At the landing area of Wutai's airship, the Shinra Army had seized and built a stronghold there.
Shinra's troop consisted of 3rd class soldiers that were supervised by 2nd class soldiers. Zack Fair.
He was now looking at them patrolling the area. He was bored out of his mind.
"When will the war end so that I can go back home *sigh*"
He really missed his home and really wanted to go back. He didn't want to be a soldier so he could kill innocent people.
He at first wanted to be a hero but when he finally stepped onto the battlefield he knew that it wasn't as he had thought.
"War is never about hero or villain in the first place. It is about the destruction and the suffering of innocent people."
He could only sighed. He couldn't do anything if the order was issued. He could only try to reduce the damage done to the civilians.
Zack was now full of regrets. He didn't know what his friend would say to him when he knew what he had done.
"I hope Cloud would never have to face something like I do. He's too kind for that…"
Zack then went back to work after he was sure that nothing wrong happened but when he was about to step inside his office. There was a huge explosion in the south.
"No way, Wutai really come to attack this place. Are they that stupid!"
Zack knew that Wutai ninja were strong, but they couldn't hope to fight with Shinra soldiers. Not only that, they didn't have any modern weaponry. Their number was also less than theirs.
This war Shinra would win no matter what angle you see it.
Zack jumped from the high building that his office was in. Then he rode his big motorcycle to the place where he heard the explosion. Before he went there. He ordered his soldiers to stay alert in case that the enemy just wanted to lure him out.
At the place where the explosion occurred.
Jaune and his group were looking at Ruby. They didn't think that Ruby would be that good with the explosion.
"Eh…I just mix the fire dust with the explosion materia. I didn't think the explosion would be this big I swear!"
Ruby swore that she didn't do it on purpose but.
"It's okay Ruby, Don't change."
Jaune smiled warmly at Ruby who was now blushing hard. He remembered when they met each other at the main avenue at beacon.
Ruby looked at him and nodded. She could only think.
'How can he look so good when he smiles?'
Blake, who was near them, wanted to speak to them but her ear twitched a little.
"You two stop flirting for a sec. Do you hear that?"
Blake spoke to Jaune and Ruby. Now there were only her, Jaune, and Ruby here. Pyrrha Ifalna and Yang were nowhere to be found.
They split up to go on their assigned missions.
And after Blake said that, A man with a sleeveless turtle-neck sweater appeared.
"Who are you people? You all seem to not be from Wutai, right."
The man asked them curiously. He seemed to be friendly but Jaune and Blake thought otherwise. Ruby still didn't have much experience in seeing through people. So she just stared at the man blankly.
"Well, You shouldn't play with that dangerous thing kid. Please send it to me before you blow someone up."
The man pointed at the materia in Ruby's hand. Ruby frowned and spoke.
"No! This one Jaune gave to me. I won't hand it to anyone."
The man saw that he didn't feel angry or anything. He just sighed.
"Why don't you two speak to your child? It is very dangerous as you can see. Please give it to me. I will pay you with gils okay. I didn't ask for it for free!"
The man tried to convince them rather than using force. Jaune didn't know what to do. If the other party used force he would fight back but now he seemed to be a friendly guy.
He looked at Blake, who was now blushing like Ruby did earlier. He didn't know what happened to her for her to be like that.
Jaune didn't know that Blake was thinking about what the man had said, like they were a family with a husband and wife and their child.
And when the man was about to convince them again. He heard a warning sound come from the airport!
"So it is like I thought. You all are just a decoy to lure me out, not bad Wutai."
The man then looked at them with a smile but his eyes told them that he was about to kill them.
What a mess this one was.