A Love Lost

A/N: sorry if I left you guys hanging there for a while. ^_^' well, please read and review.

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"Yo! Odine!" Zell shouted at the entrance of Odine's laboratory. He pounded at the door. "Odine, we have a proposition for ya!"

"Zell!! Oh Hyne! Calm down or you'll knock the door down!" Selphie scowled. The door opened. A small man with a short ponytail appeared. Squall stepped up to him.

"Dr. Odine," he commenced.

"Vat iz it?"

"We want you to help us….we want you to bring a life back with time compression," Squall said calmly.

"Vat?! Hmph, I helped you teenagers too much already," Odine retorted. Squall frowned.

"Please help us."

Dr. Odine cocked a brow. "And vat if I von't?" Zell smirked, punching his fists together.

"Heh, of course you will help us, riiiight?"

Dr. Odine gulped. "*sigh* Such rude teenagers. Alright. I vill help you. But who iz it you're trying to rezzurect?"

"Like, that would be Rinoa," Irvine intercepted.
"Rinoa, ze sorceress?!"

Irvine rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that's right. Now, like, go do your smart techo thing and bring her back."

"Hahaha. Silly boy, it iz not that simple," Odine sneered. "I need ze exact time, information, and ze place in order for time compression to begin." Selphie leaned on the door.

"Could we come in? I don't wanna stay out here!" she chirped.

"Vatever, just don't touch anything."

Zell, Irvine, and Selphie sat down, except for Squall, who had a determined face to bring his love back.

"Let's hurry up and begin the time compression portals," Squall pounded his fist on the table. He began to sound paranoid and angry.

"Aiya. Sit down Squall, and don't break my desk," Odine asserted. From his desk, he pushed a green button, and seconds later, a huge computer panel appeared behind him, making quirky sounds. Dr. Odine turned around. "Vat iz ze time you vish to go back to?"

Squall looked at him, then stared down at the ground, thinking. "Two days ago."

Odine punched in some codes into the computer. "Now, give me ze information."

"The final battle of Ultimecia."

"Oh, I see. I know vat location zat iz. Leave it to me." He entered more codes, and finally pressed a large blue button. "There, all done. But you do know you vill have to fight Ultimecia."

Selphie stood up. "Booyaka! Let's go!!!!!!! It's time to kick butt!"

Squall turned to Odine. "Thank you." The four of them left to board the Ragnarok.

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Selphie climbed aboard the pilot seat. "Whoohoo! Rinoa, we're comin' for ya!"

"Selphie, take us to one of the portals. There's one located near the canyons over there," Squall pointed.

"Hang on tight!" Selphie pushed the pedal on full speed.

"Holy sh—" Zell stumbled to the floor.

His head in his arms, Squall thought about Rinoa. Rinoa, you will live again. You're not leaving me yet. Not in this lifetime. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey there," Irvine greeted, and flashed a smile. "Look, from the looks of it, like, you and Rinoa will be together again." He tipped his hat, and walked away to Selphie. Squall sighed, and ran his fingers through his hair. Rinoa.

"We're here! Everybody out! It's time to get Rinoa back!" Selphie smiled and ran out the Ragnarok. Hyne, I hope this work.s.

"OHHHH YEEAAAH!" Zell shouted.

Irvine ran quickly to catch up with Selphie. "Butterfly! Wait for me!"

Squall casually walked out, and joined with the rest of the group. He nodded to them. "Let's go."

"Booyaka!" Selphie jumped into the portal, along with Irvine. Zell punched the air before heading to the portal. "Time to kick ass!"

The lone SeeD stood there for a minute, letting the wind comb through his hair. He smiled slightly, having hope that Rinoa would soon return to him, and stepped into the gateway of the past before him.

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-_-' I know this isn't much, but I've been busy lately. I hoped you like this chapter. Please review nicely. Thanks. The next chapter will be up soon.