Past: Chapter Ten:
Sephiroth glanced over at his guest. The boy was quiet again, not a surprise, but his eyes... There was something wistful.
"I'll just leave this here for you."
Zack frowned, then glanced at Squall as well. With a slight shrug of his shoulder's, he rose off the bed.
Squall heard them leave, but his mind was elsewhere.
'...Seifer...'
His whole skin had a golden taint to it. Seifer had always been able to tan easily, but nothing like this. It was as though he had a gold aura surrounding him.
"Seifer. I..."
Another smile, not as angry, or as a smirk as was his usual way of showing amusement. This was slightly bittersweet, and his eyes closed again.
"I know of that world, of that book. I was in it."
"What?"
"During Time Compression... When Squall was lost. So was I."
Ellone furrowed her brows. She didn't remember anything during that time, except Laguna telling her to close her eyes, and pretend she was dreaming. Soon, they'd all wake up, he had told her.
Squall was remembering as well. How everything had been, till that summer. Seifer, after failing another field exam, had been made to go to Timber for three months. Squall didn't understand why, neither did Seifer. If they wanted him to learn discipline, they would have sent him to Galbadia Garden.
The night before he left...
He hitched in a breath.
Laguna had that much faith in Squall. She knew he was worried now, as was everyone, but he had to take care of Esthar, still in shambles after the Lunar Cry. Or he'd be here, pacing, wishing he'd told him before.
Or at least, tell him that he loved him.
"Squall wandered the plains, alone. I could feel him calling out for us... Rinoa and I. I however, awoke somewhere completely different."
Everyone knew about their rivalry. People assumed they hated each other, but that was only a public facade. Behind closed doors, when they were alone, it was different. As their lips touched, Squall finally told him the words he'd stored in his heart for the past two years.
"I love you."
"I felt like I was underwater, yet instead of being weightless, something was pressing down on me. It was so hard to get my eyes to open, and when I did... Everything was coated in an off green color. Rather like night-vision goggles. But even more enhanced."
'Something to my left....'
It took forever to turn his body around, or so it felt. He saw that there was another in the tube across from him, his dark hair spread around him as though he had wings. A name came to mind, as he was about to speak it, footsteps began to thunder in his ears.
'Danger.'
His mind immediately barked, yet he was unable to close his eyes. Just as suddenly as he'd heard the footsteps, they were gone, and instead, a man was in front of him.
Hair as dark as the man... 'Zack' in the other tube, eyes appraising him. One dark, the other split between two colors. Seifer was suddenly glad that this tube was between them, for it seemed he didn't wish to break the glass.
"You... Do not belong here." Though his lips didn't move, Seifer felt the voice echo in his head, reverberating in his skull like thunder.
'No shit...' was his immediate thought, and man's lips curled up faintly on the left side.
"You must return."
Seifer bristled. He still disliked taking orders, and he felt that something was probing at his memories. After Ultimecia...
He lashed out at the glass, eyes widening when he saw that his hands were not his own.
'What...'
He was unable to think anymore, as he felt something being ripped from him. A scream reached his ears; it was only after a few seconds that he realized he was the one screaming.
"Not the one I seek, but close enough to him." A voice whispered, taunting him. "You shall bring him to be me. For this, I'll let you leave with a gift."
Cloud's body started convulsing in the tube, as Seifer's consciousness was being forcibly removed from him, as it had already started to overlap his own.
The scream cut off suddenly, instead become a tortured howl as Seifer looked upon the face one more time. A manic grin had replaced the slight smile, before his world exploded into bright stars.
"I love you too, Squall."
Seifer whispered, pulling him ever closer.
"Seifer..." She murmured his name, and his eyes opened briefly. Looking at her, through her.
"When I finally came to, I was clutching Rinoa in my arms, screaming for her to come back. I think when he sent me here; he'd forced some of the Mako energy into me. I don't know how..."
A pause. "Rinoa... I didn't think it was possible, perhaps because of what happened, she'd passed her gift into me. Not all of it, I know that."
"Seifer...."
He reached out, expecting to feel him there. Instead, his fingers found empty sheets, lingering warmth upon them from Seifer's body.
Upon Seifer's return, something was different. Squall didn't know how different, till the knock on his door the day of the field exam.
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Notes: Squaresoft owns everyone used within, Not I.
;_; Sorry this too so long to update, but my plot decided to run away from me. Maybe it'll come back. :hopes: ^^;
Sephiroth glanced over at his guest. The boy was quiet again, not a surprise, but his eyes... There was something wistful.
"I'll just leave this here for you."
Zack frowned, then glanced at Squall as well. With a slight shrug of his shoulder's, he rose off the bed.
Squall heard them leave, but his mind was elsewhere.
'...Seifer...'
His whole skin had a golden taint to it. Seifer had always been able to tan easily, but nothing like this. It was as though he had a gold aura surrounding him.
"Seifer. I..."
Another smile, not as angry, or as a smirk as was his usual way of showing amusement. This was slightly bittersweet, and his eyes closed again.
"I know of that world, of that book. I was in it."
"What?"
"During Time Compression... When Squall was lost. So was I."
Ellone furrowed her brows. She didn't remember anything during that time, except Laguna telling her to close her eyes, and pretend she was dreaming. Soon, they'd all wake up, he had told her.
Squall was remembering as well. How everything had been, till that summer. Seifer, after failing another field exam, had been made to go to Timber for three months. Squall didn't understand why, neither did Seifer. If they wanted him to learn discipline, they would have sent him to Galbadia Garden.
The night before he left...
He hitched in a breath.
Laguna had that much faith in Squall. She knew he was worried now, as was everyone, but he had to take care of Esthar, still in shambles after the Lunar Cry. Or he'd be here, pacing, wishing he'd told him before.
Or at least, tell him that he loved him.
"Squall wandered the plains, alone. I could feel him calling out for us... Rinoa and I. I however, awoke somewhere completely different."
Everyone knew about their rivalry. People assumed they hated each other, but that was only a public facade. Behind closed doors, when they were alone, it was different. As their lips touched, Squall finally told him the words he'd stored in his heart for the past two years.
"I love you."
"I felt like I was underwater, yet instead of being weightless, something was pressing down on me. It was so hard to get my eyes to open, and when I did... Everything was coated in an off green color. Rather like night-vision goggles. But even more enhanced."
'Something to my left....'
It took forever to turn his body around, or so it felt. He saw that there was another in the tube across from him, his dark hair spread around him as though he had wings. A name came to mind, as he was about to speak it, footsteps began to thunder in his ears.
'Danger.'
His mind immediately barked, yet he was unable to close his eyes. Just as suddenly as he'd heard the footsteps, they were gone, and instead, a man was in front of him.
Hair as dark as the man... 'Zack' in the other tube, eyes appraising him. One dark, the other split between two colors. Seifer was suddenly glad that this tube was between them, for it seemed he didn't wish to break the glass.
"You... Do not belong here." Though his lips didn't move, Seifer felt the voice echo in his head, reverberating in his skull like thunder.
'No shit...' was his immediate thought, and man's lips curled up faintly on the left side.
"You must return."
Seifer bristled. He still disliked taking orders, and he felt that something was probing at his memories. After Ultimecia...
He lashed out at the glass, eyes widening when he saw that his hands were not his own.
'What...'
He was unable to think anymore, as he felt something being ripped from him. A scream reached his ears; it was only after a few seconds that he realized he was the one screaming.
"Not the one I seek, but close enough to him." A voice whispered, taunting him. "You shall bring him to be me. For this, I'll let you leave with a gift."
Cloud's body started convulsing in the tube, as Seifer's consciousness was being forcibly removed from him, as it had already started to overlap his own.
The scream cut off suddenly, instead become a tortured howl as Seifer looked upon the face one more time. A manic grin had replaced the slight smile, before his world exploded into bright stars.
"I love you too, Squall."
Seifer whispered, pulling him ever closer.
"Seifer..." She murmured his name, and his eyes opened briefly. Looking at her, through her.
"When I finally came to, I was clutching Rinoa in my arms, screaming for her to come back. I think when he sent me here; he'd forced some of the Mako energy into me. I don't know how..."
A pause. "Rinoa... I didn't think it was possible, perhaps because of what happened, she'd passed her gift into me. Not all of it, I know that."
"Seifer...."
He reached out, expecting to feel him there. Instead, his fingers found empty sheets, lingering warmth upon them from Seifer's body.
Upon Seifer's return, something was different. Squall didn't know how different, till the knock on his door the day of the field exam.
---
Notes: Squaresoft owns everyone used within, Not I.
;_; Sorry this too so long to update, but my plot decided to run away from me. Maybe it'll come back. :hopes: ^^;