Ballad of a Fallen Soldier
J. Clovie
Disclaimer: don't own it, don't sue me, and don't copy
Squall seemed to be living in hell. The Three months since the "Children of Fate" had vanquished Ultimecia had not gone well for him. He had become the Supreme General of all the Gardens Seed forces, assistant Headmaster of Balamb Garden, and head project leader for the rebuilding of Trabia Garden. The work was overloading, and insomnia was a very new and important word in his vocabulary. That wasn't the real reason he was up at 3:00am, looking at the ceiling. It was Rinoa. He loved her, and he felt betrayed. She never even admitted it. Squall just happened to be walking in the training center, when he came along a little cove. Being curious, he decided to walk in, thinking nothing of it. What he saw kept him awake for many a night.
"Seifer, someone is going coming", Rinoa said in a bubbly, yet seductive voice.
"Shut up and kiss me" Seifer retorted, thinking his reputation as the "lapdog" alone would scare any busybody away, let alone his gunblade, Hyperion.
He wasn't expecting his adversary, and the only person he feared, to walk through the dense wood of the training center into his little tryst with "The Commander's" girl. Squall looked at his worst enemy and his fiancée kiss, and immediately drew the most powerful weapon in the known world, the Lionheart. Seifer may have been cocky, rude, and abhorrent, but he was no fool. He knew that the look in Squalls eyes meant two things, Renzokuken, and then Lionheart. Squall's body and his began to glow a ruddy red light. His Lionheart Sword disappeared, and a blood red sword appeared in its place. Being a sorceress, Rinoa felt the pure energy that Squall was emitting, and felt that it surpassed Ultimecia's power, let alone Rinoa's. She didn't understand why, though, because he wasn't a sorcerer. Squall rushed towards Seifer, and he ran like a bat out of hell. Squall gave up chase, and turned to look at Rinoa.
"Who the hell do you think you are" screamed Squall.
"Were just friends", Rinoa sobbed, forgetting that he saw her and Seifer kiss.
Squall's Ruddy light disappeared and he began to feel cold. He left the Training room, and he never saw Rinoa alive again. Last he heard, Rinoa was an addict to an experimental drug that Dr. Odine created for pain relief. She was living with Seifer until she tried to steal his Hyperion to buy the "product". He put her in the hospital for three weeks. Even though he wasn't hers anymore, Squall promised revenge, not by law, but by the sword.
"You can't run from me" Squall said, darkly. This was the beginning of the madness.
While Squall was staring at his ceiling, Headmaster Cid was looking at the bright computer screen, wondering if what he was doing was right.
"Squall, if you can't control your own problems, then you're not fit to lead anymore" Cid said, trying to justify his decision.
He looked over the report, and this is what he saw: Balamb Garden Officer Termination Card
Officer Name: Squall Leonhart
I.D. Number: 10A-257
Military Rank: Supreme General, level A
Balamb Garden Rank: Assistant Headmaster
Salary: 300,000gil
Reason for Termination:
Cid did not want to relieve Squall of duty, but he knew that Rinoa was on his mind, and that he would not be able to lead until he put her behind him. He had shown increasingly erratic behavior since his split from Rinoa. All of his friends put in their commentary, telling there stories of his insomnia, paranoia, and mistrust of them. They knew that he was hurt, but it didn't matter. Because of Squalls enormous clout as the leader of the "Children of Fate", and the most famous person since Hyne himself, it would be hard to let this go by quietly, but Cid felt he had no choice. With regret in his fingertips, he slowly typed the words "mental instability". He decided that he would tell Squall and Quistis in the morning, and instate Quistis into his Seed commander status, Zell and Irvine in his assistant headmasters' position, and Selphie in his Trabia Garden position.
"This is for your own good" Cid said. "I hope" he added.
First of many chapters, please review
J. Clovie
Disclaimer: don't own it, don't sue me, and don't copy
Squall seemed to be living in hell. The Three months since the "Children of Fate" had vanquished Ultimecia had not gone well for him. He had become the Supreme General of all the Gardens Seed forces, assistant Headmaster of Balamb Garden, and head project leader for the rebuilding of Trabia Garden. The work was overloading, and insomnia was a very new and important word in his vocabulary. That wasn't the real reason he was up at 3:00am, looking at the ceiling. It was Rinoa. He loved her, and he felt betrayed. She never even admitted it. Squall just happened to be walking in the training center, when he came along a little cove. Being curious, he decided to walk in, thinking nothing of it. What he saw kept him awake for many a night.
"Seifer, someone is going coming", Rinoa said in a bubbly, yet seductive voice.
"Shut up and kiss me" Seifer retorted, thinking his reputation as the "lapdog" alone would scare any busybody away, let alone his gunblade, Hyperion.
He wasn't expecting his adversary, and the only person he feared, to walk through the dense wood of the training center into his little tryst with "The Commander's" girl. Squall looked at his worst enemy and his fiancée kiss, and immediately drew the most powerful weapon in the known world, the Lionheart. Seifer may have been cocky, rude, and abhorrent, but he was no fool. He knew that the look in Squalls eyes meant two things, Renzokuken, and then Lionheart. Squall's body and his began to glow a ruddy red light. His Lionheart Sword disappeared, and a blood red sword appeared in its place. Being a sorceress, Rinoa felt the pure energy that Squall was emitting, and felt that it surpassed Ultimecia's power, let alone Rinoa's. She didn't understand why, though, because he wasn't a sorcerer. Squall rushed towards Seifer, and he ran like a bat out of hell. Squall gave up chase, and turned to look at Rinoa.
"Who the hell do you think you are" screamed Squall.
"Were just friends", Rinoa sobbed, forgetting that he saw her and Seifer kiss.
Squall's Ruddy light disappeared and he began to feel cold. He left the Training room, and he never saw Rinoa alive again. Last he heard, Rinoa was an addict to an experimental drug that Dr. Odine created for pain relief. She was living with Seifer until she tried to steal his Hyperion to buy the "product". He put her in the hospital for three weeks. Even though he wasn't hers anymore, Squall promised revenge, not by law, but by the sword.
"You can't run from me" Squall said, darkly. This was the beginning of the madness.
While Squall was staring at his ceiling, Headmaster Cid was looking at the bright computer screen, wondering if what he was doing was right.
"Squall, if you can't control your own problems, then you're not fit to lead anymore" Cid said, trying to justify his decision.
He looked over the report, and this is what he saw: Balamb Garden Officer Termination Card
Officer Name: Squall Leonhart
I.D. Number: 10A-257
Military Rank: Supreme General, level A
Balamb Garden Rank: Assistant Headmaster
Salary: 300,000gil
Reason for Termination:
Cid did not want to relieve Squall of duty, but he knew that Rinoa was on his mind, and that he would not be able to lead until he put her behind him. He had shown increasingly erratic behavior since his split from Rinoa. All of his friends put in their commentary, telling there stories of his insomnia, paranoia, and mistrust of them. They knew that he was hurt, but it didn't matter. Because of Squalls enormous clout as the leader of the "Children of Fate", and the most famous person since Hyne himself, it would be hard to let this go by quietly, but Cid felt he had no choice. With regret in his fingertips, he slowly typed the words "mental instability". He decided that he would tell Squall and Quistis in the morning, and instate Quistis into his Seed commander status, Zell and Irvine in his assistant headmasters' position, and Selphie in his Trabia Garden position.
"This is for your own good" Cid said. "I hope" he added.
First of many chapters, please review