Disclaimer: I wish I own them, but no, FF8 and all its characters belong to Squaresoft. But I do own this story! ^__^
Chapter 2: I Miss You, Daddy!
Two weeks later, at the main gate of Balamb Garden, three familiar figures were seen walking up the steps to the main building heaving heavy luggage.
"Yeah! Made it finally!" cheered Laguna with fists waving in the air enthusiastically.
"We should have made it a week earlier! That's it, you're not holding anymore maps from now on. Should have done so from the start," grumbled Kiros while Ward nodded in agreement.
Scratching his head in an apologetic way, Laguna said, "Look, the point is we're finally here, so let's go see my son right away!"
Recognizing the three of them as national heroes, the guard at the entrance gave them no problem entering the Garden. As they entered the main building, Selphie, carrying a camcorder, saw them from afar.
"Sir Laguna?! And Kiros and Ward?! Hi!!!" exclaimed Selphie as she galloped towards them.
With the same amount of excitement, Laguna pointed at Selphie, "Hey!! I remember you!! You're Squall's comrade…"
A moment of awkward followed as Laguna continued his pointing at Selphie while trying desperately to dig up his memory bank for the cheerful girl's name.
"Uh…cough Selphie cough," 'hinted' the girl.
"Ah! Yes! Selphie!! Can't forget such a beautiful name now, can we?" Laguna answered, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Uh, anyways, you wanna see Squall, right? I can take you to him, I got permission to enter his office."
"Great!"
"Sorry to interrupt," said Kiros, "but may I ask why you're holding a camcorder?"
"Oh, this?" asked Selphie as she held up the camcorder, "I'm going to record Zell eating twenty hotdogs."
The trio looked at her with eyes as wide as saucers. "Oookayyy…" was all Kiros could say.
They followed Selphie into the elevator and stepped off at the third floor, where Cid's office stood. Cid was still the headmaster of Balamb Garden, but had temporarily left the duty to Commander Squall for a year and was enjoying tender moments with Edea at the rebuilt orphanage. With the battle over, Squall thought it would be best to return to the spot where Balamb Garden once stood, in Alcauld Plains.
Outside of the door, Selphie and Laguna prepared themselves for the 'attack'.
Laguna whispered to Selphie, "Ready? On three…THREE!!"
Squall was signing a document when suddenly the door burst open with Laguna and Selphie yelling "SURPRISE!!", causing his pen to run across the paper.
Restraining himself from reaching for his Lion Heart and stabbing the two idiots, he looked up slowly and with just a little bit surprise, saw Laguna, Selphie, Kiros and Ward standing in front of his desk. Laguna and Selphie were beaming while Kiros and Ward were shaking their heads.
"Nice to see you guys again, what brings you here?" asked Squall, trying his best to not break his cool texture.
"Normally I would say Ragnarok, but it was the chococos!" answered Laguna innocently.
"He meant the chocobos," explained Kiros.
A vein popped in Squall's forehead. "Interesting, but I was asking of your business here."
"What? Can't a father come visit his son anytime?" Laguna asked with puppy eyes.
"…Whatever."
"Really? You missed me? I missed you too! Oh, come on, give me a hug!" said Laguna and proceeded to giving Squall a bear hug from across the desk.
"Oh, what a memorable moment, must tape it down!!" exclaimed Selphie, trying to catch the scene with her camcorder from every angle possible, and in the process bugging Squall ever so much.
"Oh, I brought gifts too!" said Laguna suddenly. He let go of Squall and started rummaging through their luggage. A few minutes later, Laguna found the gifts and dumped them on Squall's desk.
"See? A Vysage! Complete with Lefty and Righty. We cast 'Break' on them. These will make excellent paperweights!"
Must…restrain…self…from…going on…killing spree, thought Squall in his head.
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Author's note: I'm curious, is there anyone out there that thinks Selphie might be Laguna's long lost daughter? I mean, they act the same…