Cloud cringed slightly as the metal tips grazed his neck. He tried hard not to swallow because every movement caused the blades to dig deeper into his throat. Kadaj smirked at his attemps and jolted his arm. Cloud cried out in pain as the tips cut across his throat leaving trails of blood. They weren't too deep to kill him but enough to hurt like hell.
"Kadaj?" A small voice, a voice Cloud knew too well spoke. "Can I kill him for you?"
"Tsk, tsk Denzel." Kadaj shook a finger at the young boy. "You must play with your prey before you kill it." He moved his sword to Cloud's shirt and sliced it off. He stood over Cloud, his feet pinning Cloud's wrists as he carved small marks into Cloud's chest causing more cries of pain from the blond.
"Stop... it..." Cloud breathed between sobs. Kadaj grinned wickedly as Cloud's pleas hit his ears. He twirled the sword around Cloud's nipple.
"Kadaj let Yazuu play with him." Loz stepped into Cloud's view.
"Yeah.... I want to play with him too." Yazuu licked his lips as he joined Loz.
"Oh? What did you have in mind?" Snickers came from the two. Ideas ran through Cloud's head of what the possible out come of the situation would be. Either way in his mind he ended dead. Yazuu sat down on Cloud's legs and ran a finger down Cloud's cheek. The finger traced his jaw, played with his ear and then slowly parted the resisting blond's mouth.
"I want to feel him....." Yazuu said in a daze as Cloud bit hard on his finger. "His screams do something to me..." Kadaj watched with a smirk as Yazuu played with the belts that covered the blond
"You have your way with him, Yazuu. We'll take care of the children."
"Ah but Kadaj I wanna watch." Loz whined.
"You're helping me!" Kadaj smacked him across the face. Loz nodded and followed the young boy. Yazuu watched the two walk away absent mindly until he felt Cloud squirm under him in attempts to get away.
"Tsk, tsk Cloudy...." Yazuu pulled off the remains of Cloud's shirt and pinned him
"Get off of me you sick bastard."
"Such motivating words..... I'm going to love the noises you make...." Yazuu loomed over Cloud's face with a smirk. Cloud closed his eyes in fear as the silver haired man started to pull off Cloud's pants.
The something weird happened. It all stopped. The weight of Yazuu's body was gone in a whoosh. And then everything went out.
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When Cloud woke up he felt cloth on him. he looked down. Another shirt.
"Ow...." He said as he sat up... Or tried to sit up. [Pressure on broken arm equal ow.] He noted as he grabbed his left arm. Damnit that was his writing hand. At least he uses his right hand for sword wielding... most of the time.
"Ow... ow... ow..." Movement in general hurt. "Oh yeah.... broken leg..." He said out loud.
"And broken ribs and bruised collar bone and a nasty bump on the head and finally tons of tiny cuts on your chest." Cloud looked over his shoulder. Vincent sat peering into his eyes only a few inches from his face.
"Then heal me already."
"No."
"Why not?"
"It's a reality check." Cloud winced and turned his head away. Vincent stood. "You're being a selfish idiot. You need to think before you go and do something crazy like what you just pulled. You were almost raped. If had gotten there seconds later you possible could have been killed."
"That doesn't seem so bad...." Cloud looked at the ground. "After all.... I'm worthless... A failure... What good is it if I live or not?"
"The children. Did you forget about them? They need you."
"They don't need the person who is responsible for killing their families."
"SEPHIROS IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE NOT YOU!" Cloud jumped. Vincent never yelled.
"Vincent?"
"You are not the cause for all of this. Yes you gave him the Black Materia BUT you did not tell him how to use it. You are not the cause of Meteor or Geo-Stygma OR the children's families' deaths. Adn most importantly it is not your fault for her de--"
"IT'S ALL MY FAULT AERITH DIED!" Cloud screamed almost to a point of his throat going raw. "IT'S MY FAULT ZAX DIED!!" Tears streamed down his face. Vincent could only stare.
"it's been haunting you that long?"
"Since the day I started to remember....."
"Cloud..." Vincent crouched down next to the now sobbing blond. "It's not your fault at all."
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"What's taking that bastard soo long?" Loz whined.
"Quit being such a- YAZUU!!!" Kadaj ran to his brother's side.
"Ow...." Yazuu sat there holding his head. "Cloudy has a friend."
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It was silent between the two. Cloud finished his cry and stared at the ground. Vincent healed him and then stood next to a tree. Finally after 3 hours someone spoke.
"Are the others coming..?"
"I think so."
"How did you know where to find me?"
"You're very easy to read.... most of the time." Vincent looked at Cloud as he ran his finger across the dirt.
"Are you angry at me?"
"A little."
"You yelled."
"Forgive me."
"it's ok. Don't appologize." Cloud stood up. "I'm going to save Denzel now."