"Do
you have any idea why your Wutai soldier lost to us years ago?!" Reno suddenly
shouted out.
Everybody
turned their attention towards Reno.
"This
was because you all were idiots!" Reno scolded.
The
Wutai warriors were offended and they could probably kill him anytime.
"Mind
your language, Reno." Godo warned Reno.
"Did
I said anything wrong? You all are going to die but you all never thought of
escaping! I remember an incident where I was pointing a gun at a Wutai soldier
and he still charged at me with his sword. Of course, I shot him and he was
dead." Reno gave a speech.
"You
all think that you all are brave for not retreating?! No! You all were just big
idiots waiting to be killed! You all can retreat, but you all won't. Why?
Because of a battle tradition decades ago?!" Reno continued to lecture.
"I
say we kill this guy!" A Wutai soldier shouted.
"Yea!
Kill the Shinra dog!" Another Wutai soldier continued.
"I
am warning you again. If you continue I won't stop my men from killing you."
Godo warned Reno for the second time.
"So?!
I rather die than seeing a whole bunch of idiots marching to hell!" Reno
ignored Godo's warning.
"Calm
down! You want to get yourself killed?!" Elena pulled Reno away.
"That's
it! Kill him!"
A
Wutai soldier shouted and immediately the Wutai warriors rushed towards Reno.
Reno
looked at the soldiers charging towards him. He didn't move. He closed his eyes
and waited to die.
"Stop!"
The
Wutai warriors stopped and look for the person who shouted. A young girl walked
out.
"Stop
this at once! I am giving out orders!" Yuffie shouted at the Wutai warriors.
The
Wutai warriors didn't dare to disobey. She is their master's daughter and they
didn't dare to upset her.
"Let's
settle this down like civilized people, okay?" Yuffie said.
The
Wutai soldiers looked at each other. Godo was a little shocked to hear her
daughter doing like this.
"I
say we go with them." Yuffie continued.
There
was talking among the Wutai soldiers. They couldn't believe their ears. Yuffie
is on the other side?
"Yuffie,
didn't I taught you about the three thing a Wutai warrior must do?" Godo asked.
"I
know. Obey the leader, prepare before battle and never retreat in battle. Right?
But these were set hundred of years ago! It can't be used now!" Yuffie said.
"Yuffie!
You are my daughter! Why are you doing this to me?" Godo shouted.
"This
is because I still love you dad!" Yuffie shouted at the top of her voice.
Everyone
was stunned especially Godo.
"So
I said it! I don't want to lose you, dad! I don't want you to die in battle!"
Yuffie start to cry.
Godo
expression changed immediately. He looked like he could not decide what to do.
Aeris
walked front and hugged Yuffie. Yuffie rested on her shoulder and cry.
"I
know how it felt when I lost my father. I don't want Yuffie to feel the same
too." Tifa said.
Godo
just sat on his chocobo silently. He looked very gloom and suddenly, his lips
started moving.
"Pack
up. We are heading to Kalm." Godo said softly.
All
Wutai warriors looked at Godo. They never wanted to hear these words coming out
from Godo. Godo just broke their ancestor's tradition.
"Lord
Godo, did you…" A Wutai soldier asked.
"Yes!
Read my lips! We are going! We are retreating!" Godo shouted at the soldier and
rode away slowly.
The
Wutai warriors couldn't do anything but to follow Godo. Soon, they were on
their way with the others to the exit.
"Coward."
"I
am disappointed for your actions."
"Lord
Godo, did you…"
All
these words kept playing with Godo's mind. Godo lay down on the floor and
looked at the ceiling. He saw his master's face. He looked very disappointed
and angry. Godo just violated Wutai's tradition.
He
then saw his soldiers. They were all looking at him, shocked by what he just
said. Their eyes never move and they kept on staring at him. Godo closed his
eyes. He then try to get rid of his thoughts when suddenly there was a knock on
the door.
"Who
is it?" Godo asked.
"It's
Takawachi, Lord Godo. May I come in?" the person who knocked the door asked for
permission to come in.
"Leave
me alone. I don't qualify to be your leader." Godo replied.
Earlier
that day, Godo announced his resignation of being their leader. He felt so bad
for breaking Wutai's tradition that he wanted to stop commanding his army.
"Please
let me come in. There is something I want to talk to you." Takawachi asked
again.
Godo
kept quiet for a while. He then let Takawachi into his room in an inn in Kalm.
"Lord
Godo, I wanted to talk to you about that incident just now." Takawachi said.
"There's
nothing to talk about. I am a coward. I am afraid of death and that's it." Godo
replied.
"No,
Lord Godo. You just did something real brave. Something a Wutai warrior never
did before." Takawachi protested.
"Me,
brave? I just broke the Wutai warrior's tradition for 3 hundred years and you
call me brave for that?" Godo asked.
"Yes.
You are brave for not following the Wutai warrior's tradition. You just made
all of us think that we shouldn't be so conservative, that we have to break
some rules in certain situation." Takawachi said.
"You
are trying to make me feel better, right?" Godo asked.
"No,
Lord Godo. I am telling you the truth. This might sound painful but I think
that Reno is right just now. We are too conservative and this is what that made
us lose the battle against Shinra. Sometimes, breaking the rule is essential.
If you didn't ordered us to retreat, we are probably dead by now." Takawachi
answered.
"You
are a good talker. But you are just not good enough. Please leave." Godo said
and pointed at the door.
"Before
I leave I would like to show you something." Takawachi said and open the
window.
"Look."
Takawachi pointed out of the window.
Godo
stood up and looked outside. To his shock, his whole army was already lined up
in front of the window. Although the number wasn't as great as before, the
spirit of the soldiers could be felt even from a thousand miles away.
"Lord
Godo. We admired you a lot in the past. Now, we admired you more." Takawachi
said.
Godo
looked at his soldiers. All of them were in full combat form. They were waiting
for his next command.
"Lord
Godo, if you don't say something they wanted to hear, they won't be leaving."
Takawachi continued.
Godo
looked at his soldiers again. They were still so filled with spirit and they
really looked like they will not rest till he is back.
Godo
finally smiled. He jumped out of the window and landed gracefully. He stood up
and walked towards his soldiers.
"I
am back. Any objections?" Godo asked.
Immediately
all Wutai soldiers cheered and laughed. They were so happy to have Godo back as
their leader. Godo was truly a great general.
"Sorry
to interrupt but I have something important to say." A voice was heard behind
Godo.
Godo
turned his head. He saw a Shinra soldier standing behind him. Behind that
soldier was a whole army of Shinra soldiers.
"Our
leader Joseph is killed in battle and the Turks have no experience in massive
battle. That made us Shinra soldiers guideless." The Shinra soldier said.
Godo
listened and nodded. He can predict what his next question is.
"And
since you Lord Godo is such a good leader, all of us thought that…"
Godo
looked at the Shinra soldier. He was speechless.
"We
thought that we can forget our past and combine with the Wutai army." The
Shinra soldier continued.
Godo
looked at the Shinra soldiers. In the past, all of them looked very hostile and
nasty. But now, they looked like a bunch of kids that lost their way.
"Are
you sure you all wanted to do this?" Godo asked the Shinra soldiers.
"We
will fight together and that's a promise!" A Shinra soldier shouted from
behind.
"We
live for the planet, we die for the planet!" Another Shinra soldier shouted.
The
environment started to become filled with the spirit of the Shinra soldiers.
"We
live for the planet, we die for the planet!"
Soon,
the Shinra soldiers were shouting that phrase again and again. The Wutai
soldier never expected the Shinra soldier to do that.
"You
guys really meant what you all just shouted?!"
Godo
turned his head. It wasn't him speaking. From a distance, he saw a troop of
soldiers marching towards them. They were little in numbers and they were
either in rag or filthy clothes.
The troop marched until they were just a few
feet away from Godo. A soldier with a bandaged arm approached Godo. He was the
one who just shouted at the Shinra soldiers.
"Remember
us?" The soldier asked a Shinra soldier.
"Hey,
ain't you guys from…" The Shinra soldier was interrupted before he could even
finish.
"Fort
Condor?" The bandaged soldier replied.
"Lord
Godo, I represent the Fort Condor army would like say that the Fort Condor army
wished to combine forces with your superior army." The soldier appealed.
Lord
Godo rubbed his chin. He took a look at the Fort Condor army. Quite a number of
them were bandaged. They looked tired but deep down in their eyes, he could see
that they were eager to engage in battle.
"You
all look like you all are in a bad state. This battle will be a rough one, not
many of you will survive. Another thing is you all will probably be allies with
the Shinra." Godo replied.
"For
once I hated the Shinra so much that I swore that I will kill any Shinra
soldier I encountered. But now I take it back. The Shinra had changed. The
Shinra isn't anymore the planet's bloodsucker, the Shinra is now one of us-The
protector of the planet." The Fort Condor soldier lectured.
"That
was an honor we never got before. Ain't you afraid of regretting that
decision?" A Shinra soldier asked.
"Never
in my life. Hey, what is even more fun that smacking a Shinra's a$$ but won't
get yourself killed?" The Fort Condor soldier replied.
"Why
you…he he he…you will see what a Shinra soldier is capable of doing." A Shinra
soldier said while cracking his fists.
"He
he he…"
"Ha
ha ha…"
"Bwah
ha ha ha ha !"
"Wah
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Soon,
roars of laughter filled the air. The once sworn enemies were now laughing
together like kids.
"My,
my. Now I have just became a kindergarten teacher. Well Wutai warriors, would
you accept these small kids as you friends?" Godo joked.
"Well,
the Fort Condor's army right. We shouldn't think about the past. The Shinra had
changed and so are we. It is a pleasure for us matured soldier to baby-sit our
new friends…" Takawachi said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh
yea?" The Shinra and Fort Condor soldiers teased the Wutai soldier.
"Yea."
"Oh
yea?"
"Yea!"
"Oh
yeaaaaaaaaaa?"
"YEA!!!"
At
this moment, even Godo and his Wutai soldiers joined the fun. A new alliance
had just been born.