Whoa, nobody figured out what was suspicious about Roxas' scene, but there were plenty of guesses concerning Reno's mistake. I've purposely misled you, but I'm surprise: One of the reviewers got it right. You'll realize what it is in this chapter:

Previously: The YRP gang, Tidus, and Wakka arrives to Guadosalam and has a tiny misunderstanding with the Guado Orion, described as one of the more powerful, fanatical leaders. Kadaj interrupts the fight between Axel and Yazoo, telling the former about the blood properties of Jenova Vampires. A phone call to Axel sends him and Demyx away to some unknown place. In a restaurant, Reno seals a blackmailing deal, before spotting a vampire carrying information on a 'Cloud Amako'. To honor the saying dead men tell no tales, Reno kills the vampire. Sora admits to himself Riku isn't as hateful as he first thought, while in another place Roxas reflects how he's given up Sora for dead, therefore ignoring every little hint to his brother's possible location.

The setting was one of darkness, but it wasn't the forbidding or frightening kind. There was just a sense of endless space, but not intimidating enough to consider loneliness or empty void. The sole person standing in the place knew quickly where he was, and decided to wait for the other. He waited, and waited, and though it was only a few seconds his patience wore thin; Tidus never did consider himself a patient person.

"You called, Maester Seymour Guado?"

The setting changed slowly. Elegant designs on walls, high quality furniture, tall ceilings, lights designed more for beauty than use…and of course, the owner of the place, Seymour Guado. Almost unconsciously Tidus lifted a hand up to summon his weapon, but he quickly dropped it, remembering the situation Riku had gotten them all in. As of the moment, Riku and Seymour were supposed allies, so followings protocol Tidus swept a hand back and gave the other man a short bow. He straightened rather quickly

"I have heard that in their dreams, Mediums often gain access to the mental calls of either nearby people or those that summon them." Seymour began, "and it seems I am correct in those assumptions"

"You are indeed" Tidus confirmed "you were calling for me, not any other Medium in existence, did you wish for me to deliver a message to Lord Riku?"

"Would you be able to?" Seymour smiled "You are no longer in Traverse Town"

Well, Tidus thought, looks like Riku and I are in trouble.

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"This is the hotel where we'll be staying?" Wakka asked as he stuck his head out of the taxi "not bad!"

"It is a branch of Dusk's hotels and apartments, Castle Oblivion" Paine replied "they usually have high quality materials, and their hotels are always five-star, haven't you been in the Oblivion Apartment in Traverse Town? Its one of the most beautiful apartments around, not to mention most of the high-ranking executives in Dusk Corp actually buys a place in it to live in for the rest of their lives. Some of them live in Castle Oblivion instead since there are more services provided""

"I've heard" Wakka answered, remembering something Namine said. Oblivion was the name for the expensive Dusk-owned apartments, and Castle Oblivion was the name of the Dusk-owned five-star hotels. He tuned around "Hey Tidus, do you think….oh"

Yuna shook her head, "don't wake him up"

By all appearances, Tidus was simply sleeping, but his friends could easily see the faint blue markings over his eyelids – the Medium was in the dream of another. It was best not to interrupt, so while the girls got their luggage ready, Wakka half dragged, half carried his friend out and entered the hotel. They checked in, listening to the front desk welcoming them and explaining that everything had been prepared for them. Then they went into a hotel, and two other tourists joined them. Judging by their clasped hands and how close the young woman was leaning against the man, Wakka guessed they were a couple. When it appeared they were both on the same floor, the other man spoke up.

"Hello, I don't mean to be rude, but is your friend alright?" The tone sounded friendly enough, Wakka thought. He glanced at Tidus and answered.

"He's just a little dizzy at the moment; we'll just let him rest for a while." Wakka answered.

"Ah, well if anything happens just give me a call. I know almost all the doctors in the area"

"You're not a tourist?"

"Oh no, I actually live here" Rich man or Dusk Corp executive then, Wakka thought "My name is Martin Srail, this is Karen Sertcudes."

"My name is Wakka" just for safety sake, he decided not to give his last name. His name may not be traced back to the Vampire Lord Riku, but it might trace to the Medium Tidus. "My friends and I are tourists here" Of course, he knew the YRP gang wasn't here just for tourism, but it wasn't anything Martin needed to know.

"If you wish, I can always show all of you around" At that, Rikku laughed.

"Are you sure, we wouldn't want to be the third wheel with your wife or fiancée" Rikku gestured to the ring on Martin's finger. To her surprise, the smile almost slipped from Martin's face.

"Its…simply an engagement ring, not concrete yet" As he spoke, the hand disappeared in Martin's pocket, and when it emerged, the ring had disappeared. It was then the rest of them noticed that the woman beside him bore no ring on her finger. Add the fact they seem a bit too close even for siblings……oh.

This man already has a woman engaged, and yet he's already going around with other women? Wakka looked at Karen again, oh she was pretty, with all the curves any man would want, as revealed by her clothing (more like a lack of it). Wakka couldn't help thinking Slut, but what the man and this woman do was none of his business. When the elevator doors opened, Wakka bid them goodbye, and with the YRP gang went to their room.

"We'll let Tidus sleep for now, but unfortunately we can't stay as we have to meet up with our employer" Yuna turned to Wakka as he dumped the blonde on the bed "You can stay and watch over him or go out yourself, remember to have a good time. We don't know how long negotiations and information-gathering can take, and you know how easily we can get distracted once you set us loose around here. Remember to be careful as well, Guadosalam is a place in war, no matter how peaceful the place seems there are always restricted areas and cameras around."

"Don't worry, I'm not under Riku's service, even if they arrest me on suspicion they won't have much against me."

"You weren't listening, Guadosalam is in war, the authorities can ignore civil and human rights here, if you're captured you're as good as dead. Even if you can take care of yourself, and we all know you can in other circumstances, you can't match up to the armored guards here."

"Yuna, telling him that wouldn't reassure us well enough" Paine approached Wakka and instead dropped a small pouch in Wakka's pocket. Wakka smelled the fragrant scent quickly.

"You're giving me one of those 'scented dried flowers in a pouch' thing?" (1)

"It's actually a disguise. If you are caught and searched, even if the contents are poured out it would only appear to be flowers. These flowers are actually explosives; each of them has a mark, if you pinched it with your nail the bombs would explode in thirty seconds. In other words, the flowers are more like something you throw at the enemy, not something you set and leave it to activate, though you could if you wish. Don't use it casually, it's not exactly a rare weapon but it's usually associated with fairy warfare and there's a chance, however slight, that it would go back to us. If possible, use your own weapons."

Wakka raised an eyebrow "if you're already giving me weapons, I take it that you're all assuming that I would be going out?"

"Yea, even if you stayed to watch out for our Medium friend here, you'll only long to go out" Rikku answered "so if that's what going to happen anyways, let's give you ammunition first. As for Tidus, we'll protect him with some seals. Sit down, Wakka" The boy obeyed, and seated himself cross-legged on the floor while the other fairies did the same. They surrounded Tidus' bed and started the protecting incarnations. The glowing and seals would normally raise suspicion, but luckily because the young man was a Medium he absorbed everything into him. By the time Wakka and the YRP gang finished, there was no trace whatsoever that anything supernatural had occurred.

"Done," Paine voiced out "Yuna, Rikku, let's go to our room and unpack. We don't have much time before we have to meet up with our employer. Wakka, take care" The friends bid each other goodbye, and separated. Both parties unpacked, freshened up a bit, then left. Wakka left the Hotel, carrying the pouch Paine had given him in his pocket, while the YRP gang went to the dining room (or floor, as it seemed). An attendant directed them to a table, where their employer sat waiting for them.

"Good day to you all, YRP" The man smiled at the three disguised fairies. He was tall, with short brown hair and a well-built body. The fairies sat down on the three chairs set out in front of them, and Yuna returned the greeting.

"The same to you, Lexaeus Elitehorns" (2)

In another branch of Oblivion Hotel, namely the one in Traverse Town, not far from the flat Roxas lived in, his friendly neighbor Axel lay sprawled lazily on a sofa. After the business with Demyx was done, the redhead had left and returned to his apartment, where he found some documents from his department at Dusk Corp. Despite appearances, Axel was Head of the Dusk Department in Marketing, though more often then not he gave most of the paperwork to his employees. Therefore, he was barely registering the words he was reading as he finished a letter, tossed it into the recycle bag while reading another, tossed that one in, and repeated the movement. He was continuing this procedure when he head the door open, and his twin brother stepped in. Reno took one glance at what Axel was doing and spoke "yo, shouldn't you be worried about having to sign in some of those things?"

"Nope, they know to ask me to sign things when I'm in office" Axel answered as he tossed the last letter away. He turned to Reno "Hey, I think I have another job for you."

"Nothing long-term, hopefully" Reno took the sheet of paper Axel held out for him and skimmed through it quickly. He looked back up "an audition? For a minor role in that new movie your old friend is directing?"

"Old nuisance, more like" Axel added, "used to never stop following me around, begging for immortality. Mortals like him should just die"

"Ouch" Reno continued reading and looked up "The role is a slayer turning into a vampire and going insane?"

"Considering your skills and former training, it's not that hard for you to do" Axel replied "if anything, you can pretend this is somewhat based on your own history. It's only a minor role, you don't have to worry too much about drawing attention. Speaking of drawing attention, I ran into a Jenova Vampire." Reno, who had gone back to reading, snapped his head up so fast he nearly had a whiplash. Axel continued "Actually, you could say I ran into two. I was innocently walking around, talking to a friend, when out of nowhere I was attacked by this silver-haired vampire with a gun. We fought for a bit and he addressed me with your name. Then this other silver-haired vampire comes along and stops us, and he's apparently named Kadaj. Looks like the Stigma brothers that own that weapon store are all Jenova Vampires, add Aerith into the mix and I've uncovered four Jenova Vampires. Of course, that's nowhere compared to you, isn't it? You know all of them"

"I know all of them, but I was planning to keep in touch with only one of them." Reno agreed "As for you uncovering four, that's twice what Riku's forces have. They only have Aerith and the one I'm keeping contact with. Speaking of Aerith, care to share what you have been planning with her?"

"Now, that would be breaking confidential information, I see no advantage in me breaking the news"

"Yo?"

"How about an exchange of information? I tell you something for something related to the Jenova Vampires. Are there really seven Jenova Vampires in total?"

"In Traverse Town, yes, it is unlikely that there are anymore around, what is Aerith planning to do?"

"Asked me to help her capture Werewolf Head Zexion, what were the Stigma brothers like?"

"The three came after we thought everything was over, they were reuniting the Jenova Vampires, do you two have a plan?"

"Yes, but it will depend on whether Zexion takes the bait and whether or not two of my co-workers will get involved as well, do the three brothers have any more siblings?"

"They address anyone with Jenova genes as siblings because they are all Jenova's supposed children, what is the werewolf bait?"

"A ring, and a certain blonde whom Zexion would no doubt be attracted to, who is the Jenova Vampire you've kept in contact with?"

"His name was Cloud Strife, but not anymore, he changed his name. He's going to have to change it again soon, one of Riku's vampires already found him out…"

"Did you say Cloud? As in quiet, spiky blond hair blue-eyed Cloud Amako? He's a Jenova Vampire too?"

"Hey! I haven't even asked a question!" Reno complained, but by now his twin's thoughts were elsewhere.

Roxas….is related to a Jenova Vampire? Axel thought, stunned.

Roxas was related to more then a Jenova Vampire, some distance away Roxas' twin brother Sora, Vampire Lord Riku's new fledgling, received a shock when Selphie's voice burst in his mind. Apparently addressing Riku, she exclaimed Lord Riku! There's been a slaying of one of the SEED! Judging by the dust state, it was a slayer!

At those words, Riku's eyes hardened. He stood up, paused briefly to tell Sora "stay here", before disappearing in a flash. Sora blinked, and felt a twinge of annoyance at Riku's obvious action to keep him in the dark. Rather then entertain dark thoughts, he instead reflected on what he just heard. SEED, he knew, was Riku's elite fighting force, commanded by Leon if he remembered correctly. Selphie and Zell were both in the group among the vampire division, which made up the majority. SEED should be made of the most powerful, but apparently a slayer had gotten ride of one because of the dust state.

Could only slayers render a vampire to dust? What if instead the person responsible only wanted to frame the slayers? What if the 'slayer' was actually a traitor, or even one of the Guado?

Sora sighed, so many questions, so little answers.

Riku arrived to the scene quickly and saw his subjects already surrounding the area. They parted when he approached, and he saw the pile of fine dust and the already rotting fangs. When a vampire died, their body returned to its original state. In other words, an old vampire's body would turn to dust because that should have been what their body became if they haven't turned to a vampire. A fledgling like Sora, on the other hand, might change to the unmistakable form of a rotting corpse. However, even if the body is rendered to dust, the fangs would remain, as a symbol of the vampirism while also identifying the corpse. For SEED vampires or those of equally significant standing, there was a vague mark on the fangs to identify them separately. Therefore, when Riku approached and saw the fangs, he knew immediately that Selphie was correct.

"Leon, have you identified the vampire?" Riku asked, Leon nodded

"Wedge Deyals" (3)

"What makes you sure this is the work of a slayer?"

"Too effective and clean, and they are dust instead of ashes. If another supernatural being came and killed him, the remains would appear more like burnt ashes, yet this is dust. What's more, they resemble some sort of fine powder, rather then the natural lumps it should be rendered into." As he spoke Leon scoped a handful of the dust up and let it fall. Like fine white sand the particles slipped down to the ground easily, no trace of any lumps.

"Any suspected slayers?"

"No, in this city there's only three slayers living. One has retired, and the other two have solid alibis. So unless a new one came recently without our knowledge or all along we had an unregistered one, it's not likely the slayer was Traverse Town's." Leon looked back at the remains. "Cause of death, believe it or not, a knife or an equally small, bladed weapon. Some electrocution might be involved, though that itself isn't the cause of death." Riku nodded and knelt down on one knee to examine the remains. He tilted his head to the side, thinking. Something was nagging at him, but he wasn't sure what. He glanced around the place and saw how clean it was, no trace of any blood. No sign of any struggle.

"Lord Riku?" A vampire asked hesitatingly.

"No victim" Riku focused back on the remains "there is no sign of a human about to fall prey to Deyals' hunger. There isn't even a sign of a chase."

"NO" Fujin's voice spoke up "LOOK"

Riku looked up and walked towards were Fujin was standing. She pointed a footprint on the surface on a wall, then walked towards a pile of boxes and pointed again. A pair of footprints, the same as the previous one, marked the surface of one of them.

"FOOTPRINTS" She announced to him "SMALLER"

"She means Wedge's footprints should be bigger" Raijin approached them to look at the footprints "and she's right, these footprints are way too slender. Judging by the traces, the person should be wearing something more formal than Wedge's runners. We can assume it was a male though, and looking at how new these footprints are in comparison to Wedge's, I'll say this guy was the one chasing our vampire, reinforcing the guy was probably a slayer."

"NOT NORMAL" Fujin added "BIG DISTANCE" She gestured to the space between one footprint and the other. Riku knew what she meant. The leap between one footprint and the other was huge; the slayer was a tremendously skilled one if they could accomplish that. Things were looking really grim at the way it was going; Seven Undefined Vampires, Seymour and the Guado, and now an unregistered slayer running around. To top it off, his friend and Medium left for who knows how long. At least Sora was starting to resist less around him. Riku turned to look back at the remains of one of his vampires.

My apologies Wedge, for dragging you into these affairs right after you've been promoted to SEED

The nagging feeling intensified in Riku, and the silver-haired vampire frowned. He had a hunch that he was missing the bigger picture here, but what was it? He looked around the place, everything appeared to be normal. His supporters were all examining the area to see if they could find anything, so if it was something on scene they would tell him. Riku looked back at the remains, what could Wedge have done to have a slayer silence him? There were no traces of a feeding around and if Wedge had fed recently, his remains wouldn't be so white. Silence him….

That's it!

His feeling intensified as he whipped his head around. The city lights blurred his sight, but already his mind was thinking. What could Wedge have seen that would force a person to kill him? This alley way didn't appear to have much, so it might be from something else. Wedge must have seen or heard something that was serious enough to alarm another person. All chance eavesdropping aside, what might Wedge have learned? What was his last memory of Wedge?

The auditorium!

Wedge was going to look for information from the human police….about one of the Undefined Vampires!

"Leon!" Several vampires jumped at the sudden command, but Leon himself remained calm as he approached Riku's side. "This might be nothing, but last time I talked to Wedge he was going to the human police to look up information about Undefined Vampire Number Three." Despite the unchanging facial expression, Riku saw Leon tense. "Him being killed right now might be a coincidence, but also a bit too convenient. As I don't want to have a repetition of this incident, I want you to go retrieve the information."

"Of course, Lord Riku"

"Go"

Leon became a blur as he disappeared from Riku's side, and the blur raced out of the alley and into the city streets. Selphie approached him, and Riku realized something else.

"Where's Zell?"

"I didn't call every single vampire, my Lord, only those on shift at the moment. The place might get too crowded and draw attention. If I remember correctly, he's with a human friend named Yazoo, one of the three brothers who own the weapons store. Should I give him a call?"

"No, let him have his fun for now, he's just recovered from an assault after all."

Zell was indeed having fun. When he arrived at the arcade, the excitement and adrenaline washed over him and despite being alone he quickly joined in the games. The owner of the arcade, recognizing him, had quickly introduced him to some regular customers, and they had accepted him easily, though they first seemed more interested in his tattoo.

"Where did you get it?"

"I had it since I was a child"

"Who did it?"

"I can't remember, I was too young that time, I remembered I wasn't too willing though"

"Wow, is it perhaps some sort of mark that you're part of some group or gang?"

"I doubt it, as I've never belonged to such" and it was true. Aside from being part of SEED Zell held no memory of being part of any other group. Whatever the tattoo was for, he never did learn. He knew he was from an orphanage, and it was there that for some strange reason he had gotten the tattoo, as ordered by the Matron if he remembered correctly. That itself was suspicious as she never approved of such practices. When the Matron died, Zell never thought of removing the tattoo.

"Zell" The blonde looked up and grinned.

"Yazoo!" He exclaimed happily. Excusing himself from his new acquaintances, he tugged Yazoo away to play other games. His silver-haired friend loathed being among strangers, and Zell didn't mind tolerating that habit. They played several games, both of them almost equally skilled. Yazoo preferred the firearms and Zell preferred the physical fighting, and be it fighting together or going against the other, no hard feelings were created.

Behind a counter Zack watched this almost sadly. He knew that Yazoo and Zell could not stay as friendly as they were now, their identities would clash sooner or later even if their personalities clicked. Vampires could not get attach to humans too long, and the same thing went with Jenova Vampires and Normal Vampires; especially when their leaders would be going at each others' throats when they finally meet.

Not that the remaining Jenova Vampires were getting along with each other that well either. Take Aerith, for example.

Shifting, he called one of his employees over and told them to temporarily take charge. Zack then left the arcade and headed toward the poorer streets of Traverse Town. Ignoring the stench of filth and decay, he entered an abandoned building.

Once inside, the sweet scent of flowers swirled around him. It wasn't that strong, but it was a noticeable change. He walked forward, and soon saw Aerith. The young woman stood in the centre of the building, her back towards him. Surrounding her on the ground were flowers, the source of the scent. Zack approached her, stopping when he reached the edge of the flowers.

"Happy birthday"

Aerith looked over her shoulder at him. Her eyes were solemn, without the sparkle of life she once had. "Do you know how old I am now, Zack?"

Zack looked away, as if ashamed, and Aerith smiled sadly "you can't even remember your own age, Zack, let alone mine. Tell me, did you really remember what today was or did Cloud remind you of my birthday?" Zack said nothing, even as Aerith turned and walked forward to him. She lightly touched his face, her slender fingers lightly brushing over his sharp features, a warm and tender touch because despite being a vampire she was of Jenova, and they do not turn cold like the vampires below them. Leaning forward, she kissed him tenderly on the cheek, and Zack couldn't help remembering how the two of them had returned to the world.

They both fell into the sacrificed bodies in a flash of green light. Their souls entered the bodies, and the bodies morphed into Aerith's and Zack's appearance. Zack sat back up in shock, disbelieving, still holding onto Aerith's hand. He stared up at Sephiroth, towering over him, fangs bared and hands outstretched.

"Sephiroth…" Zack whispered, and then saw another figure beside the man. He stared sadly "Cloud…why? Why did you let him…?"

"Brother here has agreed to come with us," Yazoo answered "in exchange we would spare the lives of his comrades"

Kadaj smirked and faced Cloud "Go on, brother!" He cheered excitedly. "Bite him!"

Zack shook his head as his friend knelt down in front of him. From the beginning when they met Cloud's eyes were dull, but now they were almost lifeless, when have those eyes become so haunted? "Cloud, if you bite me now, you'll never be able to stop"

"Brother, bite him!"

When Aerith opened her eyes, she saw Zack's lifeless form lying on the ground, and Cloud sat beside him, embracing his best friend. Sephiroth bit his finger and allowed drips of blood to slip into Zack's lips. Aerith scrambled forward and closed her hands over the one Zack held her with. "You've already turned Cloud away from his friends, why did you have to bring us out of the Lifestream as well?" She fought her tears as she held onto Zack tighter "Why did you turn us into monsters?"

"I only want to give Cloud some happiness, so that he could stay with me" Sephiroth answered. "In time, he will forget all that has happened, his friends, his enemies, soon he will forget all of them. He would only remember me, you, and your boyfriend. All of you will be given everlasting life"

As if to prove his point, Zack suddenly sat up and let out a roar, vampire fangs bared. Before any of them could blink, Zack seized Aerith to his side and sank his fangs into her neck. Aerith let out a strangled scream, and at the background Sephiroth smiled.

Aerith withdrew and looked up at the man she had first loved. For one moment, Zack looked back at her and she swore she saw the pain and suffering that was a mirror of hers, for that moment she could believe that Zack was still Zack, and that he didn't like turning into a vampire nor did he wished to continue serving Sephiroth. Then the moment passed when Zack looked away again, and made to leave. On instinct, she grabbed his hand.

"Zack…" she whispered. "Let us leave this place, let's leave Traverse Town, leave Sephiroth. Let's start over, and forget too. Living for another ten years, a hundred years, it doesn't matter. Stop concerning yourself with Sephiroth's wild dreams, stop hurting yourself. Just you and me, together forever, untouched by other affaires, just like in the past; wouldn't that be the best thing?" Zack closed his eyes, and made to move away, but Aerith held on "answer me, Zack. Please, just answer me. After all these years, how long can we last?" When Zack said nothing, Aerith slowly released him and stepped back a respectable distance. "I don't think I can last any longer. I don't want to continue being a blood-sucking monster."

A flower crunched underneath the weight of Aerith's shoes as she took another step back "Yes, in these years we do not appear to have changed, we do not even age. What about on the inside? We're older then most of the vampires living at the moment! We're unhappier then most of them too. Because we don't even have the privilege to die! At least a normal vampire could commit suicide if they wished! Every time I wake I grow fearful, I don't know what I'll do that day, who I'll kill. Because aside from killing and feeding what can I do? Can you tell me, besides that, what can I do!" She shook her head "Besides killing, what purpose does this tainted life have? Zack, tell me, what can I do besides killing!"

Something wet trailed over her cheeks, and Aerith realized she was crying. It was a strange feeling, how long has it been since she had a good cry? Upon seeing her tears, Zack stepped forward and embraced her. He placed a light, comforting kiss on her lips, and Aerith responded. The kiss grew deeper and more desperate, raw emotions taking over. Their teeth morphed into fangs, piercing through the other's lips, and they both tasted blood.

And back in some edge of Guadosalam, Wakka found himself running and choking at the smell of smoke and blood. How did it get like this? He was walking about, enjoying the scenery, when he accidentally stumbled into an old warehouse. Inside the warehouse were several humans introducing each other, apparently they were given the same job by the same employer. When Wakka came in, they thought he was one of them and asked him for his opinion in the best course of action – how to bomb a certain military base in Guadosalam.

The people were mercenaries hired by the Ronso, and they thought Wakka was another one.

Not wanting to reveal himself and be killed to keep silent, Wakka had joined them. After all, he might be able to help Tidus with this. They disguised themselves as Guado guards and infiltrated the base, and it was just his luck that Orion was in it.

"My fellow comrades, chosen because of your skill and talent, we are succeeding in our quest to create the ultimate nation." Orion looked at his guado warriors, standing in lines orderly, an impressive image "I know, many of you are tired and haven't been home for a while. Many of you wonder at times what this is all for. I give you an answer; this is for the glory of the Guado. We want to create a better future, for ourselves, for your children, for the race as well."

Unbeknownst to him, the enemy group was approaching. They wore the clothing of a low class grunt, but unknown to the naked eye each member had an explosive hidden on them. They walked down a corridor, heading for certain room.

"Those Ronso are getting out of hand. Let us not forget, that in history the Guado was responsible for colonizing them and allowing them to live better lives (4). Now, they think they should be independent and that we should no longer be allowed to have the power that we rightfully should have."

Not far off, a few patrolling Guado guards nodded briefly to the approaching group. They were about to move on, but without warning the approaching group seized them by the throats. Several twists and the guards dropped to the floor silently, dead.

"If we let them get away with this, not only would it show our decline in strength, but it would encourage rebellion everywhere. Total chaos would soon take over. We have to teach the Ronso and the whole world a lesson"

Two members of the same group arrived to the main room and saluted the guarding Guado guards, who returned the gesture before stepping away. Once they were gone, the replacements, actually the mercenaries in disguise, started setting up dynamite and other explosives. Nearby, the rest of the group did the same throughout the area. It took only a few seconds before everything was set and the 'okay' signals were passed along. Their temporally leader, a man with dark hair by the name of Ben and one of the two 'guarding' the room, gave the same signal, and he mercenaries disappeared. Wakka, his partner, peeked inside the room.

"Let us use show the world, that the Guado is the next superpower! Long live the Guado!"

"Long live the Guado!" The soldiers repeated. Wakka pulled back and meet Ben's eyes.

"Its Lord Orion Guado, one of those in power, almost just below Lord Seymour Guado." Wakka repeated what Tidus once told him "He is well known for his skills and fanatical dreams about conquering lands and oceans so that the Guado will become the most powerful nation in the world. Dangerously loyal to Seymour too, he'll agree to anything the man says." Ben nodded, then straightened when the doors fully opened and Orion stepped out, followed by his soldiers. Ben and Wakka subtly lowered their heads as they passed, listening to their footsteps and mentally counting the seconds; three….two….one.

The first explosion nearly shook the whole building and sent several Guado flying across the room. Smoke drifted in quickly as several more explosions went off. The mercenaries were dismayed when they saw that the explosion had only taken two soldiers out, one of which remained alive and even shouted "protect Lord Orion!" At this rate, their explosions would be wasted. The mercenaries rushed forward, shoving the group closer to the fire. This only resulted in the group turning around and fighting them. A few physical attacks were exchanged before the magic spells were thrown at each other. In response, the mercenaries started fighting back and also tried to flee. Wakka glanced at the pouch Paine had given him, and he quickly pulled a flower out. Pressing his nail down on a mark, he threw it to the Guado.

A small but effective explosion blew up, killing several Guado and causing a lot more smoke. The mercenaries covered their faces and fled. Wakka was one of them, but as he turned to flee he met eyes with Lord Orion Guado.

The Guado was furious, and Wakka knew at that moment the Guado would remember his face and be after him. This was going to be very bad, what with his friendship to Tidus. He turned and flee, and not bothering to check whether he was followed or not, he drew out more flowers and activated them, tossing them behind him and hearing explosion after explosion, hoping against hope that Orion would not survive.

(1) I don't know what those things are called, does any reader know? It's usually dry flowers inside a pouch and they smell nice
(2) 'Elitehorns' is an anagram of 'Silent Hero', Lexaeus' nickname in the game, for those who forgot
(3) Deyals Slay + ed backwards, as there's no such word as 'slayed'
(4) People used to believe this all the time, hence imperialistic war. Everything for territory and control

That last part was actually a modified version of my Final Fantasy VII fic One More Chance, it was meant to help me out of my writer's block. Readers, if you don't mind, check out the fic and tell me what you think!

Falcon-Jade-Darkness guessed Reno's mistake correctly, congratulations! So, now that Riku knows the humans have information, he's sent Leon to get them, which means Leon and Cloud would be playing a more noticeable role soon. Another Organization XIII member has also been revealed, Lexaeus.

No Promotion Anime today, it was difficult to link to any.