I have learned that a mix of depression, mental scarrage, and uncovering old playstation games that I either loved as a kid or wanted to play, but had no idea what to do. First Final Fantasy 7, then Digimon World 3, and maaaybe Parasite Eve. *Pokes it with a ten-foot pole* Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks of Genesis and Sephiroth when the new Axe commercial with the cavemen comes up. What? They look good in leather.


A few days had passed after the sleepy Sephiroth incident and Zack hadn't seen pale hide or silver hair of the mighty general, all trips to his room yielded fruitless results, until…

A light, lilting laugh accompanied by a rarely-heard, booming one caught Zack's attention as he was wandering through the halls of Shinra Tower. He lightly tiptoed to Sephiroth's room and peered through the crack in the almost-closed door.

An unfamiliar woman was sitting with her legs folded under her on Sephiroth's bed next to its owner, looking much more at ease than he usually was. Her silver locks, reaching down a little below her shoulder blades, rippled with her laughter. When she finally had the laughter out of her system, she wiped the edge of her eye before opening them, revealing them to be luminous, purple orbs with silted pupils, just like the old woman's he met before the mission.

"So what happened after that?" She asked enthusiastically of the male in the room as she folded her hands neatly on her lap that was enfolded by a pair of light blue slacks, matching her T-shirt.

"Unfortunately for him, Hojo didn't expect that much of a release of power from me and he ended up getting slammed against the wall behind him and got knocked out!" His normally dead-serious friend had trouble keeping his giggles in at the last part and finally burst into uproarious laughter, along with his female companion, as he ended the story.

Once her mirth ceased, she swung her legs onto the floor and stood up. "As much as I hate it, I suppose I have to leave now." She turned to the door and narrowed her eyes at Zack who, in his haste to get away from the door, had made it open even further and grinned innocently from his position, sprawled out on the hallway floor where he had slipped in his urgency. "Looks like we have a little spy here."

Sephiroth's face, which still held happiness from the conversation minutes before, immediately turned stone-cold as he beheld the eavesdropper. "Zack, what do you think you're doing?" He asked in a malicious tone.

He let out a nervous chuckle as he shivered slightly. "J-just passing by, t-that's all."

The silver-haired man let out a cruel, barking laugh. "Hmph. I highly doubt that's the truth. Looks like we'll just have to wring it out of you." He said viciously while approaching him and cracking his knuckles.

The woman swung out an arm in front of him, halting his progress. "Now, now. There are other ways to get the truth other than violence."

Zack watched as her amethyst orbs stared straight into his azure ones and he felt a sharp pain in his mind. She then looked over at Sephiroth and he nodded knowingly after a few seconds.

She then walked over to him and picked him up by his collar with all the strength of Sephiroth before heading off to a different part of the tower, him protesting all the way.

She finally threw him down face-first in front of a bewildered Angeal and Genesis before going back to the last First-Class SOLDIER's room.

"Wow, the puppy's first girlfriend and she's already got him whipped." Commented a near-cackling Genesis.

Angeal, on the other hand, simply groaned and covered his face with a hand before demanding, "Explanation, now."

Zack propped himself up on his elbow while rubbing his smashed face with his other hand. "I honestly have no idea myself. I found her and Sephiroth talking in his room and, as you can clearly tell, they found me." He watched the red-head fall out of his chair while laughing uncontrollably and muttering words to himself which only made his laughter grow louder.

The more mature SOLDIER looked at his childhood friend and sighed. "Allow me to translate. He's saying he never thought Sir Serious would ever loosen up and get himself a date."

He just stared at Genesis weirdly. "You can understand him?"

Angeal just shrugged. "You learn his language after a few years."

"So, how long is he going to do this?"

He shrugged again. "Until he stops or passes out from oxygen deprivation, whichever comes first." He got up and grabbed the red-head, who was now gasping for breath, by the collar. "Shall we go meet this mystery woman who has wormed herself into the general's heart?"

Zack merely shook his head as he laughed while following him. "You've been listening to Genesis's gibberish for too long."


*Highlights Hojo in Microsoft Word because it says it's mispelled* First alternative, Hobo. *Dies laughing*