Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8... sorry yo! ^__^
Note: Well... Fuck that stupid chapter preview!!! I can't write that!! So now I've decided to completely change the chapter! HURRAH!!
P.S. The chapters from now on won't be filled with action... ^___^
~*Where Life Begins*~
~*Chapter 12: How Many Days Since I Have Sung?*~
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Day 20: Like That In a Dream. Part 2
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The beast advanced slowly into town. It slowly swiveled its head to the side to examin the surroundings it was now in. It let out a low roar, which caused the glass of the car wind shields below it to smash into a thousand pieces. The glass on the building next to it did the same.
"Sonic waves." Xu stated as casually as possible.
The beast dragged its feat forward down the street. Its eyes gave the wanting reflection of wanting to get soemwhere. It picked up its pace slightly.
"The beast is advancing on Garden at an increasing rate." one of the operators stated. "No wait. An alarming rate!" The operator screamed.
"Shit." Xu cursed. She bit her bottom lip as she looked around the room for any sign of hope. She released her bottom lip from the clutches of her teeth and finally received any idea for her mind. "Shut down all power in Garden's main corridors and dorm rooms. Root all the extra power to the electrical backup defense shield surrounding Garden. That'll take care of the defense. For offense I'll have the two chain guns located on the top of Garden shoot the target. Squall and Seifer will be manning the guns." She said. The crew around her nodded in understanding.
In minutes the power in Garden was rooted to the electrical shield and Squall and Seifer sat in the seats of the chain gun operating seat.
There was silence between the two protectors for a long while.
"Soooo..." Seifer began slowly as a visual of Seifer's came on a window panel of Squall's chain gun area.
"What?" Squall asked, giving him a death glare.
"You gonna ask Rinoa out?" Seifer asked with a dumb smile. Squall just stared... and stared... and stared... and stared some more. "I guess that's a no." Seifer said as he looked to his left a bit. He began to nod his head absent mindedly. "Hey. You like the song-" Seifer was about to continue until the harsh voice of Squall's sliced his sentence apart.
"No."
"But I didn't even ask-"
"No."
"Why won't you let me-"
"No."
"But I-"
"No."
"You're such a shit head." Seifer said gruffly as he threw his arms across his chest.
"No swearing boys!" A tender voice came through on both radios. Another screen popped up, it was Rinoa. "This is a killing room. No swearing aloud, just lots of spilled blood and guts!" She said with a wink. Squall blushed involuntarily. Seifer took quick notice of this.
"Oooooooooohhhhh! Squall's blushing." Seifer told her with a snicker.
"When we get out I'm gonna punch you so hard, Seifer." Squall growled angrily.
"That's the spirit, Squall!" Rinoa cheered .
"Shut up! all of you!" Xu commanded through the intercom. "The target should be on visual now." The two boys took up their serious faces and turned to face the enemy. It was advancing at an astounding rate. "When gets to the electric gate, fire at will." Xu told them. They both grunted and nodded in understanding.
In no time the beast was at the gate, stopped in its tracks, thinking of what to do. The two smirked at fired the chain gun. The bullets riddled through the beast and it fell to the ground.
"Yes! I killed it!" Seifer cheered.
"What are you talking about? I killed it." Squall told him with a glare.
"No I did!"
No, I did!"
"No, I did!"
"No, I did!"
"BOTH OF YOU! SHUT UP!!" Rinoa screamed.
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!!" Xu screamed.
"NO YOU!" Rinoa yelled back.
"No you."
"No you.
Seifer and Squall stared at each other and shrugged.
"No I killed it."
"No I killed it."
"No I killed it."
"No I killed it."
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Day 21: What It's Like To Know A Dove?
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Quistis stepped lively into the training center. The smell of grass and her perfume assaulted her nostrils. Normally she wouldn't wear perfume to the training center, but today was different, today she knew he was here. She pulled her whip from her back pocket and walked through the training center.
She could hear the soft grunts of someone fighting, it was him. She smiled at the thought of him, sweaty and- She stopped herself there. Oh! And all the dirt on him. She mentally slapped herself. She took another step around a corner, and found him there fighting a pack of grats that had surrounded him. His brown hair flew about his face as he darted from one grat to the next, slashing each one as he went by them. His two belts dangled loosely off of his pants and they shined in the artificial light from above.
After staring a good minute or so, she decided to help him, and get some training done. By the time she ran over there, he had already slain them all, and had begun to walk off for the exit.
"Good timing, Quistis." She said with a laugh as she slapped her forehead.
Squall entered his dorm to find his blinds pulled wide open, pushing sunlight through the window, and a figure asleep on his bed. He crept close to the bed and found that it was Rinoa. She had not undone the covers so she must have been waiting for him. Her white blouse was pulled up just enough for Squall to get a good look at her mid drift. Her short black skirt was also pulled up enough to get a good look at her long, perfect, legs. Squall blushed a deep red and walked to her sleeping form.
Never had anyone slept in, or on, his bed before. He extended a hand and jabbed her lightly in the side. She stirred slightly, and rolled over so her back was to him. Her legs pulled close to her chest. He scanned her leg without thinking and found she had no shoes on. A questionable look crossed his face and he looked to the floor to see if her shoes were there. They were black boots, untied neatly and thrown about on the floor in a heap. She obviously had been waiting for him for sometime now.
'I just want to sleep.' he told himself in a groggy voice that surprised even himself. He jabbed at her again. This time the contact caused her to flip to her stomach where she swatted in a tired fashion at where the impact at he'd been. Squall quickly became frustrated and he jabbed furiously once. She jumped up to a sitting position with the blink of an eye.
"What the..." She began as she trailed off as her eyes locked on Squall's. "Oh sorry." She apologized with a small and tiny blush.
"What are you doing here?" A pissed off Squall asked her.
"I was waiting for you." She sheepishly replied.
"Why?" He quickly asked. He didn't want to push the conversation but this was a question that had to be asked.
"I wanted to talk to you." She told him as her fingers found the tip of her black skirt. The tips of her fingers began to rub over the fabric of it.
"Why?" He asked again.
"Because you're an interesting person." She answered him. Squall mentally slapped himself for asking why. He should've just said get out of my room or I'll make bad stuff happen.
"No I'm not." Squall stated as he took a seat at his desk.
"Yes you are! You're also very cute." Rinoa told him with a small giggle. Squall's heart pounded, what had she just said?
"Don't do that." He commanded.
"Do what?" She asked, a bit confused.
"Don't be sarcastic. It's annoying." He answered.
"I wasn't being sarcastic." She told him shyly. There was a long silence between the two. Neither of them stared at one another, to afraid to. "Well," Rinoa finally said, as she stood from the bed. She slipped on her shooes and headed for the door. "Guess I'll be seein' ya." She said with a sad tone and an equally pathetic nod. Just as she was about to leave Squall's voice came to her ears.
"Wait." He called. He stood from his chair and rushed to the door and grabbed her shoulder just as she pulled the door open. Her body stopped moving and her mind ceased functioning, her heart was in full control. She swiveled around, stood on her toes and pressed her lips against his.
Squall was taken aback but fell into the rush with ease. He shut his brain down as well and his heart do the talking. His arms wrapped themselves loosely around Rinoa's waist and her arms draped over his shoulders. Her mouth parted slowly and Squall followed her action...
When the world was different...
People felt like this...
And when the world was different was the beginning...
It is..
It is..
It is.......
Where Life Begins
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A/n: GASP!!! They did it! Oh my gosh! I just wanted to thank everyone who was kind enough to review this story. I am grateful to you, and hopefully you can forgive me for not updating this in months... I'm thoroughly sorry. But it was worth the wait, right, right!?!? (Humor me)...
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL CHAPTER!!!
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