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Chapter 5
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Vincent Valentine put his feet upon his desk and wondered who that child was. There was a hard knock on the door, before he could ask the person inside they came in anyway. Hojo crossed the room to Vincent's desk
"It's rude not to come in without being asked" said Vincent glaring up at Hojo
"Really?" said Hojo "I knocked didn't I?"
"What do you want?" asked Vincent "I'm covering for the general just as you asked, there's no other reason for you to be here"
"Is that right?" said Hojo
"Yes it is" said Vincent "So unless you have something to say, get the hell out"
"Not at all polite" said Hojo and with one hand flipped the massive desk. Vincent was knocked backwards by the force. Vincent rolled backwards drawing his rifle. He jumped to his feet and pointed his rifle at Hojo
"What are you?" he asked
"Human" said Hojo innocently but with a sly smile
"No human could flip that desk as easily as you did" said Vincent "With one hand at any rate"
"Let us say I am close enough to human" said Hojo
"I should kill you where you stand for not being pure human" said Vincent
"That's classed as a hate crime you know" said Hojo "Racist as it was I'll put it aside this once"
"So what do you want?" asked Vincent, pointing the rifle at Hojo's head rather than heart
"Sephiroth" said Hojo
"Who?" asked Vincent raising an eyebrow
"The white haired fellow" said Hojo
"He's a good candidate, he can take quite a beating" said Vincent
"I wish people would stop saying that he was a good candidate" said Hojo "I am taking him back to Nibelheim"
"Why are you telling me?" asked Vincent
"I want you to tell him that he would never be good enough to get into Soldier" said Hojo
"Why?" asked Vincent "He's more than capable to join"
"Because I want him to lose that dream" said Hojo
"You're a weird little man" said Vincent who lowered his rifle "But I will go tell him"
"Really?" said Hojo
"Really" said Vincent "Right away" Vincent lifted the phone off the floor and dialled the number to the barracks. A recruit answered
"Yeah?" he asked confused, no one had ever dialled down to the barracks.
"Is Sephiroth there?" asked Vincent
"Of course" said the blonde recruit and shouted over to Sephiroth who came over and answered the phone
"Yes?" he asked.
"I would like to see you in my office as soon as possible" said Vincent and put the phone down.
"As soon as possible!" said Hojo "Your office is a mess!"
"And what do you think he will say when I tell him that you threw an extremely heavy desk right the way across my office with one hand?" said Vincent. Hojo growled
"I guess I should help you clean up" said Hojo
"I guess you should" said Vincent "Starting with my desk" Hojo growled again and walked over to the desk.
"What did he want?" asked the recruit
"I have to go see him" said Sephiroth. The other recruits looked over at him
"Who?" shouted one over
"Vincent Valentine" said Sephiroth "The chief Turk" the others let in a gasp
"Think you've already made it into Soldier?" asked Sephiroth's friend, the blonde haired recruit
"I honestly don't know, Tom" said Sephiroth "But I'm going to find out"
After a quick brush of his hair Sephiroth took the stairs to Vincent's office.
"Come in" said Vincent after Cloud knocked. Cloud stepped into the spotless office
"You called?" said Cloud
"Of course I did" said Vincent who was sat behind the desk "I'm here to tell you that you don't have what it takes to be in Soldier" Sephiroth stood there dumbstruck.
"Couldn't you have just said it over the phone?" asked Sephiroth as he could not think of anything to say.
"I'm not kicking you out" said Vincent with a smile "I want you to show me otherwise, show me that you have what it takes" Vincent smiled, he would turn Hojo's surrogate son into the perfect soldier candidate.
"So I have one chance?" asked Sephiroth
"One" said Vincent holding up one finger "In tomorrows training, show me that you have what it takes"
"How?" asked Sephiroth
"However you feel like you can show me" said Vincent
"Thank you" said Sephiroth bowing
"You can stay here tonight" said Vincent "Through that door there's a small bedroom for people who are working late, through that door there's a small training room"
"What about you?" asked Sephiroth
"I'm off home" said Vincent "Don't be late" and then Vincent left, leaving Sephiroth in a multi-million gil office.