Catherine: Hi there everyone. Darthy, LadiiReckles gave me permission to have you here :D
Darth: YAY!!!
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Me: No worries. You can stay here, oh almighty Dark Lord…. Now to the reviews replies:
Woffie: XD yeah my heart is my precioussssss!!! XD just kiddin'… but anyway, thank you again for telling about my mistakes. I will try to get better at that, and do a clean chap without too many mistakes :D thanks for being there. And I'm really happy that you still that my writing is good (sans the errors :D)
I didn't knew how their name was spelled so thanks :D and no more errors? I'm so happy ;D:D:D how she managed to have such spell is going to be explained later :D:D:D
VVolf: I don't hate her… I just don't like her! She's just to brat to my taste. XD about the pairings, only the poll will decide in the end…. And the reason why Seifer was there, only Seifer can tell... XD I'm planning to put that in this chap… :D
XD Edea? Nah, she's their matron. I can't do that. The pairings will only set up when the poll closes. XD
LadiiReckless: YAY!!!!! I love you!!! XD glad you don't mind. Chocoboy is the boy from the Chocobos forest XD but that's a very good name. you're god at this!!!! :D and I might end up using the rest of the nicks… they're very good!!!! ;D
I only saw your review now XD and I'm going to use some of yours nicknames in this story. :D
Silverstargirl: Glad you liked the battle. A little short thought XD I'll try to do the best a bigger shot XD I hope you liked the fact that Seifer didn't go this time :D:D:D and there will be more snarkiness between Rinoa and Katrin, although I'm going to give a pause in this chappy XD
Yeah, GF s and their secrets… XD well, about the kiss…. Nah I'm not telling. Read the chap to find out. I thought that it would be a good move from Seifer if he did that…. She might not enjoyed it, but she will know XD
Me: so now, onward with this chapter….. which one of you is going to do the disclaimer?
Lord Voldemort/Darth Vader: ME!!!!
Lord Voldemort: I say it first!
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(Start discussing)
Me: -.-' right……….. I DON'T OWN Final Fantasy, Squaresoft/Squarenix, or something that may appear in this chapter that belongs to some rich and/or famous people!! Even me! Except of course, Katrin.
The Lionheart
Capitulo Catorze: Goodbye Pupurun… err I mean, Timber!!!
I'm floating. Again.
I could feel my body, whoever I couldn't feel it. I'm tired, but I'm not. Pretty confusing I know. But somehow, I already know where am I. And that isn't soothing me. Slowly, I open my eyes to only meet what I had expected. Darkness with dots of light. I sigh.
Great.
"I was thinking that you weren't going to wake up." A female voice is heard on my right and I open my eyes, turning my head to see the same person from before.
"Why do I ended up in here again?" I ask, closing my eyes.
"I just like your presence."
I roll my eyes, and get to my feet. Looking down, I see the 'others' dots of light. But other thing catches my attention. The 'ground' where I am looks like water, but it isn't water, because I'm not wet. And my hand doesn't go further. It's like this 'ground' is some kind of gelatin. Weird isn't it?
Anyway I look at the figure.
"What?" I ask, and she giggles. "It's weird to talk to a hood you know?"
She chuckles, but nevertheless, she raises a hand, and gracefully, she removes the hood, revealing a beautiful woman, I must say. Pale skin, blond hair like gold, and blue eyes that reminds me of the sea.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" she asks, undoubtedly amused, and I roll my eyes.
My gaze falls upon the dots over me, and remembering what they mean, I look to each of them.
"I'm not here…." I trail off, and I sense her rolling her eyes.
"Of course you aren't there! Because if you were you couldn't see yourself, duh!" She scolds at me. "You wouldn't be here in the first place! Dead can be where they aren't supposed to be."
"So I'm not dead."
"Of course you aren't!" she rolls eyes. "And I thought you were clever..."
"So what happened?"
"You were hit by a spell from the sorceress, knocking you down…"
"Ya don't say? And here I am, thinking it was all just my imagination…." I sarcastically retort.
"Kat! Kat! Can you hear me! Wake up!" I hear a high pitched voice.
"What was that?" I ask
"Something…" the blonde tells me, shrugging, and I roll eyes.
"Don't let her fall!" it's an irritated male voice this time.
"She's better in my arms than in yours!" another male voice, harsh this time
I cross my arms and look at her.
"This was something too?" I ask, and she gives me a simple smile. "What's happening?"
"Seems like your friends are leaving the TV Station…."
My eyes widen.
"THE TV STATION!? WHAT ABOUT SEIFER?!"
"You have to wake up to find out…."
"Then wake me up!" I yell at her. I'm getting irritated. "You're the one who brought me here!"
"Not yet." She simple says, walking around, not looking at me. "You're still weak. Let them continue." She looks at me and smiles "They're fine don't you worry."
I hope when she said 'they' she meant Squall, Selphie, Zell, Quistis and Seifer. I really hope.
"Maybe a hi-potion can do the trick…"
I know that voice….. Quistis! No way! How come? I look over Miss Blond Mystery, and she smiles at me.
"Just a little more…."
"I'll take care of that."
That voice…. That harsh voice…. It couldn't be…..
As I look over the blonde, and I am about to ask about my suspicions, everything becomes blurry and I fall, not hitting anything.
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The first thing that comes is the sound, although I can't really hear anything. Then the smell and I sense the smell of grass mixed with sweat. Stupid I know, but that's how I could describe it. The last things that come are the taste and the touch. And I say taste, because right now, I'm feeling a rather disgustful thing going down my throat. YACKY!
As for the touch, I can feel myself laying on something soft. But there's another thing I can sense. Lips pressed against mines. Soft and harsh lips.
"I think that's enough Seifer!"
I hear a chuckle coming from where I am, and suddenly the feeling of the lips vanish and I cough, frowning.
"Jealous Instructor?"
I know that voice! Slowly, and painfully, I raise my eyes, only to be blind due to the bright light on top of me.
"She's waking!" come a high pitched voice that I know very well, and sure thing, yellow appears in my line of sight.
"Selph?...." I weakly ask.
"Kat!" she screams, almost making me deaf. "See Squall, see? She's alive?"
I try to rise from here I am, but my arms tremble, and I end up falling again.
"Where am I?" I ask, my voice to her normal sound.
"In a resistance member house for the moment." Comes Squall robotic voice. So they have escaped the TV Station…. I close my eyes.
"okay…"
I try to stand up, seat at least, and this time, I'm successful. As I seat in what I supposed is the bed, I open my eyes. The first thing I see are Happy Feet green eyes. Next, is the blond instructor, who is giving me a cautious look, and next to her is Rinoa, who's looking at me, in a non-friendly way. From the corner of my eyes, I see Zell gloomy on the ground, although he has his head a little up. But there's another thing that catches my eyes. My eyes widen upon seeing him.
"Seifer?...."
The blond boy smirks at me, and I, not in my mind obviously, lunge at him, hugging, and laughing. I catch him by surprise, and he ends up falling on his back, me still hugging.
"Seifer!" I yell, clearly in happiness. "You're here! You're alive!"
I squeeze him tighter, and he, after recovering from my outburst, chuckles and pats my head.
"Of course I'm kitty! Where am I supposed to be?" he asks, and I can almost see his smile. I say 'almost' because I've, currently, my eyes close.
He's here! He's alive! He didn't go with the fricking sorceress! He stayed! I did it! I squeeze him tighter, wanting in this moment to make sure it's really him, that this is not a dream.
"Kitty… I'm suffocating in here…" I hear him say, out of breath.
"Sorry…" I reply, releasing him.
I see Quistis shaking her head, a small smile on her lips, Selph giggling, Zell looking down again and Rinoa is sending me a death glare. Oh calm down yourself, oh Sir Pinkster, I'm not stealing your boyfriend. Although he isn't your boyfriend… So shush!
I don't know Squall's reaction, because I've my back on him and he's still in the window.
"Told ya it was a good idea to come here." Seifer tells Quistis, but she just rolls her eyes.
That's when the door of the room opens, and they reach for their weapons. I don't reach for mine, because I really don't know where is it… wait a sec… ah! Saw it! Right next to my bed, in the floor. Anyway, by the door there's a woman in her almost 40's looking at us. Don't ask me who she is, I don't know!
"Came to tell ya that the Galbadians are withdrawing. If you want to leave, now's your chance." She says and looks at Squall, who is still behind me.
"Squall?" Quistis calls. "What are we going to do know?"
I look at him and he's looking at the woman who entered and Quistis.
"We need to get out of here…." He stars
"That's only the first step." Quistis tells him and he looks at her, frowning.
"What do you mean?"
"Garden code, article 8, line 7." She simple says, and Squall crosses his arms, thinking.
"In the event that returning to the assigned Garden is not possible..." he starts
"Head to the nearest one." Seifer interrupts, "And that will be Galbadia Garden." He then notices the glares we are giving him. "What? I know the Garden Code too. Part of the Disciplinary Committee, remember?"
Quistis and I just roll eyes.
"To get there, we need to stop at the East Academy Station. For that, we need to catch the train to Dollet." I say, and I look at their weird looks that they're giving me. "What?"
"How do you know that?" Selph asks me and I roll my eyes, but I'm nervous. Oh shit! I'm screwed! Big time!
"You're from Galbadia Garden right?" Quistis pops in. Oh my savior!
"Yep!" I say, cheerful as I can, trying to hide my nervous. Man, I made a slip. Someone shoot me…
"okay then. We need to divide into two teams, to the train station. We don't want unnecessary attention to us…" Squall says, and looks at us. "Instructor, you're the squad leader for the other team. Rinoa and Zell, go with her. Selphie and Katrin, you're with me."
"What about me?" Seifer asks, rising to his feet, and Squall frowns, probably thinking. "I can go with you, if you don't mind…" he adds, smirking. Squall looks over Zell, who's still in his depressing state, to Quistis, to Rinoa, to me, to Selph, and back at Seifer.
"Fine." He mutters, starting to leave, the rest of us following him.
As we reach the door, the Quistis team leaves first, we following after. It's kind of fast and quiet and soon we reach the big archway. In there, there's the first team, and it's quiet, as in a non-moving way. As we approach, we see the reason for it. There's this old man talking to them, and as I approach, I see that he's face is familiar…
"Oh my god! Zone!" Selph screams at my side, and I almost jump. That girl sure has good lungs. "What happened to you?" she asks, reaching the boy. Although he seems a old man. Good disguise, I must say.
"I'm fine, don't you worry. As I was saying, there are no more tickets to the last train…"
"Super-Duper-Mega-Bummer!!" Selphie yells, and her head falls, arms in each side.
"We have to get on that train. No matter what." Squall says.
"There's no need to that. Lokie here!" Zone tells us, raising some tickets and waving them in the air. "One for you…" Zone hands one to Rinoa. "Four for you people…" he hands four to Squall,. "And one for me!"
But there's a problem. There are two more people. Zone just notices Quistis, and reaching her, hands her his ticket.
"I can't take it!" Quistis says "It's yours!"
"owww…" Zone moans in pain, clutching at his stomach. "Just move ya ass. The train's leaving!"
Quistis is undoubtedly touched by his gesture.
"Thank you…." She whispers.
"Well then. We got tickets to all!" I say joyful, but Mr. Smirk looks at me.
"To all? What about me? I don't have a ticket!" he shouts
"Of course we have!" I say, pointing to Squall's hand. "See? Four tickets, plus Rinoa and Quistis, that already have one."
"Katrin, one of these tickets is ours. The other's are Selphie's, mine's and Zell's." Squall tells me frowning.
"Who said I need a ticket?"
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So now I'm in the train rooftop, the train starting to gain velocity, heading towards Dollet, stopping before in East Academy Station.
How did I end up in here?
Well, it's all fault of those movies we see on the TV, the ones that kinda off 'teach' us how to do these kinds of things. But how I end up in here?
Well first, we reached the Station and I then made Seifer put his hands like he was holding water, and then, placing one of my foot in his hand, I putted my hands on his shoulder, and made him force his arms upwards, sending me flying to the train rooftop. The plan was to me stay there until the train starts moving, then I would enter thought their window. Of course, I had my GF to help me hold on into the train. Anyway, I had done that before.
I slowly walk through the rooftop, one of my daggers helping me, while I stab her with which step I made. And soon, I reach one of the gaps that connects the cars. Down there, I can see Selphie's hair. She spotts me, and waving, she opens the door.
"Come on!"
Smiling, and trying to hold on something for not fall, I reach for her hand, and soon, I am inside the car, the door behind me closing, and warm evolving me. I followd Ms. Sunshine to where the others where. No SeeD cabin this time. As I enter the normal cabin, the first thing I notice is how silent it is. Zell is still in his gloomy state, Squall isn't talking, both Rinoa and Quistis are too tired for even open their mouth, and Seifer is just looking through the window.
All of these faces look at me as I enter.
"That was crazy and risky, you know?" Quistis scolds me. "But I'm happy that you're okay." She finishes with a smile.
I just smile back and seat next to her, since the other place available is next to Rinoa. And it's somewhere I don't want to be now, because she's looking at me in another I-so-want-to-kill-you way. Geez! What's her problem?
"No prob Instructor." I tell her, and I hear a chuckle on the other side. Seifer, I presume.
"We still have some hours. Let's use them to rest." Quistis tells us and we all nod.
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I watch the view of the outside as she passes flying. I couldn't sleep. I was too nervous for that. Why? Because we are heading to Galbadia, and like Quistis said before, I'm supposedly from there. And I knew that wasn't true. But what could I do? As I remember correctly, everything that I saw 'til this far, told me that I was indeed from there.
What could I fear?
Nevertheless, I'm still nervous. The others are in the cabin sleeping. Seifer with his head against the window; Quistis with her head on his shoulder; Squall had his head resting in the wall; Rinoa had slightly her head on his shoulder, because during her sleep, her head had 'slipped down' and landed there; and Zell and Selphie were just like Squall.
The blur of green in front of me keep my mind blank. Even my GF are sleeping. I hear the door at my right open, and then close, but I don't regard whoever had come from the inside. I'm still nervous.
"Can't sleep?"
I turn my head to meet with Squall's sleepy face. I shake my head and look ahead again.
"No. You?"
There's a pause for seconds.
"Can't it either."
There's a comfortable silence between us, but I'm the one who interrupts it.
"Nervous?" Squall looks at me. "About what is going to happen?" He doesn't answer, so I continue. "Zell is. A lot."
"What he said back in the studio…" Squall starts
"Was an accident." I interrupt him. "Chocoboy is a hot headed guy. Especially when Seifer is involved. No one can blame him. Although he's blaming himself."
Squall just nods and I close my eyes. I'm getting tired, but still, I can't get some sleep.
"You should rest." Squall tells.
"I'm not tired." I notify him, eyes still closed. Time passes without me noticing it, and is Squall who takes me off from my trance.
"We are almost reaching the station. I'm going to wake up the others."
"Okay…" it's all I say, and he enters the cabin. Minutes later, a voice is heard through the PA system.
"We will be stopping at East Academy station shortly." The announcer chirps. "For those getting off at the station, please made sure that you have all of your personal belongings."
And sure thing from the inside of the cabin, my comrades appear, all yawning and stuff we do when we wake up. As we leave the train Squall turns to Quistis and Seifer.
"Do you have any GF?" he asks and Seifer shakes his head. He turns to Rinoa "You know how to use a GF?"
The girl shakes her, wondering what a GF is. Oh don't be stupid, oh almighty fearless leader! She isn't a SeeD and she isn't me. Of course she doesn't know! Hyne, and I thought he was smart…
"Katrin?" he calls me.
"Yeah?"
"How many GF do you have?"
Why do I have the feeling that I'm about to say sayonara to two of my GF?
"Three, why?" he's about to answer, when suddenly I grab my head, like someone is going to take her or something. What a stupid thought… "No way! I'm not letting them go!"
"Don't be childish Katrin." He scolds at me, and I see Rinoa smiling. You're having fun with this, oh Barbie in blue? We'll see who's going to have fun… I mentally order my GF's (who are awake by now) to, whoever goes to her head, to make her head a bloody hell.
"But I don't want to say ciao to them!" I cry, still grabbing my head.
Squall rolls his eyes and frowns at me.
"Now Katrin. It's an order!"
I look at him, pouting, and give myself up. We aren't going anywhere if I don't give them… so I slowly reach the walking Barbie in blue and the blond. Grabbing their hands, I concentrate. It's my GF who are going to decide whose head they're going.
It's Ifrit and Diablos who leave. Ifrit goes to Seifer, telling me that the boy was good with fire (of course he is. He's hot! He he…. That was unnecessary….) and Diablos goes to Rinoa's head, promising me that he will 'take care' of the order I gave them earlier. I grin. Oh yeah, he sure is going to give her a hard time….
Squall nods when he sees that the GF are in their new masters minds, but I whine.
"I'm so hollow!" I whine, like I'm going to faint. Hyne, I should go to Hollywood or something.... "It's like I'm naked, empty..." I look over to Squall, who just rolls his eyes.
"It's not working Katrin..." he simply tells and I sigh, pouting. okay, scratch the Hollywood part. "Okay, move out!"
And with that, we set off to Galbadia Garden.
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AN.
Catherine: gotta finish here guys sorry...... I will be out for three days, so expect the next chap on Monday. But I promise that I will update two or three chaps ;D
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Next in "The Lionheart (REVISED)": Galbadia garden, and two persons joins the group… yes, you heard it right… TWO!!!!! ;D