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Chapter 4
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Sephiroth and the other recruits were lined up in the training square of the Shin-Ra headquarters. Hojo entered the room, something Sephiroth had not expected, and he was followed by the blue suited Turks.
"Good morning" said Hojo "Last night your general was injured by some sort of explosion, we think it may have been an act of terrorism by a group called Avalanche or at least that is what the president says, I think otherwise as Avalanche is a small group and I honestly don't think that they could do this, so as of today you are being trained by the Turks" Hojo indicated to the men in suits behind him "Let me introduce them to you; Vincent is their leader" A long-dark haired male stepped forwards his face was shadowed by a thick strand of black hair that fell across his face
"Tseng" said Hojo indicating to a young dark-haired male "Reno and Rude" he indicated to the red-haired male and a tall bald man.
"These four will guide you the rest of the way in your training" said Hojo and walked out of the room.
Authors Note: I know that Reno, Rude and Tseng were most likely not working with the Turks when Vincent was there but we need around four Turks otherwise they wouldn't have been as sinister
Vincent stepped forwards and took off his watch.
"Time" he said "In soldier you never know when it is going to end" he tossed his watch into the air and withdrew his rifle in a fluid movement and shot it completely annihilating the 50,000 gil watch. The watch flew another twenty meters into the air and then hit the ground.
"I don't care how much time it takes you will end up with skills that will make you the best you can be" said Vincent holstering the Death Penalty. He paused as his eyes hit Sephiroth; there was something familiar about the child.
"Before we get to the guns let's do hand to hand" said Vincent he snapped his fingers "Rude!" the tall man walked over to them.
"You" said Vincent pointing at Sephiroth "Hit him"
"You what?" said Sephiroth looking up at Rude who smiled "He's like a million feet tall" Vincent laughed
"Size doesn't matter" said Vincent and pushed Rude with one hand. Rude flew backwards and landed on a thick mattress. The recruits gasped and clapped
"You think this is funny?" snapped Vincent looking at the recruits who shut up instantly "Never mind how big the enemy is you can always over come it easily" he looked at Sephiroth "Now hit me"
"No" said Sephiroth
"Fine" said Vincent and slapped Sephiroth who crashed into the wall. Sephiroth gasped getting back to his feet.
"You should never wait for your enemy to act, never mind how well you think their intentions are they could always turn nasty" said Vincent "Recruit, get back in line" Sephiroth did as he was told. Reno drew his baton walking forwards.
"You again" said Vincent pointing to Sephiroth. Sephiroth stepped forwards, his chest was in severe pain now, he took the baton handed to him by Vincent.
"Let me guess, hit him?" said Sephiroth
"If you can" said Vincent. Sephiroth swung for Reno who was standing there looking around. Reno moved and flipped Sephiroth over with one hand. Sephiroth landed flat on his back gasping for breath.
"Speed too" said Vincent "Your enemy may not always be looking in your direction but it doesn't mean that they're not paying attention to you" Reno helped Sephiroth to his feet then went back in line with the other Turks.
"Tseng" said Vincent. The dark haired young man walked over
"What is he going to do to me?" asked Sephiroth. Vincent smiled slightly
"What you've learnt so far" said Vincent. Sephiroth punched Tseng as he bowed to Sephiroth, Tseng stumbled away drawing his baton and then hit Sephiroth back who hit the ground swearing.
"Well you have been listening then" said Vincent "That was the 'attack first' and the 'never mind how big your targets are' lessons used in practice" Vincent began pacing "This recruit hit Tseng despite the fact that he's a Turk and despite the fact that I was talking, he completely disregarded my authority and hit one of my soldiers and he got hit back" Vincent smiled "He would make a good soldier, but if any of you manage to join Soldier, I recommend listening to your officer in command, otherwise you might get hurt"
For the rest of the day the recruits were put through their paces by the Turks and constantly Sephiroth would be the Turks punching bag but he agreed that he was getting faster as he had managed to avoid one or two strikes. The only one Sephiroth couldn't figure out was Vincent, he constantly changed his fighting styles and he would never be touched, even when he was showing how to fight, the other Turks could never land a punch on their leader despite how hard they tried. At the end of the day Sephiroth fell into his bed, beaten and bruised but ready for tomorrow's training by the Turks.