Back at Costa Del Sol, Cid was still telling the story of their defeating of the Bottomswell. "It was huge I tell ya. It could easily knock Spike back with one shot." Cid said. "It caught me off guard. Besides, I limit broke and was able to kill it." Cloud said. "Yeah, but you wouldn't have done it without me." Cid bragged. "Remind me what you did again." Vincent said. "Well I brought us all here." Cid said. "I thought Lance pilots the ship." Barret said. "But it's my @!#$ing ship." Cid shouted. Tifa laughed to herself from behind the kitchen counter at Cid's anger while trying to find a way to get some credit. "Well, at least I went out there and helped." Cid said thinking he made a point." "You asked Cloud if his brain was knocked loose then stepped back." Vincent said. Red was laying in the shady side of the house watching the kids with soccer balls very carefully. 'If even one get's near me I'll pop it.' Red thought to himself. Cloud went outside looking for any signs of another monster that might be wandering around. Reeve was playing cards with Barret, Cid started another nap, and Vincent went to check on Yuffie.
"Are you okay?" Vincent asked. "Yeah I'm fine. It was just one monster for cryin out loud. It's not like it killed me." Yuffie replied. "We were just worried about you." Vincent said, "You're like family to us." Yuffie hung her head and said, "Don't you start on family. You lived in a coffin for who knows how long." "That does not mean I don't know how to care for anyone. Everyone here is a part of my family now." Vincent said. "I'm sorry. It's just that dad is really sick and I'm here in Costa Del Sol." Yuffie said. "It's okay. Godo will be fine. He's strong enough to resist any poison." Vincent said, "But, you never said how it happened." "It was a few weeks ago. This royal guy came to our village and spoke to dad about enlisting the Wutaian army to fight for this ultimate materia. Godo refused his offer and the king became more and more angered. After a while, Godo told the guy to leave and not come back. The next day before they left, Godo's morning tea was poisoned and he became terminally ill." Yuffie said while trying to hide her tears. Vincent noticed, of course, and said, "It's not healthy to hide ones emotions. If you need to, you can cry infront of me. It will not make you weak." Vincent said. Yuffie, with eyes still brimming with tears, leaned onto Vincent's shoulder and let out the tears she's been holding in.
Back in Wutai, Lord Godo had not been getting much better. "How's he doing?" Shake asked Staniv. "He's still sleeping. But we hope it's not the eternal kind of sleep. If he continues to sleep, maybe the poison will wear off." Staniv said hopefully. "He'd better, or Lady Kiseragi will be very angry at who did this to him." Shake replied. While they were talking, a figure stepped out of the shadows behind them. "They don't guard a room to well, do they?" the figure whispered to himself. He ran a hand through his short brown hair and pulled out a lock pick that was hidden there. He lowered his head so his hair wouldn't bee seen over his black ninja outfit. He opened the door and silently slipped into Godo's room. "Lord Kiseragi. How weak you look right now, it's pathetic. If I was sent here to kill you, you'd already be dead, but I'm here for the other reason." The figure sprinkled a few ounces of a liquid from a vial in his hand into Godo's water cup. After the liquid and the water had blended back into a clear color, the ninja figure walked over to the window and readied himself to jump out. He looked back to Godo's sleeping body on his bed and before he jumped out he whispered, "I don't know why I should care after what you put me through, but get well father." and jumped onto the next rooftop and out to Da Chao.
"Good Morning everyone." Cait Sith shouted through a microphone. Barret, Cid, and Cloud all jumped out of bed and had their weapons ready in a second. "!@#$ Reeve, why'd you bring this thing?" Cid asked and lit a cigarette. Reeve was behind the Cait Sith and laughing to himself. "I just found this thing in the basement." Reeve said. Barret glared at Reeve before unloading a round of ammo into the stuffed mog and cat. Reeve's mood dropped and he said, "Aw man, now I'll need to get a new one." "You do and I'll destroy it next." Cloud threatened. Reeve shrugged and walked down stairs after telling everyone that breakfast was ready. "I wonder what Tifa made today?" Cloud asked with a yawn. "What about me?" Tifa asked from her room. "If you're in there, then who made breakfast?" Barret asked. With their curiosity rising over their sleepiness they all ran downstairs to see Reeve and Vincent eating two bowls of cereal. "I meant our breakfast was ready." Reeve said with a grin. "You know, you've changed Reeve. You used to be so serious." Tifa said. "I think it was our battle with Sephiroth that taught me how to live life to the fullest." Reeve said. "Where's red?" Barret asked. "He's outside, lying in the sun." Vincent said. Tifa fixed everyone's breakfast and sent Cloud up to wake Yuffie. "Remember to duck." Reeve called out. The last time someone tried to wake Yuffie up early, they got a pillow to the face. Cloud opened Yuffie's door slowly and peeked inside. To his surprise, Yuffie was already up and on the PHS. "Are you sure? Really? How did it happen? That's great. Thank you. Tell him I love him. Bye Shake, see you soon." Yuffie said and hung up the phone. "Good news?" Cloud asked. "Dad got better." Yuffie said and jumped onto her bed. "That's great. Was it a short term sickness?" Cloud asked. "No, somehow, he got an antidote from somewhere and recovered last night." "Then we'll leave this afternoon for Wu Tai." Cloud said releived to see the young ninja happy again. "I thought you were going to wake Yuffie up and bring her downstairs to eat." Tifa said. "I was until I heard her on the phone." Cloud said. "She was up already?" Cid asked. "Who was she talking to?" Vincent asked. "I thinkit was Shake. He told her Godo recoved last night. I told Yuffie we would go there today." Cloud said.
Inside the hidden castle, the king was awaiting word on his secret project. "It had been released already, your highness." The servant reported. "Someone released it before I was ready?" The king asked. "I'm afraid so sire. Prof. Hojo thought it best if he decided what happened with the project." The assistant said. "What makes him think he should have anything else to do with this project?" The king demanded. "Because I was the one who started the Sephiroth cloning project. I think I have more experience on these than you do." Hojo said. "And why shouldn't I throw you in a cell for what you did?" The king demanded from Hojo. "Because I would escape and help someone else with this project." Hojo replied. "And that's why you freed the specimen?" The assistant asked. "I released it so it could complete the second part of the plan." Hojo replied. "And that would be..." The king said. "The specimen will find a pool of Mako energy before it crystalizes into Materia. Then we'll get the super materia that it produces." Hojo said. "How do I know you won't take the materia for yourself?" The king asked. "Because, I am a scientist, not a fighter. As long as I have things to discover, invent, or analyze, then I'll be happy." Hojo said and left for his lab. "I don't trust him." The assistant said. "I know, I don't fully trust him either. That's why you're going to follow him." The king said. The assistant, knowing what the king really had in mind, bowed and left to follow Hojo. "I shall take great pleasure in this mission." He thought to himself as he neared Hojo's lab room.
"Are you okay?" Vincent asked. "Yeah I'm fine. It was just one monster for cryin out loud. It's not like it killed me." Yuffie replied. "We were just worried about you." Vincent said, "You're like family to us." Yuffie hung her head and said, "Don't you start on family. You lived in a coffin for who knows how long." "That does not mean I don't know how to care for anyone. Everyone here is a part of my family now." Vincent said. "I'm sorry. It's just that dad is really sick and I'm here in Costa Del Sol." Yuffie said. "It's okay. Godo will be fine. He's strong enough to resist any poison." Vincent said, "But, you never said how it happened." "It was a few weeks ago. This royal guy came to our village and spoke to dad about enlisting the Wutaian army to fight for this ultimate materia. Godo refused his offer and the king became more and more angered. After a while, Godo told the guy to leave and not come back. The next day before they left, Godo's morning tea was poisoned and he became terminally ill." Yuffie said while trying to hide her tears. Vincent noticed, of course, and said, "It's not healthy to hide ones emotions. If you need to, you can cry infront of me. It will not make you weak." Vincent said. Yuffie, with eyes still brimming with tears, leaned onto Vincent's shoulder and let out the tears she's been holding in.
Back in Wutai, Lord Godo had not been getting much better. "How's he doing?" Shake asked Staniv. "He's still sleeping. But we hope it's not the eternal kind of sleep. If he continues to sleep, maybe the poison will wear off." Staniv said hopefully. "He'd better, or Lady Kiseragi will be very angry at who did this to him." Shake replied. While they were talking, a figure stepped out of the shadows behind them. "They don't guard a room to well, do they?" the figure whispered to himself. He ran a hand through his short brown hair and pulled out a lock pick that was hidden there. He lowered his head so his hair wouldn't bee seen over his black ninja outfit. He opened the door and silently slipped into Godo's room. "Lord Kiseragi. How weak you look right now, it's pathetic. If I was sent here to kill you, you'd already be dead, but I'm here for the other reason." The figure sprinkled a few ounces of a liquid from a vial in his hand into Godo's water cup. After the liquid and the water had blended back into a clear color, the ninja figure walked over to the window and readied himself to jump out. He looked back to Godo's sleeping body on his bed and before he jumped out he whispered, "I don't know why I should care after what you put me through, but get well father." and jumped onto the next rooftop and out to Da Chao.
"Good Morning everyone." Cait Sith shouted through a microphone. Barret, Cid, and Cloud all jumped out of bed and had their weapons ready in a second. "!@#$ Reeve, why'd you bring this thing?" Cid asked and lit a cigarette. Reeve was behind the Cait Sith and laughing to himself. "I just found this thing in the basement." Reeve said. Barret glared at Reeve before unloading a round of ammo into the stuffed mog and cat. Reeve's mood dropped and he said, "Aw man, now I'll need to get a new one." "You do and I'll destroy it next." Cloud threatened. Reeve shrugged and walked down stairs after telling everyone that breakfast was ready. "I wonder what Tifa made today?" Cloud asked with a yawn. "What about me?" Tifa asked from her room. "If you're in there, then who made breakfast?" Barret asked. With their curiosity rising over their sleepiness they all ran downstairs to see Reeve and Vincent eating two bowls of cereal. "I meant our breakfast was ready." Reeve said with a grin. "You know, you've changed Reeve. You used to be so serious." Tifa said. "I think it was our battle with Sephiroth that taught me how to live life to the fullest." Reeve said. "Where's red?" Barret asked. "He's outside, lying in the sun." Vincent said. Tifa fixed everyone's breakfast and sent Cloud up to wake Yuffie. "Remember to duck." Reeve called out. The last time someone tried to wake Yuffie up early, they got a pillow to the face. Cloud opened Yuffie's door slowly and peeked inside. To his surprise, Yuffie was already up and on the PHS. "Are you sure? Really? How did it happen? That's great. Thank you. Tell him I love him. Bye Shake, see you soon." Yuffie said and hung up the phone. "Good news?" Cloud asked. "Dad got better." Yuffie said and jumped onto her bed. "That's great. Was it a short term sickness?" Cloud asked. "No, somehow, he got an antidote from somewhere and recovered last night." "Then we'll leave this afternoon for Wu Tai." Cloud said releived to see the young ninja happy again. "I thought you were going to wake Yuffie up and bring her downstairs to eat." Tifa said. "I was until I heard her on the phone." Cloud said. "She was up already?" Cid asked. "Who was she talking to?" Vincent asked. "I thinkit was Shake. He told her Godo recoved last night. I told Yuffie we would go there today." Cloud said.
Inside the hidden castle, the king was awaiting word on his secret project. "It had been released already, your highness." The servant reported. "Someone released it before I was ready?" The king asked. "I'm afraid so sire. Prof. Hojo thought it best if he decided what happened with the project." The assistant said. "What makes him think he should have anything else to do with this project?" The king demanded. "Because I was the one who started the Sephiroth cloning project. I think I have more experience on these than you do." Hojo said. "And why shouldn't I throw you in a cell for what you did?" The king demanded from Hojo. "Because I would escape and help someone else with this project." Hojo replied. "And that's why you freed the specimen?" The assistant asked. "I released it so it could complete the second part of the plan." Hojo replied. "And that would be..." The king said. "The specimen will find a pool of Mako energy before it crystalizes into Materia. Then we'll get the super materia that it produces." Hojo said. "How do I know you won't take the materia for yourself?" The king asked. "Because, I am a scientist, not a fighter. As long as I have things to discover, invent, or analyze, then I'll be happy." Hojo said and left for his lab. "I don't trust him." The assistant said. "I know, I don't fully trust him either. That's why you're going to follow him." The king said. The assistant, knowing what the king really had in mind, bowed and left to follow Hojo. "I shall take great pleasure in this mission." He thought to himself as he neared Hojo's lab room.
