Heeelllooo Nurse!!
a Final Fantasy 8/X-Men crossover
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 8, nor do I own X-Men.
A/N: This fic is mostly Final Fantasy 8, the only thing it has to do with X-Men is that Jean Grey is introduced to the Final Fantasy 8 world.
Also, ".." is speaking and {....} is thoughts.
All was quiet in Balamb Garden, the halls were pretty much empty, save for a couple of cadets who were brave enough to cut Instructor Trepe's class. Outside, Garden Faculty were pruning shrubs and sweeping the sidewalks of the Quad, while others struggled with a few Bite Bugs that'd managed to sneak past the Garden's monster barrier. Yet, all was not as it seemed, for it'd only been a month since the passing of one of Garden's most loved individuals, Dr. Kadowaki.
Squall Leonhart stood on the bridge, his arms folded across his chest. As usual, the silent commander, with the Lionheart gunblade at his side, watched over the countryside of Balamb. After the ordeal with Ultamecia, the planet had been at peace once again. The countries of Galbadia and Esthar signed a treaty with one another, Trabia Garden was being rebuilt, and Galbadia Garden had been restored to it's original position on the Galbadian continent. Also, preperations were being made to build a Garden in the technological city of Esthar, with the help of President Laguan Loire, Squall's father.
"Squall, Cid wishes to speak to you down below." Nida spoke from the elevator, "Go ahead, I'll take over here."
He turned around and stepped onto the elevator as Nida took his places at the flight panel. With the push of a button, he was whisked down to the headmaster's office below, where Headmaster Cid, Edea, and Xu awaited his arrival. "Sir, you wished to speak with me?"
"Yes, yes, have a seat Squall," Cid motioned with his hand to take a seat in front of the large oak desk, where dozens of reports, cadet files, and other documents were scattered. Cid took a seat then, as did Edea and Xu. Sighing, Cid removed his glasses from where they rested on the tip of his nose and pinched the bridge of it, before finally looking back up to Squall. "As you know, we have been trying to find a replacement for Dr. Kadowaki."
He nodded, "Yes, sir. I sure do hope you find one soon, Quistis and Rinoa are having hell with trying to keep up with everything. If it's not a junior classman scraping his knee, it's a female cadet needing birth control."
Edea snickered slightly and covered her mouth to hide it, "Squall, I do not think Cid wishes to hear about such things."
"Sorry, Matron," he paused, "So, sir. What is it you wished to speak to me about?"
"Ah, yes. I have finally found a replacement suitable for Dr. Kadowaki's former position. She will be arriving today at the Balamb Train Station at approximately fourteen-hundred hours. I want you to take one of the Garden's vehicles and pick her up. Then, upon arrival, you are to escort her to her new accomadations and give her a tour of the Garden and Infirmary."
He faltered, "B..but sir, I have things that need to be seen to. Why can't you have Zell, or wait, even better, Selphie go get her?"
"Well, Zell is busy teaching his martial arts class, and Selphie, Irvine, and Rinoa are getting things ready for the upcoming Garden Festival."
He sighed, giving up on arguing with the Headmaster on the subject, and finally gave in. "All right sir, tell me who it is and what they look like."
"Here," Xu chimed in and handed him a large file, the name 'Grey, Jean Elaine' written across the top of it in permanent marker.
He took the file and got up from his seat. "Sir!", he saluted before leaving the office and stepping onto the elevator. Curiously, he opened the file and his jaw nearly fell to the floor. "Daaaamn, talk about hot!!" He stood there drooling over the picture, all the while thanking Cid for giving him the duty of showing the new Doc around. "I think I might get hurt more often...,"
The elevator doors opened up with a "ding" and he stepped off, into the main hall where he then proceeded to walk to the Parking Lot to retrieve a vehicle. Upon entering, he glanced at his Balamb Garden issue watch, and saw that he had plenty of time to reach the train station. "Hmm..I also gotta stop and pick up the latest issue of 'Girl Next Door' for Irvine," he paused, "Ehh, better do that before I go to the train station."
He hopped into one of the Garden's jeeps, and turned the ignition. He let the engine warm up before putting it into gear and driving off for Balamb.
Jean Grey stepped off the train that had taken her from Timber to Balamb, letting the sights and sounds of her new surroundings fill her senses. She removed her sunglasses from their resting place on her nose, and placed them in the pocket of her jacket. Finally, she took a deep breath and headed into the baggage claim area of the station, awaiting for the arrival of what little she'd brought with her from Timber. While waiting, she couldn't help but read the thoughts of some of the males around her. Some of them actually made her laugh, while others just plainly made her want to vomit, or call the police.
After finally retrieving her luggage, she headed over to the waiting area, where Cid Kramer had told her someone would be there to pick her up. Glancing around, she took a seat and picked up a magazine, trying to be interested in it, but it happened to be a pointless attempt, because not even five minutes later she was interrupted by a rather dashing looking young man. He appeared to be near her height, clad in almost all black, with a white t-shirt, and two red belts that held a gunblade at his side. She looked up to see one of the most gorgeous faces ever, along with a pair of storm-grey eyes and chocolate brown hair that, even though messy, looked rather sexy all tousseled like it was. "Can I help you?"
He looked down at her and then back to the file he was holding, then to her once again. "Are you Jean Grey?"
"Yes, that's me. I take it you are from Balamb Garden?" She stood up, and to her surprise, she ended up finding that she was atleast three inches taller than the young man in front of her.
"Yes, ma'am. My name is Squall Leonhart, and I'll be escorting you around, and helping you get situated at Garden."
"Thank you." Sure, that's what he was saying, but not what he was thinking. She smiled politely, trying to keep herself from laughing at his thoughts.
{Heeeellllooo nurse!! Grr..stop thinking things like that Squall! She's way older than you! So what?! She's sex-ay!! Oy..why me?!}
She giggled as they walked out of the train station and over to the Garden issue jeep, and raised a hand up to her mouth just as a laugh escaped her lips, and masked it by coughing. From what she could tell, things were going to be very interesting working at Balamb Garden.
A/N #2:: Tell me, should Squall and Jean get together? Also, I forgot to warn everyone, but Squall and a couple of other Final Fantasy 8 characters will, well, act OOC sometimes during the story. Lemme know your thoughts in your review.