Winged Chapter Two: Crises
by Blueberry

Author Notes: Still looking for a beta reader....Anyways, thanks to all who reviewed last chapter. Now for all who are thinking wait I thought Eiki like Zell, no way she likes Seifer,, no no she likes Zell *goes on for a long time*. Trust me...... thats one of the huge mundo plot twists.. Only I know what will happen, and I'm not sure that'll happen. BWAHAHAHAH.....

Anyways as usual I don't own any FFVIII character/gf, etc... But I do own Eiki. Also every song from last chapter, excluding Eyes on Me, was written by me. So don't take 'em unless you want to use 'em in your story , but you'd need to ask permission first!

Thanks to all who reviewed last time. It made sooooo happy!

Anyways Bold italic text means singing or singing flashback.

Italic is you basic flashback.

[P.s: A review would be nice and remember state your opinions, but try to nicely. ]

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It had been a week since Eiki had gone on her mission. She had Seifer's number, why hadn't she called him. She promised to him she'd be back in two days or else she'd call. She must've hated Seifer to put him thru this torture.She must've.

" Squall what was that mission you gave Eiki? " Zell rudely and abruptly asked.

" A simple one. Just deliver some documents to Robert R. Rumfield. I don't why she isn't back yet. " Squall told Zell.

" Do you think Seifer bumped into her? What if he hurt her? What if this 'Robert' guy killed Eiki? Or worse? " Zell started to panic. Eiki was his best friend, and she was like a sister to him. He couldn't lose her.

" Calm done Zell. If you want I'll let you go searching for her. She was supposed to be in Deling City. So you could check there. And I think Seifer lives somewhere in that area out in the country around Deling City. " Squall offered to Zell.

" Thanks Squall!"

" WRONG? " Fuujin asked Seifer.

" Eiki hasn't called me and she promised. " Seifer said as he sat on the porch looking at the endless field of wheat.

" WHY WANT EIKI CALL? "

" Because........because she's going to help me be a SeeD. " he lied. He wouldn't be able to be a SeeD if his life depended on it. He wish he could just tell Fuujin that he liked Eiki.Eiki was the one SeeD member to tell him that he was loved by others, close to people in spirit.

" C'mon your not a bad guy. You just tease people not kill people that are so close to you....... " he remembered her saying that. He regretted making that scar she now had. He wanted to go into the past and just erase the part about being Ultimecia's Sorceress Knight. It was never worth it.

Why did he become a Sorceress Knight to Ultimecia was it the thrill he got whenever Ultimecia,in which ever body she also used, kissed him. He had remember that. The spell Ultimecia had done.

" Poot, poor boy... rejected by the two girls you could ever love. I'll make it better for you. " shortly after that Ultimecia, in Edea's body, had kissed him. The way 'she' used to. The way 'she' would make him feel, Ultimecia could as well. Thats why he accepted to become her Sorceress Knight., she made him feel loved.

But now he regretted it. He knew that was the reason Eiki wasn't calling. He wished he knew where Eiki was where he could break and confess everything : from to he was extremely sorry and that he loved her.

But if he told her that? What would she say?

" Okay so you're going to go find Eiki, but first talk to Seifer and make sure he did nothing? Why go ask Seifer? " Rinoa asked.

" Seifer gave her a scar on her left arm. I'm sure if she somewhere stopped him when he did that then she'd be dead. " Zell explained.

" I'm coming with. "

" Why?"

" She's my best friend, too. " Rinoa commented. " Give me an hour and I'll meet you here and I'll be ready. "

Squall sat in the chair. He wondered why hadn't Eiki come back it was an easy assignment. He was sure Seifer could have done that mission. Give the documents to the guy and leave. What could be so difficult about that? And Eiki,who graduated with Quistis, who were both the same age, should have been able to finish that assignment quicker than some new SeeD cadet. So why was she not back yet?

Zell walked around waiting for Rinoa, impatiently.He had to leave as quick as he could. Rinoa came eventually. " Sorry for being half a minute late. I'll be faster next time. " she said with a tiny hint of sarcasm in her voice. She it wasn't the time to joke, but it would help lighten up then mood.

They boarded the train headin' for Deling City.

" So how did ya Squall react to you coming to help me. "

" Uhmmmm I don't know. "

" Why? "

" I left a note. " she said. It was better to leave a note that way Squall could get mad at her after they came sucessfully back with Eiki. Thataway everyone will be so happy that Squall wouldn't tell not to off on her own again.

" Anyways Squall said that Seifer lives somewhere in the Deling City area in the country. Now I looked up where he would live and stuff in the computer and i found exactly where he lives. We'll go to Deling City first and then we'll take a care to Seifer's.. Kay? " Zell had this entire thing planned out.

" You must be really good friends with Eiki, " Rinoa commented.

" Yeah me and Eiki have been friends since we were ten... So I guess we'd have to. "

" You don't like,like her. Do you? "

" No way!!!!! " Zell was blushing.

" I think you do. "

" No I don't. I mean she is cute and she can kiss well...., " Zell 'accidentally' said.

" You've kissed her? " Rinoa asked shocked.

" Did I just say that... Crap.......Yeah me and Eiki were boyfriend and girlfriend for short time. But she doesn't like like me back anymore........." He said.

" Who does she ? "

" The only person I can think would want to kill her. It all started just when Seifer became the Sorceress Knight. We were communicating by letter whiel I did missions. In one letter she......."

Zell,

I have no clue what is going on with me. I think I'm having feelings for Seifer. I can't get him off of my mind! Its like someone is in my body taking over my heart. But I know I could never love Seifer, could I? Maybe I.. should have never dated him. I don't even know what was going in my mind when I said , " Seifer kiss me. "

I've been having the worst dreams. Its like I get killed by you. Its so scary..... there you are standing in front of me. Your doing a limit break I know you don't do , My Final Heaven.

Its not fair. I don't know whats going on anymore.

Zell before you fight that sorceress, Ultimecia, promise me that you don't give her the final blow. Promise me someone else does. Promise me.

" She wrote that? She knew about your limit break before you told her? How could she? "

" I don't know. She was able to tell that kind of stuff before it happened only on certain stuff. "

" Now arriving Deling City. "

It took Rinoa and Zell about an hour before both arrived at Seifer's house. Zell knocked. He was gretted by Fuujin.

" SEIFER, CHICKENWUSS AND EX DOOR. " Fuujin yelled out to him. Why couldn't Fuujin speak in complete sentances? Certaintly if any English professor were to come to her and have a conversation it would be difficult, for both.

Seifer came as fast as he could. " What do you want? "

" You did something to Eiki didn't you?"

" I did nothing to her. I talked to her on the train, and gave her my number..." Seifer said as he proudly put on a face that showed Zell ' Hah! Eiki likes me .Not you. Hah! ' .

" Number? " Zell asked stunned.

" Yeah...I was going to take her out to dinner when she finished her mission and I was just about to call SeeD and make you all search for her! Seriously a two day maximum mission and she isn't done now. " he explained.

" So you did nothing? " Rinoa asked.

" Nothing. " Seifer replied. " But Im gonna look for so I'm joining you guys no matter what. Can't say no. "

" Anyone got the spefifics on Eiki's mission ? " Zell asked as the three, himself, Rinoa, and Seifer walked around the streets of Deling City. The streets were full of people. How could they ever find Eiki.

" Yeah Eiki was supposed to meet this guy at the hotel. Richard something, " Seifer said.

" What are we waiting for then? Lets go to the Hotel! I'm sure we'll get a clue there. " Zell said as he ran off leavign Rinoa and Seifer behind.

" Do you actually like Eiki, Seifer? " Rinoa asked.

" Yeah, she's just like you and she was the ony SeeD that tried to knock some sense in me during the Galbadia Garden fight with you all. "

" Wait.... when did she do that ? "

" I dunno maybe 10 minutes before you guys came. I really hurt bad, but for a very weird reason Ultimecia wanted me to keep her alive so I brought her to the infirmary in Galbadia Garden and then after fighting you guys and losing she was just gone. Like Ultimecia zapped her away or something. "

" Weird. Why would Ultimecia want her alive when she wanted every SeeD dead? Did she want her to be the one who would sucess her powers? "

" I thought so, too. "

" But I got those powers instead. "

Walking silently the two walked into the hotel. Zell was questioning a waitress.

" So she just left alone? " Zell asked.

" No she left with this woman who had to much make-up on and kept sayign stuff about some underground cavern near ' The Deep Sea Reasearch. ' That girl you said you were looking for looked all weird like she was under a trance of some sort. " the waitress who looked scared and confused as Zell tried to keep and expression of being calm. But could only show a face that said ' If you don't tell me. I'll rip you to shreads. '

Zell saw the two. " About time. Anyways nothing here.. .We need Ragnarok...So we have to call Squall and have him and the others bring it to here....Any of you guys have change "

" Nope..."

" Me neither. "

Zell looked at the waitress, " i have a chargecard with me and me and my not-so-good compadre would like two rooms. And then give me 150 gil. "

She nodded as she ran to the receptionist. She came running back. " Romas 120 and 121, and here is your gil sir. " She ran quickly away from the scene.

" Okay we sleep here and then in teh morning , by that tiem if all goes well, we should have the Ragnarok in our possesion. Okay Rinoa you get Room 120. " He said handing a key to Rinoa. " And I guess me and Seifer will take Room 121. "

" See you in the morning, " Rinoa said.

" Night Rinoa, " Zell said.

Zell and Seifer were both in their room. Both couldn't sleep.

" So you were actually going to take Eiki out to dinner? "

" Yeah. Jealous. "

" No, just surprised. "

" Why? "

" That she would ever say , "Yes," to you. "

" Yeah hahaha...see I'm laughing. "

" Did you call Squall ? "

" Yeah. "

" When will he be here? "

" Around noon. The whole gang is coming, too. "

" Yay..."

" Hey, Seifer? "

" What Chickenwuss? "

" Why do you like Eiki? "

" She's nice. Why do you like her? "

" Best friends since forever. Longer than what it seems like. "

" Hey chickenwuss. "

" What? "

" May the best guy win."

And with that saying Seifer fell asleep. Zell was still awake and he made a vow, he would find Eiki before she dies.