A/N: Hey! thanx to all of those reviewers on the last chapter! probably my best work! also thanx to Haruka Shin-Ra for letting me borrow your toweni! you can find more toweni at www.happyfaris.tripod.com ! please visit!
Disclaimer: I don't own ff8 or any Toweni! happy? I SAID IT!! *sob*
Say Hello to Anthani!
Upon Rinoa and Quistis' arrival to the Garden, they were greeted happily by Zell and the others. They saw Squall's body and gasped. They took the body to the infirmary and were told the story. Nobody had noticed Squall being carried around on Rinoa's head because of his dark blue fur color. Dr. Kadowaki told them that he had not been "killed" by a bite. "He is a victim of an illegal drink called Dyphyll. The affects are unknown, because it has never been tested. He might be in a coma, sleeping, be knocked out from not being able to handle it, or maybe even killed. For now, we just don't know. We should let him get some air and just put him in his dorm."
Everybody nodded in understandment. Rinoa, Quistis, and Selphie cried a little because they were worried. Otherwise, the small cub on Rinoa's head just looked like it was shaking its head in pity for his body. He shuddered about the thought of not moving, letting dust collect on his clothes, being so bored, and not being able to communicate in any way.
Selphie turned to Rinoa to comfort her, because she knew how much she loved Squall. She hugged Rinoa. When she lifted her head, she found a small creature on her head. "Rinoa! There's a bug on your head!" she said stupidly, pointing at the little cat on her head.
"That? Oh! That's just a cute, little kitten I found next to Squall! Isn't he cute? I'm thinking of keeping and naming it!" Rinoa explained happily.
'No! Not with this idiot! ANYTHING but that!' he thought.
Zell quipped in, " Sure! Why not? As long as Headmaster Cid agrees!"
Sure enough, they went to the third floor of the flying Garden to ask Cid.
"Hmmm…" examined Cid as he eyed the small feline. "Is it trained? Will it bite?"
'I guess he doesn't pee on anything, so I'm guessing that it's trained. It bit only oneperson… That's a little, so I guess I can bend the rules a little bit…' thought Rinoa. "Yes, sir"
More importantly, does it have any special talents? Even fighting would be good enough. This Garden is for special students! You must be strong and smart. That's the…"
"OK, sir. Cut the crap!" Rinoa said impatiently. " I'm not very sure. You can try, though!"
Cid bent down to Squall and said, "Hi, boy! Do you have anything that you can do?" as if all lion cubs could understand English. All Squall did was look at him strangely.
'I'm not so sure myself!' he thought to himself.
"What's two plus two?"
"Geez, that's a stupid question! I could answer that easily! How do I say it though…?' he thought. Squall stamped his paw on the floor four times as an experiment.
"Wow! I must try that again!" Cid said in amazement. He pulled out an old piece of paper and a pen and hurriedly wrote the alphabet on it. "My name is Cid Kramer. Please spell my name for me. He watched as Squall scratched the letters C-I-D K-RA-M-E-R in order. 'I'll try and ask a VERY hard question. If it knows THIS, then it must be a God from the heavens!' "Who is the commander of this Garden?"
'Awww… He just HAD to remind me of my body, didn't he?' Squall thought in sadness and slowly scratched his name in a very slow fashion.
"Are you a God sent from the heavens?" Cid asked stupidly. Squall shook his head in annoyance. "Are you trained?" Squall again shook his head. "Are you potty-trained?" Squall nodded. "Can you fight?" Squall nodded his head in assurance. He was pretty sure that he knew how to fight. "Let's try an experiment, shall we?" He quickly grabbed a small Grat from the training center and placed it in a cage. "Please defeat this small Grat. If you can defeat it, you may stay with Rinoa."
'I'm partly happy with that, and partly disturbed. On one paw, I get to stay somewhere with my friends. On the other hand, I have to stay with Rinoa. I guess a house is better than none!' he thought cautiously.
The Grat was released and loose. Squall let out his claws, and began to let out a low growl. He pounced at the Grat and began to bite and scratch. The Grat, not getting to do anything, dropped to the ground, dead.
"Truly an interesting creature!" Cid exclaimed while coming from his hiding place behind a small flower in a corner. "You may indeed keep it and name it. Please try to take care of it."
They headed to the infirmary to find out his gender. They found out that he was indeed a male.
"So, what are you going to name him, Rinoa?" asked Irvine as they all huddled around him, watching as he twitched his tail and stared at all of them.
"I really don't know. How 'bout Anthani? I heard that name somewhere from a really cool website."
'What kind of name is that? That sounds like some sort of poop!' thought Squall angrily. 'Please disagree, guys!'
"Sounds great! Very cute too!" Quistis told her.
'Very nice, Quistis! To think that I admired you!' he thought in shame.
"Alright! It's settled! We'll go shop for Anthani's equipment tomorrow!" Let's go to sleep for now. I'll see you al tomorrow!" Rinoa said happily while annoyingly patting Squall on his head.
'The rest of my life is going to be a nightmare…' Squall thought sadly.
A/N: How did you like it? I'm very proud of this fic! I'd again like to thank Haruka Shin-Ra for the help. Please review! tell me if you want me to use the name Squall of Anthani!