In the Memory
By Soulblade Dark Knight
Disclaimer: well you know the drill, I do not own final Fantasy 8 or their characters I just got bored and wrote..... Lots. Any characters that are added, I do own and I wish to keep that way unless you ask me really nicely.
Summary: What happens when Squall loses the ability to think in his own head? (Thanks to Rinoa.) The secrets of the 'Commander' are coming out, but are some too late to tell now. A new power is rising 'the Leonhart's', and they want their revenge for a forgotten promise.
Prologue
Rinoa awoke, the past few weeks seeming like an endless dream to her, but she knew it would end. And that she feared that above everything else. She had become part of the group that had saved the world, and she had some of the best friends she had ever had. Especially one. Squall.
Although they had started off arguing constantly, slowly, a bond had grown between the two. She trusted him and he the same. He was her knight in shining armour, in more ways than one, as he had officially taken that responsibility after the death of Ultimecia.
Quistis was back to teaching her normal classes, as her teaching licence had be granted back to her.
Selphie bored of being the head of the Garden Festival, writing in a public dairy and being known as Ms hyperactive. Had now taken on three new responsibilities:
1. Making sure when eating, Zell does not kill himself.
2. Carrying on the chores of the old, now deceased, Master Norg. Unfortunately someone had said Master Selphie, and now a rumour was going around that she was trying to take over Garden.
3. To stop Irvine from flirting with all the females in the Garden, not only just for their protection, but also hers.
Zell was still pretty much himself still, except due to some odd enough reason, Headmaster Cid had the idea of letting Zell teach. This seemed to frighten more than just the cadets, but also the SeeD's.
Irvine was on his exam to become a SeeD, while in between flirting with other women and having a relationship with Selphie.
Rinoa had started learning how to become a SeeD, and soon learnt why Squall had been so quite. Well a little bit a least, it was because so much depended on them and if they died to the ones that hired them it was no big deal. It wasn't their country dying, so it wasn't their problem.
Seifer, Raijin, and Fujin, had all returned to the Garden. Headmaster Cid had told them all that Seifer had, had no control over his body or mind. But this still didn't mean he still didn't scare the hell out of younger Cadets.
Then there was him, her Knight, Squall, the most idolized person now in the Garden. Even a fan club had been made up for Squall, much to his disgust; Rinoa signed herself up just to annoy him. He'd also grown the attention of a lot of female Cadets and SeeD's too, and even some men. Rinoa swore that just the other day that she had seen, a guy walking around wearing a complete Squall outfit complete with a Griever chain. When she told the others and said she could only tell the difference because he had blonde hair, Irvine then said it was most likely Seifer trying to get attention. He then suffered dearly for this comment, as Seifer was sitting behind him. Squall although having all this attention and now work as the new commander, still did not forget his friends. In particular Rinoa, as he seemed to spend every waking moment with her.
But Rinoa still feared that this would stop, that Squall would return to his old lone wolf ways. They hadn't spent any time alone together, really since that night on the on the balcony. It had only been two weeks, but still her mind continuously wandered back to that time frame. She needed to talk to Squall, really talk to Squall alone. But the world didn't seem to want to let them have that luxury.
Author's Notes: this is like my first fan fic like ever! So please be nice, but I would also like your opinions on what I am doing wrong as well. All comments are taken into account and seriously, so don't kill my happy mood
