Chapter 5





He sat at a booth alone and remembered what had happened the previous night. It was different then he had expected.

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She sat on her bed and crossed her legs after a while, she looked up at him.

"Why are you pushing me away Seifer?" He looked up at her. She wasn't as drunk as he thought. She was almost there but, hadn't reached that point.

"Makoto, I'm no trying to push you away," he started. She was walking toward him while he looked at the ground in front of him. He continued,"I just don't want to see you get hurt." Her gently fingers lifted up his chin. She was looking into his eyes.

"I don't want to loose you Seifer because," she paused for a moment to go in thought. She continued,
"Because I love you." He saw her look away for a moment and then back into his eyes. Searching for something but, didn't seem to find it. She turned away from him and sat back on her bed. Her eyes casted down at the ground.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't hav---" His lips met against hers with a fire of passion. She was begining to get closer to him as they leaned back. The way his lips seemed to touch her skin seemed to right. He felt complete. It felt so right to be with her right then. The night they had spent together was great. So much passion in the air during the night. Her gently touch. The way her eyes seemed to look at him. The way he looked at her. You could call it love in the air.

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His thoughts were broken by someone pushing him. He looked to see Zell.

"Where's Makoto?"

"Sleeping."

"I feel sorry for her. She's going to have one major hang over."

"She wasn't even that drunk." Zell looked at him like he was crazy.

"She drank a whole bottle."

"Doesn't mean anything. She could walk, talk, and act perfectly fine." Zell shrugged.

"What ever you say man. Well, tell her that Squall and Riona left to the east. Me and Quisits are going to the south. Ivrine and Sophie went to the west. You guys get the north. In at least two weeks, meet here. Other words, send a letter for one of us to pick-up."

"Fine." Zell looked up to see Makoto coming. She was in some tan pants and a white shirt. She looked perfectly fine.

"Hey, are you alright?" asked Zell.

"Fine." She took a seat next to Seifer who placed an arm around her gently while she leaned on him. Zell didn't say anything.

"Well, I'll see you guys when ever. Uhhh. Bye!" He got up and walked away.

"We'd better get going Makoto." She nodded.

"What direction?"

"North."

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It had been at least three weeks. Every little bit of information sent them north. Never anywhere else. Only north. It was this one night that they had ended up far away from any town. No one to speak with. Just them, the waist high grass, the silvery moon, and the beasts. Makoto stopped for a moment while she took in the summer air. This night was going to be nice and cool. She looked at her watch to see it was mid-night. She smiled once she felt his hands touch her hips gently. She walked away from his grasp and then stopped. She saw something shine in the water. She quickly ran toward it with him following behind. Suddenly, she ducked down as it began to rise. Something was happening. Strange as it was, she continued to watch with curiousity. It was a large ship of some sort, freezing the water as the light seemed to draw her in. Wanting her to go to it. Leave everything behind. She turned. Soldiers where walking toward it. They entered into the door as they were taken down by little things.

'This ship must be where he is. If we enter here, we will find the masked man,' she thought. She stood up and started toward the ship. Seifer was still following her. Just in luck, they made it for the last small ship to take them down.

"Makoto, we don't even know who's ship this is." She turned and smiled at him.

"It doesn't matter. All we know is that this must be the place. How else do you think that we got here? Everything has pointed us in this direction Seifer." Her fingers outlined a golden ring on her finger. One small diamound was ingraved. A heart. It made it easier for her to fight without the ring getting caught on anything. His hand gently touched her cheek which made her look up.

"Until death do we part." She smiled and looked at the plain gold ring on his finger. Someone had given them as gifts for the good deeds that they had done. Then, they had been married about a week ago. This didn't really change anything except that they where doing this job together. Only they knew. Who would have thought that Seifer would have settled down with someone from another demension, right? Makoto picked up her communicator.

"Makoto here." She looked at Venus.

"Alright Makoto, everything is fine here. The city has been rebuilt, everything in order all over this world. The only problem is, we miss you. We haven't seen or heard from you for three weeks! What's happened to you?" Makoto looked up as the ship came to a stop.

"No time to speak Venus. I have things to do. I'll contact you if I'm still alive. Bye." She closed it as the doors opened. Guards stood there. They were ready to attack them.

"Come with us. Master Cisaq would love to have a word with you two," he grinned.

"Until death do we part," repeated Makoto while her small hand joined his. They were lead down long halls until they entered into a large meeting room. The guards left them there while they shut and locked the doors. Seifer looked up to see him. The masked man they had met before on that day he tried to kill her. This sweet girl beside him. He pulled out his gunblade with a growl. She looked forward as he jumped down to meet them. He glared at her.

"You're suppose to be dead, Princess!" Seifer glared at him.

"You'll pay for all the misery you've caused!" He quickly ran for him with his gunblade up. His sword met with his blade.

"Why don't you come join me Seifer. Be my knight like you were to the sorcess before me." He glared at him. He pushed him back with all his might while Makoto watched in dispare. She knew what she had to do.

'I'll give him my power to win but, that means if he dies, I die.' She closed her eyes while a green light went around her.

"Please Jupiter, help me to help him..." She was denied. She felt the power leave her for a moment.

~Our true power is not needed at this time Princess. You will know when it's the time to use us~ She gave a small nodded. Then, she seemed to freeze. Tears came to her eyes at the sight of what happened...






AN: Well, I'm going to make the next chapter a songfic. I found this great song and it almost describes Seifer by the way that he acts and the way people see him.