A/N:This takes place a month or two after the game. Everyone's settled back in etcetc. This is my second Final Fantasy VIII fanfic, and since i noticed a few people noticing my other fic, i thought: Hey! I know! I'll post another story! And here it is, well just chappy 1 at the moment, i've done half of the story so far, and updates may vary. This chappy is very short, because. . . ok, i don't actually know why.

Disclaimer: Gawd, aren't these a pain?? Final Fantasy and all that jazz belongs to SquareSoft. I think. shrugs Well, basically I Dont own it! But i do own Ira, who will be in soon!

Chapter 1:

A dark figure made his way up the path towards the styles of Balamb Garden, he cautiously took in his surroundings before silently jumping over the styles and making his way towards the fountain making sure any of the Garden faculty didn't spot him. He crouched down by the fountain and looked at the inside structure, there had to be another way to get to the second floor without using the elevator. He looked up and noticed that there was a ladder on the outside of the elevator, it lead all the way to the second floor corridor. The figure grinned to himself, Bingo! He silently made his way to the ladder, after a brief glance around him; he quickly made his way up the steps. When he reached the top, he climbed onto the hallways and ran straight to the 2F classrooms. There was only one he was interested in, ah, there it is. He cringed as the doors slid open, hoping no one heard he stepped into the room. He doors closed and the sign came back down . . .

INSTRUCTOR QUISTIS TREPE.

After about two hours he finally found what he was looking for.

Rinoa Heartilly {SeeD trainee} CONFIDENTIAL.

Got'cha! He grinned and grabbed the file; he stuck it into his jacket pocket and looked around. He opened the doors and made his quick yet silent way back out of Balamb Garden. He had a feeling he'd be making many more visits before his time is over.

It was nine in the morning when Squall Leonhart heard his phone ring. He rolled over and tried desperately to ignore it, it was his day off and he was spending it with Rinoa . . . Rinoa. He opened his eyes as the sound stopped, at first he thought whoever was trying to ring had stopped. But he was wrong.

"Hello? Oh hi Quistis . . . what? . . . Yes, I'm sure, I put it right back where you got it from . . . ok . . . right . . . I'll be there in a minute . . . yeah he's here . . . no, I think he's asleep . . . actually he's just pretending . . . ok . . . I'll tell him for you . . . see you soon . . . yeah bye!"

Squall heard the phone receiver cling back in place and rolled back over to face Rinoa,

"What did she want?"

"My files are missing..."

"WHAT?!"

A/N: Well, there you go, very short but still! Let me know what you think...should i carry on with it? Or just walk away now??? There's a pretty button that lets you review just below, hinthint!