Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters this is purely FANFICTION that's why it is posted here. LOL

Author notes: Wow.. I guess that I receive more e-mails that reviews. Hahaha.. Any way, my internet is still busted so the chapters might come out slowly because of editing and stuff. I think that I'll just post some drabbles that are stocking up in my computer. Anyway I just want to share my ideas. n.n

Sorry there is no ACTION in this chapter if you get my point. hehehe

xOx

Chapter 4

Sephiroth sat on a chair waiting for the person he summoned. He took his time as he gazed at the sleeping form of his new lover. His thoughts drifted to the previous night and the way Cloud transformed into that wonderful vision of the future. He knew that the aphrodisiac only slightly influenced his actions. He was stronger than that.

A knock sounded at the door.

"Come in." He said calmly as a flustered looking Zack entered the room.

Sephiroth folded his arms and raised an eye brow. Zack yawned and saluted at the general in a bored manner. His eyes scanned the room and he gaped when he saw Cloud sleeping under the covers of the bed. So his plan did work. He never thought that it would be that easy considering Sephiroth's resistance to most drugs. His lips curved into a naughty grin.

"So you nailed him eh?" Zack commented, shrugging.

"It's all because of your doing." Sephiroth glared daggers at him when he saw the man giggling.

"What the hell were you thinking?"

Zack simply shrugged again and sighted. Sephiroth closed his eyes and shook his head in disgust.

"Come on Sephy, unless you forced him to do anything."

"Well.. I guess…"

"Then it's alright then." Zack cut him off with his cheerful chatter. He patted Sephiroth's shoulder hard, making the general wince slightly and made his way to the door.

"Come now, you still have work to do." He reminded him as Sephiroth followed him out.

Before going through the door, Sephiroth put a small note where Cloud would not miss it. Zack left the food he bought by a table. He quickly caught up with Zack and grabbed the other man's hand in a vice like grip.

"Before you go…"

Sephiroth smirked evilly. Zack gulped nervously.

"S-Sephy?"

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Cloud awoke later that afternoon. He sat up on the bed and looked around. He remembered everything that happened last night.

He stood up slowly and craned his neck to look at the clock. It said 13:16. Was he asleep that long? He ignored the cold food at the bedside table. His eyes spotted a little folded paper where Sephiroth had been last night. He opened it and read the general's wavy but elegant hand writing.

Cloud,

Go on to your scheduled activities when you wake up. I'll have someone fill in an excuse for you. See you later…

Sephiroth

Cloud put the note where he found it and headed to the open door of the bathroom where he found his clothes already cleaned and pressed. Did Sephiroth do this? He shook the thought of the general washing clothes and not only any clothes, a cadet uniform!

Zack! Oh that bastard must have put something weird in the food. What was that all about? He frowned and mentally slapped himself for liking what he did anyway. He did like it, didn't he? He looked at the bed where he had fucked, no… Made love to his idol. A blush crept in his face when he realized that there were blood stains in the sheets. The evidence.

"Uhg.."

He sighed and pulled on his clothes. Last night means nothing to the great Sephiroth he is sure of that. Sephiroth just got in the spur of the moment, that's all. He bowed his head, hiding his eyes behind a shadow and chuckled.

There is only one thing he can't get his mind off…

See you later…

xOx

Cloud arrived late for his late afternoon session. Reno gave him his excuse form to be handed over to his instructor. But apparently the officer has other thoughts for him. Unluckily, he arrived in a middle of a training session of sparring, and his partner was paired with another.

One cadet was absent because of an injury he sustained on a sparring session with this same officer. That leaves him with the instructor himself.

"STRIFE!! LATE!!"

"Sir, Yes SIR!" Cloud saluted and rolled his eyes sarcastically.

"SQUUUAAAATTTTTTT!!" His instructor roared.

Cloud dropped on the floor and promptly began the squats. God, how his legs ached… His legs were already aching from last night and now this. He thought that they were going to droop off sooner or later.

"Don't stop until I tell you to!"

"Yes sir!" Cloud yelled and mumbled curses under his breath.

He thought of the first time he signed up for SOLDIER with that large beautiful and colorful banner running across the building with words: "SHINRA: Where future SOLDIERS are made!", enticing the young and eager youths.

This was Cloud's dream to be part of SOLDIER but soon enough he had discovered a deeper meaning to those words just like in those cunning T.V. advertisements. The words in that banner actually meant "tortured" instead of "made".

His few months in SOLDIER was like a living hell hole. The young cadets were subjected to raw, rough ruthless training, sleeping in the forest floor with mosquitoes swarming over them, crawling in the ground with gun fire and bombs underneath barbed wire and sticky mud, complete a training course blindfolded, putting a hand in the toilet bowl with a banana as something else and cooperative team work missions which they failed due to random occurrences.

After almost an hour and a half of squats his instructor stopped him. Cloud drooped on the floor breathing heavily. Oh, how his muscles ached and screamed at him. The officer went off to initiate a new activity for the other cadets while Cloud enjoyed his moment of peace and closed his eyes.

"CADEETTT!!" A female voce bellowed. Cloud immediately jerked up to a standing position and saluted in front of a fuming female instructor. This particular instructor is regarded as a terror by many cadets and avoided by some fellow officers. Maybe it was because of those large nostrils of hers. Or maybe it's the way she screams useless and painful commands at poor cadets just for fun or what ever it is on her mind.

"Cadet STRIFEEE!!"

"Yes maam!" Cloud answered.

"Are you laughing at ME?!"

Cloud blinked. What the hell is she talking about? The other cadets started to take notice of this occurrence and some began to flock around him. His instructor moved toward them, a bit confused.

"What's the matter maam?" He asked after saluting.

The female instructor turned toward him, her eyes blazing. The man cringed at the sight. Is she going through menopause or something? Or maybe she has her period today? Or that thing some call.. What was that again? PMS?

"Apparently, this cadet of yours is laughing at me while I was passing by the corridor." She growled.

Cloud just stared. How can I be laughing after doing damn squats for almost two hours? What the hell? Or maybe she thought that his heavy breathing was laughter. God she needs spectacles badly.

His instructor backed away slightly and gulped. An angry female is more powerful than a mako injected SOLDIER. And a mako injected female SOLDIER has unlimited potential.

"Do anything you want to serve as his punishment." He squeaked and ran toward the other cadets who are safely located on the side lines.

The female officer turned toward Cloud who was still breathing heavily from his last activity. She ordered an over dose of pumpings. Cloud did so, with difficulty and ended up wheezing and panting as he drooped boneless on the floor.

The session ended with Cloud still panting heavily. The other cadets passed by him snickering and whispering about what happened to him. Other looked at him with sympathy and patted his heaving chest. His instructor paid him no mind as he was left alone in the training grounds.

Cloud noticed the clock near the door. 16:45 he sighed and stood up with difficulty. He managed to limp to his next session of. He was late by fifteen minutes.

"Strife… Late." His accuracy instructor said. He shook his head in a disappointed manner and beckoned the cadet toward him. The other cadets snickered.

"Cloud, are you alright?" The officer asked, pulling Cloud to the side of the shooting field.

Cloud nodded and scratched his head. Good thing that he is good in this class and he is a favorite by this particular instructor.

The officer smiled warmly and returned to the other cadets. Cloud seated himself among the others.

The rest of the day was thankfully easy and this was his last class any way. By the end of the session, the cadets raced towards the mess hall. Cloud limped after them and was about to take the stairs when he discovered that this was impossible. He was forced to take the long way via elevator.

He suddenly remembered Zack. He didn't even see a single spiky hair of him. What happened to him? He sighed and scratched his head.

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Sephiroth watched in amusement as Zack completed the exercise course for the 80th time. The usually exuberant Zack was now reduced to a panting heap of jelly.

"Another twenty and you're done." He called as Zack almost collapsed in the mud.

Zack laughed and stood up slowly to do another round.

"Sephiroth you devil…" He breathed.

Sephiroth smirked. No one gets to trick him and gets away with it. He took his glass of tea and sipped. This kind of entertainment is hard to pass by.

He tilted his head up as he watched the sun set behind the tall Shinra buildings. Too bad he can't watch it in all its glory with the building in the way. He chuckled wickedly when Zack fell down with a nervous yelp on the mud face first while trying to climb down a high wall.

Zack spat out a mouthful of mud as he stood up. Take note to self not to open one's mouth when falling off a high place.

"What the #&."

Sephiroth nodded and calmly sipped at his tea again, savoring its wonderful taste and aroma. Zack should do this more often.

"Damn you Sephiroth!" Zack panted tiredly. But deep inside him he was happy. He is so weird.

A cold evil laugh echoed through the training field.

"I take that as a compliment."

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Cloud ate his food slowly, avoiding any eye contact. He sat alone in a corner of the mess hall. It felt like he was being stared at and talked about right now.

His legs ached and he wants a nice hot stinging bath to forget his stress and the pain. All he could think about is last night and Sephiroth. Oh the wonderful, and oh so great Sephiroth.

Sephiroth the greatest SOLDIER and general on Shinra, Sephiroth the skilled swordsman, Sephiroth the most powerful magician, Sephiroth the responsible SOLDIER, Sephiroth the genius, Sephiroth the most devilishly handsome man on earth, Sephiroth the fabulous lover… And the list goes on and on. Sephiroth, Sephiroth, SEPHIROTH.

Cloud looked around the teeming mess hall. Soon the other cadets including him would be filing out at exactly 19:45 and then it will be lights out at 20:00 with fifteen minutes grace period.

See you later…

How the hell is the general going to meet him? Or did he just trick him? He didn't even see Zack today after what he did to him.

The bell suddenly rang. It must have been his bad luck because it was just above his head. He jumped in surprise and cursed. That's the reason no one come to sit at the back. He gobbled up what was left of his food and followed after the noisy cadets.

xOx

Author notes: Thank you for reading and sorry for the long update. Please review because I need criticism. smiles and proof reads the next chapter /gg

I had this wonderful idea of a nice little story inspired by KH. I'll try to update soon.

Some of the paragraphs are inspired by a column by Dawn Satumbaga. XDD