The sky above
Part 4: Crossed gunblades
Author's notes: Hey, here I am again ^_^. Thank you so much for the nice reviews! I always love to hear from you! This time, it took me a bit longer… sorry for that. I had some exams to write…
Hey hey, Maren. Alles klar? Deutsch ist toll, oder? ^_^ (Jaja, Sandra, Spanisch auch.)
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~ Love is like a ray of light, it leads your way, or it blinds you ~
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Squall reacted immediately. Pushing Quistis with one hand aside, he pulled out his gunblade with the other, ready to counter Seifer's attack. Hyperion and Lionheart collided, and Quistis' back violently hit the wall next to the elevator. She led out a small cry, and as Seifer turned to check her, Squall lifted his gunblade for striking back.
"Seifer!", Quistis shouted, her head hurting, her mind spinning. One thing kept repeating in her ears.
'You can't let Seifer down again…'
And as if he had seen Squall's attack through her eyes, he quickly turned and almost immediately countered, every move he made showing his amazing strength.
He wasn't just the fallen knight. In this second it seemed almost painfully clear to her. They were alike.
The hero and the dark knight. They mirrored each other like the scars on their faces.
And yet… she couldn't accept that.
"Now that it's just you and me, Leonhart, I won't loose... And you won't survive", Seifer threatened between attacking and countering.
Quistis just stood and stared. She felt dizzy, her head hurt, and she wasn't able to finish a single thought.
'Seifer rescued me…'
'Squall wanted… to hurt me'
'…but he pushed me away when Seifer attacked…'
'and… rescued me too.'
'… or did he just try to hurt me?'
Her love, her bitter-sweet affection. …And her hope that had been broken into pieces, and still wasn't fully destroyed.
Hope, made of pure desperation. And yet… hope.
She saw Seifer. She saw the Sorceress' knight. She saw Squall. She saw a hero. Somewhere deep down, where she had buried her reasoning, she knew that she was wrong.
But… it was love. Right or wrong didn't matter.
Just then, Seifer finally got his chance. Using his gunblade like a lance, he ran forward. Squall, unprepared for something like that, didn't know how to react and simply took a defence position.
'Seifer… now I'm turning away from you… again', she thought, stumbling into the line of fire and protecting an expressionless Squall.
Seifer immediately stopped dead. His Hyperion still pointed at Quistis, but he just stood there for a long moment and stared at her.
Only a single second later his beautiful green eyes darkened and he turned away, the familiar expression of hatred and despite on his face.
"Seifer!", she shouted.
"You don't need to thank me Instructor", he replied sarcastically, without looking back. "You weren't the reason for this fight. You just made an occasion."
She looked after him for a moment, then she turned to Squall.
"I'll ask Dr. Kadowaki how Rinoa is", he stated, his voice cold, his face hard.
She just nodded, unable to answer.
When both men had gone, she fell on her knees.
Silently thanking Hyne that the Garden's students still slept, and no-one would see her like this, she buried her face in her hands and started crying.
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"… and therefore, I'd like to quit and leave the Garden."
"Quistis…", Cid started, but stopped, not knowing what to say and how to make her stay. Her decision was made. She had made that very clear. But still… it made him feel sorry.
"You were a good SeeD. I'm sorry it ended that way."
Without looking in the director's eyes, she replied, "Me too", and kept silent again, hoping he'd dismiss her soon.
"If I can help you-"
"No Sir. You believed in me, I disappointed you. You already did too much for me."
She had just finished her sentence, as someone knocked on the door.
"Come in", Cid called.
The door was opened, and much to Quistis' surprise, it was Rinoa who entered.
Part 4: Crossed gunblades
Author's notes: Hey, here I am again ^_^. Thank you so much for the nice reviews! I always love to hear from you! This time, it took me a bit longer… sorry for that. I had some exams to write…
Hey hey, Maren. Alles klar? Deutsch ist toll, oder? ^_^ (Jaja, Sandra, Spanisch auch.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
~ Love is like a ray of light, it leads your way, or it blinds you ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
Squall reacted immediately. Pushing Quistis with one hand aside, he pulled out his gunblade with the other, ready to counter Seifer's attack. Hyperion and Lionheart collided, and Quistis' back violently hit the wall next to the elevator. She led out a small cry, and as Seifer turned to check her, Squall lifted his gunblade for striking back.
"Seifer!", Quistis shouted, her head hurting, her mind spinning. One thing kept repeating in her ears.
'You can't let Seifer down again…'
And as if he had seen Squall's attack through her eyes, he quickly turned and almost immediately countered, every move he made showing his amazing strength.
He wasn't just the fallen knight. In this second it seemed almost painfully clear to her. They were alike.
The hero and the dark knight. They mirrored each other like the scars on their faces.
And yet… she couldn't accept that.
"Now that it's just you and me, Leonhart, I won't loose... And you won't survive", Seifer threatened between attacking and countering.
Quistis just stood and stared. She felt dizzy, her head hurt, and she wasn't able to finish a single thought.
'Seifer rescued me…'
'Squall wanted… to hurt me'
'…but he pushed me away when Seifer attacked…'
'and… rescued me too.'
'… or did he just try to hurt me?'
Her love, her bitter-sweet affection. …And her hope that had been broken into pieces, and still wasn't fully destroyed.
Hope, made of pure desperation. And yet… hope.
She saw Seifer. She saw the Sorceress' knight. She saw Squall. She saw a hero. Somewhere deep down, where she had buried her reasoning, she knew that she was wrong.
But… it was love. Right or wrong didn't matter.
Just then, Seifer finally got his chance. Using his gunblade like a lance, he ran forward. Squall, unprepared for something like that, didn't know how to react and simply took a defence position.
'Seifer… now I'm turning away from you… again', she thought, stumbling into the line of fire and protecting an expressionless Squall.
Seifer immediately stopped dead. His Hyperion still pointed at Quistis, but he just stood there for a long moment and stared at her.
Only a single second later his beautiful green eyes darkened and he turned away, the familiar expression of hatred and despite on his face.
"Seifer!", she shouted.
"You don't need to thank me Instructor", he replied sarcastically, without looking back. "You weren't the reason for this fight. You just made an occasion."
She looked after him for a moment, then she turned to Squall.
"I'll ask Dr. Kadowaki how Rinoa is", he stated, his voice cold, his face hard.
She just nodded, unable to answer.
When both men had gone, she fell on her knees.
Silently thanking Hyne that the Garden's students still slept, and no-one would see her like this, she buried her face in her hands and started crying.
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"… and therefore, I'd like to quit and leave the Garden."
"Quistis…", Cid started, but stopped, not knowing what to say and how to make her stay. Her decision was made. She had made that very clear. But still… it made him feel sorry.
"You were a good SeeD. I'm sorry it ended that way."
Without looking in the director's eyes, she replied, "Me too", and kept silent again, hoping he'd dismiss her soon.
"If I can help you-"
"No Sir. You believed in me, I disappointed you. You already did too much for me."
She had just finished her sentence, as someone knocked on the door.
"Come in", Cid called.
The door was opened, and much to Quistis' surprise, it was Rinoa who entered.