Disclaimer: I do not own FF8 in any way and all the characters from the
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AN: Thanks for all of your reviews for the last chapter. I was debating for the longest time on how to write that. Rhi-an, thanks for that bit of curiosity. You'll get a nice bit of his past soon enough ~_^. Evangelion361 has pretty much got the metasite's description. Basically when I wrote it, I pictured more or less a guyver like creature if any of you have seen the guyver you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyways, without further adieu here's Chapter 11.
Chapter 11: From crisis to peace Squall's POV
I stood there rooted to the spot as Rinoa watched me with wide eyes. To tell you the truth, I had no idea why I stepped in and did what I did. I just went and did it before I could stop myself.
I didn't want Jason to see what I was so I climbed onto the edge of his window and waited till he stuck his head out the window and then I decked him. I used about 5% strength, just enough to knock him back into the house and unconscious.
Now that part wasn't even the stupid part. The stupid part was that I actually climbed IN the window. Why did I do that you ask? I have no friggin' idea. Maybe it was 'cause I wanted to see if Rinoa was safe. Maybe.
Once I walked into the room my metasite jolted me awake. Rinoa wanted to take my head off before I knew what the hell was happening. Luckily for me, her movements compared to mine were like a snail compared to a jet fighter or something.
In no time at all, I drew Lionheart and blocked her slash. It was strange because at that very moment I could have left. I could have kept up my life as a normal student. Sometimes I think back to that very moment where my new life was shattered into a million pieces. I think back to that moment and wonder if I had the chance to do it all over again would I do what I did? Or escape and leave Rinoa puzzled. Then I always come up with the same answer. I'd do it the same way without any hesitation whatsoever.
Rinoa just watched me. I could literally hear her heart beating so fast it was like a jackhammer. I stared straight into her eyes with my own insect like eyes. Those eyes which constantly looked angry or fierce. I must've been scaring the shit outta her so I talked to her.
"Rinoa are you alright?" my voice was the same as my voice outside of the metasite armor. I blew it, I blew everything. I screwed my new life over by saying those four words. Yet at the same time I opened up a whole new life. One that I would end on.
"Squall? Is that you?" she still had the blade in a ready position with that sword. MY sword was resting gently at my side. One glance already showed me that she was in no condition to fight.
"Yes Rinoa, it's me. I asked you if you were alright." why couldn't she just lower that blade? It was getting really annoying to talk to a sharp metal point the whole time. "Yeah I'm ok, shaken but ok. You're a metasite." it wasn't a question, it was a statement. I didn't say anything. "Why didn't you tell me?" now instead of a scared expression on her face, Rinoa wore a very angry scowl. No worries though, with my god damn eyes, nobody looked angrier than me.
"Look, why don't you put that sword down first." I really hated talking to the tip of a sword.
"Screw you! I'm having a very bad day today! You think I'm stupid? You're an unidentified metasite, you have your metablade in one hand and you're standing four feet in front of me! I'm not in exactly the safest position here and this sword is the only thing that's protecting me right now! I DON'T think I'm gonna drop it just 'cause you asked nicely!" she said all this very fast.
In a movement too fast for the human eye to see, I crossed that four feet, ducked underneath the blade, grabbed Rinoa's arm and skillfully removed the blade. Jason's sword was now in my right hand while Lionheart was in my left. Did I tell you I'm left-handed? It's another reason why I'm so hard to fight against. Lefties are always tougher to fight because my blade will always be blocking yours.
I was also right in front of Rinoa. As in RIGHT in front of her. She was so startled she fell backwards and tripped on her bad ankle.
Instinctively, I caught her. I dropped Jason's blade and used one arm to hold her. I could see her expression soften as she looked into my eyes.
"If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead by now. Don't worry, I won't hurt you." I decided that saying this with my face looking like an evil insect from hell was probably not a very good idea. So I slowly ordered the metasite armor to go away. The hard exoskeleton and the thin tendrils were melting away slowly and Rinoa looked back into my human eyes.
"Squall...I didn't know...I had no idea. But of course, it all makes sense now...You slid down the rope at school with no injuries, your hands aren't calloused like a soldier or a farm boy...and...that's..." she slowly ran a slender finger across my scar. She spoke in ragged gasps like she was having a hard time talking. It was then that I realized I still had one arm around her waist. I quickly let go.
"Let's go Rinoa, we can talk back at your house." it felt like an electric jolt had been sent through my body when she touched my scar. But it also felt oddly satisfying.
"What about Jason?" she was staring at the idiot lying on the floor with concerned eyes.
"What about him?" I wasn't so sure how to answer her since if it were me, I'd just leave him there.
"Well, we can't just leave him here....actually, yes we can. He's so stupid he'll probably think I hit him over the head so he'll just leave me alone." she was actually smiling now.
I walked over to the fallen Jason and laid his sword beside him. Then I walked back to Rinoa and helped her hobble to the door.
"Shit" I cursed 'cause of the worst timing in the world.
"What Squall?" she looked at me like I was retarded or something.
"There's someone coming. They're at the driveway right now and I'd bet my metasite that it's Jason's mom or dad." the human signature was coming closer. I could feel it stagger out of the car and head towards the front door.
"Oh so I guess we shouldn't take the front door huh? His parents might be freaked out if someone they didn't know just walks out of their house and they find their kid unconscious." she giggled a little at the thought. I was so not in the mood for giggling.
"The window's the safest place for us to escape but your leg's busted. We can also wait until the person downstairs goes somewhere else and then we can run out the front door. But then we run the risk that that person might come up here or they might here us while we're going down the stairs." I had to make quick decisions.
"Let's take the window. I'm alright." I looked down at her ankle and noticed that it was still at an unusual angle even though she was trying to hide it. Metasite eyes don't miss much.
"Ok, we'll take the window since I really don't want to get caught even IF his parents are messed up. But-" I activated the armor again. "I'm not going to let you damage that ankle. Don't worry, I don't bite."
She looked suspiciously at me before grinning "Alright, alright" she threw her arms up in defeat. But before she could even take a step closer to me, I grabbed her gently and did an Evel Kineval over Jason's bed and out the window. I hadn't noticed that the faint human signature I was feeling (which was probably Jason's dad) was already outside Jason's door. CARELESS Leonhart, that was SO careless.
Rinoa's arms were wrapped around my neck. Well, I was grinning from ear to ear inside the armor even though on the outside I just looked mean. Another benefit to having a metasite.
"Wow, I always thought a metasite would feel really rough or hard. Like machines. But this armor is so soft, it's like a water bed almost." she started giggling again.
I walked with her the rest of the way home. I didn't want people to see me as a metasite so I removed the armor. She looked so beautiful as we were walking. The street lights illuminated her face and I couldn't help staring at her. She never knew, of course.
"Squall, if you weren't a farm boy...then what were you?" damn. I was afraid of that...
"Well you see, Rinoa, ummm...I'll tell you tomorrow. It's getting late and your dad'll worry." saved by the house. We just arrived at her front door.
"Oh, ok then. Uh, thanks Squall. I dunno what would've happened tonight if you weren't there." then she walked into her house with a little wave at me. I felt my heart do a sort of hyper flutter. And the metasite didn't do anything to stop it...
AN: oooohhh first signs of Squinoa action lol once again thanx for all the new reviewers and of course the old ones. Please R&R!
AN: Thanks for all of your reviews for the last chapter. I was debating for the longest time on how to write that. Rhi-an, thanks for that bit of curiosity. You'll get a nice bit of his past soon enough ~_^. Evangelion361 has pretty much got the metasite's description. Basically when I wrote it, I pictured more or less a guyver like creature if any of you have seen the guyver you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyways, without further adieu here's Chapter 11.
Chapter 11: From crisis to peace Squall's POV
I stood there rooted to the spot as Rinoa watched me with wide eyes. To tell you the truth, I had no idea why I stepped in and did what I did. I just went and did it before I could stop myself.
I didn't want Jason to see what I was so I climbed onto the edge of his window and waited till he stuck his head out the window and then I decked him. I used about 5% strength, just enough to knock him back into the house and unconscious.
Now that part wasn't even the stupid part. The stupid part was that I actually climbed IN the window. Why did I do that you ask? I have no friggin' idea. Maybe it was 'cause I wanted to see if Rinoa was safe. Maybe.
Once I walked into the room my metasite jolted me awake. Rinoa wanted to take my head off before I knew what the hell was happening. Luckily for me, her movements compared to mine were like a snail compared to a jet fighter or something.
In no time at all, I drew Lionheart and blocked her slash. It was strange because at that very moment I could have left. I could have kept up my life as a normal student. Sometimes I think back to that very moment where my new life was shattered into a million pieces. I think back to that moment and wonder if I had the chance to do it all over again would I do what I did? Or escape and leave Rinoa puzzled. Then I always come up with the same answer. I'd do it the same way without any hesitation whatsoever.
Rinoa just watched me. I could literally hear her heart beating so fast it was like a jackhammer. I stared straight into her eyes with my own insect like eyes. Those eyes which constantly looked angry or fierce. I must've been scaring the shit outta her so I talked to her.
"Rinoa are you alright?" my voice was the same as my voice outside of the metasite armor. I blew it, I blew everything. I screwed my new life over by saying those four words. Yet at the same time I opened up a whole new life. One that I would end on.
"Squall? Is that you?" she still had the blade in a ready position with that sword. MY sword was resting gently at my side. One glance already showed me that she was in no condition to fight.
"Yes Rinoa, it's me. I asked you if you were alright." why couldn't she just lower that blade? It was getting really annoying to talk to a sharp metal point the whole time. "Yeah I'm ok, shaken but ok. You're a metasite." it wasn't a question, it was a statement. I didn't say anything. "Why didn't you tell me?" now instead of a scared expression on her face, Rinoa wore a very angry scowl. No worries though, with my god damn eyes, nobody looked angrier than me.
"Look, why don't you put that sword down first." I really hated talking to the tip of a sword.
"Screw you! I'm having a very bad day today! You think I'm stupid? You're an unidentified metasite, you have your metablade in one hand and you're standing four feet in front of me! I'm not in exactly the safest position here and this sword is the only thing that's protecting me right now! I DON'T think I'm gonna drop it just 'cause you asked nicely!" she said all this very fast.
In a movement too fast for the human eye to see, I crossed that four feet, ducked underneath the blade, grabbed Rinoa's arm and skillfully removed the blade. Jason's sword was now in my right hand while Lionheart was in my left. Did I tell you I'm left-handed? It's another reason why I'm so hard to fight against. Lefties are always tougher to fight because my blade will always be blocking yours.
I was also right in front of Rinoa. As in RIGHT in front of her. She was so startled she fell backwards and tripped on her bad ankle.
Instinctively, I caught her. I dropped Jason's blade and used one arm to hold her. I could see her expression soften as she looked into my eyes.
"If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead by now. Don't worry, I won't hurt you." I decided that saying this with my face looking like an evil insect from hell was probably not a very good idea. So I slowly ordered the metasite armor to go away. The hard exoskeleton and the thin tendrils were melting away slowly and Rinoa looked back into my human eyes.
"Squall...I didn't know...I had no idea. But of course, it all makes sense now...You slid down the rope at school with no injuries, your hands aren't calloused like a soldier or a farm boy...and...that's..." she slowly ran a slender finger across my scar. She spoke in ragged gasps like she was having a hard time talking. It was then that I realized I still had one arm around her waist. I quickly let go.
"Let's go Rinoa, we can talk back at your house." it felt like an electric jolt had been sent through my body when she touched my scar. But it also felt oddly satisfying.
"What about Jason?" she was staring at the idiot lying on the floor with concerned eyes.
"What about him?" I wasn't so sure how to answer her since if it were me, I'd just leave him there.
"Well, we can't just leave him here....actually, yes we can. He's so stupid he'll probably think I hit him over the head so he'll just leave me alone." she was actually smiling now.
I walked over to the fallen Jason and laid his sword beside him. Then I walked back to Rinoa and helped her hobble to the door.
"Shit" I cursed 'cause of the worst timing in the world.
"What Squall?" she looked at me like I was retarded or something.
"There's someone coming. They're at the driveway right now and I'd bet my metasite that it's Jason's mom or dad." the human signature was coming closer. I could feel it stagger out of the car and head towards the front door.
"Oh so I guess we shouldn't take the front door huh? His parents might be freaked out if someone they didn't know just walks out of their house and they find their kid unconscious." she giggled a little at the thought. I was so not in the mood for giggling.
"The window's the safest place for us to escape but your leg's busted. We can also wait until the person downstairs goes somewhere else and then we can run out the front door. But then we run the risk that that person might come up here or they might here us while we're going down the stairs." I had to make quick decisions.
"Let's take the window. I'm alright." I looked down at her ankle and noticed that it was still at an unusual angle even though she was trying to hide it. Metasite eyes don't miss much.
"Ok, we'll take the window since I really don't want to get caught even IF his parents are messed up. But-" I activated the armor again. "I'm not going to let you damage that ankle. Don't worry, I don't bite."
She looked suspiciously at me before grinning "Alright, alright" she threw her arms up in defeat. But before she could even take a step closer to me, I grabbed her gently and did an Evel Kineval over Jason's bed and out the window. I hadn't noticed that the faint human signature I was feeling (which was probably Jason's dad) was already outside Jason's door. CARELESS Leonhart, that was SO careless.
Rinoa's arms were wrapped around my neck. Well, I was grinning from ear to ear inside the armor even though on the outside I just looked mean. Another benefit to having a metasite.
"Wow, I always thought a metasite would feel really rough or hard. Like machines. But this armor is so soft, it's like a water bed almost." she started giggling again.
I walked with her the rest of the way home. I didn't want people to see me as a metasite so I removed the armor. She looked so beautiful as we were walking. The street lights illuminated her face and I couldn't help staring at her. She never knew, of course.
"Squall, if you weren't a farm boy...then what were you?" damn. I was afraid of that...
"Well you see, Rinoa, ummm...I'll tell you tomorrow. It's getting late and your dad'll worry." saved by the house. We just arrived at her front door.
"Oh, ok then. Uh, thanks Squall. I dunno what would've happened tonight if you weren't there." then she walked into her house with a little wave at me. I felt my heart do a sort of hyper flutter. And the metasite didn't do anything to stop it...
AN: oooohhh first signs of Squinoa action lol once again thanx for all the new reviewers and of course the old ones. Please R&R!