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Snow Day	By : Zerachiel Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male > Cloud/Sephiroth Views: 7490 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 7 in any way shape or form and there is no way in hell i am making any money off this it's purely for fun and my own enjoyment

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AN: well look at this.. two chapters in one night! Well this one didn't take much since I have been working on it almost constantly for three months. i know it had been brought up a few times, I wish to apologize for the coupling changing during the course of this story.. I'm still a novice in both the FFVII fandom and writing couples so trying to jump into writing a three way is really hard for me right now. So for the moment there will still be mention of the three way between the boys but it will be breaking off. Maybe if I get more comfortable with it I'll write out a short of just the three of them.
Also I noticed that I originally said sector 2 was the location of the gaming center, but then I unknowingly made sector 2 the SOLDIER and infantry plate.. so we're moving it to sector 3. oh before i forget there is also a Tumblr page for Snow day - check my authors profile for the link!

Snow day: Happy birthday Sephiroth! Part 1

It felt like his head had just hit the pillow when he felt a sudden weight slam into him and start bouncing.
"Get up, get up getup!"
Oh there was going to be a dead puppy in a minute, growling Sephiroth looked up over the edge of the blankets his mako green eyes narrowed in a very dangerous glare.
"Fair, you have three seconds to remove yourself from my person and my bedroom before I end your life." His voice was nothing more than a dark growl.
Completely ignoring it Zack continued to bounce around the bed and on top of him. "Come on Seph it's a special day you need to get up!"
Growling again Sephiroth reached out and grabbed the hyper active puppy by his spiky black hair and shoved him will all his strength across the room. Smirking darkly as he watched the 1st summersault across the room he buried himself back into his pillow pulling the blanket back over his head. He just wanted to sleep for the next week, this last mission he had just gotten back from had completely drained him and he hadn't gotten in till 3 am.
Groaning Zack pushed himself back up and rubbed his now aching head, Sephiroth had a strong grip. He wouldn't be surprised if he was missing huge sections of his hair at this point. Shaking his head Zack stood back up and moved over to the bed.
"Sephiroth, don't make me call Tseng to come here and get you up..Wait that sounds so wrong.." shivering at his own perverted thoughts he looked around the room trying to find something to entice the sleeping blond out of his bed. Yes Zack considered Sephiroth a blond, he could be as dense and spacey as one at times; though he would never say it to the man's face, calling Sephiroth a blond to his face was not good for ones health.
"Would you get out of bed if I sent a naked Cloud in with a tray of snicker doodles and an energy drink?" the blankets slowly lowered and a single mako eye regarded him. "I'm listening.."
Oh this man was too predictable. "With some ice cream and his mom's special hot chocolate." He could see the shiver run down the length of the bed. Sephiroth was way too predictable as times and it was easy to talk him into some things.
"If you get out of bed and hurry up and get dressed I'll make sure that vision becomes a reality."
"Include Genesis in that equation and you have yourself a deal."
Smirking Zack nodded his black spikes bouncing with the movement. "Deal.. now hurry up and get out of bed, we have someplace to be by 1030 and you are part of that."
Sitting up Sephiroth groaned and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Where the hell are we going at 1030?" On days off they normally didn't do anything till at least 1300.
"You'll see." Smirking Zack bounced out of the room, the rest were already awake and ready to go; they had decided to let Sephiroth sleep for a while since it was his birthday. First stop would be the VR gaming center, they would need to get Sephiroth to sign his waiver when they got there otherwise the surprise would be found out to soon. How the hell they hand managed to keep it a secret for this long they have no friken clue.
Walking out into the joint living room he grabbed the baseball cap from where he had set it and shoved it onto his head over the grey bandana hiding his trademark black spikes. They knew if they were recognized the place would clear out like they had just flipped on a light switch in a cockroach infested room.
They were dressed as casually as they could and away from their normal styles as that would make them recognizable. He was dressed in a pair of blue jeans with his favorite sweatshirt on; his sun glasses were tucked away in the front pocket as they were all going to wear them until they got the uniforms for the VR room. Fastest way to give themselves away was the glowing eyes.
Making sure a good portion of his hair was hidden Zack looked over the other occupants of the room. Cloud was sitting in a pair of black jeans and a black t-shirt with a grey bandana tied around his hair hiding the very obvious blond spikes. Frankly he looked like some kind of bad ass biker from the olden days. Genesis was currently snoozing softly on the couch; he had forgone his normal crimson colors wearing a pair of black jeans, a white muscle shirt and a dark blue button up short sleeved shirt that was completely undone. Angeal was sitting reading the morning paper in black slacks, a white long sleeved shirt that currently had the sleeves rolled up to the elbow and a black vest. Just like the rest of them he wore a grey bandana under a fedora hat.
They had decided on wearing the bandanas to not only hide their hair but to represent their team. Once Sephiroth got out of the shower and dressed he would be forced to wear one to. He would be the easiest to recognize out of the group which was going to be fun trying to hide his long hair. Genesis had assured him that they could do it easily as Sephiroth had done it before when his hair was down to his knees.
Genesis was an enigma, wholly male with the fashion sense of most women. It was strange how people didn't realize he was gay, they just had to take a look at how he dressed and they could come up with that conclusion. Leather.. earring in one ear, high heeled boots that were impractical but looked good. Man just screamed gay!
They used to give him a ration of shit for his uniform, granted he would then come and kick their asses from here to next Tuesday but it was still fun.
"So is he actually awake or do we need to sick Genesis on him?" Angeal looked up from his paper leveling his blue eyes on his pupil.
"I had to bribe him with a naked Cloud and assortments of sugars but he was getting out of bed when I left the room."
"Oh thanks Zack.." Cloud rolled his eyes trying to keep the sarcasm out of his voice and failing miserably.
"With friends like him who needs enemies." Came the mumbled reply from Genesis. The auburn haired man slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position and rubbed at tired eyes. He had been on the same mission as Sephiroth and was exhausted; they would need to make a coffee stop or something on the way there so he would have the energy to fight today. He wanted so badly to get to the "general" and kick his own ass!
He snorted closing his eyes once more resting his head against the back of the couch. "I so cannot wait to kick that little snot nosed brats' ass that is flaunting around as me."
Angeal chuckled setting the paper down on the coffee table as looked over to the room hearing their friend moving around getting dressed finally. "It will be fun to see where these boy's skill really lay."
Zack snorted adjusting his hat again. "Wouldn't it be funny if 'Sephiroth' was a girl, or a really fat dude."
Cloud and Genesis both snorted at this and then groaned as they both got nearly identical images in their heads. "I need brain bleach now.." Cloud groaned having pictured a really fat ugly dude with Sephiroth's hair and in his uniform.
"I don't think they make brain bleach strong enough to erase that image." Genesis groaned rubbing his eyes furiously.
"What are you morons talking about? And what is with the bandanas?" looking over the boys smiled seeing Sephiroth was dressed in his normal day off attire. He was in a pair of dark blue almost black blue jeans with a dark green muscle shirt and black short sleeved button up shirt undone like Genesis' was.
"Come here beautiful, we're heading out onto the plate and we don't want to be recognized." Genesis sat up and curled his legs in front of him opening up the floor in front for Sephiroth to sit.
A single silver brow rose at this but he silently moved over to the spot and sat down allowing Genesis to go to work on his hair. "Where are we going?"
"You'll see when we get there." Grabbing the still water heavy hair Genesis went to work pulling the hair into intricate braids that would pull the long length closer in to his head allowing them to hide the rest of it easier. He really didn't look good in this hair style but they weren't going for looks but functionality.
At first this had taken them hours to do but now Genesis could do his whole head in a matter of ten minutes. Finishing his task Genesis grabbed the last grey bandana and quickly tied it around Sephiroth's head effectively hiding all the silver hair. What couldn't be hidden was the exact same color as the fabric around his head and so blended in perfectly.
"Damn Gen, you are good at that now."
"I know." Arrogance firmly in place Genesis gently pushed on Sephiroth's shoulder telling him to get up. "The others said they would be meeting us there, if we want to get there in time we needed to start moving."
"Let me grab my wallet, I didn't realize we were leaving right away." Sephiroth ran into his room to grab his wallet really fast before rushing back out and into the hallway with the rest of them all heading for the elevator.
"Since we're heading to sector 3 we'll take my car." Angeal said moving into the waiting elevator. Zack and Cloud piled in next to him both talking in low whispers excitedly. Sephiroth stepped in and turned back seeing Genesis hesitating.
Reaching out he gently pulled his lover in and held him against his chest. He knew about his lovers fear of enclosed spaces even though the man refused to actually admit it. It was obvious to anyone that knew the man; whenever they got into an elevator or a particularly cramped troop transport Genesis eyes would dilate, his breath would quicken as would his heart rate.
"Hush Gen, you're alright." Sephiroth leaned in gently whispering in his ear. He found that if they kept Genesis talking or at least kept his attention off the fact he was in an enclosed space the man would relax a little and not start to go into a panic attack.
Realizing what the younger man was doing, Genesis felt his love for the man growing even more. Never once had he ever told him of his fear of small spaces yet he had picked up on it and was doing what he could to help him through it.
"Thank you." Hiding his face into his shirt Genesis inhaled that scent he loved so much, it was apple today. Snorting he nuzzled in closer closing his eyes, always amazed him that Sephiroth's scent changed on a daily bases. Hell it seemed to change constantly during the day which made for some very interesting moments.
Feeling the elevator coming to a stop Genesis all but bolted out the doors. Zack rolled his eyes as this was an everyday thing if they didn't take the stairs. "I swear Gen, if you're afraid of small spaces why in great Gaia did you make your apartment on the highest floor?"
Pulling himself up to his full height Genesis glared at the younger 1st, was it really that obvious?
"I don't know what you're talking about." Zack and Cloud both rolled their eyes heading over for the large black truck that was Angeal's Shinra owned vehicle. Thankfully though it had Shinra plates it wasn't painfully obvious like the Turks and Presidents car.
"I call back!" Zack bounded across the parking lot ignoring the President and Vice President as they were getting out of their black car. Reaching Angeal's truck he leapt up into the bed and started to bounce the whole truck bouncing with his energy. "Come on!"
Laughing Cloud followed suit leaping easily into the high bed of the truck. The truck had been raised slightly due to the SOLDIERs heights.
"Sephiroth you coming back here, or you going up into the cabin?" Zack asked leaning over the side of the truck bed.
"What the hell do you think?" Sephiroth easily jumped into the bed of the truck, Genesis only steps behind him. Angeal rolled his eyes climbing into the cab hitting the push button start on the rig; reaching back he opened up the back window so they could still communicate. If they took his truck unless it was raining this was always how they rode.
It was against the law in Midgar but they had only ever been pulled over once for it. When the security force had seen it was their bosses they had quickly let them go.
Putting the truck in gear he slowly backed out, he had seen the president but since they were off duty they weren't required to salute or even say a word to the man.
"It's party time!" Zack cried out happily causing the other four to laugh. Leaning over the side of the truck Zack smirked waiving slightly to the shocked looking president and his young teen age son. "Sup!" leaning over a little more he smacked the side of the truck. "Let's go Angeal! We're burning daylight!"
Laughing loudly Sephiroth and Genesis reached over across the bed or the truck and grabbed hold of Zack's belt and tugged him back into the truck.
"Sit puppy."
Zack pouted at them but it was quickly forgotten as he bounced over and pounced Cloud. Shaking his head at his pupil antics Angeal pulled out of the garage leaving behind a blinking President Shinra and Vice President.
"Did I just see what I thought I did?" Rufus asked slowly blinking blue eyes. Never in his young life had he EVER see the group of 1st acting like that. Normally if they saw the group they were somber and professional this was a completely different side of them.
His father grunted slightly a frown marring his features. "You did, I will have to speak with Hojo about controlling his son."
Looking to his father a frown crossed Rufus face as well. "Is that a good idea father? Wouldn't it be better to just leave them as is, since that video aired on the news of them on Mt. Nibel we have had better public relations."
The President merely grunted and turned to head up to his office. He left those petty things to his son and the lower dogs in his ring.

"Are you fucking serious?" Genesis raised a brow at both Sephiroth cussing and the excited look that was passing over his face quickly. They had just pulled up in front of the stop light that would lead to the underground parking next to the huge gaming complex.
Though his eyes were hidden behind his glasses Genesis knew Sephiroth's green eyes had to be wide and shining if that evil smile was anything to go by. The man had climbed over to the other side of the truck in between Cloud and Zack and was grinning up at the massive building.
"Did we do good birthday boy?" blinking Sephiroth rounded on Zack seeing the boy smiling brightly. With the mission he had completely forgotten that today was his 21st. the grin only got bigger and turned back to the gaming complex as Angeal pulled the truck into the underground parking lot.
"Oh hell yeah!" Sephiroth was practically bouncing across the bed of the truck. Genesis shared a grin with the other two boys; they hadn't been sure if Sephiroth would enjoy some place like this but it seemed the man was more than eager to get in there.
Spying a very familiar black Shinra car Angeal was happy to see a certain red head standing in an empty parking space next to it. Spying them Reno raised a hand holding his EMR, his smile wide as he moved out of the way for them.
"About fucking time, yo. Didn't think you guys were ever going to get here."
Reno was dressed down just like the rest of them; he wore a white wife beater allowing all his numerous tattoo's to be seen; he was also in a pair of ripped up black jeans.
Reaching out he slapped hands with Zack as Angeal pulled into the spot. "You guys look good, wish we had thought of the bandana idea. Hey birthday boy!" reaching up he clasped hands with Sephiroth and couldn't help the infectious smile the man was giving off.
They honestly hadn't seen him this happy since their return to Shinra, he tried but you could tell it was forced.
"Thanks Reno." Releasing the Turk's hand he leapt out of the back of the truck. You could tell he was excited just by the set of his shoulders and the twitching of his muscles. No doubt the man just wanted to bolt out of here and up to the entrance.
Shaking his head Genesis walked over and wrapped his arms around his lover nuzzling into his shoulder blade. "Calm down, save the adrenaline rush for when we're inside."
Looking back Sephiroth knew Genesis was right and took a deep calming breath. Feeling himself calm slightly he still couldn't help but bounce on the balls of his feet, now he knew how Zack felt all the time. He just wanted to move, he actually had to fight the urge to start doing squats just to do something!
Laughing Zack took his hand and started running for the entrance. Smiling wickedly Sephiroth easily matched him step for step.
Sighing Angeal rolled his eyes as the others ran after them. "I think he's going to put Zack to shame today." Cloud said watching the two men disappear around the corner and up onto the main street.
"I think Tseng is gonna want to cap him by the end of this night." Reno laughed easily able to keep up with the SOLDIER since they weren't running full tilt.
Racing into the building Sephiroth stopped his covered mako eyes taking everything in. the room was a massive VR room and was teaming even this early in the morning with hundreds of people swarming around in everything from infantry uniforms to 1st class SOLDIER.
"Hey it's Tseng! TSENG!" pulling his eyes from a massive screen that was showing a full out war between infantry groups he smiled seeing the familiar figure of his big brother.
Tseng stood in the center of the room his hand resting in the pockets of his black jeans. He had gone the rare casual with a black snap shirt that had a black textured stripe pattern on it and with contrasting blue along the seams. The sleeves were long but were rolled and snapped into place up on his elbows, he left the collar and a few buttons undone revealing expanse of ivory skin that had several girls drooling, much to their boyfriends displeasure.
Seeing two of his boys he pulled a hand from a pocket and waved to them smiling gently. Racing over both boys instantly glomped him; laughing Tseng hugged them both back.
"What are you doing here? I thought you had to work today." Sephiroth asked stepping back, he was glad to see his big brother here.
Tseng smirked slightly and motioned towards a small group behind him. "Your boy toy issued a challenge.. Turks vs SOLDIER. Naturally we have to uphold our Turk honor."
Zack laughed loudly at this remembering the whole conversation and how quickly Tseng had accepted the challenge. Laughing as well Sephiroth looked over the group instantly recognizing Cissnei and Rude; both just like Tseng and Reno were dressed down.
Cissnei was getting a lot of looks as she was one of the few girls that currently were not attached to a player; meaning she was either looking or was going to be one of the players.
Next to her was a figure that made Sephiroth's jaw drop before a huge smile plastered on his face. "Dad!" breaking away Sephiroth raced over and threw his arms around the very distinctive man.
Chuckling softly Vincent wrapped his arms around his only child holding him tightly. "Happy birthday Seph." He said softly running his bare right hand down his son's back.
"Thanks dad." Stepping back he looked over his father. It was almost impossible to tell this was the same man they had set free from a coffin in the basement of Shinra Mansion two months ago.
While still wearing his leather pants; it seemed Tseng had convinced the man to forgo the black double breasted shirt he always wore for what appeared to be one of Tseng's work shirts. The collar was left undone along with a few of the bottom buttons and the sleeves were rolled slightly revealing the pale ivory skin of his right hand and the long black leather glove that covered his left. He had left the red head wrap behind allowing his hair to fall naturally around his face.
Smiling more Sephiroth hugged his father again; he honestly preferred to see the man like this instead of hiding in all that black leather and the cloak.
"You know, I don't care what people say Vincent is hot, yo."
Hiding a laugh Sephiroth pulled away from his father glaring playfully at Reno. "That is my father you're speaking about Turk."
Reno smirked running a hand through his bright red hair. "I know yo, still doesn't mean I can't look." He winked playfully and moved over to Rude.
Vincent resisted the urge to roll his eyes, over the past two months he had become very familiar with almost all of the Turks. Word had leaked out somehow that he was still alive and he had been inundated with Turks wanting to talk to him. Many new that he did not know and a few that he had worked side by side with that were still a part of the company.
Those that had known him when he had been 'alive' were shocked not only at the lack of age progression but the fact it had been Hojo that had 'killed' him and used him for his own dark experiments. One thing you never did, you never messed with one of their own.
Hojo was now enemy number one among the Turks.
No the man would not be alive for much longer; he would make sure of that. They were already in the talks of appointing him back into the Turks if nothing else just for a short while. It was not what he really wanted to do cause of his feeling towards Shinra but it would give him the opportunity to destroy Hojo and it would allow him to be closer to his child. And if he was the be brutally honest.. He was BORED! Just sitting around Tseng's apartment all day was making the man stir crazy and babysitting a suicidal SOLDIER wasn't exactly high on his excitement list.
They had yet to reveal this to his son, thinking they would surprise him instead.
"Come on, it's almost our time and we still have to get Seph to sign that paper and do what needs to be done." Zack grabbed hold of Sephiroth's arm and started to drag him towards the line they were supposed to go to.
Laughing Sephiroth grabbed his father's good arm and pulled him with him. Shaking his head Tseng followed with the rest of the group; grabbing the small bag he was carrying with him he pulled out all the signed forms and the single one that just needed Sephiroth's signature on it.
Moving up to the line Genesis groaned seeing it was the same old bitch that had helped them out two months ago.
"Is that who I think it is?" Zack asked softly looking back to Genesis for confirmation. "Yeah.. it is." This was going to be fun. Well if nothing else they wouldn't have to worry about some stupid fan girl screaming that they were there and ruining the whole day for them.
Moving to the front of the group Tseng moved up to the counter and leaned down slightly, his black eyes hard as he regarded the woman his Turk mask pulled on. "We had a reservation for 1100 today, two groups."
The woman looked up; her dull brown eyes looking about as impressed as it had two months ago. "Group names." Her voice was as bland as her face was.
"SGE and Turks." Zack piped up from his spot in the middle of the group. Tseng turned and raised a brow in a silent 'are you kidding me?' look, turning back he rolled his eyes at this but couldn't help a smile. "We really need to work on your two's creativity when it comes to names."
Genesis flushed some and turned away sticking his nose up in the air. Hiding a laugh behind his hand Cloud reached out and grabbed hold of that nose with some effort, only drawback to being that short. Growling Genesis nipped at the offending appendages thankfully no one other then the group would recognize him so he didn't care how he acted.
The woman behind the counter flushed slightly as she pulled up the groups, instantly recognizing the names that appeared under SGE's name.
"May I see the ID's for Turks." It was company policy to take down the ID's of all those involved in case something happened. Having seen this coming Tseng withdrew the already collected ID's from his Turks and set them on the counter on top of their corresponding waiver form.
"Seph, you need to sign yours." He held out the single unsigned one for the demon behind him. Pulling his attention away from where he was teasing Genesis, Sephiroth grabbed the paper and started fishing around in Genesis front pocket for the pen he knew the man always carried.
"HEY! If you're going to grab at least kiss me!" startled Sephiroth withdrew his hand, he blinked a few times before bursting out laughing. Smug smirk firmly in place Genesis pulled the pen from his pocket and held it out for his lover.
Taking the pen Sephiroth playfully shoved his lover before moving up to the desk so he had a hard writing surface. The old woman blinked seeing this exchange from who she knew had to be the SOLDIERs, the one she recognized as the crimson commander. It was pretty easy past there to recognize them through the disguises; her brown eyes followed the still laughing demon of Wutai as he leaned his tall frame over the counter. His head was bent just perfectly that she could see the bright glowing green eyes under the glasses skimming rapidly over the waiver form.
So it was true what the infantry men they got in here said, you could tell a SOLDIER from their glowing eyes. Pulling herself away from the handsome general she quickly went about checking them in; picking up the first ID she blinked seeing it was an official Shinra ID card. You only ever saw those with the infantry men that came.
Looking over the information she was able to match it with what appeared to be the leader of the group. 'Tseng Akera; Director Department of Administrative Research.' Her brown eyes widened at this; working here you quickly learned the different lingo from loose mouthed army grunts. Department of Administrative Research was the official name for the Turks and she was very familiar with the horror stories that came with that name. Turks was the short name for Shinra Assassins, and director meant lead assassin.
Quickly she checked them all in, her eyes instantly taking in the fact all five ID cards were from the same department all obvious high ranks in the department. She swallowed nervous realizing that she had just checked in five trained killers.
"Thank you; I need the ID's for SGE now." Still at the front of the group Sephiroth pulled out his wallet and laid his ID card on top of his waiver form. Thankfully there was no one around them that could see the ID's on the desk so he wasn't worried about it. Feeling a tap on his shoulder he turned seeing Angeal holding out the rest of their ID's, Tseng was laying out all their signed waiver forms.
Sephiroth barely had to look at the forms to know whose was who and laid out the proper ID; they all had very distinctive writing styles and it was easy to pick up each one at a glance. Picking up the ID's the woman flushed the full realization coming to her that these were in fact the real SOLDIER 1st class. She suddenly felt sorry for the 5 cocky little ass holes that were claiming to be them; these two groups were going to kick their sorry little asses into the ground before they realized what the hell happened.
Checking them in she handed back the ID's "It says it's your birthday today, is that correct?" she asked looking to the General.
Sephiroth nodded smiling for once in too good of a mood to give a shit that people were prying into his personal life. Zack moved up and slung an arm around his shoulder. "Yep, the big twenty one!.. our boy is finally a man!"
Growling Sephiroth shoved Zack away playfully. "Considering your only nineteen Fair I wouldn't talk about being a man."
Blinking the old woman looked at the group hearing not only the age of the general but one of the others. Looking at her computer it displayed the ages of each thanks to the ID cards; seeing what the ages of the 1st class were she couldn't help but feel pity for them. Her grandchildren were only a few years younger and they still had their innocence. These boys had theirs stripped away by war and blood.
Laughing Zack headed over to where a man was waiting for them, fake smile plastered on his face. It was painfully obvious this man enjoyed his job about as much as the woman did; you really had to wonder what type of people they got in here if they hated working here so much.
Pocketing his ID Sephiroth fell into step once more with his father. Over the past two months he had grown extremely close to the dark gunman and he never regretted it.
"Welcome to the SOLDIER simulation games!" the man gushed with fake excitement. He was a short man with short cropped brown hair and dark hazel eyes; he was wearing what looked like a variant version of the 1st class uniform obviously to show he worked there.
"Before you head off for your first battle we need to get you into the gaming jumpsuits. These jump suits were specially designed for these games and allow us to switch your uniforms according to your levels in the game; they also have a small materia in them that will instill a paralyzing affect if you are shot in a none fatal spot. It gives the games a more realistic feel to them. If you will follow me please."
"A paralyzing materia?" Genesis asked softly, he wasn't sure about that since that was one materia he wouldn't use because it was unpredictable.
"They must have done something to keep it low powered for standard people and that is keyed by something in the VR weapons." Vincent said his own eyes narrowing slightly; it obviously wasn't that bad since this place was so popular and had been for months now.
Moving into a locker room the group looked around seeing they were the only ones in there thankfully.
"These will be your lockers, make sure to pin your key to you so only you can access your belongings. We ask that you keep all personal effects here including any and all PHS and video recording devices. We offer discs of your battles for perches afterwards if you wish to keep a memory of this day."
It seemed he had given this same statement a billion times already and it was second nature to him. Shrugging slightly the group all took a locker quickly stowing their wallets and PHS in them.
"If you have a shirt on under your over shirts we ask that you remove your over shirt; it helps with the suits magic if there isn't a bunch of clothes between the jump suit and the person." Turning the man headed over to a large shelving unit containing folded black jump suits. Looking back he judged them before quickly selecting several from one pile and more from another. He only had to grab a few different ones from other piles as most of them seemed to all be about the same size. The only real variation was the big man in the gray bandana, the small boy in a gray bandana, the girl and the big dark skinned man.
Walking over to another shelf he pulled out ten VR devices that were made to resemble materia bracers the SOLDIERs used. Dumping them into a basket so he could carry them over he moved over to a small table and set everything down.
"Alright, before I give you your jump suits I'm going to give you all VR devices, these go onto your right wrist. These will hold all your data; hit's, kills, death, levels. You will go to a special area and punch in your bracer number found here." He lifted one up showing them all a bright green number, "This will change your uniform and weapons accordingly as you advance levels."
Grabbing the first bracer and the smallest jump suit the man moved over to what had to be the only female he had ever seen actually joining in the game. Giggling Cissnei threw her curly brown hair over her shoulder and held out her right wrist for the man.
"I'm so excited!" she gushed, a dark deadly gleam in her eyes. Locking the bracer in place the man flinched slightly seeing that look; so much for this girl being just a dumb ass that got pulled into it by her boyfriend. She seemed to know exactly why she was here and was eager to start murdering people.
Grabbing the next set he looked to the red head that already looked board. "Come on, yo. We got a title to defend and we can't do it sittin here." The man instantly thought thug just looking over Reno, his eyes traveling along the many tattoo's that covered the man's arms, back and chest.
"Reno." Tseng said warningly as he moved up and held out his arm for his own bracer.
"Sorry boss, just a little anxious." Rolling his black eyes Tseng grabbed his jump suit and moved over to pull it on.
Vincent glared darkly at his own bracer and jump suit; he had to wonder how many other people had worn this before he did. The very idea that unbathed people had made his skin crawl, but he would put up with it for his child.
Seeing the first of the second group come up, the boy was bouncing on his heels his eyes hidden behind dark glasses but the smile on his face was huge. He thrust out his right hand ready to get his bracer.
Blinking the man handing them out looked at the boys right wrist his eyes going wide as he saw a real bracer with the very distinctive glow of real life materia in it.
Tilting his head to the side Zack looked down and made an 'oh' noise and quickly unhooked the bracer and switched it to his left wrist. "Sorry forgot I had that on!" he smiled brightly and held out his now bare right wrist.
Were these men seriously SOLDIER? Shaking himself mentally the man quickly attached the bracer and handed the man his jump suit. Looking over the others he noticed that the last four also all had bracers of some sort all containing glowing materia; most of them were green but there were some red and yellow and a few purple mixed into the bunch.
He might just have to take his hour lunch early and watch these battles coming up. They promised to be interesting.

"God think that could have taken any longer?" Zack was leaning against the wall now just waiting for them to input their first data; the line was long but thankfully it was moving quickly.
"I think our bracers threw him for a loop." Genesis chuckled absently adjusting his real bracer. He was too used to wearing it on his right wrist it felt almost alien on his left.
"I just want to get in there and start killing people." Sephiroth grumbled scratching at the itchy tag at the back of his neck. He really wished he had grabbed an energy drink out of Angeal's truck before he came in; he hadn't had any sugar at all since he woke up and it was starting to drive him nuts. Oh well, this would make him more aggressive in battle and so they would get through a hell of a lot faster.
He had read through all the rules and was never more grateful for Vincent sneaking into Shinra and teaching all of them how to fire a gun. The first 2 rounds they were only allowed to use infantry weapons and grunts only got guns.
If Vincent hadn't taught them all they would have been really screwed and the Turks would surpass them easily. No doubt they would any way since that was what all of them were trained to use, but they would slow down once they got to the SOLDIER rounds where they switched from projectile weapon to hand to hand.
They had been signed up for the standard 'real' experience, as it was called. Your hit in a kill shot you were down the entire round and the round was over with who ever had the most amounts of kills being the winners. If today went well they might have to come back for the free for all wars where if you were hit you were out for a minute and then back on your feet and going to town. That one you could choose either gun or sword.. or both in some cases.
Pushing himself off the wall Sephiroth moved into the next available VR recorder; he had just reached out to punch in his number when he was roughly pushed aside.
Growling darkly Sephiroth turned to see who had dared to push him out of the way. A snobby looking teen with shoulder length blond hair and a pointed face was quickly punching in numbers.
"I believe that I was next to use this." Sephiroth purred, his voice having dropped to a deadly silk. The kid turned his green eyes narrowing as he stuck his pointed nose into the air. "I'm the general; I get to use this whenever I feel."
A single silver brow rose at this; he watched in shock as his ever familiar uniform appeared on the boy in front of him. Quickly he put a hand over his mouth as he tried desperately not to laugh; Genesis was not so nice and burst out laughing clutching his sides.
The boy that was now in his uniform sneered throwing back blond hair in a very arrogant manner. "What the hell are you laughing at noob?" hearing this sent Genesis over the edge; reaching out he clutched to a chuckling Angeal trying to keep upright. Zack and Cloud were leaning against each other trying to hide their laughter as they were now attracting a lot of attention to themselves.
Even the Turks were laughing; Cissnei was giggling like hell behind her hands, and Tseng had a hand over his mouth trying hard not to die though his shoulders were shaking with the effort. Rude was chuckling and Vincent had an amused smirk on his face, his crimson eyes dancing with mirth.
Reno stepped forward taking a vacant spot and quickly punched in his number. Almost instantly a low man's infantry uniform incased him helmet and all. "You look fucking ridiculous, yo. You look absolutely retarded in Sephiroth's uniform, you don't got the ass for it..or the legs."
"Or the sex appeal, or the power to pull it off.. and definitely not the chest." Genesis threw in moving over and punching in his own number. Just before the helmet encased his head he closed his eyes and pulled off the Shinra issued sunglasses before they got trapped.
"How in the hell do they see out of this?" he asked his fingers wrapping around the stock of the VR generated rifle slung over his right shoulder.
"Andrew you coming?" a boy with black hair and brown eyes moved over that instantly set Genesis off once more, he moved over to Reno and clutched onto the man. This, this was his doppelganger. The scrawny kid with glasses was dressed in Genesis red duster and heeled black boots.
"In a minute." The boy named Andrew said glaring daggers at the Turks and SOLDIER. "You all think this is funny?"
Genesis pushed himself off Reno and moved over to Angeal who was now also in a VR uniform and slung his arms around him. " 'geal, cure please! I can't breathe!" chuckling Angeal wrapped his arms around his best friend patting his back knowing the man was doing this to piss off the kids.
"It's pretty obvious, yo. They think it's fucking hilarious." Reno smirked seeing the rage flashing across Andrew's face.
"Well then, if it's so funny. I as the general issue a challenge." He raised a katana that looked a lot like Masamune but a good several feet to short. "When and if you reach us, your group vs us, one on one. I claim you." He pointed the sad excuse for a VR generated sword at Genesis. Pushing himself off Angeal brushing pretend lint off his uniform he smirked his smile being the only thing you could see under the helmet. "Sorry kid, I already claimed 'Genesis' no if you're claiming to be Sephiroth you get him." Genesis pointed to where Sephiroth was currently standing next to Cloud and his father already in his VR uniform.
Hearing his name Sephiroth looked up and smirked darkly and made a motion like 'me and you' to the boy claiming to get him.
"The group is SGE, remember it.. cause you're going to be cursing it in an hour." Tossing his head in his normal arrogance Genesis breezed past them, his body moving with an almost feline grace.
"Ohh I feel sorry for you lot." Reno laughed moving past them almost lazily, tilting his head he heard someone appear on the loud speaker.
"Round one Infantry Turks Vs rapier. Please proceeded to VR room 5"
"Haha that's us yo!"
The two groups separated Tseng and the Turks heading for their appointed VR room and Sephiroth and the others heading for a prime spot to view the coming battle now completely ignoring the glares they were receiving from the players that actually seemed to like the snobby General.
"This should be good and fast." Zack said folding his arms behind his head, his eyes looking up through the horrible visor. "We really need to talk to Lazard about these helmets they are horrible, no wonder the infantry misses so much."
"You mean besides their normal spray and pray tactic?" Cloud asked chuckling. That was what they called it when the men went full auto and just laid a lot of rounds down range without really aiming at anything.
"Yeah, aiming actually helps." Zack chuckled watching as the two parties moved into the VR room. Almost instantly it changed to show Cosmo Canyon.
"Interesting location will be close in combat. They will have to be relying a lot on their side arms if they do not get farther up into a sniper position." Sephiroth was now watching the screen curiously. It was split in 10 different screens showing each individual player. Thankfully the screen was massive so you could see the players still clearly.
Each group was hunkered down behind one of the many houses that made up the village of the canyon. The one group, Rapier as they had called themselves were all huddled in close talking among themselves, it actually looked more like they were arguing amongst each other, actually they were as you could hear them over the mics built into the uniforms.
"Oh they are so going to fail." Zack laughed, his eyes switched to where they could see the Turks. Tseng had removed his helmet, it looked like none of them were moving but those that knew the Turks and the way they spoke knew Tseng was giving out very detailed instructions.
Turks because of their position did not use hand signals but spoke orders with their eyes and head movements. The movements were very slight but if you knew what to look for it was very easy to read.
"Reno, take Rude and head around flank them, force them towards the center. Vincent take top sniper, take out the leader. Cissnei you're with me." Sephiroth said out loud easily translating the silent commands. The people around them were all looking at them and then looked back at the screen watching as two of the Turks moved off in opposite directions taking the flank, one figure silently slunk off into the shadows and disappeared up the stairs heading for the higher houses.
"How the hell did you know they were going to do that?" one of the players asked staring with wide eyes at Sephiroth. He was dressed in a 3rd class uniform. Sephiroth smirked and remained silent his eyes watching as "START" flashed across the screen.
The disorganized group all stood and quickly rushed onto the field. "hm rooky mistake." Angeal said seeing they were staying huddled together.
"They won't be alive long enough to realize their mistake." Genesis said with a smirk and sure enough no sooner had he said it then simulated gun shots rang out in sharp secession and all five dropped before they even made it a quarter of the way on the battle field.
A '5' flashed up in the top corner of one of the screen that depicted Vincent standing up from his sniper position out of a window. He had thrown his helmet off and honestly looked like he was board out of his skull.
"Remind me never to piss your dad off okay." Gen said his eyes wide; Vincent had never drawn Cerberus in the VR rooms instead just focused on teaching them. This was the first time they had seen him in actual combat, the man was deadly accurate with his gun.
"You mean another reason not to piss my dad off." Sephiroth smirked as he watched the color drain from the little portion of Genesis face that could be seen. "Yeah…" it was not easy to forget that Vincent harbored a planets WEAPON inside him.
"He and Tseng are equally matched." Sephiroth smirked again, he moved away from the screen to where his father and friends were moving out of their VR room.
"Damn it Vincent! The whole point is to let us get in on it to!" Reno was stomping around like a spoiled child. Vincent smirked his crimson eyes glowing brighter. "You should have been faster." Seeing a figure racing to him Vincent smiled and opened up one of his arms for the pounce he knew was coming. They had quickly discovered that Sephiroth was a very physical person, especially with those he cared greatly about.
Sephiroth instantly latched on his smile bright. "Tseng wasn't lying when he said you were a damn sharpshooter."
Smiling Tseng held his helmet against his hip. "He was said to be one of the best, he's proving it so far today, he got all five shots off before I even got my rifle up."
"No fucking fair! Next round you better fucking save some for the rest of us yo."
Vincent did roll his crimson eyes skyward but smiled running a hand along his son's back. The group of Turks headed over for the VR machines to get updated.
"First round infantry, Titans Vs SGE, please proceed to VR room 2"
Smiling Vincent gently smacked his son's shoulder. "Go I'll be watching don't worry." Smiling widely Sephiroth took off back to his group. Genesis and Angeal were waiting for him and he slipped in between them hooking his arms through theirs. This day was going so good, he hadn't felt this happy in a long time and he wasn't even drunk yet!
Andrew sat in one of the chairs sipping on a drink and rolled his eyes looking at his 'elite' they were all dressed as the legendary General and his four 1st class officers. It was rare for them to get an actual battle this early in the morning but you never knew, he honestly didn't care they were permanent figures in this game since they kept winning the company just paid them to play the part. They had yet to ever lose a match and with it came giant egos.
"What a bunch of wackos" Drake said, he was the 'Zack' of the group, big and was able to wield the VR buster sword with ease. "Those are the guys you honestly challenged?" Andrew smirked nodding and taking a sip of his soda. "Yeah should be an easy match don't you think."
"Don't get too carried away, remember the group that are with those 'wackos' one of them got off five dead center shots in a matter of seconds." Their 'Angeal' said looking up at the giant monitor seeing the group entering the arena. Instantly it changed to the desert of Wutai.
He watched as the group all groaned seeing where they were. "It had to be fucking Wutai didn't it!" Genesis whined, you could hear them over the speakers.
"What a cry baby, so it's Wutai so what?" Andrew sneered. He turned back to watch the group knowing they were going to get obliterated, Titan's was one of those groups that had enough points to take them on constantly but they preferred the infantry ranks in the game.
The group of newbie's was hunkered down on the other side of a hill. None of them saying a word all of them just staring out across the vast hilly desert.
"They aren't even talking to each other, they are so going down. This is the Titan's favorite VR realm they know it like the back of their hands." Their little 'Cloud' said, pushing dark blond hair out of his face. He was an agile little thing but not very strong so he got the spot of the youngest 1st.
Tseng was listening in to these knuckle heads and couldn't help but smirk, they were in for a very large surprise. This group was so well trained and used to fighting with each other they didn't need commands they knew their place and their roles and would execute them perfectly. Their bond was so strong as friends it seemed like they were speaking telepathically. All of them had also served at least one tour in Wutai, this area was a common battle field and all five of them had fought real battles on this group. They would know it better than any little group pretending to be infantry.
"START" flashed across the screen and instantly the five were gone in a blur of blue and green. The cameras lost track of them for only a second before picking up on them again. Sephiroth was racing up along the cliff face easily jumping and grasping onto out cropping and pulling himself onto an almost inaccessible cliff face that over looked the whole battle field. Lying down on his stomach he pulled his glasses out and placed them on over closed eyes as he pulled his helmet off. Pushing himself up onto his elbows he laid in a perfect prone position that his father had taught him. He was completely still as he held the rifle up to his shoulder waiting for the first idiot to appear.
They had discovered through the training that Sephiroth with his increased vision and complete control of his breathing and body was a sniper to rival Tseng. His eye sight allowed him to see targets far away without the aid of a scope, and his control over his patience made it so the man could sit in one position for hours and never once more.
Cloud and Zack were crouching down behind a large rock back to back their rifles raised in a signature ready position of any well trained infantry man. Those two had become excellent marksmen through their training. They picked up on military tactics quickly and were two that worked best as a team.
Genesis was racing behind one of the mountains, pushing all his SOLDIER speed to its limits. Unlike the rest that had their rifles Genesis had taken Sephiroth's pistol and his own, they discovered during the training that Genesis couldn't shoot for a damn with a rifle but he could dual wield pistols like a champ. He was an instinctual shooter, or 'shot from the hip' as they liked to say. If he concentrated on aiming he would miss the target by a mile but if he simply pointed and shot he would hit dead center every time.
Racing around he smirked catching sight of his first victim, a big man leveled his gun right at him. His smirk turned evil as mid run he hunkered down and leapt up into the air, the force of his jump creating a crater in the sand. Leaping high up into the air he twisted his body so he was upside down and smirked his pistol aimed right for the idiots head.
He fired off two rounds and watched with a twisted sense of pleasure as the man dropped dead. Landing back in the sand he launched up onto the cliff side where Angeal was waiting for him. He landed easily as if he had not just leapt from the ground 20 feet bellow onto the top of the hill.
"You are taking too much pleasure in this."
Genesis laughed loudly at this and turned killing off a second one as they rounded the corner bellow. "What can I say, I see why people like guns.. Though I will always prefer my blade."
Angeal shook his head and the two leapt off the cliff as if they were leaping off a small log. A '2' appeared next to Genesis on the board showing he had two kills already.
Two more shots sounded and two more dropped almost instantly one taken out by Sephiroth from a very long distance and the other taken out by Cloud as they rounded the corner.
Zack and Cloud exchanged a high five and looked down at their bracer. "One more bastard to go, I want this infantry part done. I want my sword back!"
Zack started to bounce and do squats where he was already bored. Cloud laughed but kept down and smirked seeing the final person appear in front of them his gun lowered at Zack who was standing up from his last round of squats.
The last guy started firing like hell at Zack, hearing the gun shots Zack just stood there all of them missing him by inches. "Can I cut loose?"
Sitting himself down on the ground Cloud smiled recognizing this from one of their own VR training sessions with Angeal. "Indulge yourself." Cloud laughed repeating Angeal.
"That's what I do best!" punching his fist into his open palm the young first turned and ran right for the man. Smiling wickedly under his helmet he pulled out his pistol and aimed right for center mass.
He saw the big guy falter and laughed pulling the trigger. Instantly he heard the "MATCH END" over the speaker and whopped happily dancing about.
"Hey Tseng I hope you're watching! We're gonna waste your ass come the general"
Tseng burst out laughing as Reno barked a few times like a puppy. "Keep barking pup!" the group all burst out laughing at that and moved over to sit at the empty table next to "the General" they were already in their officer infantry uniforms they still had a few minutes before their next round began.
"Vincent I think you trained them a little too well." Cissnei giggled and pulled her helmet off needing a breather from its stuffiness.
"It did not take much, they are natural marksmen." He smiled seeing the group racing over like a bunch of 13 year olds not full grown adults.
"Were you guys watching?" Zack asked happily his helmet bobbing as he moved. He pulled a chair up next to Rude and sat down, well more like bounced in his seat.
"Yes Koinu we saw." Tseng laughed and reached over gently pushing Zack into his seat. "You were doing a lot of showing off." Zack shrugged and bounced off his seat, "What can I say, at least I'm not as bad as Kasai." They were all going by Turk code names while they were here. Genesis was Kasai which was fire in Wutai.
"Come on Koinu, I want out of this stinking helmet. It's nearly impossible to see out of!" Genesis walked by throwing his hands up in the air. Pulling the helmet off he kept his eyes closed long enough to put his glasses on. Cloud and Angeal were already upping their scores and had done the same, only Zack still had his helmet on.
Rolling his eyes under the helmet Zack bounced off after them. Moving up into the line he pulled in close to Sephiroth so that they could SOLDIER talk.
"Did you see those morons faces when we came out?" Sephiroth nodded his smirk darkening. "Oh trust me I did."
That little show had been intentional they had all agreed to show off just a little of their powers in the first round to rattle the snobby kids pretending to be them.
They would rein it in this next round, but come the round where they get their swords, all bets were off.
Turning back slightly he could see the group watching them all with narrowed eyes, Andrew seemed ready to spit fire with the dark glare he was sending them. Smirking darkly Sephiroth pointed to him before running his thumb across his own throat, silently saying he was going to die.
Seeing this Drake looked at the others, "are you sure that this was a good idea, did you see how those guys were jumping across those cliffs. They are easily 20 feet high and they were taking them in single leaps like they were only a foot high."
Andrew turned away from glaring daggers at the SGE group; he looked over his own group seeing they were now shifting nervously in their seats. "Don't worry, they probably found a hack or something in the system this isn't the first group to have done that. Don't worry, the infantry rounds are always the easiest they won't make it past the SOLDIER rounds."
Tseng heard this and could help but burst out laughing. Hearing the laughter Andrew looked over to the group that called themselves Turk and saw the leader was the one laughing. "What the hell are you laughing atIlbonnom?" Almost instantly Tseng's laughter died and his eyes narrowed darkly, the others all stopped talking and looked over their eyes narrowing darkly hearing the derogatory term used for Wutai immigrates.
Reno stood up his blue green eyes narrowed into an angry glare. "What the fuck did you just say kid."
Andrew sneered, his green eyes taking in the red hair that was sticking out all over the place and the garish red tattoos under his eyes. "You heard me, what the hell do you freaks think is so funny."
"That's it I'm gonna beat the shit out of this cocky ass little bastard yo!" Reno made to leap over the table at them. Rude and Vincent both grabbed hold of the young Turk keeping a strong hold on him and keeping him on that side of the table.
"Reno." Tseng said softly, though his voice shook slightly with his own anger. His Turk mask was back in full affect as his black eyes regarded his second in command.
"But Director…"
"Reno, you are a Turk remember that." Tseng looked at the group out of the corner of his eyes. "Besides, let the boys handle them..you know what Koneko will do to them if he learns of this."
"Koneko?" Vincent asked gently releasing Reno though his crimson eyes were narrowed into a dark glare, he was also Wutainese and took great insult to that slur.
Tseng nodded turning to look at Vincent. "That is your son's nick name since he was young." Vincent also heard the underlying message of that was also his call sign in the Turks.
One of the boys on the other side laughed, this one was the young boy that was dressed up like Genesis. "Kitten? Are you serious?" Andrew looked over to his friend hearing this; the boy was a book worm so it wasn't surprising he was able to translate Wutainese.
Snorting he rolled his eyes, "We're honestly supposed to be afraid of a kid you nick named kitten?"
"What about me?" Sephiroth asked coming to stand between his father and Tseng. He could feel the tension in the air and was wondering what the hell was going on. They had seen Reno move to attack and had hurried back over, knowing something was going down to cause the young Turk to make a move to attack.
Genesis was standing on the other side of Tseng between him and the boys they were all glaring at them.
"Nothing kitten." Andrew said snickering; his friends were all laughing as well. Sephiroth's eyes narrowed dangerously behind his glasses though his face remained a perfectly blank slate as he pulled on his SOLDIER mask.
"Koneko, these little bastards called Tseng an Ilbonnom." Reno said glaring daggers at the boys.
"What?" Angeal turned to look at the boys as he felt Genesis and Vincent grab onto Sephiroth to keep him from pulling a Reno and leaping across the table and killing these boys.
A frown pulled at Angeal's lips as he turned to regard the boys. "You disgrace the uniforms you wear, a SOLDIER has pride and honor both of which you lot have shown none of. The uniforms you don were earned by the five through years or training and sacrifice, to wear them and use such derogatory names towards your fellow players is an insult to that uniform and the man who wares it." Angeal frowned even more looking back slightly at said man.
"If Sephiroth were to know what you were doing while wearing his uniform I am sure he would be just as disgusted as we are."
Andrew scoffed and threw his hair back behind his shoulder once more. "Save the Angeal type lecture idiot, we don't need to hear some bull shit lecture about dreams, pride and honor from a nobody."
Angeal frowned even more and looked back hearing slight snickers from Zack and Cloud. "Image that, he sounds so much like Angeal it's uncanny." Zack said folding his arms behind his head.
Angeal narrowed his eyes more knowing that while it couldn't be seen Zack would be able to feel it. Laughing Zack moved back over to a chair and sat down.
"Don't worry Koneko; we'll kick their asses in a little bit." Cloud said, a small evil smile crossing his face. Moving up to the group he motioned for them to come in, having caught all their attention they all leaned in over the table.
Hearing Cloud's plan they all grinned and nodded, no longer was this Turk vs SOLDIER this was now avenging Tseng's honor and kicking the shit out of those ass holes.
"I'll take care of it." Tseng said standing up and grabbed Sephiroth's arm. "Come on, I'll need your help." Sephiroth growled glaring darkly behind his glasses at the boys; he was really going to fuck them up at this last round. They should be grateful he was not allowed to bring out Masamune, his smiled darkened as he imaged disemboweling that smug ass little bastard.
Oh yes this was turning out to be a very, very good birthday.

Sephiroth twisted his sword a frown marring his face as they stood waiting for the round to begin. This was the first round of the SOLDIER simulation and all five of them were in the standard dark blue Shinra 3rd class uniforms, which also meant that they were only allowed to carry that damn buster jr. sword.
He HATED this sword with a passion! This had been the sword he was forced to train with and use until he and Tseng had discovered the rusted and forgotten Masamune deep in the Turks weapon locker back about four months before his promotion to 2nd class.
He couldn't wait until he got to the 1st class round so he could actually choose his sword. He would give anything for at least a Katana!
"I…HATE..THIS… SWORD!"
Genesis growled looking at his own buster jr. even though his eyes were covered you could tell he was glaring at it with pure hatred.
"I second that statement." Sephiroth grumbled glaring at his own blade again. Both he and Genesis were light blade users. Even though this blade was almost the same weight as his Masamune the balance was completely different and he didn't like how almost all the weight was in the blade.
"Heh, did you guys ever think you would be back in this uniform?" Zack asked doing his normal squats as they waited for the next team. He was answered with several snorts; Angeal shook his head looking down at the dark blue uniform. It was honestly no different from his normal uniform except the color so it really didn't bother him other then the knowledge of what the color meant.
For Genesis it wasn't that big of a different either as he wore the same basic outfit just with different boots and the duster but he HATED this color blue. Mainly because just like Angeal it was the knowledge of what this color meant and he had worked his ass off to get the black uniform of a 1st; that and it clashed horribly with his hair.
"Attention 3rd class SOLDIER SGE and Shi no Senshi, a glitch has been detected battle will resume in 2 minutes time."
'Oh great' Sephiroth thought looking over at the group that was calling themselves 'death warrior' it was a group of five males all in the same dark blue 3rd class uniform and all carrying the same buster jr. swords.
"So.. what bring you guys here?" Zack asked folding his arms behind his head, his own sword resting against his hip.
The boy at the front of the group threw his head in a very arrogant fashion causing Genesis to roll his eyes.
"We are here to test our skills against 'the general' we're from a dojo on the sector 4 plate, we are the highest in the class. We want to beat this great general of this VR center and claim the title as the best!"
"Oh mother Gaia save us all." Cloud muttered from where he was sitting on the ground absently playing with the binding of his sword. Sephiroth chuckled and rolled his eyes sitting down next to Cloud and laying his head on his shoulder. Thankfully he had managed to get his hand on an energy drink Tseng had brought with him so he was wide awake. He would need to be awake to kick those cocky ass bastards asses in about a half hour, he was still steamed about that but he was going to focus on these coming battles and worry about them later.
The lead boy frowned hearing Cloud and seeing he got no reaction from any of the men other then scoffs and eye rolls, at least what they assumed to be eye rolls since all five of them were wearing dark sun glasses.
The VR room suddenly shifted to show Mideel.
"That is more like it." Sephiroth purred pushing himself onto his feet, twisting the blade easily in his left hand.
"I really hope you weren't planning on being in this competition long today."
The group all glared at the smug SGE members, the leader lifted his sword pointing it directly at Sephiroth. "You might be good with a gun, but any monkey with a brain can fire one of those. It takes great skill to wield a blade, let's see if you common monkeys have the skill to last against us."
"Monkeys huh?" Zack was practically vibrating as he waited for the voice to shout start. "Zack, remember these are normal boys.."
Genesis waved his best friend off and looked over to Cloud seeing the boy was also bouncing where he stood. "They might be boys but these swords don't do real damage." Though he really wished they did, he wanted to see these little boys scream and cry for their momma when they handed them their ass.
"START."
Instantly the group launched forward, the leader racing right for Sephiroth. Smirking Sephiroth easily dodged to the side and brought his sword up catching the leader in the back for a killing blow. "Pathetic."
Angeal made his kill swift striking the boy in a chest blow as he leapt up to try and bash Angeal's head in with the sword.
Zack and Cloud were having fun with theirs fighting them but they were only half assing it.
Looking over to Genesis he started to laugh outright. The boy fighting Genesis was so sloppy and slow with the sword the fire ball that was Genesis had actually pulled out his copy of LOVELESS and was reading it as he dodged the attacks.
Killing off their two Cloud and Zack looked up and burst out laughing at Genesis antics. "Kasai, stop fucking with him and just kill him already." Angeal's said exasperated and rubbed his temples. Leave it up to Genesis to play with his victims like this.
Sighing heavily Genesis snapped his book shut and put it back in his pocket as he dodged another attack. "Alright 'geal, because you asked so nicely." Pulling his sword from the ground Genesis cut through the kid killing him instantly.
"That was fun, how shell we torment the2nd class?"

Tseng shook his head watching as the last battle ended for the SOLDIERs, they had easily flown through these battles all the way to the 1st where they just finished killing off all the occupants. He knew these kids would be no match for the boys, but it seemed like they were having fun specially Genesis who loved to torment them by dancing around them quoting loveless.
Sitting back in his chair he yawned having not gotten a lot of sleep last night himself having stayed up to make sure his two boys arrived home alright. Reno was fast asleep on the table having been their pilot along with a newer Turk.
They had put off their last battle against the 1st to allow them a breather. Unlike the super SOLDIER that were exiting the VR room they needed a break from these constant battles, that and Vincent was dangerously close to a limit break. Frankly he had no idea what his limit break was but the man had insisted that the wait until the drive went away for the safety of everyone.
Tseng knew better then to argue with the man. Leaning back in his chair he smiled seeing the boys coming back from upping their scores. They remained in their black 1st class uniforms but they all had the weapons of their choice.
They weren't allowed 'their' weapons because they were reserved only for the 'general' and his crew. Tseng smirked darkly though seeing the looked on all the boys faces, this was the round they were looking forward to the most.
"Are you boys ready?" he asked, he was instantly met with five equally dark smirks as Zack, Cloud and Angeal all sat down around them.
"Will be in a minute just have to get Seph done for the big reveal," Genesis smirked and grabbed his lover's hand pulling him towards where he knew the bathroom was.
"You do realize if anyone is in there they will recognize me."
Genesis shrugged pushing the door to the bathroom open and drug him in. "Who cares, the idiots are in a battle right now and we're next up so it's not like they will know beforehand."
Being pulled into the brightly lit bathroom he was never so grateful for the glasses then he was now, all the areas in Shinra that dealt with SOLDIER had lower lights in them. He always had a hard time going into different sections of Shinra which had the normal mako fueled lights; they always left bright spots in his vision and a major headache.
Groaning he looked around seeing it was filled with boys all in different uniforms. "Gen.."
"Shut up and put up with it for a few minutes." Pushing him in front of the mirrors Genesis reached into a bag he had brought in from Angeal's car and pulled out a hair brush and a conditioner that Sephiroth used to help keep his hair straight.
"What is this a beauty parlor now, girls bathroom is the next one over." One of the boys said laughing seeing this being placed on the counter. Rolling his eyes Genesis waived the boy off making sure he had everything out. "Forgive us boys if we actually spend a few minutes on how we look." Genesis regarded the boys through the mirror seeing that several of them were making gesture towards them. "You know, it's sad that most these boys are probably our age but act like they are five." Chuckling softly Sephiroth had to agree; it was amusing to watch those their own age acting even more immaturely than Zack did.
"You're member of SGE right? What the hell kind of name is that?" it was one of the boys from their 2nd class battle. "Oh look Seph, little puppy is yapping." He snickered watching the boy bristle where he stood with a few of his party members. That group had been nearly as easy to take down as the group of 3rds. The boy made a move as if to come after them but his friends held him back; another boy this one in a 1st class uniform moved up and picked up one of the bottles Genesis had set out.
"Oh look the fairy princess uses product boys, isn't that so sweet. Is that why you are wearing gloves princess so you don't damage your pedicure?"
Sighing Genesis looked to Sephiroth through the mirror. "Seph?" chuckling Sephiroth nodded, "Have fun love.."
Smirking almost dangerously Genesis turned to the boy that was taunting him; he was taller than Genesis and was holding the product above his head. "Tell me, is materia allowed to be used in these games?"
The kid lowered the product but kept it away from Genesis and snorted giving him a look like he was a fucking idiot. "Of course not, only SOLDIER is allowed to use materia that was set down by Shinra. The games aren't allowed to even simulate it, but I guess a little fairy boy like you wouldn't know that would he."
Snickering Genesis reached over to his bracer on his left hand summoning one of the many materia held within it. He kept his hand completely over it obscuring the glow and the orb as it melded out of his bracer. "Tell me, since I'm just a fairy and obviously too damn stupid to know anything. Do you know what a red materia is?"
The boy scoffed rolling his eyes, "of course moron, it's a summon."
Smirking darkly Genesis pulled his hand away holding up the brilliant glowing red summon materia; taking a glance at the rolling inside he saw it was Alexander, that's right he had just finished mastering him during this last mission. He held the summon between his index and thumb lifting it up so that everyone could see it.
The kid had backed up slightly seeing a real life summon materia being held by the SGE member. "Well look what I have here, can you tell me what it is? I'm too stupid to know who it is, maybe I should call it forth?" he pushed a little power into the summon making it flare to life and the symbols for a summon started to appear around it. Thankfully with Alexander being fully mastered it would take a lot more power to summon the beast, this was just a show of power.
Seeing the look of horror passing over the kids face he pulled his power back watching as the materia stopped glowing as brightly and the symbols vanished. "Oh wait, I forgot.. this is my full mastered Alexander; no he would destroy this whole building if I dare to call him forth." Genesis looked back at Sephiroth seeing him watching him with bored amusement.
Turning back to the kid Genesis smirked dangerously laying his hand back over his bracer allowing them to see the summon sink back into the bracer on his wrist. Shifting his hand slightly forward he called forth his favorite materia; a brilliant green materia pulled its self from his bracer and into his fingers.
"No, Alexander would be a waste; but I believe my fully mastered Firaga would do just nicely.. now." He turned to regard the boy pushing enough power into the materia that flames started to lick around his hand showing in fact this was real materia and not just a pretty stone and that Genesis was a master user. It was well known that cadets had a tendency to set themselves on fire only; materia masters could control the materia like Genesis was. "You have three seconds to return what you have stolen to its proper place before I turn you into nothing more than an ash stain on the wall." Genesis voice dropped to a low growl and the flames around his hand rising threateningly.
The boy dropped the product and raced out of the bathroom, the other boys seemed to be frozen where they stood. Laughing loudly Genesis pulled his power back and set the materia back into his bracer. "Love how they talk big until you show you're bigger." Shaking his head he picked up the product and returned it to the counter.
"What does SGE mean, I have a feeling I know but enlighten me." Sephiroth asked as if Genesis didn't just threaten to turn a kid into KFC. Smirking Genesis worked on removing the bandana allowing the silver braids to fall free. "Silver Generals Elite, they wouldn't let us take SOLDIER, so we went with the next best thing." Snorting Sephiroth turned back to look at his lover over his shoulder. "You and Fair really do suck at on the spot names."
Growling playfully Genesis ignored the whispers that were staring behind them as people started to take notice of the silver hair; while people had started to dye their hair to match Sephiroth's it was still rare to see the color on anything but girls and his little show with the materia wasn't helping. "I could have done something from loveless if that would be more fitting."
Making quick work of the binds that kept the braids in place Genesis ran his fingers through them easily pulling them apart. "Shake." Sephiroth's hair was so fine it almost never stayed put if they were in loose braids.
Pulling his glasses off and setting them on the counter he shook his head feeling the remaining braids coming loose. "Alright they are loose." Opening his eyes he narrowed them as the bright lights hit them. Adjusting to the bright lights he looked around seeing most of the boys were now looking at him, many with looks of awe and shock.
Chuckling Genesis reached forward and ran his fingers through his bangs. "It always amazes me how your hair always does this naturally." Even being in braids and under a bandana for almost the past hour the minute they were released his bangs returned to their natural arch over his forehead.
"General Sephiroth?" a younger boy asked, he was dressed in an infantry uniform. He moved up almost nervously as he came to stand up next to him.
Tilting his head to the side as Genesis had a firm grip on his hair he looked down at the boy, he had to be about 16. "Yes?.. OW! God damn it Genesis!" grabbing his head he turned back glaring at Genesis. He had caught a large knot in his hair and had pulled on it really hard. Reaching up Genesis smacked him on the back of the head with the back of the brush.
"Oh shut up you big ass baby, it was just a knot." Setting the brush down Genesis ran the conditioner through his hair hoping to get out many of the kinks in that beautiful silver hair. Growling Sephiroth started to grumble under his breath about getting the commander back.
"Sir?" seeing it was the little boy again Sephiroth looked down at him from the corner of his eye since Genesis was forcing him to keep his head up.
"I'm..I'm enrolling in the SOLDIER program next month… I .. I hope to one day be able to fight by your side."
He couldn't stop the small smile that crossed his face hearing this; normally he hated it when kids gushed over him but there was just something about this kid. Looking into the mirror he studied the little boy; he was small just like Cloud with short cropped black hair. The more he looked at him he almost resembled Tseng in a way.
"If you wish to make SOLDIER, train hard and keep a strong metal front.. if your integrity and mental strength is not there you will fail."
The kid nodded smiling brightly up at him with green eyes.
"Kinda reminds you of Cloud doesn't he?" Genesis said pulling his hair up into a high ponytail. "mm, you mean when he was a cadet?"
Nodding Genesis pulled away and pulled his own bandana off revealing his bright auburn hair. "Yeah he does." Reaching up he pulled on the pony tail making sure it was secure and grabbed his glasses putting them back on. "Oh thank Gaia I can see again. I'm gonna have a hell of a headache tonight."
Laughing Genesis shook his head running the brush through his own hair. If he was going to fight on camera he was damn well going to look good. "No you're going to have a hell of a hangover tomorrow if we have any say in it."
Chuckling Sephiroth shook his head leaning back against the counter not caring that people were still watching them; though he was happy to see that 2nd class that had made to come after him was ashen gray at the moment. "You are such a vain ass bastard Genesis." He said turning his attention back to Genesis. Not once stopping his brushing Genesis flipped him off. "It takes a lot of work to look this damn good. Forgive me if I don't like following a certain puppy in just rolling out of bed and running my fingers through my hair and calling it a day."
"Hey! I brush my hair!"
Laughing both men looked up seeing Zack moving into the bathroom Cloud following behind him. "Look, he does come when he's called. Angeal has him well trained."
Flushing a dark red Zack bounced over and caught Genesis in a head lock and started to ruffle up his hair. "Wanna try that one again commander?"
"Fair if you do not release me I will burn your comic book collection." Almost instantly Zack let him go and growled at him. "You touch it and you die."
"What did you come in here for Zack?" Sephiroth had turned on one of the sinks splashing himself with water to cool off a little bit. With his upped body heat and all these bodies in the room he was starting to overheat.
"Oh, the idiots just finished their last round; we're up next to battle them."
"And that required both you and Cloud?"
He heard a snort from behind them. "No I had to pee!" Cloud shouted from one of the stalls, he wasn't about to take a piss at the urinals with everyone knowing it was him. He did not need all these guys trying to take a peek at his dick while he was taking a piss.
"Cloud.. we did not need to know that!" Genesis said putting the brush and stuff away after fixing his hair since Zack destroyed it.
"Genesis.. we're in a bathroom what the hell do you think people do in here?" Zack shook his head before pulling his own bandana off and ran his fingers through his spiked hair.
"Attention players, SGE please report to VR room 16. Battle against the general and elites will commence in 5 minutes time."
"Come on Cloud!"
"Shut up I hear it!"
Moving out of the stall Cloud was snapping his SOLDIER belt back into place. Moving over to the sinks he ducked Zack who came in for a pounce. "At least let me wash my hands before you pounce me Zack." He rolled his blue eyes skyward but had to smile watching his friend move back over and sling an arm around his shoulders. "Come on spiky we need to hurry up." Reaching up Zack pulled the bandana off his head, instantly those golden spikes stood back on end as if they had not been trapped under a piece of fabric for the past hour.
"What are you guys doing here? I mean your real SOLDIER, why do you have to come here?" a 2nd asked he was watching them with wary eyes; he was so grateful that he had been the group before these guys.
Raising a single silver brow Sephiroth regarded the boy with his green eyes. "Because it's fun?" he shrugged and started to move out of the bathroom.
"I so cannot wait to kick my own ass!" Genesis said happily and ran out after Sephiroth. Shaking his head Cloud ran after them, Zack hot on his heels.

"Andrew, are you sure about this?" Drake asked adjusting his massive buster sword as they walked towards the VR room.
"SGE was said to be best with swords, and you did insult one of their friends. They are going to be out for blood." The boy portraying Angeal pulled his gloves back on. The last several rounds have been easy allowing them a short break; but he had a very sneaky suspicion they were in for the fight of their life this round.
Andrew snorted pulling out his katana, lifting it up he looked it over. The sword was an exact replica of the real Sephiroth's Masamune though had been shortened as he had tried to wield the real 7 foot sword and had nearly taken off his own foot with it.
And it was heavy! God he couldn't believe how heavy that damn sword was, or any of them. They games had to adjust the weight of the swords because none of them could lift them with the specs of the real blades.
Moving up to the room he stopped seeing that not only was SGE already in there but they had already chosen a VR layout.
"Strange.. They never activate it until we are at least inside." James said, he absently adjusted his glasses before grasping the hilt of the brilliant red rapier at his side.
"They probably just set it up cause we're running a little late." Andrew shrugged and punched in the code for the door and moved into the room. Instantly he was hit with low light and they were in a metal hallway.
"Do you all recognize this one?" the group behind him shook their head. Over the few months they had been doing this they had seen every VR room that the site was allowed to pull from the Shinra main frame, this was a new one.
"Maybe they got permission to take a few more to spice things up." James said pulling Rapier out of its scabbard at his side.
Shrugging Andrew moved down to a heavy metal door and pushed it open. Instantly he was hit with the smell of salty air and the sound of the ocean. Blinking he moved out staring seeing they were on a huge metal structure at sunset.
Moving out he laid his eyes for the first time on an actual ocean, "wow.. this is amazing!" Drake said moving up next to him. "Where the hell are we?"
Looking out they could see a massive almost barrel looking structure stretching out a ways from them, surrounding them were cat walks and massive metal structures. "They could be anywhere in here; there really isn't any place to battle." Drake moved around looking for any signs of their prey.
Moving out into an open area they spotted a single figure leaning up against one of the metal pipes that rose up high above and disappeared into the towering metal structure. It was easy to recognize it as the man that had been the one to try and lecture them earlier in the day. He stood with his massive arms crossed over his chest; he had removed the bandana revealing long black sideburns and neck length black hair. He currently had his eyes closed almost like he was taking a nap standing up, his head bent slightly.
"Hey! Where is the rest of your group?" James called out, his hand tightening on Rapier. His eyes moved to see that the man had Angeal's buster sword attached to his back with a buster jr leaning against his leg. 'How the hell did they get those, only we're allowed to use them' James thought to himself, there was no way this guy should be running around with the sword that Angeal was supposed to use.
Hearing the group Angeal opened his eyes leveling a dark look on the group with his glowing blue eyes. "You're late." He kept where he was obviously not afraid of the five teens in front of him.
"Where is everyone, what is this place and how the hell did you get Angeal's sword?" Andrew snapped his green eyes narrowed darkly on Angeal.
Shaking his head Angeal unlocked his arms and grabbed hold of the buster jr. "The other's are waiting over where we will be fighting, this VR simulation is accessible only to high ranking Shinra military and Turks, because this is a special birthday party we were granted permission to use the weapons of our choice and VR simulation. Right now you are on the Sister Ray, or as it is known to most the Junon mako cannon."
Pushing himself off the pipe he was leaning against Angeal started to walk away, he turned and started to climb up a stairway. "Are you coming?" he asked looking back down at them.
"Of course." Andrew threw his hair back over his shoulder and moved after the man, he had no idea how the hell they got special clearance for all this shit but he wasn't about to ask. He just wanted to kill these snobby SOB's and get done with it, it was almost lunch time and he was hungry.
They had just reached the stairs when another of SGE appeared at the railing; spiky blond hair was the first thing that caught the group's attention. Cloud stood there in his normal first class uniform the wind blowing the black cape around his legs gently. First Tsurugi was strapped in its harness at his back; he had left it as a whole sword because he would reveal its true design during battle. He had heard from Tseng that the boy impersonating him didn't know that the sword was designed to come apart as during one of the break he had heard the boy complaining about all the 'decoration' on the sword.
Seeing the group had finally showed up he looked to Angeal as he came to the top of the stairs. "They finally decided to show up." Angeal nodded moving up beside him turning to watch as the boys climbed up. "Good, Koneko and Kasai are getting restless. You know it's never a good thing when Kasai starts to get restless."
Angeal sighed knowing exactly what Cloud was talking about. "He tends to get into a pissy mood and challenges us, normally with his ending up flat on his back as Koneko kicks his ass…again..or lights something on fire…"
The group of five teens moved up to them, looking up at them Andrew blinked seeing both had bright blue eyes with a green ting that seemed to glow. Where had he heard about glowing eyes before?
"So I guess wearing our uniforms is also part of this special privilege you lot got to." Their 'Cloud' said spying this man was in the same uniform as him.
A single blond brow rose at that, chuckling behind his hand he looked to Angeal. "Not very bright are they." Angeal shook his head, he normally didn't speak badly about children but these boys had lost all possible respect from him when they had insulted Tseng.
"They insulted Tseng in front of his men and us, so I guess that already says how much intelligence this group has."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Andrew growled, taking a threatening step forward. Instantly Cloud had his hand on the hilt of First Tsurugi, his body dropping into an automatic fighting stance.
"Keep the aggression for the battle field; you will need it if you are to take on Koneko in a one on one." Angeal said stepping between Cloud and Andrew.
Snorting Andrew looked back at his crew and made a motion with his hand. "Come on, we don't have all day."
"And we thought Kasai was arrogant, these morons take the cake. At least Kasai has a reason to be arrogant…" Cloud muttered turning and walking towards the other side of the platform that would lead to the stairs down to the cannon.
Moving down the stairs Cloud moved over to the small generators that Zack and Genesis were currently sitting on. Like always Genesis had his prized copy of LOVELESS out silently reading trying to keep himself busy, he was honestly fuming about this whole thing but he was trying to calm down.
Sephiroth stood out on the cannon as was his normal spot, his back was to them all as he let the sea breeze blow over him. He honestly loved the ocean why this was his favorite VR simulation, it gave him a sense of freedom he couldn't get in Midgar.
Hearing multiple footsteps walking over the metal gangplank, his hand unconsciously tightened around the hilt of the VR Masamune. This was going to be a very very sweet beat down, no one dared to insult his big brother and get away with it.
Reaching the top of the stairs that led down to the cannon the group all froze, their eyes going wide as they spied a figure that you could never mistake even if he was facing away from them.
Long silver hair coming to mid shoulder blade that was up in a high pony tail, long black duster covering what they knew to be a bare chest, silver shoulder guards, black leather pants with black thigh high boots and held in his left hand was the full size Masamune. Its full 7 foot length catching the setting suns dying light, causing the blade to blaze a golden orange color.
"Holy fucking shit! Is that really General Sephiroth?" Drake called out his eyes almost seeming to bug from his head, his hand tightening even more on the grip of his buster sword.
Hearing his name Sephiroth turned around his glowing green eyes instantly locking on the group above them. Seeing the ashen faces at realizing exactly who they were looking at he smiled darkly and slowly started to move up towards where the rest were standing.
"So, you decided to grace us with your presence after all." He purred his deep baritone soft but carried easily up to them.
Angeal leaned up against the railing still watching the teenagers. "That is Koneko; we don't call him that because he's soft and loveable. We call him that because of his eyes."
Moving up to the stairs Sephiroth looked up at them, instantly the group could see that the feared Demon of Wutai had cat slit for pupils. Pushing himself off the generators Genesis moved over and wrapped his arms around Sephiroth his blue eyes regarding the boys darkly his cheek resting against Sephiroth's armored shoulder.
His blue eyes locked with James an evil smile crossing his lips. He started to chuckle watching the look of horror crossing the groups faces seeing not only the silver general there but the crimson commander. It was also easy to tell just by his stance that this was the man that had been laughing so hard at them when they first arrived. Turning slightly James regarded the man standing beside them, which was the real Angeal Hewley! The man was massive!
"Well, are you ever coming down? After insulting our dear friend don't think we are going to allow you to walk away so easily." Genesis purred his eyes glinting evilly.
"Come Seph, we agreed you would be the last to battle so you could really play with him." Nodding Sephiroth glared darkly at the group before moving away.
"Go on." Angeal motioned for them to go down. Swallowing hard the group of now trembling five moved down onto the small deck that served as the base of the cannon.
"Your..You're the real 1st class, what the hell are you doing here?" James stuttered positively shaking as he was looking at his idol. He had always looked up to Genesis Rhapsodos since he had first heard of the crimson commander during the Wutai wars.
"Birthday party." Cloud said leaning up against the small generators, his eyes hard as they looked at the group. "It's Sephiroth's 21st birthday today, since we wanted to have fun with our friends from the Department of Administrative research that we can't have in Shinra we came here to challenge them." Zack said moving to stand next to Cloud, his arms folded behind his head as was his normal position. You could see his buster sword similar to Angeal's strapped to his back, that sword had been a birthday present from the others once he made 1st and was allowed to carry his own weapon.
"21st? General Sephiroth is only 21 years old?" The group all stared at the Demon of Wutai. Sephiroth tilted his head to the side slightly regarding them. "Is there a problem with my age?"
"You're so young.. you're my age." Their 'Angeal 'said, he honestly could not believe he and the general were the same age.
"You do realize your counterpart is the oldest at only twenty three, Cloud is the youngest at seventeen." Zack was bouncing on the balls of his feet in front of the group.
"The Turks.. that wasn't just a name they choose for themselves…" James said in horror as the rest of Zack's statement clicked on in his head.
Genesis grinned darkly seeing his counterpart actually had a brain in that head of his. "That man you insulted was Tseng the Director of the Turks." Genesis couldn't help but smile bigger as he watched all five lose every ounce of color in their faces. "All five men in that group are Turks including Sephiroth's father who is also an immigrant from Wutai, should be thankful that they were able to restrain Reno."
James rounded on his friend furious, "You god damn idiot you possibly just killed us all!" it was well known that those that crossed Turks just disappeared, and these weren't just any Turks but the leader and if Genesis was right Sephiroth's father. This also meant in the long run they had insulted Sephiroth.
James didn't have to ask which of them was his father; he could remember seeing him hanging on the man with black hair and unnatural crimson eyes.
"SGE vs SOLDIER START!"
Hearing the AI voice Cloud smirked and moved up so that he was standing on the barrel of the cannon. Turning back to the group he pointed to his counterpart and motioned for him to come. "You all wanted a one on one, so you will be fighting your likeness." Zack grinned and moved to sit on the generators, Genesis following and taking his normal seat towards the left side. Angeal came to stand next to him with Sephiroth moving to sit on the other side of Zack, Masamune leaning up against the pipe next to him.
Swallowing hard the young blond that was Cloud slowly moved past the group, the VR First Tsurugi held tightly in his right hand. He was never so grateful for the gloves he was forced to wear with the outfit as his hands were sweating like hell. This was both a dream come true and a nightmare from hell, he always dreamed of meeting the real 1st class, but not with them wanting all their blood because of Andrew's arrogance.
Moving up to stand in front of the real Cloud Strife he couldn't help but feel his blood go cold as he watched the seventeen year old withdraw First Tsurugi from the harness on his back easily. He never used the harness because he couldn't manage to pull the sword from it and he found it cumbersome in battle.
Pulling his sword forward Cloud hit the release and pulled the two side blades off and placed them in their respected holsters, he preferred fighting with just the main blade as it was lighter and he didn't want the added weight since this was a normal teenager.
He looked up as he pulled off the top two blades and holstered them before pulling off the hollow bottom blade and grasped it in his left hand, the main blade held firmly in his right. He smirked seeing the look of shock on his counterparts face.
"It comes apart?" Cloud nodded dropping down into a fighting stance. "It's a fusion sword comprised of six blades."
Not giving the boy any other explanation Cloud charged forward. Bringing his blade down he smiled seeing the boy had brought his up to block the attack, so it would seem they had some skill with a blade. Granted he was far from fighting at his fastest or his hardest.
Blanking his face Cloud pushed the other boy back and reattached the second blade to the first. He wouldn't be able to dual wield with the boy without seriously hurting him. Twisting around he brought the blade up in an upward swipe, the boy leapt back avoiding the attack. Not giving him a chance to come in for an attack Cloud jumped up and over him aiming an attack for his back.
The boy whipped around his blade just managing to catch Clouds before it delivered a fatal blow to his back.
Seeing this boy had some skills Cloud upped the level a little, pushing with a little more of his strength he watched the boy's arm start to shake with the strain of trying to keep Cloud at bay. Leaping back Cloud shot towards him once more, gulping the boy raised his blade to try for his first strike.
"Rookie mistake." Angeal said watching as the boy made a fatal mistake that Cloud took full advantage of his. He ducked under the blade and brought his own across the boys' chest in a fatal strike.
Instantly the boy fell to the ground the paralyzing materia kicking in.
Placing the main blade into its harness Cloud reached down easily picking the young boy up in his arms and carried him back towards where the others were. This wasn't the boy that had insulted Tseng so he was not going to be nasty and leave him out there to get trampled by the hyper active puppy during his battle.
"How long does the materia last?" Angeal asked the group that was standing a little bit away from them.
Drake looked over seeing Cloud laid his counterpart up against one of the pipes. "About 2 minutes." He could tell just by the movements Cloud had been holding way back during that fight. He swallowed nervously as the real Zack bounced up to the base of the cannon.
He had heard that Zack Fair was a very unusual SOLDIER, always hyper and happy but was just as deadly a warrior as the rest.
"You ready?" he asked smiling brightly at the man that was his doppelganger. Reaching behind him Zack pulled his buster sword off his back as if it weighed nothing though they had reset it to its original 160 pound weight. "Pretty sad we had to actually have them return these swords to their actual weight; I tried pulling the first one off my back and about threw it into the ocean." Bright smile still on his face Zack started to twirl the blade as if it were merely a feather and not 160 lbs of solid steel.
"Zackary.."
Stopping Zack looked back at his mentor and second father. "Remember what I told you." Smiling Zack nodded his black spikes bouncing. Raising his sword in front of his face it was a silent prayer that most SOLDIER did his eyes closing, "Embrace your dreams, and protect your honor as SOLDIER." He chanted before lowering his sword. "Don't worry Angeal; I don't think any of us will ever forget."
Genesis snorted and looked over to his childhood friend. "He drills it into our heads more often than Genesis does LOVELESS." Cloud said, he ducked in behind Sephiroth as he got a glare from both his lover and friend.
"Come on Angeal, you've even lectured Sephiroth before." Zack said bouncing on his feet. Sephiroth scoffed at this still sitting up on the generator. "An hour Angeal..you lectured me for an hour cause I wiped the VR room floor with Genesis."
Angeal frowned and leaned out slightly to look at Sephiroth. "You were the General, we we're only 2nd class, you should know better."
"I was 16…"
"You were still the General."
Laughing Cloud leaned over Sephiroth to Genesis. "What did you do to piss him off so bad?"
Scoffing Genesis looked away but remained tight lipped, he was not exactly proud of that one. "He kept insisting that this little 5'8" sixteen year old wasn't the general and great warrior of Wutai. After a few months of him stating that I went in and proved to him why I was the General."
"In other words you kicked his butt." Zack said bouncing all the more on his feet, he looked like a spring pulled to tight and was ready to explode. Smirking Cloud stood up and moved in between Sephiroth and genesis. "Zack.."
Seeing what Cloud was doing Zack smirked and hunkered down low putting as much power as he could into his legs. This was a game between the two of them when they were really bored during training exercises.
Leaping off the generators Cloud landed a few inches in front of Zack hard enough to dent the metal. The minute Cloud hit Zack launched up into the air as hard as he could somersaulting backwards through the air. He heard Genesis make a spring type sound causing the other to laugh loudly.
Hitting the cannon he slid to a stop just shy of skidding off the end. Wind milling his arms Zack managed to keep from falling off the edge of the barrel and smirked at the group who was all laughing.
"Come on kid!" he called out to his counterpart.
Zack's battle was almost over before it began, Drake right off the bat made a fatal mistake that Zack took full advantage of.
"Opps.." Zack threw the big teen over his shoulder and wandered back to the group, he set his counterpart next to the slowly moving wannabe Cloud. "Well so much for a long battle, Spiky we're gonna have to take a turn." Zack called out to Cloud.
Looking up from where he was putting First Tsurugi back together he smiled and nodded, "We haven't spared in a few weeks."
Angeal's fight was almost no better than Zack's. The boy that was portraying Angeal was no match for his massive strength and had fallen with in the first few strikes even though Angeal was holding back greatly.
Pushing himself up and off the generators Genesis pushed his hair behind his ear, his mako blue eyes landing on his black haired counterpart.
"Genesis.. no materia."
Rolling his eyes skyward Genesis moved out onto the mako cannon. "Of course Angeal, give me some credit I know I am not battling Sephiroth."
He smirked as he turned to face his shaking opponent, of course he wouldn't use his materia spell, but Angeal didn't say he couldn't charge up his sword. He knew it would do little since this was a VR sword but it would sure as hell look cool and he loved to show off.
Raising Rapier in a silent prayer he brought it down horizontal to his face and quickly ran his hand along the blade. Instantly ancient runic flared across the blade causing the red sword the glow brightly.
Letting his sword hang at his side Genesis raised one of his hands in his normally over dramatic way.
"My friend the fates are cruel. There are no dream, no honor remains. The arrow has left the bow of the goddess." He looked over to his counterpart arm still up slightly. "Do you know where that is from?"
Still shaking James shook his head, he knew it had to be loveless but he didn't know what act.
Shaking his head Genesis charged forward swinging Rapier down in a graceful arc. Shaking James raised his sword just in time to block the glowing sword.
Gasping he gripped the sword with both hands as the sheer power in that blow sent shock waves of pain through his arms and shoulders. Feeling power wash over him he felt the very metal buckling under him, looking up he saw the almost manic look in Genesis brightly glowing eyes.
Smirking arrogantly Genesis pushed off leaping back, landing several feet away. "You would think portraying me you would learn even the simplest of LOVELESS acts."
Already panting James looked down at the massive crater in the metal that first attack had created. 'holy shit!' looking up he couldn't help the squeak as he raised his blade in time to counter Genesis next attack.
"You're fast." Genesis said whipping around for another attack. "But you're not fast enough." Jumping back his switched his grip on Rapier and leapt back up into the air, pulling his arms in close to his body he started to spin. Reaching James he lashed out catching the startled boy across the head.
Instantly the boy dropped to the ground, he wouldn't be injured thanks to the VR sword but the materia kicked in showing it had been a killing blow.
"Tseng was right; these boys really aren't a challenge, even holding way back." Cloud muttered watching Genesis grabbing the back of the boys red duster and dragging him back to the group.
"No they aren't which is a shame." Zack sighed leaning up against one of the pipes. He looked over seeing Sephiroth was moving out onto the cannon barrel, the wind playing with his silver hair.
The group looked over to Andrew who looked like he was about ready to pass out, that arrogant smirk had disappeared after his 'Zack' had fallen in a single blow. No these boys thought they were hot shit but when paired up against the real things they fell faster than most green cadets.
Swallowing hard Andrew drew his much shorter Masamune and moved to stand in front of the great general.
Turning slowly Sephiroth allowed his eyes to travel over the boy that dared to wear his uniform.
"I assure you, this battle will not be quick." Oh no this battle was going to be drawn out, he had dared to insult his brother on his birthday. No this little boy was going to pay and he was going to embarrass the hell out of him in front of all those that revered him.
"Tseng is a man I look up to and consider my big brother; you insulted him in front of his subordinates and my father. You disgust me and dishonor that uniform you wear, after this I will make sure you never wear it again."
Narrowing his eyes he lifted his sword and swung it down in front as an obvious sign this battle was on.
Shifting the position of his blade he raced forward, getting within ten feet of the boy he dragged the edge of Masamune along the cannon, he felt the blade slice into the metal as if it were butter. Sparks and flames shot up around the blade as he pulled it free and up into an upwards slash.
Horror filled Andrews's eyes as he watched the massive blade cut through the solid metal as if it was paper and swipe up towards him. Leaping back he felt the breeze as the sword just barely missed his face, the sword seemed to sing as it moved through the air.
Jumping back again he raised his blade catching the massive sword inches from taking his head off. Shoving with all his strength he knew he had to get within the strike range of the sword and take Sephiroth down first.
Ducking under the next swing of the sword he raced forward aiming to slash at the unprotected chest. Raising the sword to slash he blinked shocked as the man launched up into the air, the force of his leap causing a dent in the metal under him.
Slamming on the breaks Andrew looked up his green eyes widening seeing Sephiroth now a good 20 feet up in the air above him. Smirking darkly Sephiroth raised the blade in front of his right shoulder, the whole blade glowing bright blue.
Swiping the blade downwards he watched as light shot down and ripped through the cannon several feet in front of the boy. He had intentionally missed, wanting to rattle the boy like he knew it would.
Andrew's eyes widened in absolute horror as he watched the massive beam slice through the cannon barrel as if it was nothing, leaping back he dodge three more strikes ripping through the barrel.
Panting hard he watched Sephiroth land gently on the edge of the piece that was falling towards the ocean. The man has a small smug smile on his face as he disappeared under the remaining barrel.
Andrew had barely regained his breath thinking he has won when the metal in front of him exploded as the massive sword cut through it. Jumping from the flaming metal Sephiroth landed in front of him smirk still firmly in place.
Figuring it was time to end this Sephiroth charge forward his blade cutting through the massive cannon as if it were not feet thick metal. Andrew actually screamed and scrambled backwards watching as the blade slashed through the metal sending it to the ocean bellow.
"We're done." Turning to run for his life Andrew barely had time to register that Sephiroth seemed to materialize in front of him from thin air when he saw the massive blade ripping across his chest.
He hit the ground hard the materia in his jumpsuit flaring to life signaling he had just been killed for the first time. Panting hard he registered the leather boots moving into his field of vision and could just make out the massive silver blade.
"Be grateful this is a simulation, insulting my big brother like you did.. I would have no problem taking your head." The words were dark and the voice spiteful, he wished he could move if nothing else just to get away from the silver demon above him. "Pray I never see your face again."
A second pair of boots appeared in his vision these larger and obviously general issue SOLDIER. "Sephiroth, let it go. You made your point." It was Angeal by the voice, he felt massive arms wrapping around his torso and he was lifted onto a pauldron adorn shoulder.
"So we're stuck in here for another several minutes?" Cloud asked watching as Angeal laid the snot nosed brat up against next to his friends, most of them were already free of the materias affect and were watching them with wide eyes. They knew Sephiroth was strong but they had never believed he was that strong.
"That is what I understand from the rules, the General battles runs longer since they are supposed to be the top so we still have ten minutes until they unlock the doors." Angeal shrugged leaning back against the generators.
Grinning Zack pulled his buster sword from his back and leveled it as Cloud. "Come on chocobo head!"
Growling Cloud pulled the fully assembled First Tsurugi from his harness, "You're going down puppy!" Though he was growling Cloud was grinning brightly.
Gripping the handle of First Tsurugi tightly Cloud rushed forward, pulling on his SOLDIER speed to carry him across the short distance to where Zack stood. Bringing his blade up he smiled brightly feeling the massive blade of Zack's buster sword connect with his own, feeling the power behind the massive blade.
Using his superior physical strength Zack shoved the smaller boy back several feet. Sliding back Cloud managed to slow himself down before he hit the area the others were standing, grinning brightly his muscles tingling with the thrill of a good battle he leapt up into the air. Somersaulting he slammed his sword into the mako cannon three blades of energy tearing through the metal right for Zack.
Recognizing the attack Zack leapt high up into the air avoiding it, twisting around he raised his blade just in time to block an attack aimed for his head. One thing about Cloud he was a quick little fucker!
Sharing a look Sephiroth and Genesis grinned before racing out across the mako cannon. Reaching the spot directly under the two that were battling with fast strikes about good forty feet above them the two launched up into the air their superior strength propelling the two up into the air easily.
Hearing the distinctive sound of Masamune cutting through the air Cloud twisted in the air his blade catching the thin blade inches from his head. Meeting those smirking green eyes he couldn't help but return the smirk, battling Sephiroth was a thrill all on its own, both on the field and in the bed.
Feeling power to his back he shoved Sephiroth away quickly unlatching one of the side blades and tossed it up into the air. Reaching out he grabbed the blade and brought it back behind him catching the powered up Rapier before it dug into his neck.
Smirking he spun around quickly forcing Genesis away from him in turn pushing himself away from the two older 1st. twisting around his feet hit the mako cannon sending him sliding back towards Angeal, digging his blades into the cannon he managed to slow himself down before he slammed into the generators.
Ripping his blades from the steel he shot forward meeting Genesis as he landed on the cannon.
Smirking Genesis saw his feisty little blond out of the corner of his eyes, hitting the ground he raised his blade easily catching the larger fusion blade. "You're getting faster." Putting pressure into the blade he shoved Cloud away.. "Good, maybe I will best you one day."
Feeling the wind at his back Genesis whirled around catching Masamune and shoving the blade away. Zack leapt over the battling two his buster aimed right for his little chocobo.
"MATCH END! Winners SGE."
The VR room flickered causing the simulation to disappear, returning it once more to the cricket boarded room. Landing Zack watched as the room vanished returning to the walled grid.
"I guess that's one way of telling us our match is over." Zack said laughing, bouncing over he threw an arm around Cloud's shoulder.
"Come on spiky we need to go bug Tseng to take us out for something to eat, I'm famished!" Laughing Cloud pushed the older 1st away, "you're always famished, Zack. I swear you're a bottomless pit!"
Grabbing his chest Zack put on a hurt face and fell dramatically to the floor. "Cloud! You wound me!" he made an oomph sound as Genesis sat down on top of him. "Genesis get your fat ass off me!" smirking Genesis bounced slightly on his stomach. "My ass is not fat, if you are going to comment on it I will only take beautiful and thin."
The group all laughed Cloud and Sephiroth sharing a look. Moving over to his lover Sephiroth held his hands out for the older man. "Come on Gen; bring that beautiful ass up here."
Seeing the offered hands Genesis smiled and took them pulling himself up and into Sephiroth's arms his own snaking around the man's neck. Completely forgetting that they were on camera and that five teenagers were in the room he reached up kissing him deeply.
The group of five teenagers felt their jaw's drop, were they honestly seeing this?
Pushing himself up Zack walked by rolling his eyes, "Alright you two, break the lip lock I want food!" breaking apart the two looked at him both smirking impishly. "Jealous Fair?" Genesis purred his arms still wrapped tightly around his lover.
Zack snorted moving towards the VR door where Angeal and Cloud were waiting. "Hardly, my bed partner better have breast."
Genesis chuckled and rolled his eyes moving towards the door, never once giving the shell shocked teens a glance. "Breast are over rated."
Moving through the door they found the entrance packed with people. "Should have seen this coming." Cloud groaned seeing they were going to have to fight their way through to get to Tseng.
"Leave this to me." Sephiroth moved through the group so that he was standing in front of them, as he moved the playful side seemed to disappear as his SOLDIER mask slipped over his face blanking out all emotions. His eyes were nothing more than mako green pools of ice as he regarded those in front of the door, his whole aura screamed you will move or you will pay with your life.
Instantly people started to scramble away from the VR door giving them a wide walkway. Smirking mentally Sephiroth swept out, his strides long and sure. This was the man everyone knew from news broadcasting and those rare appearances he made out on the plate with the president. His very aura screamed I am the General and you will obey me!
Throwing his hair back away from his face Genesis followed on his lovers' heel, his movements' fluid almost to the point of arrogance. He was really playing up the looks he was getting, unlike his lover who would prefer to vanish into the shadows he loved being in the limelight.
Shaking his head Angeal looked down at the two that were still by his side. Cloud rolled his eyes; he was just like Sephiroth with not really liking to be the center of attention.
Shrugging Zack bounced off following the two his black spikes bouncing as he moved, boy had way too much energy.
Standing up from his chair Tseng smiled seeing his 'avenging angels' as Reno had dubbed them moving towards him. He had just gotten back from buying the video of both their groups battles, you think he was going to pass that up?
No he had been grinning from ear to ear the entire fight, he had laughed the loudest at the look of absolute horror that had passed over Andrew's face when he saw the blades ripping towards him through the air and then Sephiroth slashing through the metal like it was nothing.
Reno had been standing up on his chair shouting out the entire time for Sephiroth to kick that scrawny sob's ass! Even silent Rude he shouted out when Sephiroth struck the little brat ending the match.
Not able to keep the large smile off his face he moved over and pulled his little brother into his arms hugging him tightly. Not caring that people were watching them Sephiroth wrapped his arms around Tseng holding him tightly, "No one will be allowed to dishonor you like that again." He felt the arms tighten around him more. He knew that Tseng always felt guilty about turning his back on his family and country to come to try and fulfill a failed dream. The man though surrounded by Turks that respected him and SOLDIERs that respected and feared him, had been alone for so long as not many from his country came to live in Midgar.
Sephiroth was the only one for the longest time that was until he had brought a beautiful young 20 year old red head into his apartment for the first time. At that point his life had begun to fill with people he was willing to give everything up to protect.
Pulling back from Sephiroth he smiled seeing five of them standing in front of him. "I think they will think twice before ever talking back to any of us again." Zack said pumping his fist. Laughing Tseng nodded, turning slightly he saw the screen flash all showing a still picture of the five 1st class SOLDIER.
First General battle won – Team SGE
Under each person their names appeared, seeing one in particular had the entire group blinking in shock. No one was more shocked then a certain undead Ex-Turk, crimson eyes widening from where he was standing at the back of the group as they swept over the words under the Silver General.
Sephiroth C. Valentine
Feeling his heart was now somewhere up in his throat Vincent looked over catching the grinning eyes of his only child. Pulling away from the group Sephiroth moved over and wrapped his arms around his father, "Don't look so shocked dad, isn't it normal for the son to carry on his father's name?"
Blinking back the moister he could feel building in his eyes Vincent nodded a small smile playing on his face. "Of course son." Reaching up he gently brushed some of that silver hair back behind an ear, he had to wonder if it were not for the Jenova cells who Sephiroth would have looked more like in terms of colorings.
Shaking that thought from his head Vincent gently pulled away as the others moved up to them. "Seph, you fucking missed it yo!" Reno moved over and slung an arm over his shoulder grinning up at him. Raising a silver brow Sephiroth regarded the Young Turk hanging on him. "Oh and what did I miss?"
Reno grinned widely at this and moved away so he could look at them all. "You know that we can hear everything that is said cause of the microphones in the suits. Well when you guys said Tseng was the director of the Turks and we were all Turks as well everyone within a fifteen food radius of us turned to stare at us before they just started shoving each other to get away from us. No one would come near us yo."
The group of five SOLDIER burst out laughing, "Seriously?" Genesis asked hiding his laughter behind his hand. Cissnei giggled nodding sending her brown hair bouncing around her, several boys around them all stared with little hearts in their eyes.
Throwing her hair over her shoulder she sighed and turned to look at the boys that were all staring at her. "Unless you can shoot a gil from the air and wear a black suit, don't even try." Moving over Reno wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her in tight. "Get lost you damn horn dogs!"
Reaching out Zack hooked an arm with Reno's, his arm shot out and grabbed Genesis arm hooking it around his own. "Come on!" pulling them in tight he started to pull them towards the locker rooms.
"Where are you lot going" Tseng asked a brow raised. Stopping dead in their tracks the three men turned and looked back at Tseng, weren't they done?
ATTENTION VR PARTICIPANTS, A SPECIAL MATCH HAS BEEN ARRANGED. TURKS VS SGE, A BATTLE TO UPHOLD THEIR RESPECTIVE BRANCHS HONOR AS SHINRA ELIET. TEAMS PLEASE PROCEEDED TO VR ROOM 4
There was a cheshire cat grin spreading across Tseng's face, his black eyes sparkling with the thrill of a good challenge. "Turks, head back to VR machine for your own change and weapons." Laughing loudly Reno pulled away from Zack and raced over to the VR machines. Everyone moved away from the machines not wanting to get in the way of the team knowing these were real live Turks.
Punching in his number Reno watched as the SOLDIER uniform he was wearing changed to his normal Turk uniform; un-tucked shirt and all. Reaching into his belt he pulled out his beloved EMR; even though it was simply a simulation version of it there was almost no difference. Flicking his wrist he extended the EMR watching as electricity sparked across the probes at the tip. Hearing chuckling next to him Reno smiled brightly at his long time partner.
"Rude.. lookin sharp!"
Smiling just slightly Rude readjusted his gloves, his normal dark sun glasses hiding his eyes. Reaching back he checked his own belt to make sure that his own EMR was there. Just like Reno he had one though only used it when his fist were no longer an option, like with dealing with SOLDIER.
Typing in his number Tseng smiled seeing the familiar black uniform covering his body and felt the comforting weight of one .45 on his hip the other under his left arm. Straightening out his uniform Tseng moved up to face Sephiroth, his face once more blanked completely of any emotion.
"General." His voice has lost all emotion as well leaving it a monotone drawl.
Allowing his face to blank out Sephiroth unconsciously straightened his back going rigid; Tseng always made him nervous when he went full out Turk, you never knew what he was thinking and it was almost impossible to read anything from the lead assassin.
"Director." He gave a curt emotionless response, both men falling into the respective roles.
"Let's make this an honorable fight; each of our groups will play to our respective strength. Let the best man win."
Sephiroth nodded and headed off towards the VR room where everyone was already waiting. Moving past his father he couldn't help but stop and look the man over; Vincent stood leaning against the wall his eyes closed and arms folded across his chest. He was dressed in the standard black Turk uniform, he really did fit that uniform; it just seemed to fit his personality so well.
Crimson eyes slowly opened and leveled him with pure ice, just like the others Vincent had slipped back into the old Turk mindset for this battle. None of them could look at each other as friends / family, emotions had to be detached until the end of the battle.
Drawing back slightly Sephiroth turned to enter the VR room; seeing that look in his father's eyes was disturbing to say the least, granted the man wasn't exactly mister personality to begin with but seeing those cold frozen eyes sent a shiver of dread down in his spine.
He knew from personal experience that Cissnei, Reno and Rude would be easy to dispatch; they were competent fighters but didn't have the strength or skill to take on 1st class SOLDIER. The real battle was going to come in the two cold blooded assassins that favored guns, Tseng he knew personally would have no problem knocking you down and shooting you execution style. His father was the next to be worried about, he was enhanced just like they were and he was deadly accurate with his gun and he could seem to meld right into the shadows.
Stepping into the VR room he almost cussed out loud, fair fight his ass! Growling lowly Sephiroth moved to where his group of SOLDIER stood in a dark alley way of Midgar sector 8.
"I thought Tseng said he wanted a fair fight." Genesis growled, it was common knowledge that sector 8 was Turk territory. The group trained all their newest recruits in this sector, aka they would know it like the back of their hands.
"How are we gonna do this Sephiroth?" Cloud asked his senses trained for the slightest movement from around them.
"We're gonna play them at their own game, we're been around them long enough I don't know about you lot but I've picked up on their habits." Sephiroth laid his sword up against the side of the building. Reaching up he unbuckled his pauldrons and threw them into the nearest garbage can, pulling his jacket from his body he looked it over before holding it out between his hands. "Genesis cut in between my hands." Confused to what the hell his lover was doing Genesis quickly cut through the thick leather, thankfully this was just simulation leather he would never dare dream of doing this to the real thing.
Throwing the lower half of the jacket away Sephiroth put his jacket back on, it now only hung till about the tops of his thighs. Quickly Sephiroth buckled up the remaining straps sealing off as much of his chest as he could.
"Genesis ditch the coat, they are going to be looking for our uniforms; we both stick out like sore thumbs." Looking down at his crimson jacket Genesis nodded understanding what Sephiroth was saying. Quickly he pulled the crimson leather off and threw it into one of the trash bins, if this had been anything but a simulation he would have never gotten rid of his beloved jacket.
"They are going to be split up which we need to do the same, except Reno and Rude we know those two are always side by side. If we huddle together that will just make us easier targets, we need to eliminate them before they get to us. Angeal go after Rude, you are both fist fighters and the strongest physically; Cloud, go after my father he won't be expecting you and your limber and fast enough to dodge his bullets and keep up with him."
Nodding Cloud pulled his bandana out once more and tied it around his head hiding his trademark blond spikes, that would be the first thing to give him away in this simulation.
"Genesis, go after Cissnei your fast enough to avoid her weapon and last I checked you didn't have the honor code about attacking women." Genesis smirked and flipped his hair back, "She's not a woman she's a Turk." Chuckling Sephiroth nodded turning to Zack. "Take Reno, you know how the slum rat moves and his fighting style. I'll go after big brother, I know him the best and how he fights. If you eliminate your target go off and try and assist one of the others.. go spread out, we may not fight regularly in sector 8 but we know Midgar well enough.. remember Turks are pure stealth..except in Reno's case he is just pure idiot. Watch the roofs and if you can try and get up there."
The group nodded and started to take off in different directions, Cloud and Genesis both ascending a fire escape next to them knowing both Vincent and Cissnei would prefer to be up high.
BATTLE TURKS VS SGE BEGIN!
Taking a deep breath Sephiroth took off down the alley way away from the center, not one of them were stupid enough to head towards the center of the section. This was going to take a whole new battle plan then what they were used to, these weren't rebels or Wutai troops, there were Turks; deadly assassins.
Leaping across one of the roofs Cloud stopped feeling the air shifting around him. Hunkering down behind a mako generator he listened allowing his enhanced senses to pick up the noises from the surrounding buildings.
'THERE!' nearly silent footsteps could be heard moving along the same roof he was on. They were soft and calculating each step carefully placed with enough pressure to not displace any loose material on the roof; they would have been completely silent if not for clouds over enhanced hearing. Genesis and Sephiroth got enhanced eye sight beyond any of them, Cloud got the hearing. Shifting slightly Cloud silently unhooked one of the side blades from First Tsurugi, the entire time thanking the goddess that the VR sword didn't squeak like the real one had a tendency to do.
Tilting out slightly he peeked out just enough to see around the mako generator, 'oh holy fuck..' Tseng was kneeling down behind the edge of the roof, both .45 in hand. He was ducked down just enough he was hardly visible, thankfully for Cloud his back was to him as he was watching the ground bellow.
Oh he was so going to die! Watching the Turk Director he smirked, yeah he was going to die but he was going to take Tseng by surprise first. Still keeping the director in his line of sight he shifted his position so he was on his feet once more. This little move was going to take split second timing but if it worked he could possibly take the Director down, oh he was gonna have to kiss Reno if he pulled this off.
Making sure to keep low and keep his footsteps silent he snuck back behind a mako pipe. Peeking over the top of it he saw Tseng had his complete focus on something across the main square, no doubt he was probably seeing his own Turk or one of them. 'Thank you sweet gaia' raising the small blade Cloud let it fly right for the Director, ducking down the second he threw it he ran to the side of the building leaping off he grabbed hold of the smaller pipe and slid down till he caught the ledge of the window and quickly grabbed onto it pulling himself up and flattening himself against the window hiding under the ledge of the roof.
Hearing metal sailing towards him Tseng leapt back seconds before being impaled by a sword. Sliding on the ground he quickly turned .45 raised in the direction the blade had come from, quickly he glanced up into the air pistols rising with him. SOLDIER tended to favor aerial attacks since their enhanced bodies allowed them to jump extreme heights and land with no real punishment to their bodies.
Keeping his pounding heart in check he ducked down behind a second mako generator his ears listening for any movement. Glancing at the blade that nearly cut him in half he swore quietly, that was one of First Tsurugi blades; that meant he and Cloud were on the same roof.
That was not who he was aiming for, his target had been Genesis. Vincent had wanted his son, said something about testing his true skills. They had argued that it would be best that Tseng remove him since having Vincent going after him might cause the boy un-needed stress at having a parent attacking him; but Vincent had assured them that Sephiroth knew this was all in good fun.
Genesis was the next biggest issue; he was fast, agile and ruthless so Tseng had taken him knowing frankly that none of his other Turks were fast enough to take on the fire faving SOLDIER. Cissnei had been sent after Angeal because Angeal would not touch a woman; as Tseng told Sephiroth, they would play up to their strength and the Turks fought dirty!
'Well this just threw a nice monkey wrench into the system' Cloud was still untested as a 1st class, as a 2nd class the boy had been remarkable in speed and swordsmanship and was a powerful materia wielder. That power with the boost in mako and the new "J" cells would make him even more formidable. There was actually talk among the Turks that Cloud may be the one to finally knock Sephiroth down from his throne as top SOLDIER.
Taking a deep steady breath Tseng slowly moved out keeping low he followed the generators back towards the direction Cloud's sword and flown from. Clearing the roof he looked around confusion starting to flood his brain, how the hell had Cloud gotten away without being heard. Moving over to the side of the building he looked out not seeing head or tail or the blond 1st. that's when he felt it, the hair on the back of his neck standing on end, stepping back he had barely moved an inch when the massive main blade of First Tsurugi shot up only a inch from his face from down bellow. Leaping backwards he watched as First Tsurugi arced in the air and embedded its self in the roof several feet away from where he was standing.
Two hands suddenly grabbed him from behind shoving him hard into the ventilation shaft; one hand grabbed his left arm hard pulling it back behind him and up pulling on the AC joint painfully. His grip was loosened making the colt .45 easy to wrench from his fingers. He heard more then saw the pistol being thrown off the roof of the building. "Throw the other one off the building." Cloud's voice was deep and dark; he pulled on the arm knowing it would hurt the Turk. He knew from the moment they saw the layout the Turks were going to be fighting dirty so he would to, fuck SOLDIER honor.. there was no SOLDIER honor when dealing with Turks.
Gritting his teeth against the painful pulling of the joint Tseng tossed his Remington .45 off the building, there was one thing this little blond did not know; guns were his long distance resort only. Taking a deep breath knowing this was going to hurt like hell, Tseng threw himself back intentionally dislocating his shoulder allowing him freedom of movement. Ignoring the sickening crack of the bone dislocating he kicked up as hard as he could his toe connecting with the short mans forehead. Tseng could almost be classified as a contortionist with how limber he was, he didn't flaunt it like some people but he made sure he was limber enough to get out of any situation.
Not expecting to get kicked when had Tseng's back to him Cloud let go and stumbled back his hands letting go of Tseng's arm.
Feeling the grip loosened Tseng leapt forward putting his back against the air vent, already panting in a combination of pain and adrenaline he shoved against the air ducked as hard as he could pushing his shoulder back into its socket. 'oh sweet Leviathan that never gets any better!' he hated having to pop dislocated joints back into place, they hurt like hell! 'thank the gods for potions.'
Dropping down into a fighting position Cloud watched the Turk warily seeing no hint of the pain he must have been feeling in those black eyes. Those eyes were simply watching him, cold and calculating.
Adrenaline was pumping through Tseng's veins; it had been years since he had an opponent worth his attention. He wanted to ask how Cloud had simply vanished like that but it would wait until after this was done and the Turks had declared victory.
He knew SOLDIER liked to bait their opponents, knowing it unnerved them and pissed them off; he fought differently, Tseng remained silent letting his pray unnerve themselves.
He carefully studied the blonds' movements, the adrenalin and mako fueled muscles twitching. His breathing was calm and steady, heart beat elevated due to the adrenalin, eyes slightly dilated for the same reason. Cloud was dangerous at this point, his enhancements even more enhanced in his excitement.
Taking a step he watched as Cloud simply seemed to vanish; feeling displacement of air behind him Tseng whirled around his arm deflecting a punch aimed for his face. The little blond was fast! It was going to take all his years of martial arts training to put the blond down for the count.
Cloud would have to thank Angeal for the months of hand to hand combat training as it was taking everything he had to keep the Turk on the defensive.
This was a battle unlike any he had fought; where Angeal was brute strength and Kunsel was all about the fancy moves Tseng was fluid and precise. His attacks lightning fast and fluid, Cloud could almost compare the man to a serpent. Hissing in pain Cloud leapt back his left arm numb, Tseng had delivered a well aimed jab with two fingers right into a pressure point causing Cloud's arm to go instantly numb. Growling slightly Cloud kicked out causing the man to jump back away from the attack, allowing the SOLDIER the precious time he needed for the mako in his body to fix whatever the hell the Turk did.
Sliding back on the rooftop Tseng regarded his situation, his pressure attacks were worthless against a 1st class, the mako in their body healing the shot nerves quicker then he could deliver the blows. No he had to get a quick kill in; Cloud was too quick and agile using his small size to his advantage. Looking to his arm really fast Tseng knew what he had to do. 'Don't take this personal Cloud..'
Rushing forward he hit his knee's sliding under a well aimed punch and quickly stood up his body pressed in against the younger boys. Grabbing hold of his shirt Tseng tilted his left hand back and twitching it releasing the locking mechanism on a spring loaded dagger hidden in the sleeve of his long leather glove. Just like the rest it was a VR blade so would not actually hurt the boy but would activate the materia in their suits.
Grunting Cloud felt the materia kicking into effect, looking down he saw the hidden blade sticking out of the Turks glove. Knowing he only had a second before the materia took effect completely Cloud reached into the fabric hanging off his side and faster than Tseng could see pulled out a hidden dagger no one not even Sephiroth knew was kept there and thrust it into the Turks back knowing it was a killing blow.
Gasping Tseng crumpled to the ground instantly paralyzed, a now completely paralyzed Cloud laying over the top of him his face lying against his neck. He couldn't move his head but he could see the small dagger glinting in the artificial lights of the VR room a few feet from his face still clutched in Cloud's hand. The bracer on his wrist showed SOLDIER: 4, Turks: 3.
Oh he was impressed now; if this little blond hadn't already been snatched up by SOLDIER he would be snatching him up for the Turks in a heartbeat.
Tilting his eyes as that was the only thing he could move he looked at the little blond laid across him; he was greeted with brilliant mako blue eyes sparkling with enjoyment. He was hoping his eyes were portraying the same feeling; this had been a hell of a thrill his blood was on fire. Looks like he would have to challenge the blond a little more often.
Panting hard he closed his eyes trying to ignore the warm breath ghosting over his sensitive neck every time the young blond breathed in and out. 'one minute, thirty nine seconds to go…'
Laying Cissnei against the side of the nearest building Genesis smirked seeing the dark glare in her eyes. "Sorry doll, Sephiroth knew they would sick you on Angeal cause he won't touch a woman, I don't hold the same restraint." Patting her head knowing she was going to castrate him as soon as this was over but he was having too much fun.
She had been an easy kill; he had been able to sneak up behind her thanks to her full attention being on the larger 1st class bellow her. Having taken to the roof Genesis had been above her hiding spot on a balcony of a building. With her attention completely on Angeal Genesis had been able to leap off the roof and drive his blade through her back before she even realized he was there.
Twisting his blade in his hand Genesis set it back against his back felling the magnet catching pulling the blade in close and locking it in place. Checking his bracer he cursed slightly, two Turks were down but so was one of their SOLDIER. "Well you can be proud, one of your Turks took down one of the SOLDIER." He said to Cissnei as he surveyed the VR realm his senses trained out listening for his fellow SOLDIER. Why did he have a feeling it was Zack that was the first taken out, he was too impulsive at times.
Hearing quick footsteps Genesis pressed himself back against the building, shifting his eyes upwards he watched as Reno leapt off the roof of the third story building next to them. Hitting the ground his legs curled up under him forcing him to roll with the force of the landing and was instantly right back on his feet sprinting across the main square.
Zack leapt from the building only seconds after Reno and sprinted off after him his hand already wrapped around the hilt of his buster sword pulling it from his back. Zack was second only to Cloud with sheer speed in a dead sprint, Zack being enhanced would easily over take the young Turk.
Sure enough Zack caught the redhead delivering a blow to his back sending the Turk skidding along the cobblestone street face first. Flinching Zack slowed and moved up to the fully paralyzed Turk and gently lifted him up off his face. "Sorry Reno, I forgot how fast that materia takes effect."
If he could have Reno would have shrugged, it was all in good fun he didn't mind. Hell he knew he had given Zack a run for his money, since the battle started 10 minutes ago he had been running in and out of buildings with Zack tailing him. Never in his life was he more thankful than Tseng forcing the Turks to learn parkour for these stealth missions in urban settings.
Setting Reno up against the fountain in the center Zack bent over panting hard but was laughing brightly. "Dude, you gotta teach me how to do all that shit you were doing.. that was nuts!"
Straightening up he looked over as Genesis moved over carrying a still paralyzed Cissnei and set her down next to Reno. "Got her huh?" Genesis smirked still keeping his ears trained knowing that Tseng and Vincent were still out there (or so he thought) those two would not go down easy.
"Of course, nice work getting the slum rat" Zack grinned and stuck his tongue out at the dark glare Reno shot them both. "Come on they will be fine here let's find the others, we lost one but I don't know who."
"It was Cloud we lost; he and Tseng killed each other off." Zack said they had nearly run over the top of the two men during their sprints across the roofs; they had been sitting up laughing and joking. Zack had stopped long enough to ask if they killed each other and got a nod in response, he would have to grill them for details after this.
"Damn.. Well at least Tseng is out of the way, that leaves just Rude and Vincent." 'oh fuck' that meant Vincent was going after Sephiroth. Both men seem to have come to the same realization and sprinted off towards where they could feel their commanding officer.
Charging around a building they nearly ran head long into Angeal who was carrying an unconscious Rude on his shoulder. "Who is left?" Angeal asked shifting Rude so he wouldn't be digging into his shoulder guard. "You, me, Zack and Sephiroth. Turk side it's just Vincent.." Genesis said hearing gunshots in the distance.
"Well it's a shame we lost Cloud but let's let Sephiroth and Vincent play without interruption."
Genesis was unsure about that and it must have showed on his face. "Gen, we know this is just for fun.. Have known that all day and so does Sephiroth. Let the father and son have their time together, if we get a warning saying we have lost another SOLDIER then we will go hunt down the un dead Turk."
Nodding slightly Genesis moved back towards the center of town where both Reno and Cissnei were talking and laughing.
Hitting the wall hard Sephiroth growled darkly his mako eyes glancing up to the roof above him, Tseng had him pinned in the alley. He knew it had to be his big brother, only he would fuck with him like this; the shots were hitting just millimeters from his body forcing him to jump back or forward in fear of being struck by the projectiles.
'Not funny Tseng!' he thought to himself bitterly dodging another bullet aimed for his toe. Looking up he raised his sword trying to find where his brother was hiding. Seeing a flash he leapt up onto the roof of a building next to him his sword raised ready to strike.
Landing he came face to face with three barrels, wow what a sense of déjà vu! Ducking he avoid the volley of shots that would have torn through his face had he not moved. Rolling away he raised his sword dark green eyes meeting cold crimson, he was honestly surprised he was having to face off against his own blood.
"So someone managed to take Tseng down," he had seen his bracer register that only one Turk was remaining, he figured his father had been taken down by Cloud and that Tseng was the one remaining.
Vincent was watching his son closely; watching the way his muscles contracted and pulled as he moved. He had actually spent most of this round observing the way the Turks and SOLDIER operated; Sephiroth had been smart in who he sent his men after he could see why he was the General now.
"Your little blond is more of a Turk than a SOLDIER." His voice was monotone as he spoke though so far he was beyond proud at the men under his son's guidance; each skilled in their own way and battling to their strengths not trying to conform to the mass, like most people had a tendency to do.
Seeing his son's neck muscle twitch Vincent leapt up into the air seconds before the long sword came streaking for his midsection. Leaping around he aimed a shot right for the chest knowing his son would easily dodge the bullet but it would be enough to afford him some breathing room.
He had just squeezed the round off when he was forced to once more twist in the air to avoid Masamune once more. Sephiroth was quick and he wasn't pulling any punches with this battle; hitting the ground Vincent somersaulted backwards avoiding the whistling blade. Sephiroth was putting him on pure defensive, honestly he knew without the use of materia he was at a serious disadvantage with an opponent as fast as his son was with a sword with the extreme reach Masamune had.
He needed to disable his son, the man was trained for combat but taking out his dominant arm would slow his sword attacks down. Ducking to the side he raised Cerberus and fired several shots off in quick succession each shot targeting a different area.
Smirking darkly Vincent watched his son predicablely dodging all the bullets which were lining him up perfectly for the last one fired. The shot raced right through his left shoulder causing the materia to flare to life paralyzing that arm instantly.
Feeling the materia kick to life Masamune clattered to the ground his hand no longer able to grip the sword. That had been a world class move his father pulled off and he couldn't have been prouder to see the skill this man hand.
Looking up he found himself looking down Cerberus three barrels once more, the wolfs heads were surprisingly detailed he noticed absently.
"No hard feelings son.."
Sephiroth smirked darkly his eyes flashing. "Of course.." he instantly disappeared simply vanishing from view. Blinking in shock Vincent whirled around his eyes searching everywhere for where his son had gone to. Turning back to where Sephiroth had been he gasped as a hand grabbed his arm from behind and jerked it back ripping Cerberus from his fingers; the barrels of his beloved gun pressing into his back.
Still with his arm pinned behind his back and his own gun shoved between his shoulder blades he felt a body press in against him. "Well I guess our little blond isn't the only one with Turk attributes. I guess I am my father's son..no hard feelings right pop." Grinning evilly Sephiroth pulled the trigger, he watched as his father's body went completely rigid as the materia flared to life showing it was an instant kill shot.
Dropping the VR Cerberus he caught his father holding him tightly so the drop wouldn't accidently hurt him.
"VR BATTLE TURKS VS SGE MATCH, WINNER SGE 5 TO 1"
The VR realm around them vanished and so did their uniform and weapons. Any materia still in affect stopped the minute the VR battle was over allowing Vincent to stand up on his own. Brushing himself off Vincent turned to his son, those crimson eyes shining with pride.
"You truly are my son; I should have known you knew how to play dirty like a Turk. I'm proud of you Sephiroth, you have trained your men well and yourself."
Sephiroth felt something in his chest swelling and he fought back the pressure building behind his eyes. Smiling brightly he charged at his father wrapping his arms around him tightly, as a child that was all he ever wanted from Hojo was his praise; to have his real life father praising him was a dream come true.
Chuckling softly Vincent wrapped his arms around his son holding him tightly his fingers absently combing through the long silver strands. "Your mother would be proud of what you have become." Closing his eyes Sephiroth buried his face in his father's neck trying desperately to keep his emotions in check.
"Well, we can't argue that SOLDIER beat the hell out of the Turks." Reno moved over towards them running a hand through his spikes. "Let's get out there and see the recaps I wanna see how everyone got everyone!" he really wanted to see Sephiroth and Cloud's battles those were promising to be epic.
Big battles like this were generally recapped once the teams exited the room so that they could even see the key points of the battles. Laughing most the group charged out into the main building Sephiroth and Vincent following at a slower pace talking softly with Tseng and Cloud taking up the rear.
"How's your shoulder? I didn't expect you to actually dislocate it." Rolling his shoulder Tseng smile trying to hide a grimace, "it will be fine once I drink one of the potions I brought. I had a feeling this battle was going to end with real life injuries so I brought a few just in case." Cloud shook his head, even in a mock battle the Director of the Turks was willing to endure injury to win.
Moving out into the main pavilion of the gaming center people were clapping and staring at them in awe. Moving over to the large screen the two moved up to stand among their group that was already standing around waiting for them. Reaching out Sephiroth slid his arm around his big brothers waist and pulled him in against his side.
Grunting slightly as his abused shoulder hit the generals he glared at the man before leaning in against him. Turning his black eyes up to the screen he smirked seeing someone had decided to have some fun with the recaps adding in special effects.
SOLDIER VS TURKSflashed across the screen; on each side was a cut out picture of each of them in their uniforms and weapons. "Wow, someone is pretty damn good with video editing." Zack said seeing how fast they had put this together considering they had only been out of the battle for about five minutes now.
"Welcome to having no life." Sephiroth muttered earning him several chuckles from the group around him. It was well known Sephiroth's thoughts about those that sat behind a computer all day, though granted he was becoming no better thanks to the fat bastard.
The screen changed showing a picture of Genesis and Cissnei. 'SOLDIER 1st Genesis Rhapsodos VS Turk Cissnei' groaning slightly Cissnei covered her face, this was going to be embarrassing; she couldn't believe that she hadn't heard Genesis above her. Tseng was going to have her head for this mistake, even thought it was a simulation they always treated these like a real life mission.
The screen flashed showing Cissnei landing on the balcony and ducked down her bright red shuriken in hand. Her eyes were transfixed on the figure of Angeal which you could make out at the bottom of the camera. She slowly raised her shuriken ready to strike him down. At the top of the screen you could see the brilliant red sword seconds before Genesis dropped down the roof top his sword raised high in front of him. Hitting the ground his drove his blade through her back, the VR sword appearing through her stomach as if it were a real through and through.
"OHH! That would have hurt normally." The whole group flinched seeing the brutal blow, most the SOLDIER laughing and slapping Genesis on the back. "Brutal man." Reno said shaking his head, he was so glad Genesis hadn't been sent after him.
Tseng groaned seeing this and looked over to Cissnei. "Cissnei… tomorrow training room 4 1500" moaning softly Cissnei nodded slumping against Rude, room four was one of the worst for training in urban settings.
'Match, Genesis Rhapsodos: SOLDIER 1, Turks 0'
Screen flashed again showing Rude and Angeal, 'SOLDIER 1st Angeal Hewley VS Turk Rude'
"Hmm this was a good fight; you do well with hand to hand Commander." Rude gave a small smile to Angeal before turning back to the screen. Nodding his head at the compliment from the lead hand to hand combat Turk Angeal turned back to the screen.
Angeal and Rude's battle was a flurry of fists and punches each of them almost equally matched, it was only Angeal's enhanced strength that gave him the upper hand. The group would all flinch when a particularly hard hit landed on either Angeal or Rude; they knew those hits had to hurt as there was no way to VR fists. "Rude you can take a hell of a beating man." Zack whistled low watching as Angeal got a nice upper cut on the Turk sending him flying back into a wall.
The match ended when Angeal finally pulled his buster sword and cut the Turk down, the materia was only set to trigger when a VR weapon was used. Which meant that the only way to win a round was to use a VR weapon; beating the life out of someone just got you jail time.
Reaching out Angeal shook Rude's hand, that had been a damn good fight and he would be feeling some of those hits in a bit.
'Match, Angeal Hewley: SOLDIER 2, Turks 0'
People behind them were making noise about the Turks not being able to take down SOLDIER, rolling his eyes Tseng leaned in more against his brother. What the hell did they expect? These were 1st class SOLDIER enhanced with cetra (what they believed were cetra) cells and mako. Turning slightly Tseng looked back at one of the boys being the loudest, "If you think you are such a hot shot why don't you and Reno head into the VR and if you can beat him then you can talk about the great Turks not being able to take on SOLDIER." Reno turned back and grinned at the boy waiving slightly; the boy in turn turned eight shades of red and back up into the mob surrounding them. "Yeah I thought so." Tseng turned back to the screen smiling feeling Sephiroth pulling him in closer. "You're in full out bitch mode today big brother." Laughing Tseng nodded, oh he was and he was loving it! Here in civilian clothes he could act however the fuck he wanted.
The screen flashed once more showing the untidy Reno and brightly smiling Zack. 'SOLDIER 1st Zack Fair VS Commander Reno – Turk'
"You guys are going to love this one yo! I think I damn near tired the puppy out." The SOLDIERs all looked over to the commander of the Turks. "Wait were you guys running over roofs the entire time?" Cloud asked, he had nearly leapt into Tseng's lap to avoid getting crushed when Reno leapt over the air shaft followed seconds after by Zack.
"Worse.." Zack grumbled turning back to the screen. Seeing the video start up Zack groaned recognizing the music the AV tech had stuck to it. "oh ha..ha.." it was Benny hills theme song. The video surprisingly didn't need to be sped up to fit the music and it had everyone roaring with laughter.
Reno had made his chase hell! The man would leap across banisters; use walls as launching points, leap across roofs, shimmy down drain pipes and all around was just running Zack around ragged. Normally the move would have looked cool but being paired with that damn theme song just made the whole thing funny as hell.
The match came to an end when Reno made the mistake of hitting the open center court yard and Zack easily caught up with him delivering a fatal back blow.
'Match, Zack Fair: SOLDIER 3, Turk 0'
Pushing his tears away Cloud moved over to his best friend and slung an arm around his shoulder. "Zack that was probably the best battle so far, that was so funny." Laughing Zack slung his arm around Cloud pulling him in close. "Oh it was so fun, I have never had a more enjoyable battle then chasing Reno all around the damn place."
"Oh here we go; this is the battle I wanted to watch." Genesis said seeing a picture of Tseng and Cloud appear on the screen. 'SOLDIER 1st Cloud Strife VS Director Tseng – Turk Leader'
This was the battle where both had been taken out; everyone was now beyond curious to know exactly how that had happened.
Smiling Tseng reached out and pulled their little blond in close to him. "If you were not already in SOLDIER I would be stealing you for the Turks." Smiling brightly Cloud leaned up against the Turk wrapping his arm around his waist. "Sorry big brother, he's ours you can't have him." Sephiroth chuckled the fingers now trapped between Tseng and Cloud absently rubbing against Cloud's side earning him a light purr from the blond.
The video changed showing Cloud suddenly ducking down behind a mako generator just as Tseng stepped up onto the roof, one remaining silent as the other crept along the roof. They watched as Tseng never once noticing the 1st class hiding behind the generator. Detaching one of the side swords Cloud silently snuck back behind the air duck peeking out Cloud threw his sword at Tseng, in the distraction Cloud ran along the air duct and jumped off the side of the building grabbing onto the drain pipe and grabbed onto the window ledge and pulled himself into the window effectively hiding himself inside the window archway. Tseng was looking around clearing the roof and not finding the little blond hiding next to the window.
"So that is where you disappeared too.. " Tseng smiled down at the blond seeing him grin impishly back up at him. "That was a very Reno type move.."
"I wonder why." Cloud purred and nuzzled into him watching as Tseng moved directly over head. Though he wasn't looking down; Cloud shifted pulling First Tsurugi out and aimed it upwards with a diagonal throw forcing Tseng to jump back. Using his distraction Cloud climbed the pipe once more and up onto the air duct and dropped down behind the Turk instantly grabbing him and throwing him up against the air duct. They watched as Cloud threw one gun away and forced Tseng to throw the other; a sickening crack resounded as Tseng threw himself back against Cloud.
"Oh my goddess.. Tseng?" the group all looked over to him and instantly to the shoulder lying against Sephiroth. They turned back in time to see Tseng kick his leg up parallel with his body nailing Cloud in the forehead with the toe of his shoe.
"Damn your flexible, not even I can do that." Genesis turned to look at the man in question. "Exactly how flexible are you?" Smirking Tseng shot him a sexy smile, "you can find out if you want, my place or yours?" bursting out laughing Genesis turned bright red, it was so rare to get the Turk director to play back like this.
"But to answer your question, I've lost some of my flexibility from when I was training constantly back in Wutai; let's see." Moving away from Sephiroth and Cloud Tseng took a deep breath and bent over backwards the back of his head now touching his ass.
Clouds eyes widened seeing this and felt blood flow to two places, neither one a good thing at the moment. Turning away Cloud tried desperately to get the flush from his cheeks and will the blood to leave a certain part of his body.
Pulling himself back up Tseng rubbed his lower back, "I haven't done that in a while. Need to start stretching once more." Genesis laughed moving over and wrapped his arms around him, "mm I can see some very interesting positions with you." Rolling his eyes Tseng shoved his head away and instead grabbed his blond once more pulling him in close. "Watch boys." The group turned back watching as Tseng slid in under Cloud's punch and pulled himself up a hidden dagger springing from his glove and impaling Cloud's chest; seconds later a dagger was pulled from the flap of Clouds uniform and stabbed into Tseng's back.
"Damn Cloud you scary!" laughing Cloud stuck his tongue out at Zack as both Tseng and Cloud fell. "I have to agree, that was a very Turk move Cloud." Sephiroth smiled at his young blond lover, it was amazing that the two had taken each other down.
'Match, Draw: SOLDIER 4, Turk 1'
Tseng hugged Cloud tighter, "You and me are going to start training together, you're a challenge Seph kicks my ass to easily now."
"Sounds like a plan." Cloud said looking back up to the screen as a picture of Sephiroth and Vincent appeared.
'General Sephiroth Valentine VS Turk Vincent Valentine, Father VS Son.' The word Father appeared over Vincent and son over Sephiroth. "They are really playing this up aren't they." Shaking his head Vincent moved to stand next to his son and slipped his arm around his waist pulling him in tight. "Sephiroth is another candidate for Turks Director." He smiled up at his son receiving a blinding smile in return.
Video switched to showing Vincent leaping up one of the roof tops -
"Anyone noticing a theme here?" "shut up Genesis.."
Kneeling down he seemed to almost vanish into the shadows of a neighboring building. Shifting to the edge he peered down, seeing Sephiroth in the dark alley way bellow a smile to put all evil movie villains to shame stretched across the Turks face. Leveling Cerberus he started to follow of quick succession causing Sephiroth to jump around like those old time chocobo farm movies.
"You were enjoying that way too much." Sephiroth growled glaring at his father playfully. "Hush.." the group snickered hearing Vincent; soon enough everyone was going to be using Sephiroth's word against him.
Turning back to the Video they watched as Sephiroth managed to get onto the roof and put Vincent on the defensive pushing him farther and farther back on the roof with quick slashes and stabs with Masamune.
The tide of the battle turned when Vincent leapt away firing off a volley of shots forcing Sephiroth to move into the path of the final one.
"God damn that was smooth!" Zack was staring wide eyed as Masamune clattered to the ground Sephiroth's left arm completely useless. "Normally a shot like that wouldn't have stopped me, but can't do much when the materia freezes your arm."
Vincent leveled his gun right between Sephiroth's eyes. "No hard feelings son.." Vincent's finger moved to the trigger ready to pull with Sephiroth simply vanished.
Blinking Vincent along with almost the entire VR room was now staring at him. Feeling all those eyes on him Sephiroth shifted looking at his father and Tseng who was glaring up at him. "Seph, that power was supposed to be kept under wraps." "Oops…" sighing Tseng pinched the bridge of his nose willing the headache to go away, this was going to be a PR nightmare. "Alright so I'm not going insane.." Vincent looked back just as Sephiroth materialized right behind him and grabbed his arm and put the gun between his shoulder blades and fired.
"Vincent's right boss man, hey you ever get tired of SOLDIER you can come play with us." Reno shot a grin over to Sephiroth; it would actually be pretty damn cool to have them as Turks.
"Come on guys I demand food!" grabbing Reno and Genesis once more Zack took off towards the locker room his mouth running a million miles an hour about what type of food he wanted.
Laughing softly Sephiroth followed after them, feeling a familiar presence behind him he braced himself for what he knew was coming next. Sure enough a second later he felt a body land on his back, powerful arms wrapping around his neck and powerful legs wrap around his waist. Smirking he hooked his arms under the legs of his lover, turning back he saw those smiling bright sapphire mako eyes over his shoulder.
"Am I your pack chocobo now?" he asked drily though was smiling brightly. Cloud nodded, his arms tightening around his neck slightly. Rolling his eyes skyward he couldn't help the affectionate squeeze on Cloud's thighs.
Grinning evilly Tseng raced forward; pulling back he laid his hand right across that exposed ass.
Feeling a biting sting ripping across his tender ass, Cloud lurched forward. His thighs unconsciously tightening around Sephiroth's waist as his body jerked up. Whipping around still clutching to the demon under him he growled darkly seeing the grinning Turk.
"Oh you are so fucking dead Tseng!" leaping off Sephiroth's back Cloud charged after the laughing man.
Laughing hard Tseng raced through the crowd, most of them scrambling out of the way of the Turk and SOLDIER.
Catching up to the Turk easily Cloud reached out the tackle him. Hitting the breaks Tseng whirled around one hand gripping the collar of Cloud's jump suit, the other grabbing onto the baggy sleeve of the suit. Dropping his center of gravity Tseng shot a leg out wrapping it back around clouds outer most leg, using his momentum against him he pulled the startled boy over his leg and threw him down onto his back in front of him.
Before Cloud could even register what the hell was going on he found himself on his back staring up at a smug smirking Tseng. Leaning down Tseng looked down at the young blond knowing he was not hurt more just startled.
"Did I forget to mention I'm a 3rd degree black belt in judo."
"Yes.. you did." Cloud groaned, seeing Tseng offering his hand he took it pulling himself back onto his feet. "Anything else you aren't tell us?"
Laughing Tseng headed towards the locker room. "I'm a black belt in almost every Wutaianese martial arts."
"And you're a Turk why?" Cloud padded up next to him he could feel Sephiroth behind them along with the other Turks and Angeal. Tseng shrugged but a dark light passed through his eyes. "I was supposed to be SOLDIER, but.. I can't handle mako."
Tilting his head to the side Cloud followed them into the locker room. "I thought you were enhanced just in a different way than SOLDIER; that's why your eyes only glow when you're really angry or emotional."
Tseng stopped dead his eyes wide as he turned to Cloud. "My eyes glow?"
"You didn't know that?" Sephiroth asked moving up to his big brother. "When you get really angry and allow your mask to fall your eyes start to turn green like mako, I know you aren't enhanced like SOLDIER but I thought all Turks were."
"No, most Turks start out as SOLDIER but normally are forced out because of the mako tests." Reaching up he ran his fingers long the side of his eyes. The mako should have been out of his system years ago, could it be he still had it in his system? "Turks are never enhanced the way SOLDIER are, the science department actually aren't allowed to handle us at all."
"Tseng isn't Wutai rich in mako?" Genesis asked pulling his over shirt back on. He had already stripped of the hot jump suit and gotten rid of the gaming bracer; walking over he switched his real bracer back onto his right arm.
"It has areas that have mako pools; my home was about a quarter mile from one of the largest at the base of the mountain." A frown pulled his brow down as he started to strip from his jump suit, he was so grateful he was not a sweater, this would have been really bad if he perspired heavily.
"Boss, have you ever actually gotten your blood check yo?" Reno asked moving in next to him grabbing the rest of his belongings including his EMR. Frowning more Tseng pulled his Colt from its spot in the locker and placed it back into the holster in at the back of his pants.
"No, I never thought to, why?"
Reno pointed to his own eyes which had always appeared to glow but not nearly as brightly as SOLDIER eyes. "I was kicked from the SOLDIER cadet program for failing the mako test, but mine was because I got mako poisoning the injection of refined mako pushed my natural mako levels up to high."
"Natural mako?" Zack asked sitting down on the bench. The whole group was standing around listening to the normally foul mouthed Turk actually being useful and knowledgeable.
"Yeah, yo. Those that are in towns that are surrounded by natural mako will have it in their systems just by exposure to the area. Where I grew up we had a very large natural pool before Shinra put a reactor there, glowing eyes were common when I was young."
Reno shrugged putting his goggles back on his forehead. "It would explain why no one from my home town or Wutai have ever made SOLDIER, your natural levels are probably just to high boss."
"Goddess.. Reno can actually be useful when he wants to be." Genesis said his voice airy in shock. Tseng frowned even more shutting his locker, "Is that why I can't be cured but I can use magic materia?"
"Probably, would make sense." Zack said standing up, "That's actually interesting, I never thought a body could have natural mako in it. Wait I thought Reno was from the slums.." He looked over to Reno; smirking the red head shook his head. "Nah, we moved to the slums after my dad died.. only place we could afford yo."
"Tseng.. your eyes are glowing." Blinking Tseng looked into one of the nearby mirrors; sure enough his eyes though still black were brighter and had a faint green hue to them.
"Calm down Tseng, at least now we know what happened." Sephiroth moved over and wrapped an arm around his big brother. "You may not have made SOLDIER but you are the best damn Turk I have seen." Looking up Tseng frowned even more his brain starting to go a million miles an hour as he thought back to all his Turks files. Most of his Turks had grown up in Midgar; there were only a few like himself and Reno that had grown up in outlying areas.
He turned to look at the SOLDIER; all but Sephiroth had grown up away from Midgar though technically Sephiroth was from Nibelheim as he was born in Shinra Mansion.
Genesis seemed to be on the same train of thought as he was, leaning up against the locker he was frowning slightly. "SOLDIER are enhanced after training.. Turks are natural.."
"Well that would explain why Rude can take a street sign to the head and be alright yo!" the Turks all chuckled remembering that mission, granted most of them had gotten pretty badly injured but it was still funny having watched Rude getting ready to beat some ass holes head in and had a street sign drop on his head followed shortly by a falling Reno.
"Also why I can throw you half way across the training grounds and you get right back up." Genesis said smirking to the other red head of the group.
Reno waved him off walking over to his partner. "Nah, I'm just too damn stubborn to stay down."
"So Tseng where are we going for food?" Zack asked his stomach rumbling loudly. Pulling his hair out of its pony tail Tseng looked the group over. "There is a restaurant down in the slums of sector 4 that is where we're heading."
Genesis and Angeal shared a nervous glance, they had never been down to the slums though they had heard horror stories of what happened down under the plate. "Sector 4, isn't that where momma Odie used to have her restaurant?" Sephiroth asked, silver brows pulled down as he thought.
"Ah boss we're not going to the wall market pub?" Reno slung his EMR over his shoulder, the remainder of their crew had just gotten finished getting dressed.
Cissnei rolled her eyes and grabbed Reno by his long pony tail and started to drag him out of the locker room. "We always go there; this is supposed to be for Seph, so no we're not going to our watering hole." Laughing Reno allowed himself to be pulled out by his hair. "You do realize I like having my hair pulled yo." Giggling Cissnei gave a hard pull, "Good, I like watching men get blue balls."
Genesis raised a brow looking back to Tseng, "You go down to the slums to drink?" shrugging Tseng threw his bag over his shoulder following his Turks. "It's cheap and no one really bugs us down there, it's honestly better than hanging around Shinra during our off time."
"Is that why there was almost no one down in your bat cave when I went down there?" Tseng turned back to glare at Sephiroth he raised a finger and poked him right in the nose. "I'm still pissed you pick pocketed me and stole my ID card."
Sephiroth went cross eyed as he tried to look at the finger poking his nose, "What, I was ten! And it worked out didn't it, we discovered Masamune down in that bat cave you call a secret lair."
"You stole my ID card two years prior!"
"Okay I was eight.. that's just helping my case here."
Tseng threw his hands up in the air though he was smiling brightly. "You Sephiroth have been the biggest pain in my ass."
"Yeah but you still love me."
"Why I have no idea."
Smiling Sephiroth wrapped an arm around Tseng's shoulder and started to head out of the locker room. "I'm just too loveable." Shaking his head Tseng looked over feeling an arm snake around his waist, Cloud was beaming up at him and he felt his heart launch up into his chest.
He really needed to get laid.. Badly. Maybe he would call Elena up tonight after the party, she was always good when he needed to release some tension. She was one of the few Turks under his command that slept with him and didn't expect anything more from it.
Exiting the locker room Sephiroth and Cloud both released him, the people still milling about were stopping and staring. Never before had they ever seen the SOLDIERs in anything but their uniforms, seeing them in normal clothes was a shock.
Vincent moved up so he was walking beside his son, his Turk instinct kicking back in as people starting to close in around them, his hand instinctively going to Cerberus which was strapped to his thigh and very obvious to those around them.
Looking over he noticed Tseng hand his hand behind his back his shirt lifted up some allowing him easy access to his Colt should the need arise.
Moving towards the exit Sephiroth spied Andrew and his crew sitting back at their normal place, they all appeared to be sulking greatly where they sat. 'good' Tseng thought to himself moving out of the building and into the 'fresh' air. It was over cast today making it a slightly cooler day, perfect for walking as the boys would not start to overheat like they did when it was really hot.
"Are we going to be taking the train down?" Zack asked bouncing off in front of them, people on the sidewalk were stopping and staring as they recognized those walking down the steps of the VR gaming room.
"Of course yo! That's the only way down unless you wanna go crawl through a bunch of sewers." Genesis shuttered violently, "You mention crawling through sewer again Reno and I'll throw you off the nearest reactor roof."
"Genesis, you crawled through worse in Wutai remember." Angeal shook his head; sometimes Genesis was far too vain for his own good. Genesis shivered violently once more his whole body looking like he was having a seizer.
"Don't remind me! I threw that uniform out, no matter how much I cleaned it I could not get that stench out of it!"
"Is that why you started to wear the trench?" Sephiroth smirked wrapping an arm around his lovers' waist pulling him in close. He loved this man to death even if he was a little overly vain and obsessive when it came to having a room clean.
"Or was it because you wanted to look like me." Genesis made a noise and pushed Sephiroth's head away. "Don't flatter yourself, you might be hot but you're not that hot."
Rolling his eyes at the twos antics Zack looked over to his best friend seeing the blond smiling sadly. Taken aback Zack gently grabbed his arm and slowed his walk till they were at the very back of the group away from the three other SOLDIER.
"Hey, what's up with that look?" he asked softly, looking up Cloud smiled softly. "It's nothing Zack, don't worry about it" Zack kept his hand on Cloud's arm and pulled on it slightly. "I don't think so spiky, what's going on, you've been acting weird for a few weeks now."
Sighing softly Cloud shot a look up ahead seeing none of them were paying any attention to them, all too busy making fun of Genesis. Turning back to his friend he leaned up against his arm, "I'm starting to feel like a third wheel." He said honestly looking to his two lovers. For a while now he had started to feel like he was just getting in the way with the two. It was obvious to anyone who really looked close at the two to know that they were head over heels for each other.
"Man I'm sorry..so you thinking of calling it off?" Cloud shrugged, "I might, I mean I love them both but.."
Zack's eyes slowly widened and he leaned in so they could SOLDIER talk. "There is someone else that caught your eyes isn't there."
Flushing slightly Cloud felt his eyes trailing along the tall form in front of him. Zack follow his eyes seeing the way they were moving along a certain Turks body. Mako blue eyes widened as black brows disappeared into his hair line. "Tseng?" he whispered lowering his head closer to Cloud.
Cloud nodded slightly flushing bright red at this, "You can't tell anyone you swear!" he whispered back leveling a hard look at his friend. Zack threw up his hands nodding quickly, "Don't worry spiky, I won't tell the three stooges you have a crush on Moe's big brother."
Frowning Cloud elbowed Zack hard, turning he stomped on his foot for good measure before stalking off back to the front of the group with the rest.
Laughing Zack ran up and grabbed Cloud in a headlock. "Should know by now Spiky that doesn't hurt anymore." Laughing Cloud ripped his head out from the headlock and took off down the street. Seeing a challenge issued Zack ran after him.
"Hey! Don't go running off!" Tseng called out seeing the boys taking off ahead of them.
Twisting back slightly Cloud saw Zack catching up to him, smirking he looked around seeing his escape he made a hard right grabbing hold of a drain pipe he started to rapidly climb his speed never once slowing as he pulled himself up onto a fire escape; leaping up onto railing before somersaulting off onto the lower roof of the building next to it.
Slamming on the breaks Zack looked up watching with wide eyes. "How the hell … that's the shit Reno was doing!"
"It's called parkour; it was designed and perfected by the Turks." Tseng said moving by him, "unlike SOLDIER we operate inside Midgar and need stealth to complete our missions."
"Reno's been teaching me." Cloud had vaulted off the roof landing next to his friend. "Its fun, you can't let your mind slow down for even a second as your looking for routs."
"That looks like something that SOLDIER should be taught as well, we are required to do stealth missions on occasion." Angeal said from his spot in the center of the group.
"If nothing else first class should learn it since third and second class do more monster missions then stealth."
"I'll take it into consideration." Tseng threw over his shoulder, though he didn't think he would. He liked having something his Turks knew that SOLDIER didn't.
The rest of the trip to the train station ended up in bickering between SOLDIER and Turks and which was better. It was all in good fun and they got some real laughs from it.
Moving towards the train Reno spotted one of the many Shinra logos that dotted the city. "You know, we need a new motto yo."
Tseng pinched the bridge of his nose already knowing this was not going anywhere good. Sephiroth raised a brow at this, "Oh and what should it be?"
"Sephiroth…"
Reno smirked hearing the exasperated tone in his bosses voice. "Shinra, we power your house with your dead grandma's soul."
"Reno…." Came several exasperated voices over the loud laughter from the rest.
"All of you on the train go!" Tseng said shoving several of them towards the train. "Alright Tseng we're going!" Genesis batted his hand away and walked onto the train, this was his first time ever on the train. He frowned seeing there were people on it and that it was no better in size then a troop transport.
Thankfully they were in one of the last compartments so there weren't a lot of people in the compartment. Seeing a bunch of girls staring at him openly he frowned and moved to the farthest seat and sat down crossing his arms over his chest and one of his legs over the other.
Sephiroth moved in a second later ignoring the gasps from the gaggle of girls sitting on the other side of the train and took a seat next to Genesis. Not caring who saw since he was coming off a sugar high he slouched down in the chair and set his legs on the seat across from him his arms laid over his stomach.
"Are you coming off your sugar high already?" Cissnei asked moving in and proceeded to sit down on his thighs. Oh she could feel the daggers being shot from across the car but didn't care, she didn't hold any romantic feelings towards any of the boys.
"Cissnei if you're going to sit on me shift up a little so you're not on my knees." He said not even opening his eyes, he knew from the weight exactly who it was. "Ahh but I like sitting on your knees." Jerking his leg to the side he threw Cissnei off him.
Laughing the little Turk flattened her dress and moved to sit across from him and gently patted his shins. "There there.."
"Are you picking on Seph again?" Zack bounced in, seeing metal bars commuters used to hang onto when the seats were taken he grabbed onto one and swung up onto it hooking his knees over so he was now hanging upside down next to Cissnei.
Giggling she reached out and started to rock him. "Of course, I always have to make fun of Seph and Gen."
"Zack, you're going to pass out if you stay like that the whole trip." Angeal moved to stand in front of his student.
"Good maybe he won't be running laps along the train as he gets bored." Genesis said laughing as Zack flipped him off from his spot still swinging gently. Moving onto the train with the other Tseng sighed feeling a headache coming on, he knew this day was going to be hectic. And it was only going to get worse as they headed towards the evening when they would be hitting the most exclusive club in all of Midgar. These were just hyper boys, soon enough he was going to have to be dealing with hyper active drunk boys.
Genesis and Angeal he knew how they were drunk as he had seen them drunk a few times after a company party. Angeal could hold his liquor well and there really wasn't a change for him Genesis.. well Genesis turned into an absolute cuddle bug. He didn't give a shit who it was near him he would cling on and start nuzzling into them just wanting to be held and cuddled. That was only a bad thing when he latched onto one of the many perverts that would love to take the beautiful red head to their bed for the night.
Sephiroth, Zack and Cloud well this would be their first time. Yes even Zack and Cloud were going, that was going to be a surprise for them come tonight. He had the 'altered' ID's for the two boys in his bag, it had been very easy to create two ID's with the birthday year changed though he honestly didn't think they were even going to be checked at the club. This club was well known for letting in underage people if they were well connected or famous, and there wasn't more famous then the fearsome five.
Reaching into his bag he pulled out another can of Sephiroth's energy drink and waved it in front of his face. Almost instantly those brilliant mako green eyes shot open and the can was snatched out of his hand.
"Oh thank Gaia.." he moaned popping the tab and started to chug the drink. Moving over to stand over his son as Tseng took a seat Vincent frowned down at his son; he had counted at least three of those since he first saw his son today. He noticed the boy seemed incapable of functioning during the day if he wasn't hyped up on that stuff.
"Sephiroth, I think it's time you started cutting back on the sugar intake. You have become completely dependent on them to function through the day."
Slowly lowering the can Sephiroth looked up to his father, he blinked slowly. No one beside Tseng had ever told him he needed to cut back on the energy drinks.
"Dad, I'm fine. I don't need them I just like the extra energy they give me." Vincent raised a questioning brow at this hearing the others starting to snicker and laugh.
"What I don't!" Sephiroth growled at the traitors around him. Genesis burst out laughing his whole body shaking with the force of it. "Sephiroth, you went three days without one during Wutai, your own men were afraid of you. We had to tell you there was an energy drink in the fort to get you out of your tent."
Sephiroth flushed a brilliant shade of red and quickly pulled his outer shirt up over his face. "Wait what? I never heard this one." Zack had stopped swinging but was currently doing crunches still hanging off the bar.
Genesis started to laugh harder and sat up waiving a hand as a gesture to hold on. Getting his laughter back under control he shared a smirk with Angeal as they had both been there for this.
"It was our first tour of the Wutai war, we were only newly promoted 1st class and this was our first time working side by side with Seph. A shipment of supplies had been intercepted by the Wutai army and that also meant Seph's newest shipment of energy drinks."
Genesis started to laugh hard again. Seeing Genesis wasn't going to be stopping any time soon Angeal picked up the story.
"By day three, all the men were afraid of Sephiroth. His temper was at a boiling point with an ignition faster than most rifles; he locked himself in his tent and refused to come out till he got his drinks. Well we needed to get into the fort we were sent to take, but there were hundreds of Wutai trooper guarding the front gate." Angeal sighed and looked over to his friend who was still hiding in his shirt. "Genesis came up with the idea to tell him that his shipment of energy drinks was being held inside the fort.."
"And that worked?" Cloud asked completely dumbfounded.
"He was out of that tent faster than a damn gold chocobo!" Genesis laughed, pushing himself up he grabbed onto the metal bars to settle himself as they were starting the decent around the pillar. "He completely by passed the front guards leaping over the roof and cut down any moron that was in his path from there on out. It was that battle that got him the nickname Demon of Wutai because he was screaming for his drinks like a damn demon!"
"So that's what you were talking about during the movie filming last month."
"GENNNNSHUT UP!" came the muffled laughing voice of Sephiroth from his shirt.
Laughing harder Genesis moved over and sat down on Sephiroth's lap and leaned over pulled the shirt away. "What, you were very impressive that day, even if Angeal and I were laughing our asses off the entire time."
"So what happened when he discovered they weren't there?" Surprisingly it was Rude who asked. Here both Angeal and Genesis burst out laughing.
"Little did we know.. That was actually where the supplies had been stored. We got into the fort and found Sephiroth sitting in the case hugging about 8 cans and chugging one." Angeal shook his head and looked over his highly embarrassed friend.
Cloud and Zack burst out laughing, Cissnei was giggling like hell rubbing Sephiroth's shin gently through his jeans. Tseng knew this story but he still found it funny as hell especially with how embarrassed Sephiroth got about it every time it was retold. Reno was now on the floor of the train he was laughing so hard; gasping for air he sat up.
"Sephiroth…" Vincent put a hand over his face hearing what his only son had done.
"They are making it sound worse than it really is dad." Sephiroth grumbled.
"You want to really turn Sephiroth red, look at this." Tseng pulled his PHS out and flipped through it for a minute before pulling up his favorite picture, leaning forward he handed the phone to Cloud.
Taking the phone from Tseng Cloud's eyes went wide and he actually made an 'AWH!' noise. Zack shimmied over still upside down and tilted his head so he was looking at it right side up. "Seph is that really you? You're so fucking cute!" Cissnei was leaning behind Zack seeing the picture of Sephiroth holding Masamune and smiling brightly.
"Tseng I want a copy of this." Cloud said handing the phone over to a very eager Genesis. Snatching the phone Genesis felt his heart was about to burst seeing this picture. "Seph, you are so adorable!" he looked over to his lover seeing he was bright red again. "What the hell are you all looking at?" he reached out snatch the phone but it was plucked out of Genesis hand by Vincent. Sending his son a look Vincent looked down to the picture and couldn't help the soft smile that crossed his face seeing such a young an innocent Sephiroth.
"I agree with Cloud, I wish to have a copy of this."
"I do to!" Genesis said still sat firmly on Sephiroth's lap, he had no plan of moving any time soon.
"Boss is that the picture of Sephiroth when he was like ten and was holding Masamune like it was a teddy bear?" Reno asked leaning forward in his seat.
Taking his phone back Tseng nodded ignoring the glare being sent to him by the man in question. "How many people have you shown that to!" Sephiroth asked shocked hearing Reno knew about that picture. He had found it once on Tseng's phone shortly after it was taken and had left it for his big brother.
"It's sitting on his desk." Angeal said chuckling, "I saw it there when I had to go speak to him one day."
Groaning Sephiroth pulled his shirt back over his face. "Niisan.." he groaned out, he couldn't believe Tseng had a picture of him on his desk. Even though he was hiding he couldn't help but smile, Hojo when he believed him to be his father only had pictures of him for his file. To hear his big brother had a picture because he wanted it filled his heart up with a warm sensation.
Hearing multiple different ring tones almost everyone looked down at their pockets and reached in pulling their phones out.
Reading through the latest post to the Silver Elite Sephiroth felt his face heat up once more as the others all burst out laughing. Genesis fell down so he was lying on Sephiroth's chest, his phone clutched in hand.
"Ahh Seph, your dad is hot." Vincent raised a brow hearing this and looked over to Tseng's phone, his crimson eyes reading over the message Tseng was scrolling through.
"Sephsgril098 says, guys you will never believe this. We're on the Shinra express and all five are here sitting only a few feet away, including our beautiful Sephiroth! They are wearing normal clothes and our Sephiroth is so damn hot in his clothes. They are sitting here telling stories and laughing and Sephiroth is so embarrassed he's actually hiding in his shirt it's so damn cute! Omg they are sharing pictures of a child Sephiroth oh I wish I could see it, I'm sure he was so fucking cute! Oohhh we finally get to see the man who helped bring our silver beauty into the world, Sephiroth keeps calling this black haired hunk dad and he looked just like him! He is so damn hot! See picture attached."
Taking the phone from Tseng he scrolled down seeing a picture snapped of them only a few minutes ago.
Instantly all sets of eyes turned to regard the group of girls that were sitting only a few feet away from them. They were staring at them in horror, never realizing that they were all in the fan club.
"You're..you're all in Silver Elite?" one of the girls squeaked horrified.
"Why wouldn't we be?" Cissnei asked smiling brightly. "It's the best way to keep track of what all you girls say about them."
"And it's entertaining for us." Zack said, his face was turning bright red as all the blood was rushing to his head. Seeing this Angeal shook his head and stood up grabbing his pupil before he passed out. "Enough Zack, you're gonna pass out. You do and we're leaving you on the train."
"Ah Angeal.. you're no fun." Folding his arms behind his head Zack started to wander around the area they were all sitting. Sitting back down Angeal sighed and looked to Tseng. "Did you have this much trouble with Seph when he was young."
"You have no idea.." he sent a glare at the little pick pocket.
"Gen up, my legs are falling asleep." Pushing himself up Genesis helped his lover stand up. Groaning as the pins and needles started to race up his legs, he moved over to one of the support poles and started to hit his head on it gently.
Chuckling Angeal reached up and rubbed his back. "Legs waking up again huh." Sephiroth nodded shaking out one of his legs, "Yes! Gah why couldn't that be the one thing the damn enhancements got rid of!"
"Because that would make sense, and we all know Shinra can't do a damn thing that makes sense."
Sighing Sephiroth couldn't argue with that, Shinra always seemed to want to do things the hard way. Shaking his head he watched as Genesis started to walk around the train, he only did this when his claustrophobia was starting to kick in.
"Tseng how much longer?" Sephiroth asked, it had been years since he had been down to the slums. Tseng shook his head keeping his eyes closed. "I am not looking out that window." His fear of heights always came back with a vengeance on the train ride down to the slums.
"About 4 minutes." Rude said looking out the window. Nodding Sephiroth moved over to where Genesis was still pacing, the man was quickly turning gray as the panic was starting to set in.
Reaching out he gently trailed a finger up along his cheek gently. "We're almost out of here Gen, calm down." He whispered trailing his hand up into his hair. Normally he would have been very conscious about showing affection like this out in public especially with obvious members of his fan club here but Genesis came first; they didn't need him freaking out on the train. He felt more then heard Genesis swallow and nodded softly, his breathing started to even out as he was calming down.
"There you go, deep breaths.." Sephiroth smiled gently seeing the panic starting to leave his lovers eyes.
"Here, I got something funny for you.. will take your mind off what's going on." Looking up Genesis nodded; if he had things distracting him it made trips like this easier.
"Tseng, let your phone ring through I want Genesis to hear your voice mail."
Tseng chuckled his eyes still closed, "Don't worry I didn't plan on answering if it was your ring tone."
Rolling his eyes and mumbling about pain in the ass Turks Sephiroth pulled out his PHS and turned up the volume knowing the others would want to hear this too. Hitting the speed dial for Tseng they heard the phone start playing a popular Wutai artist song.
Soon enough the answering machine picked up.
"Sorry but no one is available to answer your call at this time. If you would like to leave a message please wait for the beep, then press pound, press three then dial your name, then press six and dial your number, then press star press sixty nine ask for extension forty four forty three then leave your name and message. If you want to leave your number and the time you called, please press star twice bark like a dog spin in a circle press one twenty six times and wait for the beep. And thanks for calling."
"You seriously have that as your answering machine message for your Shinra PHS?" Zack asked after calming his laughter down. Tseng smirked chuckling softly, "I did that when our Vice President left 12 voicemails on my phone one night, the one right after that all I heard was laughing and he never did it again."
Reno snorted, "You should hear mine, I did the same thing after Rufus called me after he couldn't get a hold of ya boss."
Oh now he had to hear this one, raising his phone up once more Sephiroth dialed Reno's number.
"Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be recorded and will be used against you."
"You should hear the one I put up for the main phone line at the office!" Tseng opened his eyes at that and glared at Reno, "You didn't…."
Flipping his phone up he instantly called the main line. "Elena, I will recall let the phone go to voicemail.. yes Reno changed it again." Hitting the end button he redialed it.
"Greetings you have reached the Department of Administrative Research. We know who you are and what you want, so at the sound of the tone, please hang up."
Tseng couldn't help it he face palmed. Sephiroth and Genesis were dying on the other side of the car, "Tseng you need to keep that it works so perfectly!" Zack bounced over and sat next to the lead assassin.
Looking up Tseng glared at Zack but was smiling, he honestly was thinking of keeping it just to screw with the president a bit if he ever called the main line. He did on rare occasions when he was too damn drunk to remember Tseng's PHS number.
"Boss, are you going to collect their wallets?" Rude asked seeing they were only a minute or so away. "Mm, yes we should." Standing up Tseng stood in the center of the group. "Everyone hand over your wallets, this section of slums is known of pick pockets. We all know how bad it would be if we lost our wallets."
"You mean like Zack did when he was running around with his girlfriend in wall market." Cloud poked Zack in the ribs. Growling Zack batted his hand away; "Shut up…" he had spent hours running around wall market trying to track down the little brat that stole his wallet.
Reaching into his bag Tseng pulled out a locked case and quickly punched in the code. "Alright, everyone; we're not in uniform so even we're at risk." Tseng threw his own wallet in there, his Turks followed suit followed by the three SOLDIER that were still sitting there. Vincent didn't have a wallet, just a Shinra ID card that Tseng had made out for him, pulling that from his spot in his glove he tossed it into the case.
Smirking Genesis reached back and plunged his hand into Sephiroth's back pocket his fingers intentionally missing the leather wallet and gripping the muscle under it and squeezed. Jumping slightly Sephiroth looked back seeing the impish smile plastering his lovers' lips.
"If you're going to grab at least kiss me." He said mimicking Genesis own words from the VR gaming center. Smirking Genesis moved around so he was standing in front of him. "I thought you would never offer." Not caring that people were in the car with them he reached out and kissed him deeply.
Closing his eyes Sephiroth returned the kiss, his body unconsciously melting against him. Genesis could always turn him to absolute butter and he honestly didn't care.
Breaking the kiss Genesis smirked seeing those passion hazed green eyes looking back down at him. "Thanks Seph." He purred and moved away waving Sephiroth's wallet at him from over his shoulder. Blinking Sephiroth quickly reached back checking his back pocket. "Oh you little pickpocket! I'm the only one allowed to steal from people's pockets!"
Tseng laughed as Genesis dropped both his and Sephiroth's wallet into the case. "Doesn't feel good now does it." He said mockingly. Sephiroth leaned up against one of the support bars his arms crossed over his chest and pout firmly in place. "Shut up Niisan."
Locking the box Tseng put it back in the bag before throwing it to Rude. "You're in charge of it." The silent man nodded grasping it tightly in his hand. Even if he wasn't in his Turk uniform Rude looked like someone you didn't want to fuck with.
Feeling the train coming to a halt Genesis like always was the first out the door.
Vincent moved over to his son and gently trailed a hand along the long silver hair that was kept up by a black hair band. "Stay by me alright." He knew all about the slums since he had used to patrol down there before he was promoted to guard of the science department. If he knew Shinra and he did, that fat bastard had not made any effort to improve the place.
"Dad, I'm a big boy now and don't worry I'm not unarmed." Reaching into his waist band he pulled out a semi auto he had gotten from Tseng. After being trained in how to use them most of them had started carrying a side arm as a last resort.
Taking the pistol from his son Vincent looked it over, "This is a new design, it's a little bigger then what we were issued." Dropping the magazine he looked at the rounds. ".45, good at least they got away from the horrid 9mil." Handing the pistol back he looked over seeing the girls were standing not far away their eyes wide with horror and confusion.
Narrowing his eyes his eyes flashed golden. Instantly the girls screamed and tore past them, Sephiroth blinked and looked to his father. "What did you do?" turning crimson eyes back on his son Vincent shrugged, "Simply looked at them." Putting a hand on his sons back he directed him off the train.
'no slut is going to touch a hair on my childs head'
'for once we are in agreeance host..the red head is beautiful he is fine for your offspring.'
Vincent frowned slightly hearing Chaos words in his head, something about the beautiful part did not sit well with him.
'for once today Chaos.. remain silent.'
Only dark chuckling reached him but thankfully the demon fell silent.
The walk through the slums was a quiet one; Genesis and Angeal were staring at horror as exactly how bad the slums really were. Cloud was keeping his attention on everyone that dared to get anywhere near them but his mind was also shifting to figuring out exactly what he was going to do about Seph and Genesis.
Genesis would probably get really pissed off and blow up as was normal, but Seph.. what would he do? That unknown scared the hell out of him, if he broke up with them and tried to go after Tseng would Sephiroth kick him from SOLDIER?
"Don't think about it too much spiky." Zack was standing next to him and leaned down to whisper to him. He knew what was on his friends mind since he had been thinking about the same thing while he had been hanging upside down in the train. "I'll be here for you whatever you do." Tilting his head slightly Cloud smiled up at Zack. "Thanks.."
Moving up to a shack that looked like it was about to fall in on itself Tseng stepped up and through the door without taking a second glance at it. Sharing a nervous glance the others slowly followed the older man, though they kept looking at the structure as if it was about come falling down on their heads at any second.
"is dat my Tseng?" they had barely entered the restaurant when a heavily accented voice came bounding from the back of the restaurant; from what had to be the kitchen, a little old lady with skin as black as night came bounding out.
Smiling Tseng barely had time to kneel down before the little old lady was pulling him down and into a bone crushing hug. "why look at ja, not a day over nineteen! Come lay some sugar on me darlin." Laughing gently Tseng leaned up and kissed both her cheeks knowing he wouldn't get out of this death grip if he didn't.
"ja haven't been to see me in so long. Are ja still 'orkin for dat company?" being released from the death hug Tseng rubbed his chest playfully. "Yes mamma Odie, they made me Director."
The old woman positively beamed up at him. "dat's great! How is dat boy of yours, I haven't seen him in ages."
Smiling Tseng moved to the side revealing the massive group behind him. Instantly momma Odie's large brown eyes landed on Sephiroth and she squealed rushing forward. Unable to resist the infectious smile the old woman was giving off Sephiroth smiled brightly in return and dropped to his knee's instantly being pulled into the bone crushing hug he used to remember receiving as a young boy.
" 'ephiroth! Look at ja!" she pulled back slightly kissing both of his cheeks before placing her hand on his cheeks and started turning his head this way and that. "ju are so handsome! I knew ju would be when ja were older. How old are ja now son?" laughing softly Sephiroth stood back easily towering over the smaller woman. "It's actually my birthday today, I'm twenty one now." Momma Odie squealed loudly at this and hugged his waist tightly as she could. "den I need to make ja a special lunch!" moving around him she looked at the group still standing behind him, all were smiling seeing this tiny woman glomping Sephiroth and Tseng.
"Who are all jra friends?"
"A combination of my men and Sephiroth's men," Tseng said already pulling a couple tables together.
Zack the ever hyper active puppy came bounding over and swept the old lady up into a hug much to her pleasure. Laughing loudly momma Odie returned his hug with a bone crushing one, "ohh I like ju.. what's jur name sweet heart." Pulling away Zack continued to smile brightly. "Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st class."
"ohh ju one of those SOLDIER I be hearin so much 'bout, ja such a young thang to! Come lay some sugar on mamma Odie." Leaning down Zack kissed both her cheeks and gave her another hug before moving over to help Sephiroth and Tseng with the tables and chairs. People were watching them from across the restaurant but mainly for the reaction of momma Odie.
Turning back to the group Odie smiled seeing the beautiful redhead giving her a beautiful smile. "Genesis Rhapsodos, SOLDIER 1st class." He held out a hand. Blowing air out her mouth Odie grabbed the hand in a surprisingly strong grip and pulled the tall red head into a bone crushing hug.
Angeal was chuckling hard watching his best friend getting manhandled. He was chuckling so much he didn't even see the little old lady until he was being jerked down and hugged. "Now ju a handsome one! What's your name sweet thang?"
Chuckling softly and making sure to really keep his strength in check returning the hug. "Angeal Hewley ma'am, SOLDIER 1st class second in command under General Sephiroth." Releasing him momma Odie turned to Sephiroth. "ju didn't tell jur momma ja made General!"
Sephiroth flushed and absently rubbed the back of his head in a very Zack like way. "Slipped my mind?" she frowned at him and wiggled a crooked finger. "I know ju better then dat. Jur memory as sharp as a alligators tooth!"
She turned back spying the blond standing almost awkwardly in front of her.
Moving over to the group Genesis wrapped his arms around his side hunched over slightly. "Is she like some secret Shinra experiment? Damn that woman's strong." He was enhanced but she had squeezed him so hard his ribs were hurting.
"She's always been like that; she's a very strong woman. Though her health was failing her, it got bad enough she could no longer run the restaurant and so left it to her daughter and her son-in-law." Tseng leaned in so momma wouldn't hear. "Her children nearly ran it into the ground, why we stopped coming here when Sephiroth was about 12. Even though it was bad we used to come to support her in any way we could but her son in law hates Sephiroth for some reason." Sephiroth snorted sitting down in a chair as Cloud came trotting over in a similar position as Genesis.
"I thought my grandmother gave strong hugs..Gaia!" he collapsed in a chair in his normal spot across from Zack and right next to Genesis.
Tseng chuckled gently taking his normal seat, looking over he leaned across the table and gently knocked Sephiroth's hand. "You might want to go save your father before she gets to him."
While Vincent may have been physical with his son he hardly allowed anyone even the hyper active Zack to touch him. Tseng had a feeling it was due to something Hojo had done to him though none of them had any idea exactly what is was.
Standing quickly Sephiroth moved over and knelt down next to momma Odie. She was just releasing Reno who gimped over to the table holding his aching sides.
"Momma Odie?" turning her attention from the red eyed beauty she looked to the little boy she absolutely adored. "Would like you to meet my father, Vincent."
Momma Odie's eyes widened as she looked up at the beautiful man, "He was gravely injured in an accident just before I was born and was in a comma till about a week ago." That was the story Tseng had come up with to cover for exactly where Vincent had been for those outside their little group and the Turks.
The old woman made a sad sound and gently took the non glove covered hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "At least ja 'lright kid. Come sit and tell old momma Odie what she can make ju."

AN: end part 1 I know you are all waiting for a drunk Sephiroth, that will be next chapter! Drunk seph plus plenty of lemony goodness for you all.
Genesis: I hope there is a stripper pole….
Seph: -flushes bright red-
Next chapter should be up fairly soon, it's still in the works, so it might have to wait till after the move, we will see how long it takes me. This is the longest chapter I have EVER written right now it's sitting at just over37,000 words..
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