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As the dawn broke over the morning sky, Tev yawned as he pushed himself up from bed. He opened his bedroom door and headed down the corridors of the airship. He entered the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee to help wake himself up. When he was refreshed he headed back to his room being careful not to wake his wife.

After he was dressed he headed into the Celsius' cockpit and sat down in the captain's seat. He began to power up a few of the ship's systems then switched on it's outside speakers. Tev turned the volume to its maximum setting then took a hold of the microphone. He cleared his throat then tapped on the microphone to see if it was working. When was ready he brought his mouth up close and…………

"GOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDD MORNING MIFUNE VILLAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Tev at the top of his lungs

At that moment every single person in the village bolted up from their beds wide awake. Rekks shot up from his bed and slammed his fist down on the nearby in anger.

"He is so DEAD!" Rekks declared.

Chapter 5: Two Months

Later that morning the troops that had arrived were hard at work performing construction work. Rekks, Cana, Vid, Rose, Tev, Shay, and Zialas were in the main tent with Mr. Kurosawa and his assistants.

"I'm so glad you all came. I appreciate you all giving up your time to help us." Stated Kurosawa

"I hope you do better than last time." Snorted Chico

"Don't worry we have assembled an all star team. There's me, Vidina, Canahedo, our cousin Tevolusus, his wife Shayla and the master bounty hunter Zialas Ronso." Remarked Rekks

"Well thank you all." Smiled Kurosawa

Zialas snorted then walked out of the tent. Rekks chuckled slightly then headed off after him.

"What's up?' Rekks asked

"Bad man no here yet, I no care. Go back to room rest more then train." Replied Zialas

"But we're supposed to be a team. This is when we come up with our big plan to defeat the bad guy." Replied Rekks

"No need plan. When time come, I fight. I win." Replied Zialas

Zialas continued on leaving Rekks bewildered. Rekks then headed back to the tent in time to see Tev and Shay walk out.

"Where are you two going?" asked Rekks

"I have the building plans and need to go check on the construction." Responded Shay

"And I need to work on the designs for the weapons for the defense structures." Added in Tev

"But we're a team." Stated Rekks

"See ya." They both said as they walked off

Rekks groaned as he watched them walk away. Rekks turned around and began to enter the tent when he saw Cana and Vid walk out of the tent.

"And what's with you guys?" exclaimed Rekks

"I'm expecting an important message from Bevelle, I can't stay any longer." Answered Cana

"And I wanted to see how good dees 300 troops are." Responded Vid

"But we're a team." He stated

"Sorry." They replied

Vid and Cana walked away, Rekks really started to become angry now. He turned back toward the tent's entrance to see Rose standing in the opening.

"And where do you have to go to?" asked Rekks

"No where just waiting for you to come back in." she responded

"Oh." Rekks was speechless

Rekks then followed Rose into the tent. Mr. Kurosawa pulled out a couple of maps of Mifune Village as well as some maps of the area around the village. Rose then pulled out some copies of the building plans and weapons designs created by Tev and Shay.

"This is the full layout of the Village. According to your friend's plans, along the outskirts there will be a short wall. Small gaud towers outfitted with some cannons, and strategic places to place the troops that will provide them with cover and to fall back to. Can they build this all in two months along with the repairs to the village?" asked Mr. Kurosawa

"You'd be surprised what my friends can do. If Shay and Tev say they can do it I believe them." Replied Rekks

"That's surprising considering all the soldiers I see just hanging around the village doing nothing." Snorted Kambei

"You just worry about yourself." Replied Rekks

"Anyways, Rose what information do you have on the analysis of the Caverns. Any word from Bevelle." Asked Kurosawa

"I asked around while I was there. They went through all the records they could find. And nothing. If it a storage area for fayth prototypes, then I guess they wanted to keep their past failures a secret." Replied Rose

"Was there any records on Yul? Do we know anything about him?" asked Kurosawa

"No, again I asked all my contacts and there was nothing." Replied Rose

"It's like this guy doesn't even exist. No one knows where he came from, no one anything about him." Added Rekks

"The problem is he dose exist. The charred remains of our village are proof of that." Snorted Kambei

"The entrance to the Caverns is located near the center of the village. We can't let him get there. He'll leave a path of destruction along the way and who knows what will happen if he reaches the Cavern." Remarked Petra

"He'll never reach that Cavern. We'll stop him I swear it." stated Rekks

"We hope you can back up that claim." Responded Britt

"Don't worry about it. Just trust us." Smiled Rose

Rekks turned to her and gave a slight chuckle. Rekks and Rose discussed strategy with Kurosawa for a few more minutes before they broke off so Kurosawa could continue his work on the Cavern. Rekks and Rose headed out of the cavern and started walking down the streets of Mifune village passing by some soldiers, sitting around talking.

"Thanks for sticking around and helping me." Smiled Rekks

"Don't mention it. I'm here to protect the village. And you seem to be on the right path to doing it. See ya later." Smiled Rose as she walked off

Rekks stood there and watched her walk off before continuing on down the street.

Meanwhile in the Celsius communication room, Cana had just finished talking with Baralai. Vid opened the door and came in to take a seat by her.

"So how'd it go?" asked Vid

"Still no word." Sighed Cana

"Ya think dey woulda figured somethin out."

"After my Dad came back they ran some test on him, but he just wanted to get on with his life so they ended everything. When my brother and I were born our parents didn't want us to be experimented on. Since nothing strange happened to any of us everyone just assumed everything was fine."

"Well it ain't fine. Somethin happened to you. What if….what if next time, somethin bad happens. We don't know anythin about what happened, last time you went unconscious and felt drained. What if next time ya get seriously hurt?"

"Thanks for your concern, but I'll be fine. I'm a big girl now."

"You don't need ta tell me dat. But, it doesn't stop me from worryin."

Cana smiled at Vid. She got up then threw her arms around Vid as she sat down in his lap. He smiled at her as she leaned in for a kiss.

"How did the troop inspection go?" asked Cana as she hugged Vid

"It went all right. But, now I know what Rekks met when he said we weren't getting the best the army had to offer. Some of dees guys are noobs. I can beat em wid my hand behind my back."

"It's better than nothing. Besides I can train them. If I can put together a champion Blitzball team made entirely of knuckle heads like you and my brother. Training these guys will be a piece of cake."

"Yeah I guess. Do ya think Rekks will be mad dat we skipped his little strategy meeting?"

"Oh, he'll get over it. What I'm afraid of his how'll he'll react when we tell him what we learned about the weird power thing."

"If we learn anythin."

"We'll get through this."

Vid smiled at Cana again as he leaned in for a kiss. They sat there enjoying each others company.

Over on the other side of the village Rekks was walking around the outskirts of the city when something caught his attention. Rekks walked up to an old building just outside of the village. He walked around the building to find Zialas training intensely. His spear whipped through the air with lighting speed. Rekks leaned against the building as he watched the Ronso warrior train.

Zialas continued to train for a while longer, but soon noticed Rekks' presence. Zialas stabbed his spear into the ground and went over to his pack to grab his water bottle. He guzzled down some water then shook off the sweat from his body.

"Impressive. What do you say you teach me to fight like you?" asked Rekks

"No interested." Zialas replied

"Come on. We're supposed to be a team. Part of teamwork is sharing what you got with your teammates." Remarked Rekks

"Only one reason why I fight. And it not to teach you."

"Why do you fight then?"

"No business yours."

"Please teach me how to fight like you. You're one of the best fighters I've ever seen."

"No. I no teacher. I fight. I defeat enemy. That it."

"We need to work together or else Yul will beat us."

"No need no one. I fight alone. I always fight alone. And I win."

Zialas put his water bottle back into his bag then went back to his spear and continued training. Rekks watched him for a little while longer before walking away.

On the east side of the village Shay sat on the roof on a building over looking the construction with Cana sitting right by her. Just underneath the two Rose stood, leaning against the building under the shade.

"hehehe, look at Tev." Giggled Shay as she pointed at her husband.

Tev was pushing a wheel barrel full of bricks when it tipped over causing some of the bricks to fall on his foot. He began to hop in pain wildly before accidentally falling backwards into the sand.

All three of the women laughed as they watched Tev's goofy antics. Just then everyone stopped looking when they saw someone running toward them. It was Rekks, he was shirtless and lugging heavy weights on his back as he ran around the outskirts of the village. They watched as he struggled through the desert sands carrying the weights.

"What's up with him?" asked Shay

"I don't know. He usually only trains like that when something really gets under his skin." Remarked Cana

Rekks was panting heavily, the heat was getting to him. The weights were got heavier and heavier with each step. He was getting tired, but he had to continue on. He couldn't stop. He had two months, two months to become stronger. There was a lot of work to be done.

He ran for a few minutes longer then stopped to take a breathe. He fell to his knees and tried to recover himself as he wiped the sweat away. He looked over to see a group of soldiers sitting around laughing and talking. Rekks clenched his fist and growled in anger. He walked over to the soldiers and immediately grabbed one of them by the collar of his shirt.

"What the hell do you think you're doing just sitting around!" Shouted Rekks

"Sorry sir, we were only taking a small break." Pleaded the solider

"What does it matter there's nothing to do for two whole months." Added another solider

Rekks angrily threw down the soldier and headed for the Celsius. He entered the ship and headed straight for the control room. He looked over the control panel until he found the button he was looking for. He pressed down on the button and covered his ears, as a the deafening sound of a bell rang throughout the Village. Everyone sprang to their feet as they rushed to the ship.

Zialas was still training when he heard the sound of the warning bell. He gripped he spear as he set off down the streets of the village. Soldiers dropped what they were doing, villagers ran in fear. Soon everyone gathered at the ship and began looking around for danger. Just then Rekks appeared on top of the Celsius microphone in hand.

"Is this what it takes to bring you all together? Is this what it takes to bring you guys out of your self absorption? Oh, I'm a loner, there's plenty of time I can just relax. Well, for the people of this village there isn't any time. Every second from now until Yul shows up again is crucial. We should be working together, we should be preparing ourselves. We need Team Work! We need to plan, we need to build, but most of all we need to remember what's at stake people's lives. Remember what happened, he's killed many, he's destroyed most of this village. And when he gets what he wants from this village I have no doubt that he'll move on and keep going until he's destroyed everything." Rekks threw down the microphone

He headed back into the ship then down the ramp heading through the crowd on his way back to where he was staying. At the last moment Rekks decided against returning back to his room and headed off to a place just outside the city. He sat down on a rock and relaxed for a bit.

He closed his eyed and remembered back to the moment when he looked right into Yul's eyes. He grabbed the hilt of his sword and sprang up to his feet. He drew the blade with lighting quick speed. He began slicing the air practicing with his sword. He kept swinging and swinging, focusing on trying to improve himself.

"Your left foot is turned the wrong way and your stance is too wide." Came a voice from behind him

Rekks stopped what he was doing and turned around to see Zialas standing there.

"Now you want to help." He asked

"You impress. You have heart of warrior. I can respect that." Zialas replied

Zialas got into a fighting stance and pointed his spear at Rekks.

"What are you doing?" Rekks asked

"Best way to learn, is to fight."

Rekks smirked as he got into a fighting stance as well. Zialas thrust his spear at Rekks. Rekks side stepped the first attack, then made a swipe at Zialas' mid section. Zialas dodged the attack then came at Rekks with some lighting fast strikes. Rekks barely managed to block the attacks as he tumbled backward falling down on his ass.

"Much to learn." Remarked Zialas

Back on the other side of the village Rose was busy putting the soldiers to work. Half of them were with her and Shay, rebuilding the village and completing work on the defenses, while the other half were with Vid and Tev training for the upcoming fight. Cana was with the villagers helping them out. She sat down for a moment to watch all the soldiers and people who were inspired by Rekks' speech hard at work. Mr. Kurosawa took a seat by her and lit his pipe to have a smoke.

"I didn't he really had it in him. Usually before a big game, I'm the one giving the inspirational speeches. But look at everyone, he's certainly lit a fire." Remarked Cana

"It's not surprising. When a man has feels like he's let down the people he cares about. You'll do anything to make it better." Replied Kurosawa

"He seems different, almost driven. It's kinda weird to watch. Even when he played Blitz, he was never this focused. When he blitzed, he always played it cool, relaxed."

"A single loss can teach you more about yourself than any number of wins."

"It's nice to finally see all these people doing more than just wasting our village's resources." Snorted Chico

"Chico show some respect." Commanded Kurosawa

"I will when our village is safe. Last time these guys came here the village was worst off then before they came. Just cuz there's more of them doesn't mean they'll do any better." Replied Chico

Chico snickered as he leaned against a near by wall. Just then the wall exploded as 3 fiends appeared in the air. Chico scrambled along the ground trying to get away as the fiends screeched loudly. Cana sprang to her feet and helped the villagers get away. The fiends caught sight of a group of children and headed straight for them.

One of the fiends was only inches away when it was brought down by gunfire. Standing on top of a building holding an Al Bhed machine gun Shay leaped into the air with joy for hitting her mark. The other two fiends screeched as the swung around and came right at Shay. A spiked blitzball whizzed through the air striking down another fiend. Vid smiled as the last fiend came toward him. Tev came up from behind Vid and finished strapping on his alchemy arm. He reached into a pouch on his side and pulled out a few items placing them in a compartment on the arm.

"Hehe, Mode 1! BIG PUNCH!!!!" shouted Tev

Tev activated his arm, the device began to glow as it absorbed the items. As large metal fist appeared on Tev's hand. He pulled back his arm and drove the fist into the fiend right as it flew toward him obliterating it. Tev did a short victory dance as the arm transformed back to normal. Suddenly everyone heard a large growl as three fiends appeared on the ground running toward the heroes.

Before they could do anything Zialas' spear shot through the air taking one of the fiends down. Another one leaped up and jumped onto Tev knocking him to the ground. Rekks rushed over to his cousin and slashed the fiend in two. Rose came in from the side and finished off the last one with a swipe from her sword. They nodded to each other as Rekks helped Tev to his feet.

"Thanks, what do you think brought these guys into this neck of the woods?" asked Tev as he began to un-strap his alchemy arm

"They must have become alerted by the bell I rang. Maybe that wasn't such a good thing?" chuckled Rekks

"At least it tell us something important." Stated Zialas

"And what's that?" asked Vid

"Where ever Yul is, it some place nearby. Close enough for him keep an eye." Answered Zialas

"How can you tell that?" asked Tev

"Think about it. Normal fiends wouldn't normally come into a village especially if they do hear a large sound. This was a test." Added Rose

"And how can you tell this was a test?" asked Tev

"Again, think. If he really wanted to take us down. He would of sent everything at us while we weren't ready. He just wanted to see what we could do, scope us out." Replied Shay

"Oh." Remarked Tev

A few miles from the village standing on a sand dune was Yul. He smiled slight as he started walking away from the village.

"So there are more." Remarked Yul

To be continued……………………

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Things have gotten of to a shaky start, but as for the road ahead the path is not clear. Also some very important things will be expanded on in the next chapter. Remember to send your reviews, thoughts questions, suggestions, opinions, etc. Keep an eye out for the next chapter, coming soon Chapter 6: Team Work