Disclaimer: I don't own any Final Fantasy characers or anything like that. This story, however, is all mine, man!

Summary: Squall is a SeeD and Rinoa is Centra's Princess in an ancient tribe that's been around forever. Bit of a religious theme to it. MAJOR plot changes in the story!

Through My Eyes
Chapter One

The wind blasted my hair back as I reluctantly followed Seifer back to Garden. My forehead was bleeding badly; the bastard had gone so low as to strike a man while he was down, I had a huge gash in the middle of my forehead. In return, I had given him a scar. I had a good mind to kill him now. The only reason I was following him was because I could barely see.
"Well," he started. "We're here."
I looked around, all I could see was the ground, and the sky above us. "What are you talking about? This isn't back at Garden; it's just in the middle of nowhere." I had a bad feeling about this...
"Well, let me put it this way, I will be going back to Garden, and you, on the other hand, will not."
"What...?" I knew he was going to do something horrible to me, I just couldn't place what.
"You won't be going anywhere except for Davey Jones' locker!" I felt him take hold of the wolf-fur collar on my leather jacket and bring his face real close to mine, starring into my eyes, "I'll see you in hell, Leonhart!" He then pushed me off a cliff!
I screamed in fear of what was to come, I can't believe him! Was he planning this whole thing?!
Splash! I fell into the sea like a stone, the icy water stabbing at my skin like daggers. I tried to swim, but my limbs failed me. I knew that I was dead; I had put the smell of blood into the water, and would soon be a meal for some vicious Fastitocalon. My eyes closed as everything went blissfully black...

I felt the hot sun upon my brow. My body ached like every single bone had been shattered. I felt the ocean hit against my legs as I lied on a beach I then felt a few shadows on my face, and heard the shrill cries of monsters in the distance. Is this hell?
"He...wher..id..e..co...rom..." I heard the broken speech of a small child. I heard more children, but I couldn't quite make out what they were saying. But if I'm in hell, then why are there children here? Maybe I'm not...
"Hey..." My thoughts were interrupted by the sweetest voice I had ever heard. It was the voice of a young girl, about my age; her voice sounded so familiar. Miraculously, I could hear what she was saying.
"Hi! Look...he...washe...shore...see..."
I heard footsteps come close to me, and felt a larger shadow, "Oh!Eir...go...get Kir...we..hur... He's hurt...bad....go..." said the same, sweet voice.
Many small footsteps ran away and faded out of sound. I felt something warm on my face; it was a hand, I think... I heard her gasp, "Hey...gu...party..." Party?
I gathered the strength to open my eyes, and right away saw the most gorgeous pair of eyes I had ever seen. The sun blinded everything else but I couldn't bare to tear my gaze away.
She looked so familiar. All I could see was that she was very beautiful. Her eyes filled with tears, she spoke to me softly. I couldn't understand what she was saying, but I think it was something about being safe here.
I saw many people gather around me, and lift me up onto some sort of hard, scaley, something... I heard something roar... A Ruby Dragon! I was on the back of a Ruby Dragon! The woman with the beautiful eyes climbed onto the back of the dragon with me, and took hold of its rein.
I was afraid for her. Wouldn't the dragon attack? Ruby Dragons are powerful and hostile--why would she trust it?
The dragon took to the skies, and flew over some sort of hot desert, which looked like something I had seen in a book. I think this desert was called the Kashkabald desert. If I remember right, I think it was in Centra.
What was I doing in Centra...? I couldn't have survived that. It was impossible.
I saw the ocean underneath us. I saw many other flying monsters with us. A few Thrustaevises flew on on either side, each of them had someone riding. I saw two other Ruby Dragons, but they were smaller. I wanted to cry out to them, but I was too weak. Were these people insane...?
We flew over a barrier of mountains, and I saw what looked like a Chocobo Forest. On the plains, I saw a lush, green part of Centra that I never knew existed,. Many trees were all around, and I could see that the plains were painted with the colors of many unusual flowers.
We then landed on a patch of land near a humungous tree, that looked like it was a half a mile high, at the very least. A village of many people, and monsters, were at the foot of the tree. The girl called out some sort of foreign language, and many of the villagers came over to us, along with their monsters. She spoke to them as I closed my eyes and breathed heavily.
I was amazed that I was able to stay concious after what I had been through. I heard the villagers come over to me and I was taken into some sort of hut. I was cold; I shivered and the with beautiful eyes quickly cleaned and bandagedme up.
I felt like a mummy; it hurt to breathe.. I was taken to some sort of huge estate on the back of the dragon. I was taken inside by the villagers, and put into a bedroom. They covered me with warm blankets, and cleaned and changed my bandages with strange-looking plants.
I ached all over, and it was still hard for me to breathe. But at least the villagers here were friendly, and they were taking care of me quite nicely. I saw the woman who saved me sit down next to me; her eyes had a warmth to them. I could only see her eyes. I still couldn't place where I had seen her before.
I remembered what she had said before; 'party.' I wonder what she meant by that...? I gazed into her eyes as my heart was stung with the same feeling I had when I had first met the gorgeous girl from the... SeeD inauguration party last week...? She gazed deeper into my eyes as I blacked out again.

I was waken up by a sweet voice singing in the distance. I groggily opened my eyes, with the feeling as if I had just been run over by a truck. I saw the bright glare of sunlight in the corner of my eye, and glanced over to see a large, Celtic-style window to the left side of my bed.
The voice sang a beautiful melody. I could feel my heart beating as the voice continued. I was breathing quite heavily, but the voice calmed me. It was the voice of a young woman. The voice finished the song; could it be the angel singing?
I turned to examine the room I was in. An old, stained dresser stood at one end of the room, while a large, wooden mirror stood atop it. On the other side of the room was a stained desk, with a handsome stained chair to match. The color of the carpeting was an off-pink, almost red. On the white walls were paintings of flower fields, beaches, and many other things. I took in a deep breath, at least I'm able to breathe.
Tip-tap. Tip-tap. I heard the footprints of a small child coming up the hall. The door flew open and I saw an unusual-looking little girl. She had light, lavender hair with a large, red bow in it, framing her face and highlighting her green eyes. She wore a a bright, yellow overall-dress which had little flowers stitched into it by what seemed ot be a talented seamstress.
She smiled excitedly at me and bounded up to me, "Hi! I'm glad yoo're okay! I'll bet that my sister will be glad, too! She was really worried when yoo first came here." she said, rocking back and forth on her heels like Selphie would.
"..Sis...ter?" I managed to say through all of the pain that I was going through. I knew that it couldn't be I my sister; she had left me all alone a long time ago. She never even came back to get her little brother. I had never even known what had happened to her...
"She took care of yoo. Here, I'll show you a picture." The little one pulled out a small, wallet-sized picture out of a pocket in her dress, and pushed it close to my face, "Here she is, isn't she pretty?" she asked anxiously.
I took a look at the picture and my heart was stunned. It iwas/i the angel from the party! I was right! She was the one who saved me. I didn't know that she had a little sister. She must have been the one who found me. I gazed at her picture, her arms wrapped around her little sister. A laughing smile played on her pink lips, her lovely eyes almost clamped shut in pure joy...
"Heeeey!" she snapped me out of my daze. "Yoo never gave me an answer!"
I stared at the picture again, "...She's beautiful."
I saw her excited reaction to my words, and she sat down on the floor, native american-style. "So, is there anythin' yoo wanna tawk about?"
"Who are you...?"
"My name is Eiri Loire, of Madao Valley! That's the name of our village! We all live, work, and play here, together. The elders of the village always say that its way better than the rest of the world, where there are lots of fights, and people who are trained to hurt other people, and people who kill monsters for a living!"
"... But monsters attack...people... We...have to...fight them if we....want...to survive..."
Then Eiri glared at me as if I were some sort of psycopathic killer, "Y-Yoo... Yoo're one of the bad guys!!! Yoo hurt monsters! Yoo're bad!"
"You mean... the monsters here don't attack you...?"
"Of course not!" she shouted outraged. "The monsters are our very best friends, and we don't like anyone who thinks otherwise!"
I was a bit taken back by her sudden outburst. "I'm sorry... I didn't know... It was just...how I was...brought up to be...like..."
She crossed her arms over her chest, "Well, I still don't like yoo for doing that!"
"I...understand..." It hurt to talk; I was still hurting badly, but not as badly as before. I wasn't kidding when I said that I understood how Eiri felt, I guess I would be angry if I was in her situation. "Eiri...I won't fight here...okay?"
"Well... Okay! But yoo've gotta promise that yoo won't tell Sis! She loves monsters more than anyone. I don't think that she'll like yoo anymore."
She likes me? What did Eiri mean? "Eiri, when I was first...brought here, did your sister ever...mention seeing me...somewhere before?"
She scratched her head. "Somewhere before?" She paused. "Oh yeah! She DID tell me about yoo."
"What did she say?"
"She told me that she had met the most wonderful man at a place called 'Balamb Garden.'" The most wonderful man...? Does she mean...me? "Hey." Eiri snapped me out of my daze. "Are yoo listening?"
I nodded. I suddenly felt much better. It was as if just mentioning her was making me heal faster.
She smiled, "She tawked about yoo like yoo were a Prince from a faerie tale! I think she likes yoo." she teased. Me? A handsome prince? My face went red wondering how she really felt.
"Eiri!" I heard the sweet voice of the woman who had saved me calling from outside of the hallway, "I'm home. Where are you?"
"In here, Sis! He woke up!"
I then heard a sudden change of pace in her footsteps, she was running to get here. I saw a pale hand on the door frame and she came into my sight. She was even more beautiful than the first time I saw her at the SeeD inauguration ball. Her copper-streaked, raven hair fell just below her waist, framing her gorgeous face and accenting her beautiful eyes; tucked in the hair behind her ear was a white feather. Around her arms were leather straps that secured some sort of light armour; carried some sort of sword at her side, a kind of which didn't look familiar to me.
Her cheeks were highlighted with a slight hint of rose, making her look like she had just run a marathon. Was she really that worried about me...?
She finally sighed in relief and gracefuly walked over to my bedside, "Praise be to Odin!" she expressed. Odin? The GF Odin? "I'm glad to see that you're alright."
I nodded slightly, "Only thanks to you... Thank you."
She nodded,"You're welcome." Her eyes filled with tear.s
"H-Hey..." I started, a bit worried. "What's the matter...?"
"What...?"
"It's your eyes..." I wanted to say they were beautiful but how could I do that when she was crying? She sat down on my bedside."What's wrong? ...Are you in pain?"
She laughed, shook her head and wiped her eyes, "No, just tears of joy. I'm so happy. I'm happy that you're alive. I was worried-- And when I heard Eiri say that you--" She chuckled slightly at her own words, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you."
I stared into her eyes, did she really care about me? No... Why would she? When you care for someone, it feels great for awhile, but nothing lasts in this world.
"Hey!" Eiri's voice snapped both of us out of our dazes, "Sis, aren't yoo gonna interduce yoorself?"
"Oh!" she gasped in embarrassment and turned back to me, "I'm sorry, I should introduce myself. I'm Rinoa Loire."
"Rinoa Loire... Beautiful name like that suits you." ...I can inot/i believe I just said that...
She blushed slightly, "Thank you."
"My name's Squall Leonhart."
"Nice to meet you, Squall Leonhart."she said to me with a warm smile, staring at my eyes. I suddenly felt ten times better, like I was well enought to walk.
"Hey!" Eiri inturrupted us, once more. "Are yoo gonna stare at each other all day?"
Rinoa shook her head and put on a fake smile, "Be a good girl and go outside and play with Mog, okay?"
Eiri crossed her arms, "Yoo're just trying to get rid of me!"
"I am not...!" Her face went red in either anger or embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it..." I said, painfully siting up in my bed.
"H-H-Hey!!!" Rinoa shouted at me, worridly. "You're in no condidtion-- Get back in bed!"
"Hehehe..." I chuckled lightly, "I didn't know that you cared so much."
Her face went red as I began to walk across the room, "You bet I'm worried! I can't just let you walk out of here in your state of health!"
I glanced around. "Where are my clothes?" I asked.
"I had to wash them. Stay inside until they're ready." I frowned; she really was bent on keeping me inside.
"Please. I have to--" I stopped myself. I was about to say that I had to head back to Garden, but then I realized that I had no idea where Garden was, much less where I was.
Eiri suddenly bounded in with some strange-looking clothes; they looked like something a Native American Zell would wear, complete with Xena- like armour. "Yoo can wear my brother's clothes!" she said.
"Eiri!" Rinoa screeched in disbelief. "He needs to rest!"
I quickly changed into the tanned leather pants before either of the girls could look, and pulled on the black t-shirt. I decided that I should put on that leather 'armour' over the shirt just in case I had to leave early; I pulled the straps tight around my torso, wincing slightly at the pressure. Putting on the bright red jacket and buckling the boots, I saw that the girls were still arguing. I looked down at my hands and saw that all of my limbs were covered in bandages. I stared at Rinoa and Eiri arguing; what a nutty family...
By time they stopped arguing, I had already walked to the other side of the room, and was standing at the door frame. I turned back to her with a sly smirk, "Bye, Rinoa. Thanks for everything," I said. slowly sauntering out into the hallway.

As I made my way through her home, I noticed that she lived in some sort of castle. It had quite a large Scottish influence in it, and had many great works of art on the walls, behind the suits of armor that lined the walls. This was quite a nice place, but a bit old-fasioned. I then saw suits of armor from all over the world. They were arranged in such a way to show the eveloution of armor and uniforms throughout history.
I heard Rinoa's voice call me from behind as I turned around to face her, "Hey! Squall!" She yelled as she sprinted up to me, almost running me over, "What do you think you're doing?! I told you, you are in no condition to be walking. Get back to bed!"
"I feel fine," I said.
"I don't care how you say you feel," said she, standing in front of me. "When I brought you here, you were barely alive. Three days later, you claim to be alright? I don't think so!"
I frowned at her, "I'm a big boy, Rinoa. I can take care of myself." I said, walking away.
There was a long pause, "... ... ... ...Oh yeah...? ... W-Well... My uncle is a healer and I know what I'm doing! A-And you are not healthy enough to be walking!"
She sure is a nag... But I guess I can't blame her for being worried. I just wish I knew why. Everyone has a reason to do the things that they do, and its always for their benefit.

Once outside, I saw that the whole village was swarming with monsters! But the villagers didn't seem to notice. Everyone was dresssed in the same fashion of strange clothing all clad in leather and animal skins; some even had tribal tattoos on their bodies, like Zell did--he would probably like it here. The monsters weren't hostile, but they seemed to be helping the villagers in their duties. I guess Eiri wasn't kidding when she said that they all worked together as one.
The village was built underneath a humungous tree, and the roots acted as extra support for the buildings. Booths and stands were set up all over the place, making it look like a huge street fair. Merchants and monsters were working together in their booths as they selled things to the other villagers. It reminded me of the Native American villages I had read about in history books.
"Squall!" Rinoa's voice came from behind me, "Weren't you even listening to me?" she asked with her hands on her hips.
I crossed my arms over my chest and looked away, "I can take care of myself, Rinoa."
Her eyes widened in shock, "...You ungrateful pig! I cannot believe you!"
"Don't be surprised, Princess." said the voice of a slightly aged woman behind us. "He is an outsider, and all outsiders are like him. I say that we never should have let him into our village in the first place." A crowd of the other villagers nodded and gave cries of agreement. "I say that we sacrifice him to Odin!"
Rinoa bravely stepped in front of me in my defense, "Never! As long as there is still breath in my body, there shall be no sacrifices; not ever!"
The red-haired woman crossed her arms, "Hmph! You Goddless heathen! Fine descendant you are!" What was her problem? I wondered. Rinoa seemed like a nice enough girl; could she be hiding something? "You're too soft-- do you realize that the sword you hold by your side was used in the holy Crusades? It's centuries old--it cries out for the former glory it once held! And what do you do? You bind it! You tucked it away so it never sees the glory of battle until it's too close to the village to tell--"
"Silence!" Rinoa shouted, cutting the woman off. Wonder why...? What was the woman going to say that she didn't want me to hear? "You're just bitter because my father didn't choose you! My mother was ten times the woman you are!"
The woman's eyes flared. "You may be her daughter, but you will never bring your family honor!" With that, the red-haired woman walked away with the other villagers as they all went back to work.
Rinoa shook her fists angrily like Zell would, "...I am not too soft..."
"Rinoa...?"
"I'm fine." she assured me as she turned around to face me, her eyes wet. "I'm sorry if I was a nag before--I guess you really are t hat raziliant." Huh? Why the sudden change? "Hey, why don't we go look around the valley?"
I was a bit taken back by her sudden change of mood. "You sure you wanna go after this?"
"Don't worry about them, they just don't really like the idea of me being... Well..." There was a long pause, "Hey, we can't talk about this all day, can we?" She changed the subject as I would in a tough situation, "Let's go have some fun!" She grabbed my wrist and dragged me off. What ever happened to being 'too injured to walk...?'
As we walked along, I noticed how many different kinds of monsters there were. A few young girls were setting up shop with the help of two Grats, and a Chimera at their side. An old man attracted a small crowd of people by playing a Recorder and making an Anacondaur dance. A skinny little girl about Eiri's age was playing jump roap near a large fountain with a few other little girls, and a few Bite Bugs and Blood Souls held the roaps.
"Hey, Rinoa." I grabed her attention, "Why are there so many monsters here?"
She lifted an eyebrow and shook her confusion off, "In Madao Valley, we believe that everything is connected, and that there is no need for humans and monsters to be enemies. The monsters are our best friends, and we are theirs."
"But... Don't they attack you?"
"Attack...?" She laughed through her words. "Of course not. Why on earth would monsters attack us?" she asked, confused. "Oh... I see... Isn't it true that monsters attack people in the outlands?"
"Outlands...?" She calls my home the 'outlands'? "Yeah... I was trained every day in a place called Garden, by killing monsters in the Training Center."
The coloration in her face drained, "You-- But-- It-- Wh-What...?!"
Good work, Squall, I scolded myself. You just screwed everything up with her like that loudmouth Zell. "Sorry... " I trailed off. "It's just the way I was raised--but I promise that I won't do any fighting while I'm here, alright?"
She cast her gaze downward in disappointment, seemingly considering her options. I suddenly thought of that red-hared woman; what signifigance did she have to Rinoa's parents? Maybe she loved her father, but he chose another woman instead...? "Well," she grabbed my attention. "... Alright- but only if you swear not to harm any monsters, in any way. Understand?"
Guess I should've taken Eiri's advice... I nodded. "I understand."
She gave me a reassuring smile and we walked away from the fountain, and into another part of the town. This place was like a boardwalk, only along side of a large, calm river. Shops with merchants selling items, food, and other supplys lined the docks. Large rafts floated up to the harbor as people and monsters unloaded the supplys.
"So..." She casually started a conversation. "What else do you do-- besides kill, I mean?"
I didn't really know what to tell her; she seemed really upset with me to know that I killed monsters. I guess I'd be upset as well, if I had been brought up to work and live with monsters.
"Well..." I wanted to make sure that I didn't say anything to offend her, so I was at a loss for words. "I..."
"You don't have very many hobbies, do you?"
I kicked a pebble out of my way and into the sea. "Not really..."
"You didn't seem like the type who would have a lot of hobbies..."
"Oh?" She couldn't know me that well in such a short time; not unless she could read minds. "What kind of person do I seem like?"
"You seem to be more of the type that would bury themselves in their work until they go absolutely stark-raving mad."
"..." What kind of answer is that? ...Maybe she could read minds? But going mad? ...Maybe I will if I don't ever get away from my work... Then again, maybe I won't. "Whatever...What do you do here? Do you have any jobs?" I changed the subject.
"Yes, I do. I catch, raise, and breed different kinds of monsters for our valley. I guess you could say that I'm sort of like a 'Monster Rancher.' Dragons are my speciality. You may have noticed that when we first brought you here."
"You 'breed' monsters?" I asked. Why would you breed monsters? Oh, yeah, probably to do work. But if you just did work with them, why should breeding matter?
"Sometimes, I even mix breeds of monsters, and create a whole, new breed! In fact, an example is my favorite Dragon, Korekanda. I didn't breed him. He was a gift to me from my mother. You could say that he's kinda like my best friend."
"I see..." Now I understood--when you combine the attributes of two monsters, you get a stronger, supirior breed. It would be useful to them for trading or working. "What's he a mix of?"
"He's quite a mix... Why don't we head back to my place, and I'll show him to you?" I nodded. She took my hand to lead me back to her castle. I was surprised, and a bit intrigued about this place called Madao Valley. It seemed to be full of secrets and surprises--I got the feeling of the ancient, primitive tribe's history just by walking onthe gruond. My guess that it was once soaked with blood--which would explain what the woman with red hair said. It was peaceful now, far from bloodshed. I wanted to ask Rinoa, but figured it would be best for another time.

In the back of the castle, I saw large stables made from wood and stones. Once inside, I saw many, many stalls, a monster in every single one. A large, Blue Dragon sat in the stall to the right of the door, across from a large Fungar with unusual markings, which was next to a green Death Claw in the next stall.
A huge variety of monsters stood in the stalls, and cried out in greeting. Blobras, Cactaurs, Behemoths, Gaylas, Glacial Eyes, and many more stood in each of the stalls, and a few out in the fenced pasture behind the stable we were in.
There were a few other stables, but one in particular caught my eye. It was right next to the stable we were in, and it seemed to be slightly larger than this one... "What's in that one?" I asked.
She looked to where I was pointing."Oh, that's Korekanda's stable."
"He gets his own stable?"
"Well, he's way to big to be in the stalls. We had to build him his own stable." She gently took my hand, "Come on, I'll show you." She gave a playful smile and led me outside and into the large, airy stable.
There, I saw that the whole place was lit up with the sunlight pouring in, and on a whole side of the stable, was made into a stall, and in that stall, was a huge Ruby Dragon wearing a golden rein. It was much larger than a regular Ruby Dragon, and it had strange markings on its back.
I was quite taken back by its immense size and appearence; this was the dragon I had ridden on? Rinoa simply gave an ecsatic smile and gracefully waltzed up to the dragon. It gave a mighty roar and tossed its head back in joy to see its owner.
"There you are!" Rinoa said in a sweet voice as she reached up to pet the dragon's nose. "And how is my big boy doin', today?" she asked as if it were a small child. The dragon gave her a big, slobbery kiss on the cheek as if it were an overgrown dog. It nuzzled close to her as she stroked his head lovingly. She took notice to me, "Squall, come over here."
I slowly walked over, albeit hesitantly, so as to make sure I didn't provoke the dragon. I finally arrived by her side; the dragon noticed me and stared at me as if I were some sort of meal it was about to prey on. "Maybe I should just--"
"Oh, come on!"she cut me off. "You are such a baby--come here." She grabbed my wrist once again and placed my hand on the dragon's forehead, "Squall, this is Korekanda. Korekanda, this is Squall." She introduced us both to each other as she rubbed my hand on its-er-Korekanda's head. I glanced at him, seeing that he wasn't about to kill me. She smiled slyly and hugged Korekanda's head close, "He's the guy from the party I told you about." I heard her whisper.
Korekanda nuzzled up close to me like he did with Rinoa. She told him about me? I was a bit surprised by how he warmed up to me. I guess even monsters had different sides, just like people. "Wow... I never knew that mon-er-I mean-uh-Dragons could be so...affectionate."
"...Very smooth." She laughed it off, "I guess you could say that, but he's not all Ruby Dragon."
"What else does he have in him?" p"Well, he is mostly Ruby Dragon, with their strength and intelligence, but he aslo has the status-changing breaths of Blue Dragons, the fire magic and special breath attacks of Hexadragons, the hard, protective scales and fins of Grendels, can draw magic spells from you like Ochus and can use any item dropped from any other monster to learn new attacks. He's very valuable!"
I stared at her in amazement. "...He can do all of that?"
"Yup! Sure can!" She scratched him underneath his immense horns, making a rumbling sound come from his chest--it sounded like a purr.
I patted Korekanda's head, still wondering why he had warmed up to me so easily. ...Perhaps it was because she had told him about me... "So, you told him about me?"
Her cheeks burned slightly in embarrassment, "Well... I did say a few things about you, and the night of the ball, and Garden..."
"Is that why he warmed up to me so much?" I asked, curious.
She nodded, still avoiding my eyes. "Yeah... I guess you could say that."
"So... What did you say?" She gave me a mischeivous smirk, "Just asking."
"Well... " She trailed off. "I said that you were a great dance partner, someone to have a good time with, and just...stuff."
"What kind of stuff?" I asked playfully, getting a mental slap from my usual self.
"Stuff. Like... Maybe the fact that I thought you were good-looking and had the most gorgeous blue eyes I had ever seen?" Most gorgeous eyes she had ever seen? I knew I had nice eyes, but... I could feel my face turning red, oh great... She doesn't need to know that I'm embarrassed....
Korekanda turned its great head to Rinoa and nodded at a door on the other end of the stable. She laughed. "Alright, I'll get you some food."
I watched Rinoa work, and began to wonder how she could manage all of this. She not only fixed my wounds but she's managing breeding monsters, helping out in the villiage, keeping the title of Master Monster rancher for God know's how long, AND raising her little sister, all of those things at the same time.
How could she do all of that? And why would she tell all of these people about me? When did she get back to Madao Valley? How did she get to Balamb in the first place; and why Balamb? Thousands of questions began to fill my mind of her; I didn't say anything. All I knew for sure was that she was the most amazing woman I had ever met.
We spent the rest of the day there, talking, jumping from subject to subject. I didn't have much to tell about myself, but Rinoa had told me many stories to keep us both busy about the valley, the people that lived there, and even a few secrets to avoid monster battles when I returned back to the 'Outlands.'
When night fell, I stood at the balcony in my room, staring out into the ocean. Why should I go back to Garden? If I stay here, I'll always have a say in things. I'll be able to make my own descisions, when ever I want to... What am I thinking?! Don't tell me I'm turning into one of these hippies! I held my head and took a deep breath to recollect my thoughts. I winced slighly; the wound that Seifer had carved for me hadn't healed. But...I had Rinoa to take care of it.
... What am I thinking?! I can't be depending on Rinoa like this! I shook my head in thoughts of getting close to someone. Not after Sis... The day she left I vowed that I would be alright without anyone ever again. If I never let anyone get close to me, then I would never feel that pain again. I'm alone. It's better that way...

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