-1A/N: Ok, I think I'd better start defining the couples, though, there are quite a few discs to go through.

Thanks:

Yllom21: I like the advice, but the problem is that I get bored easily and I also get sick of playing the game while writing. Heh. And as for grammatical errors, I'm 15, give me a break. Thanks for the wonderful comments though!

Lilly: Heh, yeah, the couples. Cloud gets no one. I have no problem throwing that one out there. And there will DEFINITELY be no Vincent/Zell. But, since you got the who's who thing right, I suppose I can let you choose a couple. So if you have any requests, let me know, since I have some figured out.

Dracoqueen22: Sorry for taking so long but my computer is out of commission. And my mom still hasn't sent it in. As for Squall/Vincent…I'm not going to tell you yet. You just have to wait and see.

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII nor Final Fantasy VIII.

An Unknown World

Squall opened his eyes to find that everyone was staring at him. Vincent was closest, as though he was making sure that Squall still had room to breathe. Squall's eyes shifted from the crimson eyes to the baby blue of Cloud's. Cloud seemed rather miffed about something, but that didn't concern him at the moment.

"Man! I thought you weren't ever gonna wake up!" Squall groaned internally. Zell just couldn't stay quiet.

"Pfft. I've seen worse." Cloud rolled his eyes and walked to the other side of the room, stretching.

"You've BEEN worse." Vincent corrected.

"Shut up, old man." Cloud glared.

"Are you ok, Squall?" Selphie pushed herself into the space Cloud had just vacated.

"He'll be fine. Just give him some room to breathe." Vincent assured her. She slowly nodded and moved away.

"The stop at Timber is approaching… All that are exiting at Timber are to prepare to off load…"

"Damn. How long have I been sleeping?" Squall sat up.

"The whole trip. But don't feel bad. Blondie over there had a nice little nap, as did Selphie." Vincent said, standing.

"…Sir Laguna was awesome!" Selphie squealed.

/…Laguna…? I dreamt that I was someone named Laguna…/ Squall thought to himself.

"Bah. The man was an idiot. And the other two were as well. I can't believe they'd follow such an idiot. Almost reminded me of Barret." Cloud's scowl deepened.

"What is your problem, Cloud? Are you turning into Tifa on me?" Vincent wasn't joking. Cloud was really beginning to remind him of the black-haired bitch.

"It's… Nothing." Cloud said.

"We have now arrived at Timber station. Please depart if this is your stop."

"Let's go." Squall stood and walked out, the others following.

"They've come!" the girl launched herself onto Squall's neck.

"Well, she seems happy." Vincent commented from where he stood leaning on the wall.

"Of course I am!" the girl grinned. "I've been trying to get SeeDs forever! I'm so glad that I spoke to Cid directly.

"You were looking for the headmaster at the party?" Squall asked, folding his arms over his chest.

"Wait, wait. You were there ONE NIGHT and you got to speak to the damn headmaster? We were there all day and we saved their hides and we STILL haven't spoken to him!" Cloud burst out angrily.

"Well… Do you know Seifer?" she asked.

"Trench-coat kid?" Cloud asked for clarification.

"Yes." Squall answered both.

"He introduced me to Cid." the girl said.

"What are we here for?" Vincent asked, brushing a bit of his hair out of his eyes.

"I'll explain when we return to the others." the girl chirped, heading for the door. Once she was out of vision, Cloud cast Vincent an exasperated look.

"This sucks." Vincent shook his head at Cloud's pessimism.

"Please, leave the pessimistic attitude to me, all right?"

"I suppose we should get introductions done." Selphie suggested from beside Zell. "I'm Selphie."

"Zell."

"Squall, team leader."

"Cloud."

"I am Vincent." the girl leaned up into Vincent's face, peering at his eyes.

"You have such amazing eyes…How'd they get like that?" she asked.

"Ah, I wouldn't ask about that, if I were you. He's rather touchy on those subjects…" Cloud commented, gently pulling her away from Vincent. "What is your name, anyway?"

"Oh, right. I am Rinoa. Shall we get to the first mission?" Rinoa cast a nervous glance at Vincent before leading everyone to another room on the train. "The president of Galbadia is coming to Timber. I'll go over the model first." she said, directing everyone's attention to a small train model on a table.

"The yellow train is our base. We're on it right now. Next to it is the dummy car, made to look just like the president's car. Their train has three cars. First, the locomotive followed by the 1st escort. The red car is the president's car. Deling should be inside. The last car is the 2nd escort. Once we are on this one, we begin the operation." Rinoa pointed to each car as she spoke.

"So we're going to kidnap the president?" Cloud looked up, an odd look gleaming in his eyes.

"I hate you, Cloud." Vincent muttered out of the blue.

"Wha…?" Everyone looked at the sheepish blond and the glowering, cloaked man.

"What'd I do this time?"

"I am getting so sick and tired of having to do train missions. They suck. Especially when the 'Mechanical Genius' has no idea how to drive the damned thing." Vincent's glare intensified a few notches.

"Hey, hey, I wasn't there, ok? I never said for you all to go and-"

"Don't want to hear it. Go on, Rinoa." Vincent turned his attention back to the 'princess.'

"Um, right. Well, our ultimate goal is to seize his car with our base. We'll have to switch the dummy car with the president's car. We'll use the two switch points leading up to Timber to carry out this operation." Rinoa began her explanation again.

"Where we jump onto their roof, unhook the cars, hook the base up to the president's car, and hook everything back up to the dummy car?" Cloud finished.

"…Basically." Rinoa agreed.

"Okay. We got it." Vincent nodded with Cloud's statement.

"Have you two been SeeDs long?" Watts asked the two.

"We aren't SeeDs. Just suffice to say that we've done these types of things before to save our homes." Cloud clarified.

"They are more than qualified when it comes to fighting." Squall added. "At least, Vincent is."

"Just what do you mean by that?" Cloud whirled around to glare at the Squad Leader.

"I haven't seen you fight. That's what. I have watched Vincent fight, however, so I know that he's qualified for fighting." Squall answered, causing Cloud to grit his teeth in anger.

A/N: (Done by Muse Ishigami) Gods, she really started hating Cloud in the absence of her updates. (She beat Kingdom Hearts II and will never forgive him for what he has done.) Anyway, she apologizes for not writing to you all personally, she's been in pain lately. Anyway, please R&R!