All Over Again... Quistis/Chiriko
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FY/FFVIII crossover.
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I don't get it... I figured after everything that happened, Squall would be so depressed, crushed beyond belief. Only, he's... happy? I'm bewildered. Also, he seems so close to Zell now. It's like their brothers.
I shift in my seat. I can't listen to Edea. She's lecturing Zell and I on how to be SeeD instructors. My mind begins to wander back to Seifer and Rinoa's funeral. I remember how Squall acted. He wasn't distraught, instead he kept murmuring apologies, and how he forgives them... both of them. Zell was watching from behind, nodding, as if it were the right thing for him to do. And that hideous scar, it doesn't seem to bother him at all...
"Miss Trepe! Are you paying attention!?"
I snap back, suddenly realizing that I was staring into space. I glup and quickly mumble an apology.
Matron frowns. "I don't want to repeat myself. Next time pay closer attention."
"Yes ma'am."
I look to my right. Zell's smiling and laughing. I growl at him and make threatening gestures. He looks taken aback. I start to laugh myself. Edea glares at me again and I blush, looking away.
Geez, sometimes I act too childish for my own good.
~*~
Quistis yawned as she left the room with Zell. "Aw man," she groaned, "I just don't have the paitence anymore to deal with students."
"Hey, you're great with me, Quistis. I'll bet there are TONS of studens willin' ta have ya as an instructor.
She stopped short. "Zell...?"
He turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can you tell me... what's up with Squall?"
Zell turned white and he stared at the ground. "Ah.. I.. uhm... Ah..."
"Out with it!"
"Ch-- erm.. Squall just realized what happened in life. He's finally got an understanding as to why things go the way they do. He's just accepted it."
Quistis glared at him. "I don't believe you."
~*~
And you should! Why don't you?
A voice? Where?
Let me back... welcome me back! I've been trying and trying, but you CAN'T HEAR ME!
I hear you! I hear you! Who are you? I'm so confused. I am NOT a schitzo, so where is this voice coming from? No! I must ignore it! It used to-
I tried coming to you when you were younger, but you pushed me away. At this rate, transforming will be more painful.
Transforming?
Only if you accept me.
"Who are you!?" I cry aloud, getting looks from surronding students and SeeDs. I blush and duck into my dormitory. I ask it again, this time to myself and in my mind. Who are you?
I am you.
What are you talking about?
I am you, you are me. We are one... just separated. If you accept me, you'll understand what's going on between Ta-- erm.. Zell and Squall.
Why don't you just tell me?
It's an emotional thing. You wouldn't believe me if I told you Zell and Squall were once the closest friends I'd ever seen. If I told you, they had a close relationship as Tasuki and Chichiri.
Tasuki and Chichiri?
Yes, and we are Chiriko... or rather I am, since you pushed me away.
I lean against the head board. I want to cry. My head is splitting in confusion. "What? I... I'm Quistis Trepe."
In this life we're Quistis, before we were the Suzaku Sichiseishi: Chiriko.
I don't understand!
Let me come back... It'll hurt to transform, so I'll leave it like this for now, unless you want to.
Can you hold it off until we're...
Joined?
Yeah. I nod, and wait.
Thank you....
I wait longer and suddenly it's like a wave of memories. I close her eyes and allow myself to get settled in. I feel her take part in me, finally accepting who she is.
I feel so good. I'm finally back, not as Chiriko though, but as Quistis with a proper realization of who I am. "I'm going to transform," I tell myself.
I feel an almost distant agreement. I smile. That's all I want, for the "two" of us to work together and be one body. I let my body take over. I feel my skin and bones reknit. It hurts like hell, but I bite my lip to keep from screaming. I taste blood at the same time.
My eyes close....
~*~
An 18 year old Chiriko opened his eyes and looked around. Sitting up, he pressed a hand against his chest in amazement. "The pain was worth it to be a boy again," he mumbled, before looking down at his clothes and screaming.
Hurridly he thumbed through Quistis's closet and dug up an old make student uniform that she used as a costume. He sighed as he buttoned up the top. "I gotta find Tasuki and Chichiri. The three of us together could probably work together to find the others," he said and ran out of her room.
Other students and SeeDs stared at him, watching in run by. Chiriko grinned dumbly and entered the male side of the dormitories. Skidding to Zell's dorm he started to pound the button with his index finger. "Tasuki! Tasuki!" he yelled.
~*~
The door slid open to reveal a rather disheveled Tasuki. Yeah, Tasuki... with the red hair and everything. Seeing his face is a relief. "Oh Tasuki!" I cry. I look at his clothes and start laughing.
He's wearing an outfit of torn clothes. "Hey," he warns.
"What are you wearing?" I ask with a laugh.
"I'm trying to find SOMETHING relatively close to what I used ta wear. Walkin' around as myself in these damn clothes makes me feel stupid. That's Zell, not me."
"Hmm? When'd you take over?"
"As a kid," he replies, taking off the shirt. "I've been Tasuki-Zell since I was six."
SIX!? Good Suzaku! It's a wonder I've always recognized his hyperactivity!
I make sure my face doesn't show the same emotion. Instead I shrug slowly. "I just joined with Quistis."
The look on his face is genuine. I swear... I start to laugh, and my sides begin to hurt, but I still laugh.
"Geez, Chiriko! That musta hurt like hell! So what? You gonna be a girl or boy now?"
"I have to be Quistis," I reply, and suddenly realize how strange it feels. The concept of being a girl.
"Least yer hair's da same."
I frown and punch him in the arm.
~*~
Zell and Quistis sat in his dorm, thinking. They had turned back to normal and were now figuring out who the others could be.
"What about Irvine?" Zell suggested. "He looks like a Hotohori to me."
"Really? You think so?"
"He's enough of a narcissist."
Quistis laughed and elbowed him gently. "Yah, bet you wanna find Nuriko now, huh?"
"Geez!? What fer?"
"To figure out if he's a guy, or a girl, or a guy that thinks he's a girl, or a girl that think's he's a guy..."
"I get the picture, and NO, I'm not intersted."
Her eyes narrowed teasingly. "Right Tasuki."
~*~
Nida gasped and stumbled, falling backwards into his table, sending his books to the floor. He grunted and collapsed to the floor. Moments later he stood up, his hair a long glistening blonde. He laughed and held up a hand. "Oh, Suzaku Sichiseishi, I'm going to find you in this life too."
I shift in my seat. I can't listen to Edea. She's lecturing Zell and I on how to be SeeD instructors. My mind begins to wander back to Seifer and Rinoa's funeral. I remember how Squall acted. He wasn't distraught, instead he kept murmuring apologies, and how he forgives them... both of them. Zell was watching from behind, nodding, as if it were the right thing for him to do. And that hideous scar, it doesn't seem to bother him at all...
"Miss Trepe! Are you paying attention!?"
I snap back, suddenly realizing that I was staring into space. I glup and quickly mumble an apology.
Matron frowns. "I don't want to repeat myself. Next time pay closer attention."
"Yes ma'am."
I look to my right. Zell's smiling and laughing. I growl at him and make threatening gestures. He looks taken aback. I start to laugh myself. Edea glares at me again and I blush, looking away.
Geez, sometimes I act too childish for my own good.
~*~
Quistis yawned as she left the room with Zell. "Aw man," she groaned, "I just don't have the paitence anymore to deal with students."
"Hey, you're great with me, Quistis. I'll bet there are TONS of studens willin' ta have ya as an instructor.
She stopped short. "Zell...?"
He turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can you tell me... what's up with Squall?"
Zell turned white and he stared at the ground. "Ah.. I.. uhm... Ah..."
"Out with it!"
"Ch-- erm.. Squall just realized what happened in life. He's finally got an understanding as to why things go the way they do. He's just accepted it."
Quistis glared at him. "I don't believe you."
~*~
And you should! Why don't you?
A voice? Where?
Let me back... welcome me back! I've been trying and trying, but you CAN'T HEAR ME!
I hear you! I hear you! Who are you? I'm so confused. I am NOT a schitzo, so where is this voice coming from? No! I must ignore it! It used to-
I tried coming to you when you were younger, but you pushed me away. At this rate, transforming will be more painful.
Transforming?
Only if you accept me.
"Who are you!?" I cry aloud, getting looks from surronding students and SeeDs. I blush and duck into my dormitory. I ask it again, this time to myself and in my mind. Who are you?
I am you.
What are you talking about?
I am you, you are me. We are one... just separated. If you accept me, you'll understand what's going on between Ta-- erm.. Zell and Squall.
Why don't you just tell me?
It's an emotional thing. You wouldn't believe me if I told you Zell and Squall were once the closest friends I'd ever seen. If I told you, they had a close relationship as Tasuki and Chichiri.
Tasuki and Chichiri?
Yes, and we are Chiriko... or rather I am, since you pushed me away.
I lean against the head board. I want to cry. My head is splitting in confusion. "What? I... I'm Quistis Trepe."
In this life we're Quistis, before we were the Suzaku Sichiseishi: Chiriko.
I don't understand!
Let me come back... It'll hurt to transform, so I'll leave it like this for now, unless you want to.
Can you hold it off until we're...
Joined?
Yeah. I nod, and wait.
Thank you....
I wait longer and suddenly it's like a wave of memories. I close her eyes and allow myself to get settled in. I feel her take part in me, finally accepting who she is.
I feel so good. I'm finally back, not as Chiriko though, but as Quistis with a proper realization of who I am. "I'm going to transform," I tell myself.
I feel an almost distant agreement. I smile. That's all I want, for the "two" of us to work together and be one body. I let my body take over. I feel my skin and bones reknit. It hurts like hell, but I bite my lip to keep from screaming. I taste blood at the same time.
My eyes close....
~*~
An 18 year old Chiriko opened his eyes and looked around. Sitting up, he pressed a hand against his chest in amazement. "The pain was worth it to be a boy again," he mumbled, before looking down at his clothes and screaming.
Hurridly he thumbed through Quistis's closet and dug up an old make student uniform that she used as a costume. He sighed as he buttoned up the top. "I gotta find Tasuki and Chichiri. The three of us together could probably work together to find the others," he said and ran out of her room.
Other students and SeeDs stared at him, watching in run by. Chiriko grinned dumbly and entered the male side of the dormitories. Skidding to Zell's dorm he started to pound the button with his index finger. "Tasuki! Tasuki!" he yelled.
~*~
The door slid open to reveal a rather disheveled Tasuki. Yeah, Tasuki... with the red hair and everything. Seeing his face is a relief. "Oh Tasuki!" I cry. I look at his clothes and start laughing.
He's wearing an outfit of torn clothes. "Hey," he warns.
"What are you wearing?" I ask with a laugh.
"I'm trying to find SOMETHING relatively close to what I used ta wear. Walkin' around as myself in these damn clothes makes me feel stupid. That's Zell, not me."
"Hmm? When'd you take over?"
"As a kid," he replies, taking off the shirt. "I've been Tasuki-Zell since I was six."
SIX!? Good Suzaku! It's a wonder I've always recognized his hyperactivity!
I make sure my face doesn't show the same emotion. Instead I shrug slowly. "I just joined with Quistis."
The look on his face is genuine. I swear... I start to laugh, and my sides begin to hurt, but I still laugh.
"Geez, Chiriko! That musta hurt like hell! So what? You gonna be a girl or boy now?"
"I have to be Quistis," I reply, and suddenly realize how strange it feels. The concept of being a girl.
"Least yer hair's da same."
I frown and punch him in the arm.
~*~
Zell and Quistis sat in his dorm, thinking. They had turned back to normal and were now figuring out who the others could be.
"What about Irvine?" Zell suggested. "He looks like a Hotohori to me."
"Really? You think so?"
"He's enough of a narcissist."
Quistis laughed and elbowed him gently. "Yah, bet you wanna find Nuriko now, huh?"
"Geez!? What fer?"
"To figure out if he's a guy, or a girl, or a guy that thinks he's a girl, or a girl that think's he's a guy..."
"I get the picture, and NO, I'm not intersted."
Her eyes narrowed teasingly. "Right Tasuki."
~*~
Nida gasped and stumbled, falling backwards into his table, sending his books to the floor. He grunted and collapsed to the floor. Moments later he stood up, his hair a long glistening blonde. He laughed and held up a hand. "Oh, Suzaku Sichiseishi, I'm going to find you in this life too."
