Along the way. they encountered a trio of Sanghains, Ghandi pulled out a wooden stick as Red XIII shook his head, he sneered. "Ghandi! Get behind me!" Ghandi did as instructed and stayed behind Nanaki, trembling as the wooden stick shook in his hands. The first Sanghain fired a stream of water from it's lance, the pressure took Nanaki by suprise as he held his ground, withstanding the attack. "My turn!" He exclaimed, curling up into a ball and ramming into the sanghain.
The sanghain fell back and didn't rise back up. Red XIII flicked his head to the side, smirking in victory as he dodged the other two sanghains. A sanghain rammed into Red XIII with his trident, jamming it in Red XIII's side. Nanaki winced and drew back, bleeding from his open wound. Closing his eyes, he muttered something as his paw dug into the red earth underneath them. The ice materia in it's slot glowed a slight green then a shard of ice landed straight onto the sanghain killing it instantly. The other sanghain shared the same fate.
Red XIII smirked, picking up a potion and a few gil left behind from the sanghain as he turned to Ghandi who was shaking uncontrollably. Ghandi, dropped the wooden pole as the fight ceased and looked down at his hands. They were dripping with a dark colored liquid, it was thick and smelly as Ghandi shivered, biting down on his lip as he started crying.
Red XIII turned to Ghandi and sighed, shaking his head. "It's okay, stop crying..." Ghandi wiped the tears from his eyes and frowned. "But what about--" "Nevermind that, here." Red XIII said, ripping a tall plant from the ground, he bent over to Ghandi, squeezing the plant with his teeth as liquid dripped down, over Ghandi's hands. The young boy winced as a small hissing sound was heard. The blood washed off and the wounds were barely visible. Ghandi grinned, wrapping his arms around Nanaki and falling asleep after whispering something. "Thanks Nanaki."
Nanaki asked himself questions while they walked back to the village.Ghandi was too young, why had he been training? Why had he frozen up? Was it his first battle? Question danced around his brain while he walked back, his mane bouncing up and down. As they arrived at the village Barret and Cloud were waiting. Barret raised an eyebrow at Ghandi as Red XIII set him down by the fire. "Something I miss Red?" Barret asked as Red XIII shook his head. "We ran into a few sanghains on the way back. Nothing too harsh."
Cloud nodded as a young boy in a blue hat and orange vest came running down. "GHANDI!" He shouted as he bent down to the young one. Nanaki shook his head. "He's fine. Don't worry." The boy nodded and picked Ghandi up, walking back up the stairs to the materia shop.
Barret watched and then shrugged. "Oh yeah this guy here did something useful today." Cloud had an annoyed expression on his face as Barret commented about him. Nanaki's ears perked up as he sat down between the two. "What is it?" Cloud smirked and pointed near the doorway. "I found out that the Cave of Gi isn't really shut out forever. Some new monsters have appeared there as well.
Nanaki smiled at the thought of seeing the plae where his dad proved himself again. "When can we go?" Barret shook his head. "When can YOU go. I'm not going into that cave again. Gives me the creeps!" Cloud laughed.
"Scared you gonna run into a wall of spikes again?"
"That was you last time ass."
"Hey break it up guys, Tifa said you can't kill each other." Red XIII reminded them as he stood back up. "Anyway, I'm gonna go there tomorrow. It's been a long day. If you wanna come just meet me by the switchbox." Red XIII ascended up the stairs as Barret and Cloud walked into the inn.