(A/N) As I said, circumstances caused this to turn into a filler. So I hope you like it. Just trying to keep you guys up to date on everyone else. It was very important I promise. This one will probably be really short because Angeal, Tseng (very short), Yazoo, and Sephiroth are the only people you need to hear from. Enjoy! Please…?

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Angeal~

I stared through the darkness and just looked for a way out. This wasn't good. I probably shouldn't have reacted on such an impulse, but I couldn't stop myself from helping that poor kid. Once I saw that he was struggling in this thing that somebody had turned his dream into I ran through the veil to help him. I just didn't think of how to get back. But if I hadn't caught Cloud before he fell into that damned box he would've been trapped in his own mind. Then his body would be left as an unmoving shell, similar to the way he was with mako poisoning. So, looking at it that way, it was probably Sephiroth who did this. Though I had no idea how. But, then again, I didn't know what he was capable of anymore. I… didn't even know him anymore. Still. I had to focus on how to get out of here. Usually it would've been easy, but somehow I couldn't get anywhere by walking. I'd even found that only a fraction of the space around the infernal box was solid. Stepping too far off threatened to banish be into some unknown oblivion. This was not good. Not good at all. Especially since Cloud was awake. I had to doubt that this was even a dream. If that were the case then I was stuck here now and with no way for anyone to contact me. I had to get out of here. It was crucial that I escape from this place so I could find a way to keep Sephiroth out of his head.

"That's pure assumption of course." I murmured. But the Ancients couldn't do something like this. Not darkness. "This has to be the work of Sephiroth." Somehow…

"Talking to yourself already?" I heard someone ask. Instantly I turned to face them thinking they were an enemy, but I found Cloud. Not the waking one, but the actual Cloud of this time.

"What are you doing?" I asked. He was standing too far out. He would fall.

"It looks like I'm rescuing you." He answered taking a few steps forward. As soon as he touched the solid area the box opened up. The red light streamed out in beams and moved into each other to become one. I stared at it in awe but a look at Cloud let me see that he was afraid of it, if anything. And with good reason. The beam turned on him and seemed to become a solid substance. It was a good thing that he had raised his arms causing whatever it was to wrap around his wrists. "Damn." He growled gritting his teeth as he tried to free himself. He ended up having to use his energy to keep his feet where they were when the red substance began to pull him towards the encasement.

"Hey!" I shouted even though it didn't matter. It wasn't like yelling at it was going to stop it… Still. I rushed to help. "Hold on." I had to think of something to do.

"Does it look like I can do anything else?" He asked sounding a little too calm about the situation, but I knew otherwise. I picked him up just so that his feet left the ground, testing how strong a pull this thing had. I was actually surprised by two things; one being the incredible strength this thing had behind it, which told me that Cloud had to be really strong in order to keep himself from being dragged in. So the other surprising fact would be how light he was despite that. When I put him down he almost lost his footing which forced me to react by grabbing him and holding him close against my body. "This is great." He sighed obviously being sarcastic.

"Okay… uh…" What to do? What to do? "Right, Cloud, I need you to turn around."

"Turn around? Won't that get me wrapped up in it?"

"No, we need to make it so that my back is facing it for leverage." I said turning around myself and forcing the hesitant man to do so as well. As he said, the red substance stayed stuck to him and stretched slightly in order to stay stuck. That was good. "Now, we both need to pull hard enough to make this thing snap."

"Are you sure that it's going to work?"

"It should." I answered pulling but he just seemed to be is shock. "C'mon. I can't do it without help from you." That was definitely true. I didn't have enough strength to break this thing myself. He nodded and started to pull as hard as he could. I kept my eye on the strand of what felt like gum and watched it grow thin. It was close, very close. And then… 'Snap!'

"Alright, that's got it." I said releasing him. He quickly tried to walk away but he didn't make it far before discovering that he was stuck to me. I couldn't help but laugh. "Looks like you need to be rescued." I took the substance in my hands and pinched it until it separated into two pieces. My half slung back and ended up on my back. I ignored it, for now, and knelt down to pick up the rest of it. The stuff had become limp and lifeless once we'd broken it. Now it was moldable with the same sticky consistency. I held on to it to show to the Ancients later on.

"Okay." He said struggling to get his portion off of his wrists and hands. It was a little hard to watch, so I helped him out a little and ripped it off of him. There was no way he would've gotten it off on his own without use of his hands. "Thank you." He took no notice of me keeping that piece as well. "Follow me. I don't like standing too close to that thing." He said pointing at the box. He then turned to leave and I followed. It was weird, but wherever he stepped was solid. There were a few minutes of silence so I decided to strike up a conversation. Just to make things a little less awkward.

"So… what are you doing in here?" It was a little strange considering he couldn't be stuck in here. I could see the light of the dream realm approaching already.

"Oh. Uh… um…" He didn't really want to answer. He actually seemed sort of… embarrassed about it. "Nothing much." Sure, that's what came out of his mouth but his hesitance at the edge of the darkness said a lot more. And once he'd realized that I'd noticed he took a breath and stepped out of the dark and into the blaring light. I was completely fine but he was only able to take a few moments of it before he attempted to shield his eyes and head back for the dark. That said it all. "It's too bright." He sighed when I stopped him. He also looked very ashamed of himself.

"It's alright." It wasn't his fault. He never really felt as though he belonged in the light. Who knew? Perhaps he didn't. But this, like most other things, could be blamed on Sephiroth. He was the one who was always making Cloud think he belonged in the darkness. He would always try to draw him in for his own benefit. From what I could see, Cloud was always able to prevent himself from doing what Sephiroth wanted and make sure he'd stay away from the dark. But this? Feeding this massive body of smog into the light was just a temptation tactic. And with hardly anywhere to go in there, he would've fallen into that casket eventually. Then he'd be right where that villain wanted him. I believe he'd escaped from it once before, who knew whether or not he could do it again? All this was teaching him was that he didn't belong in either. Light or dark. That was closer to the truth than thinking that he belonged in darkness. "You don't belong in there." I said aloud to reassure him.

"Then where do I belong?" He asked narrowing his eyes.

"Why don't you ask the Ancients?"

"No. I can't." The blonde answered. That wasn't what I wanted to hear. He was just being stubborn now. Well. Two could play at that. I took the upper hand with the element of surprise and wrapped him up in the red substance before he even had time to react. "What're you doing?!" He was obviously in shock. I would be too. His arms were trapped at his sides. There wasn't much he could do now. So I picked him up and stuck him to the portion of it that was still on my back. His back to mine. "Let me go!"

"Sorry, I can't." I answered walking towards the veil. "They've been wanting to speak with you. Don't worry. It'll be alright."

"Tch. Right." He grumbled still struggling.

"What's wrong? Are you afraid of them or something?" He paused but didn't relax. I could hear his heart. He was definitely scared of something, not terrified but scared. "It's okay to admit you're scared."

"Don't patronize me!" He growled. "I should've left you there!"

"Hey." That was uncalled for. Something was definitely freaking him out to the point of irrationality. I had to wonder what. But… "I'm going to blame that on the frustration and fear, okay?" His only response was sighing a little pitifully and banging his head against my shoulders. Then he just let it rest there. I was going to take that as a sign that he'd given up. "Okay." I repeated stepping through the veil.

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Tseng~

I ended the call and returned my cell phone to my pocket. Then I turned to Reno who had a look resembling a kicked puppy. Possibly from the good tongue lashing I'd delivered for losing the target… erm… Cloud at the Gold Saucer.

"Well?" He asked.

He obviously wanted to know how it had all turned out. Vincent had just called me and told me the news on the current situation. I was still baffled as to how he'd survived falling out of the airship, but I would have to answer that at another time. "He's alive." I answered. "That does not mean you are off the hook. You still did a shotty job and lost him because you left him alone. That will count against you in the future. For now. Gather up the rest of our members." I said getting into the helicopter. "We need to get back to the president and report this. Then he will decide what to do with you." Such a failure was not tolerable and I would not allow him to get away with it. Leaving the person you were supposed to protect alone was perhaps the most amateur of all mistakes. Especially for a Turk. And considering it was Cloud who he had allowed this to happen to suggests that Rufus would make sure he was disciplined. Strictly disciplined…

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Yazoo~

I lay on the ground, broken and bleeding. All I could do was wait for someone to find me. I couldn't move, I couldn't speak, I could barely even see. My consciousness was hardly present. But I felt as though I had to hang on.

What went wrong? I was careful. I followed Sephiroth's direct orders. He told me that it would be easy. So… why was I here now? Who was that man? Why did he have mother's power? It didn't make sense. Wouldn't Sephiroth have told me about that? How? I couldn't understand why this had happened. Cloud was so easy to capture. It was all going so right. And then that copper haired man had shown up… I thought I had beaten him. I had to threaten Cloud to do so but I shot him. He shouldn't have been able to defeat me after that. He couldn't. He'd have to have as much power as Nii-San. Perhaps more.

That wasn't possible, was it?

He'd beaten me so easily. Once he'd flown out and away from Cloud he'd beaten me mercilessly. Only to finish it all off by covering a large expanse of the area with some sort of rune that, once charged, had become explosive. I'd never seen anything like it. I was surprised that I'd even survived it. Even then, he'd left me here for some reason. Not one word before he flew off again. He hadn't even bothered to finish me off. I doubted it was to spare me, I probably wasn't worth the time or effort to do so. At least I now knew that he was someone to avoid. There was no way I was ever going to defeat him. That was obvious and he still had so much energy after using that power. He'd fought with a wound, a serious wound, but he didn't even break a sweat. Not once.

That had to mean he was powerful.

I had to get up. I had to tell the others about this man. This… Kozue. If I didn't he might ruin everything. I didn't like it. I hated knowing that the traitors had someone so powerful on they're side. He should be with us. It may be doable. He had mother's power. He should understand us better. Shouldn't he?

"Augh…" I groaned when I tried to move. But I couldn't get up. I could curl my fingers, that was it. I guess it was a bad idea to even try at that strained movement because it made me feel as though I were fading faster. My vision blurred more and more.

No! If I slept now I doubted I would wake up. The blood was still pouring out of my wounds and pooling around me. I could feel it leaving me, along with my strength. I couldn't die yet. I couldn't fail Nii-San like that. He'd be so mad at me. I had to hang on.

"Uh?!" I gasped. Someone was approaching. Someone found me! Who? I focused my eyes long enough to see Loz running towards me. Loz? That meant that Nii-San had sent someone. He'd seen it all.

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Sephiroth~

Certainly my eyes deceived me! This man who had defeated Yazoo with such ease… Who was he? Everything was familiar; right down to the copper hair and pale cyan eyes. I knew him but it was taking my mind a while to retrieve a name. What was it? He was someone rather close to me. Why couldn't I remember him? He must not have done anything to cross me recently… well… until this. Wait!

"Genesis?" I murmured. That's who it was. Genesis Rhapsodos. A first class, like me. He was also one of my oldest friends. "Yes…" It was all coming back in a matter of seconds. But it couldn't be… Genesis was dead. Zackary killed him. Didn't he? I knew he did. He told me about it. And soon after he ended up killing…

"Oh!" Wait. He wasn't really dead. He returned on… "The Nibelheim mission…" Yes. Yes. He was the one who turned me onto the right path. "Genesis told me about mother."

If my mind were recalling this situation correctly… this didn't make any sense. If he were the one who led me to the answers I'd needed… then… why was he helping the traitors?! Wasn't this an act of a traitor? "Genesis betrayed me?" No. That wouldn't make any sense. He must be a double agent. That had to be it. He probably only gave Yazoo that beating in order to make his ruse more convincing. Wait, no, that didn't make any sense either. This was bad. He was ruining everything! He had to be destroyed!

I reached for Masamune but stopped.

"No…" This could be fixed without destroying him. I could use this. I'd give him a chance to switch sides and if that didn't work then he'd be removed from the equation.

This was fine. I couldn't get shaken up over it. That wouldn't help me. If it did anything at all it would just cause even more mistakes. This was absolutely fine. I couldn't allow my emotions to lead me; I had to maintain a level head.

That was that.

I let off a contented sigh as I settled onto the couch in one of the few living spaces I dared to enter. The rest were for the others really. I preferred my own private spaces more than company… loud, obnoxious company. It gave me the opportunity to think on things. I could only really concentrate when I didn't have to babysit those remnants. They were always arguing about something stupid and I preferred not to get in the middle like they'd wanted me to. I'd always ask why they wanted me to get involved with such ridiculous, pointless arguments. Always so insistent on it. What did I care?

At points like that I usually escaped into one of my rooms. There were plenty of options on all three floors. About half the rooms in this place were reserved for my use only. I could care less what they did. All I cared about was having enough space for me. I'd even taken Kadaj's first choice of a room to save for our… er… guest. It didn't have any windows, the dimensions were all even, the lighting was controlled from the outside, and I'd recently rigged it so that the lock was on the outside as well. There was a basement level that was built like a dungeon but it smelled of disease. I didn't want the blonde to get a disease; I wanted him to stay good and healthy for a very, vey, very long time. It would be best to prolong his suffering. So starving him wouldn't be the best idea.

Apparently I still had some things to work out in my mind. Nothing too big though. I just had to make sure that I was able to keep my pet alive. It would really upset me if he died. I had to be very careful. This was something very delicate and needed to be well taken care of. Like most pets he'd need a lot of attention and perhaps affection as well. Like a lovebird or a kitten.

Everything was going fine. Just fine.

Kadaj would return soon, but perhaps I should give him one more chore to do. He was already out there, why shouldn't he go talk to Genesis? There was no harm in that. Besides, that was a little more important than skulking around the NeoShinra headquarters and getting information from Rufus. The intelligence gathering was certainly important but their security was so low that spying was too easy; whereas, Genesis was a problem that needed to be taken care of as quickly as anyone was able. Zack was no threat but Genesis was different. Not to give him too much credit, but… he'd always been smarter. And now, with what Yazoo had seen, it looked as though he'd found even more power than he'd had before. Exactly where he'd found that power would be a good thing to know. But that was for later. For now, there were other matters at hand.

The biggest thing was the need to reprimand Yazoo for brutalizing and then attempting to shoot Cloud.

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(A/N) Told you it was really short. Didn't need to know much but it was still important. So… yeah. Hope you guys made it through this. Thank you.