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Of Fire and Ice

Chapter two

I watched her walk off, god if that woman wasn't the hottest thing to walk to the planet, oh well can't think about that now. I turned and walked back to the commander, I really want to know what that wall thing is about. God only knows with Trepe, you could spend everyday with her and never understand her. Quistis always could hide anything, well not from me.

I opened the doors of PB's office only to find Rinoa and him making out in the chair. I opened the doors of PB's office only to find Rinoa and him making out in the chair.

"Fuck PB, I didn't know you had it in you," I laughed as they jumped apart like two little kids caught by their mommy. Rinoa laughed and gave me a look; Squall on the other hand looked pissed.

"Seifer! Damn don't do that shit, you scared the hell out of me, I thought you were Cid."

He looked all red, I don't know if that was embarrassment or anger, at this point I didn't care, I had better things to worry about. Rinoa walked up and gave me a hug, something I had gotten used to, she had forgiven me and now we seemed to get along, it almost reminded me of before everything, before...

"So you talked to her," rinoa, always knowing everything or thinking as much.

"Yeah I did, it wasn't pretty but I got something out of her."

"Like a slap," rinoa put in.

"Yeah how did you know?" I looked at her strangely.

"You would be the only one to piss her off and that's the only thing you would get out of her, and you have a lovely red hand print on your face." She laughed and turned to Squall as I went to the mirror to look at my face.

"Ill see you boys later, I have to get to class," she walked to Squall and kissed him softly on the lips and waved as she walked gracefully out of the office.

"What did you say to her, it must have been bad for her to slap you that hard."

"I played on her weakness," I didn't look at him I just continued to study the hand print.

"And that would be," I turned.

"Weakness," he looked surprised.

"What you didn't think she had one, of course she does. I live next to her. I hear everything she does. I didn't know everything but this morning I found out everything I need to know."

High kick, whip faster now, damn it faster your better then this!

The monster died after one fast whip strike and I stepped away. Is it me or did that thing look like Seifer?

Oh now your talking to yourself Trepe, great one more insanity trait. I need a vacation, bad. I walked into the secret area and leaned on the rail over looking the range of land. Why did I need to think about what he said to me, what the hell did it matter. He doesn't know anything about me anymore and why should I care anyway, he did know about the dreams. Those dreams, what the hell did they mean anyway. The body, my body why? So many questions so little answers.

I don't need anymore problems, I haven't seen any of my friends in about a month, since the wedding I think. They all worry they have no idea im not the same anymore, I'm not Quistis Trepe, I just don't know what I am. I looked at my arm and watched the cuts heal before my eyes.

Seifer looked back at me after looking at his now red face.

"I didn't know she would do that to you, she really must be losing it. She never lost her temper before even when you were a student" I remarked as I looked closer at the mark

"She has a lot of fuel for her fire." Seifer said as he looked me straight in the eyes. He was already involved in this and it had only been a day. Why did he care so much, what had changed in the last couple of hours?

"She said something about finding a wall, what the hell did you say to her PB?"

"Whatever it was it made an impression," I looked away.

God she still was holding on to that. I can't believe she even took me seriously. I was a different person then.

"I once told her to talk to a wall when she came to me for a listening ear" I turned to the window

"I never knew it hurt her so much, she never said anything about it again."

"That doesn't mean it isn't something she remembers, Trepe holds on to everything even the stuff that didn't mean a thing" he looked down at the floor when he finished, what was I missing here?

"This whole plan will take a lot but I think I can do it. I need her to be on a mission of some sort with me, anything you have. I have to get her into a corner she likes and a mission will work." He turned to leave just before he grabbed the doorknob he turned back to me.

"She is dying inside and if she keeps this up she wont have anything left to live for, I don't know how she got this way but however it was we all helped her there, even me. Remember that." He left with a sweep of gray.

I'm still missing something I know it. If it's a mission he wants it's a mission he will get. Sweeping through the mission files I came across one that would work just fine.

4598632# The walking undead

Sandra and Cindy Cansona

Mission profile: Reported dead one year ago, last seen three months ago. Reported sightings from many of the town people, no physical contact with the reported as of yet.

Mission status: Case unsolved

No one in seed could figure this case out yet, the girls died and where buried but only three months ago they were seen walking the streets of FH. No one could find them although they are seen every now and then.

Quistis is the only one I know that could figure this out and maybe this will give seifer the chance he needs to break whatever is causing this change in her.

Pulling my leather hat over my eyes I looked down at the girl sleeping next me, curly brown hair spend over my chest and soft breaths tickles me.

'How could anyone so small contain the power she does' I thought as I turned to look out the small window just opposite of the bed.

Something was wrong I could feel it, something to do with us. With Seifer back things seemed to tense and then change back to the same. Life had moved and shaped into a new existence and I still carried the burden of the past. I remembered everything and even though I had one other person to share this burden, it was still hard on me. My girlfriend couldn't remember the times we spent before and that alone hurt. While they all knew we grew up together they could remember the exact times and little things we did as children.

Then there was Quistis, oh god how she had changed and there was nothing I could do to help her. I thought when seifer came back things would change for her but I was wrong. If I had seen the small changes at first maybe I could have gotten to her. If I could get her to stop using GFs then maybe... but that would take a miracle.

I turned back to look at the girl sleeping on my chest, im so glad I have her, I just wish I didn't have to wait for her to remember our childhood memories. I closed my eyes and thought back the previous subject.

'Even with seifer on this case, it would take a lot. Maybe ill talk to him tomorrow, god knows seifer would need all the help he could get'

I put the code in the pad next to the door and waited for the click of the door sliding open. I closed the door and walked into the small kitchen for a drink.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because you need it," I should have known she would be here. I turned around to the blonde standing next to my small couch.

"I don't NEED anything, you think I need you but I don't," she walked closer to me. I looked to her eyes. She is so unreadable these days.

There was a spark in them, then it hit me.

"You remember don't you?" her eyes dropped and she turned to leave.

I snatched her arm and turned her around. Tears, she was trying not to cry.

"Leave me alone seifer. Let me live and stop this whole plan or whatever it is your planning, " she ripped out of my grip and reached for the door knob.

"Please," I stayed in my spot long after the door shut after her.

'She remembers, this whole thing just got a lot harder'

Light streamed in through the large windows of garden. It was almost blinding as I walked down to the café. Pulling my coat closer to my chest, I continued to my destination.

I left Selphie only seconds before still sleeping, knowing her she wouldn't be up for sometime. Although we shared many interests, the love of morning was not one of them.

The café was open early. There wasn't many people there but the poor acoustics made the noise far worse then it should have been. I looked around and found the normal people sitting in their spots.

I looked down at my watch.

'5:15 Quis must be eating in her room today.'

I concluded since there was still no sign of the blonde.

Squall and Rinoa where sitting together, I walked towards them. Some things may be different but since the wedding they seemed to be only closer.

"Did seifer get anything else out of Quistis?" Rinoa asked as I sat down.

"Good morning Irvine," she added and turned back to Squall.

"Not that I know of, I have faith in him but I worry that there is something more I don't know of," Squall even with rinoa was still Squall. He still had a very hard tone even if it had softened some.

"There is a lot you don't know Squall," I remarked as I reached for a piece of toast on Rinoa's tray.

"If your not going to tell us what you know why do you even speak up?" Rinoa questioned as she grabbed the toast back.

"And I'm going to eat this," she said waving the uneaten toast in front of my face.

"When will you get your own food and stop trying to steal mine?" she placed the food back on her tray and went on to the small yogurt.

"When Zell stops eating hotdogs," I seized the bread back and shoved it in my mouth before she could blink.

"Man whore," she swore. I laughed at her anger. She always called me that when she knew she lost.

"Irvine for once in your life, why won't you just tell us what you know," Squall, who had remained silent through our exchange spoke up.

I can't, it's not my place. You know I don't like to tell ya'll what I know you can figure out on your own," Squall just shook his head and turned back the paper work he had been working on.

The doors to the café slammed open and seifer, looking mad as ever walked in and straight towards our table.

"Cowboy! you and me outside right now," I looked up at him and got up. It wasn't often seifer made a scene and I didn't need anymore people looking at us strangely.

'It's a good thing im a morning person.'

I followed him outside watching his shoulders tease underneath his gray coat.

'This man had something large up his ass and this talk wasn't going to a pleasant one'

Once outside he back to me and I could see the fire burning in his eyes

"She remembers, can you tell me how!" he was trying to hold back his anger.

Seifer and I got along and over the past month or so we had figured out that because of what had happened in the war, he was the only other person that carried the memories of our past.

"I didn't say anything to her man, we talked about this before. You don't tell, I don't tell," I finished as I walked towards the doors that lead to the outside walk way. Seifer walked close behind me.

"Ok so maybe I believe you, that still doesn't explain how she knows," he calmed slightly.

"I don't know what to tell you, maybe she stopped using GFs," I remarked lamely. We both knew that wasn't true.

He laughed "Yeah sure and PB is in a water ballet class." He stopped walking and sat down on a small bench. I stopped and turned towards him.

"If she remembers us then what over memories is she gaining back," Seifer said looking up at me.

I was almost in shock. Never in the short time since we started talking about it had he ever referred to him and Quis as "us". I had assumed he tried not to think about it.

"I'm not sure. You do know that this changes nothing, whatever she knows is irrelevant, there is still something wrong and you have to help," he looked at me dumbly.

"Yeah I know but it makes it ten times harder if she knows everything I did to her."

While I wasn't there for the scenario, seifer after finding out about my knowledge, told me the rest. Everything about everyone since they arrived at B Garden. One of the bad things about being at G Garden was that I missed the most of my childhood friend's teenage lives.

It was strange to see Seifer this worried about anyone. He didn't give a damn about anyone and that was just his nature. Well for the most part, this was Quistis and that changed everything about him. Whenever we talked about her he dropped the bad boy persona and let his weakness show. That is the only one he had, Quistis Trepe.

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