Disclaimers: I don't own...(that's it! I'm not repeating! ...sigh) I don't own all the Final Fantasy 8. They belong to Squaresoft (I want FF8-2!). So don't sue.
Author's note: OH MY GOD!!! The great fanfiction writer Ashbear reviewed my fiction??? (Rubbing my eyes for the thousandth times and pinching myself for the tenth times). I feel like flying…..look…I'm floating :P Thanks a lot!!! Speechless...*sob sob*
Also, thank YOU for reading.
Special thanks: Ashbear (this chapter is for you.) my sister (still disturbing me :P)
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Chapter 4
The confrontation.
"What should I say?"
"How do I actually going to start this?" Quistis and the others were thinking hard how to confront the girl. After Squall went to the infirmary with Rinoa, they managed to ask the girl to have a little talk. An hour later, all cramped up in Quistis and Paul's bedroom, no one found the right word to start with.
"Irvine, you start," Paul urged.
"No way, man. I can't bear to hurt this beautiful girl's heart. I'll ended up having a date with her," Irvine answered only to be swat again by Selphie.
"Instructor Trepe, it's all yours," Zell said patting Quistis' shoulder. Quistis shot him a glare and looked away. Meanwhile, the girl was crouching at the corner of the room quietly. She was looking down all the time so no one knew what she was doing.
"We can't go on like this. Fine, I'll ask," Paul finally said. She was getting impatient and decided to give it a shot. /This is it. Here goes nothing./ She walked towards the girl while everyone just stared. Cautiously, she approached the girl. As she went nearer and nearer, she heard a soft cry. /Oh Hyne. She's crying/ Paul crouched down and met face to face with the girl. "Um…"
"Why did Squall forget me?"
"What?" Paul was taken back by the question. "What do you mean Squall forgot you? I don't think he even knows you."
"NO! Impossible! I'd waited for him for so many years! Did he forget his promise? Did he forget his duty as my knight?"
"Um...waited for him? Promise?? Your KNIGHT!??" The whole group said in unison.
"Hold on. I think we REALLY need a talk now. Don't crouch there, come and sit on the bed," Paul said. She too, like the others, was surprised and confused by her statements. As she spoke to the girl, she was being very careful for any sudden resistance from the girl. Surprisingly, the girl walked past her and sat on the bed quietly. Paul, Quistis and Selphie found themselves three chairs and sat on it while Irvine and Zell sat on the floor.
"Now, could you tell us what you mean by you waited for Squall so many years, he promised you something and most importantly what do you mean by his your knight..miss..?" Paul question trailed off. /Ooops, I don't know her name. Heck she never mentioned her name before./
"Tiff," the girl answered.
"Huh? Tiffany?" Paul asked.
"No, just Tiff," Tiff answered.
"Right. Now tell us, what do you mean?"
"I'd waited my knight Squall Leonhart for two hundred years. We met two hundred and ten years ago near the Obel Lake. From then on, I knew he's the one for me. Together, we traveled to Centra and lived happily there. However, ten years later, he died defending from the assassins hired to kill me. Before he died, he promised to come back for me as Squall Leonhart and be my knight again. I waited and waited and now two hundred years later, I finally found him but he forgot me!!! After all we'd been through, he forgot me!" Tiff explained with a mixture of sadness and rage. As she started to get angry, the whole room began to shake.
"Whoa! Calm down! Calm down!" Paul grabbed Tiff by her shoulders and shook her. Quistis and Selphie lost their balance and fell on the floor as the room shook. Fortunately, Tiff managed to calm down and the room stopped shaking. After a moment, Paul let go of her and sat back on the chair.
"Now, you said you waited Squall for two hundred years...does that mean you're immortal?" Paul asked. The others waited for Tiff's answer quietly. She nodded. "Although this sound bad but do you come in peace?" Tiff nodded again.
"Frickin' hell! She's an immortal! How can you be so calm?" Zell exclaimed all of sudden.
"Calm down Zell! Immortal is no big deal! I'm one myself!" Paul snapped back.
"But....Tch, fine," Zell plopped down on the floor and kept quite.
"Assassination in Centra? Two hundred years ago....hey, Quistis if I'm not wrong we learned that on the magic craft class didn't we?" Paul asked. Quistis nodded with a hint of fear in her eyes.
"Does that mean...you're....a...," Paul began to tremble. Knowing the answer, the others retreated back a few steps.
"Yes, I'm a sorceress," Tiff answered.
"Oh Hyne. We're in big trouble," Paul said.
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*At the infirmary *
Squall was sitting beside Rinoa all the while as she lay on the bed unconsciously. He held her hand firmly as he run through her soft her.
"Oh Hyne, I'm going to kill myself if anything happens to Rinoa," Squall kept repeating these words while staring at Rinoa with his blurry eyes. (Squall cried. Awww...) Suddenly, he felt Rinoa's hand moved within his and her eye lids began to flutter open slowly.
"Where....where am I?" Rinoa asked confusedly. Squall smiled knowing the fact that she woke up and started to hug her not letting go even a second. "Um...excuse me, it hurts." Squall quickly released his grasp and started to blush. However, Rinoa kept quiet and looked at him confusedly.
"I'll go get Dr. Kadowaki," Squall said and ran out of the sick room.
"Wait!" Rinoa sighed as her word was left unheard. Squall had already left the room. Minutes later, Dr. Kadowaki came in with Squall.
"Ahh, you're awake. All right. Let me see your tongue, hmm...nothing wrong. Good. You hit your head pretty hard but luckily it'll just leave you a scar on your head and nothing else. You're lucky it's on the back so you got your beautiful hair to cover it up for you," Dr. Kadowaki chuckled.
"Excuse me but...?" Rinoa's voice trailed off.
"What is it?" Squall and Dr. Kadowaki answered in unison.
"...where am I and who are you two?" Rinoa asked.
"Rinoa, oh no, don't...doctor, why is she?" Squall was shocked and speechless.
"Oh dear. I guess she got it. It happens when a person knocked on her head too hard," Dr. Kadowaki sighed.
"She got what?" Squall asked as Rinoa looked at them confusedly.
"Lost of memory. In other words, amnesia," Dr. Kadowaki answered.
"Would she ever recover?" Squall asked back.
"Yes she would but...it'll take time and it depends on her own self too," Dr. Kadowaki sighed again before she decided to leave the room for Squall and Rinoa to have some time of their own.
"Amnesia," Dr. Kadowaki's words repeated in Squall's mind as he sunk down on the chair and began to cry. Not knowing what to do, Rinoa could only stare.
"Oh Hyne, please stop his crying," Rinoa whispered under her breath. She was hoping that Squall would stop crying and leave her alone. She knew that she lost her memory. She knew that she knows Squall but she could not remember a think about him or anyone else. However, what she did not know was a major trouble is coming on her way.
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Another chapter!!! Cheers!!! Man, I'm getting hyperactive!!! Thanks for reading and please review!!! Critics accepted as they help me to improve. So R+R and once again thank you for reading!!! I'm off to writing another chapter!!!
Author's note: OH MY GOD!!! The great fanfiction writer Ashbear reviewed my fiction??? (Rubbing my eyes for the thousandth times and pinching myself for the tenth times). I feel like flying…..look…I'm floating :P Thanks a lot!!! Speechless...*sob sob*
Also, thank YOU for reading.
Special thanks: Ashbear (this chapter is for you.) my sister (still disturbing me :P)
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Chapter 4
The confrontation.
"What should I say?"
"How do I actually going to start this?" Quistis and the others were thinking hard how to confront the girl. After Squall went to the infirmary with Rinoa, they managed to ask the girl to have a little talk. An hour later, all cramped up in Quistis and Paul's bedroom, no one found the right word to start with.
"Irvine, you start," Paul urged.
"No way, man. I can't bear to hurt this beautiful girl's heart. I'll ended up having a date with her," Irvine answered only to be swat again by Selphie.
"Instructor Trepe, it's all yours," Zell said patting Quistis' shoulder. Quistis shot him a glare and looked away. Meanwhile, the girl was crouching at the corner of the room quietly. She was looking down all the time so no one knew what she was doing.
"We can't go on like this. Fine, I'll ask," Paul finally said. She was getting impatient and decided to give it a shot. /This is it. Here goes nothing./ She walked towards the girl while everyone just stared. Cautiously, she approached the girl. As she went nearer and nearer, she heard a soft cry. /Oh Hyne. She's crying/ Paul crouched down and met face to face with the girl. "Um…"
"Why did Squall forget me?"
"What?" Paul was taken back by the question. "What do you mean Squall forgot you? I don't think he even knows you."
"NO! Impossible! I'd waited for him for so many years! Did he forget his promise? Did he forget his duty as my knight?"
"Um...waited for him? Promise?? Your KNIGHT!??" The whole group said in unison.
"Hold on. I think we REALLY need a talk now. Don't crouch there, come and sit on the bed," Paul said. She too, like the others, was surprised and confused by her statements. As she spoke to the girl, she was being very careful for any sudden resistance from the girl. Surprisingly, the girl walked past her and sat on the bed quietly. Paul, Quistis and Selphie found themselves three chairs and sat on it while Irvine and Zell sat on the floor.
"Now, could you tell us what you mean by you waited for Squall so many years, he promised you something and most importantly what do you mean by his your knight..miss..?" Paul question trailed off. /Ooops, I don't know her name. Heck she never mentioned her name before./
"Tiff," the girl answered.
"Huh? Tiffany?" Paul asked.
"No, just Tiff," Tiff answered.
"Right. Now tell us, what do you mean?"
"I'd waited my knight Squall Leonhart for two hundred years. We met two hundred and ten years ago near the Obel Lake. From then on, I knew he's the one for me. Together, we traveled to Centra and lived happily there. However, ten years later, he died defending from the assassins hired to kill me. Before he died, he promised to come back for me as Squall Leonhart and be my knight again. I waited and waited and now two hundred years later, I finally found him but he forgot me!!! After all we'd been through, he forgot me!" Tiff explained with a mixture of sadness and rage. As she started to get angry, the whole room began to shake.
"Whoa! Calm down! Calm down!" Paul grabbed Tiff by her shoulders and shook her. Quistis and Selphie lost their balance and fell on the floor as the room shook. Fortunately, Tiff managed to calm down and the room stopped shaking. After a moment, Paul let go of her and sat back on the chair.
"Now, you said you waited Squall for two hundred years...does that mean you're immortal?" Paul asked. The others waited for Tiff's answer quietly. She nodded. "Although this sound bad but do you come in peace?" Tiff nodded again.
"Frickin' hell! She's an immortal! How can you be so calm?" Zell exclaimed all of sudden.
"Calm down Zell! Immortal is no big deal! I'm one myself!" Paul snapped back.
"But....Tch, fine," Zell plopped down on the floor and kept quite.
"Assassination in Centra? Two hundred years ago....hey, Quistis if I'm not wrong we learned that on the magic craft class didn't we?" Paul asked. Quistis nodded with a hint of fear in her eyes.
"Does that mean...you're....a...," Paul began to tremble. Knowing the answer, the others retreated back a few steps.
"Yes, I'm a sorceress," Tiff answered.
"Oh Hyne. We're in big trouble," Paul said.
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*At the infirmary *
Squall was sitting beside Rinoa all the while as she lay on the bed unconsciously. He held her hand firmly as he run through her soft her.
"Oh Hyne, I'm going to kill myself if anything happens to Rinoa," Squall kept repeating these words while staring at Rinoa with his blurry eyes. (Squall cried. Awww...) Suddenly, he felt Rinoa's hand moved within his and her eye lids began to flutter open slowly.
"Where....where am I?" Rinoa asked confusedly. Squall smiled knowing the fact that she woke up and started to hug her not letting go even a second. "Um...excuse me, it hurts." Squall quickly released his grasp and started to blush. However, Rinoa kept quiet and looked at him confusedly.
"I'll go get Dr. Kadowaki," Squall said and ran out of the sick room.
"Wait!" Rinoa sighed as her word was left unheard. Squall had already left the room. Minutes later, Dr. Kadowaki came in with Squall.
"Ahh, you're awake. All right. Let me see your tongue, hmm...nothing wrong. Good. You hit your head pretty hard but luckily it'll just leave you a scar on your head and nothing else. You're lucky it's on the back so you got your beautiful hair to cover it up for you," Dr. Kadowaki chuckled.
"Excuse me but...?" Rinoa's voice trailed off.
"What is it?" Squall and Dr. Kadowaki answered in unison.
"...where am I and who are you two?" Rinoa asked.
"Rinoa, oh no, don't...doctor, why is she?" Squall was shocked and speechless.
"Oh dear. I guess she got it. It happens when a person knocked on her head too hard," Dr. Kadowaki sighed.
"She got what?" Squall asked as Rinoa looked at them confusedly.
"Lost of memory. In other words, amnesia," Dr. Kadowaki answered.
"Would she ever recover?" Squall asked back.
"Yes she would but...it'll take time and it depends on her own self too," Dr. Kadowaki sighed again before she decided to leave the room for Squall and Rinoa to have some time of their own.
"Amnesia," Dr. Kadowaki's words repeated in Squall's mind as he sunk down on the chair and began to cry. Not knowing what to do, Rinoa could only stare.
"Oh Hyne, please stop his crying," Rinoa whispered under her breath. She was hoping that Squall would stop crying and leave her alone. She knew that she lost her memory. She knew that she knows Squall but she could not remember a think about him or anyone else. However, what she did not know was a major trouble is coming on her way.
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Another chapter!!! Cheers!!! Man, I'm getting hyperactive!!! Thanks for reading and please review!!! Critics accepted as they help me to improve. So R+R and once again thank you for reading!!! I'm off to writing another chapter!!!