Author's note: Hey! I know I've been slacking lately since I haven't updated High School of the Dead: Semper Fidelis. But please be patient...which is an understatement since you guys have been waiting since 2011 for that update. But it will come. Just like the dragons in Games of Thrones in South Park. They will come. I've worked with a friend of mine during my last days in the Marine Corps who helped me out of my writer's block stump. I got what I need to write for it, I just need to do it. Things has been a little stressful since I've been out of the Corps so I'm trying to get back on my feet. Now with this Metal Gear fanfiction however, I got inspired after the non stop playing of literally all the Metal Gears including the new Ground Zeroes in prepping for The Phantom Pain. Even as far as to roleplay as Big Boss on my spare time when my schedule allows me to. Anyhow, this is a crossover detailing the what if Big Boss and Mother Base got sucked into Final Fantasy VIII's world during the Time Compression. Give it a read and tell me what you think?

The Snake and the Sorceress
1974 November 23rd, 0830
Caribbean seas, Mother Base; Militaires Sans Frontières
Big Boss

The call of a seagull could be heard throughout a couple of the struts of the off-shore plant that the Militaires Sans Frontières affectionately call Mother Base. All but one heard the call of the seagulls, the commander of the MSF who leaned against the railing of one of the bridges connecting one strut to another. He was the legendary mercenary who took down The Boss and saved the world from nuclear disaster more then enough. He was Big Boss, who was formally known as Snake.

The one-eyed bearded soldier decked out in his tiger stripped cammies with his patches that on one shoulder held his former unit FOX and the other shoulder proudly shown his MSF allegiance. In his hand was a cassette player that played one the last diary logs of a double agent that Big Boss himself dealt with after she tried to hijack MSF's ace-in-the-hole, Metal Gear ZEKE. Paz Ortega Andrade was the woman who tricked everyone and tried to take out Big Boss but failed and was cast upon the heartless sea. Did she survive the fall? Or did the sea take her away? He didn't know. But all that was left of her was these tapes.

For the past day or two, Big Boss listened to everything Paz had recorded. Whether it be a spy log detailing MSF and their activities during the Peace Walker incident or her personal diary detailing her stay her. As he continued to listen he could feel someone closing in from behind. Using his good eye he looked over his shoulder and saw that it was none other then his second-in-command, Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller looking for Big Boss.

The blond pretty boy had his hair slicked back and wore these aviator sunglasses that you could swear he probably sleeps in them. His olive drab cammies contrasted with the yellow scarf he wore to represent MSF's colors including the MSF patches on his shoulders. Big Boss after confirming it was Kaz turned his direction to the ocean and reached for a cigar he kept in his cargo pocket.

"I heard about Paz's tapes..." Big Boss said as he lit his cigar and took a pull.

"Yeah. Why do you think she'd leave 'em behind? And that diary..." Kaz said as he pulled up beside Big Boss and propped his arms on the railing.

"Whatever it was, her commitment was wavering; that much is clear." Big Boss said as he reached down and press the stop button of Paz's 10th diary tape. He took another pull and shut his eyes remembering the days that she would parade around Mother Base with the biggest smile on her face. He remembered how she told Big Boss before they engaged in combat that this place would no longer be her heaven.

"So she was leaving clues? To help us...?" Kaz said as he kicked himself off of the railing and turned around to fully face Big Boss trying to answer the what if's in his head. But Big Boss knows better, it is what it is. There are no room left in the battlefield for what ifs.

"No way to know for sure," Big Boss said as he tossed his cigar overboard and faced Kaz, his blue eye grim as the sea beneath him. The tone he'd even speak with had a shiver to it as well. "And the ocean's not giving her back."

That answered Kaz's question, as well as shook him up a bit at the same time. Sighing he'd shake his head and rest his arms back on the railing. There was a good silence for two minutes before Big Boss ended the moment by turning to face him. "Since the morning report is finished, I'm going to take a quick catnap before afternoon chow. Keep me posted on the current status on that mission in Barranquilla."

"Didn't get enough sleep last night, Boss?" Kaz asked as he watched Big Boss walk towards the direction of the barracks. Big Boss stopped for a second to answer him.

"No, I couldn't fall asleep till at least four last night." He said rubbing his temples.

Kaz shuffled close and patted him on the shoulder, "Somethin' on your mind?" he asked with a smile.

Big Boss shook his head and returned the gesture. "Nah, but if something comes up you'll be the first to know." he said as he got in the jeep that was left at the end of the bridge. Starting the engine he drove off towards the strut that held the barracks where everyone resides in at Mother Base. As he drove crossing another bridge to the nearby strut that held their command center he inhaled the sea air feeling the breeze hit his bangs and his face. After minutes of driving he reached the strut that held the barracks, he parked the jeep in the parking lot and hopped out. Opening the door he was greeted by two MSF female soldiers who were just on their way out. Both popped at attention and saluted their commander after they put their covers on.

"Morning Boss!" they said simultaneously.

Big Boss saluted back and greeted back allowing them to walk past him. He could hear the chorus of giggling behind him as he continued his way up the stairway and through the hallways. Once he found his dorm he opened the door and bee lined to his rack. Not even caring about taking off his boots he quickly hopped onto the bed and took a deep breath before slowly falling asleep.

x-Devil May Cry.