Chapter 1- (I don't know what to name it.... ehhh untitled?)

*- thoughts

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Hot sweat drenched sapphire eyes as they focused on the battle placed before them. Adrenaline coursed through the veins of the bearer... muscles ached, energy at the point of exhaustion, fatigue getting the better of the his body... Seifer Almasy was on the verge of calling it quits on the training session he was participating in... but could he? Nope... didn't really have a choice either.

With a sigh of relief escaping his lips, he thrust his gunblade through the abdomen of his opponent, signaling the end of the practice session. At the corner of the large room stood a lone figure with a stopwatch in hand. The figure was a young lady. Dark chocolate strands framed her lightly tanned complexion. Her hair was half down, half clipped up in a modern hair design. She simply sighed and shook her head before scribbling the score on the clipboard. She placed it on the floor and advanced toward the former knight, who was on both hands and knees, breathing heavily and occasionally coughing up crimson blood.

"Is there something bothering you Seifer? Your times are much lower than usual..." The lady said, with a professional tone.

"Not really..." Seifer replied in a dull tone.

"I'm sorry Seifer... I know you hate this and all, but you know it's required."

"Oh yeah? By who? I don't see Cid giving out these fucking orders for SeeDs to be trained to the point that they're about to fall flat on their asses- being so fucking tired from all this shit."

"Remember Seifer..."

"I know, I know... this is Angel Training. I'm not a student of Garden anymore... yeah, yeah I know." He turned his head slowly from deep, cerulean blue-green eyes that seethed through him.

In truth, Shinsei Shugotenshi did feel some sympathy for him. After all, she had found him in a local cafe, lone and stray- just like a lost kitten. She had presented the shattered and broken soul of what was left of Seifer Almasy to the Headmaster of Garden, Cid Kramer. He had owed her a favor in the past years, so he repaid it by having Seifer Almasy put on probation and temporary restriction. And when they said restriction... they MEANT restriction. He wasn't to roam the halls or even get a bite to eat outside the dorm him, Shinsei, and an instructor by the name of Eterna Kaze shared. No one was to know that he even was even present at Balamb Garden, except those already involved. NO ONE.

From the very beginning did Shinsei know that Seifer was different from the others. He was an Angel. Fallen, but an Angel nonetheless. Not a holy creature with a halo... but a different race that was long forgotten. Angels were a branch of the human race. They had wings of course... and already specifically learned magic abilities. They weren't necessarily stronger than humans in whichever way you look at it, but they were certainly more agile and had some other minor differences here and there. Other than that, Angels were very similar to humans. The blood of the Angels coursed through Eterna's and her veins, allowing them to become his somewhat guides.

Therefore, she had mended up his broken wings and became his personal instructor to train him as Angels were to be trained- LONG AND HARD. Her partner, Eterna Kaze did the same. Shinsei was the "physical abilities" instructor, while Eterna coached Seifer in magic, special skills, and everything else there was to know about magic.

Her eyes became downcast just then. *Angels don't deserve to be cooped up like this. In fact, no being does...* She looked toward the blond- haired man sitting on the chair with a bottle of water in his bleeding hand. *I really wish I hadn't made this deal... but what else could I do? Oh Seifer, you have no idea of the destiny that lies ahead of you. Absolute no idea...* She shook her head and turned towards the knight.

"Session's over for today."

"Yay." Seifer replied sarcastically. He walked away to his room where he plopped on to the bed... thinking of his former life... thinking of what he was missing as this exact moment...

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Elsewhere, another pair of sapphire eyes were intensely focused. But, they were light-hearted, ecstatic, and yet, still focused. They were looking on in the conversation that was taking place before them. Quistis Trepe was happy for the first time in months, enveloped in an intense conversation with her fellow peers and best friends- Rinoa Heartilly and Selphie Tilmitt about the movie that had just seen. They were just chattering away like sparrows in the beginning of spring about different scenes, cute actors, etc. It was... what do you call it again? Oh yeah.. girl talk.

"So Quistis.. what was your favorite scene?" Selphie questioned with a perky tone, as usual.

"I don't know... I can't really decide!!" she replied enthusiastically.

"How 'bout that part when the guy... asks the girl about her..." Rinoa commented, but was interrupted by a sudden case of contagious laughter. The other 2 joined in the scenario, sides aching like hell at the scene all remembered.. yet couldn't really describe without someone having a fit of giggles.

After a few more moments of intense laughter, it died down and they continued with their conversation. Unknown to them, Shinsei had just entered the cafeteria where the girls were chatting, eyes squinted and searching. They finally laid on Rinoa and eased up. She strolled over to the ecstatic trio where she was instantly suffocated by tight hugs and smiles.

"Shinsei!!!" Rinoa shouted. She kissed her guardian on the cheek as Shinsei did the same. The ritual continued with Selphie and Quistis with the same enthusiasm and broader smiles plastered on their faces.

"Ha ha good to see you too, Rinoa. Where's your little boyfriend?"

"Oh stop making fun of Squall... well he's in his dorm taking a little snooze."

"I see, I see... Ladies? Will you excuse us? I need to talk to Rinoa for a minute..." Shinsei said. Quistis and Selphie nodded and walked towards a table where some of their other friends were seated. Namely, Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas, and another peer. Once they appeared to be seated, Shinsei turned towards Rinoa with an intense gaze.

"I need a favor."

~*Tsuzuku*~ (to be continued)

A/N: Soooo? Wut'd you think of it so far? It's gonna be a Queifer if you didn't know that already... so yeahh!!! Comments, questions? Feel free to ask or wutever!!!