Fish!
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Author's Note: hiiii again! we're back! did ya think this fic was completely gone and dead forever?
:D well, me and tyrael wrote this awhile back and i unearthed it from a pile of rubble so here it is!
we haven't written anything for this fic for nearly a whole entire year...@_@ R&R please!
"Die Seifer die!" Squall shouted while running through the streets of Balamb, their new home,
pelting the blond boy with stones, occasionally pausing to refill his pockets with more ammunition.
Seifer was fleeing on his new pair of rollerblades with Quistis on her new BMX bike. Seifer was
about to turn around to defend himself instead of running for his life like a little coward when
Quistis pulled him back abruptly.
"Stop it, Squall! We just wanna go fishing!" Quistis nagged as she gestured to the fishing poles
strapped to their backs.
"Then take me with you!" Squall demanded jealously.
"Fine! Only if you stop throwing those rocks and stones at me!" sniffed Seifer.
"Okay, I promise! I bet I can whup your butts and get the first fish!!" Squall boasted.
They raced each other to the fishing dock, hooked worms for bait, and cast their lines out. Sure
enough, Squall felt a sharp pull on his line almost immediately. He paused to look at the
gargantuan, ominous shadow under the blue-green waters.
"Uh..Quistis? Seifer? A litto help here?" His plea came a bit too late. The creature tugged sharply,
sending Squall flying into the ocean.
Quistis collapsed onto the deck into a hopeless fit of giggles. Seifer made a futile attempt not to
laugh, but a floodgate of laughter broke its way past his desperately clamped-shut mouth as
Squall emerged from the water, drenched from head to toe, with kelp and seaweed slowly
slipping and sliding off his cheeks.
After wringing the water out of his prized spiky hair, he proceeded to wring out the grimy sea
water on his clothes on to Seifer, who was now lying on the floor, pounding the ground, pointing
and laughinging at him, he noticed Quistis, usually calm and collected, with happy tears streaming
down her cheeks as she rolled around, giggling. Squall proceeded to pick off the seaweed to stick
onto Quistis' face. Seifer took a flying leap, sending Squall right back into the ocean.
"I'm not going down alone this time!" Squall yelled, dragging Quistis into the water along with him.
Quistis shrieked and plunged into the water. Seifer roared with laughter, holding his stomach.
"Oh very funny!!" Quistis said sarcastically. "Help me get outta here!" Seifer helped Quistis, then
Squall, back onto the dock.
"Here." He handed them towels, which they both accepted gratefully. He sat down beside them,
with their legs dangling over the side of the dock, and took in his surroundings. "Hey! What's that?"
He pointed to a towering majestic building occupying the hillside.
"Huh? Oh, that!" Quistis mumbled as she turned toward Seifer's pointing finger and started to towel
her hair. "That's Balamb Garden. They erected the place a few days ago. I'm surprised you
haven't noticed!"
Squall looked thoughtful. "I might go there sometime.."
"I'm coming too!"
"Count me in!"
"Cool! Now let's go over to Zell's place. We could prob'ly get a cookie or something..oh there's
something on your line," Squall pointed to Quistis' fishing pole.
Quistis snatched up the pole and played with the twine. "Dude people! Some help here?" Seifer
grabbed Quistis' waist and Squall grabbed Seifer's shoulders. "Ok, people! PULL!" Yanking with
all their strength, they moved in sync with each other and the fish was sent flopping onto the dock.
"Wow!" Seifer gawked at the flopping fish.
"My first big catch!" Quistis squealed cheerfully, "Let's give it to Mrs. Dincht!"
"First?"
"For what?"
"For giving you guys at least 50 cookies for the past two weeks!" Quistis snapped angrily.
"Sometimes, boys can be so ignorant!" She noticed Seifer and Squall's hurt frowns and quickly
amended, "Besides! You're allergic to fish!" And I HATE fish! And your mom doesn't bother with
cooking!"
"Hey!"
"It's the truth." Quistis shrugged innocently.
"Whatever, let's deliver the fish before it starts to smell funny." Squall took ahold of the fish and
began to walk in Zell's compound's direction.
Quistis easily overtook him, looking back and sticking her tongue out at him. "Blehhh!"
Squall frowned as Seifer too, overtook him. "C'mon guys! Wait up!" He protested, hurrying to
catch up with them.
~*~*~*~
Quistis arrived three minutes earlier than the others. She was about to knock on the door when..
"Quisty! HI!!!!" She heard a familiar voice call out. Turning around, she saw...
"Fujin!" Hopping off her bike and running forward, she gave her friend a quick, fond hug, "I
haven't seen you in months! Where've you been?"
A smile played on the albino's lips. "Been out training with my cousin!"
"Hyne! I missed you so much! Training, huh? Gee, I wish I could fight like you!"
Fujin slipped her backpack off her shoulders and took out a box. "Well, since I missed your
birthday, I got you something.. Happy belated birthday!"
"Oh no, you really shouldn't have! You didn't have to get me anything.."
"I know..but I wanted to!" Fujin placed the box in Quistis' arms. "Open it! I think you'll like it!"
Quistis noted the heavy weight and slipped off the cord holding the box together. She fumbled
with the newspaper binding the box, but eventually got it off. *No wonder the thing's so heavy,
the box is made of oak!* She thought, popping the lid open and gasped as her eyes fell on the
wondrous gift. "Its..it's...it's.."
"Well?" Fujin inquired hopefully.
"It's...beautiful!!"
At that moment, Squall and Seifer rounded the corner.
"Hey Fujin! Long time no see!" Squall shouted.
Fujin nodded and smiled. "Hello, Squall!"
"Whoa!" Seifer breathed as he looked over Quistis' shoulder. "That's one cool chain whip!"
"Yeah! Cool, huh?" She said as she hugged Fujin with her free arm.
"Well, I figured if you could threaten the guys at school with a grape vine and use it like a whip, I
decided to get you a REAL one! Hey! Clip it to your waist! It'll be easier to carry that way."
Quistis did as was told. "Perfect fit!" She exclaimed, twirling around. "How does it look?" Before
anyone could answer, a voice spoke out for herself. "My, my, it does look fitting! Better be careful
of the blade, Quistis!"
They turned around and saw...
"Mrs. Dincht!" Quistis and Fujin chorused as they curtsied together. Squall and Seifer looked at
each other, followed the girls' example and bowed awkwardly.
"You children are so polite!" Ma Dincht chuckled. "Come on in! I'll give you a cookie!"
They filed in through the doorway and sat down on the chairs circled around the table. Seifer
grabbed the fish from outta--
Author's Note: Let's call it Fish Space!
--Fish Space and presented it to Mrs. Dincht. "Here! We caught you a fish!"
She took the fish and smiled. "My dear, what a beautiful fish it is! Let me guess....Quistis caught it?"
Quistis, Seifer and Squall looked at one another and blinked. "How did you know?"
Fujin scoffed. "'Cause Quistis is the only one who ever manages to catch them. You guys either lose
the fish or drop the bait!"
"Do not!" Squall retorted, standing up in anger.
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Enough already!!!!" Quistis interrupted.
"Quistis is right," Ma Dincht set a tray of chocolate chip cookies out onto the mahogany table.
"Enough is enough. Zell!!! Come downstairs! Your friends are here!!"
There was a whooshing sound, followed by a whirl, and Zell stood in the kitchen...on his T-board.
"Zell!! How many times have I told you? No T-borads in the house!" She snatched the T-board from
under him and he was sent tumbling onto his butt.
"But Ma-a!!!"
"No buts! Now, I'm going to put this away for a week! It's dangerous to T-board in the house!"
Grumbling and close to tears, Zell plopped himself onto a chair next to Quistis and half-heartedly
reached for a cookie.
Quistis patted him on the back sympathetically and looked up at Mrs. Dincht. "Um, Mrs. Dincht?
How about if you give Zell just one more chance? I'm sure now that he knows the circumstances, he
won't T-board in the house.." Quistis appealed.
Ma Dincht looked at Zell contemplatively. "Oh all right." She agreed. "One more chance."
~*~
Author's Note: hiiii again! we're back! did ya think this fic was completely gone and dead forever?
:D well, me and tyrael wrote this awhile back and i unearthed it from a pile of rubble so here it is!
we haven't written anything for this fic for nearly a whole entire year...@_@ R&R please!
"Die Seifer die!" Squall shouted while running through the streets of Balamb, their new home,
pelting the blond boy with stones, occasionally pausing to refill his pockets with more ammunition.
Seifer was fleeing on his new pair of rollerblades with Quistis on her new BMX bike. Seifer was
about to turn around to defend himself instead of running for his life like a little coward when
Quistis pulled him back abruptly.
"Stop it, Squall! We just wanna go fishing!" Quistis nagged as she gestured to the fishing poles
strapped to their backs.
"Then take me with you!" Squall demanded jealously.
"Fine! Only if you stop throwing those rocks and stones at me!" sniffed Seifer.
"Okay, I promise! I bet I can whup your butts and get the first fish!!" Squall boasted.
They raced each other to the fishing dock, hooked worms for bait, and cast their lines out. Sure
enough, Squall felt a sharp pull on his line almost immediately. He paused to look at the
gargantuan, ominous shadow under the blue-green waters.
"Uh..Quistis? Seifer? A litto help here?" His plea came a bit too late. The creature tugged sharply,
sending Squall flying into the ocean.
Quistis collapsed onto the deck into a hopeless fit of giggles. Seifer made a futile attempt not to
laugh, but a floodgate of laughter broke its way past his desperately clamped-shut mouth as
Squall emerged from the water, drenched from head to toe, with kelp and seaweed slowly
slipping and sliding off his cheeks.
After wringing the water out of his prized spiky hair, he proceeded to wring out the grimy sea
water on his clothes on to Seifer, who was now lying on the floor, pounding the ground, pointing
and laughinging at him, he noticed Quistis, usually calm and collected, with happy tears streaming
down her cheeks as she rolled around, giggling. Squall proceeded to pick off the seaweed to stick
onto Quistis' face. Seifer took a flying leap, sending Squall right back into the ocean.
"I'm not going down alone this time!" Squall yelled, dragging Quistis into the water along with him.
Quistis shrieked and plunged into the water. Seifer roared with laughter, holding his stomach.
"Oh very funny!!" Quistis said sarcastically. "Help me get outta here!" Seifer helped Quistis, then
Squall, back onto the dock.
"Here." He handed them towels, which they both accepted gratefully. He sat down beside them,
with their legs dangling over the side of the dock, and took in his surroundings. "Hey! What's that?"
He pointed to a towering majestic building occupying the hillside.
"Huh? Oh, that!" Quistis mumbled as she turned toward Seifer's pointing finger and started to towel
her hair. "That's Balamb Garden. They erected the place a few days ago. I'm surprised you
haven't noticed!"
Squall looked thoughtful. "I might go there sometime.."
"I'm coming too!"
"Count me in!"
"Cool! Now let's go over to Zell's place. We could prob'ly get a cookie or something..oh there's
something on your line," Squall pointed to Quistis' fishing pole.
Quistis snatched up the pole and played with the twine. "Dude people! Some help here?" Seifer
grabbed Quistis' waist and Squall grabbed Seifer's shoulders. "Ok, people! PULL!" Yanking with
all their strength, they moved in sync with each other and the fish was sent flopping onto the dock.
"Wow!" Seifer gawked at the flopping fish.
"My first big catch!" Quistis squealed cheerfully, "Let's give it to Mrs. Dincht!"
"First?"
"For what?"
"For giving you guys at least 50 cookies for the past two weeks!" Quistis snapped angrily.
"Sometimes, boys can be so ignorant!" She noticed Seifer and Squall's hurt frowns and quickly
amended, "Besides! You're allergic to fish!" And I HATE fish! And your mom doesn't bother with
cooking!"
"Hey!"
"It's the truth." Quistis shrugged innocently.
"Whatever, let's deliver the fish before it starts to smell funny." Squall took ahold of the fish and
began to walk in Zell's compound's direction.
Quistis easily overtook him, looking back and sticking her tongue out at him. "Blehhh!"
Squall frowned as Seifer too, overtook him. "C'mon guys! Wait up!" He protested, hurrying to
catch up with them.
~*~*~*~
Quistis arrived three minutes earlier than the others. She was about to knock on the door when..
"Quisty! HI!!!!" She heard a familiar voice call out. Turning around, she saw...
"Fujin!" Hopping off her bike and running forward, she gave her friend a quick, fond hug, "I
haven't seen you in months! Where've you been?"
A smile played on the albino's lips. "Been out training with my cousin!"
"Hyne! I missed you so much! Training, huh? Gee, I wish I could fight like you!"
Fujin slipped her backpack off her shoulders and took out a box. "Well, since I missed your
birthday, I got you something.. Happy belated birthday!"
"Oh no, you really shouldn't have! You didn't have to get me anything.."
"I know..but I wanted to!" Fujin placed the box in Quistis' arms. "Open it! I think you'll like it!"
Quistis noted the heavy weight and slipped off the cord holding the box together. She fumbled
with the newspaper binding the box, but eventually got it off. *No wonder the thing's so heavy,
the box is made of oak!* She thought, popping the lid open and gasped as her eyes fell on the
wondrous gift. "Its..it's...it's.."
"Well?" Fujin inquired hopefully.
"It's...beautiful!!"
At that moment, Squall and Seifer rounded the corner.
"Hey Fujin! Long time no see!" Squall shouted.
Fujin nodded and smiled. "Hello, Squall!"
"Whoa!" Seifer breathed as he looked over Quistis' shoulder. "That's one cool chain whip!"
"Yeah! Cool, huh?" She said as she hugged Fujin with her free arm.
"Well, I figured if you could threaten the guys at school with a grape vine and use it like a whip, I
decided to get you a REAL one! Hey! Clip it to your waist! It'll be easier to carry that way."
Quistis did as was told. "Perfect fit!" She exclaimed, twirling around. "How does it look?" Before
anyone could answer, a voice spoke out for herself. "My, my, it does look fitting! Better be careful
of the blade, Quistis!"
They turned around and saw...
"Mrs. Dincht!" Quistis and Fujin chorused as they curtsied together. Squall and Seifer looked at
each other, followed the girls' example and bowed awkwardly.
"You children are so polite!" Ma Dincht chuckled. "Come on in! I'll give you a cookie!"
They filed in through the doorway and sat down on the chairs circled around the table. Seifer
grabbed the fish from outta--
Author's Note: Let's call it Fish Space!
--Fish Space and presented it to Mrs. Dincht. "Here! We caught you a fish!"
She took the fish and smiled. "My dear, what a beautiful fish it is! Let me guess....Quistis caught it?"
Quistis, Seifer and Squall looked at one another and blinked. "How did you know?"
Fujin scoffed. "'Cause Quistis is the only one who ever manages to catch them. You guys either lose
the fish or drop the bait!"
"Do not!" Squall retorted, standing up in anger.
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Enough already!!!!" Quistis interrupted.
"Quistis is right," Ma Dincht set a tray of chocolate chip cookies out onto the mahogany table.
"Enough is enough. Zell!!! Come downstairs! Your friends are here!!"
There was a whooshing sound, followed by a whirl, and Zell stood in the kitchen...on his T-board.
"Zell!! How many times have I told you? No T-borads in the house!" She snatched the T-board from
under him and he was sent tumbling onto his butt.
"But Ma-a!!!"
"No buts! Now, I'm going to put this away for a week! It's dangerous to T-board in the house!"
Grumbling and close to tears, Zell plopped himself onto a chair next to Quistis and half-heartedly
reached for a cookie.
Quistis patted him on the back sympathetically and looked up at Mrs. Dincht. "Um, Mrs. Dincht?
How about if you give Zell just one more chance? I'm sure now that he knows the circumstances, he
won't T-board in the house.." Quistis appealed.
Ma Dincht looked at Zell contemplatively. "Oh all right." She agreed. "One more chance."