Fire Starter
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VIII or its characters but I do own this story line and my characters.
Simply put, this a semi-continuance of the origins of GFs. This time we'll be examining the origin of Ifrit.
I can't take this, Zane thought bitterly. It had been a few months since the servants of Hyne came to their village and took his best friend Ambrosia from him. A few months since that day in the woods where they laid in that secret cove and made love. Just the memories of it made him burn with wanting and with anger.
After they had carried her off in that wooden wagon, Zane went back to Ambrosia's parents fussing, cursing, shouting all the while her mother cried in defeat and her father stood with eyes down cast. When he was through ranting, he realized that his battle was not with her parents but with the servants of Hyne and the great Hyne herself.
That is what bought him here to this sacred space. He heard from a few of the village children that at about midnight the servants of Hyne come out and walk the Earth. For what purpose was unknown but tonight he decided to find out. So he waited on top of a huge boulder for the midnight hour, his only company being the full moon.
At midnight exactly a huge swirl of light and wind appeared causing him to cover his eyes. When he unshielded them, he beheld the most wondrous sight-that being the servants of Hyne and Hyne herself! Everyone thought she was a myth but as sure as he lived and breathed she was standing in the middle of the circle staring at him. God she was beautiful. Her hair looked to be of the finest spun gold and trailed in delicate curls down to the ground. Her face and skin held and ethereal glow as she neared him. Her eyes, the softest blue, her lips the fairest pink, her clothes the most delicate of silks. She stopped a stone's throw away from him.
" What are you doing here, mortal?" she inquired in a surprisingly soft voice. Zane hopped off his boulder, not losing his composure despite what she was and who she was.
" I came to speak with you," he replied. She arched a delicate gold eyebrow and folded her arms over her chest.
" You have committed a strong offense by invading this sacred space. I shouldn't listen to you at all," she retorted.
" But you will?" he said a little to eagerly. She nodded.
" Yes. Simply because it is mortals that I am to protect," she said conjuring up a chair to sit in made of angel wings. " I warn you Zane, if this is a trivial matter you will never leave this place alive." Zane swallowed hard as he heard her threat. No matter how delicate she looked, he should never forget that she is the great Hyne, mother of all creation. Her blue eyes seemed to glow as she awaited his response and he tried his best to keep his voice steady.
" I came to discuss the sacrifices," he began. Hyne arched her eyebrow again.
" I am afraid that that is none of your affair. Those chosen have a special destiny to fulfill," she replied. Zane frowned.
" But what destiny is this? A destiny that pulls innocent people away from their families!" She smiled a deadly smile.
" And that as well is none of your affair," she retorted. " You are beginning to bore me so tell me the point of this. You sought me out for something so I advise you strongly to speak it."
" I want my friend back," he stated simply. Hyne studied him for a moment reading his thoughts and then smiled.
" 'Friend' Zane, or your lover? Ambrosia was her name correct? She was sent to the ice cavern outside your village."
" I know where she went," he snapped vehemently. " I want her back." Hyne sat back in her angel-winged chair and smiled sadly.
" I am afraid that what you wish is not possible. You see, the transformation has already begun. If I were to take you to her now she would not be the Ambrosia you knew. She has a greater purpose now. A purpose that may very well save the future," she explained.
" Screw the future!" Zane exclaimed. " I am for the right now and I want her back!" Hyne shook her head sadly.
" It cannot be done and for this I am truly sorry," she said. Zane was about to continue his rants until he saw tears coming from her eyes. As they fell from her cheeks they landed on the ground causing moonflowers to bloom in their wake. Seeing this, Zane forgot his anger and went to her kneeling in front of her.
" You really can't do anything can you?" he inquired.
" No. Even some things are out of my hands once they are set in motion." She stood causing her angel-winged chair to disappear. She knelt down in front of Zane smiling as she took his hands into hers. Her hands felt cool to the touch but not uncomfortably cool. Her hands were soft like a newborn calf's fur and seemed to be almost too delicate to be held in his rough and callused grasp. " I did take into consideration the affect it would have on the chosen one's families but as the guardian of Earth and humanity, I had to ignore my own feelings and do what is best for the world. I do not expect you to understand completely. I only wish for you to not be cross with me."
" I can't live like this though. I can't live without her. I will never love another like I love her. She completes me," Zane said. " It's hard to explain." Hyne smiled.
" Love needs no explanation." Hyne stood bringing Zane up with her. He towered her by a head and standing like this she seemed simply a woman. She tilted her head a bit to stare him in the eyes. " I can understand this so I will do something for you. Take my hand," she commanded. Zane did so obediently and within a second they were transferred to the fire cavern and standing in front of a pit of molten lava.
" What are we doing here?" he inquired. Hyne looked to him once more.
" I will not stand here and lie to you. You will never see Ambrosia again in this lifetime. The purpose she and the others were meant for is not for another millennia or so," she explained stoically. " The only way for you two to ever meet again is for you to undergo the same thing she has. Through this process you will remain immortal and so shall you love for one another."
Zane nodded understanding what she was trying to say. He looked from her to the scorching pit of lava. " How am I to survive in there though?" he inquired. She smiled and called to one of her servants who traveled with them. With him, he carried a clear orange casket that he sat on the ground in front of Zane.
" You are to get inside the box. It is protected by an incantation that will prevent the heat from killing you and that will turn you into your new form," she explained. She waved her hand to the box. " Get inside now. Your destiny awaits." Zane nodded and lay down inside the box.
" Goddess Hyne," he called. She sat down beside the box and took his hand as he offered it to her. " How will I know her? She will be in a new form so I won't be able to recognize her." She smiled sadly, more tears coming to her eyes.
" If you truly believe in the love you two have for each other you will recognize her immediately. She bent down and kissed his lips lightly. " Good luck Zane." Hyne stood and nodded to the servant to place the lid on top of the casket. The servant whispered an incantation causing Zane fall into a deep sleep and then placed the lid on top of the box. The servant lifted the box onto his shoulder then heaved it into the molten pit. Hyne watched sadly as the box disappeared into the lava taking the love stricken Zane with it.
Hyne turned to her servant and nodded again and they disappeared just as mysteriously as they had appeared.
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" Come on Squall," Quistis urged as they made their way through the treacherous fire cavern. They had run into a few bombs on the way but they didn't phase Squall Leonhart who wielded the mighty gunblade. He brushed away a few locks of hair that managed to fall into his eyes and sped up a bit to catch up to his instructor. When he did catch up with her, she was standing in a clearing with her whip at her hip and her blue eyes narrowed in annoyance.
" What?" Squall inquired annoyed himself with this whole situation. This little exam should have been done earlier but Seifer had to go and start some shit with him. He hadn't even been on a real mission yet and he already had a permanent scar in the middle of his forehead. The worst part is that there wasn't a noble story to go with it. Nope, nothing but a petty argument and a duel that both of them cheated at to explain it.
" You make it seem like we have all day to do this Leonhart," Instructor Trepe quipped. " The field exam is in a few hours and here you are strolling like you have nothing else better to do." Squall frowned.
" I was going to do this earlier," he said weakly in his defense. Instructor Trepe smiled humorlessly.
" Oh yes. That was before Seifer had you laid up in the infirmary and for what I ask?" Squall was about to reply but he noticed a bomb coming up behind Quistis.
" Duck," he stated simply. Quistis quirked an eyebrow.
" What?" she asked. Squall raised his hand beginning to summon a spell. Sparkling blue began to swirl around his hand along with some white.
" Blizzard." Quistis ducked as the ice burg hit the bomb causing it to die. Quistis looked up as Squall walked over to her towering her.
" Watch your back Instructor," he said walking past her to the inner depths of the cavern.
When they got to the lava pit Squall stopped looking around the area then back at Quistis.
" What exactly are we here for?" he inquired. Quistis was going to reply but the ground began to shift under them, then it began to rumble causing some rocks to crumble. After another moment the lava pit began to bubble then it erupted. Squall dove to the ground covering Quistis with his body shielding her from falling debris. When the shaking stopped, Squall let Quistis up and both of them stared in awe at the creature in front of them. Raised from the depths of hell, the creature was a mass of brown fur and muscle. Orange fur covered his head, chin, and groin. Two long purple horns sprouted from his head and long black talons came from his hands and feet.
The creature stood on the ground seeming to be examining himself just as they were. The creature let out a blood-curdling shriek after he was done causing Quistis to clutch Squall's arm. " Use Shiva," she ordered softly. Squall turned to her with a frown.
" Not until you tell me what the hell that is," he said.
" That is the fire demon Ifrit. Since he is born of fire and Ice is the opposite, Shiva will subdue him quickly. Now do it!" Quistis commanded fiercely, her fear evident.
Squall nodded and stood up in front of the demon. Ifrit swiped at him angrily but Squall had already begun calling Shiva. He felt his blood grow deliciously cold in his veins as Shiva was called from deep in his being. Within a second Shiva was called and standing beside him in all her glorious splendor. " Shiva!" Squall called. The ice goddess turned to him. " Use your diamond dust!" Shiva was already bending back calling forth her power until she felt something tug at her heart. She paused and studied the fire demon that was staring intently at her.
" Ambrosia!" he called. To everyone else it sounded like a roar but to her she heard it loud and clear. She recognized him. It was Zane! She wanted to go to him, embrace him, ask him-how on Earth did he end up like her? She was going to just that until she heard Squall tugging at her being.
" Shiva, what's wrong? Do it!" he commanded. Shiva was torn, whom to listen to? Over the past few years she became attached to Squall. They went on many adventures together. She fancied herself in love with him. But given what she was that was impossible.
She bent back again calling forth her power, tears coming to her eyes. " I'm sorry Zane," she said to him before hitting him with her diamond dust attack. To all else, her apology sounded like a screech but Zane heard her and made no motion to move as the attack hit him head on.
When the battle was over Ifrit was bent on one knee and Shiva was standing beside Squall. He went over to the tired beast and stood in front of him. " Where am I?" Ifrit asked in a deep booming voice. Squall quirked an eyebrow. This was familiar. When had first acquired Shiva she was disoriented about where she was and who she was. For some reason, these questions just didn't sit too well with him. These creatures, these GFs couldn't have just become this way could they?
" You are in the fire cavern on the isle of Balamb," Squall replied.
" The fire cavern...yes, I remember now. Hyne bought me here all those years ago," Ifrit said. By this time, Quistis had joined them and heard Hyne's name mentioned.
" Hyne? The great Goddess Hyne?" She inquired. Ifrit nodded but his attention was no longer on them but the lovely creature behind them. The human called her Shiva, perhaps he had another name as well. Ifrit stood up towering them both but they were not intimidated. And they had no need to be really because Ifrit felt as though he could barely lift himself.
He continued to stare at Shiva and recognized everything about her. She was still Ambrosia down to the way she stood and played idly with a strand of her golden hair. Squall looked behind him to see what Ifrit was looking at and noticed he was staring at Shiva. Squall got a bit defensive and went to shield her. " You don't have to look at her like that. She didn't mean to hurt you but we had to subdue you so we could talk," he said. Ifrit stared at the little human and realized that he cared about her. Shiva continued to stare at Ifrit with her diamond blue eyes. Ifrit crossed his arms over his broad chest.
" Alright humans. You fought me and defeated me so what is it that you wish of me?" he inquired.
" We need your help to defeat the greater evils of the world. With your power we can emerge victorious," Quistis explained. Ifrit scoffed.
" From what I recall of humans, we, I mean you, are petty beings with trivial concerns. You create wars only to benefit yourselves. Why should beings such as I and Shiva be involved in that?" Squall didn't miss the 'we' he had said but decided to answer the question none the less.
" I won't lie to you Ifrit, humans are not saints and we have our share of faults but what we are fighting for is correct. There is a sorceress around trying to destroy all of humanity so all of the humans are banding together but no matter how much unity we possess it will not be enough without your help," Squall said. Ifrit shrugged his shoulders.
" Hmm, why not? I have nothing else better to do," he said to himself but aloud. He looked down at the humans. " Fine. I shall help you on your quest on one condition."
" What is that?" Quistis asked.
" That I may talk to Shiva for a moment," he said. " Alone," he added. Squall was apprehensive for a moment but agreed.
" If you hurt her I will kill you," he said as he stalked off with Quistis following him.
The two GFs stood silently for a while before Shiva ran into his arms. She hugged him tightly and pressed her cool lips to his hot ones creating a bit of steam. Ifrit smiled. " The small human is very attached to you," he said. Shiva blushed a bit, a tinge of pink coming to her pale blue cheeks.
" Squall? He is harmless. We just have a lot of history," she replied.
" Not as much as we have though," he said. Shiva smiled.
" I know. But I do wish to know something, how on Earth did you become a chosen one?" Ifrit grinned devilishly.
" I went to Hyne herself and she respected our love and allowed me to join you." Shiva's eyes widened in shock then a slow grin appeared as she kissed him again.
" How brave. Hyne has a terrible temper." Ifrit shook his head.
" Not really. She is quite nice once you get to know her," he said kissing her one last time. " Come, we must not keep our master waiting." Shiva nodded and disappeared fading back into Squall's being. Since he had not yet accepted Squall as his master he had to wait for Squall to come back to him.
Ifrit watched the young man. He is no older than they were back then. Ifrit crossed his arms over his chest again. " How is this to work?" he inquired.
" You simply touch my hand and you will fade into my being," Squall informed.
" I don't even want to know where that is," Ifrit mused as he touched his hand. Just as soon as he did, Squall felt his veins become an inferno but just quickly as it had come it passed. Squall shook it off as Quistis appeared.
" Come on, we're almost behind schedule," she said as she began to walk out of the fire cavern.
Squall followed behind her without comment engrossed in his own thoughts. The stories of the origins of GFs were only becoming more confusing to him. Ifrit had said "we" when referring to humans. He kept on staring at Shiva as if he knew her. To make it worse, he had spied on the two GFs during their intimate moment when they had kissed. Up until now he had only seen them as creatures, granted, creatures that were just as intelligent as humans but the one thing that separated him from them was his emotions. The creatures had emotions too, namely love because anything can be evil. He began to figure that there was more to the stories than he originally thought. The only way to be certain was to discover more of them and find out from that.
With that thought established, he hurried a little to catch up with Quistis and to embrace his own destiny.
The End... for now
Hi everyone. It's been a minute since I submitted a story to fanfiction.net so I hope I haven't lost my touch. By now, I should hope my writing has improved :) Anyway, as for this story, this is a continuance like I said and I hoped you liked it. If you want me to continue writing stories about the origins of the GFs just say so in you reviews and like I genie I will comply with your wishes. Until next time ~LS~
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VIII or its characters but I do own this story line and my characters.
Simply put, this a semi-continuance of the origins of GFs. This time we'll be examining the origin of Ifrit.
I can't take this, Zane thought bitterly. It had been a few months since the servants of Hyne came to their village and took his best friend Ambrosia from him. A few months since that day in the woods where they laid in that secret cove and made love. Just the memories of it made him burn with wanting and with anger.
After they had carried her off in that wooden wagon, Zane went back to Ambrosia's parents fussing, cursing, shouting all the while her mother cried in defeat and her father stood with eyes down cast. When he was through ranting, he realized that his battle was not with her parents but with the servants of Hyne and the great Hyne herself.
That is what bought him here to this sacred space. He heard from a few of the village children that at about midnight the servants of Hyne come out and walk the Earth. For what purpose was unknown but tonight he decided to find out. So he waited on top of a huge boulder for the midnight hour, his only company being the full moon.
At midnight exactly a huge swirl of light and wind appeared causing him to cover his eyes. When he unshielded them, he beheld the most wondrous sight-that being the servants of Hyne and Hyne herself! Everyone thought she was a myth but as sure as he lived and breathed she was standing in the middle of the circle staring at him. God she was beautiful. Her hair looked to be of the finest spun gold and trailed in delicate curls down to the ground. Her face and skin held and ethereal glow as she neared him. Her eyes, the softest blue, her lips the fairest pink, her clothes the most delicate of silks. She stopped a stone's throw away from him.
" What are you doing here, mortal?" she inquired in a surprisingly soft voice. Zane hopped off his boulder, not losing his composure despite what she was and who she was.
" I came to speak with you," he replied. She arched a delicate gold eyebrow and folded her arms over her chest.
" You have committed a strong offense by invading this sacred space. I shouldn't listen to you at all," she retorted.
" But you will?" he said a little to eagerly. She nodded.
" Yes. Simply because it is mortals that I am to protect," she said conjuring up a chair to sit in made of angel wings. " I warn you Zane, if this is a trivial matter you will never leave this place alive." Zane swallowed hard as he heard her threat. No matter how delicate she looked, he should never forget that she is the great Hyne, mother of all creation. Her blue eyes seemed to glow as she awaited his response and he tried his best to keep his voice steady.
" I came to discuss the sacrifices," he began. Hyne arched her eyebrow again.
" I am afraid that that is none of your affair. Those chosen have a special destiny to fulfill," she replied. Zane frowned.
" But what destiny is this? A destiny that pulls innocent people away from their families!" She smiled a deadly smile.
" And that as well is none of your affair," she retorted. " You are beginning to bore me so tell me the point of this. You sought me out for something so I advise you strongly to speak it."
" I want my friend back," he stated simply. Hyne studied him for a moment reading his thoughts and then smiled.
" 'Friend' Zane, or your lover? Ambrosia was her name correct? She was sent to the ice cavern outside your village."
" I know where she went," he snapped vehemently. " I want her back." Hyne sat back in her angel-winged chair and smiled sadly.
" I am afraid that what you wish is not possible. You see, the transformation has already begun. If I were to take you to her now she would not be the Ambrosia you knew. She has a greater purpose now. A purpose that may very well save the future," she explained.
" Screw the future!" Zane exclaimed. " I am for the right now and I want her back!" Hyne shook her head sadly.
" It cannot be done and for this I am truly sorry," she said. Zane was about to continue his rants until he saw tears coming from her eyes. As they fell from her cheeks they landed on the ground causing moonflowers to bloom in their wake. Seeing this, Zane forgot his anger and went to her kneeling in front of her.
" You really can't do anything can you?" he inquired.
" No. Even some things are out of my hands once they are set in motion." She stood causing her angel-winged chair to disappear. She knelt down in front of Zane smiling as she took his hands into hers. Her hands felt cool to the touch but not uncomfortably cool. Her hands were soft like a newborn calf's fur and seemed to be almost too delicate to be held in his rough and callused grasp. " I did take into consideration the affect it would have on the chosen one's families but as the guardian of Earth and humanity, I had to ignore my own feelings and do what is best for the world. I do not expect you to understand completely. I only wish for you to not be cross with me."
" I can't live like this though. I can't live without her. I will never love another like I love her. She completes me," Zane said. " It's hard to explain." Hyne smiled.
" Love needs no explanation." Hyne stood bringing Zane up with her. He towered her by a head and standing like this she seemed simply a woman. She tilted her head a bit to stare him in the eyes. " I can understand this so I will do something for you. Take my hand," she commanded. Zane did so obediently and within a second they were transferred to the fire cavern and standing in front of a pit of molten lava.
" What are we doing here?" he inquired. Hyne looked to him once more.
" I will not stand here and lie to you. You will never see Ambrosia again in this lifetime. The purpose she and the others were meant for is not for another millennia or so," she explained stoically. " The only way for you two to ever meet again is for you to undergo the same thing she has. Through this process you will remain immortal and so shall you love for one another."
Zane nodded understanding what she was trying to say. He looked from her to the scorching pit of lava. " How am I to survive in there though?" he inquired. She smiled and called to one of her servants who traveled with them. With him, he carried a clear orange casket that he sat on the ground in front of Zane.
" You are to get inside the box. It is protected by an incantation that will prevent the heat from killing you and that will turn you into your new form," she explained. She waved her hand to the box. " Get inside now. Your destiny awaits." Zane nodded and lay down inside the box.
" Goddess Hyne," he called. She sat down beside the box and took his hand as he offered it to her. " How will I know her? She will be in a new form so I won't be able to recognize her." She smiled sadly, more tears coming to her eyes.
" If you truly believe in the love you two have for each other you will recognize her immediately. She bent down and kissed his lips lightly. " Good luck Zane." Hyne stood and nodded to the servant to place the lid on top of the casket. The servant whispered an incantation causing Zane fall into a deep sleep and then placed the lid on top of the box. The servant lifted the box onto his shoulder then heaved it into the molten pit. Hyne watched sadly as the box disappeared into the lava taking the love stricken Zane with it.
Hyne turned to her servant and nodded again and they disappeared just as mysteriously as they had appeared.
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" Come on Squall," Quistis urged as they made their way through the treacherous fire cavern. They had run into a few bombs on the way but they didn't phase Squall Leonhart who wielded the mighty gunblade. He brushed away a few locks of hair that managed to fall into his eyes and sped up a bit to catch up to his instructor. When he did catch up with her, she was standing in a clearing with her whip at her hip and her blue eyes narrowed in annoyance.
" What?" Squall inquired annoyed himself with this whole situation. This little exam should have been done earlier but Seifer had to go and start some shit with him. He hadn't even been on a real mission yet and he already had a permanent scar in the middle of his forehead. The worst part is that there wasn't a noble story to go with it. Nope, nothing but a petty argument and a duel that both of them cheated at to explain it.
" You make it seem like we have all day to do this Leonhart," Instructor Trepe quipped. " The field exam is in a few hours and here you are strolling like you have nothing else better to do." Squall frowned.
" I was going to do this earlier," he said weakly in his defense. Instructor Trepe smiled humorlessly.
" Oh yes. That was before Seifer had you laid up in the infirmary and for what I ask?" Squall was about to reply but he noticed a bomb coming up behind Quistis.
" Duck," he stated simply. Quistis quirked an eyebrow.
" What?" she asked. Squall raised his hand beginning to summon a spell. Sparkling blue began to swirl around his hand along with some white.
" Blizzard." Quistis ducked as the ice burg hit the bomb causing it to die. Quistis looked up as Squall walked over to her towering her.
" Watch your back Instructor," he said walking past her to the inner depths of the cavern.
When they got to the lava pit Squall stopped looking around the area then back at Quistis.
" What exactly are we here for?" he inquired. Quistis was going to reply but the ground began to shift under them, then it began to rumble causing some rocks to crumble. After another moment the lava pit began to bubble then it erupted. Squall dove to the ground covering Quistis with his body shielding her from falling debris. When the shaking stopped, Squall let Quistis up and both of them stared in awe at the creature in front of them. Raised from the depths of hell, the creature was a mass of brown fur and muscle. Orange fur covered his head, chin, and groin. Two long purple horns sprouted from his head and long black talons came from his hands and feet.
The creature stood on the ground seeming to be examining himself just as they were. The creature let out a blood-curdling shriek after he was done causing Quistis to clutch Squall's arm. " Use Shiva," she ordered softly. Squall turned to her with a frown.
" Not until you tell me what the hell that is," he said.
" That is the fire demon Ifrit. Since he is born of fire and Ice is the opposite, Shiva will subdue him quickly. Now do it!" Quistis commanded fiercely, her fear evident.
Squall nodded and stood up in front of the demon. Ifrit swiped at him angrily but Squall had already begun calling Shiva. He felt his blood grow deliciously cold in his veins as Shiva was called from deep in his being. Within a second Shiva was called and standing beside him in all her glorious splendor. " Shiva!" Squall called. The ice goddess turned to him. " Use your diamond dust!" Shiva was already bending back calling forth her power until she felt something tug at her heart. She paused and studied the fire demon that was staring intently at her.
" Ambrosia!" he called. To everyone else it sounded like a roar but to her she heard it loud and clear. She recognized him. It was Zane! She wanted to go to him, embrace him, ask him-how on Earth did he end up like her? She was going to just that until she heard Squall tugging at her being.
" Shiva, what's wrong? Do it!" he commanded. Shiva was torn, whom to listen to? Over the past few years she became attached to Squall. They went on many adventures together. She fancied herself in love with him. But given what she was that was impossible.
She bent back again calling forth her power, tears coming to her eyes. " I'm sorry Zane," she said to him before hitting him with her diamond dust attack. To all else, her apology sounded like a screech but Zane heard her and made no motion to move as the attack hit him head on.
When the battle was over Ifrit was bent on one knee and Shiva was standing beside Squall. He went over to the tired beast and stood in front of him. " Where am I?" Ifrit asked in a deep booming voice. Squall quirked an eyebrow. This was familiar. When had first acquired Shiva she was disoriented about where she was and who she was. For some reason, these questions just didn't sit too well with him. These creatures, these GFs couldn't have just become this way could they?
" You are in the fire cavern on the isle of Balamb," Squall replied.
" The fire cavern...yes, I remember now. Hyne bought me here all those years ago," Ifrit said. By this time, Quistis had joined them and heard Hyne's name mentioned.
" Hyne? The great Goddess Hyne?" She inquired. Ifrit nodded but his attention was no longer on them but the lovely creature behind them. The human called her Shiva, perhaps he had another name as well. Ifrit stood up towering them both but they were not intimidated. And they had no need to be really because Ifrit felt as though he could barely lift himself.
He continued to stare at Shiva and recognized everything about her. She was still Ambrosia down to the way she stood and played idly with a strand of her golden hair. Squall looked behind him to see what Ifrit was looking at and noticed he was staring at Shiva. Squall got a bit defensive and went to shield her. " You don't have to look at her like that. She didn't mean to hurt you but we had to subdue you so we could talk," he said. Ifrit stared at the little human and realized that he cared about her. Shiva continued to stare at Ifrit with her diamond blue eyes. Ifrit crossed his arms over his broad chest.
" Alright humans. You fought me and defeated me so what is it that you wish of me?" he inquired.
" We need your help to defeat the greater evils of the world. With your power we can emerge victorious," Quistis explained. Ifrit scoffed.
" From what I recall of humans, we, I mean you, are petty beings with trivial concerns. You create wars only to benefit yourselves. Why should beings such as I and Shiva be involved in that?" Squall didn't miss the 'we' he had said but decided to answer the question none the less.
" I won't lie to you Ifrit, humans are not saints and we have our share of faults but what we are fighting for is correct. There is a sorceress around trying to destroy all of humanity so all of the humans are banding together but no matter how much unity we possess it will not be enough without your help," Squall said. Ifrit shrugged his shoulders.
" Hmm, why not? I have nothing else better to do," he said to himself but aloud. He looked down at the humans. " Fine. I shall help you on your quest on one condition."
" What is that?" Quistis asked.
" That I may talk to Shiva for a moment," he said. " Alone," he added. Squall was apprehensive for a moment but agreed.
" If you hurt her I will kill you," he said as he stalked off with Quistis following him.
The two GFs stood silently for a while before Shiva ran into his arms. She hugged him tightly and pressed her cool lips to his hot ones creating a bit of steam. Ifrit smiled. " The small human is very attached to you," he said. Shiva blushed a bit, a tinge of pink coming to her pale blue cheeks.
" Squall? He is harmless. We just have a lot of history," she replied.
" Not as much as we have though," he said. Shiva smiled.
" I know. But I do wish to know something, how on Earth did you become a chosen one?" Ifrit grinned devilishly.
" I went to Hyne herself and she respected our love and allowed me to join you." Shiva's eyes widened in shock then a slow grin appeared as she kissed him again.
" How brave. Hyne has a terrible temper." Ifrit shook his head.
" Not really. She is quite nice once you get to know her," he said kissing her one last time. " Come, we must not keep our master waiting." Shiva nodded and disappeared fading back into Squall's being. Since he had not yet accepted Squall as his master he had to wait for Squall to come back to him.
Ifrit watched the young man. He is no older than they were back then. Ifrit crossed his arms over his chest again. " How is this to work?" he inquired.
" You simply touch my hand and you will fade into my being," Squall informed.
" I don't even want to know where that is," Ifrit mused as he touched his hand. Just as soon as he did, Squall felt his veins become an inferno but just quickly as it had come it passed. Squall shook it off as Quistis appeared.
" Come on, we're almost behind schedule," she said as she began to walk out of the fire cavern.
Squall followed behind her without comment engrossed in his own thoughts. The stories of the origins of GFs were only becoming more confusing to him. Ifrit had said "we" when referring to humans. He kept on staring at Shiva as if he knew her. To make it worse, he had spied on the two GFs during their intimate moment when they had kissed. Up until now he had only seen them as creatures, granted, creatures that were just as intelligent as humans but the one thing that separated him from them was his emotions. The creatures had emotions too, namely love because anything can be evil. He began to figure that there was more to the stories than he originally thought. The only way to be certain was to discover more of them and find out from that.
With that thought established, he hurried a little to catch up with Quistis and to embrace his own destiny.
The End... for now
Hi everyone. It's been a minute since I submitted a story to fanfiction.net so I hope I haven't lost my touch. By now, I should hope my writing has improved :) Anyway, as for this story, this is a continuance like I said and I hoped you liked it. If you want me to continue writing stories about the origins of the GFs just say so in you reviews and like I genie I will comply with your wishes. Until next time ~LS~