((Author's Note: Thanks Renoa. You're so nice. ^^))

~Chapter 11. Told by Seifer.

"Well, you know Laguna?" Fujin groaned from behind me as I tried to get us a free stay in Winhill Hotel.

"Yeah. Great man." The man at the desk said.

"Well, I grew up with his son. We were the best of friends, always helping eachother out..." Fujin snorted, and continued to pilfer us some kind of shoes from the store that was also owned by the man who ran the hotel.

"...Well... I guess you could stay for the rest of the night- I mean, since Laguna's son and you were best friends."

"Thanks man." I said as he handed me the key.

"No problem, anything! Anytime!"

"Fuu, lets go." She looked over, smiled innocently at the man behind the desk, and we went upstairs. When we got up there and each sat on a bed, she tossed me a pair of boots.

"KNOW NOT. SIZE."

"...Yeah, these look like they'll fit. How the hell did you sneak them past that guy?"

"SMILED. MEN. LOOK AT SMILE AND BREASTS. NOTHING ELSE. HELD BOOTS BEHIND BACK." I couldn't help but laugh at how bluntly she had put it, even though it was true... I liked eyes. Eyes were good... Fujin only has one eye, but thats okay. Sighing, I looked over at her, as she tried to coax a peice of glass out of the bottom of her foot. I guess she has sensitive feet. Mine are all rough and shit, but that jump didn't exactly do wonders for them. They hurt like hell, and were skinned, though I'd hate to see hers should I not of cast float. Seifer saves the day- again.

"You okay?" I ask, looking at her foot.

"FINE. BEER BOTTLE. GLASS. IN FOOT." She finnally pulled the small particle out, and tossed it on the nightstand.

"BASTARD GLASS." She walked into the bathroom, where she found a bandage, and slapped it on the bottom of her foot.

"You get any friggin' socks?! My feet really hurt..."

"NEGATIVE. APOLOGY."

"It's fine."

"HAD TO USE FLOAT ON ME. APOLOGY."

"It's *fine,* Fuu. Now, we gotta figure out how to get Raijin... out."

"AFFIRMATIVE."

"How about we just dress like soliders? I mean, I'm close to a solider, a guard and all, I'm sure I could pass up as one and get the codes."

"NO. SECURITY TIGHT."

"Why?"

"EVER SINCE... SQUALL. SNEAK."

"Oh! Yeah, the thing with the missile base... hmm..."

"COULD PRETEND ARE... SECURITY WORKERS."

"...Could not. You gotta be a friggin' rocket scientist to figure their shit out."

"SEIFER. ARE SMART."

"Thanks, and all, but not *that* smart."

"COULD WORK!"

"Maybe..." I guess it could work... I layed back on my bed, and shut off the light. This is the first time in a long time that I've slept alone. Hey, it's all good.

~~~

"WAKE!"

"...What?"

"GET UP!" Am I laying on her again? No, wait, I'm alone... I opened one of my eyes and seen Fujin, standing over me.

"Why?"

"MUST GO. SAVE RAIJIN."

"But my feet hurt..." I complained, not wanting to get out of the comfortable and warm bed I slept in.

"SOCKS. TAKE." She threw me a pair of socks.

"...Where'd ya get these?" I ask, sitting up.

"STOLE. DOWNSTAIRS. IDIOTS." ...Heheh.

"Thanks. I'm gonna take a quick shower..."

"BETTER HOPE. I LEFT HOT WATER."

"What?" I focus my eyes and see that her hair was wet.

"How long were ya in there?"

"TWENTY MINUTES."

"For a shower?!"

"HOT. SHOWER. GOOD." All we always had were cold showers... She had better of left me hot water.

"...What time is it?"

"TEN. A.M."

"Oh..."

Midway through my shower (yeah, there was hot water left. Good hotel, it is.), I heard the door shut.

"SEIFER."

"Fujin? What the hell are you doing in here?"

"MUST TELL YOU."

"Can't you see I'm taking a shower?! Ever heard of privacy?"

"SORCERESS SOLIDERS. DOWNSTAIRS. LOOK FOR YOU."

"...Oh, shit..." Maybe I want to be a knight... You know, it was fun... But no, I promised my posse... But since when do I keep promises...?

"Yeah, thanks for telling me. I'll be right out." She left, and I got out, got dressed, and came out to see her pulling on "her" boots.

"Fujin."

"Mm?"

"We're gonna have to use the plan from yesterday night... with the security thing."

"AFFIRMATIVE." I looked around.

"We're gonna have to jump out the window this time." I said.

"WHAT?! FEET. CAN'T TAKE. CUT START BLEED."

"That's okay. I got three floats from a draw point yesterday while we were running, so we should be okay..." Come on, lets GO.

"GO FIRST." I cast float on myself. It failed.

"Fuck!" I muttered. Try this again. It worked this time, and I jumped, landing six inches before I hit the ground. I cast float on Fujin... failed. Did she know? No, she was jumping anyway. ...Shit.

"...Fujin! It failed! No..." I looked up as horror spread across her face. She closed her eye, and summoned a breeze to steady her fall, I caught her, just in case of anything. Damn, she's light. I set her down on the ground, my arms still wrapped around her small body. She looked up at me oddly, and smiled. There was a moment of akward silence.

"THANK YOU." She said, stepping away from my arms.

"Mm, let's go."

"AFFIRMATIVE."

We found ourselves just outside the prison after some time, and we were trying to figure out how to make the plan work, our planning time cut short- by alot.

"CHECKING SECURITY."

"...Hm... yeah, but how do we get to Raijin from there?"

"WILL HAVE FREEDOM. DO WHATEVER WANT. MAKE SURE SECURE." She had a point- a good one at that. So, we walked over to the entrance.

"State your business." The prison guard said.

"We are here to check the security. We had an appointment." Fujin said. Appointment?! What the hell is she talking about?! Is she trying to get us killed?!

"...There is no security check listed for today..."

"No way! Again? I'll have inform our lady the sorceress on this prison's ignorance again!" She said. What the hell is she doing?!

"Again?"

"Yes, don't you remember last time?" I cut in.

"N-no, I'm new here." Hahah, newbies are so stupid.

"...Oh, well, you don't even want to know!" I said.

"Alright, I'll let you in."

"SECURITY MODE. OFF. MALE AND FEMALE. SECURITY CHECK. I'M GIVING THEM CARDS." He called through the intercom. He handed us necklaces to put on, to show we were security, and we were let in.

"Crafty." I commented to Fujin, who just smiled.

"SO. HOW KNOW WHERE IS?"

"...There should some kinda computer log with every prisoner in it. So, we'll just find it, and take a look-see. Though, chances are he's in top security, since he is the sorceress' prisoner.

"I SEE. WHERE LOG COMPUTER?"

"Second floor."