Looking for Trouble... Once Again. (Zero/Open)

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Yazoo pulled his motorcycle to a stop just inside the city of Kalm, green eyes scanning his surroundings intently. Kalm was yet another place he hadn't seen before, and the fact it was untouched by Meteorfall intrigued him even more. Well, these people were just lucky Sephiroth hadn't destroyed the place himself.

Pulling the keys from the ignition, the silver haired man dismounted his bike and began walking. It seemed quite tranquil, and rightfully so. A few people he passed by threw him a confused look, and some even had fear showing in their eyes. He wasn't sure if it was his relation to Sephiroth, or the gun holstered to his leg, but the detail seemed insignifigant. None really gave him a second glance.

Well, until the authorities spotted him. Appearently, the word of his escape from Corel Prison, and murder of quite a few people had spread here. As a troop of uniformed officers began to make their way toward him, his upper lip curled up in disgust. "Imbecils." He muttered, pulling Velvet Nightmare from its holster.

"Stay where you are!" One of them shouted at him, followed by the expected, "Put your hands in the air!" A smug smile played across Yazoo's face as he slowly raised his hands. He had no intention of surrendering. "Put your weapon down!" The same voice commanded him. His hands slowly lowered, feigning the motion one would make if they were about place their weapon on the ground. Suddenly, he had backflipped into the air and fired a round of shots at his attackers. Looked like another fight was coming Yazoo's way once again.

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Zero hopped off a truck that went into Kalm, well that was an easy journey and the driver was a nice man, they had an interesting chat. The man told Zero about his family and Zero told him about who he was looking for, embarrassing for Zero the man implied a few things.

When he started walking he begun thinking about what he would do when he found the person he was looking for hoping he would say the right thing and so on.

Heading on he noticed a commotion, officers looked like they were trying to arrest someone. Zero took a look at the man and instantly got a bad vibe from him, his silver hair and eyes resembled someone he really hated, envious of too.

Shots were fired and Zero was immediately in, he took out his gemini brothers and reflected the bullets away. "Hey hold on" he spoke up, looking back and foreward at the silver haired man and officers quite a naive man he was "dont fight, you wont gain anything from it"

But saying this only put Zero in a bad position as the officers pointed their guns at him. "The experiment! Get him!" they shouted, Zero knew he was in trouble. "Oh crap not this!" he cursed, sending an attack to the officers and knocking them out, they didnt need to die.

Hold on, maybe this man was in a position like Zero's. "Hey are they looking for you too? Did you escape?" he asked stepping foreward.

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Experiment? Yazoo's gaze flicked to the newcomer, who had attempted to stop the fight. Appearently, this man was new to the whole 'on the run' concept. Well, whoever he was, he was in a situation similar to Yazoo's. As another guard charged, he shot once more, killing his attacker instantly.

"Yeah. They're looking for me." His shoulders shook with soft laughter. "My escape from Corel Prison drew quite a bit of attention to myself." He slammed the butt of his gun into the skull of the last officer, lodging a bullet in his head for good measure.

He spun Velvet Nightmare on a finger before sliding it back into its holster. "So, you're an escapee as well?" He trained his cat-like gaze on this newcomer, face a blank slate. "From where, if you don't mind the asking?"

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Zero's eye twitched in annoyance and anger as the man killed two of officers. Why did he have to do that?!!? What if they had families?! They didn't have to die!!

"Would you go easy with that damn thing!?" he snapped suddenly "you dont have to kill them otherwise youll just have larger numbers on your back, for all you know they could have lovers or families, how would you feel if you had someone like that killed and taken from you!?"

He had to admit that he had a point, but if this man could kill so heartlessly who says he would have the heart to even listen. Zero hated death, people being killed innocently he wanted to try and prevent it. Just try! He looked down at the fallen men, sighing as he placed his hand over their eyelids and closed them. "Go forth to the Lifestream" he muttered as their bodies melted away into a greenish glowing stream.

Arguing wouldnt help, what was done was done, but this man needed to be considerate of others' lives. "There are ways to knock people out ya know, not everything needs to end in someone dying" he sighed sadly then looked at the creepy man, so he was some sort of criminal or maybe a test subject like him.

"Banora. I was an ex-SOLDIER, the scientist Hojo ran several tests on me, fusing dark matter into my body along with a dark materia copy in my heart, looking back im surprised he found a way to make a copy of materia, but its power is lesser than the actual thing" Zero wasnt exactly sure of what he was, he experienced many black outs.

"Somehow I escaped and everyone around me was dead, this happened so many years ago" he explained walking on ahead so they wouldnt draw anymore attention, Zero didnt want anymore people to die by this mans hands "Im now on a journey to look for someone...by the way, what is your name? I am Zero, Zero Heart"

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Yazoo chuckled once again at the other man's rant. He had never been squeamish about killing, and would not hesitant to end anybody who had attacked him first. "Survival 101: end them, or they will end you." He replied, voice slightly dry.

Intrest prickled in his gaze as the newcomer told him his story. "So you're infused with Dark Materia, and Mot- Jenova's cells? I must say, Shin-Ra truly took quite the intrest in you."

"As it turns out, I am also searching for somebody. But, it's a long story. I am Yazoo. Pleasure to meet you." He extended a hand for this newcomer to shake.

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Zero felt a little agitated by this man, no he was wrong, he had to be. "You wouldn't like it if you were faced against a lover or family member being expected to kill them, I would rather die than kill an innocent, I have no family to live for" he sighed, deciding to forget the deaths of the men dwelling would not help, but he hoped this man wouldnt act so trigger happy in future.

"Not dark materia per say, but the energy of a copied version made by Hojo," he explained, at first he looked at Yazoos hand as if it were diseased but soon took the offered appendage and shook it "uhh you too"

When he thought about it, Zero thought that maybe Yazoo could help him. "Do you think you could help me find who im looking for? I asked someone before but I think she gave me wrong directions, here" he said taking out a photo, it was of a young dark haired boy sitting under a tree with a brown haired girl hugging him from behind she had silver streaks in her hair and a strange birthmark on her face, Zero could be seen blushing in the picture as the girl just smiled.

"Her name is Kyrie" he said, his cheeks matching the boys in the photo as he blushed a little "shes kind of a friend of mine, its been a very long time since i saw her and i want to make sure shes still alive" he seemed sad, a sinking feeliing built up in his heart as he feared something bad might have happened to her.

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Surprise flared in the depths of Yazoo's green eyes at the mention of Kyrie's name. So this newcomer knew her? Interesting. "In fact, I do know Kyrie. I met her not too long ago." He stated, staring down at the picture. Kyrie just seemed to be popping up everywhere, hm?

"As to where she is now, I wouldn't know. I last saw here in Banora, but that was awhile ago." He shook a stray lock of silver hair from his cat-like eyes. Looking at the picture once more, he noticed the slight red flush to younger Zero's cheeks. An amused smile nearly pulled the corners of his lips up. How disappointed this Zero would be when he found out about Kyrie's love for his Brother, Sephiroth. "If it help you require, I'm afraid I won't be much. I have not seen Kyrie since Banora."

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Hope fluttered inside Zero as Yazoo said he had seen her, he was happy to know she was ok and alive but disappointed that he wouldnt know where to find her. "Banora was where we grew up together, we were really good friends and i made a promise to be there for her ever since her dad died" he looked down, feeling a little sad that he felt he was failing his friend.

"Ive been to my home recently I've seen its state, I cant believe Shinra would do that to it, but I havent seen Kyrie there unfortunately" he said with a sigh.

"Could you tell me if shes ok or if anythings happened to her recently? I dont mean to be a bother but its been a long while" he chuckled nervously, still red cheeked and rubbing his head shyly.

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Yazoo paused, unsure if he should tell Zero about the situation with Sephiroth. He himself wasn't sure of all the details, only that they had loved eachother quite a bit, but Sephiroth's love had dissolved, or he was hiding it, rather. Whereas he could read most like an open book, Sephiroth was like trying to look through a brick wall.

"Well... Physically, she's fine." He started nervously, positive that Zero would not be satisfied with this answer. "But, she's going through a bit of... emotional distress. I'll leave it at that."

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Zero was happy to know Kyrie was ok, but when Yazoo said about her being ok physically he didnt understand, he instantly went into worry mode as he said something about her emotional state.

"What??!?! What do you mean shes going through emotional stress?!?! Has someone hurt her?!?" he asked in a panic, he wasnt angry but more worried about her, but if someone hurt her he wouldnt be happy about it.

He could see Yazoo was nervous now so he had to be hiding something. "What are you not telling me Yazoo?! Youre not telling me the full story, i want to know!" his voice still sounding worried and desperate.

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"I-" Yazoo stammered, making a motion for him to calm down. His emotions were understandable, though. A childhood friend of his, one whom he hadn't seen in years, was known to be emotionally hurting. "It's..." He sighed, massaging a temple. "It's a complicated story; one that I myself do not know all the details about. A long time lover of hers broke her heart, and she still loves him.

He sighed once more, looking down at the ground. It was not his place to get involved in people's personal affairs, yet Zero just seemed so... desperate.

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Zero felt his heart sink when Yazoo mentioned Kyrie having a lover, sure it did break his heart he did love Kyrie, but he was able to accept her happiness even if it hurt him. But now he was furious he did all he could to keep his anger in, so with supressed anger he asked with grit teeth.

"Who has done this to her?" his voice grew darker, it wasnt long until his face scrunched up and a smirk appeared on his face. Two navy blue wings erupted from his back and sheilded him for a short while before spreading, revealing a completely different Zero, he looked somewhat different, darker and sinister. This was Zero, but the mindset wasnt.

"Always was one to let such foolishness get to him" his voice sounded more deeper and darker, but with a hint of charm. He turned to face Yazoo, dressed in different clothing and with unusual hair "and such impoliteness to introduce himself and not me? Zero have you forgot about me already?"

The strange man began to laugh, his yellow and purple eyes were rimmed with dark lines as he stared intently but tiredly at Yazoo. "It seems Zero has let himself become a bit too weighed down and depressed, i am born when that happens, such a delightful pleasure to meet you, Yazoo, you may call me Shadow Heart"

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Yazoo took a wary step backward as Zero, or Shadowheart, transformed. His hand instinctively jumped to where Velvet Nightmare was holstered on his leg, but lowered slowly as he began to speak. So this man had an inner demon? Seemed as if Yazoo would get along much better with this hidden side of Zero.

"Shadowheart, hm? I was not aware that Zero would have a second face, especially one so diferent. Seems as if you and I will get along just fine." With his signiture smug grin returning to his face, the silver haired Remnant took a few steps back, and unfurled his own wing. Eboy feathers seemed to absorb the sunlight, while the smaller silver feathers almost gleamed.

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Shadow smirked as Yazoo addressed him. "Dear friend, Shadow is all I need, do not force yourself to be so formal" his voice someway mirrored Yazoo even though Shadow's was more deep and alluring, like a charming gentleman with a sadistic side to him.

"Oh? You did not?" Shadow asked in mock surprise as Yazoo said he had not known of Zero's other side "I was born from the dark materia copy combined with Zero's sorrow and anger, so common I would say, but in a way it is a good thing, when I was born I killed everyone in sight and destroyed the lab Zero and myself were kept in"

His eyes expressed some admiration for Yazoos wings. "Such beauties are they not? Symbolizing our very purpose, lifting our troubles from our very shoulders" a man of passionate and expressive words he was, he said each word beautifully.

"Back to the matter, Zero and myself are in hiding but he chooses not to and searches for the fine white silver tipped rose known as Kyrie, a beauty indeed, but a withering rose it seems to be" he smirked, but Shadow could not be heartless about it he shared Zero's feelings so he also had to protect her.

"Mind if I ask who is ridding this rose of her petals?" he asked poetically then said more clearly "meaning who is breaking her heart?"

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Yazoo's signiture smug grin remained on his face, pulling the corners of his pale lips up. This Shadowheart was a poetic man, voice reminding him almost of his own. The same velvety tone, yet Shadowheart's was slightly deeper. Yazoo's feminine looks must have affected his voice. His single wing curled slightly around him, prickling self-conciously as the other man's eyes were directed at it.

"It is not my place to get involved in other people's personal matters." He said quietly, face a mask of deprived emotion. "But I have a hunch as to where you can find her. I hear from my Brother that she works at an orphanage in Edge. Not sure how reliable the information is, though.