Disclaimer: I do not own FF8 in any way and all the characters from the
game are not mine.
AN: Thanks to Lost_Soul , Hanh , CTHKSI, Erina, bn431, and SquallJechtLeonhart for reviewing chapter 8. Sorry for not keeping my promise and updating sooner =P really busy weekend hahaha. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 9: Tough choices Squall's POV
Just as I had suspected, it was that idiot Jason and his dumbass friends. I was informed that one of those ass holes was swinging a heavy lead bat at me. Without even thinking, I took one step backwards and avoided a smack to the head.
"Think you're pretty cocky huh? Think you're better than me?" damn Jason, what an idiot really. I mean, I answer one question in class better than him and he comes with his friends to beat me up. Typical garden variety asshole.
"I've heard what the girls say about you Leonhart. Think you're hot stuff Leonhart? Well, I'll give you something that'll stop you strutting around the Garden flirting with other people's girlfriends." oh so that was it. Envy. Such a simple emotion really, stuff like anger is so much harder to control.
"Jason, I didn't mean to do anything. I'm really sorry if I offended you in any way." I said it with total sincerity. Like I really meant it. The strongest man is the one who doesn't need to fight. I was just avoiding it if I could.
"Screw you pretty boy, I don't give a shit if you're sorry or not! I wanted to kick your ass the moment you walked into our class. I'm also giving you the welcome to Balamb Garden farm boy." he ran towards me and threw a punch that would've connected with my jaw and probably broken it. I just took one step back and he missed entirely.
At that very moment. I realized something very important. I had to keep my disguise. Nobody can find out a metasite otherwise my new life would be no different from my old one. I had to look and act like a regular student. And regular student's would not be able to take on three guys at once.
The next blow was thrown by Peter, the guy with the club. I almost had to kick myself to keep me from dodging the swing. I just stood there while he cracked that thing over my head. It almost hurt.
I let them carry on with their beating for the next two minutes. It really didn't hurt that much since I healed all my wounds instantly. Somehow, the four guys never really noticed that they weren't hurting me. Maybe they just got the satisfaction of punching and beating SOMETHING.
Suddenly, my metasite alerted me of another human in the area. I was curious since Jason and co. had already freaked out the kids who were previously in the park.
Turns out, the human signature I had been feeling was Rinoa. Of course, she said she'd meet Quistis at the park. I overheard them talking this morning. But once she saw what was happening, she quickly jumped behind a tree as if she was afraid to be seen. I chuckled inwardly a little. If she only knew what I was. There was no point in hiding. Maybe Jason and his friends didn't see her, but from that range I could practically count her eyelashes....she had the most beautiful eyelashes I had ever se- OWWW my concentration broke for a second and I didn't block out the pain. It didn't hurt TOO much, but getting hit in the back of the neck by a lead club isn't exactly comfortable. I wobbled a little and I guess Rinoa thought I was in trouble or something. She looked like she snapped out of a trance or something and ran off.
"Hey! Isn't that your girlfriend?" shit, one of the guys saw Rinoa. I was hoping she could stay out of this. I took a bat in the mouth and a knee in the gut. There was one chance to get Rinoa back OUT of this. I had to make her believe that she was hallucinating. I didn't want the attention and the only way was to make Rinoa think she saw the wrong guy get beat up. Not easy, but it was worth a try.
I landed a punch on Peter which knocked him back. Jason thought he'd done enough damage to me I guess.
"Think twice before showing off Leonhart." and he left. I had to beat Rinoa back to her house. Make her think I was there the whole time. If I was lucky, Rinoa would still be at the mall looking for Quistis.
I waited till Jason and his friends were a safe distance away before leaving myself. If I left too early, they'd probably question why I wasn't as badly hurt as I should've been.
When, they left, I took off at a fast run back to Rinoa's house. Irvine wasn't home yet so I decided I'd go to Rinoa's house which was what I usually did when Irvine was out. Rinoa's house was a helluva lot bigger than Irvine's and they had a pool table, home theater, gym, and sparring arena. Even though I was sick of being pampered by the damn government, I rather go to Rinoa's house than stay at Irvine's.
I thought of activating my metasite and just fly to Rinoa's house but I quickly scrapped that idea since people would see me. Besides, I could easily beat Rinoa home if she was at the mall.
I knocked on Rinoa's door and was greeted by Irene's kind smile.
"Ahhh Squall! Irvine's out again?" I nodded. Lucky for me, that run from the mall was cake. I wasn't breathing heavily or sweating.
"Looking for Rinoa? She's not home, went to the mall with her friends."
"That's alright, don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just came over 'cause Irvine's place is a dump." I laughed a little to make me sound carefree. I needed to act as casual as possible so Rinoa wouldn't think I DID get beat up.
15 minutes later, Rinoa walked through the door. I was petting her dog Angelo and I pretended to be surprised to see her. I've been doing so much pretending lately it's sad.
We talked about absolutely nothing for a little bit while I kept my face from giving her any indication that I'd just been beaten up half an hour ago. After awhile she ran up to her room. I breathed easy again, she hadn't asked any questions which probably meant she was going to just forget about what she saw this afternoon.
I had to stick around for a little longer. Couldn't let her think I'd leave just when she walked in. That could lead to suspicion. RIIIING the phone rang. I heard Rinoa pick it up upstairs in her room. The door was closed but my metasite could practically hear a cockroach fart from a hundred feet away.
"Oh hi Jason... tonight? I dunno, I just got back from the mall... yeah actually I have something very important to talk to you about too...Ok then, I don't think my dad will care, I'll come over at 8 then. Bye."
SHIT this was not good. Not good at all. Rinoa doesn't know that Jason knows she was there today. Instinct told me that a guy like that doesn't think about consequences and he could end up hurting Rinoa.
I had to keep an eye on her. She may be naive thinking that Jason just wanted to "talk" but I sure as hell didn't think so. I looked at the clock on the wall 7:37, I don't know how long it takes to get to Jason's house from here so I decided to follow Rinoa when she left.
I walked outside, activated the metasite armor and jumped onto the roof of Rinoa's house. I sat down and began to wait. I smiled and shook my head slightly remembering how I promised I wouldn't get involved in other people's business again. 10 minutes later, Rinoa came out of her house.
I was flitting from rooftop to rooftop as quietly as I could while keeping my eye on Rinoa. It was really hard for a normal human to find out a metasite was following them.
Finally we arrived at Jason's house. It was a mess. The most run down house I have ever seen in my life. There were pieces of wood hanging from the walls, cracked windows, a muddy driveway, and it didn't look like anyone was home except for one light on in the upper right room. Rinoa knocked on the tattered door and Jason opened it almost immediately.
"Hey Rinoa, come in." he grabbed her arm and led her in. Unfortunately I couldn't see THROUGH things but I could still hear extremely well.
I jumped onto the dead tree beside Jason's house and focused on listening to their conversation. "So, you saw me this afternoon." I guessed right, it WAS about this afternoon.
"Jason, I just don't think we should be together anymore. I'm sorry." wrong move.
"No, I swear I'll never do it again Rin, I swear! Please, you're the only one I have now. My dad's off drunk somewhere and my mom's probably gambling all our money away! Please Rin don't do this to me!" so that's why he was such a jerk at school. His family's messed up.
"I'm sorry Jason...HEY! LET GO OF ME!"
"Well, at least let me get something from you before you leave me!" I heard Rinoa screaming for help. Crap, I hadn't considered what I was going to do if he really DID make a move. Rinoa was a good fighter, but Jason could easily overpower her.
"JASON! LET GO!" shit I had to do something. It was now or never...
AN: ouch, another cliffhanger. Sorry hahaha next chapter! This is one of those love it or hate it chapters. Depends on how hard you think about it ~_^ some of my friends thought Squall was a wuss by letting those guys beat him up. Please R&R and give me YOUR opinion! Thanks!
AN: Thanks to Lost_Soul , Hanh , CTHKSI, Erina, bn431, and SquallJechtLeonhart for reviewing chapter 8. Sorry for not keeping my promise and updating sooner =P really busy weekend hahaha. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 9: Tough choices Squall's POV
Just as I had suspected, it was that idiot Jason and his dumbass friends. I was informed that one of those ass holes was swinging a heavy lead bat at me. Without even thinking, I took one step backwards and avoided a smack to the head.
"Think you're pretty cocky huh? Think you're better than me?" damn Jason, what an idiot really. I mean, I answer one question in class better than him and he comes with his friends to beat me up. Typical garden variety asshole.
"I've heard what the girls say about you Leonhart. Think you're hot stuff Leonhart? Well, I'll give you something that'll stop you strutting around the Garden flirting with other people's girlfriends." oh so that was it. Envy. Such a simple emotion really, stuff like anger is so much harder to control.
"Jason, I didn't mean to do anything. I'm really sorry if I offended you in any way." I said it with total sincerity. Like I really meant it. The strongest man is the one who doesn't need to fight. I was just avoiding it if I could.
"Screw you pretty boy, I don't give a shit if you're sorry or not! I wanted to kick your ass the moment you walked into our class. I'm also giving you the welcome to Balamb Garden farm boy." he ran towards me and threw a punch that would've connected with my jaw and probably broken it. I just took one step back and he missed entirely.
At that very moment. I realized something very important. I had to keep my disguise. Nobody can find out a metasite otherwise my new life would be no different from my old one. I had to look and act like a regular student. And regular student's would not be able to take on three guys at once.
The next blow was thrown by Peter, the guy with the club. I almost had to kick myself to keep me from dodging the swing. I just stood there while he cracked that thing over my head. It almost hurt.
I let them carry on with their beating for the next two minutes. It really didn't hurt that much since I healed all my wounds instantly. Somehow, the four guys never really noticed that they weren't hurting me. Maybe they just got the satisfaction of punching and beating SOMETHING.
Suddenly, my metasite alerted me of another human in the area. I was curious since Jason and co. had already freaked out the kids who were previously in the park.
Turns out, the human signature I had been feeling was Rinoa. Of course, she said she'd meet Quistis at the park. I overheard them talking this morning. But once she saw what was happening, she quickly jumped behind a tree as if she was afraid to be seen. I chuckled inwardly a little. If she only knew what I was. There was no point in hiding. Maybe Jason and his friends didn't see her, but from that range I could practically count her eyelashes....she had the most beautiful eyelashes I had ever se- OWWW my concentration broke for a second and I didn't block out the pain. It didn't hurt TOO much, but getting hit in the back of the neck by a lead club isn't exactly comfortable. I wobbled a little and I guess Rinoa thought I was in trouble or something. She looked like she snapped out of a trance or something and ran off.
"Hey! Isn't that your girlfriend?" shit, one of the guys saw Rinoa. I was hoping she could stay out of this. I took a bat in the mouth and a knee in the gut. There was one chance to get Rinoa back OUT of this. I had to make her believe that she was hallucinating. I didn't want the attention and the only way was to make Rinoa think she saw the wrong guy get beat up. Not easy, but it was worth a try.
I landed a punch on Peter which knocked him back. Jason thought he'd done enough damage to me I guess.
"Think twice before showing off Leonhart." and he left. I had to beat Rinoa back to her house. Make her think I was there the whole time. If I was lucky, Rinoa would still be at the mall looking for Quistis.
I waited till Jason and his friends were a safe distance away before leaving myself. If I left too early, they'd probably question why I wasn't as badly hurt as I should've been.
When, they left, I took off at a fast run back to Rinoa's house. Irvine wasn't home yet so I decided I'd go to Rinoa's house which was what I usually did when Irvine was out. Rinoa's house was a helluva lot bigger than Irvine's and they had a pool table, home theater, gym, and sparring arena. Even though I was sick of being pampered by the damn government, I rather go to Rinoa's house than stay at Irvine's.
I thought of activating my metasite and just fly to Rinoa's house but I quickly scrapped that idea since people would see me. Besides, I could easily beat Rinoa home if she was at the mall.
I knocked on Rinoa's door and was greeted by Irene's kind smile.
"Ahhh Squall! Irvine's out again?" I nodded. Lucky for me, that run from the mall was cake. I wasn't breathing heavily or sweating.
"Looking for Rinoa? She's not home, went to the mall with her friends."
"That's alright, don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just came over 'cause Irvine's place is a dump." I laughed a little to make me sound carefree. I needed to act as casual as possible so Rinoa wouldn't think I DID get beat up.
15 minutes later, Rinoa walked through the door. I was petting her dog Angelo and I pretended to be surprised to see her. I've been doing so much pretending lately it's sad.
We talked about absolutely nothing for a little bit while I kept my face from giving her any indication that I'd just been beaten up half an hour ago. After awhile she ran up to her room. I breathed easy again, she hadn't asked any questions which probably meant she was going to just forget about what she saw this afternoon.
I had to stick around for a little longer. Couldn't let her think I'd leave just when she walked in. That could lead to suspicion. RIIIING the phone rang. I heard Rinoa pick it up upstairs in her room. The door was closed but my metasite could practically hear a cockroach fart from a hundred feet away.
"Oh hi Jason... tonight? I dunno, I just got back from the mall... yeah actually I have something very important to talk to you about too...Ok then, I don't think my dad will care, I'll come over at 8 then. Bye."
SHIT this was not good. Not good at all. Rinoa doesn't know that Jason knows she was there today. Instinct told me that a guy like that doesn't think about consequences and he could end up hurting Rinoa.
I had to keep an eye on her. She may be naive thinking that Jason just wanted to "talk" but I sure as hell didn't think so. I looked at the clock on the wall 7:37, I don't know how long it takes to get to Jason's house from here so I decided to follow Rinoa when she left.
I walked outside, activated the metasite armor and jumped onto the roof of Rinoa's house. I sat down and began to wait. I smiled and shook my head slightly remembering how I promised I wouldn't get involved in other people's business again. 10 minutes later, Rinoa came out of her house.
I was flitting from rooftop to rooftop as quietly as I could while keeping my eye on Rinoa. It was really hard for a normal human to find out a metasite was following them.
Finally we arrived at Jason's house. It was a mess. The most run down house I have ever seen in my life. There were pieces of wood hanging from the walls, cracked windows, a muddy driveway, and it didn't look like anyone was home except for one light on in the upper right room. Rinoa knocked on the tattered door and Jason opened it almost immediately.
"Hey Rinoa, come in." he grabbed her arm and led her in. Unfortunately I couldn't see THROUGH things but I could still hear extremely well.
I jumped onto the dead tree beside Jason's house and focused on listening to their conversation. "So, you saw me this afternoon." I guessed right, it WAS about this afternoon.
"Jason, I just don't think we should be together anymore. I'm sorry." wrong move.
"No, I swear I'll never do it again Rin, I swear! Please, you're the only one I have now. My dad's off drunk somewhere and my mom's probably gambling all our money away! Please Rin don't do this to me!" so that's why he was such a jerk at school. His family's messed up.
"I'm sorry Jason...HEY! LET GO OF ME!"
"Well, at least let me get something from you before you leave me!" I heard Rinoa screaming for help. Crap, I hadn't considered what I was going to do if he really DID make a move. Rinoa was a good fighter, but Jason could easily overpower her.
"JASON! LET GO!" shit I had to do something. It was now or never...
AN: ouch, another cliffhanger. Sorry hahaha next chapter! This is one of those love it or hate it chapters. Depends on how hard you think about it ~_^ some of my friends thought Squall was a wuss by letting those guys beat him up. Please R&R and give me YOUR opinion! Thanks!