Author's note: Heh Sorry another short chapter

Shared Feelings
Written by Terra Trepe

Chapter 24: Within

The dark pool of blood on the floor few metres away from him, catch his gaze on to the dark crimson depths of the sticky liquid running slowly against the flat floorboards.

The sight of the woman resting on the floor lifelessly, that very same blood trickling from her deathful gush on to the floor when she had been nearing the end of her difficult path, came back in front of his eyes.

Rinoa's eyes were closed, some hot tears running down her cheeks when she was twisting in pain, refusing to open her eyes. Her black hair was tangled, some of her own blood staining her once so silky hair, her face forming a look of repentance when she felt her battle nearing its end.

The painful sight of the dark haired woman disappeared away slowly, now just the pool of her blood left to remind him from that moment.

Seifer moved his gaze back down to the floor in front of him, his gaze landing down to the brown boots on the feet of the possessed blond woman before his kneeled form.

Be my knight, Seifer

The voice echoed through his mind slowly, repeating the plead he had once pledged to fulfil. He felt lost He felt hopeless No answers came to his enquiring mind, only more questions shadowed with darkness of despair.

He closed his eyes shut tightly, few wrinkles appearing to the outer corners of his eyes, his inner turmoil visible on his pressured expressions. Memories flew past his mind quickly, sending tremors down his spine with itching desperation that ate his thoughts.

Once again he was on one of the crossroads of his extremely difficult life, but this time he didn't know what to do This decision was hard to take, but no any other ideas came to his suddenly empty mind right now This was the only way to buy some more time, even when he wasn't sure how he would use that

She has the power greater than anyone else's She is the true form of ultimate power

The words rang on his mind, those whispers coming from some faraway place, from a spirit that hadn't used its voice for a long time

He lowered his blond head closer down to his knee, when he felt something surging on his chest. The two strands of his short front hair slid down against the sides of his anguished face and the light shadows, cast from the lingering figure before him, spread more widely along him, this time darkening on the masculine features of his mighty face.

Even Ultimecia scares Quistis' powers

And with that realisation he lifted his head up, his eyes immediately opening up. He stared the floor for a second longer, giving it some time for this to sink on him.

Slowly he retrained his gaze to his Hyperion laying on the ground next to his kneeled form on the floor. The dulled gunblade had blood sliding down the shining blade and it was reflecting some of the dim lights, which were coming from the broken roof above him, up to his eyes.

Seifer slowly took the gunblade carefully up to his hands. He first slid his other hand against the blooded blade, the dark blood getting wiped up to the leather surface of his black gloves, before he lifted the strangely heavy Hyperion up to his grasp as he placed his eyes to the stained blade.

He shifted the gunblade on to his both hands so it was now laying on his palms and he lifted the blade slowly up to her view. Quistis moved her hands from around herself and placed them down against her sides, her eyes carefully watching his every move. He glanced her face with low look on his tired face, when a weak smirk appeared to the corner of his mouth. He shifted the blade resting on his palms above his head, shoving her that he wasn't going to use that sword.

He closed his eyes, his expressions filled up with the old look of his gallant dreams that Ultimecia had once broke up. She looked down to him, her gaze having nothing but contempt held toward him, when Seifer finally whispered his promise that he had promised to held forever. I'll be your knight if that is what you desire

Her pale lips crawled up into a victorious smile, when those words reached to her ears, those words telling her that she had won. She closed her eyes up, and when she lifted her gaze from his kneeled form, Seifer moved his gaze up to her face that looked horrifyingly pleasant from the outcome. Her eyes closed up and her defence down, Seifer smirked up to her angrily as he stood up quickly. She opened her eyes when hearing the noise of his standing up from the dirty floor, but there was nothing she could do anymore.

He pressed his strict lips to hers, when he grasped from her arms with his hands. She tried to struggle, still surprised from the sudden act that had no sense at all. He continued kissing her, when Ultimecia finally used her powers to push him away. A wave flew from her palms against his stomach and he flew away from her and struck down to the floor few metres away.

He growled on the floor, feeling his back aching painfully. She looked down to him, this time hissing very angrily when her face showed the most devilish face she could ever have. Seifer wasn't going to get away from this that easily. You really think that would work! You impudent fool! You are no worth to become my knight! She lifted her hand up, almost like aiming down to him, ready to cast magic on him.

Seifer winched in pain when he tried to look up to her form that flamed up from new power. He totally forgot his own pain, when he saw Quistis' face having a new look of inner struggling. He took a breath in when he understood that she was still there, hanging on the edge off sanity and pain. You have the power to overcome her Fight against her the way I know you can!!!

She lowered her hand slightly down, when another wave of pain struck through her body.

Another look of struggle appeared up to her haunted face, when she lifted her hand up to her forehead. Seifer was still on the ground, knowing that Quistis was the only one who could make the end to this all.

Her body got covered up with pale blue light that showered her with magnificent power that hadn't ever again been released. Seifer looked her and tried to get up from the floor, but stopped from pure confusion and amazement, when he saw her feet starting to flew up from touching the floor.

Stop it

Ultimecia's voice came from somewhere else than from Quistis' mouth, that told Seifer she had a better control from her own body right now.

You don't know what you're doing

Quistis spread her hands up to the air when she started to flew up, another blaze of holy looking light appearing to her form. Seifer's mouth hanged open, when he just looked her, the sight being something that he had ever before seen or even imagined to be true. The beginning The end Her words echoed through the glowing spiral around her, and her face were shoving the hurtful expressions when suddenly the light finally surged away from her chest to the room around her. Her lungs let everything out on that split of a moment as she arched her back, suddenly screaming at loud.

Seifer covered his eyes with his arm, when the light coming from her chest, came out as a very strong and threatening wave toward him. Hearing her scream that ripped his ears with the high volume, he tried to have a look at her, but his gaze was welcomed with only a surging light that covered him up and transformed him away.

The white light faded away slowly from the very broken up room, only few twinkling blue spirits falling down to the floor silently. There was no sound coming from anywhere, just calm silence covering the place. No soul was out to be seen anymore. Not even a body laying on the ground. The room was empty again

Where were Seifer and Quistis?

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Author's note: This wasn't the last chapter, so don't start celebrating already Like this: Yahoo, it's finally over!!! God, I was afraid that she would keep writing more to this crappy story!!!

(Heh! Yeah I know I love sarcasm allright)