//------------------------------// // Disc 1- part 3 // Story: Setting Sun of Thieves // by Shadow Hero //------------------------------// Earlier, Mist Gate "Search the town, according to the engineers they should be here." Auron said as he was in front of a small group of soldiers. "Yes sir!" They all said as they spilt up. "Cadet Shining, you’re with me." Said Auron. "Sir!" Shining Armor, a man with short light blue hair, said giving a salute as the others murmured. "Is something wrong?" Auron asked as he raised an eyebrow. "No sir!" they said as they began their patrol.   "Are you going to just stand there?"Auron asked as he stared to walk away. "Right." Shinning said as he put his arm down. After a few minutes of nothing Shining hesitantly raised a question. "So why did you request I come here? I only have a few weeks of training under my belt." He asked. "It was not me that made the request, it was the princess herself." Auron said with a sigh. "She said she saw potential in you...Pray you don't disappoint her." "Right.. Oof." Shinning said as he bumped into someone. "Sorry." He said as he saw a boy wearing a floppy pointy hat and blue clothes. "Its ok." The boy said as he walked off. "Rule 3 of being a Soldier of the crown: Always look at what's in front of you, you never know if you are going to miss something." Auron said with sigh. "Sir." "Umm.This is good." Sunset said as she was eating a sandwitch . “Best pla...Crap, get down." Zidane said as he hide under the table. "What?" Sunset said as she looked out the window spying the royal soldiers. "Oh!" She said as her eyes went wide. "Quina, can we use your back door?" Zidane asked still under the table. Quina, a large being with a white face wearing a salmon-pink overcoat with a baby-pink apron over it came out of the kitchen with a look on his/her face. "Look it's not what you think." Zidane said. "They’re after me so..." Sunset  said with a pleading look. Quina rolled his/her eyes and opened the door to the the kitchen, waving them to go. "Thanks!" Sunset  said as they rushed to to the back door. The alleyway only had on exit. "Now what?" Asked Sunset. "We need a fast way out so..." Zidane said as he pulled out a yellow feather, he throw the feather down and began to wait. "Now what?" Sunset said right before the feather started to glow brightly, as it died down a yellow Chocobo was standing were the feather once was. "This is Choco, my familiar." Zidane said as he put a hand on Choco's side. "It's not very original." Sunset said with a condescending tone. "Give me a  break...Just get on." Zidane said with a sigh as he hopped on Choco's back. "What, no saddle?" Sunset asked getting a smirk from Zidane before they ran out of the alleyway. "Sir, they have been spotted on a Chocobo." A soldier said as he ran up to Auron "Send a group to go after them." Auron ordered. "They’re after us." Sunset said as she was riding Choco. "I have an idea. Hold on!" Zidane said. "Jump now." He said as the neared a turn. Choco kept running as they jumped into a bush as the soldiers continued their pursuit. "See? Choco will lead them away while *we* get out of here." Zidane said with a bow as they walked in the opposite direction. "Hold it." Shining said as he saw them walk pass through the town. "Look, why don't you run along." Zidane said more than asked. "We are here for Sunset."'Auron said as he shifted into a battle stance. "Fine, let's dance." Zidane said as he took out his daggers and charged at Auron. "Ho!" Auron shouted as he slammed his katana down nearly hîttng Zidane. "Wow thats a powerful swing." Zidane said as he jumped back as Auron swung again. "Sunset we should go." Shining said as he made his way over to Sunset. "No, I am not going back." Sunset said as she launched a medium sized fire ball out of the tip of her new rapier. "What?" Shinning said as he deflected the fire ball up into the sky, hitting a gigantic black bird, knocking it down in the center of town. "Oh no. Sir we have a problem." He said as he turned around and saw Zidane still barely dodging the katana. "Cawww!!" The bird cried out calling its friends. "It seems this battle is over. For now." Auron said as he rushed to go battle the bird. "What giv.. What is that a Zu? Sunset we got to help." Zidane said as he ran after Auron. "Looks like it’s just us then." Shining said as he drew his sword. A Zu was going to attack him but Zidane  jumped in and stopped it’s strike. "Look, let's work as a team and defeat this Zu." Zidane said as he landed. "If that's our only option fine." Auron said as he slashed at a Zu. "Sunset, now's a good of time to test that weapon." Zidane said as he fired multiple energy projectiles out of his daggers knocking down some Zu befor running up and slashing them. "Ok! Fire," Sunset said and shot a medium size fireball at a Zu knocking it down. "And slash!" She said as she rushed forward and slashed at another. One flapped its wings and pushed Sunset back a bit as another dove at her. "Not on my watch." Shining said as he came and shielded her and struck the Zu, killing it. "Thanks but I can take care of myself." Sunset said as she shot another Fire spell at a Zu. Shining rolled his eye's before attacking another Zu. "They seem to be thinning out." Shining said as he killed another, and out of sheer luck a Stratoavis, a red looking Zu, came flying down. "You had to jinx it!" Zidane said as he ran up and tried to strike it, but the Stratoavis flew and dodged the attack. "It seems this one is smarter than the rest." Auron said as he observed its movement, seeing an opening he ran up.  "Speed Break." He said as he slashed the Stratoavis. "Fire." Sunset said shooting a fireball at the Stratoavis. "Lets try this." Zidane said as he jumped onto a roof and dived onto the Stratoavis back and started to slash with one of his daggers before getting thrown off. "Man this thing is tough." He said as he landed. "I was hoping not to use this." Auron said as he charged an attack. "Overdrive: Dragon Fang." He said as he jumped into the air and plunged his blade into the ground, the resulting  erupting explosions had slain the Stratoavis. "Now then where.. Hey where are you going!?" Shining said as he saw Zidane and Sunset running off. "Let them go, we need to see if the villagers are ok." Auron said as he watched the pyreflies scatter. "Yeah but.." Shining was cut off by Auron: "Rule 1 of being a soldier of the crown, the citizens come first." Said Auron as he walked away. Close to Cid’s house "Huf Huf. Slow down." Sunset said as she tried to keep up. "Sorry just needed to get back." Zidane said as he slowed down to a crawl as they neared the house. "Wow." Sunset said as she saw the airship look nothing like it use to. "What do you think?" Asked Cid as he cleaned his hands with a rag. "But.. What.. How?" Sunset said in a confused tone. "It’s his thing, don't question it, now let’s go before the soldiers get here." Zidane said as he climbed the rope ladder. "Right, let's see how she flies." Cid said enthusiastically. The main deck had a map of Equus in the middle of it, Sunset marveling at it’s design. "Now were to Sunny?" Zidane asked as he walked up to the map. "How about...."