Chapter 5


And lets hope that fanfiction.net is up to post it before I go nuts. Special thanks to my cat who likes to delete paragraphs and makes me rewright them. Without her this chapter wouldn't be this good. Heee hee I love my cat. PS it might be fudged up my spell check jumped ahead faster than me.


I do not own FF VIII. Okay? okay.




The days count down to Irvines and Selphie's wedding. Rin made herself busy by being the taste tester for caterers, and shredding unwanted information. Irvine occasionally called on her to take over unwanted calls, and messenger's. Rin took her next step in life... Learning that your tongue can make noises that people respect.


For example, today early in the morning Irvine is arguing with a person on the phone. His face was bright red when Squall walks in with Rin. Irvine smirks and leans back into his chair calmly.


"My advisers, here you should talk to her." Irvine interrupts.


Irvine hands out the phone to Rin. Rin puts down her toy weapon and takes it and listens to the person's pitch. Then she takes a deep breath raspberry's the phone and bangs it three times on the floor before handing back to Irvine.


"I should charge you for your 'advisers' work." Squall says sitting down.


"Would Rin like to be payed?" Irvine asks Rin.


Rin looks at her daddy then at Irvine and shrugs.


"Would Rin like a hotdog?" Irvine asks a different question.


Erin glares at Irvine.


"Fine, would Rin like a hotdog with horseradish sauce?"


Rin claps her hands and licks her lips. Squall cracks a smile but then hides it with a deep sigh.


"You guys are going to get her so fat if you don't quit."


"She's not going to get fat. She's a growing girl. And you don't want her to be short do you?" Irvine looks at Squall sincerely.


"Anyway, I want to know if you can watch her today. She's no longer staying in one place so they won't let me take her."


"Sure, I'll take her. I'm shocked you asked me and not Quintis." Irvine blurts out.


"Don't remind me." Squall growls.



Irvine laughs, "I'll take good care of her Squall. I promise."


Rin grabs her toy weapon and runs around the room with it. Dodging swings at his legs Squall puts down Rin's stuff. Squall turns to say one last thing, but gets thwacked in the leg. Squall suppresses the pain and limps out the door. Erin smiles and continues her path around the room.


"Rin that's mean. Don't hit you daddy like that." Irvine scolds right before Rin's disk hits him in the face. "I seriously want to know who gave you that toy."


Rin looks at Irvine innocently.


The day goes on to slow for Irvine so he decides to take her for a walk around the Garden. Rin runs ahead only a couple feet swinging her weapon at all that get in her way. Which quickly turn to very few. No one wanted to mess with a one year old with a weapon. Granted it was just a kids toy. Thinking Rin stops and faces Irvine.


'Hotdog.' Rin signs.


Irvine blinks and stares, he didn't know sign language. He figured Rin was still to young to sign. Quickly Irvine grabs the arm of a female student. Thus getting slapped in process.


"I was wondering if you knew sign language." Irvine heavily.


"No."


She pulls her arm free. Irvine scratches his head, this was way to confusing.


"Does anyone know sign language?!" Irvine calls out.


A man approaches Irvine. "I know a little."


"Well maybe you can help me. Rin repeat what you said."


'Hotdog." Rin signs again growing unhappy.


"OH, that's easy, she want a hotdog." The man answers.


"Hotdog, jezz... Thank you."


The man nods and walks away. Irvine looks at Rin. First word daddy, second word hotdog. Maybe, just maybe Squall was right.


Irivne opens his mouth to speak to Rin, but the windows above them shatter. Glass rains down from up above. Rin runs towards IRvine but a giant wall of glass digs into the floor and separates them. Rin looks at Irvine who pounds on the glass futilely.


A solider of some sort grabs Rin. Rin bites her lip and swings her weapon with all her might. The solider lets do of her arm and grabs his knee. Blood ran down it. Either Rin was smart for her age or it was luck. Rin looks over the situation and risks a small space between the glass and the wall. Irvine helps her through making sure to grab her weapon.


Irvine notices the several soldiers point their guns at the glass and ultimately them. Irvine hugs Rin and ducks. The glass explodes with the impact of bullets. Irvine tenses his body for the bullets that should come. Nothing comes. Startled he looks up and sees a bright light, with what seemed like wings.


"Rin Rai you have a guardian angel." Irvine mutters.


Irvine grabs Rin and runs down the hall. Students and seeD's scatter in the chaos. He needed to find the others and he needed to put Rin some where safe. That soon became impossible. Irvine was forced to put Rin in a planter and fight. Rin hid in the plant and refused to move.


Irvine takes three shots and brings down the gaurds. He pushes apart the plants to get Rin, but a bullet finds his way into his back. Irvine slides to the floor and turns around. His eyes fog over and with the rest of his energy he fires a shot.


Rin remains frozen in the plant. She covers her ears, and tries to ignore the world out side. Her dad will be here soon she knew it. He was always there for her.


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Hee hee, you know FF 8 will never be at peace and no one lives happily ever after. But don't worry I will not hurt Rin but I can't promise the feisty one year old won't cause pain.