Disclaimer: I do not own the characters mentioned in this story. Squaresoft does. I do own a game called Final Fantasy 8, tho, so I'm hoping Squaresoft doesn't mind I'm using their characters in this story. After all, I have almost all the FF games. :)

The hard rain beat down on her head. She kept running though, never looking away. She stumbled a few times, getting right up afterwards. She didn't know where she running, didn't care either. All she knew was she had to leave, get as far away as possible from him. Everything reminded her of him, even the rain. She found a cave and ran in it. She fell to the ground and started to cry. She felt as though the world had come crashing down around her. She fell asleep with her head on her knees, still crying.

The next day, her tears had dried up, and she looked about her. She was still fuzzy about what had happened, but knew she couldn't stay there. The rain had let up, enough for her to continue on her journey to... somewhere. She didn't care where that somewhere was, as long as it was far away. She had to get away, keep moving. She couldn't bear the thought of being reminded of him. He had done this to her. Reduced her to the crying mess she was right now. He had went to her, ruined her life. Left the strong woman, for the overly happy brat of a woman. He made that same strong woman into a weakling. The one thing she hated most was being weak. She walked out of the cave, glancing behind her, catching one last glance at her home. Balamb Garden. They'll be looking for me soon, she thought. I can't let them find me, to see me like this. The blond haired, blue eyed woman looked at her home one last time, and left, never to come back.

A/N: I really need to finish stories I already have up. :) Well, the beginning just kinda came outta me one day. I sat down in front of my computer and wrote. It was originally going to be the sequel to my story, A Thief and A God, but I'm nowhere done with it. So, I didn't want this story to be a waste, so I made it an FF8 ficcy. Sorry this first chapter is so short, but I just wanted to, uh, get you somewhat interested. Not all my chapters will be this short, I swear. I need a title for the story, but that will probably come to me when I write more. Can you tell who I'm writing about? You probably can. Sorry for the slight Rinoa-bashing, but wouldn't you feel the same way? I mean, if the love of your life (or so you think) didn't feel the same way about you, and went after someone else, wouldn't you? I know I would, lol. Um, I think my note's longer than my chapter, hehe. Ok, ok, R&R please! =)