**usual disclaimers apply**
a/n: Hello. Another installment for this story. I hope you're liking
it so far. I'm writing this thing as is goes so... I'm not really
sure how the end goes... but I'm quite sure that it will happen soon.
Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much to all you
reviewers and (of course) readers(even those who reads but don't review'n
all)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 21~
The three stood there frozen for sometime, just feeling each other
(well, for Saehri and Wu's case, staring at each other).
"Let go of him." Saehri said, pushing the tip of the blade farther
a bit.
Wu laughed. "dear, dear Saehri. You know you can't break the curse
by killing me! You can't save him, Saehri." she said in a stern voice,
"join me.."
Wu had already loosened her grip and Zell took the advantage and stood
up, pushing her away in the process. Immediately, Saehri placed herself
in between Zell and Wu.
Wu recovered from the sudden surprise of being pushed off and floated
in the air before them. "unwise choice, I assure you. You'll never be
able to trust anyone again!!!" she shouted and then disappered in a
puff of smoke.
"let me help you to the infirmary, Zell" Saehri said, turning around
to face him. But then, she was taken aback. Zell stared at her venomously
and passed by her, "accidentally" hitting her shoulder in the process.
Saehri stumbled back a few paces.
The only reason why she lived this long had hated her.
"come on, Squall I really think you should give him time.." Rinoa said,
trailing after the silent mercenary leader. She had overheard the explanitions
did inside Saehri's room and knew what had transposed there.
Squall kept silent. He was on his way to talk to Zell and Rinoa had found
out. "Zell's being too low" he started to say, "soon, the headmaster would
question this. Then, what excuse will he give? Many people had already noticed
this and whenever they see me, tell me to cheer him up: 'you're his friend,
aren't you?' they'd say. Selphie and Irvine, the clown duo, aren't here to
do their stuff since they're in that Flying Mission... besides, I think he
needs someone to talk to." he finished.
*A real workaholic SeeD to the core* Rinoa thought, right after she heard
Squall's first explanation. "you know, its a personal problem! people would
rather fix it up themselves than find someone to help them. Let him sort
his thoughts out a bit."
Squall stopped and turned around to face her. "you really won't let me go
unless I stop huh?" he asked.
Rinoa nodded her head eagerly.
"Ok then, just tag along but let me do the talking."
Rinoa almost fell. She immediately grabbed Squall's right arm before he could
get out of reach. "Squall...."
The scar-faced mercenary gave out a sigh of defeat. Rinoa smiled in triumph.
The happy SeeD girl walked closer to him and embraced him.
"awww... come on! defeat is not all THAT bad!" she joked him, smiling.
Squall smiled and hugged her back.
"now, why don't we get some hotdogs?" she invited, breaking their hug.
Squall shrugged his shoulders and said, "why not?"
While they were walking along, a familiar blonde-haired, tatooed-face SeeD
came into view. He was bruised on the shoulder and he held his left arm
protectively(as it was held to the breaking point the longest).
Instinctively, Rinoa rushed over to him. "Zell! are you ok? what happened
to you??"
He managed a faint smile at the sight of one of the friends he truly knew
and trusted. "this is nothing... just fell down the stairs when I slipped."
"anything broken?" Squall asked, coming closer.
Zell nodded. "I think my arm broke."
"your arm!!" Rinoa exclaimed, "that's horrible! you better get that thing
fixed! Let us accompany you to Dr. Kadowaki."
"no thanks, I think I can manage." he replied, "see ya guys!"
Squall and Rinoa watched him go to the direction of Dr. Kadowaki's clinic.
"Zell, the martial artist expert with lightning-fast reflexes and highly
toned muscles slip on a stair and tumble? instead of flip-flopping and
jumping and doing some extreme exibhition in the air and landing gracefully
to the ground? that sounds odd..." Rinoa said, one of her eyebrow raised.
Squall looked at her in disbelief. "he doesn't actually have lighting-fast
reflexes."
"that's not my point." she countered.
"let's just go to the canteen shall we? like you said, and I quote, 'Let
him sort his thoughts out a bit'." Squall told her, grabbing her hand and
heading for the general direction of the Canteen.
Rinoa just sighed. *I feel trouble brewing up in here...* she thought.
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to be continued...
a/n: Hello. Another installment for this story. I hope you're liking
it so far. I'm writing this thing as is goes so... I'm not really
sure how the end goes... but I'm quite sure that it will happen soon.
Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much to all you
reviewers and (of course) readers(even those who reads but don't review'n
all)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 21~
The three stood there frozen for sometime, just feeling each other
(well, for Saehri and Wu's case, staring at each other).
"Let go of him." Saehri said, pushing the tip of the blade farther
a bit.
Wu laughed. "dear, dear Saehri. You know you can't break the curse
by killing me! You can't save him, Saehri." she said in a stern voice,
"join me.."
Wu had already loosened her grip and Zell took the advantage and stood
up, pushing her away in the process. Immediately, Saehri placed herself
in between Zell and Wu.
Wu recovered from the sudden surprise of being pushed off and floated
in the air before them. "unwise choice, I assure you. You'll never be
able to trust anyone again!!!" she shouted and then disappered in a
puff of smoke.
"let me help you to the infirmary, Zell" Saehri said, turning around
to face him. But then, she was taken aback. Zell stared at her venomously
and passed by her, "accidentally" hitting her shoulder in the process.
Saehri stumbled back a few paces.
The only reason why she lived this long had hated her.
"come on, Squall I really think you should give him time.." Rinoa said,
trailing after the silent mercenary leader. She had overheard the explanitions
did inside Saehri's room and knew what had transposed there.
Squall kept silent. He was on his way to talk to Zell and Rinoa had found
out. "Zell's being too low" he started to say, "soon, the headmaster would
question this. Then, what excuse will he give? Many people had already noticed
this and whenever they see me, tell me to cheer him up: 'you're his friend,
aren't you?' they'd say. Selphie and Irvine, the clown duo, aren't here to
do their stuff since they're in that Flying Mission... besides, I think he
needs someone to talk to." he finished.
*A real workaholic SeeD to the core* Rinoa thought, right after she heard
Squall's first explanation. "you know, its a personal problem! people would
rather fix it up themselves than find someone to help them. Let him sort
his thoughts out a bit."
Squall stopped and turned around to face her. "you really won't let me go
unless I stop huh?" he asked.
Rinoa nodded her head eagerly.
"Ok then, just tag along but let me do the talking."
Rinoa almost fell. She immediately grabbed Squall's right arm before he could
get out of reach. "Squall...."
The scar-faced mercenary gave out a sigh of defeat. Rinoa smiled in triumph.
The happy SeeD girl walked closer to him and embraced him.
"awww... come on! defeat is not all THAT bad!" she joked him, smiling.
Squall smiled and hugged her back.
"now, why don't we get some hotdogs?" she invited, breaking their hug.
Squall shrugged his shoulders and said, "why not?"
While they were walking along, a familiar blonde-haired, tatooed-face SeeD
came into view. He was bruised on the shoulder and he held his left arm
protectively(as it was held to the breaking point the longest).
Instinctively, Rinoa rushed over to him. "Zell! are you ok? what happened
to you??"
He managed a faint smile at the sight of one of the friends he truly knew
and trusted. "this is nothing... just fell down the stairs when I slipped."
"anything broken?" Squall asked, coming closer.
Zell nodded. "I think my arm broke."
"your arm!!" Rinoa exclaimed, "that's horrible! you better get that thing
fixed! Let us accompany you to Dr. Kadowaki."
"no thanks, I think I can manage." he replied, "see ya guys!"
Squall and Rinoa watched him go to the direction of Dr. Kadowaki's clinic.
"Zell, the martial artist expert with lightning-fast reflexes and highly
toned muscles slip on a stair and tumble? instead of flip-flopping and
jumping and doing some extreme exibhition in the air and landing gracefully
to the ground? that sounds odd..." Rinoa said, one of her eyebrow raised.
Squall looked at her in disbelief. "he doesn't actually have lighting-fast
reflexes."
"that's not my point." she countered.
"let's just go to the canteen shall we? like you said, and I quote, 'Let
him sort his thoughts out a bit'." Squall told her, grabbing her hand and
heading for the general direction of the Canteen.
Rinoa just sighed. *I feel trouble brewing up in here...* she thought.
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to be continued...
