Can I get a Witness
by Mariye
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Seifer ran through the halls of Garden.
~Man, that was the best prank ever! But what's gonna happen when
he wakes up? Commander Puberty Boy is his buddy and might help him
get revenge... I need an alibi, quick!~
He ran up to Quistis's room and knocked on the door.
"Um, Instructor? I need to talk to you..." He called. The door slowly
opened.
"Huh? Seifer? Its 2 in the morning... can it wait?" She asked as she
pulled her hair out of her face and squinted. "Ugh, the hall lights
are so bright. Too early. Seifer go back to bed."
"Quistis!"
"Nite Night." She closed the door slowly and disappeared.
"Quistis? Dang." Seifer leaned against the door and thought.
~That's okay though. I can get other witnesses to help me create an
airtight alibi...~ He walked down a few doors, counting them as he
went.
~Ah, Selphie. Not my first choice, but with all the sugar she eats,
she has to be up.~ He knocked on the door. Selphie's head immediately
popped out.
"Oh! HiSeifer! Wassup? Wantsomeexpresso? Irvinegotmethisexpressomachine
asagiftwasn'tthatsweet? ItscausethestudentproducedplayiscomingupandI'm
inchargeofthatandI'mgonnaneedtostayuplatetoworkonitsohegotmethis. Isn't
thatcoolandsweet? HeisagreatguyIlovehim. Sowhat'sup?" Selphie said in
one breath as she threw the door open.
"Um, nevermind. I just heard a clicking noise and thought there was a
wild animal in your room." Seifer said, looking at her with his
eyebrow raised.
"Oh,sorry,thatwasme. I'musingmycomputerandthatwasjustmeclickingthe
mouse. Thanksforyourconcern! Night!" She disappeared back into her
room.
~Man, that's the last person in the world who needs caffiene.~ Seifer
thought. He leaned against the wall and furrowed his brow. ~So who
next... naybe Irvine? He doesn't seem that bad...~ Seifer walked
three doors down and up to Irvine's door. On it was a sign that read:
Do Not Disturb.
~Ah, he's probably looking at some girly magazine and doesn't want
Selphie catchin him. I'll try anyway.~ Seifer knocked two times.
Irvine poked his head out.
"Um, Seifer? Uh, what are you doing here? Its like, 2:15!" He walked
out and held the door shut.
"I wanted to see if you wanted to talk about... Kinneas? Are you
crying?" Seifer noticed Irvine's eyes were red and his cheeks were
tearstained.
"What? On, this? Um, got gunpowder in my eyes. I need to go put in
some eyedrops, bye!" Irvine dashed back in his room, but not before
Seifer caught a glimpse of what was inside.
~The Lion King? Man, that's sad. Him crying about Mufasa dying...
Note to self, tomorrow during training creep up behind him and start
humming Hakuna Matata.~ Seifer thought as he turned away from the
room.
~So who's left... Rinoa, Squall, Raijin, and Fujin. Well, Fujin is
on night watch to catch curfew violaters today... and I don't wanna
keep her from her work. Rinoa... well, if I went there at this time
and Squall found out I'd be dead, so thats out.~ Seifer walked across
the hall. ~Guess that leaves my best buddy.~ He pounded on the door.
"Hey Raij? You up?"
Raijin came out of his room wearing footie pajamas. Seifer looked at
him in shock.
"You have a reason for this, right?" A little boy and twin girls came
out after him.
"Hi! I'm Deijin, this is Meijin and Maijin. Raijin is our uncle!"
The little boy, who happened to be holding a staff identical to
Raijin's said.
"I promised my Aunt I'd babysit them, ya know? Course, its an overnight
thing too. I can't believe they can stay up this late."
"Read us Goodbye Pururun again Raijin!"
"Please?"
"So what are you doing up this late, ya know?" Raijin asked as he tried
to look macho. Seifer looked at the little kids and smiled, then he
looked at Raijin, and shook his head.
"Insomnia."
"Oh yeah, thats rough ya know. Sorry, can't talk. I gotta watch the
munchkins. Night" Raijin said as he walked back in. Deijin followed,
but Meijin and Maijin stayed out, looking at Seifer.
"Goodnight Mister." Meijin said.
"Yeah, night!" Maijin called as she pulled her sister in. "You think
he's cute, don't you?"
"Uh uh!"
"Uh huh!"
Seifer walked away as the kids continued to argue. He walked to his
room and stepped inside.
~Okay, 30 minutes later and still no excuse. Well, maybe I should just
sleep now. Maybe I won't even get blamed. Maybe the trick won't work.
Besides, worrying is so unlike me.~ He walked in and went to bed.
--[the next morning...]--
"OHMIGOD WHAT THE FRIGGIN'?"
Seifer rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock.
~Ugh, 6:10 comes too quickly.~ He thought as he fell out of bed and
walked to the door. He opened it to find a a blue skinned, white
haired Zell at his door.
"Okay, who let Poppa Smurf out?" Seifer asked. Zell shoved his fists
in Seifer's face.
"YOU ARE GONNA PAY! WAIT TILL SQUALL HEARS!" Suddenly Zell heard
laughing behind him. He turned to see Fujin, Raijin, Quistis, Rinoa,
Irvine, Selphie, and Squall laughing at him.
"Squall! Bust him! But first let me bust him up!" Zell yelled as he
took a swing at Seifer. Seifer stepped backward though, and Zell
hit air. He turned bright purple (A/N: well, since his skin was dyed
blue he couldn't really turn red...) and spun around.
"DO YOU ALL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?" Everyone tried to stop, but Raijin
lost it again and everyone started up again. Zell crossed his arms
over his chest. Squall stepped forward, trying to regain his composure.
"Do you have any proof Seifer did this?"
"WHO ELSE WOULD MAN?"
"Woah Chicken-Smurf, calm down." Seifer said. Squall started laughing
again.
"Yeah, I saw Seifer last night, he couldn't have done it." Quistis
said.
"So did I." Selphie echoed while holding a coffee mug.
"Me too." A humming Irvine said.
"Yeah, so did I, ya know. How could Seifer have been with all of us,
and have sabotaged your...?"
"My soap and shampoo..." Zell said.
"Yeah, exactly. Well Zell, unless you can find any further proof,
I find Seifer innocent." Squall said. Zell looked at everyone angrily.
"I'm going to my room." He stomped off. Squall walked up to Seifer.
"Off the record, did you do that?" Seifer looked at him.
"Off the record, I did the shampoo thing... I'm clueless about the
dyed skin thing though..." Squall looked away and whistled.
"Oh, well anyway, just lay off him for a while." Squall turned to the
congregation in the hall. "Dismissed!"
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