Sorry this Chapter took a while to update. I couldn't find the notebook where I wrote the chapter Oo. Well, enough of my babbling for now, here's chapter 3. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Dun own FF8. I have the game, but I didn't create it.
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Forget me not
Chapter 3: Do You Remember...?
By: Ritchie Waterfighter
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"Oh my gosh! I overslept! I can't believe this happened to me right now!" Selphie said as she rushed towards Zell's dorm room and knocked anxiously at his door.
"Who is it?" Zell's voice was muffled though the door.
"Your tour guide for the day, Zell. I'm sorry I'm late." Selphie replied as Zell opened the door.
"Miss Selphie, come in." Zell gestured her to go inside.
"Oh come on now, Zell. You don't have to be formal to me." She took a seat in front of Zell and started rummaging through the bag the she brought. Zell was just staring at her the whole time. He felt something from her that was really comforting to him. He doesn't feel very unsure about his surroundings anymore when she's right there.
"Ah! Here they are. Okay start reading." Selphie smiled and handed him his Combat King Magazines, interrupting his thoughts.
"Um... What are these?" Zell asked, pretty confused.
"It's your Combat King Magazines numbers 1-5. Those are the ones that taught you you're Limit Breaks." She replied.
Zell picked up Combat King 005 and slowly scanned through the pages. He stopped flipping through the magazine when he saw a combo that seemed very familiar to him, but he doesn't quite remember it.
"My Final Heaven..." he muttered to himself, getting Selphie's attention. Selphie was about to ask him a question, but when she saw his face in deep thought, she kept the question to herself for the moment.
*Small flashback*
"My Final Heaven!" Zell yelled as he attacked the T-Rexaur. The dinosaur winced at the pain, but got ready to attack once again.
"She broke up with me, this is just another way for me to clear my mind."
"Zell, look out...!"
*End Flashback*
"Zell, are you okay?" Selphie asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
"I remember this attack... I also remember seeing a dinosaur being in front of me, ready to attack and..." Zell explained.
"And somebody yelled 'Zell look out!'?" Selphie asked quietly.
"Yeah, how did you know? Zell asked in confusion.
"I was the one who yelled it out. I was too late." Selphie said, looking down. Zell looked at her and said, "What's done is done, Selphie. I wanna remember who I am and I'm very grateful that you're helping me out. So please, Selphie..."
Meanwhile in the Library
"YOU DID WHAT?!?" Shizuka, the pony-tailed girl (AN: I think that's her name), exclaimed at what she just heard. "Why?!?!"
Veronica, the pig-tailed girl, shrugged. "He was nice and everything, but, I don't know. Once I was with him, it felt like he was a totally different person. I mean, I didn't mean to drop him off like a hot iron, but hey, it felt appropriate to let him go." She explained.
"That was heartless. You changed when you got together with him, Ronnie," Shizuka said, "And probably because of that, he was the one that suffered and was sent to the Infirmary. Ronnie, you saw him being carried off by Selphie and did you do anything? No. I can't believe that you didn't help him. What kind of girlfriend are you?" Shizuka almost screamed with the other girl pulling her back to try to calm her down.
"Shizuka, calm down. Veronica will probably visit him eventually, right Ron?" The girl asked, while Veronica nodded.
The three of them continued talking, unknown to them that there was a girl by the bookshelves who was listening to their whole conversation.
"Wait till Squall and the others hear about this." The girl said as she casually put the magazine that she was reading and picked up another edition of the same magazine. (AN: N E body know who this is? I think I gave a major clue... Oo)
Back to Zell and Selphie
"This is the Quad. This is where we usually hold the Garden Festivals. I know it doesn't really look like much now, but we're starting to work on it. We're gonna hold tryouts for the bands later, and I'll tell you more about it later. Lets got to the Bridge to meet our commander Squall Leonhart. Come on!" Selphie said as she half-dragged Zell out of the Quad. (AN: Basically in this part, Selphie has already shown Zell most of the places in the Garden. Please bear with me. .o)
By the hallways, as Zell and Selphie were walking, Seifer and his posse were there.
"Hey Selphie, we heard that there was an accident, ya know." Raijin said, "Who got hurt? OW!"
Fujin kicked him in the ankle/shin. " IDIOT!" She roared.
Seifer then spoke up. "What's up with the Chicken-wuss? It doesn't look like he knows what's going on around here." Seifer then looked at Zell and sneered.
"Leave him alone, Seifer. It's bad enough that he lost his memory, but do you have to call him names?" Selphie scolded.
"Yeah, yeah, miss messenger girl.. Later." Seifer said as he left with Raijin and Fujin closely behind him. (AN: Am trying to make Seifer nice. Key word "Trying". Please bear with me, yet again.)
"Well, since you already saw the three of them, I might as well tell you about them." Selphie said as both of them entered the elevator. "Seifer was the one with the trench coat. He was part of our orphanage gang and... Zell? What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Zell said, as he snapped back into reality, and blushed. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
As Selphie was explaining, couldn't stop looking at her. He had noticed that she was really pretty, but he didn't really expect her to notice him staring at her. The two were in a awkward silence and the were in an eye-lock too.
*DING!*
"Ah! We're here. Let's go." Selphie said as she ran towards the Bridge.
"W-wait!" Zell said as he ran after her.
Both of them stood on the lift and promptly arrived in the control room. Zell immediately recognized Xu, but he doesn't recognize who the two other boys were..
"Well, remember anything?" Selphie asked.
"I know that she is Xu, but they don't really ring a bell." Zell replied.
"Nida, tell everyone to prepare for take-off. Set a course for Edea's house." Squall ordered. "Xu, inform Edea about our arrival."
"Yes sir!" They both saluted and Nida headed towards Centra. When Balamb Garden was near Edea's house, Matron was already infront of her home, waving at the ship.
"Xu, Please call Quistis, Irvine and Rinoa. I guess call Seifer too. Tell them to head out Edea's house." Squall said as he grabbed his Lionheart gunblade, just in case they would encounter any monsters before getting inside the Orphanage.. Selphie then packed up her Strange Vision, while Zell looked at both of them curiously.
"I don't have any weapons, do I? I don't remember seeing any weapons in my room." Zell said.
Selphie pointed to his hand and he stared at it blankly. "Your fists are your weapons, Zell. That's why you are always wearing your gloves." Selphie explained, seeing Zell nod.
Nida landed the Garden near the old orphanage and Squall, Selphie, and Zell headed towards Matron. Sure, every two seconds they had to fight when they get attacked by a Jelleye or something like that, but it was just stalling them from getting to Matron quickly. When they reached the house, Edea greeted them.
"Welcome, my children. How could I help you?" Edea asked.
Selphie slightly pushed Zell, causing him to go forward, towards Edea.
"Matron, can you help us? Zell kinda lost his memory and we were hoping that you would have ideas in helping us," Selphie said.
"well, since he did spend his younger years here, he could stay for the night." Edea suggested.
"And if doesn't work, we could go to Esthar and ask Ellone to see his past." A new voice said, catching everyone's attention.
"Quistis, Seifer, Irvine and Rinoa." Edea almost exclaimed in surprize.
"Yeah, maybe Sis can help out Chicken-wuss remember himself and his memories, if he has any." Seifer snickered..
Something then snapped in Zell. He lunged at Seifer and got ready to pummel him into oblivion. (AN:*dodges rotten tomatoes thrown by Seifer fans* Gomen! I just needed something for Zell to remembering his past.)
"I may be a Chicken-wuss, Seifer, at least I'm not a fallen knight!" Zell said as Selphie and Quistis were pulling him away, while Squall and Irvine was pulling Seifer back. Zell and Seifer were glaring with daggers in their eyes while they were being pulled back.
"Wait, you guys! He remembers about Seifer being a Sorceress' Knight." Rinoa said, causing both boys to stop attempting to beat each other into a bloody pulp.
"Hmph! He may have remembered that, but he didn't have to wrinkle my shirt in the process." Grunted Seifer as he straightened out his shirt.
"Squall! Sorry for interrupting, but Esthar President, Laguna Loire, is hiring us to get rid of a Behemoth that is running amuck in the city," Xu said as she entered the room. She looked at everyone and saluted.
"Matron, sorry that we have to go. Zell, you stay here and try to remember some things about your past. Selphie, stay here and keep him company. We'll pick both of you up tomorrow. The rest of us, head back to the Garden and go to Esthar. Move out!" Squall said. He then saluted the Headmaster and Edea before leaving the house.
Selphie looked at Edea, then looked at Zell.
"Matron, we're just going to go by the beach." Selphie said.
Edea nodded. "Be careful, you two." Headmaster Cid said as the two headed towards the beach.
To be continued...
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Gyah! This took a lot longer to type than I thought. Sorry about the Seifer thing again. I like Seifer and I didn't do that on purpose. I just couldn't think of anything else for Zell to remember anything. Oh, and also the Zellphie chapter is going to build up from this chapter. It's hard to explain, but am working on it. Well, this is Chapter Three for now. Please review, but no flames please.
Ritchie Waterfighter
