Winds of Fate
A FF8 fanfic by Brenton Braswell
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or the
series of the Final Fantasy series.
They all belong to Squaresoft and are being used without permission. All original characters, Lisa Hawkwind,
Daniel Kunteais and others are copyrighted by the author and are not to be used
by anybody without my permission. If
somebody has a problem with that, all I could say is, tough luck.
Before anybody thinks this
is a sequel to "Blades of Destiny", I'll say it is not. Even though I've used Lisa and Dan before, I
decided to use them one last time. If
you want to read my other fic, just type in the title or click on my penname.
I'd like to dedicate this fic
to Ginger Ninja, Lady Aliena, Destiny, and Sasha Janre. You should check out their fics, their very
good and well worth the time.
Also, I'd like to give a
special thanks to Sasha for really helping me out, and letting me use her as a
character in my fic. You rock Sasha!
I'd also like to thank Flowers
and Hugs, DK, Apple Pie, and Lehteb for helping me out with the year. I'll use A.C., which means After
Centra.
Character direct thoughts are in parentheses
In the last
chapter, Lisa and Dan missed the train going to Balamb following their mission
and were forced to stay till the morning.
The following day, both got on the train to Balamb and wasn't aware of
what was going to happen.
Elsewhere in
Deling city, Kale had Mick take him to get some clothes and information. After getting a new outfit and getting some
gil, Kale made Mick take him to the library.
Upon arrival there, much to his dismay, Kale discovered that he was four
thousand years from where he came from.
After finding out how he came to be in the present, he was infuriated. After he calmed down, Mick and him went to
find that prostitute that he met earlier.
Meanwhile in
Balamb, Dan and Lisa met up with their friend Sasha, who was waiting for them
since they didn't come back earlier.
Unknown to the three, one of Kale Akaisura's warriors, Jaden Knightstar
was in Balamb also. Being annoyed as he
was, a drunken man trying to mug him was all it took for Jaden to explode into
a rage. Lisa suddenly felt when Jaden
used his power, and was confused to why she was the only one that could sense
it. Lisa, Dan, and Sasha ran toward the
place Jaden started causing havoc when they heard explosions in the
distance.
Squall Leonhart, Quistis Trepe
and Zell Dincht were closer and met with Jaden first and fought him. After being hit with a surprising move,
Squall, Quistis, and Zell were at Jaden's mercy until Lisa, Dan, and Sasha came
running down the road. They immediately
helped them up and Sasha rushed at Jaden with her renzokuken limit break. Jaden dodged all of the slashes and flicked
away her attack like it was nothing. He
then shot her with a ball of energy, making Sasha go down in the same way
Squall and the others did earlier.
Without hesitation, Lisa then fought Jaden. As they fought, Jaden had his suspicions about Lisa being the
descendant of his enemy in the past.
When Lisa was hurt, Jaden was about to fatally injure Lisa when
something surprising happened. Lisa
felt power radiating in her hand and like a reflex, shot a blue ball of energy
at Jaden, thus stopping his assault.
Jaden and Lisa as well as everyone else were surprised at what she
did. With a little questioning from
Jaden, Lisa revealed her name last name was Hawkwind. After confirming the information that Lisa was the descendant of
Alexander Hawkwind, Jaden disappeared with some magic. Being left there without any answers to what
just happened, the six SeeDs cleared up all that happened with the Balamb
police.
Kale felt the
energy of Jaden and an unknown but familiar power; he then came up with what he
needs to do to in order to conquer the world.
Find all of his warriors that ended up in this time with him. Secondly, He planned on killing all the
descendants of Alexander Hawkwind, and eliminating SeeD, for they are the
biggest threat to any plans he comes up with.
In Dollet,
Zechariah Hawkwind, Lisa's grandfather, also sensed the power being used by
Jaden and Lisa. Without too much
trouble, he got a friend to give he a ride to Balamb. Once he gets there, he'll explain something he should have did a
long time ago. Well, find out what he's
going to reveal to her in chapter three of Winds of Fate.
Chapter 3: Twist of Fate
(Date: July 12, 4018 AC.
Time: 11:10 hours. Place: Balamb Garden.)
To say the
least, this day was turning out to be one of the most confusing days for Lisa
Hawkwind, Daniel Kunteais, and Sasha Janre.
Squall, Quistis, and Zell was also confused, but not as confused as Lisa
about what she did in Balamb just a less than half an hour ago.
After the
garden transport vehicle stopped in the parking lot, the six mercenaries filed
out. Lisa was still looking confused as
ever and was slow in getting out. (What
is this power that I have? Why did that
man want to know my last name?) Lisa wondered while looking down at her right
hand. She looked and saw that it was
normal and none of the skin in on it was different.
Dan looked over
at Lisa and saw that she had a confused look on her face. (Damn.
What just happened in Balamb must have really shocked Lisa. I guess anybody would be confused when
something like what happened today, happen to them.)
"I think we
should report what happened to the Headmaster," Squall immediately said. "This may be the first sign of trouble or
something big happening."
"I think Squall
is right," agreed Quistis. "If this is
something big, let's hope it's not as bad as the Ultimecia incident."
"You know
Quistis," interrupted Sasha. "When I
did my limit break against him, and he was dodging my moves, I couldn't read
his thoughts to anticipate which way he was going to dodge next."
"Read his
thoughts?" Squall asked.
"Yes Squall,"
said Quistis. "Sasha is psychic,
meaning she can use telepathy to read minds, levitate objects with her mind,
and communicate with others through her mind.
Only a few like, Headmaster Cid, Lisa, Dan, Dr. Kadowaki and myself
knows that she is."
"What?!" Zell
blurted out. "That means she can read
my mind when we're sparring. Do you
Sasha?"
"Nah, I don't
need to do that to beat you hotdog boy," joked Sasha. "I can beat you anytime, and if I remember
correctly, I'm one up in wins in our matches."
"That's Mr.
Hotdog boy to you," said Zell. "How
about we go at it after we finish giving Headmaster Cid our report?"
"Yeah,
anytime," said Sasha. "But before that,
I'll probably need my ribs to be taped.
That blast from Jaden really hit me hard, and I think they're bruised."
"Yeah sure,"
said Zell.
"Well, let's
go," said Squall. Everyone started to
walk out of the parking lot except Dan and Lisa. Squall looked back, "Are you two coming?"
"Yeah, we'll be
with you in a little while," replied Dan.
Squall nodded and walked out with Sasha, Quistis, and Zell. He then looked at Lisa as she was looking
down at the ground with a confused and scared look on her face. (Man, I wish I could do something to help
Lisa get answers for her questions.)
Dan then walked beside Lisa and put an arm around her shoulder. As Lisa looked up at Dan, he said, "Don't
worry too much about what happened Lisa.
I'm sure there's a logical explanation to all of this. Sasha and I will stay by your side and help
you look for answers." Dan said in a
reassuring tone.
Lisa weakly
smiled, "Thanks, you two are the best friends anyone can ask for." She then quickly hugged him and blushed a
little bit. (I hope I can find some
answers soon.)
"Well, let's
go," said Dan. Both then walked out of
the parking lot and around the circular walkway to the elevator. They saw Sasha waiting at the top of the
steps, so they walked up and saw as the elevator descended.
"Don't worry
Lisa, I'll stick by you while we're looking for answers to what happened
today," Sasha said reassuringly. Lisa
just nodded, and the three got on the elevator and took it up to the third
floor.
After the doors
of the elevator opened, Xu stood up from her desk and said, "The headmaster and
the others are waiting for you. You
three can go in now. Oh yeah, Dan?"
"Yeah Xu?"
"After your
meeting with the headmaster, could you tell me what happened in Balamb?" Xu
asked. "We got a phone call about what
happened in Balamb from the authorities.
I think they were very sure that you six caused the destruction
there."
"Yeah, sure,"
said Dan. "Well, I think they'll find a
couple of witnesses somewhere." Xu
nodded and sat back down at her desk, resuming the paper work she was
handling.
The three then
walked in the office and saluted the Headmaster. "At ease," commanded Cid.
The three took down their hands and stood in a relaxed position. "So tell me what happened Squall?"
"Sure
Headmaster," said Squall. "There was
this man there that wrecked havoc in Balamb.
Zell, Quistis, and myself were alerted when he blew up some buildings
and saw people running." Squall coughed
and then continued. "We immediately
engaged him when he said something about wanting to kill us."
Zell
immediately interrupted, "The way he fought was intense. He surprised us with an attack, one that
didn't look like a limit break. It was
like he did it using some weird power or magic."
Headmaster Cid
nodded, "What happened after that?"
Quistis then
spoke, "After being hit with this attack we were at his mercy until, SeeD's
Hawkwind, Kunteais, and Janre came running down the streets and assisted us."
The headmaster
then addressed the three, "How did you get there so fast? I can imagine you were at the garden vehicle
before all of this started."
Lisa, Dan, and
Sasha looked at each other for a short while before Lisa nodded and stepped
forward. "We got there so quickly
because I felt sensed something a few minutes before the buildings blew
up. Once I sensed something was wrong,
Dan, Sasha and myself were already headed in the general direction when the
explosions occurred." Lisa just stopped
and looked down.
(So, it's
finally happening like Zechariah said it would.) Cid thought. "You may
continue. I'm sure that's not all that
happened."
Lisa
nodded. "Once we got there, we helped
Squall, Quistis, and Zell. Sasha then
cast an aura on herself and attacked with her limit break. This man dodged all of her slashes and
flicked off her limit break like it was child's play. She was immediately hit with a ball of energy and I engaged
him. When we fought, he had a hard time
blocking and dodging my slashes and thrusts.
It was like he was hesitating when we fought. He caught me with an unexpected blow to the stomach that made me
double over in pain." Lisa then
hesitated in continuing, "Then as he was about to deliver a fatal blow, I felt
something like energy gathering in my right hand. Like a reflex, I pointed my hand at him and shot a blue ball of
energy at him like a gun." Lisa then
looked down and confused.
Dan looked at
Lisa and continued for her, "After she did that, the man revealed that his name
was Jaden Knightstar. For some reason,
he wanted to know what Lisa's last name was.
After he learnt it, he disappeared with some magic."
Cid looked down
with a look on his face, one that many in the office never saw him with. He looked back up and said, "This my be the
beginning of something that could be trouble.
I want you all to be on standby, I don't think anything is going to
happen in the next few hours, so you can relax for the time being. You're dismissed." The six saluted and started to walk out when the Headmaster said,
"Ms. Hawkwind, would you mind staying here for a minute?"
"Sure
Headmaster," said Lisa. "I'll be down
in a minute Sasha." Sasha waved and
went down in the elevator. "Yes
Headmaster? You wanted to talk to me
about something?"
"Yes Lisa,"
replied Cid. "I want to know, do you
know how to do what you did in Balamb?"
Lisa shook her
head, "No Headmaster, I guess what I did happened on instinct."
(That's
interesting. So I guess Zechariah and
myself will have to explain everything to her later.) "Well, don't leave garden anytime soon. I'll call you up later to explain something," commanded Cid. Lisa had a confused look on her face. "Don't worry about the reports on your
mission, they're not important right now.
That is all."
"Yes sir," Lisa
saluted. She then left out of the
office and saw that Dan was talking to Xu.
She just went passed him and took the elevator down. Once she was down there, she saw Sasha
putting Irvine's arm in a hammerlock.
"Ahhh!" Irvine exclaimed from the pain. "I'm sorry, I won't say anything like that
to you again."
"What did he do
to deserve this Sasha?" Lisa
asked. Sasha whispered in Lisa's ear
when she got close enough. "He said
that? The pervert!" Lisa then saw as Sasha increased the
pressure and as Irvine yelped out in pain.
"I think he's had enough Sasha."
"Yeah,"
answered Sasha. Sasha let up the
pressure considerably, but didn't let go of Irvine's arm. "Next time you say something like that to
me, I might do worst to you, or tell Selphie about your flirting."
"Okay," said
Irvine. "I won't and I'm sorry!" Sasha then let go of his arm and Irvine
walked away.
Sasha then
turned toward Lisa, "So, what's so important that the headmaster wanted to talk
to you in private?"
"Something
about explaining something to me later," said Lisa. "I wonder does it has anything to do with what happened
earlier?" Sasha just shrugged. "Oh well, let's get you to the infirmary and
get those ribs looked at. You did take
a direct hit from that blast of energy, whereas Squall and the others were only
hit by the explosion of one of them."
Sasha nodded. "Are you sure
you're up to sparring with Zell today?"
"Yeah," said
Sasha. "He already knows about it. I'll warn him not to aim for that area, if
he does, I'll really have to kick his ass."
Lisa just nodded and they continued to the infirmary.
(Date: July 12, 4018 AC.
Time: 11:33 hours. Place: Deling
City Slums.)
Ever since Kale
and Mick got back, Kale had been sitting on the couch in a meditative
position. To say the least, he was
freaking out Mick and the others when he started glowing red from time to time.
(Now if this
isn't the weirdest thing that I've seen, I don't know what was.) Mick thought as he and the others watched
Kale. After Kale finished meditating,
Mick asked, "Sir, may I ask you what you was doing? I mean no disrespect, but that looked weird."
"Well, to
someone that's never seen it, it would," answered Kale. "I was just concentrating my aura to send
out an energy signal that only my warriors would feel. My warriors can find me easier that way."
Mick and the
others just nodded. They really didn't
understand what he meant, but they weren't going to argue. "Other warriors?" Tommy asked. "So there
are more people that can do what you did earlier?" Kale just nodded.
"Get the door,
that's them now," said Kale. After Kale
said that, there was a knock on the door.
Mick and the others just looked dumbfounded. "I said get the door, or die!"
Tommy then scrambled to the door and opened it. Four people then walked in not caring about
courtesy of its inhabitant's. Kale then
got up from the couch. The three men
and one woman kneeled down in front of Kale and bowed their heads. "Ah, so I see I wasn't the only one taken
from that battle. I should have known
you would have started destroying things sooner or later Jaden."
The four then
got up and Jaden said, "well, you know me, I was never one to want to live the
peaceful life. I need a life full of
action."
Mick then
interrupted the conversation, "Excuse me, lord Kale, but who are these people?"
Kale narrowed
his eyes and backhanded Mick across the room.
"Next time, don't interrupt me when I'm talking to my warriors." Mick nodded after getting off the floor. "Well, if you must know, this is Jaden
Knightstar." He gestured to the man he
was just talking to. Jaden wore a red
jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. He had blonde hair and grayish blue eyes. He had two pairs of metal nunchuku strapped
to his belt. "Next to him is Narrak." Narrak wore a full green ninja suit with a
mask around his nose and mouth. He had
black hair and eyes and had a sheathed katana strapped to his back. "The tall one is Jakob Krentac." Jakob was a six foot four bald muscular man
with a black vest, blue baggy pants, and black boots. His weapon was a halberd that was strapped to his back by a strap
going around his huge muscular torso.
"And lastly, this beauty is Mei-Len Kuntagi." Mei-Len was a beautiful woman with black hair, brown eyes and a
figure that most women dreamed to have.
She wore a purple oriental form hugging dress that covered her neck and
went down to her mid thigh level with slits on the sides of the bottom to allow
for maximum ability of movement. She
had fighting gloves on her hands for her weapons. "I wouldn't try anything with her if I were any of you. I've seen her kill men for invading her
private space, and trying to put some moves on her." Mei-Len just smirked at the six.
"Who are this
six fools, my lord?" Narrak questioned.
"Just what you
said Narrak," answered Kale. "Six fools
who tried to mug me, but now they serve me.
I don't know why I should keep them around now. Maybe just for entertainment." Kale smirked. "So, how long have you been in this time?"
"About a year,"
replied Jakob. "We got as much
information we could on this time. We
even have a small army of Galbaldian soldiers who defected after the second
sorceress war. We've told them about
destroying SeeD and taking over the world, and they agreed to follow us."
"Ah, I see you
four have been busy while I slept and recovered," commented Kale. "Where are they now?"
"We have a camp
by the ruined Galbaldian missile base in the desert," said Mei-Len. "The men don't complain and are ready to
follow you into battle Kale."
"That's good,"
said Kale. "Have you located all of the
descendants of Alexander Hawkwind yet?"
"I've located a
woman living in Dollet with Hawkwind blood in her," said Jakob. "Jaden said he fought against a young woman
named Lisa Hawkwind in Balamb. He said
she fought like Alexander, and unleashed a surprising show of power. He also confirmed that she was a SeeD."
"Hm… Very interesting," said Kale. "Did she know how to use the power and
techniques of Alexander?"
"No my lord,"
said Jaden. "I was caught off guard
when she used one of his techniques against me, but she said she didn't know
how she did that."
"This is
surprising," pondered Kale. "I would
have thought Alexander would have left the legacy of his techniques and power passed
down through generations. That's not to
say that he hasn't done it. Have you
confirmed how many Hawkwinds live in the world?"
"No," said
Narrak. "But we'll find all of them
soon. We'll also have to be wary of
them. There's no telling if they possess
the techniques of Alexander, and I suggest we tread carefully."
"Excellent
advice," said Kale. "So, who wants to
hunt down that Hawkwind woman in Dollet?"
"I would like
the pleasure my lord," said Jakob.
"Then it is
yours," answered Kale. "Mick, give him
some money to catch a train to Dollet.
I don't want to alert the others of the Hawkwind clan by using our
powers to get there. I want to take
care of the SeeD, Lisa Hawkwind myself.
There's no telling if she was lying, or if she's the strongest of the
Hawkwind's. Seeing her family die will
make her angry and reckless when we fight."
After saying that, Mick gave Jakob the necessary gil he needed to catch
a train to Dollet.
"So, what's our
next move Kale?" Mei-Len asked.
"I'm not sure,"
said Kale. "But when I come up with it,
I'll tell you." Jakob then took his
leave. "Well, relax for the time being,
there's no telling when you will get a chance like this again." With that said, Kale and everyone else
relaxed for the time being.
(Date: July 12, 4018 AC.
Time: 11:54 hours. Place: Balamb
Garden, Lisa's Room.)
Lisa lay down
in her bed thinking of what transpired not too long ago in Balamb city. She had changed out of her SeeD uniform and
was wearing a white SeeD insignia sports tank top, black jeans and black socks
at the moment. (How did I do that
technique of shooting that ball of energy?)
Lisa then had a
flashback of that episode. She
remembered getting hit so hard in the stomach, she dropped her katana and
doubled over in pain clutching her stomach.
Lisa looked up and saw that the man jumped up high into the air with
both his nunchukus spinning. (That's
when I felt that power build up in my hand.)
The power then filled her hand, and without thinking about it, she
pointed her hand and shot a blue ball of energy at the man called, Jaden
Knightstar.
(Geez, this is
so confusing!) Lisa thought as she
rolled over to her side. She then sat
up and swung her legs over the side of the bed. (Maybe I should stop thinking about that right now. I need something to take my mind off of all
this craziness, what should I do?) Lisa
Pondered. (I know, I'll go watch Zell
and Sasha spar for a little while. Even
though they started a few minutes ago, they should be still going at it right
now.) Lisa then got off of her bed, put
on some black gym shoes and put on her belt with the katana sheathed to the
side. (I guess I might as well take
this, there's no telling if this place is going to get attacked.) Before she left out of the door, she turned
around and looked in her dresser drawer.
After a little rummaging through it, she pulled out some Ehrgeiz
fighting gloves and put them on. (I'm
glad I went with Sasha when she was gathering up items to make these. I'm surprised the headmaster let Selphie
pilot the Ragnarok, take us to Trabia and the Island Closest to Hell, and fight
the monsters for the things we needed.)
She stopped looked at her self in the mirror, straightening her short
blonde hair out and making it neat.
(Well, I'm sure nobody will yell at me for wearing this tank top, I'm
barely showing any skin.)
Lisa then
walked out of her room, through the dorm section, and to the elevator. She pressed the button and waited for the
elevator to come down. Once the doors
opened, she went in and pressed the second floor button. (I'm sure they'll be in the second floor gym
this time.) After the elevator went up
and stopped on the second floor, she got off and walked forward and took a left
turn. She passed some empty classrooms
and remembered that this was summer break for the cadets.
She then came
to her destination and walked into the gym.
She saw Zell and Sasha on the middle of mat, both panting real hard and
sweating like they were out in the desert.
She also saw a few people around the mat, watching with interest. (Well, I guess I should expect they would
have a small crowd, their fights are always a good form of entertainment, and
very intense. Hell, if they get a
bigger audience, we should start charging admission every time they spar.) Lisa silently joked. She then decided to join the small group of
spectators and watched the little sparring match.
Sasha and Zell
was slowly circling each other, having their guards up, and trying to
anticipate the other's next move. Sasha
wore her light blue long sleeved shirt, with the dark blue loose skirt and
biker shorts underneath, and black gym shoes.
Zell wore his regular garb except for his red and black jacket. Zell then came forward with a few punches
toward Sasha's face, which were blocked.
After blocking, she then caught Zell with an unexpected foot sweep, and
jumped in the air with her fist cocked back.
Zell saw this move and rolled out of the way, then tried to foot sweep
Sasha, but was surprised when she back flipped and avoided it. Zell got up and the two were in the same
position they were in earlier, neither getting the advantage, nor losing
it. Both had been sparring for about
fifteen minutes, and when they first began, both landed some good blows against
each other. As the time stretched out,
they were more cautious to be caught off guard.
"What time is
it?" Zell asked unexpectedly.
"About two
minutes to twelve," said somebody in the small crowd.
"We're going to
have to postpone this match," explain Zell.
"I promised I would meet Mina in the cafeteria around noon, and I need
to take a short shower before I go there."
This response
got a frown from Sasha, "So you're quitting?
If so, that means I won." Sasha
grinned. She knew this would get Zell
into finishing the little sparring session.
"You didn't win
Sasha," Zell immediately said. "Let's
just call this a draw."
Giving up,
Sasha nodded. (I don't see what he sees
in her, she treats him like shit some of the time, and he doesn't even
notice.) "Well, remember Zell, I'm
still one up in the wins." The small
crowd dispersed, but Lisa stayed by the mat.
Zell just
nodded and started to walk out of the door when Rinoa came through. She was wearing a gray sweatshirt, black
biker shorts and her black gym shoes with some maverick fighting gloves. "Where are you going Zell?" Rinoa
asked. "I thought we had a little
training session today?"
Zell slapped
his forehead. "I forgot about
that. I'm sorry Rinoa, but I made a
little engagement to meet Mina."
Rinoa looked a
little hurt, "That's okay, maybe later or tomorrow?"
"Yeah, sure,"
replied Zell. "How about you spar with
Sasha for right now? I'll tell her to
take it easy on you, okay?"
Rinoa looked
across the room for a second at Sasha and Lisa. "Yeah, I'm game."
"Great!" Zell Exclaimed. He then yelled across the room, "Hey Sasha, could you spar with
Rinoa right now?!!!" Sasha turned away
from talking with Lisa and nodded.
"Thanks, and don't worry, we'll continue the sparring match later or
tomorrow!" Zell then walked out the
room. Rinoa then walked over to the mat
where Sasha and Lisa were talking to each other.
(Authors Note: A fellow author and friend, Sasha Janre, made
this next part and I would like to thank her for it. Thanks a lot Sasha!)
Rinoa
bit her lip as she looked over at her opponent, Sasha Janre. (Okay, no backing out of this now, Heartilly.
You wanted to be stronger, and what did you do? Bring Zell's sparring partner!
Don't you remember the time they went at it and knocked each other OUT?!) Rinoa's
mind slowly drifted off to the said time when the two martial artists knocked
each other out cold...
"You
ready to be beaten once and for all, Hotdog boy?" Sasha challenged, as she
looked over at Zell, who was smirking right back at her. "If I recall, we're in a deadlock,
aren't we?"
"Oh,
that we are," Zell nodded, tightening his gloves, and looking at her, then
at Rinoa, who was watching from a safe distance in the [Training Center]. They
were both wearing their normal sparring clothes: Zell, in his cut-off denium
pants, red basketball shoes, and his black shirt. The infamous jacket had been
discarded on the grassy floor. "And this time, I'm gonna be one up on you,
Janre!"
"Yeah
right, Dincht, maybe I could distract you with hot dogs like I did the last
time!" Sasha laughed, as Zell turned red. Even Rinoa had to laugh at that
one. Sasha was wearing denium cutoffs as well, although not as baggy as Zell's,
and a SeeD insignia sport tank top. Her black basketball shoes looked like they
had seen better days, and they had. To make it *fair* the pair had decided they
would both use their Ehergiz gloves and one magic spell. Only one. She tied up
her hair in a tight ponytail, letting only her blond bangs out. Zell had
Diablos junctioned, along with the encounter-none ability, so a wandering gnat
or worse, T-Rexasaur would not interrupt the battle.
"You
ready Janre? Or need more time to do your make-up and hair?" Zell sneered,
getting into his well-practiced fighting stance. Rinoa could not believe how
calm they were! To the extent they were *joking* around! But, maybe there was a
method to their madness, or Sasha's anyway.
"You
should talk, Dincht. Remember that time you got all nice and dressed up for
Seifer?" Zell's face dropped as Sasha brought up *that* incident, Zell had
been hit by a Jsenkyo spell, {which was cast unknowingly by Rinoa during her
Angel Wing limit break} and was turned into a girl for a short time. He had
decided to get Seifer back and dressed up...well, like those ladies who work
the corner in Deling City. "What, you getting memory lapses on me?"
"Iie!"{No!}
Zell snapped, and then grinned. "Or, what about the time in our little
Truth or Dare challenge you had to striptease?" It was a challenge from
the infamous Seifer of course, back when Ultimecia wasn't a threat, and Sasha
gave him a Squall-like deathglare. "You looked so…*experienced* in that
dance, Sasha!"
"Shut
up Dincht! It was a dare, and hanging out with Irvine does rub off on you
unknowingly," Sasha hissed. "Okay, you know what? That's it!"
She rushed at Zell, startling him, and not giving him enough time to get ready.
She aimed a spin kick right at his ribs, which he blocked, and he caught her
foot, steadying her, and causing Sasha to hop around on one foot. He laughed,
but when he tried to spin her around, she blocked him and jumped, raising her free foot, and turning her body
counter-clockwise, which caused her free foot to knock Zell right in the jaw.
Zell let go immediately, and rubbed his jaw, his face set in a funny
expression.
"An
ensaguri? {The Japanese name for the move} I didn't think you knew that,"
Zell commented, as he set his jaw back in place with a small snap. Sasha said
nothing, but stuck out her tongue, and Zell took that as his final straw, rushing at her, and landing a heel drop. Sasha
didn't faze much, as he knew she wouldn't, and landed one punch to his
mid-section, which he wasn't protecting. Zell staggered back, and when he
rushed back at her, she dropped to the ground, making him hit the ground with a
drop toehold. "Itai, {Ouch} dirt! GROSS!" He spat out the bits of
soil that had found their way into his mouth, then as he got up, a little
slowly, found himself face first in the earth again, as Sasha had sweep kicked
him. "Okay, should've known that too."
"Hai!" That you should've." Sasha waited all
of five seconds before Zell came back up at her, unleashing a serious of
punches and kicks, most of which were hard to block. Rinoa was amazed at how
fast the blond martial artist was moving. His metabolism must be incredibly
fast if eating all those hotdogs didn't slow him down. Then again, he never got
them. Sasha hit Zell with an elbow, causing the two to break apart for a
moment. It wasn't long before the two friends were back at it. Sasha somehow got
her arms tangled up in Zell's while blocking his punches, and it was difficult
to get un-tangled. "Oi, Zell, how do we keep meeting like this?"
Zell
laughed. "That I cannot answer, Sasha. But what if Mina caught us like
this?" Mina, the pig-tailed girl that worked in the library was Zell's
girlfriend, as everyone surely knew would happen sooner or later. Recently, he
hadn't been able to see her lately because of his SeeD schedule, and had
apologized profusely for it. He tried to get their arms free, but it wasn't
easy.
"Maybe
we could tell her we're in yoga class and our morning practice went horribly
wrong?" Sasha suggested sheepishly, and then she grinned. "I know how
to get out of this."
"Oh?
How?" Zell asked, wanting to see his own arms again. Sasha closed her
eyes, and before Zell's very eyes, de-materialized, leaving Zell standing there
like a moron. "Okay, nice parlor trick, Janre, but come back here so I can
kick your ass!" His 'prayer' was soon answered as Sasha elbowed him in the
back, sending him almost crashing to the ground. "Okay, that is *not* only dirty, but that *hurt*!"
Sasha rolled her eyes as Zell continued to whine. Sasha decided to shut him up,
and the only way to do that was one of three ways: 1) stuff a hotdog in his
mouth, 2) Get Mina to kiss him to shut him up, or 3) hit him with a final move
in your limit break that rivals My Final Heaven.
Sasha
decided it would be number 3, as she didn't have any hidden hotdogs with her,
or Mina, because she had something against her. (Stupid Mina...she treats Zell
so badly, then expects to have him there *all* the time when he's a SeeD and
she's a fucking cadet!) She saw that Zell was getting ready to use My Final Heaven and prepared to gather
the right energy for her own final limit break, Lion's pride which was just as powerful as Zell's My Final Heaven. Zell saw this as well,
and prepared himself. He hadn't seen it, and was eager to see how it fared
against his own. He felt the ending of his energy gathering, and jumped up,
ready to unleash it. Sasha was ready too, and jumped too to meet him. The two
attacks clashed, energy fusing together causing a massive explosion, which blew
Rinoa back, and she fell into the water, some 50 feet away from where the two
martial artists were fighting.
She got up, and walked over to where
she felt the two powers. They were weak, incredibly so. And then she saw why.
Zell and Sasha had knocked each other out. They lay on the ground, breathing,
but not conscious. "Ooh, they really did it this time!" Rinoa fretted.
She pulled out her cellphone, and dialed Squall's office number. "Squall?
It's Rinoa! What's the matter?! Zell and Sasha were sparring, ne? And they
knocked each other clear out! Get someone here to take them to the
[Infirmary]!" She hung up, and soon, Irvine and Squall came and took the
two to the [Infirmary]. "I don't believe it. Knocked out. BOTH of them!
That was intense," Rinoa muttered, following Squall out.
That was one incident Rinoa could never
forget. "So, you don't mind if you spar
with me Sasha?"
"It's not a problem," Sasha
stated. "I'll go a little bit harder on
you because I've seen Zell spar with you, and you're getting good. I think you would probably want to raise the
difficulty a little." Rinoa nodded.
Lisa then looked at what Rinoa had on
her hands. "Maverick fighting
gloves? So I guess he started you
without padded gloves?" Rinoa nodded. "Well, I think you and Sasha should fight
with padded gloves and footwear. I
would be really unfair for her to have Ehrgeiz fighting gloves, the most
strongest type of fighting glove that I know of, and you with Maverick fighting
gloves."
"Nah," said Rinoa. "Zell started me without padded gloves, so I
can feel the sting of every blow, and become more cautious when sparring.
"Okay," Lisa answered. She then got close to Rinoa and whispered,
"You should go with some padded gloves, Sasha hits really hard, even if it is
just training. I tell you from past experiences
from sparring with her. Oh yeah, try to
avoid hitting Sasha in her left ribs, she was hurt in a battle earlier
today." Lisa then stepped off the
mat.
(Author's
Note: This next part was co-wrote by
Sasha Janre, and myself. I'd like to
say now that I don't have anything against Rinoa, and I won't tolerate flames
about this part. Somehow, someone will
ignore this and complain about it.
Anyway, on with the story.)
Rinoa looked over to her opponent, and
bit her lip nervously. She knew this
was just a training session, but sometimes, they could get real intense. She still couldn't forget when Zell and
Sasha knocked each other out that one time.
"Are you sure you want this,
Rinoa? Sasha asked, looking at
Rinoa. "I mean, you could get seriously
hurt if we take it up a notch…do you want close range or weapon combat?
"I'll try for close range combat,"
Rinoa said nervously. "I have to learn
how to defend myself without my weapon.
There can be no telling when I get disarmed of my weapon."
"That's good," Sasha nodded, and
getting into a fighting position. "You
ready? We're going take it slow, since
you're a beginner, okay?"
"Okay," Rinoa replied nervously while
getting into a fighting stance.
"You don't need to be nervous," Sasha
smiled. "I'm not going to fight you
like I do Zell!"
"Okay," said Rinoa shaking off some of
her nervousness. Rinoa then came at
Sasha with some punches aimed at her head.
These were easily blocked, because that's the first place a beginner
would try to aim their attack.
Sasha kept Rinoa at by while the taller
girl tried to keep attacking at the head.
"Word of the wise: Try to attack somewhere other than the head." She
emphasized her point by quickly hitting Rinoa in the gut, and then dropped to
the ground, sweep kicking the sorceress.
Getting up slowly, Sasha tripped her again with another sweep. "You're going to have to get up faster than
that if you're going to fight," Sasha stated.
Rinoa fumed, silently wondering if
Sasha was punishing her for something.
Quickly, she got to her feet, and tried a spin kick, which actually got
in. (Yes!) Rinoa silently celebrated.
The kick caught Sasha off guard, but it didn't faze her as much as Rinoa
thought. Sasha came back with a
sidekick that caught Rinoa in the stomach.
Rinoa staggered back, and unable to keep her balance fell flat on her
butt. "Ow!!" She wailed. She saw Sasha approaching and tried to think
fast. As soon as the shorter raven-haired
girl came over, Rinoa sweep kicked her.
Sasha got up faster than Rinoa did, and grabbing Rinoa's arm, Sasha had
the young sorceress trapped in a hammerlock.
"Ow!" Rinoa cried out as Sasha applied a little pressure. Rinoa noticed that her other arm was free
and she threw an elbow, that caught Sasha square in the face. Hurt from the blow, Sasha released the
hammerlock, staggered back a little trying to get her bearings straight. Rinoa pressed her advantage and punched
Sasha in the gut two times and spin kicked her in the head, thus throwing Sasha
to the ground.
"Heh," the older girl smirked, and
Rinoa shuddered at the look on her face.
"You're learning. You're not as
hopeless as I thought." Without
warning, Sasha jumped to her feet, and began an assault of punches and kicks on
Rinoa, keeping the pressure on. Rinoa
was able to block a few of the punches and kicks, but couldn't keep it up, and
was constantly hit until she fell to the ground. "Are you done?" Sasha
asked, looking at her fallen sparring partner.
"Maybe I shouldn't have pushed the pressure. You couldn't handle it."
(Let's see if this gets a rise out of her with that insult.)
"Um…Sasha, you know you should really
take it easy on her," commented Lisa from the side of the mat.
Rinoa was really upset at that comment
by Sasha. She quickly got up and
grabbed Sasha's shirt, but was surprised when Sasha grabbed her arm and tossed
her over her shoulder. She hit the
ground hard, and was really hurting.
Sasha cringed, visibly wishing she
hadn't done that. "Sorry about that
Rinoa, Judo lessons…" She pulled the young sorceress to her feet as Squall
walked into the gym.
"Sasha, I told you, that you should
have taken it easy on her," scolded Lisa.
"I did!" Sasha protested, casting a quick cure on Rinoa. Squall then walked over to the three young
women. "But the move that did the most
damage was that Judo move…reactionary thing…"
"She wasn't taking it easy on me!"
Rinoa exclaimed. "She was coming at me
like she has some kind of grudge against me!"
"Rinoa," Squall said patiently. "It was a sparring session. You should have been prepared for any level
of difficulty. In a real battle, your
enemy won't be as forgiving as Sasha."
"I know Squally, but she came at me
like she was fighting Zell or somebody just as good," protested Rinoa.
Sasha looked at Lisa with a look that
said 'Squally?' Lisa just shrugged, and
Sasha continued in her defense, "No, Rinoa.
I decided to see how you would fare if I wasn't taking it easy on you."
"How I would do!" Yelled Rinoa. "You know I'm not up to that level yet!"
Lisa then interrupted, "It wasn't a
high level attack. You should have seen
when Sasha and I first started sparring.
She took it easy on you compared to how she took it on me. I wouldn't be too upset, you did way more
better that Dan would have done when Sasha turned up the juice on him."
"Oh yeah!?" Rinoa retorted. "Why
don't you and Sasha fight here and see how good you do!"
(Okay, now Rinoa's attitude is getting
way out of line.) Sasha silently commented.
"She doesn't have to prove anything to you," said Sasha. "Face it, you're just weak."
"Weak?!" Rinoa screeched wanting to charge at Sasha, but Squall held her
back.
"You know Rinoa," added Lisa. "If you can't control your emotions, you get
real reckless when fighting."
Rinoa violently struggled against
Squall's grip. She then broke it and charged
at Sasha looking ready to strangle someone.
Sasha stood as Rinoa charged, then
stopped Rinoa as she grabbed her arms.
"Rinoa…" she began tiredly.
"Let me go!" Rinoa yelled, trying to
get out of the grip but was unsuccessful.
Remembering what Lisa said earlier about Sasha's ribs being hurt, Rinoa
threw a knee that caught Sasha in the midsection, really trying to hurt her.
Sasha gasped, and clutched her
midsection, more importantly her ribs, which was injured earlier that day
against Jaden Knightstar, and she groaned.
That was the last straw. Sasha
then quickly got up and went into a fury of punches to Rinoa's face and
midsection, before Lisa and Squall was able to get hold of her and stop the
assault. Squall cautiously broke away
from her and helped his girlfriend up.
"Dammit Heartilly, I was trying to be nice to you, but it's too damn
frustrating!"
Rinoa dodged around Squall and punched
Sasha in the face. Sasha expertly broke
the hold Lisa had on her, and answered Rinoa's punch with a spin kick, which
caught Rinoa on the side of the head.
Rinoa's eyes widened before she fell to the ground, out cold.
"Ouch!" Lisa cringed. Squall just shook his head and went over to
try to revive Rinoa from unconsciousness.
"She should have stopped after we had to hold you."
"Well, the only way to stop a charging
Rhino is to knock her out," spat Sasha.
"You should get Princess some help with that." She brushed off her sleeve and turning on her heel, walking out
of the gym. Lisa quickly followed behind
her angered friend and see if she was all right. Before Sasha walked out, she was holding her lower left ribs.
(A/N: That's the end of the part we co-wrote.)
"Hey Sasha," cried out Lisa. "Slow down!" Sasha then stopped and waited for Lisa to catch up with her. "How are your ribs doing?"
"After what that bitch did, they're in
more pain now," hissed Sasha while pushing one of her blonde bangs out of her
eyes.
"Let me try to heal it," said
Lisa. Lisa then gently put her hand on
the spot Sasha said the pain was, she closed her eyes, and started to
concentrate. She then cast curaga on
the spot. "How does it feel now?"
"Much better, but it still aches a
little," answered Sasha. "How did your
cure spells get so strong?"
Lisa shrugged, "I don't know? I wonder does it have to with what happened
in Balamb?"
Sasha then shrugged, "Maybe or maybe
not. Ever since I knew you, you've been
very good with magic."
Suddenly, the three chimes for an
announcement rung over the intercom system.
"Lisa Hawkwind please report to the Headmaster's office, I repeat, Lisa
Hawkwind please come to the headmaster's office. That is all," said Xu's voice over the intercom.
Lisa then looked at Sasha, "Well, I
guess he's going to explain whatever he said he was now."
"I'm coming with you," Sasha quickly
said. Lisa looked in confusion. "If it's something important to you, I want
to be by your side to support you in case it's bad news."
"Thanks," Lisa whispered.
The two young women then walked to the
elevator, and when they got there, they saw Dan in a black t-shirt, and denim
blue jeans, holding the doors open.
"You ladies going up?" They
nodded and stepped into the elevator.
They then took it up to the third
floor. After exiting, they saw Xu
standing in front of the doors. "What
are you two doing here? Only Lisa was
called up."
"Well, we're here for emotional
support, if it's bad news," said Dan.
"Anyway, if it's real important for Lisa, it's important for us also."
Xu didn't look like she was buying
it. "Come on Xu," said Lisa. "I'll say I wanted them to come with me."
"Okay," said Xu. "But be prepared to leave as soon as you get
in, Sasha and Dan. I'm sure the
Headmaster will tell you to leave." Xu
then moved out the way and opened the doors.
As soon as the three walked into the
room, Lisa looked at all the people in the room. Headmaster Cid, Headmistress Edea, Squall, and her eyes widened
when she saw the fourth figure in the room.
(It's been so long since I've seen him.
Grandfather!) Feeling like a kid
again she rushed over to him and hugged him.
"Grandfather! I'm so glad to see
you."
"Yes," said Zechariah. "It's so good to see my favorite
granddaughter. You look like your
mother at that age." Lisa just smiled.
After Lisa and Zechariah stopped
hugging, Headmaster Cid immediately noticed two extra people. "Sasha, Dan, I didn't call you up here. I'm going to ask you to leave."
"Please don't headmaster," said
Lisa. "I wanted them to come up with
me."
"Sasha? Dan?" Zechariah asked. "So
these are the friends that you talk so highly of in your letters. I don't mind if they stay Cid." He then motioned for them to come into the
room. Sasha and Dan walked more into
the room by the group.
"Well, if you say so old friend,"
nodded Cid.
"Old friend?" Lisa asked.
"Yes," answered Cid. "I met Zechariah when I was running around
trying to find funds to build garden."
"I see," replied Lisa.
"Lisa, this isn't a pleasure visit,"
said Zechariah. He then got everyone's
attention. "I should have told you
about this a long time ago."
"What are you talking about
Grandfather?" Lisa wondered.
"About what happened in Balamb, and
what's going to happen in the next few days," said Zechariah Hawkwind. "I guess all of this started back in the
Centra Civilization with your ancestor, Alexander Hawkwind, and the person he
once called a friend, Kale Akaisura."
Lisa nodded. "Back in the Centra
Civilazation, certain people had powers that was linked to their bloodlines and
genes. Most of the people that had this
power abused it and tried to take over Centra.
Alexander and Kale were two very good friends and fought in the same
army. Both had this power and used it
for the good of Centra. During all the
wars over control of Centra, the General of the Army was unexpectedly killed
and the position for general was empty.
The only two that had the experience and knowledge to fill in as the new
general were Alexander and Kale. The
king that they worked under knew of Kale's ambitions and greed and chose
Alexander as the new General."
Zechariah paused.
"That's not all grandfather, is
it?" Lisa inquired.
"No, that isn't," the elder Hawkwind
answered. "Being insanely jealous and
mad at Alexander, Kale defected to the enemy's army and was able to become the
general in no time. Also in a little
while, Kale was able to sway the favour of his army to following him and he
assassinated the king he was working under.
He then became the ruler of this opposing kingdom and became Alexander's
enemy. Along with his army, and his GF,
Phoenix, Alexander was able to fight Kale and his army to a stalemate. After this happened, Kale decided to have call
for one final battle against Alexander and his army, winner take all. Alexander accepted and met Kale on the
battlefield. It was long and bloody
battle between the two armies and rivals, until something strange
occurred. After this strange occurrence
stopped, Kale and four of his best warriors disappeared from the battlefield. Alexander's army was able to wipe out the
remaining army of the enemy with heavy casualties on his side. After that day, Alexander was confused about
what happened to Kale Akaisura and his generals. Being the wise man he was, he left a legacy of his techniques and
a warning down through the generations of the Hawkwind family. Cid and myself have confirmed the occurrence
being time compression."
Lisa was wide-eyed at hearing all of
this. She took the expression off of
her face and asked, "What does all of this have to do with me?"
"More than you know my, dear
granddaughter," sighed Zechariah. "It
seems that time compression has brought Kale and his warriors to this
time. Only people of the Hawkwind bloodline,
certain other bloodlines have the power inside themselves to fight against
him. You're the strongest of Hawkwinds
in this generation Lisa."
"Are you saying people like myself
wouldn't be able to defeat this warrior from the past?" Squall interrupted.
"No, even though you may be skilled and
powerful, Kale will always have the advantage with his magic and techniques
using his power," answered Zechariah.
"Only those of the Hawkwind bloodline, and a few others have the power. Right now, I think Lisa is our only hope in
defeating Kale." Lisa's eyes widened at
what was said. "I'm sorry for not
telling you this earlier Lisa. I should
have trained you in the usage of the power and techniques that I know."
"I'm the only one who can defeat Kale
Akaisura?" Lisa muttered while looking
down. Sasha then put an arm around
Lisa's shoulders to comfort her.
"Unfortunately Lisa, you are," asked
Zechariah. "Even though your uncles and
aunt have been trained by me in their powers, but they aren't strong enough to
face Kale. I had you put through different
kind of training."
"Yes, he did," added Cid. "After Balamb Garden was built, Zechariah
came to me a few years later, asking a favour.
Zechariah told me this story, and of his fears about this evil coming in
this generation. I told him of SeeD and
of the kind of training that they go through.
I suggested that Lisa attend Balamb Garden and become a SeeD for part of
her training. Zechariah said he would
come back later and train you with power and the techniques that he knows
of. He made me promise to give you the
GF, Phoenix, which was passed down through the generations of the Hawkwind
family. I guess that time has come for
the second part of your training Lisa."
Lisa then looked down in
disbelief. (So, all this time that I've
spent at Balamb Garden, and becoming a SeeD is to prepare me to fight an evil
from the past. Why me? Is fate this cruel?) "So all of my life, I've been preparing to
face an evil only those of the Hawkwind lineage can take care of?"
"Yes, I'm sorry to have thrust such a
burden on you Lisa," Zechariah said apologetically. "Along with the techniques, and Guardian Force being part of the
Hawkwind legacy, Alexander passed down his sword, which amplified his power." Zechariah then took the katana off his belt
and handed it to Lisa. Lisa looked at
the fine scabbard and the hilt of the sword.
"You know, that looks like the sword
that I saw this man wield in my dream," said Sasha unexpectedly.
"Is that so?" Zechariah wondered. "Then
tell me about this dream."
"Okay," nodded Sasha. "Well, I saw this blonde-haired man in
silver armor and this big army behind him, and I also saw this muscular man
with brown hair, in silver armor too and a big army behind them. Without warning, the two armies charged each
other, with magic being shot off, strange powers being used, and a whole lot of
other stuff. The two armies clashed
together, and there were all kinds of brutal killing on both sides. It was intense, and crazy at the same
time. Those two men that were commanding
the armies was fighting long and hard injuring each other in the process. Then something happened, and the one with
brown hair disappeared from the battlefield.
That's all I saw before I woke up."
"You know," said Zechariah. "You just explained the battle that Kale and
Alexander last fought in. What are your
last names?" The question was directed
toward Sasha and Dan.
"Janre," answered Sasha.
"Kunteais," replied Dan.
Zechariah smiled at their answers. "I wonder if fate has brought you three together? Janre and Kunteais were the last names of
Alexander's closest comrades and friends.
It seems you're not the only one who has the power to defeat Kale, Lisa. I guess I'll have to train you two in some
of the techniques too? Do you know how
to do any thing?
"I do," said Sasha. "Well, I'm psychic. I can read minds, levitate objects,
communicate to people through my mind, and I have this handy trick where I can
de-materialize and appear in another spot."
"That's good," Zechariah nodded. "And you Dan?"
"Nope," said Dan. "I really didn't know about any of this
until this today. I do have a good
sense of humour though."
"That's good," Zechariah laughed. "At least Lisa, won't have to carry this
burden alone."
"This is good," said Edea. "Do you need access to the gym or the
training center when you train them?"
"No," replied Zechariah. "We'll need someplace more open, like
outside of Garden when I train them. I
know you wouldn't appreciate a few extra doors in your gym." Dan, Zechariah and Cid laughed. Everyone else didn't laugh at the little
joke. "Well, I'd like to begin their
training as soon as possible. There's
no telling what Kale will do now. He
might even get cocky enough and try to attack Balamb Garden."
"Um…you don't mind if I change and get
showered first do you sir?" Sasha
asked.
"No, I don't," replied the elder
Hawkwind. "You should probably change
too Dan, we'll be training real hard and those clothes won't do for training
clothes. Meet Lisa and I down at the
front directory with your weapons. Most
of the techniques that I show you involve having your weapon with you." Dan and Sasha then left out of the office
and took the elevator down.
(I wonder if my life has been
determined by the winds of fate before I was born?) Lisa wondered. She would
have never thought something like what her grandfather just told her ever
happening to her. "Do you think I can
do it grandfather?" Lisa suddenly asked
her grandfather.
"Yes," said Zechariah. "I have faith in you, and I believe you can
do it. Don't doubt yourself, for doubt
leads to fear, and fear leads to failure.
I know we'll come out of this alive."
Lisa nodded as she got on the elevator with her grandfather and took it
down.
"Well, I guess we'll be thrust into
action once again to fight an evil that threatens the world," commented
Cid. Squall just nodded.
(Date:
July 12, 4018 AC. Time: 12:30
hours. Place: Deling City slums.)
Kale
sat on the couch thinking up plans on what he's going to do. (First, I'll meet this small army that Jaden
and the others have gathered for me.
From there, I'll come up with what to do next.) "Well, if everybody is well and rested, take
me to this camp you speak off," said Kale.
"But before we do that, we'll have to take care of some loose ends."
"I see Kale," Mei-Len then walked over
to Tommy, grabbed him by the neck, and snapped it. She then let his body fall down on the dirty floor.
"What the Fuck?!" Mick cried out.
Narrak then went to the other four, unsheathed
his katana, and with fast moves and techniques, he killed them.
"What are you doing Kale!?" Mick asked.
"I'm getting rid of a few loose ends,"
said Akaisura. He unsheathed his
broadsword, "I have no more use for you, and if you can't fight in my army,
then you're worthless to me." He then
advanced on Mick. Mick stumbled back
toward a corner. He then threw the
money down.
"There's the money," said Mick. "Why kill us?!"
"Because there's no telling when you
would betray me," answered Kale. "Plus,
you know too much, I don't want my plans jeopardized because of trash such as
yourself." Kale then charged Mick and
plunged the broadsword into Mick's gut.
He twisted it to inflict more pain on Mick and smiled at the pained
expression on Mick's face. After he
took his sword out, Mick fell to the ground and bled to death. Kale then picked up the money, "Let us
depart to this camp you've told me about."
"Yes sir," said Jaden. "We have a couple of jeeps waiting outside
the city, that way, we won't have to walk."
"That's good," replied Kale. The four warriors then walked out of the
room. (Now to begin my plans to take
over this world. Lisa Hawkwind, I'll
enjoy hearing your tortured screams of agony and pain before I kill you.)
Author's
notes: That's the end of chapter
3. I was planning to put a little more
in here, but that'll be in the fourth chapter.
So, did you like it? Well, this
chapter should've explained most of the stuff for you, if not, just email me
and ask me what you want to know. Now I
know this is crazy to say, but I do not want any flames about that little part
with Sasha and Rinoa. If you saw that
part as a Rinoa bashing part, well, that's too bad. I'm not doing any kind of bashing in this fic, if you see it as that
way, then that's too bad. Anyway, if
people wanted to know, I'm going to have Seifer in the next chapter along with
Raijin and Fujin, of course. Anyway,
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