Journal Day 10:  Well, it's been a while since I last saw Lars.  I've been dealing with the WM lately, but tonight now I'm taking a break.  It's raining like HELL outside, only a day before the festivities start.  The lightning combined with the darkness and rain seem to give Wutai a pretty eerie effect.  Hmm.  I didn't think anyone would be out on a night like this, but I could make out some distinct images in the distance.  I think they were heading over to my house.  I hoped that it wasn't the stupid Mafia, again, here to threaten me after I gave them a solid whooping yesterday.  The people out there seemed to be arguing about something.....
 

Yuffie:  I can't believe this!

(Yuffie dashes through the rain with her metal arm guard over her head)

Shake (Who's head is barely above the water on the floor):  HELP!  I'm drowning!

Yuffie:  Argh!  I hate this stupid project!

Judith:  Well, you didn't have to come along!  You chose to, remember?

Yuffie:  You're the idiot who decided that we shouldn't have stopped at that inn back there!  And now we can't find the Wutai inn!

Lenore:  Well, it IS your hometown.... why don't you know where the inn is?

Yuffie:  Because my stupid hometown didn't have an inn for some reason!  Oh sure, all the other towns in FFVII have inns, but does Wutai?  Noooooooo.....

Lenore:  I think it's because you could sleep for free at Godo's house.

Yuffie:  That was dumb.  But anyway, we have to get out of this rain, quick!

Shake:  Gurgle gurgle.....

(Lenore looks in her pocket mirror)

Lenore:  All of this water can't be good for my hair....

Judith:  Where are you going, you idiot?  That's the wrong way!

Yuffie:  What?  Do you have any better ideas?

Shake:  Aaaaaaaaah!

(Shake sinks into the water)

Judith:  Why are you leading the way, anyway?  You're too incompetant to be leader!

Yuffie:  What?!?  I'm a much better leader than you!

(Lenore pulls Shake out of the large puddle while Yuffie and Judith argue about a bunch of pointless crap)

(Yuffie grabs Judith by the hair and slams her down into the wet floor)

Shake:  Ptooie!

(Shake spits out a fish)

Judith (getting up):  YOU BITCH!

Yuffie:  Wait.... what did you call me?

Lenore:  Um.... this isn't the place for a cat fight.

Judith:  Stop!  I recognize that house!  Let's go over there!

Yuffie:  Why?

(Judith knocks on the door)

(A young girl with an orange bandana and vest opens it up)

Judith:  Huh?  Who are you?

Voice from inside:  Bridgette!  Who's there?

Bridgette:  .......

(A young man who looks decidedly familiar walks over)

Staniv:  ARIA!!!!!!!!!  You came back to visit me!
 
 

(Yuffie, Judith, Lenore, and Shake are inside, sitting at a table and drinking coffee.  Yuffie's feet are in one of those hot water buckets... you know, the kind you use when you have a cold from the cold on TV and... ah nevermind.)

Yuffie:  Mmmm...... mocha.....

Staniv:  So, sis, where have you been all this time?

Judith:  Um......

Staniv:  Ever since you eloped with that guy, I haven't heard from you!

Judith:  I was....

Yuffie (whispering to Judith):  When did you become Staniv's sister?

Judith (whispering back):  I don't know!  My mom is his sister, not me!  And... oh wait, that's it.  I look like my mom.  At any rate, my mom put me in Uncle Staniv's care a long time ago, so I have no clue as to what happened to her!

Staniv:  Well, you seem to be tired from your journey.  Hey, Bridgette, get us some more coffee, please.

Bridgette:  .......

(Bridgette leaves)

Staniv:  Oh wow.... you're a clockwork collector, Aria?  I never knew that!  That's awesome!  WOW!   A MH5000!  That's the latest model of clockwork that they're working on!  I didn't even know they were perfected yet!

(Staniv looks at Yuffie)

Yuffie:  Huh?

Staniv:  Where did you get her?  That's one of the rarest versions, ever!  It must be worth a million gil!

Yuffie:  Me?

Judith:  I.... er.......

Staniv:  HEY!  A GC150!  I didn't know they even started on those, yet!  All work on those were supposed to be only tentative and theoretical!  And that's kinda cute, dressing her up in the school uniform that they have planned for the future.

Lenore:  HUH?

Staniv:  She must be worth TWICE as much as an MH5000!  Do you have connections with Edrick or something?

Judith:  Um........ yea, that's it.

Yuffie:  Gawd!  This talk of putting a price on my head is making me feel REALLY uncomfortable.... and why the hell does Lenore get to be worth more than me?

Shake:  A million gil... psh.  More like NEGATIVE a million....

Yuffie:  Shaddup!

(Bridgette puts some more coffee on the table and starts refilling Yuffie's cup)

Bridgette:  .........

Judith:  Um....  these are my friends.  I don't own them.

Staniv:  Really?  Never heard of a clockwork acting on it's own before....

Yuffie:  Hey, what's up with stoneface?

(Yuffie looks at Bridgette)

Judith:  Yea.... she seems kinda.... out of it or something.  And who is she, anyway?

Staniv:  Bridgette?  Oh, she's a gift from Edrick when I freed his company from the WM.  She's a  TH200, I think.

Bridgette:  ..........

Judith:  Hmm.... what's that?

Staniv:  Thief-type clockwork. She's only version 200, so she can't talk like those snazzy new models that you have, but I've gotten kinda attached to her, and wouldn't trade her for any other clockwork in the world!

Yuffie:  What kind of clockwork am I?

Staniv:  Hmm.... well, I've never seen a clockwork actually act so... human before.  This is really interesting!  Aria, you have got to hook me up, sometime!

Judith:  Umm.... yeah, I'll make sure I do that.

Staniv:  She's a material-hunter type clockwork.  It's a new type that they're working on, but I never heard of a finished model!  Rumour has it that they're selfish and hard to take care of, but the rewards for doing so are great!

Yuffie:  ......... yea, the rewards had better be great....

Staniv:  And that's a gun-com type clockwork.  Their mind is in sync with their weaponry... but work on them hasn't even been started yet!

Judith:  Oooooooooookay, so... what's a clockwork?

Staniv:  HUH?

Judith:  Um..... well, it's not that I don't know.  It's just that... er... I'm curious about your opinion, my dear brother.  (Ack!  That felt wierd)

Staniv:  Oh!  You mean my opinion on whether clockworks are equal to humans or not!  Well.... I'm not sure, frankly.  Generally speaking, it doesn't seem like it, but the latest ones you brought in have caused me to change my opinion.  They have so much personality!

(Staniv looks at Yuffie bonking Shake on the head because Shake stole her mocha)

Yuffie:  Mine, mine, mine, dammit!

Staniv:  Why, if I didn't know better, I'd say that your clockworks ARE humans, in fact!

Judith:  Hmm.... that still doesn't tell me much.

Staniv:  Well, they're produced by Edrick's company, so you should ask him the next time you see him.

Judith:  Um.... yea, I think I'll do that.

Staniv:  They're basically robots or cyborgs that are combat based, but can be taught to do other things, too.

Yuffie:  I'm not a robot!

Lenore:  I don't resemble a cyborg in the least!

(There is a knocking at the door.  Bridgette walks over and opens it up)

Bridgette:  .......

(Staniv walks over to the door)

Staniv:  Uh oh.  Now THAT'S probably the WM.  I hope they didn't bring over any of their terrorist golphers, this time.

(Staniv looks out the door.  Young Kafan is standing there, while Ylluroko is holding an umbrella over her as the rain soaks him wet.  There is no facial expression on him to indicate discomfort)

Ylluroko:  .............Hmm.

Staniv:  Ylluroko!  Wow!  Everyone who left is coming to visit me today!  Isn't this great?!?

Judith:  Um....... yeah.

Ylluroko:  Kafan, I don't like it.

Kafan:  Too bad.  You'll catch pneumonia if we stay out here!  We are going in, whether you like it or not.

Ylluroko:  But he's a Whachisnam!

Kafan:  Please excuse him.

Staniv:  Kafan?  Is that you?

(Staniv looks at Kafan)

Staniv:  You've grown up!

Kafan:  Yea.... Staniv?  Can we please come in?

Staniv:  SURE!  Be my guests!

Ylluroko:  Grr!

(Kafan drags Ylluroko in)

Staniv:  You finally came back!  A lot has happened while you were gone, Ylluroko!  And I see you finally found Kafan!

Ylluroko:  Cut the small talk.  Kafan is here to take up her father's position!

(Silence as Staniv looks nervous for a second)

Staniv:  Um.... speaking of the leading dynasty.....

Ylluroko:  Ah ha!  You are nervous because you know that the Chiang will destroy you now that we have Kafan!

Staniv:  Not exactly....

Ylluroko:  Where are they, anyway?  I bet that all of the Kisaragis are cowering in their shoes!

Staniv:  Um....  Ylluroko, sit down for a sec.  You've been gone for a long two years.  A lot has happened....

Ylluroko:  I'm sure that even without Kafan, her uncle has easily mopped the floor with your clans.

Staniv:  Just sit down!

(Kafan forces Ylluroko to take a seat, which he does reluctantly.  She then sits down next to Yuffie)

Ylluroko:  Hmm....... I sense one of the Kisaragi right here!

(Ylluroko glares at Yuffie)

Yuffie:  W... who, me?

Staniv:  Nah, that's just my sister's clockwork, um....

Yuffie:  Yuffaruni.

Lenore:  Ellen.

Staniv:  Yea!  Yuffaruni and Ellen.

Ylluroko:  No........ I know that must be one of the Kisaragi!

Kafan:  Ylluroko!  You're too tense.

Ylluroko:  She must die!

Yuffie:  Me?

Ylluroko:  I challenge you, Yuffaruni Kisaragi, to a duel to the d....

Kafan:  YLLUROKO!  We'll have no duals to the death right now!

Ylluroko:  But she's....

Yuffie:  Um.... don't look at me.  I come from out of town.  I have no idea what's going on.

Kafan:  See?  That wouldn't be very nice attacking someone who just happened to be revisiting her home country, would it?

Ylluroko:  As if I gave a damn.... We must destroy the Kisaragi so they'll never rise up against us again!

Staniv:  Um.... that's what I'm trying to say.

Ylluroko:  What?

Staniv:  All of Chiang is DEAD.  Godo Kisaragi rules Wutai now.  It's been that way for two years.

Ylluroko:  WHAT?!?

Kafan:  Huh?  D.... dead?

Staniv:  Yup.

Kafan:  But... my brother!  My uncle.... what about my mom?

Staniv:  All wiped out.

Kafan:  What about Ylluroko's family?  They were supposed to fight with us and...

Staniv:  Gone.  You should've seen Godo fight!  He was great.

Kafan:  Godo?!?  NO!  This can't be happening!

Staniv:  It isn't happening.  It already did.

Yuffie:  You seem to be pretty rough on her.... she just lost her entire family!

Staniv:  But that's how it works!  A clan rules Wutai for a really long time, until things take a turn for the worse, then the next most popular clan figures that they lost their mandate to rule from Da-Chao, so they start a rebellion and take over, killing EVERYONE in that clan and their allies.  They then take over as the ruling dynasty until they get ousted later by ANOTHER clan.

Kafan:  How could he?!?

Ylluroko:  I knew it!  I told you that Godo would bring misfortune upon us all!

Staniv:  Actually, it's LORD Godo, now, and everyone is pretty much quite happy, now.  We're holding a festival tomorrow to celebrate!

Ylluroko:  This is an outrage!

(Ylluroko slams his fist on the table, spilling Yuffie's mocha coffee all over Shake)

Shake:  AAAAAAAAAAH!  HOT MOCHA!

(Shake runs around in circles screaming)

Kafan:  Mother..... father......

Ylluroko:  I brought Kafan back to save Wutai, but it looks like I was too late.

Staniv:  Don't worry about Wutai!  Now that Chiang and it's allies are all gone, Wutai has become stable again and ....

(Staniv looks at Ylluroko and Kafan)

Kafan:  We're not all dead.....

Ylluroko:  .........

Staniv:  Hmm.... Houston, we have a problem.

Ylluroko:  I shall go down fighting with honor!  Staniv Whachisnam, I challenge you to a duel to the d....

Kafan:  Ylluroko, stop!

Ylluroko:  But Kafan....

Kafan:  I..... I just want to be away from death for a while.....

(Kafan leaves the room)

Staniv:  Poor Kafan... I'll have Bridgette ready the guest rooms.

Ylluroko:  The streets of Wutai shall be stained with the blood of Kisaragi and its allies!

Staniv:  Whoa, there, Ylluroko!  Not yet!  MY clan is allied with Kisaragi!  And it's not polite to kill your host, is it?

Ylluroko:  ...........Very well, but be prepared, Staniv.  I shall destroy you, later.

Staniv:  Yea, yea, yea.  Anyway, you must be tired, so get some rest.

Ylluroko:  Damn you!  Why do you have to always do this?!?  You almost make me feel guilty for knowing that I shall cleave you in two, someday.

(Ylluroko leaves)

Yuffie:  Aren't you worried?

Staniv:  Nah... he talks big, and he really vowed to forever serve Chiang, but Ylluroko never was able to live up to what he says.

Judith:  Hmm..... brother, I am interested in this war.  Could you tell me what happened?

Staniv:  Sure thing, Aria!

(Judith and Staniv leave)

Yuffie:  Judith is starting to act wierd.

Lenore:  It's late and I'm tired.  I'm going to bed, okay?

Yuffie:  Yea, sure.  Where's Shake?

Lenore:  I think I saw her jump into the sink or something.

(Lenore leaves)

Yuffie:  Hmm..... my father was great, huh?
 
 
 
 
 

(The next morning.....)

Ylluroko:  The streets of Wutai shall be stained with the blood of....

Staniv:  Shut up and eat your breakfast!

(Bridgette puts down some green eggs and ham in front of Ylluroko)

Yuffie:  These green eggs and ham are pretty good!

Staniv:  Green?  They aren't supposed to be green....

(Yuffie's face turns green)

Lenore:  Looks like the effects of being in a house with no refrigerators has striked again.

Ylluroko:  Well, it's a nice sunny day so we don't need you anymore, Staniv.  Staniv Wachisnam, I ch...

Kafan:  Ylluroko, can you cut that out?

Ylluroko:  I want to kill someone!

Kafan:  Sigh....

Ylluroko:  I refuse to admit defeat!

Kafan:  ..............

Staniv:  Um.... I won't try to stop you here, but I guess you should be going.

Ylluroko:  Let's get out of this pit.  I can't stand being in the home of a Whachisnam, any longer!

Kafan:  Goodbye, Staniv.  I guess I'll be seeing you.... but hopefully NOT at a battlefield.

Staniv:  Yea, good luck to you too, Kafan, as long as it's not when you're trying to kill me:)

Kafan:  ....

(Kafan and Ylluroko leave)

Yuffie:  Yea, we have to leave, too.

Staniv:  So soon?

Yuffie:  We only have so much time here before Franchesca wants us back at the harbor.

Staniv:  Oh...  well, goodbye, then.

Yuffie:  Judith!

Staniv:  Judith?

Yuffie:  Oops!  I mean, Aria!

Judith:  .............

Yuffie:  Come on!

(Yuffie, Lenore, and Shake leave)

Judith:  I believe that Whachisnam deserves the mandate.

Staniv:  Well, maybe, but what are you going to do?  The people chose Godo, so I'm not going to bother with it.

Judith:  But you...

Staniv:  It's not a big deal.

Judith:  .......

(Judith leaves)
 
 
 

(It's another happenin' day at club Wutai.... wait, I think I already used that quote in another fan fic.  Okay, then, It's a wonderful sunny day at club Wutai!)

Yuffie:  That's odd... Nathan hasn't called me again.

Lenore:  Come again?

Yuffie:  He told me that he gave me an invisible telephone.

Lenore:  Eh?  There's no such thing as an invisible telephone!

Yuffie:  Yea... wierd.

(Yuffie looks at Judith)

Yuffie:  How's the project?

Judith:  Oh?  I got a lot of material on it.  Don't worry about it.

Yuffie:  Cool!  Maybe, for once in my life, I'll get an A!

Shake:  Yeah, right!  You always get Ds and Fs!

Yuffie:  No I don't!  I get B's.

Shake:  WTF?  B's?!?  YOU?!?  HA HA HA!

Yuffie:  It's true!

Lenore:  Really?  No offense, but I never see you study....

Yuffie:  Well, I usually screw up at the beginning of the quarter, but then....

Franchesca:  Hey!  What's up?

(Franchesca walks up to Yuffie and Lenore)

Yuffie:  Oh.  Well, we finally found a place to stay during that rainstorm.

Franchesca:  Oh, I'm sorry about that... you must've be soaking wet.

Judith:  Why didn't you book reservations at a hotel for the students?

Franchesca:  Well, it's not that the administration is neglectful.... it's just that Kesley feels that all of the students are able to handle themselves.

Yuffie:  But we're not even adults, yet!

Franchesca:  She says something about hero-type characters always being able to go on their own and improvising when needed, as if destiny were with them or something like that.

Yuffie:  Hmm... I guess that makes sense... even though it doesn't.

Judith:  What?

Ylluroko:  YOU!

(Ylluroko runs up to Franchesca)

Franchesca:  Ylluroko....?

Ylluroko:  You deserted us!

Franchesca:  I didn't desert you!  You kicked me out of the clan, remember?!?  You jerk!  You always are like this!

Ylluroko:  WHAT?  You're the one who's the disloyal...

Franchesca:  Banned from my clan by my own brother!

Ylluroko:  Abandoned in my time of need by my own sister!

Franchesca:  Oh yea, so you're willing to forgive Kafan and take her back, but you can't even forgive your own sister, huh?  Gee, thanks a lot!

Ylluroko:  We needed Kafan more than ever!

Franchesca:  Shut up!  You're just making excuses for running away from the battle, yourself!

Ylluroko:  WHAT?  How dare you!

Franchesca:  And you know what?  I don't care about abandoning my stupid clan!  I broke off a long time ago.  My only allegiance is to Kesley, Lifestream, and Da-Chao!

Ylluroko:  WHAT?  How dare you!

Franchesca:  You already said that!  You're already repeating yourself.

Kafan:  Franchesca, could you please?  We've been through a lot.

Franchesca:  Oh.  Sorry, Kafan.  Hey, Nari misses you.

Kafan:  Yea...

Franchesca:  Well, I'm going to check out the Da-Chao festival.  Want to come?

Yuffie:  Sure!  I like festivals!

Kafan:  I'll come along, too.  Ylluroko!  No duals to the death!

Ylluroko:  Hmph.
 
 
 
 
 

(The festival.  Balloons are hanging everywhere, along with floating confetti and ribbons)

Franchesca:  Ah yes, every year we celebrate the birth of our deity, Da-Chao.  May his omnipotent blubber encompass us all.

Yuffie:  ARGH!  Where the hell did that stupid quote come from?

Franchesca:  Beats me.  I hate it too.  So does everyone.  But we always say it anyway.  It's a tradition, I guess.

Yuffie:  Stupid traditions....

Franchesca:  Well, have some fun while you're here.  I have to talk to some old friends!

(Franchesca leaves, as Kafan wanders off with Ylluroko)

Yuffie:  Woohoo!  Let's go play some pointless minigames!
 
 

After a bunch of pointless minigames such as betting on races and catching flies with chopsticks...

Lenore:  Well, that was pointless.  What do you think developers try to accomplish when they put minigames in here, anyway?

Yuffie:  There's Franchesca and Ylluroko again.  I wonder if they're still fighting.

(Yuffie looks at Franchesca talking with a somewhat younger Chekhov)

Franchesca:  It's good to be back, if only for a short while.

Chekhov:  Yea!  Mithril and I missed you!  The trio just wasn't complete without you.

Franchesca:  You two did a good job with this year's annual Da-Chao festival.

Chekhov:  What?

Mithral (A guy with a white cape and white shirt and basically white clothes):  What?

Franchesca:  What, what?

Chekhov:  Today is the annual Da-Chao festival?!?

Franchesca:  Of course!  Obviously!  We're here, right now!

Kafan:  Yea, you guys set it up.  Of course you'd know that it was the Da-Chao festival.

Mithral:  Uh oh.....

Chekhov:  We REALLY screwed up....

Franchesca:  What?

Chekhov:  This isn't the Da-Chao festival...... it's the celebration of Godo's victory.

(Ylluroko laughs in the background)

Franchesca:  HUH?

Chekhov:  I..... we..... forgot!

Mithril:  FOR TWO YEARS!

Franchesca:  YOU WHAT?  What would Da-Chao think?!?

Chekhov:  AAAAAAAAAAAH!  Aie-yah!  We have to go to the temple to apologize and repent!

Mithril:  Lest the not-so-omnipotent part of his blubber encompass us all..... eeeeeew...........

Franchesca:  Dammit!  This is what happens when I leave, huh?

Chekhov:  Yea....

Ylluroko:  Kafan, may I kill this incompetant priestess?

Kafan:  No, you may not!  She's not even one of the Kisaragi!  We'll go with Franchesca.

Ylluroko:  Why?

Kafan:  I...... I want to know why this happened.  If my family truly lost the mandate....

Ylluroko:  AH HA!  Genius!  That's why we always needed you, Kafan.  If we can show that Da-Chao never gave the mandate to Godo, then the people will support us and we can wipe out the entire Kisaragi clan in a battle to the death!

Kafan:  Actually, I 'm doing it out of curiousity.

Ylluroko:  I shall personally escort you to Da-Chao's temple!

Franchesca:  I'm coming along!  I have to pay my respects.  I haven't been there in a really long time.

Yuffie:  Gee... you guys sure look like you're having fun, getting ready to adventure and all that.

Chekhov:  Adventure?  It's not a very long or dangerous walk, and we'll have a troop escort.

Mithril:  Yea, Godo is smart enough not to let the main priests of Wutai go without an escort.  I'll get some men.

Yuffie:  Oooo....  escort duty!  Is there anything special at the temple?  I don't remember any Da-Chao temple.

Lenore:  Yea, maybe we can get some ancient relics or something from a structure that is destroyed in our own time.

Yuffie:  Let's tag along!
 
 
 
 
 
 

(Da-Chao Mountain, higher up)

Yuffie:  Argh!  Why does hiking have to be so darn tiring?

(A troop of ninjas, samurais, and monks is accompanying Chekhov and Mithril.  Franchesca, Yuffie, Kafan, Ylluroko, Lenore, Shake, and Judith are also coming along)

Lenore:  Wow, this mountain scenery is beautiful...

Yuffie:  This mountain scenery is hot!  Damn sun....

Judith:  Why do you always whine so much?

Shake:  Yea!  You tell her!

Yuffie:  What?

Franchesca:  Guys, coming along is a privilege.  Chekhov and Mithril are respected priests of Wutai.  Please behave yourselves.

Chekhov:  Hmm.... something is wrong... half of our escort is missing.

Mithril:  I'll go check on them and see what's holding them up.

(Mithril goes around the corner)

Mithril:  Eh?
 
 
 
 

    No one could be prepared for the shocking sight that was waiting behind the curve.  Dead people and blood lay everywhere.  Some of them looked like they had been ripped through by a really large sword.  Others were staring into space, with gastly expressions of fear on their faces.  The rest were sliced to ribbons.  Mithril wondered how this could have happened.  He then noticed two individuals in the far distance.  One of them was laughing at the scene of death before her....

Ki Ra Yo:  HA HA HA HA!  You can kill them all, but just remember that we want Kafan and Ylluroko alive!

Cervas:  .......

Ki Ra Yo:  And of course we can't let the leaders live....

(Ki Ra Yo spins her sword around)
 
 
 
 
 

Mithril:  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Chekhov:  What!?

Franchesca:  It came from there!

(All of the men ready their weapons.  The ninjas dart a bunch of shurikans in that direction)

(A huge white explosion tears accross the mountain, ripping through the men)

(Xenogears boss music!)

Ki Ra Yo:  I love the smell of death by my sword.

Yuffie:  Whoa!  Well that sucked.

(Cervas takes out and starts spinning a staff with sharpened blades on both ends, casts something, then cuts through everyone like a blinding whirlwind)

Franchesca:  What the hell was that?  Chekhov!  Take Kafan and get back!  We'll hold them off!

Chekhov:  Are you sure?  They just killed twenty men in twenty seconds!

Franchesca:  We aren't generic characters like those men!

Chekhov:  Generic characters?

Ylluroko:  Kafan, we must hurry to the temple!  We'll find shelter there.

Kafan:  Is that a good idea?

(Chekhov, Kafan, and Ylluroko run off)

Ki Ra Yo:  Argh... hero characters.  They outnumber us, but that doesn't matter.
 
 
 
 

(Ki Ra Yo slashes at Franchesca, but she blocks it with her blade)

Franchesca:  The sheer audacity... I can't believe you, Ki Ra Yo!  What are you doing?!?

(Franchesca dashes up to Ki Ra Yo and draws out Murasames power on her.)

(Cervas casts slow on Franchesca)

(Yuffie and Judith simultaneously dart shurikans at Ki Ra, but she blocks them both with her shield)

Shake:  Psh!  Stupid slow trash.

(Shake casts speed on Franchesca)

(Ki Ra Yo slashes Yuffie, which does a LOT of damage)

Yuffie:  OW!

Franchesca:  How did you get so powerful?  And when did you start using a sword?

(Cervas teleports behind Judith and slashes her)

(Lenore casts heal on Yuffie)

Ki Ra Yo:  The light warriors can not allow these priests to live!

(Franchesca blocks Ki Ra's attack)

Franchesca:  Light warriors?

(Shake dashes over to Cervas, jumps up, and dive bombs into her)

Yuffie:  This should take them both out!

(Yuffie slams her fist into the floor, creating a shockwave that flies towards Cervas and Ki Ra Yo.  The ensuing earthquake slams Ki Ra to the floor, but Cervas simply floats above the ground)

(Cervas casts reflect on herself)

Ki Ra Yo:  Ha!  Pathetic!  I can drain your very mind energy with my psychic sword!

(Ki Ra Yo swings her sword into the air.  A huge black sword thrusts out of the ground into Shake, draining all her MP)

Shake:  HEY!

(Shake jumps on top of Ki Ra and jumps up and down on her head)

Yuffie:  ....... and Shake calls me a loser...

(Judith poisons her weapon)

(Cervas casts don't move on Franchesca, disabling all of her short range attacks)

Franchesca:  I can't move??  I never heard of a status ailment like that!

Ki Ra Yo:  Our powers extend way beyond yours!

(Ki Ra Yo slashes at Franchesca, who blocks it again)

Ki Ra Yo:  WHAT THE?  That's getting annoying!

Franchesca:  I managed to master some of the more ancient moves, myself!

(Franchesca can't do anything because she doesn't have any long range attacks)

(Cervas casts float on Ki Ra)

(Judith poisons Cervas)

Yuffie:  That caster is getting annoying.  Well, since common strategy dictates that you go after the magic user first, why don't we all turn our attention to her?

Judith:  Obviously!

(Yuffie runs up to Cervas, slashes Cervas with her shurikan, and jumps back, darting another shurikan at her before she could recover)

(Lenore slashes Cervas with her sword)

Cervas:  ........

(Cervas sets on her mp-switch)

(Franchesca's "don't move" wears off)

Franchesca:  Yes!

(Franchesca runs up and slashes Ki Ra)

Yuffie:  Shake!  Do something useful!

Shake:  ACK!  You're not going to use me as a projectile, again, are y..... WAAAAAH!

(Yuffie grabs Shake and spin tosses her, turning Shake and her knives into a flying drill that cuts right through Cervas)

(Cervas loses mp instead of hp)

(Being out of MP, Cervas smacks Yuffie with her sharpened staff)

(Judith slices Cervas with her katana)

Cervas:  .........

(Cervas teleports away)

(Shake stumbles around dizzily)

Judith:  She can't block my attacks if she can't see me!

(Judith slams down a smoke bomb)

(A bunch of slashing noises occur among all the smoke)

Shake:  OW!  HEY!

Yuffie:  Oops!  SORRY!  I couldn't see who I was hitting!

(Judith stabs Ki Ra in the back)

Ki Ra Yo:  Ha ha.....

Franchesca:  What's so funny?

(Franchesca draws out a katana on Ki Ra)

Ki Ra Yo:  Ha ha ha....

(Yuffie darts a shurikan at her)

(Ki Ra grins)

(Lenore shoots Ki Ra)

Ki Ra Yo:  The doom of a planet....... crush punch!

(Ki Ra swings her sword into the air.  A huge red sword slashes out of the ground underneath Franchesca and stabs upward, completely impaling her)

(Franchesca screams and falls to the ground)

Yuffie:  HOLY CRAP!

Judith:  Isn't Franchesca supposed to be really powerful?!?

Shake:  One hit?  And what's with all the blood?!?  When did blood ever occur in RPG battles?

(Lenore uses a Fenix down on Franchesca, but nothing happens)

Lenore:  WHAT?  That's not possible!

Ki Ra Yo:  She's as good as dead!  And so are all of you!

(Ki Ra swings her sword in the air.  A burst of lightning falls from the sky and zaps Yuffie as a blue sword comes bursting up from the ground, impaling right through her)

Yuffie:  I............

(Yuffie kneels down)

Yuffie:  This can't be happening.....

(The screen slowly blacks out as Ki Ra sends a holy explosion flying at Lenore)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yuffie:  Where am I?  Game over screen?

(Yuffie wakes up and looks around the building she's in)

Kafan:  Don't worry.  You'll be alright.

(Yuffie looks at herself)

Yuffie:  Wow!  You wouldn't even know that a sword just went stabbing through me!  What happened?

Kafan:  I've used a fenix down on you.

Yuffie:  Um.... but that one on Franchesca didn't work.  Is she dead?

Kafan:  No, the one I used on her worked, too.

Yuffie:  Huh?

Kafan:  I know a lot about science and history.  That's why I was one of Kesley's best teachers.  A long time ago, when people ran out of HPs, if they didn't recieve medical attention soon, they would die.

Yuffie:  HPs?

Kafan:  HPs are a person's life force.  We all have them.  Some people have more than others depending on experience and physical fitness.  But nowadays, when you run out, you merely get wounded and a fenix down applied by any idiot works.  However, a long time ago, it wasn't that way, and only the ones who knew what they were doing could apply fenix downs as well as many other items.  I don't know why it changed.

Yuffie:  Thanks for saving me.  How did you...?

Kafan:  Ki Ra wanted me alive.  I don't know why.  She complained that if she hit me once I'd probably die, so she just stood there as I used the fenix down on you and took you all to safety.

Ylluroko:  If only I had brought Kafan back sooner, we wouldn't have lost the mandate....

Kafan:  No.... maybe we already did lose the mandate of Da-Chao.  Maybe he had decided that it was time for a new dynasty to rule.  That's why we're here at the temple.  To ask and find out.  Franchesca and Chekhov have the ability to talk to Da-Chao, so.....

Yuffie:  Where is everyone?

Kafan:  Outside.

(Yuffie runs outside)

Lenore:  YEOUCH!  Those psychic sword blasts HURT.

Judith:  Should've ran away once you saw her destroy Yuffie in one hit.

Yuffie:  Shaddup!

Shake:  How insulting!  She attacked Yuffie before she attacked me!  I'm much more powerful than Yuffie!

Yuffie:  Psh.  She probably didn't see you as a threat because you're so short!

(Yuffie runs up to the edge of the mountain)

Yuffie:  Franchesca!  Are we going into the temple?

Franchesca:  Yea, but Yuffaruni, look.

(Franchesca points out into the ocean to a shrine far away on the water)

Franchesca:  This is a field trip, so I'll point out somethings for you.  That's the shrine to the evil water god of Wutai.

Yuffie:  Leviathan is evil?

Franchesca:  No.... that's the shrine of Leviathan's arch nemesis.  A demon that is rumoured to consist of EIGHT leviathans combined.  Legend says that he wanted to become the great water god of Wutai and fought Leviathan for it and won, but the people of Wutai chose Leviathan to be their god because that demon was inherently evil.

Yuffie:  Cool!  Is he still around?

Franchesca:  I don't know.  They say that there are three other dark gods too, who all wanted to be worshipped by the people.  One of them helped in the battle against Leviathan.  He consisted of four leviathans, supposedly, and could control the wind.  I suspect that those four are still around, but I can't be sure.  But I'm holding you up.  We should get done here before Ki Ra gets back.  I can't believe that she beat me so easily.... I always was able to beat her before.  That's why Lifestream was in first place and Psychic Thunder in second.  Hmm.... I'll have to tell Kesley.

Chekhov:  The temple hasn't been visited or cleaned in two years!  It is most certainly infested with wild monsters by now.  I wish Mithril were here....

Franchesca:  Poor Mithril... may he find the promised land.

Yuffie:  Find the promised land?  Ack!  I've heard enough about Wutai religion... let's just get through the temple.
 
 

(Inside the temple)

Yuffie:  We should go first.  That way, we can get the temple treasures for ourselves!

Shake:  Yea!  Treasure treasure!

Judith:  ..........

Yuffie:  We'll check the place out!  You stay here.

Franchesca:  Are you sure that's safe?

Yuffie:  Don't worry!  I thought Kesley said that we could always handle ourselves!

Franchesca:  Yea.... I guess you could use the experience.  Good luck!

(Old dingy temple music)

Yuffie:  Well.... let's clear it out!

Lenore:  We don't actually have to run around getting into random battles until all the monsters are dead, do we?

Judith:  Yea.... that would literally take forever since in most cases random battles are infinite.

Yuffie:  Nah.  Let's just grab any treasure we find, head to the top (Where the big stuff probably is) then go back and escort everyone else in.

Shake:  Sounds good to me!

(Yuffie and gang runs around the temple, killing lots of monsters, solving quickie puzzles, and opening exploding chests)

Yuffie:  DAMN EXPLODING CHESTS!
 

Lenore:  Well, at least we got a good amount of gil....

Yuffie:  Ooooooooooo....... what's that?

(Yuffie looks at the HUGE materia sitting at the altar on top of the temple)

Lenore:  Um.... Yuffie?  That's the doom materia!

Yuffie:  Hey..... you're right!  Well, I guess we can't touch that.... lest a bunch of brain eating zombies jump on us.

(A huge glop of gooey fur falls from the ceiling)

Unclean One:  BOOGIE BOOGIE!
 
 
 
 

(The unclean one (made out of Nanny's slop.  Mmm.... slop) slobbers on top of Judith)

Judith:  HELP!  IT'S TRYING TO DIGEST ME!

(Yuffie darts a shurikan, which gets stuck inside the UncleanOne)

Yuffie:  Umm.....

(Lenore's sword gets stuck inside the blobby thing)

Lenore:  Hmm.....

(Yuffie takes out her pathetic fire materia and casts fire)

Unclean One:  BLAAAAAAAAGH!

(The unclean one bursts into flames and disintegrates)

(Yuffie looks at the charcoaled Judith)

Yuffie:  Well, that boss battle wasn't too hard.

Judith:  Speak for yourself!
 
 
 

(Later, everyone is at the altar)

Chekhov:  You look beat!  What were you doing?  You didn't attempt to steal any of the temple treasure, did you?  There are things here to discourage that.

Yuffie:  .....

Chekhov:  Never mind.  Only one priest is needed, so we can do this without Mithril.....

Yuffie:  You don't seem to mind much that one of your main priest type people just died....

Ylluroko:  Bah.  Death is a natural thing.  Wutai sees it all the time.  Only a fool wastes time crying over something which can't be undone.

Yuffie:  What a mean thing to say.

Franchesca:  He's right.  But Yuffaruni's right, too!  That's one of the reasons why I really didn't care when a certain JERK banished me from Wutai.

Ylluroko:  It's your fault for supporting that desecrate relationship!

Chekhov:  Why are you two always fighting?  This is a sacred place, damn it!  Now shut up or go to hell!

(Chekhov waves her arms in front of the altar)

Da-Chao:  WHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

(Da-Chao falls from the sky, slams through the ceiling of the temple, breaks through the floor, and slams to floor after floor until a thud is heard which means that it can be assumed that he hit the bottom floor of the temple)

(Da-Chao, a big fat chubby brownish guy wearing a hawaiian turkey shirt and sunglasses, runs all the back up the temple)

Da-Chao:  I'm here, all my wonderful worshipers, you!

Yuffie:  Huh?  Da Cha?

Da-Chao:  It's Da-ChaO!

Yuffie:  Cool!  Tifa's uncle is the great god, Da-Chao?!?!?

Lenore:  WOW!  I wish I had a god for an uncle!

Da-Chao:  Uncle?

Judith:  You clueless idiots!  Can't you see that Da Cha is really Da-Chao only POSING as Tifa's uncle?

Yuffie:  Really?  Why would he do that?

Chekhov:  Oh great Da-Chao... I don't have to say the omnipotent blubber thing, do I?

Da-Chao:  NAH!  But do you have anything to eat?

Chekhov:  Um.... a sacrifice?

Da-Chao:  No, a hamburger!  Something edible.  I'm starved!  How long was it since I was last summoned to the Planet for my daily festival?

Chekhov:  Um...... only a year.  You must have lost track of the time.

Yuffie:  What the...?!?  Chekhov LYING?  That's a new one.

Da-Chao:  OH!  Well, it must be that new weight loss I'm undertaking.  HEY!  It's my favorite priestess, Franchesca!

Franchesca:  Hey, Da-Chao!  What's up?

Da-Chao:  I haven't seen you for like... a really long time!

(Da-Chao and Franchesca hug)

Chekhov:  ..... why does Franchesca always get to be his favorite?

Da-Chao:  So..... you've already summoned me for the festival.  I'll give it my blessing!  Anything else?

Chekhov:  Yea....

Da-Chao:  Well hurry up!  I need to get back to watching Dukes of Hazard!

Chekhov:  Mithril..... he's dead.

Da-Chao:  Is that all?  Oh well.  Appoint me a new priest to take his place then.  He always was a loser... lousy jerk never goes to church on Sunday or anything like that.  Doesn't even put stuff in my offering box!  After all I did for him!  Well, I suppose I should give him something.  I'll throw in a recomendation for him at the promised land, tho I doubt they'll let him in.

Chekhov:  Still.... I hope they do.  It'd be nice to say that he went to a better place.

Kafan:  One more thing!

(Kafan runs up to Da-Chao)

Da-Chao:  Why, it's Kafan!  How are things going?

Kafan:  Da-Chao.... why?

Da-Chao:  Why what?

Kafan:  Why did you take the mandate away from my family?

Da-Chao:  Oh.

Kafan:  What did we do?  We always ruled wisely and in your name...

Da-Chao:  Well....

Kafan:  And yet you hit us with famine and drought, and make the people scream of revolution until someone else rose up to take it from us.

Da-Chao:  You see, Kafan... It's not that I hate your family, but it really wasn't my call.  There were other gods that figured that the Chiang dynasty was really boring, so they scraped them for Kisaragi.

Kafan:  WHAT?  My family was slaughtered because some group of gods felt they were boring?!?

Da-Chao:  Well, we prefer to call your family, "Wiped."

Kafan:  My mother... father... everyone dead because some stupid gods felt they were boring....

Da-Chao:  I'd tell you to watch your mouth, but the gods who you're talking about don't care about what you say or think.

Kafan:  Oh gee, that's good to know... NOT.

Chekhov:  What other gods do you speak of?  The five gods of magic, power, speed, weapon, and omni, or Leviathan?

Da-Chao:  Actually, it's something else, but I can't tell you.  You know, something that humankind wasn't meant to know and all.

Chekhov:  Oh.

Franchesca:  We're finished here.  We can head back to town now.  Kafan, will you be all right?

Kafan:  I'm just so confused........

Ylluroko:  URGH!  I'll go down fighting to the end!  Yuffaruni Kisaragi, I challenge you to a duel to the d...

Yuffie:  SHADDUP!  You moron!  Leave me alone, DAMMIT!

Franchesca:  I think the field trip is over.  We should be heading back to the harbor tomorrow.

Chekhov:  You can stay at my place tonight.
 
 
 
 

(Outside Chekhov's pagoda at night.)

Yuffie:  Wow... Wutai is much more bigger and cooler now than back in my time.

Shake:  Yea.

Yuffie:  Sigh... I wish we could have festivals and big businesses and harbours and such.

Shake:  Well, I'm going to bed.  See ya!

(Shake leaves)

Yuffie:  I'll stay here and reminisce on the greatness of my country for just a little longer...

(Yuffie falls asleep)

(A noise wakes her up)

Yuffie:  Whoa!  How long was I asleep?  Oh.... it's still night.

(Yuffie sees Kafan sneak out of the house)

Yuffie:  Where's she going?  It's freezing out here!

(Yuffie follows Kafan to another house... Godo's house)

(Yuffie hides in the bushes nearby as Kafan walks up to the porch)

Kafan:  End to Romeo and Juliet!  For there are two better in this world...

(Godo comes out)

Godo:  But Romeo and Juliet both die at the end for stupid reasons, so it's easy to find two which are better.

(Godo stares at Kafan, who stares back)

Godo:  I knew it was you the minute I heard our own corny greeting.  You've been gone for a while.

Kafan:  Yes.  I've missed you.

(Kafan's "tragic enlightenment" music)

Godo:  I've missed you too, Kafan.  Ever since you left Wutai with Franchesca and Nari, I've missed you.  I would look to the stars, and hope wonder where you were.  I would pray to Da-Chao for you every Sunday, and wish to see you again.

Kafan:  I would look across the barren desert, and tell myself that you were out there somewhere.  I would read the great stories of heros and heroines, and imagine you by my side.

(Yuffie pukes)

Kafan:  Godo, please.... can't you stop this?  Can't we just leave Wutai now and forget about everything that happened?

Godo:  You asked me the same question before you left Wutai.

Kafan:  Will you accept this time?  Will you finally forget the tradition that has kept the ball and chain of your clan onto you for all of eternity?

Godo:  No.

(Pause)

Kafan:  Then you'll kill me too.  Just like you killed everyone else in my family.  Everyone else whom I had loved and held dear.

Godo:  Kafan..... I had to.... there was no other way.  Wutai needed a new leader.  A new dynasty.  You won't want to believe it, but the Chiang had become corrupt.  They had taxed our people, stole our produce, pillaged our crops....

Kafan:  Please, Godo.....

Godo:  Kafan, things have changed since when you were gone.  I have changed since then.  My feelings for you have changed, too.  I can not accept your offer.  And there is something else I have to tell you.... it's about tommorow's festivities.  It's not just for my victory over Chiang.  It's to celebrate the aniversery of my...

(Marai, wearing a kimono, comes onto the balcony, holding a baby in her arms)

Marai:  Dear... you'll catch cold.  And our daughter, Yuffie, is crying since you aren't there to be with her.

(Silence)

Yuffie:  Yes!  I'm not a stupid robot!

(Marai looks at Kafan)

Marai:  Kafan?  Is that you?

(Kafan just stares)

Marai:  You... came back?  But why?  You're in danger, here!  Most of my clan and of my husband's is still intent on killing you!

Ylluroko:  NO!  YOU are the ones who are in danger!

(Ylluroko swoops down from the roof)

(Xenogears boss music again)

Kafan:  Ylluroko!  You followed me?

Ylluroko:  I knew it!  I knew that you still loved him!  You fool!  That's what got you banished from Wutai in the first place!  And Franchesca too, who lost everything she had because she supported you!  Yet you still keep hanging on, not even learning from the man you loved!  Look at him!  He has already moved on!  Godo has realized that a relationship with an opposing clan can only lead to ruin!  But it doesn't matter for him!

Marai:  Love...?  Godo...

Godo:  Yes, I did love Kafan... but it's been over for a long time.  There is only one who I truly love now, Marai.  And that is you.  I'm sorry, Kafan.

Ylluroko:  HA HA HA!  Does it matter?  I wish I knew that Chekhov's family was united with yours through the marriage of Lady Marai, but she'll feel my wrath later.  YOU      WILL    DIE.

Kafan:  No, Ylluroko....

Ylluroko:  I shall KILL YOU, Lord Godo!  I shall win back the honor that you have taken from my clan!

Kafan:  No....

Godo:  Ha!  I'd like to see you try!

Kafan:  Please, stop!

Ylluroko:  SIR GODO!  I challenge you in a duel to the DEATH!  AND NOT EVEN KAFAN SHALL STOP ME!

Kafan:  NO!

Godo:  I accept!  You shall pay for your arrogance!

Kafan:  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!!

(Quickie zoom to an arena.  A huge audience is roaring and cheering)

Gorky:  TAKE HIM OUT, GODO!

Marai:  Dear!  Please stop!  Ylluroko is the most powerful of all his clan!

Kafan:  You can't do this!

Lenore:  Aren't you worried?

Yuffie:  I.... don't know.  Last time my dad dueled to the death, he got cramps and the duel was called off.

Staniv:  Godo!  Ylluroko!  Good luck to both of you!  Wait.... that didn't make sense.

Ylluroko:  For my clan, and for the Chiang!

Godo:  Death to our tyrants!
 
 

(Godo and Ylluroko charge by each other as a clashing sound is heard)

Godo:  Ha!

(Godo slashes at Ylluroko, who dodges)

Ylluroko:  Quadra slam!

(Ylluroko spins around and darts at Godo four times, but Godo evades them all)

(Godo does three swift strikes at Ylluroko, but Ylluroko blocks them)

(They fight for a minute longer)


(The music stops)

Ylluroko:  Lord Godo, you're a worthy opponent!  It appears that your legend was well earned!  But now.... you shall face the move that made me known as the greatest samurai in my clan!  Can you take it?  Can you survive my Ianaki Cleave?

Kafan:  Ylluroko!  NO!

Yuffie:  Ianaki Cleave?

Marai:  By Da-Chao's grace...

Kafan:  NO!  Ianaki Cleave is Ylluroko's ultimate move!  He's spent years perfecting it!  Anyone hit by it dies shortly after!  THERE IS NO DEFENSE!

Yuffie:  What?  No defense?

Kafan:  No one has EVER survived Ylluroko's Ianaki....

Yuffie:  DAAAAAAAD!
 
 

    Sweat glistened off of Godo's face as he saw Ylluroko flash.  He knew that, despite his fighting skill, he was going to die.  Ianaki.... a samurai's ultimate move.  And the only one to master it was using it on HIM at the very moment!  There was no known counter.... no known dodge.... no known escape.  The legend of Ianaki was that it was the ultimate death to all who faced it.  As Ylluroko came dashing forward, the sheer anger on his face, Godo felt a fear he had never felt before.  But he had to survive... he had to for Marai... for Wutai... with that thought, Godo embraced himself as Ylluroko flashed up to him, the light blazing off his sword....

SLASH!

(The audience gasps)

(Lord Godo stands there breathing heavily for a moment, then walks up to Ylluroko, who is on the ground)

Godo:  ......

Yuffie:  That move....

Ylluroko:  Impossible!  But I have no regrets....

Godo (raising his sword):  Ylluroko, this duel is over!  I shall end it all, now!

(Kafan covers her eyes)

(Godo brings his sword down on Ylluroko)

Marai:  STOP!

(Godo stops, his sword in front of Ylluroko, just inches away from removing his life)

(Start Kafan's "tragic enlightenment" music)

Marai:  My dear Godo... please stop.  I can't... I can't bear it any more.

Kafan:  Marai?

Marai:  Lord Godo.... will the killing ever stop?

Staniv:  Godo... you have to kill him.  That is the way.

Godo:  .....

Kafan:  Please.... Godo....

Gorky:  But it was a duel to the death.

Staniv:  Only when all of Chiang and its allies are dead, will Kisaragi truly have the mandate.

(Godo looks down at Ylluroko)

(Godo raises his sword again)

Marai:  I understand.

Kafan:  ........

Godo:  No.........

(Godo puts his sword away)

Staniv:  But the tradition!

Godo:  NO!  I've had enough of the tradition!

(Godo walks up to Kafan)

Godo:  Kafan.....

Kafan:  ........

Godo:  You're family died because of tradition.  They all died one by one.  As they challenged me to fight to the death.  I didn't want to kill your father.... but he died with honor.  However, they continued to fight and one by one they perished, but they died following their beliefs.  However, I've killed enough.  For once, I shall put my beliefs and tradition aside.

Marai:  Godo....

Godo:  Kafan, you must leave.  You must leave Wutai forever.  Yours is a world that is lost.  Everything you knew and loved is gone, including me.  There is nothing but painful memories and danger for you here.  Please, Kafan, leave Wutai forever.  Don't do it for only yourself, but also for your family, and for the man you loved that is now gone.

Kafan:  I will.

Ylluroko:  ........

Kafan:  I understand now.  I was never meant to return.  I shouldn't have come back.  The dynasty of my family is over.

Franchesca:  Kafan... I'm so sorry.  Will you be coming back with me?  You're always welcome at the academy.

Kafan:  No.... I shall go far away.  I would just like to be alone.  My clan is over.  And with that....

(Kafan turns to Ylluroko)

Kafan:  Ylluroko!  I hearby release you from your services.  There is no point to serving a cause that not only is lost, but has never existed!

Ylluroko:  I.... I can't do that.

Kafan:  You disobey me?

Ylluroko:  I must.  I have vowed to protect all members of Chiang to the very end, and now you are the last one left.

Kafan:  .......

Ylluroko:  I shall come with you and protect you until the end.

Kafan:  Very well.

    Kafan put her head down, and for the first time ever in both past and present, Yuffie saw tears in her eyes.  But how could she feel Kafan's pain?  The pain of losing your entire family.... your right to rule.... the one you loved... all on one fateful trip back to your own home country, when you came back to save it?

Yuffie:  I..... I'm sorry.

Kafan:  You... Franchesca told me that you're a member of Black Shadow... I wish you luck on your ventures....

Yuffie:  Yea, me too.  I lost someone I loved to someone else, also.

Kafan:  No.... It's okay.  He isn't the man that I knew a long time ago.  I loved a different Godo then.  I'll be off now.  I'm going to go back and dedicate myself to my research.  Maybe then... maybe then I'll finally understand this world that we live in.

(Kafan turns to everyone)

Kafan:  Farewell!  I'll never cause any of you anymore trouble ever again!  I promise.  Ylluroko!  We shall be leaving now.

(Kafan and Ylluroko walk off into the sunset)


Staniv:  Bye, Kafan.

Gorky:  Goodbye!

Chekhov:  May Da-Chao be with you...

Franchesca:  We will miss you.
 
 

    And thus ended the Chiang Dynasty, as the Kisaragi Dynasty arose to take it's place.  Lots of problems lay ahead for Wutai, such as the WM and the recent aggression of Shinra, but at least the problem of the mandate of heaven had finally been absolved.  Godo wished that it could have been different, yet he couldn't see it ending in any other way.....

Staniv:  You know, Godo, I've been thinking.... this mandate of heaven thing is utter crap.

Godo:  Yea....

Chekhov:  I'll bring it up with Da-Chao next time I talk to him.

Godo:  Yea.................  Goodbye, Kafan.

(Godo turns to Marai)

Godo:  Come on, Marai.  We have a lot of work to do.

Marai:  Of course.

Lenore:  I feel sorry for Kafan.

Yuffie:  Could that be OUR Kafan?  It can't be if she left Wutai forever.  And Professor Kafan doesn't teach Science class.  I hope she'll be okay.  I guess we should be heading back to the harbour now.  We're done here.

Judith:  .......

Yuffie:  What's wrong with you?

Judith:  Nothing.  Let's go.