Author's Notes

Well, first of all, let me start of with my disclaimer one again. Final Fantasy 8 and all of its characters belong to Squaresoft. So don't think about suing me, as I do not own anything. (Although I do own a copy of FF8 – it's right there, next to my copy of FF7 on the shelf. Lol)

To start things of, I wish to thank all of my early reviewers – for your comments are what keep me going. I just really love to write, and let my imagination fly off. It really helps me to see what my strengths and weaknesses are, so I can always improve. I just hope I can keep on getting better and better so you people can enjoy yourselves when you're immersed into my story (hopefully ^_^).

Ok, so I do hope that this ending did surprise all of you. It just struck me one night right before I was going to sleep. I thought it would lead perfectly into my next story – Eternal Struggle: Part II. I'm still working on a title for it, but the ideas are already flowing in, as well as the first couple of chapters.

I've been reading many other Rinoa/Squall stories, and I see that many people foresee the fact that their relationship gets rocky after Ultimecia and everything. However, I believe that they already faced those hardships during the game, and Squall has changed for the better – so I wanted to create a story that would both present an insight in the ever-deepening relationship between Rinoa and Squall. I know I did not get into that too much in part I, mostly because Rinoa was abducted and Squall and the others were saving the world, but I do intend to delve into that A LOT in part II.

Rinoa and Squall's child (which will be revealed what gender it is next installment) will probably play an important role – I'm not sure exactly HOW important, but pretty deep.

As for Rinoa being abducted. I did get people saying that I should have kept her "Sapphire" thing a secret till much later, but my story would not have worked out properly if I did, so I give you my apologies there.


Plus, I wanted to present you guys a story that had a problem. From every game I play, I always get the feeling that there is ALWAYS something out there to test your strength, wisdom and courage. And it feels as if you are going through an "Eternal Struggle" (hence the title). So I decided to present a situation that would test Squall, Rinoa and the rest of the gang once again, and hopefully I did a good job about that.

I hope I wrote interesting battle scenes with the characters as well as the GF's. I wasn't too sure if that went well, but from the reviews I'm getting, you guys say it works well – so I'm happy.

As for my ending, I do hope you're not disappointed. I heartily believe that if put in that circumstance, Squall would have done the same exact thing. But do not worry, because as already mentioned above, a part II is CURRENTLY in the workings, and I don't intend to stop till I finished it. Rest assured.

Just to give you guys a little info about Part II:

I intend to make it more of a Romance/Drama type of story. With the situation about Rinoa being pregnant, Squall dying (?), there can be infinite number of possibilities of what could happen. I am going to have Seifer make his debut into my story, but I'm not sure exactly how I'll portray him. But I do hope to make it a Quitis/Seifer pairing, so rest assured there as well. But nevertheless, the story will be heavily concentrated on the Rinoa/Squall relationship.

I know I didn't put much Selphie/Irvine stuff in my story. I'll probably put more of that in the next installment. And for all you Zell fans out there, I still don't know what I'll do with our favorite martial artist (well, with the exception of Tifa Lockheart from FF7), but don't worry – he'll be taken care of in a way you'll probably be satisfied with.

Well, I could go on and on about things that would eventually make no sense to all of you, so I'll stop here.


Please, I hope that you guys recommend this story to all your friends. I worked so hard and hope to get more reviews as time goes on.

FYI – for some reason, the italic and bold words DID NOT upload to fanfiction.net, so I hoped that reading this fic wasn't too confusing, because when I used mircrosoft word, I italicized the character's thoughts, and bolded important words. I'll try to fix that next installment.

Anyway, thanks you guys SOOOO much for your time.

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