Chapter Four: The Boyfriend, The Vampire, and The Real Big Fish
Quistis sat in a darkened corner of the meeting room, sipping a drink she had made from blood
and tea. This whole vampire-with-a-soul business was pretty hard, but Quistis didnt kill that many
people, so she had learned to deal. Merrick had called in about an hour ago asking for her and the
rest of the gang to research different types of mer-demons that participated in ritual manslaughter.
"Jeez, what is it with demons and all the death. Why can't they be happy puppy and rainbow demons?"
Cally said, flipping through some books, Zell with his arm around her.
"Yeah, well apparently they dont have saturday morning cartoons in the netherealms." Seifer smirked.
"Hmm, I've narrowed down to a couple of demons. Tentikos demons, whom have slimy yellow skin and
tenticles must murder five innocents at every new moon to re-assure for good harvest... Whatever they
need that for." Quistis quizically raised an eye.
"What do they need good harvests for in the ocean? Plentiful fishy goodness?" Zell laughed to himself.
"Possibly," Quistis smiled at him. "The next group is the Amornines, whom eat the brains of their victims,
and apparently, the guys said the bodies had their heads smashed in..."
"Once again with the icky death." Cally said, moving her sunglasses back over her long blonde hair.
Quistis rolled her eyes and continued.
"Another is the Estharian Shrimp demons. Though not very likely, they do perform ritual sacrifices.
And the last one is the Dämon Haifisch, which roughly translates to Demon Shark in ancient
Centra. They do everything that the gang said was present, but Im not so sure it was them..."
"Why? I mean, If they do all the things that were present at the beach, they must be the guys,
right?" Seifer said.
"Well, they are... really big..." Quistis said, unrolling a really long piece of paper, which had an
illustration of what the demon looked like.
"Well, I guess thats good reason think otherwise." Seifer shrugged.
"Okay, but if we have to fight that thing, I say 'pass.'" Cally said filing her nails.
"I second that notion with a really big pass." Zell laughed, then sipped out of his soda can.
"Okay, so that narrows it down a little..." Quistis said, scratching 'Dämon Haifisch' off the list.
"All this makes me afraid of water suddenly. I don't even think I'll be able to shower." Cally said,
tapping her fingers against the table.
"Yep, I guess it squashed our Summer fun party at the beach idea." Zell said.
"Idea for what?" Quistis said, closing the book and adjusting her glasses.
"Party for Rinoa. You know she's had it hard lately. All the training, having to kill her boyfriend with
her own hands.... We just thought that maybe she deserved a good time." Zell looked up at Quistis
with serious and empathic eyes.
"Aw..." Quistis started to smile and put her hand on her chest. "That has got to be the sweetest
thing I have ever heard.... especially from you."
"Heheh, ain't he cute!" Seifer said sarcastically, poking his nose. Call smiled and held Zell close to
her.
"Well it was all his idea. Rinoa's been great to everyone. I think we all agree on that."
"And what's with the throwing around of my name?" Rinoa said, walking in the door, closely followed
by Merrick, Selphie, irvine, and some new guy.
"Umm..." Zell thought for a second. "Cheese! We were wondering if you ate cheese. We're getting
a pizza and its just full of that cheese."
Rinoa looked at him very puzzled. "Last time I checked. Anyway, I'd like you to meet Eli. He survived an
attack from the demons."
"Hi." He smiled and waved. Quistis saw him and dropped her books.
"Need help there?" He said, flashing a row of perfect white teeth at her.
"Umm.... well... you know. Books, they're all..." Quistis thought of what would come next, which would
be incredibly lame. "...slippery."
"Gotta hate those slippery books." He smiled. Then he followed Rinoa over to the table.
"Slippery?" Selphie laughed, then followed.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Quistis whispered to herself, hitting herself in the head with a book.
A/N: Havent updated this in forever, and just so you know, I make a commitment to my
stories until I finish them.Sorry it's short (for those who actually still read) This may take a while,
since I currently have about three stories and not a lot of time on my hands. Life stuff, and school
finals (boo!). On the bright side, Happy birthday to me!!! sixteen, yay! Drive, whoo!
Quistis sat in a darkened corner of the meeting room, sipping a drink she had made from blood
and tea. This whole vampire-with-a-soul business was pretty hard, but Quistis didnt kill that many
people, so she had learned to deal. Merrick had called in about an hour ago asking for her and the
rest of the gang to research different types of mer-demons that participated in ritual manslaughter.
"Jeez, what is it with demons and all the death. Why can't they be happy puppy and rainbow demons?"
Cally said, flipping through some books, Zell with his arm around her.
"Yeah, well apparently they dont have saturday morning cartoons in the netherealms." Seifer smirked.
"Hmm, I've narrowed down to a couple of demons. Tentikos demons, whom have slimy yellow skin and
tenticles must murder five innocents at every new moon to re-assure for good harvest... Whatever they
need that for." Quistis quizically raised an eye.
"What do they need good harvests for in the ocean? Plentiful fishy goodness?" Zell laughed to himself.
"Possibly," Quistis smiled at him. "The next group is the Amornines, whom eat the brains of their victims,
and apparently, the guys said the bodies had their heads smashed in..."
"Once again with the icky death." Cally said, moving her sunglasses back over her long blonde hair.
Quistis rolled her eyes and continued.
"Another is the Estharian Shrimp demons. Though not very likely, they do perform ritual sacrifices.
And the last one is the Dämon Haifisch, which roughly translates to Demon Shark in ancient
Centra. They do everything that the gang said was present, but Im not so sure it was them..."
"Why? I mean, If they do all the things that were present at the beach, they must be the guys,
right?" Seifer said.
"Well, they are... really big..." Quistis said, unrolling a really long piece of paper, which had an
illustration of what the demon looked like.
"Well, I guess thats good reason think otherwise." Seifer shrugged.
"Okay, but if we have to fight that thing, I say 'pass.'" Cally said filing her nails.
"I second that notion with a really big pass." Zell laughed, then sipped out of his soda can.
"Okay, so that narrows it down a little..." Quistis said, scratching 'Dämon Haifisch' off the list.
"All this makes me afraid of water suddenly. I don't even think I'll be able to shower." Cally said,
tapping her fingers against the table.
"Yep, I guess it squashed our Summer fun party at the beach idea." Zell said.
"Idea for what?" Quistis said, closing the book and adjusting her glasses.
"Party for Rinoa. You know she's had it hard lately. All the training, having to kill her boyfriend with
her own hands.... We just thought that maybe she deserved a good time." Zell looked up at Quistis
with serious and empathic eyes.
"Aw..." Quistis started to smile and put her hand on her chest. "That has got to be the sweetest
thing I have ever heard.... especially from you."
"Heheh, ain't he cute!" Seifer said sarcastically, poking his nose. Call smiled and held Zell close to
her.
"Well it was all his idea. Rinoa's been great to everyone. I think we all agree on that."
"And what's with the throwing around of my name?" Rinoa said, walking in the door, closely followed
by Merrick, Selphie, irvine, and some new guy.
"Umm..." Zell thought for a second. "Cheese! We were wondering if you ate cheese. We're getting
a pizza and its just full of that cheese."
Rinoa looked at him very puzzled. "Last time I checked. Anyway, I'd like you to meet Eli. He survived an
attack from the demons."
"Hi." He smiled and waved. Quistis saw him and dropped her books.
"Need help there?" He said, flashing a row of perfect white teeth at her.
"Umm.... well... you know. Books, they're all..." Quistis thought of what would come next, which would
be incredibly lame. "...slippery."
"Gotta hate those slippery books." He smiled. Then he followed Rinoa over to the table.
"Slippery?" Selphie laughed, then followed.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Quistis whispered to herself, hitting herself in the head with a book.
A/N: Havent updated this in forever, and just so you know, I make a commitment to my
stories until I finish them.Sorry it's short (for those who actually still read) This may take a while,
since I currently have about three stories and not a lot of time on my hands. Life stuff, and school
finals (boo!). On the bright side, Happy birthday to me!!! sixteen, yay! Drive, whoo!