Hiiiiiiii, I would have had this chapter up sooner but I was copying it last night and instead of hitting ctrl c I hit c first and it deleted everything!!! And all I did was work on it for two and a half hours!!!!! Heh, heh well anyways ffviii belongs to Squaresoft...Say, does anybody acctually read these things? Oh well READ AND REVIEW IF YOU DON'T WANT A XU/SEIFER MAWAHAHAHAHA! Thanx!!!!!!!


Chapter3: Fire!!!



"You do understand why Seifer ran don't you?" Cid asked Riley who still looked board.


"Yeah, because he was a wuss."


"No. He ran because he was afraid,"Cid explained.


"Yeah, he was a wuss just like I said," Riley rolled his eyes at the headmaster.


"Well anyway, he ran as fast as he could to the parking garage, because that was the way he got in...



"Shit! This can't be possible! Me and...and the instructor," he shuddered and walked through the automatic doors. It was very dark but Seifer could still sense a presence.


"So, first you kiss me awake and now you run away, what a class act," it was the feminine voice of Quistis. "Now oh mysterious one, lets have a look at you, Fire!"


A fire ball was formed in her hand causing light to flood the garage."Oh my Hyne, you?" Quistis gasped and dropped the fire ball.



"Now you have to remember that they were in a garage," Cid pointed out.


"So?"


"So, what if there was a car that might have been worked on earlier that day and oil or gas or something like that happened to spill?" Riley smiled.


"Well then I'd say that there would be a barbecue."


"Exactly, so the whole place caught on fire, and there was smoke and flames everywhere...



"Quistis!" Seifer saw the flames sprout up violently and quickly. The whole garage was on fire and filled with smoke. He put his sleeve to his mouth to try to prevent the smoke from entering his lungs.


"Seifer!" Quistis could barely see him through the wall of inferno that separated them. She began to choke and cough on the smoke which she couldn't help but inhale. Things started to spin as her head felt dizzy and she fell to her knees. "Seifer, I can't...Breath!," that was all she managed to get out before she fainted.


"Shit!" he stood there for about three seconds before jumping through the fire to save her. Seifer took off his coat and put it on Quistis to protect her before picking her up in his arms ready to escape, but if only life was that simple.


"Fuck Seifer?!!" Squall had smelt the smoke from the infirmary and decided to investigate. "I should have known you would have pulled something like this!"


"Squall, I don't have...Time..For this," Seifer was now the one choking and gasping for air.


"I don't care! Who do you think you are coming in here setting the Garden on fire and trying to kidnap Quistis!" Squall usually wouldn't take this approach to things, being very suspicious and all, but he still held a grudge with Seifer for giving Rinoa to Adel.


"I didn't...Oh fuck this, sorry Squall Sleep," Squall fell to the ground as the sleep spell engulfed his soul. He made his way through the flames to the garage's exit.


Seifer then ran, as fast as he possibly could to get out of the deadly air. He ran until his legs couldn't move anymore and he and Quistis lay sprawled on the sand of Balamb's beach. The fresh air cleaned his smoke filled lungs allowing him to actually breath. He couldn't do anything now but look up at the stars splattered across the darkened sky.


"Hyne," he whispered and then looked at Quistis, she really was a sleeping beauty. The he remembered that it was him who woke her up. "Why me?"


"Why not?" Seifer snapped his head to see Rinoa standing there with a smile on her face.


"I'll go peacefully Rinoa," Seifer stood up and faced the girl.


"Go peacefully? Oh the fire, don't worry I know you didn't start it, besides I'll let the other sleeping beauty take care of that," she said.


"Wait you mean you didn't wake Squall up?" he asked with a look of curiosity spreading across his features.


"I've been out here this whole time," she laughed.


"Then how..." she cut him off.


"I am a sorceress remember?" There was an uncomfortable silence. "So Seifer what are you going to do now?"


"Hide out I guess," he replied.

"Where?"


"I really don't know."


"Well its not like I'm trying to help you or anything but Winhil doesn't know a lot about the whole Ultimecia thing so you two might want to go there," she suggested.


"Two? Why two?"


"Well for one thing everybody thinks you kidnapped her plus she has been teaching four classes a day with almost no breaks SHE NEEDS A VACATION," she handed him two tickets.


"What are these?" he asked looking down at the tickets.


"Tickets to Winhill you better get going it leaves in fifteen minutes."


"You would have had to known about this a couple of days in advance to get these tickets...What's up Rinoa?" he was suddenly very suspicious of her.


"I already told you I'm a sorceress, now get going and hurry!" Seifer nodded and picked up the unconscious Quistis.


"Thanks," and with that he ran towards Balamb.


"Do you think he knows his true destiny?" Rinoa asked what seemed to be no one, but out from behind the shadows came Edea with a sly smile on her face.


"As some would say, he is utterly clueless."



Seifer entered the train, he was told that there had been a compartment reserved for him and he was happy to take it. He gently laid Quistis down on the bottom bunk and went into the bathroom. He took a small towel and ran water over it and sat down next to Quistis. Even with ash marks smeared across her face she was still beautiful.


He dabbed her face with the wet towel gently, getting off the ash marks. Her eyes fluttered and then fully opened. Still blue, Seifer thought taking a quick glance.


"Seifer?" she whispered.


"Yeah?" he was pretending to be more involved with what he was doing then talking to her.


"You saved me," she commented.


"So I did."


"Seifer?"


"Hmm?"


"Were you the one that kissed me awake?" her eyes stared into his and he couldn't help but stare back. He would never be able to lie to those eyes.


"Yes," suddenly Quistis became very aware that she was on a train and stood up...Only to fall into Seifer's arms with dizziness. He placed her back on the bed and made her lie down.


"Why are we on a train?" she asked in a confused voice.


"Lets see I'm now wanted for setting the garden on fire, kidnapping the highest ranked instructor, and putting Squall in a sleep spell," he smirked. "Well I'm not saying that the last part isn't true but the whole garden on fire thing is all you."


"So what we're hiding out?!" she seemed to be getting rather upset about this.


"Yeah we're going to Winhill until this whole thing blows over or until I'm caught and thrown in jail where the rats will eat me alive!" he sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Get some rest okay? I need some too," he climbed the steps to the top bunk.


"Seifer?"


"What?"


"Thanks."


To Be Continued...