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Snow Day	By : Zerachiel Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male > Cloud/Sephiroth Views: 7487 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Snow day – home coming

Lowering his camera Angeal smirked looking at the view finder on the back. Oh this picture was so going up on the Silver Elite when they got back to Midgar.

They had just arrived at Junon; their bags were currently being unloaded. Sephiroth had stepped off the helicopter and had been standing a little off to the side with his bag and Masamune waiting for the rest to disembark when the new Turk had stepped from the helicopter.

Sephiroth still stood in the same position he had when the Turk first stepped off the Helicopter; eyes wide and slack jawed. "Is he still standing here?" Genesis asked his arms thrown over Angeal's shoulders. The larger 1st laughed nodded putting his beloved camera away, "I think he's in shock.." they watched as Zack moved up in front of Sephiroth and started to wave a hand in front of his face. "Hel-lo? Anyone home? Tseng I think you killed him with your little surprise."

A deep sigh was heard before a figure stepped once more from the helicopter. Pressed black suit, with white shirt, pressed black tight and black shoes the new Turk looked everything a Turk should. The only thing throwing it off was the gold gauntlet covering the Turks left hand.

Moving up to Sephiroth Vincent frowned and reached up grabbing one segment of his bangs and gave a sharp tug.

"ow!" snapping out of his stupor Sephiroth looked up at his father. "As much joy as I take from knowing my mere presence can cause Shinra's General to stop dead. We have a mission that requires our timely departure." Giving his son a look Vincent picked up one of the many bags sitting on the tarmac and headed towards the Highwind.

"Man, he's making us all look bad." Reno said locking up the helicopter, "Looks like you will have to step up your game." Tseng shot his second in command heading for the Highwind himself. The one thing they had discovered over the past week since Vincent was officially reinstated as a Turk; the man while not keen about working for Shinra once more had become one of the most efficient Turks Tseng had. He very easily fell back into the Turk mindset and he was just as dedicated to the Turks as any of them.

The only thing they had to do was keep him away from President Shinra. The fat bastard was sure to recognize him and report him down to Hojo; as of right now Vincent was safe from Hojo's clutches as long as he didn't get assigned to him again.

Blinking Sephiroth shook his head; grabbing his bag he headed onto the Highwind.

"About fucking time you god damn Shinra bastards got your sorry asses on here." Groaning the Silver General resisted the urge to shove Masamune through the man next to hims chest.

Cid Highwind was the main pilot of Shinra's Highwind; honestly he would have preferred to take a helicopter all the way to Wutai if it meant not having to deal with the foul mouthed pilot.

"Cid.." Tseng greeted keeping any argument about to start between Cid and Sephiroth from starting. "Order for Wutai, take us to the landing pad on the southern point. This is an undercover mission so discretion is key and time is of the essence." He handed cid the orders and tuned away ignoring the muttered cusses from the pilot behind him.

"Undercover mission?" there was nothing in the mission log about this being an undercover mission. Tseng looked over to his little brother a single brow raised; "Your mission is to dispose of the AVALANCHE rebels. If the famous Demon of Wutai was seen walking through Wutai capital do you not think they would scatter?"

Sephiroth frowned, sometimes he really hated Tseng's ability to look into a mission and find every fault in it.

"So how are we going to do this then? All of us are easily recognizable." Genesis asked his fingers absently playing with his new earring. It was actually the menuki from Masamune; Sephiroth had needed to get the tsuka rewrapped. When he had taken it to the sword smith he had the menuki removed and turned into an earring.

"Same way all Turks do when we go under cover yo." Reno smirked brightly a bag held in his hand.

Dumping a bucket of cold water over the head bent over the small kitchen sink on the Highwind Tseng couldn't help but smirk seeing the shiver run through Sephiroth's body. Gathering the long waterlogged hair he twisted it ringing out as much water as he could; seeing the water run almost clear he reached over grabbing a towel that Reno had stashed close by.

"Don't worry, this will wash out over the next few days." He said knowing he was getting a dirty look from the general as he went about towel drying the long length of now midnight black hair.

"I do not look good as a blond…" still drying Sephiroth's hair off Tseng looked over to where a shirtless Genesis was checking himself out in a small hand held mirror. While Sephiroth's had been dyed black Genesis had been turned into a blond.

Turning his head this way and that Genesis sighed; the blond really washed him out. He was naturally pale being a red head, this color blond just made him look that much paler. They had been unable to completely hide the natural auburn so the blond was actually more of a pale strawberry blond.

Cloud snorted from his seat on the floor now with dark brown hair, his trade mark spikes had been slicked back with a light weight gel though his bangs had been left where they were. He had contacts in hiding the mako glow and turned his blue eyes hazel; Genesis had ones that simply hid the glow since his were naturally pale blue.

Zack wandered around the other side of the kitchen with now light brown hair and bright emerald eyes. The colors honestly didn't look right on any of the boys but they needed to get far away from their natural colors. Almost all of them would be easily recognized with their normal colors and styles specially Sephiroth, Genesis and Cloud since they were very distinctive. Angeal and Zack didn't have much to worry about as Angeal wasn't as well known in Wutai and Zack other than his eyes was completely unknown here.

"You're done." Tseng released Sephiroth; stepping back he pulled the plastic gloves from his hands glad to see he had saved himself from getting black dye on his wrist this time.

Pushing himself up from where he was bent over the sink Sephiroth blinked trying to get used to the feel of contacts once more. These were different then the glow hiding ones he was used to wearing, they were more like the ones he used when he ran around the cadet classes. Wondering what color he had been given he pulled the towel off his head and turned to where Genesis was still hogging the mirror.

"Gen can I have it…what? I know I look a mess I haven't brushed my hair yet." He was feeling a little uncomfortable having everyone staring at him with various versions of shock on their faces. "holy Gaia this is creepy." Zack's jaw was somewhere bout the center of the earth by now as he stared at Sephiroth.

Shifting on his feet Sephiroth grabbed the mirror from his lover wondering if Tseng had died his hair blue again.

Holding the mirror up his own jaw went slack as he caught sight of his reflection. His hair was dyed the same midnight black as Tseng's and his father's with just hint of blue that was common among Wutai blood lines. The contacts he wore were deep crimson red, the same color as his father's prior to the enhancements.

It was like Vincent was looking back at him through the mirror. While some features were off like the shape of his eyes and his lips, the rest.. Was this how he was supposed to look? Was this the face that would have been staring back at him in the mirror if he was never subject to Hojo's enhancements?

Setting the mirror down he wandered over to one of the stools and sat down; no longer trusting his legs to support his weight. Grabbing the brush from its spot on one of the counters Genesis moved over and started to brush his hair knowing that was one thing that helped calm him down.

"We have clothes for you all as well, thankfully Wutai is used to seeing those from the central and eastern continent there." Thankfully they could wander around in normal clothes and not be single out because of it.

When he was growing up the "eastern" clothes as they were called were a rare sight; hell he hadn't started seeing them really until Shinra had started the talks about the mako reactor prior to the war. Even then it had only been dignitaries in business suits; it wasn't until right before the war that the Midgar culture had really started to seep into the country.

Leaving the boys to primp Tseng headed out into the main part of the airship; Wutai…

Stopping at a window he leaned against a railing attached to the deck to ceiling window and looked down at the ocean below them. Thirteen years had passed since he last stepped foot on the land of his birth. All through the Wutai war he had remained in Shinra, refusing any mission that called for him to go. He couldn't bear the sight of his beautiful home country torn by a pointless war, to see people he knew and friends he had grown up with dying at the hands of Sephiroth and his SOLDIER.

Why then was he going back? Lowering his head he put his hands over his face; he had been asking himself that all day since he accepted to be the leader of this mission on the Turks side. He could have very easily given it to Reno or Vincent, so why? Lifting his head he felt his stomach churning once more; something about this mission wasn't sitting well with him.

Feeling arms wrapping around his waist he couldn't help but smile and wrapped his own hands around those now resting against his stomach.

"Are you doing alright?"

A small noise left Tseng's throat a small bitter smile playing on his face. "Ask me once we get closer to Wutai." Releasing his lover Cloud moved to his side pushing himself up so he was sitting on the railing beside him.

Grabbing the silk tie Cloud drug Tseng over so the man was now standing in front of him and pulled him down into a soft kiss. Smiling into the kiss Tseng laid his hands against those strong thighs now on either side of him.

"You love my tie don't you." He said shaking his head slightly. Chuckling Cloud kept a grip on the tie and pulled on it playfully. "It's a great 'come hither' tool and besides.." he leaned up ghosting his lips over Tseng's. "It comes in real handy for tying you to the bed when I can't find the cuffs." A shiver raced down Tseng's spine heat pooling in his abdomen. Smirking cloud put a finger against Tseng's lips, "Tonight.. it's your turn anyway."

After breaking a nightstand, nearly breaking the bed and Tseng ending up with severally bruised ribs during one of their domination fights they both agreed they needed to settle on a rotation of who got to play tops. Most the time they switch every other time; unless one wanted to be bottom.

Reaching up Cloud carded his fingers through the long black hair falling across Tseng's shoulder. "It will be alright Tseng; you'll have all of us there. And when we're done we'll have three days in Costa del Sol." This earned him a groan from the Wutai native, "Great.. I'm gonna be a lobster.." he slumped down some at the thought.

"Wutai is almost all desert and hot jungles, how the hell do you burn?" Tseng graced him with a mild version of the Turk death glare. "I've been in Midgar for thirteen years, and Wutainese are naturally fair skinned..we burn and the burn turns into a light tan..ugh! Why didn't someone warn me we were going to Costa del Sol afterwards?" Oh he was going to be miserable. He couldn't help it he slumped down even more his bottom lip stuck out in a pout. That was one area he Hated…hear him HATED going to missions on. Every time he ever went there he ended up as red as Shinra's lobster dinner; and someone *cough*Reno*cough*always came up and slapped him on the most burned spot they could find.

Laughing loudly Cloud pulled his lover up kissing that pouting lip gently; he loved when the rare childish side of the normally serious Turk came out. "Don't laugh at me.." Tseng grumbled shooting him only a half ass glare.

Chuckling Cloud kissed him once more his fingers wrapping up into that long silk hair. "I'm sorry, your just too cute when you pout. Don't worry we'll coat you in a few dozen bottles of sun lotion and you should be fine.. You'll be all nice and greased up and you'll sparkle just like a vampire!"

Tseng shot him the dirtiest look Cloud had ever seen; he quickly bit the inside of his cheek to keep from bursting out laughing.

"Those aren't vampires those are fairies." Cloud turned his head away hand covering his mouth his whole body shaking as he was trying not to laugh. Tseng was not only a diehard South Kalm fan he was also a diehard horror fan; vampire, ghost, zombies… you named it he loved it. They had put on that new vampire movie and Tseng about had a shit fit when the Vampire sparkled in the sun light. He started to shake harder remembering it.

The group all stared with different versions of horror crossing their faces as they watched the vampire walk willingly into the sunlight and his skin started to sparkle.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!" the whole group jumped nearly out of their chairs; several pairs of mako eyes whipping around to stare at the Turk sitting on the love seat with Cloud. He was staring at the screen like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. "The fuck! Vampires don't sparkle they go "poof!" he doesn't drink the blood of humans, he doesn't have fangs, he's a 100 year old virgin AND HE SPARKLES! He's not a vampire he's a emo goth fairy from south Junon that hasn't come out of the closet!"

Not able to help it anymore Cloud burst out laughing tears of mirth rolling down his cheeks. You wanted to see a full grown Turk turn into a ranting child get him going on that subject.

"Haha.. laugh it up chocobo.." wiping the tears from his eyes Cloud grabbed the man kissing him deeply. "God I love you.."

The trip between Midgar and the southern landing platform of Wutai took nearly 9 hours; the group had all decided to catch up on their missing sleep. They could be found curled up in random spots across the Highwind though most had found refuge in the operation room.

When Cid announced they were about a half hour from Wutai none of them had gotten anymore sleep. The closer they got the more they watched the Turk disappear and the nervous sixteen year old runaway take his place.

Tseng had unconsciously started pacing up and down the operations room his fingers almost constantly combing through the hair the fell over his shoulder. At one point he had actually started chewing on the dark strands; it was then that Sephiroth had grabbed hold of the man and forced him to sit down and pulled his hair back into a pony tail so he wouldn't chew on it.

Sephiroth gently rubbed small circles along his back; the muscles under his fingers were as taunt as a bow string. "Tseng it's alright, I don't think anyone will even recognize you there, it's been over a century and you're not sixteen anymore

Taking several deep breaths Tseng sat up from the curled up position he had been in, his Turk mask firmly in place. He could do this, if he was lucky no one would recognize him as Sephiroth said and they would be in and out.

"If I had known this was going to tear boss man up so bad I would have told him to stay back in Midgar." Rude shook his head sitting next to his partner, "this is the one thing Tseng has spent his entire adult life running away from. It's something he needs to confront; this is the best way as he has support to fall back on." Rude kept his voice down knowing Tseng had excellent hearing, almost up to SOLDIER standards.

"Yeah but, it's not a good thing to be tackling shit like this when we're on a mission yo." Rude simply shrugged, for all they knew they would arrive in Wutai be done in a day and not have any time for Tseng to see anyone he possibly knew.

"We should probably get changed." Vincent stood up grabbing one of the many bags they had brought into the operations room. The others nodded standing up as well going for bags that were marked with their names; the air in the room changed as each man slipped into mission mode.

Pushing all his emotions once more back behind the Turk wall he had built up in his mind Tseng moved to his own bag pulling out a bundle of silk. Unlike the boys who would be in normal eastern clothes he had broken out the old clothes he had arrived to Midgar in. though it had been thirteen years he really hadn't grown that much and these clothes had been slightly bigger on him.

Slipping a finger under his tie he slid it loose before tossing it on the table alongside his Kevlar lined jacket.

"God damn Tseng, how many weapons do you have on you?" stopping Tseng looked over seeing all the SOLDIER looking at him though his Turks were continuing getting changed. Smirking despite the situation he was being thrust back into Tseng held up a finger; oh if their eyes were wide now they were in for a huge surprise.

Unhooking the weapons harness around his chest he laid it down on the table; three weapons were obvious on it, his two .45's and a short full tang that was commonly used by assassins, it was also dual blades as it split. Reaching into his belt he withdrew a .38 and set it on the table. Unbuttoning the cuffs on his shirt he pulled the shirt off revealing the long leather gloves that housed hidden blades and metal knuckles. He laid those along with his materia bracer down on the table before lifting his right foot onto a chair; pulling his pant leg up he pulled a small .45 snub and a long boot knife setting it on the table.

Smiling at the wide eyes staring at the table he counted all the weapons on the table, he was missing two.. "Oh duh.." reaching into his belt he pulled out his own EMR and a dagger from his belt line.

"Goddess.. You're a walking armament.." Genesis was never gladder that their little blow up had been when the man was in nothing but sleeping pants. He didn't want to know how much pain he would be in if Tseng had been in his Turk uniform.

"Boss man carries the most weapons out of all of us, but that's because he's the most versatile." Reno was already in his new clothes, they weren't anything that would really stand out as that was the whole point.

"A Turk should be versatile, not relying on a single weapon." Tseng said absently pulling on a rich black silk martial artist shirt. Looking up he was suddenly pelted by several shirts from across the room. Laughing loudly Tseng shook his head peeling the SOLDIERs shirts from his frame; that hadn't meant to been a stab at them but it seems that was how they took it.

"I was referring to my Turks when Veld was in charge..Guilty conscious you lot?"

The SOLDIER actually flushed some glowering at the Turk.

Tucking his shirt into black silk loose pants Tseng pulled out a dark blue sleeveless long shirt that was split all the way up on both sides leaving the neck and shoulders as the only thing holding the two pieces of fabric together. Embroidered in blacks and silvers was a beautiful panther that wrapped up the front and back. A long black sash with red horizontal stripes along the edge was the finishing touch keeping the two halves of the long shirt together.

Sephiroth stopped mid tying his boots acid green eyes going wide as he watched his big brother pulling his hair up into a very high ponytail and tied it off with a dark blue ribbon. It was like he was looking at a completely different man; the very air he carried seemed to shift to something even more deadly than his Turk air.

Hearing laughter he turned seeing Genesis leaning over Cloud his fingers pushing his chin back up. "Pounce him later.." flushing a brilliant red Cloud batted Genesis away.

"Do you all have your secondary weapons?" their swords would be left on the Highwind until nightfall when they could bring them in under the cover of darkness. The group of SOLDIER all nodded holstering their concealed weapons.

Today was going to be just a basic scouting, getting a feel of the area and listen in for news of the Rebel group; if it was as large as the report made it out to be than there should be talk around some of the normal watering holes. The key thing would be if those normal watering holes were still around from when Tseng was last here.

He did thankfully have some intel from Turks that has been send to Wutai that told him what the general culture was like now; honestly he had wanted nothing more than to cry when he saw what Shinra had reduce his home country too. Thankfully though Shinra had pretty much stripped Wutai of its freedom it had not been able to strip the people of their heritage and ways, many of the old methods he had grown up with were still alive and strong. Why he was wearing his old clothes and not going for something more modern; for one it would offer them some protection. To the average joe the outfit he wore would simply be a pretty piece of silk; but to those native to the land would see the silent messages threaded into the fabric.

Hearing the engines powering down the group slipped back into mission mode. Clicking their ear pieces on the SOLDIER slowly moved from the Highwind.

Stepping out onto the massive Shinra landing pad to the south of Wutai Village Sephiroth breathed deeply; Wutai even during the bloodiest war had some of the freshest air he had ever breathed in his life. "Now that we're not here to fight a war.. This land really is beautiful." Genesis moved up to stand next to him; while he not have been one to really care for the Wutai culture even he could appreciate its beauty.

"This will be my first time actually entering the city, same for you right Cloud?" Zack was walking around with his arms behind his head once more. "mm yeah, I just stayed in the camp during the clean up missions, I never actually got a chance to go into the town."

"I think that is all of us, during the war we primarily stayed in our base camp; the only time we ever entered the city was during the siege of the palace." Angeal was watching Tseng closely as the group started to walk up the gravel path that led up to the village. Since exiting the Highwind he had been very stiff; honestly it looked like if you touched the man he would launch up into orbit.

"So I guess that makes me the official guide." He said a small frown pulling at his face. Speeding up slightly so that he was walking along side his big brother Sephiroth wrapped his arm around him pulling him in against his side. "Stop stressing out Tseng.. it will be fine.. dad will you stop staring already!" the group all laughed seeing a very faint flush cross the dark gunman's face before he adverted his eyes. Ever since he saw his son walk out with the black hair and red eyes he could not stop looking at him; his brain was finally coming to complete terms with the fact this was his son.

The two mile trek along the gravel road to Wutai Village seemed to take longer than it should have; might have been about the time the village came into view Tseng had moved from the front of the group to the very back of the group and was almost dragging his feet.

It had taken Angeal threatening to cart him into the village like a sack of potatoes that had the Turk once more walking at the front of the group.

"You know as bad as it sounds, I actually would kind of like to see his family." Zack whispered leaning in close to Cloud. The two like normal had migrated to the back of the group so that they could talk without really any of the others listening in.

"Don't feel bad you aren't the only one; though I'm really worried about if we do see anyone he knows here. He's never told anyone, not even Sephiroth what happened with his family when he left. I don't think it was a very good parting." Cloud was watching his lover closely, just like Angeal he noticed how tense the man was getting with every step closer they were taking to the village. His eyes were constantly moving never once staying on one thing for more than a few moments. It was almost as if he was expecting an attack at any moment. Was Wutai really that dangerous of a place or was the Turk just that overly nervous about being home for the first time.

A high pitched battle cry rang out through the air causing everyone to drop down into a fighting stance, all except Tseng. Sighing in irritation Tseng stepped to the side just as a small girl soaring through the air past him. Squeaking the girl landed on the ground in a heap; groaning she pushed herself up glaring darkly at the Turk. "Shinra scum!" she screamed standing up and moving to attack Tseng once more.

Sighing again Tseng simply stepped to the side watching as the young girl probably no older than 12 shot past him again nearly overbalancing as she tried to stop.

"Princess..what are you doing outside the palace gates?" Tseng asked his hand coming to rest on the hilt of the katana tucked into the sash around his waist.

Standing up the young girl; no Princess of Wutai dusted herself off. "I'm a ninja and you are Shinra scum I will defeat you! Wait…" she stopped her eyes roving over the outfit he wore and the markings on the sash. Her large eyes went wide as she moved up to him now completely ignoring the SOLDIER and Turks.

"You're a huangjia cike of old! From before the war with Shinra!"

Genesis looked up to his lover looking for a translation; frowning darkly Sephiroth shook his head. That was not a traditional Wutaianese word that meant it was a code name used by the imperial family; something about it was familiar though.

"Seph.." hearing Angeal Sephiroth moved back to stand next to him as the young Princess was now speaking in very quick Wutaianese (so far he couldn't translate it fast enough to keep up) ducking his head down Angeal leaned down so he was close to Sephiroth and Genesis. "Huangjia cike was what the imperial assassins were called.."

Sephiroth felt his blood run cold hearing that; the imperial assassins had been the hardest opponents they had faced during the Wutai war. They were the Wutai equivalent of SOLDIER; though not enhanced they were trained far superior than even Sephiroth's own men back then.

They had been what made the war hard in the final stages and they were the main fighting force of the Wutai Palace.

No wonder Tseng's outfit looked familiar, they had all been in similar outfits ranging in color and all had a animal design on them..all with black belts and varying numbers of red or white lines.

Turning back the three watched Tseng carefully seeing a maid from the palace had come to collect the runaway princess. Pushing his bangs back behind his ear Tseng looked over knowing the look he was getting from the three boys. He simply raised a questioning brow in return.

Really was it that surprising that he had been an imperial assassin? He was a Shinra assassin now not much of a difference other then how they operated.

"Cloud your drooling.." Zack whispered nudging his friend; flushing bright red Cloud glared at Zack shoving him away before stalking past everyone and back up to his lover's side. Snickering Zack padded after him ignoring the three older SOLDIER who were still standing back.

Laughing softly Reno moved past them shaking his head; honestly what did these boys expect?

Whatever they had been expecting when they reached the village; what greeted them was not it.

Thousands of people milled around in varying traditional Kimonos and yukatas, many with some form of animal mask strapped to the side of their heads. Kids ran around laughing carrying candies and sparklers, some even had small bags tied to strings that had little gold fish in them.

"Tseng?" Genesis moved to stand next to the Wutai native his eyes taking in all the brilliant brightly decorated Kimono's the females wore and the duller more muted one of the men. "This is the Leviathan festival..how could I not remember this week was the festival." Little Wutai in the slums was hosting their own version of the festival at this very moment, he had been down there yesterday as this was one of his favorite.

"This week is devoted to the worship and celebration of Leviathan. People dress in their most lavish clothes, trade wares, visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health, drink and all around be merry." Without looking up he shot a hand out his finger grasping the back of Sephiroth's shirt as he made to shoot past.

"Inn first… chocolate later.."

"But…BUT NIISAN!" Sephiroth was looking at his big brother like he just told him Christmas was canceled.

Two girls walked past them giggling behind ornate paper fans; they were dressed even more lavishly than the people milling about. Their faces were painted stark white with only a thin area around their hairline left their natural skin tone; part of their lips were painted a vibrant red and black lined their eyes. Their hair was elaborately designed with flowers and dangling pins decorating the shiny black tresses. Their kimonos were lavish in color and design with obis that dangled nearly to the ground.

"Wow.." Zack's eyes followed them as the two girls continued past. "They're beautiful, I never saw anything like them during the war." Tseng turned to look at Zack before his eyes traveled to the two girls as they turned into a building.

"You wouldn't have..Those are maiko … apprentice Geishas; the only way you would have seen them was if you were invited to one of their tea houses or accompanied one of the wealthy patrons. They are entertainers to only the rich, Seph even with all his money would be hard pressed to gain entrance to one of the tea houses." He watched them with a fond expression on his face, "They truly are beautiful women; they are revered here in Wutai for their beauty and grace.."

Genesis smirked knowing that look and playfully nudged Tseng, "sounds like you had a crush on one." Flushing slightly Tseng shook his head and continued on into the village, he was honestly surprised not much had changed over the thirteen years he was gone. Shinra might have taken away their power but it couldn't take away who his people were.

"How do you know a geisha?" Cloud asked, looking down Tseng greatly resisted the urge to smile darkly as he saw jealousy tinting his lover eyes. Mm he might just have to let Cloud take top tonight, it promised to be a very fun night if that dark jealous light was anything to go by.

"My father..he used to accompany the lord to his time at the teahouses, when I was thirteen he started to bring me along. There was a young maiko that was there with her onee-san as she was always requested by the lord; she was very new but she seemed to always hang around me when he accompanied her onee-san. You could say that she was my first crush; Geisha are highly revered among my people.. to take one as a wife is the dream of every man."

He smirked internally seeing that jealous light flare even more in Cloud's eyes, oh this was far to fun. That light didn't escape either Sephiroth or Genesis notice; glancing to each other they both laughed softly. "think we're gonna have to give those two some privacy tonight..or at this rate the minute we get to the Inn." Zack who was walking near by laughed shaking his head; turning he looked around seeing only Reno was with them from the Turks. "Hey.. where did the other two go?"

Turning back Tseng looked around, "they went ahead to get the rooms at the Inn and make sure everything is clear."

Maneuvering around people it was strange that almost no one paid any attention to them; it actually felt nice being able to move around and not have everyone running in fear of him. looking up Sephiroth nodded massive red arches sitting over a long stone stairway heading up onto one of the many hills Wutai was situated in. beautiful pink flowered tree's lined the arches giving it an unearthly beauty even with the many people walking up and down the stairs.

"Hey Tseng.. what's up there?" he asked, stopping Tseng turned and felt his blood run cold as he took in the many Torri arches leading up to what he knew was the largest temple in Wutai. Swallowing hard he pushed all his emotions back behind the Turk wall in his mind.

"That's the main Leviathan shrine."

"ohh, I want to go up there; come on Seph." Genesis took his beloveds hand and started to pull him up the stairs. as he was looking at it Rude, Cissnei and Vincent were already heading up to the Inn to take of everything they could explore a little bit.

Sephiroth had actually always wanted to see the famous Leviathan shrine; he heard from those native to the area that it was the most beautiful as well as the largest in all of Wutai. The family was one of the wealthiest just under the Lord as they were paid very well by the lord to keep the shrine up and running. "oh.." releasing Sephiroth Genesis moved over and grabbed Tseng dragging him up and hooking his arm with his never once noticing the horrified look the Turk was giving him. "Come on, you're our guide through all of this."

Not noticing the Turks distress the other three SOLDIER followed moving up the long stairway up to the Leviathan shrine.

Sighing deeply Reno shook his head running a hand through crimson spikes; it must be a requirement for SOLDIER to be brain dead. None of them could see that Tseng looked like he was being drug to his own execution. Sighing once more Reno started to head up the stairs ready to catch his boss if he tried to bolt. "Awkward family reunion ho…"

The temple was truly a sight to behold, reaching the top steps it was like stepping into a world inside of another world. It was almost as if the town below didn't exist as none of the noise of the festival below could be heard up here.

The entirety of the hill was covered in lush green grass with a compact graveled path leading in through trees of brilliant reds and gold's. Buildings could be seen among the trees dotting across the extensive grounds of the shrine.

" This place is beautiful, I never imagined it would be this large. So Tseng where do we go…" Genesis fell silent as he actually looked at the Wutai native for the first time. Tseng who was normally pale because of his blood line was as white as those geishas, his arms were folded tightly across his chest and eyes down cast.

Before Genesis could ask what was wrong with him a young woman appeared from a side path. "Welcome." She said softly she smiled at them all bowing low. She was a very beautiful young woman with beautiful light blue eyes and midnight black hair that actually touched the ground it was so long. 'And I thought Seph's hair was long.' Genesis thought to himself his eyes traveling over the beautiful light pink Kimono the woman was wearing.

"It is an honor to have you at our shrine if you require any assistance please feel free.." the woman fell silent her pale blue eyes going wide as she finally looked at the group. Sephiroth instinctively flinched thinking they had been recognized he was waiting for the scream he knew was coming. Instead the woman raised delicate hands to her lips and tears started to flow from her eyes. "Tenshi"

Instantly Tseng's head snapped up his black eyes widening as he looked to the woman for the first time. He had been trying desperately to ignore any native and make himself as small as possible while he was up here.

"mama.."

The group of SOLDIER all stared openly hearing that simple word leaving Tseng's lips. The young woman lowered her hands tears still falling unchecked down her cheeks but her smile showed they were tears of pure joy.

"Tseng.. my angel.."

Not caring that his men were here along with the highest ranking SOLDIER Tseng did the only thing he could think of seeing his precious beautiful mother for the first time since his departure. Dropping his arms from their lock around his chest he rushed over to her throwing his arms around the woman that had given him everything. the woman, Tseng's beloved mother wrapped her arms around her only son hugging him for dear life; tears of pure joy running faster down her cheeks.

"Tseng… welcome home angel.."

AN: awwww Tseng found his momma ^_^ well here is the next chapter of Snowday, sorry it took so long but this one was giving me a world of trouble which is one reason it's ending here.. (also cause this felt like the best place to end it since I'm still trying to figure the next part out.)

Make sure to check out the snow day tumblr (ff7snowday. Tumblr. Com ) for a brand new picture of the five boys inspired by the first few chapters of the story. It's a beautiful piece of work and deserves much love.

Alright I'm off to work on life long forgotten.. maybe.
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