Chapter 5

Are you ready to know me? Are you ready to believe me? Are you ready to even trust me? Because without your trust this isn't going to work.

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"What do you want?" Quistis said through clenched teeth.

"Me? I wouldn't want anything from my dear ex-girlfriend."

(Ex-girlfriend? Me? How can I be this freaks ex-girlfriend? I would die before that. Maybe that's what happened! I died and now I'm in Hyne's Domain dreaming this all us, but who is he…)

"It's okay Quistis if you don't remember me, but I never forgot the day you took out my heart and stepped on it a million times before I left." He bends down to her level and takes her face into his hands, gripping her chin rather tightly then she would of have liked.

"I'll never forget and that's why I need you here." He looks into her pool colored eyes and gives her and evil grin.

(Whom in my entire lifetime did I hurt so badly? Who could this be? Is he from my childhood or from my teenage years when I was still training for SeeD?)

"You'll remember eventually since I took your GF from you. They'll start flooding back, but until you figure out who I am, I guess you'll have to answer me with sir." He lets his hands drop from her face and stands up. He walks out of the room and locks the door.

(Who they hell do I know that I hurt from my past…)



"Lemme see that!" Selphie screams at Seifer. Seifer throws it to her and she clicks the play button. Different ways to say I see appear on the recorder.

"They've been observing for sometime now to take Cid with them. No other enemy we came against took Cid."

"What if Cid is on a vacation somewhere or at some headmaster meeting out of town? They could've just put the doll there knowing Cid was out." Irvine adds hopefully.

"I would of known though Irvine. Everything that goes on with the headmaster follows back to me." Squall replies without looking at the cowboy.

"Just rest on it everyone. We have no lead or anything and the only thing I found when I got there was her ring she always wears." Seifer sighs feeling helpless.

"What ring?" Zell adds hopefully.

"Just some ring I've always seen on her hand. See?" Seifer pulls the light silver ring out to show the anxious hopeful Zell. Zell runs over to Seifer quickly and grabs it from his gloved hands.

"Zell give that back we need it!" Seifer cries angrily that Chicken-wuss took something in front of his face.

"What do we need it for?" Rinoa asks the angry looking Seifer. Seifer glares at Zell as he dances around, holding Quistis's ring in his hands. Seifer looks away from Zell and softens his expression when he looked at Rinoa.

"I dunno. Maybe there is some big clue to it or something."

"Zell, could I see that ring for a minute? I just want to try something." Rinoa watches Zell stop dancing hesitates and finally throws the ring over to Rinoa. She catches it and tells everyone else to quiet down a little so she concentrate for her spell. Rinoa clasps both hands together making sure that her hands don't touch each other. She closes her eyes and goes into Quistis's body when the incident occurred. Rinoa feels herself to get dizzy and falls over as Seifer grabs her. Seifer picks her up and sets her down on the white leather couch in the corner. Rinoa opens her eyes.

"I was Quistis for a minute when it happened. She thought it was you when she turned around, but saw someone she didn't recognize. She screamed of course and was knocked out. All I saw was darkness after that. She's alive. I'm almost positive but I don't know where yet." Rinoa says slowly, hoping that her details will help a little.

"Get some rest, Rin. You used to much magic and you shouldn't have, but thanks." Seifer smiles at her as she smiles back at him.

"Seifer why did Quistis think it was you when she turned around?" Squall asks out of curiosity. Squall still really didn't trust Seifer, but he was getting along with him. Seifer turned out better then everyone said he was supposed to be like. Rude, self-centered, and well Seifer. He was a great battle partner and everyone got used to the fact of him being around.

"I ran into Quistis when she was walking out of her dorm. She ran into me on accident and she looked dressed up. So I said 'Where are we going tonight?' as in the both of us. She just grinned and walked off. About 1 minute later I heard her scream and I ran to see what was up." Seifer sighed softly and went over to the windows at the end of the office. Suddenly they heard rustling and mumbling coming from the room next to them. Everyone but Seifer, who was deep in thought, looked over to the door on their right.

(I screw everything up don't I? Now Quistis has to suffer out of my stupidity. I should have walked with her to her friends and then she would still be here.)



(I don't remember anyone that I hurt so far…)

Sir walks in and sets some food down in front of her. She stares at him as he sits down in front of her. Quistis turns her head away from the food even though it smelled good. She was starving but she didn't trust anyone right now. Even if it meant starving. Sir watched Quistis turn her head away. Sir was getting rather annoyed and pissed off with this girls stubbornness.

"Come on you have to eat something. You're lucky I'm even feeding you, but I need your strength up for what I have in mind." Sir smirks a little. Quistis turns her head to him and glares at him.

"If that is the case, then I'm not eating. You can shove it front of my face, but I will not eat it." Quistis says as calmly. If there's anything she's learned in situations like these, it's to keep calm. It gets the person angrier than when you're screaming your lungs out. Sir glares at her and stands up.

"Then don't be expecting any food for awhile yet." Sir storms out of the room as Quistis sighs quietly.

(How am I gonna get out of this mess now? No one even has a clue of where to start for the search for me and now I'm stuck in this room attached to bed without food in my stomach for who knows how long!)



"Do you hear that, Squall?" Zell questions quietly as he watches the brunette stare at the door confused by the noise. Squall nods and starts walking over to Selphie, who was looking at the door and listening to the noise.

"I'm going in." Selphie glances at Squall and opens the door. When she sets foot inside the colorful room she finds Edea and Cid tied in the corner rustling to get out. Selphie runs over to them to untie them. By now the whole gang was there, even Seifer who was out of his thoughts by the commotion. Cid stood up accompanied by the ex-sorceress.

"Thank you children." Everyone nodded or said your welcome to Edea. Squall looks at the headmaster.

"Do you have any idea who did this to you, Sir?" Cid sighs deeply and shakes his head no as he removes his glasses and cleans them. Seifer impatiently tapped his foot and finally was at his last nerve.

"I'm leaving. There is obviously nothing here." Seifer walked out gratefully. The others say more politely than Seifer that they had to be excused and find more evidence on this case. Cid nods and dismisses them.

"Looks like we're not getting anywhere anytime soon." Irvine states as they leave the room.

"Just get some sleep and we'll continue tomorrow." Squall watches them all leave except his girlfriend. Rinoa walks over to him and smiles slightly. Squall gives her one of his rare smiles as she drags him off toward the door.

"You've had so much work and little fun. I think we should head to the night club in Deling." Rinoa laughs as Squall tries to stay in his office, fighting back with her.

"Whatever." Rinoa lets Squall's hand go and crosses her arms over her chest.

"OMG! It's the typical Squall line. Can I publish it in the 'most popular lines of Squall Leonhart'? You do know that's the only one that's actually in there." Squall lets out a small sigh and looks back at his girlfriend.

"I'm sorry Rin. I'm just not used to the fact of being so carefree, like you. I've been a hermit most of my life and when you came along the shell broke. I'm just not used to such fun and having someone there to cheer me up when I'm down." Rinoa walks up to him and wraps her arms around his neck. Squall softly wraps his arms around Rinoa's waist and strokes her raven hair.

"I love you Squall." Rinoa whispers silently.

"I love you Rinny." Rinoa smiles happily and lets him go. She grabs his hand and drags him to the elevator.

"Now for that night club…" Squall sighs.

(I guess some things never change.)



Seifer stares at the ceiling as he lies in his bed. He had problems sleeping since Quistis left. He tried everything he could of to get her out of his mind but it only made him remember her more. Seifer rolls over on his side to see what time it is.

(1:00 AM. How the hell do I get her out of my damn mind!)

Seifer rolls back on his back and folds his arms behind his head like a second pillow. He gives up on trying to sleep and swings his legs over the edge of his bed. Getting up he grabs his Hyperion and strolls out of his dorm room and to the Training Centre. Taking out his 2nd T-rexer he searches on for more. He smirks as he sees one only about a meter away from him. He runs over to it and catches it on a back attack. Seifer strikes as hard as he can and jumps back as the beast tries to swing its tail at him. Seifer rams his weapon into it's skin and pulls it out as it yells in pain. The T-rexer swings it's him again and loses his weapon as it slides across the ground away from hands reach. He panics and tries escaping, but the monster traps Seifer between his jaws. He screams out in pain and agony. The beast throws him across the centre and he hits a tree knocking him unconscious. Before he blacks out he hears someone scream his name.

(Is this how I die?)

Note: Seifer got himself in a screwed up mess. I mean the girl he loves is kidnapped and he was attacked by a supposed to be demolished monster. I'd really hate to be him