Chapter 3: The First Alliance
That night in the cold forest, Squall and Rinoa are drenched in the rivers after being tackled by a strange cloth coming from Amane's. Both are now taking camp in the forest. They dry their wet uniforms near in their camp fire as Squall guards them. Rinoa however, tried to cover herself. She doesn't want to see him and herself are nearly naked. She then gets a button stick as she presses it reveals to be their dry clothes.
"Squall... do you think we can find our friends? After all we spend the night in the cold forest." Rinoa asked as she blushes. Squall looked at her for a moment he got blushed for the first time to see her as he thought this in disappointment.
This is the first time I've seen her like this...? In my case... I was like this while I'm sleeping in the dorms.
"We can find them as well as Dad and my sister." Squall said seriously to her. He noticed that she was still blushing at him and he tells her. "Rin... is this the first time you see me like this. I felt that you were stuttering at me while I'm in boxers."
"Uhm...no... Why are you thinking about that... It's just..." Rinoa said blushing.
"That's the first time I saw you like that, Rin... I didn't even see you nearly naked when we are seventeen." Squall said while blushing at her. Rinoa then tells him about her problem.
"Squall.. um... There's something wrong with my sorceress powers. I tried to stop you from fighting with that Ragna guy. But it didn't work?"
"Hmmm... I guess this world is different than ours." Squall said as he tells her. "The talking cat just told me before we left in their place. He says that Ragna has the power on his arm. I noticed that he was strong."
"How would you say that?"
"The talking cat said that Ragna has the power of the Azure Grimoire. Their world has a lot of conflicts. It seems that the Azure must be the only power that can access on your sorceress powers, Rin..." Squall said telling her. Rinoa wanted to get close to him as she went with him while warming in the camp fire.
"Squall... you think that power would unlock my powers."
"I am not sure..." Squall said as he warns her about Hazama. "About that Hazama guy, Rin... I heard you ask Ragna about him."
"Yes, Squall. About Ragna... when I tried to ask him about that Hazama guy. He was very angry at him and he was saying that he's a snake."
"Rin... you should be careful about him. I feel that this guy can kill you in his prey. He maybe nice but entirely a sadistic killer machine. He's not like Seifer." Squall warned.
"I will..." Rinoa agrees with him she leans on his shoulders. "Squall you were so warm if I lean you like this... I brought some dry clothes for the two of us."
"Thanks, Rin...We're going to wear it tomorrow." Squall said thankfully while he asks her. " But who told you to brought our clothes?"
"It's Edea, Squall..." Rinoa said telling him. "She told me to brought some clothing and all things before going to Esthar City."
"That's really our Matron..." Squall smiled as he looked at Rinoa while leaning on his bare shoulders. He felt comfortable when she is with him. Soon after both felt asleep.
The next day, both are finally dressed in their clothes and they are ready to search for their friends again. He senses someone's presence knowing that it's an enemy.
"Rin... stay next to me..." Squall said very protective to Rinoa and he slashes a tree branch with his gunblade. Therefore, two people are fall on the ground revealed to be Zell and Taokaka.
"Owww... That's smarts..." Zell said while clutching his butt and he saw both Squall and Rinoa. "Yo, Squall... Rinoa... why are you guys doing here?"
"Zell... thank god you're alright." Squall smiled and he forgives him. "Sorry that I slashed the branch that you were sleeping."
"It's alright... Gladly, I found the two of you." Zell smirked and Taokaka tries to examines both of them.
"Ooooh... So this is cute guy... He looks so hot... and girly lady looks very nicer than the booby lady."
"Who's booby lady?"
"Zell, how did you find us out?" Squall asked and he answers.
"Well I ended up in the lower levels in this city or known as Lost City. This is where I befriend the catgirl here. I think we might as well find the others."
"Very well then... seems like that cat looks strange than anybody else. I think she knows this place."
At Orient Town, Litchi prepares her things before she proceeds to go in NOL. Therefore, Quistis arrives who is spying at her.
"Oh... you must be the blond woman who's hanging out with a man in a cowboy hat. What brings you here?" Litchi asked.
"I heard you were talking to the man who look like Kazuma. Now I realizes that you were working with that military organization." Quistis said while handling her chain whip.
"How did you know that? Explain it to me?" Litchi said as she changes her Chinese doctor uniform to her red vest and skirt and she finally wields her staff the Mantenbo.
"How would I explain it to you after I find out?" Quistis said as she finally raises her brow. "Maybe that I will knock some sense into you."
Both then clashes with their weapons as Litchi throws her staff as it spins like a boomerang. Quistis avoids this and she uses her chain whip to trip her foot. With that, both women are equally fights in hand to hand combat. Until, Lin Hua, Irvine and Selphie arrives to stop the cat fight.
"Quisty, stop the fight..." Irvine shouted on the girls as they ignore him. He was forced to shoot his shotgun upward as a gunshot can be heard.
"Irvine..." Quistis stopped the fight and Lin Hua discovers Litchi finally pack her things knowing that she will be depart to NOL.
"Litchi... don't tell me that you're going to leave Orient Town without even telling me. Why did you do it?"
"I'm sorry, Lin Hua. It's for Arakune's sake. Hazama told me to join NOL if I want to save him. Please... you must understand..." Litchi said as she cries. Both of them are hugging.
"Litchi, How long do you get back?"
"Time will tell, Lin Hua...?" Litchi said telling her.
The trio along with Taokaka continues to search for them. Until, they saw Ragna and Noel are fighting against more NOL soldiers.
"Looks like trouble on those two. Should we help them, Squall...?" Zell convincing Squall to help both as he agrees.
"He sure is a tough guy..."
With this Squall uses Aerial Circle on the fellow NOL soldiers finally helping both Ragna and Noel in the process. Zell goes with his combat moves while Rinoa shoots her blaster edge incapacitating other soldiers.
"Where the hell are you? I keep on searching for the both of you here?" Ragna said raising his brow.
"I'll tell you everything, Ragna. Long story..." Squall replied as he raises his gunblade creating a massive waves executing his Blasting Zone to eliminate the NOL soldiers causing the other soldiers to retreat.
"Ragna... who are those guys?" Noel asked as she keeps her Bolverk on her back.
"Good guy... I'm glad to see you again, meow..." Taokaka smiled happily to see Ragna again.
Squall explains about what happened to them and Ragna realizes both were attacked by Amane Nishiki's strange cloth.
"That guy is definitely a whack a doodle. Jubei just asked me to follow both of you at the same time because you don't even know this place." Ragna said telling them.
"Squall, I've never seen you befriended a rude talking old hag. Reminds me of Seifer back in the days?" Zell said smirking and Ragna angrily scolded him.
"Can't you stop calling me a old hag? Cause I'm going to kick your ass in front of them?"
"Ragna... it seems that you're going to help us in how to get back home. Now my problem is my father and my sister got separated." Squall said as he tells him about the man named Kazuma Moroboshi. "A man name Kazuma just tranported us to your world."
"Kazuma? I've never heard about that name before. Kokonoe says that Kazuma was been fused with that bastard Terumi."
"Terumi... you mean Hazama, am I right?"
"Captain Hazama is the one who turned me into a doll in his control. I just hope I would control so that I can stop him." Noel cried and Rinoa comforts her.
"Don't worry I won't let him turn you into a doll. I will protect you."
"So Squall... is your name, right? What do you say you and I will join forces?" Ragna said and he makes a handshake to Squall and he agrees.
"Sure, Ragna... Let's do this..."
"Alright... Let's find your missing father? I heard that Kokonoe is dealing with him." Ragna said telling him.
Meanwhile at the cathedral in NOL, Hazama in Kazuma's body was revealed that he captures Ellone. Therefore, Hazama finally shifts back to his human form.
"Maybe I should try doing something to that girl. She looks precious..."
"You can do this...? You have no idea what you were trying to do?" Kazuma said as Hazama tells him.
"I won't hurt her don't worry. I still some use to that girl because of her powers."
"Let her be, Terumi... I'll take care of her." Saya the Imperator of NOL appears to stop Hazama from his actions as he tells her.
"If you excuse me, Imperator... I'm sure that this girl has strange powers."
When Hazama leaves, Saya notices Ellone's face. She realizes that her power is different than the other and she smiles knowing that she will use her for research.
