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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 35

"Harmony!"

"Sassi!" Kadaj and Loz cried as they watched both women fall to the ground.

The three Remnants were beside them in a heartbeat, and one half-second after that, Yazoo and Zack had Cormac and his partner in strangle-holds.

"What did you do to them?" Cissnei snarled, stepping up next to Yazoo to look the stranger in the eye.

"'Ey there, missy! I did nothin'! I'm a friend! I worked for Sassafrass's grandda!" Cormac said quietly, so that his partner could not overhear. "Ye better let us go, the Gardai already been lookin' fer a reason ta' arrest ye. Assaulting an officer of the Garda is a good one!" Yazoo released the man, but kept himself close.

"What did you say that made them faint?" He asked in a low voice.

"They just figured somethin' out 'bout their lineage. Now let mah partner go, afore he decides to call fer backup."

Yazoo nodded to Zack and the man released the stranger he held.

"Its alright, Sean. Its a misunderstandin'. Let's help them get the ladies in the house, and we c'n leave peacefully." Cormac said when his partner reached for his weapon.

"Ye sure 'bout tha'? They look like they need ta go to Hospital." The man, Sean, said.

"Nah, they're just tired, and we gave 'em quite a shock. We'll take 'em in, and then start in on our orders."

"Don't bother!" Kadaj said, bitterly, "We can take care of them ourselves! Go away!"

Cormac nodded with an enlightened smile, and pulled Yazoo aside. "This is me number. Sassafrass can call me when she's up. I've already sent for the keepers ta come out."

Yazoo looked at the man as he took the card. "You really do know her?"

"Since she was but a wee Little Bird, aye. Not seen 'er in a quite a few years, though. Her Da was a disgrace to all of Ire, he was."

Yazoo nodded again. "These keepers?"

"As loyal to the Flint Family as they come. They should come 'round in the morn. Now, get those girls inside afore they catch their death of cold!"

Loz and Kadaj hurried to do just that, as the others made their way to the shuttles, watching the Gardai leave warily as they unpacked their bags.

!#$%^&*()

Sassi groaned as she awoke. She was freezing, and even behind her eyelids, the light was blinding. She felt a warm hand clutching her own, and heard a soft, yet utterly masculine voice whisper her name.

"Sassi? Sassi are you okay? Do you need anything?"

"I'm cold..." She managed, trying to pry her heavy eyelids open. What had happened? Why was she...

The memory hit her with the force of a hurricane and she bolted upright, clutching her head and cursing herself for the stab of pain that implanted itself in her skull at the movement.

Falling back onto the dusty couch, she tried to focus her thoughts enough to voice them. "Where...where's Harmony?"

"Kadaj put her in one of the empty rooms downstairs. She's okay... I think. What happened?" Loz asked, slipping an arm under Sassi. He gently lifted her toward him, stuffing a couple of pillows behind her back and letting her rest against them.

"Cormac... He told us something that... I just can't believe it... All this time. I wonder if my mother even knew?" Sassi said, more to herself.

"Knew what?"

Sassi continued as though she hadn't heard him. "What am I saying, of course she knew... Why did I never think of it? Of course she'd be Cetran! But... did they know about Hari's mother? Did Grandfather even tell her? And why would they let her marry... that man...?"

Loz stood slowly during Sassi's musings. 'I think I need to try to get Harmony in here...'

!#$%^&*()

'Oowwwww!' Was the thought that rang loudly through Harmony's head as consciousness returned to her. She groaned and tried to roll to her side, letting out another sound of irritation and pain as she rolled into something hard. Opening her eyes, she found herself staring at gray material. Blinking in confusion, she followed the material up a deceptively broad chest and further until yellow green eyes met hers. As her senses reluctantly kicked into gear, she recognized the eyes as Kadaj's, and realized that she lay across his lap on a dusty bed.

"Are you okay?" Kadaj said quietly, reaching up and running his hand through her hair.

"Yeah," Harmony started, "what hap-OH GOD!" She cried. She bolted off of his lap as she remembered the conversation that had caused her to faint... and instantly regretted it as she felt her forehead connect with Kadaj's chin.

"Ow! Damnit, will you sit still?" Kadaj growled, taking her shoulders and forcing her back onto his lap.

"I'm sorry! I just... I remembered what that guy said." Harmony said, rubbing the sore spot on her forehead.

"And what was that?" Kadaj asked, using his hand to roll his jaw before letting it fall to run his fingers through her hair again.

"Sassi's my cousin."

Kadaj stopped his motions. "...What?"

"Sassi's... my cousin!" Harmony whispered. Kadaj could tell that she was close to breaking down. He sat her up, turning her around and forcing her to straddle him.

"Hey." He grasped her shoulders and shook her when she ignored him. "Hey!" She finally looked at him, her eyes glazed. He cupped her jaw in his hands and forced her to look him in the eye. "Its okay. Just calm down. You'd think you'd know by now that freaking out doesn't solve anything. Just relax, and tell me what happened. Sassi's your cousin?"

Harmony took a deep breath and leaned forward, touching her forehead to Kadaj's. "The man... He said that my Grandmother was a Guardian, too. He said that she was married to Sassi's Grandfather, but it was her second marriage. My mother came from a previous marriage, before she knew that she was a Guardian. Sassi's mother came from the second... We're cousins. Cousins! That explains even more about our relationship. I've always felt close to her..." She trailed off when she heard Kadaj sigh.

Sitting up, she took in his expression. His jaw was clenched and his eyes were tightly closed, and Harmony could tell that he was struggling to get a grip on his jealousy.

"Kadaj." She said in a flat tone.

"What?" He ground out.

"Look at me." He refused, and she repeated the order until he complied. "I want you to listen to me, and listen good." She waited for his nod before continuing. "I want you to know this. It might make you mad, but I need you to understand. Just because I love Sassi, doesn't mean I love you any less, I-" She cut herself off, eyes wide as she realized what she just said. when her sight focused again, she saw kadaj staring at her, his expression mirroring her own.

"You... you love me?" He choked out.

"I... I... Oh hell." Harmony said, covering her face with her palms.

"Answer me!" Kadaj said more forcefully that he intended.

"Yes."

Silence festered for what seemed like hours as Harmony waited for Kadaj to react. Her heart was pounding with fear and hope. The fear was winning, as the Remnant said nothing. Just stared at her, his expression unreadable.

"I'm sorry," Harmony said, moving back and attempting to get off of him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

Quicker than she had ever seen him move, Kadaj's hands shot out, grabbing her wrists and forcing her to stay where she was. Harmony looked down, unable to meet his eyes.

"I don't expect anything from you, Kadaj. I fought this for so long... you don't have to say-"

He cut her off again by pulling her into a bone crushing hug. She sat still in his embrace, confused at his show of emotion, and his own apparent confusion.

"Kadaj?"

"Thank you." Was all he said.

But it was all he needed to say.

!#$%^&*()

Loz couldn't help the grin that spread across his face as he listened through the door to the room Kadaj had claimed. Looking to his younger brother, he saw that Yazoo was in the same state.

"Its about time." Yazoo whispered. "Come on, leave them alone. We can calm Sassi down ourselves."

They didn't need to. When they entered the room that Sassi had been taken to, she wasn't on the couch where Loz had left her.

"Sassi?" Yazoo called out before Loz could panic.

"I'm out here." Came a quiet call from outside the large double-doors of the balcony.

"Are you okay now?" Loz asked anxiously.

"Yes. Sorry I freaked out. Its... its a lot to take in." Sassi said, turning as the two Remnants joined her in the crisp night air.

"Its okay, I was just worried about you. Do you want to talk about it now?" Loz said, picking up the blanket that had been haphazardly thrown across the rail and draping it over the redhead's shoulders.

"Well... I guess there were some things that either my mother didn't know... or neglected to tell me." She started.

"Such as?" Yazoo prodded.

"Heh. Such as: Harmony is my cousin." She nodded at Yazoo's shocked look. Loz had already gathered as much, she knew. "Yeah. I guess her Grandmother was a Guardian, too. Hari's mom was from her first marriage... and my own mother was from her second... when she found out that she was a Guardian, and my Grandfather was the Cetra she was supposed to protect."

"How do you know this?" Yazoo asked.

"Cormac told me. He's worked for the Flint family for as long as I can remember. Even after my father forced us to move to the States, Cormac always tried to send me birthday presents. I remember my parent's arguing about it. My mother defending the man she knew as her brother, and my father insisting that she cut all ties with him, because he's not biologically related. Not that blood mattered to him." At Yazoo and Loz's confused stares, she sighed and continued. "Grandfather found out shortly after my mother was born that the likely-hood of his fathering more children was non-existent. So when Cormac started working for them from a program through his orphanage, they adopted him. He's my uncle, guys."

She paused and glared when she caught Loz's sheepish look, and almost choked on her tongue when the look was shared my Yazoo.

"What did you do?" She asked, stepping closer. Loz backed up a step.

"Well... we thought he hurt you... so I grabbed him. I let him go!" Yazoo said quickly when Sassi's eyes flashed angrily. "We didn't know!" He wasn't really afraid of her... but he had to admit, after seeing what happened to Kadaj, and hearing about her projections from Loz, he did not want to be on the receiving end of the small woman's anger.

Sassi's shoulders sagged, much to the middle Remnant's relief. "Okay. Understandable."

"Yazoo?" Came a call from the hallway. "Yazoo, are you in there?"

"Coming, Cissnei." Yazoo said with a small smile. He caught Sassi's curiously amused look and fought the blush threatening to spread across his cheeks.

"She's taken quite a liking to you, hasn't she? Is it returned?" Sassi asked.

"I... She's... different. She doesn't seem to care that I used to be a bad guy. She doesn't look at me or my brothers with the same distrust that the others do. I... I think I might like her a little. I'm just worried that when she finds out about what I did to Tseng and Elena, she'll treat me like the rest of them do." Yazoo blurted, and then immediately cursed himself. What was it about Harmony and Sassi that made him want to pour his heart out to them at every opportunity?

Sassi only smiled. "Yazoo, I've spent a lot of time with her, after I found them in the forest behind my house. I don't think her opinion would hcange that easily. Just be honest with her. Hiding it will only make it worse. Harmony showed me everything that happened before I went to the cabin. If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Its obvious that you're not like that anymore. When was the last time you even thought about Jenova, other than rushing to get to Kadaj when she took over his mind a couple of days ago?"

Yazoo and Loz shared an enlightened look. "Not since... well, not since Hari took us to the cabin."

Sassi smiled. "You see? Nothing to worry about. Now go, I think she's getting impatient." Sassi chuckled upon hearing Cissnei's heaved sigh from the doorway to her room.

Yazoo said nothing, just smiled and nodded to her before briskly making his way back inside.

"Sorry it took me so long, I was talking to Sassi. Can we... Can we go somewhere? I want to talk to you... in private." They heard him say.

Sassi could almost hear the blush in Cissnei's voice as the auburn haired woman answered. "Yeah... I'd like that."

Loz chuckled as he heard the door close and the two making their way down the hall.

"So." Sassi said, unsure of what to say to Loz now that they were alone. Suddenly, without Yazoo there, the memory of the flight from New York was inching its way to the front of her mind.

"So." Loz echoed. He was a little nervous about being alone with Sassi. They hadn't really had a chance to talk about what happened before they left the cabin. Even when he dragged her into the plane's bathroom, that was a spur of the moment thing. He wasn't sure if they were okay. Hell, he wasn't even sure if they were even 'they' at all. Was he supposed to like, ask her or something?

Sassi watched the expression on the eldest Remnant's face. He looked worried. Reluctantly, as she still wasn't used to being able to touch people, she raised her hand and dragged a naked finger down his cheek. Anxiety washed over her senses as the Remnant's emotions flooded her body.

"What's wrong?" She asked, stepping closer and cupping his cheek.

"Im... I just... I'm sorry. About... pushing you to talk about your father."

Sassi swallowed thickly. She wasn't expecting that. "Its okay." She said after a minute. "Those are just... painful memories. Even Hari... only knows the basics."

"I know... I could feel everything. When you showed me what happened... it felt like I was you." Loz hoped his explanation made sense.

Sassi nodded. "I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have done it. I could have really hurt you."

"I know you're scared." Loz said suddenly. Sassi's eyes went wide.

"Wha-"

"Just listen. I know you're afraid that you'll hurt me with your power. But we've already figured out that your powers don't work the same way on us." Loz reasoned, taking her bare hands and willing her to feel every emotion inside him. The fear of her rejection, the hope for her acceptance, the adoration he had for her, and the true respect for not only her power, but her as well.

"Loz, I-"

He cut her off again. "Please, Sassi. Let me worry about me. Let me make this decision."

"But what if I do hurt you?" She said in a small voice, a voice that reminded him of a frightened child.

"You won't. I know you won't. Can I tell you what I think about it?" At her nod, he continued. "I think that what happened to your mother was an accident. A tragic accident. You were a kid! How were you supposed to know the level of control you'd need? Especially because they never told you. How could you possibly understand what the consequences could be? And your father, well, as much as he deserved it, and as much as you may have wanted to hurt him, you didn't know that he would react that way. Yes, it was something that maybe you should have considered, but that doesn't change the fact that you didn't mean to hurt them."

Sassi choked back the tears that threatened to fall. "Loz, I..." She trailed off, not sure what to say to the Remnant. Smiling, eyes misty, she pulled her hands from his grasp and wrapped them around his waist. Leaning in, she snuggled her face into his warm chest. "Thank you." She said.

Loz pushed her away from him with a smile. "How about I make you feel better, huh?" He gave her a sly look as he pulled her back inside the room.

"What did you have in- oh..." Sassi said with a smirk as Loz pushed her down onto the bed. A wicked idea flickered through her mind. A wonderfully, brilliantly wicked idea.

"Loz?" She asked as he was leaning in for what was sure to be a soul-melting kiss.

"Hm?" He grunted.

"I... I want to try something. I want to show you a... memory... but if it gets to be too much you need to know how to kick me out of your head."

Loz nodded, showing that he was interested, and listening.

"All you have to do is seperate me, from you. Make the distinction that the memory isn't yours, its mine, and I'll be able to feel it when you do. I'll know to pull back."

"Okay." Loz said. He didn't care what Sassi did. He knew that her power couldn't hurt him. She didn't want it to, and somehow, he knew that she could control it. "Do it."

Sassi took a deep breath and steeled herself. Then, carefully, she placed her hands on the Remnant's chest, gently pushing until she could feel her consciouness enter his own.

(Flashback, Private Jet, JFK to Belfast)

Sassi stared after the stewardess. The uniformed women paused a few rows ahead, looked over her shoulder and winked conspiratorially. When Sassi noticed the very blond head occupying that row she smiled slightly. She turned her attention to the tiny square of paper which was delivered with her drink.

"I found out some information that could help us," was written in a very slanted cursive. Loz stood, stretched slightly, and headed for the lavatory. Sassi, let her curiosity take over, one of her many faults, and careful not to wake her sleeping companion on the isle seat, followed. Loz was leaning against one of the bathroom doors, apparently waiting his turn. His eyes glowed in the near darkness of the plane, fixed on the advancing redhead.

Sassi leaned in to whisper a string of questions but let out a muffled 'eep' as Loz snatched her to his chest. He swiftly unlatched the door behind him and took a few steps backward, closing the door smoothly before anyone noticed anything amiss. Sassi managed to free her face an gasped in a breathe as the lock clicked into place.

"Loz! What in seven hells is all the secrecy about?" she demanded.

"This," he bent his head and caught her mouth mid protest. Sassi quite forgot all speech as she was thoroughly kissed. Her arms snaked around his neck as large hands gripped her waist. Loz angled back slightly, lifting Sassi enough she had no option but to cling to her remnant or fall. Loz nipped just below her ear causing her nails to dig into his shoulders. With a detached feeling, Sassi marveled at the speed she could lose herself in Loz's arms. She could feel her Jean skirt inching up. Loz was fascinated by the silky panties he found. Rubbing her ass through the fabric, squeezing and kneading her flesh. Sassi softly moaned into his throat.

She began to fumble at his fly, "Like that already is it?" Loz chuckled to himself. Wrapping a long arm around her middle he decided to help her eager fingers. He barely had the zipper down when he felt a firm grip on his naked skin. He inhaled sharply as Sassi's hand expertly handled him. He lifted one of her slim legs, hooking it on his elbow. His other hand toyed with her now exposed sensitive area through those wonderful silk panties. It wasn't long before Sassi began to whimper. Loz quickly stifled the sound with his mouth. He ached to lose himself in her, but a thought occurred to him. How could he forget to take her underwear off? As if reading his mind, Sassi reached under her and lifted the edge of fabric to the side. Loz nearly whooped when he realized what she did.

He wasted no more time, knowing they had to hurry. He set a bouncing rhythm and lifted Sassi's other leg. He found gravity to be his best friend as each thrust shoved him deeper than ever. Sassi was growing tense, her orgasm building, she tilted her head back and bit her lip to stop from crying out. She shuddered and held on tightly. She leaned her forehead against his as she felt his release inside her. Sassi opened her eyes in the stillness that followed, her vision filled with those piercing alien eyes. She saw raw emotion, unfiltered, and knew a moment of trepidation. Loz set her, putting his clothes to rights.

With a disarming grin he whispered, "I was told we need to leave separately. Wait a few minutes before coming out." He planted a soft kiss on her swollen lips and worked his way out.

Sassi started straightening her skirt thinking to herself, 'He's got it bad!' She looked at her reflection and realized his parting words. He was told?

(End Flashback)

Sassi carefully pulled herself from Loz's mind, tensing and then nearly melting when she felt the hard heat at her hip.

'I am so glad I was watching the mirror the whole time!' Was the only thing she had time to thing before Loz's lips crashed down onto hers with nearly violent force. He pulled away, leaving them both gasping for breath, and leaving Sassi lips feeling bruised.

"Squaw," He panted, "Squaw can jump in Big Chief's mind any time Squaw wants!"

Sassi barely had time to chuckle before his lips were on hers again, and she felt his hand snaking its way down her torso.
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