Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Give Me A Reason ❯ CH 1: Empty Eyes ( Prologue )

DISCLAIMER:

Angel: we own nada, nothing, zip, zelch, zero! The only thing we do own is the plot. All character names, etc, belong to Squaresoft and Sony. Ie: Cloud, Sephiroth, and all other people belong to Squaresoft. So there. You can't sue us. XD

StarFire: Umm.. and if you did? All you'd get is a bunch of empty candy wrappers. So there.

WARNING: Yaoi. This means guy on guy. There WILL be a lemon/lime later on. If this isn't your cup `o Java, then go away. Flames will be laughed at, and then laughed at again. Otherwise, please R&R

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"Give me a Reason"

Cloud groaned with exaustion: Zach had worked them all really hard today! Not to mention the fact that the general, Sephiroth, had been watching; that was enough to make any cadet sweat! Cloud tossed his towl onto the bench as he entered the locker room. The other cadets headed for the showers, and although Cloud knew he should too, something kept him from following them. So he changed and threw his sweaty clothes into his locker instead.

Zack was waiting for him as soon as he exited the locker room, a carefree smile on his face as he spotted his charge walking towards him. Cloud wrinkled his nose in feigned disgust when Zack threw his arm over Cloud's shoulder, then backed up quickly with his nose plugged and an oddly fake look of apprehension on his face. "You didn't shower?" he questioned bluntly. Cloud shook his head, a slight smile on his face as Zack once more took to his side. "Too crowded... it would take forever to get a hold of the soap, and by the time I had, all the hot water would be gone." He stated matter-of-factly. Zack nodded knowingly as they walked back to the on-campus dorms.

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Sephiroth frowned over the requests for entry into Soldier on his desk... since when had Soldier become a place for lazy parents to send their children as a form of daycare? Scowling, Sephiroth tossed the fifty-or-so forms to the floor and stood up. His gaze wandered to the window that overlooked the whole campus. The new cadets had looked good today, especially the last batch that Zack had been training up for him. Sephiroth allowed himself a chuckle as he thought of the jealousy his thoughts toward one of those cadets might invoke in some of his camp. Sephiroth was only known to take favor with a few of the trainees when in came to training, but it was also known that those he showed favor in fighting, he showed favor in... other... ways.

His eyes glazed over as he wandered even more deeply into thought; that one cadet, the one Zach had also taken a liking to, had caught Sephiroth's eye as soon as he had walked into the sparring arena. Blond hair forming unmanagable spikes, mako-blue eyes glowing with fierceness and calamity rarely found in the younger trainees. Sephiroth had watched with slightly awed interest as the boy had used his speed and agility to quickly overcome his opponent. That was what they needed in Soldier; and, Sephiroth rose from his thoughts with a slight smile, that was exactly what he needed.

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Cloud ate a quick supper with Zach in the mess hall, ignoring the bland food as it found it's way down his throat, and listened to the rumors flying around between the other boys like arrows. "I heard he was there because he's looking for new Soldier recrutes to add to his personal platoon!" A red-headed cadet around fourteen to Cloud's left whispered excitedly. Marnie, one of the older cadets about two days away from making Soldier shook his head. "I'm thinking Sephiroth was just paying us a visit. He likes to see what all the new recruits are like... not that any of us are new, but he might have just come by to check up on us." A few nods of agreement. A voice interrupted their hushed discussion from behind. "Or maybe I was waiting to hear what those recruits were going to say at dinner time in order to figure out who I should kick out next." The chatter stopped as every man and boy in the mess hall recognized that voice: it was Sephiroth.

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Sephiroth had to keep himself from grinning. Though he had no intention of carrying out the threat he had just issued, it was still fun to see what kind of fearful faces resulted from his bluff. His eyes sought out a certain blonde, and narrowed, almost catlike, as he found the boy staring right back at him. Blue eyes once more shimmering with the bold and yet guarded look that they had earlier that day. Their eyes met, sending an uncharacteristic shiver down Sephiroth's back.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Angel: Yeah, yeah, we know. Evil cliffhangers! We got inspired by Razrantha, who is an excellent shonen ai writer on FF.net, if you care to check out her stuff. ^_^ Umm...

StarFire: We have no idea what to do with this fic... ideas welcome... ummm... eventual lime/lemon with Sephy and someone else...

Angel: *blinks as Sephy-Muse (a chibified version of Sephiroth) appears on her lap* ok...

Sephy: well... you talk about me, what do you expect other than I show up to listen???

StarFire: *ignores the muse* anyways, ideas welcome. If you really wanna get through to us with them, send them to: dwbowman@tfs.net

Angel: And lable the subject heading "IDEAS" so we won't delete them, okie?

Sephy: ^_^