By instinct, he slammed his fist into the innkeeper's face. Then he tore out of the room with the knapsack still in his hand. He skidded out of the inn and looked around. "Sephiroth where are you!?" He listened to his voice echo. "Sephiroth!" He called again. There was nothing from his partner.
"Well I know one thing for sure," Ansem said to himself, slinging the knapsack over his shoulder. "I'm leaving right now, with or without Sephiroth."
He walked for a few hours on his own throughout the cracked, dry plains. Small dust puffs were behind Ansem's feet, and there was clearly no water for another few miles. With a heavy sigh, he plopped down onto the ground and opened his knapsack. Carefully, he opened it and dumped out its contents.
A few canteens of water, some small packages of food, and some other necessary provisions. He picked up the canteen and downed a bit of the water. It was so refreshing to his parched throat. He quickly downed the entire canteen and tossed the empty thing aside. He sorted through the food and picked up something to his liking; a few peppermint candies. He wasn't particularly hungry, considering the scenes at the inn were still fresh in his mind. He unwrapped a candy and popped it into his mouth, savoring the flavor.
"I have no idea where I'm going…" He said miserably. "It's not like Shenter was very specific. 'Go this way and then that. You'll know what you're searching for the minute you find it'. But would he tell me what the hell we're searching for? Nooo. I'm just a mind reader! God…"
"You talk a lot, Ansem."
Ansem jumped and looked around. "Sephiroth! Where the hell were you!?"
Sephiroth sat down beside Ansem and grabbed a canteen. Ansem watched him drink the icy water. "Well?"
"I was out."
Ansem glared. "Really? I never would've guessed!"
"Well, last night I took a shower. Then, I went out for a walk, came back at around 6 A.M. Then I went to sleep, got up at 9 A.M., and went out for another walk."
Ansem apparently wasn't too happy. "Who said you could just saunter over here and dig into my provisions?"
"I did, King Tenrai."
"Shut up, Sephiroth. I'm about to start calling you Hojo."
"Ack! Don't do that! That's just not right. Professor Hojo is a complete idiot with no knowledge of anything!"
"Doesn't that fit you perfectly?" Ansem said, smirking.
"Dammit, Ansem! You're a cocky bastard, you know that?"
"Of course I do," Ansem said, laying back. "I'm well known for that."
A few hours later, Ansem had managed to make a fire, no thanks to Sephiroth, who had amused himself by watching Ansem fail so many times at the fire. They had both fallen asleep sitting at the fire. Unfortunately, because they were asleep, they didn't quite hear the harsh breath a bit of a ways off, nor see the two glowing green orbs close by. They didn't see the sharp teeth that snapped at the two before it was too late.