Zell stretched his arms above his head as he scanned the waters of the beach. It has been three months since the battle against Ultimecia and now Zell was taking a well deserved vacation by himself. He was on a small resort island. It had everything; a mall, townhouses, resorts, various inns, a grocery store, even a little shop where you can rent surfboards, waterskis and the like. Zell began to make his way to the inviting blue water.

Zell had just bought a townhouse of his own. It cost 5 million gil but he thought it was worth every gil. It will become his home away from home, which is the Garden. Usually these townhomes were shared by at least two or three families, however he wanted the huge home all to himself. After so many years living in the orphanage and Balamb Garden with all those other people, Zell felt he deserved a place of his own. A very large place.

Zell stepped into the water and made his way out until the water came up to his waist. He dove into the water and swam underneath the surface. He searched the bottom of the ocean floor for anything interesting. He saw many shellfish and shrimp swimming about. Zell's feet touched the ocean floor and he kicked off in order to return to the surface for some air. As soon as Zell came to the surface, a waterski rushed past and sprayed Zell's face full of water. He inhaled alot of the water since it was a surprise to him. The water went down Zell's air pipe and he coughed as much of it up as he could.

"DAMMIT! WATCH OUT WHERE YA GOING!" he yelled at whomever was the culprit.

Zell heard the waterski slow nearby and he heard someone ask, "Chicken wuss, is that you?"

'Dammit it's Seifer!' Zell thought. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YA DOING HERE OF ALL PLACES?" Zell asked with anger in his voice.

"What does it look like chicken? I'm having fun!" With that, Seifer made his way on the waterski and sprayed Zell with more water. Zell held his hands up and turned his head to keep from getting more water in his wind pipe. Seifer laughed and Zell floated in the water fuming.

Seifer slowed his vehicle and asked, "What are you doing here chicken?"

"STOP FUCKIN' CALLING ME THAT YA ASSHOLE!" Zell exclaimed. He looked at Seifer and seen the smirk on his face. Zell noticed this smirk isn't the trademark Seifer smirk. It seemed kind of gentler than the last time he seen Seifer.

"What are you doing here?" Seifer repeated.

"If you must know, I'm on vacation and I deserve it after all the shit you put me and everybody else through," Zell told him with a hit of annoyance and anger in his voice. Zell dropped his casual form of speaking to get his point across.

"Yeah well I'm on vacation too," Seifer replied. "Since I've been kicked out of Garden, I've got plenty of time on my hands. My life is an endless vacation!" Seifer laughed, "and I love every second of it!"

Zell stared hard at Seifer and Seifer did the same. "At least I have something to do with my time when I'm not on vacation. I make a difference in the world."

"Yeah yeah, I'm sure you bragged all about your little adventures after killing Ultimecia," Seifer retorted.

"Whatever you say chicken. You might as well find another hot spot for vacation because I will be moving here soon," Seifer grinned.

"WHAT?" Zell was surprised.

"You heard me chicken. I'm moving here soon so I doubt you would like to come back to this island anytime afterwards."

"You are the one who should find another vacation spot because I already own a house here!" Zell exclaimed.

"Hmm, well it looks like we may be neighbors then because I'm staying here," Seifer told him.

"Fine!"

"Fine!" Seifer mocked. Seifer turned his waterski in another direction and he went on his way.