Disclaimer: I still don't own Final Fantasy 8...

Note: This is NOT the final chapter... probably two more chapters to go....

~*Death, Rebirth and the End of the World*~

~*Chapter 7: Wishing For Another Star*~

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"We have to go back!" Rinoa pleaded to Zell as she stared up to the ceiling where the fight was commencing. They stood in the middle of the hall, students rushing around them in a frenzy at the Terrorist Alert signal blaring.

"C'mon, I'm gonna fulfill Selphie's final wish!" Zell told Rinoa as began to run, dragging her behind by the arm.

"We have to go back!" Rinoa screamed as she yanked away from Zell's grasp.

"You wanna stay here and die!?" He yelled in frustration at her.

"I welcome death." Rinoa screamed in his face.

"Then I don't care what you want, because you are lieing!" Zell told her as he grabbed her arm once more and began to drag her.

"I know What I want and that's-" Rinoa was about to finish but the intercom voice broke her sentence. It said:

"There has been a security breach on Garden. The World's Army is storming Garden. Take all precautions at stopping their pursuit!"

"Shit." Zell cursed loudly. He grabbed her arm once more and headed for the elevator down the hall. This time she did not pull away. She knew that Squall wanted her to be strong in situations like this. As Zell approached the elevator, the doors slid open and revealed Irvine, holding his gun at eye level ready to shoot.

"Bang bang." He said with a laugh. Thinking quickly Zell punched Irvine in the face.

"C'mon!" Zell screamed as he began to run down the hall, Rinoa closely followed. They soon ended up right back where they started. "Let's try the elevator on the opposite side." Zell told her as he ran down the hall. He skidded to a stop and made a left turn. Rinoa followed his example. Several gun shots echoed down the hall they were in but this time it was not Irvine. It was the World's Army, killing all in sight. They gave no mercy, nor would they ever. Zell took Rinoa into the elevator with him he smashed the up button as hard as he could. The doors slammed shut and the elevator sped to the next floor. As the elevator stopped the doors opened and there stood Irvine.

"You can't run from me." Irvine told them. Zell stepped out of the elevator, Rinoa followed but he pushed her back in and turned to her.

"Listen to me, get to the next floor and get the hell out of here. I'll stall him here." Zell told her as he placed his two hands to her shoulders. Rinoa nodded weakly. Zell took in a deep breath of air and pushed his head forward, his lips met hers. Rinoa's eyes were strained horribly wide at the pure shock of one of her friends kissing her so abruptly. He had been holding it in long, she could tell easily. So much force so much drive. The kiss was brief but it felt like a wonderful eternity to Zell. He had wanted this so long, just to kiss her. This was his last and only chance, he took the chance gratefully. He pushed away from her and with that he shoved Rinoa back into the elevator. "I hope to continue that when I get back." He said with a small smile, but she knew there was no next time. She didn't want to be with him and even if so, they were all damned to their deaths anyways. The elevator doors began to close and with that the image of Zell began to fade. The metal doors shut with a world shattering boom. Rinoa began to sob loudly as she slid down the back of the elevator. She rested her face in her hands.

"What's going on?" She asked, looking up. "I want to know, what I am going to do." She said as threw her head back into her palms and began to sob even louder....

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Zell swiftly turned to Irvine and readied himself, fists in fighting position. Irvine smirked as he brought his gun back to his side.

"You don't plan on fighting me with your fists do you?" Irvine asked with a small laugh.

"I will fight with I feel comfortable." Zell told him with a scowl.

"You put your comfort before your life?" Irvine questioned. Zell scowled once more.

"Would you like it better if I used a knife?" Zell asked as he reached into his back pocket. He whipped a standard issue Garden knife in front of his face.

"If you feel that it has a chance to defeat the child of Adel. Then you may use it." Irvine told him shifting his fingers on the gun. Zell smirked and readied himself for the upcoming fight. Zell was the first to charge. He dashed forward and stabbed the knife up through the barrel of the gun and yanked it to the ground just as Irvine shot. "Shit." Irvine cursed. It began to reach into his pocket for another bullet. Zell, seeing his chance, sliced Irvine across the chest. Blood sprayed against the wall.

When I Arrive

Irvine shook with pain and fury. As Zell was about swipe Irvine again Irvine smashed the barrel of the gun into Zell's stomach. Zell heaved loudly and stumbled back. Irvine rushed forward for him but Zell quickly retrieved his stability and slashed Irvine across the face. Blood sprayed against the wall.

At Heaven's Gate

Irvine thickly swallowed and loaded his gun quickly. Aiming it steady at his eye level he began to pull the trigger back. Zell rushed forward, knife projected to the tip first. The gun fired but missed the initial target of Zell's head and hit his shoulder instead. Blood sprayed against the wall.

Will You Be There

Zell stumbled back in pain and lost his attack. Irvine took his chance and smacked Zell across the face with the barrel of the gun. Blood began to trickle down Zell's chin. With a new fury burning inside of Zell, he raced forward and brought his knife down on Irvine's left shoulder. Irvine screamed in pain. Blood sprayed against the wall.

Waiting For Me

Irvine winced in pain as Zell retracted his knife from the new wound. Irvine, with a fury in his eyes of almost animal like, smashed his gun barrel into Zell's head, again he did it. Once more. Zell's head smashed against the wall. He began to slide down, blood smearing the wall.

Or Do You Even Care?

Irvine, seeing Zell's someone lost state of being, loaded his shot gun for the final kill. This fight would be the last fight for the both of them. A fight that would all fights. But the battle had come down to one single lead item. An item that you could easily squeeze in the palm of your hand with no blood. Irvine aimed his shot gun to Zell's chest.

"Give a 'howdy' to God for me." Irvine told Zell. Zell looked up, blood covering his face.

"I'll tell him you sent me to do so." Zell said with a smirk. Irvine gave a hard glare and pulled the trigger...

I Can Tell You Don't

So I Will Not Bother You

I Will not bother Heavens Gate

So I Will Not Bother Myself

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A/N: Well??? How did you people like it!? This chapter was a bit shorter than the others just because I want to do the rest of the story piece by piece....

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