So I was last week I am going to write another chapter so I started it. Then I got caught up with work and other things so I kind of didn't get to finish it. By other things I mean life in general and some of the other crossovers I write not to mention the ones I read. So here we are with the unfortunate SOLDIER first class who is in a very strange situation. Anyway I hope you enjoy.
"When the war of the beast brings about the worlds end, the Goddess descends from the sky" LOVELESS prologue.
Kuro summarised that his slitted reptilian like eyes would cause most discomfort. So he settled for squinting. The strangely dressed woman who was called Sister Margaret had asked him this when she realised that he had begun to squint. "I take it due to your reaction along with most others here that my eye's unnerve them" Kuro had answered her. "Don't worry I can see just fine like this." he had explained. "Though I do plan on getting some riding goggles." Kuro then had to explain what he meant by Riding Goggles for it seemed that they had misunderstood what he had meant. Also to his dismay they did not have any of those unless it was meant for swimming. So being pragmatic Kuro decided to settle with using his spare shades that he had pinched from Rude when the TURK wasn't paying attention. "Remind me to thank him for keeping spares" Kuro mentally noted that was if he was ever able to meat Rude again. Though the SOLDIER first class could imagine the TURK's reaction when he realised what Kuro was talking about. "Veld will never let him live that one down ever" Kuro reasoned as the director did not approve of such situations happening.
"So do you understand why you have been brought here?" Sister Margaret asked when they had taken him to her office. Kuro had been asked to leave his scythe and his two standard SOLDIER blades outside the SOLDIER first class was almost impressed that they had asked him to remove his cloak and the swords. So now he was left in his Black SOLDIER First class uniform sitting down on a seat opposite a table where the woman named Margaret sat.
"I came because I was lead to believe that Gengo Aoi was offering me something more preferable to what Chevalier would be." Kuro answered casually. While he could tell he was not fooling Sister Margaret everyone was put off by it. After all the best way to fool someone appear to be little relaxed. Obfuscating stupidity as Tseng had called it.
"Well that is somewhat true" Sister Margaret admitted. The First class could tell that was not all of it so he pounced on that slip.
"So I there something about me that I have not been privy to?" Kuro asked casually in a carefree manner. Though it seemed that a veteran like sister Margaret was able to tell that he was about to get very dangerous.
"No" she replied quickly. Not too quickly but enough to try and ease the tension that had suddenly built up. "Your" Sister Margaret began. "Your situation as we call it is rather unique" she explained. "While Chevalier is able to bypass the human rights laws They can't really do it to you because you are out of their authorisation" She explained. "And if any news was leaked to the public there would be an uproar as well as they may lose their sponsors. Also there is the problem of you coming from another world and to mistreat you may cause hostile relations with your world should we ever come into contact with them."
Kuro raised an eyebrow. "You people are putting a lot care into this especially when it contains a decent few 'ifs'" he stated. "Also what is this human rights thing you keep on talking about this is the third time I have heard it and the second time I have heard it from a figure that seems to be some form of authority" Kuro explained. "So please enlighten me to what this thing you call 'human rights' is?" he asked.
Sister Margaret was surprised at this and she visibly let this show. "They do not have them where you come from?" she asked almost sympathetically that almost got under Kuro's skin. Being pitied was something he despised.
"Uh no the only real rule was do what is necessary" Kuro replied not understanding the concept of human rights. In his defence a man Like Hojo who had raised him had no concept of them either so Kuro was not entirely at fault.
"Well" Siter Margaret began "Human righter are" Kuro was rather surprised by Sister Margaret's explanation. According to himself he had violated these laws on plenty of occasions and so had the rest of SOLDIER. In Kuro's and SOLDIER's defence they were under the orders of the authority A.K.A the SHINRA electric power company so they could try to get out of it. But Kuro was more interested if anyone from this world found out what type of activities the TURKS were involved with. Also Kuro was somewhat surprised that the act of murder was only punished with imprisonment. So he was rather confused on Gaia while it was not acceptable to kill someone it was alright if you were to try to seek vengeance by killing the said person if they had wronged you by killing someone you held dear. It was not like anyone cared too much. Sure some would shun and revile you for the act but unless the said person was a high profile Shinra employee, a SOLDIER or a TURK and maybe some of the peace keeping units mainly the troopers no one was going to care too much. That was just the way the world was, filled with monsters and you should be more focused on your own survival than what the person who lived next to you did in their spare time. Well that as Kuro's perception of things as the First class knew everyone had a different opinion he had learnt that from his interactions with Genesis.
"So in short you people mainly Dr. Gengo brought me here to keep me at arms length until you can formulate a plan" Kuro stated.
"Where did you get that idea from?" Sister Margaret asked wondering why he had just suddenly changed the topic of discussion.
"You looked a little too comfortable when you were lecturing me" Kuro replied offhandedly. Though in truth he had been able to discern that from several signs that she had shown in their conversation but Kuro could rather hold his cards closer to his chest for the moment after all only an idiot goes all out at the start in a situation like this.
"I have noticed Mr Kuro that you are rather calm about all of this" Sister Margaret stated.
"Well it is not like I can do anything to change it" Kuro replied. "I am no scientist" he stated. "I am SOLDIER it is not my job to deal with these problems" he stated. "And I am not paid sufficiently enough either" he joked. Kuro however was rather sick of people asking him why he was rather composed about the situation when the answer was obvious. The first thing would be that losing it would not help Kuro had to suppress an internal sigh this is why Sephiroth could not stand too many people it seemed. Well it seemed to Kuro like that at least. People constantly asking the same question over and over again when the answer was obvious it was rather displeasing.
"Vincent I'm a cool parent right" Grimoire Valentine the scientist who had suggested the stagnant lifestream theories and who was in charge of the discovery of Chaos and Omega. Vincent had many traits that he had inherited from his father Grimoire. The black hair, the tall imposing figure, the calmness the he possessed in situations along with his red eyes. Not to mention the taste in dark clothing.
"Can you please not talk to me, ever?" was Vincent Valentine's cold reply. It would be difficult to say whether the TURK was embarrassed or whether he was just following orders. Either way those would be the last words that passed between the father and son. Grimoire died in a Lab accident protecting his assistant Lucrecia from the blast during a tragic accident in his research. This would be only the beginning of the TURK's troubles.
Not long after that Lucrecia had gotten involved with Hojo and his Jenova project bearing and giving birth to the fruit of it. The child she and Hojo had named Sephiroth. But Lucrecia had him taken out of her hands the moment she was born. Later on she became ill due to the experiments she had gone through in Project-S Vincent her bodyguard confronted Hojo about this and was killed by the doctor who used his corpse to perform various experiments.
Lucrecia was desperate to bring Vincent back and decided to go over something that she had been privy to when she still worked for the man's deceased father. Over the course of the weeks she successfully fused the Chaos materia into Vincent's being and his body started to reverse the process of decomposing. Later in order for him to be able to control the being known as Chaos she implanted the Protomateria within him but for some reason his body began to decompose again. No one knows what else Lucrecia did but over a week later the decomposing had been reversed yet again. Though Vincent was in what could be called a Coma.
Unable to live with what She had done Lucrecia killed herself only to discover that beings that held Jenova within them were unable to merge with the lifestream Jenova herself being an Alien species. Lucrecia fled and resided within crystal in the cave that she and Grimoire had first discovered Chaos in but not before she had left notes on her Thesis on Chaos and Omega for Vincent to find if he awoke. This last part was unknown to the formerly deceased TURK.
Years Later Vincent awoke and transformed into the creature known as the Galian beast. Thinking this is his punishment the former TURK sealed himself underneath the SHINRA manor in its basement in a coffin. And now he had awoken to the feeling that he was being talked about or referenced in an indirect way and the sound of a dial being turned, by the most impatient and carefree of hand. "What is going on?" the Former TURK asked himself as he saw the lid of the coffin being opened up.
Zack Fair SOLDIER second class opened the lid o the coffin to find a pair of blood red eyes looking back at him as he peered inside. "Whoa!" exclaimed ash he stumbled back dropping the lid back on whatever or whoever was inside the coffin. The more he thought about it the more the puppy realised there must be some guy in there. According to the puppy's logic then that guy might have an idea as to what they are looking for. Slowly and carefully Zack lifted the coffin lid again to be met by the same stare. "Uh hey" Zack began. "Do you uh know anything about this thing called Jenova project?" he asked trying to sound casual.
The man inside the coffin blinked "The Jenova project" he repeated as though Zack had just stirred a very bad memory. "Why would you bother me about that?" he asked.
"Wow anti-social much" Zack mentally noted. "Uh well I was asked by that creep Hojo to come here with my mentor and well collect any and all notes on it" he explained.
"You are not a TURK" the red eyed man stated as he still lay in the coffin. "What are you?" he asked. "And why do your eyes glow?"
"How old is this guy and how long has he been down here?" Zack asked himself. To not know a SOLDIER when you saw them was rather strange. "Uh well I am part of SOLDIER we are like SHINRA's super soldiers" Zack explained though he didn't intend the pun. "Uh I have no idea what I am looking for so if you would e kind enough to at least point me in the right direction I would be extremely grateful."
The stranger inside the coffin was not listening. "So that is what they decided to call it" he murmured. "I take it Hojo is in charge of the induction then." Even one like Zack Fair could tell that this was not a question just a statement.
"Awesome you know about it?" Zack said forgetting the type of situation that he was in and ruining the tense atmosphere.
"Yes in a way" the person replied. "I take it you are infused with Mako that is why your eyes glow" he stated. "It would be correct to assume that you have no idea why Hojo is looking up information that he hid away."
"You would be correct" the stern voice of Angeal rang out across the basement. "Zack what have you done this time?" he asked shaking his head.
"You beat the resemblance to that of the woman named Gillian" the figure in the coffin stated as he got up. "So you are the product of project-G."
"What?" Angeal asked narrowing his eyes. "Are you talking about?" This thing knew who his mother was.
"To my knowledge there was two different Jenova projects" the figure stated. "Project G run by doctor Hollander and Project S run by Hojo" he explained. "Since you were sent by Hojo you are most probably looking for the information on Project S that is located in this manor but I must ask why would he send SOLDIER as your protege called you."
"That is classified" Angeal replied calmly and smoothly, though he was surprised that a complete stranger was able to tell that Zack was his Protege. He did not know how strong this creature was or if he could defeat it if it decided to turn hostile.
"Then he should have sent in the TURKs" the figure replied. "This is more suited to their line of work." it stated.
"See even he agrees with me" Zack stated pointing at Vincent. "Man I did say this job has TURKs written all over it."
"How do you know so much about all of this?" Angeal asked drawing his broadsword.
"I was once the TURK assigned to accompany Hojo" the figure replied the facct that he said was and TURK together meant that something happened mainly no one left the TURKS unless they were deceased.
Angeal was visibly taken aback and Zack for his part fell over at the revelation. "Whoa did he imprison you here in that coffin to prevent you from talking?" Zack asked.
"No" was the reply he was given. "The fruit of Project S's mother did that though she was trying to save my life and I imprisoned myself here for my failure to stop the Jenova project."
"Does Project S stand for Project Sephiroth?" Angeal asked. Receiving a nod from the figure. "Then along that line of thinking is Project G stand for project Genesis?"
"That is a mistake" the figure replied. "Though I presume that is the first products name it is not the name of the project" he stated. "I would rather not say hat it stands for because I think you have figured it out for yourself" he explained at the shocked look on Angeal's usually stoic face. "Not something you would like to discover" the he stated.
Angeal was able to compose himself rather well given what he had just discovered. "Yes" the bulky First class agreed. "You said Sephiroth's mother did this to you why?"
"I had to confront Hojo about her health after Sephiroth's birth due the illness that she started to suffer from and the mental trauma as well" he explained. "Hojo then shot me killing me before he used my body for some other experiments of his" former TURK explained until Zack interrupted him.
"Wait minute!" The puppy shouted. "Did you just say that you died?" he asked incredulously.
"Yes" the Former TURK replied. "You can ask the director for the autopsy report if you really want" he added. "The name that you want is Vincent Valentine." He didn't seem to came about this fact. "As to how I am here it was through Lucrecia's experiments that brought me back" he stated regarding his hand and arm. "Though I am unsure whether I should thank for this or add it to the list of things I have to curse her for." he said barely above a whisper.
"Valentine" Angeal mused "Where have heard that before?" "Are you a relative of Grimoire Valentine?" Angeal asked noticing if Vincent was who he claimed he was then the two shared same surname.
"Yes" Vincent replied looking down as if ashamed of something. "He was my father" the Former TURK admitted.
"Is there any of his and Ghast joint research here?" Angeal asked. The second reason they were there was to get the notes on the alternate worlds as Hojo called them.
"Yes" Vincent replied. "They are in the Manor's library" he explained fixing Zack with a look. "Not the basement" he finished.
"Aww sheesh can't you cut a guy some slack?" he asked. Though he knew that answer was no
"You are a SOLDIER" was Angeal's reply needless to say for the bulky first this should be all that needed to be said.
Vincent's was not much better. "I was a TURK" he stated. Though the TURK part explained everything.
Vincent proceeded to go back to the coffin. "I am done here he stated. Before closing it." leaving Zack a little confused.
"What he went back to sleep?" Zack stated surprised. "Man why would he bother?" The spiky hared second was rather confused and not entirely understanding of the situation that Vincent had been in.
"From what I was able to make of what he had said, Vincent is not very proud of the Jenova project" Angeal explained. "Nor his part in it" the bulky first added.
"What does that mean Angeal?" Zack asked a little confused. The SOLDIER second class was rather innocent in a sense though the term was a very accurate description of him.
"It is better that we don't find out fully" Angeal replied. "We may end up in a similar situation to Vincent's" he explained.
"That is something I do not want" Zack admitted. "Being all down and depressed like that, no wonder why he can't sleep."
"That is probably the better part of it" Angeal said silently. Knowing Hojo that most definitely was.
While Angeal's thoughts were preoccupied Zack was the only one of them to notice that Vincent had taken the lock with him inside. "Wow he must really not like visitors" the Spiky haired second thought as he hurried after Angeal.
Kuro's mood was rather annoyed at best at the moment. After his talk with the woman called Sister Margaret he had been told that he would be staying as a student at west genetics for the duration of his time here. Which meant he would be attending classes. This irritated him as he tried explained to her that he already was SOLDIER first class and had no intention of having to work his way up again. This was met with some amusement from Sister Margaret as she explained the schooling or education system as she called it to him. Apparently he could pass for a transfer student in his late teens even though he was physically twenty five and had only lived for ten years. Essentially Kuro was to be posing as limiter. From what he had learnt limiters were the ones who freeze the Nova while the Pandora's took them down. In short he was to pretend to be the backup. For an elite shock troop like Kuro this was a sever dent in his pride and ego no to mention how demeaning it would be to play along. Now Kuro was by no means a braggart but like all males even a ten year old had an ego and to be beta as he put it was somewhat infuriating.
Moreover they had tried to make Kuro give his word that he would not hurt any of the students even if he was provoked. Kuro had refused to agree and had told her that he would try but only if those on the other end didn't go too far. Kuro was not someone to be insulted easily like Sephiroth but he did have some triggers not that anyone knew since recently Kuro had been able to control his emotions while in battle to have a tranquil fury where he looked completely calm when he tore people apart. This was a technique Kuro had been thought to control his emotions and feel as little as possible so that he could focus on the enemy.
In essence it was as if the emotions he was feeling had been refined and concentrated into the size of a pin's tip making it whole dangerous and effective. Cards like this he kept lose to his chest along with his materia and other techniques
So here he was being led by one of his seniors or sempai as they liked to be called led him around giving him a tour. Kuro believed from their reaction to him that he was playing the part of the transfer student or the new student well. Before he this he had to have changed into the school uniform that he found was rather annoying. "So this is how a TURK may feel when they are dressed up" he thought. Remembering how uptight Tseng and Veld looked all the time.
Kuro suppressed a grin as he remembered the response he had given Tseng when the TURK had told him that he shouldn't worry as they still got paid more than he did. "Are you sure about that?" he had asked. "I was under the impression that my monthly salary was three times yours and Veld's yearly one combined when the new vice president explained it to me when I asked him why I had so much gill in my account." The memory of getting one over the TURKs was a rather pleasant one.
"And here are the Male dorms for the first years" His guide a first year Pandora named Si-Ran informed him. She was a girl in her mid teens who had short neatly combed brown hair and a cheery disposition that reminded Kuro of Zack.
"Thanks for the tour Sempai" Kuro said trying his best to sound appreciative and actually succeeding. "I hope I didn't cause you any disservice" he said scratching the back of his head. Like Zack did when the 'puppy' felt a little foolish.
"Oh it was not a problem Kuroi Karito" she replied. Apparently that was the his title in their language. Well Kuro did know it could have been worse. It always could have been worse.
"I'll See you in class" she stated as she waved him goodbye as she left.
Kuro internally growled at his situation before walking into the dorm room and going to his designated quarters. There he took off the contact lenses that they had asked him to where it was in essence a shade that his his glowing slitted eyes with them appearing to be normal blue ones. Kuro looked up to see his slitted Aquamarine eyes stare back at him in his reflection. "This going to be very difficult to adjust" Kuro stated as he dropped to the floor and began to do push ups. Since there was no training room he could practice in without being seen. So he had to fall back on the muscles exercises and sword drills. "I only need three hours of rest at maximum" Kuro snarled to himself this was going to be one boring night since they had not developed a reality simulator to practice in. "I must say SHINRA is way ahead of these people in some aspects" Kuro admitted.
About Three hours after the encounter with Vincent Valentine Zack and Angeal had managed to procure the notes that they required. "Geez Angeal" Zack complained as he fitted the last of books into the helicopter. "This is like a third of the library in here" he stated which was true. "I know it is important but I need to ask why are we taking it all at once?" the spiky haired second asked. His question was not unwarranted as there was little to no place left in the helicopter.
"It is better this way" Angeal stated as he and Zack got into the cramped space that remained. Everything was strapped up nicely so that it couldn't fall out. "That reminds me" Angeal remembered. "Zack I believe you may want to look at your PHS there might be something you may find interesting" he stated. Angeal knew Sephiroth and Genesis may have wrapped things up with the incident in Junon so Zack didn't have to worry about that.
"Great Gaia" Zack swore as he read the start of the message. "I missed a priority Omega" he stated getting hysteric. "man this is going to go on my personal record.
"Kuro has the excuse of being a ten years old" Angeal noted as he compared the two's behaviour in situations like these. "Zack however doesn't have that excuse" Angeal thought Shaking his hea at the Spiky haired SOLDIER's antics. "Zack" he said in a tone that made his 'puppy' pay attention to him. "You were here on a request from Hojo there is no problem as you were already on a high level mission" he explained.
The spiky haired second breathed a sigh of relief. "Man Angeall what did you do that for?" he asked. "You nearly gave me a heart attack" Zack stated.
"Have you read all of it?" Angeal asked sighing at Zack's attention span and knowing that his protege had not read all of the message or in his hysteria missed a few parts of it.
"Uh no" Zack replied. "I'll get right to it" he stated and continued to read the PHS.
"So" Angeal said after Zack had finished reading the PHS message "I believe congratulations are in order. SOLDIER first class Zack Fair."
"Uh, Thanks I guess" Zack replied sounding not sure about what he had just read or his promotion. "I" he began. "I thought I would be more happy" Zack stated. "I mean getting to be a first class was my dream and all, but for some reason I don't feel as I thought it would" he explained. "Weird huh?"
"Well Zack I guess we could always not throw the party that Kunsel was planning" Angeal informed him playfully.
"Wait what? Aw man why did you ruin the surprise form me?" Zack asked as he whined at Angeal for well being Angeal.
Angeal smirked before he replied. "It got you to lighten up didn't it?" he stated more than asked.
Zack gave a small laugh "yeah I guess" he replied.
The flight back to Midgar was largely uneventful it was when they were on the outskirts of Midgar that Zck decided to try something. "Man I need some fresh air" the newly appointed spiky haired first stated.
"Zack" Angeal shouted but his Protege had already opened the door and hoped out slamming it shut.
"Hey I know how to fix him, yo" came a cheerful voice that belonged to the TURK flying the helicopter.
Before Angeal could reply to order him to desist the TURK used his extraordinary piloting skills to make the Helicopter to a barrel role. "Do you have not sense of discipline as well as reason?" Angeal shouted.
"Aw Shit yo" the TURK swore. "I think we lost Lieutenant Fair" the TURK stated..
Angeal snorted in contempt Zack would not die from such a fall it would take a lot more to kill him. "Reno" he snarled in annoyance as did the co-pilot.
"Aw man I understand commander Hewely but you too Rude?" the now named Reno asked his partner. Silence was all that greeted his question.
"This is commander Hewely to all SHINRA personnel" he called out over the radio "Lieutenant Fair has just disappeared in sector five please all able bodied personnel please find him." After finishing what he said Angeal turned off the radio and added. "This is going on your permanent Record Reno" The red head's cursing was a satisfactory answer for him.
Zack felt immense pain from where he had landed. Groaning as he found that he had landed on hard ground. "how far did I fall?" he asked himself.
"Hello mister?" a new soft and gentle voice called out to him. "Are you awake?" it asked.
Zack Fair newly promoted to SOLDIER first class opened his glowing sapphire eyes and his day just got a whole lot better the next instant.
Before you ask yes I did read the Fifth Act time travel fic by Sinnatious. Also I read it in January when it was recommended to me by one who read my 'The Angel with a Single Wing' DxD crossover. And like him I can't just write a story with Zack in it on Gaia without having him meet Aerith/Aeris in it. By the way let me know which name you would like me to use.
Anyway I hoped you enjoyed it If you have any ideas you would like to share please review or PM me it is very heartening to see crossovers and fics get review favourites and follows and motivates me to keep on writing them. Not that I won't stop writing them in any case.
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