Slythe closed his eyes as the T-Rexaur's foot came lower. All of a sudden he heard the T-Rexaur roar in pain. He felt the earth rumble as the monster collapsed to the ground. He opened his eyes to see Pyo standing in front of him with his gunblade swinging in the air.
He smiled and said, "I'm glad to see you're ok man, after I stopped at the library I thought I'd join you."
"I'm glad you could make it," Slythe said and then he blacked out.
When Slythe came back into consciousness he was lying in a bed. He felt his arm throb and turned to see it was in a cast. He was in pajamas and felt nauseated. He looked around and figured out that he was in the garden's Infirmary. Balamb Garden's new doctor was Dr. Fukki.
"You're very lucky you survived," she said, "Your friend would like to see you, he'll be right in."
Pyo walked in with a tray with some hot dogs and a coke.
"I think you'll need a few of these," he joked and gave the placed the plate on the side table. "I'm glad I decided to come and join you or you'd be dead meat!"
"How'd you stop the T-Rexaur?" Slythe inquired.
"Well, when I walked into the training center I heard a roar and I ran forward. I saw the monster about to crush you so I took out my gunblade and shot the T-Rexaur in the forehead. It was a lucky shot."
Dr. Fukki walked in and announced, "Slythe, After you rest for a while I'll give you a shot of elixir and you're good to go, your arm will heal soon, but till then go easy on it."
Pyo left and after sleeping for a couple hours Slythe awoke and left for his dormitory. He cleaned himself up and then put on some casual clothes. Then he headed for the third floor. The third floor was where Headmaster Cid's office was. The garden was discovered to also be mobile ten years ago, during the Sorceress Wars. The pilot bridge was also on the third floor. Slythe wanted to ask Nida the pilot if she could stop at Balamb City so he could buy some goods. She said the garden would stop there next week and the students would be able to spend the day there. Slythe checked the time and figured he had about two hours before his evening class. He decided he would relax in the Quad before class. As he walked in he bumped into Rikku.
"Hey Slythe, How's it going?" she asked.
"I'm doing fine," he mumbled.
"What happened to your arm?"
"Training Room accident."
"Oh, Well since we're both here we might as well hang out together," Rikku said.
"Ok, I guess you're right," smiled Slythe.
The two students sat down and talked for a while and then Slythe asked it Rikku was hungry. She was so they headed for the cafeteria. At the cafeteria Slythe bought Rikku a hot dog and they sat down at a table.
"Some of the guys tell me you're really good at Triple Triad," said Rikku after finishing her food, "How about a challenge?"
Slythe blushed and said, "Sure, that would be fun."
He pulled out his cards and decided which cards he would use. He had a big card set so it was a hard choice. He finally decided on these cards: Squall, Seifer, Irvine, Laguna, and Ward. All were cards of fighters in the Sorceress Wars. He even owned a card Instructor Trepe. Slythe started off by putting his Squall card in the bottom right hand corner playing a defensive move. His Squall card was almost invincible because of the "A" and 9 it had. Rikku put here Ultima Weapon card right above Slythe's Squall card. It had a seven and an eight to defend it but it was no match for Slyhte's Irvine card. The Irvine card captured Rikku's Ultima Weapon card and gave Slythe a six to four lead.
This did not shake Rikku but her cards were no match for Slythe's cards and by the end of the match she had lost. Slythe took he Chubby Chocobo card, which was one of the only cards he was missing in his set. Rikku had a double of it so she didn't mind giving it up.
"That was fun, you're as good as they claim you are," she said "Written exams are next week, maybe we can study together."
"Yah, that would be cool," said Slythe.
"I better get going, I'll see you around, bye," Rikku said and walked away.
Slythe watched as she walked away and then headed for class. This was a good start for a good relationship.