It was a few days before I woke up again laying in the Infirmary of the
Garden. I sat up quickly before realizing how bad I felt and collapsed on
the bed again. Randall was beside me on another bed, he was just sleeping
now, or it looked like he was anyway. I fell asleep again for what seemed
like forever.
When I awoke next, Randall was sitting over me. He smiled lightly at me as I sat up and looked at him, waiting for my eyesight to return to normal.
"I thought you'd never wake up. I heard about your mercenary style execution of that Sorcerer, hell, half the school knows about it. You're a hero."
"What happened? How did I get back?"
"Seifer hit you. He went to get you out of there, saw the death hit, watched you burn the book and made his way to get you out of there. Rather than let you have a cow there, he knocked you out with the back of the blade and carried you out. Do you honestly not remember?"
"I remember killing the man; I don't think that's something I'll forget for a while. Though it doesn't seem like I was the one that swung the blade, I remember doing it, but I just don't think I can do something like that."
"Well, I'm supposed to escort you to the Headmaster's office; he wants to hear about everything."
I didn't want to tell him, but on the way to the office I remembered every little detail, as well as the incident that led to the last time I was in his office and he had called me there. Randall and I went into the office, took a seat before the Headmaster and waited for him to inquire.
He looked at us, at each of us as we sat there. For the first time we were sitting there not for something that we messed up, but something we did right. He smiled at us broadly and stood.
"Before I begin the inquiry, there are a few people I want to come in."
The doors behind us opened and the first to come in were my parents and Randall's. My mother grabbed me and refused to let go, she was crying and swearing that if I ever did that again she'd kill me herself. My father actually smiled at me but said nothing. It was the first time I heard Fujin say more than one word. After the parents came my friends, Zach and Amanda with Selphie and Irvine behind them, Sean and Annia with their mother, who was bandaged up, and the most important person, Kris and her father.
When I saw her I stood and she ran right into my arms, taking my mouth hostage with the passionate kiss. She stopped and just held me there, until we heard laughter behind us and turned to see Seifer just cracking up. We turned and the Headmaster asked us, meaning Randall and I, to take a seat. We did as we were asked and watched as his smile faded into a serious face, almost like stone.
"Boys, you did something that was not expected of you, though I do not see why you shouldn't have, look at who your parents are. My only problem is that you did it under the name of SeeD but neither of you are SeeD members. If anything, you are rouge children."
He must have seen our expressions drop because he smiled again.
"However, you accomplished what no one else could do; just two boys did what all others failed. I have to commend you on your bravery, your strength and your courage under fire. To you, I present the SeeD badge signifying that you are members of the elite group. Sadly, you are the only SeeD members except for the handful you see behind you."
His monologue went on for a while, he asked what we did, and how we knew where to go and what I had to do to kill the Sorcerer. Every question was asked and we eventually returned to the earlier acknowledgment of the SeeD elite forces.
"Well now boys, I have one last question to ask you. There are few students left and even fewer instructors. I have been informed of your teaching skills by the two young ones beside you, they say you are training them with weapons' skills. My question for you is if you will be willing to instruct the new students until we have more agents under our belt?"
Randall and I looked at one another and smirked slightly. Technically, we weren't supposed to be training those two because of their ages, it was against every rule imaginable. Before I could reply, Annia came and sat on my lap. She and her twin brother, Sean, are only 10 so I didn't mind too much. She looked at me and got this really serious look on her face.
"Please say yes, both of you. My mother can't instruct for a long time and I want to get back to fighting with you and Randall. Its fun and I'm learning how to use something that should be a few more years ahead of me."
We both looked at her and shook our heads, I pushed my head against hers and she giggled lightly.
"Headmaster, I would be honored to take the instruction position of these students."
Randall agreed with me and that was it. Annia jumped down and stood by her mother. As I stood and began to leave the room, Kris flung her arms around my neck and kissed me again.
*****************
It's been 6 years now since the boys, Randall and Johnathan, proved themselves to be more than just rebellious teens. They are still instructors but are aloud to be SeeD members if the need should arise. The boys are now at the SeeD ball waiting for two of their favorite students. Sean and Annia Trepe, Instructor Quistis Trepe's twins have passed their field exam and are preparing for the big dance.
Johnathan was standing in his SeeD uniform watching the dance floor for his student to come out, she had promised him a dance when she passed the test, as was his fiancée. Kris agreed to marry him last week; he was so pleased at the end of that night.
Of course, Johnathan isn't the only one that has luck with women. Randall is dating a young girl that survived the SeeD exam just barely. Her name is Sari, the two have been getting very close lately. Also getting a love life are the most unlikely couple, Zachery Dintch and Amanda Kinneas. The Garden is back up and running, there is nothing that can seem to stop them now and it is quite obvious that both boys have lost their rebellious streak that caused them to act so badly in their past.
*The dance*
As I watched the dance floor, Annia and Kris walked out onto the floor and smiled at me. Kris in that baby blue dress that she picked out especially for this night and Annia wearing my mother's old dress. They both look like little angels, but of course I know better.
I was promised a dance with my young student and I take it, she is much better than she seems when you first look at her, she's very light on those feet. She and her brother are now 16, and the next generation of SeeD operatives. In six short years the Garden went from rubble to an operational creature, running on full power to get life back to the way it was.
There are things about the past that I cannot forget for the life of me. The monster that was unleashed when my family and friends were attacked has had no use in this new life of mine and I intend to keep it that way. I do not want those that I love or care for to see what a monster I can be.
Annia kissed me on the cheek as she walked away and took Randall; I seriously think she has a crush on him. He's too old for her, as am I. We turned 22 last month; it was nice to be an adult. Kris and I are to be wed in another few months and I'm looking forward to it. We all have a life now and it's amazing to know that we have something to live for because Randall and I put our young lives on the line to rescue what we had when, at the time, it was not all that interesting. Our life is now worth living and there is no way that that demon creature, Ultimicia can ruin it for us, she and her Time Compressed world has been destroyed. Her book that she had confined herself into in order to save what little life she had when my father was through with her. I burned her book in the flames that were burning from my anger and she is done for. If she has survived, she is dead, by whatever means she has lived for this long, she will die at my hands or at my child's.
When I awoke next, Randall was sitting over me. He smiled lightly at me as I sat up and looked at him, waiting for my eyesight to return to normal.
"I thought you'd never wake up. I heard about your mercenary style execution of that Sorcerer, hell, half the school knows about it. You're a hero."
"What happened? How did I get back?"
"Seifer hit you. He went to get you out of there, saw the death hit, watched you burn the book and made his way to get you out of there. Rather than let you have a cow there, he knocked you out with the back of the blade and carried you out. Do you honestly not remember?"
"I remember killing the man; I don't think that's something I'll forget for a while. Though it doesn't seem like I was the one that swung the blade, I remember doing it, but I just don't think I can do something like that."
"Well, I'm supposed to escort you to the Headmaster's office; he wants to hear about everything."
I didn't want to tell him, but on the way to the office I remembered every little detail, as well as the incident that led to the last time I was in his office and he had called me there. Randall and I went into the office, took a seat before the Headmaster and waited for him to inquire.
He looked at us, at each of us as we sat there. For the first time we were sitting there not for something that we messed up, but something we did right. He smiled at us broadly and stood.
"Before I begin the inquiry, there are a few people I want to come in."
The doors behind us opened and the first to come in were my parents and Randall's. My mother grabbed me and refused to let go, she was crying and swearing that if I ever did that again she'd kill me herself. My father actually smiled at me but said nothing. It was the first time I heard Fujin say more than one word. After the parents came my friends, Zach and Amanda with Selphie and Irvine behind them, Sean and Annia with their mother, who was bandaged up, and the most important person, Kris and her father.
When I saw her I stood and she ran right into my arms, taking my mouth hostage with the passionate kiss. She stopped and just held me there, until we heard laughter behind us and turned to see Seifer just cracking up. We turned and the Headmaster asked us, meaning Randall and I, to take a seat. We did as we were asked and watched as his smile faded into a serious face, almost like stone.
"Boys, you did something that was not expected of you, though I do not see why you shouldn't have, look at who your parents are. My only problem is that you did it under the name of SeeD but neither of you are SeeD members. If anything, you are rouge children."
He must have seen our expressions drop because he smiled again.
"However, you accomplished what no one else could do; just two boys did what all others failed. I have to commend you on your bravery, your strength and your courage under fire. To you, I present the SeeD badge signifying that you are members of the elite group. Sadly, you are the only SeeD members except for the handful you see behind you."
His monologue went on for a while, he asked what we did, and how we knew where to go and what I had to do to kill the Sorcerer. Every question was asked and we eventually returned to the earlier acknowledgment of the SeeD elite forces.
"Well now boys, I have one last question to ask you. There are few students left and even fewer instructors. I have been informed of your teaching skills by the two young ones beside you, they say you are training them with weapons' skills. My question for you is if you will be willing to instruct the new students until we have more agents under our belt?"
Randall and I looked at one another and smirked slightly. Technically, we weren't supposed to be training those two because of their ages, it was against every rule imaginable. Before I could reply, Annia came and sat on my lap. She and her twin brother, Sean, are only 10 so I didn't mind too much. She looked at me and got this really serious look on her face.
"Please say yes, both of you. My mother can't instruct for a long time and I want to get back to fighting with you and Randall. Its fun and I'm learning how to use something that should be a few more years ahead of me."
We both looked at her and shook our heads, I pushed my head against hers and she giggled lightly.
"Headmaster, I would be honored to take the instruction position of these students."
Randall agreed with me and that was it. Annia jumped down and stood by her mother. As I stood and began to leave the room, Kris flung her arms around my neck and kissed me again.
*****************
It's been 6 years now since the boys, Randall and Johnathan, proved themselves to be more than just rebellious teens. They are still instructors but are aloud to be SeeD members if the need should arise. The boys are now at the SeeD ball waiting for two of their favorite students. Sean and Annia Trepe, Instructor Quistis Trepe's twins have passed their field exam and are preparing for the big dance.
Johnathan was standing in his SeeD uniform watching the dance floor for his student to come out, she had promised him a dance when she passed the test, as was his fiancée. Kris agreed to marry him last week; he was so pleased at the end of that night.
Of course, Johnathan isn't the only one that has luck with women. Randall is dating a young girl that survived the SeeD exam just barely. Her name is Sari, the two have been getting very close lately. Also getting a love life are the most unlikely couple, Zachery Dintch and Amanda Kinneas. The Garden is back up and running, there is nothing that can seem to stop them now and it is quite obvious that both boys have lost their rebellious streak that caused them to act so badly in their past.
*The dance*
As I watched the dance floor, Annia and Kris walked out onto the floor and smiled at me. Kris in that baby blue dress that she picked out especially for this night and Annia wearing my mother's old dress. They both look like little angels, but of course I know better.
I was promised a dance with my young student and I take it, she is much better than she seems when you first look at her, she's very light on those feet. She and her brother are now 16, and the next generation of SeeD operatives. In six short years the Garden went from rubble to an operational creature, running on full power to get life back to the way it was.
There are things about the past that I cannot forget for the life of me. The monster that was unleashed when my family and friends were attacked has had no use in this new life of mine and I intend to keep it that way. I do not want those that I love or care for to see what a monster I can be.
Annia kissed me on the cheek as she walked away and took Randall; I seriously think she has a crush on him. He's too old for her, as am I. We turned 22 last month; it was nice to be an adult. Kris and I are to be wed in another few months and I'm looking forward to it. We all have a life now and it's amazing to know that we have something to live for because Randall and I put our young lives on the line to rescue what we had when, at the time, it was not all that interesting. Our life is now worth living and there is no way that that demon creature, Ultimicia can ruin it for us, she and her Time Compressed world has been destroyed. Her book that she had confined herself into in order to save what little life she had when my father was through with her. I burned her book in the flames that were burning from my anger and she is done for. If she has survived, she is dead, by whatever means she has lived for this long, she will die at my hands or at my child's.