As before I own nothing.. Shame.. Except for Roger, who came from my
imagination. :P
"Seifer!" Squall yelled as the fragments of his dream blended into reality. He sat up wondering where he was and how he got there. Then the answers came to him. Somehow he had returned to his cabin on the Ragnarok and that somehow was Rinoa. Her name formed on his lips as he smiled briefly. Then he got up and prepared for the day. But not before remembering how after Seifer had left the burning car, Squall had come to his senses and cast a water spell over the fire, and then a blizzaga to cool down the hot metal. They found two bodies, Rinoa's and Angelo's. There was nothing that could have been done to save them.
Back in the wood Squall reached the turning for Rinoa's grave, hesitated, and then moved on until he reached the next clearing. Here there was a statue of a young man wearing a ponytail and carrying a gun, dressed in a long brown coat, and a cowboy hat, also stood on a pedestal. The plaque underneath read. "Irvine Kinneas, Aged 17. Killed by a mutant Chimera while taking a class on a field mission 10 months after the final battle. One of the six heroes who ended the last sorceress war. Had an eye for targets, he was the best sharpshooter ever to walk the earth. Irvine will be sorely missed by all who knew him, especially Selphie, Zell, Quistis and Squall. His presence will always be felt here."
"Irvine" Squall said out loud "We grew up together as kids, sent to different sides of the world, only to be thrown back together by a twist of fate and then as we became friends again, we were separated once again, forever." Overwhelmed with sadness Squall dropped to his knees. After Rinoa died, Irvine had become Squall's confident, despite being too crass sometimes, Irvine knew how Squall felt, when he went to Galbadia garden he had missed his Sefie desperately. He had spent endless nights crying himself to sleep or wondering what his Sefie was doing, sometimes he remembered the orphanage from when he was younger.
Squall fond the trigger on the rifle and pressed it. A door formed on the pedestal, Squall opened it and removed Irvine's diary, because Irvine had tended to use his fighting skills rather than magic like the girls had done, he could only say a few sentences to Squall on his communication page. Rinoa's powers presence here enabled this to happen, but it depended on the amount of experience the person had with magic. Rinoa had once written nearly a whole book.
Squall opened the book.
"What can I say? My dear Sefie had this wonderful idea that we should all keep diaries so the GF can't steal our memories anymore. I haven't got such a problem as the others; I haven't used GF as much as them. But still, it's a great idea, and I'm gonna do it, and address it to Sefie. She's so great, I can't believe I found her again."
"Dear Sefie, we saved the garden, well, nearly, Trabia got hit by the missiles, lots of people got hurt, my Sefie is very glum so I'm gonna cheer her up now.Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, Balamb garden can fly."
"We found Sis! And that guy Laguna and his friends Kiros and Ward, Laguna is a bit of a prat, it's hard to believe that he's Squall father, but there you go. We defeated Ultimecia too, she's history, we're heroes, and all the ladeez want a piece of me, but I've only got eyes for my Sefie."
"We all had a bad day today, it was Rinoa's funeral, Seifer killed her yesterday, Sefie couldn't stop crying. Quisty didn't say a word all day, Zell was less exuberant than normal and Squall was nowhere to be found after the service. We're all sad, and we won't be the same again."
"Dear Sefie, it's been five months since Rinoa died, nearly a year since we defeated Ultimecia. Things are pretty much normal now, I've got to take a group of kids on a field exercise later, there's been rumours of a new type of Chimera, we've got to capture one and bring it back for further study."
This was dated the day he died. Squall found a lump in his throat as he put down the diary. He recalled how he had been asked to assign duties, which of the gang had to teach what classes. Irvine, like Zell, naturally couldn't stay in a classroom so he had been given the job of taking students out on "search and retrieve" classes. This involved going in to the field and finding some monsters to cast sleep on, or petrify and return to garden with them to put them into the training centre, because the garden still moved occasionally. Not often since Rinoa's death. This was done so the more advanced students could fight a wider range of monsters so they didn't panic when faced with something other than a Grat or the occasional T-Rexaur.
Squall then recalled how one student from Irvine's class staggered into the garden, bleeding heavily. He was rushed to the infirmary and he asked to make a report. He had told how they had been chasing a chimera to bring back to garden, when a guy in a trenchcoat had turned up with some pals and killed the students, and then caught hold of Irvine and held him in place while the Chimera attacked him, so he couldn't heal himself or anything. This student had been left for dead, but had luckily had enough strength left to partially heal himself so he could get back to garden, everyone else was now dead and he could not help them, but Irvine was still alive but barely and as he drew his last breath he said: "Tell Sefie I love her" The cadet recovered from his injuries eventually, but he still carried the scars as a painful reminder. Headmaster Cid had given him a small award for "Actions beyond the call of duty of a cadet" Now Squall and Roger, the cadet were good friends.
A bird bursting into song startled Squall out of his sorrowful reminiscing He turned the page in Irvine's diary.
"Well I've been here a few years now, man I really miss being "down there" with you and everyone. Oh! Sis went by not long ago, with another cute girl.maybe you should pay her a visit.but I can't leave a magazine this time!"
That was the end of his writing. Squall smiled slightly, but it was gone in an instant. "That's so typical of you Irvine, but I've only got eyes for one girl, even if she is literally an angel now." He muttered to himself.
He debated in his mind whether he should move on, if he spent one day in each clearing he wouldn't have time to try and carry out the idea forming in his mind. Squall walked to the edge of the clearing, turned towards Irvine's statue, saluted solemnly, turned away and left the clearing.
"Seifer!" Squall yelled as the fragments of his dream blended into reality. He sat up wondering where he was and how he got there. Then the answers came to him. Somehow he had returned to his cabin on the Ragnarok and that somehow was Rinoa. Her name formed on his lips as he smiled briefly. Then he got up and prepared for the day. But not before remembering how after Seifer had left the burning car, Squall had come to his senses and cast a water spell over the fire, and then a blizzaga to cool down the hot metal. They found two bodies, Rinoa's and Angelo's. There was nothing that could have been done to save them.
Back in the wood Squall reached the turning for Rinoa's grave, hesitated, and then moved on until he reached the next clearing. Here there was a statue of a young man wearing a ponytail and carrying a gun, dressed in a long brown coat, and a cowboy hat, also stood on a pedestal. The plaque underneath read. "Irvine Kinneas, Aged 17. Killed by a mutant Chimera while taking a class on a field mission 10 months after the final battle. One of the six heroes who ended the last sorceress war. Had an eye for targets, he was the best sharpshooter ever to walk the earth. Irvine will be sorely missed by all who knew him, especially Selphie, Zell, Quistis and Squall. His presence will always be felt here."
"Irvine" Squall said out loud "We grew up together as kids, sent to different sides of the world, only to be thrown back together by a twist of fate and then as we became friends again, we were separated once again, forever." Overwhelmed with sadness Squall dropped to his knees. After Rinoa died, Irvine had become Squall's confident, despite being too crass sometimes, Irvine knew how Squall felt, when he went to Galbadia garden he had missed his Sefie desperately. He had spent endless nights crying himself to sleep or wondering what his Sefie was doing, sometimes he remembered the orphanage from when he was younger.
Squall fond the trigger on the rifle and pressed it. A door formed on the pedestal, Squall opened it and removed Irvine's diary, because Irvine had tended to use his fighting skills rather than magic like the girls had done, he could only say a few sentences to Squall on his communication page. Rinoa's powers presence here enabled this to happen, but it depended on the amount of experience the person had with magic. Rinoa had once written nearly a whole book.
Squall opened the book.
"What can I say? My dear Sefie had this wonderful idea that we should all keep diaries so the GF can't steal our memories anymore. I haven't got such a problem as the others; I haven't used GF as much as them. But still, it's a great idea, and I'm gonna do it, and address it to Sefie. She's so great, I can't believe I found her again."
"Dear Sefie, we saved the garden, well, nearly, Trabia got hit by the missiles, lots of people got hurt, my Sefie is very glum so I'm gonna cheer her up now.Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, Balamb garden can fly."
"We found Sis! And that guy Laguna and his friends Kiros and Ward, Laguna is a bit of a prat, it's hard to believe that he's Squall father, but there you go. We defeated Ultimecia too, she's history, we're heroes, and all the ladeez want a piece of me, but I've only got eyes for my Sefie."
"We all had a bad day today, it was Rinoa's funeral, Seifer killed her yesterday, Sefie couldn't stop crying. Quisty didn't say a word all day, Zell was less exuberant than normal and Squall was nowhere to be found after the service. We're all sad, and we won't be the same again."
"Dear Sefie, it's been five months since Rinoa died, nearly a year since we defeated Ultimecia. Things are pretty much normal now, I've got to take a group of kids on a field exercise later, there's been rumours of a new type of Chimera, we've got to capture one and bring it back for further study."
This was dated the day he died. Squall found a lump in his throat as he put down the diary. He recalled how he had been asked to assign duties, which of the gang had to teach what classes. Irvine, like Zell, naturally couldn't stay in a classroom so he had been given the job of taking students out on "search and retrieve" classes. This involved going in to the field and finding some monsters to cast sleep on, or petrify and return to garden with them to put them into the training centre, because the garden still moved occasionally. Not often since Rinoa's death. This was done so the more advanced students could fight a wider range of monsters so they didn't panic when faced with something other than a Grat or the occasional T-Rexaur.
Squall then recalled how one student from Irvine's class staggered into the garden, bleeding heavily. He was rushed to the infirmary and he asked to make a report. He had told how they had been chasing a chimera to bring back to garden, when a guy in a trenchcoat had turned up with some pals and killed the students, and then caught hold of Irvine and held him in place while the Chimera attacked him, so he couldn't heal himself or anything. This student had been left for dead, but had luckily had enough strength left to partially heal himself so he could get back to garden, everyone else was now dead and he could not help them, but Irvine was still alive but barely and as he drew his last breath he said: "Tell Sefie I love her" The cadet recovered from his injuries eventually, but he still carried the scars as a painful reminder. Headmaster Cid had given him a small award for "Actions beyond the call of duty of a cadet" Now Squall and Roger, the cadet were good friends.
A bird bursting into song startled Squall out of his sorrowful reminiscing He turned the page in Irvine's diary.
"Well I've been here a few years now, man I really miss being "down there" with you and everyone. Oh! Sis went by not long ago, with another cute girl.maybe you should pay her a visit.but I can't leave a magazine this time!"
That was the end of his writing. Squall smiled slightly, but it was gone in an instant. "That's so typical of you Irvine, but I've only got eyes for one girl, even if she is literally an angel now." He muttered to himself.
He debated in his mind whether he should move on, if he spent one day in each clearing he wouldn't have time to try and carry out the idea forming in his mind. Squall walked to the edge of the clearing, turned towards Irvine's statue, saluted solemnly, turned away and left the clearing.