A/N: I don't own the Final Fantasy VIII people but I do own the other
people.
"Come on lets go Squall." Jupiter said as she walked out the door of the two-story mansion.
"Where are we going?"
"The horse stables. I want to show you my horses." Squall stopped in his tracks at the mention of my and horses in the same sentence.
"Your what?"
"You heard me. My horses. Kirri takes care of them for me since my mother can't afford to." She turns back to and puts her hands on her hips. "Didn't you ever wonder what I did with my pay check?"
"Kind of." Jupiter turned back toward the stables and walked off.
"Well now you know." Squall stands there staring after her until she turns back to him. "Come on Squall!" He shakes his head and walks up to her wrapping his arm around her waist they walk on to the stables.
*********In the stable barn.
"Uncle Korn!" Jupiter yells at the man in the last stable scaring him to death.
"Jupiter?" Jupiter shook her head as Korn came out of the stable and raced to Jupiter. Korn reaches them and pulls Jupiter into a tight embrace. Squall watched the strange display of emotions from where he stood.
"Jupiter." The whisper was faint but easily heard. Squall turned to the sound to see a man of about 23 with shoulder length dark blonde hair pulled into a ponytail and light blue eyes (Kind of looks like Irvine but with no hat). He wore old holey jeans and a torn white shirt.
Jupiter and Korn part to see the man standing there. "Tony how long has it been?"
Tony smiled at Jupiter and pulled her into a hug. "Too long." They parted and Jupiter got a good look at Squall's face (filled with jealousy).
"Uncle Korn, Tony this is Squall my boyfriend." Jupiter walked over to Squall and he put his arm around her shoulders.
" Squall this is Tony my cousin," She pointed to the man she had just been hugging. "And My Uncle Korn." She motioned to the other man. Squall shook their hands and said 'hello'.
"Hey Uncle Korn I heard that one of my mares is going to have her first foal. Am I right?"
"You sure are and believe it or not it's Alba." Korn walked toward one of the stalls in the middle with Jupiter and Squall following him.
They reach the stall to see a fat brown Clydesdale horse in the stall lying on the ground. "In fact I believe she will probably have the colt before dark today."
"Really!" Jupiter looked at Korn with excitement.
"Yep. But all we can do is watch and hope that she has a normal birth without any difficulties like her mother."
"Your right about that. I remember what happened to her mother too." Squall gave Jupiter a confused look. "After the difficult birth of Alba she..died." Jupiter looked down to the ground, Squall pulled her into his embrace trying to comfort her. "I just hope it doesn't happen to her.
"It won't Jupiter. I'll make sure of that." She looked up at Squall. He had a snug smile on his face as he wiped away the tears in her eyes. "Don't worry I won't let anything happen to her. I promise." Jupiter smiled at his try but she knew that he knew nothing on how to help a horse give birth.
"Nice try to cheer me up Squall but I know you have no earthly idea how to help a horse give birth and you can't make me think other wise." Squall brought her closer to him so close that she could hear his heart beating.
Someone clearing their throat makes the two separate and blush. "Uh Uncle Korn, Aunt Kirri told me to tell you that she needed a fire built before dark for the cook out."
"Alright dear thank you. Tony will you go and build that fire your mother wants?"
"Yes sir." Tony leaves and Korn goes on about what he was doing before Jupiter and Squall interrupted him leaving the two alone by Alba's stall.
"Is it just me or does Tony look just like Irvine?"
"Your right he does. You know the first time I saw Irvine I thought it was Tony." Squall and Jupiter stood in front of that stall for another hour watching Alba.
"Uncle Korn come here!" Korn raced over because of the alarm in Jupiter's voice. "Look!" In the stall stood a beautiful black foal trying to walk on its wobbly feet.
"Its beautiful." Squall says as Korn opens the stall door and goes in.
"It is a male."
"Squall I would like for you to have him as a gift from me."
"Oh Jupiter I can't accept him. He is your horse."
"And I am giving him to you. There is nothing you can say to change my mind either." Squall finally took the horse after an all out war was waged.
"Ok now what about a name for him." Jupiter looked Squall deep in the eyes. "Well?"
"I will let you name him this time since I named the last animal we got." Jupiter thought about it for a few minutes before coming to a conclusion.
"How about Invariance?"
"Sounds good to me. Invariance it is." Jupiter shook her head as Squall put his arm around her waist.
"Alright boys and girls everything looks good here now lets go see how Tony is coming along with that fire. Shall we?"
"Yeah! Lets move out!" They left the stables and the little colt Invariance to rest for the night.
*********Out in the yard.
"Hey Tony! Having fun." Kendra jumps up and down around Tony with Silla' at her side.
"Shut up Kendra!" Kendra moves away from Tony taking Silla' with her.
"Tony!"
"Hey guys!" Jupiter, Squall and Korn walk up.
"Any luck?" Korn comes up to help gather the few pieces of wood Tony missed.
"Nope. I need a lighter or something but I can't find anything."
"I have a lighter." They both look up at Squall. "It is in my bag. We'll go get it." Jupiter and Squall walk off heading for the house.
"I really believe she is in love with him. Unlike when she was with Savino." Tony and Korn watch as the two enter the house and turn a corner out of view.
"Yep I believe you are right Tony."
Jupiter leads Squall up the staircase at the front door and takes the second door on the right side into a huge bedroom. "This is Guest Room B?"
"Yeah. It is the biggest bedroom in the house. Can you believe that?"
"Uh yeah kind of." Jupiter giggles at his reaction as she reaches for his bag and takes it to him. He digs into the front pocket and pulls out a lighter. He looks up from the bag noticing that Jupiter had pulled out his gunblade and her guitar from their cases.
"What are you doing?"
"It will be a while before dinner. I thought we could practice our skills on the guitar and gunblade." Squall smiles at her and takes the gunblade from her strapping it to his belt. They leave and take the lighter back down to Tony and Korn.
"Thanks Squall. You're a lifesaver." Squall smiles and then him and Jupiter go to a different part of the yard as to not hurt anyone with the gunblade.
"Come here Jupiter. Lets see if you can handle the Lion Heart anymore or are you afraid eh." Jupiter taking Squall's challenge got up from where she had sat down in the grass and took the Lion Heart from Squall.
Squall stood watching her hold it. "You are already doing something wrong."
"Oh yeah what's that?"
"You're holding it wrong." Squall got behind her and took hold of the Lion Heart and her hands putting them in the correct positions.
"Like this?" Jupiter swings the Lion Heart with Squall behind her helping.
"Yes." Jupiter turns in his grasp so she can see his face. Squall slowly lowers his lips to hers and kisses her passionately.
They part a few minutes later still in each other's grasp. "Is that what you wanted?" Jupiter smiles at him.
"Yeah." They hear giggling of children behind them and turn to the sound. Kendra and Silla' stand a few feet away laughing at them.
"I absolutely can't believe you people don't run out of air when you do that." Silla' said to them with Kendra right beside him still giggling.
"Oh Silla' some day you will learn but not today." Silla' gives Jupiter his puppy dog look but she don't fall for it and makes him leave.
"I got it!" Tony jumps up and dances around the fire yelling 'Yee ha'.
"Now the hard part."
"What?!" Everyone outside laughs at him for his reaction. Tony sighs deeply and goes inside with Korn.
"Funny people aren't they."
"Yeah that's my family for you. They can really be quite characters." Jupiter smiles at Squall as someone starts to pull on her shirt. She turns around to see Kendra and Silla' standing side by side.
"Can I talk to you Jupiter?"
"Sure Kendra." Kendra pulls Jupiter down to her level and whispers in her ear.
"If you would have stayed with Savino HE would not be here." Jupiter backed away quickly, scowling at Kendra.
"Thank you Kendra for that information but I don't think so." Kendra left pouting but Silla' stayed.
"What did she say Jupiter?" Silla' asked her.
"It's not important.."
"But."
"No buts. Now go on." Silla' stayed.
Silla' turns to Squall. "Squall will you teach me to wield the Lion Heart?" Squall looks at Jupiter then shakes his head yes and leans down to the boys level and hands him the Lion Heart but he keeps hold of it and the boys hands so he does not hurt himself or anyone else.
Silla' swung the Lion Heart around a few times with Squall's help of course. Squall showed him the right way to hold the Lion Heart and how to kill a monster with one swipe. By this time Tony and Korn had everything going and Tony had came and sat down beside Jupiter watching Squall and Silla' as Jupiter practiced on her guitar.
Silla' left a little later to go find Kendra who had disappeared into the house. Squall got up from his sitting position and turned around to come face to face with Tony.
"Nice gunblade you have would you mind showing me how to use this?" Tony pulled his gunblade out of its holster that was tied to his belt. "I'll teach you how to play the guitar in return."
"Uh, sure. I guess." Squall took his fighting stance. "Alright lets get started. What I want you to do is take your fighting stance like this." Tony circled Squall studying his stance while in the background Jupiter played a slow song on the guitar in her hands.
Tony took his stance. Squall then circled him checking for mistakes until he found one. "Bring your grip on the handle higher and bring it closer to your body." Tony did exactly what he was told. "Good now spread your feet a little more or when you get attacked you will be knocked on your ass." Tony complied and Squall kept circling.
Squall taught Tony everything he knew and before dinner too. Tony's head hurt by the time Kirri announced dinner.
"Have you got a head ache yet?" Jupiter smiled at Tony as he came up to her.
"Yes I do." He held onto his head tightly trying to stop the throbbing.
"I thought so. Squall can be tough in his training." Jupiter grabbed two plates from the stack and handed one to Tony.
"He wasn't that tough on you." Tony said grabbing a piece of hamburger meat.
"Oh but I am his love. He would do nothing to hurt me. You did not notice but all through my turn he was flirting with me in his own little way." Tony shook his head of the disgusting thought of it and went on.
Jupiter went back to the seat she had been sitting in when Kirri had called dinner and went to eating. Squall was talking to Korn, Kirri, and Jonna while Jupiter was eating.
After everyone was finished eating they all gathered around the fire and listened to the sound of Tony on the guitar, Kendra on the flute and Kirri singing. Jupiter sat with Squall on her left side his arm over her shoulders and Silla' leaning against her on her right. They all sat there until about nine just talking and listening to the harmony of the instruments and Kirri's voice intertwined.
A/N: This chapter is long enough. Peace and Love.
"Come on lets go Squall." Jupiter said as she walked out the door of the two-story mansion.
"Where are we going?"
"The horse stables. I want to show you my horses." Squall stopped in his tracks at the mention of my and horses in the same sentence.
"Your what?"
"You heard me. My horses. Kirri takes care of them for me since my mother can't afford to." She turns back to and puts her hands on her hips. "Didn't you ever wonder what I did with my pay check?"
"Kind of." Jupiter turned back toward the stables and walked off.
"Well now you know." Squall stands there staring after her until she turns back to him. "Come on Squall!" He shakes his head and walks up to her wrapping his arm around her waist they walk on to the stables.
*********In the stable barn.
"Uncle Korn!" Jupiter yells at the man in the last stable scaring him to death.
"Jupiter?" Jupiter shook her head as Korn came out of the stable and raced to Jupiter. Korn reaches them and pulls Jupiter into a tight embrace. Squall watched the strange display of emotions from where he stood.
"Jupiter." The whisper was faint but easily heard. Squall turned to the sound to see a man of about 23 with shoulder length dark blonde hair pulled into a ponytail and light blue eyes (Kind of looks like Irvine but with no hat). He wore old holey jeans and a torn white shirt.
Jupiter and Korn part to see the man standing there. "Tony how long has it been?"
Tony smiled at Jupiter and pulled her into a hug. "Too long." They parted and Jupiter got a good look at Squall's face (filled with jealousy).
"Uncle Korn, Tony this is Squall my boyfriend." Jupiter walked over to Squall and he put his arm around her shoulders.
" Squall this is Tony my cousin," She pointed to the man she had just been hugging. "And My Uncle Korn." She motioned to the other man. Squall shook their hands and said 'hello'.
"Hey Uncle Korn I heard that one of my mares is going to have her first foal. Am I right?"
"You sure are and believe it or not it's Alba." Korn walked toward one of the stalls in the middle with Jupiter and Squall following him.
They reach the stall to see a fat brown Clydesdale horse in the stall lying on the ground. "In fact I believe she will probably have the colt before dark today."
"Really!" Jupiter looked at Korn with excitement.
"Yep. But all we can do is watch and hope that she has a normal birth without any difficulties like her mother."
"Your right about that. I remember what happened to her mother too." Squall gave Jupiter a confused look. "After the difficult birth of Alba she..died." Jupiter looked down to the ground, Squall pulled her into his embrace trying to comfort her. "I just hope it doesn't happen to her.
"It won't Jupiter. I'll make sure of that." She looked up at Squall. He had a snug smile on his face as he wiped away the tears in her eyes. "Don't worry I won't let anything happen to her. I promise." Jupiter smiled at his try but she knew that he knew nothing on how to help a horse give birth.
"Nice try to cheer me up Squall but I know you have no earthly idea how to help a horse give birth and you can't make me think other wise." Squall brought her closer to him so close that she could hear his heart beating.
Someone clearing their throat makes the two separate and blush. "Uh Uncle Korn, Aunt Kirri told me to tell you that she needed a fire built before dark for the cook out."
"Alright dear thank you. Tony will you go and build that fire your mother wants?"
"Yes sir." Tony leaves and Korn goes on about what he was doing before Jupiter and Squall interrupted him leaving the two alone by Alba's stall.
"Is it just me or does Tony look just like Irvine?"
"Your right he does. You know the first time I saw Irvine I thought it was Tony." Squall and Jupiter stood in front of that stall for another hour watching Alba.
"Uncle Korn come here!" Korn raced over because of the alarm in Jupiter's voice. "Look!" In the stall stood a beautiful black foal trying to walk on its wobbly feet.
"Its beautiful." Squall says as Korn opens the stall door and goes in.
"It is a male."
"Squall I would like for you to have him as a gift from me."
"Oh Jupiter I can't accept him. He is your horse."
"And I am giving him to you. There is nothing you can say to change my mind either." Squall finally took the horse after an all out war was waged.
"Ok now what about a name for him." Jupiter looked Squall deep in the eyes. "Well?"
"I will let you name him this time since I named the last animal we got." Jupiter thought about it for a few minutes before coming to a conclusion.
"How about Invariance?"
"Sounds good to me. Invariance it is." Jupiter shook her head as Squall put his arm around her waist.
"Alright boys and girls everything looks good here now lets go see how Tony is coming along with that fire. Shall we?"
"Yeah! Lets move out!" They left the stables and the little colt Invariance to rest for the night.
*********Out in the yard.
"Hey Tony! Having fun." Kendra jumps up and down around Tony with Silla' at her side.
"Shut up Kendra!" Kendra moves away from Tony taking Silla' with her.
"Tony!"
"Hey guys!" Jupiter, Squall and Korn walk up.
"Any luck?" Korn comes up to help gather the few pieces of wood Tony missed.
"Nope. I need a lighter or something but I can't find anything."
"I have a lighter." They both look up at Squall. "It is in my bag. We'll go get it." Jupiter and Squall walk off heading for the house.
"I really believe she is in love with him. Unlike when she was with Savino." Tony and Korn watch as the two enter the house and turn a corner out of view.
"Yep I believe you are right Tony."
Jupiter leads Squall up the staircase at the front door and takes the second door on the right side into a huge bedroom. "This is Guest Room B?"
"Yeah. It is the biggest bedroom in the house. Can you believe that?"
"Uh yeah kind of." Jupiter giggles at his reaction as she reaches for his bag and takes it to him. He digs into the front pocket and pulls out a lighter. He looks up from the bag noticing that Jupiter had pulled out his gunblade and her guitar from their cases.
"What are you doing?"
"It will be a while before dinner. I thought we could practice our skills on the guitar and gunblade." Squall smiles at her and takes the gunblade from her strapping it to his belt. They leave and take the lighter back down to Tony and Korn.
"Thanks Squall. You're a lifesaver." Squall smiles and then him and Jupiter go to a different part of the yard as to not hurt anyone with the gunblade.
"Come here Jupiter. Lets see if you can handle the Lion Heart anymore or are you afraid eh." Jupiter taking Squall's challenge got up from where she had sat down in the grass and took the Lion Heart from Squall.
Squall stood watching her hold it. "You are already doing something wrong."
"Oh yeah what's that?"
"You're holding it wrong." Squall got behind her and took hold of the Lion Heart and her hands putting them in the correct positions.
"Like this?" Jupiter swings the Lion Heart with Squall behind her helping.
"Yes." Jupiter turns in his grasp so she can see his face. Squall slowly lowers his lips to hers and kisses her passionately.
They part a few minutes later still in each other's grasp. "Is that what you wanted?" Jupiter smiles at him.
"Yeah." They hear giggling of children behind them and turn to the sound. Kendra and Silla' stand a few feet away laughing at them.
"I absolutely can't believe you people don't run out of air when you do that." Silla' said to them with Kendra right beside him still giggling.
"Oh Silla' some day you will learn but not today." Silla' gives Jupiter his puppy dog look but she don't fall for it and makes him leave.
"I got it!" Tony jumps up and dances around the fire yelling 'Yee ha'.
"Now the hard part."
"What?!" Everyone outside laughs at him for his reaction. Tony sighs deeply and goes inside with Korn.
"Funny people aren't they."
"Yeah that's my family for you. They can really be quite characters." Jupiter smiles at Squall as someone starts to pull on her shirt. She turns around to see Kendra and Silla' standing side by side.
"Can I talk to you Jupiter?"
"Sure Kendra." Kendra pulls Jupiter down to her level and whispers in her ear.
"If you would have stayed with Savino HE would not be here." Jupiter backed away quickly, scowling at Kendra.
"Thank you Kendra for that information but I don't think so." Kendra left pouting but Silla' stayed.
"What did she say Jupiter?" Silla' asked her.
"It's not important.."
"But."
"No buts. Now go on." Silla' stayed.
Silla' turns to Squall. "Squall will you teach me to wield the Lion Heart?" Squall looks at Jupiter then shakes his head yes and leans down to the boys level and hands him the Lion Heart but he keeps hold of it and the boys hands so he does not hurt himself or anyone else.
Silla' swung the Lion Heart around a few times with Squall's help of course. Squall showed him the right way to hold the Lion Heart and how to kill a monster with one swipe. By this time Tony and Korn had everything going and Tony had came and sat down beside Jupiter watching Squall and Silla' as Jupiter practiced on her guitar.
Silla' left a little later to go find Kendra who had disappeared into the house. Squall got up from his sitting position and turned around to come face to face with Tony.
"Nice gunblade you have would you mind showing me how to use this?" Tony pulled his gunblade out of its holster that was tied to his belt. "I'll teach you how to play the guitar in return."
"Uh, sure. I guess." Squall took his fighting stance. "Alright lets get started. What I want you to do is take your fighting stance like this." Tony circled Squall studying his stance while in the background Jupiter played a slow song on the guitar in her hands.
Tony took his stance. Squall then circled him checking for mistakes until he found one. "Bring your grip on the handle higher and bring it closer to your body." Tony did exactly what he was told. "Good now spread your feet a little more or when you get attacked you will be knocked on your ass." Tony complied and Squall kept circling.
Squall taught Tony everything he knew and before dinner too. Tony's head hurt by the time Kirri announced dinner.
"Have you got a head ache yet?" Jupiter smiled at Tony as he came up to her.
"Yes I do." He held onto his head tightly trying to stop the throbbing.
"I thought so. Squall can be tough in his training." Jupiter grabbed two plates from the stack and handed one to Tony.
"He wasn't that tough on you." Tony said grabbing a piece of hamburger meat.
"Oh but I am his love. He would do nothing to hurt me. You did not notice but all through my turn he was flirting with me in his own little way." Tony shook his head of the disgusting thought of it and went on.
Jupiter went back to the seat she had been sitting in when Kirri had called dinner and went to eating. Squall was talking to Korn, Kirri, and Jonna while Jupiter was eating.
After everyone was finished eating they all gathered around the fire and listened to the sound of Tony on the guitar, Kendra on the flute and Kirri singing. Jupiter sat with Squall on her left side his arm over her shoulders and Silla' leaning against her on her right. They all sat there until about nine just talking and listening to the harmony of the instruments and Kirri's voice intertwined.
A/N: This chapter is long enough. Peace and Love.