A Smell of blood and shattered hearts

A Smell of blood and shattered hearts

Hi.

This is my first fanfic.

Final Fantasy 8 and everything that is related to it belongs to Squaresoft and not me.

This sets place two years after the game.

Chapter 1: Battleground

Squall ran trough the badly damaged Balamb Garden, searching for his beloved sorceress. Galbadia had tried to invade under their new president/dictator Aaron Deling, brother of the late Vinser Deling who wanted to make Galbadia into the dominating nation of the world and saw the Garden as an obstacle to overcome.

He knew that they had won the battle but to what cost? One third of the cadets where killed along whit a fourth of the SeeDs including both Xu and Nida who died when the control room was destroyed, A small comfort was that no junior class men had been hurt in the process.

The smoke from the library made it difficult to see and to breathe, but he got to find her. He found Zell covered in blood cradling a young female body whit pigtails in his arms whit a dead galbadian soldier lying in one corner.

"The damn magic and items doesn't work, oh Amie I should have been there you protecting you" he heard his friend say between the sobs. Squall could see in an instant that the girl was dead due to the deep gash in her chest and the pale colour of her body. It was no use to try too talk to the martial art-specialist right now so he decided to leave him alone whit his beloved Amie and continued to search.

Around the cafeteria lied wounded and dying fighters because the infirmary had been totally destroyed. The medics running around along whit doctor Kadowaki trying to help so many as possible. He found the reinstated Seifer by the side of a badly wounded and unconscious Quistis.

"My posse is gone he muttered.Rajin and Fujin fell when they protected the juniors. My beloved is figthing a figth she will probably lose. And everything is the damn Galbadias fault."

"Rajin and Fujin fought well and shall be remembered and Quistis is stronger than she looks. Seifer gave a thankful nod to his comrade and former rival." He asked the doktor about Quistis status.

"Not to good she answeared. We will be lucky if she survives the night. We have done everything we can, the rest is up to her." He fellt a sting of pure anger trough his whole body and cursed Galbadia all way to hell and an bit farter. The temporary fieldhospital was full of tears and painful screams. "Send a traumateam to the library, and bring a bodybag along" he said bitterly to one of the medics before he continued his search.

Squalls next place to search was the Quad where he found Selphie trying to remove some heavy beams whit the help of other students. "Come Squall help me save Irvine's troops he heard her call." Together they brought up the cadets, some injured and some dead. Irvine had been one of the few lucky survivors, even if he was pretty beaten up.

"Help them to the cafeteria" Squall ordered the ones who weren't injured. "How is your status."

"No good" she answeared him. "Most of my squad are injured and half of them bad. How is everybody else?" she asked.

"Zell is in chock and in deep grief over his girlfriend, Quistis is fighting for her life whit Seifer by her side and Rinoa is yet to be found. Rajin, Fujin Xu and Nida are dead."

"They did it again" she whispered. "When will they stop? First Trabia two years ago and now Balamb, When will they stop?" She cried out in emotional pain crumbling to her knees. "They will pay, they have to pay for all bad things they have done." She said between the tears falling to the ground.

"Go see Irvine". Squall said to her whit so much warmt he could bring up while he looked her in the eyes. "Go see him now, he need you and you need him in times like this." She nodded and walked away.

He started to feel really worried now. Where could she be? Then he heard her voice comming from the caved in entrance to the parking lot. Immediately he called a rescue team to remove the rubble. There she was his angel along whit some of the cadets, protected by a magical barrier she had summoned whit her powers. "Squall" she cried as she threw herself into his arms in pure happiness. Rinoa is ok he thought whit relief.

"I cant belive that your father allowed this to happen, whit you here especially."

"He didnt allow it Squall. He has been sent into exile for having a daugther who fight against Galbadia. I got to know just moments before the attack begun."

At the gates to the cafeteria they met a member of the medics whit bad news. "Quistis is awake but she wont last much longer. You can say that she has woken upp only to say goodbye to you all, there is notthing left to do whit all the internal bleedings."

Quistis looked up at Squall, Rinoa, a calmer Zell, Seifer who newer left her side even once and Irvine on crutshes supported by Selphie. "I know - I dont have - much time left and -I want to say something to you all before I go." She said whit a great effort as she whinsed at the pain.

"Zell, I am sorry for your lost. You where always ready to protect the people who needed it even if you lost your temper sometimes and made a lot of fuzz. Whit your mecanical skills this plase will be up and running in no time and remember Amie loved you very much."

"Yes I know she did and I know we will all met again on the other side some day." Zell said a bit tearful.

"Seifer, for two years ago we fought and defeted you. I thougth you where just an arogant bastard, but after you rejoined the Garden and made it trough SeeD you have shown a much nicer side of you that I fell in love whit. And you fell for me, for the first time in my life I fellt truly loved."

"Thank you. See you on the other side my love and thank you for being the one to first welcome me back to Garden." Seifer said whit tears in his eyes and gave her a last kiss.

"Irvine, when you first came along I thought that you where nothing more than a casanova. You have shown that you are a great friend and a perfekt match for Selphie. Please take care of her."

"No worries I will take care of her whit all my heart." Irvines replied sadly.

"Selphie, you never let your mood fall when things get tough and you helped us whit that sunshinesmile to keep the will to go on more than once. Keep that attitude up, even if it i hard sometimes."

"You can count on me" was all Selphie managed to get out between the sobs.

"Rinoa, first I saw you as a rival and a bit imature, but you showed me that you are a strong woman by the way you cope whit becomming a sorceress. And most of all the changes you made on Squall. Because of that I consider you a great friend, keep that up."

"I consider you a friend too and I thank you for your words. Hope we will met again some day" was all she could press out before breaking down in tears.

"Squall. Commander, you where once a lonewolf who never voiced your feelings for anyone. Now whit the help of Rinoa you voice your feelings much more, letting your friends know what is going on inside your head. You have made a great commander and I am proud to tell that you where one of my students and as a kind of brother. Please never change back to the sorrowful yout you once was. We like you better this way."

"I will keep fighting to be a better person whitout the fear of attachments like before. And we will all miss you as a big sister" Squall said stroking away a tear.

Whit those words said Quistis eyes sank and her breathing got shallower untill it was finally over.

This was the first chapter. Please tell me what you think.