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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 25~
It was one of those days, when you thought that it was a perfect day
when everything when everything went suddenly wrong. Zell was eating at
the canteen when suddenly Rinoa and Sakura suddenly arrived. At the
sight of the auburn-haired girl's green eyes his body went hyper. Zell
felt that his heartbeat went from the normal rate to super fast.
"Hi Zell!!" greeted both girls.
Zell swallowed hard what he was chewing. "H-Hi!"
"Can we sit here?" asked Rinoa, "the whole canteen seems to be full and
we really can't find another chair."
"Sure! Have a seat."
Rinoa immediately took the seat across Zell leaving Sakura to sit to
Zell's right.
"Rinoa, what will be your order?" Sakura asked.
"Me?" Rinoa looked at the menu that was on the table. "Hmm... I guess
I'll just take the usual. Hotdogs. You better hurry or we might get left
out."
Sakura immediately stood up and smiled. "Of course." She replied.
Just after a few moments that she left, Rinoa leaned in closer to Zell.
"Hey Zell," she started, "can I ask you a question?"
"Sure!" Zell said. He had calmed down since Sakura wasn't around.
"This is going to get personal so I hope you don't mind." She added.
"Shoot."
Rinoa smiled. "Uh, do you like Sakura? I mean, she's a cute girl and
everything."
Zell almost choked. "Yeah. I mean, she's a nice girl and everything.
She's a good friend. Don't YOU like her?"
Rinoa looked at him oddly. "Huh? NOT LIKE THAT! I mean, do you LIKE
her, and have a crush?"
Zell was silent for a moment. "......uh, what if I did?"
"PERFECT!" Rinoa almost shouted.
"What's perfect?" Sakura asked. She had just arrived without anyone
noticing her.
"Uh -nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Rinoa immediately excused. "We were
just talking about the Training Center......you know, the fact that it's
not working well and all. But Zell here told me that it's working fine
now! Everything looks like a real terrain from outside Balamb! Cool huh?"
Sakura took her seat and giggled a bit. "Sure. Here's your hotdog.
These were the last two."
"Perfect timing!" Rinoa looked at the hotdog hungrily.
Just then, Zell stood up. Apparently, he had finished eating his Extra-
Special Bacon-Hotdog combo. "Uh, I'm leaving guys. Later!"
"Sure. See you later!" Sakura waved good-bye. Rinoa gave him a wink
and then he left.
Just exactly when Zell left, Ruriko, Shun and Yukino arrived.
"Hey! Sakura! Rinoa! How's life?" Ruriko greeted cheerily.
"Fine!" the two replied in the same manner.
"Hey seats!" Shun said.
"Take a seat." Sakura invited them, "there's enough for everyone anyway."
And so, Ruriko sat across Rinoa, Shun sat across Sakura and Yukino sat
in between Sakura and Ruriko, on a chair that they got from another table.
Everyone chatted happily, except for Yukino, who looked at Rinoa uneasily…
Meanwhile, Saehri Clow talked with instructor Quistis in her office of
the danger that she sensed.
"Okay, so, you're telling me that Zell is not who he is and his real
name is actually Huan-Lang? And that he is royalty? And that he is here
now because your twin brother, Clow Reed, send him here through a time
and space portal?" Quistis sarcastically said. Saehri had just told her
of Zell's really historical background.
Saehri nodded. She knew that this was going to be hard.
"You're kidding me." The blonde instructor said, shaking her head.
Saehri sighed. "It's okay if you don't believe me. All I'm asking is
that you just guard Zell whenever you can. Train him better, if you would."
"Train Zell? He's already a SeeD! Do you understand that? A SeeD! - a
graduate from this Garden! A G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E! He does not NEED ANY
training OR watching" Quistis said frustratingly.
"This thing I'm talking about is WAY stronger than Ultimecia!" Saehri
said, pounding her fist on Quistis' table.
"If that is so, why can't YOU guard her?" Quistis asked.
"I'M DOING THAT! BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE!" she said, putting importance
and urgency in each word, "I can't be everywhere all the time! I can't
be looking for her and guarding him at the same time! I'd waste an awful
lot of power that might be of great help when she suddenly decides to
attack!" Saehri sighed and walked away. "Never mind." She said, "You'll
never understand..." and with those final words, she disappeared.
"Never understand?" Quistis said questioningly.
Later that day, Zell was walking along the road towards Balamb town
when once again; he met up with Rinoa...again.
"Zell! There you are!!" Rinoa said happily.
"Here we go again..." Zell murmured.
"How about if you arrange a date with Sakura?" she suddenly blurted
out.
"WHAT?"
Rinoa smiled. "Awww... come on! Just once date? Purdy please?" she said,
putting on her puppy-face-look.
Zell sighed. "Then you'll stop bugging me?"
Rinoa stood up straight and raised both her arms up in surrender.
"Fine then. JUST ONE." He emphasized, and then walked away.
When Zell was out of hearing range, Rinoa smirked as she watched him
go away. "Even just one date could be deadly, little prince..." and she
turned away and laughed inwardly as she walked towards Rinoa's room.
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to be continued...
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 25~
It was one of those days, when you thought that it was a perfect day
when everything when everything went suddenly wrong. Zell was eating at
the canteen when suddenly Rinoa and Sakura suddenly arrived. At the
sight of the auburn-haired girl's green eyes his body went hyper. Zell
felt that his heartbeat went from the normal rate to super fast.
"Hi Zell!!" greeted both girls.
Zell swallowed hard what he was chewing. "H-Hi!"
"Can we sit here?" asked Rinoa, "the whole canteen seems to be full and
we really can't find another chair."
"Sure! Have a seat."
Rinoa immediately took the seat across Zell leaving Sakura to sit to
Zell's right.
"Rinoa, what will be your order?" Sakura asked.
"Me?" Rinoa looked at the menu that was on the table. "Hmm... I guess
I'll just take the usual. Hotdogs. You better hurry or we might get left
out."
Sakura immediately stood up and smiled. "Of course." She replied.
Just after a few moments that she left, Rinoa leaned in closer to Zell.
"Hey Zell," she started, "can I ask you a question?"
"Sure!" Zell said. He had calmed down since Sakura wasn't around.
"This is going to get personal so I hope you don't mind." She added.
"Shoot."
Rinoa smiled. "Uh, do you like Sakura? I mean, she's a cute girl and
everything."
Zell almost choked. "Yeah. I mean, she's a nice girl and everything.
She's a good friend. Don't YOU like her?"
Rinoa looked at him oddly. "Huh? NOT LIKE THAT! I mean, do you LIKE
her, and have a crush?"
Zell was silent for a moment. "......uh, what if I did?"
"PERFECT!" Rinoa almost shouted.
"What's perfect?" Sakura asked. She had just arrived without anyone
noticing her.
"Uh -nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Rinoa immediately excused. "We were
just talking about the Training Center......you know, the fact that it's
not working well and all. But Zell here told me that it's working fine
now! Everything looks like a real terrain from outside Balamb! Cool huh?"
Sakura took her seat and giggled a bit. "Sure. Here's your hotdog.
These were the last two."
"Perfect timing!" Rinoa looked at the hotdog hungrily.
Just then, Zell stood up. Apparently, he had finished eating his Extra-
Special Bacon-Hotdog combo. "Uh, I'm leaving guys. Later!"
"Sure. See you later!" Sakura waved good-bye. Rinoa gave him a wink
and then he left.
Just exactly when Zell left, Ruriko, Shun and Yukino arrived.
"Hey! Sakura! Rinoa! How's life?" Ruriko greeted cheerily.
"Fine!" the two replied in the same manner.
"Hey seats!" Shun said.
"Take a seat." Sakura invited them, "there's enough for everyone anyway."
And so, Ruriko sat across Rinoa, Shun sat across Sakura and Yukino sat
in between Sakura and Ruriko, on a chair that they got from another table.
Everyone chatted happily, except for Yukino, who looked at Rinoa uneasily…
Meanwhile, Saehri Clow talked with instructor Quistis in her office of
the danger that she sensed.
"Okay, so, you're telling me that Zell is not who he is and his real
name is actually Huan-Lang? And that he is royalty? And that he is here
now because your twin brother, Clow Reed, send him here through a time
and space portal?" Quistis sarcastically said. Saehri had just told her
of Zell's really historical background.
Saehri nodded. She knew that this was going to be hard.
"You're kidding me." The blonde instructor said, shaking her head.
Saehri sighed. "It's okay if you don't believe me. All I'm asking is
that you just guard Zell whenever you can. Train him better, if you would."
"Train Zell? He's already a SeeD! Do you understand that? A SeeD! - a
graduate from this Garden! A G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E! He does not NEED ANY
training OR watching" Quistis said frustratingly.
"This thing I'm talking about is WAY stronger than Ultimecia!" Saehri
said, pounding her fist on Quistis' table.
"If that is so, why can't YOU guard her?" Quistis asked.
"I'M DOING THAT! BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE!" she said, putting importance
and urgency in each word, "I can't be everywhere all the time! I can't
be looking for her and guarding him at the same time! I'd waste an awful
lot of power that might be of great help when she suddenly decides to
attack!" Saehri sighed and walked away. "Never mind." She said, "You'll
never understand..." and with those final words, she disappeared.
"Never understand?" Quistis said questioningly.
Later that day, Zell was walking along the road towards Balamb town
when once again; he met up with Rinoa...again.
"Zell! There you are!!" Rinoa said happily.
"Here we go again..." Zell murmured.
"How about if you arrange a date with Sakura?" she suddenly blurted
out.
"WHAT?"
Rinoa smiled. "Awww... come on! Just once date? Purdy please?" she said,
putting on her puppy-face-look.
Zell sighed. "Then you'll stop bugging me?"
Rinoa stood up straight and raised both her arms up in surrender.
"Fine then. JUST ONE." He emphasized, and then walked away.
When Zell was out of hearing range, Rinoa smirked as she watched him
go away. "Even just one date could be deadly, little prince..." and she
turned away and laughed inwardly as she walked towards Rinoa's room.
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to be continued...
