Lone Wolf
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Final Fantasy or any of the characters.
Chapter 1
"Squall, Squall, can I ask you a question?" a Balamb Garden SeeD was chasing him wildly down the corridor.
"Whatever."
"What's it like dating a sorceress?" Squall let out an audible sigh.
"Same as dating anyone else," Squall replied crossly.
"Oh," was the only reply the SeeD had. Before he could say another word, Squall had already walked off down the corridor.
"Why do people keep asking questions," he thought to himself. "I never asked to be popular."
"Oh, look, there he is, over there," a female cadet exclaimed. "Lets go talk to him." Before they could ask him more questions, Squall stopped them in their tracks.
"Leave me alone!"
The three girls skulked off to a corner to continue talking amongst themselves.
"I can't take anymore of this."
"Rinoa, I need to talk to you." Squall was stood outside the door of her dorm, waiting to be let in. "Rinoa?"
"Just a minute," Rinoa replied. A few seconds later she appeared at the door, looking as beautiful as always.
"This is going to make it more difficult," thought Squall. "What is it Squall? You look worried."
Squall entered her room and shut the door behind them.
"Squall, talk to me," worry began to show itself in Rinoa's voice.
"Rinoa, I.I'm leaving." His words hung heavy in the air.
"Why? Where? Please don't go, I don't want you to leave me." Tears began to roll down Rinoa's cheek.
"Don't cry, please. This is hard enough already."
"You think this is hard? Well what about me? You just stroll in here and you casually tell me you're leaving."
"I need time on my own. I can't take being here anymore. Everyone wants to know me and I don't get any time to myself anymore."
"Where will you go?"
"Esthar probably."
"Will you come back?"
"Maybe."
"I thought you'd changed. I thought you could talk to me. I thought you trusted me. Obviously I was wrong."
"Rinoa, my leaving has nothing to do with you. It was one thing letting you get to know me but I'm not prepared to let complete strangers in."
"When are you leaving?"
"Now." Rinoa broke down in tears again. "I'm sorry Rinoa. Goodbye."
Rinoa was still sat crying in her dorm that evening.
"Why did he have to go? He didn't give me a chance to tell him how I feel." Rinoa wiped away the tears on her cheek. "I'm not going to let him just walk away. I'm going to tell him how I feel." She got up off her bed and began to throw some clothes into her bag. In addition to her clothes, she took a picture of her and Squall off her dormitory wall and put it into her bag.
"Come on Angelo. We're going to Esthar."
Nobody noticed the young lady and her dog sneak out of Balamb Garden in the dead of night. When she was clear of the front gate, rinoa began to run towards the town of Balamb, hoping that Squall was still there, waiting for a train. When she reached the station, she found it deserted apart from one member of staff.
"Did a young man dressed in black carrying a gunblade get on a train today?" Rinoa asked.
"Erm, come to think of it yes. He got on a train about three hours ago."
"Where did he go?"
"Timber, I think."
"He must be walking to Esthar from Timber," thought Rinoa. "When's the next train?"
"You're in luck. There should be one arriving in a couple of minutes. Do you want a ticket?"
"Yes, thank you." Rinoa handed over the 3000 gil for the ticket. A few minutes later the train arrived and she headed for Timber.
Squall was walking along the old railway bridge to Esthar. All he could think about was the time he carried Rinoa along the bridge.
"Back then, all I could think about was her and hearing her voice again. So why am I walking away? I guess it's too late now though. I have to go to Esthar. I can't go back."
Squall wished that Rinoa was with him now.
"Why didn't I ask her to come with me? It wasn't her I was running from, it was everyone else. Why am I so stupid?"
"What am I doing? I'm walking through the countryside in the middle of the night all alone." Angelo began to bark. "Well, alone apart from you."
"Well, this was my stupid choice, wasn't it Angelo? I've got nobody to blame but myself."
In the distance Rinoa could see the bridge to Esthar. "Finally," she thought. "It shouldn't take too much longer now."
Several hours later, Rinoa was beginning to get exhausted.
"I can't do this anymore. I need to rest. This is all Squall's fault. He is so selfish making me go after him."
"Why am I going after him? He made it perfectly clear that he wants to be alone. He doesn't want to be with me anymore."
With this, Rinoa began crying again. "I can't go any further. I won't." Luckily for Rinoa, she was at the entrance to Fisherman's Horizon. She entered the town, searching for the hotel.
In her hotel room, Rinoa began to realise how she didn't belong anywhere now Squall had left.
"Angelo, what do I do? I can't go back to Garden, I don't belong there, I'm not a SeeD. I can't go back to Timber, not with the hatred for the resistance. I'm certainly not going back to Deling either. Not while that man is still there."
Rinoa still couldn't bring herself to call that man her father. She still couldn't forgive what he had done and how he didn't take her seriously.
"I've made up my mind Angelo. We'll stay here. It's a nice peaceful town and I can finally show that I can take care of myself. I don't need Squall anymore."
Rinoa settled down to bed, looking forward to her new, independent life.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Final Fantasy or any of the characters.
Chapter 1
"Squall, Squall, can I ask you a question?" a Balamb Garden SeeD was chasing him wildly down the corridor.
"Whatever."
"What's it like dating a sorceress?" Squall let out an audible sigh.
"Same as dating anyone else," Squall replied crossly.
"Oh," was the only reply the SeeD had. Before he could say another word, Squall had already walked off down the corridor.
"Why do people keep asking questions," he thought to himself. "I never asked to be popular."
"Oh, look, there he is, over there," a female cadet exclaimed. "Lets go talk to him." Before they could ask him more questions, Squall stopped them in their tracks.
"Leave me alone!"
The three girls skulked off to a corner to continue talking amongst themselves.
"I can't take anymore of this."
"Rinoa, I need to talk to you." Squall was stood outside the door of her dorm, waiting to be let in. "Rinoa?"
"Just a minute," Rinoa replied. A few seconds later she appeared at the door, looking as beautiful as always.
"This is going to make it more difficult," thought Squall. "What is it Squall? You look worried."
Squall entered her room and shut the door behind them.
"Squall, talk to me," worry began to show itself in Rinoa's voice.
"Rinoa, I.I'm leaving." His words hung heavy in the air.
"Why? Where? Please don't go, I don't want you to leave me." Tears began to roll down Rinoa's cheek.
"Don't cry, please. This is hard enough already."
"You think this is hard? Well what about me? You just stroll in here and you casually tell me you're leaving."
"I need time on my own. I can't take being here anymore. Everyone wants to know me and I don't get any time to myself anymore."
"Where will you go?"
"Esthar probably."
"Will you come back?"
"Maybe."
"I thought you'd changed. I thought you could talk to me. I thought you trusted me. Obviously I was wrong."
"Rinoa, my leaving has nothing to do with you. It was one thing letting you get to know me but I'm not prepared to let complete strangers in."
"When are you leaving?"
"Now." Rinoa broke down in tears again. "I'm sorry Rinoa. Goodbye."
Rinoa was still sat crying in her dorm that evening.
"Why did he have to go? He didn't give me a chance to tell him how I feel." Rinoa wiped away the tears on her cheek. "I'm not going to let him just walk away. I'm going to tell him how I feel." She got up off her bed and began to throw some clothes into her bag. In addition to her clothes, she took a picture of her and Squall off her dormitory wall and put it into her bag.
"Come on Angelo. We're going to Esthar."
Nobody noticed the young lady and her dog sneak out of Balamb Garden in the dead of night. When she was clear of the front gate, rinoa began to run towards the town of Balamb, hoping that Squall was still there, waiting for a train. When she reached the station, she found it deserted apart from one member of staff.
"Did a young man dressed in black carrying a gunblade get on a train today?" Rinoa asked.
"Erm, come to think of it yes. He got on a train about three hours ago."
"Where did he go?"
"Timber, I think."
"He must be walking to Esthar from Timber," thought Rinoa. "When's the next train?"
"You're in luck. There should be one arriving in a couple of minutes. Do you want a ticket?"
"Yes, thank you." Rinoa handed over the 3000 gil for the ticket. A few minutes later the train arrived and she headed for Timber.
Squall was walking along the old railway bridge to Esthar. All he could think about was the time he carried Rinoa along the bridge.
"Back then, all I could think about was her and hearing her voice again. So why am I walking away? I guess it's too late now though. I have to go to Esthar. I can't go back."
Squall wished that Rinoa was with him now.
"Why didn't I ask her to come with me? It wasn't her I was running from, it was everyone else. Why am I so stupid?"
"What am I doing? I'm walking through the countryside in the middle of the night all alone." Angelo began to bark. "Well, alone apart from you."
"Well, this was my stupid choice, wasn't it Angelo? I've got nobody to blame but myself."
In the distance Rinoa could see the bridge to Esthar. "Finally," she thought. "It shouldn't take too much longer now."
Several hours later, Rinoa was beginning to get exhausted.
"I can't do this anymore. I need to rest. This is all Squall's fault. He is so selfish making me go after him."
"Why am I going after him? He made it perfectly clear that he wants to be alone. He doesn't want to be with me anymore."
With this, Rinoa began crying again. "I can't go any further. I won't." Luckily for Rinoa, she was at the entrance to Fisherman's Horizon. She entered the town, searching for the hotel.
In her hotel room, Rinoa began to realise how she didn't belong anywhere now Squall had left.
"Angelo, what do I do? I can't go back to Garden, I don't belong there, I'm not a SeeD. I can't go back to Timber, not with the hatred for the resistance. I'm certainly not going back to Deling either. Not while that man is still there."
Rinoa still couldn't bring herself to call that man her father. She still couldn't forgive what he had done and how he didn't take her seriously.
"I've made up my mind Angelo. We'll stay here. It's a nice peaceful town and I can finally show that I can take care of myself. I don't need Squall anymore."
Rinoa settled down to bed, looking forward to her new, independent life.