Disclaimer: I do not own FF8 in any way and all the characters from the
game are not mine.
AN: Once again, thanx to all who reviewed the last chapter.
Rhi-an yeah I asked one of my female friends about that kinda stuff and she said that some girls are just obsessed with guys who are good looking and popular and stuff so...go figure hehe
CTHKSI hahaha you'll see how the story develops lol I got plans
Ash thanks for the compliments, it's good to see new people reviewing my fic =)
SquallJechtLeonhart I called Caraway Irvine? I read the chapter over and I can't find it *shrug* oh well, you get the point =P
Hanh as always, much appreciated. Who's your giraffe?
bn431 like I said, good that more people are reviewing it means a lot to me.
Alright, now I can get started on the story. Sorry for the long update, but I'll make it up to you guys with this chapter =)
Chapter 7: New allies and new enemies Squall's POV
DING it was like a sharp bell going off in my ear. I shot up straight in my bed and my hand was already on the handle of Lionheart. Then the door of my room opened slowly and Irvine came running in wearing a towel.
"Ah geez, that was totally uncalled for early in the morning" I joked. I hadn't joked in a long time but I was pretty happy living with Irvine. He was a nice guy and turns out he was the best SeeD Balamb had. Naturally, Cid would get HIM to keep an eye on me.
"Shaddup, I gotta find my underwear. This is stupid, I can never find my laundry basket." this guy was kinda dumb sometimes too. No idea how he made it past all those SeeD courses without being able to find his own laundry.
"Aha! Found it!" he grabbed his basket and ran out of the room.
I decided it was time to wake up as well. I went to the washroom, did my usual 3 second combing, brushed my teeth, and changed into my brand new SeeD uniform which was just sent to me yesterday.
I went outside for my breakfast and just like every morning, Irvine wasn't ready yet. If I was day, he was night. He takes frickin' half an hour to comb his hair then he needs to take a shower and do all this other stuff to get him to look absolutely PERFECT in his opinion. Finally, after about an hour, Irvine was ready. He came out and grabbed his own piece of toast and started slowly munching it while reading the newspaper.
"This is crap, there's nothing even remotely exciting. Galbadia's been awfully quiet lately." he was right of course, since I left, Galbadia really didn't launch any raids.
"Yeah, and add to the fact that they don't have fifty metasites out for my blood. It's definitely strange."
"Oh well, who cares? Come on, let's get to class."
We picked up Selphie and Rinoa and headed to Balamb. It wasn't a long walk from the house to Balamb, but Irvine insists on giving us a ride. Neither of the girls talked very much.
My first class was always the most fun the whole day. Most people hated this class, but I loved it. It was the glorious class of HISTORY. Yeah you heard me right. History.
Why was it such a fun class? Well, for one thing, Rinoa sat right across from me and she was definitely something nice to look at. She was just a really pretty girl, with bright brown eyes, dark brown hair that ran down just below her shoulders, and the nicest smile I had ever seen.
Apparently, Selphie and Rinoa both think I'm "hot". I overheard them talking in gym. My metasite hearing could hear a pin being dropped from about fifty feet away if I wanted to. The girls just thought I couldn't hear them since I was on the other side of the gym. I kept my face carefully expressionless so they wouldn't suspect. Rinoa also kept looking at me secretively during dinner last night. She doesn't know that I could see her eyes move onto me as easily as reading a book of course.
I also heard this Jason guy ask Rinoa out. Well, that is none of my business and I don't really give a shit about other people's lives. But it still made me feel kinda weird in a way. No idea why though so don't ask.
The second reason I liked History is NOT because the instructor and Rinoa's friend Quistis, was hot. She just wasn't my type if you catch my drift. The reason I liked History was 'cause we were talking about metasites. Quistis would practically burst out laughing every time she asked me a question about metasites. Of course, she was told the truth about me since she was an instructor.
"Squall, please tell me what special properties metasite blood has." she was stifling a giggle as she was speaking.
"Uhhh...I don't know...sorry" I just said that sometimes so people wouldn't suspect me. It was my plan. I could see Jason from the other side of the room laughing at me.
"Well, perhaps Jason would have been listening to what I said just 2 seconds ago." Rinoa rolled her eyes at me and gave me that "don't you know anything?" look. I just shrugged. STUPID! WHY'D YOU DO THAT? WHAT THE HELL IS WRO- what? Why the hell am I acting like this? This is just stupid. I snapped back out of my trance and decided to listen to what Jason had to say.
"Metasite blood is the best healing agent known so far. It heals small wounds as well as large ones so quickly that you can literally see it at work." he said it with absolute perfection and made me look like a fool. He shot Rinoa a wink from his seat and quickly turned back to his binder.
"Very good Jason, now maybe Squall could take a lesson and tell us why metasite blood is never used except for by a metasite." Quistis started grinning again. Honestly, the girl was a terrible actor.
"It's never used anywhere because it CAN'T be used anywhere. As well as holding the record for fastest healing agent, metasite blood also has the fastest evaporation of any liquid. In fact, once it comes in contact with anything other than the chemicals inside a metasite, it starts evaporating. This is why it leaves the metasite armor more in the form of a gas than a liquid." everyone was staring at me open mouthed. I don't think anyone in that class had ever heard me say more words than that before. Even Quistis was shocked.
"Uhhh...that's...correct Squall." she gave me a look as if asking me if I was still sane. I didn't show any emotion.
When Quistis turned around, I slowly grinned at Rinoa but quickly changed back to my usual expressionless frown. Rinoa looked almost confused.
I suddenly came to realize that I was trying to outdo Jason. STUPID LEONHART! Definitely stupid. No idea why I was so desperate to show everyone that I was better than Jason. OK, not everyone, just Rinoa. But that's still dumb, all those years of training and I go and do something that almost blows my cover.
Anyways, the rest of the class went by fairly quickly and the other classes were so boring that I'm not even going to talk about details. However, something funny happened after school today.
Irvine doesn't pick us up after school since he's still at the office most of the time organizing raids or doing paperwork. It's amazing how he's only a few years older than us but he's already doing all the important stuff.
Well, while I was walking home by myself, my metasite picked up something. It alerted me of three humans following me. I can't tell who they are. Even metasites can't tell who people are just by feeling their auras. Normally three guys following me is nothing I need to worry about. However, my metasite also noted that they were moving like they didn't want me to see them and that one of them was carrying a club. You know, one of those police beat-stick things.
I walked a little further and headed for the mall since I wanted to get used to some of my surroundings and listen in on some conversations. Don't take it the wrong way, I'm not nosy or anything. It's just sometimes you pick up stuff that's good to know in the future.
I got to the mall and went to the open park beside it. I needed some fresh air. Those three guys were still following me but if they didn't make a move, I don't give a damn. It was a nice park, lot's of trees and flowers. Most people didn't go to the park though since the mall was almost right beside it. Today, it was practically empty, which I found strange since most of the time there are at least two or three kids here.
I noticed that the three guys were walking up to me now. I just stood there and let them come. Then, one of them tapped my shoulder. I turned around and it was exactly who I thought it would be.
AN: Ouch, sorry guys you knew there was gonna be a cliffhanger sooner or later right? =P Anyways, this chapter was long, but a lot of it was conversation. I bet most of you can guess who the guy who tapped Squall on the shoulder is anyways so I doubt it'll surprise anyone in the next chapter hahaha. Alright, please R&R! Thanks.
AN: Once again, thanx to all who reviewed the last chapter.
Rhi-an yeah I asked one of my female friends about that kinda stuff and she said that some girls are just obsessed with guys who are good looking and popular and stuff so...go figure hehe
CTHKSI hahaha you'll see how the story develops lol I got plans
Ash thanks for the compliments, it's good to see new people reviewing my fic =)
SquallJechtLeonhart I called Caraway Irvine? I read the chapter over and I can't find it *shrug* oh well, you get the point =P
Hanh as always, much appreciated. Who's your giraffe?
bn431 like I said, good that more people are reviewing it means a lot to me.
Alright, now I can get started on the story. Sorry for the long update, but I'll make it up to you guys with this chapter =)
Chapter 7: New allies and new enemies Squall's POV
DING it was like a sharp bell going off in my ear. I shot up straight in my bed and my hand was already on the handle of Lionheart. Then the door of my room opened slowly and Irvine came running in wearing a towel.
"Ah geez, that was totally uncalled for early in the morning" I joked. I hadn't joked in a long time but I was pretty happy living with Irvine. He was a nice guy and turns out he was the best SeeD Balamb had. Naturally, Cid would get HIM to keep an eye on me.
"Shaddup, I gotta find my underwear. This is stupid, I can never find my laundry basket." this guy was kinda dumb sometimes too. No idea how he made it past all those SeeD courses without being able to find his own laundry.
"Aha! Found it!" he grabbed his basket and ran out of the room.
I decided it was time to wake up as well. I went to the washroom, did my usual 3 second combing, brushed my teeth, and changed into my brand new SeeD uniform which was just sent to me yesterday.
I went outside for my breakfast and just like every morning, Irvine wasn't ready yet. If I was day, he was night. He takes frickin' half an hour to comb his hair then he needs to take a shower and do all this other stuff to get him to look absolutely PERFECT in his opinion. Finally, after about an hour, Irvine was ready. He came out and grabbed his own piece of toast and started slowly munching it while reading the newspaper.
"This is crap, there's nothing even remotely exciting. Galbadia's been awfully quiet lately." he was right of course, since I left, Galbadia really didn't launch any raids.
"Yeah, and add to the fact that they don't have fifty metasites out for my blood. It's definitely strange."
"Oh well, who cares? Come on, let's get to class."
We picked up Selphie and Rinoa and headed to Balamb. It wasn't a long walk from the house to Balamb, but Irvine insists on giving us a ride. Neither of the girls talked very much.
My first class was always the most fun the whole day. Most people hated this class, but I loved it. It was the glorious class of HISTORY. Yeah you heard me right. History.
Why was it such a fun class? Well, for one thing, Rinoa sat right across from me and she was definitely something nice to look at. She was just a really pretty girl, with bright brown eyes, dark brown hair that ran down just below her shoulders, and the nicest smile I had ever seen.
Apparently, Selphie and Rinoa both think I'm "hot". I overheard them talking in gym. My metasite hearing could hear a pin being dropped from about fifty feet away if I wanted to. The girls just thought I couldn't hear them since I was on the other side of the gym. I kept my face carefully expressionless so they wouldn't suspect. Rinoa also kept looking at me secretively during dinner last night. She doesn't know that I could see her eyes move onto me as easily as reading a book of course.
I also heard this Jason guy ask Rinoa out. Well, that is none of my business and I don't really give a shit about other people's lives. But it still made me feel kinda weird in a way. No idea why though so don't ask.
The second reason I liked History is NOT because the instructor and Rinoa's friend Quistis, was hot. She just wasn't my type if you catch my drift. The reason I liked History was 'cause we were talking about metasites. Quistis would practically burst out laughing every time she asked me a question about metasites. Of course, she was told the truth about me since she was an instructor.
"Squall, please tell me what special properties metasite blood has." she was stifling a giggle as she was speaking.
"Uhhh...I don't know...sorry" I just said that sometimes so people wouldn't suspect me. It was my plan. I could see Jason from the other side of the room laughing at me.
"Well, perhaps Jason would have been listening to what I said just 2 seconds ago." Rinoa rolled her eyes at me and gave me that "don't you know anything?" look. I just shrugged. STUPID! WHY'D YOU DO THAT? WHAT THE HELL IS WRO- what? Why the hell am I acting like this? This is just stupid. I snapped back out of my trance and decided to listen to what Jason had to say.
"Metasite blood is the best healing agent known so far. It heals small wounds as well as large ones so quickly that you can literally see it at work." he said it with absolute perfection and made me look like a fool. He shot Rinoa a wink from his seat and quickly turned back to his binder.
"Very good Jason, now maybe Squall could take a lesson and tell us why metasite blood is never used except for by a metasite." Quistis started grinning again. Honestly, the girl was a terrible actor.
"It's never used anywhere because it CAN'T be used anywhere. As well as holding the record for fastest healing agent, metasite blood also has the fastest evaporation of any liquid. In fact, once it comes in contact with anything other than the chemicals inside a metasite, it starts evaporating. This is why it leaves the metasite armor more in the form of a gas than a liquid." everyone was staring at me open mouthed. I don't think anyone in that class had ever heard me say more words than that before. Even Quistis was shocked.
"Uhhh...that's...correct Squall." she gave me a look as if asking me if I was still sane. I didn't show any emotion.
When Quistis turned around, I slowly grinned at Rinoa but quickly changed back to my usual expressionless frown. Rinoa looked almost confused.
I suddenly came to realize that I was trying to outdo Jason. STUPID LEONHART! Definitely stupid. No idea why I was so desperate to show everyone that I was better than Jason. OK, not everyone, just Rinoa. But that's still dumb, all those years of training and I go and do something that almost blows my cover.
Anyways, the rest of the class went by fairly quickly and the other classes were so boring that I'm not even going to talk about details. However, something funny happened after school today.
Irvine doesn't pick us up after school since he's still at the office most of the time organizing raids or doing paperwork. It's amazing how he's only a few years older than us but he's already doing all the important stuff.
Well, while I was walking home by myself, my metasite picked up something. It alerted me of three humans following me. I can't tell who they are. Even metasites can't tell who people are just by feeling their auras. Normally three guys following me is nothing I need to worry about. However, my metasite also noted that they were moving like they didn't want me to see them and that one of them was carrying a club. You know, one of those police beat-stick things.
I walked a little further and headed for the mall since I wanted to get used to some of my surroundings and listen in on some conversations. Don't take it the wrong way, I'm not nosy or anything. It's just sometimes you pick up stuff that's good to know in the future.
I got to the mall and went to the open park beside it. I needed some fresh air. Those three guys were still following me but if they didn't make a move, I don't give a damn. It was a nice park, lot's of trees and flowers. Most people didn't go to the park though since the mall was almost right beside it. Today, it was practically empty, which I found strange since most of the time there are at least two or three kids here.
I noticed that the three guys were walking up to me now. I just stood there and let them come. Then, one of them tapped my shoulder. I turned around and it was exactly who I thought it would be.
AN: Ouch, sorry guys you knew there was gonna be a cliffhanger sooner or later right? =P Anyways, this chapter was long, but a lot of it was conversation. I bet most of you can guess who the guy who tapped Squall on the shoulder is anyways so I doubt it'll surprise anyone in the next chapter hahaha. Alright, please R&R! Thanks.