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Notes: Sorry for this extremely late chapter..I know I know, I'm just too lazy to type on...anyway, keep reading and keep those reviews coming! I don't have the inspiration to write on without them. Last but not least, a million, billion, zillion, etc, etc, thanks to Phoenix Blade for your wonderful review!
Chapter 8 The third destination and a wedding ring.
"We've arrived!" Selphie shouted from the pilot seat as they landed on top of the Deep Sea Deposit.
"Uh..what.what?" Paul asked groggily as she woke up from her nap. Except for Selphie who piloted the Ragnarok and her 'co-pilot' Irvine, everyone slept during the three hours flight.
"Rinny..wake up," Squall whispered lowly as he patted on Rinoa's shoulder.
"Looks like we're here," Quistis straightened her clothes and stood up.
"Let's go!" Zell shouted from behind shocking everyone. Paul shot him a shape glare of never-do-that-again-every-time-I-just-woke-up as she straightened her hair.
As they walked out from Ragnarok, they heard a noise coming from the Deep Sea Deposit.
"Oh no! Don't tell me that the Galbadians came before us!" Paul screamed in fear as she hurried in fearing for the worst. When she reached inside, she saw a sight that made her sigh with relief.
"Yo! Wait for us would ya? What is it?" Zell asked as he too, entered the Deep Sea Deposit. The others rushed in too, with their weapons readied for battles.
"It's nothing. It's just a monster fight," Paul said as she pointed to the floor.
"Ewww...blood," Selphie said in disgust. The sight of two dead ruby dragons was sure sickening enough to make her vomit out.
"It seems that they killed each other for some reason," Irvine said as he poked the dead bodies with his gun. Although there was no Galbadians around, there was also no sword around.
"Ooww, not another failure!" Selphie screamed in frustration. They had been searching for the sword inside that place for nearly an hour.
"Let's ask Bahamut," Squall took out a glowing orb and put it on the floor. A few seconds later, Bahamut appeared from the orb.
"Oh my god! You guys even caught Bahamut?!" Paul said in an awe. She began to wonder who are these guys. They must have been brilliant fighters to even managed to catch the great GF Bahamut.
"Ahem.I prefer the sentence to be I joined them not they caught me," Bahamut roared. "Why did you humans summon me for?"
" Did you came upon any sword while you resides in this Deep Sea Deposit?" Paul asked while staring at Bahamut in amazement.
"Grunt .grunt...you humans summoned me for such a simple question? How dare you?" Bahamut roared.
"As easy as it seems, you still haven't answered me, I believe," Paul snapped back daringly.
"Why you?! Fine, I shall answer your question. No, I did not came upon any sword all along while I resided here."
"Argh! Not another failure!" Paul screamed in frustation.
"Hey, that's my line!" Selphie squealed.
"Whatever. Thanks for your help. You may now return to your own dimension," Squall said uneasily as he kept the orb after Bahamut entered it. They found nothing at the first three destinations including the Deep Sea Deposit. This means that they had to go to the Sorceress Memorial no matter what.
They returned to Ragnarok silently not knowing what else to say especially to Squall. His face was as dark as the night. Even Rinoa followed him inside Ragnarok quietly.
"Alright, here we go..again!" Selphie grunted. She was getting bored of steering the plane and landed it. They won't be arriving for at least another six hours and everyone was getting bored.
* 30 minutes later *
Selphie had set the plane into the auto-pilot mode setting the destination to Esthar air station instead of the Sorceress Memorial for everyone had agreed to stop in Esthar for some rest and maybe some shopping. :p
Quistis and Paul were sitting on the floor playing the triple triad and in the same time arguing over the rules. Zell was practicing his martial arts skills and practically bouncing around the place. Irvine and Selphie were chatting and occasionally giggling while observing the game between Paul and Quistis. Squall and Rinoa went down to the first floor to have some private talk.
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* On the first floor *
"Squall..Squall? Anyone home?" Rinoa teased as she waved frantically at Squall. He had been daydreaming for the last two minutes.
"Huh? What is it?" Squall asked confusedly. Rinoa giggled at his expressions. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. I just love to see your confuse face. You looked like an adorable child!"
Squall blushed at this statement which made Rinoa giggled even more.
"It's not funny," Squall said while blushing.
"Sorry. Couldn't help it," Rinoa said in between giggles. She was trying her best to stop giggling but only managed to stop it after a minute. Squall couldn't help but smile looking her always-cheerful attitude. He wondered how some one can be this perfect as she is.
"Look at you! You are talking to yourself again! Mind sharing them with me?" Rinoa said as she pretended to be angry with a hint of laughter in her eyes. Squall just chuckled and hold her tight in his arms. How he hoped that this moment will never end. With Rinoa in his arms, only both of them, spending a nice and pleasant time. His face changed when he thought of arriving at the Sorceress Memorial later on. He hated the idea of Rinoa getting near that place again. He vowed to protect his angel from any danger that might approached her even if he had to risk his own life.
As if sensing what's inside Squall's mind, Rinoa kissed him lightly on his lips bringing him back to reality.
"Don't worry. I'll be alright. I'll stay by your side and you'll protect me right?"
"Right," Squall answered her by pulling her close for another deep and passionate kiss. "Shall we go back upstairs and join the others, my princess?"
"Why not? By the way, stop calling me princess. I'm not a princess anymore," Rinoa said in between kisses.
"You don't like me to call you that?" Squall smirked.
"Well...I do actually..but," Rinoa whispered shyly.
"Whatever. Come on let's go, princess," Squall laughed as he pulled Rinoa with him.
"Squall!" Rinoa yelled. This guy sure knows how to get her and that's why she loves him dearly.
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*Back to the cockpit *
"Oohh..finally, the love birds came back!" Paul teased as she saw both Squall and Rinoa came in hand in hand.
"Whatever, I think you better concentrate on your card game," Rinoa smiled evilly as she walked back to her seat with Squall.
"What.? Nothing's wrong with my.argh! How could you do this?!" Paul shrieked as Quistis flipped four cards over.
"Why not? I got a plus and combo!" Quistis laughed loudly.
"My cards..(sob) By the way, what is our trading rule?" Paul asked with a gluped. She knew she lost that game miserably. The score, Paul 2, Quistis 8.
"Diff," Quistis answered plainly as she took all of Paul's card from the deck.
"Diff?! Oh no!!! Rinoa, you owed me one Alexander card, one Bahamut card, one MY own card, and two elnoyle cards! Thanks for making me losing my game," Paul yelled as she helplessly looked at her cards being taken by a very happy Quistis. Rinoa answered by sticking her tongue out playfully.
"Thanks for all the rare cards I'd been wanting for. Now if you excuse me, I need to go to the washroom," Quistis grinned widely as she walked out from the cockpit.
"I lost...! Fine! I'm going to sleep!" Paul took out a blanket from her backpack and cover herself with it as she drifted off to sleep on the floor.
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"WAKE UP! WE'D ARRIVED!" Selphie screamed as Irvine kicked Paul in attempt to wake her up.
"All right all right! I'm awake! Don't try and make me deaf and stop kicking me Irvine!" Paul said as she yawned.
"Booyaka! Esthar shopping mall, here I come!" Selphie jumped in excitement while running towards the highway leading to the mall.
"I should've bring more gils if I know we'll stop here," Paul sighed. "I heard Esthar's foods are very nice. This time it was Quistis turned to sigh.
"For once can you think some thing else other than food?" Quistis asked as she walked to the mall together with Paul. Paul just scratched her head and gave her a smile.
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*Inside the shopping mall *
"Tee-hee! Look at that store! It's soooooo cute. I just gotta go in!" Selphie squealed in excitement as she ran around the mall. Irvine was the only one willing to follow her. Zell was busy shopping for fighters magazine and martial arts comic while Quistis, Squall and Rinoa followed Paul to the gift shop.
"Hey, don't be so bored! Look around! Maybe you can grab a wedding ring for Rinoa eh?" Paul teased as she poked Squall's arm. Squall kept quiet for a moment before answering.
"Do you know where is the jewelers shop located?" Squall asked in a very soft voice loud enough only for Paul to hear.
"Walk out of this store, head straight and turn right and you'll find the best jewelers shop they offered here. Why do ask? Ark! Don't tell me you're gonna..." Paul didn't manage to finished her question for Squall already gave a say-it-and-you're-dead look. Paul just laughed and shouted a good luck as Squall walked out of the store.
"Where's he going? I think I better go too," Rinoa said while trying to follow Squall out of the store only to be stopped by Paul.
"He's going to .er....the washroom!" Paul answered. " You wouldn't want to follow him there, would you?" Rinoa blushed and cut out of that topic quickly.
"You and Squall are acting strange. Now tell me, what are you two up to?" Quistis asked curiously.
"I tell you if you keep this a secret from Rinoa," Paul grinned. Quistis nodded as a reply. Paul whispered softly to Quistis only to get a loud oh my god from her. Paul tried to covered Quistis' mouth quickly when she saw Rinoa turned around and raised her eyebrow curiously at Quistis' action.
"Now, you two owe me an explanation. Squall didn't go to the washroom, did he? Where did he go?" Rinoa asked as she took a step towards them.
"Er..er...hey look! Selphie's calling us! Come on let's go!" Paul was relieved to see Selphie waving from the outside. She practically ran out from the store with Quistis to avoid Rinoa's question.
"Hey, I saw Laguna, Kiros, Ward and Ellone just now! They are waiting for us at the restaurant down the road," Selphie said.
"Restaurant? Good! I'm hungry anyway, come on let's go get Zell and we'll go to the restaurant," Paul answered gingerly and ran up to the books store to find Zell. A few minutes later, she came back with Zell.
"What bout Squall?" Rinoa asked.
"He..I'll find him. You guys go ahead first! Which restaurant was it?" Paul asked.
"The Eat-Your-Lots restaurant," Selphie answered.
"All right! I'll see you guys later, bye!" Paul ran away clearly still avoiding Rinoa's question. She turned her head and winked at Quistis. Understanding what she meant Quistis prevented Rinoa from following and kept her busy from asking the location of Squall.
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*Inside the jewelers store *
"Hey Squall! Are you done?" Paul ran in the store and towards Squall.
"Yeah. I found one," Squall answered with a grin. He sure is happy about this thing. (Everyone should know what he's up to by now :p)
"50,000 GILS?! Rinoa sure is lucky to have you, Commander!" Paul smiled while gazing at the beautiful ring with 4 carats of diamonds that Squall bought for Rinoa.
"I hope she will accept it," Squall said nervously.
"Don't worry. She loves you with all her heart too! Say, if everything goes right, can I attend your wedding ceremony please?" Paul asked with a pleading eyes.
"Of course! Just make sure you finish your mission quickly," Squall answered.
"Friends?" Paul asked. She wasn't sure that she could even talk to Squall. He's the coldest among the others.
"Friends," Squall answered.
"All right! Now come on and keep that ring! We're suppose to meet the Esthar president, Laguna and his friends at the Eat-Your-Lots restaurant," Paul said as she hurried Squall to pay for that ring.
"Laguna? How did you know he's the president?" Squall asked curiously.
"He ruled Esthar long before I was trapped inside that 'shell' and I'd been here for thousands of times before. Now come on and move it!" Paul answered as she pushed Squall out of the shop. Squall was getting nervous. Will he propose to Rinoa? What if she rejected him?
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Chapter 8 finished! Thank you for reading this story. Although I don't really know what am I writing in this chapter but I guess it will be boring if they keep going to their destinations. So, I decided to add a special Esthar scene inside! PLEASE R+R! Please! Please!
Notes: Sorry for this extremely late chapter..I know I know, I'm just too lazy to type on...anyway, keep reading and keep those reviews coming! I don't have the inspiration to write on without them. Last but not least, a million, billion, zillion, etc, etc, thanks to Phoenix Blade for your wonderful review!
Chapter 8 The third destination and a wedding ring.
"We've arrived!" Selphie shouted from the pilot seat as they landed on top of the Deep Sea Deposit.
"Uh..what.what?" Paul asked groggily as she woke up from her nap. Except for Selphie who piloted the Ragnarok and her 'co-pilot' Irvine, everyone slept during the three hours flight.
"Rinny..wake up," Squall whispered lowly as he patted on Rinoa's shoulder.
"Looks like we're here," Quistis straightened her clothes and stood up.
"Let's go!" Zell shouted from behind shocking everyone. Paul shot him a shape glare of never-do-that-again-every-time-I-just-woke-up as she straightened her hair.
As they walked out from Ragnarok, they heard a noise coming from the Deep Sea Deposit.
"Oh no! Don't tell me that the Galbadians came before us!" Paul screamed in fear as she hurried in fearing for the worst. When she reached inside, she saw a sight that made her sigh with relief.
"Yo! Wait for us would ya? What is it?" Zell asked as he too, entered the Deep Sea Deposit. The others rushed in too, with their weapons readied for battles.
"It's nothing. It's just a monster fight," Paul said as she pointed to the floor.
"Ewww...blood," Selphie said in disgust. The sight of two dead ruby dragons was sure sickening enough to make her vomit out.
"It seems that they killed each other for some reason," Irvine said as he poked the dead bodies with his gun. Although there was no Galbadians around, there was also no sword around.
"Ooww, not another failure!" Selphie screamed in frustration. They had been searching for the sword inside that place for nearly an hour.
"Let's ask Bahamut," Squall took out a glowing orb and put it on the floor. A few seconds later, Bahamut appeared from the orb.
"Oh my god! You guys even caught Bahamut?!" Paul said in an awe. She began to wonder who are these guys. They must have been brilliant fighters to even managed to catch the great GF Bahamut.
"Ahem.I prefer the sentence to be I joined them not they caught me," Bahamut roared. "Why did you humans summon me for?"
" Did you came upon any sword while you resides in this Deep Sea Deposit?" Paul asked while staring at Bahamut in amazement.
"Grunt .grunt...you humans summoned me for such a simple question? How dare you?" Bahamut roared.
"As easy as it seems, you still haven't answered me, I believe," Paul snapped back daringly.
"Why you?! Fine, I shall answer your question. No, I did not came upon any sword all along while I resided here."
"Argh! Not another failure!" Paul screamed in frustation.
"Hey, that's my line!" Selphie squealed.
"Whatever. Thanks for your help. You may now return to your own dimension," Squall said uneasily as he kept the orb after Bahamut entered it. They found nothing at the first three destinations including the Deep Sea Deposit. This means that they had to go to the Sorceress Memorial no matter what.
They returned to Ragnarok silently not knowing what else to say especially to Squall. His face was as dark as the night. Even Rinoa followed him inside Ragnarok quietly.
"Alright, here we go..again!" Selphie grunted. She was getting bored of steering the plane and landed it. They won't be arriving for at least another six hours and everyone was getting bored.
* 30 minutes later *
Selphie had set the plane into the auto-pilot mode setting the destination to Esthar air station instead of the Sorceress Memorial for everyone had agreed to stop in Esthar for some rest and maybe some shopping. :p
Quistis and Paul were sitting on the floor playing the triple triad and in the same time arguing over the rules. Zell was practicing his martial arts skills and practically bouncing around the place. Irvine and Selphie were chatting and occasionally giggling while observing the game between Paul and Quistis. Squall and Rinoa went down to the first floor to have some private talk.
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* On the first floor *
"Squall..Squall? Anyone home?" Rinoa teased as she waved frantically at Squall. He had been daydreaming for the last two minutes.
"Huh? What is it?" Squall asked confusedly. Rinoa giggled at his expressions. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. I just love to see your confuse face. You looked like an adorable child!"
Squall blushed at this statement which made Rinoa giggled even more.
"It's not funny," Squall said while blushing.
"Sorry. Couldn't help it," Rinoa said in between giggles. She was trying her best to stop giggling but only managed to stop it after a minute. Squall couldn't help but smile looking her always-cheerful attitude. He wondered how some one can be this perfect as she is.
"Look at you! You are talking to yourself again! Mind sharing them with me?" Rinoa said as she pretended to be angry with a hint of laughter in her eyes. Squall just chuckled and hold her tight in his arms. How he hoped that this moment will never end. With Rinoa in his arms, only both of them, spending a nice and pleasant time. His face changed when he thought of arriving at the Sorceress Memorial later on. He hated the idea of Rinoa getting near that place again. He vowed to protect his angel from any danger that might approached her even if he had to risk his own life.
As if sensing what's inside Squall's mind, Rinoa kissed him lightly on his lips bringing him back to reality.
"Don't worry. I'll be alright. I'll stay by your side and you'll protect me right?"
"Right," Squall answered her by pulling her close for another deep and passionate kiss. "Shall we go back upstairs and join the others, my princess?"
"Why not? By the way, stop calling me princess. I'm not a princess anymore," Rinoa said in between kisses.
"You don't like me to call you that?" Squall smirked.
"Well...I do actually..but," Rinoa whispered shyly.
"Whatever. Come on let's go, princess," Squall laughed as he pulled Rinoa with him.
"Squall!" Rinoa yelled. This guy sure knows how to get her and that's why she loves him dearly.
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*Back to the cockpit *
"Oohh..finally, the love birds came back!" Paul teased as she saw both Squall and Rinoa came in hand in hand.
"Whatever, I think you better concentrate on your card game," Rinoa smiled evilly as she walked back to her seat with Squall.
"What.? Nothing's wrong with my.argh! How could you do this?!" Paul shrieked as Quistis flipped four cards over.
"Why not? I got a plus and combo!" Quistis laughed loudly.
"My cards..(sob) By the way, what is our trading rule?" Paul asked with a gluped. She knew she lost that game miserably. The score, Paul 2, Quistis 8.
"Diff," Quistis answered plainly as she took all of Paul's card from the deck.
"Diff?! Oh no!!! Rinoa, you owed me one Alexander card, one Bahamut card, one MY own card, and two elnoyle cards! Thanks for making me losing my game," Paul yelled as she helplessly looked at her cards being taken by a very happy Quistis. Rinoa answered by sticking her tongue out playfully.
"Thanks for all the rare cards I'd been wanting for. Now if you excuse me, I need to go to the washroom," Quistis grinned widely as she walked out from the cockpit.
"I lost...! Fine! I'm going to sleep!" Paul took out a blanket from her backpack and cover herself with it as she drifted off to sleep on the floor.
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"WAKE UP! WE'D ARRIVED!" Selphie screamed as Irvine kicked Paul in attempt to wake her up.
"All right all right! I'm awake! Don't try and make me deaf and stop kicking me Irvine!" Paul said as she yawned.
"Booyaka! Esthar shopping mall, here I come!" Selphie jumped in excitement while running towards the highway leading to the mall.
"I should've bring more gils if I know we'll stop here," Paul sighed. "I heard Esthar's foods are very nice. This time it was Quistis turned to sigh.
"For once can you think some thing else other than food?" Quistis asked as she walked to the mall together with Paul. Paul just scratched her head and gave her a smile.
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*Inside the shopping mall *
"Tee-hee! Look at that store! It's soooooo cute. I just gotta go in!" Selphie squealed in excitement as she ran around the mall. Irvine was the only one willing to follow her. Zell was busy shopping for fighters magazine and martial arts comic while Quistis, Squall and Rinoa followed Paul to the gift shop.
"Hey, don't be so bored! Look around! Maybe you can grab a wedding ring for Rinoa eh?" Paul teased as she poked Squall's arm. Squall kept quiet for a moment before answering.
"Do you know where is the jewelers shop located?" Squall asked in a very soft voice loud enough only for Paul to hear.
"Walk out of this store, head straight and turn right and you'll find the best jewelers shop they offered here. Why do ask? Ark! Don't tell me you're gonna..." Paul didn't manage to finished her question for Squall already gave a say-it-and-you're-dead look. Paul just laughed and shouted a good luck as Squall walked out of the store.
"Where's he going? I think I better go too," Rinoa said while trying to follow Squall out of the store only to be stopped by Paul.
"He's going to .er....the washroom!" Paul answered. " You wouldn't want to follow him there, would you?" Rinoa blushed and cut out of that topic quickly.
"You and Squall are acting strange. Now tell me, what are you two up to?" Quistis asked curiously.
"I tell you if you keep this a secret from Rinoa," Paul grinned. Quistis nodded as a reply. Paul whispered softly to Quistis only to get a loud oh my god from her. Paul tried to covered Quistis' mouth quickly when she saw Rinoa turned around and raised her eyebrow curiously at Quistis' action.
"Now, you two owe me an explanation. Squall didn't go to the washroom, did he? Where did he go?" Rinoa asked as she took a step towards them.
"Er..er...hey look! Selphie's calling us! Come on let's go!" Paul was relieved to see Selphie waving from the outside. She practically ran out from the store with Quistis to avoid Rinoa's question.
"Hey, I saw Laguna, Kiros, Ward and Ellone just now! They are waiting for us at the restaurant down the road," Selphie said.
"Restaurant? Good! I'm hungry anyway, come on let's go get Zell and we'll go to the restaurant," Paul answered gingerly and ran up to the books store to find Zell. A few minutes later, she came back with Zell.
"What bout Squall?" Rinoa asked.
"He..I'll find him. You guys go ahead first! Which restaurant was it?" Paul asked.
"The Eat-Your-Lots restaurant," Selphie answered.
"All right! I'll see you guys later, bye!" Paul ran away clearly still avoiding Rinoa's question. She turned her head and winked at Quistis. Understanding what she meant Quistis prevented Rinoa from following and kept her busy from asking the location of Squall.
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*Inside the jewelers store *
"Hey Squall! Are you done?" Paul ran in the store and towards Squall.
"Yeah. I found one," Squall answered with a grin. He sure is happy about this thing. (Everyone should know what he's up to by now :p)
"50,000 GILS?! Rinoa sure is lucky to have you, Commander!" Paul smiled while gazing at the beautiful ring with 4 carats of diamonds that Squall bought for Rinoa.
"I hope she will accept it," Squall said nervously.
"Don't worry. She loves you with all her heart too! Say, if everything goes right, can I attend your wedding ceremony please?" Paul asked with a pleading eyes.
"Of course! Just make sure you finish your mission quickly," Squall answered.
"Friends?" Paul asked. She wasn't sure that she could even talk to Squall. He's the coldest among the others.
"Friends," Squall answered.
"All right! Now come on and keep that ring! We're suppose to meet the Esthar president, Laguna and his friends at the Eat-Your-Lots restaurant," Paul said as she hurried Squall to pay for that ring.
"Laguna? How did you know he's the president?" Squall asked curiously.
"He ruled Esthar long before I was trapped inside that 'shell' and I'd been here for thousands of times before. Now come on and move it!" Paul answered as she pushed Squall out of the shop. Squall was getting nervous. Will he propose to Rinoa? What if she rejected him?
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Chapter 8 finished! Thank you for reading this story. Although I don't really know what am I writing in this chapter but I guess it will be boring if they keep going to their destinations. So, I decided to add a special Esthar scene inside! PLEASE R+R! Please! Please!