Knowing how to use materia is one of the most important skills for a SOLDIER to know. With the variety of opponents that they have to face it was always good to have a cure on hand, along with fire as Genesis loved to point out. It was with this in mind that Angeal decided that he needed to teach his student how to handle materia. It was with a slight feeling of dread that he entered the training room that day with some basic materia, maybe they should move to a more open place? Well maybe not, the simulator would take care of that. After explaining Zack needed to know about materia usage Angeal had one of the techs begin a training program and he soon learned where the foreboding feeling came from. The training program barely lasted twenty minutes before it had to be stopped. There were small fires burning around the room, a thin sheet of ice covered every surface, and there were blackened spots of wall from lightning strikes, the most noticeable being where Angeal had been standing only moments before. Zack looked around sheepishly taking in the damage and froze when he turned and saw his mentor, after a few seconds of staring in shock he began to laugh at the frowning first. Angeal sighed as he looked at his student and tried to flatten his hair which was now standing on end from the proximity of the earlier lightning spell.
A/N: Apparently the chapters will not be going in chronological order like I had planned since Zack decided that he won't work with me unless someone else gets picked on once in a while. Sorry that these are so short, hopefully they will start getting longer.