Disclaimer: Look at the previous chapters...
A/n: Figured that it'll be easier to read the thoughts if it were in brackets, so I guess I've took care of that. Sorry guys, for keeping you waiting. Whoa, 100 reviews!! I love you guys, you make me so happy!! You guys rock!!
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Chapter 6
Rinoa walked down the hallway to her locker. (Hehe, nobody seems to be bothering me today after what happened...)
"Morning Selphie! How did your date go?" Rinoa smiled as she spotted her cheerful friend.
"It was great! Irvine's so charming..." Selphie sighed.
"Hey Selphie." Zell flashed her a smile as he walked past.
"On second thoughts, I think Zell's charming too! Hmm...oh well, enough talk about guys, I just remembered that I'm suppose to meet Mr. Mclean regarding the project! Catch ya later!" Selphie closed her locker and proceeded to the teacher's lounge.
(School doesn't start until another half hour and I was hoping for Selphie to keep me company...I wonder if *he'll* be there...) Rinoa thought for a moment. "Well, no harm checking!" Without further ado, she was on her way to her designed destination.
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Rinoa stepped into the flower garden. The place still looked as beautiful as before and she wondered who had been taking care of it. Rinoa walked through the large garden looking around, hoping to find the person she was searching for. Unknowingly, she found that the flower path had ended, bringing her to a ledge facing the sea. The breeze blew against her face as a petal rain showered upon her.
"Wow..." Rinoa gasped as she watched the waves crashed against the shore. She never knew that such a beautiful scenery could be hidden behind that dreaded school.
"Hey..." Rinoa heard a familiar voice behind her. She smiled knowing who it was.
"H-hi..." Rinoa blushed. "It's beautiful isn't it?"
"Yeah." Seifer replied
"Do you come here often?"
"Uh huh."
There was silence for a few seconds.
"You were there at the cafeteria right?"
"Yeah."
"Umm...okay." Rinoa sighed, disappointed that her attempt to start a conversation was failing badly. (Well, at least he didn't ask me to leave...)
Time passed as the two of them sat beside each other on the ledge in silence, watching the waves.
Rinoa just felt happy that Seifer's presence was near. (Omigosh, don't tell me I'm starting to fall for him...)
"I think we should get back soon. School's about to start." Seifer said.
"Huh?" Rinoa glanced at her watch. "Oh okay..." She watched him as he led the way back to the academy.
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School ended soon enough. Not a single person had played a prank on her. (Well, Leonhart must be sooo disappointed.) Rinoa grinned.
"Bye Rin, I better go now. My Dad's waiting for me to tend the shop." Selphie said.
"What shop?" she asked.
"Oh did I forget to tell you? My Dad just opened a games shop. You know, for Playstation, Gameboy, Gamecube etc."
"Cool. Bye then."
Selphie soon disappeared out of her sight.
Rinoa exited the academy and headed down the sidewalk. All of a sudden, two guys appeared from behind and attacked her. One of them covered her mouth as the other tried to grab her legs and dragged her to the remote alley behind the building near the academy.
(Why isn't anyone around?!) Rinoa struggled and bit the guy's hand. She punched the other guy, causing him to drop her. She soon recovered her balance and tried to run away but unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough as one of the attackers grabbed her and threw her onto the hard ground. He climbed on top of her and started kissing her neck. "Get off me you asshole!" Rinoa spat as sank her nails into his neck and scratched him.
"Ow!" The guy touched his neck and looked at the blood drip down his fingers. "You b***h!" he slapped her across her face.
"Is that the way to treat a lady?" A voice came up from behind.
"What the..."
The mystery person seized him from the back and slammed him against the wall. He punched the second guy in the stomach and threw him beside the first guy. "Make sure that I'll never see you both again." He growled.
"Master Almasy?" The two guys asked with fear.
Rinoa looked up. (Seifer Almasy?)
"Please don't hurt us! We were just acting under Master Leonhart's orders!" One of the guys trembled.
(Damn you Leonhart!) Hatred and tears filled Rinoa's eyes.
"Squall ordered you to do this?" Seifer asked in disbelief. The two guys nodded hastily. "Just get out of my sight now!" he roared. The cowards disappeared as quickly as lightning.
"You ok?" Seifer asked gently. Rinoa closed her eyes, hoping to swallow her tears, and nodded, "Why did you help me? Aren't you Leonhart's best friend?" Rinoa spat his name.
"I hate to see things like this happen and besides, I don't think Squall would actually do that."
"He's your friend, of course you would defend him." Rinoa kept her eyes shut, still fighting back her tears, not wanting others to see that she's just a weak and helpless little girl inside.
Seifer sat down beside her, "If you're sad just cry your heart out. At least you'll feel better." Rinoa opened her eyes, letting her tears flow down her cheeks.
Seifer held her chin and she looked up, into his emerald green eyes. He gave her a warm smile and wiped her tears off her cheek, "You feel better now don't you?" he asked softly.
Rinoa nodded. She didn't know what to do but she found herself slowly leaning forward, wanting to kiss him.
Seifer got up. "We better get going." Rinoa simply nodded again. Her mind was a total blank and she couldn't think of anything to say. Picking up her books, she was about to walk away when she stopped in her tracks and turned around, "Thanks Almasy." Seifer smiled back at her again. Rinoa wished that he would say something, *anything*, but sadly, he just walked away and she was soon on her way back home...alone.
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~*~ At Loire's Residence ~*~
"YOU GUYS DID WHAT?"
"W-We were just about to remove her clothes when-"
"Who the hell told you to remove her clothes?!" Squall roared. "I said to *scare* her not *rape* her, you idiots!"
"Umm...so what about our cash?" One of the guys asked.
Squall walked up to him without a word and punched him in the face. "You didn't even accomplish this simple task, tried to rape her and you still dare to ask for cash?!"
"I-I'm s-sorry!"
"NOW GET THE HELL OUTTA MY SIGHT!"
The two losers quickly made their way out of the mansion.
The butler walked in, "You lunch is served, Lord Squall."
"Kiros, take it away. I've just lost my appetite." Squall said and walked up to his room, slamming the door behind him.
"Throwing tantrums again?"
"Yeah, don't worry Ward, he's still the young little rascal we all know." Kiros laughed.
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"Hey Angelo!" Rinoa greeted tiredly.
"How's your day?" Julia smiled at her daughter.
"The usual." She answered restlessly.
"Your lunch's ready."
"Okay. Mind if I eat in my room? I've got a loooot of work to settle." Without waiting for a reply, Rinoa grabbed her tray of food and hurried to her room. "C'mon Angelo!" The dog followed her up the stairs.
Rinoa set her lunch on the table as she dumped her bag onto her bed. "Sigh..." Rinoa lay on her bed as Angelo jumped up beside her. "Do you think voodoo would work on that Leonhart creep?" Angelo turned its back to her. "I'm guessing that's a no." Rinoa stated.
"Oh well...guess I'll just hafta continue praying that a comet would fall on Earth and smash him..." Rinoa sighed.
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Rinoa walked down the usual sky blue hallway to her locker. She stopped as she looked up and spotted the person she hated most. As she tried to walk past him, he stepped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Get out of my way." She said irritatedly.
"Look I'm sorry ok?" Squall said softly.
Rinoa looked at him for a moment before pushing past him. "Whatever."
She opened her locker and dumped her books in. Squall turned her around and demanded in a tone louder than before, "Hey I've already apologized! What else do you want?"
"After doing what you did you think a simple apology is enough? And is it that torturing to say 'sorry'?" Rinoa retorted. With that she took her necessary books and left him standing in the hallway.
(She's one of a kind. Any ordinary girl would never resist my charms. And duh, that was my first apology since...ever! Grr...) Squall watched her enter the classroom and silently cursed himself for being attracted to her.
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A/n: Wow I can't believe I've finally completed another chapter!! Sorry guys, but I don't think I'll be able to update it for about a month due to exams...erm, maybe just *one* more update but, nonetheless, I hope you guys would keep an eye out for it!! Please check out my fic "If Only You Could Be Mine" that I uploaded recently. By the way, it's a Seinoa fic!! Oh, and keep up with the votes!! ^_~
Quycksylver: Lol, yeah too bad I couldn't keep Squall from not being a jackass. If I didn't, this would definitely be a Seinoa fic instead of a Squall/Rinoa/Seifer fic!! I never could see Selphie with Irvine but I guess I've learnt to get used to it after being around FF.Net so often! ^_~
Flutter: Hmm...all my friends are crazy over Vanness too. No offense but I wonder what's so special about him...he was in town about 2 weeks ago and my friends went for the autograph session and they're still talking about it till today...anyway, thanks a lot for the review!! ^_^
SummonerYuna: Thanks for reviewing!! I'm so glad you liked her revenge! Are you a Squinoa fan? Just a thought though because if you are, then you'll be glad that the Squinoa action is going to roll in soon!! :D
Angelprinczess29: Lol, don't worry, Squall wouldn't be much of a meanie soon!! Or maybe a part of him would remain a meanie but oh well, a leopard never changes its spots!! Thanx for the review!! :)
Icedragon6171: Hey!! Thanks so much for the advice!! Really appreciated that and I'll definitely keep that in mind!! Ooo a squinoa fan...hope you'll enjoy their love hate relationship!! ^_~
irma: Hehe, lots of people have been asking me to do the same thing!! I'm really sorry but Rinoa would remain the way she is cos that would make her relationship with either the two guys more interesting!! Sorry again but I hope you'll continue reading this, k? Thanks for the review!! ^_^
aha girl!: Lol, cute nic!! Thanks for checking out my fic and I'm really happy that you've enjoyed reading this! :)
IsidraC: Lol, well if those two keep playing pranks on each other then that'll make a senseless relationship wouldn't it? Heh, thanks for the reviews, I really appreciated them!! ^_^
Squall's angel: Heh, glad you liked the idea of Squall eating shit!! Lol!! *Blushes* Thanks so much for your compliments and I'm really glad that you've reviewed!! Thanks for the votes!! Hehe, I actually like the idea of Squall being an ass!! ^_~
GeminiGirlz: Doncha worry, Rinoa wouldn't fall for Tidus at all!! Oh and you'll probably hate me for this chapter but this fic compromises of both Squinoa and Seinoa stuff so the Squinoa stuff would be in soon!!
Z blade: Woohoo!! Glad that you're enjoying this fic and thanks a lot for the review!! :)
FloralBlackMoon: Lol, thanks for idea!! I'll keep that in mind and you've made me so happy by reviewing again!! Thanks a lot!! Take care!! ^_^
Lady in Blue: Yeah, I think Tidus looks good with Rinoa too!! He'll like both a Squall and a Seifer combined!! But too bad this is an FF8 fic...:( Hehe, really appreciated you reviewing!! ^_^
Renegade Seraph: LOL!! Don't worry, Squall *did* spit it out much to Rinoa's disappointment but hey, it could be worse!! *Smirks* Anyway, thanx for the review!! ^_~
Rinoica: Hehe, I can imagine Selphie and Zell hopping up and down shouting, "Look, there's Peter Pan!" Lol, thanks for the review!! ^_~
solsethegreat: Thanks so much for reviewing and I'm glad you liked this fic!! Hope you'll continue your fic shortly too!! :)
tigerofthewind: Nah, I don't plan to making those three ultimate b***hes cos I know they aren't and they're my fave FF characters too!! Just couldn't think of suitable names and I thought it would be fun to use names of other FF characters, then *boom* you've got those three 'bitchy' cheerleaders!! Thanks for the review!! Really made my day!!
A/n: Figured that it'll be easier to read the thoughts if it were in brackets, so I guess I've took care of that. Sorry guys, for keeping you waiting. Whoa, 100 reviews!! I love you guys, you make me so happy!! You guys rock!!
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Chapter 6
Rinoa walked down the hallway to her locker. (Hehe, nobody seems to be bothering me today after what happened...)
"Morning Selphie! How did your date go?" Rinoa smiled as she spotted her cheerful friend.
"It was great! Irvine's so charming..." Selphie sighed.
"Hey Selphie." Zell flashed her a smile as he walked past.
"On second thoughts, I think Zell's charming too! Hmm...oh well, enough talk about guys, I just remembered that I'm suppose to meet Mr. Mclean regarding the project! Catch ya later!" Selphie closed her locker and proceeded to the teacher's lounge.
(School doesn't start until another half hour and I was hoping for Selphie to keep me company...I wonder if *he'll* be there...) Rinoa thought for a moment. "Well, no harm checking!" Without further ado, she was on her way to her designed destination.
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Rinoa stepped into the flower garden. The place still looked as beautiful as before and she wondered who had been taking care of it. Rinoa walked through the large garden looking around, hoping to find the person she was searching for. Unknowingly, she found that the flower path had ended, bringing her to a ledge facing the sea. The breeze blew against her face as a petal rain showered upon her.
"Wow..." Rinoa gasped as she watched the waves crashed against the shore. She never knew that such a beautiful scenery could be hidden behind that dreaded school.
"Hey..." Rinoa heard a familiar voice behind her. She smiled knowing who it was.
"H-hi..." Rinoa blushed. "It's beautiful isn't it?"
"Yeah." Seifer replied
"Do you come here often?"
"Uh huh."
There was silence for a few seconds.
"You were there at the cafeteria right?"
"Yeah."
"Umm...okay." Rinoa sighed, disappointed that her attempt to start a conversation was failing badly. (Well, at least he didn't ask me to leave...)
Time passed as the two of them sat beside each other on the ledge in silence, watching the waves.
Rinoa just felt happy that Seifer's presence was near. (Omigosh, don't tell me I'm starting to fall for him...)
"I think we should get back soon. School's about to start." Seifer said.
"Huh?" Rinoa glanced at her watch. "Oh okay..." She watched him as he led the way back to the academy.
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School ended soon enough. Not a single person had played a prank on her. (Well, Leonhart must be sooo disappointed.) Rinoa grinned.
"Bye Rin, I better go now. My Dad's waiting for me to tend the shop." Selphie said.
"What shop?" she asked.
"Oh did I forget to tell you? My Dad just opened a games shop. You know, for Playstation, Gameboy, Gamecube etc."
"Cool. Bye then."
Selphie soon disappeared out of her sight.
Rinoa exited the academy and headed down the sidewalk. All of a sudden, two guys appeared from behind and attacked her. One of them covered her mouth as the other tried to grab her legs and dragged her to the remote alley behind the building near the academy.
(Why isn't anyone around?!) Rinoa struggled and bit the guy's hand. She punched the other guy, causing him to drop her. She soon recovered her balance and tried to run away but unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough as one of the attackers grabbed her and threw her onto the hard ground. He climbed on top of her and started kissing her neck. "Get off me you asshole!" Rinoa spat as sank her nails into his neck and scratched him.
"Ow!" The guy touched his neck and looked at the blood drip down his fingers. "You b***h!" he slapped her across her face.
"Is that the way to treat a lady?" A voice came up from behind.
"What the..."
The mystery person seized him from the back and slammed him against the wall. He punched the second guy in the stomach and threw him beside the first guy. "Make sure that I'll never see you both again." He growled.
"Master Almasy?" The two guys asked with fear.
Rinoa looked up. (Seifer Almasy?)
"Please don't hurt us! We were just acting under Master Leonhart's orders!" One of the guys trembled.
(Damn you Leonhart!) Hatred and tears filled Rinoa's eyes.
"Squall ordered you to do this?" Seifer asked in disbelief. The two guys nodded hastily. "Just get out of my sight now!" he roared. The cowards disappeared as quickly as lightning.
"You ok?" Seifer asked gently. Rinoa closed her eyes, hoping to swallow her tears, and nodded, "Why did you help me? Aren't you Leonhart's best friend?" Rinoa spat his name.
"I hate to see things like this happen and besides, I don't think Squall would actually do that."
"He's your friend, of course you would defend him." Rinoa kept her eyes shut, still fighting back her tears, not wanting others to see that she's just a weak and helpless little girl inside.
Seifer sat down beside her, "If you're sad just cry your heart out. At least you'll feel better." Rinoa opened her eyes, letting her tears flow down her cheeks.
Seifer held her chin and she looked up, into his emerald green eyes. He gave her a warm smile and wiped her tears off her cheek, "You feel better now don't you?" he asked softly.
Rinoa nodded. She didn't know what to do but she found herself slowly leaning forward, wanting to kiss him.
Seifer got up. "We better get going." Rinoa simply nodded again. Her mind was a total blank and she couldn't think of anything to say. Picking up her books, she was about to walk away when she stopped in her tracks and turned around, "Thanks Almasy." Seifer smiled back at her again. Rinoa wished that he would say something, *anything*, but sadly, he just walked away and she was soon on her way back home...alone.
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~*~ At Loire's Residence ~*~
"YOU GUYS DID WHAT?"
"W-We were just about to remove her clothes when-"
"Who the hell told you to remove her clothes?!" Squall roared. "I said to *scare* her not *rape* her, you idiots!"
"Umm...so what about our cash?" One of the guys asked.
Squall walked up to him without a word and punched him in the face. "You didn't even accomplish this simple task, tried to rape her and you still dare to ask for cash?!"
"I-I'm s-sorry!"
"NOW GET THE HELL OUTTA MY SIGHT!"
The two losers quickly made their way out of the mansion.
The butler walked in, "You lunch is served, Lord Squall."
"Kiros, take it away. I've just lost my appetite." Squall said and walked up to his room, slamming the door behind him.
"Throwing tantrums again?"
"Yeah, don't worry Ward, he's still the young little rascal we all know." Kiros laughed.
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"Hey Angelo!" Rinoa greeted tiredly.
"How's your day?" Julia smiled at her daughter.
"The usual." She answered restlessly.
"Your lunch's ready."
"Okay. Mind if I eat in my room? I've got a loooot of work to settle." Without waiting for a reply, Rinoa grabbed her tray of food and hurried to her room. "C'mon Angelo!" The dog followed her up the stairs.
Rinoa set her lunch on the table as she dumped her bag onto her bed. "Sigh..." Rinoa lay on her bed as Angelo jumped up beside her. "Do you think voodoo would work on that Leonhart creep?" Angelo turned its back to her. "I'm guessing that's a no." Rinoa stated.
"Oh well...guess I'll just hafta continue praying that a comet would fall on Earth and smash him..." Rinoa sighed.
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Rinoa walked down the usual sky blue hallway to her locker. She stopped as she looked up and spotted the person she hated most. As she tried to walk past him, he stepped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Get out of my way." She said irritatedly.
"Look I'm sorry ok?" Squall said softly.
Rinoa looked at him for a moment before pushing past him. "Whatever."
She opened her locker and dumped her books in. Squall turned her around and demanded in a tone louder than before, "Hey I've already apologized! What else do you want?"
"After doing what you did you think a simple apology is enough? And is it that torturing to say 'sorry'?" Rinoa retorted. With that she took her necessary books and left him standing in the hallway.
(She's one of a kind. Any ordinary girl would never resist my charms. And duh, that was my first apology since...ever! Grr...) Squall watched her enter the classroom and silently cursed himself for being attracted to her.
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A/n: Wow I can't believe I've finally completed another chapter!! Sorry guys, but I don't think I'll be able to update it for about a month due to exams...erm, maybe just *one* more update but, nonetheless, I hope you guys would keep an eye out for it!! Please check out my fic "If Only You Could Be Mine" that I uploaded recently. By the way, it's a Seinoa fic!! Oh, and keep up with the votes!! ^_~
Quycksylver: Lol, yeah too bad I couldn't keep Squall from not being a jackass. If I didn't, this would definitely be a Seinoa fic instead of a Squall/Rinoa/Seifer fic!! I never could see Selphie with Irvine but I guess I've learnt to get used to it after being around FF.Net so often! ^_~
Flutter: Hmm...all my friends are crazy over Vanness too. No offense but I wonder what's so special about him...he was in town about 2 weeks ago and my friends went for the autograph session and they're still talking about it till today...anyway, thanks a lot for the review!! ^_^
SummonerYuna: Thanks for reviewing!! I'm so glad you liked her revenge! Are you a Squinoa fan? Just a thought though because if you are, then you'll be glad that the Squinoa action is going to roll in soon!! :D
Angelprinczess29: Lol, don't worry, Squall wouldn't be much of a meanie soon!! Or maybe a part of him would remain a meanie but oh well, a leopard never changes its spots!! Thanx for the review!! :)
Icedragon6171: Hey!! Thanks so much for the advice!! Really appreciated that and I'll definitely keep that in mind!! Ooo a squinoa fan...hope you'll enjoy their love hate relationship!! ^_~
irma: Hehe, lots of people have been asking me to do the same thing!! I'm really sorry but Rinoa would remain the way she is cos that would make her relationship with either the two guys more interesting!! Sorry again but I hope you'll continue reading this, k? Thanks for the review!! ^_^
aha girl!: Lol, cute nic!! Thanks for checking out my fic and I'm really happy that you've enjoyed reading this! :)
IsidraC: Lol, well if those two keep playing pranks on each other then that'll make a senseless relationship wouldn't it? Heh, thanks for the reviews, I really appreciated them!! ^_^
Squall's angel: Heh, glad you liked the idea of Squall eating shit!! Lol!! *Blushes* Thanks so much for your compliments and I'm really glad that you've reviewed!! Thanks for the votes!! Hehe, I actually like the idea of Squall being an ass!! ^_~
GeminiGirlz: Doncha worry, Rinoa wouldn't fall for Tidus at all!! Oh and you'll probably hate me for this chapter but this fic compromises of both Squinoa and Seinoa stuff so the Squinoa stuff would be in soon!!
Z blade: Woohoo!! Glad that you're enjoying this fic and thanks a lot for the review!! :)
FloralBlackMoon: Lol, thanks for idea!! I'll keep that in mind and you've made me so happy by reviewing again!! Thanks a lot!! Take care!! ^_^
Lady in Blue: Yeah, I think Tidus looks good with Rinoa too!! He'll like both a Squall and a Seifer combined!! But too bad this is an FF8 fic...:( Hehe, really appreciated you reviewing!! ^_^
Renegade Seraph: LOL!! Don't worry, Squall *did* spit it out much to Rinoa's disappointment but hey, it could be worse!! *Smirks* Anyway, thanx for the review!! ^_~
Rinoica: Hehe, I can imagine Selphie and Zell hopping up and down shouting, "Look, there's Peter Pan!" Lol, thanks for the review!! ^_~
solsethegreat: Thanks so much for reviewing and I'm glad you liked this fic!! Hope you'll continue your fic shortly too!! :)
tigerofthewind: Nah, I don't plan to making those three ultimate b***hes cos I know they aren't and they're my fave FF characters too!! Just couldn't think of suitable names and I thought it would be fun to use names of other FF characters, then *boom* you've got those three 'bitchy' cheerleaders!! Thanks for the review!! Really made my day!!