***Disclaimer: don't own ff8 or the charries, blah blah blah you know the drill.
Chapter 2: Happily Ever Now
A year to the day of the defeat of Ultimecia, Rinoa had spent that time at Garden trying to get Squall to open up to her, to the others. Every day she followed the same routine, waking up at six; to be at Squall's room when the door slid open and headed for the cafeteria. Her pale arm would wrap around his arm, walking with him to the cafeteria, trying to get him to talk.
Rinoa recruited everyone to help her out even Laguna and Ellone. Today she told herself, today would be different. Sweat rolled down her forehead, her heart beating, the T-Rex went to attack again. "PAIN." She yelled as a green spell hit the dinosaur slowing it down for the moment. She used that time to cast curaga on herself and prepare for her next attack. Edea had taught her everything she knew about being a sorceress, and how to control her power.
The T-Rex let out a final roar and fell to the ground, after being attacked by Angelo. The raven-haired girl fell to her butt, sighing, her hands rubbing her arms; she was cold now. Rinoa jumped when a feathered leather jacket was draped over her shoulders, but smiled. "You're getting strong."
Squall helped her to her feet, she stared into his eyes for a moment before he looked away. His cheeks a little rose now, //Just tell her how you feel, everyone else knows it//, his head rose to meet her face in slow motion. A huge grin rolled across Rinoa's face; she fixed his jacket so it fit better on her, "You need to tell me something?"
Ever since the final battle Squall had learned that life wasn't going to wait for him. He had almost died once, but her love let him live. Ever since Squall had been juggling with his emotions, from the stolen kiss on the balcony, to the months of separation, even when just three weeks ago he asked for his ring back. Even when he did this, Rinoa never gave up on him.
Squall nodded, "Yeah." His eyes now at this moment weren't gray but an ice blue. Those blue eyes looked around the training center, //Should it really happen in here?// Rinoa giggled, covering her mouth, he looked at her, "What?" In reply she shook her head, grabbing him, pulling him in front of her, wrapping her arms around his waist just about the two red belts; her head resting on his chest right on the giant griever pendent.
"Believe." Squall quirked a brow at this remark; looking at the few strands of brown mixed in with the raven hair; how the black bandana was tied in a knot around her arm, her mother's ring on the silver chain that fell right perfect between the black v-neck tank top. Rinoa closed her eyes, listening to his thoughts, focusing on the flower field he wanted to be.
A bright white light surrounded the two of them; her white wings spread out from her back wrapping the two together. White wings opened again, leaving Squall and Rinoa standing in the flower field. The scarred boy looked at her, as she stepped back, his hands reaching to touch the angel wings. //How?// His hand shaking at her touched the one on his left.
"You're my knight." With a snap of her fingers, the piano version of Eyes on Me played so only she and her knight could hear it. "Dance with me?"
"You didn't even have to ask." He already had his arms wrapped around her waist, just below her wings, pulling her close to his chest. Her raven hair fell on his white shirt, the leather jacket was left at the training center, and she listened to his heartbeat, softly singing the song that her mother wrote.
Squall stopped dancing, it had been morning when he found her in the training center, but now the sun had set, casting reds and oranges across the sky. In the sun set one star had came out early, his gloved finger pointed up towards the sky. The same shooting star shot across the horizon. //That's the sign, there's nothing left to loose.//
Rinoa watched the star, as Squall removed both black gloves from his hands. And with those hands, he placed them on each of her cheeks, pulling her head towards him. //I love you//, the thought raced across his mind and followed by a tingling in his hands. Then he heard her voice, but her pink lips remained motionless, //You don't know how long I've waited for those words. //
Squall stepped back, pulling his hands away from her face, "I'm not telepathic."
"I know," the sorceress replied.
"Then how?"
"You're my night, ever since the balcony, ever day it got easier to read your thoughts, cause every day I loved you more and eventually you loved me back." She grabbed his hand, putting back on her face. //You opened up to me, and we're connected now and forever.//
He put the other hand on her other cheek; leaning in, he kissed her using every emotion of love he had, at that moment pink petals circled around them. //I've waited too long for this moment. // Rinoa giggled stepping away from him, "It took you that long to figure all this out?"
He nodded, "But I know now more than I could ever want to." He reached into his pocket pulling out a ring box, "And I never want to be away from you." He opened the black felt box in it sat a Griever ring, just like the one he was wearing at that moment. Only the one in the box was more feminine, smaller, all silver and set with a good size diamond, he owed Zell big time for this one.
Squall pulled out the ring from the box, Rinoa in tears. "Marry me?" He asked her sliding the ring on her finger, it fit perfectly. //I never thought this day would come, of course I'll marry you.// At this point Rinoa couldn't get the words out verbally, so she used their connection. This time Rinoa kissed him, their lips connected in out in every direction shot a white light, that light up the for miles.
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"Angelwing and her knight are strong, and they haven't even began to know their full power, which can be used for good or evil," hissed a sorceress that lived deep in the Centra ruins, a direct descendent of Hyne, one who planned to use her powers on the dark side. "We must stop this union between them, until we control Angelwing."
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The two broke the kiss, amazed at the field of white energy that they had created. The white field was broken by a dark figure with black angel wings. She floated just above the two lovers, a ball of black electricity growing in her hands. "Join with me Angelwing, fulfil your destiny."
//I don't have my gunblade, but I'm your knight.//
"Never!" the two yelled back at the sorceress in unison, their union had already grown. The dark sorceress chuckled, "Then perish" she hissed throwing the black ball at Rinoa. Squall, pushed her out of the way, taking the hit in the chest, which sent him sliding across the field kicking up dirt and flowers.
Rinoa ran to her fallen lover and the dark sorceress disappeared, her white wings now had light gray tips. For that moment Squall was hit she wanted nothing more than revenge. She held his bloody torso in her arms, crying, this time for the lose of a great beginning. "Believe." He blurted out, //I'll be here waiting always. It won't end here, not today.// Then she felt it, or didn't feel him, his life force was gone, but she knew he wasn't dead.
The raven-haired sorceress used the power she had left to transport them back to the garden, him to the infirmary. On the floor in front of the doctor's desk she passed out with him in her arms. She was restricted to a bed for the next couple of weeks and Squall was sent to Esthar for their move advanced technology to keep him alive, but in a deep coma.
***Authors Note: this is in the past compared to chapter 1, this is "that day" that Rinoa talks about, i have too possible endings planned out in my head for this, there's the happy ending and the not so happy ending, still need to decided how to end it, i'll update when i finish the next chapter.
Chapter 2: Happily Ever Now
A year to the day of the defeat of Ultimecia, Rinoa had spent that time at Garden trying to get Squall to open up to her, to the others. Every day she followed the same routine, waking up at six; to be at Squall's room when the door slid open and headed for the cafeteria. Her pale arm would wrap around his arm, walking with him to the cafeteria, trying to get him to talk.
Rinoa recruited everyone to help her out even Laguna and Ellone. Today she told herself, today would be different. Sweat rolled down her forehead, her heart beating, the T-Rex went to attack again. "PAIN." She yelled as a green spell hit the dinosaur slowing it down for the moment. She used that time to cast curaga on herself and prepare for her next attack. Edea had taught her everything she knew about being a sorceress, and how to control her power.
The T-Rex let out a final roar and fell to the ground, after being attacked by Angelo. The raven-haired girl fell to her butt, sighing, her hands rubbing her arms; she was cold now. Rinoa jumped when a feathered leather jacket was draped over her shoulders, but smiled. "You're getting strong."
Squall helped her to her feet, she stared into his eyes for a moment before he looked away. His cheeks a little rose now, //Just tell her how you feel, everyone else knows it//, his head rose to meet her face in slow motion. A huge grin rolled across Rinoa's face; she fixed his jacket so it fit better on her, "You need to tell me something?"
Ever since the final battle Squall had learned that life wasn't going to wait for him. He had almost died once, but her love let him live. Ever since Squall had been juggling with his emotions, from the stolen kiss on the balcony, to the months of separation, even when just three weeks ago he asked for his ring back. Even when he did this, Rinoa never gave up on him.
Squall nodded, "Yeah." His eyes now at this moment weren't gray but an ice blue. Those blue eyes looked around the training center, //Should it really happen in here?// Rinoa giggled, covering her mouth, he looked at her, "What?" In reply she shook her head, grabbing him, pulling him in front of her, wrapping her arms around his waist just about the two red belts; her head resting on his chest right on the giant griever pendent.
"Believe." Squall quirked a brow at this remark; looking at the few strands of brown mixed in with the raven hair; how the black bandana was tied in a knot around her arm, her mother's ring on the silver chain that fell right perfect between the black v-neck tank top. Rinoa closed her eyes, listening to his thoughts, focusing on the flower field he wanted to be.
A bright white light surrounded the two of them; her white wings spread out from her back wrapping the two together. White wings opened again, leaving Squall and Rinoa standing in the flower field. The scarred boy looked at her, as she stepped back, his hands reaching to touch the angel wings. //How?// His hand shaking at her touched the one on his left.
"You're my knight." With a snap of her fingers, the piano version of Eyes on Me played so only she and her knight could hear it. "Dance with me?"
"You didn't even have to ask." He already had his arms wrapped around her waist, just below her wings, pulling her close to his chest. Her raven hair fell on his white shirt, the leather jacket was left at the training center, and she listened to his heartbeat, softly singing the song that her mother wrote.
Squall stopped dancing, it had been morning when he found her in the training center, but now the sun had set, casting reds and oranges across the sky. In the sun set one star had came out early, his gloved finger pointed up towards the sky. The same shooting star shot across the horizon. //That's the sign, there's nothing left to loose.//
Rinoa watched the star, as Squall removed both black gloves from his hands. And with those hands, he placed them on each of her cheeks, pulling her head towards him. //I love you//, the thought raced across his mind and followed by a tingling in his hands. Then he heard her voice, but her pink lips remained motionless, //You don't know how long I've waited for those words. //
Squall stepped back, pulling his hands away from her face, "I'm not telepathic."
"I know," the sorceress replied.
"Then how?"
"You're my night, ever since the balcony, ever day it got easier to read your thoughts, cause every day I loved you more and eventually you loved me back." She grabbed his hand, putting back on her face. //You opened up to me, and we're connected now and forever.//
He put the other hand on her other cheek; leaning in, he kissed her using every emotion of love he had, at that moment pink petals circled around them. //I've waited too long for this moment. // Rinoa giggled stepping away from him, "It took you that long to figure all this out?"
He nodded, "But I know now more than I could ever want to." He reached into his pocket pulling out a ring box, "And I never want to be away from you." He opened the black felt box in it sat a Griever ring, just like the one he was wearing at that moment. Only the one in the box was more feminine, smaller, all silver and set with a good size diamond, he owed Zell big time for this one.
Squall pulled out the ring from the box, Rinoa in tears. "Marry me?" He asked her sliding the ring on her finger, it fit perfectly. //I never thought this day would come, of course I'll marry you.// At this point Rinoa couldn't get the words out verbally, so she used their connection. This time Rinoa kissed him, their lips connected in out in every direction shot a white light, that light up the for miles.
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"Angelwing and her knight are strong, and they haven't even began to know their full power, which can be used for good or evil," hissed a sorceress that lived deep in the Centra ruins, a direct descendent of Hyne, one who planned to use her powers on the dark side. "We must stop this union between them, until we control Angelwing."
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The two broke the kiss, amazed at the field of white energy that they had created. The white field was broken by a dark figure with black angel wings. She floated just above the two lovers, a ball of black electricity growing in her hands. "Join with me Angelwing, fulfil your destiny."
//I don't have my gunblade, but I'm your knight.//
"Never!" the two yelled back at the sorceress in unison, their union had already grown. The dark sorceress chuckled, "Then perish" she hissed throwing the black ball at Rinoa. Squall, pushed her out of the way, taking the hit in the chest, which sent him sliding across the field kicking up dirt and flowers.
Rinoa ran to her fallen lover and the dark sorceress disappeared, her white wings now had light gray tips. For that moment Squall was hit she wanted nothing more than revenge. She held his bloody torso in her arms, crying, this time for the lose of a great beginning. "Believe." He blurted out, //I'll be here waiting always. It won't end here, not today.// Then she felt it, or didn't feel him, his life force was gone, but she knew he wasn't dead.
The raven-haired sorceress used the power she had left to transport them back to the garden, him to the infirmary. On the floor in front of the doctor's desk she passed out with him in her arms. She was restricted to a bed for the next couple of weeks and Squall was sent to Esthar for their move advanced technology to keep him alive, but in a deep coma.
***Authors Note: this is in the past compared to chapter 1, this is "that day" that Rinoa talks about, i have too possible endings planned out in my head for this, there's the happy ending and the not so happy ending, still need to decided how to end it, i'll update when i finish the next chapter.