My Heart's Torment : Part 2
Squall watches as Rinoa pushes his body off into the lake . He feels an odd sense
of detachment to his body as it slips away into its watery grave . He was far more
interested in Rinoa's well being now as she was alone on this island and easy prey for
monsters . Horrible thoughts of Rinoa being chased down by a hungry T-rexaur were
haunting him . Soon his mind wandered off to how they came to be here in the first place
. It all started in Balamb Garden .
Squall wondered what Headmaster Cid wanted him to do this time . He said that it
was very important . Just about five minutes ago Cid had used the intercom to ask Squall
to report to the bridge . Squall was still trying to guess his assignment as he walked onto
the bridge . When he reached it Cid was already waiting for him there . Squall snapped
to attention and saluted him . " No need for formalities Squall . At ease . " ,
said Cid . " What is my assignment Headmaster ? " asked Squall . " You have been asked
to go to Battleship Island to help get down to the excavation site . A new monster has
supposedly been sighted and they want SeeD to help them in their mission to find and
capture it . " said Cid . ' Can't they detain the beast by themselves ? " asks Squall . "
They say it is much too powerful to fight alone . They say its power rivals or exceeds that
of Bahamut itself . " says Cid . " Bahamut !? " gasps Squall . " Yes , Bahamut . You are
to leave at once . You may take a partner with you if you wish , but they said limit it to
two people as they want this mission to be low profile . You can take the Ragnarok .
Dismissed . " says Cid . Squall salutes Cid and walks back down to the main floor .
Squall makes his way to his dorm room to pack for the journey . As he packs , he
hears an odd , muffled , giggling sound ? He quickly pulls out his gunblade and pulls the
closet door open only to reveal Rinoa sitting there half suffocating herself to keep from
bursting out with laughter . Squall sheaths his gunblade and goes back to packing
assuming she would leave as she was done playing her joke on him . She had done it so
many times now , he felt like kicking himself for falling for it again . " Where are you
going ? " asks Rinoa bouncing around him . " Somewhere . " droned back Squall . "
Come on tell me where you're going . Please , please , please , please ? " pleaded Rinoa .
She put on those puppy dog eyes that she knew Squall's cold , hard front couldn't resist .
" I'm going to Battleship Island on a mission to detain a dangerous monster . " said
Squall . " Battleship Island ??? I've never been there since we fought Bahamut and you
never let us go deeper into it and I want to see the new monster . Please let me come with
you . PPPPPPPPPPllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee " said
Rinoa with her most irresistible little girl's voice . Squall completely lost his cool at this
and cracked a smile and grinned at her . He had wanted to spend more time alone with
her and this would be perfect as he could take one other person and he didn't think that
the monster was so much to handle . He turned to her and embraced her which took
Rinoa by surprise and whispered in her ear " Of course you can come but don't tell
anyone else because Cid said only two people to this mission . " Rinoa squealed with
delight at Squall's action and decision . She quickly kissed him and before he had time to
react she had run out of his dorm to hers to pack for the mission . Squall grinned to
himself and thought about how much he was going to enjoy having Rinoa all to himself
for the whole trip to Battleship Island and back .
Later that evening Squall had gone to the Ragnarok and was doing flight checks
to see if everything was ok and that the course was set on autopilot . He didn't want to be
flying while he could be talking to Rinoa . He suddenly heard a bunch of voices outside
the Ragnarok , familiar ones at that . The whole gang was there to see them off . Squall
felt a mixture of annoyance and joy at seeing all his friends there standing behind a very
guilty looking Rinoa . She couldn't keep a secret thought Squall . Nevermind it's not
everyday we spend this much time together and she got excited . As Squall walked down
from the Ragnarok to get Rinoa and her things Zell and Irvinne were cooing at him and
Rinoa saying things like " Score , baby , score . " and " Have fun on the run you two ."
Quistis smacked them both on the heads while Selphie broke into a fit of giggles along
with Rinoa . Squall shook his head but inwardly he was laughing also . " Bye and take
care you two . " said Quistis . " Have fun Squall and take care of Rinoa . " said Zell .
Squall nodded at that . " Tell us all the little details when you guys get back . " said
Irvinne as he winked . Rinoa blushed a deep red at this and Squall almost lost his
composure . Quistis smacked him again for this . " Tee-hee , have fun you guys and
peace ! " said Selphie . " Bye I'll miss you guys " said Rinoa . " We'll report in
punctually everyday . If we don't report in after a week come after us . " said Squall .
What he really meant ( as everyone knew) was I'll miss you all also . With that being said
Squall and Rinoa boarded the Ragnarok . Everyone else went back to Balmb Garden
waving goodbye as Squall finished last minute flight checks and they blasted off .
After double checking the autopilot course , Squall sits back to release some of
the stress he had built up going through the intricate numbers . He turned to look at Rinoa
who was looking at the ocean at the moment . He couldn't believe she was all his . He
still remembered when she had held him with so much love when she thought he had died
right after she defeated Ultimecia , that she had unknowingly used her powers to destroy
the time compression dimension Ultimecia had created . She had restored Earth its beauty
and control both in the future and the present . She had saved them all from the ultimate
end . At that moment she turned around and smiled at Squall as she stretched in her seat .
Squall felt like he could be completely open with Rinoa . With her he never hid his
feelings and thoughts . He got up and walked over to her and carried her and sat down in
his chair again . " I thought you didn't like this Squall . " said Rinoa . " That was before .
I like it and you much more now . " said Squall . Rinoa smiled sweetly at him and laid on
his chest to rest for a bit . . She couldn't believe how much she had changed him . He had
turned from a cold , hard person to a warm , loving one . Not that he never was , he just
hid it all the time . Rinoa snuggled up closer to him to make sure he knew she was there .
Squall squeezed her a little and kissed her head in recognition . She wished that they
could always be like this . Even though they never showed it they both knew they shared
a love and bond stronger and more beautiful than any other . " Rinoa ? " asked Squall . "
Yes ? " answered Rinoa . " I love you Rinoa . I am sorry for all the times I acted cold
towards you . I was just scared of letting you into my heart and losing you . I went
through that before and I won't be able to bare it again . Please Rinoa , promise me you
will never leave me . I love you too much to let you go ever again . " said Squall . Rinoa
was so startled and happy after hearing this she said nothing but kissed Squall deeply .
Squall knew that all his questions were answered . She was his , and he was hers . They
fell asleep in each others arms for the rest of the journey .
Author's note : Well since Squall's reminiscing of the past until they got to the first part
of the fic is so long I decided to stop here . How is it so far ? Please review this and read
Part 1 if you are new . Part 3 coming up soon so keep reading ! Sorry about the paragraph
format my computer's messed up and won't make the save changes .