Twisted Destinies
Authoress: Tsutae Kouken
~Quad~
Irvine jumped down the last set of steps at the quad, his long mahogany ponytail flying
out behind him. 'Why walk when you can fly?' Irvine grinned to himself, the grin
reaching his eyes, making the blue of them sparkle. He ran down to where Selphie had
told him to meet her.
'Wonder what's up?' Irvine thought, finally coming into the place where Selphie should
have been. Looking around for his light brown haired girlfriend, Irvine walked over to a
bench and sat down, hidden by the shade of a tree.
Irvine sat and waited. Resting his chin in his hands, he began humming to himself,
closing his eyes. Music began dancing in his mind, and he opened his eyes in surprise.
Someone was singing in the quad.
Irvine strained to listen to the melody. A hum of an acoustic guitar, and someone singing.
When he caught it, he faintly heard the words.
'Hurricane Rainbow dancing before my eyes
Making a life busy and no time for you
If it came down to having to decide
Between the two, if you must know...
I'd pick my magnificent Hurricane Rainbow...'
Irvine decided to check it out. He was puzzled that anyone at Balamb Garden would sing
such a melancholy song. He thought about Fujin and Raijin but the one didn't speak and
the other didn't have any brains to write something like that.
Walking back up the last set of stairs to the quad, Irvine went straight to a corner of the
area, where some faint strumming noises and a couple of voices could be heard.
"Tari, you are so good! You should really meet Irvine! He plays the guitar too." He heard
Selphie's enthusiastic voice coming from the corner. Faintly, he could make out two
figures, one sitting with a guitar, the other standing and clapping her hands.
"Selphie! What's up?" Irvine called, hoping he had come at a good time. He was hoping
that the guitar player was just a friend....
"Irvine!" Selphie rushed out into the light, hugging Irvine in a tight embrace. He hugged
her tightly back, glad he was right about a friend.
"Tari! Come meet Irvine! He's my boyfriend I told you about!" Selphie turned in his arms
and called to the figure in the shadows. It stood up and came halfway into the light.
"Hello. Nice to meet you, Irvine. Selphie has spoken a lot about you." Irvine's heart
skipped a beat when he saw her. Very long blue hair, and a violet eye for all he could see
was half of her face. She wore a blue and green mid-drift shirt, white fingerless gloves,
and baggy khaki pants. He could see that in one ear she had two earrings.
"Nice to meet you too,....Tari." Irvine remembered what Selphie had called her. Tari
turned her head so that he could see her face fully in the light. He gasped.
Half of her hair was blue, the other half violet. The two were subtly mixed down the part
of her hair, the left the blue, the right the violet. Her eyes, the left one violet, and the right
one blue.
"She doesn't like people making fun of the ways she looks...so don't say anything!"
Selphie hissed in his ear. He nodded slightly.
"It's nice to be here in Balamb Garden. I'm hoping to become a SeeD." She said, her
double colored eyes and hair unnerving. She fascinated Irvine though. She seemed so
familiar.
"I hope you make it." Irvine smiled back at her.
"Well....I'd better be going. It's almost lunch and I need to put my guitar away. Ja ne!!"
Tari said before turning away in a swish of violet and blue.
"Ja ne, Tari! We'll talk later!" Selphie called back, watching the girl walk away. Irvine
grinned and led Selphie to a bench to sit down and talk.
"Who is that?" Irvine questioned, when he finally sat down.
"Tari Ihiri. She showed up here all of a sudden, claiming she was from the north, around
the Trabia area. No one knows her background yet. And she hasn't volunteered any
information. She seems nice though." Selphie said, leaning back against the bench
backing. Irvine put his arm along the back of the seat.
"Tari. Is her hair naturally that way? And her eyes too?" Irvine asked curiously, looking
at his spunky girlfriend. Cute as a button, with light brown hair that curled up at the ends,
and sparkly green eyes.
"Yeah. So she told me. Everyone is kinda afraid of her though. Everyone who's met her
anyway." Selphie said, half laughing. "She'd be a good match for Zell. He likes to fight
and so does she."
"Oh no you don't! We are not playing matchmaker again. We did that with Quisty and
Seifer and almost got ourselves killed in the process." Irvine tapped her on the nose with
his finger. She playfully tired to bite his finger.
"Don't even think it missy. We'd get in SO much damn trouble." Irvine sighed and
relaxed against the bench. Selphie leaned against him and hummed the song Tari had
been playing earlier.
"Did she write that?" Irvine asked. Selphie like the way his voice seemed to hum in her
ear when she had her ear on his chest.
"Yep. It's kinda a dark song, huh? She seems so lonely. She came here from the deserts.
No one really knows why she's here." Selphie felt something tingly inside of her. It felt
like a premonition of something to come. 'Why...why do I feel so weird? Is...is Tari..evil?'
Selphie wondered, a troubled look coming to her eyes. Her boy friend looked at her,
seeing she wasn't her usual happy self.
"Selph? Hey....you okay?" Irvine gently shook her shoulder. Selphie seemed to snap out
of a trance.
"What? Oh-never mind. I was just thinking and my mind wandered." Selphie stood up
and stretched. Irvine's eyes wandered idly over her body, wondering what it would be
like to touch her, like he wanted to touch her.
"Well...I promised Rinoa and Quisty I'd go help them prepare a few lunches for the junior
classmen. They're all going on a big picnic today. See you later, Irvy-kun!" Selphie
winked and ran off, her brown hair bobbing aroudnd her shoulders in the sun.
"Ja ne, Elph-chan. See you later...." Irvine sighed. Even though she was his
girlfriend...they were getting nowhere fast. She didn't like kissing, so it seemed, for they
were never alone enough to actually kiss, and he was afraid to touch her.
Irvine idly strolled around, before heading off to the dorms to see if he could find Squall.
If it worked out, he'd get somewhere with Selphie tonight. All he needed was a little help.
~Cafeteria~
"Hot dogs...hot dogs...." Zell repeated over and over, finding himself almost tasting them.
It was now a routine for the lunch ladies to serve hot dogs immediately to the first people
who came.
"But I don't want...." He heard a girl protest, as she was handed a tray with two hot dogs,
a bag of chips, and a coke. He stared as she tried to make a protest again, but then was
pushed out of the way.
"Arrrhg! Bakas! I can't believe they call this 'service'!!" Zell watched as she stomped off,
noting her half violet half blue hair was very unusual and she had an awesome figure.
'Wonder who she is?' Zell mused as the line moved ahead of him.
"Can I help you? Sorry, but we're out of hot dogs. We just ran out." The lady at the
counter said when Zell approached it finally. Zell banged the counter with his fist and
sighed. The lunch lady winced.
"I'll have a large Caesar salad and a Coke." Zell finally said, thinking he'd better eat
healthy for once. Rinoa would go ballistic if she saw him. Taking his order, he went to
find a seat.
"Crap. Every place taken. Shit." Zell cursed as he made his way to the sitting area.
Looking around, he saw an empty chair sticking out from behind a large column. Rushing
to it, he sat himself down in it. Preparing to eat, he didn't notice the tray on the other side
of the square table.
"Oh…I'm sorry…was this your place?" Zell looked up and saw the girl who had been
complaining about the service earlier. He looked straight into her blue and violet eyes and
dropped his fork. She smiled at him, and sat down, opening a straw.
"Uh no…. is it okay if I sit here? It's packed." Zell fumbled for his fork as he talked to
her.
"I don't mind. I'm Tari Ihiri. Who are you?" She asked, sipping her Coke. Zell stared at
the two hot dogs on her plate. She looked at his salad.
"Lucky." They both said at the same time.
" I wanted a salad…but they wouldn't listen." Tari said, laughing.
"I wanted hot dogs…but they were out when I got there." Zell said, chuckling at the irony
of it all.
"Want to switch? I haven't touched them." Tari slid her plate over to his side.
"Sure. Thanks." Zell took the hot dogs, and began to eat as she took his salad.
As they ate, there was an uncomfortable silence between them.
"Are…. are you a SeeD?" Tari asked, shyly.
"Yeah. I have been for a while. Where did you come from?" Zell asked, washing down
the last bit of hot dog with a large drink of Coke.
"The desserts…I came to this Garden to see if I could become a SeeD. I have to take
exams at the end of the week so they can see where to put me. I've never had proper
training before." Tari crumpled her napkin in her hands. It was a nervous gesture.
"Ever handled GF?" Zell asked, very curious as she stacked their trash in a pile to be
taken away.
Something evil seemed to cloud her different colored eyes. She frowned and answered in
a cold voice, " I have one of the most powerful GFs ever."
Zell looked taken aback. She had to be lying. And he didn't like the look on her face.
"Most powerful GF…. EVER?" Zell asked, disbelief in his voice.
"Yes. You will see it sometime. Rhapha is very powerful and very strong." Tari stood up
and walked away, sending out a cold aura about her. Zell just stared as she left the
cafeteria.
He shivered. Something about the name Rhapha really was disturbing. It was familiar and
seemed like he'd heard something about it too. Tari really wasn't what she seemed.
A/N: Kay. That was Part One. R&R please. I'm working on other parts soon to come!
Ja! Tsutae Kouken
Authoress: Tsutae Kouken
~Quad~
Irvine jumped down the last set of steps at the quad, his long mahogany ponytail flying
out behind him. 'Why walk when you can fly?' Irvine grinned to himself, the grin
reaching his eyes, making the blue of them sparkle. He ran down to where Selphie had
told him to meet her.
'Wonder what's up?' Irvine thought, finally coming into the place where Selphie should
have been. Looking around for his light brown haired girlfriend, Irvine walked over to a
bench and sat down, hidden by the shade of a tree.
Irvine sat and waited. Resting his chin in his hands, he began humming to himself,
closing his eyes. Music began dancing in his mind, and he opened his eyes in surprise.
Someone was singing in the quad.
Irvine strained to listen to the melody. A hum of an acoustic guitar, and someone singing.
When he caught it, he faintly heard the words.
'Hurricane Rainbow dancing before my eyes
Making a life busy and no time for you
If it came down to having to decide
Between the two, if you must know...
I'd pick my magnificent Hurricane Rainbow...'
Irvine decided to check it out. He was puzzled that anyone at Balamb Garden would sing
such a melancholy song. He thought about Fujin and Raijin but the one didn't speak and
the other didn't have any brains to write something like that.
Walking back up the last set of stairs to the quad, Irvine went straight to a corner of the
area, where some faint strumming noises and a couple of voices could be heard.
"Tari, you are so good! You should really meet Irvine! He plays the guitar too." He heard
Selphie's enthusiastic voice coming from the corner. Faintly, he could make out two
figures, one sitting with a guitar, the other standing and clapping her hands.
"Selphie! What's up?" Irvine called, hoping he had come at a good time. He was hoping
that the guitar player was just a friend....
"Irvine!" Selphie rushed out into the light, hugging Irvine in a tight embrace. He hugged
her tightly back, glad he was right about a friend.
"Tari! Come meet Irvine! He's my boyfriend I told you about!" Selphie turned in his arms
and called to the figure in the shadows. It stood up and came halfway into the light.
"Hello. Nice to meet you, Irvine. Selphie has spoken a lot about you." Irvine's heart
skipped a beat when he saw her. Very long blue hair, and a violet eye for all he could see
was half of her face. She wore a blue and green mid-drift shirt, white fingerless gloves,
and baggy khaki pants. He could see that in one ear she had two earrings.
"Nice to meet you too,....Tari." Irvine remembered what Selphie had called her. Tari
turned her head so that he could see her face fully in the light. He gasped.
Half of her hair was blue, the other half violet. The two were subtly mixed down the part
of her hair, the left the blue, the right the violet. Her eyes, the left one violet, and the right
one blue.
"She doesn't like people making fun of the ways she looks...so don't say anything!"
Selphie hissed in his ear. He nodded slightly.
"It's nice to be here in Balamb Garden. I'm hoping to become a SeeD." She said, her
double colored eyes and hair unnerving. She fascinated Irvine though. She seemed so
familiar.
"I hope you make it." Irvine smiled back at her.
"Well....I'd better be going. It's almost lunch and I need to put my guitar away. Ja ne!!"
Tari said before turning away in a swish of violet and blue.
"Ja ne, Tari! We'll talk later!" Selphie called back, watching the girl walk away. Irvine
grinned and led Selphie to a bench to sit down and talk.
"Who is that?" Irvine questioned, when he finally sat down.
"Tari Ihiri. She showed up here all of a sudden, claiming she was from the north, around
the Trabia area. No one knows her background yet. And she hasn't volunteered any
information. She seems nice though." Selphie said, leaning back against the bench
backing. Irvine put his arm along the back of the seat.
"Tari. Is her hair naturally that way? And her eyes too?" Irvine asked curiously, looking
at his spunky girlfriend. Cute as a button, with light brown hair that curled up at the ends,
and sparkly green eyes.
"Yeah. So she told me. Everyone is kinda afraid of her though. Everyone who's met her
anyway." Selphie said, half laughing. "She'd be a good match for Zell. He likes to fight
and so does she."
"Oh no you don't! We are not playing matchmaker again. We did that with Quisty and
Seifer and almost got ourselves killed in the process." Irvine tapped her on the nose with
his finger. She playfully tired to bite his finger.
"Don't even think it missy. We'd get in SO much damn trouble." Irvine sighed and
relaxed against the bench. Selphie leaned against him and hummed the song Tari had
been playing earlier.
"Did she write that?" Irvine asked. Selphie like the way his voice seemed to hum in her
ear when she had her ear on his chest.
"Yep. It's kinda a dark song, huh? She seems so lonely. She came here from the deserts.
No one really knows why she's here." Selphie felt something tingly inside of her. It felt
like a premonition of something to come. 'Why...why do I feel so weird? Is...is Tari..evil?'
Selphie wondered, a troubled look coming to her eyes. Her boy friend looked at her,
seeing she wasn't her usual happy self.
"Selph? Hey....you okay?" Irvine gently shook her shoulder. Selphie seemed to snap out
of a trance.
"What? Oh-never mind. I was just thinking and my mind wandered." Selphie stood up
and stretched. Irvine's eyes wandered idly over her body, wondering what it would be
like to touch her, like he wanted to touch her.
"Well...I promised Rinoa and Quisty I'd go help them prepare a few lunches for the junior
classmen. They're all going on a big picnic today. See you later, Irvy-kun!" Selphie
winked and ran off, her brown hair bobbing aroudnd her shoulders in the sun.
"Ja ne, Elph-chan. See you later...." Irvine sighed. Even though she was his
girlfriend...they were getting nowhere fast. She didn't like kissing, so it seemed, for they
were never alone enough to actually kiss, and he was afraid to touch her.
Irvine idly strolled around, before heading off to the dorms to see if he could find Squall.
If it worked out, he'd get somewhere with Selphie tonight. All he needed was a little help.
~Cafeteria~
"Hot dogs...hot dogs...." Zell repeated over and over, finding himself almost tasting them.
It was now a routine for the lunch ladies to serve hot dogs immediately to the first people
who came.
"But I don't want...." He heard a girl protest, as she was handed a tray with two hot dogs,
a bag of chips, and a coke. He stared as she tried to make a protest again, but then was
pushed out of the way.
"Arrrhg! Bakas! I can't believe they call this 'service'!!" Zell watched as she stomped off,
noting her half violet half blue hair was very unusual and she had an awesome figure.
'Wonder who she is?' Zell mused as the line moved ahead of him.
"Can I help you? Sorry, but we're out of hot dogs. We just ran out." The lady at the
counter said when Zell approached it finally. Zell banged the counter with his fist and
sighed. The lunch lady winced.
"I'll have a large Caesar salad and a Coke." Zell finally said, thinking he'd better eat
healthy for once. Rinoa would go ballistic if she saw him. Taking his order, he went to
find a seat.
"Crap. Every place taken. Shit." Zell cursed as he made his way to the sitting area.
Looking around, he saw an empty chair sticking out from behind a large column. Rushing
to it, he sat himself down in it. Preparing to eat, he didn't notice the tray on the other side
of the square table.
"Oh…I'm sorry…was this your place?" Zell looked up and saw the girl who had been
complaining about the service earlier. He looked straight into her blue and violet eyes and
dropped his fork. She smiled at him, and sat down, opening a straw.
"Uh no…. is it okay if I sit here? It's packed." Zell fumbled for his fork as he talked to
her.
"I don't mind. I'm Tari Ihiri. Who are you?" She asked, sipping her Coke. Zell stared at
the two hot dogs on her plate. She looked at his salad.
"Lucky." They both said at the same time.
" I wanted a salad…but they wouldn't listen." Tari said, laughing.
"I wanted hot dogs…but they were out when I got there." Zell said, chuckling at the irony
of it all.
"Want to switch? I haven't touched them." Tari slid her plate over to his side.
"Sure. Thanks." Zell took the hot dogs, and began to eat as she took his salad.
As they ate, there was an uncomfortable silence between them.
"Are…. are you a SeeD?" Tari asked, shyly.
"Yeah. I have been for a while. Where did you come from?" Zell asked, washing down
the last bit of hot dog with a large drink of Coke.
"The desserts…I came to this Garden to see if I could become a SeeD. I have to take
exams at the end of the week so they can see where to put me. I've never had proper
training before." Tari crumpled her napkin in her hands. It was a nervous gesture.
"Ever handled GF?" Zell asked, very curious as she stacked their trash in a pile to be
taken away.
Something evil seemed to cloud her different colored eyes. She frowned and answered in
a cold voice, " I have one of the most powerful GFs ever."
Zell looked taken aback. She had to be lying. And he didn't like the look on her face.
"Most powerful GF…. EVER?" Zell asked, disbelief in his voice.
"Yes. You will see it sometime. Rhapha is very powerful and very strong." Tari stood up
and walked away, sending out a cold aura about her. Zell just stared as she left the
cafeteria.
He shivered. Something about the name Rhapha really was disturbing. It was familiar and
seemed like he'd heard something about it too. Tari really wasn't what she seemed.
A/N: Kay. That was Part One. R&R please. I'm working on other parts soon to come!
Ja! Tsutae Kouken