Disclaimer: I don't own FFVIII, FFVIII, FFVIII, FFVIII, or FFVIII. Not a one of them. :P I also don't own Hasbro, or the Monopoly game. Of course, it's needless to say I also don't own Hawaii, so...

Author's note: I just want to thank all my reviewers LOADS!! If you want your character to appear in the next chappeh, lemme know by reviewing! I need to know a)your char's name, gender, appearance (clothes, hair, eyes, personality) and what you want your char to be doing/saying! Yep! Anything at all! Well, mind the rating, at least. This is one of those lucky-winner- type things, I'll only pick three people!

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"That's 1,000 dollars rent on Park Place!!!"

Zell groaned and handed 1,000 Monopoly Money to Rinoa. It had recently begun raining heavily, but Rinoa, Selphie and Seifer were all grinning ear- to-ear, with no other apparent reason except that there were stacks and stacks of Monopoly Money piled around, behind, and in front of them. Selphie was skillfully taking the biggest Monopoly Bills she had and sticking them onto her forehead. Occasionally, a Monopoly bill would fall off her forehead and into Seifer's pile, and Seifer would grab it and put it on his left side. Selphie found it was great fun to keep sticking them to her head, but unfortunately for her, she was rapidly going broke.

Rinoa !-----------------! Trowa ! ! Zell ! ! Squall !-----------------! Selphie Seifer

A small bag containing the plastic houses & hotels for the Monopoly game was on the floor. It had a rip in it, and the plastic pieces were strewn around the floor. Zell's puppy, which Rinoa had convinced him into naming Athena, was batting around the large red hotels.

*KNOCK! KNOCK!*

"Hmmmm??" Selphie got up from her pile of money to see who was knocking at the door.

The door flung open only to reveal a soaking wet Irvine and Quistis. "What are you here for?" Selphie said with a unwanted tone of sarcasm.

Irvine pointed towards Seifer's black truck. "We got lost, and saw Seifer's gunblade in his truck. What about you?"

Selphie shrugged. "Everything's closed, so Seifer took me, Squall, and Rinoa here to watch TV. The power is gone cos the electric company's on vacation, so Rinny decided to play Monopoly."

Athena bounded up to Quistis and stared chewing her whip. "When did we get a puppy?"

Selphie leaned down to grab Athena. "She's Zell's. Rinny named her Athena."

"Who's winning the Monopoly game?"

Seifer looked up from the board. "I am. And Selphie? It's your turn."

Quistis sweatdropped. "Well, can we come in?"

~ an hour later ~

(Trowa, Seifer, Quistis and Squall are playing modified-Crazy-Eights, while Zell and Selphie are working on training Athena. Rinoa is digging in Seifer's portable refrigerator, muttering something about a Coca-Cola, and Irvine is setting up a board for checkers.)

"Rinoa, would you get me a Coca-Cola too?" Irvine said while separating the red pieces from the black.

"Mee, too!! And a chocolate bar," Selphie added.

Seifer looked up from his hand of cards. "Yeah, and I want a rotisserie chicken with honey BBQ sauce, white grape juice, and a plate of bacon."

Rinoa gave a evil, disgusted look to Seifer.

Seifer grinned. "Don't worry, it's all in there, just press the green button, and stand in the circle."

Rinoa smiled thankfully. She quickly found a green button inside the mini- fridge, and the circle on the floor.

*shake* *rumble* *vibrate*

Rinoa gaped at the floor. The circle...was...slowly...moving...down? "Uh, is this supposed to happen?" Rinoa questioned just as her head disappeared into the floor.

Rinoa POV

I looked around. At first, I thought it was a wine cellar. But it wasn't. It was an underground kitchen; complete with a microwave oven!

I quickly grabbed the rotisserie chicken, white grape juice, bacon, two cans of Coke and a\choc...

THERE WAS A ENTIRE ROOM FULL OF CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!

I grabbed a caramel, some of the creamy ones, a handful of ones with almond and one with maple and stuffed them into my pockets. I grabbed a plain one for Selphie, and a white chocolate one for Squall.

I ran back over to the circle and used my other arm to press the green button.

*shake* *rumble* *vibrate*

End Rinoa POV

Rinoa re-emerged from the underground kitchen to find Squall, Quistis, Selphie, Irvine, Trowa, Seifer and Zell all playing modified Crazy-eights. She put everything down near them.

Selphie gave Rinoa a quizzical look. Rinoa had bulging pockets, and looked WAY too happy.

Rinoa ignored the look, and decided to pick up a few cards and play too.

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Author's note: I know, it was way too short, and kinda cliffhangerishy, but I swear the next chappeh will be more interesting!! If you want your character in the next chap, just follow the guidelines on the note at the very top! Remember, three characters will win! I'm gonna draw the names from a hat!! XDXDXD