Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VIII. Some characters I made up.

Summary: Zell has started a new adventure. Zell must team up with new friends to stop an up coming evil that seeks to destroy him and everyone in the world!

Final Fantasy VIII:

Legacy

By: Ronald Clark

Chapter One: A New Start!

It is a brand new year and I'm starting my very own journey! Oh that's me I'm the one in the yard fighting air! My name is Zell. I with my friends of six crushed an evil, wicked, vile, sorceress known as Ultimecia.

I get the creeps just thinking about her. Oh that was about five years… (I think). Then once again we saved the world from the big ten (a whole different story all together), and that was three years ago. Back then I was a SeeD. And for those who don't know who a SeeD is well… I'm a SeeD member! We are a military fighting force! Our job is to protect the world from evil sorceresses and sorcerers. Then there are the tiny jobs, like helping to fight wars and junk.

"Zell where are you!" a voice called out to me.

I stopped what I was doing and looked up and saw that Squall and Gaby. They ran up to me and handed me a letter.

I looked down then up at them "what's this?"

Squall looked down at the paper and looked up at me (ok so writing isn't my strong point so) "it's a letter from everyone. Since no one could stop what they where doing to see you off."

Oh that right I forgot that part! Irvine and Selphie got married and are happily living at Trabian Garden. Ah that right Selphie is the new Head Mistress of that garden. They just recently opened the SeeD program up in that area. Quistis is now a leader of the Galbadian Garden. She is going on strong, two whole years. Then there is Cid and Matron… Matron's real name is Edea just to let you know. Well anyway they went and opened the orphanage again. And this time they are running it together. Lastly there is Rinoa. She took over her pops job as head of the; or should I put it as the General of the Galbadian Army.

"Hey no sweat Squall… I know how busy every one is! What do you take me for an idiot…?" now that I think about it maybe I should think before I speak.

"Uh! No never mind don't answer that…!" if you could see me I have a big goofy grin on my face.

So Squall and Gaby walked me off to the gate of the Garden. Squall turned to me and asked "so Zell do you really want to leave… I mean there well be other tournaments here in Balamb?"

I smiled and saw an opening so I took it "aww is big tall and grumpy Squall going to miss me?"

Squall eyes opened wide as if I caught him off guard. Squall once again retreated back into his shell "get out of her before I threw you out!"

I guess I devise that but gee can't this guy ever lighten up "hey now let's not get hasty!"

Squall raised his hand out. I looked down and looked up; I got the idea so I dusted off my gloves and shook his hand. Gaby gave me a hug and then I was off to a town that was not far off we like to call Balamb.

I was off now I was on my own! And I'm enjoying the clean air hitting me in the face! Then ruining the peacefulness was two monsters staring at me as if I was lunch… now that I think about it I'm kinda hungry too… Then those two Granaldo attacked! I did two back flips to move out of the way of the monsters claws. They were ruthless with their attacks. I jump out of the way then I waited for the monster to make a wrong move! One of the Granaldo flew up leaving it buddy alone!

I made my move! I ran as fast as I could and gave a powerful side kick. When it hit the ground I then just grabbed it by the tail and started to swing it around in the air. As we where spinning I tried to look for the last Granaldo. I looked up and there it was so I locked on and then tossed the Granaldo that was in my hand up; and the other crashed right into each other sending them both into the sea.

I smiled and grabbed my bag that was with me and continued to walk to my hometown of Balamb.

I was half ways there when I saw a boy running from town and then I looked up and saw a huge monsters flying over it! "No is that Elvoret!" as I started to run for the town.

The boy stopped me "Zell you got to help us! The monsters just over ran us and the guard of the city!"

I check the boy to see if he was hurt "ok don't worry a bout it I'll get them!"

After that I took off to the town gate there as if it was guarding the entrance was two bombs.

The boy who was next to me asked me "so what are we going to do?" I looked at him "we… nothing. But I, I well go save our town."

I looked at the bombs "hey do you know any ice or water spells?"

The boy nodded his head as if he was saying yes. "Ok then I'm going to draw them from you is that ok?" the boy agreed. So I did just that, I drew the ice spell need to get in the town.

"Ok I want you to go to the garden and get help." The boy took off running without a nod or an ok.

I stood up and jumped into the air and landed about two feet in front of the two monsters. I then cast the ice magic spell as the two bombs attack. After the attack hit them, they disappear. I ran into the town and saw that cars where turned over and the place was crawling with monsters. I ran down the road. i enterd my house and saw that my mother was not inside at all!

I turned around and then the next thing I know someone was squirting me with water saying "stay away from my house you monster!"

I recognized that voice from anywhere "mom, mother stop it! It's me Zell!" then the water stopped.

The woman looked up "oh Zell I'm so sorry!"

She ran and hugged me. As she did that I hugged back and looked around. It was a mess the monsters where tearing the town apart! Then I looked up and saw that Elvoret flew right over us!

I looked down at my mother "mom listen to me I want you to go inside and wait for me to come back ok."

She answered with "ok. Just be careful Zell." I smiled and took off to the direction that Elvoret flew off to… the docks!

I passed the hotel and saw two familiar faces, Raijin and Fujin. I stopped and thought about this for a moment. Where ever these two where Seifer was close by!

I ran up to them "Raijin… Fujin are you two ok?"

They looked at me with a tired look on them "yeah! But Seifer is in trouble he ran off to the face the leading monster! Ya Know!" Raijin said.

"MONSTER STILL COMING!" Fujin said.

I looked on "ok this was going to happen, can you two can you hold them off a little longer?" they both shook their heads yes.

"Ok good I'm going to go help Seifer then!" and I took off leaving Fujin and Raijin looking at each other.

I got to the dock in time to see that Seifer was throw and hit the side of the building. I ran up to him "are you ok Seifer?"

He looked up at me "chickenwuss is that you… that means the geek squad is here."

I stood up "nope just me this time…. And if you're well enough to poke fun at me then you're well enough to help me take on this monster."

Seifer got up and looked at the huge flying monster "if you say so."

He then pulled out his gunblade and charged at Elvoret.

The only thing it did was open it mouth and release a whirlwind out of it mouth! It sent Seifer in to the bay! I tried my hand! I ran at the monster. It tried to do it again, he coughed up another whirlwind at me but I ran to the right. Elvoret couldn't sense what I was doing. So it kept the wind attack up and each time I'd dodge and keep running at it. Finally I jumped up placed my hand together and pound the monster on its head. The monster fell to the ground. I took this opportunity to draw a couple of spell from it. I even redrew a GF from it. After that I ran at it again. But the monster hand enough time to gather it composer.

Elvoret started to glow a yellow. It then moved its hand and cast a tornado magic spell! The attack caught me off guard. But it didn't scare me so I ran at full speed and the tornado casting a reflect magic spell on myself. The tornado hit the barrier and sent it back at the monster! The attack hit Elvoret making it crash to the ground. I took off running at it.

Meanwhile Seifer got out of the water and looked at me save the day once again. I deliver a series of punches and kicks! I then pick the monster up and jumped up into the air and came down hard! I then did two back flips till I was right next to Seifer. I looked at him and he look back. With out saying a word we understood each other. I ran at him once again the monster looked up and saw me coming but then I jumped up and right behind me was Seifer using his Fire Cross! The monster then started to evaporate! But me and Seifer weren't done yet! We both cast as powerful fire attack to make sure that it died!

After the battle Raijin and Fujin came running on to the scene. "Yo! Seifer what happened here?"

Seifer turned and said "chickenwuss and I took care of the monster."

I closed my eyes and sighed "Seifer why can't you ever be nice to me?"

Seifer placed an arm around me and said "because it is fun, Zell!"

Well after talking and insults to injury I went home. My mother was there with a smile when I come in through the front door. "Oh Zell I'm so proud of you helping and saving this town. Just like you did with that wretched witch of a women, Ultimecia."

That my mother always giving me praise while putting someone else down. Well I guess I shouldn't mind… right? "Well you know mother that all part of being a SeeD member."

She walked up to me and gave me a "I know."

She pulled herself away from me "well why are you here anyways?"

I looked at her and gave a small smile "well to tell you the turth… I want to travel the world like I did when I was a SeeD member. But this time I want to travel because of the World Strongest Fighter tournament."

She looked at me "what about your SeeD job back at the Garden?"

I walked and sat down on the couch "I'm taking a paid vacation to do this."

She sat down next to me "are you sure your able to do that?"

I stood up and folded my arms as if I was thinking "well I think so it was Squall's idea…"

She stood up as well "I'm sure that you friend would not joke about that."

While she was talking "why don't you go get washed up for dinner before you leave in the morning."

I started too nodded in agreement till I notice one thing "mom how did you know the tournament was tomorrow?"

She poked her head out from the kitchen "oh that is because you cousin is going to participate in it or sing… one of the two."

"Which cousin is that mom?" I asked.

She sighed "Sky of course. She was so lucky to be taught by General Caraway and his wife."

I was shocked to hear that! So that was what she's been doing for the past ten years! "Sky! My little Sky! The one that I use to play with when you adopted my?"

She popped her head back in "yes… but how did you know that you where adopted?"

I jumped around "oh… yeah I met to tell you for a long time! Besides you didn't tell me!"

She stopped what she was doing and walked into the room "your right… sorry."

I wave my hands "don't sweat it mom."

Then I walked right passed her and went up stairs to take a bath.

I think I was in there for about an hour because my mom came knocking on the door.

"Zell are you ok in there?" she asked.

I opened my eyes and said "yeah just resting."

Then she said "ok dear just hurry I have a present for you."

I got out of the bathroom with my towel covering me when I saw my mom in the room waiting for me.

She looked up at me tears in her eyes "mom what the matter?" I asked.

She got up and placed some old clothes in my hands.

"What is this?" I asked. "they where your grandfather's when he was still alive. And I thought you might want it."

I gave a small smile and said "thanks mom I'll use it." I put on my old clothes and went down for dinner.

A new day and time for my journey to start! I put on the clothes that my mother gave me. They looked like a black v-neck shirt, a black sweet pant with white stripes going down the leg. My shoes where black and white as well, and finally my jacket was a black with white letters spelling out 'SeeD' on the back. I went downstairs for breakfast, there my mom gave me a bag full of something.

"What's in the bag?" I asked her.

She placed it in my bag that I pack for my journey. "It's for you, it is full of our favorite food for your train ride."

I got excited "oh is it Balamb Garden Hotdogs!"

She nodded her head yes. She handed me my bag and smiled.

"Well mom I think it is time for me to go…" she walked me to the train station and gave me a hug "now Zell listen to me. I don't care if you win any trophy as long as you bring yourself back. You're my only trophy."

I got on the train knowing that my mom hate goodbyes. When I got on a SeeD representative stopped me "Mr. Dincht the SeeD Cart is ready to go and here is your unlimited SeeD Pass for any train that you ride." with that he left.

I went to the SeeD cart and sat down on the couch and rested. The train hadn't move yet but I still think that the thought of the adventure got me so hype up that I couldn't sit in one spot. So I decided to do a little training before I reached the town of Dollet.

I started with a few sit ups "1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.."

That is when the train started to move. I did about a hundred of them.

Then I decided it was time for some push ups, my favorite, "one.. Two… three… four… five… six.."

I did three hundred of those. Next it was sparing! I threw eight kicks in the air then I turned fasted and looked outside while punching the air. Or so I thought as I punched the wall and knocked a hole into the side of the cart. That is when the train started to shake and then the train made a sudden stop. I fell face first into the wall. Leaving an indention in the wall where my face was once at.

Finally an announcement came on the P.A. system "sorry for the stopping suddenly but the track is out we are going to attended to travel back to the station. Wait what that… oh no stay away from me! NO!"

I got up and ran out of the room to see what was going on. I saw men with white robes pointing guns and taking thing out of the room. I knew that they where not here to help but to steal from the passenger on the train.

The bandits busted into my room to see that I was not in there. But with out them knowing I dropped down and landed right behind them. They turn to leave and caught a fist full of pain, literally! After that I ran down the hall to the back of the train and saw that two bandits where standing guard. I thought to myself I know I can take them out but I would only draw attention to my self and that's not what I want. So I jumped to the top of the train and ran. About half ways about five bandits joined me.

One of them turned to one in a white robe is the guy that attacked you?"

The one in the robe answered "yeah that's him."

The new bandit was wearing a tight white shirt and white spandex, with black boots.

He started to smile "wat's wrong hero you can't fight in a fair fight?"

I looked behind me and said "yeah I can I just don't like to be doubled teamed."

the bandit smiled "so the hero don't like to be doubled teamed… well to bad it just doubled for you!"

I smirked "I see that it went from two losers to four."

The outlaw chuckled "no from four to eight!"

Just then about four more bandits appeared as the leader took off. I looked and saw that there was two in every direction. One of the bandits attack from behind I jumped to allow him to hit another one of his own friend in the face then I landed and got ready for battle! Two attack me but they were way to slow as I jumped in to the air and landed behind him I then turned to kick one in the back of his head sending him to the water below. The other one I punched in the gut sending him to his knees.

I was done with two and turned my attention to the remaining six. One attack, so I grabbed his head and rammed his face into my knee! He fell backwards, then another attacked and then I jumped up giving him a powerful uppercut which made him do a back flip and landing on his buddy. Then I went on the attack swiping one of then off his feet making him land on the corner of the train and then in to the ocean. I then dropped kicked another in the chest also sending him to the water below. Two left and I was not going to make this easy for them. So I started doing back flips. They followed me as I ended up at the end of the train. I looked at the two remaining thief.

"Do you really want to do this?" I asked them.

They looked at each other and then at me. They smiled and attacked. I ducked and readied my fist and punched them in their guts. The force of the impacted sent them flying to the end of the train. I looked behind me and saw that some of the passengers from the train were doing their bust to get the railroad bridge fixed. I looked on both sides of the train and saw that some more outlaws where going to attacked them. So I jumped down and landed on the bridge and waited. I saw on of them and used my elbow to stop one of the bandits from getting any closer. The outlaw fell to his knees as I kicked another in the face sending the rest of the bandits that was behind him into the sea below.

I turned around cause I heard "stay away from me I mean it!"

I saw that the passengers were being harassed by the crooks. So I ran and jumped in front of the bandits and stood there as if I was looked for a fight.

One of the bandits looked at me "hey it that hero that the boss told us about. What do you think your doing hero get out of here before we mess you up!"

I did a twist and used the back part of my hands to smack the bandit into two of his buddies. While I was still twisting I used my foot to kick three in the face. When I stopped turning I then jumped into the air and kicked the last four in the face sending three off the bridge!

I turned to the passengers "can you finish the bridge?"

One of the guys looked at me "yeah but what are you going to do?"

I smiled and gave a thumbs up "I'm going after the head honcho!"

The passenger shook my hand "thank you for all your help Mr. SeeD"

I looked at the patched that was on my jacket and then took off running"

I found him he was holding a sword to the conductors neck. You could hear the poor man begging for his life.

I could not take much more so I yelled "hey why don't you pick a fight with my you cowered!"

The leader of the bandits looked at me and smirked "so you were able to beat my men… and now you think you can handle me. Now that is funny!"

He let the conductor go and readied himself for a fight as I did.

He jumped up and landed on top of the train as I followed. But he took it a pond himself to strike me while I was in the air. I flew and almost fell off the train. I was hanging on with one hand but my luck was getting unlucky by the minute.

The leader of the bandits placed one foot on my hand, "well hero how do you feel.? Knowing that you lost to me a loser!"

I looked down and started at the water then I looked up and smiled "how do I feel? Well if you want to know that badly then I'll show you!"

With my free hand I grabbed his foot and tripped him. Then I used both hands to pull myself to safety. The bandit sat up and saw that I was ok. I looked into his eye as they where shocked I was on the train with him.

We both stood up and got ready once again, but this was different this time I made the first move by running at him and flanked right catching him off guard. I drove my fist into his face and he landed on the ground and then skid. As he skid he flipped and landed and his feet he then ran at me and I ran at him. We connected his fist with my face and my fist hitting him in the face. We both backed off and rubbed our faces where we where hit.

The bandit had enough with this battle already and pulled out his sword that he used to threaten the conductor. He started to run at me but just then some one knocked the sword out of his hand allowing me to take advantage and kick him in the gut sending him off of the train.

I looked at the person who had helped me. She had short black hair, dark greenish brown eyes. She also ware a gray tank top with tight leather black pant with black boots. She had a long but light sword which she use to knock the sword from the bandits hand.

I walked up to her "hiya! Thanks for the help my name is Zell what's yours?

She looked at me "Rave Grave."

She then turned around and was about to leave till I said "hey thanks for your help Rave."

She looked back "don't mention it just lending a hand to a fellow warrior."

I walked up to her "but stil-"

I was interrupted by a big spider looking machine! Form the giant machine you can hear "so you think you have won huh? Well it is time to put you two in you place once and for all!"

The giant spider swing its arm at us just barley missing us!

I looked at Rave "hey are you up for a little tag team battle?"

She looked at me and smiled!

We landed at the same time but Rave started first she jumped up and dashed at one of the legs cutting it off, "how do you like that Zell I call it my Speed drive."

Then I smiled as I ran right at him and picked up the entire machine and jumped with it in hand in to the air and making it land on its back. Rave was not done she started to swing her long sword wildly at the rest of the legs till they were cut off then it was up to me to finish it off. I jumped into the air. While I was gathering the energy in my hands. I then aimed then energy at the machine and flew at it. I landed right next to the it while the energy stayed behind after ten minuets the thing exploded.

There was nothing left of the evil bandit or it's machine.

Rave looked at me "so you are one of the famous SeeD that destroyed the evil sorceresses Ultimecia."
I looked down at my jacket and then at her "let's talk in my cabin if it is ok with you?" she jested for me to take the lead. And I did I lead her to the SeeD cabin.

"so what was that last attack called?"

I asked. She looked at me "I call it multi attack."

She then nodded her head in disapproval "I did not come here to have small talk. I would like for you to answer my question."

I stared at her for a while, her cold greenish brown eyes staring back at me.

I sat down and answered her question "yes I one of the SeeD that fought and defeated that witch. Me and five other. Why do you ask for?"

She stands up "if I may can I ask you one more question?"

I nodded my head yes. She walked to the door "are you entering the Dollet World Strongest Fighting Tournaments?"

I looked at her kind a funny "yeah I am."

"Good I want to fight at least one strong opponent at this years tournament."

I laid down and the cough "oh I see you are in the tournament… this should be thrilling then."

She walked out the door and left me there by myself.

The tack was finished and we once again took off to Dollet. But not to far off four young men was watching me from afar.

"Well we found him" said a black haired one.

"Good now all we need to do is see how good he is" said the one with red hair.

"Can't wait till we see phase two of your plan" said the one with green hair.

The one with blue hair looked the others "soon brothers Zell and the rest well pay for what they did to us!"

To be continued…

Ok I well finish my next chapter and then post up next week. If you want you can R&R, hope you enjoy the story.

FYI- In the chapter i put a remake about another story, I well get around to finish that story soon to post.