Hello friends! It's me again, after a while.
Sorry for keeping you waiting but here you go.
The long-waited Chapter 4.
And a big fight starting up! o.O
Gongaga
I fell asleep soon after but woke up an hour later, Ciss was putting more wood in our fire.
As she noticed me being awake she crawled next to me.
She hugged me tightly. "Let me stay like this for a while, please."
"Of course." I mumbled. "But why?"
"Just because, no particular reason." Ciss answered while tightening her hold.
I fell asleep again.
When I woke up again at morning the fire was out and Cissnei wasn't anywhere in sight.
Still half-asleep I looked around. "Ciss!"
No answer...
She's propably in the nearby forest.
I just lied there for a little time and stared at the sky.
Suddenly I heard a rustling noise from the woods.
I sat up and called for her but the person who came was not Cissnei.
It was a boy from Gongaga.
"Zack! Finally I found you!"
"Jon? What do you mean?"
He took few deep breaths before he spoke.
"Some people came to the village and took your parents as hostage saying something of you being stupid enough to come and try to rescue them."
"And they had unconsious young woman with them." He finished.
Would they go this far just for us? No, there must be something more to this than meets the eye.
"You wait here, I'll handle this!" I said and ran towards my hometown.
I crouched on a cliff overlooking the village.
"I need to know in which house they are keeping them." I muttered
I heard a twig snapping behind me.
"I thought I told you to wait back there, didn't I?"
"I don't recall anything like that." Tseng said.
"Why did you come?" He continued.
"Stupid question Tseng. What are you going to do now?"
"I'm gonna turn around and pretend not having seen a thing up here." Tseng said as he turned around.
"By the way. I'd visit my house once in a while if I were you. Later Zack."
He walked away from me and I watched him go.
"Thanks man. I owe you one!"
"Your depts are getting higher, oh an be careful." He replied.
After I had descended from the cliff, I sprinted towards my house and took a quick glance through a window.
I saw my mum and Cissnei in the corner of kitchen with two 3rd class Soldiers guarding them.
"I could take those two out in mere seconds but so could Ciss, so there's more of 'em. And where's pops?"
Just then Ciss noticed me and looked worried but reliefed. One of the guards realized this also and said something to the other one.
This was it, even though I had no idea of who else were here, I could not wait for another chance like this.
I grasped my sword and leapt through the window. On that momentum I swinged the sword and sliced down that Soldier guy.
"Zack!!" I heard two women cry.
"Mum! Ciss! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, but now were in trouble. Sephiroth's here." Ciss said.
"And your father is there with them." Mum continued.
"Shit! Mum go to Jon's house and hide there. Ciss, let's find you a weapon and go rescue pops."
"Okay!"
Cissnei took a knife from the dead Soldier and we left the kitchen together.
Sephiroth was waiting for us in the living room.
"How nice of you to visit us Zack." He said.
"Sephiroth! Where is my dad?"
"Don't be hasty. He's upstairs waiting for you. But oh the shame when you are not coming. Poor father."
"Ciss, you go save dad. I'll take care of this guy." I said.
"Oh you will take care of me? Let us see, shall we!" Sephiroth said and attacked.
The fight was going to be hard. He was far stronger than any opponent I've ever fought.
Cissnei was still watching us from doorway.
"Cissnei! GO!" I yelled
"Don't lose your focus during a fight! Haven't you learned anything?" Sephiroth taunted
"With you teaching, Sephy? Hah!"
"Don't call me that!" He replied furiously with a stab towards me.
I managed to evade that hit just barely.
I think had discovered a weakness in him, just like he had taught me.
I had a chance, slim, but a chance none the less.
"I can do this!" I shouted and dived towards the Silver Haired Hero of Wutai...
Zack vs. Sephiroth... Taking bets! ^^
To be continued...