Chapter 5 - The Past
(Last Chapter: Kinie's summon materia got stolen when they visited Wutai. He got it back soon after he defeated Godo and his Triad attack. AS they let for Rocket Town, Andy, Alex, and their new 'partner' Mike try to kill Azi and Kinie. Kinie jut summons Leviathan, killing Alex, but also destroying the pagoda. Thy are now in Rocket Town, repairing the airship [and also checking for any hidden weapons].)
Cid: Welcome to Rocket Town, Kinie.
Kinie: Why is there a rocket launch pad here?
Cid: They had a rocket here and had planned to send me up into outer space, but after an accident, they scrapped the plan.
Azi: But where's the rocket?
Cid: Well. The Shinra tried to use the rocket as a weapon to destroy Meteor when Sephiroth summoned it.
Kinie: Let me guess. it didn't work.
Cid: Not at all. But, we did hitch a ride along with it, saw outer space, and abandoned the rocket in the escape pod before it hit Meteor.
Azi: OK. so, why are we here again?
Cid: Don't you remember, you twit? We're here to repair the airship.
Kinie: Why? It looks fine to me.
Cid: You b*^#!**! The ship's barely able to fly! The engines are all but shot, the propellers need to be replaced, I need to overhaul any old or outdated equipment and the crew hasn't had a vacation since we got it!
Azi: OK, OK, we get it. don't have a heart attack Gramps.
Cid: Gramps!?! All right, you b*^*&, you're gonna get it!
Cid charges at Azi, spear pointed straight at her chest. All of a sudden, Azi has a gun similar to Kinie's (it's black instead of silver) pointed at Cid's head, and Kinie has his gun pointed at the back of his head.
Azi: Ever here of--
Kinie: -- Déjà vu, Cid? Cid: ^grumble^ Stupid kids, think I'm an old man. (He puts his spear away, and begins to walk away.)
Kinie: Hey we're not kids.
Cid: Well. I'd better start working on the airship; or else we'll have to start riding chocobos again.
Tifa: They smell funny when they're wet.
Cloud: So. how long will it take to fix the airship?
Cid: Not sure. maybe a couple of days.
Cloud: Well, don't rush yourself, we don't have to do anything at the moment.
Cid: OK, see ya'. (He leaves for the airship.)
Aeris: Why don't we go to the inn and wait there while he fixes the Highwind?
Cloud: Good idea. Besides, I've got a few questions for Kinie and Azi that I would like to be answered.
Kinie: What' the matter?
Azi: Did we do something wrong?
Cloud: No, no, no. I just want to know what's going on around here.
Azi and Kinie: Oh, OK.
They walk into the inn, and rent out a few rooms. After grabbing some drinks and food, they sit down in one of the rooms and begin to talk.
Kinie: So, Cloud. What do you want to know about?
Cloud: First off, why are you and Azi being chased by those 3 guys from Wutai, secondly, how old are you guys, and finally, how can you change your shape?
Azi: Well, I can partially answer the second question.
Cloud: Well, tell us. how old are you two?
Kinie: Let's just say we've been around a very, very, very long time. The same goes for Mike, Andy, and Alex.
Cloud: OK. That's not what I wanted, but it's OK for now.
Kinie: As for your first question. that will take a while to answer.
Cloud: We've got some time, so explain.
Kinie: All right, then. It all started when we were in high school.
~ Flashback scenes with Azi and Kinie explaining ~
Kinie: I was a sophomore in high school, and Azi was a freshman at the same school. Andy, Alex, and Mike were our friends at the time. Life was peaceful for the most part, with the occasional murder attempt by Mike trying to kill Alex. We each practiced everyday with bottens (wooden swords), target practice with guns, various styles of martial arts, and several ninja lessons. We soon decided to go paintballing on a Saturday night, when we all had free time.
Azi: A few minutes in, Mike got hit first, and was forced to leave. Alex got hit next, than I did. So now, only Alex and Kinie remained. After trying to hit each other for about an hour, they each had only 6 shots left.
Kinie: So we decided to have an old-fashioned shootout.
Azi: They stood in an open field, took 10 steps away from each other, than fired. Andy got hit in the stomach, and I Kinie got hit in the arm. Although both got hit at the same time, if they were real bullets, Kinie would've won. They began to argue over who won, and soon got into a fistfight.
Kinie: Punches and kicks were flying left and right! It began to look like a fight sequence from The Matrix.
~ Cut off by Tifa ~
Tifa: What's The Matrix?
Azi: A REALLY cool movie about how machines have enslaved humanity. I'll show you the movie after we're done telling you our story; I've got it on DVD.
FF7 Gang: What's a DVD?
Azi and Kinie: Nevermind.
Kinie: Anyway.
~ Back to flashback ~
Kinie: After some time, we both went to grab our real guns. But, as soon as I touched mine.
~ Cut off by Aeris (Stop interrupting them!) ~
Aeris: What happened?
Kinie: Well.
Azi: Let me explain. From the moment he grabbed his gun until a few minutes later, he doesn't remember what happened, no matter how many times I explained this to him.
Red XIII: 'explained'? You mean something happened, right?
Azi: Unfortunately, yes.
Cloud: What happened?
Azi: Well, why don't you let me explain, and stop interrupting us! As Kinie said.
~ Returning to the flashback ~
Azi: Kinie reached for his real gun, but as soon as he grabbed it, his shirt sleeve just ripped itself off, and the chamber of the gun blew off, revealing a black. thing, crackling with while lightening energy. His hand had these silver, metallic looking things on it, and they began to grow up his arm.
'Andy: What the hell is that?!'
'Kinie: I don't know! But get the hell out of the way, I don't want to shoot you on accident!'
Andy ran away, and headed toward we were standing, behind Kinie. His arm had begun to glow, and the gun looked like it merged with his hand, forming this weird hole in his hand.
'Kinie: Something's happening! I can't stop it!'
His arm continued to glow. It kept glowing and glowing. then it fired. The shot looked like a laser beam, and glowed an intense bluish while light. Kinie had been able to point his arm into the sky before it fired, and the beam shot straight up, looking eerily peaceful, like everything would be all right. But, nothing was. The beam continued going up into the night sky, which had now turned totally black; you couldn't even see the stars or the moon. All you could see was the beam. It went up, and up, then...it hit something. We couldn't tell, because the sky was still black. Then, the sky began to crack, like glass, before breaking. The sky had turned white, with the stars being a dark blue. Then we saw what the beam had hit.
~ Interrupted (again) by Cloud ~
Cloud: What did it hit?
~ Ignoring Cloud's question, continuing on with the flashback ~
Azi: The beam had hit. the moon. The moon itself had turned black. The crater was enormous. We could even see the size of it all the way from Earth. The sky began to slowly return to its normal nighttime color. I walked over to Kinie, who was kneeling on the ground, staring at his arm, with tear flowing from his eyes.
'Kinie: I couldn't stop it. I couldn't stop it.'
'Azi: It's OK. No one died. Let's go.'
Kinie: We got up, and left Andy, Alex, and Mike standing there, still staring at the moon. Several days passed, and we found out that the crater was approx. the size of Chicago, or your Midgar. Also, they had a warrant out for my arrest for destroying a large part of the moon; No doubt that Andy, Alex, and Mike had told the government. For some reason, Azi still stayed with me. When I asked her, she said.
'Azi: You didn't mean to do that. I'm going to make sure that you don't do it again.'
So we began to run, heading to small towns and villages around the world. The towns would then get demolished, because Andy, Alex, and Mike began to hunt us down; They we're allowed to by the US government, and every other government in the world. We traveled the world, with those three on our tail the entire time. We don't know how long we were on the run, but after some time, they stopped following us. We don't know why, but we stopped, and settled down in a town. Again, we don't know how many years passed, but we then began to notice that we didn't age, and that we were able to change into our child form. One day, Azi left to get food and drinks, but didn't return. I waited for about 3 days, and then I went out looking for her. I got attacked by a monster in my search, but I defeated it easily enough. I found an inn, and decided to rest there for the night. I drew myself some new clothes in my room, and went to bed. Before I fell asleep, I thought I heard something in my room, but just ignored it. The next thing I know, there's Hojo throwing me into one of those Mako Capsules. Then, after that, my memory is of me meeting you guys.
Azi: While I was looking for food, I also got attacked by a monster, but defeated it easily. Again, I went to an inn, and then the next thing I remember is Hojo throwing me into one of those Mako Capsules, then me meting you guys with Kinie.
~ End of flashback (finally!) ~
Cloud: Wow.
Barret: I had heard the story of the man who had put the gigantic crater in the moon as a bedtime story when I was a kid, but I thought it was only a story.
Azi: Well, that's no story; it's true.
Cloud: Kinie, do you have any idea how your gun merged with your arm and formed that gigantic gun?
Kinie: I don't know, but I think that it's caused by uncontrollable rage.
Voice: That's not the only way.
Kinie: Who's there !?!
Out of the floor, a man wearing a mask and a brown trenchcoat appears.
Man: You may call me Misuri Jinko.
Azi: What do you want!?!
Misuri: I came to warn you about an impending doom on this universe.
Cloud: What are you talking about?
Misuri: There is an evil force stirring in these peaceful times, and only Kinie and Azi can stop it.
Kinie: How?
Misuri: You must train yourselves!
Kinie: I can beat this evil, without any training!
Misuri: Prove it; fight me! If you can't beat me, then you have no chance against this evil!
Kinie: You're going down!
Kinie goes to pull out his gun. All of a sudden, Misuri is behind Kinie.
Kinie: Wha-
That is all he gets out before he gets punched in the head, and gets a roundhouse kick to his stomach. Kinie falls to the ground on his hands and knees.
Misuri: I suggest you train in an area that has strong monsters in it. Goodbye!
Misuri jumps back, through the open window. He lands on top of a roof, then dashes off of the roof, and leaves Rocket Town.
Azi: What are we going to do Kinie?
Kinie: I don't know about you, but I'm going to train!
(End of Chapter 5)
(Last Chapter: Kinie's summon materia got stolen when they visited Wutai. He got it back soon after he defeated Godo and his Triad attack. AS they let for Rocket Town, Andy, Alex, and their new 'partner' Mike try to kill Azi and Kinie. Kinie jut summons Leviathan, killing Alex, but also destroying the pagoda. Thy are now in Rocket Town, repairing the airship [and also checking for any hidden weapons].)
Cid: Welcome to Rocket Town, Kinie.
Kinie: Why is there a rocket launch pad here?
Cid: They had a rocket here and had planned to send me up into outer space, but after an accident, they scrapped the plan.
Azi: But where's the rocket?
Cid: Well. The Shinra tried to use the rocket as a weapon to destroy Meteor when Sephiroth summoned it.
Kinie: Let me guess. it didn't work.
Cid: Not at all. But, we did hitch a ride along with it, saw outer space, and abandoned the rocket in the escape pod before it hit Meteor.
Azi: OK. so, why are we here again?
Cid: Don't you remember, you twit? We're here to repair the airship.
Kinie: Why? It looks fine to me.
Cid: You b*^#!**! The ship's barely able to fly! The engines are all but shot, the propellers need to be replaced, I need to overhaul any old or outdated equipment and the crew hasn't had a vacation since we got it!
Azi: OK, OK, we get it. don't have a heart attack Gramps.
Cid: Gramps!?! All right, you b*^*&, you're gonna get it!
Cid charges at Azi, spear pointed straight at her chest. All of a sudden, Azi has a gun similar to Kinie's (it's black instead of silver) pointed at Cid's head, and Kinie has his gun pointed at the back of his head.
Azi: Ever here of--
Kinie: -- Déjà vu, Cid? Cid: ^grumble^ Stupid kids, think I'm an old man. (He puts his spear away, and begins to walk away.)
Kinie: Hey we're not kids.
Cid: Well. I'd better start working on the airship; or else we'll have to start riding chocobos again.
Tifa: They smell funny when they're wet.
Cloud: So. how long will it take to fix the airship?
Cid: Not sure. maybe a couple of days.
Cloud: Well, don't rush yourself, we don't have to do anything at the moment.
Cid: OK, see ya'. (He leaves for the airship.)
Aeris: Why don't we go to the inn and wait there while he fixes the Highwind?
Cloud: Good idea. Besides, I've got a few questions for Kinie and Azi that I would like to be answered.
Kinie: What' the matter?
Azi: Did we do something wrong?
Cloud: No, no, no. I just want to know what's going on around here.
Azi and Kinie: Oh, OK.
They walk into the inn, and rent out a few rooms. After grabbing some drinks and food, they sit down in one of the rooms and begin to talk.
Kinie: So, Cloud. What do you want to know about?
Cloud: First off, why are you and Azi being chased by those 3 guys from Wutai, secondly, how old are you guys, and finally, how can you change your shape?
Azi: Well, I can partially answer the second question.
Cloud: Well, tell us. how old are you two?
Kinie: Let's just say we've been around a very, very, very long time. The same goes for Mike, Andy, and Alex.
Cloud: OK. That's not what I wanted, but it's OK for now.
Kinie: As for your first question. that will take a while to answer.
Cloud: We've got some time, so explain.
Kinie: All right, then. It all started when we were in high school.
~ Flashback scenes with Azi and Kinie explaining ~
Kinie: I was a sophomore in high school, and Azi was a freshman at the same school. Andy, Alex, and Mike were our friends at the time. Life was peaceful for the most part, with the occasional murder attempt by Mike trying to kill Alex. We each practiced everyday with bottens (wooden swords), target practice with guns, various styles of martial arts, and several ninja lessons. We soon decided to go paintballing on a Saturday night, when we all had free time.
Azi: A few minutes in, Mike got hit first, and was forced to leave. Alex got hit next, than I did. So now, only Alex and Kinie remained. After trying to hit each other for about an hour, they each had only 6 shots left.
Kinie: So we decided to have an old-fashioned shootout.
Azi: They stood in an open field, took 10 steps away from each other, than fired. Andy got hit in the stomach, and I Kinie got hit in the arm. Although both got hit at the same time, if they were real bullets, Kinie would've won. They began to argue over who won, and soon got into a fistfight.
Kinie: Punches and kicks were flying left and right! It began to look like a fight sequence from The Matrix.
~ Cut off by Tifa ~
Tifa: What's The Matrix?
Azi: A REALLY cool movie about how machines have enslaved humanity. I'll show you the movie after we're done telling you our story; I've got it on DVD.
FF7 Gang: What's a DVD?
Azi and Kinie: Nevermind.
Kinie: Anyway.
~ Back to flashback ~
Kinie: After some time, we both went to grab our real guns. But, as soon as I touched mine.
~ Cut off by Aeris (Stop interrupting them!) ~
Aeris: What happened?
Kinie: Well.
Azi: Let me explain. From the moment he grabbed his gun until a few minutes later, he doesn't remember what happened, no matter how many times I explained this to him.
Red XIII: 'explained'? You mean something happened, right?
Azi: Unfortunately, yes.
Cloud: What happened?
Azi: Well, why don't you let me explain, and stop interrupting us! As Kinie said.
~ Returning to the flashback ~
Azi: Kinie reached for his real gun, but as soon as he grabbed it, his shirt sleeve just ripped itself off, and the chamber of the gun blew off, revealing a black. thing, crackling with while lightening energy. His hand had these silver, metallic looking things on it, and they began to grow up his arm.
'Andy: What the hell is that?!'
'Kinie: I don't know! But get the hell out of the way, I don't want to shoot you on accident!'
Andy ran away, and headed toward we were standing, behind Kinie. His arm had begun to glow, and the gun looked like it merged with his hand, forming this weird hole in his hand.
'Kinie: Something's happening! I can't stop it!'
His arm continued to glow. It kept glowing and glowing. then it fired. The shot looked like a laser beam, and glowed an intense bluish while light. Kinie had been able to point his arm into the sky before it fired, and the beam shot straight up, looking eerily peaceful, like everything would be all right. But, nothing was. The beam continued going up into the night sky, which had now turned totally black; you couldn't even see the stars or the moon. All you could see was the beam. It went up, and up, then...it hit something. We couldn't tell, because the sky was still black. Then, the sky began to crack, like glass, before breaking. The sky had turned white, with the stars being a dark blue. Then we saw what the beam had hit.
~ Interrupted (again) by Cloud ~
Cloud: What did it hit?
~ Ignoring Cloud's question, continuing on with the flashback ~
Azi: The beam had hit. the moon. The moon itself had turned black. The crater was enormous. We could even see the size of it all the way from Earth. The sky began to slowly return to its normal nighttime color. I walked over to Kinie, who was kneeling on the ground, staring at his arm, with tear flowing from his eyes.
'Kinie: I couldn't stop it. I couldn't stop it.'
'Azi: It's OK. No one died. Let's go.'
Kinie: We got up, and left Andy, Alex, and Mike standing there, still staring at the moon. Several days passed, and we found out that the crater was approx. the size of Chicago, or your Midgar. Also, they had a warrant out for my arrest for destroying a large part of the moon; No doubt that Andy, Alex, and Mike had told the government. For some reason, Azi still stayed with me. When I asked her, she said.
'Azi: You didn't mean to do that. I'm going to make sure that you don't do it again.'
So we began to run, heading to small towns and villages around the world. The towns would then get demolished, because Andy, Alex, and Mike began to hunt us down; They we're allowed to by the US government, and every other government in the world. We traveled the world, with those three on our tail the entire time. We don't know how long we were on the run, but after some time, they stopped following us. We don't know why, but we stopped, and settled down in a town. Again, we don't know how many years passed, but we then began to notice that we didn't age, and that we were able to change into our child form. One day, Azi left to get food and drinks, but didn't return. I waited for about 3 days, and then I went out looking for her. I got attacked by a monster in my search, but I defeated it easily enough. I found an inn, and decided to rest there for the night. I drew myself some new clothes in my room, and went to bed. Before I fell asleep, I thought I heard something in my room, but just ignored it. The next thing I know, there's Hojo throwing me into one of those Mako Capsules. Then, after that, my memory is of me meeting you guys.
Azi: While I was looking for food, I also got attacked by a monster, but defeated it easily. Again, I went to an inn, and then the next thing I remember is Hojo throwing me into one of those Mako Capsules, then me meting you guys with Kinie.
~ End of flashback (finally!) ~
Cloud: Wow.
Barret: I had heard the story of the man who had put the gigantic crater in the moon as a bedtime story when I was a kid, but I thought it was only a story.
Azi: Well, that's no story; it's true.
Cloud: Kinie, do you have any idea how your gun merged with your arm and formed that gigantic gun?
Kinie: I don't know, but I think that it's caused by uncontrollable rage.
Voice: That's not the only way.
Kinie: Who's there !?!
Out of the floor, a man wearing a mask and a brown trenchcoat appears.
Man: You may call me Misuri Jinko.
Azi: What do you want!?!
Misuri: I came to warn you about an impending doom on this universe.
Cloud: What are you talking about?
Misuri: There is an evil force stirring in these peaceful times, and only Kinie and Azi can stop it.
Kinie: How?
Misuri: You must train yourselves!
Kinie: I can beat this evil, without any training!
Misuri: Prove it; fight me! If you can't beat me, then you have no chance against this evil!
Kinie: You're going down!
Kinie goes to pull out his gun. All of a sudden, Misuri is behind Kinie.
Kinie: Wha-
That is all he gets out before he gets punched in the head, and gets a roundhouse kick to his stomach. Kinie falls to the ground on his hands and knees.
Misuri: I suggest you train in an area that has strong monsters in it. Goodbye!
Misuri jumps back, through the open window. He lands on top of a roof, then dashes off of the roof, and leaves Rocket Town.
Azi: What are we going to do Kinie?
Kinie: I don't know about you, but I'm going to train!
(End of Chapter 5)