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Prophecy's Refrain	By : butabara Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 1023 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 25

"Give him back! Give my son back! Just let me see him! Just once!"

"She loved you, the moment you were born. Loved you so much that when they took you away, she abandoned all other research and experiments, and disappeared. I found her later, in the Grotto of Chaos behind a waterfall. Her likeness is still there, encased in Mako." Vincent finished his tale. Sephiroth had been still and silent throughout Vincent's recollection, only nodding when Vincent seemed to need reassurance that the General was, indeed, listening.

"What did she look like?" He asked.

Vincent was silent for a moment, staring at Sephiroth with a look of close scrutiny, making the tall SOLDIER feel slightly vulnerable - a feeling that he loathed absolutely.

"She looked like you, or rather, you look like her. Almost a mirror image." Vincent's voice took on a slightly monotone air, his eyes almost glazing over. "Her nose, her eyes, her whole facial structure… Its all there. With your hair dyed like this, its almost a perfect replication of her."

"Do you have a picture?"

"No." At Sephiroth's almost crestfallen look, Vincent continued. "I can do better. When we get back, if we get back, I'll take you to her grotto. She can hear you. I speak to her, sometimes." He clamped his mouth shut, as if he had just admitted a grave secret. He was amazed at himself. Vincent Valentine does not participate in idle conversation, and yet, he sat with this man, whom he barely knew, and told him what were basically the most precious memories he had.

And he had liked it. He had enjoyed telling another soul about his first love. He enjoyed the feeling that talking about it actually made the pain of her passing lessen just a bit.

A blue light flashed through the dimly lit room, the wisps clinging to Vincent's dark form as the brilliance faded away, taking with it a portion of the guilt that had weighed so heavily on his shoulders for the last twenty-six years.

!$%^&*()

Sassi awoke to the sound of light snoring. She smiled at the knowledge that Loz was a snorer. Then, a sudden thought filtered through her mind. She shouldn't be able to hear him snoring. The sound of the waterfall should have drowned it out.

Disoriented, she sat up and groggily took in her surroundings. She was instantly wide awake when she realized that she was in the second largest bedroom of the cabin, and had apparently been there for a while.

"Cad é an ifreann?"(1) She muttered to herself. 'Did I really just spend a night in the cabin… and not dream?'

Suddenly, from beside her, Loz snorted and let out what sounded suspiciously like a giggle. She looked down at him and smiled softly, reaching out to lightly run her bare finger down his cheek. Instantly, she was overcome with intense amusement. Whatever Loz was dreaming about, it obviously amused him.

Sassi carefully crawled out of the bed, so as not to wake the sleeping Remnant. She chuckled softly, eyeing the mud still smeared across his cheeks.

"Hn. Big Chief." She whispered to herself, shaking her head with a smile. She stood to her full height and turned to walk away.

She didn't get far. A startled gasp left her lips as a pair of pale, muscular arms wrapped themselves around her waist and dragged her back down to the bed. She struggled to turn around as she was pressed to a hard, warm chest and giggled when hot breath tickled across the skin of her neck.

"Loz… ST-OP! That tickles!"

"Big Chief no stop." He muttered in a sleepy voice. "Big Chief capture Squaw. Squaw prisoner."

"Squaw pee on Big Chief if Big Chief doesn't let her go."

Loz released her quickly. "Squaw free!"

Sassi smirked and rolled out of the bed. She then noticed something… odd.

"…Loz? Why am I still naked?"

"I carried you back. You were shaking, it was so cold. Don't worry, I made sure no one saw."

Sassi shot him a speculative look. Shaking her head with a small chuckle, she threw her robe on and slipped out of the bedroom and down the hall to the bathroom.

"I'm getting in the shower!" She called down the hall after she had finished her business and turned the water on. As she closed the door, however, a gust of wind knocked her back. Looking up, she saw Loz standing before her, the door closed and locked behind him.

'Now I see what Hari meant! He is fast!' She thought. "What are you doing?"

"Squaw dirty. Big Chief clean Squaw."

"Okay, Loz. Drop the Big Chief talk." Sassi rolled her eyes.

"No way." He answered. Then, in a low, husky voice that Sassi had never heard him use before, "Squaw like it."

With that, he pushed her robe off her shoulders, threw her over his shoulder, and stepped into the spray.

Her shriek of indignance could be heard throughout the cabin.

!$%^&*()

Harmony hummed quietly to herself as she mixed the ingredients for her pie crust in the large, flowered bowl. Kadaj had been absent when she awoke, but she thought nothing of it. He was probably at the meadow with the others, as Sephiroth had informed her when she saw him earlier that morning.

She had thought a lot as she showered and prepared herself for the day. It would be barely a week until the rest of her coven arrived at the cabin to help her find a way to send their travelers back to where they came from. After close consideration, she made her decision. Kadaj was right. She was wasting so much time being afraid of him.

She could hear the commotion from the bathroom above her as Sassi shrieked something unflattering at Loz, and it made her smile.

A little while later -Harmony was still in the kitchen- Sassi waltzed in. "Whatcha' doin'?" She asked.

"Baking." Harmony answered simply.

"Ah." Sassi let out an enlightened sound. "That means you've been thinking. And if you're baking pies, then you must be happy with whatever decision you've come to."

Harmony chuckled. "You know me too well."

"I agree."

"Shut up and help me."

!$%^&*()

"Sassi! Sassi, look! it's a penis!" Harmony giggles and gestured to the cookie dough she had molded into an obscene shape.

"I can do better." The redhead said. She quickly shaped and molded her own dough.

Just as Harmony was leaning in to inspect the piece, the other redhead of the group walked into the kitchen. Neither woman noticed the man as he made his way to stand behind them.

"No, no. The vein goes on the bottom." He said, startling them.

"Reno! You jerk! How many times do I have to fry you before you stop sneaking up on me?" Harmony hissed.

"Sorry, jeez. I was only trying to be helpful." He said, holding his hands up defensively.

"Oh, you think you can do better?" Sassi piped in.

!$%^&*()

"Gently!" Reno snapped, "Its not a toy! Think of it like…like… a banana! Yeah, like a banana. Nice and firm, but if you squeeze it too hard-"

"If you squeeze it too hard: POP!" Sassi said, cackling.

Harmony looked scandalized. "Sassi!"

"Oh please. You can't tell me you've never made Kadaj's banana pop!"

Harmony gasped in mortification, and Sassi didn't even have time to register the handful of flour flying straight for her face.

Reno shook his head and snuck away from the women, successfully avoiding what was sure to be a horrid mess.

!$%^&*()

Kadaj had spend the rest of the night on the porch swing. Yazoo had returned to the cabin with the auburn-haired TURK in tow, and Kadaj had opted to talk to him later. The TURKS didn't need to know his problems. Shortly after the sun rose, the others had left for the meadow, Kadaj following close behind. Maybe beating the snot out of someone would make him feel better, he'd thought. It hadn't. He returned to the cabin just as melancholy as he was before.

He damned every God in existence when he walked into the cabin and was greeted by the sound of Harmony's screaming laughter. It sounded as though she was in the kitchen. The smell of sweet pastries assaulted his senses and proved him right.

He was not prepared for the sight he found when he entered the kitchen. Harmony and Sassi sat on the floor, leaning against the cupboards. Both were laughing hysterically, and completely covered from head to toe in flour.

"Hi Kadaj!" Harmony said between giggles.

He snorted and shook his head. "So immature." He said in a mutter he was sure they wouldn't be able to hear.

He learned differently, however, when both women stopped their cackling and stared at him. As though they were one person, both of them let slightly evil smirks adorn their faces.

They glanced at each other, and then at Kadaj, and it wasn't even a full second before the Remnant was coughing and spitting flour from his now-white face.

"I can't believe you just did that." He said. He shook his head. "I'm not playing this game." He turned to walk away. He didn't get far, however, and stopped dead in his tracks when he felt the tell-tale crack-and-splatter of an egg hitting the back of his head.

He stood silent for a moment, until he heard Harmony's whisper to Sassi.

"Oh shit. You shouldn't have thrown the egg."

Kadaj allowed his own evil grin to grace his features. If they wanted to play, they were going to play by his rules.

It wasn't even a full ten seconds before both girls were squealing in disgust as they were both pelted with perfectly-aimed eggs.

"Sassi!" the three in the kitchen heard. "Sassi, what's wrong? Why are you screa-AH WHOA!"

Loz had rushed into the kitchen to see what was causing his lover's distress. Not paying attention to his surroundings, he stepped on a broken egg, the slime sending his sliding across the even slimier kitchen floor.

The Remnant reached out with quick hands and grasped the fridge door, intending to use it to stop himself.

And it all went to Hell from there.

Loz had gained enough momentum that all he accomplished by grabbing the refrigerator door, was to topple the appliance over onto its side.

The catastrophe happened so quickly, and was so shocking, that even Kadaj didn't have time to react as his older brother came hurdling toward him. The eldest Remnant collided with the youngest, sending them both smashing into the kitchen wall.

All at once, it was over. Kadaj and Loz fell to the floor in a twitching heap. Harmony and Sassi stared in shock at the scene they had just witnessed. They looked at each other and Harmony snorted, her peeling laughter once again echoing throughout the cabin, Sassi's joining hers not a moment later.

!$%^&*()

It had taken the four of them almost three hours to clean up the mess they had made. Kadaj and Loz righted the fridge, but it was clear that almost everything inside would have to be restocked.

"I'll be careful. Its you they're looking for, not me." Sassi said as she climbed into her SUV with Aerith, Tifa, and Yuffie.

"Okay. I guess you're right. You'll be fine. Just hurry back. Things like this make me nervous." Harmony said, fidgeting.

"I know. Me too." Sassi agreed.

"If I'm not here, check the meadow. I might see if Kadaj will train with me today." Sassi nodded her understanding, and Harmony stepped back as the SUV pulled away from the cabin.

When Harmony turned around, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz were standing behind her.

"So, you think you're ready to train with us again, huh?" Yazoo said.

Harmony smirked. "Bring it, pretty-boy."

The three Remnants chuckled in a way that made the woman feel incredibly uncomfortable. "Don't sound so confident. You're training with all of us now, and we're not holding back anymore."
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