*Sigh, I can't write like I used to anymore... I'm also running out of ideas.... anyway, I hope you guys like this chapter nonetheless.
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"The train is now approaching the Dollet station." A voice came out of the speaker above, followed by a ding.
"That's our stop!" Selphie jumped up from her seat on the couch. "Wake up, Zell! Nap time is over!" she yelled at the boy who was snoring on the top bunk-bed. When he got up on his feet, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, he followed his three female companions out of the SeeD car.
As soon as the train came to a complete stop, they jumped out onto the platform.
"All right, let's go." Rinoa commanded, leading the way. They were walking past the shops when Selphie insisted on stopping to see the litter of puppies in the window of the petshop.
"They're so cuuuute!" she squealed with delight, running into the store. The others followed her.
"Raah! Seifer is a poo poo head! Raah!" a parrot nearby called out. The four SeeD's froze when they heard the parrot speak.
"Excuse me!" Rinoa tapped a passing employee on the shoulder. "Was there a young man with brown hair wearing a pair of chocobo boxers in here?" she asked, excitedly.
"Yes, and he was making a big disturbance in here not too long ago." the man glared at her.
"Can you tell me which way he went?"
The man pointed and the four bolted out of the store. They ran down the street until they came across an alleyway on their left. "You go check it out, Zell." Rinoa pushed him into it.
It was dark in the alley and there was a lot of litter on the ground and graffiti on the walls. The young man stepped forward cautiously. There was a dumpster at the far end and he made his way towards it. As it grew closer, he became more aware of the movement above it, in the shadows.
"Hey Squall! Is that you?" he asked.
"Spiderman! Spiderman!" he heard in reply. His eyes focused in the dim light and he could now see that the movement above the dumpster was their long-lost Squall, clawing at the brick wall. He was wearing one shoe and his chocobo boxers, along with a black leather jacket.
"Girls!" Zell called to the entrance of the alleyway. "Come here, I found him!" The three girls ran into the ally excitedly.
"Squall!" Rinoa called to him with a relieved smile on her face.
"My name isn't Squall," the SeeD replied, shaking his head. "It's Spiderman."
"Sorry, Spiderman," she apologised. Rinoa then pulled something out of her pocket and held it up to him. "Will you come down if I give you this piece of candy?" He looked at it intensely for a moment before jumping down from the dumpster to claim the candy. He downed the whole chocolate in one bite and began to demand for more. "If you come along with us, sweety, you can have lots more candy. It's just waiting for us back in Balamb."
"Really?" he asked anxiously. He was now willing to do anything that Rinoa wanted. Happily, Rinoa took his arm and led him, along with the others out of the alley.
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"Weeeeeeeeeeee!" Squall squealed with delight as he slid down the slide head first. He crashed into the ground at the bottom of the slide, getting a mouthful of sand, but he didn't care. In fact, he got up and ran back to do it again.
They had an hour to wait for the next train so they found a playground to keep Squall entertained in the meantime. Rinoa and Quistis watched from the swings as Squall continued to play on the slide and Zell and Selphie spun around on the merry-go-round. Zell looked like he was going to be sick but Selphie wouldn't let him off and continued to push it around.
"Rinooooa!" Squall suddenly pleaded. He ran up to her, holding onto his pants and jumping from foot to foot frantically.
"What?" she asked, trying to figure out what he was doing.
"I..." he paused. "I have to go to the bathroom." He looked at her with pleading eyes, "will you take me?"
Rinoa took Squall's arm and pulled him to the merry-go-round and told Zell to take him. Squall continued to jump around and began to whine. "Pleeeease hurrrry!" Relieved to get away from Selphie and the merry-go-round, Zell happily walked him to the public rest-rooms nearby.
When the two of them returned to the park it was time to head for the train station. Fortunately, they made it to the station and even onto their train with no further incidents. Once inside the SeeD car, they all went straight into the SeeD room.
When Squall caught site of the couch and bunk-beds, he grinned from ear to ear. "Oooooooh! Is this a slumber party?" he asked, clapping his hands together in his excitement. "This is going to be soooo much fun! Are we going to get makeovers?!!"