Yeah… I just started to playing the game again! So I thought I look over my fic. It sucked… My god, everything was just awful. The format, the choice of words, the characters that I killed. By killed I mean they are not themselves. So I'm just gonna read it, maybe work on it, hopefully. Hopefully you all will like it this time around~
SeeD Mission
Chapter One
Field Exam and Becoming a SeeD
Usagi drummed her fingers on desk impatiently. The instructor has yet to enter the classroom. Probably because she had a whole twenty minutes before class actually starts. This was the first time that Usagi was early for class. She was always late, wandering in up to five minutes after class started. The instructor always called on her for the really hard questions, Usagi was sure she was out to get her… Luckily she sat in the back next to someone who knew most of the answers. Seifer Almasy.
Usagi knew Seifer for a while, nearly all her life. They lived at an orphanage together along with Squall Leonhart, another friend of hers even though he might not agree. The three of them were never adopted. Usagi knew that people didn't want Seifer because he was too mean of a kid. She wasn't so sure about Squall. Sure, he was quiet but that's no reason to not adopt him. In her own case, she knew why she wasn't adopted. She was never there. Whenever someone came by the orphanage, Usagi would hide. She didn't want to leave Squall and Seifer behind, so she just avoided the possibility of adoption. Eventually they all become too old and were sent to Balamb Garden to become SeeDs. With a sigh Usagi looked back at the clock. Ten minutes left. There were now some other students in class besides herself.
Today, she is to take her field exam. She passed the written test the week before with one point above the passing grade. She was ecstatic! The written test was the hardest part of the whole SeeD exam taking process. Now she had to take the field exam. Usagi was sure that this will be much harder than the written test and she nervous as hell. Her fighting isn't that great… She tends to stumble a little... Okay a lot. Usagi felt some weight sink down in the spot next to her and she knew who it was. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be for my tenth time taking the thing."
Usagi smiled. Seifer never took the field exam ten times. It was about three. She finally looked up to say something but the wrong thing came out of her mouth. "Whoa!" Most of the students glanced at her and then went on with their own business. "Where did that come from?" She asked, still looking at the scar on Seifer's face.
Seifer leaned back into a relaxed position in his chair. His arm was behind Usagi as if he was going to wrap his arms around her shoulders, as always. "I was just training."
"A monster did that to you?" Usagi asked. She had been to the training center many times and never had she sustained injuries that would leave a scar. As soon as she asked her question, Squall walked in with Instructor Trepe following behind. He had bandages on his face. Usagi looked at Seifer. "What did you do?"
Seifer shrugged. "Wasn't me."
"Good morning class." Instructor Trepe said as she walked behind her desk and sat down.
Usagi sighed. Instructor Quistis Trepe was so young, only a few months older than herself, and she was pretty. She became a SeeD when she was only fifteen and she became an instructor a year ago. Usagi wished things would come that easily to her. Especially for this field exam…
"There have been rumors circling around since yesterday," Quistis continued. "To clear things up, the field exams for SeeD candidates are today and will begin later this afternoon."
After that, Usagi lost interest. She heard bits and pieces of what her instructor said like those who failed the written exam were to stay in class and those who passed are free until the time of the exam. She was to go to the hall at sixteen hundred hours. Anything after that was a blur until she heard Instructor Trepe call out Seifer's name. Usagi looked up as if her own name was called.
"Do not injure your partner while training." Quistis put emphasis on the word not as if she had told him time and time again.
Seifer glanced over at Squall and waved it off. Usagi glared at the blond next her as Instructor Trepe continued to talk. It was him, she knew it…
"Field exam participants, I will see you later." Quistis said to dismiss the class. "Oh and Squall, I need to talk to you."
Usagi stood up and walked behind Seifer to leave the room. She snuck a side glance at Squall. He still had his head down. Usagi couldn't help but wonder how bad his injury was. She was sure it would leave a scar, but Seifer wasn't wearing any bandages when he came in. Exactly how bad did that jerk cut him?
"Hey," the jerks voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Join me and the committee at the cafeteria."
"Can't," Usagi told him. "I'm going to pick up my tonfas and head to the training center."
Seifer let out a clearly disappointed sigh. "Just make sure your in hall on time." He patted her on the back as they left the room.
Usagi nodded and headed over to the stairs. "Sure thing."
Before she went to her room, Usagi went to the postal service area to see if she had any packages. She did! She sent her tonfas to a store in Timber to get them upgraded. They now had dragon fins on them, or was it dragon skin? She couldn't remember, but now they are harder and will be more difficult to break or cut. They came just in time for her SeeD exam too!
On her way to her room, Usagi saw Squall walking in the opposite direction. He had taken off his bandages and she could see a scar. She stepped in front of him to block his path. "Hey Squall."
He merely looked at her and said nothing. Typical.
"How are you feeling?" she asked.
"Fine." At least he gave her an answer. A one worded answer, but an answer none the less.
"That's good," She saw his gunblade on his hip. "Where are going?"
"None of your-"
"Business. Yeah, yeah. You either tell me or I'll just spend the whole day guessing…" Usagi knew that Squall didn't want her following him around talking nonstop.
Her threat worked. "I need to take the prerequisite. The Instructor is waiting for me."
"Well, in that case, good luck. Not that you need it. It's really easy." Usagi said and she started to her room again. Squall continued on his own way to meet the Instructor.
Upon reaching her room that she shared with another girl name Minako, Usagi opened her package to reveal her updated tonfas. They were black and a bit heavy due to the dragon stuff she had placed on them. She tried them out, swinging the weapons around her grip. Not so bad.
Usagi looked in Minako's room and saw that she wasn't there. She must have gone to something to eat. She could go after her. Nah. Seifer would be there and she didn't want to deal with him now. Well, off to the training center, she would just have to be careful not to breathe in the sleeping powder. Just as she was about to leave, Minako came in.
"Ah, Usagi! I see your new tonfas are in!" She said with a bright smile.
Usagi nodded. "Just in time for the exam, too."
"You want to go to the training center and try those out?"
"Sure." Usagi smiled. At least she didn't have to go alone. "Why not?"
Minako went to her room to get her whip. "I saw Zell in the cafeteria today. He was running."
Usagi rolled her eyes. This girl had a hopeless crush on him! Then something clicked in her mind. Seifer and his committee were there. "Did he get in trouble?"
"Oh yeah," Minako said, coming out of her room with her whip. "I'm sure he wanted to raise hell though."
"Of course," Usagi walked through the door and held it open for Minako. "I would to."
The other blond laughed, "You wouldn't have to. Seifer would let you get away with it."
"Or he would use it against me."
Minako thought for a moment. "Point taken. Nervous about the exam?"
"Of course." Usagi said with a sigh. "I'm going to get as many spells as possible from the monsters here."
They soon reached the training center. "You'll be fine." Minako said. "Now let's kick some ass!"
/…/
"I'm late!" Usagi yelled and she ran through the marble hallway of Balamb Garden. She swore she had ten minutes left last time she looked at Minako's watch. But then fifteen minutes passed… Instructor Trepe was going to have her ass for this. The SeeD exam is something not to be late for! Soon, a small crowd of students came to view and she quickly spotted Instructor Trepe. "I'm here!!" Usagi yelled, catching just about everyone's attention.
Quistis looked on her clipboard and wrote something down. "You are surprisingly on time, Usagi."
Usagi blinked. "Really? I mean, of course I am. I'm never late." She laughed a bit at her own stupid joke. Most of the students were standing in groups of threes. She saw a Squall and Zell standing together as if they were in a group. She gave Zell a small wave, which he returned. She took some martial arts classes with him and they were always put together as partners. He would always help her whenever she messed up; pointing out what she did wrong. "So who's in my group?"
"You'll be with these two," Quistis pointed to Squall and Zell with her pencil.
Wouldn't Minako be happy to hear that she was teamed up with Zell? "Is this the group?" Usagi asked, feeling immediately stupid for asking such an obvious question.
"Nope, we are waiting on your captain." Quistis told her.
"Who's that?" Usagi asked.
Zell spoke up. "I would like to know too."
Quistis sighed, knowing the reaction she would get. "It's Seifer."
An automatic 'Say what!' came from Zell. Squall just looked off to the side. Usagi sighed, inching her way to Squall. She didn't want to spend so much time with Seifer. Whenever Seifer's behavior got out of hand, Usagi would just stand near Squall and he would understand and try to keep Seifer away. She glanced up at him and saw him looking at her. That was all she needed to know that Squall got the hint.
"It can't be changed." Quistis added as Seifer came up to the group with Fujin and Raijin behind him. She greeted them with a small smile. "You're the squad leader Seifer. Good luck to you."
"Instructor," Seifer said, beginning his cocky act with a huge smile. "Why don't you save those words for a bad student who needs them?"
"Okay then," Quistis said with a sly smile. "Good luck Seifer."
Usagi and Zell chuckled. The younger female blond was starting to like Instructor Trepe a bit. But her laughter was cut short by the serious look on Seifer's face.
"Add Instructor Trepe to the list." He told his two lackies.
Zell gave Usagi a questionable look, asking about the list. She just shrugged, she had no clue herself.
Quistis pulled a piece of hair behind her ear, obviously ignoring Seifer. "You four will be Squad B. And I'll be the instructor in charge." Zell raised his hand. "Yes?"
"I thought there was suppose to be three people to a squad." He asked, looking at all of the other groups of threes.
"Well, yes," Quistis answered with a nod. "But the number of students did not divide up evenly and one of you got a really low score on the written test. We all just thought it will be good to put that person in a group that got much higher scores to even things out."
Usagi blew air up to her bangs. At least she passed the thing!
Quistis looked down at her clipborad again. "Anyway, teamwork is very important. Now, let's get through this exam everyone!"
"Teamwork means staying out of my way," Seifer told his group. "It's a Squad B rule, so don't forget it." He pointed to Usagi. "Especially you, miss forgetful."
Usagi stuck out her as the owner of Garden, Headmaster Cid, made his appearance. He came down from the third floor using the elevator and came down the steps. All of the students got quiet.
"Is everyone here?" Cid asked, looking around. All four instructors nodded. "Good." He cleared his throat a bit before he continued on with his speech. "It's been a while everyone. How is everyone doing?
This exam will involve thirteen members from Squads A to D…" and Usagi stopped listening there.
Is it really wise to not listen to a briefing of a field exam? It would be good to know what you're going to do. Besides, it's a real battle that they all are heading into.
"You will be accompanied by 9 SeeD members…"
Now there was a relief! There will be actual SeeDs there. Usagi feels a bit more comfortable now.
"Best of luck." Cid said, ending his speech.
'Crap, was he still talking!?' Usagi thought. She realized that the speech was over when some groups started to leave the area. Hopefully the Headmaster didn't say anything too important. Seifer started to walk away and Usagi thought it would be best to follow him and his lackeys. Zell and Squall started to follow him before she did, so she stuck with them.
They went to the parking garage and Usagi saw one car waiting for them. It was an ugly car too. The blond figured that the other squads had already left. Seifer stepped in the car first.
Zell stepped to the side and gestured to the door, "Ladies first."
"Thanks," Usagi said, before she stepped into the car. She was planning on sitting by the widow and watching the scenery as the car took them to their destination. But a certain someone's arm shot out and blocked her by the waist and then pulled her to that certain someone's lap. Usagi frowned and 'accidently' elbowed Seifer in the gut.
"Is everything alright?" Quistis asked as she took her seat by the window on the same side.
Usagi smiled and gave Instructor Trepe and overly sweet smile, "Everything is just peachy!"
Zell came in next and the window seat on the opposite side. Squall followed and took the seat opposite of the two blonds. The door closed automatically and the car started to move.
It was quiet for a few moments before Zell deicide to break the silence. "Yo, Squall. Show me your gunblade, will ya?"
Usagi let out a little laugh. Like Squall was going to show his gunblade. Usagi saw it herself only because she went to his room and refused to leave until he showed it to her. It took him a while to bring out the sword. She even asked him if she could hold it. He obviously said no and told her that she would somehow cut off her own legs. He said it in fewer words of course.
"Say something will ya?" Zell had given up on trying to get Squall to show him his gunblade. The silence was really bothering him though. "What's on your mind, man!?"
Usagi knew the answer to that. "Nothing." Squall looked up at her from his bent over position. "Thought I save you the energy. Are we there yet? Where are we even going?"
"You'll know when we arrive," Quistis told her.
It got silent again and it bothered Zell. He decided to stand up and do some warm ups.
"Stop that," Seifer told him. "It's annoying, Chicken-wuss."
Zell immediately got pissed off. "What did you call me!?" Seifer was very amused by his reaction and started to laugh.
"Knock it off!" Quistis voice cut through the air. Zell obeyed and sat back down with a pout. With a sigh, Quistis sat down too.
Usagi crossed her arms over her chest and leaned her back against the metal side of the car with her jaw tight. Seifer can be such a jerk… It was quiet again, but this time, an unexpected person broke the silence.
"Intsructor… Who was that girl in the infirmary this morning?"
Quistis looked up, a bit surprised that Squall spoke. "Was there someone there? I didn't notice…" she trailed of as she thought back. "I didn't see anyone. Is there a problem?"
Quistis wasn't the only one that was surprised that Squall spoke. Usagi had her shocked face too. This just seems like an unlikely time for him to speak. And it's about a girl too?
"This is just great," Seifer laughed. "I have chicken-wuss and a guy that just hit puberty on my squad." He looked at Usagi. "You're probably the only valuable member I have."
"Then we're doomed…" Usagi said.
/…/
Usagi was the first out of the car and she wasn't graceful either. She stumbled and nearly fell on her face. And she did it right in front of a SeeD. What a great way to make the first impression.
"You guys are the last! Hurry up and get in the vessel!" The SeeD pointed to the floating submarine at the dock. There were already three others waiting out in the water. The next thing Usagi knew, her three other members were practically boarding the ship. She had to hurry to catch up with them. Instructor Trepe was close behind her.
When Usagi got on, she saw that Squall took the seat next to Seifer, saving her from any torment. She happily took the seat next to him.
Once Quistis took her seat, the vessel began to move. Soon after, a young woman with dark hair and eyes came in. She was in an elite looking uniform, obviously a SeeD.
"Hello, Quistis," the woman said, greeting the Instructor with a small smile.
"Hello, Xu," Quistis stood up as did Zell. "These are the members of Squad B." She said gesturing to them. Squall stood up at this time to show his respect.
Xu glanced over the squad. "There are four?"
"Quistis nodded. "The numbers weren't even and one didn't do too well…"
"Ah."
"Nice to meet ya!" Zell piped.
"Pleased to meet you…" Squall said quietly.
Usagi figured that she should stand too. Just as she did, the vessel lurched a little, causing her to lose her balance and fall into Squall. It was clear to Xu which student didn't do well on the written exam.
Usagi quickly straightened up. "Hello."
Xu raised an eyebrow at the only person sitting. "Seifer, how many times has it been now?"
Seifer shrugged then replied in a cool voice, "Oh, I just love these exams..."
Xu shook her head and decided to ignore him. "I'll explain the current situation and the mission," she as she made her way to the front. Usagi took this as the cue to sit down as did the others and Xu began her explanation. "Our client is the Dollet Dukedom Parliament…"
Usagi automatically cut her off there. She has done it so much, she can't even control it. This is a really bad time for it to kick in. This is the actual mission briefing that she must pay attention to. But it's so boring… Can't they just say what they need to do without giving them all the details and the history? As long as the job gets done, who cares about all of that?
Now that map was distracting. Such a nice bright green color and it started to bring Usagi back to the real world. And then it changed to show some red dots blinking in the center. It looked like a game.
Xu's voice finally reached Usagi's head. "That's the current status. Now onto the mission objective." She pointed to the screen and it changed. "According to our reports, the G-Army is mopping up the Dollet troops in the mountain region."
The screen changed again to show their destination. And Xu continues with the briefing. "We're to make a landing at Lapin Beach." She pointed to the screen once again as it changes again to get a closer view on their landing site. "We're to eliminate the remaining G-Army within the city and liberate it A.S.A.P."
The screen changed yet again and hopefully for the final time to show the battle plan. "Afterwards, SeeD members will intercept any G-Army forces trying to make their way into the city from the mountain region." Xu said finishing the briefing and the screen changed back to its original desktop.
Usagi was a bit lost now. Did she miss something in the beginning? What were they suppose to do?
"So, what are we supposed to do?" Seifer asked. Usagi was happy that she wasn't the only one who completely missed the point.
"SeeD candidates are to eliminate the G-Army inside the city." Xu replied.
"Sounds important!" Zell exclaimed.
"Sounds… really hard," Usagi mumbled. Did they really have to kill people? Yeah, she understood the whole kill or be killed thing, but she really didn't like the idea. Maybe she could knock the soldiers in the head hard enough for them to lose their memory.
Seifer sighed. "Sounds boring. So, what you're saying is, we do all the little dirty work..."
Xu again, ignored Seifer. "Oh, it hardly needs to be said, but the order to withdraw takes priority. Do not forget. We're almost there. We anticipated a battle as soon as we disembark. Just be prepared. That's all. Any questions, talk to Quistis," and Xu made her way out.
Zell let out a shaky sigh. "This is my first real battle. I'm getting pretty nervous."
"I know exactly how you feel," Usagi said. She hoped that her clumsiness wouldn't take her over during the exam.
"Just don't piss in your pants, Chicken-wuss," Seifer taunted.
"You talking to me!?" Zell snapped, holding out his fists.
Usagi rolled her eyes. Does Seifer ever stop messing with people?
"Enough talk," Quistis said in a tired and annoyed voice. "We're going to land pretty soon, so prepare yourselves."
"Roger," Zell said with a nod.
"Alright," Squall said quietly.
"Gotcha…" Usagi said in a distant voice.
"Yeah, yeah…" Seifer just shrugged it off. "Well then, Usagi. Go take a look outside."
She raised an eyebrow. Why did Seifer pick her? Does he want to scare her or something? Usagi really wanted to refuse but she remembered what Rei, a SeeD friend of hers, told her a day ago. She said not to ever go against the captain's orders or she would get a lot of points taken off. Taking her friends advice, Usagi stood up and headed for the latter.
Before she could even climb it, Squall grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the latter. "You'll fall in the ocean," he said before he made his way up the latter.
/…/
The vessel made a rough landing on the beach of Dollet. Usagi can hear the explosions so clearly now. She can even the feel the vibrations. Well, this was it. No turning back now. The hatch opened and the members of Squad B ran out along with Xu. She quickly left to aid her fellow SeeD members.
Quistis stayed inside the vessel. "You are to secure the Central Square. Make sure you have your GF before you head into battle!"
Seifer waved that off. He doesn't need a GF to pass an exam. "Let's move out," he ordered before running off. The other members followed him.
They ran up some steps to get off of the beach and into the city. There to greet them were two G-soldiers. Seifer jumped into action and swung his sword at one of them, cutting him deeply in the side. Zell's fist met with the other G-soldiers face, causing him to stumble a bit. Squall charge at him to cut the soldier in the side just like Seifer did. It was clear that the soldiers weren't going to go anywhere, so the squad moved on further into the city.
"Anyone having fun yet?" Seifer asked his squad.
"No," was Usagi's immediate response.
"Maybe because you didn't do anything," Seifer pointed out.
"Not true! I got a few cures…" Usagi knew that drawing magic didn't mean anything, especially in the exam.
"Like drawing magic is enough," Seifer said.
Usagi swore that Seifer was in her mind and was a very scary thought. "Whatever," Usagi started to move forward, not noticing the two G-soldiers waiting on the bridge above. "As long as I survive this stupid thing…" They jumped down.
"Above!"
Usagi wasn't exactly sure who shouted that out, but she looked up and saw a G-soldier with a sword in his hand coming right at her. She quickly got out her tonfas and blocked his aerial attack. She then hit his helmet with the short part of the shaft, attacking as if she was punching him. This attack threw him off balance. She switched her grip on the other tonfa and used the momentum to knock the sword out of his hand. Finally, she delivered a powerful upper cut, letting the dragon stuff covered wood hit the soldiers chin. The G-soldier hit the ground and didn't get back up.
"You alright?" Squall's voice was right next her.
"When did you get here?" she asked, then she noticed the bleeding soldier on the ground. There were two!?
Seifer put a hand on Usagi's shoulder, "Not bad, you're much better than I thought you would be."
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "Did you set me up?"
"Central Square is up ahead," Seifer said, moving away from her. "Hey! All you Galbadian cowards out there! Come out'n show your faces! Don't leave me hangin' now!" With that said, he charged for Central Square.
"He set me up!!" Usagi yelled, nearly infuriated. "Does he realize I could have died!?"
"You'll have to deal with him later," Squall told her. "Right now, let's just finish this exam."
"Fine…" she grumbled before following Seifer's path to get to Central Square. The two guys were right behind her.
When they got there, there was a G-soldier bleeding on the ground. Seifer gave his squad a cocky smirk. "I already took care of it."
"There may be more," Squall pointed out.
"Then I want you guys to scout the area," Seifer ordered.
And so they did, splitting up to save some time. Usagi didn't find anyone in her sector and neither did Squall. There was thud from where Zell was and he jumped over the car to return to the group.
"That's the last of them," Usagi reported.
Seifer sighed. "We are on standby till then…How boring…"
Usagi made herself comfortable on the edge of the fountain. "I'm fine with that."
From a distance, some loud noised started to erupt.
"Sounds like its starting." Squall muttered. And Usagi blocked them out there.
Seifer was right, standby is boring and it barely started. She can't believe the jerk set her up. Was her trying to kill her!? She barely managed to get out of that fight alive! Something rubbing against her leg brought her out to the real world. It was an old looking dog with big, adorable brown eyes. "Aren't you cute…" The dog barked and started to wander around.
"Looks like she's into dogs, Squall," Seifer said with a smug look on his face.
Squall sent him glare and decided to ignore any other remarks from him.
/…/
An hour has passed since Squad B took over Central Square. Zell had started to pace fifteen minutes ago and Seifer had been bouncing his gunblade on his shoulder for a while. The noises that were in the distance had stopped suddenly.
Squall took note of this, "Nothing…"
Zell stopped pacing, and punched the ground. "The hell! Man..." He let out a sigh. "Now this is what I call boring. This ain't right, man!"
Seifer continued to bounce his gunblade on his shoulder. "Still keeping us waiting...?" He finally snapped and swung his gunblade around. "That's it...! I can't take it anymore! What is this, some kind of dog training!?"
"Dog training you desperately need…" Usagi muttered under her breath. The dog suddenly let out a howl and ran away. Usagi her some footsteps and decided to move in case it was more G-soldiers. She joined the others in the shadows. The ones who snuck by were, in fact, some G-soldiers.
"It's the enemy..." Squall said.
"Where the hell they goin'?" Zell asked.
"I don't think worrying about that is part of the exam," Usagi said. She was wondering where they were going herself, but her part the exam is over and she doesn't want to do anything more.
Zell looked at the path where the G-soldiers went and looked up. He saw a tower in the mountains. "Hey, what's that up there?"
Seifer smirked and used his Gunblade to point to the tower. "Our next destination."
"Oh no…" Usagi moaned tiredly. Were they really going to leave their post and do more fighting?
"That's against orders!" Zell said, standing up to the captain.
"Weren't you just saying how bored you were?" Seifer pointed out.
Usagi let out sigh. Her friend words were ringing in her head. 'Don't go against the captain's orders.'
"Squall!" Zell looked at the brunette for back up.
"I stand by the captain's decision." Squall told him.
Seifer looked surprised. "Captain's decision?"
"It's a good opportunity to test out my training," he explained. "Thanks to you, I feel like I can take on anyone. Even if they do fight dirty, like you." At least he threw in somewhat of an insult.
Seifer shrugged, "You'll thank me when the time comes."
Zell raised an eyebrow showing his confusion. "What the hell... I thought you guys didn't along? You're like, all buddy-buddy now."
"Don't even bother trying to understand," Usagi warned. "I got a damn headache."
Zell decided to wave it off. "Listen. This ain't no ordinary battle. It's an exam, an important one. I'm tellin' you we have to stick to orders."
Seifer shrugged. "Then you stay here. I don't need any boy scouts."
"What was that!?" Zell yelled. Usagi swore she saw a vein pop out of his head.
"Don't take his words to heart, Zell," Usagi told him. "I see where you're coming from on this, I really do and I agree with you. But I'm not going against the captain's orders either."
Seifer smiled. "I knew you would back me up. Give me a hug!"
Usagi shook her head, "No, thank you…" She back away as he advanced toward her with his arms open.
Squall blocked his way with his arm, "If we are going to go, let's hurry."
Seifer quickly shifted from playful mode to captain mode. "The enemy is headed for the facility. We, squad B, are to secure the summit. Move out!"
/…/
Finding the way to the tower was very easy. The path that the G-soldiers took lead them directly to the mountain region. There were some Dollet soldiers on the ground. Some were moaning in pain and the others weren't making any noises at all.
Usagi went to the closest living Dollet and casted cure on him. It was all she could do for him in such a short time. She quickly turned to attention another one.
The guys moved further ahead. A Dollet soldier crawled out of some bushes and onto the steps. Squall went to aid him.
"W-Who are you!?" the soldier asked in a panicked voice.
"Don't worry. We're SeeD candidates," he explained. "We've been dispatched by Garden."
"So," Seifer started, not caring about the soldiers near death condition. "What's going on up there?"
"The Galbadian soldiers have entered the Communication Tower," the Dollet soldier explained. "On top of that... that place has always been a nesting ground for monsters." Usagi started to heal a soldier close to the one that was explaining the situation. She was able to hear bits and pieces of what he was saying. "If you guys are going up…" Something sharp sunk into his leg and started to drag him back. He screamed. "H-help!!"
Zell reacted quickly and dropped his heal on the monsters head. The monster hissed and dropped its prey. Usagi ran up to him and pulled him away from the battle. Just as he was about to cast cure, she heard a shot. She looked up and saw that Seifer had struck the monster and pulled his trigger, making a hole in it. The monster soon had green ooze spilling out. Squall ran forward and swung his blade, cutting off the monsters head. Its body landed with a loud thud. Usagi turned her attention back to the soldier and quickly cast a cure spell.
"Monsters, huh?" Squall said, thinking aloud.
"That sucks," Zell kicked a small pebble on the ground.
Seifer chuckled. "More fun for us. Come on..." He ran off not looking back to see if anyone followed him.
Zell rolled his eyes. "Fun? Pu-lease..."
Usagi joined the guys. "So, there are monsters here too?" Zell just nodded and Usagi let out an aggravated sigh. "First soldiers now monsters. What's next? A plan to take over the world?"
After Usagi's little rant, the three members of Squad B followed Seifer up the hill. When they reached the top, Seifer game them the quiet signal before he got on his stomach. Squall quietly walked up and laid down next him. Zell was squatting down in the back and Usagi took the spot next to Squall.
There were two G-soliders guarding the entrance to the tower. Another G-soldier came out and said rather loudly, "The generator is up and running!"
"No problem with boosters!" one of the guards said.
"What does all that even mean?" Usagi whispered her question. Her only response was a shushing from Seifer.
The last G-soldier spoke up. "Cable disconnection confirmed! Beginning exchange process!"
"Freaking robots…" Usagi muttered. The three soldiers entered the tower together.
Squall threw in his guess, "Repairs?"
Seifer stood up. "Who cares? This has to be your first real battle. You scared?" Seifer wore his taunting grin.
"I try not to think about it," Squall replied.
Usagi stood up from her spot. "So we know that they are doing repairs. Can we go now?"
"I love battles." Either Seifer didn't hear Usagi, or he was ignoring her. "I fear nothing. The way I look at it, as long as you make it out of a battle alive, you're one step closer to fulfilling your dream."
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "You're dream?" She had spent a lot of time with Seifer and she had never heard him talk about a dream.
Seifer looked at Squall, "I'm sure you have one too."
"I'm going to pass on the subject," Squall, looking away in thought.
"Says the ever so quiet one…" Usagi teased.
"Yo! Let me in on it too!" Zell said, starting to feel left out.
Seifer waved him off, "Mind your own business."
"Fricken' hell..." Zell tried to punch Seifer, but taller blonde easily dodged.
"What's the matter, Zell? Swatting flies?" Seifer taunted before he walked away.
Zell punched the ground instead. "Damn you!"
"There you are!"
Everyone looked up and saw that the voice belonged to a brunette girl. She tried to climb down to them, but she lost her footing and tumbled down. Usagi saw that she was about to get hit and moved away, only to stumble into Squall. He had to stop her from falling.
The girl that stumbled in on them stood up. "Are you... squad B?" she asked. Usagi nodded. "Wait a minute..." she pointed to Squall, "You're the guy who showed me around, right!? Thanks! I don't get so lost anymore."
"That was surprisingly nice of you, Squall," Usagi nudged him in the rib.
The girl noticed the odd closeness between the two. They were standing only centimeters apart."Are you two in a relationship?"
"What? No! We're just friends and we knew each other since we were little and I fall a lot…" Usagi talked so fast, none of the guys knew what she said.
The girl was the only one who understood what she said and nodded. "Oh yeah, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm a messenger. Name's Selphie, from Squad A. The squad captain's Seifer, right?" Selphie glance around. "Where is he?"
Seifer ran out on the ground below the cliff. "One of these days, I'm gonna tell ya 'bout my romantic dream!" He went in the tower after his little shout out.
"That was him," Usagi said, pointing to the closed doors of the tower.
Selphie sighed. "This sure is tough." She walked to the edge of the cliff. " Captain! Wait up!!" Then she jumped off. "What are you waiting for!?" she shouted from the bottom. "Come on! Come on!"
"Coming!" Usagi yelled before she jumped off the cliff and landed next to Selphie. She turned around. "What are waiting for, boys?"
Squall pointed off to the side. In Squall language, that means that he's going to come down the smart way.
"They're walking," Usagi told Selphie.
"Wimps."
"Yeah, really. The cliff is so much faster. Plus it was fun."
"What's your name?" Selphie asked.
"Usagi."
"We should do lunch Usagi!" Selphie said with a smile. "I can smell a beautiful friendship!"
"Sure, why not?" Usagi heard the guy's footsteps approaching. "Here are the wimps."
"It's about time!" Selphie said to the two guys. "It would have been must quicker if you just jumped.
"I'm not busting up my legs…" Zell muttered.
"Well let's get goin!" Selphie shouted and she ran to the tower with Usagi right behind her. Squall and Zell followed them.
Zell looked around and found a sign. "Dollet Communication Tower?"
"Sure is big..." Selphie said looking up.
Screams came from inside the tower. The doors opened and some G-soldiers ran, followed by Seifer who was swinging his gunblade at them.
He snorted, "Cowards."
Selphie stepped up. "Hey! I have message…" Seifer walked back inside. The doors closed automatically. "The captain's getting away!"
Usagi shook her head at Seifer's behavior. What the heck was he doing? They all walked inside the tower to go after him.
When they entered, there was whirring sound and lift soon appeared and stopped when it reached the ground level.
"Did he go up?" Squall asked, the question was for no one in particular.
"Heeey! Squad B captain!!!" Selphie shouted looking around.
"Let's take the lift." Usagi suggested jumping on and looking over the controls. Everyone else joined her on the lift. She pushed the up arrow and the lift started to rise.
"Wow, this is so cool!!" Selphie said, jumping up and down.
"It is pretty cool, isn't it? And I have clue why."
Selphie shrugged. "It is what it is. And this is just cool!"
"Exactly!!" Usagi said excitedly. She was starting to jump herself. "Where have you been all my life?"
/…/
A man in a red G-soldier uniform was working on a machine mumbling under his breath. Every now and then some static would erupt from the machine. A man in a blue G-soldier unifrom came up.
"Major Biggs!" he saluted, even thought the major can't see him. "There has been a report of a monster-shape shadow on top of the tower."
Biggs said nothing and continued to work. Under his helmet, his brow was scrunched up in concentration.
"Major Biggs!" The soldier in the blue repeated himself, trying to the major's attention.
"Be quiet, Wedge! I'm busy!" Biggs yelled not turning around. He focused on his "This goes like this...and...Geez, what's with these crappy old tools? And why do I have to make all the repairs!?"
"Sir, I'll check around while the repairs are being done." Wedge gave up hope on getting through to his major while was making repairs and he left the scene.
Biggs started to concentrate again. "Let's see...Put this here. This goes here. There!" Biggs threw the crappy wrench to the floor. "It's complete!"
The lift reach the top just as Biggs had said that. Squad B and Selphie stepped off and tower started to shake. The wrench that Biggs threw fell through an opening on the floor. Somewhere at the bottom of the tower, the wheels of the generators started to move and light up. Somewhere else in the tower, many switches were automatically flipped up with sparks of electricity flying from them. Each light beside those switches had turned on. This caused various lights throughout the tower to turn on.
Suddenly something behind the new arrivals shot out of the tower and up to the sky. The shaking stopped after that. The top of the huge metal pole leaned over and opened up into three pieces. Those three pieces expanded and turned up at the edges. It now looked like a dish. The stem in the center of the dish extended itself and it started to spark. Eventually, the whole thing glowed and emitted a soft blue light.
Usagi stood up. She figured that she would hit the floor when the shaking had started to prevent herself from falling to her death. "What the heck just happened!?"
Biggs turned around to face the four SeeD candidates. "What do you think you're doing!?" He yelled. "What happened to all of the soldiers down below!? Wedge! Take care of these twerps." He looked over his shoulder and saw no one there. "Wedge…?" He faced them again. "I...well...I seem to be done here," He inched closer to the lift. "So I'll just be on my way!" He ran to the lift where Seifer suddenly appeared. He swung his gunblade, cutting off a part of Biggs' shoulder armor. The Major screamed and fell to the ground.
"Sorry to crash the party," Seifer said coolly.
"Are you crazy!?" Biggs shouted.
Seifer stepped off of the lift. "Just shut up," There was a hint of annoyance in his voice.
Biggs held out his arm, where his gun was attached, to shoot Seifer, but the captain just cut off a piece of the gun. It won't work anymore.
"Major Biggs!" The voice came from behind the major. Wedge ran up and saw the major on the ground, disarmed. "Wha?"
"Shoot them!!" Biggs yelled, crawling backward. Wedge took out his gun.
Selphie was faster. She got out her weapons and hit Wedge in the arm with it. His gun flew out of his hands as Selphie caught the other side of her weapon. "I don't think so!"
Usagi gaped. "Are those nunchakus?"
Selphie nodded. "Yup!"
"I have tonfas!!"
It was Selphie's turn to gape. "Really!? Are you my long lost sister?"
Zell cleared his throat, "We have enemies here." Suddenly there was a powerful gust of wind that blew the two G-soldiers off the Communication Tower. There were two splashes a few seconds later.
In their place, there was a purple and red flying monster in the air with the bottom half looking like a piece jagged rock.
"What the hell is it!?" Zell yelled, getting into his battle stance. He can't reach it, but if it ever gets close enough, he'll be ready.
Seifer let out a long whistle. "It looks pretty strong. Maybe I should take care of it."
Usagi focused her attention on the monster. She may be bad at everything else, but this where she shines. She could sense that monster has thunder spells, cure spells, and something very powerful. It's very likely to be a GF. So she drew that very thing out of the monster. A single orb came out of the monster and went to her. It was defiantly a GF.
Selphie attacked the monster with her nunchakus. It let out a cry of pain. It was already in bad shape before it came to them.
The orb that Usagi recently received appeared in front of the monster and all of her comrades, along with her, disappeared. The scenery changed to a beach with a beautiful sunset. There was a rock not too far from the monster and on it sat a beautiful with white wings attached to her head. She played her harp and a gentle orange stream of color emerged from the instrument. This gentle stream of color is very deadly. As it reached the monster, the stream of color cut the monster where ever it hit, dealing some heavy damage.
As soon as she was done, the GF disappear and the scenery returned to normal. All of the SeeD candidate reappeared and saw the monster in its bad state. It soon exploded afterwards.
Selphie tucked her weapon away. She still had a mission to do. "Squad B captain?" Seifer looked at her, "I have new orders. 'All SeeD members and SeeD candidates are to withdraw at 1900 hours. Assemble at the shore!'"
"Withdraw!?" Seifer yelled in shock. "There are still enemies around!"
Selphied recoiled slightly at his yelling, "I know, but I'm just a messenger."
"An order to withdraw takes priority." Squall quoted. He crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't want to miss the vessel." Usagi nodded, agreeing with him.
"What time d'you say?" Seifer asked Selphie.
"1900 hours," Usagi answered for her new found friend.
"1900 hours. We only have 30 minutes!" He looked athis squad members. "You got 30 minutes to get down to the shore! Better run!" He ran to the lift and didn't wait for them. It went down.
"Who the hell does he think he is?" Zell asked, almost yelling. The lift came back up shortly.
"Why don't you ask him." Squall walked to the lift and waited for the other SeeD candidates to get on. Once they were the lift went down.
/.../
Biggs climbed up some rocks to get out of the water. He reached into his uniform and pulled out a remote control. He pushed one button and smiled. "Now go! Destroy them!" He shouted. He lost his grip and fell back in the water.
At the top of the tower, a metal bow moved slightly.
/…/
The lift reached the bottom of the tower. "That jerk left us behind," Usagi fumed as she stepped off the lift.
"Don't worry," Selphie said. "Karma can be cruel."
They all walked out and started to head back to the city. There was faint sound above them, but it was ignored. The tower is very old, so it could just be falling apart. A small piece metal must have broken off. But when that small piece hit the ground, it made the earth move.
They turned around and saw a huge metal spider that probably did not fall off from the tower. "What is this thing!!?" Usagi moved back some.
Zell thought quickly and started to summon his GF, Quetzalcoatl. This is a mechanical enemy that they were facing, so it would be weak against lighting. All they had to do was short it out. An orb came from Zell and went to the new enemy. Zell and his comrades disappeared and the scenery change slightly. Instead of clear blue skies, the sky was now black and heavy with clouds. A lightning bolt shot out from the sky and hit the ground. Quetzalcoatl made its appearance. It shot a lightning bolt at the spider and made a dome around it. From the sky, there was a bigger and lightning bolt and it the middle of the dome and the spider.
When Squad B and the member from Squad A reappeared the spider thing was out of commission. "Let's just run the way," Usagi suggested. Everyone seemed to agree and started to run up the path that Zell and Squall took earlier. When they were up by the cliff, the mechanical spider started to move, making a loud creaking noise.
This caught the group's attention and they saw it stand up. Zell was the only one who spoke. "I thought that thing was busted up!?"
"Whatever! Just move!" Squall demanded. He wasn't the only one with that idea on mind. They all moved and the spider jumped up after them.
They ran down the steps where the snake creature appeared and the huge spider was starting to catch up. The SeeD candidates soon reached the bridge that lead to the city. If they could reach the city, the spider would be forced to slow because it would have some through the city.
It was true. Once they reached the city, they got a good couple feet ahead of the war machine. Usagi glanced around for the dog. It was gone. Smart dog. From Central Square they were able to reach the main road. So close now. They stopped to take a very short breather near a blue car.
"There's… a squad… near here!" Selphie choked out.
Usagi heard the mechanical footsteps. "Time to go!" They were back to running. The car was soon crushed by the spider.
When they reached the bridge where two G-soldier previously were, Selphie went to one of the shops and banged the door. Two guys came out with confused look on their faces. They started to hear the foot and saw the metal spider.
"Squad C, withdraw!" a student, who was apparently the captain, ordered.
"Roger," said the other student.
The four other students followed them. It didn't take long to reach the beach. Instead of taking the stairs, the four students decided to jump on the beach. They were in kind of a hurry. There was a crash and this caused Squall to lose his footing, making fall on the beach. The spider saw him and went after him. Squall got up quickly and started to run toward the vessel. Selphie and Usagi turned to see where he was. Zell told them to get in the vessel. Selphie had to drag Usagi on.
The spider was really close to Squall. It was about to get him, but holes started to appear all over its head. Quistis was shooting the spider with a machine gun from on top of the vessel, allowing Squall to get on. She eventually shot it enough to make it explode. She returned below as vessel made its way back to Balamb.
/…/
Seifer came out of the vessel first, followed by his sore squad members and a sore Selphie. His posse just happened to be there waiting for him.
Fuijin greeted him. "Seifer!"
"How'd it go?" Raijin asked.
Seifer let out a long sigh, "Man...All they did was get in my way. Being a leader ain't easy."
"Must be since you fail at it..." Usagi muttered.
"Safe?" Fujin asked in her one word speech. Seifer shrugged it off, and went to the car followed by his posse.
Quistis came from the vessel, happy to be back at Balamb. "Good job!" She told them. Usagi let out a painfully groan. Even after escaping from a gigantic spider, she was not confident in doing well. She'll probably lose points for not running right or something. Instructor Trepe looked around, "Where's Seifer?" Squall pointed to car. "Just be back at Garden by sundown. You're free 'til then. Ok dismissed!" Just then, they saw the car drive away.
"Hey! Not again, man! There goes ..." Zell mumbled the last part.
"Might as well walk it," Squall with a shrug.
Usagi practically jumped on Squall's back. "Will you carry me?"
"No." He shrugged her off.
Usagi stuck out her tongue at his back. "Well, fine. Let's just leave, the sooner the better."
/…/
Zell stretch once he reached the gates of Balamb Garden. "Finally made it back!" The sun was about to set. At least they made it on time.
"Seriously..." Selphie muttered slipping a shoe off to rub her sore foot.
"What's with all those bugs that attacked us?" Usagi asked. "We need some heavy duty bug spray."
"Well, I guess we just wait for the test results." Usagi winced at the words 'test results'. "Till then, see ya guys later!" Zell left.
"See ya!" Selphie waved good-bye as she left.
"Aren't you leaving?" Squall asked Usagi.
She shook her head, "I rather be around you."
"Do what you want," he said with a shrug.
"Right now, I don't want to have a cow over this exam." She could feel the shakes coming on. "Can we walk around?"
"Whatever."
/…/
When the two students started to walk, they saw Xu and Instructor Trepe standing in the hall in front of the map of Balamb Garden with the Headmaster. They were able to catch part of the conversation.
"We didn't realize the Galbadian Army was after the abandoned communication tower," Xu told the Headmaster.
Usagi figured she was giving him her report. Wait, they were after the communication tower? All that for a freaking tower!? She got chased down by a twenty foot war machine for an abandoned tower!? All of those Dollet soldiers got hurt and died over a tower!? She was a little upset right now… She almost died over a tower!
Headmaster Cid noticed them there. "Usagi! Squall! Over here!" They went over to the Headmaster. "How did feel to be out there on the battle field?" he asked the two students.
"Whatever," was Squall's response.
"You did pretty well!" Xu told him.
Quistis smiled. "Of course! He's my best student. But he's not very social."
Xu looked at Usagi, "But he has a girlfriend."
Usagi shook her head. Everyone gets the wrong idea with them. "We grew up together."
Xu nodded, but she didn't really buy the story.
"How about you," Cid asked Usagi. "How did it feel?"
Usagi let out a sigh. "Like I was going to die… I barely survived the exam part. Can I know right now that I failed?"
Headmaster Cid laughed at her response. "You'll have to wait just like everyone else."
"The test results should been in shortly," Quistis assured her. Usagi moaned at those words.
"I need to walk." Usagi started to walk up the hall. "Maybe I'll go off a cliff and into a bunch of spikes…"
Xu laughed a little at the blond's behavior. "You better watch her and make sure she doesn't find cliffs here, Squall."
Squall rolled his eyes and followed her. She didn't get too far and she was nowhere near any cliffs. "I'm going to have to take this whole semester again…"
"You're a better fighter than you think you are," Squall said with out really looking at her.
Usagi stopped and looked at him. He must really mean if he couldn't look at her, but Usagi had to be sure. "Really?"
Squall never got to answer that question because Seifer came up to them.
"Hey guys! Did you hear about the communication tower in Dollet?" He didn't wait long for an answer. "We would have been heroes if it weren't for that withdraw order."
Usagi frowned. "Look here Seifer…" she was cut off by Quistis who came up with Xu.
"You were only looking for a fight," Quistis said.
"My dear instructor, I'm hurt." Seifer was obviously being sarcastic. "Those are rather cruel words for an aspiring student. A mediocre instructor like you will never understand."
Even if she didn't show it, Quistis was deeply affected by those words. Xu stepped forward to defend her and to knock Seifer in his place. "Seifer, don't be so stuck on yourself. You'll take all responsibility for leaving the designated area," she said in a stern voice. Usagi mentally cheered. There's more hope for her passing!
"Isn't it the captain's duty to take the best possible action." What Seifer said was a statement, not a question.
Xu shook her head. It was clear to her that he will never understand, so she might as well tell him. "Seifer, you'll never be SeeD. Calling yourself a captain is a joke." Those words actually hit Seifer. His cocky exterior was completely gone. Xu waved him off and left. She said what needed to be said. Quistis followed. Now Usagi was starting to feel bad for Seifer.
Headmaster Cid came up next. "Seifer," he began, "You will be disciplined for your irresponsible behavior. You must follow orders exactly during combat. But I'm not entirely without sympathy for you. I don't want you all to become machines. I want you all to be able to think and act for yourselves. I am..."
A Garden faculty had walked up during his speech. "Headmaster Cid, you have some business in your office..." Usagi hates these things. She's not even sure that they're people. They always wear those long dress things.
The Headmaster sighed and started to walk away, "There are so many issues at hand."
Usagi walked up to Seifer, still feeling bad for him. "Are you ok?"
All students who participated in today's exam report to the 2nd floor hallway.
She went back to panicking. "Oh god, oh god…" She took a deep, calmming breath. "Okay, let's go."
/…/
"S'up." Zell greeted when Squall and Usagi where reached the hallway. He continued his pacing. "Said they're gonna call out names one at a time... Are you okay?" He noticed that Usagi was a bit pale and was shaking a bit.
"I'm going to hurl… I'll be over there." She pointed to an empty spot not too far away. She leaned against the wall. She was really out of it and didn't notice Raijin come up to her.
He stood there for a bit, having no idea how to start this conversation. "Ya know, Fujin was saying that it'd be all your squads fault if Seifer doesn't become a SeeD."
Usagi raised an eyebrow at him. "She said all that in one word?"
Raijin laughed a bit nervously. "I don't think he would blame you though. He… kinda likes you, ya know?"
"Ah," Usagi was feeling a bit awkward now. "How… nice?"
"Yeah, but you're always around Squall, ya know?"
Usagi nodded. "Uh-huh…" she looked over and saw a Garden Faculty walk up. At least this conversation can, but now she'll know if she passed the exam or not. The shakes were coming back.
He looked down at the piece of paper and read a name. "Dincht. Zell Dincht..."
"Ooohhhh Yeah! See ya!" He gleefully left.
"Squall... Squall from Squad B. Please step forward." Squall left with no emotions changing on his face.
Usagi smiled. Of course Squall made it. He'll make an excellent SeeD. At least now she knows she didn't make it and would have to try again later. Raijin nudged her. "What?" he pointed to the Garden Faculty, who was looking her way.
"Usagi Tsikuno?"
"Yes?" She didn't exactly understand why her name was called.
"You've made it," he said. "Congratulations, now please go up to the Headmaster's office."
"I made it…" Usagi repeated. Now the words were sinking in. "I made it! Yes! Oh! Headmaster's office! Right!" She stumbled a bit when she got off the wall. Her walk got straight by the time she reached the elevator.
The Garden Faculty tucked the paper away. "That is all. Dismissed."
/…/
"These are the five students that passed today's exam," said another and different Garden Faculty.
Headmaster Cid nodded and started his speech, "First of all, congratulations. However..." He stepped away from his desk. "From now on, as a member of SeeD, you will be dispatched all over the world. We are proud to introduce SeeD, Balamb Garden's mercenary soldiers. SeeD soldiers are combat specialists. But that is only one aspect of SeeD. When the time comes..."
Usagi did not hear anything he just said. She was too busy singing the word SeeD in her head.
"Headmaster..." the Garden Faculty interrupted. "It's almost time for the meeting. Please make this short." He turned to the new SeeD's and finished the Headmaster's speech. "SeeD is a valuable asset to Garden. Its reputation is solely dependent on each one of you. Handle your mission with care. Is that what you wanted to say, sir?" Cid nodded after a while. He looked a bit upset after being cut off like that. "Here is your SeeD rank report!"
Cid had some papers in his hand. He went to each new SeeD, shook their hands, and whispered something in their ear. "Stay away from cliffs." Cid whispered that to Usagi.
"This ends the SeeD inauguration. Dismissed!"
/…/
"I made it! I made it!!" Usagi was jumping up and down. She went to Squall and gave him a big hug. "We made it!!"
Selphie was skipping around singing the SeeD song that Usagi was singing in her head earlier.
"So, is everyone ready to go to class?" Zell asked his fellow SeeDs.
"Class?" Usagi asked, completely confused. "What for? I thought we were done."
"Don't you remember what new SeeDs do?" Usagi shook her head and Zell sighed. He should have guessed. "We give a speech in front of the entire class and then we have a party."
"Speech!?" First, there was the exam and now there was a speech!? "Can I skip that and just get to the party? I hate speeches!"
Selphie took Usagi by the arm, "If you don't like is so much, might as well get it over with now!" She dragged Usagi down the hall. The other guys followed. When the reached the ones that didn't pass the exam, Usagi saw that Seifer was there. Maybe he calmed down a little? He looked over at the new SeeDs. Zell thought he was going to say somthing insulting and got ready for it. But Seifer started to clap instead. Soon, all of the students standing in the were clapping for them. Usagi felt a blush creepy up on her face.
/…/
Alright. 23 pages and 10,178 words. I was wondering if I should work on this again. I saw that some people were reading it and I decided to work on it again! I decided to include some scouts in this. Rei will make her appearance in the second chapter, which will be the dance and an intro to their first mission.
So, please review if you like it and want more. I would like know.