Chapter Ten: Hunter or Hunted?
Selphie licked her ice cream cone impestuously, Not missing a droplet of the melty confection due to
the muggy dusk weather. Irvine was talking, walking closely to her.
"You remember that time that we had to go ahead of everyone to investigate the Salt Flats Area. You
tripped and twisted your ankle, and I said, 'can I kiss it and make it better?'" He was hinting around
pretty obviously now. Selphie smirked. She could remember that day. It was right about the time they had
their first kiss. She knew what he was saying, and she felt her heart pounding, hoping for him to take
her back. Irvines brow raised in a caring looking way, then he stopped.
"Sephy, why did we ever break up? I know it was hard for us because of Squall, but I... I need you
to be with me."
"Oh my god..." Selphie smiled, throwing her cone in the air while crying with happiness. She fell
into his arms. "You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that..." She leaned in
for a kiss, but then she heard a growling scratchy voice.
"Aww, How sweet." Selphie spun around to see a deformed humanoid figure with a blue glowing aura
around his head, tentacles fraying from his back. "Oh no, go on, Lovers taste the best."
Irvine saw two more behind him. The two were surrounded.
"Aww, gee. Now I have to shoot ya!" Irvine said pulling his Shotgun from his back. Selphie had left
her spare set of Nunchucks in the train, and the other was broken due to their misadventure at the
Lunatic Pandora. Looked like it was just hand to hand combat for Selphie.
"Bring it." Selphie squawked with a slight bit of confidence. It was either fight or die now, and so no
chickening out like she normally did. Fight was the only choice.
***************
Rinoa Decided to go on patrol as soon as the sun set. Judging from the stories that the Esthar
Scoobz told, Shed be getting plenty of excercise. Surely enough, shed found some Blue floaty
demons raiding a leather store. Kinda weird for a demon, but hey, it would be over soon enough.
Two demons were placing cash into a black bag while one of them stuffed leather clothing into boxes.
A fourth was eating the flesh of the sales clerk.
"Darlings, darlings. You've just got to know that some people will just never look good in leather."
Rinoa remarked in her best fashion agent voice.
She then quickly ran and jumped atop the sales desk and dropkicked one of the demons in the head.
She followed up with a spinning backhand jab to the second. The third and fourth were closing in on her,
carrying what looked to be battle staves. One of the demons swung the staff at her face. She jumped
backwards and kicked the staff out of his hands. She swung it at his face, which swung him around.
Then she kicked him against a wall and stabbed the fourth. Then before two of them got up, she stabbed
them as well. But the third got up and hit her in the back of the head with the other staff. He held
her neck against the wall.
"Die fast or Slow slayer. Its your choice." He said in a deep scraggly voice. With his claws around
her neck, she still managed to be quippy.
"Oh so it's multiple choice?" She kicked him once and got him off of her. "Can I choose 'None of
the above?'" She kicked him again and he stumbled.
"That was probably your last mistake. I never liked Pop Quizez." Then She kicked him with a spinning
roundhouse out the window, where he just missed the highrise sidewalk and fell to his death. Rinoa
stared down out the window, then saw a cute pair of pants. "Ooh, are these in my size?"
Selphie and Irvine saw Rinoa and ran quickly to her. They noticed the demon bodies everywhere.
"Say Irvine, Didnt we just fight these things?" Selphie asked.
"Yah, but why were they in a leather store?" Irvine asked.
Rinoa shrugged."Hated Cows?" She then looked in the mirror with a skirt to her waist."You think
this makes me look fat?"
***************
Edea sat with her book of Demons in front of her. Siefer was across the way sipping his soda,
and Zell was napping on the couch. Merrick was just starting to feel better and had been chatting
with Edea for a while before Rinoa, Irvine, and Selphie arrived, bruises all over.
"Whoa, what the hell happened to you?" Siefer looked surprised.
"Oh y'know, nothin like kickin the crap outta big blue demons to get your blood flowing." Rinoa
smiled. The Three explained what happened. Edea fingered a page from her book.
"They're called Vrymnias. They tend to serve higher powers as lackeys, or bounty hunters if they
are paid enough. It seemed they were after you, rinoa, and I think its safe to say who sent them."
"But its Very intrigueing how they were... robbing a leather clothing store? Why would they do that?"
"I had a theory!" Rinoa exclamed. " I thought they were just mean and scary and hated cows. Cows can
be very scary,too, so I can see..." Everyone stared at her blankly. Her joke was getting her nowhere.
"Okay, okay... Jeez, I can tell when I get a hint." Then she shut up.
Selphie licked her ice cream cone impestuously, Not missing a droplet of the melty confection due to
the muggy dusk weather. Irvine was talking, walking closely to her.
"You remember that time that we had to go ahead of everyone to investigate the Salt Flats Area. You
tripped and twisted your ankle, and I said, 'can I kiss it and make it better?'" He was hinting around
pretty obviously now. Selphie smirked. She could remember that day. It was right about the time they had
their first kiss. She knew what he was saying, and she felt her heart pounding, hoping for him to take
her back. Irvines brow raised in a caring looking way, then he stopped.
"Sephy, why did we ever break up? I know it was hard for us because of Squall, but I... I need you
to be with me."
"Oh my god..." Selphie smiled, throwing her cone in the air while crying with happiness. She fell
into his arms. "You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that..." She leaned in
for a kiss, but then she heard a growling scratchy voice.
"Aww, How sweet." Selphie spun around to see a deformed humanoid figure with a blue glowing aura
around his head, tentacles fraying from his back. "Oh no, go on, Lovers taste the best."
Irvine saw two more behind him. The two were surrounded.
"Aww, gee. Now I have to shoot ya!" Irvine said pulling his Shotgun from his back. Selphie had left
her spare set of Nunchucks in the train, and the other was broken due to their misadventure at the
Lunatic Pandora. Looked like it was just hand to hand combat for Selphie.
"Bring it." Selphie squawked with a slight bit of confidence. It was either fight or die now, and so no
chickening out like she normally did. Fight was the only choice.
***************
Rinoa Decided to go on patrol as soon as the sun set. Judging from the stories that the Esthar
Scoobz told, Shed be getting plenty of excercise. Surely enough, shed found some Blue floaty
demons raiding a leather store. Kinda weird for a demon, but hey, it would be over soon enough.
Two demons were placing cash into a black bag while one of them stuffed leather clothing into boxes.
A fourth was eating the flesh of the sales clerk.
"Darlings, darlings. You've just got to know that some people will just never look good in leather."
Rinoa remarked in her best fashion agent voice.
She then quickly ran and jumped atop the sales desk and dropkicked one of the demons in the head.
She followed up with a spinning backhand jab to the second. The third and fourth were closing in on her,
carrying what looked to be battle staves. One of the demons swung the staff at her face. She jumped
backwards and kicked the staff out of his hands. She swung it at his face, which swung him around.
Then she kicked him against a wall and stabbed the fourth. Then before two of them got up, she stabbed
them as well. But the third got up and hit her in the back of the head with the other staff. He held
her neck against the wall.
"Die fast or Slow slayer. Its your choice." He said in a deep scraggly voice. With his claws around
her neck, she still managed to be quippy.
"Oh so it's multiple choice?" She kicked him once and got him off of her. "Can I choose 'None of
the above?'" She kicked him again and he stumbled.
"That was probably your last mistake. I never liked Pop Quizez." Then She kicked him with a spinning
roundhouse out the window, where he just missed the highrise sidewalk and fell to his death. Rinoa
stared down out the window, then saw a cute pair of pants. "Ooh, are these in my size?"
Selphie and Irvine saw Rinoa and ran quickly to her. They noticed the demon bodies everywhere.
"Say Irvine, Didnt we just fight these things?" Selphie asked.
"Yah, but why were they in a leather store?" Irvine asked.
Rinoa shrugged."Hated Cows?" She then looked in the mirror with a skirt to her waist."You think
this makes me look fat?"
***************
Edea sat with her book of Demons in front of her. Siefer was across the way sipping his soda,
and Zell was napping on the couch. Merrick was just starting to feel better and had been chatting
with Edea for a while before Rinoa, Irvine, and Selphie arrived, bruises all over.
"Whoa, what the hell happened to you?" Siefer looked surprised.
"Oh y'know, nothin like kickin the crap outta big blue demons to get your blood flowing." Rinoa
smiled. The Three explained what happened. Edea fingered a page from her book.
"They're called Vrymnias. They tend to serve higher powers as lackeys, or bounty hunters if they
are paid enough. It seemed they were after you, rinoa, and I think its safe to say who sent them."
"But its Very intrigueing how they were... robbing a leather clothing store? Why would they do that?"
"I had a theory!" Rinoa exclamed. " I thought they were just mean and scary and hated cows. Cows can
be very scary,too, so I can see..." Everyone stared at her blankly. Her joke was getting her nowhere.
"Okay, okay... Jeez, I can tell when I get a hint." Then she shut up.
