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Chapter 12
„Meeting with bandits"
Delgado felt that something was touching his nose
-„ Wake up Del!" – he heard a annoying cheerful voice -„ The sun is shining!"
When Delgado opened his eyes, he couldn't see by the sun. But second later he saw a finger on his nose.
-„ How were you sleeping?" – Cait asked still holding his finger on the boy's nose. Delgado rubbed his green eyes and smiled
-„ Good because your fur is warm. Thanks"
Cait put away his finger from the nose. Delgado was sitting under the tree. Cait was on his lap and was looking on him. The boy yawned and stroke his purple hair.
-„ Where are we?" – Delgado asked. He was awake, but his mind was yet away from the reality.
-„ Don't you remember?" – Cait said -„ We are on the clearing in the forest. You were sleeping here and I was warming you"
And now Del's mind had awake like a sleeping prince
-„ Oh yeah, I remember!" – the boy said louder -„ We were going to Fyrwen Port"
Cait looked in the other direction.
-„ When I activated myself, I saw a road down there" – he pointed down the hill, where the road was -„ I think we can go this way"
Delgado grabbed Cait and placed him on the ground
-„ Maybe you're right…" – Del slowly get on his legs -„ The forest road is always better"
And so, they both get down on the road. It was a really beautiful and shiny day. The birds were singing, they could here leaves on the trees. And it was warm, even that the twigs on the tree were covering the sun. Cait Sith was walking near Delgado's legs. When he was looking on the front, he could see the light that could get between the twigs and show itself on the road. He had a impression that this was a way to heaven. But then he looked on his friend who was searching something in his pocket.
-„ Sorry that I haven't give you this earlier..." – then Delgado pulled out a little gold dinglebell -„ I made this for you yesterday"
They stopped. Cait looked on the dinglebell.
-„ For me?"
-„ Yeah" – Delgado knelt to Cait Sith -„ I did this for you because you're my friend. And this will remind our friendship"
He took Cait's paw and placed on it the dinglebell. Cait looked on it. The dinglebell was polished and he could see his cat face.
-„ And I'm supposed to wear this?" – Cait asked
-„ If you want"
Cait grinned and looked on Delgado.
-„ If I'm going to wear this, firstly I must have a line for it" – and Cait hide the dinglebell in his red cape -„ Thank you Del. I never received a gift and I must say that's nice"
Delgado smiled
-„ I wanted to make you happy. And I like to give something to someone"
Then they continued the march. Of course, Delgado was questioning Cait about everything…
-„ Cait, you said that you're a fortune teller right?"
-„ Yep" – the cat replied
-„ Will you tell me mine fortune"
Cait frowned
-„ Hmm… I don't know… If I will make something wrong, don't call me a phoney"
-„ Sure I won't. I'm just curious"
-„ Alright then" – Cait grinned -„ Since I don't have my moogle, I must tell it"
Cait frowned. Delgado was looking on him, interested what he will hear. But Cait frowned more.
-„ Strange…" – he said quietly
-„ What? What's strange?" – Delgado astonished
-„ I don't know… but I see that you're… lying?"
They slow down the march.
-„ Lying?" – Del asked
-„ Yeah… on the ground. You're lying on the ground. I don't see anything else, but you're just lying there in the darkness, on the ground."
The boy smiled
-„ I will be lying on the ground in future"
And they both laughed
-„ What a stupid fortune" – said Cait -„ I think that I still need some practice
They returned to the same march speed. They were still laughing, but then Delgado stopped and returned to questioning…
-„ Cait? Had you once read a serious fortune?"
And then Cait's smile disappeared. He looked down and he curled his cat ears.
-„ What?" – Delgado asked -„ Did I said something wrong?"
-„ No…" – Cait said softly, but with sad tone -„ Do you remember Aeris?"
-„ Yeah. You were telling about her when you were talking abou Cloud's party"
-„ Good. And do you remember the fortune that I read for Cloud when he was in Gold Saucer?"
-„ I remember. But what this means?" – Del asked
-„ You see… this fortune… „ you will loose something dear" … it was about Aeris's death"
Delgado was in shock. They stopped
-„ She… she was…"
-„ Very important for Cloud" – Cait continued -„ Cloud loved her very much. Aeris was a very good woman. Delicate, shy… she loved nature. And she heard the voice of the Planet. But Sephiroth killed her"
Delgado knelt down to Cait
-„ I miss Aeris" – Cait said with sad tone -„ She was very nice for me and she trusted me. Everyone loved her. Because Sephiroth killed her, on Cloud's eyes, Cloud was very angry and by that anger he killed Sephiroth. But then everyone were crying many hours. I wanted too… but I couldn't because I'm not real. They thought that I have no heart. Also they thought that it was my fault that she died because I was too slow. That crushed me. I have AI, and I have feeling too. Maybe they're not real… but they are…"
Cait felt then a hand on his head. Delgado was stroking him
-„ I'm sorry" – Delgado said with compassion -„ I didn't want to remind you this. You know, for me…"
Cait's ears suddenly get up
-„ Huh?" – Del astonished
But then he could hear a laugh
-„ Who… who is that?" – Delgado asked when he was looking on the forest, to the direction that laughers were coming from -„ Who is there?"
-„ You two shouldn't be here alone…" – he heard a creepy voice -„ Forests can be dangerous for travelers."
Till Delgado could respond, 4 men had jumped out from the bushes and they surrounded Cait Sith and the boy.
They were forest bandits. One was tall and muscled. Second was very fat and he had a mace. Third had a rat-looking face and had a gun. The fourth member of the band was very little and his legs and hands were looking like twigs. He was the leader of the band.
-„ Bandits!!!" – Delgado shouted when he saw the ugly and stinky men.
-„ He, he, he" – the short one laugh -„ Of course we are little boy! And now if you two don't want to get hurt, give us everything that you have!" – then he looked on Cait's crown -„ I see that you have a pretty crown little kitty. I will look good in this…"
The bandits laugh.
But Cait only grinned and covered Delgado to protect him
-„ Yeah good. As a king of gnomes you would look just great" – he said to piss him off
-„ Cait, what are you doing?!" – Delgado whispered to the cat -„ This is not fun…"
Shorty frowned, but then he smiled.
-„ You think little kitty that you can be a mach for us? Look on yourself little furball"
-„ If you think that I'm scared, you would receive a prize for the biggest mistake. Just look into my eyes and you will know that there's no jokes with me"
There was 2 minutes of silence.
-„ Cait?" – Del whispered to his friend again
-„ Not now!" – Cait replied also whispering -„ I'm feeling into the role!"
-„ But… this can be hard for them"
Cait's face puzzled, but then he smiled and put his gloved finger on his head.
-„ Oh yeah…" – Cait whispered back -„ I forgot that my eyes are looking like lines"
Now the shorty was pissed off
-„ Alright! Let's teach those two what is pain! Bonzo?"
The muscled one had stepped in front of Delgado and Cait Sith
-„ Time for crush!" – he said and aimed his fist on Cait's face, but he only hit the ground. He could see now Cait in front of his face.
-„ I'm faster than you half-brained" – Cait smiled
-„ You little…" – Bonzo launched his fist again, but Cait disappeared in front of his eyes and now he could see his own fist, and later the yellow stars on blue background.
-„ Bonzo, be ashamed of you!" – shorty shouted when he looked on lying bandit and his teeth near his head -„Tiko?" – he snapped by his fingers
Tico was the one who was fat and he had a mace in his hand.
-„ Kiss your $$ for goodbye" – and then he charged on Cait Sith with his mace.
SWISH!!
Cait dug to avoid the meeting with the spikes from mace. Then he stood.
-„ What a nice plumpy!" – he grinned and jumped
This made fat bandit angry so he threw his mace on Cait, but the cat flew highter and the mace was twisting farter and he his the rat face of the other bandid. That caused, that the rat-faced pull the trigger of his gun, and the bullet had hit Tico's forehead. They both collapsed on the ground.
Delgado didn't knew what to do. Stay sharp or start to cry from laugh. Cait landed on his foot and looked on the two.
-„ You died already?" – he complained with grin on his face -„ I thought that this will be fun…"
But then something grabbed him from behind and his receptors felt something sharp on his neck.
-„ Now I got you!"
It was the short one. He grabbed Cait and he was holding a knife on his neck. Cait tried to make a move, but the bandit hold him too tight. And he couldn't use his claws.
-„ Lesson 56: don't be self-confidence when you will beat 3 dumbs. There will be always someone else" – Cait thought to himself. He looked where is Delgado, but the boy disappeared.
-„ And now you scum, I'm going to… uuuhhhh"
The bandit let go Cait. The cat quickly run away from shorty and looked on him. The bandit turned his eyes and fall on the ground. Then he saw Delgado, with his left hand up.
-„ Maybe that's not a fun move, but it's useful in uncomfortable situations" – Del smiled, but then he had a serious look -„ Better let's get out from here. Those two can wake up soon"
Cait didn't reply because Delgado the cat on his shoulders and run away…
30 minutes later…
-„ Who teached you that move?" – Cait finally broke the silence
-„ Dad, in case if someone would like to hurt me" – Delgado smiled. Cait was sitting on his arms and he only moved a bit for better comfort for him and the boy -„ You must only know a special place to push. Anyways I'm surprised" – he looked up on Cait -„ You were supposted to be weak. But you showed those bandits!" – Delgado said in excitement.
-„ Oh, bandits are nothing" – Cait replied -„ They are always easy to beat them. Bigger trouble is with monsters and serious maniacs. And this was your first fight Del?"
-„ Yep" – Delgado replied shortly on Cait's question -„ And I hope that those battles will be more excitement"
-„ I see that you love to make me a piggy ride" – Cait smiled and put his gloved hands on Delgado's purple hair.
-„ Hey don't change the subject" – said the boy -„ I must also know how…"