Disclaimer: Don't own Final Fantasy 8.....obviously....if I did, you would be hear 'in about it...........
~*Hero*~
Chapter 5.......
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"Where are you going!?" Quistis asked frustrated. Rinoa didn't respond, she just kept swimming up, up towards the dark spot of the water.
"Let's just follow her!" Angelo said as he began to swim after her, Quistis followed. When Quistis finally reached the surface she found Angelo, mouth wide open and gawking at something ahead of him, when she looked to Rinoa she saw her giggling and smiling. Quistis followed there eye line and gawked with them, there she saw a large ship shooting many colorful objects into the brilliant shades of orange only the sunsets gave off. Rinoa's smile got wider, this was her chance to see what humans were like, she took this chance and dove forward, towards the ship.
"Wait!" Angelo called, "what if they see you!?" he yelled as his voice volume went lower with every word.
"She isn't going to hear us!" Quistis told him.
"I know." Angelo acknowledged.
"Let's follow her!" Quistis demanded, "we can't let her get killed!" she told him. Angelo nodded and swam after Rinoa along with Quistis.
"Wait!" Angelo commanded, "I know someone who wants to see this." he said.
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The knocked against the side of the ship over and over. Rinoa looked around for a place to climb up, she found one to her left. She swam over to it and began to climb up using her hands. Once she was at the top she found a small wooden ledge she could sit on and watch them from a safe view point. She pulled herself up onto the ledge and sat down. She looked into the small opening, she found many people dancing and having a good time doing what they do normally. She smiled but her smile grew wider as she saw the man she had seen at the beach just a few days ago. He was sitting on a barrel playing his flute like had done on the beach just days before.
"Hey kiddo!" a happy voice called up to her. She looked down to find Selphie on top of Angelo's head.
"Keep it quiet you guys!" Rinoa scolded as she looked back to the people on the deck.
"She's coming up!" Angelo told Rinoa as he flicked his head up causing the ever so light Selphie to fly up to where Rinoa was.
"Now," Selphie began, "let me see some human objects I can get!" Selphie said excitedly.
"You know how you wanted to see that human I like?" Rinoa reminded her. Selphie nodded. "Well, there he is." she said as she pointed to the man on the barrel. "His name is Squall." Rinoa told Selphie.
"Oh he is handsome, although I'm a crab so I doubt my opinion counts." Selphie reminded her. Rinoa just smiled and rolled her eyes. Rinoa looked on with Selphie and a breeze blew through Rinoa's hair. another breeze came but just alot stronger. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Selphie screamed as she fell off the ship.
"Selphie!" Rinoa called out. Angelo caught her with his forehead.
"I'm just a fish but I think a storm is coming!" Quistis called up to Rinoa. Rinoa paid no attention to her, she just kept looking at the man. Another wind came causing the ship to speed up quite a bit.
"Rinoa!" Angelo called up to her as they began to swim along side the increasing speed of the ship. "Come down!" Angelo commanded, Rinoa didn't oblige, she just kept staring. Another strong wind came. Rinoa was almost thrown off the side of the ship but she grabbed onto the edge of the hole to steady herself.
"AHHHH!" screamed Squall as the barrel he was sitting on began to wobble, Rinoa's eyes grew wider, afraid of what was about to happen. Her fear came true as Squall toppled over the side of the ship and into the water. Rinoa covered her mouth in shock, but she didn't have time to gawk, she had to do something. She pushed herself off of the small wooden plank and dove into the water. Rinoa swam under the hull of the boat as to try to stop him from sinking any further. She saw him falling and twirling, unconscious as he sank beneath the waves. This got Rinoa's heart pumping. She began to swim faster using not only her fins but her arms as well. She was close now.
"I'm coming" she whispered to him as if trying to lift his spirits. She smacked into him and grabbed him under his arm and onto his chest. She began to swim up with him quickly. She reached the surface and found that the waves were rough and large. "Where are the others?" she asked in a worried tone. She looked down to Squall who was slightly breathing and a determined look crossed her face. "I have to get him back to the ship." she reminded herself. She looked around, there was no ship. Rinoa's eyes grew wide with fear. She looked back to him and saw him, giving her the courage to take him so far. She began to swim for the beach where they had met just days before.
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"Is he dead?" a worried Rinoa asked Selphie. Selphie scuttled over his body and to his foot, he placed the side of her head against the soul of his foot.
"I can't make out a heart beat." she said sadly.
"Wait!" Rinoa halted, "he is breathing." she said with a smile on her face as she saw his chest rise up and down. "What would I pay to stay here beside you?" she asked as if he was going to respond, "what would I do to see you smiling at me." she asked again as she began to stroke the side of his face with the back of her hand. Quistis and Angelo washed up onto the beach. Quistis washed up onto shallow part of the waters edge and Angelo washed up on top of a rock. Angelo blinked a few times and his draw dropped to the rock as he saw Rinoa saying something to the human. Irvine quickly waddled up and shut his mouth for him as he smiled at the two on the beach.
"Squall!" someone screamed to Rinoa's left. She gave Squall a quick kiss on the cheek and dove back into the water. "Are you alright!?" a high pitched voice asked, it was obviously a girls.
"This beautiful girl was saying something to me." he weakly responded.
"Oh thank God your alive!" she exclaimed as she collapsed beside him.
"Who was that girl?" Squall asked as he attempted to get up with the aid of her arm.
"I don't know," she quickly said obviously in the hint of wanting to change the subject, "let's get you cleaned up." she told him as she helped him walk back to the large castle behind them.
"Wait, I want to see that girl again." he told her weakly, she chose to ignore him.
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"Great," Quistis began as she saw the two people walk away from behind a rock, "we missed our chance to look for human items." she complained.
"So your on the search to?" Irvine asked.
"Why of course." Quistis said rudely.
"Just seemed like your the teacher type of person" Irvine told her.
"It's 'just seems'" Quistis corrected him.
"Yeah," Irvine began, "I was right."
"Quiet both of you!" Angelo commanded, they both fell silent.
"What an exhausting day," Selphie began from atop Angelo's head, "we might not have achieved anything, but we did have a fun little experience!" she said as she waved her claws in the air happily. "What do you think Rinoa?" she asked. "Rinoa?" she said trying to catch her attention.
"Huh?" Rinoa said somewhat dazed. "Yeah sure." she quickly answered and she turned back to looking at the two figures walking away, but there were no bodies or humans. "Dammit." Rinoa cursed loudly. Rinoa let out a sigh. "Selphie," Rinoa began, "have you seen my new storage spot for my collections?" she asked.
"No," Selphie said, "but I want to see!" she told her excitedly. Rinoa smiled.
"Good, I'll show you." she told her as she dove into the water.
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"It's so big!" Selphie cried happily. "There are so many things we could put in here!" she exclaimed as she looked around on top of Angelo's head.
"Tomorrow we will go back to the ship grave yard and will search for items there!" Rinoa exclaimed.
"NO!" Angelo protested. "We almost got killed last time. Rinoa just rolled her eyes.
"Fine" Rinoa gave in, "we will go somewhere else." she continued. "But I don't know where."
"I know!" Selphie cried out. "Why not the ship grave yard!" she said.
"I already said-" Angelo began but was cut off by a claw being snapped in Angelo's face.
"Respect the call!" Selphie said as she returned the claw to her side. "There are two ship yards!" she said. "There is one to the left and one to the right." she said pointing in both directions. "Which way were you going?" she asked.
"To the left." Rinoa said.
"Then we will go to the right." Selphie said, "maybe we can find that mans ship down there!" Selphie said excitedly, Rinoa didn't smile, she gave a frown, all those people who had lost there lives, and she was celebrating?
"Tomorrow." Rinoa stated unhappily with that she swam to the door way, looked back and swam away.
"I better follow her." Angelo said as he shook Selphie off of his head.
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A/N: Well? What did you think!? The next chapter should be up soon....
R+R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
