Sorceress Folly
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AU Final Fantasy VIII
Post war- follow up 'Knighting Ceremony'
One sided Rinoa – Squall, implied Squall x Seifer
Declaimer: Do not own Final Fantasy VIII- merely written for fun.
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"Rinoa say the bond between you and her is gone."
"…There wasn't one in the first place."
"We all thought that you two is serious." Quistis push her glasses up with her index finger. Given the way Squall protected the girl during the war, it was hard not to drew such conclusion.
"…She's a friend." Hate to admit it but to Squall's embarrassment, he was a bit over enthusiastic on his first mission upon becoming SeeD, not wanting to fail his first real assignment, he was too pre-occupied in keeping his client alive thus mislead many of his true feeling.
"Mind explaining why Rinoa believe you're her knight if you say there's no bond in the first place?" Practical curiosity taken over. Quistis had learn long ago to leave other's relationship problem alone. Meddling only work if Squall Leonhart was not involved.
"I protected her. She misunderstood." Squall paused as if trying to find a way to explain that will make her understand better.
"She can feel you or Zell or anyone for the matter if she wanted to, she misunderstood the way she read my presence as the Sorceress and Knight bond."
"If she misunderstood it, then why was she crying about unable to feel you?" Quistis arched an eyebrow at the small smile that appear on the stoic young man's face. The show of emotion was unexpected surprise.
"A Sorceress is unable to detect another Sorceress' Knight."
Blink
"What?"
"It's a safeguard, Sorceress can't detect any other Knights than their own seeing that only a Sorceress can truly kill another Sorceress."
Shrug
"…So…you're a Knight." Quistis blink at the smirk Squall gave her. Eerily familiar but for the life of her she couldn't recall where did she saw it before. The Guardian Forces sure take a hefty price for their assistance in battle.
"Not Rinoa's Knight. You're a Knight to another Sorceress."
Squall nodded.
"Who?" She asked.
"It's a secret." It's the same smirk again and the woman had furrow her brow trying to recall the familiarity through her scattered memories.
"Don't worry, my 'Sorceress' isn't hell bent on taking over the world." Squall snort.
"Squall! This is important! You know how dangerous it is leaving Sorceress by themselves. You can't just- we need to do something!" Quistis paused in her speech unable to find the words she want to yell at Squall for his action.
"Listen Quistis. My 'Sorceress' aren't any danger to anyone and the day I let 'her' be seal is the day I willingly destroy my gunblade."
Quistis was taken aback by the venom in the brunet's voice.
"Squall…when I say we need to do something, I didn't mean to lock her away or something. I mean we could get her to stay in Garden like Rinoa or with Matron and Ellone in Esthar."
"Squall…we can't let another go Sorceress uncheck."
"… 'She' won't agree."
"Squall, you have to try."
"You think I haven't?"
"Then what can we do?"
"…We wait."
"…How long?"
"Until my 'Sorceress' deem the time is right."
"…That isn't reassuring."
" 'She's very stubborn."
"More than you apparently."
Shrug
"So…we now got another Sorceress that's more stubborn than you… oh joy…"
"You'll get use to it."
"Right…" Sigh.
