Galbadia 500 Endurance
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VIII or any of its characters, nor do I own any of the other final fantasy's or there characters that may make a cameo appearance here and there.
Summary: 2 months after the Final battle with Ultamecia everything is fairly calm and quiet for our heroes and then Rinoa leaves the garden without saying anything to anyone but everyone suspects Squall knows where she's gone to, but he starts acting strange and leaves the garden every weekend too. So what's really going on????
Chapter 1: Strange Letters
"Quistis! Hey, Quisty!" A very excited brunette ran up to the tall blonde woman both of them were wearing there SeeD uniforms.
"Selphie slow down before you run someone over." Called a tall man wearing a cowboy hat from down the hallway.
"Quisty have you seen Squall?" Selphie asked out of breath. Quistis thought a moment.
"No I haven't why?" she answered
"I got a letter from my friend Luce in Trabia this morning I think Squall should read it."
"What? You want the garden commander and our friend to read your personal letter?" the man in the cowboy hat said walking up.
"Yes Irvine I do." Selphie said then turned back to Quistis "Luce says that there was a girl arrested in Trabia city two days ago, the city doesn't have a detention center but the garden does so the girl was brought there. Luce says she looks like Rinoa. People aren't to kind to Sorceress' in Trabia after what the last one did. If it is Rin, without Squall she could be in serious trouble." Selphie rushed out.
"Squall's a SeeD too Selphie and not just any SeeD either, he's a garden commander and up for promotion." Quistis said with a sigh
"Yes, but he's also her knight." Selphie exclaimed
"She's got a point there Quistis."
"The Headmaster would know where he is." Quistis said
"Great can you take the letter to the Headmaster, I'm sure he'll get it to Squall." Selphie asked holding out a pale green envelope.
"May I read it to back up my case to the headmaster?" Quistis asked accepting it.
"Yeah, go ahead. Thanks Quisty." Selphie said bouncing off down the hallway with Irvine in tow.
Quistis shook her head and read Selphie's letteron her way up to the Headmasters office. She managed to read it twice before arriving and agreed with Selphie that Rinoa really could be in trouble and only Squall would be able to help her, but the question now was, where is Commander Squall Leonhart, and why did Rinoa Heartilly Caraway leave the garden three months ago without saying anything to anyone. The only person who could possibly know anything about it was Squall, her knight, a SeeD and her boyfriend. Problem was Squall was always working and disturbing him was like signing your own death warrant. When he wasn't working he couldn't be found anywhere in the garden, so where was he?
Quistis walked into the reception area of the Headmasters office and the Secretary a long time friend of hers looked up.
"Instructor Quistis Trepe, business I assume?" the woman with short brown hair asked
"Yes Xu, I need to speak to the Headmaster, its urgent." She said.
"Just a moment please." Xu said picking up the telephone on her desk and hitting the speed dial for her bosses line.
"Sir Instructor Trepe to see you, she says its urgent."Xu said then waited for a response.
"Okay he'll see you." She told Quistis putting the phone back in its cradle.
"Thanks Xu, I'll see you later." Quistis said disappearing into the Head office.
"Ah Instructor Trepe, what can I do for you today?" the Kind old headmaster asked. Quistis saluted and then wasted no time getting to the reason she was there.
"Headmaster Cid, I need to find Commander Leonhart, regarding a letter Ms. Tilmitt received this morning." She said. Then took a breath. "Sir we've looked all over the garden and could not find him, and it is of utmost importance."
"Squall, isn't at the garden at the moment I'm afraid. If I may ask what has a letter Selphie received got to do with Squall?" Cid asked
"Sir the letter states that a girl was arrested in Trabia the other day she's being held in the Trabia Garden detention center, Selphie's friend is concerned and convience that the girl is Squalls…. Um… girlfriend…. Rinoa, and after reading the letter myself, I'm almost positive it is her. Selphie Irvine Kinneas and myself believe that if this girl is in fact Rinoa then she's in danger because of …. Well…. You know." Quistis said as calmly as she could.
Cid was obviously thinking hard about what she's said. He leaned forward on his desk.
"Unfortunately I cannot contact Squall directly where he is, but I can get I messenger into him in a matter of hours. Let me have the letter I'll send it to him immediately." Cid said reaching for a pen and piece of paper. Quistis put the letter in the green envelope on the desk.
"Sir, where is Squall?" she asked.
"I am not at liberty to tell you that Instructor, if he has not told you himself, then he doesn't want anyone to know just yet,"
"Understood sir, has he… has Squall ever mentioned anything about Rinoa leaving out garden three months ago? I mean everyone here and in the city loved her despite her… condition." Quistis asked the question that's been on everyones mind since Rinoa left and Squall turned into an overworked shadow.
"No he never mentioned anything about her reason for leaving, I'm not sure he even knew why she left. Anyway left me get this off to him. You're dismissed." Cid said and Quistis left the office.
2 hours later at the Balamb Speedway
A man with spiked blonde hair was watching the time clock as a man on a black and blue racing bike flew by him.
"Hey Strife! Messenger from Balamb Garden here for Leonhart." A big black man with a gun arm called. The blonde made no movement as if he'd heard.
"Cloud!" the big man tried again,
"Yeah Barret, I'll be right there." Cloud called over his shoulder flagging the racer in.
The biker came to a stop mere inches from Cloud. He pulled off his helmet, his dark hair wet with sweat fell into his eyes.
"What did you call me in for I still have another lap?" He exclaimed.
"You're done for today Squall. I wanna check out your bike, something seems strange about that last lap you ran. You'll do time trials tomorrow. But go to the front office with Barret, there's a messenger from Balamb Garden here to see you." Cloud said as Squall put the kickstand on his motor bike down.
"A messenger from the Garden?" Squall dismounted and headed off with Barret.
In the front office the messenger from the Garden looked at the door nervously as a the big man that had taken his message came back in, behind him a man in a black and blue practice race suit came in, helmet in hand.
"Commander Leonhart." The Messenger saluted. Squall waved him off.
"I didn't know you race motorcycles." The messenger said relaxing slightly.
"Race motorcycles… Kid this young man is the youngest fastest racer this side of the world. He just won the Trabia 15 and the Centra inter City races. As well as some other exhibitions." Barret exclaimed. Squall glared at the big man.
"You'll say nothing about any of this to anyone Cadet." Squall said.
"Yes, Sir." The Cadet said straightening up again.
"Why had the Garden sent a messenger out here to find me?" Squall asked suspicious. The cadet handed Squall the letter from the headmaster.
"A letter from the headmaster, you're to call him as soon as you read it Sir." Squall nodded.
"You're dismissed, remember not a word to anyone, it may just cost you your job."
"Yes Sir." The Cadet saluted and hurried off. Squall took the letter and headed to the locker room to get cleaned up and changed before heading to his room in the Team Strife Trailer there on the speedway.