Final Fantasy 8
Whenever You Need Me
Genre: action/adventure and romance
Pairing (s): Seifer Almasy/Quistis Trepe
---From ko---
To the mysterious DarkBlueHated, thank you so much for your reviews! You have lots of great energy behind your words. The little comic at the end of this chapter is for you. But a question…are you a guy or a girl? I'm just curious, of course, you needn't answer…it gives you an aura of anonymity…very cool. Once again, thanks!
To all of my reviewers, anonymous or not. Without your input, who knows how "Whenever" might end up. I write for you guys. Thanks so much.
To the great CLAMP, who through their beautiful shoujo manga corrupted my mind, little by little, turning me into the Black Rabbit Princess of Dementia I am now. Thank you.
To the almighty Squaresoft, creator of the characters I write about, please do not sue me…
To all the members of the Seiftis Forever message board: my second family. Thank you all for supporting my road to dementia and my writing. Thank you for encouraging my art, my crappy banners and/or wallpapers, and everything I do. I love you all! (Well, maybe not Strifey…no, I'm just kidding! He's cool, too!)
To my REAL family, who have never ever once told me that videogames were bad for society, made me perfect my English, my spelling, and let my imagination run wild! Hugs and kisses, guys!
To my friends…thanks for drying my tears, laughing at my jokes, and threatening to beat me in my sleep if I don't stick to my fics. You're the best ever.
To Midnight_Kitty, my soul sister, I may have more reviews in my fics, but you know what I say? To hell with those who can't see a true treasure when they see it! Luv ya, sis!
It's a little long and mushy, but I really want to thank everyone, because I started writing because of you, and I'll keep writing because of you. So in other words…keep those reviews coming!
Love from your Little Black Rabbit
Chapter 21: Dark Things
|Warm…|
Seifer sighed softly and squirmed, his grip tightening. He was very warm, and amazingly comfortable, and quite content to spend the entire day sleeping in bed. He frowned slightly when feathers brushed his cheek, and raised a hand to sweep the offending feathers away.
"…Morning."
"Morning," Seifer mumbled, loosening his grip. He felt the bed bounce lightly, and opened one eye, shifting slightly to look up at Quistis' sleepy face. "What are you doing?"
"Can't you hear it?" Quistis turned her golden head, and it was only then that Seifer heard.
"Quistis! Quistis, it's me!!" Irvine shouted through the door. "Wakey, wakey, Sleeping Beaut!"
Quistis slid her long legs from the bed to answer the door when Seifer grabbed the oversized shirt she wore. "Oh, no you don't," he muttered. "Just go to sleep, he'll give up eventually. Come on."
Reluctantly, Quistis crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over her head. Now, Seifer was half-awake, and couldn't help but notice that the noise of knocking increased. Irvine was practically beating on the door now. Quistis moaned and Seifer saw her put her pillow on her head. "Make it stop, Seifer!" she whined. "It's making my brain process information!"
It was then that another voice joined Irvine's. "Quistis, it's Squall. Are you okay?"
And yet another. "Quisty?" asked Selphie.
"Oh, hell." Seifer pushed away the blankets that covered him and stalked over to the door and flung it open. "We're sleeping!" he snarled to three shocked faces. "Go AWAY!"
"Seifer!" Selphie squealed softly. "How did you…but…this is Quistis' room…!" She gasped dramatically. "YOU DIDN'T!!" she shrieked.
Quistis was up in a flash. "Please…go away!" she begged. "I'm trying to sleep here!"
Irvine stalked over to her. "Didn't I tell you to wait, young lady?" he reprimanded.
Quistis' shoulders slumped in weariness. "Can't you let me go to sleep?" she whined.
Irvine then wheeled around to Seifer. "Did you use protection?!" he demanded.
Seifer blinked in complete misunderstanding. "What?"
Selphie was standing at the door, her small hands pressed to her mouth. Squall, his usual brooding self, stood with arms crossed, gray-blue eyes expressionless. As usual.
And Irvine was ranting about proper protection.
"--I know you guys were probably really horny, but that doesn't give you the right to NOT use protection, and you haven't even had yourselves checked--"
"Irvine," Quistis began, but Irvine held up a hand to silence her, continuing.
"--you don't know what you could have! You could have AIDS, or gonorrhea, or--"
"IRVINE," Seifer growled through gritted teeth.
"--herpes! You really don't want that, I heard that stuff's just--"
"Irvine Tristan Kinneas!" Quistis suddenly shouted, and Irvine abruptly shut up, knowing quite well the sound of a pissed-off Quistis. Gulping, he stole a glance at the livid woman.
"We did not have sex!" Quistis continued in a loud voice, prompting a "Thank Hyne!" from Selphie. "We were happily sleeping when you three--" her icy, venomous glare was directed to Selphie and Squall as well, "--so loudly interrupted my precious naptime! Now…you've woken me up, and gotten me very pissed off, so I'll kindly ask you…for the last time…GO AWAY!!" Saying so, she grabbed Irvine by the shoulders of his brown duster and pushed him into both Selphie and Squall, and slammed the door. "Stay out!" She listened to the noise outside for a second, then promptly turned and jumped back into bed with great gusto. "Sleep!" she announced like an excited child, burrowing into the covers. In mere moments, she was back asleep.
And Seifer was left standing in the corner, stunned.
"Okay…do you remember the fireworks thing?" Quistis asked with a grin.
"Do I?" Seifer shook his head. "To think…that was Zell's first prank. And he turned himself in!"
The two were reminiscing in a secluded area of the cafeteria, not bothering to study that day and simply trying to remember everything forgotten. The influence of the Guardian Forces had completely dissipated over their minds, and they had no trouble recalling the orphanage days and after.
"What about…?" Seifer began, and Quistis mind wandered.
Her smile softened as she looked at Seifer. He'd been her best friend since forever, who'd always stuck by her, even though the GFs had taken their memories. |This has to be destiny, then,| she thought, taking a sip of her orange juice. |Oh, Hyne, now I'm getting romantic about SEIFER, of all people…
…but that's what love does to people.|
[I swore I'd never get involved
Said I'd never ever fall in love
'cause it hurt me once before
would it hurt me anymore
since then time has changed it's different now,
hypnotized by you and wondered how
I fell into your arms, and I was captured by your charms
And here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)
Here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)]
"We're being stared at," Seifer's voice suddenly broke through Quistis' thoughts, and she looked around. Her gaze landed on a group of students--most likely Trepies--who were staring at her forlornly. Quistis waved, then blinked and smiled apologetically as a dark-skinned male Trepie suddenly broke down into tears.
"Oh…"
"That was a surprise," Seifer said. "Can you NOT make the Trepies cry, Quis?"
"I didn't even know he was going to end up in tears, okay?" Quistis shot back. Seifer smirked.
"Riiight…"
"Oh, shut up."
"Quistis! Hey, Seifer!" came Rinoa's cheerful, melodious voice. She ran over to them, sinking down on Seifer's lap, who didn't mind one bit. "So…I heard some pretty strange things this morning," said the sorceress, looking from Quistis to Seifer then back to Quistis again. "From Squall." Rinoa's dark eyebrows waggled and she gave them a knowing smile. "Concerning you both."
Quistis smiled at her former student's name, also her former crush. |Squall is very lucky to have such an energetic girlfriend,| she thought. |Get him out of the seriousness rut he's always in.|
Truly, nothing could bother Quistis Trepe anymore. She was in love, after all.
[Lost and scared as I can be
Can't help thinking of the mystery
That I shared in my first love,
Like a pair of mismatched gloves
And now you've found your way into my world,
Touched the woman deep inside the girl,
Can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel…
And here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)
Here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)]
Seifer groaned. "Not the bed thing."
"Precisely the bed thing!" Rinoa retorted. "I just hope it doesn't get blown out of proportion."
"Oh, so you don't think we slept with each other?" Quistis asked.
"Literally, you did," Rinoa pointed out. "But sex? Most likely not. Squall told me that you two were dressed. Or half-dressed, whatever, let's not get picky with details."
"What if we did?" Quistis suddenly spoke, smiling secretively.
Rinoa's eyes widened and she blushed. "You--you did?" she squeaked.
Seifer caught Quistis' eye and he smirked. "Well, what if Quistis and I had hot sex in her dorm?"
Rinoa stared in horror at Seifer, then jumped to her feet, seriously red. "Omigosh, omigosh…but I--I thought…!" She couldn't stop stammering her disbelief. "S-sex? Already?! B-b-but…!"
"We're kidding!" Quistis cried out, seeing Rinoa begin to hyperventilate. "Come on, Rinoa, you know we're--I'm not that kind of person."
"And I am?" Seifer growled.
Quistis smiled sweetly at him and turned back to Rinoa, who was heaving a loud sigh of relief. "Calm down, Rinoa, I just wanted to see your reaction at that kind of thing. Not very good at handling surprises, are you?"
Rinoa shook her head vehemently. "U-umm…anyway, changing subject now," she said abruptly. "How's the SeeD thing?"
Quistis folded her arms onto the table and turned to Seifer. "Yes, Seifer, how IS the SeeD thing? You're studying hard, I hope. The exams are the day after tomorrow."
Seifer rolled his eyes. "Oh joy and rapture."
Rinoa giggled. "Hey, don't jinx it. Next thing you know, the exams will be cancelled."
Seifer crossed his arms. "It'll take an attack on Garden for those exams to be cancelled. And it'll take the end of the world for me to not pass those exams."
"You never know," Quistis teased.
"Thanks a lot! I thought you loved me!"
"I do."
[Here I go, falling in love again
The damage is already done
How can I ever turn my back on loving you?
Here I go, giving my all again,
I'm ready to show what I feel
If you will, take this loving to your heart…]
"…Oh. Okay."
Quistis laughed.
[And now you've found your way into my world,
Touched the woman deep inside the girl,
Can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel…
Here I go, falling in love again
The damage is already done
How can I ever turn my back on loving you?
Here I go, giving my all again,
I'm ready to show what I feel
If you will, take this loving to your heart…]
"I can't believe Miss Rules is actually dating the notorious criminal of the three Gardens," Rinoa remarked, giggling. Seifer grimaced at the two laughing girls.
[Here I go....I'm giving my heart again
(fallin' in love again)
Seems like a battle I just cant win
(here I go...)
Oh I'm in love and I can't win…(fallin' in love again)
I'll be ready through thick and thin
(here I go...)
I'm falling in love again, I'm falling in love again
(falling in love again) I'm falling in love again
(here I go...) here I go, here I go, catch me I'm falling
(falling in love again)
I'm lost without your love
Here I go…]
Wravyn Skye entered Rufus Shinra's apartment quietly, finding the blonde man lying on the couch and busy on the phone. She snuck quietly over to the man, moving around the couch and sinking down in a cross-legged position on the soft white carpet. Rufus grinned at her and continued talking on his cell.
"Yeah, sure…of course, Strategos. Actually, speak of the devil, Wravyn's here right now."
Wravyn's interest perked at the name 'Strategos'. It was the same man who hired her to kill Quistis Trepe. She shot Rufus a questioning glance, but he was staring up at the ceiling, listening intently on the phone. Suddenly he sat up.
"A fucking what?! You want Wravyn to kill herself?!"
Wravyn's dark eyes held interest. Suicide missions were always fun to take, partially because Rufus was always so against them. She raised a perfectly-arched eyebrow and sneered at a worried-looking Rufus, who flipped her off and shouted again.
"Balamb fucking Garden!! No no no no…let me get this straight. You want an attack on Balamb Garden, a full frontal on a goddamned military academy, crawling with trained SeeDs, and you want MY Wravyn to lead it?! What do you take me for, a fucking idiot?!"
|I wouldn't answer that, Strategos,| Wravyn thought, smiling lazily. |Although the answer's pretty clear…|
"Give me one good reason why I should agree to this!"
"Give me that," Wravyn unexpectedly said, grabbing the cell phone out of Rufus' hand, and said to Strategos, "Count on me being there, Stra. Love you lots, bye." She made a kissing sound at the phone, hung up, and smirked at Rufus. "See? Business concluded."
"You just took a mission," Rufus said, sounding amazingly calm, although those baby blue eyes were blazing.
"Yup."
"A mission I didn't want you to take."
"Uh-huh."
"…May I ask why, Wravyn, dearest?" Rufus' voice shook with suppressed fury.
"Because, Rufus, honey," Wravyn mockingly said with a smile, "I love pissing you off."
Dorian Strategos hung up, and remembered.
There was so much heat, and the little girl on his back wasn't helping matters. She was screaming incessantly in his ear, wailing about her mother and her cat. It was then that Dorian heard that voice, that feminine, familiar voice that was at the moment sounding panicked.
"Dorian! Where--?!"
"Quistis!" he yelled, stumbling slightly. "Here!"
"I can't see you…! Dorian!"
"Just keep talking!" he shouted. "I'll find you."
And he did, saw her faintly, squinting through the blazing waves of heat that made everything seem strange and pulsing. She was running over to him when he heard the crack right above him. Startled, Dorian swung his head up.
Something was falling.
Out of reflex, Dorian threw the girl towards Quistis, but she was too far away and the child landed painfully on her hands and knees, bawling. Dorian, however, was less fortunate. He heard a loud crack and felt pain shoot throughout his leg when he realized that something was terribly broken. "Quistis!"
He saw her, carrying the child, looking at him, torn between saving the life of an innocent and the life of a friend. As a SeeD, he knew the option she would take. "I'll come back for you!" she said through the crackling of the flames.
"Promise?!" he asked, eyes tearing from pain and fire.
"Promise!" And she left. Dorian waited.
But Quistis did not come back.
|I survived, Quistis,| Dorian thought, smiling darkly. |Didn't think I would, but I did.|
The smile vanished. "You left me to burn," he whispered. |For that, I'll show you a slower death.
…Soon.|
---ko-chan's Last Words---
The song is "Here I Go" by One Voice. They are very good. Really. Well…to me, anyway.
I hope you guys like this chapter! I spent ten hours on this thing. And I'm not exaggerating. I took full advantage of Lincoln's birthday and I hope that my efforts warrant a handful of reviews. Please review! You guys should know by now how much reviews mean to me. Thank you in advance!
Yours truly,
---kokuro---
Whenever You Need Me
Genre: action/adventure and romance
Pairing (s): Seifer Almasy/Quistis Trepe
---From ko---
To the mysterious DarkBlueHated, thank you so much for your reviews! You have lots of great energy behind your words. The little comic at the end of this chapter is for you. But a question…are you a guy or a girl? I'm just curious, of course, you needn't answer…it gives you an aura of anonymity…very cool. Once again, thanks!
To all of my reviewers, anonymous or not. Without your input, who knows how "Whenever" might end up. I write for you guys. Thanks so much.
To the great CLAMP, who through their beautiful shoujo manga corrupted my mind, little by little, turning me into the Black Rabbit Princess of Dementia I am now. Thank you.
To the almighty Squaresoft, creator of the characters I write about, please do not sue me…
To all the members of the Seiftis Forever message board: my second family. Thank you all for supporting my road to dementia and my writing. Thank you for encouraging my art, my crappy banners and/or wallpapers, and everything I do. I love you all! (Well, maybe not Strifey…no, I'm just kidding! He's cool, too!)
To my REAL family, who have never ever once told me that videogames were bad for society, made me perfect my English, my spelling, and let my imagination run wild! Hugs and kisses, guys!
To my friends…thanks for drying my tears, laughing at my jokes, and threatening to beat me in my sleep if I don't stick to my fics. You're the best ever.
To Midnight_Kitty, my soul sister, I may have more reviews in my fics, but you know what I say? To hell with those who can't see a true treasure when they see it! Luv ya, sis!
It's a little long and mushy, but I really want to thank everyone, because I started writing because of you, and I'll keep writing because of you. So in other words…keep those reviews coming!
Love from your Little Black Rabbit
Chapter 21: Dark Things
|Warm…|
Seifer sighed softly and squirmed, his grip tightening. He was very warm, and amazingly comfortable, and quite content to spend the entire day sleeping in bed. He frowned slightly when feathers brushed his cheek, and raised a hand to sweep the offending feathers away.
"…Morning."
"Morning," Seifer mumbled, loosening his grip. He felt the bed bounce lightly, and opened one eye, shifting slightly to look up at Quistis' sleepy face. "What are you doing?"
"Can't you hear it?" Quistis turned her golden head, and it was only then that Seifer heard.
"Quistis! Quistis, it's me!!" Irvine shouted through the door. "Wakey, wakey, Sleeping Beaut!"
Quistis slid her long legs from the bed to answer the door when Seifer grabbed the oversized shirt she wore. "Oh, no you don't," he muttered. "Just go to sleep, he'll give up eventually. Come on."
Reluctantly, Quistis crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over her head. Now, Seifer was half-awake, and couldn't help but notice that the noise of knocking increased. Irvine was practically beating on the door now. Quistis moaned and Seifer saw her put her pillow on her head. "Make it stop, Seifer!" she whined. "It's making my brain process information!"
It was then that another voice joined Irvine's. "Quistis, it's Squall. Are you okay?"
And yet another. "Quisty?" asked Selphie.
"Oh, hell." Seifer pushed away the blankets that covered him and stalked over to the door and flung it open. "We're sleeping!" he snarled to three shocked faces. "Go AWAY!"
"Seifer!" Selphie squealed softly. "How did you…but…this is Quistis' room…!" She gasped dramatically. "YOU DIDN'T!!" she shrieked.
Quistis was up in a flash. "Please…go away!" she begged. "I'm trying to sleep here!"
Irvine stalked over to her. "Didn't I tell you to wait, young lady?" he reprimanded.
Quistis' shoulders slumped in weariness. "Can't you let me go to sleep?" she whined.
Irvine then wheeled around to Seifer. "Did you use protection?!" he demanded.
Seifer blinked in complete misunderstanding. "What?"
Selphie was standing at the door, her small hands pressed to her mouth. Squall, his usual brooding self, stood with arms crossed, gray-blue eyes expressionless. As usual.
And Irvine was ranting about proper protection.
"--I know you guys were probably really horny, but that doesn't give you the right to NOT use protection, and you haven't even had yourselves checked--"
"Irvine," Quistis began, but Irvine held up a hand to silence her, continuing.
"--you don't know what you could have! You could have AIDS, or gonorrhea, or--"
"IRVINE," Seifer growled through gritted teeth.
"--herpes! You really don't want that, I heard that stuff's just--"
"Irvine Tristan Kinneas!" Quistis suddenly shouted, and Irvine abruptly shut up, knowing quite well the sound of a pissed-off Quistis. Gulping, he stole a glance at the livid woman.
"We did not have sex!" Quistis continued in a loud voice, prompting a "Thank Hyne!" from Selphie. "We were happily sleeping when you three--" her icy, venomous glare was directed to Selphie and Squall as well, "--so loudly interrupted my precious naptime! Now…you've woken me up, and gotten me very pissed off, so I'll kindly ask you…for the last time…GO AWAY!!" Saying so, she grabbed Irvine by the shoulders of his brown duster and pushed him into both Selphie and Squall, and slammed the door. "Stay out!" She listened to the noise outside for a second, then promptly turned and jumped back into bed with great gusto. "Sleep!" she announced like an excited child, burrowing into the covers. In mere moments, she was back asleep.
And Seifer was left standing in the corner, stunned.
"Okay…do you remember the fireworks thing?" Quistis asked with a grin.
"Do I?" Seifer shook his head. "To think…that was Zell's first prank. And he turned himself in!"
The two were reminiscing in a secluded area of the cafeteria, not bothering to study that day and simply trying to remember everything forgotten. The influence of the Guardian Forces had completely dissipated over their minds, and they had no trouble recalling the orphanage days and after.
"What about…?" Seifer began, and Quistis mind wandered.
Her smile softened as she looked at Seifer. He'd been her best friend since forever, who'd always stuck by her, even though the GFs had taken their memories. |This has to be destiny, then,| she thought, taking a sip of her orange juice. |Oh, Hyne, now I'm getting romantic about SEIFER, of all people…
…but that's what love does to people.|
[I swore I'd never get involved
Said I'd never ever fall in love
'cause it hurt me once before
would it hurt me anymore
since then time has changed it's different now,
hypnotized by you and wondered how
I fell into your arms, and I was captured by your charms
And here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)
Here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)]
"We're being stared at," Seifer's voice suddenly broke through Quistis' thoughts, and she looked around. Her gaze landed on a group of students--most likely Trepies--who were staring at her forlornly. Quistis waved, then blinked and smiled apologetically as a dark-skinned male Trepie suddenly broke down into tears.
"Oh…"
"That was a surprise," Seifer said. "Can you NOT make the Trepies cry, Quis?"
"I didn't even know he was going to end up in tears, okay?" Quistis shot back. Seifer smirked.
"Riiight…"
"Oh, shut up."
"Quistis! Hey, Seifer!" came Rinoa's cheerful, melodious voice. She ran over to them, sinking down on Seifer's lap, who didn't mind one bit. "So…I heard some pretty strange things this morning," said the sorceress, looking from Quistis to Seifer then back to Quistis again. "From Squall." Rinoa's dark eyebrows waggled and she gave them a knowing smile. "Concerning you both."
Quistis smiled at her former student's name, also her former crush. |Squall is very lucky to have such an energetic girlfriend,| she thought. |Get him out of the seriousness rut he's always in.|
Truly, nothing could bother Quistis Trepe anymore. She was in love, after all.
[Lost and scared as I can be
Can't help thinking of the mystery
That I shared in my first love,
Like a pair of mismatched gloves
And now you've found your way into my world,
Touched the woman deep inside the girl,
Can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel…
And here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)
Here I go…fallin' in love again
(falling in love again…falling in love again)]
Seifer groaned. "Not the bed thing."
"Precisely the bed thing!" Rinoa retorted. "I just hope it doesn't get blown out of proportion."
"Oh, so you don't think we slept with each other?" Quistis asked.
"Literally, you did," Rinoa pointed out. "But sex? Most likely not. Squall told me that you two were dressed. Or half-dressed, whatever, let's not get picky with details."
"What if we did?" Quistis suddenly spoke, smiling secretively.
Rinoa's eyes widened and she blushed. "You--you did?" she squeaked.
Seifer caught Quistis' eye and he smirked. "Well, what if Quistis and I had hot sex in her dorm?"
Rinoa stared in horror at Seifer, then jumped to her feet, seriously red. "Omigosh, omigosh…but I--I thought…!" She couldn't stop stammering her disbelief. "S-sex? Already?! B-b-but…!"
"We're kidding!" Quistis cried out, seeing Rinoa begin to hyperventilate. "Come on, Rinoa, you know we're--I'm not that kind of person."
"And I am?" Seifer growled.
Quistis smiled sweetly at him and turned back to Rinoa, who was heaving a loud sigh of relief. "Calm down, Rinoa, I just wanted to see your reaction at that kind of thing. Not very good at handling surprises, are you?"
Rinoa shook her head vehemently. "U-umm…anyway, changing subject now," she said abruptly. "How's the SeeD thing?"
Quistis folded her arms onto the table and turned to Seifer. "Yes, Seifer, how IS the SeeD thing? You're studying hard, I hope. The exams are the day after tomorrow."
Seifer rolled his eyes. "Oh joy and rapture."
Rinoa giggled. "Hey, don't jinx it. Next thing you know, the exams will be cancelled."
Seifer crossed his arms. "It'll take an attack on Garden for those exams to be cancelled. And it'll take the end of the world for me to not pass those exams."
"You never know," Quistis teased.
"Thanks a lot! I thought you loved me!"
"I do."
[Here I go, falling in love again
The damage is already done
How can I ever turn my back on loving you?
Here I go, giving my all again,
I'm ready to show what I feel
If you will, take this loving to your heart…]
"…Oh. Okay."
Quistis laughed.
[And now you've found your way into my world,
Touched the woman deep inside the girl,
Can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel…
Here I go, falling in love again
The damage is already done
How can I ever turn my back on loving you?
Here I go, giving my all again,
I'm ready to show what I feel
If you will, take this loving to your heart…]
"I can't believe Miss Rules is actually dating the notorious criminal of the three Gardens," Rinoa remarked, giggling. Seifer grimaced at the two laughing girls.
[Here I go....I'm giving my heart again
(fallin' in love again)
Seems like a battle I just cant win
(here I go...)
Oh I'm in love and I can't win…(fallin' in love again)
I'll be ready through thick and thin
(here I go...)
I'm falling in love again, I'm falling in love again
(falling in love again) I'm falling in love again
(here I go...) here I go, here I go, catch me I'm falling
(falling in love again)
I'm lost without your love
Here I go…]
Wravyn Skye entered Rufus Shinra's apartment quietly, finding the blonde man lying on the couch and busy on the phone. She snuck quietly over to the man, moving around the couch and sinking down in a cross-legged position on the soft white carpet. Rufus grinned at her and continued talking on his cell.
"Yeah, sure…of course, Strategos. Actually, speak of the devil, Wravyn's here right now."
Wravyn's interest perked at the name 'Strategos'. It was the same man who hired her to kill Quistis Trepe. She shot Rufus a questioning glance, but he was staring up at the ceiling, listening intently on the phone. Suddenly he sat up.
"A fucking what?! You want Wravyn to kill herself?!"
Wravyn's dark eyes held interest. Suicide missions were always fun to take, partially because Rufus was always so against them. She raised a perfectly-arched eyebrow and sneered at a worried-looking Rufus, who flipped her off and shouted again.
"Balamb fucking Garden!! No no no no…let me get this straight. You want an attack on Balamb Garden, a full frontal on a goddamned military academy, crawling with trained SeeDs, and you want MY Wravyn to lead it?! What do you take me for, a fucking idiot?!"
|I wouldn't answer that, Strategos,| Wravyn thought, smiling lazily. |Although the answer's pretty clear…|
"Give me one good reason why I should agree to this!"
"Give me that," Wravyn unexpectedly said, grabbing the cell phone out of Rufus' hand, and said to Strategos, "Count on me being there, Stra. Love you lots, bye." She made a kissing sound at the phone, hung up, and smirked at Rufus. "See? Business concluded."
"You just took a mission," Rufus said, sounding amazingly calm, although those baby blue eyes were blazing.
"Yup."
"A mission I didn't want you to take."
"Uh-huh."
"…May I ask why, Wravyn, dearest?" Rufus' voice shook with suppressed fury.
"Because, Rufus, honey," Wravyn mockingly said with a smile, "I love pissing you off."
Dorian Strategos hung up, and remembered.
There was so much heat, and the little girl on his back wasn't helping matters. She was screaming incessantly in his ear, wailing about her mother and her cat. It was then that Dorian heard that voice, that feminine, familiar voice that was at the moment sounding panicked.
"Dorian! Where--?!"
"Quistis!" he yelled, stumbling slightly. "Here!"
"I can't see you…! Dorian!"
"Just keep talking!" he shouted. "I'll find you."
And he did, saw her faintly, squinting through the blazing waves of heat that made everything seem strange and pulsing. She was running over to him when he heard the crack right above him. Startled, Dorian swung his head up.
Something was falling.
Out of reflex, Dorian threw the girl towards Quistis, but she was too far away and the child landed painfully on her hands and knees, bawling. Dorian, however, was less fortunate. He heard a loud crack and felt pain shoot throughout his leg when he realized that something was terribly broken. "Quistis!"
He saw her, carrying the child, looking at him, torn between saving the life of an innocent and the life of a friend. As a SeeD, he knew the option she would take. "I'll come back for you!" she said through the crackling of the flames.
"Promise?!" he asked, eyes tearing from pain and fire.
"Promise!" And she left. Dorian waited.
But Quistis did not come back.
|I survived, Quistis,| Dorian thought, smiling darkly. |Didn't think I would, but I did.|
The smile vanished. "You left me to burn," he whispered. |For that, I'll show you a slower death.
…Soon.|
---ko-chan's Last Words---
The song is "Here I Go" by One Voice. They are very good. Really. Well…to me, anyway.
I hope you guys like this chapter! I spent ten hours on this thing. And I'm not exaggerating. I took full advantage of Lincoln's birthday and I hope that my efforts warrant a handful of reviews. Please review! You guys should know by now how much reviews mean to me. Thank you in advance!
Yours truly,
---kokuro---