Minerva's Child Chapter 1
The sun rose upon the city of Midgar. Markets of all kinds opened as the day began, marking the start of a new chapter in each of their lives. The ShinRa main building was busy as ever, new cadets entered the infamous company. Everything seemed fine as it was.
In the upper levels of the building, where the rooms of the esteemed SOLDIERs and the Turks were located, a teen aged boy with waist length silver hair walked from his room to his office. He wore a leather coat over his white shirt. The coat reached to an inch above his feet. Black pants went along with his coat as well as a pair of black boots. His hands were wrapped with a pair of black leather gloves. The boy's emerald green eyes were cold, betraying none of his inner turmoil.
His office was neat and well-organized. A plain wooden desk sat at the center. To its sides were drawers full of files concerning cadets and missions. A few steps behind the desk was a wall of glass. The teenager gave out a tired sigh as he entered the office. Once he sat down on the chair just behind the desk, he pulled a picture out from his own personal drawer. It was of a boy with blonde hair that stuck out in all directions. His right hand tracing the boy's face with gloved fingers. He breathed another sigh, this one of longing. When will they let you out? He thought to himself.
A knock on his pristine white door took him out of his thoughts. Placing the picture of the blonde back into the drawer, he let the knocker in. The door opened to reveal a young man who looked to be his mirror image, if not for the black hair and red eyes. The man wore a red cape over a black shirt along with a pair of black pants and a pair of black leather boots. The newcomer met eyes with him before greeting him with a nod. He nodded back, voicing out a question he had never thought of asking... "Vincent... When do you think he would be let out?" they both believed it would take a bit longer than this before they let him out but, hey... They can still hope, right?
Vincent was just about to answer when a teen boy with blonde hair came rushing in. This caused them both to worry, for the boy never did anything without grace anymore. "Rufus?" Vincent greeted in a questioning voice. The blonde looked at him before blue eyes rested on the one behind the desk. "They're letting Cloud out today!" was the only thing Rufus said before he ran off once more.
"Was it just me hearing things or did he..." the silver haired boy trailed off, his eyes looking at Vincent for an answer. "Yes, Sephiroth. Rufus just shouted that Cloud is to be let out today..." was the answer. Once the shock subsided, Sephiroth instantly stood up making his chair nearly topple over, before he raced out the door, temporarily forgetting the reports to be submitted, followed after him.
While they were on their way to the science department, Rufus had rushed into the office of his brother. The office's occupant gave an inaudible sigh as a hand massaged his temples. "What is it now?" asked the blonde before his blue eyes met with equally blue ones. He sighed again taking in his little brother's appearance. The white coat in disarray, the white pants slightly tainted with what appeared to be mako, and blonde hair so messy one would think he'd just gotten out of bed. "Lazard! Guess what?" Rufus greeted him. Lazard just sighed once more into his hands as he stood up from his seat.
He pretended to get dust off of his black trench coat and purple shirt before walking towards Rufus. Lazard's right hand adjusted his eyeglasses as his left hand went about digging for something in the pockets of his dark blue pants. Seemingly finding what he was looking for, he pulled out a comb. Handing it to Rufus, he addressed the heir's appearance and lack of finesse. "Oh come on! I came here to tell you that-" "Cloud has been allowed to leave the labs?" Lazard finished.
"H-How..." Rufus looked so confused. Lazard just chuckled, playfully ruffling his brother's already tussled hair before he gave an answer. "Alice likes to know everything concerning the ones she cares for. She was just about to spread the news to all of you..." Rufus just blanched at that. Once he regained his bearings, he tugged on Lazard's right arm, pulling the Director of SOLDIER with him. "We are going to prepare a welcome back party with or without that person's approval." Rufus said, spitting the word 'that' as though he were referring to something immoral and horrific.
On their way to wherever it was Rufus wanted to get to, they ran into two silver haired boys. The taller one had hair reaching to just below his shoulder blades and the shorter one had hair reaching to just above his shoulders. "Kadaj! Yazoo! You guys are going to skip out on classes today, hear me?" Rufus told the two in greeting. The taller of the two sighed, hands tucked inside the pockets of his black jeans. His right hand went to clean his black shirt of imaginary dust.
The shorter one gave a somewhat similar response, blue eyes seemingly taking interest on the floor. The shorter one wore the same outfit as the taller one. "Why do we have to skip today?" asked the taller one. "Because, Yazoo. Just because." Rufus' answer was vague to say the least. "That is not an answer." replied a slightly annoyed Yazoo. Rufus was about to throw a reprimand back when a female voice reached them. "Hey guys! Cloud's going to be let out today!" was heard before the shouter promptly left in search for their other friends.
"Brother will be let out... Today?" the shorter silver haired boy repeated in a questioning voice. "Yes, Kadaj. That's why you both are skipping today." Rufus informed them. "Why didn't you say so in the first place?!" the two shouted at the same time. They all rushed to their apartment where a teen aged boy with black hair that was tied into a ponytail greeted them at the door. The teen wore a black dress suit over a white polo shirt along with a pair of black pants. The boy's black eyes looked at them in curiosity.
"You came just now because...?" "I had to get them to come with me, one way or the other!" Rufus all but shouted at the pale teen. "Tseng, is it true?!" Kadaj exclaimed as he moved in front of Tseng. The said teen just sighed at the silverette's childish behavior. Behind him, another teen with black hair was straightening some streamers. The teen turned around as they entered the room, his deep blue eyes holding a bit of humor. He wore a black shirt and a pair of dark violet pants."What do we have to do, Angeal?" asked Yazoo, who received a smile as an answer.