It wasn't very long before the others got back, Cloud was asleep then. When he woke he was informed that what they thought was the Wind Spirit was actually a Wind Demon. "Sorry about how I acted earlier…" Cloud sighed. "Don't worry about it, we know you haven't gotten much sleep lately," Lloyd remarked. "We'll be moving by night from here on out…" Kratos responded. "Who's idea was that?" Cloud asked. To which Lloyd responded, "Mine…" "A very clever idea, we'll avoid the Desain activity around here…" Cloud retorted respectfully. "See, someone thought it was a good idea, Genis!" Lloyd said mockingly to his friend. "I'm surprised, he must have less brains than you, Lloyd Irving," Genis responded. Raine slapped him and the usual whiney 'Ow!' came from Genis. Cloud couldn't help but chuckle. Something was distracting Colette though, that was what caught Cloud's attention. "Something wrong?" he asked. "N-no, I'm fine…" she responded. They left the night after, following what Raine said was 'an ancient trail leading to the Balacruf Mausoleum'. Upon entering Kratos seemed to want to hurry through. Which made Cloud suspicious, if he was as he said a mercenary why would he want to rush this? Who was Cloud to say anything more to Kratos, he certainly was not a mercenary either. The mercenary emblem Cloud wore was a fake piece of forged copper. Worthless to anyone but fools. Again they faced another monster and again they defeated it.

He was slightly calmer now, but he was once again in front of Remiel. Coming out, Cloud was calm but everyone could tell he was angry. Except the assassin that had come after Colette, apparently this was the third attempt. Cloud was in no mood for an assassin to be toying with him, he easily defeated her but for whatever strange reason Colette refused to let Cloud kill her. Upon Colette's insisting Cloud released the assassin. "Next time she comes for you, no matter what anyone says her life is mine!" Cloud yelled. He had no idea how much this would upset Colette. "You didn't have to yell at her!" Lloyd yelled back. "I'm sorry…" Cloud apologized. Genis seemed to be pondering on something.

Their next stop was Luin, a quaint little town on a river to the east of Asgard. Arriving in Asgrad they find a ship docked in the tiny port. Curious Cloud decides to investigate, upon approaching he finds the ship is a full of pirates that have made Asgard their home. Cloud begins to talk to a young sailor from the ship. "So you're a pirate huh?" Cloud asked. "Yeah, my name's Vyse, and yours?" "Cloud…" "That's not that strange a name…" The young pirate told Cloud of his adventures, of how the crew operates. The young sailor's accounts reminded Cloud of stories that he had heard long ago of a hero named Robin Hood. The next day, the group was ready to move, but Vyse was waiting at the edge of town. "Vyse, why are you here?" Cloud asked. Kratos's face took on a surprised look, he suppressed it and turned away. "Well, I want to journey with the Chosen. Is that a problem? You told me that what you were doing…" Vyse said with a wide smile on his face. That look made him look almost like Lloyd. They started off again, moving by night as their usual plan.