Episode 38
Aug. 3rd, 2009 08:19 am38
“Why, you conniving, vindictive little harlot!” Genesis shouted, eyes blazing with anger. Yuffie merely laughed, not bothered in the least, and Reeve stood there like the world’s largest beet – silent and dark red to the roots of his hair.
“How dare you put your sordid lips on my boyfriend?!” Genesis snarled, and the crowd had drawn back to form a circle around them, watching with avid interest. “You part-time lesbian liar!”
“Hey!” Yuffie cried, offended. “I am a lesbian!”
Cloud, surreptitiously taking photos of the drama, drew closer to get a better angle and Genesis turned to drag him into it, pointing at him and saying, “Oh yeah? What about this fellow?”
“That was back when I was straight!” Yuffie said, waving it away.
Reeve groaned and covered his face, utterly flustered.
“We just had sex last night,” Cloud reminded, and Yuffie laughed, saying, “Oh yeah. Well, I guess I’m not a lesbian today, then!”
“You pretentious, lackluster little charlatan!” Genesis gasped, and declared, “We are in the biggest fight ever!”
Yuffie’s brows drew down and she asked, “Ever in history?”
“Ever. In. History!” Genesis affirmed in a heated hiss, yanking her free of Reeve, who wished like everything that he could simply melt through the floor and vanish.
“Yeah, the War with Wutai has nothing on this,” Cloud dryly remarked, and both Genesis and Yuffie rounded on him, snapping, “Shut up!”
“I swear to the Goddess, Yuffie, if you lay one finger on Reeve, I shall take you apart!” Genesis warned her, and his eyes rounded in horrified disbelief when she reached out very deliberately and poked Reeve in the shoulder, saying, “Oh yeah? What’re you gonna do about it, you trumped up queen?”
Gasping in outrage, Genesis slapped her.
Stunned, Yuffie automatically responded by slapping him back, and Reeve covered his face with both hands while they slapped at each other with faces averted and hands flying.
“Wow, girl fight,” Cloud laughed, and snapped photos of it while the crowd laughed and talked, all of them cheering for one side or another.
“Stop it,” Reeve groaned, and then dropped his hands to shout, “I said stop it!”
It could not be. That feral, unkind creature was not the little boy
“Mrs. ShinRa.”
Rude’s low, deep voice made him start, yipping a little and covering his heart with his hand, feeling the racing bound of it beneath his palm.
“Rude! You startled me,” he breathlessly said, laughing nervously
“Mrs. ShinRa, you are unwell,” Rude purred, and peeled him off of the wall, one large, strong arm behind him to support him. “I should take you home.”
“I…I can’t leave, Rude, the opening is not over,”
“You are shaking, something has happened,” the big man said. “It is time to go.”
The man stared down at him, eyes hidden behind his mirrored sunglasses, and said, “I believe that miracles are possible, Mrs. ShinRa.”
“That boy…”
Rude gazed at his face, reading his indecision and turmoil before he answered, “There is very little chance that the boy is who you think he is. It is merely a surface resemblance, and were you to look closer, you would see that.”
He sounded so sure of himself that
“You’re probably right,” he breathed, and gave Rude a relieved smile. “It was merely the confusion of the moment.”
“Yes,” Rude agreed, and led him through the door into chaos.
“I am sorry,” he whispered again, stroking
Because it was frightening to contemplate the reality of who he was.
It scared him to think that there was a future for him where he might have even less freedom than he did right now, a future where Reno would not only not be present, but possibly even forbidden. Tseng had hinted that
“Kadaj,” Zack said, his voice low and soothing. His deep blue-violet eyes were unhappy and sad when he looked at the boy in the darkness. “It isn’t your fault.”
“Of course it is,” Kadaj told him,
Sadly, he looked back down at
But, lurking at the edges of his sorrow, he heard
“You cannot prevent what is,” Mei Li said, for once respectful of Kadaj’s place in
Kadaj merely kept stroking
Elena was smug as she led Rufus up to his suite, but it quickly faded to annoyance when he forgot what he wanted from her and made a straight line to his bar.
“Honestly, don’t you think you drink too much?” she asked, and gave his belly a pointed look.
Rufus snorted and said, “The day that is any concern of yours, my dear, is the day that I grow wings and fly away.”
“So…” Elena said, and couldn’t resist, “When pigs fly?”
Rufus glared at her and asked, “Why are you here again?”
Elena sighed and leaned against the bar to pull off her stilettos, practically purring in relief. Even after years of wearing the things, she still couldn’t wait to get them off after a night on her feet.
“I was going to give you the ride of your life, remember?” she asked, letting her voice fall into a throaty, seductive purr.
Rufus stared at her blankly and said, “There must be some sort of misunderstanding – I can’t fuck a pregnant woman, that’s just…just…”
“Taboo?” Elena offered, and made it sound very, very naughty, which got the desired reaction when Rufus’s cheeks flushed from more than just his drinking.
“Taboo, is it?” he asked, and knocked back his drink. He gestured at her vaguely with his empty glass and demanded, “Do something sexy. If I think about it too much I may throw up.”
Elena laughed and moved away from him, rolling her body in a seductive sway as she reached up to tug the zipper down the small of her back. She kept her eyes on him as she slithered out of the dress, letting it catch on her breasts and then her hips before it dropped to the floor. Teasingly, she fingered the bow between her breasts that hid her bra clasp, and asked, “Is this sexy, yet?”
Rufus blinked, but his eyes were on her stockings and the slinky garter-belt she wore. He swallowed twice but managed to say, “It’ll do. I am a bit hard up, lately.”
Elena laughed as if it was the most clever thing she’d heard in her life, and popped the clasp.
Shocked by Reeve’s outburst, Genesis dropped his hands.
Yuffie, in mid-slap, managed to land one on the director’s unprotected cheek and promptly cried, “That serves you, you cock-blocking bitch!”
“You don’t even have a cock!” Genesis snarled, his hand pressed to his cheek in wounded horror.
“Stop it this instant, both of you!” Reeve ordered, fists clenched with helpless fury. “For your information, I am not a bone to quibble over, damn it! Yet here you are, fighting with one another! I thought you two were friends? If this is how you treat your friends, how would either of you treat a lover! It’s horrifying to contemplate!”
“Reeve – ”
“Not a word out of you!” he ordered, stilling Genesis into contrite silence. He turned his attention to Yuffie and said, “And as for you, young lady, love doesn’t come and go with the flitting disregard of a butterfly! Bouncing from bed to bed, drinking yourself into brain damage, and making a spectacle of yourself does not make you infinitely desirable, you know!”
He looked from one stunned face to the other and said with offended dignity, “I would not be caught dead with either of you! You’ve both behaved appallingly!”
“I second that,” Cloud murmured, and earned himself another cranky order to shut up.
Genesis frowned and turned his head away, looking haughty and above it all.
Yuffie tried to fling herself onto Reeve again, but he caught her by the shoulders and held her back.
“Oh, Reeve,” she sobbed, wobbling dangerously, her cheeks still red from the slap-fight she’d had with Genesis. “Don’t you see how much I care about you?”
With that, her head dipped forward and she threw up on the hapless painter’s shoes.
“Well,” Cloud said, laughing. “I think that about covers it.”
Reeve’s reputation, his future, the Gala itself was in shambles and
Everything that had happened that night coalesced on him all at once – Rufus’s verbal attack, slapping his husband, the heated, half-drunk kiss outside with Reno, the interruption by the boy who may or may not be his lost nephew, Reno’s sudden attack, and the Cetran boy’s low warning that the best thing he could do for Reno was stay far away from him. Gentle and hesitant by nature – easily wounded and vulnerable thanks to the way his parents had raised him –
He found he could only cover his mouth with his hand and weep, overcome by the night full of upsetting surprises.
Rude, always a man of immediate action, calmly reached over and pulled the fire alarm, filling the Gala with the shriek of bells and startling the howling guests.
As the crowd swarmed towards the doors, he caught
Zack helped Kadaj get
Kadaj’s grim silence worried him, but the boy resisted any attempt on Zack’s part for comfort, he merely undressed in unselfconscious silence and clambered onto the bed to strip
“You should stay,” Mei Li suggested, at the foot of the bed and unlacing
“I can’t,” he told her, uncomfortable with it all. He still remembered
“You won’t,” Mei Li corrected, helping naked, beautiful Kadaj get
Zack stood there in awkward silence while they got
“You should stay,” Mei Li said again, and straightened to pull the pins from her hair, sending it cascading down her back in dark, startling waves. Her painted eyes regarded him with mild, even interest as she undid the sashes holding her robes closed. With a tug and a shrug, she let them drop and revealed her body to him in a rush of sensory overload – the sweet scent of her skin, the pearlescent sheen to her, the amazing, large breasts with their large, dark nipples, the slender sweep of her waist and the wide curve of her generous hips tapering down to perfectly shaped legs and dainty toes. And there, without apology or explanation, the soft sex that marked her as a man in only one way.
In that purring, soft voice, she repeated yet again, “You should stay.”
Kadaj watched them both with neutral green eyes.
And Zack did not say no.
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Date: 2009-08-03 03:30 pm (UTC)You ended it there?! Doh! I need to pace... brb
"Zack didn't say no" *mutter*
Not that I think anything's going to happen (right away) but I think it reveals something about Zack's background that he's willing (and wants) to share a bed with three other guys. Makes me wonder about that 'Brotherhood' of his...
As from that (mean, evil, nasty) cliffhanger, the rest of the Gala was great!
I love Cloud's little comments. He just kept them all stirred up and loved doing it too. Having Reeve finally stand up for himself was one of those 'finally!' moments. Yuffie probably won't remember it anyways so it'll make no difference in how she treats him, but Genesis will remember. Maybe it'll make him rethink and revalue his relationship with Reeve. After all, Reeve's doesn't have the same rule book as the theatre divas. Relationships mean something to him.
Rude... what's he up to? He convinces Yazoo (who was quite willing to be convinced) that Kadaj isn't who and what she knows he is. Why? Is it part of his deal with Tseng? (I shall have to go back and relook at that chapter.)
Yazoo finally reached her breaking point. It's sad but I can see it as being a catalyst for her. I don't think Rude's reassurance about Kadaj is going to last long though.
Rufus and Elena. What a pair of asses. I'm still thinking their sex is going to be as disastrous as the Gala was...
Looking forward to the next chapter.
"Zack didn't say no"... *mutter* but did he say 'yes' to anything? That's what I want to know!
[edited because I can't resist proofreading... not even my comments]
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Date: 2009-08-04 02:11 pm (UTC)Cloud is a master instigator and shit-stirrer, all part of being a nosy journalist, I guess :D But, boy, was he having fun! LOL! It's Reeve I feel really bad for, having his night so wrecked, his dream-girl puke on his shoes, and his not-boyfriend make a scene. Those three aren't done with each other by far, but I think Reeve is about as angry as it is possible for him to get.
Rude needs Kadaj to stay right where he is, a second watch on Reno's actions where Yazoo is concerned. Everything he does revolves around Yazoo right now, and he works to that end alone. Having Yazoo's family arrive to find their long-lost baby boy would definitely put a damper on his plans, and he simply can't have that. :D
I dunno about the sex for Rufus and Elena, if anything, she's a pro so they got that going for them. Not to say the emotional aspect won't be utter burnt potatoes...
*snuggles your proofreading*
Thanks, you! I'm off to check out the newest Mad World chapter! *licks lips with anticipation*
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Date: 2009-08-03 04:08 pm (UTC)*huggles poor Yazzy and strokes his hair*
*kicks GenGen and Yuffie*
*squishes Coudykins because he is TEH AWESOME*
*opens her arms* Can I has hugs??? I'm needing them right now...
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Date: 2009-08-04 02:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-04 04:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-04 02:05 pm (UTC)Second, that Kushiel Series Icon is the shit! God, I would love to be an Anguisette! (don't look too closely at that spelling, please :D)
I'm with you! SAY YES! Hehe! What a sight that would be *swoons*
Yazoo needed them huggles, he's had a rough go of it!
Genesis and Yuffie will be outcast from Reeve's good graces, we'll see how long it lasts.
Cloudy is coming out to be pretty cool, huh? Thank you! I'm quite liking him, now!
*gives you more hugs because you needs them*
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Date: 2009-08-04 02:12 pm (UTC)I stole it from one of my Buffyverse friends, who stole it from one of her friends, who stole it from... It's snaggable, but we have no idea who ewe are supposed to creddit xD I have no idea what house I would like to be :P I remember reading a FFVII/Kushiel crossover once, it was TEH AWESOME. I would really like to read Seph/Jocelyn tho *DIESSSSS*
Tell Yazoo that what he and I need is a sleepover with Black Vodka and chick flicks :P
Good.They're BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
I'm lovin' Cloudy *hearts*
*snuggles some more*
MY GOD!
Date: 2009-08-03 06:38 pm (UTC)I could focus over the end of the gala, Gen/Reeve/ bitchy Yuffie-( I hardly tried,but no I couldn't like her), or sweety Yazoo....but, but, but
" Zack did not say no..."
THIS IS A BRAIN TEASER!!!! Now I just can think about this and surely I had to draw...soon,I'll have to deal with my knee cause I have to draw it!
I can't wait for the smut...say chapter!
Wonderful!
Hugs and love dear !
Re: MY GOD!
Date: 2009-08-04 01:55 pm (UTC)I'm really, really glad you liked it, Bela! I'm so happy that you're feeling a bit better, and hope that your knee is good as new ASAP!
And for the record, I can't wait for the drawings to go with the smut :D
Love you, kid!
*snuggles*
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Date: 2009-08-03 06:58 pm (UTC)I can't wait for Rufus and Elena. You so teased me with their short little part. Especially Rufus blushing. As you already know, it's an idea I'm fond of. XDDD Even if he's an asshole.
I can't wait to see what mess Zack has gotten himself into this time... XD Really, I can't wait for any of it. I love the shit out of this fic. Thanks so much for continuing after so many chapters and so much time. :D (And I really, really can't wait for Lazard... I can has Lazard???)
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:51 pm (UTC)If Zack winds up letting Mei Li talk him into that bed, he's gonna have some bigger problems on his hands, I think. Not the least of which is popping back up on Reno's radar as a love interest for Kadaj. Where Kadaj is concerned, Reno is absolutely not rational...
And this has been my pleasure! I love writing this soap! I love that so many people have better Mondays because of it! And I love all of the suggestions and suppositions that come! You all inspire me to keep on writing, and we will run with this until we can't run anymore!
And yes, you can haz Lazard *pets you* :D
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Date: 2009-08-04 05:51 pm (UTC)Awww. Yeah, I'm excited about the Reno/Kadaj thing... it's such a strange, complicated relationship that has so many sides to it.
Yay!! lol. And yay, Lazard!! <3 *waiting breathlessly until he shows up again* Hey... he should walk in on Rufus and Elena!! lmao. I don't really know how that would work out. But it'd be fucking hilarious. Especially with the cute darling Lazard you've had so far, with the super polite cute language and everything. He'd be like C-3PO from Star Wars or something. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry!" hahaha. I crack myself up. But I had been wondering who your Lazard reminded me of, and now I know XD
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Date: 2009-08-03 08:47 pm (UTC)The slappy fight was funny, I should of expected it but it still took me by surprise. I wonder who Reeve will go home with?
I loved the whole Gala event. It was very exciting, so much happened, there are so many new questions that need to be answered. I don't know how you come up with this stuff, and keep track of it but this soap is endlessly entertaining. You do excellent work.
I'm so happy you published this on Fan Fiction, I'm gonna go review you right now. XD
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:44 pm (UTC)God, the slappy fight was so fun to write! I tried to make it that real I Don't Know How To Fight Girl Fight that I've seen countless times over the years, lol! Reeve will probably, in his current frame of mind, not go home with any of them. He's pretty pissed off.
I'm glad you liked the Gala! I was so worried about it turning out too weak! I'm still not totally pleased with it, but I guess it is published now and will have to do!
Thank you so much, kiddo! You are the best!
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Date: 2009-08-03 08:48 pm (UTC)OMG, why dont I have a Genesis and a Yuffie in my circle ? I love comi-drama !! And drama-queens ! Love it ! :D I would have laughed so hard, had I been there :D
But poor Yaz :( He is on the verge on a nervous breakdown. I hope Rude didnt kidnap him now, in addition.
And Kadaj is totally in denial. Cute but sad !
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:41 pm (UTC)And everyone should know a Genesis and Yuffie! They keep life fantastic and interesting!
Yes, Yazoo is on the verge of a breakdown, but Rude was there to kinda-sorta rescue him, so hopefully he will recover in a day or so.
*snuggles Kadaj*
:D
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Date: 2009-08-05 09:15 am (UTC)lololol
Date: 2009-08-03 10:56 pm (UTC)aww poor reeve...he def made a ngiht to remember at this gala...
yazoo!!! dont go toward the mean man!!! dont do it!!!
hehehe do i sense kinkyness ocming up ^.^
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:38 pm (UTC)Yazoo is sorta stumbling around in WTF DO I DO Land, which sucks, but we'll see how it goes.
And yep, kinkiness is definitely on the way, hehe!
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Date: 2009-08-04 06:24 am (UTC)Okay that catfight had to be the funniest scene in this whole story! Wait, was Yuffie a sometimes lesbian before? I thougth she only slept with dudes. She should get with Elena!
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:36 pm (UTC)I tried to keep the catfight light and funny, a total, stereotypical girl fight, so I'm glad to hear it worked out! And Yuffie swore off men awhile ago, but it didn't really stick all that well. Hm...maybe I will send her Elena's way ;)
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Date: 2009-08-04 09:45 pm (UTC)..okay, that's about the mother of all cliffhangers you ever created. Evil. Very evil. If he choses to stay, it's gonna be badass. And I want to read that. STAY ZACK, STAY!
Yuffie vs. Genesis = wonderful. I loved the cliché catfight. And thumbs up for Reeve finding some courage. Yuffie won't care too much, I guess.
And I love Cloud's comments. He's a bitch but I love him haha!
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Date: 2009-08-07 11:52 pm (UTC)LOL, glad you liked the Drama Queen vs. Princess fight, they were really milking it for all it's worth, lol! And Reeve had finally had enough! So yay for him!
Cloud? Yeah, that guy is incorrigible!
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Date: 2009-08-05 05:27 pm (UTC)... I think I missed something, a chapter or so... I´ll go search for it and then I´ll finish this one.
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Date: 2009-08-07 11:47 pm (UTC)Sorry things got out of whack for you! *snuggles you*
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Date: 2009-08-06 02:47 am (UTC)Genesis certainly does know how to lay it on thick! And Yuffie? Ew. Just Ew. Please tell me Genesis and Reeve will kiss and make up. :)
Elena and Rufus. Hm. I'm looking forward to this, oddly enough (and hopefully it wasn't a tease!) I'm torn between wanting it to be awful and wanting it to be 'OMG, we belong together, why didn't we see it sooner!' I know, not very realistic, but it's a ticklish thought.
I feel really bad for Yazoo. His naive nature is painful, and obviously coming around to haunt him.
Zack, oh dear, sweet Zack. Why do I feel like putting my hand over my eyes? (and peeking out through my fingers, cause you know I'm not gonna miss this!)
Looking forward to more!
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Date: 2009-08-07 11:45 pm (UTC)Genesis is a true drama queen :D No incident is too small! No happenstance too coincidental but that Drama Queen can't take care of it! I believe some kissing and making up is in the works, but is it Gen with Reeve, or Yuffie McPukester?
There is some angry, drunken Rufus and Elena sex coming, I've decided. They really do suit one anotther.
Yazoo is having to grow up fast and it isn't easy. He's not used to all of this emotional pressure, and it shows that he cracks so easily.
And don't get me started on Zack *Fans self over the idea of the four of them having sex*
Glad you liked it!
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Date: 2009-08-08 08:17 pm (UTC)Maybe Cloud's got an extra set of pom-poms I can borrow.
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Date: 2009-08-11 10:39 am (UTC)Yeah, that is just... *dies some more* You're ebol!!!!
Etrix is right, I want to know more about that Brotherhood too!!!!!????
Cloud is a smart-ass, having fun with his remarks, spurring them on... hehehe.
Poor Reeve, I feel really bad for him. I'm glad he finally snapped! They totally messed up the gala for him!
This was brilliant! This was... *dies again*
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Date: 2009-08-13 01:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-15 08:32 am (UTC)And stupid Rufus.
So daj is his nephew, I thought his brother. So Seph is his brother and also daj's dad? :D