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Chapter 1

Squall was sitting at his desk, overlooking the new magazine that came out in Balamb Garden. The cover was decorated with some of the SeeD and their weapons in front of a battle. Squall could remember when he had done that in Dollet. It had been almost three years now. Three years since he last saw Rinoa.

Rinoa had been with him in the ceremony, but then she left for Deling City to stay with her father. Last thing her heard from her was that she was going to the Deep Sea Research Center with her father; her father had bought the island and had been performing some experiments with the scientists.

Irvine had left too; he went back to Galbadia to go onto being the headmaster there too. The last time Squall had seen him, was when the two had a meeting to go to.

It was just Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Squall.

Seifer had gone on to better things, he left for the Esthar army, where Seifer eventually met up with Laguna, and with Laguna hearing that Seifer went to Balamb with Squall, he got to know Seifer, and soon he promoted him up with Kiros and Ward in the President's cabinet.

Zell opened the door to the office. It had just been oiled down, and it didn't make the squeak it had used to.

"Yo man, just checkin' up on you. I heard that you were leaving soon to go to Trabia for a meeting," Zell said.

"Yeah, you heard right. I'm heading to Trabia, and then to Esthar. I want to see my Dad again, and I want to see how Seifer is doing," Squall replied putting the magazine down. "You care to join me?"

"Naw, I think I'll hang around here and keep things in order."

"Come on Dude, Quistis and Xu have that all under control. Just come"

"Fine, fine, when are you taking off?"

"About an hour"

Zell made a thumbs up sign and closed the door.

"Probably eating a hot dog before we leave," Squall chuckled to himself.

Zell stood in the front hallway near the info desk. He wore his combat gloves, ready to leave.

Squall had changed his outfit for the meeting. He was wearing a suit, and he carried his normal clothes and Gunblade in his bag at his side.

"Should I have dressed up?" Zell asked.

"No, you're not actually going into the meeting, just keeping me company on the boat ride and all that."

Zell smirked, and the two drove a car out to Balamb Town.

They boarded the boat, the ocean gently rocking the boat. They sat down in the main room; there were four other people in there. Squall recognized two of them as Fujin and Raijin.

Squall perked up as he saw the old students.

"Fujin! Raijin!" Zell exclaimed offering and receiving handshakes.

"Where are you guys going?" Fujin asked.

"To Trabia, and then to Esthar," Squall replied. "Where are you two off to?"

"We are going to Trabia too to handle some business, and then to visit out friend Seifer in Esthar too ya know?" Raijin replied.

Squall and Zell took their seats, and the boat ride to Trabia took off from the dock and sped away.

The boat slid softly onto the shoreline. The side door open and the six passengers came out.

"Where does the tram stop?" Squall asked.

"A few hundred feet up ahead, we need to hurry or we'll never make it to Trabia ya know?" Raijin laughed.

The four bolted to the tramway.

They jumped onto the car, and sat down together. The tram hurriedly took off to Trabia. They made it there in no time.

They once again got off, and walked into the doors of the newly rebuilt Trabia. The headmaster was there to greet them.

"Well! I didn't expect seeing all of you guys here!" A voice said behind them.

Zell turned to come face to face with Irvine.

"Irvine!" Zell exclaimed, embracing with his old friend.

Irvine shook hands with Squall, and greeted Fujin and Raijin.

"Are we ready to get this meeting started?" The headmaster of Trabia asked.

"Yes General Thorne," Squall replied.

"You three cannot come," Thorne said pointing at Zell, Fujin, and Raijin.

The three went over to a bench and sat down. Thorne brought the two headmasters to a meeting room.

"Now, time to business," Thorne said. "I have called a meeting here, because I would like to have the three Gardens unite. No more of this independent bs, you know, have one central SeeD team, share finances, and unite."

"Well, it sounds like a good idea, but the only problem with it, is that Esthar may become an enemy," Irvine replied. "If three out of the four nations unite without Esthar, they might suspect that we're planning a war."

"No, my father is the President of Esthar. There will be no problems," Squall commented.

"Great, so should I fax you two a copy of the contract later today?" Thorne asked.

"No. I won't be at the Garden the rest of the day. Fax it to Esthar's office, Mr. Loire's office, and I will pick it up there," Squall said.

"I'm all set for it," Irvine added.

"Great, I'll call you two later. Thank You for your time," Thorne concluded

The meeting took no more than two minutes

When the three Headmasters came out, they found Zell, Fujin, and Raijin fighting three of the Trabia students.

"Hey, hey hey!" Thorne yelled. "Enough!"

He ran and split the students up.

"Mr. Raziel, Mr. Condor, and Ms. Lockheart, in my office right now" Thorne said losing his temper. "Fujin, Raijin, our deal is off."

"What?!" Raijin shouted.

"What was the deal?" Zell asked.

"They are selling me inventory, but I can hire somebody else now. You two can leave; And Squall, keep your own cabinet under control. Good Day Mr. Kinneas. I shall wait for your answer."

Everybody left the area to head back to the tram.

"Zell, none of that in Esthar or I will get you out of the Garden," Squall said disappointed.

"Those kids were bitchin about all us visitors!" Zell snapped back.

"Who cares, we WERE visitors," Squall replied.

The rest of the trip was quiet.

When they all got off, Irvine took a boat back to Galbadia, and Fujin and Raijin came on the next tram to Esthar.

They boarded, and in twenty minutes, they were in Esthar.

The buildings were built way over their heads. Squall was impressed with the quality of industry in the city. His father was doing well.

They walked up to the palace and approached the guards.

"Headmaster Leonhart," Squall said taking out his Headmaster's badge.

"The President cannot see you right now," one guard replied.

"I am his son, and I demand to go in there," Squall snapped, getting a little aggravated.

A man came out from the doors looking Squall in the face. His grey coat fluttered from the wind, and his weapon hung at his side.

"What do you want Squall?" The man asked.

"Seifer, let me in," Squall replied.

"No," Seifer simply replied. He laughed in Squall's face and turned away.

"Seifer!" Fujin cried.

Seifer turned around to see who the familiar voice was. He saw Fujin and Raijin behind Squall and Zell.

Seifer pushed through Squall and Zell to greet his friends.

"Can we go inside Seifer?" Fujin asked.

"Yes, but not you two," Seifer replied looking at Squall and Zell.

"Seifer!" A colored man said coming out of the doors. "Laguna needs to see the cabinet right away, there is some big news."

"Kiros!" Squall exclaimed.

"Squall? How ya doin!?" Kiros said smiling happily. "Come in too, Laguna will be thrilled to see you!"

Seifer pushed by Squall, a frown on his face. Fujin and Raijin followed him.

"Seeya inside. If the place isn't too big and confusing ya know?" Raijin said.

Squall and Zell walked in with Kiros.

Squall walked into Laguna's office.

"Squall!" Laguna cried startled.

"Dad!" Squall replied embracing his father.

"Did you know anything about a union in the Gardens?" Laguna asked.

"Yeah, I had Thorne fax the contract over here so I could review it with you. I wanted a good President's opinion on it."

"Great. Let me just finish my own paper to Rinoa's father in the research center. I haven't talked to the President of Deling in probably six or seven months now, and I want to see how he's doing."

Squall and Zell watched his father finish the paper. Fujin, Raijin, Kiros, Seifer, and the last cabinet member, Ward, walked in.

"You wanted to see me?" Seifer asked.

"Yes, I'm about to talk to President Deling," Laguna replied.

He sent the paper through the fax, and on the front of the machine the following sentence blinked.

Fax number terminated. Error 938982. All connections lost.

Rinoa shot through Squall's mind.

I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I have a little romance coming in soon, and then a little bit of action. Please R+R, I really wanna know what you think. Thank you soooooooo much.