They had just arrived on the shore near Masuda. For the first few minutes
each person took their time to enjoy the fact that they were on land and
they were no longer rocking. Besides Seifer all the others had been inside
the sea cruiser for almost 4 hours, the fresh air was great and the
sunshine was good too!
"Ahem"
They all spun around to look towards the direction in which the sound came from. It was a young man, probably 17 maybe 18. He was dressed in typical Masuda uniform.
"Commander Leonhart?" the boy scanned the group looking for a response to the name...
"Yes, im him" squall said stepping forward.
The young Masuda student saluted immediately, and to everyone surprise; Masuda and Balamb had the same salute. After a few brief moments the young man stopped saluting and was at ease.
"Commander Leonhart, would you and your team join me and I'll take you to the entrance of Masuda"
As the Student became to walk away the group all exchanged glances before following the mysterious student.
After a few minutes walk they came to a cave at the base of a mountain, their student guide asked them to wait while he ventured into the cave.
"Where are you going?" asked Zell curiously.
"Im going to open the gate to Masuda" with that he entered the cave, they all listen hard but all that could be heard was the student mumbling a few words before everyone was blinded by a bright light. After a few moments the light dyed down and everyone was once again able to open his or her eyes again.
"Well if you'd all like to walk this way" they all followed him into the cave and entered in the doorway of bright light at the back of the cave to find them self's in the surrounding gardens of Masuda.
They all stood their looking around taking in the sights and sounds around them, the lush gardens were filled with people talking laugh, and generally hanging out, much like the quad back in Balamb.
"Oh hyne, that student has wings!" Selphie screeched out loud.
"That's Dante," replied their guide "Musuda's resident demon, amazing sharpshooter. He's a great laugh, in fact he's Ray's best friend" the guide shot a smile at squall. "Headmistress Lucas told me to warn you,well not really warn more inform you that these students are from many, many different worlds, you WIL see some strange things here, but just go with the flow, accept what you see all around you and in no time everything will seem ordinary and you wont think twice about seeing people like Dante. Right with that out the way, onwards to Masuda."
They entered into the school. Its beautiful marble floors reflected the group as they walked across it, being taken on a tour of the magnificent work of architectural genius that was Musuda.
"On your left here is the swimming pool, over there is the training centre, much like yours at Balamb" the guide pointed out "full of monsters for us to test out our skills, over there is the gym and Dojo for people to train with each other, you know sparing. Obviously we have the dorms, cafeteria, library and other essential places. Right I guess I better take you to the lift, which will get us to Headmistress Luca's office".
They entered the lift, the student guide pushed the button and before they knew it they were on their way to meet Ray....
The doors opened leading to a corridor and at the end of this marble corridor was headmistress Lucas's room, they approached the heavily decorated doors and the student pushed them open slowly. Headmistress was sat behind her desk, as soon as they entered the room she got ot her feet and walked over to greet them all personally. She wasn't very tall 5ft 4" maybe. But she was thin and held a strong air of elegance about her. She wore a long white gown, very simple but it had long sleeves that trailed along the floor as she walked, her raven black hair was tied neatly in a bun with assorted ornaments sticking out.
"Its so great to finally meet you commander" she said as she gracefully leaning forward to shake squalls hand. "Please every take a seat, and well begin our discussion".
Everyone moved to a free eat besides Seifer who was happy with leaving against the wall by the door.
"Well Commander as you know, Masuda is ready to open its self up to this world and we wish to make friendly communication with every garden of this world. I would like my top student to enrol in Balamb for a little while and as you know the student I wish to send is Ray Leonhart, your sister. Commander im not sending ray because of your blood relations, that's just another part to the whole thing, im sending her because she's one of the best and will benefit most. What are your thoughts Commander?"
"Headmistress Lucas, Balamb would be glad to open friendly communication with Masuda and as far as Ray goes im more than happy to take her on as a SeeD, and who knows maybe well get to know each other and become close. But like you said our blood relation is a separate matter"
"Well Commander I think we shall go meet Ray, I have arranged for us to meet her in the Dojo. So everyone if you'd like to follow me" she walked towards the door but stopped and looked Seifer dead n the eyes...
"Mr Almasy how nice to finally put a face to the name Ray mentioned." He nodded in acknowledgment before Lucas opened the doors and everyone made there way to the Dojo.
"Ahem"
They all spun around to look towards the direction in which the sound came from. It was a young man, probably 17 maybe 18. He was dressed in typical Masuda uniform.
"Commander Leonhart?" the boy scanned the group looking for a response to the name...
"Yes, im him" squall said stepping forward.
The young Masuda student saluted immediately, and to everyone surprise; Masuda and Balamb had the same salute. After a few brief moments the young man stopped saluting and was at ease.
"Commander Leonhart, would you and your team join me and I'll take you to the entrance of Masuda"
As the Student became to walk away the group all exchanged glances before following the mysterious student.
After a few minutes walk they came to a cave at the base of a mountain, their student guide asked them to wait while he ventured into the cave.
"Where are you going?" asked Zell curiously.
"Im going to open the gate to Masuda" with that he entered the cave, they all listen hard but all that could be heard was the student mumbling a few words before everyone was blinded by a bright light. After a few moments the light dyed down and everyone was once again able to open his or her eyes again.
"Well if you'd all like to walk this way" they all followed him into the cave and entered in the doorway of bright light at the back of the cave to find them self's in the surrounding gardens of Masuda.
They all stood their looking around taking in the sights and sounds around them, the lush gardens were filled with people talking laugh, and generally hanging out, much like the quad back in Balamb.
"Oh hyne, that student has wings!" Selphie screeched out loud.
"That's Dante," replied their guide "Musuda's resident demon, amazing sharpshooter. He's a great laugh, in fact he's Ray's best friend" the guide shot a smile at squall. "Headmistress Lucas told me to warn you,well not really warn more inform you that these students are from many, many different worlds, you WIL see some strange things here, but just go with the flow, accept what you see all around you and in no time everything will seem ordinary and you wont think twice about seeing people like Dante. Right with that out the way, onwards to Masuda."
They entered into the school. Its beautiful marble floors reflected the group as they walked across it, being taken on a tour of the magnificent work of architectural genius that was Musuda.
"On your left here is the swimming pool, over there is the training centre, much like yours at Balamb" the guide pointed out "full of monsters for us to test out our skills, over there is the gym and Dojo for people to train with each other, you know sparing. Obviously we have the dorms, cafeteria, library and other essential places. Right I guess I better take you to the lift, which will get us to Headmistress Luca's office".
They entered the lift, the student guide pushed the button and before they knew it they were on their way to meet Ray....
The doors opened leading to a corridor and at the end of this marble corridor was headmistress Lucas's room, they approached the heavily decorated doors and the student pushed them open slowly. Headmistress was sat behind her desk, as soon as they entered the room she got ot her feet and walked over to greet them all personally. She wasn't very tall 5ft 4" maybe. But she was thin and held a strong air of elegance about her. She wore a long white gown, very simple but it had long sleeves that trailed along the floor as she walked, her raven black hair was tied neatly in a bun with assorted ornaments sticking out.
"Its so great to finally meet you commander" she said as she gracefully leaning forward to shake squalls hand. "Please every take a seat, and well begin our discussion".
Everyone moved to a free eat besides Seifer who was happy with leaving against the wall by the door.
"Well Commander as you know, Masuda is ready to open its self up to this world and we wish to make friendly communication with every garden of this world. I would like my top student to enrol in Balamb for a little while and as you know the student I wish to send is Ray Leonhart, your sister. Commander im not sending ray because of your blood relations, that's just another part to the whole thing, im sending her because she's one of the best and will benefit most. What are your thoughts Commander?"
"Headmistress Lucas, Balamb would be glad to open friendly communication with Masuda and as far as Ray goes im more than happy to take her on as a SeeD, and who knows maybe well get to know each other and become close. But like you said our blood relation is a separate matter"
"Well Commander I think we shall go meet Ray, I have arranged for us to meet her in the Dojo. So everyone if you'd like to follow me" she walked towards the door but stopped and looked Seifer dead n the eyes...
"Mr Almasy how nice to finally put a face to the name Ray mentioned." He nodded in acknowledgment before Lucas opened the doors and everyone made there way to the Dojo.