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Chapter 1
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The sun was hitting her face in the right direction as she sat in her chair talking with another woman. She picked up her glass and took a sip.
"So Makoto, anything interesting happen on your trip during the summer?" asked the girl, her blue eyes dazing with excitement.
"What would you consider fun?" she asked wrinkling her nose.
"Don't tell me, you met a guy." She brunette nodded.
"You will never guess who it was either." The girl was at the edge of her chair. She moved her short brown hair behind her ear and looked into her friends emerald eyes.
"Just tell me already Makoto!" Both of their eyes drifted over to the new person sitting at their table.
"What do you want?" asked Makoto, looking at the man relaxed in his chair. He smirked.
"So nice to see you again." She rolled her eyes at the smirk in his green eyes. Her ran a hand through his short blonde hair.
"Don't tell me you met him." Makoto looked over at her friend.
"Yep Selphie. I sure did." She moved her bracelets around on her wrist and sighed.
This is going to be a long day.
"Why don't you two do something exciting?" asked Seifer. Makoto stood up from her seat and straightened her short white dress that showed all of her curves. Seifer looked her up and down. Looking how the bottom rested in the middle of her thighs which were nicely tanned. The straps where thin but looked cute on her arms. He especially loved how low cut her front was. She rolled her eyes at him.
"What do you want me to do? Do a little dance for you?" She flung her golden brown hair behind her shoulder while her hand rested on her hip. He smiled.
"You could bend down for me so I won't have to stand in order to look," he grinned. She turned away from him and pulled enough Gils out of her purse to pay for her drink.
"Thanks for the lunch Selphie. I'll see you later, okay?" she asked.
"Sure thing. That's if I don't get an assignment first."
"Assignment?" asked Makoto. Selphie nodded.
"You didn't hear, did you?" she asked.
"Hear what?" Makoto took another seat while her purse was at her side.
"Squall, Zell, and I are SeeDs."
"I hopefully will join you guys after I pass this test."
"Nobody passes on the first try," said Seifer.
"You mean like you?" asked Selphie was a smile.
"Professor Quisits is going to be telling us who our partners are for the new year. Care to join me?" asked Seifer looking at Makoto.
"I guess. I'll see you later Selphie. If you go on an assignment, don't forget to write me in your spare time."
"I won't." She waved to Makoto as her and Seifer left.
"Why didn't you show yourself off in one of those dresses while on our trip?" he asked.
"Our trip? Firstly because I only packed a few for certain occasions, and secondly, once I found out that perverted you was on 'the trip', I decided against it."
"Do you think you could get that dress any higher?" he asked. She stopped and shot a glare in his direction.
"You're pushing it buddy." He grinned as she then continued to walk. He watched her for a moment and then followed. Seifer sighed while they kept walking on the trail back to the garden. It was going to be a long trip if they went by this route.
"Do you always go by trails?" he asked.
"Is there something wrong with it?" she asked.
"It's my turn to lead." He started to go through the tall grasses and then smiled once he heard her following him. She ran up to him and grabbed his arm. She pulled him down to a crouching position. Her fingers went over his lips as they stayed down. She didn't moved her fingers either. He could smell the sweetness of freshly cut roses over her skin. He loved the smell. It drove him crazy.
Oh, she smells so good. I hope I'm partnered up with her so I can take in that wonderful smell all the time.--- Whoa Seifer. No falling for girls. They'll just be your weakness. Just think about passing the test and taunting her with cruel words or perverted jesters.
He grabbed her hand one he felt it go for his Gunblade.
'I need it.'
'What do you need it for?'
'Do you want to be ready for the monsters attack or do you want to attack first?'
'You won't be able to carry it. Let me do it.'
'I've handled one ever since I was fourteen so don't tell me I can't handle one.'
'Mines heavier than what you're use to.' He took his Gunblade out and stood up silently. There stood before him a giant spider, eating something. Quietly, he snuck up on it and sliced it's head off without having to be attacked first. He found her by his side.
"You're stubborn, you know that?" she asked. He nodded.
"Of course I do. I'm a lot of things you wouldn't dream of."
"Lets go."
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Cid walked around in his office and looked at the woman that stood before him once again.
"Are you sure that you're going to do the right thing? She's been living here nicely for so long."
"She needs to train as a senshi. Not as using weapons. Her true power will come to her in good time Cid. She's already to the final level without knowing it. It surprised me to see her at such a high level at the age of eighteen. I thought it would take longer."
"How long does she have left here?" he asked.
"At least another year. I'm not sure when they will attack. Probably sooner than planned. Be ready for it." He nodded and watched Pluto disappear once again from his office. This time with the news of taking this girl away after all she had adapted to using a weapon quite nicely. If she didn't get something, she would continue to practice until she had almost passed out. That showed how much of a skilled fighter she would be. Plus that beauty made it look like she wasn't the type to fight. He sighed and knew another year would come where everyone would have to pass the test.
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Seifer walked up the steps with her but then turned when he felt a presence behind them. His Gunblade was drawn and turned on whomever it was sneaking up behind them. He recognized who is was by the blonde spiked hair and tattoos on his face. Zell Dincht. Makoto glared at Seifer.
"Put that thing away before you hurt somebody. Geez! It's not like a monster is going to attack you while in the garden." She looked pretty annoyed which made him smirk.
"What do you want Chicken Wuss?" He placed his Gunblade away and watched how Zell got all steamed up about it. Seifer felt a hard punch in his shoulder that seemed to have came from a man with all the strength behind it.
"You're an absolute jerk, you know that? It's Zell, Almasy. Zell." He scowled when she called him by his last name. She smirked when she saw it show on his face.
"Almasy." He glared which made her smile.
"Almasy. Almasy. Almasy. Almasy!" She started laughing at his face and reaction. He growled and then retreated up the steps. Makoto turned to Zell who was one step away from her and hugged him.
"I'm so glad to see you. Where have you been hiding yourself Zell? We need to go out for lunch some time." He smiled at looked at her.
"I was just visiting my mom and telling her how everything was going. I'm going to be leaving in a couple days with Squall, Riona and Selphie. We're going to do a mission of some sort." She left her arms around his waist while they walked.
"You guys can't leave me with Almasy. It's going to be so unfair. No one's going to hold me back from beating the crap out of him." A smile suddenly went over her face.
"Seifer doesn't deserve such treatment from you. Just ignore him. It's just that simple." She nodded as they walked in.
"I have to get to class Zell. See you later, okay?" He nodded. She hugged him and then ran off to the elevator. She clicked the button and went up to the second floor. She walked over to her class where Professor Quisits took her out of the room for a moment. She looked up at the blonde woman who's blue eyes looked at her through her glasses.
"I want you to try and put him in his place. Someone has to do it and I think that you can get the job done. I know you won't fail me Makoto. Just don't give into any remarks that he tells you. Everything will be perfectly fine. I mean it." She smiled at her young teacher.
"What are you talking about?" Quisits looked at her young student and took her shoulders gently and smiled. She leaned over to her ear and whispered something.
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Seifer heard a scream and knew who is was. He smirked and looked at the list once more.
Makoto Kino is her name. I never knew that a girl like her would be so good at using a Gunblade. I thought she would have used a whip or something else. A Gunblade just doesn't suit her. She looks too innocent to be fighting. Oh man, there you go again Seifer. Thinking about girls. They are evil! All they will do is get you to settle down. They're only good for a few things. Cooking, cleaning, looking at pervertedly, and have fun with. Stop thinking of this girl like that. She's not for you!
(An: Not to offend any girls but, we can be evil! Look at me! I'm evil when it comes to getting revenge, or not getting what I want. And no, we're not all good at that stuff up there. We can be lazy too and let people do it for us! Hope I didn't offend any of you! If I did, I'm sorry.)
He looked at her shakily come into the class room while everyone looking at her with sepithedicly eyes. She just smiled, and walked up to her seat with a smile on her face like nothing was wrong. She took a seat next to him and sighed.
I was right. This is going to be a long day. A very long day...
An: Hope you liked it.