Chapter Three
Ring...ring...ring
Something was ringing, and it sounded closer then he felt. It had taken him another hour, to find his apartment building, and two hours to do all his homework. And he had finally eaten at seven o'clock, and went to bed by eight.
He rolled over, and looked at the clock on the wall. It wasn't ringing, but it did tell him it was two in the morning.
He threw off the blankets, and he could still hear the ringing. It sounded even louder now that he was awake. He stood up, and walked into the joining kitchen. He looked around, trying to find the source of the sound, and found it at the phone.
With a sigh, he lifted the receiver, and put it to his ear. "Yea?" He sounded as tired as he looked.
"Good morning Mr. Leonhart, hope I didn't wake you?"
Squall frowned, "Setsuna? Why the hell are you calling me at two in the morning?" He glanced at the microwave clock to make sure he was right about the time. Setsuna chuckled, "Gomen nasasi Squall, but I have a favor to ask you. See there is a youma attacking the city, and I was hoping maybe you'd like to come and help?"
"Youma?"
"Monsters, sort of like the ones you fought where you lived. If you don't mind that is, see a friend of mine is in need of some help, since her team cannot make it there in the amount of time to help her before she gets seriously hurt. So if you just turn around, and jump into the portal, you'll be taken there right away."
Squall turned around, and blinked. He stared at a purple void, floating in the middle of his living room, "holy hell."
She chuckled, "not quite. So if you could, I'd really appreciate it. Also, when you do get there, if you could disguise yourself. We really don't need anyone to see you as yourself."
Squall muttered, "fine." He hung up, and looked at the portal. He eyed it carefully, before stepping into it.
He had been once in his kitchen, but suddenly, he found himself in an alleyway. He looked out into the street, and saw a young girl. She had short blue hair that framed her face.
She ducked and rolled out of the way, and shouted, "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" A torrent of icy water, shot out from her hands, and hit the monster, that resembled a punching bag, with a head, arms and legs.
Frowning, he drew deeper into the alley. He'd never done this before, holding onto the power of a Guardian, longer than to just attack once.
Touching his forehead, he concentrated, and threw out his hand, "Diamond Dust!"
Instantly, he felt himself change, and a whirlwind surrounded him, and a block of ice shot up from the ground. His eyes snapped open, and the ice shattered, as he uncrossed his arms from his chest, and rolled his head to the side, around, and back up.
He leaped up into the air, higher than the rooftop of the surrounding buildings. He slapped his hands together, raising them up, and back behind his head.
Light gathered in his hands, and once it reached its peak, he threw it out at the monster, just as it noticed him.
Ice encased the street, the monster stuck in the middle of the ice cavern he made. The ice shattered, and the monster screamed, raising its hands in the air.
He dropped down to the street below, breathing heavily. He gritted his teeth, as he watched the monster. The girl, dressed in all blue looked at him, her face full of shock.
He couldn't blame her; he did look like a monster himself with a woman figure, pale skin, with purple hands and feet. He glanced at her, and winked, before turning to the youma, he tossed something into the air, and shouted, "Blizzaga!"
Ice encased the monster, and shattered, and they watched as the monster turned to fine dust.
His body shaking from trying to withhold the Shiva, he leaped up into the air, and disappeared into the alleyway, where he fell into a portal, and landed on his couch, as Squall once again.
He closed his eyes, and fell asleep, too exhausted to even to go to his bed.
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Minako raced across the gym, stopping in front of her best friend, "Usagi chan guess what!!!!"
Usagi smiled, "What Mina chan?"
The blonde haired girl, with big blue eyes, and a red bow in her hair, grinned. "There's this really cute looking guy in my science class!!! He is soooooooo hot!"
Usagi raised an eyebrow, "are you still in that advance chemistry class?" Minako shrugged, "Maybe."
Usagi sighed, "Mina chan, you're going to fail, if you stay in there. I don't even know how you got into the class."
Minako smiled, "It's okay. I can't leave now, with that hunky Squall in the same class. Plus I have Ami to help me. As her partner, I can't fail."
"But she wont let you copy off of her..."
"Oh my kami he's in our class! Usagi chan look!"
Minako grabbed Usagi's head, and made the girl look at the new student. Wild brown hair, long bangs fell into bright blue eyes, and barely covering a scar. He had long legs, toned muscles; he was about 5'8, with a killer body, and a gorgeous, but yet rugged face.
"Oh my kami it's the guy from the arcade."
Minako grabbed Usagi by her tank top, "you know him! Usagi you have to hook me up with him please!!!!"
Usagi glanced at him, and then at her friend's face, "I didn't say I knew..." "Please Usagi chan. Oh my kami he's looking at me!!!"
Usagi looked over at the guy near the door to the gym, and saw that he indeed was looking towards them, "I don't know..."
"Oh come on Usagi chan, I'll do anything." Usagi gnawed on her bottom lip, and looked at her friend, then at the new kid. "I..."
"Artigato Usagi you're the best!"
Minako pulled the blonde into a tight hug. "But Mina chan I didn't..."
?????
Squall walked into the gym, and tugged at his gym shorts. He looked around the gym with a frown. There was about an even amount of girls and boys in the class. He spotted the sensei, and sighed. The lady was a drill sergeant, worst than Quistis.
He heard a squeal, and followed the eyes of the rest of the class, to a pair of blondes. The one with her head being held by the other blonde caught his eyes. 'The girl from the arcade?'
He watched as the blonde grabbed the girl with pigtails by the front of her fitting tank top, and demands something.
He raised an eyebrow, and studied the blondes.
One of the blondes' had lighter shade of blonde hair, falling to her waist, and held back by a red bow. She had light blue eyes, and was short of her age, but not as short as the other blonde.
They both wore the gym uniform, blue short shorts, and a fitting tank top.
The second blonde, the one he recognized as the same one from the arcade, wore her long golden blonde hair up in the same buns, but the pigtails had been made shorter, most likely to make it easier for PE.
Bright azure blue eyes glanced at him, and he inhaled sharply, as he looked at her completely. She had a lean body, with long toned legs, and lightly tanned skin, slim waist, small hands, and a lovely face.
He stared at her legs for a few more minutes, before looking at her cute little tush, and worked his way up to her breasts...
"Squall!"
He blinked, and looked over at the gym sensei. Black hair pulled into a tight bun, with a pair of dark eyes, and a lean figure. Oh yea, she went to military school.
"Get over here, before I make you run boy!" He nodded, and jogged up to her.
"Class find a seat in front of me now!"
Quickly, the class found a place to sit, in front of him, and the sensei. "This is our new student, Squall Leonhart. Treat him good, or you'll run laps, you got it!"
"Hai ma'am!"
"Sit Squall!"
He found a seat, and winced, as she bellowed out names, taking role. "Alright, we're all here today good. Now starting today after school, track is beginning. I want a raise of hands of who's going to join."
'You should try and sign up for after school activities, to fit in. Meet new people.'
Squall frowned, when Setsuna's ideas from this morning, entered his mind. He slowly raised his hand, and the sensei grinned, "Good Squall. At least I can count on someone."
Minako bit her lip, 'I'm in cheerleading, and I can't be in track to, wait.' Her eyes brightened at the idea
She grabbed Usagi's arm, and raised it.
"Good Usagi glad you decided to participate for once."
Usagi blinked, "Nani?" She looked at her arm, and jerked it away, "are you crazy!"
Minako shook her head, and whispered, "I can't be in track, so you need to be, and try and get Squall to ask me out." Usagi's eyes filled with tears, "but I hate track..."
Minako shrugged, "but you love to run, you can just run around the track. You're about as fast as Haruka. Plus she'll be on the team."
"Hai the advance team."
"There isn't ranks, there's just running miles, jumping twenty feet, and throwing blocks...well like I really know what all goes on in there, for all I know you, you'll be doing a hundred push ups."
"Nani!"
The class turned, looking at Usagi. She flushed red, and covered her face with her hands, "Gomen."
?????
Squall walked out to the track out behind the school. He saw a few students from his classes, and a few he never even seen before. He spotted Usagi, standing next to Haruka from his first hour.
Haruka nudged Usagi, and nodded, a smile playing on her face. When he had first seen Haruka, he had believed she was a man, but then he had recognized her, as the same woman, Hotoru had pointed out at the park.
Suddenly, the gym sensei came out, "Glad all of you could make it. Today, we are doing try outs, to see who will make it to track. Runners will follow Haruka to the starting line. Javelins, and long jumpers, please follow me."
Usagi followed Haruka to the starting line, "that's why I'm here. Can you believe her?"
Haruka grinned, "Why don't you just fail the test, or just leave?" She sighed, "that's the thing, she said, she would do my chores for a month, and do whatever I asked, if I hook her up with the new guy."
Haruka pulled the smaller blonde against her, "Don't worry Koneko chan, I'll help you out."
Turning, Haruka faced the small group that had joined her. Usagi, Squall, a couple of kids she had seen around, and a kid, that looked small enough to be in grade school.
Haruka ran her hands down her shorts, wiping away the sweat. "Alright, glad that you guys, could dress down in your gym clothes. Now to test whose going to be on the team."
She scanned the group with her, "for track, you must be on time everyday, if you're five minutes late, then you will run one mile around the track, and a lap per minute you are late beyond the first five. Also, you must have passing grades, if not, you will be taken off the team."
She watched as a few of the girls leave, leaving only five behind, including herself.
"Okay, now lets begin. To make the team, you must run the hundred-meter dash in less then 17 seconds."
Usagi looked at the track, "Nani!!!! 17 seconds, Haruka I cant do that!!"
Haruka grinned, "Sure you can Koneko chan. Just imagine something that scares you, is chasing you, or pretend Mamoru is at the finish line."
"Mamo chan!!!! Where is he?" She looked around, "I don't see him." Haruka punched her playfully on the arm, and Usagi winced, "hey."
"Just think he's at the other end, and that you need to get to him really quickly okay."
Usagi frowned, "I don't know."
Squall sighed, rolling his eyes. He was tired of waiting for the two to stop chatting, and get on with the race. He just wanted to get home...that is, if he could find it again.
Haruka walked to the edge of the track, "Line up group. Now remember under 17 seconds alright."
Usagi whined, "but I cant run that fast." Haruka sighed, and held up the stopwatch, "ready...set...go!"
Like a shot from a gun, the group took off. Haruka shouted, "Usagi look out a there's a youma behind you!!!!!"
The blonde shrieked, and took off like a bat out of hell down the track. Haruka nodded in approval, as Usagi flew passed the finish line, in 14 seconds, but she kept going. Squall came in second, with 15 seconds, and the little kid that looked like he belonged in grade school, got 16 and 1/2 seconds.
A minute passed, and Usagi came charging by for the fourth time, smoke lifting up from the tracks behind her. "Usagi!!! Look it's the ice cream truck!"
The blonde haired girl skidded to a screeching halt, "Nani? Where?" She looked around the track, drooling all the while. Suddenly she frowned, when she heard Haruka laughing. "You lied to me!!!! There isn't an ice cream truck!"
Haruka jogged towards Usagi, and slipped her arm over the blonde's shoulders, "Guess what Koneko chan, you just made the team."
"I did?"
Haruka grinned, "and for making the team, lets celebrate with ice cream, my treat."
"Yea!!!!!"
Ring...ring...ring
Something was ringing, and it sounded closer then he felt. It had taken him another hour, to find his apartment building, and two hours to do all his homework. And he had finally eaten at seven o'clock, and went to bed by eight.
He rolled over, and looked at the clock on the wall. It wasn't ringing, but it did tell him it was two in the morning.
He threw off the blankets, and he could still hear the ringing. It sounded even louder now that he was awake. He stood up, and walked into the joining kitchen. He looked around, trying to find the source of the sound, and found it at the phone.
With a sigh, he lifted the receiver, and put it to his ear. "Yea?" He sounded as tired as he looked.
"Good morning Mr. Leonhart, hope I didn't wake you?"
Squall frowned, "Setsuna? Why the hell are you calling me at two in the morning?" He glanced at the microwave clock to make sure he was right about the time. Setsuna chuckled, "Gomen nasasi Squall, but I have a favor to ask you. See there is a youma attacking the city, and I was hoping maybe you'd like to come and help?"
"Youma?"
"Monsters, sort of like the ones you fought where you lived. If you don't mind that is, see a friend of mine is in need of some help, since her team cannot make it there in the amount of time to help her before she gets seriously hurt. So if you just turn around, and jump into the portal, you'll be taken there right away."
Squall turned around, and blinked. He stared at a purple void, floating in the middle of his living room, "holy hell."
She chuckled, "not quite. So if you could, I'd really appreciate it. Also, when you do get there, if you could disguise yourself. We really don't need anyone to see you as yourself."
Squall muttered, "fine." He hung up, and looked at the portal. He eyed it carefully, before stepping into it.
He had been once in his kitchen, but suddenly, he found himself in an alleyway. He looked out into the street, and saw a young girl. She had short blue hair that framed her face.
She ducked and rolled out of the way, and shouted, "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" A torrent of icy water, shot out from her hands, and hit the monster, that resembled a punching bag, with a head, arms and legs.
Frowning, he drew deeper into the alley. He'd never done this before, holding onto the power of a Guardian, longer than to just attack once.
Touching his forehead, he concentrated, and threw out his hand, "Diamond Dust!"
Instantly, he felt himself change, and a whirlwind surrounded him, and a block of ice shot up from the ground. His eyes snapped open, and the ice shattered, as he uncrossed his arms from his chest, and rolled his head to the side, around, and back up.
He leaped up into the air, higher than the rooftop of the surrounding buildings. He slapped his hands together, raising them up, and back behind his head.
Light gathered in his hands, and once it reached its peak, he threw it out at the monster, just as it noticed him.
Ice encased the street, the monster stuck in the middle of the ice cavern he made. The ice shattered, and the monster screamed, raising its hands in the air.
He dropped down to the street below, breathing heavily. He gritted his teeth, as he watched the monster. The girl, dressed in all blue looked at him, her face full of shock.
He couldn't blame her; he did look like a monster himself with a woman figure, pale skin, with purple hands and feet. He glanced at her, and winked, before turning to the youma, he tossed something into the air, and shouted, "Blizzaga!"
Ice encased the monster, and shattered, and they watched as the monster turned to fine dust.
His body shaking from trying to withhold the Shiva, he leaped up into the air, and disappeared into the alleyway, where he fell into a portal, and landed on his couch, as Squall once again.
He closed his eyes, and fell asleep, too exhausted to even to go to his bed.
?????
Minako raced across the gym, stopping in front of her best friend, "Usagi chan guess what!!!!"
Usagi smiled, "What Mina chan?"
The blonde haired girl, with big blue eyes, and a red bow in her hair, grinned. "There's this really cute looking guy in my science class!!! He is soooooooo hot!"
Usagi raised an eyebrow, "are you still in that advance chemistry class?" Minako shrugged, "Maybe."
Usagi sighed, "Mina chan, you're going to fail, if you stay in there. I don't even know how you got into the class."
Minako smiled, "It's okay. I can't leave now, with that hunky Squall in the same class. Plus I have Ami to help me. As her partner, I can't fail."
"But she wont let you copy off of her..."
"Oh my kami he's in our class! Usagi chan look!"
Minako grabbed Usagi's head, and made the girl look at the new student. Wild brown hair, long bangs fell into bright blue eyes, and barely covering a scar. He had long legs, toned muscles; he was about 5'8, with a killer body, and a gorgeous, but yet rugged face.
"Oh my kami it's the guy from the arcade."
Minako grabbed Usagi by her tank top, "you know him! Usagi you have to hook me up with him please!!!!"
Usagi glanced at him, and then at her friend's face, "I didn't say I knew..." "Please Usagi chan. Oh my kami he's looking at me!!!"
Usagi looked over at the guy near the door to the gym, and saw that he indeed was looking towards them, "I don't know..."
"Oh come on Usagi chan, I'll do anything." Usagi gnawed on her bottom lip, and looked at her friend, then at the new kid. "I..."
"Artigato Usagi you're the best!"
Minako pulled the blonde into a tight hug. "But Mina chan I didn't..."
?????
Squall walked into the gym, and tugged at his gym shorts. He looked around the gym with a frown. There was about an even amount of girls and boys in the class. He spotted the sensei, and sighed. The lady was a drill sergeant, worst than Quistis.
He heard a squeal, and followed the eyes of the rest of the class, to a pair of blondes. The one with her head being held by the other blonde caught his eyes. 'The girl from the arcade?'
He watched as the blonde grabbed the girl with pigtails by the front of her fitting tank top, and demands something.
He raised an eyebrow, and studied the blondes.
One of the blondes' had lighter shade of blonde hair, falling to her waist, and held back by a red bow. She had light blue eyes, and was short of her age, but not as short as the other blonde.
They both wore the gym uniform, blue short shorts, and a fitting tank top.
The second blonde, the one he recognized as the same one from the arcade, wore her long golden blonde hair up in the same buns, but the pigtails had been made shorter, most likely to make it easier for PE.
Bright azure blue eyes glanced at him, and he inhaled sharply, as he looked at her completely. She had a lean body, with long toned legs, and lightly tanned skin, slim waist, small hands, and a lovely face.
He stared at her legs for a few more minutes, before looking at her cute little tush, and worked his way up to her breasts...
"Squall!"
He blinked, and looked over at the gym sensei. Black hair pulled into a tight bun, with a pair of dark eyes, and a lean figure. Oh yea, she went to military school.
"Get over here, before I make you run boy!" He nodded, and jogged up to her.
"Class find a seat in front of me now!"
Quickly, the class found a place to sit, in front of him, and the sensei. "This is our new student, Squall Leonhart. Treat him good, or you'll run laps, you got it!"
"Hai ma'am!"
"Sit Squall!"
He found a seat, and winced, as she bellowed out names, taking role. "Alright, we're all here today good. Now starting today after school, track is beginning. I want a raise of hands of who's going to join."
'You should try and sign up for after school activities, to fit in. Meet new people.'
Squall frowned, when Setsuna's ideas from this morning, entered his mind. He slowly raised his hand, and the sensei grinned, "Good Squall. At least I can count on someone."
Minako bit her lip, 'I'm in cheerleading, and I can't be in track to, wait.' Her eyes brightened at the idea
She grabbed Usagi's arm, and raised it.
"Good Usagi glad you decided to participate for once."
Usagi blinked, "Nani?" She looked at her arm, and jerked it away, "are you crazy!"
Minako shook her head, and whispered, "I can't be in track, so you need to be, and try and get Squall to ask me out." Usagi's eyes filled with tears, "but I hate track..."
Minako shrugged, "but you love to run, you can just run around the track. You're about as fast as Haruka. Plus she'll be on the team."
"Hai the advance team."
"There isn't ranks, there's just running miles, jumping twenty feet, and throwing blocks...well like I really know what all goes on in there, for all I know you, you'll be doing a hundred push ups."
"Nani!"
The class turned, looking at Usagi. She flushed red, and covered her face with her hands, "Gomen."
?????
Squall walked out to the track out behind the school. He saw a few students from his classes, and a few he never even seen before. He spotted Usagi, standing next to Haruka from his first hour.
Haruka nudged Usagi, and nodded, a smile playing on her face. When he had first seen Haruka, he had believed she was a man, but then he had recognized her, as the same woman, Hotoru had pointed out at the park.
Suddenly, the gym sensei came out, "Glad all of you could make it. Today, we are doing try outs, to see who will make it to track. Runners will follow Haruka to the starting line. Javelins, and long jumpers, please follow me."
Usagi followed Haruka to the starting line, "that's why I'm here. Can you believe her?"
Haruka grinned, "Why don't you just fail the test, or just leave?" She sighed, "that's the thing, she said, she would do my chores for a month, and do whatever I asked, if I hook her up with the new guy."
Haruka pulled the smaller blonde against her, "Don't worry Koneko chan, I'll help you out."
Turning, Haruka faced the small group that had joined her. Usagi, Squall, a couple of kids she had seen around, and a kid, that looked small enough to be in grade school.
Haruka ran her hands down her shorts, wiping away the sweat. "Alright, glad that you guys, could dress down in your gym clothes. Now to test whose going to be on the team."
She scanned the group with her, "for track, you must be on time everyday, if you're five minutes late, then you will run one mile around the track, and a lap per minute you are late beyond the first five. Also, you must have passing grades, if not, you will be taken off the team."
She watched as a few of the girls leave, leaving only five behind, including herself.
"Okay, now lets begin. To make the team, you must run the hundred-meter dash in less then 17 seconds."
Usagi looked at the track, "Nani!!!! 17 seconds, Haruka I cant do that!!"
Haruka grinned, "Sure you can Koneko chan. Just imagine something that scares you, is chasing you, or pretend Mamoru is at the finish line."
"Mamo chan!!!! Where is he?" She looked around, "I don't see him." Haruka punched her playfully on the arm, and Usagi winced, "hey."
"Just think he's at the other end, and that you need to get to him really quickly okay."
Usagi frowned, "I don't know."
Squall sighed, rolling his eyes. He was tired of waiting for the two to stop chatting, and get on with the race. He just wanted to get home...that is, if he could find it again.
Haruka walked to the edge of the track, "Line up group. Now remember under 17 seconds alright."
Usagi whined, "but I cant run that fast." Haruka sighed, and held up the stopwatch, "ready...set...go!"
Like a shot from a gun, the group took off. Haruka shouted, "Usagi look out a there's a youma behind you!!!!!"
The blonde shrieked, and took off like a bat out of hell down the track. Haruka nodded in approval, as Usagi flew passed the finish line, in 14 seconds, but she kept going. Squall came in second, with 15 seconds, and the little kid that looked like he belonged in grade school, got 16 and 1/2 seconds.
A minute passed, and Usagi came charging by for the fourth time, smoke lifting up from the tracks behind her. "Usagi!!! Look it's the ice cream truck!"
The blonde haired girl skidded to a screeching halt, "Nani? Where?" She looked around the track, drooling all the while. Suddenly she frowned, when she heard Haruka laughing. "You lied to me!!!! There isn't an ice cream truck!"
Haruka jogged towards Usagi, and slipped her arm over the blonde's shoulders, "Guess what Koneko chan, you just made the team."
"I did?"
Haruka grinned, "and for making the team, lets celebrate with ice cream, my treat."
"Yea!!!!!"