'Decisions Made Quickly are Futile'
The six strangers looked at each other with a little bit of distrust. After all, they had no idea how they
ended up on this beach. Suspecion went through them all, each thinking maybe the others had been the reason they were here.
Squall started eyeballing the sword that Cloud wielded so easily. Zidane pondered at the idea of the hollow blade that Squall
dawned. Tifa looked at Rinoa and Garnet, thinking them twins. Rinoa and Garnet stood bewildered at the others appearance. Cloud
studied them all, not trusting anybody except for Tifa.
"OK which one of you summoned us here?" Cloud asked.
"It wasn't us, we were just resting here at this beach when you guys just appeared in front of us" answered Garnet.
"People don't just appear outta thin air. One of you had to cast some powerful magic to do what you did to Rinoa and I,
so who casted the spell?" spoke Squall in a voice that hinted at the edge of anger.
"Don't look at me, im just a thief." replied Zidane as he leaned back on his tail.
"My materia is not that strong, neither is Clouds. So it wasn't us." said Tifa.
"Maybe none of us here did it, but somebody had to. Squall, do you think Ultimecia is behind this? She is the great
sorceress after all." Rinoa asked Squall.
"Dunno." answered Squall.
"Who's Ultimecia?" Garnet asked.
"None of your bus......" began Squall before he was interupted by Rinoa.
"Shes the sorceress. A being of imense magical powers, bent on destroying the world." replied Rinoa.
"Never heard of her. Zidane and I were after a man trying to destroy the world as well, his name is Kuja." said Garnet.
"Were after a man named Sephiroth. He's also trying to destroy the world. I wonder why we have never ran into each
other before then, since were after the same goal." spoke Tifa.
"Well isn't this lovely. Seems we have a bunch of heros after the same goal, but it doesn't seem like any of us are from
here. I could care less about this Ultimecia or Kuja. Im only intrested in going back to where we came from. Any of you have
some ideas how?" Cloud said strictly.
"Hey don't be talking like only your mission is important. We have a mission as well. Who do you think you are?" yelled
Squall.
"Hes Cloud and Im Tifa. Don't mind him, hes not very friendly." answered Tifa.
"Heheh, thats OK. Squall here is not Mr. Nice Guy either. Im Rinoa." kidded Rinoa.
"Zidane here, master thief! And this is Garnet, queen of Alexandria." said Zidane as Garnet did a bow.
"Ok now that the formalities are over, lets come up with a plan here so we can all go back home." ordered Cloud.
"Who appointed you leader?" Squall asked biterly.
"Nobody, but I'm sure I have more experience than you do leading a group." answered Cloud.
"Thats true, Cloud is a good leader." spoke Tifa.
"So is Squall, hes the leader of SeeD." Rinoa said mator of factly.
"Zidane has proven a great leader as well." Garnet added.
"Hey Garnet don't throw me into the fight, this is between those two!" Zidane quickly said.
"Ok spikey, why don't you let a professional do this." Squall said with authority.
"Listen slim, you think I don't know how to lead? What makes you a professional?" asked Cloud with anger.
"This blade does." Squall said as he pulled out his gun-blade "Care to see who the better swordsman is?"
"Sounds like we finally have a plan." Cloud said as he drew his sword in front of him. "Whoever wins the fight is leader.
Agreed?"
"Agreed." Squall answered as he stepped forward towards Cloud. Rinoa and Tifa just sighed and stepped back, as Zidane
looked on with excitement. The two men stepped forward and got into fighting position. As they both eyed each other, Garnet
jumped in between them.
"Guys look!" she sceamed as everybody looked towards the direction she was pointing. Hugh columns of smoke were appearing
in the distance. A few tall flames flickered below. A fire was blazing outta control. The party could hear a few screams for help
coming from the area. Cloud sheated his sword.
"We gotta see whats going on over there, everybody lets go." he said as he started running towards the direction of the
smoke. The rest of the party followed, not knowing what danger lurked ahead.
The six strangers looked at each other with a little bit of distrust. After all, they had no idea how they
ended up on this beach. Suspecion went through them all, each thinking maybe the others had been the reason they were here.
Squall started eyeballing the sword that Cloud wielded so easily. Zidane pondered at the idea of the hollow blade that Squall
dawned. Tifa looked at Rinoa and Garnet, thinking them twins. Rinoa and Garnet stood bewildered at the others appearance. Cloud
studied them all, not trusting anybody except for Tifa.
"OK which one of you summoned us here?" Cloud asked.
"It wasn't us, we were just resting here at this beach when you guys just appeared in front of us" answered Garnet.
"People don't just appear outta thin air. One of you had to cast some powerful magic to do what you did to Rinoa and I,
so who casted the spell?" spoke Squall in a voice that hinted at the edge of anger.
"Don't look at me, im just a thief." replied Zidane as he leaned back on his tail.
"My materia is not that strong, neither is Clouds. So it wasn't us." said Tifa.
"Maybe none of us here did it, but somebody had to. Squall, do you think Ultimecia is behind this? She is the great
sorceress after all." Rinoa asked Squall.
"Dunno." answered Squall.
"Who's Ultimecia?" Garnet asked.
"None of your bus......" began Squall before he was interupted by Rinoa.
"Shes the sorceress. A being of imense magical powers, bent on destroying the world." replied Rinoa.
"Never heard of her. Zidane and I were after a man trying to destroy the world as well, his name is Kuja." said Garnet.
"Were after a man named Sephiroth. He's also trying to destroy the world. I wonder why we have never ran into each
other before then, since were after the same goal." spoke Tifa.
"Well isn't this lovely. Seems we have a bunch of heros after the same goal, but it doesn't seem like any of us are from
here. I could care less about this Ultimecia or Kuja. Im only intrested in going back to where we came from. Any of you have
some ideas how?" Cloud said strictly.
"Hey don't be talking like only your mission is important. We have a mission as well. Who do you think you are?" yelled
Squall.
"Hes Cloud and Im Tifa. Don't mind him, hes not very friendly." answered Tifa.
"Heheh, thats OK. Squall here is not Mr. Nice Guy either. Im Rinoa." kidded Rinoa.
"Zidane here, master thief! And this is Garnet, queen of Alexandria." said Zidane as Garnet did a bow.
"Ok now that the formalities are over, lets come up with a plan here so we can all go back home." ordered Cloud.
"Who appointed you leader?" Squall asked biterly.
"Nobody, but I'm sure I have more experience than you do leading a group." answered Cloud.
"Thats true, Cloud is a good leader." spoke Tifa.
"So is Squall, hes the leader of SeeD." Rinoa said mator of factly.
"Zidane has proven a great leader as well." Garnet added.
"Hey Garnet don't throw me into the fight, this is between those two!" Zidane quickly said.
"Ok spikey, why don't you let a professional do this." Squall said with authority.
"Listen slim, you think I don't know how to lead? What makes you a professional?" asked Cloud with anger.
"This blade does." Squall said as he pulled out his gun-blade "Care to see who the better swordsman is?"
"Sounds like we finally have a plan." Cloud said as he drew his sword in front of him. "Whoever wins the fight is leader.
Agreed?"
"Agreed." Squall answered as he stepped forward towards Cloud. Rinoa and Tifa just sighed and stepped back, as Zidane
looked on with excitement. The two men stepped forward and got into fighting position. As they both eyed each other, Garnet
jumped in between them.
"Guys look!" she sceamed as everybody looked towards the direction she was pointing. Hugh columns of smoke were appearing
in the distance. A few tall flames flickered below. A fire was blazing outta control. The party could hear a few screams for help
coming from the area. Cloud sheated his sword.
"We gotta see whats going on over there, everybody lets go." he said as he started running towards the direction of the
smoke. The rest of the party followed, not knowing what danger lurked ahead.