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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
- 16
- 17
- 18
A.N. Sorry 'bout the wait. Got sidetracked a bit... but I'm back now! This covers a bit of our heroes/heroines' feelings.
And, just for my darling riverseithr, there be a lemon at the end of this chapter! :) (written by river - as were other pieces in this chapter.)
Sassi and Loz's encounter in the kitchen was written by n3rd2u.
Thanks guys!

Chapter 16: Growth
Kiku was tired. She was tired and hungry and dirty and cold. And she wanted her Mommy! The three children were trudging through the forest, unsure of where exactly they were. Fionn had said, from the animals they had spotted, that he thought they were somewhere near a place called Wutai. Wherever that was.
"Fionn, do we have any water left?" Miriam asked, her voice dry and hoarse.
"Only a little. We were lucky to find the bottle." He said, handing his sister the dirty, scratched canteen. "I'll go back to the river tonight and get some more."
"I don't get why we can't just stay by the river, anyway!" Kiku whined.
"Because Daddy and Uncles told us that if you're trying to hide from someone, you should stay away from water unless you really need it. They said that's the first place someone would look." Fionn said. He and Miriam had spent so much time camping and 'roughing it' with their father and uncles. The little boy was trying as hard as he could to remember the things he'd been taught. At the time, it was about having fun, about learning something 'cool'. He never thought he'd actually have to use it, and was very glad that he'd paid so much attention to the males in his life.
Kiku sighed, aggrivated. She knew that there were men following them. She didn't know how she knew... it was just a feeling. This feeling had even awoken her in the middle of the night. Fionn and Miriam were always understanding, they never questioned her when she would wake them in a panic, her calm, too-mature demeanor soon taking over as the three of them quietly abandoned their campsites.
"Do you even know where we're going?" She asked the twins.
"Yeah. We need to find Miss Yuffie. Mommy said she went back to Wutai. She'll help us!" Miriam answered her.
"Yeah, and Mister Michael is awesome!" Fionn put it. Kiku didn't know who this Michael was, but she remembered meeting Yuffie, before the hyper woman had gone back to her home.
"What if we can't find her?" Kiku asked.
"We will." Fionn said. He suddenly stopped, mako-eyes trained on something high in a tree just ahead of them.
"What is it, Fionn?" Miriam whispered. It couldn't be anything to fear, Kiku hadn't noticed it.
"Dinner!" Fionn whispered with a smile. Miriam and Kiku grinned, relieved.
"How are you going to catch it?" Kiku asked, hoping to watch and maybe learn something.
"Uncle Yazoo taught me how to use a sling... I just need to... Ha! This'll work!" The boy pulled the weathered strap from the canteen at his hip, handing the metal object to his sister. "I might miss... but we should try. Every chance we pass up is a meal we don't get."
He picked up a stone from the ground. It wasn't quite the perfect shape, but it would have to do. Folding the strap in half, he fitted the rock in the crease and began swinging the make-shift sling above his head. He was never really good at it, but he knew the basic concept. With a forceful swing, he let the rock fly from the strap, watching anxiously.
A great squawk was heard, followed by a few crashing sounds as the bird he hit fell from its perch. As Fionn and Miriam jumped up and down in celebration, Kiku rushed forward, gathering the bird in her hands and bringing it back to her friends.
"He's really pretty..." She trailed off, sadly. Although she knew they needed to eat, it was a shame that such a beautiful creature had to die.
"He's a Cosmic Hawk!" Miriam said. "I hope we don't get in trouble... darn it, Fionn... Aunt Yuffie says those are sacred!"
"Well I couldn't tell what it was... besides, we haven't seen anything else all day! This might be our only chance to eat for a while, I say we-AH!" The boy cried as the bird in his hands suddenly returned to life, shrieking and flapping its wings. Kiku's instinct kicked in and she grabbed at the bird before it could harm her charge.
And when the bird realized who was holding it, the strangest thing happened. It stopped struggling, laying on its back in the tiny Guardian's hand and cocking its head sideways.
"Hi." Kiku said. She turned to Fionn. "Do we have to hurt him? He's so... cute!"
The boy hesitated. "Well... now that I know what it is, I... I don't want to get in trouble. Maybe we should just let him go."
"Its a girl..." Miriam put in, stepping closer. "Aunt Yuffie showed me how to tell. Look at the red in her eyes, and the dark red and black stripes under her wings. Boys don't have the stripes, and their eyes are black."
Kiku smiled. "You're very pretty." She said to the hawk, the bird in turn cooing softly and struggling until the girl let it up. It then perched carefully on her thin forearm.
"Aunt Yuffie says that when a Cosmic Hawk doesn't run from you, it means your special." Fionn said, reaching out to pet the bird. It snapped at him.
Kiku jerked the bird away. "That wasn't nice, you shouldn't bite people." She scolded. The bird actually looked contrite.
"Well, we should let her go and start moving again. Plus, now we have to find something else to eat." Miriam sighed.
Kiku whined. "That's so lame! I'm starving!"
At her words, the bird squawked again, leaping from its perch on Kiku's arm and disappearing into the canopy above them.
"Bye, Birdie!" Kiku called, kind of sad.
The three children began walking again, not sure if they were going the right way, but knowing that lingering in one place was not wise.
"So will you tell me the stories about those birds?" Kiku asked Miriam, not liking the silence.
"Well, I don't remember all of it... I just remember that Cosmic Hawks are very smart. The people in Wutai say that they think like Humans. Aunt Yuffie told me that they can see what a person is like on the inside. Like, how Fionn, Mommy, Aunt Aerith, and me can see the Lifestream in people. She says that for a Cosmic Hawk to willingly be near you, or let you touch it, means that you are a very great person. She says it means that you'll do really good things in your life. I think she said something about them staying with you, too, but I don't remember." Miriam explained.
"That's really cool." Kiku said. "I'm glad we didn't eat her."
A sudden shrill cry from above her gave her the impression that the hawk agreed with that statement. Kiku grinned to find that the bird had followed them... the smile widening when the large hawk dropped an even larger squirrel as it flew over their heads, coming to land on a branch close to Kiku and looking at her as if to ask 'Did I do well? Will this do?'
Fionn whooped with glee, gathering the body of the squirrel and spinning around in a circle.
"Thank you!" Kiku and Miriam said at the same time. Kiku reached out and ran her hand over the bird's wing in a soft caress, the hawk in turn cooing softly and ruffling its feathers. "Are you going to stay with me?" Kiku asked her. The hawk tilted its head again, side-stepping on the branch to pick at Kiku's hair.
Kiku giggled. "I guess that means yes! What should I call you?"
The hawk looked at her with rusty-colored eyes. Those eyes reminded Kiku of the sun rising over the ocean, when her mother took her to Rhode Island. The birds eyes seemed to stare inside of her, and Kiku knew that she was seeing the power and the duty that Kiku was born into.
"I think I'll call you Sunrise. Do you like that?" Kiku said. The hawk nibbled at the dirt-caked, jeweled hairpin tangled in Kiku's hair, and the girl took that as acceptance.
The hawk -Sunrise- stretched her wings and cried out, loudly, the shrill sound echoing off of the trees.
The children smiled as Sunrise carefully climbed Kiku's arm to rest on her little shoulder, trying not to let her long, lethal claws cause any damage to the vulnerable flesh beneath them.
"Lets go." Fionn said. "We should walk as far as we can before we stop. I'll skin the squirrel and get it ready when we stop for the night."
!#$%^&*()
Loz sighed and leaned back in his chair, pushing his plate forward with a negligent finger. He closed his eyes and closed his eyes like a cat drunk on cream. Tension eased from his shoulders as he heard Sassi at least trying to banter with the others. Harmony's appearance, not to mention her near capture, seemed to have the same effect on Sassi as a muffled alarm clock. She was aware of her surroundings, starting conversation; not barricaded in a secluded portion of the ship. Her voice rose in pitch at a particularly ribald joke from Cid. A corner of Loz's mouth twitched to hear it.
He slit his eyelids to covertly leer at Sassi. Her cheeks were flushed from the many compliments on dinner, a soft echo of her bright hair. Thinking of cream . . . her lightly freckled skin reminded him of his true hunger. A sudden image of her naked flesh spread beneath him made him silently wish a pox upon everyone in the room for lingering. Her eyes traveled to Loz, raking him up and down as Yazoo murmured something in her ear. He must have been openly staring, for the finer points of subtlety still eluded him. Sassi met his gaze and smile, really smiled, white teeth flashing and everything. It wasn't the halfhearted grimace she had passed off as a grin these last couple years. Loz felt his heart lurch.
The meal completed, people started clearing dishes from the table. Loz stood and took a rather large armload from Shera.
"I'll clean those up ma'am" he offered.
"Wow! You and Sassi truly are made for each other, with the one cooking and the other cleaning." Shera leaned in for a not so conspiratorial stage whisper. "Careful there, a woman might get used to such pampering." She shot a piercing look behind at her husband.
"What are you looking at me like that for woman?" Cid said flabbergasted.
Loz chuckled, turning the faucet on and digging in the cupboard for the required ingredients for soapy water. Sassi's soft voice floated to his ears, commanding their happily bloated and exhausted friends to rest. Loz glanced over his shoulder to see Sassi slap a plate out of Vincent's hands, simultaneously pointing him out the door. At this rate she would be back to herself again in no time, he thought. Plates rattled and clanked a melody as Sassi hauled them to the large sink. She felt content with being able to do something for everyone, even if that was only providing a home-cooked meal. Cups teetered as she carried the last load of dishes. Loz was in deep concentration over a particularly stubborn smear, broad shoulders hunched into the task at hand. Sassi caught herself admiring his behind as it jerked side to side with his furious scrubbing. She sidled up to him and relieved her burden on the counter and picking up a dishtowel. They worked in companionable silence tidying, drying and setting the space to rights.
His yellow rubber gloves emitted a very flatulent noise, sending Sassi into giggles. Loz grinned to hear the sound. He reached for the soap bottle, but the damned thing jumped from his slippery gloves and into the dirty water. The objet sent a mass of water into Sassi's shirt, clearing the collar and straight into the dark depths beneath. She screeched, taking a step back. Without thought she flung the soggy dishrag into Loz's face with a satisfying splat. Loz removed the offending object, quickly dunking it and threw it back at Sassi. She twirled to the left but felt a warm wetness cling to her backside, thoroughly soaking the fabric of her pants. She gaped at her Remnant. Rag in hand she rushed him. He caught her moments before she could slap it into his face. Both of them giggled and shrieked as Sassi reached her arms around Loz and shoved the rag down his pants.
"You win, you win!" he declared between breaths and trying to dislodge the uncomfortably wet rag from his backside.
Sassi locked her arms around him. She turned her face up to look into his. Her eyes observed the emotions flickering in those strangely colored orbs.
"You know I love you. I've loved you all along," The end of her statement sounding like a question.
Loz answered by joining their lips in a deep kiss that left Sassi weak and clutching him for support. She grabbed the fabric of his shirt fiercely and whispered into his chest
"Hold on to me. Never let me go."
Her words made tears well in his eyes, damn glands!
"I'd give it all, give anything, but I won't give up. I've missed you. You've been far away for far too long."
He held her face in his hands. When her eyes twitched to the side he realized he was still wearing the rubber gloves. Her mouth curved up at the oddity of being held thusly. The intense mood was broken and Loz felt this night could only get better. He lifted his left hand to his mouth, teeth biting down on the soft edge of the middle finger and pulled his head back slightly. The glove relinquished his fingers, but not before heaving suds on his tongue. Loz's eyes bulged and he gagged on the bitter taste. He twirled to the faucet, shoving Sassi away in his haste to wash his mouth out. Sweet relief was reached as cool water filled his mouth. He tipped back and gargled, spitting the remainder in the dirty water. He uncorked the plug. Sassi held his right hand between her own. Slowly peeling the rubber off each finger and flinging it into the draining sink.
Her gaze pulled him forward as she backed toward the door. Loz, not wanting to tear his eyes from hers, swept her up bridal style and through the doorway.
!#$%^&*()
Harmony smiled at the warm, happy emotions flowing through her from her charge. This was the first time since she'd been back that Sassi had felt truly happy. It made her kind of jealous. She knew that it would be fleeting, of course... at least until they got the children back. Funny thing was, Harmony could feel Kiku's emotions, too... and Fionn and Miriam's. They didn't feel like they were being tortured and tormented. It was strange. Every once in a while, she would wake up in a cold sweat, feeling panic from her daughter, before a sort of calm washed over her. It had to be something to do with the bond Kiku shared with Miriam and Fionn.
That was strange, too. The fact that according to the scrolls her Grandmother had left her, Kiku had bonded at least ten years early... and on two Cetra. Maybe its because they were twins? She could only guess. She didn't quite agree with Sephiroth when the General stated that the bind most likely happened because of the stressful situation and the fact that Kiku was the only Guardian around at the time. That wasn't how the bond worked. If Kiku bonded on both of them, even as early as she did, then she would have eventually bonded on them anyway. It was predetermined. It had nothing to do with the needs of any certain Cetra. Harmony knew for a fact that if she had met Aerith before Sassi, it would still have been Sassi that she bonded with.
Maybe it happened so early because of the Remnant blood flowing in her daughter's veins? That thought brought darkness to her mood. That Remnant. She knew that she couldn't just cut him out of her life... no matter how badly she wanted the pain to stop. Kiku would need him, eventually. The remnants each had a unique power that even the Cetra couldn't replicate, and Kiku would need her father to help her master it.
That didn't mean that Harmony had to like it.
She missed him. She would admit that. And she still loved him, even though he was acting so cruelly with her. She could understand why things were so different.
They had been apart for seven years. And in those years, many things had happened. While Harmony could admit that she had her moments of immaturity, she had grown up. She had been forced to. The things she feared, the naivety she entertained, had long since disappeared. Her magic was weaker, too... but she knew the reason. In her depression, as her power was so strongly connected to her emotions... she can subconsciously created a block. She knew that she would have to work through it. She knew when she blinked herself and her teammates out of the base yesterday, that it would be difficult, that she would feel weak... but it shouldn't have weakened her that much.
She needed to talk to someone. To let all of her emotions and fears and anger out to be analyzed by someone not biased to the situation... but who could do it? Even Sukai had her own past with Kadaj. Maybe Shera? No... she didn't know the pilot's wife well enough to pour her heart out to the woman. Tifa... Tifa would be too sympathetic, she feared. Sassi would only become more angry with Kadaj than she already was, and Harmony really didn't want to cause emotional strain on her charge, anyway. She had enough of that. Vincent was... well... Harmony just felt silly talking about her problems. Her issues were nothing compared to that the demon host had been through.
Yazoo was close to Kadaj... maybe he could help her. He always seemed to know how to make her feel better... Plus, he could tell her more about what Kadaj had been through, and how her Remnant had changed in the near-decade that they were apart.
!#$%^&*()
Yazoo was, in fact, in deep conversation with his brother at that very moment... though his patience was wearing thin with the tempermental man.
"I just don't understand why she seems so angry with me all the time! I'm trying to be nice to her! I've tried not to lose my temper... tried to be sweet..." Kadaj spat the word.
"Kadaj, you are not a 'sweet' person. Maybe that is the problem. You are not the Kadaj that she remembers. You two have been apart for a long time. She has an image of you... all she has to go on are the few months that you spent together, and your personality as it was then. She has no way of knowing who you are now... just as you have no way of knowing how time has changed her." Yazoo said, trying not to sound as irritated as he was. "Did you really think that you could just jump right back into your relationship? That's not reasonable at all. What you need to do, is get to know eachother again. And you need to watch your step, Brother. I know that you are a decent person, and she knows it, too... but your anger at her, your temper-tantrums... they push her away. You're expecting things from her that she may not be able to give at this time. You need to be patient. You were patient with her before, what's the issue, now?"
Kadaj sighed and looked away. "I don't know. I spent so long... waiting for her... and then two years thinking that I would never see her again, and wishing for just one more time... and then when she came back, I just... I have waited, Yazoo! You can't imagine how much I missed her... I just want to be with her. Like we should have been all along."
Yazoo scoffed. "Then you had better stop acting like a child, and start treating her with respect. Stop slamming her into walls... or night tables... when you lose your temper." He said, slyly.
"How the hell? Do you just know everything that happens in the lives of others?" Kadaj snapped.
"Not quite. However, I am quite adept at appearing invisible when need be... and Sassi and Harmony's conversations can be quite informative. Don't go getting any ideas! If you want to know her feelings, you need to ask her about it, honestly!" Yazoo said, firm.
"Well then... just one more piece of advice?" Kadaj asked.
Yazoo nodded, and Kadaj told him of the night before, when he had panicked after his encounter with Harmony. What he had said, and how she had reacted.
He was not expecting his older brother's reaction. At all.
"What the hell?" Kadaj growled as he bounced off of the desk behind him, rubbing at his aching jaw. "Why did you do that?"
Yazoo flexed the hand he had punched his younger brother with.
"Because you're an idiot and I hoped that would knock some sense into you!" Yazoo snarled. "What is wrong with you?"
Yazoo knew that he had to leave the room. If he didn't, there would definitely be some damage to Cid's airship.
And how he loathed the feeling of foreshadowing that assaulted him at that thought.
!#$%^&*()
Sukai. Was. Livid. Serves her right for trusting that little shit Harmony!
"Oh, Sukai! I really need someone to talk to!" She had said. And sure, it had started out okay... talking about her issues with Kadaj and trying to work through them... and then Sukai had to bring up Sephiroth.
And after only a few arguments, claiming that it just wasn't the right time, and she could handle the little bit of 'non-existent' sexual tension... she found herself unable to move. That little sneak had hit her with her very own paralyzation spell!
Which was how she had landed in her current predicament: locked in her own closet, in her own bedroom.
She heard a noise and a growl of irritation from outside the closet, Harmony's voice ringing clearly. When the door closed, she used all of her strength to break her closet doors open, intending to teach Harmony a thing or two about materia and its many uses.
Hearing movement from her left, she lunged, her twin kodachi resting against her victim's throat, and she smirked, her eyes focusing in the dark as she stared down at the amused and impressed form of... Sephiroth?
Sukai blinked, and the squeaked, jumping off of the General and making a mad dash for the door. A hand on her wrist stopped her.
"Why do you run from me?" Sephiroth asked, his voice curious.
"I am not running, I am killing Harmony!" Sukai defended.
"Thought you'd say that! If you can get through a souped up Earth barrier glamour, you deserve to kill me. Have fun!" Came Harmony's voice through the door.
"Oh when I get out of here I am going to may you pay you evil witch! You do NOT lock me in a closet!" Sukai screamed back.
Harmony gave a dramatic 'witch's cackle', the sound growing quieter as she left the two alone in Sukai's dark room.
At that moment, Sukai's hormones decided to make themselves known once more.
'Darling...remember who is holding you...the gods gift from the heavens. The man with an angels face and a devil's smile...ring any bells?'
Before Sukai could internally reply to herself with a snide comment, she felt hot breath tickle across the back of her neck.
Sukai slowly turned to find Sephiroth looking down at her. She imagined her hormones being beaten down as she weakly smiled at him. "So how did she get you?"
"She told me you requested my help with the encrypted files... and I am ashamed to admit she caught me off guard and shoved me in here. I must remember that she, too, is a Guardian... there is only one person she'd never trick... no matter how innocent she appears." Sephiroth admitted with a smirk.
"Why would she... trick you? I mean I know why she would do this to me. I yelled at her awfuly hard, but I thought when we had that little chat that we made up..." Sukai started to ramble.
Sephiroth knew just how to put a stop to that.
"The little chat about the fit of my pants? Yes... Angeal keeps telling me that I should have those let out..." He grinned wickedly as the color drained from her face.
'Ouch..he is observant...so what now?' Sukai ignored her hormones. "S-she..you...I..um.."
"She's horribly nosey, isn't she? What should we do about this?" He said, a long, elegant finger coming up to tap at his chin.
"I already have a plan for her. I am using my old Gummy Bomb in store for her and Kadaj, teaching them about holding still...perhaps they can work out issues...as for us getting out...how long does her magic last?"
"Sassi's physical barrier lasted until she released it... but as a Cetra... Sassi has considerably more power than Harmony... plus it appears she forgot that I am also a Guardian, and her magic isn't as effective on me." Sephiroth murmured. He had been doing his best to distract Sukai as they spoke... but also to appear non-chalant.
"So you are you able to pass through the barrier? If you wanted to. I totally understand if you leave me here. This is my room after all."
"No... but I have an idea. You'll have to surprise me... but if you could call Zackary and get him to startle or scare Aerith... at a moment that I am not aware of... The barrier won't be able to keep me in. Just hang on to me, you should be able to follow me out." Sephiroth said, hoping that they could shock Aerith enough to get the Guardian in him to respond.
"Give me a few minutes...and stay here. And cover your ears... and close your eyes, I know you can read lips."She went back into her closet and gaves Zack the orders. After explaining the situation to a laughing Puppy, she returned to Sephiroth, hopping up onto his shoulders and holding on tight.
"Hang on tight. I won't be able to give you any-" He cut himself off and stared at the door for a moment, and then ripped it right off the hinges, and out they charged.
As they rounded the corner into the mess hall, they spotted Harmony sitting at a table with Sassi and Cissnei.
The witch gasped when she saw them. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU-" She ducked under a materia shot, "-OH SHIT GOTTA GO SASS!" With that she was up and attempting to flee.
"Seph... Sephiroth, my friend... my brother... You wouldn't decapitate a fellow Guardian?" She laughed nervously as she ran.
"I hate to treat you like a Chocobo, but target in sight. Give me a clear shot and her ass is grass." Sukai said, Sephiroth chuckling at her words.
"And Suk! You're like a sister! IF YOU DAMAGE ME I CAN'T PROTECT MY-" Her words cut off with a loud croak as Sukai's Transform hit her perfectly.
!#$%^&*()
Sukai made her way back to her quarters, but immideatly frowned. Out of attempting to get back at Harmony, she forgot about Sephiroth tearing down her door. Cid was going to kill her. She sighed and found the torn metal peice and lifted it up to re-fit the frame. While she wasn't a master at wielding, she could do it. She found her mini blowtorch in her desk and brought it back out and fixed her door. It was the least she could do, though if she could find Harmony she would make her fix it.
After the door was fixed she put her things away and walked to the computer room while fiddling with her wrist computer looking at the file. The entire time her pesky hormones were back, annoying her. She really did need a cold shower but that would prove Harmony, and everyone else who was apparently trying to meddle with ther private life, correct. All she had to do was deliver her computer to one of the others before she went to the Training Room to train off the tension or the Docking Bay to get her Wave Rider and lose herself in the sky. There were plenty of reasons that she refused to give into her hormones: they were on a mission, it was not the right time, she still had things that needed to be done, and she even took the time to list a few others.
However for each reason she could think of not getting involved, there was an equally valid reason that her mind came up with to counter: this mission could last for weeks, when is it ever a good time, most of her work was already done, there were four other able people to decrypt the files, and it went on. Sighing she made her way to the room and downloaded the files onto the main computer before leaving. As she was leaving she didn't realize someone was infront of her until she bumped into them. Sukai looked up and frowned.
"You need help."
"Not now, Genesis."
"I am serious, the Goddess frowns on people who refuse to be themselves. I am not saying you should jump my best friend and disappear into a closet, but you may want to do something before Harmony recruits anyone else in her game."
"Advice, coming from a man who I have yet to see with another person or mention a date ever. Brilliant."
"I have had social calls, but I keep my private life private and if you want yours kept so. Talk. Not to me. I am here to see what is on those files. Now go and talk before I drag you there myself. As his friend I want to see him happy, and the way he looks at you...he is happy."
"That is the last mental image I wanted to see. That is it, I am mass murdering all of you on this boat. At least then I shall have some peace."
"Liar. If you keep fighting it, you two are really going to find yourselves in trouble."
"Alright. That is it. I am getting off this boat."
"The Goddess with help you, you will see. Oh another thing. His hair, Yazoo got that hair thing from him."
"I have no idea how nor do I want to know why you know that."
"My friend, your desire - Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess."
"LOVELESS Act III. I do not want to be dragged into that, drama queen."
"I was only trying to help, you little terror."
"Yeah and I was once a prisioner myself. Isn't that what it is about? Ah, it is also about love lost because the poor sap couldn't return and the prisioner died at the end. I do not want foreshadowing, omens, or irony in my life. Thank you."
!#$%^&*()
Sukai wandered the halls aimlessly. She had thought about it, and had come to the decision that the others were right. She and Sephiroth needed to talk. She grudgingly made her way to his room, wanting to just get it over with. She was not prepared for what she found. She damned every God she could think of at the sight of the General's bare, sweaty, muscular back.
"Sephiroth. I actually do need to speak with you for a moment." Sukai walked in after knocking on the door and hearing him grant her access. She said, trying to keep the drool from dripping from her lips.
"Then speak." Said Sephiroth moving his shirtless body from the standard military push-up position to standing.
"Must you do that? Command with the glare and the-Why are you shirtless?"
"I did not know my attire troubled you. It is difficult to preform certain exercises while in my armor. You said you needed to speak with me." He said while making a mental note to be without his trenchcoat more often, the look on Sukai's face was very humorus.
'I will take a slice of that exercise.' Came the annoying 'voice' in her head.
"More like- nevermind- focusing. I had the most horrible conversation with Genesis earlier." She said while picking a spot on the wall to glare at.
"Since you are approaching me, and brought up the subject, I can assume that it involved myself to some extent."
"Correct. Genesis offered advice and an 'I will join Harmony' laced threat in there somewhere if I didn't talk with you. Plus apparently everyone is keeping tabs on us and are talking."
"I do not believe I care about the imagination of others. However, there is some merit in idle rumors."
Sukai was about to tell him how wrong it was, but she never got her chance. In the blink of an eye, she found herself kissing Sephiroth...again. Her mind couldn't take it anymore, and by the fluttering that was happening in her chest, neither could her heart. In one last attempt at sanity, and keeping clothes intact, she pushed away from him, literally gasping for air. This man could kiss.
"The kissing... it has to..."
"I fail to see your attempts to pursuade me into not admiring you, actually succeeding. You are strong, intelligent, capable, and many more qualities I find admirable. I am not very patient in waiting for things I want. I understand you are trying to reason with some fantasy that I am unobtainable. I am just a man, Sukai. Though until you came along, there were very few women whom I have actually taken pleasure in simple conversation and can tolerate being around, as well as someone I find attractive."
Sukai could not hear the rest of the words Sephiroth was appearently speaking to her. Her mind shut down at 'I want' and only picked up on the high notes of his words after. She was only broken out of her mental shut down when she felt his lips upon hers again. Sukai felt this tongue brush the seam of her lips again and she opened her mouth and sighed into his as his tongue entered and fought for dominance. She pressed her body onto his as she felt his hands begin to roam from her shoulders down her back as she fisted her hands through his hair. A sudden wave of heat flowed through her as he moved from her mouth to place gentle kisses along her jawline and down her neck. Sukai felt her knees give away and she fell slightly, tugging on his hair, causing him to emit a low growl.
"Why don't we take this to a more comfortable spot, rather than here. We may regret it if we do not."
Sukai looked up him and then at his bed, wondering what the hell the man would need such a large mattress for. A simple and devious thought passed through her mind. She had him. Smiling sweetly she nodded and began to walk over to the bed, but not before she passed out of his reach and began to strip her shirt off. Before she knew it, Sephiroth picked her up and placed her on the bed in one motion and was already nipping at the side of her neck. Sukai's eyes widened, godsbedamned if that wasn't the hottest thing she ever witnessed. She gasped as his hand began memorising her body, moving in a slow, fluid motion along her skin. Her hands began moving along his back, one would assume his skin was flawless but as her hands passed over, she could feel faint, thin scars along the path her hands were making. Her mind fogged over as he gently pressed kisses along her shoulders before removing her bra with his teeth, and his hands undressed the rest of her body. Gaia, how did he do that? Then again was there anything he could not achive?
Once she was free of clothing her hand immediatly went to her left hip, for a moment she had forgotten about her embarrassing tattoo. She swallowed hard as he rose and stared at her with lustfilled eyes before blinking at her hand.
"What is wrong?"
"I- nothing."
"Your turk brand is on your hip?"
'No that one is on the back of my neck, thank God,' she thought as she looked away from him.
"I see." Sephiroth said. "Trying not to be reminded that you were a TURK."
"Yeah." She lied right before his hands shot out and removed her hand from her hip.
"This is intresting." Sephiroth chuckled, inspecing the tattoo. In intricate script, was his name. "It would seem I already mark you."
Sukai muttered. "That doesn't mean you own me."
Sephiroth smiled and placed a kiss on her hip before speaking. "I was not implying that fact... yet."
'Honey you are really fucked now. He just said your ultimate weakness: belonging to him.'
Sukai ignored the voice in her head as she wrestled with Sephiorth and eventually managed to unbotton and pull his pants open. However victory for her was not achived as he pinned her down and slipped a hand between her legs. Sukai moaned loudly as his hands revealed themselves to be very, very talented. Within minutes Sephiroth had her moaning in Common and Wutaian, begging him to stop teasing her.
A wicked grin planted itself on his face before he complied with her pleas. He entered her in one fluid motion and began rocking his hips back and forth. Sukai's body arched in bliss as he continued to pleasure her, increasing the rhythm and pace when her lust fogged mind asked him to do so. It was not long before Sukai found her release, eyes seeing stars as Sephiroth kissed her deeply to silence her. A moment later, Sephiroth found his own and released himself within her, and then falling to his side on the bed, panting.
"Best. Conversation. Ever." Sukai said before giggling madly. Sephiroth rolled his eyes at her unusual joke.
But he had to admit... she had a point.
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