Disclaimer: Sorry, I still don't own Final Fantasy 8....
Note: This sorta the humorous chapter in the story and we don't see Squall that much but we see Seifer grow mentally...
~*Where Life Begins*~
~*Chapter 7: Garden Blackout*~
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"'Ello Miss Xu." Irvine greeted as she walked past him in a hurry.
"Hello, Irvine." She said in a stern voice, not even giving him a passing glance. Her boots slammed against the tiled floor of Balamb's inner hall way. As the boots smashed to the floor, students, not to mention several teachers, moved out of the way. Irvine quickly caught up with her.
"Why you in such ah hurry?" Irvine asked her, trying to peek his head over her shoulder.
"None of your business." She quickly answered.
"Ah c'mon! Ya can tell me!" Irvine told her with a smile.
"No, I can't. It's classified information." She said in an annoyed tone.
"Well, wanna chat?" Irvine asked as he finally caught up beside her.
"Let's keep it short." She told him.
"Watcha been up to?" Irvine asked a bit hesitant on where to begin.
"Work." She quickly answered, not seeming to care much for Irvine's mindless chatter.
"Work?" Irvine asked.
"Work." Xu answered once again. As they neared a sliding door, she stopped and turned to him.
"After this we go through this door, your gonna have to turn back." She said a bit anxiously. Irvine nodded. As they both stepped into the room, Irvine's eyes wandered around it. The room was barren, the only thing remotely interesting about it were the two doors, one behind them and one in front of them. "Okay you can turn back-" Xu was about to finish until the lights went out, which were replaced with extremely dim lights from the sides of the wall. "Oh you have to be kidding me." She said with a sour face.
"What just happened?" Irvine asked looking around.
"The power died." Xu told him as she put a hand to her forehead.
"Well, the lights are on, I can get out." Irvine told her with a smile.
"No you can't. Those lights are running off their own battery. And unfortunetly, all the automatic doors in the facility are no longer in operation." Xu said with a sigh.
*1 Minutes Ago*
"Squall!" Rinoa called as she ran to the elevator where was Squall was patiently waiting for the two steel doors to slide shut. "Wait up!" She called again as she ran up the steps and entered the elevator, just as the two doors slid closed. "Hey." She said with a sharp intake of air. Squall nodded. Rinoa was about to open her mouth to speak until the elevator screeched to a stop and the lights atop the elevator went out. But just a few seconds later, the back up lights went on.
"Why did it stop?" Rinoa asked a bit shocked.
"Power outage." Squall told her.
"Thank the Lord we have the back up lig-" Rinoa was about to finish until the back up lights flickered out.
"This isn't a standard issue power outage. If it was the back up lights would still be on." Squall told her.
"Great." Rinoa mumbled sarcastically.
"Q-Quistis. Where did you go?" Seifer asked nervously as his hands flung about wildly in the dark, searching for something to guide his way.
"OW!" Quistis yelped in pain as Seifer's boot thrusted into her stomach. "I'm down here!" She told him.
"Oh, sorry." Seifer apologized as he knelt down.
"Found it." Quistis said with a sigh of relief.
"Found wha-" But before Seifer could finish a blinding light flew into to his eyes. Seifer wailed in pain as he covered his eyes.
"A flashlight." Quistis answered as she aimed it down. "Now we have to find Squall." Quistis said with a determined look on her face.
"Why?" Seifer asked.
"'Cause I know he is with Rinoa." Quistis mumbled lightly.
"What did you say?" Seifer asked as stood in front of her.
"Nothing!" She said with a light laugh. Seifer looked at her questionably but decided to stay off that topic.
~*1 Minute Later*~
"Seifer," Quistis began as she looked behind her to find Seifer following cautiously. "Where are we?" Quistis asked.
"WHAT!?!?!?" Seifer wailed. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE!" Seifer wailed once more. "W-Why don't we just go to the front gate." Seifer said with a small smile.
"If we weren't lost, we would be there by now." Quistis mumbled. After a few moments of silence, Quistis turned to Seifer as they stood in front of the elevator.
"Umm..." Quistis began as she stopped and turned to Seifer. "Seifer, have uhh... you had your first kiss yet?" Quistis asked as quickly as possible.
"No, almost, but no." Seifer said reluctantly as he turned his head to the side as to avoid eye contact.
"Why did I even ask that question? How could you have possibly gotten your first kiss, if I haven't even gotten mine!" Quistis said with a laugh as she turned away.
"Hey!" Seifer called in anger.
"So you wanna?" Quistis asked abruptly, turning to Seifer seductively.
"WHAT!?!?!" Seifer screamed.
"I could understand if you don't want to." Quistis told him. "Coward." She said with a cough.
"Am not!" Seifer protested.
"So then, let's do it." Quistis told him as she turned to him. "Close your eyes." She commanded. She slid one hand up his back and to his shoulder, she did the same with the other hand. Seifer slid his hands into the same position on her body. "Here we go." She said softly.
"Squall," Rinoa began, "Can I tell you something?" She asked as she traced a circle with her finger on the floor of the elevator. Squall looked to her.
"Sure." Squall said.
"I need to go to the bathroom." Rinoa said as she bit her lip. Squall looked to her in surprise.
"This is Hell." Xu mumbled lightly as Irvine continued to jabber on mindlessly about his life. After a few moments of Irvine's rambling, Xu couldn't take it anymore. "SHUT UP!!!" She screamed. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!" She screamed once more as she raced to one of the sliding doors and began to desperately attempt to pry it open. After a few minutes of struggling the doors flew open and the lights flashed on and Xu dropped to the floor but she quickly rose to her feet. "FREEDOM!!!" She wailed as tears streamed down her face.
As Quistis neared Seifer's quivering face, a sharp bing sound was heard to the left of them from the elevator. Quistis eyes curiously as she saw it began descend.
Rinoa wobbled on Squall's shoulder. She was sitting on his shoulders as he held her legs, with a small smile on his face, her skirt tight black skirt pushed against the back of his head.
"Steady!" She commanded as she attempted to take the covering to the elevator off so she could finally go to the bathroom.
"I'm trying!" He told her as he began to slightly wobble back and forth.
"I-I can't hold it!!" She wailed, as she bit her lip hard.
"Oh please don't go in this position!!" Squall pleaded. But before more convorsation could continue the lights flashed on.
"AHHH!! MY EYES!!" Rinoa screamed as she began to viciously rub her eyes. AS Rinoa let go of the ceiling Squall began to wobble from wall to wall. Rinoa gripped his head, just in precaution if they both fell. "HEY!! DON'T FALL!" She screamed.
"LET GO OF MY EYES!!" Squall yelled as he began to desperately claw at her hands. Then, they both fell.
Quistis's eyes widened as she saw the elevator door open revealing Rinoa on top of Squall, one leg wrapped comfortably in his arm and the other running down the side of his leg. Squall had his hands around her waist and the other one tightly gripping her leg.
"W-What are you doing!?" Quistis asked in a stutter, trying to comprehend what her eyes had fallen upon.
"Same question!" Rinoa said as she looked on at the two, just about to kiss.
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A/N: Well, There is the 'humorous' chapter... It will get much more ummm... 'plotty' next chapter, so, no worries if you didn't like this one!!
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