Chapter 4

Are stay in Costa Del Sol was a short one, not because we were in a big hurry to get somewhere, it was just because I got caught borrowing (A.N. I think Yuffie forgot the difference between stealing and borrowing) some materia from a safe, I mean how was I supposed to know it had a silent alarm, as much as I love Wutia tradition, being left in the dark ages really is a burden with all this technology runny rampant.

A little while ago we were all walking through a mountain pass, which in tern led us through the Coral Mako reactor and onto some rickety old railroad tracks and although I had had a thorough telling off I was still my hyper self, I had to be because Aeris was a little down but would not tell me why, I think she made a move on Cloud but he brushed her off.

That rickety old track led us to the mining town of Coral and this place was a dump! All the buildings were in such a bad shape it was a wonder anything was still standing! There wasn't anything worth taking so I stuck close to the group, it was now I got a little background information on Barret, this was Barrets home town and the very reason he started AVALANCHE, (A.N. Barret may say he started it to save the planet but at first he just wanted to get revenge on Shinra) Shinra is the very reason Coral is in this sorry state but that did not surprise me, what surprised me is that the people of Coral blamed Barret for all their sorrow! Barret hates Shinra as much as me so as member of AVALANCHE I was going to set them straight or I would have if Cloud did not grab my arm and gave a look that said do not interfere.

Enough reminiscing, we are now in the Gold Sorcer! The most fun place in the world and the only good thing to come out of Shinra! This place has eight different areas, the Station, Wonder, Battle, Shoot, Spooky, Chocobo, Play and Round. The names don't make any sense but then again Shinra never does. The Station is simple, this is where you catch the Air Tram which takes you too and from the Gold Sorcer.

Wonder is the amusement section of the Gold Sorcer. This is where you will find all the arcade games. I want to know what the fuss about arcade games are but I have to wait for everyone to make up their mind about what their destination.

Battle is the fighting arena, where men and women come to test their bravery against monsters, it sounds simple but after every round you may incur a penalty to make the battles harder and more interesting for the spectators.

Shoot is a roller coaster ride with a gun, you have to shoot lots of different objects to gain points, the higher the points the better the prize you receive.

Spooky is the Haunted hotel, I really hope we don't have to go in there.

Chocobo is the Chocobo racing area, people come here to gamble on Chocobo's or bring their own Chocobo's and race them. A chocobo is a really big flightless bird, fully grown it is ten feet tall and over three hundred pounds, I heard that there are at least five different kinds of chocobo and all are distinguished by colour but I don't really care about that because I've never ridden one.

Play is the theatre section of the Gold Sorcer. This is where novice actors come to hit the big time but rarely succeed.

Round is the Gondola ride which lets you see the sites of the Gold Sorcer, I hear it's where lovers go to make out, GROSS! I can see it in my mind now, Tifa or Aeris dragging a protesting cloud with them.

As I come out of my mindless daze, I see every one looking at me, What the hell have I done wrong now! And it hits me, I must have been speaking out loud or shouted gross when the thought of people making out came to mind. I tell them I was thinking out loud and they drop it quickly enough

I watch Cloud walk over to the directory, no doubt to decided which area to go too. Tifa and Aeris keep taking quick glimpses to him and the entrance to the Gondola ride. It was easy to see what they were scheming and a feeling came over me I have never had, I don't know what this feeling is and I don't like it, so I'm going to do the only thing that comes to mind.

I walk over to Cloud, grab his arm and drag him to the entrance of the Wonder section, I look over my shoulder and see both Tifa and Aeris giving me a glair, I just smirk and quicken my pace. Cloud didn't put up much resistance but with his heavy footsteps he clearly did not want to go to the arcade.

As we reach the arcade, Cloud pry's himself from my grip and walks over to the seating area, I follow close on his heals. He sat and I wait until he looks at me, I give him a look that says I want something, Cloud asks what I want. In a proud and happy voice I tell him straight up "I need some Gill". If I was asking Barret, he would have said something like "what happened to the money we have given you already!" And of course I could not tell him I had spent it junk food, he would become really angry with me then.

It didn't take long for cloud to make up his mind, he stuffed his hand in his pocket and handed me a thousand Gill! I have just struck it rich or I would have if Cloud didn't bring me back from cloud nine. Cloud tells me that all the arcade games are one hundred Gill to play! I take back what nice things I said about the Gold Sorcer, it's just like the rest of Shinra: flashy and deceiving.

I've got a better idea, I'll take Cloud to the battle arena and get him to fight and I'll place a bet on Cloud to win, so when he does I will be filthy stinking rich!

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