1 CHAPTER 3
Seifer entered the small village. All was very quiet; there were no lights on in the village. Only the moon gave Seifer light.
Seifer had never been in Winhill; all he could do was try to remember which way he went so he wouldn't get lost. He couldn't very well knock on someone's door for directions this time of night.
Seifer was lost… How could I get lost in such a small village! Seifer thought. He seemed to be at the end of the village. There were three houses there. He decided to go into the one in the middle.
Seifer knocked on the door. There was no answer. Seifer stood outside for a few minutes.
Seifer opened the door a little. It creaked like a mother f***er. Seifer winced at the loud noise quickly slid inside.
For no reason at all, Seifer just suddenly found himself almost asleep standing up. Seifer nearly smacked himself in the face and decided to look around to see if there was anybody in the house.
Seifer found the living room, there was a small T.V. turned on there, a broken, and shitty, recline able chair. There was a couch that seemed pretty old. The stuffing was starting to come out and Seifer could smell a certain must about the room, a little like beer.
Seifer noticed the small T.V. was on, but nobody in the room. Seifer walked over to the small table that was in front of the couch. There was a vase of wilting flowers on it, and next to the vase was a picture of a beautiful woman and a-
"Who are you?" a man shouted from behind Seifer.
Seifer spun around and was faced by a man in the shadows with a machine gun outstretched.
Seifer ducked and swung his Gunblade at the man's knees. The stranger jumped up and hit Seifer in the side of the head with his gun.
Seifer was stunned by the hit and stumbled backward into a window. The window shattered and Seifer fell out, his Gunblade fell on the floor of the living room.
Seifer hit the sand and dirt outside hard. He kicked up and was back on his feet. He saw the stranger at his door with the machine gun right at Seifer's head, and he had Seifer's Gunblade in his hand.
Seifer came about face to the man and put his arms up. Seifer could feel some of the shattered glass in his back. He was so numb from the hit in the head and so dazed from lack of sleep that he almost collapsed.
"You got me," Seifer said.
There was a sharp pain in Seifer's cheek. The guy had shot Seifer!
Seifer fell onto his butt and grabbed his cheek cutting his hand.
Very confused, Seifer felt hot blood running down his hand. There had been a small piece of glass stuck in his cheek.
Blood started to run out of Seifer's back. The man walked toward Seifer and pulled Seifer into his house by the collar.
Zell and Will woke up about 20 minutes after Seifer left. They could not find Seifer anywhere on the mainland. They woke up the rest of the party and decided what they should do.
"I think we should go on to fight Ruby WEAPON. We cannot put it off any longer. I mean Seifer could be anywhere!" John said giving his opinion.
"As much as Seifer is my friend. We have no clue where he went, if he's coming back, or why he even left in the first place," Zell added.
"Well, should we just go fight Ruby? I mean, Pandemona is still here, it's not like we can't get there easily," Tina said.
"Okay, we'll go," Zell commanded.
It looked like Zell was gonna be the leader this time, all by himself…
Seifer woke up with something large in his mouth. (No, my story doesn't have any Yaoi (Gay) in it lol)
Seifer opened his eyes wide and found his cheek hurting a lot. There was an ice pack in his mouth, and his chest was wrapped up. There were a few cuts from the glass, he could tell.
The stranger sat across the room staring at Seifer. Seifer sat up quickly but grabbed quickly found that no good, so he lied back down again.
"What the hell where you doing in my house jack off?" the man said.
"Laguna, stop using such language," A woman said walking into the room. "I don't want Ellone to repeat any of the dirty words you use."
"Sorry, this guy just really scared me last night. I have to protect you and Winhill you know," the man said to the woman.
"Now," the stranger said turning his attention back to Seifer. "What were you doing in my house?"
"I came into the town late at night to see where we were in proportion to the Centra Ruins. I got lost in the town, and I came in to see if anybody was awake to give me directions," Seifer explained.
"Ahhh I see, and when you saw me last night you decided to attack me? You don't know how much of a burglar you looked like. Coming through the door, picking up the picture, Jesus Christ I thought you were going to steal it, and then when I asked you a question you attacked me," The man said.
"I'm very sorry. I am the leader of an Elite force from Balamb Garden. My name is Seifer," Seifer introduced.
"Nice to meet you. The name's Laguna Loire," the stranger said standing up.
"Laguna Loire…" Seifer said faintly. "I know that name."
"You probably would. You said you're from Balamb. The headmaster there is my son. I am the president of Esthar, and I have written quite a few books. I also used to be in the Galbadia Army," Laguna told Seifer.
"So what was so important about that picture I was holding?" Seifer asked.
"That was a picture of my first love, Julia, Julia Heartilly. She was a piano player in a bar. She was a beautiful girl, and very talented. I heard she wrote a song about me, but I never got to hear it. It was called eyes on me. I was in that picture with her. I remember that day too. It was at the bar she played at. One of the barmaids took that picture. I signed her picture, and she signed mine. She ended up marrying General Caraway though, and I never got to see her again," Laguna said to Seifer.
Seifer nodded. "Julia Heartilly and General Caraway you said?"
"Yes, why?"
"I know a Rinoa Heartilly, and I have met General Caraway. Headmaster Squall is actually dating Rinoa; I really think it's going to hit off."
"Rinoa! That was her name!" Laguna exclaimed. "You know Rinoa?"
"You bet, too bad Squall is with her."
"They are going to finish what I never did. Squall, my son, and Rinoa, Julia's son, pretty ironic eh?"
Seifer agreed.
"I have to leave at once," Seifer said.
"Not in that condition, if you do, I have to come with you."
"Well, then you have to come with me, I have to meet my team at The Centra Ruins, we are going to fight the Ruby WEAPON, and they will die without me."
"Well, I'll come with you. I think I could be handy."
Seifer agreed to it, and Laguna helped him up. Laguna gave Seifer's Gunblade back, and an idea popped into Seifer's head.
Seifer looked at the magic inside the blade. He found the cure spell and used it on himself. His wounds were healed and smile formed over Seifer's face.
"Much better," Seifer said stretching.
Laguna and Seifer left Winhill and went to the coastline. Seifer summoned Leviathan and he and Laguna jumped on Leviathan's back. Leviathan shot over to the Centra Ruins as fast as he could.
Will, Zell, Tom, and the rest of the team made it to the Centra Ruins. They landed at the foot of them and they all jumped off. Pandemona disappeared after the last person, Tina, jumped off.
The elite team looked up at the top of the Ruins and saw the WEAPON.
"It's immense," Tom said. "I never knew the WEAPON was THIS big."
"I don't think I could handle such a large task," Tina added.
"C'mon, we need to have faith," Zell said. "Seifer will probably show up. Ya know, with that big impressive Gunblade that he has."
The elite team entered the ruins and started to climb the enormous stairway.
Seifer and Laguna landed on the shore. It was about noontime now, and Seifer saw his team jump off of Pandemona. He also saw them start to climb the stairs to the top of the ruins.
The two men ran after the squad and did their best to climb the stairs.
Tom stood there face to face with a King Tonberry.
"Oh shit," Zell said.
Zell instantly recognized the summon, and he clearly remembered beating it up about 5 years ago.
"C'mon guys, let's kill him," John said. "That's what this team was made for."
John leapt up in the air and came down on the large creature. The Tonberry King charged at Tina.
Tina was such a small and fragile person that the Tonberry could take her out in one hit.
Adam swung his axe and caught the monster right in the face. The Tonberry King was sent flying and blood spewed everywhere. Julia especially, since the Tonberry King landed right near her.
Tom walked up to the creature and put two bullets into its stomach, and three into its head.
You just never know, Tom thought.
The elite team kept on going up the stairs. The battle bought Seifer some time to catch up with them.
Seifer and Laguna saw Tom fire the five bullets into the Tonberry. They kept on running up the stairs. They were not far from Ruby WEAPON at all.
Zell and Will stood in front of the immense Ruby WEAPON. The elite team caught up with them and looked at the monster.
Tom noticed a woman standing behind the WEAPON. She just stood there and smiled, not armed, no armor, just in a normal dress. Tom was very confused.
"Greetings," the woman said. "My name is Julia."
Laguna and Seifer made it up the stairs. They saw the team and the huge WEAPON, but most of all, Laguna saw Julia…
Seifer entered the small village. All was very quiet; there were no lights on in the village. Only the moon gave Seifer light.
Seifer had never been in Winhill; all he could do was try to remember which way he went so he wouldn't get lost. He couldn't very well knock on someone's door for directions this time of night.
Seifer was lost… How could I get lost in such a small village! Seifer thought. He seemed to be at the end of the village. There were three houses there. He decided to go into the one in the middle.
Seifer knocked on the door. There was no answer. Seifer stood outside for a few minutes.
Seifer opened the door a little. It creaked like a mother f***er. Seifer winced at the loud noise quickly slid inside.
For no reason at all, Seifer just suddenly found himself almost asleep standing up. Seifer nearly smacked himself in the face and decided to look around to see if there was anybody in the house.
Seifer found the living room, there was a small T.V. turned on there, a broken, and shitty, recline able chair. There was a couch that seemed pretty old. The stuffing was starting to come out and Seifer could smell a certain must about the room, a little like beer.
Seifer noticed the small T.V. was on, but nobody in the room. Seifer walked over to the small table that was in front of the couch. There was a vase of wilting flowers on it, and next to the vase was a picture of a beautiful woman and a-
"Who are you?" a man shouted from behind Seifer.
Seifer spun around and was faced by a man in the shadows with a machine gun outstretched.
Seifer ducked and swung his Gunblade at the man's knees. The stranger jumped up and hit Seifer in the side of the head with his gun.
Seifer was stunned by the hit and stumbled backward into a window. The window shattered and Seifer fell out, his Gunblade fell on the floor of the living room.
Seifer hit the sand and dirt outside hard. He kicked up and was back on his feet. He saw the stranger at his door with the machine gun right at Seifer's head, and he had Seifer's Gunblade in his hand.
Seifer came about face to the man and put his arms up. Seifer could feel some of the shattered glass in his back. He was so numb from the hit in the head and so dazed from lack of sleep that he almost collapsed.
"You got me," Seifer said.
There was a sharp pain in Seifer's cheek. The guy had shot Seifer!
Seifer fell onto his butt and grabbed his cheek cutting his hand.
Very confused, Seifer felt hot blood running down his hand. There had been a small piece of glass stuck in his cheek.
Blood started to run out of Seifer's back. The man walked toward Seifer and pulled Seifer into his house by the collar.
Zell and Will woke up about 20 minutes after Seifer left. They could not find Seifer anywhere on the mainland. They woke up the rest of the party and decided what they should do.
"I think we should go on to fight Ruby WEAPON. We cannot put it off any longer. I mean Seifer could be anywhere!" John said giving his opinion.
"As much as Seifer is my friend. We have no clue where he went, if he's coming back, or why he even left in the first place," Zell added.
"Well, should we just go fight Ruby? I mean, Pandemona is still here, it's not like we can't get there easily," Tina said.
"Okay, we'll go," Zell commanded.
It looked like Zell was gonna be the leader this time, all by himself…
Seifer woke up with something large in his mouth. (No, my story doesn't have any Yaoi (Gay) in it lol)
Seifer opened his eyes wide and found his cheek hurting a lot. There was an ice pack in his mouth, and his chest was wrapped up. There were a few cuts from the glass, he could tell.
The stranger sat across the room staring at Seifer. Seifer sat up quickly but grabbed quickly found that no good, so he lied back down again.
"What the hell where you doing in my house jack off?" the man said.
"Laguna, stop using such language," A woman said walking into the room. "I don't want Ellone to repeat any of the dirty words you use."
"Sorry, this guy just really scared me last night. I have to protect you and Winhill you know," the man said to the woman.
"Now," the stranger said turning his attention back to Seifer. "What were you doing in my house?"
"I came into the town late at night to see where we were in proportion to the Centra Ruins. I got lost in the town, and I came in to see if anybody was awake to give me directions," Seifer explained.
"Ahhh I see, and when you saw me last night you decided to attack me? You don't know how much of a burglar you looked like. Coming through the door, picking up the picture, Jesus Christ I thought you were going to steal it, and then when I asked you a question you attacked me," The man said.
"I'm very sorry. I am the leader of an Elite force from Balamb Garden. My name is Seifer," Seifer introduced.
"Nice to meet you. The name's Laguna Loire," the stranger said standing up.
"Laguna Loire…" Seifer said faintly. "I know that name."
"You probably would. You said you're from Balamb. The headmaster there is my son. I am the president of Esthar, and I have written quite a few books. I also used to be in the Galbadia Army," Laguna told Seifer.
"So what was so important about that picture I was holding?" Seifer asked.
"That was a picture of my first love, Julia, Julia Heartilly. She was a piano player in a bar. She was a beautiful girl, and very talented. I heard she wrote a song about me, but I never got to hear it. It was called eyes on me. I was in that picture with her. I remember that day too. It was at the bar she played at. One of the barmaids took that picture. I signed her picture, and she signed mine. She ended up marrying General Caraway though, and I never got to see her again," Laguna said to Seifer.
Seifer nodded. "Julia Heartilly and General Caraway you said?"
"Yes, why?"
"I know a Rinoa Heartilly, and I have met General Caraway. Headmaster Squall is actually dating Rinoa; I really think it's going to hit off."
"Rinoa! That was her name!" Laguna exclaimed. "You know Rinoa?"
"You bet, too bad Squall is with her."
"They are going to finish what I never did. Squall, my son, and Rinoa, Julia's son, pretty ironic eh?"
Seifer agreed.
"I have to leave at once," Seifer said.
"Not in that condition, if you do, I have to come with you."
"Well, then you have to come with me, I have to meet my team at The Centra Ruins, we are going to fight the Ruby WEAPON, and they will die without me."
"Well, I'll come with you. I think I could be handy."
Seifer agreed to it, and Laguna helped him up. Laguna gave Seifer's Gunblade back, and an idea popped into Seifer's head.
Seifer looked at the magic inside the blade. He found the cure spell and used it on himself. His wounds were healed and smile formed over Seifer's face.
"Much better," Seifer said stretching.
Laguna and Seifer left Winhill and went to the coastline. Seifer summoned Leviathan and he and Laguna jumped on Leviathan's back. Leviathan shot over to the Centra Ruins as fast as he could.
Will, Zell, Tom, and the rest of the team made it to the Centra Ruins. They landed at the foot of them and they all jumped off. Pandemona disappeared after the last person, Tina, jumped off.
The elite team looked up at the top of the Ruins and saw the WEAPON.
"It's immense," Tom said. "I never knew the WEAPON was THIS big."
"I don't think I could handle such a large task," Tina added.
"C'mon, we need to have faith," Zell said. "Seifer will probably show up. Ya know, with that big impressive Gunblade that he has."
The elite team entered the ruins and started to climb the enormous stairway.
Seifer and Laguna landed on the shore. It was about noontime now, and Seifer saw his team jump off of Pandemona. He also saw them start to climb the stairs to the top of the ruins.
The two men ran after the squad and did their best to climb the stairs.
Tom stood there face to face with a King Tonberry.
"Oh shit," Zell said.
Zell instantly recognized the summon, and he clearly remembered beating it up about 5 years ago.
"C'mon guys, let's kill him," John said. "That's what this team was made for."
John leapt up in the air and came down on the large creature. The Tonberry King charged at Tina.
Tina was such a small and fragile person that the Tonberry could take her out in one hit.
Adam swung his axe and caught the monster right in the face. The Tonberry King was sent flying and blood spewed everywhere. Julia especially, since the Tonberry King landed right near her.
Tom walked up to the creature and put two bullets into its stomach, and three into its head.
You just never know, Tom thought.
The elite team kept on going up the stairs. The battle bought Seifer some time to catch up with them.
Seifer and Laguna saw Tom fire the five bullets into the Tonberry. They kept on running up the stairs. They were not far from Ruby WEAPON at all.
Zell and Will stood in front of the immense Ruby WEAPON. The elite team caught up with them and looked at the monster.
Tom noticed a woman standing behind the WEAPON. She just stood there and smiled, not armed, no armor, just in a normal dress. Tom was very confused.
"Greetings," the woman said. "My name is Julia."
Laguna and Seifer made it up the stairs. They saw the team and the huge WEAPON, but most of all, Laguna saw Julia…
