Kmoney: Hey, look, I have a muse! C'mon must come on out.

*nothing happens*

Kmoney: Ugh...hey muse! Come on!

*still nothing*

Kmoney: *looking at box* Plant muse seed in bathtub and run cold water on it for ten minutes. Muse should appear and do anything you wish...No refunds...WHAT!? AHHHHHHH! There goes eighty bucks. *Cries* Go away...read the chapter...leave me to my sorrows!



Chapter 4:

Say...what happen to the guys?

Where we last left off with the guys...Zell flung Rinoa off the bed, Squall was caught in someone's room and Irvine had thought up an evil plan to do something evil. Now that the girl's conditions have been explained, we may continue with the story and allow it to move in a forward kinda of way, instead of flashbacks and explanations. So well, let's see what predicament the guys are in.

Squall gulped and turned around. He was met face to face with Xu. Great, he had to walk into Xu's room and get caught. This was just great.

"Hey, Squall, did you hear me?" Xu called, waving a hand in front of Squall.

Squall shook his head, shaking the thoughts of defeat away. "Ugh...Xu, fancy running into you."

Xu gave Squall one of the most confused expression a person could give. More so than Rinoa and Selphie put together. She slowly glanced from left to right with her eyes then looked back at him. "Ugh...this is my room. Why are you here?"

Squall sighed. He hadn't gotten that far with his plan. Now he'd have to think quickly before Xu started thinking things he didn't want her to start thinking.

Zell was in a state of shock at this moment. Here, in this very room, where he thought he had flung Rinoa Heartilly out of her bed because she was getting ready to 'get off', stood someone he hadn't been expecting. His girlfriend. Yeah, the library girl with the pigtails, or if you wanted to call her by her name, Keri. What was his girlfriend doing dreaming about Squall and not him?

Keri for her part face was prementally stuck in a 'OH MY GOD, how long has he been here, and I'm screwed' look. She gulped and smiled. "Hi...Zell.."

Zell smiled back. God she looked hot with her down and in those pink pajamas with the little cute fluffy animals on them. It was a site to see. He then shook his head vigorously, shaking the thoughts away. This was the girl that was dreaming about Squall Leonhart instead of him. He was wondering if that's who she always thought up when they made out. (Because Zell hadn't hit a homerun just yet).

"Zell..." Keri called, in her sweet, quiet voice, "What are you doing here?"

That thought struck Zell like a lighting bolt and he grinned. "I'm just passing by..." He lied.

There was a uncomfortable silence for a few minutes. Although it felt like an eternity. Finally someone said something.

"You heard, didn't you?"

"Yeah."

"How much?"

"Too much."

"How much is too much?"

"Let's just leave it at that and I'll let you decide, okay?"

"'Kay."

Another eerie silence arose for a few minutes before the conversation continued.

"Why Squall?"

"I don't know. He just kinda popped into my head and we started-"

"Please no detail."

"Oh, sorry."

"Do you think about him when were, umm, ya know?"

Keri gasped and jumped off the bed and ran to Zell. "Oh, I would never! You're the only thing on my mind when we make out and other such times. Squall's just a damn dream."

Zell felt that one ton weight leering over his head disappear and the person holding it not quite happy they had to leave.

There was another uncomfortable silence.

"Hey, you're pretty strong?"

Keri smiled and hugged Zell, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Am I now?"

"Oh, yeah, you had me one hell of a headlock. Sorry I threw you."

She laid her head on his chest and got comfortable.

"No problem. Do you forgive me?"

"Yeah...I mean lots of girls dream about Squall. I guess its that 'mysterious' aura that has them going."

"I try to stop. I distract myself by thinking of you and looking at pictures of you and well doing other stuff, but it doesn't seem to work at all."

Zell shrugged. "Hey, all's forgiven. Let's just leave this behind and find something to do with our time."

Keri blushed at the comment and they stay like that for awhile, in complete silence, enjoying each others company.

"Hey, Zell, you still haven't told me what you're doing here?"

Zell frowned, though Keri couldn't see it. She just had to ruin the moment with that question.

"WHAT!?" Xu cried, then lowered her voice. "You're what?"

Squall groaned and placed his hand on his forehead. He really did hate repeating himself. "Yeah, that's right Xu, I'm in love with you!" he replied dully.

Xu simply stared at him in disbelief. "You are? But what about Rinoa?"

Squall flinched. 'Dammit don't bring her up. I have no lie to back that up. I'll just pretend I didn't hear that. Yeah that'll work.'

"Squall...?"

"WHAT!?" he snapped.

Xu jumped back. "Hey...hey...don't be all mean and stuff. I was just wondering if I could tell you something."

Squall calmed down and nodded. Xu smiled and started.

"I've been in love with you for four years!" she exclaimed.

Squall blinked, frowned and looked at the poster of Linkin Park on the wall. He hadn't been expecting that. He was more hoping for a put down. A 'oh, sorry, Squall, I'm not into you.' kind of thing. Great now what was he going to do.

While Squall was observing the poster, Xu jumped on him and they fell in her bed under her weight. "Yes!" she hissed, "I can finally do to you what I've been dreaming about for four years..."

'Oh my GOD!' Squall cried in his head. For he was never the type to scream things outloud. 'She's going to rape me!' Squall's eyes widen and then he just simply decided to think of a plan and something to keep his mind off what was probably about to happen to him if he didn't do something quick.

'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight...' he sang in his mind.

"Essence?"

"What do you want?"

"I can't sleep."

"So what AM I suppose to do about it?"

"Umm...well...I don't know...help me get to sleep? You're here to help me and since I can't get rid of you and make another one, then you should at least do your job."

Rinoa's evil essence grunted and stood firm in the corner of her dorm. She wasn't wearing what Rinoa was dressed in. Instead she was wearing all black. Black pants, black boots, black tank-top. The works. After looking at Rinoa for a second she folded her arms and looked away from Rinoa with a huff.

Rinoa looked down at her blankets and started fiddling with them. "Are you sure you came from inside me?"

Essence looked back at Rinoa with a skeptical looked. "Ya know, I've been wondering that myself. How could I come from such a wimp?"

"I'm not wimp..." Rinoa whimpered.

"Yes you are!"

Rinoa gripped her blankets, still staring at them. "Why are you so mean?" she cried.

"Because I'm you're evil essence. It's my duty to be mean!" Essence explained.

Rinoa continued to grip the blankets. "Why couldn't someone nice come out?" she was on the verge of crying. "I just need someone to listen to me!"

Essence shook her head as she stared at Rinoa. "This is why you have a boyfriend and a fine one at that! He'll listen, well maybe. I mean, he didn't last time."

"Well, gee, you're suppose to listen and all you do is insult me!" Rinoa screamed.

Essence held her finger to her lips and made the 'sshh' noise. "Not so loud, people might hear you. Then you'd really have a tough time telling them that you're not yelling at anyone."

Rinoa grumbled something and looked back at her blankets.

"What was that?"

"I SAID," Rinoa began brining her voice back up, "that you are very lucky my dog can't see you."

"What's he going to do? Bite me?"

"You damn well know what Angelo is capable of doing."

Essence nodded in full understanding. "Oh, yeah, like, Angelo attack!"

Angelo's ears perked and he jolted his head up looking around for the danger. He only saw his master lying in the bed staring at him with a strange look. Assuming that there was no danger, except for the fact that she looked slightly lost, he lowered his head again and went back to sleep.

"Oh, wow, that was weird." Rinoa managed out.

"Yeah, I might actually use him for something. Like killing Seifer, I know he's the one with your diary." Essence thought up.

"I haven't seen Seifer in who knows when, I don't think he'd decide to pop up and steal my diary." Rinoa replied.

"If you say so. What about that sexy man of yours?"

"Squall? No." Rinoa grinned and shook her head. Squall was way too...anti- social to do something like steal her diary.

"Hey, look, we're talking." Essence noted.

Rinoa noticed that too. "We are, aren't we?"

"And not yelling at each other either."

"That's a bonus."

"This is pretty cool..."

"Yeah..."

"Wanna do something?"

Rinoa blinked and shrugged. "Depends."

Essence grinned. "Let's say we go and stalk that man of yours."

"Why?"

"Because he's sexy!"

Rinoa sat there for a whole minute and then jumped out of bed. "Okay, why not?"

"Okay, cool, I'll take over then." Essence ran towards Rinoa, but the girl held her hand out in front of her. "What? What's wrong?"

"I'm not THAT stupid..."

Essence glared and walk through the door. "Damn, just when I thought she was stupid enough to fall for that."

Rinoa opened the door and closed it quietly. The two began to walk down the hall.

"Hey, Essence, what are we going to tell him when we get there?" Rinoa questioned.

"Ugh...nothing. I'm sure he wouldn't mind seeing his girlfriend in the middle of the night. You shouldn't need an excuse."

"Oh, okay, I guess..."

Essence looked away, grinning. 'You won't be in control by the time we get there...' she added quietly.