Chapter 20
Momentary Shock
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy; all OC's are mine. The name Juskuro came from Aloria, so the name is hers, and the name Mifune belongs to Noacat.
A/N: Thanks to Aloria and Noacat for the names. And the battle continues.
Momentary Shock:
Daitona ran for the wall, the enemy seemed to become thinner in numbers, but she paid no attention to that. Her target was the wall, and that was all she cared about at the moment.
She ran in the shadows, when she came into the light there was a bright flash in her eyes. Daitona came to a quick stop and rubbed at her eyes till the spots started to go away.
"Now, who did that?" she grumbled.
"So, my dad was right. There is a girl amongst the Shinra ranks," a figure said from the shadow area in front of her.
"You're the one who flashed that light in my eyes?" Daitona was still having a hard time seeing, everything seemed darker for some reason; she could feel his eyes burning into her and she didn't like the feeling one bit. "Who are you?"
"I should be asking you the same question, but why not? I'm the son of General Juskuro; my name is Tseng. I'm supposed to be getting rid of the Shinra commanding officers then taking captives. I'm sure dad won't mind if I delay the killings for this."
"Sorry to bust your bubble, but you're on order to kill me if what you said is true. I'm Commanding Officer Daitona of the Shinra army, and just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't fight!" Daitona snapped, and her hands fell to her sword.
"Ah-ah." Tseng warned and held his own sword out at Daitona to stop any further move.
"So, you think you're a match for me? Shinra may have sent me here, but for good reason. I didn't get into SOLDIER 1st class by fluke." Daitona seen his move before he did and jumped back a distance. Upon landing both her sword were swiftly in her hands.
Tseng laughed and pushed his raven hair from his face. If she wanted to play it hard, well he could fare game. This was going to be fun if she could actually use those swords.
****
'Thank you Daitona!' Sephiroth was easily able to dodge and evaded all of the general's blows. He was using twin swords as Daitona did, 'only she's better. He's too slow to beat me.' Training so much with Daitona was really paying off now, everything that the general could throw at him was easily seen through.
"If you can't do any better than that you should give up now, and maybe I'll spare your life," Sephiroth taunted.
The general sneered at the cocky Shinra commander and stabbed one blade at him then swung the other at his neck.
Sephiroth watched the general for the opening he knew followed that attack, Daitona had told him that much. 'There it is!' Sephiroth drove Masamune forward into the opening before the general had a chance to block or dodge.
The end result was a piercing in the general's left shoulder. He panted for breath then turned an icy glare to the younger man.
"Who are you?"
"First class SOLDIER, second Lieutenant in rank, and commander of part of this Shinra force. I am Commander Officer Sephiroth. Who are you general?"
"Boy, you've been fighting me this whole time and you don't even know who you're fighting? I thought that perhaps, by the way you fought, that Shinra had finally specially trained someone to take me out. How is it you have come to such skill without specialized training?"
"Really it doesn't matter, but if you must know.my friend and fellow commander uses the same techniques, only with greater speed and skill. You'd be no match for with my friend."
"General Juskuro, and boy, by own son can fight better than me. And I doubt your commanding officer will stand a chance against him. He's going to kill all of you Shinra commanders and."
"You should not tell the enemy of your plans, though I doubt your son will beat my friend, just as you won't beat me. Now I suggest you defend yourself because I won't hold back this time," Sephiroth warned and raised Masamune back up into a fighting stance.
Juskuro growled nervously and prepared himself for the next rough go around with the Shinra officer.
Sephiroth mentally pointed out the weaknesses and holes in his opponent's stance, and then sought out the one he'd break through. Juskuro attacked to the best of his ability, but that wasn't even enough to even faze the officer.
Sephiroth worked at the small weakness in Juskuro's defense until it became painfully obvious.latterly. Juskuro looked down at his chest in disbelief. There was no pain, at least not anymore, only heat. A good length of Sephiroth's blade was gone from sight at Juskuro's chest then reappeared on the other side through his back.
Juskuro looked into the glowing eyes of his murder, his own were beginning to cloud over. His eyes held complete disbelief and when he tried to speak only blood came from his throat.
Sephiroth yanked his sword back. Juskuro stood for a full minute before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell to the blood stained ground; he was another corpse added to already littered ground.
Sephiroth turned back to the raging battle at hand. There were still many Wutain soldiers left and the SOLDIER's were having problems with some of the larger groups. He smirked and dug into his pocket until his fingers found the materia hidden there. He pulled it out and held it in front of his face. The bloody red orb glowed softly casting eerie shadows in response to the battle.
Sephiroth carefully inserted it into the Masamune then concentrated on 'Dragon's Whisper', with the utmost of caution.
****
A rain of sparks danced away as Daitona's swords were yet again blocked. Tseng was better than she would have ever though. She had managed only to hit him once or twice and the injuries inflicted were only of minor damage. She had suffered from about five hits, one of in which needed medical attention, but she didn't let him on to this knowledge. As a trained SOLDIER, she had learned not to show pain or fear in battle. One had to keep their cool composure in order to win; the first to loose this would be at a disadvantage and in most cases lost the fight.or their lives.
Tseng sliced at her almost carelessly, all Daitona could do was block with her swords. In a split second there was a forceful push from Tseng's sword, and the four blades slid into a lock as he moved around to her side. He pushed down forcing all blades to go lower to the ground.
The injury on Daitona's right arm wasn't helping her and he was trying to force her sword out of her hands. She'd never had her swords caught in such a strong hold and didn't know how to escape this trap.or did she?
Tseng was side to side with her so didn't that put him at a disadvantage? "You let go of my swords right now," Daitona demanded, Tseng laughed.
"Am I too much for you? You're a good fighter, but no matter how good you are this technique almost always work. You'll weaken to it soon enough." He put a little more force on his blades, but an equally strong force met this time.
He looked at her curiously. Daitona's face was of complete concentration as she tried to focus all her strength into getting her swords out of the lock. 'She's going to disarm me.how can she possibly have strength enough to push back like this?' Tseng gritted his teeth as the swords came up another few inches. 'I have to do something.' An idea came to him. 'why not? It'll catch her off guard.that's for sure.'
Daitona clenched her way jaw; this really was a hard one to break out of.
Tseng grinned as he continued to try and force the blades down all the while moving closer to his opponent. When he was closer he kissed her.
Daitona's eyes went wide and she chocked on the air before she tore her swords backward and leaped away. She landed with a look of disgust on her face as she whipped at her mouth with her left hand.
"YOU.!" Daitona stopped at a presence overwhelmed her. Here eyes began to glow bright aquamarine, and the highlights and tents of her hair changed ever so slightly.
A thin mist formed all around the battlefield, and a whisper of a strange voice could be heard. The voice chanted in an almost soothing manner, but its words were not comprehendible.
Daitona shuttered as her natural defenses shielded her from the effect of voice's chant. The chant started over again, this time with Daitona joining it. "Dsuun, Msohj, Dues, Buhyx, Joduedu, Lyxmou, Dzezd jyfh, Pyhwadu, Nyodyh, Dosuhz.Juezc." Daitona's voice was soothing, but commanding all the more.
Tseng found himself bombarded by one status change after another. Finally on the eighth spell, confusion hit him and he fled the battle. On the last word 'Juezc', some of those unfortunate soldiers to have not been effected by status changes were hit by a death spell.
****
Sephiroth watched as his spell did the third and final chant; by the time it ended there were very few enemy soldiers not affected. The mist disappeared in a gust of wind. Sephiroth smiled to himself, this battle was won. He liked the effect that particular spell had, though it didn't always hit the way one would like it too, but it was very effective noon the less. It wasn't lethal in most cases, but was strong.
Sephiroth took the dimming orb from the slot in the sword and his smile broadened. "So, you've finally decided to level for me? Wonder what the new attack will be.of if I'll be the same one?" He shrugged off the thought and replaced the materia safely in his pocket.
"Sir!" a SOLDIER said and saluted him. "General Otto has reported that Commander Daitona in not with her cadets and that no one has seen her in some time."
"Has anyone checked the ground?" Sephiroth asked.
"She was ordered to stay on the wall, sir."
Sephiroth growled and breezed past the SOLDIER. If they wouldn't find Daitona then he would. He found her minutes later, hiding in the shadows of one of one of the soldier barracks and the wall. She sat with her back against the wall her legs drawn up a bit but sill extended a distance out, and her head bowed; her hair was covering her face.
Sephiroth slowly approached her; he was a bit worried about the way she was acting. "Daitona?"
"Hmm?" In her response she didn't even look up at him.
"Daitona, what wrong? If it's about getting off the wall, don't worry, I'm not mad at you and you're not in trouble."
Daitona finally looked at him. "It's not that." That when Sephiroth noticed she was holding onto her arm and it was dripping with blood.
He quickly made his way to her side and knelt down. "Let me see it." He gently moved her hand away and looked at the diagonal gash. It was deep and would probably need stitching.but if magic would work that would be all the better. "Have you tried healing it?"
"N-no.you used that materia too close and now I can't concentrate long enough to do anything."
Sephiroth's eyes widened. "I forgot, I'm sorry."
Daitona smiled. "No harm done.now would you cast a healing spell or are you just going to leave me here till I bleed to death?"
"Oh, it's not that bad," Sephiroth teased and cast a strong healing spell that healed her arm mostly and the other cuts and scraps she had received during battle. "There, now how do you feel?"
"Much better," Daitona praised as he pulled her up to her feet.
"So, what WERE you doing down here?"
"One of my cadets got shot off the wall. He didn't die, but one of those Wutain soldiers was going to finish the job. You said I was supposed to protect them.so I did. I killed the enemy and held them off while he climbed back up the wall. I kind of got dragged into the actual battle. I was going to clime up this wall, but then I ran into.the general's son," Daitona explained.
"The general's son? As in General Juskuro?" Sephiroth questioned as they walked back to the troops.
"Yeah, something like that. He was really good too.he's the one who cut me like that. Then he tried to disarm me and when he couldn't do that he." Daitona stopped in mid sentence and stayed quiet.
Sephiroth looked down at her. "What did he do?"
".he caught me by surprise and I jumped back. Then you used that summon and confused him. He ran away after that."
"How'd he surprise you?" Sephiroth pushed on.
She frowned at him. "Why does it matter?"
Sephiroth shrugged. "I was just wondering. It's not often someone can catch you by surprise when they're standing right in front of you."
"He wasn't in front of me, he was right beside me trying to force my swords down out of my hands."
Sephiroth arched one silver eyebrow. "And that surprised you?"
Daitona growled. "Nnnnnooooooo. When he couldn't force my swords down he surprised me by.oh, he kissed me." Daitona gagged, Sephiroth laughed at her response.
"Sephiroth, stop it! It's not funny. He could have killed me in that little bit of time."
Sephiroth stopped laughing. "I doubt it. Man, that guy must have some nerve. No ones ever even attempted that move on you during battle.or ever. I've seen people use that for an advantage in battle before."
Daitona narrowed her eyes and stared straight ahead.
"There you two are." Otto quickly mad his way over to the two fellow officers. "Colonel Zante is here now and he seen the battle. He has your new orders and will be here himself." A lot of noise from the men started rather quickly and Otto sighed. "Now."
A tall, well-dressed Shinra office approached the three officers in quick, long strides. His eyes were gray and with the mako glow to them.just made him look like a stern person. His hair was loose and flowed in thin waves to his shoulders. When he stopped the color of it reflected the battlefield, smoky gray and red.
"You two must be Sephiroth and." Zante narrowed his eyes in thought. "Day.Daitona, right?"
"Yes sir," Daitona confirmed.
"I seen the battle from a distance. Your cadets are doing very well, and the plan of attack was brilliant."
"Not really. We came up with it in like.two minutes, because we screwed up," Daitona remarked.
"Maybe so, but they didn't know you were coming till you were already here. That was enough to bring this defeat so easily. Originally, we were sent here for backup because someone up higher didn't think your three troops would be able to win this battle. They were mistake."
"We have a backup of fifty SOLDIER's still it the woods," Otto pointed out.
Zante smirked. "The higher officers are sadly mistaken about this banding." He shook his head in disappointment. "Any how. Commander's Sephiroth and Daitona were promoted in the last week and have yet to be told about it. Sephiroth, as of now you are Captain in Command. Daitona, you are a First Lieutenant in Command. Now your orders go accordingly: General Anton himself wants you to attack enemy Fort Natic. Wutain General Lazarus is there and has recently ordered Wutain Commander Mifune there. Fort Natic is located in the southern most part of the mountains. The fort itself is made right into a mountain pass. Get through that pass you'll find a friendly fort on the coast. That is where you are to go."
"Yes sir!" all three officers said in unison and saluted.
"You can move out whenever you feel your troops are rested. There is no timing in this attack and I don't think there will be any backup if anything goes wrong," Zante warned. "My men have brought extra supplies and equipment so take what you need. We'll be staying here to occupy this fort for a while."
"Finally, we can sleep in real bed.sort of." Daitona shrugged.
"Yes," Zante confirmed and nodded his head. "But tonight I suggest you to make camp and my troops will clean this place up."
"Oh well." A sudden thought hit decided to hit Daitona at that moment and she frowned. "I left Zack Smith in charge of my cadets.I'll be right back." Daitona stated to walk away but all to quickly that turned into a breakneck run.
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-End Chapter 20-
A/N: So how was that? I am truly sorry that it took me longer to write this chapter but Sunday morning I cut my right hand pretty badly and now it takes me a bit longer to type. Make that even worse I hit it and it started bleeding again. So my updates on the next few chapters may take a bit longer, but no worry, I'm still hard at work. I still need names so if anyone has any suggestions.I also need names for the forts. I just ran out after this chapter.
Momentary Shock
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy; all OC's are mine. The name Juskuro came from Aloria, so the name is hers, and the name Mifune belongs to Noacat.
A/N: Thanks to Aloria and Noacat for the names. And the battle continues.
Momentary Shock:
Daitona ran for the wall, the enemy seemed to become thinner in numbers, but she paid no attention to that. Her target was the wall, and that was all she cared about at the moment.
She ran in the shadows, when she came into the light there was a bright flash in her eyes. Daitona came to a quick stop and rubbed at her eyes till the spots started to go away.
"Now, who did that?" she grumbled.
"So, my dad was right. There is a girl amongst the Shinra ranks," a figure said from the shadow area in front of her.
"You're the one who flashed that light in my eyes?" Daitona was still having a hard time seeing, everything seemed darker for some reason; she could feel his eyes burning into her and she didn't like the feeling one bit. "Who are you?"
"I should be asking you the same question, but why not? I'm the son of General Juskuro; my name is Tseng. I'm supposed to be getting rid of the Shinra commanding officers then taking captives. I'm sure dad won't mind if I delay the killings for this."
"Sorry to bust your bubble, but you're on order to kill me if what you said is true. I'm Commanding Officer Daitona of the Shinra army, and just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't fight!" Daitona snapped, and her hands fell to her sword.
"Ah-ah." Tseng warned and held his own sword out at Daitona to stop any further move.
"So, you think you're a match for me? Shinra may have sent me here, but for good reason. I didn't get into SOLDIER 1st class by fluke." Daitona seen his move before he did and jumped back a distance. Upon landing both her sword were swiftly in her hands.
Tseng laughed and pushed his raven hair from his face. If she wanted to play it hard, well he could fare game. This was going to be fun if she could actually use those swords.
****
'Thank you Daitona!' Sephiroth was easily able to dodge and evaded all of the general's blows. He was using twin swords as Daitona did, 'only she's better. He's too slow to beat me.' Training so much with Daitona was really paying off now, everything that the general could throw at him was easily seen through.
"If you can't do any better than that you should give up now, and maybe I'll spare your life," Sephiroth taunted.
The general sneered at the cocky Shinra commander and stabbed one blade at him then swung the other at his neck.
Sephiroth watched the general for the opening he knew followed that attack, Daitona had told him that much. 'There it is!' Sephiroth drove Masamune forward into the opening before the general had a chance to block or dodge.
The end result was a piercing in the general's left shoulder. He panted for breath then turned an icy glare to the younger man.
"Who are you?"
"First class SOLDIER, second Lieutenant in rank, and commander of part of this Shinra force. I am Commander Officer Sephiroth. Who are you general?"
"Boy, you've been fighting me this whole time and you don't even know who you're fighting? I thought that perhaps, by the way you fought, that Shinra had finally specially trained someone to take me out. How is it you have come to such skill without specialized training?"
"Really it doesn't matter, but if you must know.my friend and fellow commander uses the same techniques, only with greater speed and skill. You'd be no match for with my friend."
"General Juskuro, and boy, by own son can fight better than me. And I doubt your commanding officer will stand a chance against him. He's going to kill all of you Shinra commanders and."
"You should not tell the enemy of your plans, though I doubt your son will beat my friend, just as you won't beat me. Now I suggest you defend yourself because I won't hold back this time," Sephiroth warned and raised Masamune back up into a fighting stance.
Juskuro growled nervously and prepared himself for the next rough go around with the Shinra officer.
Sephiroth mentally pointed out the weaknesses and holes in his opponent's stance, and then sought out the one he'd break through. Juskuro attacked to the best of his ability, but that wasn't even enough to even faze the officer.
Sephiroth worked at the small weakness in Juskuro's defense until it became painfully obvious.latterly. Juskuro looked down at his chest in disbelief. There was no pain, at least not anymore, only heat. A good length of Sephiroth's blade was gone from sight at Juskuro's chest then reappeared on the other side through his back.
Juskuro looked into the glowing eyes of his murder, his own were beginning to cloud over. His eyes held complete disbelief and when he tried to speak only blood came from his throat.
Sephiroth yanked his sword back. Juskuro stood for a full minute before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell to the blood stained ground; he was another corpse added to already littered ground.
Sephiroth turned back to the raging battle at hand. There were still many Wutain soldiers left and the SOLDIER's were having problems with some of the larger groups. He smirked and dug into his pocket until his fingers found the materia hidden there. He pulled it out and held it in front of his face. The bloody red orb glowed softly casting eerie shadows in response to the battle.
Sephiroth carefully inserted it into the Masamune then concentrated on 'Dragon's Whisper', with the utmost of caution.
****
A rain of sparks danced away as Daitona's swords were yet again blocked. Tseng was better than she would have ever though. She had managed only to hit him once or twice and the injuries inflicted were only of minor damage. She had suffered from about five hits, one of in which needed medical attention, but she didn't let him on to this knowledge. As a trained SOLDIER, she had learned not to show pain or fear in battle. One had to keep their cool composure in order to win; the first to loose this would be at a disadvantage and in most cases lost the fight.or their lives.
Tseng sliced at her almost carelessly, all Daitona could do was block with her swords. In a split second there was a forceful push from Tseng's sword, and the four blades slid into a lock as he moved around to her side. He pushed down forcing all blades to go lower to the ground.
The injury on Daitona's right arm wasn't helping her and he was trying to force her sword out of her hands. She'd never had her swords caught in such a strong hold and didn't know how to escape this trap.or did she?
Tseng was side to side with her so didn't that put him at a disadvantage? "You let go of my swords right now," Daitona demanded, Tseng laughed.
"Am I too much for you? You're a good fighter, but no matter how good you are this technique almost always work. You'll weaken to it soon enough." He put a little more force on his blades, but an equally strong force met this time.
He looked at her curiously. Daitona's face was of complete concentration as she tried to focus all her strength into getting her swords out of the lock. 'She's going to disarm me.how can she possibly have strength enough to push back like this?' Tseng gritted his teeth as the swords came up another few inches. 'I have to do something.' An idea came to him. 'why not? It'll catch her off guard.that's for sure.'
Daitona clenched her way jaw; this really was a hard one to break out of.
Tseng grinned as he continued to try and force the blades down all the while moving closer to his opponent. When he was closer he kissed her.
Daitona's eyes went wide and she chocked on the air before she tore her swords backward and leaped away. She landed with a look of disgust on her face as she whipped at her mouth with her left hand.
"YOU.!" Daitona stopped at a presence overwhelmed her. Here eyes began to glow bright aquamarine, and the highlights and tents of her hair changed ever so slightly.
A thin mist formed all around the battlefield, and a whisper of a strange voice could be heard. The voice chanted in an almost soothing manner, but its words were not comprehendible.
Daitona shuttered as her natural defenses shielded her from the effect of voice's chant. The chant started over again, this time with Daitona joining it. "Dsuun, Msohj, Dues, Buhyx, Joduedu, Lyxmou, Dzezd jyfh, Pyhwadu, Nyodyh, Dosuhz.Juezc." Daitona's voice was soothing, but commanding all the more.
Tseng found himself bombarded by one status change after another. Finally on the eighth spell, confusion hit him and he fled the battle. On the last word 'Juezc', some of those unfortunate soldiers to have not been effected by status changes were hit by a death spell.
****
Sephiroth watched as his spell did the third and final chant; by the time it ended there were very few enemy soldiers not affected. The mist disappeared in a gust of wind. Sephiroth smiled to himself, this battle was won. He liked the effect that particular spell had, though it didn't always hit the way one would like it too, but it was very effective noon the less. It wasn't lethal in most cases, but was strong.
Sephiroth took the dimming orb from the slot in the sword and his smile broadened. "So, you've finally decided to level for me? Wonder what the new attack will be.of if I'll be the same one?" He shrugged off the thought and replaced the materia safely in his pocket.
"Sir!" a SOLDIER said and saluted him. "General Otto has reported that Commander Daitona in not with her cadets and that no one has seen her in some time."
"Has anyone checked the ground?" Sephiroth asked.
"She was ordered to stay on the wall, sir."
Sephiroth growled and breezed past the SOLDIER. If they wouldn't find Daitona then he would. He found her minutes later, hiding in the shadows of one of one of the soldier barracks and the wall. She sat with her back against the wall her legs drawn up a bit but sill extended a distance out, and her head bowed; her hair was covering her face.
Sephiroth slowly approached her; he was a bit worried about the way she was acting. "Daitona?"
"Hmm?" In her response she didn't even look up at him.
"Daitona, what wrong? If it's about getting off the wall, don't worry, I'm not mad at you and you're not in trouble."
Daitona finally looked at him. "It's not that." That when Sephiroth noticed she was holding onto her arm and it was dripping with blood.
He quickly made his way to her side and knelt down. "Let me see it." He gently moved her hand away and looked at the diagonal gash. It was deep and would probably need stitching.but if magic would work that would be all the better. "Have you tried healing it?"
"N-no.you used that materia too close and now I can't concentrate long enough to do anything."
Sephiroth's eyes widened. "I forgot, I'm sorry."
Daitona smiled. "No harm done.now would you cast a healing spell or are you just going to leave me here till I bleed to death?"
"Oh, it's not that bad," Sephiroth teased and cast a strong healing spell that healed her arm mostly and the other cuts and scraps she had received during battle. "There, now how do you feel?"
"Much better," Daitona praised as he pulled her up to her feet.
"So, what WERE you doing down here?"
"One of my cadets got shot off the wall. He didn't die, but one of those Wutain soldiers was going to finish the job. You said I was supposed to protect them.so I did. I killed the enemy and held them off while he climbed back up the wall. I kind of got dragged into the actual battle. I was going to clime up this wall, but then I ran into.the general's son," Daitona explained.
"The general's son? As in General Juskuro?" Sephiroth questioned as they walked back to the troops.
"Yeah, something like that. He was really good too.he's the one who cut me like that. Then he tried to disarm me and when he couldn't do that he." Daitona stopped in mid sentence and stayed quiet.
Sephiroth looked down at her. "What did he do?"
".he caught me by surprise and I jumped back. Then you used that summon and confused him. He ran away after that."
"How'd he surprise you?" Sephiroth pushed on.
She frowned at him. "Why does it matter?"
Sephiroth shrugged. "I was just wondering. It's not often someone can catch you by surprise when they're standing right in front of you."
"He wasn't in front of me, he was right beside me trying to force my swords down out of my hands."
Sephiroth arched one silver eyebrow. "And that surprised you?"
Daitona growled. "Nnnnnooooooo. When he couldn't force my swords down he surprised me by.oh, he kissed me." Daitona gagged, Sephiroth laughed at her response.
"Sephiroth, stop it! It's not funny. He could have killed me in that little bit of time."
Sephiroth stopped laughing. "I doubt it. Man, that guy must have some nerve. No ones ever even attempted that move on you during battle.or ever. I've seen people use that for an advantage in battle before."
Daitona narrowed her eyes and stared straight ahead.
"There you two are." Otto quickly mad his way over to the two fellow officers. "Colonel Zante is here now and he seen the battle. He has your new orders and will be here himself." A lot of noise from the men started rather quickly and Otto sighed. "Now."
A tall, well-dressed Shinra office approached the three officers in quick, long strides. His eyes were gray and with the mako glow to them.just made him look like a stern person. His hair was loose and flowed in thin waves to his shoulders. When he stopped the color of it reflected the battlefield, smoky gray and red.
"You two must be Sephiroth and." Zante narrowed his eyes in thought. "Day.Daitona, right?"
"Yes sir," Daitona confirmed.
"I seen the battle from a distance. Your cadets are doing very well, and the plan of attack was brilliant."
"Not really. We came up with it in like.two minutes, because we screwed up," Daitona remarked.
"Maybe so, but they didn't know you were coming till you were already here. That was enough to bring this defeat so easily. Originally, we were sent here for backup because someone up higher didn't think your three troops would be able to win this battle. They were mistake."
"We have a backup of fifty SOLDIER's still it the woods," Otto pointed out.
Zante smirked. "The higher officers are sadly mistaken about this banding." He shook his head in disappointment. "Any how. Commander's Sephiroth and Daitona were promoted in the last week and have yet to be told about it. Sephiroth, as of now you are Captain in Command. Daitona, you are a First Lieutenant in Command. Now your orders go accordingly: General Anton himself wants you to attack enemy Fort Natic. Wutain General Lazarus is there and has recently ordered Wutain Commander Mifune there. Fort Natic is located in the southern most part of the mountains. The fort itself is made right into a mountain pass. Get through that pass you'll find a friendly fort on the coast. That is where you are to go."
"Yes sir!" all three officers said in unison and saluted.
"You can move out whenever you feel your troops are rested. There is no timing in this attack and I don't think there will be any backup if anything goes wrong," Zante warned. "My men have brought extra supplies and equipment so take what you need. We'll be staying here to occupy this fort for a while."
"Finally, we can sleep in real bed.sort of." Daitona shrugged.
"Yes," Zante confirmed and nodded his head. "But tonight I suggest you to make camp and my troops will clean this place up."
"Oh well." A sudden thought hit decided to hit Daitona at that moment and she frowned. "I left Zack Smith in charge of my cadets.I'll be right back." Daitona stated to walk away but all to quickly that turned into a breakneck run.
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-End Chapter 20-
A/N: So how was that? I am truly sorry that it took me longer to write this chapter but Sunday morning I cut my right hand pretty badly and now it takes me a bit longer to type. Make that even worse I hit it and it started bleeding again. So my updates on the next few chapters may take a bit longer, but no worry, I'm still hard at work. I still need names so if anyone has any suggestions.I also need names for the forts. I just ran out after this chapter.