Decisions Between Love and War Chapter 6: The Cetra Ball Part Two, 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. I'm done playing Dirge of Cerberus. Well, I'm not really done but I finished the game in like a week (because of school) and it was a really good game. I loved it! Anyway, here's the new chapter.

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Decisions Between Love and War:

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Chapter Five: The Cetra Ball Part Two:

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Queen Jenova smiled down at all of the hundreds of people in the room. Queen Ifalna couldn't help but feel uneasiness as she sat up in her throne. She decided to break the mood and say something.

"It seems the children are having fun", she started.

"Yes, it's incredibly marvelous, isn't it?", the pale woman answered as she leaned back in her seat as her smile broadened.

The brunette nodded and she looked out at the room. She saw her eldest adoptive son, heading towards the dorm room and sighed. Her cheery face turned slightly irritated and it caught the other queen's attention.

"It seems that whatever I do for Vincent, he always remains the same", she sighed.

"What?", the red-eyed woman almost exclaimed.

When she saw the black-haired prince disappearing from sight, her eyes narrowed to slits. She frantically searched the room with her eyes for her blonde son and didn't find him anywhere. She didn't see Sephiroth or Zack either. This made her very angry. She saw a lonely Cetra standing by the throne.

"You…Cetra!...I mean…Excuse me, sir", she said as she cleared her throat and corrected herself.

The brunette male choked and turned his attention to her. His eyes widened and he bowed.

"Yes, ma'am", he responded.

"Could you do me a little favor?", she said with a sly smirk and he nodded. "Go find Prince Sephiroth. If I am correct, he should be accompanied by Cloud".

The brunette nodded and ran away.

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Vincent was heading down the hallway when he ran into a teen with spiky black hair and blue eyes. He was wobbling from side to side and his eyes held a crazed look in them. He tried to avoid him but the spiky-haired male ran right into him. The teen pushed him away and stared up at him with a smile.

"You're the prince, aren't you?", he asked sluggishly.

"Yes. And I assume you are Zack?", the black-haired man asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"Yup! Have ya seen Cloud around?", the younger man asked as he scratched the back of his mess of black spikes.

"Yes, I have. He's at the balcony back there", the prince said as he pointed behind him.

"Thanks, Vince", the teen said as he patted the prince on his back and ran away.

Before the dark-haired man could start walking again he felt something grab his pant leg. He spun around and knocked over something that was grabbing onto him. He looked down and saw that it was only Cait Smith.

"Aye, Vincent! You can't leave the party!", the little cat cried as it stood on its feet. "It's only getting started!".

"I don't have a place here", he whispered.

"Well, obviously you do since a special somebody gave you a flower", the cat said with a smile as it pointed at the flower that was still in his hand.

"If I go back will you stop following me?", he asked with a small smile.

The cat nodded and grabbed his pant leg again, "Come now. People are expecting to dance with ya!".

"Who?", the prince said confusedly as he walked with the little cat.

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Kadaj rolled up his sleeves as he stomped his way toward the drinks. Yazoo followed right behind him with a drink in his hand as well. Loz followed too, trying to see what they were doing.

"Guys, what are you doing?" he asked, looking at the bottles in their hands.

"Loz, be quiet. You wonder why we never involve you with any of our plans?" the silver-haired gunman was cut off by a loud yelp that ripped from Kadaj's lips.

"The pain!", Kadaj yelled as he gripped the sides of his head.

Before he could fall to his knees, Yazoo and Loz held him up on his feet. The boy began writhing in pain. It seemed to be stabbing his skull to get inside his brain because the pain was unbearable.

"See? We get caught…because of you", Yazoo said as they carried the boy towards one of the tables where the drinks were.

"So if we cause any trouble this will happen to us?" Loz asked and the gunman nodded.

"Ah, man…"

"What were you planning to do anyway, making it all obvious that you were going to do something to the drinks? You didn't even make your walk towards the drinks very discreet", Yazoo asked Kadaj as he took all the bottles away and secretly stuffed them in various areas of his clothing.

"I don't know but it seems like I can't even do that!", the youngest boy scoffed as he frowned.

He pouted and folded his arms before his chest, "I'm never going to drink something without a label again!"

"That's what you said last time, Kadaj…", Yazoo sighed as he poured his brothers and himself a drink.

"Ha! That's right!" Loz teased as he laughed his ass off.

"Shut up, Loz! At least, I didn't continue to drink the same drink I was after we told you not to", the silver-haired boy scoffed.

"So!" Loz cried as he turned away from them.

"Are you calm now?" Yazoo asked with a sly smirk as he looked over at Kadaj.

Kadaj returned his gaze with a frown, "Yeah, I guess so…"

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Sephiroth smirked as he ripped cry after cry out of Cloud's mouth with his tongue. His smirk fell when he felt an unwanted presence behind him. He removed his mouth, much to the disappointment of the blonde, and unsheathed his sword.

He twisted himself around and threw the sword right at the wall, ripping a gasp from whoever was at the door. The blonde's blue eyes widened and he covered himself up when he saw a brunette man come from the glass doors.

"Sorry, Prince Sephiroth…for the intrusion. Your mother wants to speak with you", the intruder said.

"Tell her she can wait…", the silver-haired prince hissed as he placed a hand on the blonde's thigh.

The blonde couldn't feel any more embarrassed than he was now and it showed on his face. His eyes stared down at his lap and his cheeks were a cherry red now. He refused to make eye contact with anyone.

"Yes, sir", the brunette cried as he ran away.

The prince smirked as his eyes fell back on the blonde who still refused to look at him. He sighed and lifted the teen's chin up so that they could make eye contact. As soon as the blonde took one glance at him, he felt that familiar pain stabbing his skull again. The pain that was killing him seemed to set off a chain reaction as the prince pinched bridge of his nose with closed eyes.

"You two are very naughty boys…you shall be punished…"

The green-eyed male growled and stood to his feet. He walked over to his Masamune and yanked it out of the wall. He turned around to look at the blonde who was squirming viciously around in his chair.

"I have things to take care of, Cloud. It won't take long…", the prince said as he turned to leave again but was met with a very familiar face.

The teen in front of him bumped into him by accident. The only thing he could mostly see was a mass mess of black spikes. The spiky-haired teen wrapped his arms around him before he could push him away.

"Hey, Seph! I missed ya! Why don't we tell Cloudy-spikes here what really happened?", the black-haired teen said with a goofy grin.

"Zack, what the hell are you talking about?", the prince growled as his nostrils flared up with the smelly scent that entered them. "Have you been drinking?".

"Nope…even better. I drank Miracle Juice!", the spiky-haired boy said happily before he hiccupped.

The blonde behind them raised a confused golden eyebrow as he tried everything in his power to get his wobbly legs to stand. He walked up behind the silver-haired teen and grabbed the pants of his cape as he looked over at Zack.

"What are you talking about, Zack?", he asked.

"Cloud, there you are! How are ya, buddy?", the older spiky-haired teen said as he pushed past the taller teen and hugged the unsuspecting blonde.

The blonde pushed him away and he fell on his bottom with a small thud, "You seriously don't need to drink this 'Miracle Juice' anymore".

"No…no…no! I need to tell ya something!", the clumsy teen said in a serious tone.

"Spit it out, Zackary!", the swordsman growled.

"Okay…okay…okay", the raven-haired boy said reassuringly before he hiccupped again.

"Sephiroth…you might not remember this but I do. It's been on my conscience since you came here, Cloud."

"What are you talking about, Zack?", the blonde repeated.

"You and I…we're not brothers. In fact, we're not related at all by blood", the spiky-haired teen began with a small smile. "Your family was close to us but they were close to the Cetra too. Mother didn't like that so she sent us, Sephiroth and me, to come and slaughtered ya".

"What?", the blonde exclaimed as he stared at the prince confusedly.

Sephiroth didn't know what Zack was talking about either. His beautiful cat-like eyes showed his confusion as he crossed his arms firmly across his chest. He silently demanded the teen to continue.

"Let me finish!", the older blue-eyed teen said as he raised his hands out. "Okay…I found you but I didn't have the nerve to kill ya. This was when you were…probably around six or seven. We were young too but we've been trained to kill since we were in diapers. We burned down your house and hid the ashes. Sephiroth was upset that I let you live but I protected you anyway. Seph and I were lovers…at one point…before I spent too much with you. I never regretted anything besides killing your family off. Sephiroth doesn't remember because he got wounded and had an extra mako treatment that zapped his memory. You don't' remember because you were given a small sample of mako. I'm…so…sorry, Cloud. I should've told you before but I never got the nerve".

The dark-haired teen burst out in a fit of tears as he hid his face. The broken look on the blonde's face told everything he was feeling. His sapphire eyes shifted their gaze from the very confused prince to the teen that was still on the floor.

"But Mother and you guys are my family", the blonde cracked a small smile. "What are you talking about?".

"I told you we're not related to you in any way besides adopted blood", the spiky-haired teen sighed sadly.

"So…you mean… you two….killed my family?", the blonde choked and the black-haired boy nodded.

Before anyone could say anything to him, the blonde brushed past them and stormed away from them. The silver-haired prince was too shock to speak and stayed quiet as he leaned against the wall behind him. The raven-haired boy on the floor gave another sad sigh as he got on his feet.

"There, I said it…", he muttered.

"How long have you been keeping this away from me, Zackary?", the prince suddenly asked.

The blue-eyed teen suddenly busted out in a fit of giggles. The prince snorted with his rising anger but before he could take action the younger male opened his mouth to speak. His eyes held all of his grief within them.

"They told me not to…", he began. "And I would've anyway if thins between us hadn't have went so well. I'm sorry, Seph…".

The green-eyed teen merely glared at him and he refused to meet that painful stare. The affects of alcohol surely didn't change the way he was feeling, like he wouldn't wanted, and he could feel all the pain from he past arise again.

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Cloud pushed past the crowd angrily. He was outraged and his skin burned with the rising heat in his body. Even though the blonde looked weak because of his lithe form, he pushed fully grown Cetras left, right, and out of his way effortlessly. His blue eyes were glued onto his "mother" at the throne area.

Unfortunately for him, he ran into someone who he couldn't push. He instantly glared and growled at the person only to gasp at the sight of crimson eyes. Most of the pain left his eyes as he took a few frightened steps backwards but the hurt was still apparent.

"Vincent!", he choked.

The black-haired prince nodded and took something out of his pocket. The blonde saw the same light blue flower that was on his head in the prince's hand and his jaw dropped to the floor.

"You dropped this…", the prince muttered as he handed the pretty rose to him.

The blonde stared at it before he pushed the flower away, "No, you keep it".

The red-eyed man looked around and saw the angry Cetras getting on their feet, "Is there any reason to let out your anger on these people?".

The blonde pouted and tried to brush past the older man but the gunman grabbed his arm in a tight grip. He snarled and glared at the prince but the prince didn't care. In fact, he looked like he was trying to protect the people more than help enslave his anger.

"Let me go, Vincent! I'm going to kill her! I'm going to-ah!", the blonde shouted before he collapsed onto his knees.

He gripped the sides of his head, almost tearing out his own hair as he violently hit anything within his reach. The raven-haired man stepped back and attempted to put a comforting hand on the blonde's back but the blonde wouldn't let anyone touch him in his feral rage.

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Yazoo tapped Kadaj on his back. The silver-haired boy almost choked on his drink but he managed to swallow and looked his older brother in the eyes. The gun-slinging teen pointed to the huge scene in the middle of the dance floor.

"Looks like Cloud is acting up again…", he said with a sigh.

"Hm…Mother's gonna beat him good…", Kadaj said with a smirk.

"Hey, Kadaj…looks like someone is looking at you…", Loz said as he pointed at Yuffie who was waving at them.

"Why must she bother me now?" Kadaj asked as he silently wished he had brought his katanas along.

He watched as the girl started running towards them. Yazoo almost choked on his drink from chuckling as he stared at her. Loz busted out laughing as loudly as he could while Kadaj merely rolled his eyes. The black-haired ninja stood in front of them with her hands on her knees. She panted heavily as if she were running from someone.

"Sorry, guys…I had to outrun Cid. Even though he looks old, he can run fast!", she stated as she stared at Kadaj with a bright smile. "Dance with me".

"I don't dance. Now go away", Kadaj said as he glared at he slightly, making the girl frown.

Yazoo merely stared at him with a smirk on his face. The girl's lip trembled as tears brimmed her eyes. Kadaj gasped. He couldn't believe that she would cry over a dance, but still he refused by walking away. Yazoo rolled his eyes and placed the cup on his lips to hide his mischievous smile that was creeping its way on the face.

"Yazoo?" she whimpering as she wiped the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. "Why is Kadaj so mean?"

The gun-slinging teen sighed and removed the cup from his lips, "I can take his place if you like".

"Really?" she blurted out as she grabbed his arm in a bone-crushing grip.

The tears from her face had completely dried now.

Before he could answer, she dragged him away to the dance floor, "We're gonna dance…DANCE…DANCE!"

Loz snickered and he snapped his head around to glare at him. He whispered the words,

"I'm going to get you…" but the muscular teen continue to let his boisterous laughter.

Kadaj walked back over and stood by Loz who was trying to calm himself down. His aqua green eyes fell on his older brother, the one who was going away. They watched as the girl clumsily danced and their brother counter her moves with his graceful movements, trying to make it look like they could both dance.

"Why did he do that for?" he asked as he flicked his hair one time.

"The girl was about to cry and she cries I don't think Mother would be happy", Loz stated.

"Oh…", Kadaj trailed off as he rubbed his temple softly, remembering the pain he felt before.

"Damnit, this party is boring!" Loz cried suddenly as he slammed his fist on the table, accidentally breaking it with the force he placed upon it.

It fell to the floor in two big pieces. For his insolence, he received a small pain in his cranium. As soon as he felt it, he began sobbing uncontrollably. Kadaj scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Yazoo, come back!" he teased as he watched his brother gracefully dance with the wild girl. "I'm not fit for this job".

"I'm sorry, Kadaj…", Loz said in between sobs as he tried to wipe away his tears. "It hurts…".

"Whatever…", the dual-swordsman said as he sipped the last fluid out of his cup.

"When's the chemical gonna wear off?" Loz asked as he wiped the last of his tears away.

"Mother told us in a few hours, but then she would still inject us with some more. She said we wouldn't know when she would inject us with it again", Kadaj said as he poured himself some more.

"She did?" Loz asked. "Where is it?"

"Hm…", Kadaj said as he dug in his pocket, "I assume in her carriage. Why? You plan on getting it?"

"At least that'll be fun…", Loz sighed and snatched the cup right out of the boy's hand.

He took a sip and handed it back, making the swordsman frown. Suddenly the smaller male splashed the rest of the drink on the bigger male's clothes. The bigger male gasped and held the cup that other male threw at him.

"Kadaj, you big meanie, why did you do that!?" Loz cried as he jumped the smaller teen.

"Get off, you big oaf", Kadaj growled as they fell over.

The boy's tussle ended up in them running into something very firm. The cup that was in Loz's hands slipped and hit whoever was in the way. The small droplets of the drink in the cup hit the person's naked stomach and chest.

The silver-haired teens could only stare in horror at the fierce bright emerald eyes that belonged to their older brother. Their lips tremble violently as the older teen growled and picked up the cup from the ground.

"Why are you immature brats throwing cups?" the silver-haired prince asked in a deathly low tone.

"Brother…I mean…Sephiroth…I'm sorry…we were…", Kadaj stuttered.

The prince just looked at the two teens and scoffed. Right now, he was only trying to find Cloud and these two were only hindering him from doing that.

"Please don't hurt us!" Loz suddenly cried out as he dropped to his knees and hugged the older male's waist.

"Get off me!" Sephiroth growled angrily as he pushed Loz off him with a force that sent him flying across the golden floor.

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"I'm worried about your boys, Queen Jenova…", Queen Ifalna muttered to the woman who was red in the face with her anger.

"You can never trust kids to behave for long…", Queen Jenova hissed as she turned to look away.

Her red eyes were narrowed to slits as in she stared angrily at the wall. Ifalna saw this and immediately felt that something was going to go wrong. It took Jenova a few moments to calm down before she stared back out at the crowd.

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Cloud threw out a weak punch before he collapsed on the ground. Vincent sighed as he heaved the blonde over his shoulder and held a firm hand on the teen's upper thigh so he couldn't move much. The prince turned his attention to the queen who was making her way to the middle of the room. His crimson eyes held nothing but wariness in them.

"Are you through?" he whispered to the tired blonde.

"I guess…", the blonde growled irritably.

The prince said nothing else as he used the hand on the blonde to pull out him up to his feet. The blonde mumbled bitterly under his breath as he dusted himself off. After he was done with that, he stared at the prince who looked back at him. He felt a slight tingling in his head.

Kiss him…

The blonde shook his head and looked back over at the thrones to see his "mother" looking at him intently. He didn't want to feel anymore pain, but he didn't want to listen to the murdering bitch that killed his family.

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Zack wiped the rest of the tears out of his eyes and felt a comforting hand on his shoulder. He looked over his shoulder and saw Aerith who had a stern look on her face. Her green eyes held worry in them that he mistaken to be for him.

"I'm fine…it'll just take time…", he whispered.

She said nothing and hugged him to her. He allowed himself to be embraced, not really caring. He was sort of sleepy.

"I'm feeling kinda sleepy. Do you mind if I take a nap?" he asked as he looked at her.

"Um…no. I'm sure my mother wouldn't mind. I can take you to a guest room", she said, and he nodded.

She grabbed his hand and led him to the rooms once again. She hoped that no one would really pay attention to her doing this, but just as she was about to go around the corner, she saw Vincent's eyes staring at her blankly. She still continued though because she didn't want the blue-eyed male to fall asleep on her while they were walking.

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Cloud smiled at Vincent suddenly and raised his hand as if he wanted to shake hands with the prince. The black-haired male looked at the blonde's hand warily before he took it. The blonde's smile grew bigger as they shook hands.

"It's been very nice to meet you, prince. And I'm sorry that our encounters have been…weird", the blonde blushed as he glanced at his erection.

The prince had nothing to say. He didn't know why the blonde was doing this. Was he saying goodbye to him? His questions were never answered as the blonde started to walk away from him. To the prince, it looked like he was heading back for the balcony.

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Sephiroth used his heightened sense of sight to spot Cloud and spotted the blonde shaking hands with Vincent. One of his perfectly arched silver eyebrows rose in confusion as both males smiled. He wasn't angry at the sight, but he was just confused.

He watched as the blonde walked away. He decided to follow. He followed him back to the balcony where the blonde went back to sitting in the chair in the opposite direction so he could see the moon and the stars.

The silver-haired male could only watch the blonde's sad face. Just looking at him made him become overwhelmed with emotions. His body put one foot forward as he slowly approached the blonde. Soon, he was right next to the blonde, leaning against the railing.

"The moon's pretty tonight, Seph", the blonde muttered.

The silver-haired prince twitched. He still wasn't used to being called that name. He glanced at the blonde who had a few silent tears spilling down his cheeks. He was amazed to see that the feisty little blonde was crying.

"It's kinda weird, you know, to hear that the people you grew up with, the people you thought was family aren't really your family. Then it's really weird to hear that your real family was murdered by the people that you use to call family", the blonde said with a small smile as he continued to stare at the sky.

The prince listened, not really knowing what to say. He decided that it wasn't time to be smart with the blonde anymore. It wasn't the time to argue when the blonde needed time to think, when the blonde needed comfort.

The blonde suddenly looked at him and he returned the gaze. Then, in the blink of an eye, he moved forward, connecting their lips and tongues. The blonde seemed like he knew that the prince would kiss him, attacking him fiercely with his own tongue. It felt weird for him to be kissing his family's murder. As soon as that thought crossed his mind, he pushed the prince away, successfully unlocking lips with him much to the prince's shock.

"How dare you kiss me…" was all the blonde could say, feeling breathless.

"I'm not going to make excuses for myself when I don't even remember that event", the prince sternly said as he turned around to leave.

He didn't feel like arguing. Not while they were both like this. The blonde sighed and opened his mouth before the prince could walk away.

"Seph, I didn't mean it. I have a feeling that what happened wasn't your choice", the blonde said as he stared at the ground.

The prince merely nodded and went in for another kiss. The blonde moaned into their kiss this time because of the older male's quick and forceful movements. Soon, he found himself in the chair again.

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A/N: Well, I hoped you liked this chapter. I tried to pull out all of the secrets as best as I could. Hopefully, you guys get what's happening. I just wanted to send this update to you guys to stimulate you for a while. Until next time…

This is the same chapter, but I cut out a lot of stuff. I didn't want anything to happen too quickly like before. It wouldn't fit into my original plot. Well anyway, I hope that you'll review this chapter. Please and thank you.