"No wait" thought Zack "It is coming back.. it looks really good now, maybe I will be able to continue to fight?". Zack finally opened his eyes and stared around. He was no longer at the entrance to the forest, he was in the infimary. He glanced at the walls and his surrondings. "It looks pretty good and classy.. not tacky like my old school..". "Oh yeah Jees.. I'm at Square high now aren't I?". Zack glanced at his chest and saw that his injurys had healed.

"Zack!!" yelled a delighted voice. Zack watched as the young ninja ran over and sat beside his bed. "Hey Yuffie" said Zack actually pleased to see her for once. "We.. were really worried" she began with tears in her eyes "We were sure that you wouldn't come round, you were.. cut in two!".

"Oh hey I'm alright now" said Zack softly trying to stop her crying. "I'm sorry Zack" she glumly. "It was my fault for not getting there sooner.."

At the mention of this Zacks mind began to remember the fight. He remembered how Cloud stabbed him the first time and he fell wounded. Then Aeris cured him, he then unleashed his limit break for the very first time before falling victim to Clouds Thunder Beam. He fell shocked after that but he vaguely remember Yuffie coming in dealing severe damage to Cloud and Tidus doing the same. That was pretty much all he remembered..

"Zack?" repeated Yuffie nervously "You ok?". "Oh yeah fine.." responded Zack "Listen Yuffie can you answer me why Cloud didn't finish me off?"

Yuffie looked shocked at Zack bringing up this subject but answered anyway "You should thank Squall.. He stepped in and scared off Cloud".

Before Zack could ask how exactly Squall scared off Cloud Dr.Kadawoaski stepped in. "Sorry Yuffie Zack needs his rest" she said softly. "Ok" said Yuffie weeping her eyes. She leaned down towards Zack and kissed him quickly on the forehead "Get well soon k?" she said as she walked away.

The next few days dragged on and seeing as Zack had been out of it for 2 weeks by the time he finally got out of the infirmary the school was now 3 weeks into the term.

Just as Zack was on was way from the infirmary to his dorm headmaster Hojo stopped him. "So Zack dueling on our first day eh?" he began. Zack couldn't think of anything to say but even if he had it wouldn't have mattered as Hojo said next. "You are fitting in very well into this school, well done soon" he finished cheerfully.

Zack scratched his head in confusion at this deluded old man and continued his journey up to the dorm. Zack entered his room and a thought struck him. He hadnt spent a night in his dorm at all!. Zack looked at his 4 room mates in the room crowded around a Tv in the corner. "What you guys playing?" questioned Zack.

The four guys spun around partly shocked to see Zack standing in front of him. Zack recognised Zell from Magic class and Red XIII as part of Clouds gang. One guy he didn't know and the other guy looked like someone he saw before but couldn't recall his name.

Zell walked up to him wiped his hand on his baggy shorts and extended it to Zack. Zack shook his hand forcefully. "Nice work in facing Cloud.. you did pretty good" he said cheerfully. Zack scratched the back of his head nervosuly, he wasn't expecting this at all!. The other two guys got also walked up to Zack. "Hiya names Wakka" announced a pretty big guy in a strange accent. Wakka then pointed to the guy beside him and announced him as "Reno". Reno a floppy red hair, a scar on his cheek and an all round gangstar look. He nodded to Zack and went back to the Tv.

Red XIII remained on the floor playing what looked like Kingdom Hearts on his Ps2 and muttering about why he wasn't in it. "Hey Red you know this guy I suppose" said Zell sullenly. Red nodded but still didn't even look at Zack.

Zack was intrigued by Red. He wasn't like Irvine or Cloud at all. He was wise and quite sensible yet for some reason he was loyal to Cloud. He remembered Cloud looking to Red XIII for help when he was in the battle. Cloud and Red must have some odd friendship. Zack decided against mentioning this and just sat down to watch Red XIII attempting to control a pad with his paws.