*Hey all im sorry it took me so long its been a long week for me. Anyway I did my own corrections. I didn't have time to have another person edit it. So please excuse my mistakes I hope it's ok. Umm I didn't really remember the names of the spells, it has been awhile since I played the game so please forgive the names I made up J . Well please enjoy.

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Of Fire and Ice

Chapter Three

Irvine was in on this too, great all I need is those two working together. How many over people are in on this save Quisty commission?

Its not that im wanting to hurt them, I just don't know how to protect them from whatever is well, inside me.

Twisting on my heel I strolled back to my room. I need to think, I need to train. Training always helps, not for strength but for peace of mind. I can't think anymore, fighting the ocean of thoughts and being taken down by the current of power I get when I fight.

Taking that power and making it flow out of me seems to clean my mind and help me live as me for just a bit before the power begins to build. his is why I can't be around them, something is in me now and it takes me.

Striding inside I grab my discarded whip. I glance at it as if it were an old friend. This whip has been with me for so long. Its funny I don't need it as much as I use to. My magic ability has improved greatly over the past few months. Everything is changing, im gaining and losing at the same time.

Rude, cool, uncaring Quistis is here to stay if it meant keeping them safe.

The air in the training center hit me like a warm blanket. The air hung heavy in my lungs, making it harder to breathe. Walking into it always made me feel alive, just because I could hear myself breathe.

A roar sounded behind me, I smiled, couldn't have asked for better timing.

The beast tore through the brush. I sidestepped its path and moved into the fighting stance. I lashed out with my whip, making a clean circle with it before directing it toward my target. The animal screamed and moved to its defense. Snapping at me, I had to jump to avoid its deadly teeth.

Raising my eyes I brought my arms to my chest, I could feel the ice cover me. The power course through my veins. I sucked in a hard cold breath.

"Shiva"

Adding my power into hers, it felt like pain and passion mixed in one. Ice flowing through my body, Sweet power.

Watching her fight, I never seemed to grow tired of it. Yet this was different. Her summon was far more powerful then before. I waited for her to fade and observed in shock when instead of leaving our world as you should for protection, she stayed and began adding her own life force to her attack.

"Holy Shit"

The ice cloud faded, from where I was standing I could see her eyes fade back to the blue they normally were. For the time of the summon her eyes remained a cole black. She kneeled down on one knee and blue light flew around her. Cure, she needed to cure her self.

'What was she doing to herself?'

'Only one way to find out.'

Checking my Gunblade I walked down the stairs and toward Qusitis.

"Curaga"

I felt drained, the power was there but for some reason after a fight, it seemed to retreat into my body for a short time.

'Hmm I could do one more' I thought as I looked around for my next sitting duck.

"TREPE"

'Oh Hyne, I asked for a duck and I got a snake.' Why now, I need to fight.

"Almasy, what do you want now," I answered coldly.

"You," he replied, his smirk firmly in place.

"Excuse me"

"You, I want to fight you, they say your good now. I know you can't take me but I want to see all the same"

'Seifer asking for a fight, hmm I must be looking like Squall these days or something'

"I'm not fighting you seifer" I said as I turned my head to look behind me, I didn't need any surprises.

I looked back expecting to see him but he was gone, suddenly I felt the cold metal of Hyperion on my neck.

"Don't play dumb Quis. I know your begging for a fight I can see it in your eyes," his breath was hot on my cheek, god this man didn't know when to stop.

Moving my arms into the right spots I prepared to throw him, shifting my weight I heaved him over my back and onto the hard floor.

"You want a fight you got one" my power was gaining control fast, I was going to lose it, and soon.

Seifer jumped up fast and I prepared my magic. Seifer never kept any spells on him.

"Icesha" I breathed

"Shielde"

'A block, very nice' I moved back around him

"Always the ice first hmm instructor," he called out.

He was about to cast. His palm began to glow.

"You never were one for FIRE"

"FIRA"

He yelled as the fire shot out of his hand.

I raised my hand, a black shield spend from my palm and all around me. The fire deflected harmlessly off it. My control was gone and my magic was flowing through me now.

"Well I never had the PASSION for life that you did, ice suits me," I reached for my whip, twisting it around in my grip.

"It always came down to that did it, it was always passion, you never had enough of it"

He said as him sprang forward Hyperion in hand.

I twisted away, and flipped over him, this was getting too personal.

"I always had enough, you just didn't think so, but I guess Rinoa did, didn't she?" I yelled back as I snapped my whip at his hand causing him to move out of my range.

His eyes hardened at my words and he rushed forward. I cracked the whip but he caught it in his gloved hand. Bounding forward, he hit me like a ton of bricks. We both crashed to the cold floor.

He leaned in and kissed me hard. Working his warm lips over my cold ones, god I couldn't do this. I can't go back, I don't trust him anymore. This has to stop.

All these thoughts rushed through my head and right out.

I missed this. I needed him. I needed his touch it was the only thing that that cured me of everything. It was always how it was.

His lips left mine and I felt a sense of loss, for once in months I felt fire but why did seifer have to be the one?

"Don't you dare bring her into this. It was always you, and you know it. I never loved anyone but you," I felt cold again. I pushed him up and onto his back. Standing up I looked down at him.

"Then why did you sleep with her?" I asked as my emotions leveled out.

"QUISTIS TREPE AND SEIFER ALMASY PLEASE REPORT TO THE COMMANDER'S OFFICE."

Squall's voice broke my trance and I walked out of the training center, never looking back.

This work never went away or so I had figured out over the time I had become commander. The knock at the door made me look up.

"Come in," I called out.

Quistis entered and sat down in one of the plush chairs in front of my desk. She looked down at her hands.

"Quistis" I said as softly as I could. She looked up at me with hard eyes, still no change.

"Squall" she answered harshly.

"Did you see seifer when you walking up here?" I asked carefully, I was trending on dangerous ground I could tell.

"If I did wouldn't he be here already," she smiled fake as she spoke.

It was almost painful watching her sit there.

'What has happened to you.'

The door opened loudly as Seifer entered. Quistis ignored it and continued to study her hands.

"What is it Squall," god did this man ever show any kind of tact.

"I'll be getting to that in a second if you will give me a chance," moving out of my chair and to the file cabinet to my left, I pulled out two copies of their assignment. Placing both on the desk, I motioned them to each grab a copy.

Quistis moved gracefully out of her chair and snatched her copy, careful not to touch Seifer in any way. She sat back down and began to read. Seifer scanned the first page and flashed me an odd look.

"You mean to tell me your sending us to chase two ghosts," he seemed like he was going to laugh.

"Not ghosts moron, zombies," Quistis added.

"Neither actually, these girls have seemed to be dead but now are alive. They seem to carry an extreme power. Over the last few weeks they have been seen over 20 times. Every time they have been seen they are emitting a black aura. They also have committed several crimes." I explained as they read on.

"Well then I guess we will be finding out. What time do we leave tomorrow?" Quistis asked as she finished.

"Anytime you wish, ill have a transport ready to take you," I answered

"Good, ill be ready at 6 am tomorrow, Seifer ill meet you outside the front gate at 6. If that is all im going to my dorm," Quistis remarked as she moved from her chair. With a clean salute, she left the room.

Seifer turned to watch her go.

"Well you seem to be getting through to her," I added jokingly

"You want to try PB," he whipped around to face me. Fire shown in his eyes.

"Because its not as easy as it looks," he sneered.

"I don't get what it is between you two"

"Not many people do, its not a fun story but maybe when your older ill tell it to you" he smirked and waved as he walked out the door.

'Hmm Rinoa and Him once dated, I think ill ask her.' I thought as I gathered my things and turned out the lights for the night.

'Why the hell is this bugging me, I am turning into rinoa'

It was going to be a long next few weeks with Seifer and Quistis together on a mission.

"RINOA! Are you here?" the dorm we shared was dark and at first there was no answer.

"You don't have to yell, I keep telling you to use our link. Even if I wasn't here I would hear you anyway," She said as she walked into the living room.

"How was your day?" she asked as she gave me a light kiss. I held her tighter to me and kissed her. While I have grown to like those small kisses, they don't make me feel the way our real ones do. I never thought I would end up here, for once since... well I don't remember, im happy.

"Hmm what was that for," she asked when she had leaned out of our kiss.

"Because I wanted to," I replied as I let her go to walk back into our bedroom.

Walking into our small bathroom I looked into the mirror, behind me rinoa had stacked books on our bed. She was still studying for her seed exam. I had to laugh at the irony of it. The commander's wife was still a student, it almost seemed wrong. Smiling slightly I turned to talk to her. I still had the matter of seifer to get to.

"Rin, I need to ask you a question," I stated as I went to sit next her on the bed. She smiled letting me know I should continue.

"I need to know about Seifer, When you dated what was the relationship between him and Quistis?" Rinoa dropped the book and looked at me. She sighed.

"Honestly I still don't know, I never met Quistis before we all met on "The Mission". Seifer and me actually dated twice, once when we were young and then that summer before I met all of you. Im assuming the first time we dated they were just friends and then after we broke up, he was with her. I don't know what happen that last summer. I think the only people who really know the truth are Quistis and Seifer," she looked out the small window as she spoke.

She smiled at me and softly held my hand.

"Whatever it was between me and seifer wasn't real and things like that don't last. He never loved me no matter what he said. I could see it in his eyes."

"Don't worry so much for Quistis, I know whatever it is will either pass or Seifer will help her through it, he always cared, that much was obvious," she leaned in and kissed me.

"Now stop bugging me so I can pass this exam," she wrinkled her nose and went back to studying.

The morning rose over garden as I walking out to the front gate. I looked behind me watching the sidewalk; she would be here soon. I looked at my watch, im only a few minutes early. Leaning on the gatepost, I shielded my eyes.

A shadow developed on the ground and looking up I could see Quistis walking my way. The sun behind her, she looked like some sort of hell god. All black outfit, hair down, she must have just let it air dry because her hair was curly. She walked with this air of confidence that made you wonder how anyone could think her insecure. Her face was cold as always but her eyes shined blue even when her emotions refused to show.

People called me the Devil, with my arrogance and smirk that could kill the weak. If I was the Devil then this woman was my wife. Quistis held a cold stare as she walked towards me.

"Stop looking at me as if I was tonight's T-bone special and hurry up," she remarked as she walked past me.

"May I remind you, I was here early, YOU happen to be the one who was late," I noted as I looked at my watch.

"Whatever" she said under her breath. I opened the passenger side door for her.

"Your seat princess," I said as I bowed deep.

"You're an idiot Seifer," she said as she sat down. God the Harshness poured out of her, this woman hated me.

'It's gonna be one hell of a mission'

'Well you asked for it' I added mentally