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Legacy of the Lifestream	By : butabara Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 2387 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 15
- 16
- 17
A.N. 0.0 Oh... my God... This chapter is so ridiculously LONG! Well, enjoy, my lovelies! Consider this my wishing you a happy New Year! (13 minutes to go, my time... Just made it!)
Thanks to Riverseithr for helping me with this one! The conversation between Sukai and Harmony was done between River and myself, RP style, and it was a BLAST!
This has NOT been beta'd (Sorry Mellon! Got a deadline, this time!) however, Sytherea Orianthe DID look at MOST of it.
I hope you guys like it! R&R!

Chapter 15: Common Ground
"We're... we're trapped?" Harmony whimpered. "Oh Gods this is all my faut! I should have known better than to partner wi-"
"Stop it, right now!" Sukai snapped. "Leviathan help me. You may be an exceptionally talented witch, and an accomplished martial artist... but dear Gods you are a rookie!"
Sephiroth placed his hand on her shoulder to calm her rising ire. "We need a plan. I have an idea, but its risky. I can sut my way through these people with little to no problem. When I start moving forward, I will try to clear a path. You three stay close on my six. Don't give them a chance to fall in behind me."
Suckai and Kadaj nodded, and Harmony tried her best to get her shaking body to cooperate enough to mirror the motion.
"Do we have enough time for me to take just a few seconds? I think I can get us out easier..."
Kadaj grinned and nodded his head "Of course! Blinking! But can you blink this many of us safely? And quickly?"
"Quickly... well... yes, relatively, if you guys can keep their bullets from hitting me and fight off the ones that get too close. But its risky. You guys have to keep your minds as clear as possible and not focus too hard on any one spot. Safely... I'm not sure. We'll be in one piece... but I may pass out. I won't be carrying as many passengers as I did when I got you guys our of jail... but more than one passenger is pushing it without having help, and I'm not Sassi." Harmony answered.
Sukai wasn't sure what 'blinking' was, but she figured she could safely assume that it was something like teleportation. "We'll do what we can." She said, liking this idea better than having Sephiroth end so many lives to get them out. Her screaming session planned for Harmony and Kadaj could wait until then.
"If you focis most of your power on youself, Kadaj, and Sukai, I can use my own teleportation to help you along... if it works like that. I can't go as far as you can." Sephiroth put in.
"In this situation, its worth a shot. But I'm still focusing on you. I won't take the risk of leaving you behind." Harmony said with resolve. Although it wasn't always clear, she felt close to her fellow Guardian. He was her brother.
"We'd better hurry... looks like they've been given the command to move in." Kadaj said, drawing their attention back to the small army surrounding them.
"Right." Harmony said. She positioned herself in the middle if the triangle that her three teammates had created, reaching out and grasping the edge of Sephiroth's trench coat, Sukai's holster, and Kadaj's pantleg. "Don't move too much. If I don't have ahold of you, you'll be left behind." She warned.
And then the group felt the rush of power as it focused around them, prickling at their skin just as the bullets started flying at them.
Sukai quickly used her mastery over materia to cast the strongest Barrier she could manage, but after the fight to get in and the energy she'd already expended, it was still weak enough that a few bullets were able to pass through. Materia shots were fired, and Reflect joined the Barrier, though like its counterpart, it was weaker than it should have been.
"No pressure." She heard Kadaj grunt as he twirled his sword to stop the bullets aimed at him and his love.
"Shut up!" Harmony squealed. The best that she could do was to focus on the last place that the group had stopped to go over the plan before infiltrating the base... the home of Angeal's deceased mother.
"Lifestream... please... help me!" She whispered.
Yes, child! You have come home at last! Embrace your power! Become the Guardian that we intended you to be! Came the voice of the Lifestream, soothing across her senses.
Harmony's eyes narrowed in confusion and irritation. Did they always have to speak so dramatically? 'Focus...' She thought. She let out a short cry of joy and grinned gleefully as she felt the rush of raw life fill her body. Reaching out, she grasped Sukai around the waist, pulling her back as the Inventor gasped, and placed one palm on Sephorith's shoulder, the other on Kadaj's. She heard a sharp cry from one of them as she felt the sway of vertigo hit her, and when she opened her eyes, all she could see were dark, wooden walls.
"Angeal's mother's house?" Sukai said, looking around. "Why did you bring us here?"
"Its the only place I could remember well enough to safely blink to. I really didn't want any of us to end up in a wall, or a tree."
"You did well." Sephiroth said, clapping her shoulder. "We're out of the base. It will be much easier for us to get out of Banora and back to the clearing, now."
"Yěmāo, come in Yěmāo. What is your location?" Came the voice of Sytherea through Sukai's comm.
"Copy Sanguine. I'm inside the home of Angeal's mother. I have R-One, Angel, and Keeper with me. We ran into some problems." Sukai said into the small mic at her wrist.
"Do you need backup?"
"Negative. We're on our way out of the city. Is Falcon moving in?"
"Yes. Falcon has landed. The package has been safely stored and the Reunion went smoothly."
"Good. Give us five minutes. I want Darkness and Sly on snipe. We may be followed."
"Copy that. Darkness and Sly will be in position to offer support. Be safe, Yěmāo. Over and out."
Sukai sighed, relieved that Cid had gotten the airship that close without being spotted. "Lets go. Quietly... Harmony? Shit!"
The two men turned in the direction that Sukai was rushing, only to find Harmony slumpmed over, barely able to stand on her feet. The wall seemed to be the only thing that kept her upright.
"I'm okay!" Her weak voice stated in a nearly inaudible whisper.
"No you aren't!" Sukai said. "Kadaj, you have to carry her. We need speed and I can't do it. Seph's carrying me."
The General cocked and eyebrow. "Indeed?"
Sukai glanced at him, nervous. "Well... you can move faster than I can with my best Haste spell..."
"This is true. Very well." Sephiroth answered, turning and crouching so that Sukai could more easily climb onto his much taller form.
Kadaj gently lifted Harmony, instructing her to grasp her hands around his neck and flinching when her weakened hands couldn't keep their grip. He instead used on of his hands to hold to her forearms, and then walked over to stand beside Sukai and Sephiroth.
The only thing that Harmony could focus on was the faint wisp of silver hair on the side of her face, and then she felt the world drop out from under her again as Kadaj and Sephiroth used their supernatural speed to almost literally fly through the town. When they turned sharply, banking to the left, she lost the battle with her exhausted power. Her clouded eyes slammed closed as she lost consciousness, and she knew no more.
!#$%^&*()
"Sukai! Sephiroth! Kada-... Oh Gods what happened?" Yazoo said as he jumped from his position in the tree he'd been hiding in.
"Long story. She blinked us out. She'll be okay she just needs rest." Kadaj said, handing Harmony off to his brother and accepting the bottle of water and HYPER potion offered with a nod of gratitude.
"Then get her a potion and a HYPER. You get your ass in the airship so that I can kill you!" Sukai hissed.
"What happened?" Vincent asked, following them onto the airship.
"We'll wait until Harmony wakes up. I plan on screaming myself hoarse, and I'd like her to hear it." Sukai said with an infuriated calm.
Once inside, Sukai had to duck and throw her body to the side, colliding with Sephiroth as she tried to avoid being trampled by Sassi as the Cetra rushed to her Guardian.
"I felt her fear... and saddness... Why is she covered in blood? Why are all of you?" Sassi said. These last few minutes had been horrifying for Sassi as she felt the terror and hopelessness grow in her Guardian's mind.
"Sassi?" Harmony groaned, the nearness of her Cetra forcing her body to awaken.
"Good. You're awake. Yazoo, put her down. Kadaj, get over here."
"You two... Oh! I have never been so close to failing a mission in my entire career! You risked not only your own life, but the lives of every person involved in this mission! Not only that, but the children that you claim to be worth more than your own lives are now in danger. GR has them and now they know, they know, that we are a part of this. If they are even half as horrible as my captors were, those children are suffering unacceptable and horrible torments. You have no idea what people will do to prisioners of a war, and what they will do to keep secrets safe! Kadaj you had no right to take the lives of the men! They have families, and don't give me that drivel that they are the enemy! They are people, and you of all people should know how easily swayed people are to their fear! Are you going to be the one that stops at every home to deliver the news that a mother, father, son, or daughter will never be coming home? I didn't think so. You are such a fool! You let emotions cloud your judgement, and that is why I didn't want you to go along with Harmony in the first place! You can't get over your little problems and you are such a child! Killing those people didn't help us one bit! Harmony! You...even with Kadaj being a little pain...you should not have began screaming. You gave away your position and alerted the others. I know there are some things that you can't agree with that we do. There are some things that I have done that I am not proud of but I didn't freak out over them and scream like a child having a nightmare! You should control your outbursts and be quiet. You may find yourself one day having to collar your fear to save not only your life but those of others...oh wait that was today!" Sukai ranted, her voice rising with every word.
Harmony swallowed, flinching every now and again as she took her punishment. She glanced at Kadaj to find him staring at their chastiser, his own angry glare being fired at the girl. She knew that Sukai's words were true... She shouldn't have started screaming... if she hadn't, maybe all of those men and women would still be alive. She felt the sting of tears as she turned away.
"You're right... I'm so sorry. I'll... I'll be in my room." She said, her voice wavering. With those words she turned and walked away, unable to meet the eyes of a single person in the room.
When Harmony was gone, Sukai turned back to Kadaj. "You realize, of course, that all your little stunt did was prove to the GR that they are right to try to kill you."
Kadaj scoffed. "I'd rather kill them, than let them kill me."
A resounding 'SLAP' echoed throughout the loading dock, the airship long since departed.
The group stared in shock as Sassi wrung the hand she had slapped the Remnant with. That had hurt her, but she was glad. If it hurt her that bad, it must have hurt him even more.
"You son-of-a-bitch! All you've done since she got here is hurt her! The one thing... one. Thing. That means the most to her, out of everything we're ever taught, and everything we ever believed in, is that Life is Sacred. If you wanted to make sure that she never speaks to you again, you got it."
And with that, the livid Cetra left the group, following her devastated Guardian. If Sassi couldn't connect to the Lifestream, or find it in herself to do more for the search effort, she could at least be there for the one person she trusted with everything to get her children back.
!#$%^&*()
Sukai sighed and left the room as well. Even though all she wanted to do was rest, or disappear for a few hours, she knew that they had to crack the encryted files she'd brought back with her. But, she supposed, she could at the very least take a hot shower. No sense in dirtying up the control room with her dirt-and-sweat covered body.
Yazoo watched the woman leave, and then let his gaze fall to his younger brother. "What happened?" He asked, firm.
"Nothing. We're fine. We got out. I'm going to find Harmony." Kadaj said.
"Kadaj, that's not a good-" Yazoo started, reaching out and grasping Kadaj's shoulder.
Kadaj growled and yanked himself away. "Don't. This is my business, and we're not on a mission now."
!#$%^&*()
Sukai wandered the halls aimlessly. She'd dropped the files off in the control room, but couldn't find it in her to sit at a computer at the moment, not when her insides were still twisted with residual anger and a tiny bit of remorse.
Deciding to get some fresh air, she turned and made her way to the deck, not noticing the shadowed form of a man ducking into a dark corner ahead of her.
Reaching the top of the stairs, she saw Harmony and Sassi on the deck, the redhead turning at the sound of her footsteps. She patted Harmony's shoulder and walked to Sukai.
"She's really torn up right now. If you want to talk to her, then talk to her... but leave any further chastising for later." She whispered. Sukai nodded. She had no intention of starting in on the Guardian again.
"I wasn't going to... but I get it." Sukai said. She nodded to the Cetra as she passed, and made her way to stand beside Harmony. Leaning against the rail, she spoke.
"Hey."
harmony said nothing for a moment, and Sukai wondered if the dazed woman had even heard her speak. She opened her mouth to repeat herself, but Harmony cut her off.
"I'm really sorry about back there, Sukai. You're right. I really wasn't thinking at all. Kadaj just... he made me so..." She trailed off.
"Angry... I understand. I wanted to break his arm again." Sukai answered.
"Again?"
"Yeah, when I first met him. He was still pinning over you and well. I just transfered from Turk to working for Yaz. Blows were exchanged, and well he said something he shouldn't have. By the time they got me off of him. I almost killed him."
Harmony raised an eyebrow. "Thats... actually pretty impressive..." Her mood sobered. "I just never thought I'd see him like that... he was so... feral. Killing all of those people..."
"When people are pushed to their limit...they do crazy things. Here we have things known as Limit Breaks. It is our will focused into one thing. Kill, protect, heal, and other commands. Our sole focus is that one thing." Sukai said, nodding.
"It sounds like Guardian Mode. I know that when Hojo tried to take Sassi... all I could think about was getting her back and tearing him apart... and then I couldn't think at all. Its just... Taking life is wrong. I have done it... twice in a sort of incomplete Guardian mode... and once for my coven. But it goes against everything we're taught. Life is the greatest gift that the Mother can give... to take it is throwing that back in her face." Harmony said, turning her gaze to the rapidly darkening sky.
"There is a tale tale glow that gives it away. We don't have to have the glow. Like Tiffa, her combat skills alow her to decimate a person and she doesn't glow. We aren't sure if it is Mako that allows the glow. When it happens...it is a force to be feared. There are ways to stop it. Damage the person enough, interrupting them. Yeah like guardian mode...though I don't belive in taking live either. You saw when I shot those guards. I used tranqs."
"We're taught that death is not a punishment, its a reward. Death is easy. Even if you've been tortured for months... with that one, final moment... its over. Death is nothing. there are worse things. People in my world hated my faith. Called us evil, accused us of using live sacrifices... but we don't. Death isn't a sacrifice. A true sacrifice is one you have to live with. Did those people on that wall earn their right to die? No, I don't think they did." Harmony continued, her train of thought pouring right from her mind and out of her lips. Neither noticed the Remnant crouched at the top of the stairs, listening to their conversation.
"I fully understand the worse things than death. Here we are given to the Lifestream to live amoung the souls of those who have passed on. To be one with Gaia..a place of peace. No they shouldn't have died. When I was...before I worked with Tseng, my brother in common tounge..I was tortured and forced to kill many people. After I was saved, I was forced to deal with it..but I moved on. I promised I would never take a life unless it was aboslutely necessary. Even then. Taking a life, the guilt is great. Our sacrifice of doing the unnatrual."
"I just don't know what to do... when I came here, I intended to just... hop right back into our relationship. Ha, how stupid. Its been hard enough these past couple of weeks... dealing with the changes... but now... I just don't know if I can do this. I get it, with the first two. He was doing what he was trained to do. Silence the threat before it can BECOME a threat. But the others... I saw it in his eyes. He killed those others because he KNEW how much I would hate it, and how much it would hurt me. I've felt the guilt. When my coven was forced to execute our High Priest... as his apprentice, I had to be the one to kill him. I keep thinking that maybe we were wrong. Maybe he COULD have been stopped... there's ALWAYS another way."
"Perhaps he is pushing you. He doesn't really think..that is why I call him Chocobo-Brain. Always running ahead, never stopping. There are otherways of silencing..I know that much. He is exploiting your weakness. Showing you that you have to overcome it, now I am not saying you should go on a killing spree..but learn from this. In Wutai, we belive in both sides of life. Balance, good, bad, all of it. Leviathin told us that bestowing death upon people ends all misery, and those who pass on live again..in a way. My beliefs are not far from your own Harmony. I just wish...Well things don't work out the way you plan... I think teaching that little brat a lesson in manners is in order...though I am sorry I went off on you like that." Sukai said, placing a hand on Harmony's shoulder.
Harmony shook her head. "Its okay. I'll admit, I deserved it. I'm sorry for putting us all in danger... and the kids. I KNOW that they're alright. I can feel it... I can't explain it. Wherever they're keeping them... they're alive. I just want Kadaj to see. Although I was a Wiccan first, I understand perfectly that as Guardian, I don't have the luxury of living by those rules anymore... but I have sworn... I will never take life unless it is absolutely unavoidable... and only in Sassi's defense. I'm not a warrior for God. If God wants you dead, you'll cease to exist. I am not a messenger of Death. Death needs no messenger, he delivers himself. For Sassi, I will do what I must to keep her safe. But I will NOT take life for ANYONE else. Even Kiku. Only for Sassi because in Guardian Mode, I can't control it. I understand the thought that he's trying to help me... but i will not change who I am for him. He knew before we ever got together, what I believe. And I will hold true to my beliefs as much as is humanly possible. If he can't accept that... then he can't accept me." The woman said with resolve, and a bit of saddness.
"Then you have learned from the experiance. The life expected of you will be hard. Choices that you are going to make in the future are hard ones, but I will be here if you need me. Perhaps my old ways of my people will help you see other ways of dealing with this. As for your sensing ability, that is...extrodinary. Perhaps your people picked up where the Cetra left off. They see the planet, you see its people. If the Planet calls for the sacrifice of your daughter to save itself, then I will be with you to take on the Planet itself. If you were to change for him, I would lose respect for you. It is not you who needs to only grow and accept...We ALL do. This whole thing...it will show us more of ourselves than we would see otherwise." Sukai tried to stress her point to Harmony, that everything would be okay if she would just stop thinking so much.
"Well...I can accept that his beliefs are different... I would never try to change HIM by trying to force my beliefs on him. You have to WANT to believe it, or it means nothing... but he doesn't have to do it in front of me... and if he does... he doesn't have to do it like THAT." Harmony shuddered at the memory.
The man in the shadows let out a sigh. Turning from the two, he silently left them, going to one of the women's rooms. It would appear that they needed to talk.
Well then we see reason. Middle ground, a comprimise, or however you look at it. I am glad to have talked to you. You who are new to this world like a child. Innocent and learning. I will never try and force something on you, but expect another leacture if you screw up." Sukai laughed. "Alright, now I have to go see to...well one of my old inventions may help us and I've got to dig up the schemantics. And there is still the encrypted files we have to open."
"I knew who Kadaj was when I fell in love with him. I knew what he'd tried to do... and I love him anyway. Because I BELIEVE that there is more than that... I guess all I can do is try to get the truth out of him. Was he trying to be cruel, or was he trying to teach me a lesson?" Harmony paused and shook her head to rid herself of the troubling thoughts. "I could try to help you with the files... I mean, in my world, I could hack my way into nearly anything when I was a teenager... but that was a long time ago... and your world is much more technologically advanced. But if you need an extra hand... I will do my best. And if I ever screw up like THAT again... feel free to lecture me all you want. PHYSICALLY, even. I know that tonight I deserve an ass kicking."
"One more thing. If Chocobo-Brain bothers you. Come to me, I will share a..heart-to-heart laced with plotting. That boy doesn't know how evil I can be when provoked. If you want to know...ask Dege about it one day. Oh honey, getting him to talk is harder than telling a brick wall it is soft. Ah, you have a way with technology...well then I could use your help...Besides, careful what you ask of me. I am not an ex-TURK for nothing."
"Haha, I'll remember that... ex-TURK huh... that explains how you know Reno, too. And thank you... but I really think that Kadaj and I need to talk... and sort out our own problems... If I depend on someone else to fix it... then our relationship is doomed from the start. I'm 32 years old. If I can't fix my life, then no one can." Harmony said with a dry smile.
"Don't remind me I used to work with that asshole. I will escort you to the room, I have some gum if you are nervous. And hey, sometimes the gods need help to fix things...they made the Cetra after all."
"Uh oh... I sense another talk, soon... and possibly a beat down for Reno if I don't like what I hear... and thanks. I may use this... I actually wanted to go to my room... I'm covered in sweat... and blood. And I'm afraid it ISN'T mine... Is it okay if I have Vince bring me to you later?" Harmony said, shifting nervously.
"Yeah sure... but here. Let me at least make it up to you about the rant. Chocobo-Brain may be laying in wait, you may need back-up." Sukai offered.
"No, no, its okay. I can handle him. If he thinks that he can push me around after what I just saw him do... well... we'll see who does the pushing, won't we? Besides... he won't talk to me seriously and honestly if someone else is around. Thank you, though. It means a lot. Growing up, Sassi was the only one I could rely on... the only one who cared about ME... not my power or my flaws. Its nice to know that someone else does, too."
"Don't make me use mental breakdown tactics...I will. I am not afraid to stoop low. I foresee a difficult and possibly sticky situation in your near future. No Hari, right now you are shaken, covered in godsknowswhat, your mental strain is great, and the last thing you need is for him pestering you... But if you really wish to go it alone...I will be in the training room. Venting with style." Sukai sighed.
"No, I promise I'm okay. If I have any trouble, I'll hit the comm button and scream bloody murder. That ought to have my fellow Guardian up here before I even catch my breath. And Kadaj won't say no to him."
"Who could...I mean he is..um..well yeah." Sukai stuttered, her mind instantly drowning in the gutter.
"Exactly!" Harmony laughed.
"I am surprised he left Kadaj alive after that little stunt. Besides with my nerves I need to avoid him as well." Sukai stated dryly.
"Well... maybe it isn't a bad idea for you to speak to him. He seemed to have decent knowlege of somputers. He may be able to help you with the files. And you could keep eachother from changing your minds and murdering my ex. I'd really like to work things out with a live person... I'm not into necrophilia." Harmony smirked.
"No..No, complicating things isn't a good idea. I mean we like one another but what if something goes wrong... Damnit! Do you have to make valid points right now? I-I will get Vince and Syth to help me." SUkai stuttered out.
Harmony sighed. "Alright. But you know... I saw him kiss you the other night... and I clearly saw you enjoying it... very much." She added with a wink.
Sukai gasped. "Y-y-you saw that? Oh gods...don't tell anyone! I mean he has his reputation and well when I get to talking with people... I start rambling, much like I am now. It is a nervous thing... I swear... I-um... He just... doesn't need distractions right now."
Harmony laughed. "Its okay, Sukai. Its human nature. And contrary to the beliefs of the GR, Sephiroth IS human. And so are you. Distractions can be helpful, too, you know. You're a big girl. I'm sure that you know your limits."
"You...naughty...person...I can't belive you are suggesting what I think you are!" Sukai said, scandalized.
"Now now... I was merely suggesting spending some time together! If that time happens to be... private... well that's your business, and yes, I saw what he's hiding in the back of those pants. Is this the part where I bob my head and say 'You go girl!'?" Harmony teased, knowing that it would get a rise out of her friend.
"Wǒ bùnéng xiāngxìn wǒ ràng wǒ fàngsōng jǐngtì!" She blushed madly, "I am never going to hear the end of this. you aren't gonig to let me live this down are you? And don't bring up the pants! Jíshǐ pìgu yōu yú... ... Tā zhǐshì cuòwù de. For me to..." Sukai muttered in a mixture of Wutaian and Common.
"You know, I will eventually pick up the Wutaian... I learn languages very quickly... so enjoy this while you can." Harmony pointed out with a smile.
"Do not repeat what I just said...to anyone!"
"Oh my! I think I just saw Sephiroth's hair going across the hall! I hope he didn't hear us..." Harmony said slyly, hiding her grin. She waited for Sukai's reaction.
"Really?" She whirled around, "Oh Gods! I did it again... I am locking myself in my room!" With that, Sukai stomped away, muttering in Wutaian.
"How do you reach that octave? I've never heard anyone squeak in such a high pitch... wait! Come back! I was only teasing... oh drat. Ah well. She'll figure it out soon enough."
Harmony shook her head with a small chuckle. She walked at a languid pace, reaching her room sooner than she'd hoped, even though she was desperate for a hot shower. She almost felt like the blood of those who died today was like acid on her skin, burning away at her flesh and leaving her soul bare for the world to see.
She opened the door slowly, expecting the dark shadows in her mind to leap from the room and devour her whole. Nothing. Not even the roaring sounds of the airship's engines could be heard once she closed the door, and complete darkness engulfed her. She made her way to her wardrobe, stripping her blodied clothes off as she went, leaving herself clad only in her bra and boyshorts.
Halfway there, however, she was roughly grabbed from behind, an arm around her waist and arms, and a hand over her mouth to muffle the startled scream that erupted in her throat.
"Don't scream! Don't... don't scream. I heard you." Came Kadaj's voice. He released her and she tore his hand from her mouth, whirling around.
"You asshole! Don't fucking creep up on me in the dark! Not after what I just went through tonight! What exactly did you hear?"
"Your conversation with Sukai."
Harmony paused. "How much?"
"Until you guys left the deck."
Harmony sighed. "Then you know that I want you to explain it to me."
"I was trying to be cruel."
Harmony nodded and turned away, tears in her eyes. "I thought that was it. Why?"
"I was angry."
"Oh! You were angry at me, so you savagely murdered thirty-someodd people? What is wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with you? Those people wouldn't even stop to think about it! They'd kill you on the spot just for your association with me. How can you expect me to just let it happen? Yeah, at first it was about taking out my anger, and then you had to scream and-"
"I screamed because you sliced through two people like they were nothing!"
"And then it pissed me off that you're still so naive! You said yourself that you've had to kill to survive! What's different now? Why is it okay for you to kill to protect yourself and our daughter, but if I do it, I'm a horrible person?"
"Because you just said that you did it to be cruel!" Harmony nearly shreiked.
"Lessons in life tend to be cruel." Kadaj said in a sarcastically flippant voice.
"Don't you...dare... act like this is my problem!" Harmony hissed in a voice that he'd never heard her use before. "I know who you are. I know what you've done. I knew that before. And you know what? That's fine. I don't want you to change your beliefs. I expect... no... I demand that you show me the same courteousy!"
Kadaj sighed through his nose. "I didn't come here to fight with you. I came here to apologize."
"Well you're doing a bang-up job, Fucktard!" Harmony lashed out childishly.
Kadaj paused. He tried not to laugh. He really, really did... but that was just so ridiculous. Deep, rich laughter bubbled from within his chest as he stared at Harmony.
"Fucktard? Wow, Hari. I was expecting some long-winded, overly loud, obnoxiously big-worded speech. Instead I get 'Fucktard'. Nice."
At his laughter, Harmony calmed a bit. "This doesn't mean its over. I still don't forgive you."
Kadaj sobered. "I know. I am sorry though. I admit... I over-reacted... and now I can't take back what I've done... Even though I hate the GR, and personally I don't feel that it was wrong to kill them before they could kill us, I should have tried to be more sensitive to your beliefs."
Harmony turned away. She didn't want to forgive him yet! "Yeah, you should have. Could you go away now? I want to take a shower and wash the blood off of me that you put there."
Kadaj growled. Why in the Seven Hells did she have to make things so difficult? He grabbed her from behind again, this time letting her scream in his ear. He then slammed her face-first onto her bed, hissing in her ear when she thrust an elbow back and it connected with his stomach.
"You're getting my sheets all bloody!" She cried. "Get off!"
"No. I don't know what I have to do to show you that we should be together! Why don't you believe me when I tell you that I love you?" He said, letting his weight pin her to the mattress.
"I know that you do." Harmony whispered. Kadaj lifted himself up slightly.
"Then why?" He whispered back.
"Because I don't know why." Harmony said, her voice cracking.
"Why what? Why I love you, or why you still love me?" Kadaj said, leaning into the nape of her neck. Nuzzling into her skin, he let his breath rush across her ear. "Does it really matter why? Why can't you just accept it?"
"Can you accept me?" Harmony asked. "Can you accept my beliefs? My determination? My power? Hell, can you accept that no matter how much I love you, you will never take first priority in my life?" Her voice grew quieter with every word as Kadaj sat up, straddling her waist and back.
"I already have accepted most of it. And I... I can't promise that I can always accept your beliefs... you already know that I have, and will kill anyone that tries to hurt you or our daughter, and that there may be moments when I'll hate Sassi for your relationship with her, even though I know you can't help it, and wouldn't even if you could. All I can promise is that I'll try."
"I don't know if that's good enough, Kadaj." Harmony sighed. "And I know it isn't fair, demanding that I get all of you, when I can't give you the same... but this is what I am. This is who I am."
Kadaj sighed. "You're right, it isn't fair. But its you. And I want you." He thought about making sure she knew just how much he wanted her at that moment... but decided against it. However, fate had other plans when he tried to move just as Harmony decided she was tired of him pinning her down. She thrust her backside up, intending to buck him off of her... and all the movement accomplished was to grind her rear against his now-raging erection, eliciting a sharp intake of breath, and a low groan from him.
For a split second, Harmony was terrified. She was almost unable to believe that Kadaj had become aroused during that particular conversation, and was intending to scream at him, to tell him to get out and leave her alone! But then he thrust his hips in response to her movement, the heat from his body pressing into her lower back, and all she wanted was to feel him. To fee him the way she felt him all those years ago.
She wanted him to make her forget. Forget what he was capable of, forget what he'd just made her witness, forget that those little lives were depending on her to save them... she just wanted oblivion... if only for a moment.
She made up her mind. Though this may give him the wrong signals... she couldn't bring herself to care at that moment.
"Kadaj..." She whimpered. "Move! Just... let me roll over, at least..." She begged.
Kadaj felt his breath catch at the promise in her voice, and did as she asked, moving only long enough for her to roll to her back, and then caging her in his arms again.
His arms shook as he lowered himself to her, staring hard into her eyes to gauge her intent. When he found her lustfilled orbs staring back at him, begging for it, for oblivion, for Heaven, for Hell... he found himself unable to deny her.
His lips crashed to hers with brutal force, teeth pulling harshly at her lip until she opened her mouth to him. His tongue swept inside, swirling, rolling, tasting, seeking.
She met the slick organ with her own, battling for dominance although she didn't really want it. She shoved him away and drew her mouth down his jaw and neck, using her hand to push his leather aside and then sucking at his shoulder.
Kadaj shook above her. "I want you." He said darkly, "I don't want to just touch you. I don't want your mouth. I want you." He whispered.
Harmony moaned against his skin and thrust her hips upwards, grinding against the hot flesh at his groin.
Kadaj groaned and any thoughts of giving her the option to walk away ceased to exist. His hands tore at her bra and underwear, roughly ridding her of the garments as her gentler hands worked to free the button and zipper of his pants.
"Touch me!" Harmony whimpered. "Please... Gods just touch me!"
Kadaj snarled and pinned her hands above her head with one of his, letting his other drag, scratch his way down her torso. When his fingers encountered blistering, smoldering, slick flesh, his breath left him in a hiss. His fingers worked frantically, writhing against her clit before slipping into her and thrusting hard. He smirked when she jerked against him and let out a long moan.
"Gods and Deities, Kadaj! Just fuck me already!" She growled at him, struggling to free her hands. He remained solid, not allowing her the freedom she needed to flip him to his back. Instead, he fumbled with his leather pants, pushing them down only far enough to pull his erection from them. With a shaking hand, he positioned himself at her entrance and removed his hand, only resting just the tip against the moist, begging flesh.
"I love you." He said, looking her dead in the eye.
Harmony bucked and he pulled back a bit. "Fuck, Kadaj!" She snarled.
"Wrong answer." He said, leaning down and nipping at her ear. "I said: I love you."
Harmony let out a sob, tears prickling at her eyes. She'd said it to him once since she'd been in this world... but this was different. Could she say the words again, now that she knew he was listening?
"Say it." He pleaded. "Please... I know that you do. Say it!"
"I love you!" She cried, and then gasped. At hearing her words, he thrust forward with all of his strength, pushing past her tightness and violently stabbing at the rough patch inside of her.
"Oh sweet, merciful Gods..." Kadaj choked, falling to her. He brought his hand to where hers were pinned down, threading their fingers together and snapping his hips again.
The rythym was fast, rough, and nearly painful, but neither could find it in them to care. Harmony's legs wrapped around Kadaj's waist, the leather rubbing sore spots into her skin, but she embraced the pain.
"Harder!" She pleaded. "Faster! Please!" She screamed when he growled and complied, rocking his hips with savage force. He pulled away from her, lifting her legs over his shoulders and pinning her down again. His hands braced on the mattress, her fingers still threaded with his, hands pinned beside her head. He forcefully thrust his hips against hers, hard enough that he knew she'd have bruises from his hips striking her flesh.
"Oh God, Kadaj... That's so... Harder! More!" She ordered, tensing and writhing when he snarled and dug his teeth into her calf, now moving against her with a force that he knew she would regret come the morning.
Her orgasm hit out of nowhere, insides writhing and squeezing, forcing the heat in his belly to explode. Kadaj grit his teeth and hissed, leaning down and nearly squishing her in half when he crushed their lips together, hips still jerking and bucking as she milked him of everything he had.
With a final groan, it was over. He collapsed on top of her, letting her legs fall form his shoulders and burying his face in her neck.
In the afterglow, he could smell the blood in her hair from the GR soldiers he had killed, and it suddenly made him sick. Even though he knew that she was a Guardian, he also knew that she was a very light spirit. She should never be covered in blood. She should never even have to see it.
Suddenly ashamed of himself in a way that he would never have imagined possible, he scrambled off of her. Righting his clothes, he refused to look at her as he rushed to the doorway, lest her most likely confused and hurt expression break him.
"Take a shower. You smell like blood." He said, flinching at how very harsh he sounded.
"Wha-? ... Okay. Fine. Thanks for your time." She said, her voice betraying just how hurt she really was. When he heard the bathroom door slam behind her, he allowed his shoulders to sag. It looked like another heart-to-heart with Yazoo would be happening very soon.

Sukai's Wutaian:
(I can't belive I let my guard down...)

(even if that ass is superior..its just wrong...)
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