as I could. I felt much like the monster that he killed and I was begging the Goddess to not let me die.

No! I was not going to die, not here. I was a Soldier 2nd Class and that meant that I was strong enough to handle myself. I could defend myself from him. However seeing him randomly swinging his sword with his least dominant hand, it told me otherwise. I could at least run as far as I possibly could.

I used Barrier LV2 as Masamune came close to my face, leaving a small trail of blood on my right cheek. I grabbed my sword off my back and pointed it at the General. I had to do something to at least subdue him for a small while.

I jumped back and thrust forward with my sword. It came to a clash with Masamune, the two of us moving closer. His teeth were bared, his eyes were glazed over, and his breathing was ragged. This was nothing like the General I had seen fight off several Dual Horns like it was nothing when I was struggling.

I could hear and feel my phone going off in my pocket. It was either Tseng or Alana calling me and quite frankly they picked the worst time. I didn't even care that they called. I was too focused on living and surviving!

I pushed all my strength against the two swords, hoping to win this little struggle. I had to overpower him so that I could live. I even used a LV3 Blizzara and a LV3 Fira to distract him. It did nothing to him and he just seemed to be focused on fighting me.

He moved Masamune away, breaking my balance. I stumbled forward and he almost cut my neck. Luckily for me, my Barrier hadn't worn out just yet. I was so glad for it. I was not ready to think about final words or anything of the sort. With this sudden burst of momentum caused by my adrenaline from a near death experience, I jumped into the air ready to use one of my Limit Breaks.

Jade eyes softened as Masamune fell to the ground. I pushed back the power surge and threw my sword away before I could hit him. When I landed, with a fabulous backflip might I add, I made sure to punch him in the face. He was getting on my nerves with all his mood swings.

I was upset; my breathing was far beyond normal at the moment. I was tired of going through this already. I couldn't take it anymore! To hell with Lazard and to hell with this damn mission!

I grabbed my shirt and my duffel bag so that I could leave the cave. I needed to be away from him, as far away from Sephiroth as possible. I just wanted to go back home. Back to Shinra. Then I would never have to deal with this again. There was no way that Lazard would pair the two of us alone like this again.

As I walked out of the cave, I checked my phone to see the miss call. It was Tseng, surprisingly enough. I had to call him back, not just out of courtesy. He would be able to get me out of here in no time flat. That did mean another trip on a cheap helicopter, but it was for the greater good.

Outside, my phone had no service. It didn't have any service beforehand either. However, Tseng and Alana were able to call me from within the cave. It was a strange thing, Shinra made objects. As long as I can get them for free, I didn't really care. Had to obviously love this company in order to stay in it for so long.

I dialed Tseng, hoping that the phone would allow me to make a call. When I heard ringing, I was seriously happy. I would be able to get the hell out of Wutai! Okay, so maybe I felt a little sorry for the General. I was kind of leaving him alone in the jungle. I felt my neck and my cheek just to try to get those feelings to go away. It didn't work.

"Tseng of the Turks speaking," he answered so blandly.

"Tseng, it's me, Zack," I said.

"What is it, Zackary?" he sounded almost happy to hear from me.

"I need to get out of Wutai! Sephiroth went bat-hell crazy and insane!" flailing my arm at no one, I was all but screaming at my phone.

"Calm down and tell me what happened very slowly, Zackary," he sounded like he was moving.

So I told him everything that had happened in the span of a few hours. From the little hand holding scene within the helicopter up to the point where I punched Sephiroth in the face. I spoke of everything that I could so he could understand why everything was this way. The more details, the better chance of me getting out of Wutai faster.

"I'll come get you. I am already heading to the heli-pad."

"Thanks. I owe you for thi…"

He must have gotten on the elevator for the call to drop like that. It was like the elevator was created just to drop calls. In fact, it doesn't even let you send out e-mails. Well at least I knew for certain that he was coming for me.

Three hours had passed by and there were no signs of a helicopter or Tseng in sight. Sephiroth was still inside the cave, possibly sleeping. No one else called my phone so I sat outside all by my lonesome.

It was so hot and humid outside. I hadn't even put on my shirt and my body was sweating. It got to the point that my hair was stuck to my forehead and ears with sweat. It was unbearably hot!

My stomach growled signifying that it was still waiting for me to put food inside it. I grabbed a couple of granola bars out of my duffel bag. They wouldn't be enough to fill me, but it was enough to shut my stomach for a while. I had better food in my bag; a Soldier can never be too prepared for anything. I just grabbed the first thing that I could reach. I would eat something else later on, if Tseng ever showed up.

I was so bored! If I didn't die from the heat, it would be from my complete utter boredom. I was playing with my Materia for Goddess sake. I needed to focus on something. Anything would do. Like the sky, the plants, the rustling in the trees. Wait, what did I just hear?

Wutai soldiers jumped down from the tress. I grabbed my sword and was ready for this fight. It was time to get rid of my boredom and my frustrations. Oh yeah!

Sephiroth's POV

I heard gun shots and the sound of swords clashing outside. It had to be Fair. No one else was around this area from what I had seen. So who was he fighting out there?

My curiousity did not get the better of me. I just wanted to sort through all my thoughts. One minute, I am thinking about how much I love him. Those thoughts become pleasure of the flesh, of which he was my first. Next was Fair chained to a wall as we had such pleasures. It all ended with me wanting to kill him and I act upon those impulses.

He was right to have punched me in my face like he had. I had once again tried to hurt him. If I could not control these strange impulses, I should be hit by him everytime he sees me. If it ever got too bad, then he had the right to kill me.

When he screamed, I rushed outside to assist him. I was a little afraid that something may have hurt him far worse than I have. I had to be by his side, I had to be his protector.

Fair was surrounded by Wutai Soldiers. One had attacked him, slicing through his abdomen. Seeing his blood and hearing his screams of pain angered me. I ran forward, forgetting to grab Masamune. I attacked them with my fists, ripping apart limbs. The ones that were not killed ran away finally realizing who I was.

"Fair? Fair?" I shouted and ran to him.

"Gen…Seph…" he sounded so weak.

I heard gun shots and those few living soldiers screaming. I turned my head to see my current least favorite person. Tseng of the Turks was right there with the blood of his fellow Wutain on his body.

"Give me Zackary Fair, Sephiroth," he said calmly.

"Why should I?" I growled.

"He asked for me to come get him. He said that your mood swings were upsetting him. Other words, it is that time of the year for you to become unnecessarily horny," he walked closer to me.

"Do not talk as if you know me, Turk," I spat out."

"We grew up together, remember. I know you quite well and I will always know you," he sighed.

He took Fair out of my arms. His eyes, they showed a deep sadness. Tseng did not express his emotions often and usually not so visibly seen. Yet here he was, showing me kindness. Almost as if he really cared…