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Kashash turned quickly around and saw Crystal jump off her chocobo, "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I saw this group crossing the river to the east, their in pretty bad shape, so I'm taking them to . . ." Crystal paused, "Something's not right," she whispered to Kashash. It was then that she noticed the creatures coming towards them, "oh, no," Crystal whispered. She walked up to Ash and Misty, "Get on, now." she ordered, and they complied by crawling onto Star. The other two followed suit and got onto Moon. Slapping the back end of both Star and Moon, the two chocobo led the other eight off to Cosmo Canyon.
"It is time to battle," Kashash said, almost in a whisper. Crystal quickly put up wall to protect the both of them slightly from physical and magical attacks. The Skeeskee and the Sahagins attacked fiercely, using first physical then magical attacks. Kashash countered with Ice. Crystal also countered with Poison. Two of the approximately forty five attackers disappeared; the rest retaliated and weakened the wall. Kashash used her slash all command materia on her whip, snapping at the front half of them. Crystal decided to use her fire materia and got rid of another.
The battle was going slow, after getting down to twenty some the attacks finally broke down the wall. Kashash and Crystal knew to use stronger materia. So, Crystal used Neo Bahamut at the behind group, while Kashash cast Bahamut onto the front attacking group.
First, Kashash, Crystal and the front group disappeared. Then, a large portion of the land underneath the back group lifted them high into the air. A large, magnificent red dragon flew down from the heavens to sit in the air in front of them. Taking a deep breath, a bright yellow beam light was cast from its maw, growing larger and stronger by the second. The light beam destroyed the ground beneath them and let the creatures plummet back down to the earth. All eleven disappeared. Crystal, Kashash and the front group returned to the battle area. A moment later and the two girls disappeared again. This time the sky and ground turned dark. Flying down from the sky, a mighty dragon stopped to hover in the air in front of them. After an initial roar, it cast a blue light beam from its face, causing an explosion. about ten disappeared, leaving only three.
Before Kashash could warn Crystal to turn around, a left over Skeeskee attacked Crystal's backside. "Oh," she cried, and fell to her knees.
Kashash was furious, "Whomever did that's going to die." she said slowly as Crystal blacked out.
The red little figure was mad that the Skeeskee did that, it would show them.
Tifa watched as ten chocobo ran past them heading for Cosmo Canyon. She swore she could hear some one yelling How do you stop this thing,' but ignored it.
The rest of them watched in horror as Crystal sank to the ground and fainted. Cid was angry, there was something about that girl that he liked. He jumped forward off from his already moving chocobo to get there faster. He was about to intervene when a red dog leapt out from the side and stood over Crystal. "Red?" he asked, but knew the answer already. Red was behind him, on a chocobo, this was a NEW red beast. The beast began to growl and swat at anything that got near.
Nanaki, and the group stopped behind Cid, "Who's that? It looks like you, Nanaki." Cloud said.
"It is not anyone I know of. I am suppose to be the last of my kind." Red barely got the words out. Then he noted that Cloud had called him by his original name.
Kashash looked at the furry creature carefully. Then she turned her attention back to the battle. Using one last slash all she destroyed the rest of the attackers. She then looked back at Crystal and the dog.
After an initial growl, the dog paused before giving Kashash room to tend Crystal.
She checked Crystal's vitals, and found that she was weak. She gave her friend a Potion, but it barely had an effect. Kashash began to pick up Crystal when she seemed to come to.
Her eyes opened, and her lips parted, "I remember you . . . friend." she said, and went out again. Kashash decided to head for the group, while the beast trailed beside.
Nanaki was confused and amazed that there was another creature like him here. Why was it protecting her? Where did it come from? Where was it going? Where are THEY going? he groaned, I'm going to have a headache after this.
Cloud looked at Nanaki for a moment, then looked at Aeris "Do YOU know who that is?" he asked her.
She shook her head, "Don't know, but I think it may be a female."
Nanaki perked his ears up at the end of the sentence.
Kashash walked up to them, "May I borrow your chocobo?" she asked no one in particular. The dog growled its protest, but did nothing further. "I gave her my last potion. I need to take her to Bugehagen's." she said in an urgent tone.
Cid brought up his chocobo, "Here," he said, and handed the reins over.
"I will ride with you," Vincent stated as if it were a fact. They headed off at a fast clip in front of the rest of the party. When they reached the gates of Cosmo Canyon, they pulled to a stop and hopped off. Quickly scaling the stairs, they were stopped by the guard. Vincent didn't try to waste time, "It is me, I travel with Cloud and this girl needs help--"
"Let them in, my friend, let them in." Bugenhagen had just floated down it time to meet them at the the entrance. As the group passed by him, Bugenhagen was startled by the new red dog, Can it be? he thought to himself. They headed up to the top of the mesa. In his home, he said, "She can sleep here, every one else that you sent to me is down stairs." Kashash set Crystal down and tucked her into the bed. heading out, Bugenhagen stopped her at the table. "Long time no see, ho, ho, hooo!" he said.
"Definitely," she answered.
"You know her Grandpa?" Nanaki asked.
"Ho, ho, hooo! Why yes, I've known Kashash and Crystal for many years since they decided to raise chocobo near by. Almost eight years ago they made that decision and trekked all the way out here. I remember they asked my help in getting a good area and growing greens." he explained, "Though, I never knew much about their past,"
"Hmm, true." she paused, "I had met Crystal when I was only ten. We became great friends in the four years that we stayed there. At least before we had some trouble with the Turks."
"The Turks! Ho ho hooo! Not good." Bugenhagen commented. Nanaki just growled his protest.
"Well, we decided if we were going to get away, we needed transportation. We found some one on at Wall Market who was selling a golden chocobo real cheep. He thought it wasn't a good one. we bought it and found out that it's only problem was that it was having a hard time laying it's egg. Once it did, we washed it up and found a white star shape on it's forhead. When it's child was born, it too had a mark, but more like a moon." she continued.
"So those were the strange chocobo we saw in the lead of the black pack," Nanaki commented.
"Yes they were. We used the golden chocobo to cross the ocean and we stopped at Cosmo Canyon. We met you, Bugenhagen, and you helped us find a place nearby. You helped us plant our first greens, and find the Chocobo Sage." she paused, "But then you had to go for some reason, and wouldn't tell us. A month after you disappeared, we found her," she motioned towards Crystal's room, where the dog still was, "Nanaka She was badly injured, and we decided to help her. She stayed . . . for about ten months. She recovered slowly and helped round up chocobo with us. Then she left on her own, and didn't even tell us." she paused, "I would really like to know where she went to."
