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Summary: During Time Compression Rinoa is given the title of 'Love Goddess' by Hyne. Written by Ah Megami-sama (a.k.a The Lance of Longinuss) and Angel Greenleaf! Angel Greenleaf: Thank you very much ;-)

Note from Ah Megami-sama: I am inspired to easily!!!!

A French Poem About The Upcoming Story That I Wrote:

Aimez la déesse, montrez-moi la signification vraie d'être seul, montrez-moi la signification vraie de l'amour. La pierre que vous donnez un coup de pied quand vous êtes dans l'anguish pourriez juste rebondir et être un diamant. Recueillez les morceaux de votre mémoire et ils sembleront être votre coeur. Recueillez les morceaux de votre courage et il semblera être, ALLANT VOS JOURS ET GRANDIR ! !

(Translation Next Coming Chapter!)

Dedication: This story is dedicated to my wonderful friend, Angel Greenleaf who helped co-write this amazing story!!

~*Into the Light*~

A story by Ah Megami-sama (Originally known as The Lance of Longinuss) and co-written with Angel Greenleaf

~*Chapter 1: And the Value of a Miracle Is....*~

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"Gosh it's quiet." Rinoa commented as she walked among the flower fields of Time Compression. The flowers crushed against the souls of her shoes. The petals of the now dead host swept up and into the air around her face. She walked through the curtain of yellow petals and they scattered around her.

She brought her hands up to her chest where two rings lay. She pressed her palm onto them and felt the cold of them melt into her warm palms. She sighed heavily.

"Squall," She began as she looked to the sky. "Where have you gone?" She asked with a heavy heart. She walked a few steps forward, her eyes still focused on the sky high over head. But before she could continue walking she felt herself smash into something hard and smooth. She fell back on her butt with a yelp.

"What the-" She began as she looked up. She found her eyes wandering up an extremely long white pole. Her eyes drifted to the left where she found a row of columns of the same pure white paint as the first one. She looked between the cracks of the poles and found a stair case. She picked herself up and began to hesitantly walk for the stair case.

Normally she wouldn't go up a stair case that was foreign to her, but considering there was nothing else to do out in the middle of no where, she went up. The stair case was pure white, and if the sun reflected off of the white she would most likely go blind, but that is if she was lucky, it would probably have her eyes burned to little tiny black balls.

As the stair case ended, there was black in front of her. It seemed like the lights were off. The sun light from the outside streamed through the empty, dark room. Suddenly lights flashed on everywhere and the room lit. Rinoa looked around in astonishment.

There was a high desk that rose up about 12 feet from the ground. She could hear things moving from beyond the desk.

"Ummm... hello?" She questioned uneasily.

"WHAT!?!?!?!" A voice screamed. "HOLD ON!! I'M COMING!!!" The voice screamed once more. A few seconds were left in complete silence... well except the swearing being lightly whispered as the voice stumbled over something. Finally something emerged from the desk. It was a fat chipmunk. "Well," The chipmunk began. "What's your name?" it asked.

"R-Rinoa." She answered with a stutter. The chipmunk nodded in understanding and a scroll appeared in front of him. His little eyes scanned through the scroll.

"Your name isn't listed here. Which Goddess are you?" The chipmunk asked.

"G-Goddess??" Rinoa asked a bit in shock.

"Yeah, Goddess. Don't tell me you don't know what a Goddess is." The chipmunk asked in shock. Rinoa was silent, answering the chipmunk's question easily. "Oh geez." The chipmunk muttered under it's breath. "Do you know who I am?" It asked.

"No." Rinoa told him biting down lightly on the knuckle of her index finger.

"Well, Rinoa dear, let me tell you!" It said proudly. The chipmunk stood on its hind legs and a small pare of blazing white wings sprouted from its back. "I AM HYNE!!!!!" Hyne began proudly. "THE RULER OF ALL LIVING STUFF!!! WITH A SINGLE COMMAND I CAN HAVE YOUR NAILS PAINTED... along with about twenty bucks." He told her as a chorus rang up behind him singing 'Respect'.

"You're kidding, right?" Rinoa asked as she stifled a laugh.

"I'm dead serious." Hyne said with a smirk.

"YOU'RE A FRICKIN CHIPMUNK!!!" Rinoa squealed with laugher.

"I'd hold your tongue if I were you, Rinoa." Hyne warned her. Rinoa still gave no attention to 'Hyne'. "For I hold the key back to your world." This caught Rinoa's attention.

"Squall." She whispered. She fell to her knees, a sign that showed she was accepting his powers over her.

"A boy you love is there." Hyne stated as he jumped off of the ledge of the desk and fluttered down to where Rinoa was kneeling with his wings. "I know of one way to get back." Hyne said as he stared up at her.

"Anything." She said in a desperate voice as she splayed both hands on the ground and leaned on them directly over Hyne.

"Since 'Love' has been failing to complete her missions we had to get rid of her." He explained. "This makes a position open for you." He told her with a smile.

"How will that help me in anyway!?" Rinoa wailed, becoming frustrated quickly. She just wanted to get home. As the conversation progressed she felt even more lost and even more hopeless.

"Simple. The mission of the 'Love Goddess' is to make a man learn to love or simply fall in love with another women." Hyne told her. "That means you can visit your world and see the man you love." Hyne told her with a smile.

"I'll take it!" Rinoa said with a smile. "Anything to get back to my friends!" She said once more as she picked him up in her hands. She kissed his cheek softly and smiled a bright smile at him.

"Quick change in emotions, I see." Hyne stated as he crossed his hands behind his back.

Rinoa appeared from the dressing room with a loose blue skirt that dropped to about her knees and a white tank top. On her forehead she wore a marking, a blue marking. And on her right wrist she wore a silver bracelet that fit loosely around her wrist.

"You look wonderful!" Hyne congratulated as he clapped his paws.

"Thank you." She said to him with a warm smile.

"Miss Rinoa." A knight began as he kneeled before her. "We will give your mission in a few minutes." The knight told her as he looked on at the floor, giving her a sign that she ruled power over him.

"My mission?" she questioned, looking down at him. "Oh yeah… my mission to get back to my friends. So what is it?"

"Patience my child, patience," Hyne scolded, his back to them all. "Before you can see your friends, you must work your way up. Now… there is a young man back in your world who needs your help with love. He lost his first love many years ago, and doesn't believe in it anymore. Will you help him?"

Rinoa stumbled over her words, but managed to get out, "Of course! If he's in need, I'll be there. When will I be able to see Squall again though?"

"Did I NOT just tell you to have patience!? Geez… you'd think you were deaf or something. It depends on how well you can help the people along the way with your missions. The first one may get you back to Squall, who knows? It all depends upon you."

Rinoa's bottom lip stuck out a little at the answer, but the thought of even seeing Squall in four or five years would be enough to keep her spirit's up. "I'll do whatever it takes to get back to him," she replied bravely. "Where is this man I need to help?"

Hyne smiled in triumph, pleased that Rinoa had accepted his offer for the position. "Good luck Rinoa… may the spirits of all the Goddesses guide you."

"Thank you." Rinoa said with a little nod.

"Oh but wait I almost forgot something!" Hyne told her as he flew up to her.

"Well," Hyne began. "I'll explain your clothes and what not." He said as he flew up to her wrist and examined her bracelet. He examined it closely and began to rub his paws against it. "This, my dear, is a bracelet." He exclaimed triumphantly.

"Are you sure? Looks kinda like pole." Rinoa teased him with a questionable look on her face. Hyne ignored her comments and continued.

"This bracelet, when activated correctly will give you the 'Wand of Powerful Stuff'!" He told her as he fluttered away from her with a push of his little wings.

"What an ugly name." Rinoa complained under her breath as she tossed her eyes to the side with huff.

"Don't you want to know how to activate it?" Hyne asked her as he placed his paws to his hips.

"Why would I need it? Is it used for smacking people over the head which would cause them to love?" Rinoa asked as she examined the bracelet herself.

"No, sorry. I know how much you want to hit people over and over, but that's not how it works." Hyne said as he flew in front of her face, blocking her line of vision with his huggable, soft body. "Instructions are as follows: Name the wand." He ordered. Rinoa looked to her wrist and examined it to a great extent until she finally said:

"Your new name shall be 'Wings of Goddess Love'!" Rinoa exclaimed with delight as a huge smile crossed her face. "Or just 'Wing Wand' for short!" She added.

"Step 2," Hyne began after the short extraction of time from his life ended. "Stretch the fingers of your right hand out." She did so. "Good. Now chant 'Gimme' Wings of Goddess Love!'." Hyne instructed. She chanted those precise words and a line of light stretched out from the underside of her bracelet. The light line stopped about a foot away from her. Once the light had stopped a jet of feathers encircled and began to crawl themselves up the light. As the feathers climbed rapidly, they fell off and into the wand making that particular part solid. A few seconds had passed and now the wand was completely solid. But before Rinoa could say anything two tiny wings appeared at the end.

"Cool." She said with a smile as she grabbed hold of the wand. "But I still don't know why I need it." She reminded Hyne.

"Oh right, yes of course." Hyne said with a little tiny laugh. "There is an evil Goddess known as Mei-Mei. She is evil... like her name implies." Hyne told her.

"Don't tell me I have to fight her." Rinoa said with a small whine.

"No, that weapon is just merely for protection, nothing more." Hyne said with a smile. "Now time for you to change how you look!" Hyne said with a smile.

"WHAT!?" Rinoa exclaimed in shock.

"We can't let anyone know that you're Rinoa! It would be a catastrophe!" Hyne told her.

"How so?" Rinoa asked a little bit scared of what he was going to do to her LOVELY body.

"Just shut up and go into that room over there." Hyne commanded.

When Rinoa finally emerged from the room, her body remained unchanged, but her nose and hair was different. Her nose tilted up slightly and her hair was light brown that stretched down to her mid back.

"I guess I don't mind this." Rinoa told Hyne as she looked herself over once more.

"Good!" He exclaimed with a smile.

"Now off with your mission!" Hyne ordered. "Here are a few business cards for you. Show them to the people you help. And it's quite alright if you tell them you're Goddess Love. Just show them your wings and I'm sure they'll believe you." Hyne said as he waved his hand. "BON VOYAGE!!" He wailed as he bobbed up and down in the air as he continued to wave goodbye.

Two knights grabbed a hold of Rinoa and they dragged her to a hole, spewing vanilla colored light in every which way direction.

"Good luck." One of the nights said in a husky voice. And with that they threw her in. When the vanilla light vanished she was in someone's bedroom. The room was almost pitch black, the only thing keeping it remotely lit was the moon's unearthly glow. There was a large, long lump in the bed. She decided to investigate the, hopefully, person in there. Her curiosity didn't seem to falter as her oh so curious mind swept through the ideas of who it could be. It was probably someone of great wealth and power do to the size of the room, and the price of the things that were in the room.

She licked her lips and jabbed the covered body in the ribs. The person awoke with a shock. The sheet fell from the persons head and she found the man she was to look after for God knows how long. It was Laguna....

"LAGUNA!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" She screamed as she stumbled back.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?!?!?!?" He screamed at her.

"Me?" Rinoa asked quickly calming down. "I am Goddess Love!" She told him with a sweet sounding voice as her wings sprouted from her back.

"Holy shit." Laguna said in shock as he stared on at the Goddess in front of him.

"Or you can just call me Rinoa." She told him with a smile. As she spoke her true name she felt uncomfortable at the thought of him actually finding out the she was THE Rinoa, but then she realized her appearance had been altered for just this sort of thing. Laguna stared on blankly and Rinoa did the same.

"How long are you going to stand there?" He asked as he lifted his eye brow slightly.

"Until you give me a place to sleep." She told him with a smile.

"Who says you are going to be staying here?" He asked a bit agitated as he lied back down onto his bed. He threw the sheets over his body with a huff.

"My card." Rinoa said in a sweet tone that would have any man melt at her feet, but sadly Laguna was heartbroken and obviously afraid of the connection with women and man. Rinoa tossed a business card his way and it crashed into the pillow next to him. He looked at the card in annoyance but snatched it up anyways.

"Lights." He demanded. Rinoa looked at him questionably.

"I'm not your bitch. Get them yourself." Rinoa told him with a tone of authority in her voice. Laguna sighed heavily and gave Rinoa the evil eye, but he ended up turning them on anyways. Laguna began to read the business card and while Rinoa waited she began to absent mindedly play with a lock of her new brown hair that had been over her shoulder for quite sometime now. After a few minutes, Laguna was still reading and Rinoa had taken notice of her actions and began to intentionally play with the other lock of hair on her other shoulder.

"You'll really get me to love again?" He asked her as he tossed the card on his night stand. He raised an eye brow to her and let a smirk touch his lips.

"Why of course! That's why I'm called 'Goddess Love'!" She told him, excitement beaming in her words as she said, 'Goddess Love'. This is going to be fun! Rinoa thought with a smile.

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A/n: Well that chapter is done! HURRAH!! Thank you Angel Greenleaf for the additions!!

P.S. Don't worry... I'll finish this one, but that's just because I have the help of my dear friend as well...

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