Decisions Between Love and War Chapter 5: The Cetra Ball Part One, a final fantasy vii fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own any Final Fantasy VII characters.

Summary: AU. Jenova is the queen of the western continent, taking Sephiroth as her prince. She believed that her other children (Cloud, Zack, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz) were too weak to become princes, so they became higher servants. What happens when young scrawny Cloud takes interest in the prince? Other main characters will be in here. R&R!

A/N: Finally a new chapter for you guys. By the way…DIRGE OF CERBERUS IS OUT! YIPPEE! VINCENT'S GAME IS OUT! VINCENT'S GAME IS OUT! GO VINCENT! Hehe…sorry I had to get that out. As you can see, I love Vincent very much (I love Sephiroth too, but right now it's all about Vincent since his game is out!). Please just ignore me and read the new chapter…

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Decisions Between Love and War:

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Chapter Four: The Cetra Ball Part One:

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Sephiroth groaned. It felt like a thousand bricks hit his head all at once. He ran his fingers through his very clean and soft silver hair. His nose inhaled a heavenly scent that was obviously coming from him.

His lips curled upwards in a quick smile. He felt completely refreshed. He felt the air hit his chest and looked down. His chest was almost completely revealed, showing off the perfectly chiseled abs and chest that he usually covered up.

He heard hooves hitting the dirt road and instantly knew he was back in the carriage and away from that psycho bastard that had done God knows what to him. He stood up and walked to the back room of the carriage. He spotted a full-body mirror in the corner and decided to check himself out.

His head tilted to the side as his glowing emerald eyes looked him up and down. He saw that his long silver hair was tied up in a high ponytail and also noticed a faint hint of light green make-up under his eyes.

What the hell did they do to me…?

His Masamune was placed in a black leather sheath and attached to his hip by a light green sash around his waist. He had two black pauldrons on his shoulders and aqua green and light green shirt that uncovered most of his chest. It was long and went down to his ankles but underneath that, in the bottom area, was a pair of black pants. Along with that he wore a long black cape and boots.

He sighed. He was going to have to get used to this for the rest of the day and night. He went back to his seat in the middle section of the carriage and looked out of the window. He wondered what was going to happen tonight.

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Cloud watched as Zack stared out of the window. He looked sad and the blonde wanted to comfort his half-brother. He leaned against him, putting his small blonde head onto the older teen's chest and staring up at him with big blue eyes.

"What's the matter, Zack?", he asked.

That obviously got the black-haired youth's attention and he jumped slightly. His eyes fell on the blonde's and he started to calm down. Their eyes were locked on each other for a series of long seconds before the older boy opened his mouth to speak.

"Cloud, there's something I have to tell you", he said in a serious tone.

The blonde chuckled and hit the raven-haired boy playfully, "Stop being all serious, Zack. We're going to a ball. You look like me a few hours ago".

"No, seriously there something that needs to be said", the dark-haired adolescent said in his stern tone.

"We're here!", a voice outside cried as the carriage came to a stop.

The blonde instantly got up and looked out of the window. He saw the beautiful orange horizon that gave the huge castle up ahead a very spectacular look. The red brick of the castle stood out now and it made the blonde smile.

He ran by the black-haired boy who was still trying to summon up the words he was about to say to him. The blonde immediately went to the nearest door to the carriage and push past it.

The black-haired boy sighed and got up. He placed a hand in front of his face and moved it down. Simultaneously as he did this, he changed the serious facial expression he had on his face to one that was more himself.

Cloud, Zack, Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo all got out with the help of Elena and Tseng. Once the "princes" were together, Tseng went around the carriage again to get Jenova. The queen batted his hand away as she got down herself.

Cloud stared at the huge castle entrance as a series of servants came rushing out to greet and help them inside. He searched for Zack who remained by his side. The black-haired teen leaned down to his ear.

"These are the Cetra, Cloud", he whispered.

"I know that…", the blonde scoffed.

"You didn't look like you did", the older boy chuckled.

The boys, including the silver-haired ones, were put in complete awe at the inside of the Cetra castle. Almost everything was in gold and decorated in red silk. The servants lead the boys and the queen in to the throne room where the whole event was suppose to take place.

Tseng and Elena put the carriage in the proper place right underneath the shelter by the castle entrance. They stayed inside of the carriage until the other expected visitors arrived.

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Vincent hid himself behind another pole and he would occasionally look behind it to see who was coming in. It seemed like everyone on the planet was coming inside. He had a glass of wine in his hand and he moved it around as if he were playing with the liquid inside. He watched as Jenova approached the throne area and sat with his adoptive mother. He suddenly started to feel very uncomfortable.

He made sure he kept an eye out for his step-siblings to assure himself that they were safe. He finally looked behind the pole one last time and locked eyes with a familiar blonde. He was partially shocked to see the blonde dressed in such an alluring attire but he didn't show it on his face.

The blonde kept breaking their gaze as if he were nervous. Every few seconds he would look back up at the black-haired prince as he made is way down the steps towards the center of the huge room.

Zack looked around the room with Cloud by his side. He didn't know why he was guarding the blonde but he just had a instinct too. That instinct went away as soon as he saw a very pretty brunette female. He smiled and elbowed the blonde.

"Watch me work my magic, Cloud", he joked as he walked towards the youthful brunette.

She noticed that the black-haired stranger was approaching her and turned her complete attention to him. She felt a hand shake her shoulder roughly and snapped her green eyes to the person who was shaking her. She sighed when she saw her blonde older brother who was watching her with the kind of eyes a parent would have when they send their daughter off to go on a date or something.

"Aerith, don't go gettin' yourself in trouble, ya hear?", the blonde warned.

"Cid, you know that I won't do that. Shouldn't you be watching Yuffie instead? She seems to be having fun with that silver-haired boy in the green kimono", the brunette said with a small smile as the blonde looked over his shoulder to see what she was talking about.

"Oh, damnit! You're right!", the blonde cried as he rushed over to where Yuffie was dancing around Kadaj.

"Excuse me, but-".

"Let me guess. You're Zack, the teen who used to fight beside Sephiroth", the brunette said as she turned around to face the person behind her.

Her green eyes held a friendly glow in them as they looked at the black-haired boy in front of her. She watched as he started to frown and she instantly regretted what she said. She placed both of her hands over the middle section where her collar bones connected.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you", she apologized.

"Na, you didn't", the dark-haired teen said as he put a smile on his face. "Since you know my name, I have got to know yours. I think that it's Aerith, right?".

The brunette nodded and smiled, "Yes, I'm glad you remember my name but where is Sephiroth?".

He looked around for a few seconds before looking back at her and shrugging his shoulder, "I don't know. He's probably running late".

"That sets me at ease then…", she said as she reached out her hand.

"I see that you want to dance with me?", he said with a smirk and she nodded. "When is the music coming on?".

"Right…", she began as she grabbed his hand, "now…".

Simultaneously as she said that, a soft sound of the violin began playing. The black-haired boy nodded and led the brunette to the center of the floor.

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Cloud looked behind every pole until he saw the one he was looking for behind one of them. He smiled as soon as his sapphire eyes consumed the sight of Vincent who was sipping his drink, trying to ignore him.

"Hello, Vincent", the blonde said.

He didn't know why he went straight for the black-haired prince. It was just that he had an instinct to do so. He suddenly remembered the liquid his supposed mother injected inside of his body and cursed to himself.

He also remembered the twitching erection in his pants and blushed. He hoped that the older man didn't notice. Feeling eyes on him, he looked back up at the prince before him with a smile.

"Cloud…that's your name right?", the prince asked.

"Yes, sir", the blonde replied before he bit his tongue.

Sir…? When the hell did he call someone a sir or ma'am?

"Cloud…don't ever kiss me like that again…", the prince warned in a serious tone.

The blonde felt his shoulder drop in disappointment. Out of all the things he was expecting the prince to say, that wasn't one of them. His gaze dropped to the ground and he heard the black-haired man sigh. He felt a pair of gloved fingers pinch his chin and lift it up. Before he knew it, he was staring into those deep crimson eyes.

"I shouldn't have said it like that. I'm sorry", he heard the prince apologize before he walked away.

"Wait, Vincent! Don't go!", the blonde cried, feeling his erection twitch again with his own need.

The prince stopped and looked back at the blonde was looked like he was about to break into a run after him. He watched with amused eyes as the blonde straightened up and removed the pleading look from his face. The blonde replaced it with a determined expression and approached the prince again.

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Kadaj made sure Yazoo and Loz was by his side. Yuffie had officially scared him away. She was more energetic than anything he had seen before and it actually started to frighten him.

"What's the matter, Kadaj? Scared of a little girl?", Loz teased.

"No, not as scared as you were when you realized we were gone last year", Kadaj snapped and after a few seconds, Loz started to whimper as he cried.

Yazoo rolled his eyes and said in a calm tone, "Don't cry, Loz".

Kadaj looked around the huge room and locked eyes with a certain someone he wished he hadn't have met in the first place. His glowing emerald eyes widened to saucers as he gripped his two brothers behind him.

"It's her!", he cried.

"Who?", Yazoo asked as he look around.

"That girl that we jumped for her horse last year", he replied.

"She's after you not me!", Loz cried as he ducked behind a pole.

"I'm not scared of any girl!", Kadaj growled as he stood his ground.

Yazoo rolled his eyes again and calmly leaned against the nearby wall. He finally saw who Kadaj was talking about and watched as the black-haired girl was rapidly coming their way. Within a few seconds, the girl was in front of them and her face was a bright red. Before Kadaj could move or say anything, she hammered her fist in his stomach and kicked him into the wall beside Yazoo.

"That's what you get for knocking me out last year!", Tifa cried as she stomped away.

Yazoo laughed as he watched Kadaj slip to the ground onto his bottom, "At least you stood your ground. I'll give you that, brother".

"Shut up, Yazoo", Kadaj growled as he got up to his feet. "I'll get and I'll make sure she wouldn't even dare to hit me again".

The longer-haired male looked at the younger male with a small smirk on his features, "I stole samples of the chemical that Mother gave us. If we were to put that into the drinks…"

Kadaj looked up at the slimmer male with a smile, "They would be under our control".

Yazoo nodded, taking out three bottles from his clothing, "Whoever gives the drink to the receiver controls that person".

Kadaj grabbed one and the duo began to go over to the drinks.

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The music was slow just like their movements were. Aerith felt so comfortable in Zack's strong arms and Zack never experienced anything like this except for when he was with…

"Do you enjoy the music?", she asked.

"Sure do, Aerith", he said with a smile. "You know…it feels like I've known you all my life…".

She smiled and stopped moving her feet to wrap her arms around him in a tight hug. He let a strangled gasp and slowly started to hug her back. Maybe it was just the music but they were starting to grow a small bond between them.

He suddenly grabbed her arm and dragged her to the area where the drinks were sitting on the table. She watched him as he poured the both of them drinks and handed her one.

She looked down at the liquid strangely but she already knew it was just some plain red juice.

He wolfed his down in mere seconds and instantly scooped her up and back to the dance floor. She placed her cup on the table without him noticing. He suddenly stopped, and she ran into him. He was looking right at the stairwell and she was confused as to why.

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Vincent opened to his mouth to say something to Cloud, but someone at the entrance caught his eye. He pressed his cup to his lips instead of saying anything. The blonde took notice and turned around only to stare wide-eyed at the alluring person who came in. his eerily bright emerald eyes fell on him and he almost jumped out of his skin.

"What's wrong, Cloud?", he heard Vincent ask him.

The blonde's eyes were glued onto the silver-haired male that was approaching the throne. Their solid gaze was sending chills up and down the blonde's spine but he couldn't find the strength to pull away.

"Seph…I mean n-nothing…", the blonde finally spoke.

"I'll believe that when you calm the rapid beat of your heart and the bulge in your pants", the prince said as he started to walk away again.

The blonde felt a vicious wave of pain rip through his skull and cried out in utter pain. He gripped his head as his hurt blue eyes frantically searched around the room for some type of comfort. As soon as they fell on the glowing red eyes of his mother, they stopped. She smiled at him and waved while he merely frowned.

You've been a very naughty boy. You've sent the prince away again. Go to him…Now!

His feet suddenly began to move on their own accord as they followed Vincent who had slipped past a hardly noticeable door. He kept looking behind his shoulder to see where Sephiroth was but the prince was no where to be found.

Before he knew it, he was standing in front of a pair of beautiful glass doors that showed him a spectacular view of the moon. He looked out to the patio behind the glass doors and saw no one else but Vincent leaning forward against the railing. The moonlight made him look even more heavenly and he pushed past the doors to get to him.

"Seems like you are trying to be my shadow…", the prince muttered as he stared out onto the grasslands ahead of them.

The blonde stood to his right and stared up at the raven-haired man's handsome face. He could feel his jaw unhitching slightly with each second that was passing. The moonlight made the prince's already pale skin glow with an alluring white light.

He felt a hand on the bottom of his chin and before he could say anything he felt the hand lift his jaw back to his face. The blonde finally came to his senses and decided to come up with a random conversation since the prince wasn't going to.

"So that servant back at Nibelheim, how long have you known her?", the blonde said, receiving an instant growl from the older man.

The blonde could see the prince's red eyes glow a golden color. He blinked and as soon as he opened his eyes again he saw that they were their normal red color. He regretted what he said and placed a comforting hand on the prince's shoulder.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that", the blonde apologized.

"Don't apologize…", was the only thing that the prince said.

The blonde nodded and stared up at the moon. There was silence in the air and it bothered him greatly. Maybe it was because he lived in a castle with both Sephiroth and Zack and it was never silent in the castle unless they were sleep.

"Vincent…I", the blonde began as his eyes trail down to the slightly visible scars on the prince's stomach. "Where did those scars come from?".

"From the results of a failed experiment…", the black-haired man replied sadly.

"I…", the blonde trailed off.

He didn't want to apologize again since the prince told him not to apologize at all. The beauty of the older man was painfully attracting him in more ways than one. Before he knew it, his slim arms were wrapped around the prince's waist and he slammed his whole lithe body against the muscular man, making him suck in the air. The blonde finally pressed his head against the firm chest of the older man. He grabbed a single blue rose from the top of his golden head.

"Cloud…", the prince muttered as he patted the blonde's spiky head. "We're enemies and I don't think we should see each other again…".

The blonde's sapphire eyes snapped open. The pain that filled his heart was more than all of Sephiroth's beatings combined. He felt the grip on the older man loosen and before he knew it the black-haired prince was walking away from him, leaving him alone in the moonlight.

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"Seph…iroth", Zack muttered breathlessly as his eye locked onto the silver-haired prince who was talking to their mother.

"Sephiroth? He's here?", Aerith asked as she tried to grab the black-haired teen's attention again.

It was no use. He could feel his heart racing. He had never seen anything so…different. He grabbed the brunette's arm and dragged her away to a secluded area. She was utterly confused as to why.

"Aerith, I've been keeping a secret from my half-brother for a few years. It hurts me to even think of it. Do you think I should tell him?", he asked, looking at her with serious blue eyes.

The brunette looked into his eyes temporarily before shifting her gaze to the ground. It pained her to even gaze into the raven-haired youth's eyes anymore. They were practically glowing with the pain embedded inside of him.

"Is it that serious that you had to hide it from him?", she asked.

"You damn straight it is!", he blurted before slapping his hand over his mouth. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it like that".

"No, it's okay. I see that this is affecting you. Talk to your brother. He should know", she said in a comforting tone.

He smirked and kissed her hand, "Thanks…".

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Sephiroth stood before the throne area and nodded indifferently to Ifalna who smile cheerfully at him. He looked at his mother who whispered the words "Watch your brothers" to him.

He nodded once again and turned around. His keen cat-like green eyes scanned the room and found only Zack who was going down one of the halls in the castle. He couldn't find Cloud anywhere and that bothered him. He wasn't worried at all about Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo.

He started walking around until he spotted Vincent disappearing down an empty hall. He arched a silver eyebrow and searched for the missing blonde even more. He caught the sight of a golden head of spiky hair as he passed by a set of glass doors.

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Cloud sighed sadly as he leaned over the railings. He got bored doing that and kneeled down on his knees to get a better glimpse of the ground. He slipped slim body in between the bars and looked down. He was willing to do anything to get his mind off what Vincent had said to him.

He didn't know the prince for that long but after that kiss he wasn't sure what he felt anymore. He saw Elena and Tseng by the carriages and stared at them until they looked over at him. He waved at them and they waved back.

"Who are you guys waving at?", he heard Reno's loud voice in the distance.

"Having fun, Cloud?".

The voice alone made him almost fall over and he felt a firm hand grip his shirt in the back. He felt the hand lift him up to his feet and he turned around to face the intense gaze of Sephiroth's mako-filled eyes.

"Seph…", the blonde gasped as he back away.

There was something different about Sephiroth. Whatever it was it was starting to scare the blonde and his back ended up hitting the railing. The silver-haired prince leaned in uncomfortably close to him as he smirked.

"I see that you're not exchanging saliva with the enemy anymore", he commented.

"What?", the blonde snapped.

"You heard me, Cloud. And if you didn't I'll bet you'll hear this…I don't want you anywhere near him anymore because you are mine", the older male spat, utterly freezing the blonde's heart.

The blonde began hitting his chest to try to "wake" his heart up again but it was no use. The blonde had had many dreams of his older half-brother actually claiming him as his but this…this had to be another dream.

Had he heard him right…?

Before the blonde could ponder on it anymore, the prince crushed his warm lips against the younger male's lips. The blonde felt his heart start to come alive again but within a few seconds it started to race in a rapid pace.

He thought his heart was about to burst out of his chest as the prince delved his skilled tongue inside of the blonde's heated mouth. He pushed the blonde back so that he was practically hanging over to the edge and the only thing that was supporting him was the older male's strong hand on his back.

The angelic prince was leaning over him, making sure that he wouldn't fall. He could feel the smaller male squirm around in delight and a smirk crept its way onto his face. He bit the blonde's bottom lip for some sort of response and the blonde instantly shot his curious yet shy tongue inside of the silver-haired prince's forward and impatient one.

The blonde could feel his own neglected family jewels quiver with anxiety as the air from his lungs left him. He, as a reflex, pushed it against the prince's stomach and received a low grunt. The prince ripped away and inhaled sharply.

"You did this on purpose, didn't you, Cloud?", the prince growled as he pulled the blonde up to his face by his loose sapphire shirt. "You think that making me jealous was going to make me jump your bones?".

"I don't know what you're talking ab-", was the only thing the blonde could get out before the prince kissed him again in that same rough manner.

The prince pulled away again and said, "You lie…".

He spotted a lonely black chair nearby and threw the blonde down on it. Before the youth could get up, the prince was on him again, holding the blonde down by his hips. The blonde started to squirm with his arms and legs but that only made the wild prince angrier.

The prince snaked his naked hand down into the blonde's shorts and curled his fingers around the damp shaft inside of them. The blonde cried out in pure bliss. Without even thinking, he bucked his hips upwards into the hand that was firmly wrapped around his member.

"Seph…", the blonde croaked as he began to lean back in the chair.

His eyes rolled to back of his head when he felt the hotness of the prince's mouth over him. The older male watched every jerky movement the blonde made as he slowly closed his lips down onto his rod. He instantly tasted the taste of pre-cum before he engulfed the whole thing.

The blonde instantly cried out for the hundredth time and gripped the prince's long silver hair. The prince mercilessly began swirling around the crafty tongue around his member. The blonde felt like he was about to die and wondered what it would like if this continued.

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Vincent felt someone tap the back of his leg and turned around. He turned around and saw Red XIII with a small cat on the top of his back. He arched a dark eyebrow and opened his mouth to say something.

"Where did you get that from?", he asked.

"From me...you should recognize him since he did partially save you from that awful coffin".

The black-haired prince looked to his left and saw a man with short black hair and deep brown eyes (A/N: Please correct me if I'm wrong). He held a friendly smile on his middle-aged face. The prince gasped.

"Good to see you too, Vincent", the man said.

"Reeve...what are you doing here?", he asked.

"Queen Ifalna invited me and Number six here to the ball. She said it might cheer you up so I came", the man answered.

"Aye! It's good to see you again, Vincent!", the cat cried as it waved at the prince.

Reeve nodded and noticed a small blue rose tucked under the prince's sash He pointed at it and made the prince look down. The seemingly younger male picked it up and observed it.

"Cloud…", he muttered, seeing an image of the blonde he left in his mind.

"Who?", Reeve asked.

"It's nothing…", the prince replied.

"Where did you get that beautiful flower from, Vincent?", Reeve asked.

"I don't know…", the prince lied as he started to walk off, taking the single blue rose with him.

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Zack started to get very scared. Aerith wondered why. By this time, the two was all the down the hall and had reached rooms. The brunette stopped, making the black-haired teen stop also.

"Zack, what's wrong?", she asked.

"I can't do it…do you have anything that will get me drunk?", he asked.

"What?", she gasped.

"Do you have anything that will get me drunk?", he repeated.

"No…not really. It's only for medical purposes", she said.

"Can I have some? Please?", he pleaded with big blue eyes.

"I can't possibly…", she began.

"Please Aerith. Just a little and I'm out of your hair to go confess", he begged.

"Well…", she muttered.

She hesitantly grabbed his hand and led her down to a series of halls and stairs. Finally after a few minutes, they were standing in front of her door and she opened it and let him inside.

He stopped to look around the room in awe and admired its uniqueness. The room looked like a world for princesses. It was mostly pink and white and had white clouds all over the ceiling. Her bed was the same except for the fact that it had a few pink clouds on the sheets. He saw small stuffed horses on the shelves and chuckled inwardly.

"What a pretty room!", he exclaimed.

"I'm glad that you like it, Zack", she said as she brushed past him to get the middle shelf.

She removed one of the stuffed horses and grabbed one of the small bottles containing a brown liquid in it. He arched a black eyebrow at it and smirked. The brunette placed it in his hands and stared at him warily.

"This looks like alcohol", he said.

"It is but it was enhance by the Cetras for medical reasons", she explained. "If you take a sip, it'll be enough to intoxicate you".

"Well then…", he said as he unscrewed the top. "Bottoms up".

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A/N: Well, another chapter up for you guys. What could happen to Zack and what's so painful that he can't bear stand to say it to Cloud sane? Sephiroth seems to be acting strange and Cloud is taking advantage of it. Vincent seems to keep away from Cloud for some very strong reasons. What could happen next?

This is the same chapter, except that there were some things added to it and some editing involved. Please review. Thanks for reading.