Cherry Blossoms
By Nightdragon
Chapter one~ An unlikely alliance.
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Squall stood on top of a daisy covered hill, "So much," he thought, "I've given up so much to get this far." He flopped down on a large clump of daisies, only to discover a rock was underneath.
"Zell, Selphie, Quistis, Irvine… they're gone, even Rinoa was captured by the slave traders. Who knows where she could be by now…" he thought, rubbing his sore back. "WHY????????????" He yelled out to the yellow horizon. Seifer came up behind him on the hill.
"You know that yelling to the sky won't help?" he said sarcastically. Squall glared at him and drew out his gunblade as he stood up. He sliced the daisies to reveal the rock.
"So you actually decided to help." He said, facing the sunset again.
"No, but Esthar slave traders all deserve a whoppin'," Seifer replied, "besides, girls like Rinoa need a knight, and you can't be much of one if you let her go, just to be allowed access to the new lunar station to do a check-up." Squall felt the wind on his face.
"Would you rather have another lunar cry?" Squall half yelled at Seifer in both anger and despair, "At least we have a chance that they're all still alive this way. The crew at the space station saw another crystal pillar forming, they needed it gone. The only way to get through was to give them all to the slave traders." Seifer sat on a large rock.
"Yeah, Yeah. I've heard the sob story before. I take it you need me now?" Seifer chuckled to himself. Squall sighed.
"As much as I hate to," Squall turned back to Seifer, "I think our best bet would be to go into Esthar, at the black markets."
"Whatever, let's just get going."
"Fine. Esthar is that way. Let's get going."
"You mean we're walking?"
"What else are we going to do?"
"Um… Hello? We aren't allowed to equip GF's for nothing!"
"Well I never thought of using a GF as a form of transport… it might not be safe…"
"No way! In the few times matron was not possessed by Ultimecia, she recommended using them."
"Well…"
"Let's take Quezcotal!"
"WHAT?!!! But I'm the one equipped with Quezcotal! I'm not transforming to any GF just so you can ride on it!"
"So you're saying you'd rather tire yourself out walking? I won't help if you don't."
"(sigh) Fine"
Squall transformed into Quezcotal, and flew off with Seifer on his back. Seifer chuckled to himself and patted Quezcotal's neck. "You know it's lucky you can't hear me 'cos then you'd think that I was relying on you… God, to think I'm going to save the Chicken-wuss…"
To be continued…
~Nightdragon~ (Please note that none of these characters are mine and they are owned by Squaresoft."
