Hello all you guys, I'm sorry it took me a couple days to get out this short chapter. I promise the next one will be much larger. Thanks to all you who have reviewed, without you I don't think I would be writing. Please enjoy, and R/R.
I thought I said you couldn't come!
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"Squall!" Nancy yelled, she finally got close enough to him that she stopped running, and started to pant.
Squall sighed in disgust. "What do you want?" It sounded like a simple question, but the way he had said it spoke volumes, the most being, anger.
She widened her eyes a little at his ferocity, "Well, I thought that, because you saved me and all, and were both going to the same place, that, you know, we could go together?" She looked in his deep uncaring silver eyes, eyes that no one, save Rinoa, had ever been able to read.
"No." Squall turned his back on her and started to walk off the train. He heard her yell behind him.
"Wait! Please Squall wait!" She ran back up to him, and stepped in front of him. "Please, I won't bother you at all! And it's not that long of a walk to the Mayors house, so we can get there in no time at all." She smiled and tilted her head, waiting for his reply.
He looked down at her for a second. What the hell is her problem? She can't still want to sleep with me can she? "Why do you want to come with me?" He asked bluntly, wanting this to be over soon so he could go. She looked at him puzzled for a second, "I, I just wan to have a little company, surly I'm not that annoying, am I?" She got the tiniest bit of a sad expression on her face, and bent her head.
No, No she's defiantly not the most annoying person I've known. Squall thought as his mind drifted back to two particular people, Zell, and Selphi. Well as long as she doesn't bother me too much, I guess she can come along with me. "Alright, now listen, you can come along with me to the Mayor, even though that's not where I'm heading, I hope you know this is the second time I'm going to go out of my way for you, it better be the last." Squall gave her a hard look. "And don't ask where I'm going, or if you can come, you're staying at the Mayors manor. Alright?" She smiled and joyfully nodded her head.
Squall walked around her, and started heading out of the station, towards the center of the huge fishing village of FH. Nancy quickly fell into step beside him, and it wasn't long before she got anxious, and started to ask him questions. "So where are you heading if you weren't going to the Mayor? I mean it's not like there's a lot of places to go around her, it being an island and all." She looked at his face, trying to gauge whether or not it would be safe to continue to pester him, when she didn't see anger, just annoyance on his handsome face, she smiled and continued on. "So why are you going…wherever you're going? Come on you can tell me."
Shit, I should have known she'd do this. Can't just get rid of her now after I told her she could come, maybe I should just tell her, then she might actually just leave me alone. Not likely, but It's worth a shot.
"I'm looking for someone." Squall said, hoping that this would be enough to sedate her, but of course it wasn't.
"Who you looking for?" She asked, glad that he was talking to her, instead of just ignoring her.
"A girl, her name is Rinoa."
"Rinoa!?" She gasped, "She's one of the ones to help defeat Ultimicia!"
Squall glanced over at her. "Yeah, she's one of the ones who helped defeat her.
"And you know her? How did you ever get to know someone so famous as her? And if she's in trouble why would she need a See-D like you to come after her?" Nancy's eyes got all watery as she thought about Rinoa. If only I could be like her. Nancy thought as Squall gave a slight chuckle.
So, It seems like my Rinoa has a few devoted fans. Squall stopped walking. My Rinoa? He smiled, yes, my Rinoa.
Squall started walking again, easily catching up to Nancy who was still in her little imaginative world.
When Nancy noticed Squall coming back beside her she asked, "You still didn't answer my question, how is it that someone like you could possibly know, Rinoa?"
"Well first off, I know her well enough to know that she would probably be too embarrassed to stand if she heard you talking about her like that. And secondly, I had a mission to help her before the sorceress incident." I wonder if she even realizes that I was there during the sorceress battle? Squall's thoughts were cut short as Nancy suddenly stopped.
"Wait a minute Squall, you said you were looking for her, what exactly do you mean, she can't be in trouble can she?" Her face got a panicked look, and her eyes started to water up.
Squall, not being in the most charitable mood decided to let her know that she was indeed in trouble. "Yes, she was kidnapped by Siefer, and…"
"Siefer!?" That bastard kidnapped Rinoa?" Squall was surprised at how she was taking this. "Yeah, and I'm looking for her, I had a very reliable source tell me that she was in the Esther region." Squall started to walk again. "And that's where I'm heading now."
Squall was even more surprised when Nancy ran up and stopped in front of him. "I'm coming with you." It wasn't a question, it was a statement, and Squall did not like being told what was going to happen, especially when he didn't have any control over it.
"No, you're going to the Mayors manor, and you staying there, don't you remember? I asked you not even ask to come with me."
She shook her head violently, "that was before you told me my idol was kidnapped, now I'm going with you, whether I have to follow you the whole way my self."
Squall didn't like the tone in her voice, he had heard it often enough, especially in Rinoa. When a woman talked like that, they would do anything to get what they wanted. Squall outwardly scowled at her, but inwardly he gave her a slight grin. God, she reminds me of her so much. I guess I could use the company for a while, although I can't let her get involved. I think I'll drop her off at Esther while I go for the rescue. "Alright!" Squall growled, not wanting her to know that he was glad she was coming. "You can come with me, but it's going to be very hard on you, and if you can't keep up, or you hinder me in anyway, you gone. I will not stop, or slow down in my search for her, do you understand?"
Why is the man, so hard on finding her? Nancy was still totally clueless as to who squall was, and what an important role he played in her mentors life. He can't really be a friend with her can he? She gave him a ounce over, noting his strong muscles that rippled every time he moved, even under his baggy jacket. His intense gaze, that always looked to the east, toward Esther, as if by shear will he would instantly make them appear there. But mostly she noticed the huge blade on his hip. Is that a gun blade? Nancy thought shocked. She had never seen a gun blade, but knew that only the best could ever succeed in wielding one. That thing must weigh a hundred pounds! She looked at it; she couldn't see the blade, just the incredibly large sheath, and the huge handle on top. No wonder he has such a strong body as to throw my ex, around like a rag doll, he walks around with that thing on like it wasn't even there. Well, maybe he does really know Rinoa.. Well it doesn't mater to me if he does or not, I'm going now if I have to go alone…although going with a warrior like him sure would be nice. Now Nancy started to notice how incredibly handsome Squall was. No, going along with him sure wouldn't hurt me any.
"Yes I understand Squall, I won't hinder you in anyway."
Squall didn't like the intense gaze she was now giving him, but he ignored it. "Alright, since were not going to that idiot Mayor anymore, lets go around to the other train exit, the train is not running, so we'll have to walk it. I hope you can handle some intense walking because I plan on walking till I feel tired, which will take a long time."
"I said I wouldn't hinder you, and I meant it." Nancy replied.
Squall glanced over at her again. "Good, now lets go, right now were going in the wrong direction."
Squall turned around, and started heading towards the railroad tracks again; the railroad tracks that would lead him to Esther, but more importantly, Rinoa.
Although all his See-D training could not prepare him for what was ahead.