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"QUICK, HEAL YOUR SELF SQUALL!!!NOW OR IT'LL BE TO LATE!"

But it was to late Squall wasn't able to heal himself in time. He was knocked unconscious. The last thing he remembered was a sharp pain.

"Squall.......can you hear me?" said a soft voice.

Squall slowly opened his eyes; his vision was blurred, once into focus he noticed he was in the infirmary, Rinoa was sitting next to Squall on his bed.

"Squall can you hear me?" asked Rinoa softly

Squall nodded his head and spoke "yes"
It took most of Squalls energy to speak.

"Dr.Kadowaki is coming to see you soon" said Rinoa
Squall was exhausted all he could do was gaze into Rinoa's dark brown eyes Squall thought to himself,
God she is beautiful, I've never seen anyone so beautiful in my entire life, and to think that she's.......

Squall then heard Dr.Kadowaki come in; Rinoa stood up to greet her.

"Has he woke up?" Dr.Kadowaki asked Rinoa.

"Yes, just a few minutes ago"

Dr.Kadowaki walked up to Squalls bed.

"How are you feeling?" asked Dr.Kadowaki

"..........."

"You've been out for 2 weeks," she said

Squall was surprised that he had been out for so long, he looked at Rinoa and noticed she was wearing his ring.

"I think you well enough to at least rest in your room, or would you like to stay here?" asked Dr.Kadowaki

"My room" said Squall

Squall was unable to walk so they put him in a wheelchair.

"I'll take him to his room" offered Rinoa

"Ok, go ahead Rinoa" Dr.Kadowaki said nodding approvingly

Rinoa and Dr.Kadowaki helped Squall into the wheelchair that Dr.Kadowaki put next to his bed. As they moved him Squall put his right arm around Rinoa to help him stand and his left arm around Dr.Kadowaki.

"There ya go," said Dr.Kadowaki

Squall was in a very large amount of pain, every bone seemed to ache.

"Here Rinoa, take these.... there for Squall if his pain gets too much to stand" Dr.Kadowaki handed Rinoa a small bottle of aspirin.

"Thanks" said Rinoa

Rinoa then turned towards Squall and grabbed hold of the wheelchair and started for the hallway.

"Squall....I was so worried about you, I thought you weren't going to wake up"Rinoa said to Squall with great concern

"I......."

"Squall no, it takes too much of your energy, wait till tomorrow when your stronger"

The hallways were busy with students; Squall noticed the very long line in the cafeteria for the hot dogs. Then Rinoa was taking him up the hallways to the room. Rinoa opened the door to his room and pushed him over by his bed.

"Ok, Squall I want you to lean on me so I can help you into bed, ok?"

Squall slowly nodded. Rinoa tried her best to get Squall into his bed; she was able to get him in. Rinoa then pulled a chair by his bed.

"Do you want me to stay here with you?" asked Rinoa

"Yes"

"Ok, I was hoping you'd say that"

Squall then noticed how tired he was, his eyelids started to get heavy, they started to close, he tried to fight against it and keep his eyes open, to look at Rinoa but sleep overcame him.

"QUICK, HEAL YOURSELF SQUALL NOW!!! OR IT'LL BE TO LATE!"

Time seemed to move very slowly as in slow motion.

Squall turned his head and looked to see who was yelling at him, but no one was in sight, he noticed he was in a forest; nothing looked familiar. The sun was shining through the trees.
Squall then felt an extremely sharp pain in his stomach. He fell to his knees in pain, his face in shock, Squall put his hands to his stomach, he moved them and looked down at his hands to notice that they were covered in blood. A shadow came over him; he looked to see who it was standing before him. Then the unknown person raised his arm, knife in hand. Squalls eyes widened as he watched the arm come down towards him, everything seemed to be in slow motion. Then time seemed to be back to normal, just when Squall thought the knife was going to hit him, inches from him.

"AH!" Squall jumped as he bolted up right in bed. Gasping for air, looking around the room expecting to find someone, he looked at the end of his bed and was surprised to see Rinoa sleeping soundly halfway on the bed and halfway off the chair she was sitting on. Squall thought how peaceful and beautiful she looked, she always looked that beautiful it didn't matter if she was angry or happy. Squall just sat there on his bed looking down at Rinoa, he slowly extended his hand to push the strands of hair from her face, as he did so Rinoa slowly opened her eyes adjusting to the morning sun that was shining through the curtains.

Rinoa smiled as he moved her hair, when their eyes met, they were lost in each other's eyes.

"Hi Squall"

"Hi"

"Are you feeling any better?" asked Rinoa

"Yes"

"Are you hungry?" she asked

"Yeah"

"I'll go get something for us to eat from the cafeteria ok Squall?"

"Ok"

Rinoa got up and headed out the door. Squall leaned back onto his bed. Just a few minutes after Zell came walking into the room.

"Hey Sup, Squall?' asked Zell

"Hi Zell"

"How have you been feelin'? I just got the news this mornin'. I wonder why no one told me when you first woke up."

"Don't know" replied Squall

"I'm sure your going to be getting' a lot of visitors today. Being everyone's leader and all."

"Joy"

"Man, I'm glad you made it Squall, and believe me I'm not the only one."

Rinoa walked into the room with a tray of food. On the tray were a bowl of strawberries, cantaloupe, and grapes and two plates of with over easy eggs and some toast. There was also two glasses of orange juice.

"Hey man, that looks good," said Zell

"Yeah, it sure does........Mmm Mmm, it smells good too (Rinoa knew Zell was hungry) but you can't have any its for Squall and me"

"Awww, well I'll see you guys around, see ya Squall...Rinoa" said Zell waving good-bye to them

"Bye Zell" said Rinoa

"........"

"Ok, lets eat," said Rinoa walking to Squall, he sat up so it would be easier to eat. Squall and Rinoa shared the tray while they ate.

"MmmMmm, that was good" said Rinoa

Squall just smiled at her quietly.

"Do you think you're strong enough to try walking today?" asked Rinoa

"I might be....I'll try"

Squall was feeling lot better today, he was no longer so exhausted that he couldn't speak. Squall and Rinoa finished their breakfast.

"I'll take the tray back to the cafeteria" said Rinoa

Rinoa stood up, grabbed the tray and headed for the door.

"Rinoa"

Rinoa stopped and turned around.

"Yes Squall?"

"What happened to me? Why was I in the infirmary?

"Well Squall.....we were kind of hoping you would be able to tell us what happened to you, we just found you lying out in front of the garden. Then you were taken to the infirmary at once. You were bleeding from your stomach very badly, but luckily you didn't loose a large amount of blood."

"Oh"

"Yeah.....well.....we'll find out what happened to you Squall"

Rinoa turned towards the door and headed for the cafeteria. Squall pushed off his blankets and moved his legs so they were hanging off the side. His stomach hurt when he moved a little (what happened to me?) Squall slowly started to stand up. He was standing for about 5 seconds....but fell back to his bed.

"Ugh"

Squall attempted to stand up again, he was able to stand .... But walking would be a bigger problem. Squall slowly started to put one foot in front of the other. He could walk just not very fast. Squall headed out of his room (hmm...everyone's probably eating) so he headed to the cafeteria, as Squall walked into the cafeteria the whole room went silent. Squall looked all around the room for a familiar face...........found some. Squall noticed a table full of his friends, Selphie, Irvine, Quistis, Zell, and Rinoa. Squall started walking towards them. He felt in the room's eyes on him, watching his every move in silence.

"Hey Squall" said Irvine

Everyone started talking once again.

Squall nodded his head.

"Why don't you have a seat?" asked Selphie

Rinoa walked up to Squall, and smiled at him, she then went and grabbed him a chair.

"Thanks"

Squall sat down between Rinoa and Irvine.

"We were worried about you Squall" Quistis said with a concerned look on her face.

"Do you know who did that to you?" asked Selphie

"No"

"We are going to find out and give them an ass-whoopin!!" yelled Zell

"What do you remember?" asked Rinoa

" I remember fighting someone.....I don't remember who I was fighting though. I think I was in a forest, but nothing looked familiar....someone was yelling at me to heal myself or something like that.........then out of no where I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. The odd thing is I had a dream just like it, and I'm not sure if I dreamt that or if it actually happened"

Everyone looked at Squall as if he was in away slowly going crazy but also in away that they believed him.

"What has happened might be that what really happened has gotten mixed up with something that hasn't" said Quistis

"Is anyone hungry?" asked Irvine

"I am!" said Selphie shooting her left arm into the air.

"Want a hot dog? Asked Irvine

"Sure"

"Ok, I'll go get you one" Irvine got up and started for the long line for the hot dogs.

"Irvine..I'll come with you" Selphie quickly walked to catch up with Irvine

(It is so obvious that they like each other)....Thought Squall

"I'm sure more is going to come back to you. Maybe its best for you not to think about it" suggested Quistis.

(How can I not think about it? I need to find out what happened to me) thought Squall.