Intro; I Live! Sorry this one took so long, real life sucks :P.
Warnings; This chapter contains light yaoi (Boixboi) and very light gore.
Chapter 4; Warnings.
Vincent's eyes opened slowly. They had finally reached the base of the mountain and decided to take a rest. Yuffie was curled up under his cloak next to him. Her arms were wrapped tightly around d her bag of stolen goods. She had 'persuaded' Vincent to let her come and help them. You would be surprised what a good puppy dog pout cold do. Vincent's eyes softened as he watched her for a moment. She was so young... it wasn't right that she was in this place. She had told him once about how she died. How her homeland, Wutai, had been taken and she turned to thievery to try to help regain its wealth. However she was caught by a man named Don Corneo, a vile and vicious man, who did terrible things to her before having her executed to break the moral of any of the people in Wutai who would dare to resist him. Vincent turned his head away 'No child should suffer that...' Vincent sighed before standing and stretching. He saw Cloud and Zack sat on one of the larger rocks facing away from him. They were talking and laughing with each other.
Vincent realised that something, or more specifically, someone was missing. He scanned the area, a strange feeling growing in his gut. Just as Vincent was going to ask Zack and Cloud where the eldest angel was, a hand came to rest on his shoulder. Vincent turned startled only to come face to face with the smiling general himself. Vicente sighed in relief. He was just about to ask where the Arch-Angel had been when Sephiroth raised a finger to his mouth. Vincent cocked his head questionably when the Arch-Angel gestured him to follow him. Before waiting for a reply, Sephiroth started to walk back towards the forest. Vincent paused for a moment. He didn't like the thought of leaving the others... but Cloud and Zack were strong. They could probable deal with most things that attacked them... Vincent took a deep breath before walking briskly after the Arch-Angel. Sephiroth turned and smiled as he caught up and continued on his path.
They walked until they were a good distance from the others before Sephiroth turned and stopped. He looked behind Vincent, like he was checking if they were followed before smiling at the demon. Vincent was a little on edge and when Sephiroth smiled at him, he took a defensive step back. He knew there were many demon that could change their shape, but even with the best of them, certain aspects didn't change and everything about the man in front of him was Sephiroth.
Sephiroth chuckled as Vincent stepped backwards and started taking slow steps towards the demon. Vincent didn't let his guard down but he also didn't move away, not even when Sephiroth's nose was almost touching his. They stood their silently for what felt like hours. Vincent never broke eye contacted with Sephiroth and tried very hard to ignore the fact that he was really enjoying the close proximity. He could feel Sephiroth's warm breathes on his face and the heat coming from his body. It was intoxicating. Vincent's focus wavered for less than a second and Sephiroth lips pressed against his. Vincent's eyes went wide and he went to pull away but Sephiroth's hand's gripped the back of his neck, holding him in place. Sephiroth's lips were soft and sweet; it wasn't long before Vincent slowly started to return the kiss. The celestial was an incredible creature and Vincent felt extremely drawn to him.
When Vincent started to return the kiss Sephiroth groaned and he pressed forward again, sliding his tongue out between his lips and lapping at Vincent's, encouraging him to do the same. Vincent's mouth opened with little resistance, and their tongues slid together slowly. The Arch-Fiend felt all the blood in his head rush downwards and felt a little dizzy from the kiss. Sephiroth's hands started exploring Vincent's body, running up a firmly toned abdomen before brushing over Vincent's now hardening nipples. Vincent hissed, throwing his head back and breaking the kiss. The Arch Angel grinned and started teasing Vincent's nipples through his shirt making Vincent writhe and mewl in pleasure. Sephiroth kissed and nipped down Vincent's exposed neck, moving lower till he reached his collar bone. Vincent moaned gripping onto Sephiroth for support. His eyes were closed in bliss and his lips were slightly parted. He knew this was wrong but he couldn't bring himself to make the Arch-Angel stop.
"Sephiroth..." the name was barely a hiss but Sephiroth grinned licking up towards Vincent's ear. He ran his tongue over the lobe causing Vincent to shudder,
"Guess again." Vincent's eyes shot open as a Sephiroth's teeth sunk into his ear. He leapt back a good few feet, drawing his gun glaring at the imposter who had thrown his head back laughing.
"Who are you?" the Sephiroth look alike ignored the question and kept laughing. Vincent growled and cocked the hammer of his gun,
"That you have fallen for this feather headed pretty boy-" the imposter broke off, doubling over laughing. "Pathetic Vincent," The imposter looked Vincent in the eye, wiping the demon's blood from his mouth "truly pathetic." Vincent's eyes went wide and he lowered his gun as he met those familiar golden eyes.
"Chaos..." The demon lord grinned,
"Bingo." Vincent paused for a moment,
"...This... this is a dream," The Demon king nodded. Vincent paused for a moment. In truth, he was angry at the demon king for toying with him in such a way. However, he knew letting Chaos see his anger would be dangerous. Not to mention it would be admitting how much of an effect Chaos' illusion had on him. Chaos chuckled, breaking Vincent's thoughts "Don't worry my pet, I'm not here to discuss your... infatuation, I am here to warn you. Jenova has unleashed her hound."
"The Galian Beast?" Chaos nodded. That was bad. The Galian best was strong and fast. Not to mention one of the greatest hunters in hell.
"My spy in the Blood Palace claims that her orders were 'find Sephiroth and bring him to me, do what you wish with the others'. He is after the Arch-Angel." Vincent paused for a moment. 'Sephiroth...' he couldn't let Jenova get hold of him. Jenova was a monster and the thought of Sephiroth being in her clutches scared Vincent, more that he would ever admit.
"Then I must warn the others. Maybe if we could lose The Galian Beast in the caves, beneath the mountains..." Vincent was about to speak again when a voice next to his ear interrupted him.
"Vin-cent..." Vincent stiffened as he felt to hands rest on his shoulders and warm breath drift across his cheek. Chaos' deep vice purred in his ear. "You are to focus on protecting Sephiroth. Do not let Jenova take him. Understood?" Vincent nodded without turning to look at him. He knew if he turned and saw Sephiroth's face he would lose control again. This was something he couldn't afford to happen around Chaos. Vincent stiffened as he felt one of the Demon kings arms wrap round his neck, "If you ever let him touch you like I did here, I will rip them all to shreds before your eyes." The arm around Vincent's neck tightened, "Understand?" As Vincent felt his air way cut off he started to struggle in Chaos' grip which only led to him being pulled closer to the Demon kings body. Chaos' last words before his vision went black, echoed in his mind, "You are mine Vincent. Never forget that."
Sephiroth
Sephiroth sat looking back into the forest they had left only an hour ago. They had reached the edge of the mountains and decided to rest before making the attempt to scale them. They were still in Bahamut's territory, so they couldn't fly over. Zack and Cloud were talking next to him but he wasn't paying attention. He was far too busy thinking about a certain raven haired Arch-Fiend. There was no denying that the demon was attractive... very attractive even, so it wasn't surprising that the demon was haunting him. He had watched the Demon as they had walked. He had quickly noticed that the demon was rather reluctant to speak. When you added that to the fact that he also rarely showed emotion, it made him seem rather cold. However, the Arch-Angel had also noticed how watchful he was with Yuffie and how fiercely protective he was with their group. Perhaps there was more to the man that met the eye.
A noise broke Sephiroth's thoughts. He turned to see Vincent thrashing in his sleep. 'Must be having a nightmare...' Sephiroth moved over to him to wake him up,
"Vincent wake up, Vin-" Vincent's eyes shot open and he practically leapt away from Sephiroth. Sephiroth stood slowly as the demon studied him, "Vincent, it's ok. You were having a nightmare." Sephiroth spoke slowly to try and calm the Arch-Fiend. Vincent who was still on edge from his dream studied Sephiroth carefully, looking for any sigh of an imposter. When he found none he relaxed pinching the bridge of his nose. Sephiroth took a careful step forward, "Are you all right?" Vincent was silent for a moment before he raised his head
"...Yes I'm alright, just... a bad dream." Sephiroth could tell it was more than that but something caught his eye.
"You're bleeding," Vincent blinked "Your ear." Vincent raised his fingers to his ear. He hissed as he touched the lobe and felt a sharp stab of pain that made him pull his hand away. Across the tips of his finger he could see the red of his own blood. A reminder of Chaos' warning and his threat of what would happen should he get to close to Sephiroth. Sephiroth walked towards Vincent who seemed lost in thought. "You must have cut it when you were sleeping." Vincent turned towards him studying him. The arch-angel was god-like in appearance. No flaws, no imperfections, stunningly beautiful and yet distinctively masculine. He was a heavenly creature. He didn't belong here, in the darkest depths of hell. 'No'. To would be best for them both if Vincent followed chaos' orders. Sephiroth needed to return home and Vincent would stay here. He couldn't lose another to this place...
Sephiroth had to hold back a shudder under that intense crimson gaze. "Vincent?" Vincent lowered his eyes.
"We need to go." Vincent went to walk past Sephiroth but the Arch-Angel placed a hand on his shoulder stopping him. For a moment, Sephiroth studied Vincent's face, looking for any sign of what was going through his mind. Vincent raised his black claw and placed it over Sephiroth's hand to brush it away. Sephiroth complied, however he noticed how the demons touch lingered for slightly longer than was necessary. 'Yes, there is definitely more to this man than meets the eye.' Vincent walked over to wake Yuffie. Sephiroth continued to watch him until he felt a strange tingling on the back of his neck, almost like someone was watching him. He turned quickly, Masamune materialising in his hands but he couldn't see anything but the dark forest. 'Strange... I could have sworn...'
"Seph! You coming?" Sephiroth continued to scan the trees finding no sign of life. A hand on his shoulder broke his focus. He turned to see Zack looking at him worriedly. "What?" Sephiroth gave one last look into the forest before sighing and making Masamune dematerialize.
"I guess it's nothing..." Zack smiled and patted him on the shoulder,
"Come on. We need to go before Mr. Tall, Dark and Gloomy leaves without us." Sephiroth chuckled smiled darkly at Zack,
"I'll tell him you said that." Zack scoffed,
"You do that and I'll tell him that while we've been walking, you've not been able to take your eyes of his ass," Sephiroth shifted keeping his cool tone,
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Yeah you do." Sephiroth twitched,
"Zack I think you must be seeing things, for I have defiantly not been staring at-"
"Are you two coming?" Sephiroth and Zack both turned to see Cloud stood with his arms crossed waiting for them. Zack chuckled as Sephiroth shifted awkwardly,
"Yeah, we're coming."
The edge of the forest
The Galian beast crouched low as he watched his pray talking among themselves. They will be difficult targets, Especially the Silver haired Arch-Angel. That he could sense his power even from this distance was an impressive feet, he would be sure not to underestimate him again. It would be difficult but Galian knew how to be patient. He would wait and as soon as they let their guard down, he would strike.
tbc
Anne Voda Hijme; thanks for the concern, I'm much better now. I thought Yuffie would make a good imp as well. She kinda cute but naughtiness about her :3.
My mind tends to go off on a tangent. The good thing about that is I get some new ideas, the bad side is I get easily distracted... Thanks for the great reviews and thanks for following the story.
diablo777;thanks love ya name by the way and I hope the chapter was what ya hope for :P
Sephy Valentine; thanks hoped ya like the sephxvin in this chapter. I'm new at this so I hoped I didn't disappoint.
Sakurazu; Yes Sir!
Omg I can't believe how long it took me to finish that chapter. I'll try to get the next one out quicker :P quick thanks to mandy-san for telling me about a spelling error