Shared
Feelings
Written by Terra Trepe
Chapter 14: Untold
The mighty red coloured Galbadia Garden was still landed down to the solemn ground, but this time there were people all around the Garden's interior field that was now declared as the battlefield between the Balamb and Galbadian forces.
Masses of SeeDs and Galbadian soldiers fighting from their lives, the swords swinging and gun bullets flying through the air when the battles were on their peaks. Many of the brave fighters were also using magic, mainly fireballs flying through the air and knocking their targets down with massive blows of blazes.
When Quistis looked down to this sight from her seat with her pained blue eyes, she thought the battlefield looked anything but glorious, these people fighting and killing each other, sacrificing the bloods and lives of many common people into the empty cause of someone who called herself a sorceress.
The aircraft where Quistis right now was, started to approach this hurting sight that she hated to see, and deep inside her she readied herself to face the horrible fact that this was just the beginning for even more dreadful mistake that was abound to happen in the worldwide war they were facing.
The medal silver coloured aircraft landed down near outside to the main gate of the Garden, which now looked more like a fighting stadium, and the SeeDs started to get out of the hovering craft, their minds clearly being filled with fright and fierce as they ran hastily through the gate, ready to help their comrades with their incomplete battles.
Her heart soaring with silent pain, Quistis jumped carefully down from the craft that hovered lightly off from the greenery field below her, and she quickly started to make her way after the other SeeDs that had already disappeared away from her sight.
The craft started immediately to lift off back to the Balamb Garden and its fast spinning propellers created invincible twirls in the air above her, tangling with her hair that she tried to keep down with her hands. The pressure of these twirls pushed her against the ground as she tried to make her way away from the craft, flickering her eyes when trying to clear her sight from the hurting bits of the sandy ground that the wind threw toward her azure eyes.
Finally getting away from the pressing wind, she sighed silently to herself as she approached this big main gate that was fully opened, letting her eyes watch the fighting scenes of many people, which went on as far as her absorbing eyes could see, the most faraway ones being blurry figures.
Getting her legs working with her again, she went through the main gate with hasty steps, still readying herself for the harsh action going on the battlefield she had just entered.
Quistis unsheathed her Save the Queen away from her waist, as she entered into her first battle, remembering the basics of this weapon that she had once mastered to use with all of its neat tricks. She really didn't remember when she had fought last time and now she silently cursed herself from not taking the time and exercise the skill, which now was really important to have.
She looked down to the crystallized surface of this very flexible whip that was made from Marlboro's yellow coloured tentacles, and she slid her hands against its shining surface as she silently hoped to find the old fighting skill from the depths of her soul.
Finally swinging the flexing whip through the air, she used her wrist when blowing this lethal weapon around one of the Galbadian soldier throat. The soldier choking slightly with shocked expressions as he tried to remove the whip away from around his throat, Quistis pulled him down against the hard ground, making sure that he stayed there, and then brought the whip back into her grasp with a neat movement of her hand, the whip snapping through the air sharply.
Feeling the old fighting skill of her coming back to her, she felt a little more secure now and she started carefully to make her way through the massive battles, trying to find a familiar face among the huge crowd.
Toying with the sharp end of her whip with somehow nervous expressions, she desperately inspected the people around her through with her blue eyes, unconsciously searching the tall blond man wearing his usual greyish trench coat and swinging his Hyperion gunblade through the air. Forcing her way through many unfinished battles, she felt the fear creeping down her spine slowly, when realising that it was impossible to find Seifer from here.
There were too many people here, and that if Seifer actually were somewhere among them was a question she couldn't answer.
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The battles starting to get even more and more lethal, Seifer looked around the battlefield. The people were starting to get tired, many lives of these fighters being taken from them, their bodies laying on the ground, telling the horrible fact that this was all unnecessary bloodshed. Dodging the attacks of many Galbadian soldiers, Seifer tried his best not to take anyone's life.
He had enough of this already. This all was useless.
There were no winners here at the battlefield, only death people and some livings who are waiting their death in the battles. This was a massacre and he knew it perfectly.
Someone has to put this to an end and quickly.
Swinging his gunblade against the upcoming attackers, he forced his way through the masses of these many people, who still continued their fights, not caring about the lost lives around them.
There was a backdoor somewhere here that led into the Garden, he remembered this vaguely. If he would just find the door, he could go inside the Garden and see how the things were there.
Suddenly this one shouting voice was heard behind him over the continuing racket of battles. Stopping in his steps right there, he turned around quickly, being sure that someone had just shouted his name.
His eyes stopped to the golden haired woman, wearing her usual pale orange skirt and tank-top combination, he exhaled a deep shocked breath, when realising who this woman, whom had her back toward him, was.
Starting to make his way toward her, he looked her back with his green emerald eyes, not really knowing how to react to her sudden appearance. He felt angry, but still couldn't deny the feeling of his heart leaping whenever he landed his eyes on her.
Other figure running behind her caught Seifer's eyes for a moment. Recognising the figure being a Galbadian soldier who was just about to attack the unguarded Quistis, Seifer felt his blood stopping in his veins, when he saw the man raising his sword dangerously up as to attack her.
Shouting with a voice filled with many strong feelings- fear, anguish and care- he speeded his steps and started to run toward her as he readied his gunblade in his hands. She didn't hear him, but she had seen the oncoming attack and tried to defend herself from it, but only finding herself stumbled down to the hard ground.
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Her steps getting more and more hasty, she felt her throat tightening and her heart beating fastening, when she suddenly stopped in her steps. Quistis eyes locked at the greenery ground below her, watching that one hurt young SeeD laying on the ground, his body unmoving like a corpse.
Her face drained from all the blood when it struck her. This man was death, the dried red blood on the green grass telling her that he had been death for a long time already. Shock taking over her, she forgot all the tiredness that pained the every part of her body from the unstopping fights she had gone through here.
Slowly turning around, everything around her faded. The noises of the struggling with the harsh battles silence to her deaf ears, when she solemnly looked the battlefield around her, just now noticing the horrible sight of many unmoving people on the ground, their bloods covering them, their open eyes still reflecting the anguish and fear they had felt in their last moments.
Gasping for air she suddenly felt fainted. She couldn't believe this happening. So many people dying and suffering Because of what?
Seifer Where are you?
Tears welling her blue eyes, the fear that Seifer was death, laying somewhere on the ground like all these other death bodies of pained people, was even stronger than before, eating her already anguished mind and heart.
Shouting with a soft cry, she started to lose the control of herself, all the strong emotions forcing their way up to the surface, overwhelming her mind.
She was so frustrated that she hadn't taken the time to cover her own back, and she had totally forgot the danger that was everywhere to be seen around her.
One man wearing his blue Galbadian soldier's uniform, ran behind her with a low shout. Just and just turning around, she could see the approaching soldier, his eyes gleaming with dangerous gleam when he raised his own sword up to the air, ready to struck her with its sharp and lethal blade.
Waking from the horrified state, she tried to cover herself from the surprise attack as she flinched away from the blade's way. Just and just getting away from the cutting blade's way, the sword only knocked her with its slant side against her waist. The mild force of the hit struck her painfully and she lost her balance, stumbling with her legs and falling down to the hard ground onto her stomach.
The pain going through her body from this fall, she gritted her teeth as she winched in pain, stretching her arm to her side as searching her whip that she had dropped on to the ground just a moment ago.
Her hand tapping the ground beside her, her eyes widened in confusion when she didn't find it. Not seeing the whip anywhere around her, she was out of options what to do.
Quistis crooked her neck to look behind her, as she tried to get up, but the soldier had already taken his next move. Taking speed to his finishing blow, he raised his blade up to the air above him, starting to swing the sword down to her.
Shocked expressions leering on her face now, she opened her mouth for a silent gasp, knowing that she wasn't going to get out of this alive, now just waiting the deathful blow.
You bastard A white blowing slash appeared suddenly against the Galbadian soldier, as the familiar voice shouted these forceful words. The gunblade mashing to his back, the Galbadian soldier dropped to the ground with a groan of pain, his sword dropping down to the ground with his unmoving hand.
Still not really understanding the change of events, Quistis raised her terrified gaze up to her saviour.
That tall blond man, looking down to the unmoving body of the soldier he had just taken down, had his green eyes filled with deep raging emotions he was going through.
Sighing with unanswered feelings, she took this time to appreciate his so wonderful feature filled with many breathtaking aspects that she felt drawn to.
The sun behind him followed his features with its glowing dim light shining upon him and caressed him with soft highlights following his figure. His spun golden hair shone different shades of yellow, white and gold under this light, the sunshines nestled within the flow of his hair, playing with its golden rich colour and lacing through his thick hair.
The long trench coat flowed about his features, when the wind tossed the end of this grey jacket against his legs with slow and gentle strokes, the wind also tousling through his spun hair.
Dragging his eyes away from the Galbadian soldier on the ground, his eyes finally met hers.
His emerald eyes finding themselves trapped to the depths of her wonderful azure eyes, she lost the track of her breath.
Seifer's face now becoming angrier, he offered his glowed hand down toward her, avoiding eye contact once again. Carefully, she reached to his hand and took it gently, Seifer pulling her up to her feet with a strong pull.
She wasn't sure how to react toward him. All her mind and body craved his touch and she just wanted to embrace him and never let go, but the fiery look, which had replaced all the softness he only moment ago had on his face, made her feel little unsure what to do next.
What the Hell are you doing here His eyebrows furrowed and his thin mouth expressing the angriness he felt from all this, he asked this strongly, his gaze piercing into hers with twinkle of frustration.
Slowly flickering her eyes in mild shock, she woke up from her admiring trance, now looking this tall man in front of her.
Trying to find her words after this silent moment, she was interrupted by an unexpected explosion.
A sudden horrible blast landed to the ground only few metres away from them, the fireball blowing the hard bits of the ground around the field near it.
Covering her head and eyes from the bits of dirt that flew toward them from this blow, she kneeled lightly down. Seifer also covered his head and turned his sight away from the blast, his other hand gripping gently from her arm, pulling her closer to himself as to cover her.
When the blast had stopped, Quistis looked the ground few metres away from them. A circular hole had appeared to the greenery ground and a hazy cloud of smoke started slowly to drift away from it to the air.
Seifer also turned to see the leftovers of the sudden explosion, and then he looked up to the air, seeing a bombard aircraft flying through the air over the Garden.
Hell! They are bombing us!
Turning her gaze up to the sky too, she realised what Seifer meant.
Two more bombard planes appeared to the sky too, readying their missiles for an attack.
Come on Quickly Tightening his grip from her arm, he first dragged her behind himself, before her legs started to work again, and she let him lead her through the hasty masses of people. Every people was now running all around, shock overcoming them all, as more bombs started to drop to the ground, blowing everything up that came to their way.
No other words were spoken between her and him, as they ran as fast as they could toward the backdoor of the Galbadia Garden.
They could already see that silver door, only more few metres and they were safely inside the Garden.
Glancing toward Quistis slightly behind him, he could see she wasn't feeling very good. Her golden hair was slightly messed up and her face had little scars on her cheek. Her eyes were partly closed, her blue irises covered under those two perfect pale eyelids. Even when this surely wasn't one of the most glorying moments to her, he recognised the beauty from that exhausted face of hers.
She would always be beautiful, he was sure about it.
Just then his flow of thoughts were interrupted with the sound of something above them and his gaze caught up with the flying plane above them.
Gasping with shock, he realised that this plane was targeting its missile right toward them.
He pulled the surprised Quistis with him toward the wall closest to them, and pushed her against it, his body covering hers tightly.
The massive blow behind them, now more closer than before, threw hard bits of the ground toward them with amazing power.
Quistis' back pressed against the cold metal wall and Seifer's body squeezing against hers as her head was buried to his neck and her eyes tightly shut down, they waited for the danger to be over.
The massive blow behind them had ended now, and they started to retreat away from each other, but only finding themselves unable to brake this closeness they were sharing.
She moved softly under him, accidentally brushing her own body closer against his. When their eyes locked with each other, they totally forgot the havoc around them, now just taking in this wonderful feeling soaring in their hearts.
Waiting for his move, her fully lips were slanted open, those burning blaze of rubies pleading to feel his lips on hers.
He couldn't bring himself to fulfil that silent plead, as he knew that it would be a mistake to do so. Seifer was unsure about his feelings and feared that they would just leave deep scars into his beating heart, as Quistis was something he could never get.
Trying to take the control of himself, he pushed away the thought of kissing her, and he rip his eyes off from her as started to lead her toward the silver door that was now only few steps away from them.
We have to get out of here
Disappointed when he had taken the reasonable choice of getting away from here instead of kissing her, she decided to put her own feelings aside for a moment, even when these emotions were still stirring up inside her lonesome heart.
Finally getting to the backdoor, Seifer opened it up and went through it inside to the big halls of this Garden, Quistis following just behind him. The halls were all empty, no one other than these two on the silent corridor.
The bomb attacks were still heard coming from outside, the noises of cold war being heard through the walls, echoing in the empty and very roomy corridors.
Taking up this time of peace and save, they stopped to take a breath. Sitting down to the floor, Quistis folded her legs and leaned against the wall, sighing with tired expressions: What was that
Not knowing if she referred to the sudden bomb attacks or to the moment of heat they had between themselves, he decided to put his bets to the first choice.
It must have been Galbadian forces that are bombing out there Gods They would even kill own forces like that Stopping with his nervous steps, he stood to the middle of the corridor, right across from her.
The Sorceress is behind this all Leaning her head against the wall, she tried to wipe the image of Seifer kissing her, by desperately trying to focus on other subject.
Glancing toward to the closed door where from they had just moment ago come through, she felt like everything was going wrong. I hope Squall and the others are alright Rubbing her temples with her hand, her voice had all the signs of concern.
This time letting his eyes turn toward her sitting form on the floor, he caught her eyes with his again.
He looked wondering first, but then his face overcame with suddenly despising face as he shook his head with a loud snort: I should have knew it
Silent for awhile, he looked away from her to his other side, still shaking his head softly as his widened eyes targeted along the corridor ahead them.
She didn't understand his sudden behaviour, and she started to feel very uneasy, as she felt like he was drifting away from her.
Not saying anything more, he turned and walked hastily along this long corridor, leaving her behind him.
! Wait Quickly rising up, she looked after his fading back, wondering what had alarmed this guard he had shone upon himself again.
He heard her clearly, but still didn't stop.
Biting her lips with newfound determination, she started to run after him quickly, before she would once again lose everything.
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Author's note: Although I'm not very satisfied with the text on the ending of this chapter, I liked writing this chapter very much, and I actually started to feel even more and more excited about this story Yes, finally Quistis and Seifer met each other once again, and again the next chapter is going to be so much fun for me to write cause of the Queiferness
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