I'm sorry for all the spelling errors in this story. From now on, I'm going to do my best to run every chapter through some kind of spell check. I just wanted to say, I might be writing out every day of their days in Wutai. The next vacation spot (there are three) will not have every day written out, but it will be special. To Zack anyway.

Pairings: SephxZackxCloud, TsengxReno (Eventual TsengxRufusxReno)

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Sephiroth was not happy. He was not happy at all. Zack however, was more understanding of Cloud's predicament. While Sephiroth paced frantically, trying to figure out what could have made the boy sick, the brunette held his hair back as he vomited.

...After watching Zack passionately deflower the cadet the night before, he couldn't wait for all of them to finally be together, in body and soul. Now they would have to wait.

Zack had thought of poison, and Sephiroth hadn't known how to rule it out. If only their food was poisoned, the mako in their systems would filter it into harmless proteins. Cloud, not so much.

Sephiroth paused in his pacing to listen as Cloud once again retched into the toilet. He peered in the bathroom to see Zack sitting directly behind the cadet. Cloud was nestled squarely between Zack's thighs. The toliet was nestled between Cloud's own legs.

Sephiroth gently pushed the sweaty blond head back and flushed for them. Cloud looked awful close up. There were rings around his eyes and his skin was a pasty color. He was drenched in sweat and shivering.

Zack also looked up at Sephiroth now, and his pale eyes were worried. "Maybe it was me Seph... I'm a SOLDIER, and the mako in my blood is thick. Maybe he's just feeling the mako since we..."

Sephiroth shook his head and fetched a blanket. "It is not your fault Zack. I have seen all the kinds of mako poisoning out there, and his symptoms do not match any. I promise you, Cloud will be alright."

Cloud nodded weakly, and Sephiroth couldn't tell if the half-hearted motion supported his arguement or refuted it. He was about to ask Cloud if he needed anything, but there were two sharp knocks at the door. He stood and stumbled to the door. Throwing open the door, he saw looks of hastily covered shock. Sephiroth supposed that he looked like a mess.

The emperor himself was there, but Sephiroth didn't care. At all.

"Is there any problems?"

"Not particularly. It's just-" The sound of vomiting again. "Cloud seems to be ever so slightly sick."

"I do hope it's not something that hit him from here?"

"I don't-"

"SEPH!" Zack's voice was loud and echoed through the empty rooms. Before the emperor and his guards could so much as blink, Sephiroth was down the hall and in the bathroom already. Mercifully, he was met with two pairs of tired eyes. Zack smiled lightly.

"Cloud says this is normal."

"Vomiting is not normal," Sephiroth grumbled, aware that the Wutaiian men were coming down the hall.

"No," Cloud's voice was weak and faltering. "I get motion sickness... And the long trip... Is just catching up with me... Since I slept through it... I'm sorry..."

Sephiroth was lifting him out of Zack's lap before anyone could blink. "No, no, no. Love, your not a burden. There is nothing about you that you need to apologize for. We all have our weaknesses," he soothed the cadet and cradled him in his arms, ignoring the shocked stairs of the men.

Zack yawned and Sephiroth was reminded that Cloud wasn't the only tired puppy he needed to take care of. He looked at the men. "I'm sorry for this interuption," he said, pulling Zack into his arms to cradle Cloud in one and Zack in the other.

Godo schooled his features into a mask of indifference. "I was only going to give yourself and your loves a tour of this city. It can wait until both of them are feeling up to it," he explained carefully. "And yourself of course," he finished. He had never thought that such a man as Sephiroth could tire or feel bad. But here he was, standing before him with a tired expression on his face.

"Thank you," he said quietly.

The emperor nodded and began walking out the door. He and his men left the Shinra men with a new respect for The Demon of Wutai.

-o-o-

After a brief nap, the afternoon found Zack opening the door and being offered food by two serving girls he vaguely remembered seeing the night before. They each bore a platter and Zack invited them in and called Sephiroth. He peeked in on Cloud, who gave him a half-hearted glare for being so cheery, so early in the morning.

(Cloud was opperating under the assumption that it was morning, rather than late afternoon. Sephiroth and Zack didn't have the heart to tell him that his internal clock was broken and was almost as acurate as a dead man's.)

Sephiroth met them in the dining room. He invited the women to eat with them, aware that they would get a better meal by sharing with honored guests than they would from their own kitchens.

The one girl that had led them here with her twin the night before gave them a seducing smile. The other one looked tired and stayed quiet. When the food was spread out, Sephiroth offered some to the women. They stayed quiet. Zack offered them food. They stayed quiet.

Zack piled two plates with food and left them in front of the serving girls. He turned his attention to his own food and dug in. Sephiroth observed him fondly for a moment before snatching his plate away.

"You'll make yourself sick, pup. Slow down," he ordered, placing the plate before the former-puppy. He ignored Sephiroth and dug in just as fast, but slowed at a look Sephiroth leveled at him.

The food was good and Zack loved the special Wutaiian wine that went with the meal. He drank a lot of it, more than Sephiroth, at least. The quiet girl began to look nervous, but the twin one smiled wider.

When they were all done, the plates piled to the side and the wine gone, the quiet girl stood and walked over to Zack, then knelt beside him. Zack turned to her curiously. Her hands went to the sash keeping her clothes on. Her fingers began to make quick work of it, but was halted by Zack grabbing her hands. Her robe fell open, exposing her breasts and Zack looked away pointedly, but not before taking note of the scars. Sephiroth reached forward and re-tied the sash.

The woman ripped her hands from Zack's grip and shot to her feet. She screamed something at them in Wutaiian, but neither of them knew what she was trying to say. She shook her head rapidly and said something else, turning to leave. She was stopped by Cloud's weak voice asking something in Wutaiian as well.

She answered with a hysterical voice.

Cloud looked confused, but asked something different.

She shook her head again, tears running down her cheeks.

"No," Cloud said, this time in a language they could understand. "Ask them yourselves."

The woman replied in Wutaiian. Cloud looked frustrated, and Sephiroth stood and helped get Cloud to a seat at the table.

"Rydi thinks you think she's ugly because you don't want her."

"No," Zack disagreed at once, shaking his own head. "She's really..." a blush stained his cheeks.

Sephiroth ignored Zack. "Can you tell her that it is not Midgar custom to take a partner that you are not in some way promised to?"

Cloud nodded and spoke in a rapid fire of words to the hurt woman. She said something scornfully back that made him bite his lip. Zack pulled the lip back, worried for the stitches, and was relieved to see no blood.

The ignored twin shook out her hair and asked Cloud something, and he responded quickly. She nodded and stood with the plates. She left.

Cloud turned to his favorite men in the world and looked worried. "Rydi is scared of you both. She wants to know if she has your express permission to leave."

"Of course," Sephiroth answered at once.

Cloud relayed the message and the woman left without another glance at the SOLDIERs.

"So... Feeling better?" Zack asked.

"A little. I just heard yelling and you two didn't know what it meant... so..."

"Why was she scared of Zack? I understand a fear of me, but Zack never set foot in Wutai," Sephiroth interrupted.

Cloud hesitated, but told them the entire story in the end. Zack was horrified, and it showed in the way he quickly disappeared from the room. Cloud could have sworn he saw the eyes he loved tear up. Sephiroth looked thoughtful.

"What?"

"I'm trying to remember which group exactly was in this area."

"You want to punish people for a crime they committed that long ago?"

"Cloud, I hate people that take advantage of those that can not protect themselves. She was young, and she was damaged forever. She deserves justice," Sephiroth explained. His brow furrowed and he retrieved his laptop from one of the bags and returned. Cloud had begun tentitively sampling some food he had gotten from the kitchen.

Sephiroth regarded him fondly as he waited for the computer to fully turn on. Cloud had discovered that he quite liked the food and was now enthusiastically devouring it. It was good to see his skin get a more healthier color.

When Zack stole back into the room, his face was a little red. Sephiroth gave him an understanding look. Zack, being the protégé of General Hewley, was taught of SOLDIER honor. And hearing what fellow SOLDIERs had done to that girl...

Zack uneasily wet his lips and looked at Cloud. Nowadays, whenever he heard of any kind of forced sexuality, he thought of what it would be like if it happened to Cloud. It hadn't fully impacted him then, but when Cloud's professor tried to... force himself on Cloud, it made him scared of letting the boy out of his sight. Now he knew that he loved the child, and he wanted him safe more than ever.

He didn't think he could live if anyone hurt Cloud like that. But he didn't think it was impossible. Cloud was beautiful, in spirit, mind, and body. So many people hit on him whenever he was in public.

Once Zack had taken Cloud to dinner (because he was convinced Cloud's bullies were stealing his Shinra brand muck- I mean food. Shinra brand food. Yeah...). Even though it looked they were on a date (which they weren't... then), the waiter and two other guys hit on Cloud openly. When Zack talked to Cloud about it, he didn't get it. He just thought they were being friendly, the naive little puppybo...

Zack sat behind Cloud, wrapping his arms around the small torso. He buried his face in the blond spikes and inhaled greedily. Cloud just continued eating.

Sephiroth began to busily type. "Whacha looking for?" Zack asked, barely lifting his face from the hair he loved.

"The squad that was assigned to this area during the war," Sephiroth answered absently. "I know it wasn't any of the First Classes. They were all assigned to the real fighting. My bet is on Third classes... It would be easier if I had a description, but I will narrow it down as best I can."

Zack thought about it for a moment before standing and going to hug his older lover. "Thank you Seph. For caring about someone you don't know enough to do this."

Cloud smiled weakly and pushed his bowl away. He stood on unsteady legs and managed to wobble his way to Sephiroth's other side. He collapsed right next to the General, making Zack stir with unease. He panted softly up at them.

"It's all that throwing up I did. I'm pretty weak now..." Cloud said, trying to lift Sephiroth's arm with his tired arms. He had to let go and be drawn under by his love instead when his arms failed and he began panting even more. Once under Sephiroth's arm, Sephiroth shook his hair out to let it fall over Cloud, shielding him. He drew Zack under the silvery cascades as well.

It was difficult typing in this position, but he didn't think he could let either of them go. And Cloud probably wasn't going to be able to move around unaided for a while if the muffled wheezes were any indication.

As if reading his thoughts, Zack reached around and lifted Cloud's face from the fabric of Sephiroth's shirt, where he had been trying to muffle the sounds of his gasping breaths.

"It's only... This bad... Because I... Slept through the... Real thing... And now... My body is getting payback."

"We'll find something to help with the motion sickness before we leave," Zack assured him, stroking his hair, and then snuggling closer to Sephiroth.

Sephiroth felt the fury at the raping of the serving girl- Rydi was her name? - calm to a serene mood. He was still angry, but the knowledge he had the only two people in the world he loved with him soothed him.

Cloud yawned. Zack yawned. Sephiroth stroked both of their soft spikes until he felt their bodies relax and heard their breathing slow to an even pace. He gave them both a kiss on the head and returned to his work.

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And if anyone has any pairings they would like to see, tell me now. When the cadet tournament begins, everyone's coming out of the woodwork.