Chapter 9
It's been a week since the battle at Balamb, press and TV camera's have been in and out all week interviewing SeeD's, instructors and Cid about what happened. Big thing. Trabia garden left and most of the wounded are healed or getting treatment in their dorms. Zell still hasn't woken up and has been moved to our infirmary. Today is the funeral for all the dead SeeD's. I don't wanna go but I'm going anyway, it's the least I can do since they're dead. Hmmmmm whatever. Since it was a 'formal' so to speak occasion I wore my SeeD uniform along with all the other SeeD's.
And of coarse, I get there late. All the seats were taken accept one at the very front in between Squall and Seifer. Yay. Oh well. But at the very front?
I finally made if up to the very front and listened to the priest.
"Emily Mills, fourth year SeeD, together we pray. Sean Hanko A.K.A. 'Shanko' first year SeeD, together we pray. Diane Prills, fifth year instructor, together we pray." and it went on and on like that but that's how many people died, and most of them were freshman, well that's what I called them or people who weren't SeeD's but lived in Balamb garden and were able to fight.
It was really sad seeing all the families there just outta the blue start crying, some left some stayed, even Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa were crying. I can under stand Quistis cause she probably knew half the people who died but I guess it was that emotional. I didn't though.
"I'm gonna go to the cafeteria um.....you guys wanna come with?" you see, the cafeteria is like the local hang out in Balamb.
"Ok," so that's where we all headed.
We talked about stuff for a wile, me, Irvine, Squall and Seifer all argued about who killed the most soldiers, I think Irvine or I won cause Seifer got knocked out and Squall got really hurt so they both couldn't fight as long, I still say I killed more but whatever.
"I'll be right back you guys," I had to go get Zoro, ever since I brought her to Balamb I felt like I was neglecting her considering when I first came to Balamb I couldn't se her at all but....whatever.
"Hey Zoro, wanna come with me? For a little walk?" I held out my arm and she hopped on and walked up it to perch on my shoulder.
"Good girl hears a cookie,"
I walked out of my dorm, Zoro perched firmly on my shoulder and saw that freaky blonde girl. The same freaky blonde girl that almost caused me to kill myself.
"Oh, it's you," I sneered, this would be fun.
"Uh, yeah it is, oh you what do you want?" she is such a freak
"Oh nothing just wanted to know if Seifer was dead, you can never be sure the way people are resurrecting lately," I gave her a really evil smile. "So is he?"
"Shut up!" she ran off crying. Wow, that was unexpected. Whatever.
"Hi guys, back oh and this is Zoro for all those who don't know," I put my had up to my shoulder do Zoro would climb onto it.
"You're aloud to have pets? I neva knew that, anyways, hi Zoro," Rinoa put her hand out to pat her and she jumped onto it.
"Well, nobody's said anything to me yet,"
So yeah, Zoro had her time in the spotlight for like a half an hour.
"Attention. Would Squall, Alex, Selphie, Seifer, Quistis and Rinoa please report to the infirmary, thank you." we all looked at each other with huh? Written all over out faces, then we ran to the infirmary.
"Uh, hi. Were uh hear," how pathetic
"Hello uh....." Cid was about to say more when Selphie interrupted.
"Has Zell's condition changed?" she had a worried look on her face, but so did Cid.
"That's why I called you all down hear. You all know Zell hasn't woken up yet since last week," we all nodded our heads to scared to say anything. I looked over at Selphie and her eyes were watering
"Zell is in a coma," he looked away as he often did when he barred bad news. I didn't say anything but I walked over to his bed and sat in the chair next to him. It was Zell, tubes and all. Always so not lying down, ready to fight. Now, he was in a sleep like state that you couldn't wake up, for how long., who knows.
"Are you sure? H....he could just need more time," I looked over at Selphie. She had tears running down her face and was pacing
"Selphie, I'm sorry," Cid left, what a jerk, tells us our friend is half dead and walks away.
Zoro hopped off my shoulder and sat on Zell's chest. I just left her and started off into space. Millions of thoughts when threw my head. Stuff completely irrelevant like; what if I had payed more attention to my mom when she was alive? Why did Zoro jump on Zell? Then there were the questions like this; why didn't I stay with them, all of them instead of running off? How long will he be like this? Hehe, Zoro fell asleep on Zell's shoulder.
"Ah!" someone put their hand on my shoulder and brought me back into reality, a little too quickly.
"Alex, it's only me," Seifer sat down in the visitors chair next to me.
"Where did the others go?" When I looked at him, he was looking at Zell.
"Squall went to comfort Rinoa and Irvine went to comfort Selphie," and what? You get leftovers? Naw that's mean.
"Cool. Poor Zell, he musta gone out hard, I mean look at him,"
"Yeah, chickenwuss the hero," chickenwuss? Oh yeah, Seifer's pet name for Zell.
"Hehe, but you shouldn't call him that, he hates it," well he does......oh, like you've never seen him flip out when Seifer calls him chickenwuss.
"Meh," Oh isn't he the most understanding of peoples feelings.
"Oh very nice," hehe, he's such a jerk, but in the nice way.
"Yeah, um..I gotsta go, uh, see you at supper I guess." he got up
and left, I stayed with Zell.
Every day after all my classes I came to see Zell hoping he'd wake up. He never did. I guess, things happen, deal with it. Hehe, but every day for an hour I went and talked to him, telling him about my day. And I brought Zoro too. Maybe in the subconscious world he could hear me ramble on about nothing and mock me. And maybe he'll get so tired of listening to me go on and on about useless junk that he'd wake up. Only time will tell.
