(Sailor Silence, and Hotaru walk out onstage where the audience is waiting)
Sailor Silence: Welcome one and all to Part 5 of "A New Life"
Hotaru: Muse is (hehehe) a little tied up at the moment so we're just going to continue without her for the moment
Sailor Silence: Anyway this is the chapter you've been waiting for the meeting between Hotaru and AVALANCHE and the search for the Wind Crystal really begins!
Hotaru: We do get it right?
Sailor Silence: Read the script
Hotaru: Ooooohhhhhh I gotcha now
Sailor Silence: Anyway as for...
Cloud: HEY SILENCE
Sailor Silence: What Cloud?
Cloud: We were wondering if we can untie Muse yet cause she's making threats again
Sailor Silence: Okay okay go ahead and untie her
Cloud: Thanks (Sees Hotaru and waves to her before going backstage) Cya onstage Hotaru.
Hotaru: (blushes) uhhh cya Cloud
Sailor Silence: And you said you didn't have a crush
Hotaru: I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM!!!!
Sailor Silence: Yeah yeah whatever just hurry up and get backstage the show's about to start.
(Sailor Silence and Hotaru walk backstage just as the lights dim and the curtain rises)
"Well this is the place." Hotaru looked up from her map to the huge temple that she stood in front of and she had to admit it wasn't what she expected. The walls stretched up to the sky in a huge spiral and were made of a yellowish colored stone. Tall arched windows were cut into the walls revealing a long staircase winding up to the top and Hotaru could just see the windows cut into the walls at the very top of the temple. As she gazed at the Temple of the Four Winds Hotaru felt an ache in her heart at how familiar it looked This place is so similar to the Miranda Palace of Uranus. Thought Hotaru as she looked on but then her mind returned to her mission. "Well I can't think about that right now." Said Hotaru and she quickly walked to the entrance paying no heed to the distant sounds of a ship fast approaching. As she entered Hotaru couldn't help but feel slightly small and lost in the huge temple as she looked up the long staircase but knowing that standing their and staring wasn't going to help her she quickly began climbing the stairs never noticing a ship slowly descend nearby.
"This is it the Temple of the Four Winds." Said Yuffie as she and the rest of her companions exited the HighWind. "Whoa! I've seen some impressive stuff in my life but this beats all!" said Tifa as she stared up at the huge temple, "I'll agree with that." Said Cloud as he too looked up at the old yet well preserved structure. "Can we &*^%$@ go now!" yelled Cid as he stood in front of the entrance "Impatient idiot!" hissed Yuffie under her breath "Yes I would say that fits him perfectly." Said Barrett earning a stare of surprise from Yuffie that Barrett had actually heard what she said. "Uh guys I don't think we're the first ones here." Said Tifa as she pointed to some footprints that lay in the dirt; "From the looks of it they couldn't have been made very long ago these prints are to detailed to be old." Said Yuffie "And I can guess that whoever that is up there is the one who made those footprints." Said Vincent as he pointed toward a figure that was quickly climbing the stairs. "Come one they're probably way ahead of us! We have to catch them!" said Yuffie as she ran towards the temple entrance but Cloud grabbed the back of her shirt before she could get very far ahead. "Hold it Yuffie." Said Cloud "What now?" asked Yuffie irritably as she turned to glare at Cloud who was still hanging onto the back of her shirt. "I don't think it's the best idea just barging in there." Said Cloud "Why? Do you think there could be traps in there?" asked Tifa "I wouldn't #$%^&* doubt it." Said Cid as he crossed his arms over his chest and looked up at the temple. "Well if there are any traps in there don't you think that girl we saw would have set them off by now?" asked Vincent and everyone had to admit, he did have a very good point there. "So do we barge in or not?" asked Yuffie "Oh for @#$% sake let's go!" said Barret and the group quickly made their way to the entrance, each one ready to get this mission over with and find out just why this was so important.
It had been at least an hour since Hotaru had begun climbing the stairs and already she was beginning to wonder just how many this temple had. "Sheesh how many stupid steps did they build in this place?" wondered Hotaru, she had lost count at 600 and it seemed that the top wasn't much closer then before. "(Sigh) what I wouldn't give for there to be an elevator in this temple." She said to herself but she had to at least giggle at that outlandish thought. "Oh for @#$% sake let's go!" Hotaru heard a yell from down below and she leaned out one of the temple windows to see what was going on. "Oh shoot where did they come from?!" Hotaru hissed to herself as she looked down at the group consisting of two women and 4 men, which of course made her blush slightly seeing as two of them were definitely worth looking at twice, but she quickly pulled herself away from the window and back towards the stairs. "I have to get up there before they do, who knows who they are or what they'll try to do if they reach the Wind Crystal first!" said Hotaru as she began running up the stairs unmindful of how many were left or that they were even there.
"495, 496, 497, 498, 499 are we there yet?" asked Yuffie as she followed behind Cloud, "No Yuffie we're not." Said Cloud as he resisted the urge to hurl Yuffie out the next window they came to. Ever since they had started climbing the stairs Yuffie had either been asking if they had reached the top yet or counting and both were starting to get on Cloud's nerves. "Uh Yuffie ya may want to kinda cut down on the counting or asking if we're there yet." Said Barrett "Why?" asked Yuffie "Because I am severely tempted to throw you out a window." Said Cloud and a huge sweatdrop formed on the back of Yuffie's head. "Come on guys lets just go before we start really getting irritated with each other." Said Tifa from her place at the front "Yeah you two are starting to %^&$*& annoy me!" said Cid as he glared at Cloud and Yuffie and a sweatdrop formed on the back of both their heads at Cid's glare.
After a few more hours of walking the group was starting to think that they'd never get to the top when Tifa appeared from around a corner. "Hey guys we're almost to the top!" she yelled "How do you know?" asked Yuffie irritable "Cause look." Said Tifa and she pointed revealing a large doorway leading to what looked like a long hall at the top of the stairs. "Finally!" said Yuffie when they reached the top but as soon as she looked around she felt her jaw drop at the sight in front of her. The columns, which made the huge arched windows, were made of glittering gold stone and thin, almost transparent, gold curtains hung from the windows. The floor was made of gold marble and a gold carpet lead to two huge gold double doors with an ancient writing inscribed on them, the only remaining evidence of the ancient civilization that constructed this huge temple. "Whoa and I thought this place was half run down." Said Yuffie "That was probably just for show to discourage people from trying to vandalize this temple." Said Vincent "Yeah and I'd hate to think what they'd do if they found this part of the temple." Said Cloud as he began to walk down the long hallway. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said a voice and Cloud stopped just as someone walked out of the shadows while everyone else turned to face whoever had spoken.
Hotaru stepped out of the shadows she had been hiding in and faced the group judging by their auras they were not evil so she knew she could at least trust that they were not here to get the Wind Crystal for Chaos. "And just who are you?" asked Yuffie her voice dripping with suspicion, "My name is Hotaru and that's all you need to know for the moment." Said Hotaru as she ignored Yuffie's suspicion. Tifa rolled her eyes in irritation at Yuffie's overly active suspicion "Uhh don't pay any attention to her she just likes to run her mouth." Said Tifa as she walked up to Hotaru ignoring Yuffie's glare. "My name's Tifa and these guys behind me are Cloud, Barrett, Vincent, and Cid while big mouth over there is called Yuffie." Said Tifa "Hey that's a pretty darn good name for Yuffie." Said Barrett "Oh shut up!" said Yuffie in irritation. "So I take it you're here to find the Wind Crystal." Said Hotaru "Yeah how did you know?" asked Cloud "Cause that's why I'm here." Said Hotaru as she walked down the hall until she reached the spot that Cloud had been standing when she yelled. "And as for why I stopped you watch." Said Hotaru and after a few minutes of searching the floor she stamped down and a piece of the ceiling, which was loaded with sharp, blood covered spikes, crashed to the ground. Everyone stood staring in surprised shock "Where in the $%^& did that come from!?" yelled Cid "Spiked ceiling, it's an old trap used for many years to keep people from reaching the Wind Crystal and if this didn't get you usually the riddle trap did." Said Hotaru as she walked forward. "Riddle trap? What on earth do you mean by that?" asked Tifa "A riddle trap is a trap that is only solved by a riddle, a friend of mine told me the riddle to this temple but what the trap is I don't know." Said Hotaru as she continued to walk forward. When they reached the huge double doors Hotaru grabbed the handle and with one jerk the huge door slowly swung open. As the group glanced inside all they saw was a plain room, no windows or anything covered the walls and their didn't appear to be any other doors in the area neither was the Wind Crystal anywhere to be seen. "Okay I know we didn't just clime 600+ stairs for nothing!" said Yuffie as she placed her hands on her hips, "But the Wind Crystal has got to be somewhere I mean that's the only logical explanation that would work." Said Tifa but suddenly the door slammed shut behind them causing everyone to jump. "Okay now I'm getting freaked out here." Said Cloud "Join the club." Said Barrett as he looked around but there was no sign of a door anywhere in the room.
As she stood their trying to think of a way out Tifa suddenly noticed that the air in the room seemed to be getting hot and stuffy. "Hey guys is it just me or is it getting hard to breath?" asked Tifa "It's not just you." Said Cid who had also noticed the breathing difficulty, "I don't like the looks of this." Said Vincent "Neither do I." Said Hotaru. Just then a thought struck Hotaru, a part of the riddle had said when the air is all but gone did that mean-? "Guys we have got to find a way out of here NOW!" said Hotaru "Why?" asked Cloud who could hear the urgency in Hotaru's voice "Cause if we stay in here there soon won't be any air for us to breath!" said Hotaru and everyone looked at her in shock. "Are you joking?!" asked Yuffie but she could tell Hotaru was serious "Somehow the air is being drained from this room, the trick is finding the way out before we get killed." Said Vincent "Oh that helps!" said Yuffie in a sarcastic voice. "There has got to be a way out, there is no way that they would set a trap without a way out." Said Cloud as he began to feel the walls in hopes of finding somekind of handle or opening which would indicate a door was there. "Everbody search everywhere and whatever you find no matter how ridiculous, yell." Said Hotaru and everyone spread out and began to search. Slowly, minute by minute, the air in the room slowly grew hotter and more difficult to breathe until they almost couldn't stand breathing but they had to find a way out or they'd slowly suffocate.
Finally, when Hotaru thought it was hopeless finding a way out, she leaned against a wall and almost fell over when it slid forward. "Whoa! Okay what on earth caused that!" said Hotaru as she caught herself before she fell and looked to see a cracked in the wall but it was strangely straight for a wall crack. "That wasn't made by years." Said Hotaru as she felt around and when she pressed against the wall it moved. "HEY GUYS GET OVER HERE!" yelled Hotaru and everyone ran, or rather walked, over to her, "What? What it is?" asked Yuffie "Everyone help me here!" said Hotaru as she began pushing against the wall again. "Girl are you crazy?!" demanded Barrett "No now are you gonna help me or not?" asked Hotaru and after looking at the others Barrett just shrugged and everyone began pushing against the wall. Slowly, little by little, the wall began to move and with a CRASH the whole wall fell to the floor and a blast of cold air hit them as they faced the now open exit. "Finally we get some air!" breathed Yuffie as she fell onto her knees in relief, "I never want to do something like that again." Said Tifa and Cloud readily agreed. "Oh no not more stairs." Said Barrett but sure enough a short staircase stood in front of them with a doorway, leading to the topmost room, at the top. "Well we've come this far so we can't stop now." Said Hotaru and everyone followed her as she began walking up the stairs, when they reached the top they found themselves in a huge room made of gold and the ceiling resembled a huge, gold, upside down ice cream cone. In the center of the room sat a pedestal designed like a gold triangel with a gold line through the center, the symbol for wind, and in the center sat the gold, feather shaped Wind Crystal. Hotaru held out her hand and the wind crystal floated to her hovering a few inches above her hand, "Alright we got what we came for lets go." Said Hotaru "You mean we have to climb all those stairs again?" said Yuffie in disdain "We're going down this time so it won't be as difficult." Said Hotaru as she began walking to others following soon after.
When they reached the bottom of the temple everyone made their way to the HighWind. "Alright everybody #$%^&* on!" yelled Cid and everyone climbed into the HighWind, never noticing the black, ink like liquid which oozed into the ship. "Mussssst dessssstroy sssssship!" hissed the inklike liquid as it oozed through the engine of the ship clogging it, which would ultimately lead to a crash, and when it was satisfied it had served it's purpose the liquid oozed out of the ship forming a shadow like creature when it left.
"So now where do we go?" asked Tifa "We go find the Fire crystal." Said Hotaru "But where would it be?" asked Cloud "The crystal will show us." Said Hotaru as she began tracing paths on the map with the wind crystal. Before Cloud could ask any questions the Wind Crystal suddenly began to glow over Cosmos Canyon, "Bingo." Said Hotaru but suddenly they heard a boom from the cockpit and the ship rocked violently sending everyone to the ground. "What happened?!" yelled Tifa "Something's wrong with this ship!" yelled Barrett "Well duh!" Yuffie retorted "Don't start let's just get to the cockpit and find out what happened!" yelled Hotaru and despite the ship's constant jerks the group managed to make it to the cockpit. Cid was wrestling furiously with the controls but it was obvious he was loosing. "Cid what happened?!" demanded Cloud and Cid answered him with a answer that no one wanted to hear. "One of the #$%^&* engines blew! Get ready cause we're going down!"
The shadow creature heard a satisfying boom in the distance and it knew the ship had crashed. "Sssship dessssstroyed, misssssssion complete." Hissed the creature and it disappeared once again into the shadows to report to it's master.
(Curtain drops and Sailor Silence and Hotaru walk onstage)
Sailor Silence: Well that's the end of Part 5 and what is to become of our heros? You'll have to wait for Part 6 to find out.
Hotaru: Uh Silence? Did we die?
Sailor Silence: You know I can't answer that read the script
(Notices the read headband Hotaru was using to tie her hair in a ponytail)
Sailor Silence: Hotaru where did you get that?
Hotaru: (Blushes) I found it.
Sailor Silence: Uh huh who gave it to you?
Hotaru: No one! I'm telling you neither Vincent nor Cloud gave this to me!
Sailor Silence: Vincent gave it to you didn't he?
Hotaru: NO!!! (Blushes more)
Sailor Silence: Yeah right, well anyway I've finally finished Part 5 I don't know when I'll get around to Part 6 but I'll try to get to it soon
Hotaru: R&R!
Sailor Silence: Welcome one and all to Part 5 of "A New Life"
Hotaru: Muse is (hehehe) a little tied up at the moment so we're just going to continue without her for the moment
Sailor Silence: Anyway this is the chapter you've been waiting for the meeting between Hotaru and AVALANCHE and the search for the Wind Crystal really begins!
Hotaru: We do get it right?
Sailor Silence: Read the script
Hotaru: Ooooohhhhhh I gotcha now
Sailor Silence: Anyway as for...
Cloud: HEY SILENCE
Sailor Silence: What Cloud?
Cloud: We were wondering if we can untie Muse yet cause she's making threats again
Sailor Silence: Okay okay go ahead and untie her
Cloud: Thanks (Sees Hotaru and waves to her before going backstage) Cya onstage Hotaru.
Hotaru: (blushes) uhhh cya Cloud
Sailor Silence: And you said you didn't have a crush
Hotaru: I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM!!!!
Sailor Silence: Yeah yeah whatever just hurry up and get backstage the show's about to start.
(Sailor Silence and Hotaru walk backstage just as the lights dim and the curtain rises)
"Well this is the place." Hotaru looked up from her map to the huge temple that she stood in front of and she had to admit it wasn't what she expected. The walls stretched up to the sky in a huge spiral and were made of a yellowish colored stone. Tall arched windows were cut into the walls revealing a long staircase winding up to the top and Hotaru could just see the windows cut into the walls at the very top of the temple. As she gazed at the Temple of the Four Winds Hotaru felt an ache in her heart at how familiar it looked This place is so similar to the Miranda Palace of Uranus. Thought Hotaru as she looked on but then her mind returned to her mission. "Well I can't think about that right now." Said Hotaru and she quickly walked to the entrance paying no heed to the distant sounds of a ship fast approaching. As she entered Hotaru couldn't help but feel slightly small and lost in the huge temple as she looked up the long staircase but knowing that standing their and staring wasn't going to help her she quickly began climbing the stairs never noticing a ship slowly descend nearby.
"This is it the Temple of the Four Winds." Said Yuffie as she and the rest of her companions exited the HighWind. "Whoa! I've seen some impressive stuff in my life but this beats all!" said Tifa as she stared up at the huge temple, "I'll agree with that." Said Cloud as he too looked up at the old yet well preserved structure. "Can we &*^%$@ go now!" yelled Cid as he stood in front of the entrance "Impatient idiot!" hissed Yuffie under her breath "Yes I would say that fits him perfectly." Said Barrett earning a stare of surprise from Yuffie that Barrett had actually heard what she said. "Uh guys I don't think we're the first ones here." Said Tifa as she pointed to some footprints that lay in the dirt; "From the looks of it they couldn't have been made very long ago these prints are to detailed to be old." Said Yuffie "And I can guess that whoever that is up there is the one who made those footprints." Said Vincent as he pointed toward a figure that was quickly climbing the stairs. "Come one they're probably way ahead of us! We have to catch them!" said Yuffie as she ran towards the temple entrance but Cloud grabbed the back of her shirt before she could get very far ahead. "Hold it Yuffie." Said Cloud "What now?" asked Yuffie irritably as she turned to glare at Cloud who was still hanging onto the back of her shirt. "I don't think it's the best idea just barging in there." Said Cloud "Why? Do you think there could be traps in there?" asked Tifa "I wouldn't #$%^&* doubt it." Said Cid as he crossed his arms over his chest and looked up at the temple. "Well if there are any traps in there don't you think that girl we saw would have set them off by now?" asked Vincent and everyone had to admit, he did have a very good point there. "So do we barge in or not?" asked Yuffie "Oh for @#$% sake let's go!" said Barret and the group quickly made their way to the entrance, each one ready to get this mission over with and find out just why this was so important.
It had been at least an hour since Hotaru had begun climbing the stairs and already she was beginning to wonder just how many this temple had. "Sheesh how many stupid steps did they build in this place?" wondered Hotaru, she had lost count at 600 and it seemed that the top wasn't much closer then before. "(Sigh) what I wouldn't give for there to be an elevator in this temple." She said to herself but she had to at least giggle at that outlandish thought. "Oh for @#$% sake let's go!" Hotaru heard a yell from down below and she leaned out one of the temple windows to see what was going on. "Oh shoot where did they come from?!" Hotaru hissed to herself as she looked down at the group consisting of two women and 4 men, which of course made her blush slightly seeing as two of them were definitely worth looking at twice, but she quickly pulled herself away from the window and back towards the stairs. "I have to get up there before they do, who knows who they are or what they'll try to do if they reach the Wind Crystal first!" said Hotaru as she began running up the stairs unmindful of how many were left or that they were even there.
"495, 496, 497, 498, 499 are we there yet?" asked Yuffie as she followed behind Cloud, "No Yuffie we're not." Said Cloud as he resisted the urge to hurl Yuffie out the next window they came to. Ever since they had started climbing the stairs Yuffie had either been asking if they had reached the top yet or counting and both were starting to get on Cloud's nerves. "Uh Yuffie ya may want to kinda cut down on the counting or asking if we're there yet." Said Barrett "Why?" asked Yuffie "Because I am severely tempted to throw you out a window." Said Cloud and a huge sweatdrop formed on the back of Yuffie's head. "Come on guys lets just go before we start really getting irritated with each other." Said Tifa from her place at the front "Yeah you two are starting to %^&$*& annoy me!" said Cid as he glared at Cloud and Yuffie and a sweatdrop formed on the back of both their heads at Cid's glare.
After a few more hours of walking the group was starting to think that they'd never get to the top when Tifa appeared from around a corner. "Hey guys we're almost to the top!" she yelled "How do you know?" asked Yuffie irritable "Cause look." Said Tifa and she pointed revealing a large doorway leading to what looked like a long hall at the top of the stairs. "Finally!" said Yuffie when they reached the top but as soon as she looked around she felt her jaw drop at the sight in front of her. The columns, which made the huge arched windows, were made of glittering gold stone and thin, almost transparent, gold curtains hung from the windows. The floor was made of gold marble and a gold carpet lead to two huge gold double doors with an ancient writing inscribed on them, the only remaining evidence of the ancient civilization that constructed this huge temple. "Whoa and I thought this place was half run down." Said Yuffie "That was probably just for show to discourage people from trying to vandalize this temple." Said Vincent "Yeah and I'd hate to think what they'd do if they found this part of the temple." Said Cloud as he began to walk down the long hallway. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said a voice and Cloud stopped just as someone walked out of the shadows while everyone else turned to face whoever had spoken.
Hotaru stepped out of the shadows she had been hiding in and faced the group judging by their auras they were not evil so she knew she could at least trust that they were not here to get the Wind Crystal for Chaos. "And just who are you?" asked Yuffie her voice dripping with suspicion, "My name is Hotaru and that's all you need to know for the moment." Said Hotaru as she ignored Yuffie's suspicion. Tifa rolled her eyes in irritation at Yuffie's overly active suspicion "Uhh don't pay any attention to her she just likes to run her mouth." Said Tifa as she walked up to Hotaru ignoring Yuffie's glare. "My name's Tifa and these guys behind me are Cloud, Barrett, Vincent, and Cid while big mouth over there is called Yuffie." Said Tifa "Hey that's a pretty darn good name for Yuffie." Said Barrett "Oh shut up!" said Yuffie in irritation. "So I take it you're here to find the Wind Crystal." Said Hotaru "Yeah how did you know?" asked Cloud "Cause that's why I'm here." Said Hotaru as she walked down the hall until she reached the spot that Cloud had been standing when she yelled. "And as for why I stopped you watch." Said Hotaru and after a few minutes of searching the floor she stamped down and a piece of the ceiling, which was loaded with sharp, blood covered spikes, crashed to the ground. Everyone stood staring in surprised shock "Where in the $%^& did that come from!?" yelled Cid "Spiked ceiling, it's an old trap used for many years to keep people from reaching the Wind Crystal and if this didn't get you usually the riddle trap did." Said Hotaru as she walked forward. "Riddle trap? What on earth do you mean by that?" asked Tifa "A riddle trap is a trap that is only solved by a riddle, a friend of mine told me the riddle to this temple but what the trap is I don't know." Said Hotaru as she continued to walk forward. When they reached the huge double doors Hotaru grabbed the handle and with one jerk the huge door slowly swung open. As the group glanced inside all they saw was a plain room, no windows or anything covered the walls and their didn't appear to be any other doors in the area neither was the Wind Crystal anywhere to be seen. "Okay I know we didn't just clime 600+ stairs for nothing!" said Yuffie as she placed her hands on her hips, "But the Wind Crystal has got to be somewhere I mean that's the only logical explanation that would work." Said Tifa but suddenly the door slammed shut behind them causing everyone to jump. "Okay now I'm getting freaked out here." Said Cloud "Join the club." Said Barrett as he looked around but there was no sign of a door anywhere in the room.
As she stood their trying to think of a way out Tifa suddenly noticed that the air in the room seemed to be getting hot and stuffy. "Hey guys is it just me or is it getting hard to breath?" asked Tifa "It's not just you." Said Cid who had also noticed the breathing difficulty, "I don't like the looks of this." Said Vincent "Neither do I." Said Hotaru. Just then a thought struck Hotaru, a part of the riddle had said when the air is all but gone did that mean-? "Guys we have got to find a way out of here NOW!" said Hotaru "Why?" asked Cloud who could hear the urgency in Hotaru's voice "Cause if we stay in here there soon won't be any air for us to breath!" said Hotaru and everyone looked at her in shock. "Are you joking?!" asked Yuffie but she could tell Hotaru was serious "Somehow the air is being drained from this room, the trick is finding the way out before we get killed." Said Vincent "Oh that helps!" said Yuffie in a sarcastic voice. "There has got to be a way out, there is no way that they would set a trap without a way out." Said Cloud as he began to feel the walls in hopes of finding somekind of handle or opening which would indicate a door was there. "Everbody search everywhere and whatever you find no matter how ridiculous, yell." Said Hotaru and everyone spread out and began to search. Slowly, minute by minute, the air in the room slowly grew hotter and more difficult to breathe until they almost couldn't stand breathing but they had to find a way out or they'd slowly suffocate.
Finally, when Hotaru thought it was hopeless finding a way out, she leaned against a wall and almost fell over when it slid forward. "Whoa! Okay what on earth caused that!" said Hotaru as she caught herself before she fell and looked to see a cracked in the wall but it was strangely straight for a wall crack. "That wasn't made by years." Said Hotaru as she felt around and when she pressed against the wall it moved. "HEY GUYS GET OVER HERE!" yelled Hotaru and everyone ran, or rather walked, over to her, "What? What it is?" asked Yuffie "Everyone help me here!" said Hotaru as she began pushing against the wall again. "Girl are you crazy?!" demanded Barrett "No now are you gonna help me or not?" asked Hotaru and after looking at the others Barrett just shrugged and everyone began pushing against the wall. Slowly, little by little, the wall began to move and with a CRASH the whole wall fell to the floor and a blast of cold air hit them as they faced the now open exit. "Finally we get some air!" breathed Yuffie as she fell onto her knees in relief, "I never want to do something like that again." Said Tifa and Cloud readily agreed. "Oh no not more stairs." Said Barrett but sure enough a short staircase stood in front of them with a doorway, leading to the topmost room, at the top. "Well we've come this far so we can't stop now." Said Hotaru and everyone followed her as she began walking up the stairs, when they reached the top they found themselves in a huge room made of gold and the ceiling resembled a huge, gold, upside down ice cream cone. In the center of the room sat a pedestal designed like a gold triangel with a gold line through the center, the symbol for wind, and in the center sat the gold, feather shaped Wind Crystal. Hotaru held out her hand and the wind crystal floated to her hovering a few inches above her hand, "Alright we got what we came for lets go." Said Hotaru "You mean we have to climb all those stairs again?" said Yuffie in disdain "We're going down this time so it won't be as difficult." Said Hotaru as she began walking to others following soon after.
When they reached the bottom of the temple everyone made their way to the HighWind. "Alright everybody #$%^&* on!" yelled Cid and everyone climbed into the HighWind, never noticing the black, ink like liquid which oozed into the ship. "Mussssst dessssstroy sssssship!" hissed the inklike liquid as it oozed through the engine of the ship clogging it, which would ultimately lead to a crash, and when it was satisfied it had served it's purpose the liquid oozed out of the ship forming a shadow like creature when it left.
"So now where do we go?" asked Tifa "We go find the Fire crystal." Said Hotaru "But where would it be?" asked Cloud "The crystal will show us." Said Hotaru as she began tracing paths on the map with the wind crystal. Before Cloud could ask any questions the Wind Crystal suddenly began to glow over Cosmos Canyon, "Bingo." Said Hotaru but suddenly they heard a boom from the cockpit and the ship rocked violently sending everyone to the ground. "What happened?!" yelled Tifa "Something's wrong with this ship!" yelled Barrett "Well duh!" Yuffie retorted "Don't start let's just get to the cockpit and find out what happened!" yelled Hotaru and despite the ship's constant jerks the group managed to make it to the cockpit. Cid was wrestling furiously with the controls but it was obvious he was loosing. "Cid what happened?!" demanded Cloud and Cid answered him with a answer that no one wanted to hear. "One of the #$%^&* engines blew! Get ready cause we're going down!"
The shadow creature heard a satisfying boom in the distance and it knew the ship had crashed. "Sssship dessssstroyed, misssssssion complete." Hissed the creature and it disappeared once again into the shadows to report to it's master.
(Curtain drops and Sailor Silence and Hotaru walk onstage)
Sailor Silence: Well that's the end of Part 5 and what is to become of our heros? You'll have to wait for Part 6 to find out.
Hotaru: Uh Silence? Did we die?
Sailor Silence: You know I can't answer that read the script
(Notices the read headband Hotaru was using to tie her hair in a ponytail)
Sailor Silence: Hotaru where did you get that?
Hotaru: (Blushes) I found it.
Sailor Silence: Uh huh who gave it to you?
Hotaru: No one! I'm telling you neither Vincent nor Cloud gave this to me!
Sailor Silence: Vincent gave it to you didn't he?
Hotaru: NO!!! (Blushes more)
Sailor Silence: Yeah right, well anyway I've finally finished Part 5 I don't know when I'll get around to Part 6 but I'll try to get to it soon
Hotaru: R&R!