Resurrection

Disclaimer: I do not own FFVII or any of its characters/items/locations, but this plot is mine and I will bite you if you take it without my permission.

Author: ZombieDuke

Comments: I just now realised the last update was more then a month ago (where did the time go?) but I hope this chapter is just as good as the pervious ones. All other stories that I've been writing are in effect part of the Resurrection. They take place when Cloud was a cadet and Sephiroth was a General and Zack was a First Class and so take place in the past. Anyway, if you see this story or any of the other ones I've written posted here on another site, tell me, as I haven't posted these anywhere else.

Warning: NC-17, blood, pain and a shit load of swearing. If you've read this far and still want to flame me, fuck off. I am not holding a gun to your head telling you to read this, I have not forced you to read this and only someone who has read this far would be petty enough to flame. Furthermore, your flame will be posted along with my response to it. Please include your name (actual name, not Anon, anonymous or other take off of that word), some decent spelling and grammar would also be appreciated.

Special thanks to Birdie and Korinna for pointing those erroes out!

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Chapter 8
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Cloud yawned and realised with a groan that his back hurt. He opened his eyes and blearily stared up at the ceiling, his hands moving to rest on his stomach only to encounter a head. "Seph?" Cloud muttered trying to sit up and ignoring the way his back muscles began to cramp from lying on his back all night.

Silence was his only response and Cloud groaned again, slowly easing himself back on the floor, closing his eyes once more.

"He does look innocent like that doesn't he?"

Bright mako blue eyes shot open and instantly becoming awake, Cloud craned his neck, staring upside down at the man who stood in the doorway and he gasped in dismay.

"Zack,"

"You're different."

Cloud licked his lips and nervously glanced around the bedroom, hoping beyond hope that Sephiroth wouldn't wake up and kill Zack. "Yeah, well, a lot happened."

The sound of boots made Cloud glance back at Zack and watched as the brunette walked towards him and Sephiroth. He shivered as Zack kneeled beside him and with out much effort, pushed the silver-haired man off of him. "What are you gonna do?" Cloud whispered, feeling suddenly scared and realised that there was no way in hell he could fight Zack. The man had trained him to fight, damn it!

Zack paused and Cloud watched with wide eyes as the ex-Soldier placed his hand on his belly, gently rubbing his stomach. "Your not alone," Zack mused, his eyes becoming distant, as if remembering some memory from the past.

Cloud let out a shaky breath, starting to tremble under the brunette's hand. "No," Cloud whispered, watching the reaction on Zack's face. "I'm not."

There was silence in the room, the hand that had been rubbing Cloud's stomach had stopped and Cloud watched quietly as Zack seemed to frown.

"Is it the Turks?"

Cloud blinked and quickly shook his head, remembering a fleeting memory from when he was younger about Zack telling him to keep away from the men in blue suits. "No, it's Seph's." The sudden question about Turks made Cloud frown. "How do you know about Vincent?"

Zack turned his face and smiled at Cloud and Cloud swore he could hear the howls of Chaos ringing through his mind. Zack never smiled. The only time he could remember Zack smiling was when he had finished 'interrogating' prisoners of war and Cloud shuddered at the thought.

"Don't worry, the Turk lives." Zack said, amusement in his voice and he bent his head down, starring directly into Cloud's eyes. "Although, there is something I've been wanting to do for a while though."

Cloud held his breath and slowly sat up until he could rest on his hands, leaning backwards. "And what would that be?" He asked, his face mere inches from Zack's.

The wicked grin was back and Zack closed the distance until their lips were brushing against one another. "Why, fuck you until you beg for mercy."

"Over my dead fucking body,"

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So warm, Vincent thought and inhaled the smell of clean air and slowly opened his eyes. At least tried to would be more appropriate. He tensed, preparing to attack when-

"It's me Vincent, Aeris."

Slowly Vincent relaxed and placed his right hand on the ones covering his vision, the other dropping beside him and realised with a start realised that flowers surrounded him. What a minute...

"Just relax and open your eyes,"

How could he? When she had her hands covering his eyes. He opened his eyes and stared into a bright white light.

"Vincent!"

Suddenly there were two shadows in said white light and Vincent quickly glanced away, blinking and hoping to hell that the blurry spots in his vision would disappear before anybody could attack.

"Do you think he's done for?"

"Tifa, he's a fucking Turk. What do you fucking think?"

"He is done for isn't he!"

"I'm not done for," Vincent said, blinking at his comrades and reached up with one hand to try and pull off the mask covering his face.

A sudden shriek and Vincent found himself full of a lap of Yuffie who was babbling about how they had thought they had lost him and he still hadn't taught her how to assassinate someone with spider silk and on and on and on.

"Yuffie. Quiet."

Immediately Yuffie quieted and Vincent grunted as Tifa chose that moment to drag his tired and faintly drugged body into a tight hug.

Vincent was quiet relived when Yuffie dragged Tifa off of him and gave a weak nod of thanks towards the young thief when she pushed the struggling fighter out of the room.

"Who was it?"

At some point in time, Reeve and Nanaki had managed to sneak in past the action and Reeve sat beside Vincent, rubbing his eyes, the orange lion lying down in a corner of the room.

"Give the man a moment to rest, will ya?" Cid growled, patting himself down, trying to find a 'lost' cigarette.

"It was Zack."

Reeve immediately turned his head to stare at Vincent; Nanaki's ears twitched and Cid stopped his search and frowned at Vincent. "Ya'mean 'SOLDIER First Class Zack'?"

Vincent raised a fine ebony eyebrow and Reeve stroked his goatee. Nanaki stood and started pacing in the hospital room. "Yes, how did you know him?" Reeve asked, looking deep in thought.

"Aw shit, He came to Rocket Town a few times in the past, really interested in the mechanic's. Told me he was building a bike,"

Nanaki and Reeve exchanged glances and Vincent lay back, closing his eyes and tried to ignore the dull pounding that had started in his head.

"Did he say anything to you? Ask you anything?" Nanaki questioned, stareing at the floor in thought.

Vincent grunted. "He told me he thought Cloud was too innocent for a Turk and asked how he was."

"That would explain things," Reeve muttered and when the trio shot him questioning glances sighed. "He was involved with Cloud when Cloud was a cadet and was friends with Seph-"

"Bullshit."

Everyone watched as the brunette pulled off his mask and coughed a few times. "Cloud told me they were involved. All of them, together."

Reeve and Nanaki quickly glanced at one another. "Do you think..."

"What with Zack's possessiveness-"

"-And Sephiroth's possessiveness,"

"What? They're gonna try and kill one another?"

"Then we should stop them!" Yuffie cried, opening the door wide and smiling sheepishly as Reeve everyone turned their attention to her.

Vincent growled low in his throat and closed his eyes, slightly shaking as he felt Chaos rear his ugly head and chuckled at the thought of Zack and Sephiroth killing one another and keeping Cloud for his own.

"No," Vincent's voice low and husky. "Let them go after on another, let's see if Zack can finish off Sephiroth once and for all."

"Here, here!" Tifa yelled, setting herself beside Vincent and smiling sweetly at him.

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"Long time no see, Seph." Zack grinned and set about to nibbling on Cloud's lower lip.

A snarl and Cloud blinked. Leaning backwards as Sephiroth tackled Zack to the floor and set about to pounding his face in. Cloud groaned and slowly stood up, grimacing at the pain in his lower back and left the blanket there in the bedroom, toddling off to the bath for a nice long soak.

A yell and Cloud patiently waited as the large bathtub filled with water, humming to himself a tune he had heard a few days ago on the radio. The sounds of bone crunching in the next room and Cloud dropped some honey soap in the tub, ducking his head as a boot went flying by and ended up stuck in the wall. More screaming and yelling and curse words and Cloud climbed into the tub, stretching out and feeling quite relaxed.

"YOU FUCKING HEATHEN!"

"FUCK YOU, YOU GENETIC FREAK!"

Screams and Cloud wetted a face cloth, covering his eyes with it and disappearing into his own little world. One where there was nothing but calmness and quietness and people living in perfect harmony, until the giant monster appeared and the people ran away screaming for their lives.

"WHY AREN'T YOU FUCKING DYING!?"

"YOU FIRST!"

Cloud yawned and shifted in the tub, gently lifting his hand up so his fingertips appeared above the water. More screaming and yelling and finally silence until the sounds of footsteps in the bathroom made Cloud tilt his head to the side. "Hmm?'

"He won't die." A statement said at the same time by two people and Cloud sighed, pulling off the face cloth and stared at the two men.

Zack's nose was bloody and anything short of a miracle would probably be needed to set it straight, half of his face was covered in bruises and he was holding his very broken arm and seemed to be leaning most of weight on one leg.

Sephiroth seemed in rougher shape as his eyes was completely swollen and a stake knife was sticking out of his shoulder along with the fact that he was holding his ribs and was grinning insanely.

Cloud groaned and stood up, grabbed a nearby towel and wrapping it around his waist before grabbing the master cure materia from inside of the medicine cupboard and handing it first to Sephiroth, where he pulled the knife out, then to Zack and crossed his arms after both had healed.

"Have you two learned your lesson?"

Sephiroth and Zack exchanged glances before they turned their attention back to Cloud and grinned wickedly.

"Actually, yes." Sephiroth said, slowly backing Cloud out of the bathroom and into the now destroyed bedroom, Zack meeting him step for step. "We've both learned quite a bit. Haven't we Zack?"

Zack nodded and moved to stand behind Cloud, grabbing his shoulders and leading him towards the bed. "Oh yes, very much."

Cloud stared and whimpered. This could not be happening.

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End of Chapter 8
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Response to reviews:
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Riyoko: In a way he's after Sephiroth. Hoped this chapter cleared some things up and no, Sephiroth was second on Zack's list. Trying to stay healthy! Long live the smiley faces!

Korinna: I hope you have long nails, sorry for the long wait. Tell me who you think Zack's second victim is and you'll soon see who it is. *Evil laughter*

Yersi: It is continuing. Thanks!

Utterly Anonymous: Zack isn't mean. He's just been in the life stream a little too long. I'm not sure of the miscarriage (yes it's spelled correctly) though I hadn't thought about it to tell you the truth.

To everybody else that reviewed in the other stories: Thank you so very much! You wouldn't believe how much a review can make a dark day seem just a tad brighter.