Title: A Mess Not Easily Cleaned

By: KuroSakura-chan

Summary: An experiment of Hojo's blows a rift through the wall separating The Planet and Harry Potter's world. Now he and Voldemort have Vincent, leaving Sephiroth and Cloud & Co. to join the fight against Voldemort.

Category: Final Fantasy VII/Harry Potter

Genre: Romance, drama, angst,

Couples: Sephiroth/Vincent, Tifa/Yuffie, Cloud/Aerith, Zack/Harry,

Warning: Yaoi, 1st Person in Multiple Perspectives, Yuri,

Disclaimer: I own neither Final Fantasy VII nor Harry Potter. Nor do I own the time that passes between updates.

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Primal

-Harry-

I run around the school's halls, trying to find Sephiroth. Zack told me there's no point in trying to talk to Sephiroth right now, but I can't help myself. I may've only known him for a short time, but I'm fond of Sephiroth. Even with his cold attitude. There's just something about him that makes me see myself. And from the one time I've managed to speak to Vincent, I'm actually rather curious about a man who holds demons in his head. Plus, he seemed to be doing well, for someone being tortured by Voldemort.

I skid to a stop as I see a flash of silver out of my right eye. Turning, I sprint down the hall until I reach Sephiroth, who appears to be heading for the doors outside. "Sephiroth." I pant, carefully setting a hand on his arm to stop, or at least slow him down. I've got a stitch in my side from all of the running I've done, and I really want to stop and let it fade.

Sephiroth stops, turning to look at me. "What is it?" He asks, and I detect annoyance and...anticipation? in his voice.

"Where are you going?" I ask, fighting the urge to bend at the waist, and attempting to nurse the stitch away.

"To retrieve Vincent." He responds.

I almost ask how, but then I think about it for a moment. I've told him what I know about the Death Eaters, including the fact that Malfoy is one...And knowing that Sephiroth is capable of being...persuasive...it's very possible that he's forced Malfoy to take him to Voldemort's hideout. So, rather than waste his time asking for details, I decide on something else. "Can I go?" Sephiroth just stares at me. I bite my lip, trying to think of a way to make him let me go. I know Malfoy will back out of whatever agreement he has with Sephiroth if I'm there, so... "I can get my invisibility cloak. I swear, I won't get in the way. Please, let me help you."

He's quiet for a few more moments before finally nodding curtly. "If you can be by the doors before Malfoy shows, then fine. I will not stop you."

I barely let him finish his sentence before tearing off in the direction of Gryffindor Tower. I don't care about the stitch in my side; this is far more important. I duck through crowds, shoving other students out of my way in my haste, but I don't stop until I'm in front of my truck in the tower, and that's just for a moment so I can grab the cloak. Then, I'm off again, my cloak stuffed into a pocket to keep hidden until I find a hallway that's deserted near the doors. I can't risk it catching on something or someone on my mad dash back down the school.

Making record time, I nearly collapse into a hallway with a clear view of the doors. Sephiroth is waiting impatiently, so Malfoy must not have made it yet. I bite my lip, trying to control my breathing and calm down so I'm silent on the trip. Pulling my cloak from my pocket, I start to swing it around my shoulders when I hear footsteps behind me. I whirl around to see Luna Lovegood.

"Harry? What are you doing?" She asks. I glance behind me to see if Malfoy has shown yet, and wince as I see his flaxen hair bobbing through small crowds of people, making his way to Sephiroth.

"No time, Luna-don't tell anyone you saw me." I respond, pulling the cloak on and vanishing from view.

"Wait, Harry!" She follows me as I head for the opening, and biting my lip at the bad choice I'm making here, I grab her arm and pull her under the cloak. I press a finger to her lips and make her walk with me, wincing at how bad she is at it. She doesn't fight me at least, so we manage to get walking under control by the time we reach Sephiroth.

"Are you ready? I've got transportation set up outside of school grounds." Malfoy says, looking up at Sephiroth. He looks intimidated, but also exceedingly excited. I wonder if Sephiroth promised to join Voldemort...I wouldn't put it past the man. I wouldn't put much past Sephiroth, actually. I brush the swordsman's arm lightly, to let him know I'm here. How I explain Luna when we get there, I don't know. I guess I'll spend the walk thinking about that.

"I am. Let's go." Sephiroth doesn't spare a glance in my direction, which is good, and I'm sure he knows I'm here. He's not stupid, not by a long shot. Luna and I walk silently behind them as they leave the building, Malfoy pulling his cloak tighter to his body as a chill wind blows by. I'm more worried about the Invisibility Cloak being blown off than the cold, so I pay it no attention. Luna shivers against me, and I feel bad about snatching her, because she's not really wearing outdoor clothing. She's wearing a simple t-shirt over slacks with her hair up to show off her turnip earrings, and the cloak is not very insulated against the weather. Even the Iron Bangle she and I are wearing on our wrists offer no protection from the cold.

We walk along for awhile, me pulling Luna tighter against me as she continues to shiver. We eventually leave school grounds, thanks to Sephiroth, who, being a professor, can take students out if desired. Once we're out of sight of the school grounds, Malfoy stops and walks to a tree. He pulls out a rusty can, and I get a sinking feeling. I've never had the cloak while using a PortKey, let alone with someone else under it with me. Well, all I can hope is that nothing goes wrong.

"Just, touch it. It'll take us to where we need to go in..." Malfoy looks at his watch. "about a minute. We're running a bit close..." Sephiroth merely shrugs and reaches out to touch the can while Luna and I scoot close, trying to be as unnoticeable as possible. We both reach out, hoping that the thin cloak between our fingers and the can won't make a difference. The minute passes in terse silence, and I breathe a silent sigh of relief as I feel the pull of the PortKey. That is a bit of information for me to file away for the future. The Invisibility Cloak does not interfere with the use of a PortKey. Sephiroth looks mildly green when we land, and I figure that Malfoy will pay for not warning him. "Wait here. I'll go announce us."

Malfoy scurries off, and Sephiroth turns to Luna and I. "Take that off and let's get moving. I want Vincent, now." I swallow and glance around before pulling the cloak off. Sephiroth glares at Luna for a moment, but it doesn't seem more malicious than usual, so I think it's his equivalent of staring. Finally, he just turns and starts walking. I shove the cloak into my pocket, pulling out my wand. This is going to become one hell of a mess. Luna, still silent, pulls out her wand as well, keeping pace with Sephiroth and I. As we move quietly through the halls, Sephiroth summons his sword to his hand and pulls the Materia I saw his raven give him earlier from a pocket I hadn't noticed before in his jacket. "This is the ProtoMateria." He begins quietly. "It is what Vincent uses to keep control of Chaos. Which means, when we find him, Chaos is likely to be in control, and extremely violent. I tell you this because I will have my hands full dealing with him, so I can't babysit you two."

I realize what it is Sephiroth is trying to say, and just nod. No need to call attention to the un-Sephiroth like behavior. In fact, he'd probably just skewer me if I did. I glance at Luna to give her a reassuring smile, knowing I'm in for a big job of explaining and apologizing, if we get out of this. Walking into Voldemort's headquarters is hardly a smart idea, and not one we're likely to survive. I feel a knot grow in my stomach as I realize that if Luna dies here, her death is on my hands. I swallow thickly, suddenly feeling far more guilt than I did on the way here.

The walk is completely silent after that warning, even in the few times we were discovered. Sephiroth's ability with Masamune is far better that any wizard's with their wand, and they get no more time than to open their mouths before he slits their throats. Luna looks away each time, as do I, admittedly. There's something that feels so...wrong about watching someone's lifeblood drain away as they clutch at the wound, trying to staunch the flow. The first time, Sephiroth took a moment to end it quickly. After that, though...he seemed to lose patience with it, and left the Death Eaters writhing silently in their own blood.

I'm feeling very close to sick when I feel the pull. A little pull that seems to be attached to my soul. I pause, turning to look at the door on my left. The pull gets a little stronger, and Sephiroth turns to look at where I, and Luna when she realized I'd stopped, are standing. "Chaos said we had a connection..." I whisper, and Sephiroth seems to understand this immediately, and moves to the door, throwing it open. He walks inside, Luna and I following, and we find the room empty. The pull is stronger as I look at the door on the far left of the room, and I point that way. Sephiroth heads to that door, opening it and stepping through, only to be blasted back.

He hits the opposing wall and slides down, but jumps back up, grinning ferally. Chaos walks through the door Sephiroth just opened, and my stomach clenches at the blood running along his claws. I grab Luna's wrist and push her behind me as I back us towards a corner. I'm hoping that Chaos won't notice us until Sephiroth manages to reinsert the ProtoMateria, because I'm not sure that there's anyone else who can handle Chaos.

"It's been awhile since we've been able to play, hasn't it, Chaos?" Sephiroth asks, his voice showing excitement, despite my utter terror at this situation.

"Sephiroth, Sephiroth...I've never been able to play with you like this...I've always been a little...held back before...I think it's time I show you what I'm really capable of..." Chaos responds, casting a glance in my direction. "It seems you're the one held back this time..."

Sephiroth growls. "Attention on me. How dare you take your attention from me?" He lunges forward, Masamune aimed straight for Chaos' abdomen.

I see it then. What everyone is always worried about with Sephiroth; why Cloud keeps such a close eye on him, and why Zack has been so frantic recently. Sephiroth has almost no grasp on sanity. I can't believe I haven't seen it before now...But really, I have. I've seen how his moods have been turning darker and darker...But I've ignored it. And now, I've gotten myself, and more importantly Luna, trapped in a situation with a rampaging demon and a man who's losing his grip on reality.

Luna clutches tightly at my hand as Masamune bites into Chaos and slides through his body. Sephiroth cackles, and Chaos growls before grabbing Sephiroth and shoving him backwards. Masamune slips from Chaos' abdomen, and the wound heals in moments, without any healing magic. Chaos turns to look at us, and I see a hole in his chest, just about the size of the ProtoMateria. He only looks our way for a moment before he's paying his attention to Sephiroth again. Sephiroth has stood again, holding Masamune at the ready, but he hasn't moved.

This time, Chaos makes the first move, darting forward with speed that I hadn't thought possible with such a large demon. He bats Masamune aside, pinning Sephiroth to the wall and biting into the swordsman's shoulder. Sephiroth winces and brings his knee up to slam into what I think is Chaos' groin. It's where it would be located, at the very least. Chaos yowls and grabs Sephiroth by the shoulder, pulling the man forward and slamming him back into the wall. Sephiroth's head makes a sickening crack as it hits the stone wall, and his eyes roll up into his head.

I watch in horror as Sephiroth's limp body slides down the wall when Chaos releases it and the demon turns to grin at us. I feel Luna shrink further behind me, and I back up, trying to shield her from his sight. I got her into this mess, so I have to protect her. I hold my wand before me, not taking my eyes from the still unmoving demon, and, using the hand that's holding onto Luna, put her hand into the pocket with the Invisibility Cloak. "Take it...I'll distract him, and you run..." I whisper to her, knowing somewhere deep down that he could hear me clearly and that the cloak wouldn't actually do anything to shield her any better than my body is doing right now.

Chaos laughs, a sound that reminds me of ice flows cracking and crashing into each other, grinding their sides into sharper and more deadly shapes. I shudder at the cold that sinks into my bones from the thought, and he laughs again. He steps forward, and I swallow, realizing that it was now or never. Chaos' eyes are focused on Luna, and I feel something...primal...rise from within me. Not fear, because I'm certainly terrified already, but anger. No, rage. I pose the greatest threat to Chaos, and yet his attention is on Luna? Someone who means him no harm, and who shouldn't even be here but for my own stupidity? I feel the rage fill my body, warming the bones frozen by Chaos' laugh, and with a growl, I release Luna and lunge forward, my wand performing the motions to a curse, hex, jinx, whatever I can think of. I'm running on pure instinct and rage, and rather than control that, I'm letting it control me.

But before my lips can even form the words necessary for my spell, Chaos steps forward and bats me out of the air. I fly to the left, crashing onto a table and scattering its contents as I slide across and onto the floor on the other side. I lie there, dazed, until I hear Luna's terrified shriek. Turning onto my other side so I can see under the table, I see Chaos standing over Luna, who has curled into a fetal position, trying to shrink away from the demon reaching for her. "Expelliarmus!" I shout, pointing at Chaos' right wing. Chaos stops, his face twisting from a wicked smirk to a violent snarl.

Using this moment, I shove myself to my feet and jump over the table. Landing on the other side, I pull my wand up again, not willing to give Chaos time to react further. "Petrificus Totalus!" Chaos turns as I shout, and is hit square in the chest with the spell. Luna takes her chance to start inching away from him, unfortunately towards the unconscious form of Sephiroth, and therefore away from the door. Chaos, however, stretches his wings, snarling at me. "What...but..."

"Status effect spell? Stupid child. I imagine you meant to paralyze me...If you wish to survive, I would suggest pulling out all of the deadly spells you know. I, as most demons, am immune to status effect spells." Chaos growls, starting to reach for Luna. She squeaks and darts forward, her side being scratched as his claws graze her.

"Leave her alone!" I throw myself forward at him, preparing to be flung across the room again. "I'm much better prey for you!"

Instead of batting me aside again, though, Chaos merely catches me by the front of my shirt and holds me dangling in the air. "You are." He says, pulling up the hand dripping with some of Luna's blood and lapping up some of the blood. "You are much better prey for me. But she...she is a woman." He continues, as though his explanation made perfect sense.

I raise my wand, trying to think of any spell I know that could possibly incapacitate Chaos for even a short amount of time, when Luna waves at me from behind Chaos. She's made her way to sit beside Sephiroth, and apparently spent some time rifling through Sephiroth's jacket to find the ProtoMateria, which sits in her open hand. I look to my right, at the hole in Chaos' chest and take a deep breath as I plan to do something exceedingly dangerous. Chaos is not going to like this.

"Accio ProtoMateria!" I shout, holding out my hand for the green orb as it flies toward me. Chaos' eyes widen and then squint in rage as he notices me catching it. Before he can do anything other than realize, I switch wand and Materia, shoving the ProtoMateria into the hole.

With a roar, Chaos drops me and clutches at his chest. I can feel fluctuations in the room, and I push myself away from Chaos quickly, in case something goes wrong. Luna, across the room from me, casts a Shield spell from a Materia she has on her Bangle, and I just cast a Shield Charm. I close my eyes and turn away, unsure of what is to happen next.

Everything goes quiet and still, and I can hear Luna's near-hyperventilating breathing. I don't hear anything else, then "Harry."

A/N: You guys will not believe how much this damn chapter didn't want to write itself. A chapter I have been looking forward to throughout this entire process, and it tries to kill me. Oh well. It's written, and I rather enjoy it. Review, and I will give you another chapter. Especially since this damn thing just doesn't seem to want to end. On that same note, there's this thought of mine...A thought that I want other opinions on, so if you're curious, mention it in your review, and I'll send you a PM about it. Oh, and for those who don't know, the Expelliarmus spell? Is in The Half-Blood Prince, the only one of the seven not currently packed for my imminent move, once, so far as I could find. It was such a bitch to find the spelling of. Anyway, yeah, reviews. I love them, and they counteract the unmotivation my boyfriend bestows upon me. Oh, and yes, I am taking liberties with the PortKey stuff. Don't like it? Say so, but at least I didn't come up with some random reason they could Apparate on school grounds.

Next Chapter:

-Vincent-

Ooh, we get two following the same part of the story at a time. Awesome~