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This sucked. This sucked MAJOR bad. I didn't want to see my father, I know that sounds horrible, but it's true. He will just try to bond with me. I didn't want to see Seifer so stressed. I didn't want to go on this mission.
Period.
But this is what being a SeeD is. Doing what you don't want to do just to make others happy.
That is such a sad truth.
Seifer stands by the window of the train, staring out it as the world whips by us. He looks so sad and lost.
Suddenly an overwhelming sense of anxiety comes over me. I watched Seifer from where I sat in the tiny cabin and all of a sudden he started to fade...
"Seifer!" I jumped up and ran to where he had been standing.
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and stared at me.
"Squall? What is it?"
I blinked at Seifer. Placing my hands on his face I felt it to make sure he was really here.
Warm.
Soft.
Real.
He was there.
He grabbed hold of my hands and held them while staring into my eyes. "Squall? What's wrong?"
"I--" I didn't know how to explain to him what had happened. I could feel everyone's eyes drilling holes into me.
I pulled away and turned my back towards him. "It was nothing."
"I don't believe that."
I was about to growl at him. I don't know what happened! How was I going to explain to him that I saw him disappear right in front of my eyes? How was I going TO say it? 'I saw you disappear and I freaked out?' No way.
"....."
He took hold of my shoulder firmly and turned me to face him. "Just tell me what happened."
I lingered at the thought of telling him. //Might as well. He doesn't have to believe me.//
"I saw you disappear."
Gasps were heard from my friends as Seifer just stared in awe at me. "Are you serious?"
"I didn't think you would believe me." I lowered my eyes to stare at my hands.
"I believe you. I know you wouldn't have told me a false truth. It's just...." He hesitated.
"Just what?"
".....It scares me." He said in a small voice that could have been mistaken for a small child's rather then a man's.
My eyes enlarged as a stood in front of the man I loved. Scared? I know it was most certainly an emotion that can be felt, but the look he was giving made me insecure.
"Don't be. I doesn't mean anything. Just a figment of my imagination." I tried to reassure him.
"You have an imagination?" Quistis mocked, her blue eyes peaking over her book.
I glared icy blue needles at her. Everybody else chuckled.
Seifer shook his head. "Squall, I'll be fine."
I wanted to hug him. He looked so frail and innocent. I didn't want him to break on me. But someday everyone breaks.
"Seifer...." I gave what I consider a sympathetic look.
Unexpectedly I was hurled onto Seifer's chest as the train jolted to a stop. Zell was thrown onto the floor from the bottom bunk-bed that was on the train, Selphie flew off the top bunk of a bunk-bed, landing on top of Zell, Quistis was slid to the other side of her couch, and Irvine and his chair had flipped over.
Seifer and I have been slung against the wall, unconsciously Seifer had wrapped his arms around me to protect me.
"Fucking hell!" Zell yelled as he pushed Selphie off him and stood up, brushing himself off. "What on earth was that all about?!"
Quistis glowered. "I don't know. But I wish they could have told us the train would be stopping soon."
I stared up at Seifer when he loosened his grip on him. He smiled down to me and I think I blushed.
Irvine rolled off the toppled chair and got up. "I think....I just got a great position idea.." He grinned at Zell and stretched his back out.
Zell flushed bright red.
Seifer leaned down and whispered into my ear, "Do I have to let you go?"
I rolled my eyes at him. "Yes, I'm afraid so."
"COME ON PEOPLE! Get a move on it! We're going to be LATE!!!!!!"
I think Quistis was freaking out about the thought of tardiness. But this was an important meeting. Seifer let me go and we all walked off the train. Right outside the train station was a small building labeled "Garden Supplies". That was funny I thought. Inside on the floor was a trap door that lead down to a dark passage way. After what seemed like an eternity of walking we came upon a door at the end of the hall. It was a door that one would only imagine in a dungeon or a medieval castle.
Quistis knocked about four knocks, paused, and then knocked two more. The door squeaked open and there gathered around a large table scattered with maps was Laguna, Ward, Kiros, and the headmaster of Trabia with three of his own SeeDs. They all looked the same age. The headmaster was a tall, regal gentleman wearing a blue business suit, no older then thirty with purple eyes and black hair. One of his SeeDs was a short, blond fellow with blue eyes that was rather built to be so little. Another was a medium height, short brown haired, green eyed girl. And the last man gave me the inward creeps. He was tall with dirty blond hair and bright brown eyes...but they almost looked dead. They all wore SeeD uniforms.
"Welcome everyone." My father gave us a wide smile and introduced everyone to us. "This is Headmaster Devion Lemina, the new Commander of Trabia's SeeDs."
Devion nodded to us. He pointed to the short SeeD by his side. "This is Migel Tsukio, this girl here is Treita Misona, and this man," he pointed to the creepy looking guy, "is Keshin Naiou."
Quistis stepped forwarded and shook Devion's hand. "I am Quistis Trepe, Headmaster of Balamb." She turned to us. "And this is Irvine Kinneas, Zell Dincht, Squall Leonhart, Seifer Almasy, and Selphie Tilmitt here is one of your own."
Selphie grinned. "I was trained in Trabia but transferred to Balamb for finals. But my pride still remains with Trabia."
Devion smiled at Selphie. Then he directed his attention to Seifer. "Are you the Seifer Almasy that was the Sorceress' Knight?"
Seifer concurred to the man. "Yes, I am he."
"Um hmm..." He looked at me. "And you must be the famous Squall Leonhart we all hear so much about. The cold and callous soldier that defeated three Sorceress'"
"......"
"Yes, he is." Laguna smiled. "Now, can we get off the subject of my son and get down to business?"
I winched at him calling me 'son'. Don't get my wrong, I do care for my father. I just not use to the idea yet that I have a family.
"Son?" Devion questioned.
"Yes. I'm his son. Now if you will....." I walked up to the table trying to get them to follow. I glanced up at Laguna who had a soft, smiling glow around him. I think he would have cried had we not been around so many people. I call him 'dad' every once and awhile, but it must have touched him deeply for me to say I'm him son.
Everyone crowded around the table. Laguna pointed to the rocks and ridges surrounding Esthar. "Two Galbadian forces are hiding behind these two ridges. They have been there since two days ago. We have received several messages from them since then, threatening to invade if we don't give them information on where Rinoa Heartilly is." He handed over the messages.
"But we have done nothing to indulge them. We haven't sent word to them of anything." Kiro said from Laguna's right.
Keshin spoke up next. "Where is Miss. Heartilly anyway?"
His voice was not very deep, but had a demanding tone.
"We have-" Quistis began but I cut her off.
"We have sent her somewhere safe. We will not reveal where."
Quistis turned to me and I gave her a look that was saying 'I'll tell you later.'
"So are we gonna fight 'um or not?" Zell asked.
"Maybe. We are planning this. We want to send three people to Galbadia Garden to sneak about and find out what they are planning to do, as well as any files they find. Then we want three other people to scout around and map the locations of the forces they have hidden. And the last team we want to....." Laguna delayed.
"To what?" Migel asked.
"We want them to go to space a capture a satellite that we have traced that is probably controlling the monsters"
"That's a pretty big mission, dad." I said.
He sighed. "I know. But this is the only thing that we could figure that might have a chance to succeed."
"Then it's settled." Tretia replied.
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This sucked. This sucked MAJOR bad. I didn't want to see my father, I know that sounds horrible, but it's true. He will just try to bond with me. I didn't want to see Seifer so stressed. I didn't want to go on this mission.
Period.
But this is what being a SeeD is. Doing what you don't want to do just to make others happy.
That is such a sad truth.
Seifer stands by the window of the train, staring out it as the world whips by us. He looks so sad and lost.
Suddenly an overwhelming sense of anxiety comes over me. I watched Seifer from where I sat in the tiny cabin and all of a sudden he started to fade...
"Seifer!" I jumped up and ran to where he had been standing.
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and stared at me.
"Squall? What is it?"
I blinked at Seifer. Placing my hands on his face I felt it to make sure he was really here.
Warm.
Soft.
Real.
He was there.
He grabbed hold of my hands and held them while staring into my eyes. "Squall? What's wrong?"
"I--" I didn't know how to explain to him what had happened. I could feel everyone's eyes drilling holes into me.
I pulled away and turned my back towards him. "It was nothing."
"I don't believe that."
I was about to growl at him. I don't know what happened! How was I going to explain to him that I saw him disappear right in front of my eyes? How was I going TO say it? 'I saw you disappear and I freaked out?' No way.
"....."
He took hold of my shoulder firmly and turned me to face him. "Just tell me what happened."
I lingered at the thought of telling him. //Might as well. He doesn't have to believe me.//
"I saw you disappear."
Gasps were heard from my friends as Seifer just stared in awe at me. "Are you serious?"
"I didn't think you would believe me." I lowered my eyes to stare at my hands.
"I believe you. I know you wouldn't have told me a false truth. It's just...." He hesitated.
"Just what?"
".....It scares me." He said in a small voice that could have been mistaken for a small child's rather then a man's.
My eyes enlarged as a stood in front of the man I loved. Scared? I know it was most certainly an emotion that can be felt, but the look he was giving made me insecure.
"Don't be. I doesn't mean anything. Just a figment of my imagination." I tried to reassure him.
"You have an imagination?" Quistis mocked, her blue eyes peaking over her book.
I glared icy blue needles at her. Everybody else chuckled.
Seifer shook his head. "Squall, I'll be fine."
I wanted to hug him. He looked so frail and innocent. I didn't want him to break on me. But someday everyone breaks.
"Seifer...." I gave what I consider a sympathetic look.
Unexpectedly I was hurled onto Seifer's chest as the train jolted to a stop. Zell was thrown onto the floor from the bottom bunk-bed that was on the train, Selphie flew off the top bunk of a bunk-bed, landing on top of Zell, Quistis was slid to the other side of her couch, and Irvine and his chair had flipped over.
Seifer and I have been slung against the wall, unconsciously Seifer had wrapped his arms around me to protect me.
"Fucking hell!" Zell yelled as he pushed Selphie off him and stood up, brushing himself off. "What on earth was that all about?!"
Quistis glowered. "I don't know. But I wish they could have told us the train would be stopping soon."
I stared up at Seifer when he loosened his grip on him. He smiled down to me and I think I blushed.
Irvine rolled off the toppled chair and got up. "I think....I just got a great position idea.." He grinned at Zell and stretched his back out.
Zell flushed bright red.
Seifer leaned down and whispered into my ear, "Do I have to let you go?"
I rolled my eyes at him. "Yes, I'm afraid so."
"COME ON PEOPLE! Get a move on it! We're going to be LATE!!!!!!"
I think Quistis was freaking out about the thought of tardiness. But this was an important meeting. Seifer let me go and we all walked off the train. Right outside the train station was a small building labeled "Garden Supplies". That was funny I thought. Inside on the floor was a trap door that lead down to a dark passage way. After what seemed like an eternity of walking we came upon a door at the end of the hall. It was a door that one would only imagine in a dungeon or a medieval castle.
Quistis knocked about four knocks, paused, and then knocked two more. The door squeaked open and there gathered around a large table scattered with maps was Laguna, Ward, Kiros, and the headmaster of Trabia with three of his own SeeDs. They all looked the same age. The headmaster was a tall, regal gentleman wearing a blue business suit, no older then thirty with purple eyes and black hair. One of his SeeDs was a short, blond fellow with blue eyes that was rather built to be so little. Another was a medium height, short brown haired, green eyed girl. And the last man gave me the inward creeps. He was tall with dirty blond hair and bright brown eyes...but they almost looked dead. They all wore SeeD uniforms.
"Welcome everyone." My father gave us a wide smile and introduced everyone to us. "This is Headmaster Devion Lemina, the new Commander of Trabia's SeeDs."
Devion nodded to us. He pointed to the short SeeD by his side. "This is Migel Tsukio, this girl here is Treita Misona, and this man," he pointed to the creepy looking guy, "is Keshin Naiou."
Quistis stepped forwarded and shook Devion's hand. "I am Quistis Trepe, Headmaster of Balamb." She turned to us. "And this is Irvine Kinneas, Zell Dincht, Squall Leonhart, Seifer Almasy, and Selphie Tilmitt here is one of your own."
Selphie grinned. "I was trained in Trabia but transferred to Balamb for finals. But my pride still remains with Trabia."
Devion smiled at Selphie. Then he directed his attention to Seifer. "Are you the Seifer Almasy that was the Sorceress' Knight?"
Seifer concurred to the man. "Yes, I am he."
"Um hmm..." He looked at me. "And you must be the famous Squall Leonhart we all hear so much about. The cold and callous soldier that defeated three Sorceress'"
"......"
"Yes, he is." Laguna smiled. "Now, can we get off the subject of my son and get down to business?"
I winched at him calling me 'son'. Don't get my wrong, I do care for my father. I just not use to the idea yet that I have a family.
"Son?" Devion questioned.
"Yes. I'm his son. Now if you will....." I walked up to the table trying to get them to follow. I glanced up at Laguna who had a soft, smiling glow around him. I think he would have cried had we not been around so many people. I call him 'dad' every once and awhile, but it must have touched him deeply for me to say I'm him son.
Everyone crowded around the table. Laguna pointed to the rocks and ridges surrounding Esthar. "Two Galbadian forces are hiding behind these two ridges. They have been there since two days ago. We have received several messages from them since then, threatening to invade if we don't give them information on where Rinoa Heartilly is." He handed over the messages.
"But we have done nothing to indulge them. We haven't sent word to them of anything." Kiro said from Laguna's right.
Keshin spoke up next. "Where is Miss. Heartilly anyway?"
His voice was not very deep, but had a demanding tone.
"We have-" Quistis began but I cut her off.
"We have sent her somewhere safe. We will not reveal where."
Quistis turned to me and I gave her a look that was saying 'I'll tell you later.'
"So are we gonna fight 'um or not?" Zell asked.
"Maybe. We are planning this. We want to send three people to Galbadia Garden to sneak about and find out what they are planning to do, as well as any files they find. Then we want three other people to scout around and map the locations of the forces they have hidden. And the last team we want to....." Laguna delayed.
"To what?" Migel asked.
"We want them to go to space a capture a satellite that we have traced that is probably controlling the monsters"
"That's a pretty big mission, dad." I said.
He sighed. "I know. But this is the only thing that we could figure that might have a chance to succeed."
"Then it's settled." Tretia replied.
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