Hello everyone, so I've seen this pairing a few times here and there and I'm starting to really like it. Well any feed back would be nice but I'll keep this story going until I figure out what to do with it; hope you enjoy. Please R&R .

Hurt, dirty and used it was the main emotion he usually felt. Matron, his adoptive mother had used him….no that wasn't fully true, it wasn't her fault, he became a puppet none the less though. He wanted to be a knight, a leader but instead he became infected. Unable to act out his notions of valor but at least he got to give his rival a good fight here and there, but it wasn't worth it in the long run. He lost everything, he was no longer a general, no longer a knight, no longer even the leader of his posse, Fujin and Raijin both were forced to betray him and side with Squall and his gang of merry kids in their hope to bring him back to their old leader. Since then he was truly alone. He never was good at being a sweet lap dog but Seifer was good at acting in chaos and without the war there was no chaos so he just began acting out.

Fujin stayed with him the longest, she must have cared for him very deeply, but while he was under the spell she and Raijin became very close, 'I guess that my being under that spell broke even her connection with me' he bitterly thought, though he didn't even realize how much she cared until he was free again. He heard that they just started dating and he was happy for them; they worked well as a team and though they still kept in touch as often as they could he knew that soon there'd be no place for a wild card in their life if they wanted to settle down. Raijin even talked about Fujin speaking in sentences they last time they talked on the phone, but she refused to speak on the phone just yet, just sent her best wishes. Seifer barked out a laugh before he remembered his location. He was in a dingy bar far north where there only seemed to be two types of days, days with light snow fall and other days with light rain fall. The bar was dimly lit, the owner seeing no need in increasing his electric bill for people who came there solely due to it having the lowest prices in the city, in fact no expense noticeable could be seen anywhere, he wouldn't be surprised if it was 50 or 500 years old and just left to rot. There were a few regulars but everyone kept to themselves

The golden boy finally won, he now has Seifer's old girl, and while no longer wanted Rinoa like that it was still the thought that bothered him. He was the leader of Garden and the hero of the land. Even long ago when they fought without the chance of death between them and they both left a mark on the other's face he was the only one in trouble. Golden boy got off without so much as a slap on the wrist, Quistis little crush on Squall had ensured that it ended like that. It must be a bite in the butt to see Squall be with Rinoa if Quistis was dumb enough to stay around to watch that show. He finished his drink and left the bar, it was raining tonight so be flipped up his collar and headed home.

(Now in Garden)

Matron sat in Cid's old headmasters room while she looked at Quistis "there is someone I need you to help me find, a long lost soul…"

Quistis looked at Edea, the woman's face held a sweet loving look to it, just like the mother figure that she used to look up to, with none of the malice from the sorcerer wars. But Edea's eyes held more of a pain.

"Do we have a name and location?" Quistis asked in her normal professional tone, Edea's eyes had unnerved her but as far as Quistis could tell this should be just a normal grab and tag mission though the fact that Squall wasn't here was also odd, pondering these small threads that were appearing she added in "what about a team? Who will be assigned this mission?"

Edea smiled, Quistis was always the logical one, caring and understanding but knowing how to put the pieces together very quickly, if only the young blonde in front of her could find a match; Edea knew of Quistis infatuation towards Squall but never saw it going very far because Squall simply never let her in. that didn't matter now though, she wanted her family together one last time. And even though she always knew that Quistis would never get Squall for herself, the woman who sat across from her seemed to have never figured that out, which left a hollow mark in her heart something which more and more people were starting to notice as Quistis never did date or do much other than work.

"we have a name and we just received the location…"

"What is the mark's name?" Quistis cut Edea off, pulling out a datapad to gather the intel.

"The mark? This is not an assassination or even a forced retrieval I just want you to send a message to someone and try to convince them to come met me" Edea let out a sigh that she was holding in, maybe this trip would do the child before her some good as well "He is up north in a small town, living on the fringe, two of his friends finally came forward and told me his location. It would seem that he really did not want to be found for a while, but I have had Irvine looking for people who may know him for the last two months and we got lucky, they came to Garden just last night and were very helpful" Edea smiled at the memory though Quistis was still trying to see where this is going, it was starting to annoy her that she did not know all of what was going on and this was beginning to look a little too cloak and daggers for her liking. Irvine was on vacation for the last two months, or at least that is what she thought until just now, and there were no registered arrivals for last night which she was sure about since she spent most of last night helping a young new recruit learn the log system.

Quistis pinched the bridge of her nose "Can I at least get the name? what is going on Edea?"

"I want you to bring my lost son home…" Edea trailed off as the pain in her eyes came closer to the forefront, a raw emotion of guilt ran through her. Just then the door opened and a woman with silver hair and an eye patch walked in followed by a large man holding a staff.

"Find Seifir…PLEASE"

It took Quistis a moment before she realized that it was Fujin and Raijin standing before her and then the name clicked in her mind and it all became clear.

A/N well let me know? I'm bored so I'll keep writing for a bit unless if everyone hates the plot or my style, then I'll just give up and try hang gliding