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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 8, Squaresoft does..lucky bastards. Capcom owns Devil May Cry.
~Devil's Don't Cry~
Rinoa stood outside the office of President Caraway, who just so happened to be the father she despised. Even after the Ultamecia ordeal, she only despised him even more, the main reason being that Timber was still under Galbadia's control.
She looked up as Squall and Quistis emerged from the office, along with three of the Elite Galbadian soldiers, who were dressed in their usual red uniform, complete with the armor that made them look, in her opinion, more hilarious than overpowering. Squall motioned for them to follow him, while at the same time, he explained the details of their mission further. As always, his expression was a serious and determined one. "Okay everyone, listen up", he explained while walking down the stairs that lead to the mansions exit, "It seems as if Galbadian scientists have used satellites to map out the Centra continent in further detail, and upon doing this, they have located a new island that, apparently, wasn't there before. They are associating this island with the soldier's and sailor's disappearances.", he stopped as they headed out of the mansion, waiting for everyone to gather around outside the mansions entrance.
"What's so important about his island? I mean, it's not like it has dinosaur's on it or something." Zell laughed, but stopped when he received an icy glare from Squall.
"It's important, because the satellite images show there could be possible inhabitants.", he paused as he removed an 8x10 image from the file he had tucked under his arm, and passed it around to the others, "This is the photograph of a large castle, from what the scientist's are thinking, the soldiers may have been kidnapped from the continent, and taken here. And the sailor's may have gotten too close, therefore, they were kidnapped."
Rinoa couldn't believe what she was seeing as Quistis passed the photograph to her. This was the exact same castle that always occupied her dreams; only it wasn't shrouded in mist and the sky was clear, not covered in dark clouds. Still, it frightened her tremendously. The fact that the castle really existed didn't frighten her, it was the thought of the two figures who appeared in her dreams that frightened her the most. Not so much the woman, but the horribly disfigured creature that had chased her up the stairs that lead to the castle's entrance.
She passed the picture on to Zell and Irvine, then turned to face Squall. "Squall, I have a bad feeling about this."
"Don't worry, it's natural to have feelings like that before every mission. You'll get used to it. Okay team, if you need to visit a junk or item shop, I suggest you do so now. We'll rendezvous back at the Ragnarok at..", he looked at his watch, "13:00 hours. Please do not make any of us come look for you." With those words said, he and Quistis started walking away from Caraway's mansion, and to Rinoa's shock, hand in hand.
"Yeesh..that's just..gross." Zell said as he walked up to Rinoa, causing her to laugh a bit.
"Yeah..but you have to admit, they're a match made in heaven. I just hope they're future kids don't inherit their parent's personalities. If they do, we're all doomed." She smirked at Zell, who was holding his ribs and trying to calm his laughing. "C'mon, let's go get our supplies. Plus I want to stop and have my weapon upgraded."
"Okay, Rinny." Zell walked behind her, looking around at the city. He noticed the many changes that had occured since Caraway had taken over. Now, more bars lined the strip than shops, apparently prostitution wasn't illegal anymore, and the streets were lined with small bits of garbage. He had to admit, even though Vinzer Deling was an asshole, he new how to keep his city clean and it's people under control. He did what needed to be done, and that was that. "Uhh..Rinny, not to dis your father or anything, but he sucks at being president."
She giggled at Zell, and spoke while keeping and eye out for the junk and item shop that had been relocated to what appeared to be the trashy part of Deling. "It's perfectly alright with me Zell. I don't care what people say about his anymore, not that I ever cared in the first place. Ah! There it is!", she pointed at the junk shop.
"Jeez, its' about freakin' time! Race ya in there Rinny!" He took off at a run into the junk shop.
"Zell!" She took off after him, not really watching where she was going, and suddenly went crashing to the ground as she bumped into someone who was leaving the store, causing them to drop the bundle they were carrying and curse. "Dammit, watch where the hell you're going!"
Her eye's widened at the sound of of the person's voice, for it sounded exactly like the one in her dreams. It couldn't be, she thought. Although, if the castle was real, it was very possible that the mysterious woman, who had kept the creature away from her, was real also. Rinoa looked up, only to find a tall figure, clad all in black, looking directly down at her. As her eye's focused, she saw that the figure was, indeed, that of a woman. Her hair was almost that of Fujin's, only it was even lighter, giving it a silvery white appearance. Her eye's, however, confirmed that it was in fact, the figure from her dream.
As the woman extended a hand to help her up, Rinoa couldn't help but scramble back a bit in fright. "How..you're...there's no way!"
The woman tilted her head to the side, and smirked down at her. "What, Miss Heartilly, you didn't believe me when I said we'd meet again soon?"
This comment only infuriated Rinoa, and she got up off the ground, glaring at the stranger. "Okay..just who in the hell are you? And how in the hell did you manage to get into my dreams? They're blocked for Hyne's sake!"
The stranger simply laughed at her, "Sheesh..are you always this uptight? Just calm down and I'll explain everything on our way to the island."
Rinoa placed her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at the other woman. "On our way to the island? Just what makes you think....dammit, how did you know that's where we were heading?!"
The stranger bent over to pick up the bundle she'd dropped, then looked back up at Rinoa. "Simple, I heard of you're landing over my scanner this morning, and I kinda figured Caraway would call in SeeD to investigate, which really isn't going to be of much help, considering they've never went up against anything like what's on that island. Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Christian Knyght. I own that bar over there." She raised a gloved hand and pointed across the street, where a sign that read "Devil May Cry" could be seen.
