Ladies and gentlemen... meet Genesis' mother XD

Blitzkrieg Chapter 10

Sephiroth came to when a loud noise woke him out of a deep, dreamless slumber. He abruptly sat up, manically checking their surroundings, still half asleep. His right arm tingled; it must have fallen asleep as Genesis lay on it all night. The noise came from above and even before he looked up Sephiroth knew it was a chopper.

"Get up," he grunted, scrambling to his feet and grabbing his sword. The trees around them swayed in the wind the chopper produced. They had to get to a clearing so the men who had come to get them could land.

Genesis, still more asleep than fully awake, got up on wobbling legs, blinking rapidly against the black dots that flew by in front of his eyes. The noise made his head ache furiously but he ignored it. "A chopper." He heard without noticing that he was the one saying it. It was totally needless to say, too, but Sephiroth seemed to ignore it. This was no nice wake-up call.

"Yes, it will be landing nearby. Hurry." Sephiroth was already leading the way, contacting the pilot with his cell, listening to the short instruction he was given. "They will be landing by the bridge," he finally announced, flipping his phone shut.

"Then I hope for them, there are no more explosives around… oh hey, I forgot. They already detonated with us around…" Genesis replied grumpily. His back hurt, his head hurt, his side hurt and he was hungry as hell. Plus, he must look like shit. He followed Sephiroth through the thick copse, rubbing his drowsy eyes all the while. "I'm feeling sticky." He complained suddenly, his face heating up just a mere moment later when remembering yesterday's events… well, yesterday evening's events.

"Me too," Sephiroth sighed. He had been on worse missions, bivouac training was much harder with the soldiers crawling through the mud for weeks with heavy baggage. But this had been mentally disturbing as well... Plus, he was sticky with cum and a shower would be very much appreciated. They followed the sound of the chopper and the wind blowing at them, until they came to a clearing. Shielding his face with his arms from oncoming leaves and ashes he climbed the chopper, sitting down heavily. It was loud and windy and the cheeky redhead that looked over from the pilot seat, giving them a thumbs up with an annoying grin didn't brighten Sephiroth's mood. He just wanted to get home.

Genesis followed shortly after, climbing into the nosy chopper and eying the pilot suspiciously. He could at least have the decency to turn the thing off, now his hair was even more disheveled than before. The guy had vibrant red hair and inwardly Genesis joked about how unstyled it looked before he noticed that he didn't look any better. Shaking his thoughts off, he sat down gingerly, sighing heavily and being thankful that they had at least been picked up now. Another moment in this damn forest… He could do without that.

The redhead threw another look at them before starting the chopper right back up, hopefully bringing them home as soon as possible.

The trip back was quiet. Well, as quiet as a ride in a chopper could be. Reno, the pilot turk as Sephiroth remembered correctly, tried to start a conversation a few times but they impolitely ignored his comments. They didn't have any obligation to answer him. As soon as they were back Reno lit a cigarette and sardonically waved after them as Sephiroth and Genesis went to shower and change clothing. Both of them got a call to appear before Lazard immediately after they were done. Once they were in the elevator upstairs, Sephiroth said, "Let's be careful about our suspicions. It's better if you let me speak..."

The other nodded slowly. "It would not be smart to accuse someone in his position, I assume." He said at length, remaining silent until they reached the headquarter's floor. Sephiroth strode to Lazard's office, entering it while Genesis followed. The secretary eyed them warily, adjusting her glasses with her highly manicured fingers before opening her thin-lipped mouth.

"Yes?" She asked acutely, her eyes already lingering on the monitor again.

"Director Lazard summoned us. SOLDIER Second Class Sephiroth and SOLDIER Third Class Genesis Rhapsodos."

The secretary graced them with another gander, until she held a brief conversation with the Director and finally stood to lead them to the office. She closed the door after them. Sephiroth saluted, but he remained quiet otherwise, waiting for the man to speak. He kept his distance to the man, even though he was less annoying compared to the rest of ShinRa.

Lazard sat in his expensive chair, looking up from his paperwork and leaning back. He only spoke up when his secretary had left the room for sure. He made a short gesture towards the two chairs in front of him, offering them a chair before their talk would begin.

"Please, sit down." He addressed them, pausing for a moment and waiting for them to sit. "I received the information that there has been an explosion around the bridge you were responsible to check up on, is that correct?" His facial expression gave nothing away, nor did his eyes.

"That is correct sir," Sephiroth affirmed. He sat in his chair with his back straight, though his arms lay seemingly relaxed on the armrest. "Our mission was to check on a supply passage way. When we arrived however, aforementioned bridge seemed to have been out of order for quite some time already. It was nothing we could have fixed with our equipment."

Lazard nodded faintly, his face still unreadable. "That is odd. But please, go on." He said, waving for Sephiroth to carry on.

Frowning, Genesis wondered what the director was thinking right now, curious of how he would explain this situation.

Sephiroth continued mechanically, expressionlessly. "After we inspected the bridge I attempted to inform headquarters about the situation. I noticed that I had no signal, and Third Class Rhapsodos hadn't either. The only plausible explanation was a detonator for explosives disturbing the signal, so we retreated back into the woods just in time as the bomb set off. As no one came to fetch us we had to assume that a mistake had been made and spent the night in the jungle, waiting for backup."

The director hummed lowly in affirmation, gazing at Sephiroth for a long moment to make sure that he had ended before he folded his hands slowly and leaned forward. "I see." He said at last. "And you are sure that you got the right GPS and did not run into a destruction program nearby?"

"I am positive that we were at the right location, sir. Before the signal went out the map affirmed us that we had reached our destination. There was nothing else close to our perimeter that would have qualified for an alternative target." Sephiroth paused. "I suggest that just in case we confirm with the mission request to make sure that indeed this was the location we were supposed to be at." It was a careful imploring to check that something had gone wrong, very wrong. Sephiroth was not sure if Lazard got the hint. If an assassination had been staged it was unlikely that Lazard knew about it, since he would gain no profit from it, on the contrary. Still Sephiroth watched his reaction closely. ShinRa politics were unpredictable and he didn't thrust Lazard as far as he could throw him. He was part of the ShinRa family after all.

For the first time Lazard did show some reaction: he frowned. "There is no doubt that something has gone atypically wrong. I assure you that I will have Tseng supervising the investigation in this case." He stood up suddenly, walking over to the large window front and looking out in a thoughtful manner before he turned again. "I cannot risk my soldiers' lives, can I?" A light smirk settled on his lips, something one got accustomed to when dealing with Lazard for some time.

"Is there anything else you would like to add?" His gaze now settled on Genesis, fully knowing that he was the one who would not be able to restrain his mouth for too long.

Sephiroth was careful. Lazard's comment could be harmless, but it could also be a very bold and very sadistic warning. "It might be helpful to explore who gave the order for setting off that bridge," he suggested neutrally, his eyes darting briefly to Genesis. He got a nervous feeling from where the redhead had taken position.

Genesis dutifully shook his head, but other than that remained quiet. His crystal eyes were never leaving Lazard's though, silently daring him to give one misplaced comment. How he longed to accuse this man, wipe that sardonic smile from his face, but he refrained.

The director eyed the red-head warily in return before turning towards Sephiroth again. "I assure you that we will investigate in this case." He repeated, his tone and stance obviously showing that this conversation was over. "You both may now return to your quarters and draw up your report."

"Sir." Sephiroth gave a perfect salute and then turned to leave the office. From out of the corner of his eye he could see Genesis following him. Only when they were back in the elevator did he allow himself to relax a bit, his shoulders slumping. "You did well," he praised, pushing the button to their floor.

After the door had closed, Lazard sat down in his chair again, laying his hands on top of the amounts of paperwork he still had to do yet this was a more pressing issue. Shaking his head, he reached for the phone to call Tseng; this had to have top priority.

"Well, thank you I guess." Genesis answered, following Sephiroth, even though he felt like a puppy following its master. "He didn't look like he knew anything about it." He added thoughtfully, watching the numbers fall as the elevator went down to their desired floor.

"I wonder." Sephiroth stared out the window pensively, the wheels in his head turning. "I will have to call my brothers first, see if they are all right. You should call someone too. Go out for a bit, distract yourself. We barely survived."

The other chuckled dryly. "Do you have to remind me?" He crooked his eyebrow and crossed his arms in front of his chest, yet there was a playful caste over his features. "I could for once keep my promise and call my parents." He did not mention that he had not done so when Sephiroth had … asked him to do so for the first time. "And then I'll grab Angeal." Genesis grinned at that. He had not been able to spend time with his friend for a few days and he started to miss it already.

"That sounds like a good plan." Sephiroth managed a weak grin himself, as the elevator stopped and he walked out and down the hallway to their room. When Genesis was away it would also leave him with some privacy to take care of some personal stuff. Like updating his will.

The smaller eyed him for a moment, opening his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but remained silent and just followed him.

Inside their room, he instantly flopped down on his bed, fishing for his neglected backpack to retrieve his phone. He checked his signal just because. Of course, now when it came to the things he did not want to do, he did have a strong signal. This world was simply not fair. While dialing his parents' number he tried to forget that he had almost asked Sephiroth – whom he was supposed to hate with all he had – whether he was alright. He did not care for him, at all.

As Genesis was busy with his own stuff, Sephiroth typed in a text message. His brothers would be at school right now, so he had to call them later but he just wanted to make sure that they were fine and wanted to tell them that he was okay too. Flipping his phone shut he placed it onto his desk and sat down, taking out a few sheets of paper and a pencil. This report would not be a digital one. When missions went wrong there would be only one handwritten report and it would be handed in personally. There could be no risks of data leaking out to the public.

The red-head did not have time to wonder what Sephiroth was doing because right at that moment someone answered the phone, someone he could not directly identify. He politely asked for the obviously new butler to call for his mother and again there was silence. Sighing he played with a few of his auburn strands that had grown too long for his liking. He would have to have them cut again.

"Yes, please?" The thin, slightly snobbish voice that belonged to his dearly loved mother reached his ears, forcefully dragging him out of his musings.

"Mother…" He answered coolly. "It's Genesis."

"Genesis... who is that?" she said pointedly, her voice a bit bitter. "Oh wait, it couldn't be my son? It has been so long since he last called that I had forgotten how his voice sounded." She ended on an almost whining note, being heartbroken and disappointed, wanting to make him feel bad and guilty about not calling earlier.

"I am relieved that you haven't changed over the ages I haven't called… you are still exaggerating." Genesis sighed and even though his heart hurt an ounce, he had learned how to repress it. "I apologize for not calling earlier, but it has been… quiet an eventful time." And there he was, underestimating like hell.

"Is that so. Well, if your life in the city is so eventful then of course you cannot be bothered to call your mother," she replied in a casual tone as if they were talking about the weather. "What did you do?" She only asked to see if he could come up with a good reason for not calling rather than really being interested in what he was doing.

"Mum, please…" The auburn sighed exasperatedly. This was already heading in a direction he did not like. "My arm was injured during a mission and I assume you can imagine that this brings along a lot of different difficulties. But otherwise I'm fine, thank you for caring." His tone was sarcastic, having spend most of his life with his mother, he knew what she was really aiming at. And again he longed for a normal mother.

"I see," she said. "Well, I am not surprised. I told you you are not strong and robust enough to be in the army. It's a wonder you are still alive. You really should come back and take over the farm some day, like we discussed it."

"I will not have this discussion with you again." Genesis replied heatedly, having completely forgotten that Sephiroth was still in a room with him, most likely able to hear every word spoken. "And even though it might not interest you some people seem to see that this is where I belong. Not being a filthy-rich, pampered and to-be-married back in nowhere."

"Oh really, and who would that be?" The voice of his mother had become a bit high-pitched with stress. "Some of your new boarish soldier friends? I am sure you fit right in there."

"If you consider your mighty Sephiroth a 'new boarish soldier friend' of mine, then yes, some of them." His voice was merely a low growl. He had known this would happen, it always did and now here he was. His good mood erased like it had never been there.

Sephiroth unconsciously perked up at this. He had been trying to concentrate on his report but inevitably he had to listen to their conversation, or rather Genesis' parts. They spoke volumes enough though.

On the phone Genesis' mother paused, before she spoke up again, her voice cruelly sweet now. "Oh really, you made friends with him? Is he around? I want to talk to him. To thank him for taking care of my son." Clearly she didn't believe Genesis but wanted to test him.

"Excuse me?" He asked incredulously, sitting up almost instantly. Genesis knew his mother did not believe him – hell, a few months ago he wouldn't have believed himself – yet he could not believe that she really wanted to talk to Sephiroth now. He threw a glance over to where the silver-haired man was sitting and met his glance.

"You heard me. Put him on the phone. It is only natural that a mother would like to thank the man who takes care of her clumsy, ungrateful son."

Genesis gritted his teeth harshly, throwing his cellphone over to Sephiroth. "My sorry excuse for a mother would like to talk to you." He said, venom dripping from his tongue when he said those words. Now Sephiroth was already stealing his family, how much more could he take?

Sephiroth was surprised, to say the least. He caught the cell phone on instinct, looking at it awkwardly before carefully putting it against his ear. He wondered what was going on. "Yes?"

A moment of silence followed at the other end of the line, when Mrs. Rhadpsodos contemplated whether her son had really spoken the truth or was tricking him now. "Odile Rhapsodos." She politely introduced herself. "Who do I have the pleasure of speaking to? My rude son seemed to have passed me on just like that."

"This is Sephiroth Jenova. Good day Mrs. Rhapsodos. How can I be of your service?" He threw Genesis a 'what am I supposed to do here?' glance, feeling at a loss.

The other wasn't of much help, he just crossed his arms again, generally sulking and being angry.

"Oh my, forgive my rudeness then." She piped up immediately. This man sounded just like the real Sephiroth and Genesis' mother somehow sensed that her son – for once – had not lied to her. "I wanted to thank you for rescuing my son so heroically. I always told him not to join the army, it will be the death of him and he's my only child." She sighed heart-brokenly, yet inside she was congratulating herself for finding such a smooth way out.

"Not at all," Sephiroth replied, feeling awkward. He could have turned on his professional charm, but he had a suspicion that Genesis was being angry at him already though he hadn't even done anything. Thus he tried to wriggle his way out, by saying "Your son is a great SOLDIER, he will climb ranks in no time."

This got Genesis' attention again. He looked up and at Sephiroth with something akin to disbelief and yet a thin trace of relief.

"You think so?" Mrs. Rhapsodos sounded awfully surprised, too surprised to only be a caring mother. "Then… well…" She laughed helplessly, obviously at loss of what to reply to that. "Would you just take care of him for me? I wouldn't want him to get hurt."

"He can take care of himself just fine, but if it makes you feel better I will have an eye on him as well," Sephiroth replied politely. He hadn't spoken to her for longer than a minute and he disliked her already. It was irrational, but her voice and the way she talked were just so... hypocritical. Mean and insensitive, even though she did good to pretend otherwise.

"I thank you very much." She replied sweetly, browsing briefly through the mails the postman had just brought in. "Would you send Genesis my love? I have some important business to attend to. Good bye, Mr. Jenova. I wish you a nice and pleasant day." Her voice dripped of honey and sugar before she hung up just like that.

"Did she finally hang up?" Genesis asked just a few moments later.

Sephiroth took the cell from his ear, staring at it blankly before he returned it back to Genesis. "She did," he said, not knowing what to think of the whole thing. That woman gave him the creeps. "Your mother seems... very..." he struggled for a word that wasn't impolite because he couldn't bring himself to lie. "...unique," he finally managed with a forced smile.

The other snorted disdainfully. "Oh come on. She's a bitch of a woman and even worse as a mother. Unique is not really the fitting word to describe her." He replied, turning to the side to fully face Sephiroth. "It is not only me who has that impression, right?" He asked, somewhat shyly, yet frowning all the while.

Sephiroth was torn between reprimanding Genesis for talking like that about his mother and agreeing. Of course he had only exchanged a few words with her so he didn't really know her. "I suppose you know her better than I do," was the answer he came up with, but his look of sympathy spoke volumes.

Genesis smiled knowingly. "Thank you." He said quietly, finally getting up. "And… thank you for earlier. You could have like… said anything you wanted, yet you backed me up." It was so hard to find the right words for how grateful he was. Sephiroth had done nothing special, but what he had done was something special to him. "I guess I'll go and see if I can find Angeal now and you can… talk to your brothers peacefully."

"They are not home yet. I will write my report. And there is no need to thank me, I was merely stating facts," Sephiroth replied clinically. After all, he was not really a social person. "You should have your report ready by tonight too. Write it by hand on paper, no copies, no digital data. This is standard procedure for reports of this kind. And be careful. Just in case."

The auburn haired man merely waved it off. "Don't worry, I won't be away for too long and Lazard will get his desired report, nice and tidy." He smiled again before turning towards the door. "See you later, Sephiroth." He called over his shoulder before he finally left.

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Review replies (Mary replying/ BMIK replying)

fantasi88

Awww, thanks for the comment :) I'm glad you like the story so far! But by mentioning it you show that you kinda expect it ;) It's a tricky situation for us, too :D Stay tuned! I hope you'll like the outcome!

Ah, we will see about who Shinra is after XD If they are after someone at all – could all be a coincidence or misunderstanding too! I'm happy that you like the story, it is a lot of fun to write it with Mary! Thank you for reviewing^^

hayakatsu

I don't think it has something to do with forcing the readers to review. But it's kinda depressing to see how many people "click" the story and how many really do review. BMIK and I, we are writing the story because we feel like it and because we like each other's style and like writing with each other, not because we want to fetch some reviews or fame or whatever. But uploading it and showing it to people only makes sense when those people actually say something about it too. D: Otherwise we could just delete the story and finish it for ourselves as the RPG it was intended to be. So imo this appeal to the readers was only for their own good :D

Oh I know the feeling you get :D I have it too everytime I re-read this story (yes I do that a lot :D Hot smex when none is around :P), but I know why we dragged on a little at the start. Thing is, we didn't know each other before and BMIK didn't know my style at all, apart from the one story I uploaded here. So the start was kind of a warm-up for us both, fitting both unique styles together, that's why it drags and jolting a little here and there :D

Anyway, I think I speak for both of us when I say, that we are thankful for your comment, especially because you took your time and explained why you normally don't comment and so on :D Thanks a lot!

Hm, I don't like asking for it either :( But as it is, I have a very busy life. I have to make time to edit, correct and upload chapters, and sometimes I just forget. Fanfiction is (sadly) not the center of my life. Reviews keep reminding me that there is a story to update. And also, I think that it is a bit of a sign of appreciation to review chapters. It makes me happy to receive reviews and that is why I like to give feedback too. And it is also a great way of meeting new people, which is probably the most important part XD I enjoy talking to people who like the same things I do and discuss them, debate on them!

Ah, yes XD As Mary said, we had to get to know each other. And in general, I think I feel that I have to set a mood, to make the rest of the development plausible and whatnot, but I will keep an eye on it and make it not too long XD Thanks for the criticism!

Liriel

A NEW READER 3 Want some Cookies? :D Oh I like how eager you sound :)) I hope you'll enjoy this next chapter as much as you seem to have the others :D Thanks for the review! Always refreshing to read this :D

Aw, thank you! We have written a few chapters ahead, and all your questions will be answered eventually (I hope XD)! I'm very happy that you like it so far and thanks for reviewing!

Lenko

Thankies :D We always seem to end up with making a little fun of them both. Who can take those lovelies too seriously anyways? :D

Yay, happy you like it! Long time no see, you doing okay? I think Seph and Gen make a wonderful pairing because they are so different (though at the same time similar, even though the dun wanna admit it), and it really is a lot of fun! XD Thanks for the comment, dear!

hypnoticaa

Oh I'm glad you liked the action scene :D I wasn't so sure whether my parts in it were good or not (BMIK doesn't have to be insecure about that because they are awesome! :D). Oh, complain about short to her! Not my fault mwahha :D

Thing is, as I already said, that we are – against all imagination – insecure. We are both only hobby writers and we do need the confirmation that the stuff we write is indeed okay because we got noone else to read through it really. We are not fishing for comments here, personally I hate comments like "good chapter, end", but nevertheless this is feedback and you know you did a good job. But when there is no comment at all, you start doubting yourself. It's really a tricky situation then.

Thanks for the comment :) I like that you also said something critical :D Always welcome too!

Yay, happy you liked the chapter! Action scenes are tricky, so I am extra relieved you found it okay (especially since in the games there really is a lot of action...). Hm, as to your other comment: As Mary said we write this for ourselves. And it takes time to edit, upload etc. and it is time I have to make. So if I am under the impression that people don't find it worth commenting (which for me is a simple sign of appreciation, whether it be criticism or praise) then I use that time for something else ;) In the end we upload this for you, the readers. It's a simple matter of give and take.^^

Stephiroth

Oh dear, don't think of yourself as stalkers :D We are writing kinky storys about innocent heroes of video games, if someone was forced to feel embarrassed it would be us xDDD

Uh, I love edgy Sephy too :D But he cannot stay like that all the time :( Otherwise this story would NEVER end xD

Thankies for the comment :D!

Hahaha, really? I never thought about it like this, interesting! XD But there really is no need to be embarrassed, whether you have an account or not we just love to talk to you people (which is why we are doing the review replies in the first place XD). Hehehe, I think (hope) that Sephiroth hasn't lost his edge! You'll have to decide that, of course, but maybe I can hint on that there will be a shitload of drama coming up XDD Thank you for taking the time to comment, I think it's awesome! :)

Next Chapter: Genesis makes new friends - or does he?

As always feedback is very much appreciated ^^