Soilder

[Keran Jaxsom]

He forwned lightly as Zack bounded around the town happily. the black haired man was excited to get out of Shin-ra head quarters and had dragged the bedraggled General with him.

"Hey you did promise Sephi..." Zack said looking over his sholder at the older man who yawned lightly. he waved zack away slightly.

"Of course Zack..." he muttered. they were in the shopping district of midgar the shops all pushed together to save space on the upper place of the city. the place looked like a bussling high tech city and was the largest city out there thanks to the Shin-ra company.

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The woman sighed as she took a look at the wares around her. There were so many things here, but she supposed she just wasn't in the shopping mood. It was Rynn's first day back in Midgar on her long quest in this world. It was probably obvious to most that this woman was not a normal city dweller. She wore leather pants, boots, and sleeveless shirt along with bracers, two blades in sheaths at her side. Rynn ran her fingers through her crimson locks, brushing out a few tangles the wind had put in them. Her emerald eyes fell upon a belt seller. She DID need some new sword belts.

Rynn moved over to that seller, picking out a nice set and paying for them quickly, giving the man a grateful smile. "Thank you sir..." She said as she continued walking, her lithe muscular physique drawing the eyes of a few men. But a couple of other men caught the beautiful materia collector's eyes. It was General Sephiroth and his friend Zack. She stopped in her tracks, a few feet away. It surprised her, a hero walking these streets. Rynn wasn't one to be star struck but it still struck her as unusual. After glancing at each of them once, she began browsing the bracer vendors products. Though she was still aware of their presence, but Rynn wasn't about to admit that she was interested.

[Keran Jaxsom]

The general sighed as he followed after the hyper active first class. sometimes Zack drained him he had only just met the man but Zack already had become a close firend even when sephiroth tried so hard to not make firends.

"Oh hey look here" Zakc said going over to a seller who was selling sheaths the same one the materia collector was at. Zack bumped into her as he turned to show sephiroth the perfict sheath for his buster sword. "What do you think!" he asked brightly Sephiroth sighed lightly.

"I think you almost knocked that woman down..." he said looking at the red haired woman. "Excuse him he has no manners.." he spoke softly to the woman.

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Rynn stumbled slightly as she was bumped into. She heard a man apologizing, he had a lovely voice. Rynn turned to face him, her piercing emerald eyes falling upon THE Sephiroth as she wore a smirk upon her full lips. "Oh its fine.. I promise I won't pull a knife on him..." she laughed slightly, a laugh like bells. Rynn was a little surprised however, by how handsome Sephiroth was in person. She had heard he was good looking, but not like this. And his voice, she was never warned of his voice. Rynn then looked away, back at the bracers. She wasn't about to me caught gawking, like every other woman probably was.

[Keran Jaxsom]

Zack turned to look at the woman and laughed brightly scratching the back of his head.

"Oh come on sephiroth i'm not that bad...hey your cute, uh but I'm not hitting on you just to let you know...anyways sephiroth what do you think?" Zack said holding the sheath at him. Sephiroth looked at it and frowned lightly.

"It's your sword Zack...I don't really care" he said as he stood there watching the first class who pouted lightly.

"Aww come on sephi lighten up" he said brightly.

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'Handsome.... but apathetic' Rynn mentally sighed. She then smiled at Zack. "It's okay thanks for the compliment. Promise I won't think of you as a perv...." The materia hunter looked down at the sheath he was holding out for approval. "If I may... it looks like it would go well..." Rynn said as she picked up a set of lace up leather bracers. She bought these as well, removing her much thinner buckled bracer. Her skin glew faintly where she removed the bracers, giving away the amounts of materia just within her arms. Rynn put the lace up bracers on, thinking nothing of the materia visible in her arms. There was more in her legs as well, but those were covered up by her pants and boots.

[Keran Jaxsom]

"WOW you have alot of materia!" Zack said as he noticed the glow. Even tho he was a first ranked solder he had very little materia as it was hard to come by his companion Sephiroth however seemed to alway have more materia then he needed. infact he could see the fain glow on sephiroths blade that marked his six peice of materia he always carried. Ice Fire Lightning Cure and two alls. all of witch were mastered materia. Zack had already tried to convince the tall general to lend him one of his mastered materia but sephiroth would always just look at him and shake his head.

"That much materia must bring down you strenght..." Sephiroth said lightly. Materia was like a two edge sword although it gave you magic it also brought down your strength.

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Rynn smirked and gave a slight chuckle. "I'm a materia hunter... and it doesn't really weaken me, why would it? I found the strength plus materia..." she grinned at Zack "It's a rare one, but great... if you ever get your hands on some, use it. I have several others but that one is probably my favorite..." Rynn turned away from the men for a few moments, something catching her eyes down the street. "What are you two doing among the common people anyway...?" she eyed both of them for a moment, then turned back to the products.

[Keran Jaxsom]

"Sephi promised me if i helpped him on his last mission he would help me get out of shin-ra for the day that place is so stuffy..." Zack said hppily as he purchased the sheath. Sephiroth on the other hand looked completely bored with this whole outing. he had never been found of being in the city all the people put him on edge. maybe it was becuse he had spent his childhood in shinra but sephiroth felt like it was home unlike alot of the other soilders.

"I unfortunatly needed you help on that one Zack..." he muttered lightly as he looked at the goods being sold. none were better then his current armor.

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"I hear ya... I would hate to be snuck any one place at all. I'm only staying in Midgar a few days to stock up and rest up before I go out into the wild again. I love it out there." Rynn smiled at Zack, learning that he was much more social than Sephiroth, though Sephiroth was much better looking and piqued her curiousity. "So you like the city then?"

[Keran Jaxsom]

"Ya hell of alot bigger then my home town. and has more things to do, but they dont really like higher class soilders romeing to far from HQ so i had to get sephi to get a day's pass" he grinned as the taller man watched Zack with a slight intrest. Zack laughed at his commander and looked at the woman again.

"Dont let his quiet high and mighty mannors fool you sephi is a nice guy! he's just quiet" he smiled Sephiroth eyes him lightly with a look that showed his annoyance.

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"Why don't they let you leave..?" Rynn asked. It didn't seem like they would keep the higher levels there. Wouldn't it make more sense to keep the lower levels there, they'd be more likely to run away. Rynn smirked lightly at his comment about Sephiroth. She turned to the silver haired general. "You sure you're a nice guy? You seem pretty quiet to me..." Rynn met his ice blue eyes with her equally piercing emerald ones.

[Keran Jaxsom]

Sephiroth looked down at her and smirked softly it was an odd smirk not quite a smirk but not quite a smile and somewhere deep in it held emusement.

"positive..." he said softly patting her on the head lightly. Zack smiled brightly when he saw that and then though over her question.

"Hmmmn well they like us to be around the headquarters incase were needed, most of the lower ranks are only slightly stronger then normal people...so it's more cost efficant to send a higher rank then many lower ranked soilders" he said Sephiroth nodded lightly at Zack.

"In other words the higher up you get in SOILDER the more they relie on you" his voice was soft but deep and odd combination.

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Rynn nodded. "Now that you put it that way, it does make sense.... How can you guys do it though? Don't you ever miss your freedom? I couldn't do that..." she said with a soft chuckle. "I like to roam...I enjoy being able to go where I want when I want...." Rynn looked up at the two of them, though her eyes lingered slightly longer on Sephiroth. "Do you enjoy it?"

[Keran Jaxsom]

"I Do!"zack said enthusiastic. "It means i have a chance to become a hero like Sephiroth" he grinned at his companion who looked at him as he considered the question. Did he enjoy his work? he had never really thought about it. to him it was just something he did. he had grown up in shinra he had always worked for them ever since he had turned eighteen. Zack looked at him with a forwn noticing he was distracted. he forwned lightly, even tho they were friends he knew very little about sephiroth other then he was strong really strong.

"I do not know..."Sephiroth said finnaly.

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Rynn was actually rather surprised by Sephiroth's answer. She expected him to count the many 'plusses' of Shinra. "Too bad there's no way you can try my lifestyle and see what you like better..." There was a bit of a challenge in her eyes, wondering if he would ever take a chance and see the world, if he'd ever do something for himself rather than do something just for Shinra. "I bet you'd like it, at least a bit...." Rynn smiled at him, her eyes continuing to dance with the hints of a challenge.

[Keran Jaxsom]

Zack looked at sephiroth when she said that. was it really true his hero and friend didn't even know if he like the life he lived. Zack couldn't believe that

"Maybe onf of these day if i ever think of leaving Shinra I will take you up on your offer.." Sephiroth said kindly to the girl. Zack stared at Sephi even more after he said that.

"Aww come on you'll never leave shinra sephi!" he laughed putting his arm around the older man. Sephiroth looked at him with his strange smirk of a smile.

"Maybe..." he said.

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~~~~One Year Later~~~~

Rynn wasn't sure why she was thinking about that day as she sat on the rocks near a stream in the woods. She wasn't anywhere near Midgar, where she had met them, but something brought them to her mind. Perhaps it was the fact that she had had to remove her bracers to bandage a small hand injury. Rynn had seen the materia glowing there, and Zack comment had popped into her head. The three had made polite conversation, ending with Rynn and Sephiroth and Zack going their seperate ways. Although she wondered if Sephiroth had ever considered her 'offer', she knew she would never see them again.

Rynn pushed them from her thoughts and finished up bandaging her wound, taking a long fdrink of water from the stream. Rynn placed her bracer back in its position and laid back on the soft grass, closing her eyes and feeling the warm spring wind caress her skin.

[Keran Jaxsom]

--A day earlier--

He had been gone a week a whole week without a single word to Zack. he was starting to get worried about his sparring partner and friend. he had only been friends with the general Sephiroth for a little over a year. Zack paced his room as another of his friends Cloud watched him.

"Zack what are you thinking about" the blond said watching zack pacing. he had never seen the man this irritated. Zack had always been really laid back all the time he had known him. Zack looked over at cloud distractedly.

"Umm...nothin'...It's just Sephi has been gone a long time I am getting worried."He muttered lightly. Cloud sighed slightly as he heard the reason and sat back on the comfortable couch the first rank had.

"I am sure the general just got detained on his last mission or something" he frowned. Zack looked at him and nearly pulled out his own hair.

"Thats the problem! he hasnt been on a mission in a month..." Cloud frowned that was kind of disturbing especially since Shinra normaly kept good tabs on the General and were he went. "last time i heard from him he said he was going to hojo's lab for some tests..." cloud nodded that did sound odd.

"GAH I am going to go look for him...you stay here Spikey" he said rushing out of the room.

--now--

Zack help him off the train in the middle of nowhere at least here they wouldn't be looked for. the man grasped a hold of zack he was covered in a hooded cloak and obviously weak.

"Come on just a lil further..." he muttered to the hooded man. he nodded solemnly and followed zakc holding onto him for his whole body felt like it was on fire. Zack still couldn't believe what he had seen only a day earlier when he had gone to look for Sephiroth. he continued to support the other man as they wondered into the forest it didn't take Zack long tohear the running water of a small steam they would be safe there he hopped. the man besides him stumbled lightly and he caught him just as the hood fell off and his long silver hair tumbled out of the hood. his handsom blue eyes pained.

"Just a little further and we can rest ok sephiroth...I still can't belive he was doing those things to you...are you feeling better?" he asked the man who up untill a day ago was a general with shinra. Sephiroth nodded yes lightly but the movement sent pain through his body but even tho it did outwardly it was hard to tell. as they neared the stream Zack caught a figure from the corner of his eyes and he shifted the robe back over sephiroth's head pushing his silver hair underneath.

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Rynn opened her eyes as she heard the sound of figures approaching. She frowned lightly, Rynn didn't want her peace disturbed. She hoped to God that it wasn't another monster, with her injured hand she wasn't in the mood to fight, not one bit. Rynn grudgingly sat up, her good hand on one of the blades at her hip. Finally she stood up and take a look at whomever was approaching.

From all Rynn could make out, it was a sickly or... injured man in a cloak and another helping him. She released her hand from the blade, figuring they were safe to be near. Upon closer inspection she realized that it was Zack, the man from the market a year ago. She walked up to them quickly, her ponytail bouncing behind her. "Zack... do you remember me? But more importantly, does this man need help?"