Part Four
Quisty's note: Four parts already! Wowza! Things just get better and better. Quite strong swearing and Rinoa bashing in here so dedications go out to Hwoarang Girl (my star), TheGunBlader (you cool man), and Alona Everclear (who even though she's not a Quall fan she still reads this. Thank you!) I like to dedicate stories. It shows appreciation towards others. Anyhow, enjoy one and all.
Chapter 4 Rage of Blood
The fight began in blazing furiousity. Dual Sword clashed with Gunblade, one warrior pitted against the next, and over what? Me. Just me. This was just a childish brawl between two male teenagers fighting for the sake of their hormones.
"You're a fucker Squall!" Seifer yelled as he threw a powerful blow down to Squall, which Squall managed to successfully block with his Gunblade, to my relief. "You are such a goddamn fucker! You take everything from me! You took Rinoa! Now you're trying to take Quistis!" Wait, was I ever in a relationship with Seifer? As far as I could recall, the answer would be no. The crowds were gasping and awing at the same time. I heard Selphie squeal at the fighting pair. Zell ran over to me.
"Quistis!" he said hurriedly. "What the fuck's going on here!" I looked down at Rinoa, who had finally stopped sobbing but was still crumpled on the floor, watching the match.
"I...I'm not quite sure..." I lied. I swear that I never usually lie to people, but I didn't want anyone to know about Squall and me. I didn't want to know myself actually. I just wanted this needless bloodshed to end. But by now there had been a lot of blood spilled. It all lay splattered across the tiled Cafeteria floor, mainly gushing from Squall's side and Seifer's arm. I continued to watch in desperation, willing someone brave enough to stand in the way of these two blood warriors to end this pointless fight. I glanced at Rinoa again. I knew that it wouldn't be her. She was still crumpled on the floor reeling in sorrow and self-pity. I have to admit I felt sorry for her. I looked at Zell. No, not him, he wouldn't go near them. Irvine already had a job to do. He was trying to prevent Selphie from losing her mind. Poor child. So, it looked like the future of our leader and an old comrade now rested with me. I ran to a table where I had hidden my Save The Queen, as I had a
feeling that I may need it, and I ran back through the crowd and into the battle arena. Both fighters were now so blinded by jealousy and anger that they didn't notice that they were bleeding to death. It was all up to me now.
"Stop it! Stop it now!" I yelled. Then my heart took over my mind and I did the most unbelievably stupid thing. I ran right into the middle of the two warriors, just as Seifer was executing a powerful attack, aimed at Squall's stomach and Squall was doing the same to Seifer. I felt the sharp cold edge of Seifer's Dual Sword and Squall's Gunblade pierce my delicate flesh and slice right through me. Squall stepped back in horror. Seifer retracted his blade and dropped it, letting it clatter to the ground. Squall followed suit. Why had I let my feelings overcome my sense of logic? My heart had erased all my rational thoughts from my mind and had replaced it with its own agenda. My heart told me to protect Squall so my body had followed it. I clenched my fists and reached for my Save The Queen. I retracted it in a snap and stood before Seifer, with flesh baring exposed to all that stood around and blood seeping like a river out of my body. I stood firm though.
"Quistis...I...I..." Seifer stammered in horror at the damage he had done. I frowned at him.
"Seifer this is ridiculous. I won't allow either of you to continue this pointless fight. It won't get either of you anywhere! In my own opinion you're both playing the fucker because you're both just killing yourselves over me!" I screamed back defiantly, not only addressing Seifer to this matter, but Squall as well. I could see the disbelief on Rinoa's pale face. She didn't understand what I meant.
"I'm...I'm so sorry Quistis..." Seifer begged for forgiveness. I looked at him, my frown turning to a gentle face.
"Then leave. Leave now before I have to force you Seifer," I said gently. He nodded. He then left, his artificial legs weakened and barely able to hold him steady. As soon as he'd left the room I felt my body start to collapse. I managed to stay on my feet despite this. I stood up straight and walked out of the crowd. They could plainly see my injury, but to them it looked like I could not feel it. I returned my Save The Queen to the safety of the underneath of a table. I put one hand on my forehead and tried to stabilise myself as I started to waver.
"Quistis!" Squall's concerned voice came from behind me. I could hear him run to my side, accompanied by Rinoa, for some reason. "I'm so sorry! I...I didn't know you'd get in the way like that!" How stupid of me.
"Quistis! Oh my gosh! You look so badly hurt!" Rinoa gasped. Irvine, Selphie and Zell soon joined the huddle. I looked down at the bloodstain on my dress. The things I do for the sake of love.
"I'd just...like to leave now Rinoa...if that's OK..." I said feebly. She nodded.
"Will you go to Kadowaki?" she asked.
"Yes...I will..." I replied.
"You should take someone," Irvine recommended.
"No...I'm fine...I'll get there OK, it's only next door," I smiled as best I could to reassure their niggling doubts of me. I then slowly stumbled out of the Cafeteria. But I didn't go to the infirmary.
* * * * *
I sat at my desk, humbly organising papers while my class chatted amongst themselves. The pupils known as the `Trepies' made their way to my desk.
"Instructor!" one quipped. "Are you all right today? You look unwell." She was right. My head had been aching since the party. Maybe I should've seen Kadowaki about my injury. Too late now.
"I'm fine, thank you," I replied. The pain from my silly mistake still throbbed in my stomach, ever reminding me that `Quistis Trepe was a fool for the sake of the man she loved.' I rubbed my right temple with my fingers and tried to concentrate on my work. The Trepies were still huddled around me, their looks of concern deepened.
"Instructor!" another one said. "Instructor! Instructor!" why wouldn't I reply to them? Was it because they kept spinning and wouldn't remain in one place? God, why do these things happen to me? Can't I ever get away with an injury without it being fatal these days? Why am I asking myself questions I already know the answers to? Why am I even talking to myself?
"Hurry!" a Trepie yelled to a student. "Fetch Dr Kadowaki! Instructor Trepe is sick!" but I felt fine, apart from the pain in my head and the agony emanating from my stomach. All right, maybe I did feel sick. I saw the world start to almost fizzle out of existence as I fell off my chair and hit the carpet, staying there.
* * * * *
"She's waking up..." someone's voice whispered. I felt my eyes flutter slowly open and all I could see were blurs of colour. I blinked several times so that I could attend to my lack of focus. Eventually things started to straighten out and I could see Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Rinoa and Squall all peering at my face. I covered my eyes with my hands and I heard a short giggle emerge from Zell.
"Looks like she's all right," Irvine sighed with relief. I suppose, at the moment, injury must just be a Quistis thing. I slowly raised my body from the bed, but obviously not slowly enough, and a sharp pain shot through my head.
"Shit!" I screamed, unaware of the people around me, who all looked pretty stunned at my sudden cursed outburst. I gritted my teeth, in an effort to prevent me from repeating my previous statement at the mess I'd just made. Irvine laughed.
"I see you're feeling 100% now Quisty, eh?" he chuckled. I sighed and got out of bed. I noticed the blood seeping through my Instructor's uniform, so I tried my best to hide it.
"Sorry Quistis," Squall said, rather cockily. "We've already busted you. We know you didn't go to the infirmary after the party." I clamped one hand over my mouth. Oh no. I knew I was in trouble now.
"We just wanna know why?" Zell asked. I decided that it would be best if I kept my little retorts to myself in this case, because with this headache on, I could do a lot of verbal damage that would smudge my reputation indefinitely. I sighed, displaying my reluctance to answer his question.
"It doesn't matter about that now!" Selphie chirped. Good old Selphie. She's like the best friend I never had. I owed her for this. "All that matters is that Quistis is OK. What happened in the past is in the past. All over with! Done! Finished! So we don't need to worry about it!"
"She has a good point there," Irvine commented. I agreed with Irvine. It appeared that everyone else succumbed to this fact too. I walked around a bit, just to see if I was still able to without falling, then I stood before them.
"Now..." I said. "We can all go now right? I've been here too much these past few months." Everyone giggled a little and made for the door. Just as I was about to exit Squall held my wrist tightly.
"We need to talk," he said sternly. Dr Kadowaki got the message and left with the others. A wave of panic swept over me. Oh shit, what had I done?
"If this is about the incident at Rinoa's birthday party I'm sorry," I replied quickly. He sighed at me.
"You know you should've come here straight afterwards. Irvine was right; someone should have gone with you to make sure you actually went," he lectured. I looked up at the ceiling. I'd had enough of being lectured on what was right and wrong. So what if I rebelled against common sanity? It was my choice after all not his. I felt his hand slip into mine, and my whole body started to tingle. I took my eyes off the ceiling and they caught with his. He pulled me closer, then put his arms around me. "I was worried you know," he said quietly. "Worried...that I'd never get to see you again." I couldn't resist myself. I put my arms around him in return.
"You'll never lose me Squall," I said softly. "I promise you won't." I felt him kiss my cheek gently and I also felt my legs go numb. Things got worse.
"Squall!" I heard Rinoa scream. I pulled away from him and to my complete horror I saw Rinoa standing in the doorway. "I didn't know how serious you were on my birthday, but now I see..." she started to sob. "Now I see that it is true! You've been in a relationship with Instructor Trepe!" she ran away in fits of tears. Squall covered his eyes with one hand and I just stared at the empty space where she once stood. My legs suddenly jolted back to life and I ran out of the infirmary.
"Quistis!" Squall called after me, but I didn't stop. I just ran straight on. I ran right out of Garden. Fortunately for me, we were back in Balamb, so I ran into Balamb until I bashed into someone.
"I'm sorry!" I gasped as I tried to catch my breath.
"It's OK Instructor," a familiar voice said. Looked up and caught the eye of Seifer. He stood in front of me and helped me regain my stability. "What's the problem?" he asked kindly. Seifer? Is this how I remembered you? You have changed my friend. "Come to my place with me. We can talk about it." Seifer walked with me to his residence so that I could explain my situation to the most unlikely of people.
Part five will be up really soon. To all who review every chapter, whether you're into Quall fics or not, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please keep reviewing as it cheers me up after a long boring school day.
Quisty's note: Four parts already! Wowza! Things just get better and better. Quite strong swearing and Rinoa bashing in here so dedications go out to Hwoarang Girl (my star), TheGunBlader (you cool man), and Alona Everclear (who even though she's not a Quall fan she still reads this. Thank you!) I like to dedicate stories. It shows appreciation towards others. Anyhow, enjoy one and all.
Chapter 4 Rage of Blood
The fight began in blazing furiousity. Dual Sword clashed with Gunblade, one warrior pitted against the next, and over what? Me. Just me. This was just a childish brawl between two male teenagers fighting for the sake of their hormones.
"You're a fucker Squall!" Seifer yelled as he threw a powerful blow down to Squall, which Squall managed to successfully block with his Gunblade, to my relief. "You are such a goddamn fucker! You take everything from me! You took Rinoa! Now you're trying to take Quistis!" Wait, was I ever in a relationship with Seifer? As far as I could recall, the answer would be no. The crowds were gasping and awing at the same time. I heard Selphie squeal at the fighting pair. Zell ran over to me.
"Quistis!" he said hurriedly. "What the fuck's going on here!" I looked down at Rinoa, who had finally stopped sobbing but was still crumpled on the floor, watching the match.
"I...I'm not quite sure..." I lied. I swear that I never usually lie to people, but I didn't want anyone to know about Squall and me. I didn't want to know myself actually. I just wanted this needless bloodshed to end. But by now there had been a lot of blood spilled. It all lay splattered across the tiled Cafeteria floor, mainly gushing from Squall's side and Seifer's arm. I continued to watch in desperation, willing someone brave enough to stand in the way of these two blood warriors to end this pointless fight. I glanced at Rinoa again. I knew that it wouldn't be her. She was still crumpled on the floor reeling in sorrow and self-pity. I have to admit I felt sorry for her. I looked at Zell. No, not him, he wouldn't go near them. Irvine already had a job to do. He was trying to prevent Selphie from losing her mind. Poor child. So, it looked like the future of our leader and an old comrade now rested with me. I ran to a table where I had hidden my Save The Queen, as I had a
feeling that I may need it, and I ran back through the crowd and into the battle arena. Both fighters were now so blinded by jealousy and anger that they didn't notice that they were bleeding to death. It was all up to me now.
"Stop it! Stop it now!" I yelled. Then my heart took over my mind and I did the most unbelievably stupid thing. I ran right into the middle of the two warriors, just as Seifer was executing a powerful attack, aimed at Squall's stomach and Squall was doing the same to Seifer. I felt the sharp cold edge of Seifer's Dual Sword and Squall's Gunblade pierce my delicate flesh and slice right through me. Squall stepped back in horror. Seifer retracted his blade and dropped it, letting it clatter to the ground. Squall followed suit. Why had I let my feelings overcome my sense of logic? My heart had erased all my rational thoughts from my mind and had replaced it with its own agenda. My heart told me to protect Squall so my body had followed it. I clenched my fists and reached for my Save The Queen. I retracted it in a snap and stood before Seifer, with flesh baring exposed to all that stood around and blood seeping like a river out of my body. I stood firm though.
"Quistis...I...I..." Seifer stammered in horror at the damage he had done. I frowned at him.
"Seifer this is ridiculous. I won't allow either of you to continue this pointless fight. It won't get either of you anywhere! In my own opinion you're both playing the fucker because you're both just killing yourselves over me!" I screamed back defiantly, not only addressing Seifer to this matter, but Squall as well. I could see the disbelief on Rinoa's pale face. She didn't understand what I meant.
"I'm...I'm so sorry Quistis..." Seifer begged for forgiveness. I looked at him, my frown turning to a gentle face.
"Then leave. Leave now before I have to force you Seifer," I said gently. He nodded. He then left, his artificial legs weakened and barely able to hold him steady. As soon as he'd left the room I felt my body start to collapse. I managed to stay on my feet despite this. I stood up straight and walked out of the crowd. They could plainly see my injury, but to them it looked like I could not feel it. I returned my Save The Queen to the safety of the underneath of a table. I put one hand on my forehead and tried to stabilise myself as I started to waver.
"Quistis!" Squall's concerned voice came from behind me. I could hear him run to my side, accompanied by Rinoa, for some reason. "I'm so sorry! I...I didn't know you'd get in the way like that!" How stupid of me.
"Quistis! Oh my gosh! You look so badly hurt!" Rinoa gasped. Irvine, Selphie and Zell soon joined the huddle. I looked down at the bloodstain on my dress. The things I do for the sake of love.
"I'd just...like to leave now Rinoa...if that's OK..." I said feebly. She nodded.
"Will you go to Kadowaki?" she asked.
"Yes...I will..." I replied.
"You should take someone," Irvine recommended.
"No...I'm fine...I'll get there OK, it's only next door," I smiled as best I could to reassure their niggling doubts of me. I then slowly stumbled out of the Cafeteria. But I didn't go to the infirmary.
* * * * *
I sat at my desk, humbly organising papers while my class chatted amongst themselves. The pupils known as the `Trepies' made their way to my desk.
"Instructor!" one quipped. "Are you all right today? You look unwell." She was right. My head had been aching since the party. Maybe I should've seen Kadowaki about my injury. Too late now.
"I'm fine, thank you," I replied. The pain from my silly mistake still throbbed in my stomach, ever reminding me that `Quistis Trepe was a fool for the sake of the man she loved.' I rubbed my right temple with my fingers and tried to concentrate on my work. The Trepies were still huddled around me, their looks of concern deepened.
"Instructor!" another one said. "Instructor! Instructor!" why wouldn't I reply to them? Was it because they kept spinning and wouldn't remain in one place? God, why do these things happen to me? Can't I ever get away with an injury without it being fatal these days? Why am I asking myself questions I already know the answers to? Why am I even talking to myself?
"Hurry!" a Trepie yelled to a student. "Fetch Dr Kadowaki! Instructor Trepe is sick!" but I felt fine, apart from the pain in my head and the agony emanating from my stomach. All right, maybe I did feel sick. I saw the world start to almost fizzle out of existence as I fell off my chair and hit the carpet, staying there.
* * * * *
"She's waking up..." someone's voice whispered. I felt my eyes flutter slowly open and all I could see were blurs of colour. I blinked several times so that I could attend to my lack of focus. Eventually things started to straighten out and I could see Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Rinoa and Squall all peering at my face. I covered my eyes with my hands and I heard a short giggle emerge from Zell.
"Looks like she's all right," Irvine sighed with relief. I suppose, at the moment, injury must just be a Quistis thing. I slowly raised my body from the bed, but obviously not slowly enough, and a sharp pain shot through my head.
"Shit!" I screamed, unaware of the people around me, who all looked pretty stunned at my sudden cursed outburst. I gritted my teeth, in an effort to prevent me from repeating my previous statement at the mess I'd just made. Irvine laughed.
"I see you're feeling 100% now Quisty, eh?" he chuckled. I sighed and got out of bed. I noticed the blood seeping through my Instructor's uniform, so I tried my best to hide it.
"Sorry Quistis," Squall said, rather cockily. "We've already busted you. We know you didn't go to the infirmary after the party." I clamped one hand over my mouth. Oh no. I knew I was in trouble now.
"We just wanna know why?" Zell asked. I decided that it would be best if I kept my little retorts to myself in this case, because with this headache on, I could do a lot of verbal damage that would smudge my reputation indefinitely. I sighed, displaying my reluctance to answer his question.
"It doesn't matter about that now!" Selphie chirped. Good old Selphie. She's like the best friend I never had. I owed her for this. "All that matters is that Quistis is OK. What happened in the past is in the past. All over with! Done! Finished! So we don't need to worry about it!"
"She has a good point there," Irvine commented. I agreed with Irvine. It appeared that everyone else succumbed to this fact too. I walked around a bit, just to see if I was still able to without falling, then I stood before them.
"Now..." I said. "We can all go now right? I've been here too much these past few months." Everyone giggled a little and made for the door. Just as I was about to exit Squall held my wrist tightly.
"We need to talk," he said sternly. Dr Kadowaki got the message and left with the others. A wave of panic swept over me. Oh shit, what had I done?
"If this is about the incident at Rinoa's birthday party I'm sorry," I replied quickly. He sighed at me.
"You know you should've come here straight afterwards. Irvine was right; someone should have gone with you to make sure you actually went," he lectured. I looked up at the ceiling. I'd had enough of being lectured on what was right and wrong. So what if I rebelled against common sanity? It was my choice after all not his. I felt his hand slip into mine, and my whole body started to tingle. I took my eyes off the ceiling and they caught with his. He pulled me closer, then put his arms around me. "I was worried you know," he said quietly. "Worried...that I'd never get to see you again." I couldn't resist myself. I put my arms around him in return.
"You'll never lose me Squall," I said softly. "I promise you won't." I felt him kiss my cheek gently and I also felt my legs go numb. Things got worse.
"Squall!" I heard Rinoa scream. I pulled away from him and to my complete horror I saw Rinoa standing in the doorway. "I didn't know how serious you were on my birthday, but now I see..." she started to sob. "Now I see that it is true! You've been in a relationship with Instructor Trepe!" she ran away in fits of tears. Squall covered his eyes with one hand and I just stared at the empty space where she once stood. My legs suddenly jolted back to life and I ran out of the infirmary.
"Quistis!" Squall called after me, but I didn't stop. I just ran straight on. I ran right out of Garden. Fortunately for me, we were back in Balamb, so I ran into Balamb until I bashed into someone.
"I'm sorry!" I gasped as I tried to catch my breath.
"It's OK Instructor," a familiar voice said. Looked up and caught the eye of Seifer. He stood in front of me and helped me regain my stability. "What's the problem?" he asked kindly. Seifer? Is this how I remembered you? You have changed my friend. "Come to my place with me. We can talk about it." Seifer walked with me to his residence so that I could explain my situation to the most unlikely of people.
Part five will be up really soon. To all who review every chapter, whether you're into Quall fics or not, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please keep reviewing as it cheers me up after a long boring school day.