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Warnings; Hints of Edea, hints of the weirdy witch. Sad Seifer. Squall being adorable. Hints of Fuujin and Raijin and the Balamb mission. OH! and in this chapter Ultimecia is known as 'she'.

A/N: Ahey hey. Chapter 11. I'm still going strong! Nothing to say really, only that I kind of like this chapter. I mean I like all of my chapters but I kind of like this one more. Anyway. I have decided to seperate Ultimecia and Edea because well it got a little confusing. One moment I writing about Edea controlling Seifer and then it was Ultimecia so I have sorted that out. I was beginning to confuse myself ¬.¬ A teeeeeeeeeeeeeny bit of fluff though. Like really, really small but it's there PROMISE!

!ENJOYIES!

Seifer walked down the dark streets of Balamb, trying to stick to the shadows the best he could. He didn't want to be caught by the night-owls, the word had spread about him being the Sorceress's knight and they weren't pleased. He was surprised there was no 'wanted' posters hanging on the walls and street-lamps, offering a reward for who-ever brought him back dead or alive. He couldn't blame them of course, who would believe him anyways?

It's not like he could just walk up to them and say that he was being controlled by the Sorceress, which he was, just not by Edea. Yeah, he had figured it out. It would be hard to constantly brainwash two people into doing your bidding, hence why he mostly had his own mind. It was a shame that while he had control over his own mind, he still had no choice but to do as 'she' ordered, it was either do as 'she' said or get totured and he had enough of that to last a life time.

Ducking into an alley way, he held his breath as two policemen walked passed, drunk obviously. It was a friday and the G-Army had long since left, hovering a little off shore behind the mountains that held the Fire Cavern. They were waiting for him, thinking he was slyly trying to gather further information from the freed people. Which he was not, he was just trying to relax. Edea, or 'she' had given him some time off, she had said that it would take a few days to get her new plans into action. 'She' wanted to go to Centra, to investigate an old tower by the rocky mountains. Something about a hidden GF waiting to serve her but it would take a few days to reach it and blah blah blah. He had tuned her out after that and soon left G-Garden for a midnight stroll.

But he was beginning to regret it, he hated sneaking around when he knew he had no true control over what he was doing, he was just a pawn on the chessboard, useful but expendable, he could be easily replaced and no one would miss him. He sighed deeply, realizing his restless feet had lead him to the docks. The moon had broken free of the clouds and shined its cold beams down on the sea, the waves matching his turmoil.

He flopped himself down on the edge, his heavy boots missing the waves by inches. How easy it would be to just slip off the edge and let cruel, freezing water to take away his troubles. How easy it would be to let someone else handle this horror but he knew he couldn't, even if Squall never forgave him, he couldn't let someone else suffer the pain he had gone through, the feelings of absolute loathing for yourself as you took an innocent life for no reason except that 'she' had ordered it of you. Best to take the person's life quickly then to leave them to the merciless cruelty of 'her'.

He looked over the horizen, seeing Balamb Garden sitting on Rinaul Coast, obviously waiting for Squall and the others to come back. The last he heard they were going back to Zell's for some of Ma Dincht's roasted fish. Seifer groaned, what he wouldn't give for some of that. G-Garden cafeteria had terrible food and no hotdogs. He wondered what Zell would do if Balamb refused to serve hotdogs. The blond would probably have a nervous breakdown.

Snickering at the thought, he failed to hear the heavy crunch of footsfalls behind him. He only realized his mistake was the cool feel of sharp metal touched his throat, the blade teasing his skin in a unspoken threat. But then, just as quickly as it came, the sword was gone and there was a dark, kill-you-with-one-look glare burning into his skull and Seifer almost breathed out a sigh of relief. There was only one person who could produce a glare that deadly.

"Squall."

"..." Said brunette dropped his gunblade and sat next to the blond, refusing to look at him. Seifer watched him from the corner of his eye, a little confused. He had tried to kill Squall in Deiling city, okay so he wasn't in his own mind but still... He had tortured him in D-District, it had practically killed him inside to do it, even if he wasn't in control of his mind and body, it was something 'she' had found humorous to watch.

"How are Fuujin and Raijin?" Seifer blinked, Squall was showing concern! Dear Hyne they were all doomed to destruction. His shock must have showed because Squall scowled, his brows furrowing in a small show of defensive embarrassment. Still, it would be best if Seifer answered, Squall gunblade was lying a few inches behind them and as Squall showed multiple times, the brunette was fast.

"Fine, they're probably terrorizing Galbadia students by now...How are the others?" Squall shrugged out an answer, obviously not bothered about his new friends. At Seifer's pointed look, he muttered out an answer though it was a little unwilling.

"Okay, Quistis is blowing a bloodvessel about you being in league with the Sorceress..."

"I bet her and Xu are conspiring to have me beheaded, right?" It was meant to be a joke but even to his own ears it sounded rather depressing. Squall didn't look all that amused either and before Seifer knew it, Squall had raised his fist and hit him, rather hard too. His jaw was throbbing angrily, Squall had gotten stronger.

"Actually, Xu is trying to prove your innocence along with Selphie."

"No shit." Squall almost smiled at how incredilous Seifer sounded, like the blond brute couldn't see them ever trying to save his life. He nodded his head, smiling when he heard Seifer whistle, a quiet sound that soon disappeared into the cool breeze coming from the sea.

"...How are you, Squall?" He knew it was a bad idea to ask the moment he thought about it. Squall was stubborn and independant, he hated the thought of people needing him, worrying about him. They had no reason too, he was just fine on his own. Seifer waited for an answer but after a few minutes of silence he gave up. Squall suddenly snorted.

"I should be asking you that." Seifer sighed.

"Alright, I'll answer your question, if you answer mine?"

Squall looked like he had been slapped in the face. Seifer couldn't blame him, it was such a childish thing to say but it was the only way to get Squall to be compliant. It was either that or sparring, the brunette was quite talkative after a spar. Seifer put it down to an adrenaline rush. They stared at each for a few moments before Squall gave in, his shoulders slumping in defeat.

"I'm fine..."

"Then so am I..." Seifer wanted to slap himself for saying something so cheesy but he couldn't because it was true. As long as Squall was in one piece and alive then he could handle whatever 'she' threw at him. It was quiet again, the only sound was the waves crashing against the dock. They seemed content just sit there, Seifer trying to forget about the Sorceress controlling him and Squall trying to figure out what he could do to help the blond from the Hell he was obviously in.

It was futile for both of them, Seifer's mind just wouldn't switch off, constantly worrying. What if 'she' possessed his mind while Squall was sitting right next to him? The other gunblader had been hurt enough by him. He was amazed Squall was sitting next him. And Squll had more pressing matters on his mind, not that saving Seier wasn't important but...

"Seifer?" Seifer opened his eyes, briefly wondering when he had closed them but he had little chance to ponder about it. Squall face was just inches away, if he leant forward a little he could easily capture those suddenly tempting lips with his own but Squall looked serious like he had a giant ultimatum, his eyes a steely grey in the moonlight.

"Yeah?"

Squall looked at him for a little longer before he slumped forward, surprising Seifer enough to knock him backwards. Seifer blinked up at the sky, feeling every muscle in his body relaxing like he had nothing to worry about. His arm automatically moving to wrap round Squall's shoulders. This was too weird and he wondered if he was dreaming but Squall's next words proved that wasn't the case.

"How do I get rid of Rinoa?"

It seemed like a life time since Seifer had laughed that hard.

A/N; aw cute! But seriously, how do you get rid of Rinoa? I mean the only way I can get rid of her is if I don't have her in my party. Why couldn't she just stay FH or something, the game would be way better. And yes, the GF I was talking about is Odin. Personally I like Odin but I haven't got him yet, instead I ran around like a lunatic, defeating Tonberries so I could get the Tonberry King which I named Toto XD. Anyway, Read and Review. I have to go and play FF8 now, I've been so busy writing that I forgot to get ahead in the game XD so now this story is ahead of the game lol which means I now got to go to Trabia, boo.