Sakaki22 sat there at his computer, trying desperatly to write a Chapter Four for his first fanfic, iFinal Fantasy VIII... Afterwards/i. After all of the typing was done, this story was what laid before him. This is iRestless Lion/i. This story is in no way connected with iFinal Fantasy VIII... Afterwards/i, and all characters (except Sakaki22, thats me) are copyrighted 1999 Squaresoft.
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piI need a break./i Squall thought to himself. The war with Ultimecia ended a month ago, but Squall still had more responsibility than he ever wanted. He tapped his pen on the small table in his dorm room, trying to write a progress report on the past month. iWhat's there to write? Nothing's happened... the SeeD written exam was easier to write than this./i He crumpled his paper, and threw it near the trash can.i I need a vacation!/i
p"Squall?" Quistis yelled while knocking on his dorm door. She knew it was unlocked, no one was crazy enough to break in to the room of "their cold-hearted leader" as some SeeDs called him. No one, except Rinoa and herself. She opened the door and walked in, he wasn't there. There was a backpack sitting on the bed, almost full of his clothes and some potions./i Whats he planning now?/i She asked herself. Squall walked back in with the comb he loaned Zell. "Sneaking into student dorms now, Instructor?" He asked her with that tone of voice he had where you couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or serious.
br"Oh," Quistis turned around, "the Headmaster wants the report"
br"Nothing's happened..."
br"Ok, I'll tell him that..." She said, before pointing to the backpack, "What's that for?"
brSquall walked past her and put the comb in, "I'm taking a three day vacation."
br"Who? You and Rinoa?"
br"No, just me. Your the only person who knows"
br"She's gonna be angry at you..."
br"...Everyone will, but I don't care. I need some time off." He said, before packing some socks and boxers into the almost full backpack.
br"Will you tell me where your going? Just in case we need to see you, or you don't come back..."
br"No, everything will be fine. The Garden if safe here. I just need to time alone for... me."
br"Ok, I wouln't tell anyone. I promise"
brSquall packed his wallet and some pulse ammo. He zipped it up, then reopened it and added some medical gauze.
br"She'll use her sorceress abilities to find you."
br"I'll be somewhere she's never been to..." He tied a collapsable tent to his backpack then tied Lionheart to his belt. "You can tell the Headmaster than I'm gone, but no one else."
br"Ok... be careful." Quistis said.
br"I'm always careful..." Squall said back. Quistis then looked at the scar on his face from when he was carefully training with Seifer. Squall put the backpack on and walked out.
p"HE DID WHAT!!!!!" Rinoa yelled out, to the suprise of everyone else in the cafeteria.
br"He decided to take some personal time off... alone" Quistis said after her ears stopped ringing. She know she just broke her promise, but knew he was doing something really stupid.
brZell sighed while sitting down, after another losing fight with time to get a hot dog. "Whats with the yelling?"
br"Squall walked off on us, and didn't tell anyone where he went!" Rinoa said quieter, but still angry.
br"I'm sure he has his reasons..."
br"Or mabye Puberty Boy decided to ditch his loser friends and start over..." Seifer joked while walking by.
br(Writers Note: Again, I never made it to the end of FF8, so as far as I know, Seifer is still at Garden.)
br"Yeah right, your just trying to start something." Zell said, irritated.
br"Ignore him, Zell. He's not worth it." Quistis said, also slightly irritated.
br"I've got to find him!" Rinoa got up and ran out, bumping into Selphie as she walked in.
br"What's her problem?" Selphie asked Quistis, while sitting down.
br"Squall ran off and didn't tell anyone where he was going." Zell said while looking at the hotdog line.
br"HE DID WHAT!!!!!"
pRinoa made it to the bridge, just to see Ragnarok flying off.
br"Nida, follow it!" Rinoa yelled at the pilot
br"What?! The Garden can't reach speeds anywhere close to that thing!" Nida responding, wondering why Rinoa was giving her orders.
br"It doesn't matter, just head in the same direction!" Rinoa yelled back. iSquall is going to fly in a straight line. I know it./i
br"Why are we after it... and wheres the Commander?"
br"The "Commander" decided he was going to take a small vacation... he's the one flying that thing."
br"HE DID WHAT!!!!!"
p"Hmm... I seem to be on a straight course for Winhill." Squall said, looking at the controls, not knowing what he was doing. He was just imitating whatever Selphie did when she flew it. He looked at his radar, "What's that thing... the Garden? Their trying to stop me." He looked around, trying to find some sort of booster. "I think this is it." He pressed a button, then the engines stopped with a whirring noise "Oh shi--" The force of the Ragnarok falling knocked him out of his chair, and he passed out. The Ragnarok crashed on a small island off the cost of Galbadia.
p"I think we lost him..." Nida said. The Ragnarok had flown out of her sight.
br"Just keep going." Rinoa replied. Irvine and Selphie had heard of what happened from Quistis (you guessed it, they said "HE DID WHAT!!!!!") and came up to see for themselves.
br"Where is he?" Selphie asked Rinoa, nervous of what mood she would be in.
br"I don't know..." Rinoa replied. iWhy is he running off? Was it something I did?/i
br"... Oh, Hyne." Irvine said, while looking into some binoculars.
br"What is it!?" Rinoa said, grabbing Irvine's trenchcoat.
br"I think he crashed on an island."
brA look of shock filled Rinoa's face. She let go of Irvine, then went down the elevator.
br"Uh... Nida, land on the island!" Selphie said, before grabbing Irvine and going down the elevator.
br"... Why is everyone so bossy around here!?" Nida yelled out.
pIrvine caught up with Rinoa in the main hallway. She had already found Zell and Quistis.
br"Come on! We need to get to the main entrance!" Rinoa yelled at Quistis, while dragging Zell by the back of his shirt.
br"Let go! I need air!" Zell yelled out with a rasp voice. Rinoa's dragging him was cutting off the path between his throat and lungs. brShe didn't notice, all she was thinking about was Squall. iWhy did he run from me? Is he alive? Does he want us to help him?/i She knew the answer to the last one, but didn't care what he wanted.
p"Squall!!!" Rinoa yelled out as she reached the wreckage site. The ship wasn't too banged up, but she didn't notice because of the tears swelling up in her eyes. "Squall!!!"
br"He's probably unconscious, Rinoa..." Zell said. Rinoa just slapped him and said "Don't say things like that!"
br"He said "unconscious", not "dead", Rinoa" Selphie said, keeping a good distance from her.
br"Squall!!!" Rinoa continued, ignoring Selphie.
brIrvine thought of stopping Rinoa, but didn't. "Squall!!"
br"It's no use yelling for him. Let's just walk in and go to the cockpit." Zell said
brRinoa was about to give Zell's face an encounter with the back of her hand, when she realized what he said. "... That makes sense!"
brRinoa was about to yell out orders, but Selphie, Quistis, and Irvine were already inside. "Come on, Zell." She grabbed Zell's shirt and dragged him in. They made it to the cockpit, and rushed to the pilots chair. There was nothing there but blood. They all wanted to say something, but they all knew it already. iWhere's Squall?/i They looked around for a minute.
br"I found him!" Selphie yelled out, pushing a piece of what used to be part of the ceiling out of the way. He was unconscious and bleeding, but alive.
br"Squall!!!" Rinoa ran over and hugged him, not caring that he was out cold, or bleeding on her good shirt. All she cared about was that he was alive.
brIrvine picked Squall up, "Lets head back."
p(Well... I've begun another fan fiction, and have some good ideas as to where to carry this. Unfortunately, thats how I felt when I begun Final Fantasy VIII... Afterwards. I'll be posting my thoughts like this at the end of every chapter for this fic.)
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piI need a break./i Squall thought to himself. The war with Ultimecia ended a month ago, but Squall still had more responsibility than he ever wanted. He tapped his pen on the small table in his dorm room, trying to write a progress report on the past month. iWhat's there to write? Nothing's happened... the SeeD written exam was easier to write than this./i He crumpled his paper, and threw it near the trash can.i I need a vacation!/i
p"Squall?" Quistis yelled while knocking on his dorm door. She knew it was unlocked, no one was crazy enough to break in to the room of "their cold-hearted leader" as some SeeDs called him. No one, except Rinoa and herself. She opened the door and walked in, he wasn't there. There was a backpack sitting on the bed, almost full of his clothes and some potions./i Whats he planning now?/i She asked herself. Squall walked back in with the comb he loaned Zell. "Sneaking into student dorms now, Instructor?" He asked her with that tone of voice he had where you couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or serious.
br"Oh," Quistis turned around, "the Headmaster wants the report"
br"Nothing's happened..."
br"Ok, I'll tell him that..." She said, before pointing to the backpack, "What's that for?"
brSquall walked past her and put the comb in, "I'm taking a three day vacation."
br"Who? You and Rinoa?"
br"No, just me. Your the only person who knows"
br"She's gonna be angry at you..."
br"...Everyone will, but I don't care. I need some time off." He said, before packing some socks and boxers into the almost full backpack.
br"Will you tell me where your going? Just in case we need to see you, or you don't come back..."
br"No, everything will be fine. The Garden if safe here. I just need to time alone for... me."
br"Ok, I wouln't tell anyone. I promise"
brSquall packed his wallet and some pulse ammo. He zipped it up, then reopened it and added some medical gauze.
br"She'll use her sorceress abilities to find you."
br"I'll be somewhere she's never been to..." He tied a collapsable tent to his backpack then tied Lionheart to his belt. "You can tell the Headmaster than I'm gone, but no one else."
br"Ok... be careful." Quistis said.
br"I'm always careful..." Squall said back. Quistis then looked at the scar on his face from when he was carefully training with Seifer. Squall put the backpack on and walked out.
p"HE DID WHAT!!!!!" Rinoa yelled out, to the suprise of everyone else in the cafeteria.
br"He decided to take some personal time off... alone" Quistis said after her ears stopped ringing. She know she just broke her promise, but knew he was doing something really stupid.
brZell sighed while sitting down, after another losing fight with time to get a hot dog. "Whats with the yelling?"
br"Squall walked off on us, and didn't tell anyone where he went!" Rinoa said quieter, but still angry.
br"I'm sure he has his reasons..."
br"Or mabye Puberty Boy decided to ditch his loser friends and start over..." Seifer joked while walking by.
br(Writers Note: Again, I never made it to the end of FF8, so as far as I know, Seifer is still at Garden.)
br"Yeah right, your just trying to start something." Zell said, irritated.
br"Ignore him, Zell. He's not worth it." Quistis said, also slightly irritated.
br"I've got to find him!" Rinoa got up and ran out, bumping into Selphie as she walked in.
br"What's her problem?" Selphie asked Quistis, while sitting down.
br"Squall ran off and didn't tell anyone where he was going." Zell said while looking at the hotdog line.
br"HE DID WHAT!!!!!"
pRinoa made it to the bridge, just to see Ragnarok flying off.
br"Nida, follow it!" Rinoa yelled at the pilot
br"What?! The Garden can't reach speeds anywhere close to that thing!" Nida responding, wondering why Rinoa was giving her orders.
br"It doesn't matter, just head in the same direction!" Rinoa yelled back. iSquall is going to fly in a straight line. I know it./i
br"Why are we after it... and wheres the Commander?"
br"The "Commander" decided he was going to take a small vacation... he's the one flying that thing."
br"HE DID WHAT!!!!!"
p"Hmm... I seem to be on a straight course for Winhill." Squall said, looking at the controls, not knowing what he was doing. He was just imitating whatever Selphie did when she flew it. He looked at his radar, "What's that thing... the Garden? Their trying to stop me." He looked around, trying to find some sort of booster. "I think this is it." He pressed a button, then the engines stopped with a whirring noise "Oh shi--" The force of the Ragnarok falling knocked him out of his chair, and he passed out. The Ragnarok crashed on a small island off the cost of Galbadia.
p"I think we lost him..." Nida said. The Ragnarok had flown out of her sight.
br"Just keep going." Rinoa replied. Irvine and Selphie had heard of what happened from Quistis (you guessed it, they said "HE DID WHAT!!!!!") and came up to see for themselves.
br"Where is he?" Selphie asked Rinoa, nervous of what mood she would be in.
br"I don't know..." Rinoa replied. iWhy is he running off? Was it something I did?/i
br"... Oh, Hyne." Irvine said, while looking into some binoculars.
br"What is it!?" Rinoa said, grabbing Irvine's trenchcoat.
br"I think he crashed on an island."
brA look of shock filled Rinoa's face. She let go of Irvine, then went down the elevator.
br"Uh... Nida, land on the island!" Selphie said, before grabbing Irvine and going down the elevator.
br"... Why is everyone so bossy around here!?" Nida yelled out.
pIrvine caught up with Rinoa in the main hallway. She had already found Zell and Quistis.
br"Come on! We need to get to the main entrance!" Rinoa yelled at Quistis, while dragging Zell by the back of his shirt.
br"Let go! I need air!" Zell yelled out with a rasp voice. Rinoa's dragging him was cutting off the path between his throat and lungs. brShe didn't notice, all she was thinking about was Squall. iWhy did he run from me? Is he alive? Does he want us to help him?/i She knew the answer to the last one, but didn't care what he wanted.
p"Squall!!!" Rinoa yelled out as she reached the wreckage site. The ship wasn't too banged up, but she didn't notice because of the tears swelling up in her eyes. "Squall!!!"
br"He's probably unconscious, Rinoa..." Zell said. Rinoa just slapped him and said "Don't say things like that!"
br"He said "unconscious", not "dead", Rinoa" Selphie said, keeping a good distance from her.
br"Squall!!!" Rinoa continued, ignoring Selphie.
brIrvine thought of stopping Rinoa, but didn't. "Squall!!"
br"It's no use yelling for him. Let's just walk in and go to the cockpit." Zell said
brRinoa was about to give Zell's face an encounter with the back of her hand, when she realized what he said. "... That makes sense!"
brRinoa was about to yell out orders, but Selphie, Quistis, and Irvine were already inside. "Come on, Zell." She grabbed Zell's shirt and dragged him in. They made it to the cockpit, and rushed to the pilots chair. There was nothing there but blood. They all wanted to say something, but they all knew it already. iWhere's Squall?/i They looked around for a minute.
br"I found him!" Selphie yelled out, pushing a piece of what used to be part of the ceiling out of the way. He was unconscious and bleeding, but alive.
br"Squall!!!" Rinoa ran over and hugged him, not caring that he was out cold, or bleeding on her good shirt. All she cared about was that he was alive.
brIrvine picked Squall up, "Lets head back."
p(Well... I've begun another fan fiction, and have some good ideas as to where to carry this. Unfortunately, thats how I felt when I begun Final Fantasy VIII... Afterwards. I'll be posting my thoughts like this at the end of every chapter for this fic.)