No One Knows Like I Do
I don't own nobody, Square does and I wish I could make some kind of money, but alas, I cannot..
A/N: This will be an explanatory chapter more than anything, because a CERTAIN friend of mine has a few objections. Well, now I'm out to amend my mistakes for him. So here goes:
Chapter 10 - Voices
Fujin woke up early after barely being able to sleep the night before. She was still enraged about her encounter with Rose, but deeply satisfied since she nearly knocked Rose senseless. Fujin wasn't one to slap anyone; she was more into kicking Raijin's right shin, but Rose had decided to take Fujin to her breaking point.
She headed in the direction of the cafeteria, anxious for some breakfast and coffee. Fujin felt like a zombie, but unlike zombies, she had an enormous appetite for some food. She walked into the cafeteria pleased to see that they were barely any students in there. It was a little before 7:00 and the usual breakfast rush didn't start until at least 7:30. She retrieved her coffee and bagel from the cafeteria line and headed straight out of the cafeteria.
Fujin wanted nothing more than peace and quiet and to be able to sort things out. She headed to the quad knowing that no one would be there. She perched herself on a low wall and began to eat her breakfast thoughtfully. Her encounter with Rose had started her to think about why she was so protective of Seifer. It had always been that way since she could remember. 'Ever since we became like family..' Fujin had felt the need to protect Seifer from someone like Rose. 'Girls like her made him feel so lost in the first place,' Fujin thought bitterly. 'He would pursue something temporary and in the end wanted something more.'
What makes you think he wants you? A voice chided.
'I don't really know...'
Seifer's used to something better.
'Like what?'
Girls like Rose.
'That's not true...'
Oh yes it is. You're far from normal, the voice scoffed.
'Tell me something I don't know.' Fujin reached up and touched her eye patch delicately. Sighing heavily, she dejectedly put her breakfast to the side. She buried her face in her hands and began to tremble slightly.
Oh stop it. Stop being so weak, the voice said venomously. You already knew the truth when you confessed your feelings. Did you really think he was serious?
'He wouldn't lie to me...not something like this..'
Why wouldn't he?
'Because we've been through too much already.'
Fujin was referring when Seifer was manipulated to Ultemecia. Fujin and Raijin were willing to be by Seifer's side until the end, even it meant making enemies out of the very people they attended school with. The two of them ended up fighting Squall and his friends twice in efforts of not allowing them to interfere with Seifer's romantic dream. Fujin wanted nothing more than Seifer to be happy, but that didn't mean she actually agreed with what he was doing. He was helping a demented sorceress from the future to destroy the very world that they had all lived on. Fujin and Raijin had decided that enough was enough and wanted Seifer to come to his sense. Eventually, he came around and together the three of them decided to start their lives over again.
It was Seifer's idea to even return to Balamb Garden. He had said he knew he was SeeD material as well as Fujin and Raijin. They were anxious about returning since they had gotten used to from hotel to hotel making a living with odd jobs. Even thought it was far from the type of life they wanted to live, somehow they had found some type of small comfort in what they were doing. Having to face everyone at the Garden left them all feeling as if they needed to justify their actions. Headmaster Cid and Edea had welcomed them back with open arms and decided to let bygones be bygones; especially Edea. She knew the pain of manipulation.
'After all that, I realized that what I felt for Seifer was more than just friendship,' Fujin mused sadly. For some reason, that period of awkwardness had brought her even closer to Seifer than she had even imagined.
Do you think he feels that way? the voice rudely interrupted.
'I can't really say..but I hope so.'
Hope, huh? And where has that gotten you? Didn't you hope that Seifer wouldn't go too far with his romantic dream?
'Yeah..'
And what happened? Didn't he go too far?
'Yeah, but-'
No buts. So then that means he probably wouldn't feel that way then.
Fujin sighed heavily and simply looked up to the cloudless sky for some sort of answer.
~*~*~
Rose groggily walked into the bathroom and took a look at her face in the mirror. After being decked by Fujin, she wanted her revenge. Rose sported an angry bruise on her right cheek and wounded pride.
'I'm not through with her yet. Now it's time to get down to business.' Rose showered and dressed all the while thinking of what kind of harm she could bring to Fujin. Used to getting what she wanted, Rose would not allowed Fujin to be in the way of someone she had wanted for some time now. As far as she was concerned, Seifer was ruining himself by hanging around the likes of Fujin.
Rose was from a pretty wealthy family, not exactly filthy rich, but well to do. Her parents had always wanted what was best for her and what she considered to be the best. Seifer may not have been the best guy around, but she wanted him badly. Because of her upbringing, she was spoiled rotten and always believed that what she wanted was something that she deserved.
'And she doesn't deserve him, I do,' Rose mused sourly as she applied her makeup. 'I'll do anything it takes. That ghoulish nightmare doesn't know WHO she's dealing with. Playtime is OVER.'
~*~*~
Realizing that she had class today, Fujin headed in the direction of the elevators. Lost in a daze of confusion, she paced slowly toward the elevator and lazily pushed the button to go up. She snapped to attention when the elevator dinged its arrival. Once she stepped in, she leaned against the wall lost in thought. Even though a couple of students stepped in with her, Fujin hardly paid any attention to their idle chatter. The elevator reached the second floor and all stepped off of it, headed to their respective classes. Fujin had always been pleased about the rule that stated that students should be ten minutes early to each class. This rule enabled Fujin to have some downtime to clear her thoughts before class started.
She arrived at Quistis' classroom pushing her way through the crowd of Treppies that usually gathered at the door. She sat down at her terminal and turned it on staring into the screen as if the boot up sequence was the most interesting thing. She proceeded to check her email and such until Quistis walked in.
"Good morning everyone," she greeted as she placed her belongings on her desk. "Did everyone have a nice weekend? Deling City is a pretty good place to unwind."
Students' enthusiastic replies filled the room.
"Well, that's good to hear. All right, let's get down to business. As you all know, the SeeD field exam is this coming Thursday. For those of you who are candidate SeeD and actually passed the written-"
A few students groaned in misery. It was obvious that they had not been amongst those who passed. Quistis chuckled slightly and continued.
"-I hope you will be prepared. This is a very important step in your lives. It is serious and you can be killed if you are reckless." Quistis surveyed her students around the room trying to spot any overachievers. "Be smart and don't try to play the hero. It wouldn't be the first time that Garden lost a few students over something so ridiculous."
While Quistis was in the midst of her lecture, Xu's voice came over the intercom.
"Quistis, I need to see Fujin Kazeno in my office."
'What now?' Fujin thought groaning inwardly.
"Certainly Xu." Quistis nodded at Fujin giving her a curious look.
Several students' jeers and snide comments followed Fujin as she walked out of the room. As she walked to the elevator, she knew exactly why she was summoned to Xu's office. She punched the button to go up to the third floor. It arrived quickly since most people where in class. The elevator made its trek up to the third floor and arrived shortly after she stepped in.
Fujin walked up to the desk and spoke. "GREETING. XU CALLED."
"Just a minute," Lucy's replied snappishly. She didn't care for Fujin's tone. "Xu, a student is here to see you," she said into an intercom.
"Send them in please."
"You may go in," Lucy barked.
Fujin rolled her eye and went into Xu's office where she was waiting behind her desk. The office was medium sized fitting into Garden's metallic structure. The only wooden objects were the desk and some shelves that were built into the wall.
"Have a seat Miss Kazeno." Xu gestured to a brown leather chair in front of her desk. "Now, I received a call this morning from a student saying that you had attacked her." Xu waited for an agreement.
Fujin sat stoically in her chair and just stared at Xu.
"Am I right, Miss Kazeno?" Xu prodded.
Fujin decided that she had better answer this time. "PERHAPS."
"And that means what?"
"COULD HAVE." Fujin folded her arms haughtily.
"Well, I had another student confirm that you did indeed hit her."
"DEFENDING SELF."
"You were defending yourself? From what?"
"ATTACK."
Xu sighed impatiently. "Well, how did she attack you?"
"VERBALLY."
"So you took it upon yourself to belt her in the face, huh? Let me guess..it had something to do with Seifer didn't it?" Xu asked accusingly.
Fujin simply shrugged. She didn't feel like all the scrutiny today.
"I knew it. When will you learn? You can't go punishing everyone who says something you don't like about Seifer! I thought that you would stop this sort of behavior when we enrolled you back into Garden, but I guess I was wrong! You must stop acting like you have the right to do what you want when it comes to Seifer! You can't control what people say so stop trying! This is getting way out of hand!" Xu ranted angrily.
"You're about to take a big step in your life. Do you want to blow your chances over something so trivial?" Xu waited expectantly for an answer.
"NEGATIVE," Fujin huffed while rolling her eye.
"Fine then. I'm letting you off the hook this time; I would hate to suspend when the field exam is right around the corner. I don't expect to see you in here anymore, understand?"
"AFFIRMATIVE." Fujin got up to her feet and headed for the door angrily. She did not need anyone yelling at her today; there was already too much on her mind. 'Damn Rose,' she thought heatedly. 'Dammit to everyone.'
Class had been over by the time Xu was through with Fujin. She went to her room to retrieve her weapon and headed towards the training center to take her anger out on the monsters.
~*~*~ Seifer had gone to the library feeling the need for some quiet. To him, it seemed as if everything was extremely noisy. He had already heard about Fujin and Rose's unpleasant encounter from the night before from students around the school. It left him thinking about all kinds of quirks in Fujin's behavior. She had always been so protective.
'What the hell would she hit her for?' Seifer pondered.
He had always known that Fujin had been very protective of him since he had known her. It was about 7 years ago when he first met her and Raijin. They were both outcasts and for some reason, Seifer felt the need to stick up for them. Even then, he was feared by a lot of students. The three of them made a pact and thus became like a small, close knit family. Since then, Fujin and Raijin had always been at his side. Fujin had grown increasingly protective over the years. Perhaps she felt the need to return the gesture he had made years ago.
I just think you're confused, a voice said sarcastically
'What is that supposed to mean?'
Do you really think that you have something for her?
'Who?'
Fujin.
'Well, of course..she's my friend.'
That's right. A FRIEND. It's nothing more than that.
'What the hell do you mean?' Seifer ran a frustrated hand through his short blond hair.
Face it. You just feel the need to like her since she's in love with you. You're only giving her what SHE wants, the voice replied scornfully.
'What she wants..'
That's right. If you allow yourself to do that, you lose your freedom. There are other girls; nice normal girls with less emotional baggage.
'Yeah..'
What about what YOU want? Don't you want a nice normal girl? For Hyne's sake, she's way too overprotective of you. You said it was eerie yourself before. Just let it go Seifer.
'Let it go..
~*~*~ Blood sprayed on Fujin's face as the decapitated the Grat that was before her. Its long arms drooped to its side as it died. Hearing a rustling sound behind her, she turned around to be greeted face to face with a Grendel. The grotesque, dragon like beast was smaller than an average dragon, but still powerful. It lunged at her, trying to swipe her face with its large, clawed hand. She leapt back and hurled her pinwheel at the large beast. The weapon sailed close to the ground and sliced the monster in its face.
The Grendel roared in pain and immediately charged at Fujin. Since she was light on her feet, she sidestepped it swiftly, thus the monster charged past her and crashed into a nearby bush. Fujin readied her weapon as the monster dislodged itself from the bush. Tired of the song and dance, she cast Tornado to weaken it. Then she hurled her pinwheel once more for a lethal blow in its head. It roared in agony and expired.
Fujin sighed heavily and decided that she had enough for one day. She strapped her pinwheel on her back by tying a rope around it and herself and headed out of the training center. As she walked in the main hall of the Garden, her mind began to wonder once more.
'What is going on? What am I doing?'
You're being aggressive is what, the voice chided once more.
'I came on too strong..' Fujin collapsed on a nearby bench overwhelmed with worry.
Absolutely. You said too much at one time.
'I was only telling Seifer what I felt.'
You should've kept it to yourself. What makes you think he even cares? The voice asked disdainfully.
'He does..'
Has he ever asked you?
'Well, no..'
Then that settles it.
"Maybe it does," Fujin spoke aloud.
At a little distance away, Seifer walked slowly up the hallway trying to clear his thoughts. He wondered what came over him and why Fujin seemed like a problem all of a sudden. As he walked closer to where Fujin was sitting, he spotted her and his heart immediately jumped to his throat.
'She's right there! Well, I guess it's now or never.'
Seifer walked up to the bench and quietly seated himself next to Fujin. She turned her head quickly, wondering who intruded on her quiet moment. Seeing that it was Seifer, she immediately began to panic inwardly.
'Hyne! Talk about circumstances..'
Fujin could tell that he must have had something on his mind. She decided to make it a little easier for him.
"What is it?" she asked stiffly.
"I need to talk to you."
I hate doing something like this! Now, the circus truly begins. I want to take this time to thank my reviewers who've been here since the beginning and my friends personally so here goes:
Platinum Angel: I'm really happy that you enjoy my story so much. I know that Rose deserves to be beaten, but don't worry. She will definitely get hers! I love your story..please update soon, ya hear?!
Pizizill: My best friend in the whole wide world, I thank you for taking an interest in my story even though you've never played the game! I'm glad you enjoy it. The real fun is beginning!
Shadow Mage/The Black Mage Jubilee: Thanks for reviewing, sis! I hope you like this chapter! You've been here since the beginning and I appreciated it! Update YOUR story soon, got it?
Firess Ifrit Devil: My newest friend Michelle! Thanks for reading my story even though it took much pestering. ; ) I enjoy yours as well! And also thanks for your advice! It means a lot!
Nanashi/Mistress Moonflower: Even though I haven't seen you for a while, I hope you still enjoy my story!
mAi: Haven't seen you either..enjoy what you may have missed!
Crystalline Tears: When you get back from vacation (isn't that where you've gone?) I hope you enjoy the updates!
To those of you who have just begun to follow my story, that is, lestatsdarkrose, Writer of the Blaze, Thegia51 and any anonymous people, I really appreciate it! It means a lot when you can get new people to read..thanks again! Everyone makes it more rewarding to continue on.
Whew!!
I don't own nobody, Square does and I wish I could make some kind of money, but alas, I cannot..
A/N: This will be an explanatory chapter more than anything, because a CERTAIN friend of mine has a few objections. Well, now I'm out to amend my mistakes for him. So here goes:
Chapter 10 - Voices
Fujin woke up early after barely being able to sleep the night before. She was still enraged about her encounter with Rose, but deeply satisfied since she nearly knocked Rose senseless. Fujin wasn't one to slap anyone; she was more into kicking Raijin's right shin, but Rose had decided to take Fujin to her breaking point.
She headed in the direction of the cafeteria, anxious for some breakfast and coffee. Fujin felt like a zombie, but unlike zombies, she had an enormous appetite for some food. She walked into the cafeteria pleased to see that they were barely any students in there. It was a little before 7:00 and the usual breakfast rush didn't start until at least 7:30. She retrieved her coffee and bagel from the cafeteria line and headed straight out of the cafeteria.
Fujin wanted nothing more than peace and quiet and to be able to sort things out. She headed to the quad knowing that no one would be there. She perched herself on a low wall and began to eat her breakfast thoughtfully. Her encounter with Rose had started her to think about why she was so protective of Seifer. It had always been that way since she could remember. 'Ever since we became like family..' Fujin had felt the need to protect Seifer from someone like Rose. 'Girls like her made him feel so lost in the first place,' Fujin thought bitterly. 'He would pursue something temporary and in the end wanted something more.'
What makes you think he wants you? A voice chided.
'I don't really know...'
Seifer's used to something better.
'Like what?'
Girls like Rose.
'That's not true...'
Oh yes it is. You're far from normal, the voice scoffed.
'Tell me something I don't know.' Fujin reached up and touched her eye patch delicately. Sighing heavily, she dejectedly put her breakfast to the side. She buried her face in her hands and began to tremble slightly.
Oh stop it. Stop being so weak, the voice said venomously. You already knew the truth when you confessed your feelings. Did you really think he was serious?
'He wouldn't lie to me...not something like this..'
Why wouldn't he?
'Because we've been through too much already.'
Fujin was referring when Seifer was manipulated to Ultemecia. Fujin and Raijin were willing to be by Seifer's side until the end, even it meant making enemies out of the very people they attended school with. The two of them ended up fighting Squall and his friends twice in efforts of not allowing them to interfere with Seifer's romantic dream. Fujin wanted nothing more than Seifer to be happy, but that didn't mean she actually agreed with what he was doing. He was helping a demented sorceress from the future to destroy the very world that they had all lived on. Fujin and Raijin had decided that enough was enough and wanted Seifer to come to his sense. Eventually, he came around and together the three of them decided to start their lives over again.
It was Seifer's idea to even return to Balamb Garden. He had said he knew he was SeeD material as well as Fujin and Raijin. They were anxious about returning since they had gotten used to from hotel to hotel making a living with odd jobs. Even thought it was far from the type of life they wanted to live, somehow they had found some type of small comfort in what they were doing. Having to face everyone at the Garden left them all feeling as if they needed to justify their actions. Headmaster Cid and Edea had welcomed them back with open arms and decided to let bygones be bygones; especially Edea. She knew the pain of manipulation.
'After all that, I realized that what I felt for Seifer was more than just friendship,' Fujin mused sadly. For some reason, that period of awkwardness had brought her even closer to Seifer than she had even imagined.
Do you think he feels that way? the voice rudely interrupted.
'I can't really say..but I hope so.'
Hope, huh? And where has that gotten you? Didn't you hope that Seifer wouldn't go too far with his romantic dream?
'Yeah..'
And what happened? Didn't he go too far?
'Yeah, but-'
No buts. So then that means he probably wouldn't feel that way then.
Fujin sighed heavily and simply looked up to the cloudless sky for some sort of answer.
~*~*~
Rose groggily walked into the bathroom and took a look at her face in the mirror. After being decked by Fujin, she wanted her revenge. Rose sported an angry bruise on her right cheek and wounded pride.
'I'm not through with her yet. Now it's time to get down to business.' Rose showered and dressed all the while thinking of what kind of harm she could bring to Fujin. Used to getting what she wanted, Rose would not allowed Fujin to be in the way of someone she had wanted for some time now. As far as she was concerned, Seifer was ruining himself by hanging around the likes of Fujin.
Rose was from a pretty wealthy family, not exactly filthy rich, but well to do. Her parents had always wanted what was best for her and what she considered to be the best. Seifer may not have been the best guy around, but she wanted him badly. Because of her upbringing, she was spoiled rotten and always believed that what she wanted was something that she deserved.
'And she doesn't deserve him, I do,' Rose mused sourly as she applied her makeup. 'I'll do anything it takes. That ghoulish nightmare doesn't know WHO she's dealing with. Playtime is OVER.'
~*~*~
Realizing that she had class today, Fujin headed in the direction of the elevators. Lost in a daze of confusion, she paced slowly toward the elevator and lazily pushed the button to go up. She snapped to attention when the elevator dinged its arrival. Once she stepped in, she leaned against the wall lost in thought. Even though a couple of students stepped in with her, Fujin hardly paid any attention to their idle chatter. The elevator reached the second floor and all stepped off of it, headed to their respective classes. Fujin had always been pleased about the rule that stated that students should be ten minutes early to each class. This rule enabled Fujin to have some downtime to clear her thoughts before class started.
She arrived at Quistis' classroom pushing her way through the crowd of Treppies that usually gathered at the door. She sat down at her terminal and turned it on staring into the screen as if the boot up sequence was the most interesting thing. She proceeded to check her email and such until Quistis walked in.
"Good morning everyone," she greeted as she placed her belongings on her desk. "Did everyone have a nice weekend? Deling City is a pretty good place to unwind."
Students' enthusiastic replies filled the room.
"Well, that's good to hear. All right, let's get down to business. As you all know, the SeeD field exam is this coming Thursday. For those of you who are candidate SeeD and actually passed the written-"
A few students groaned in misery. It was obvious that they had not been amongst those who passed. Quistis chuckled slightly and continued.
"-I hope you will be prepared. This is a very important step in your lives. It is serious and you can be killed if you are reckless." Quistis surveyed her students around the room trying to spot any overachievers. "Be smart and don't try to play the hero. It wouldn't be the first time that Garden lost a few students over something so ridiculous."
While Quistis was in the midst of her lecture, Xu's voice came over the intercom.
"Quistis, I need to see Fujin Kazeno in my office."
'What now?' Fujin thought groaning inwardly.
"Certainly Xu." Quistis nodded at Fujin giving her a curious look.
Several students' jeers and snide comments followed Fujin as she walked out of the room. As she walked to the elevator, she knew exactly why she was summoned to Xu's office. She punched the button to go up to the third floor. It arrived quickly since most people where in class. The elevator made its trek up to the third floor and arrived shortly after she stepped in.
Fujin walked up to the desk and spoke. "GREETING. XU CALLED."
"Just a minute," Lucy's replied snappishly. She didn't care for Fujin's tone. "Xu, a student is here to see you," she said into an intercom.
"Send them in please."
"You may go in," Lucy barked.
Fujin rolled her eye and went into Xu's office where she was waiting behind her desk. The office was medium sized fitting into Garden's metallic structure. The only wooden objects were the desk and some shelves that were built into the wall.
"Have a seat Miss Kazeno." Xu gestured to a brown leather chair in front of her desk. "Now, I received a call this morning from a student saying that you had attacked her." Xu waited for an agreement.
Fujin sat stoically in her chair and just stared at Xu.
"Am I right, Miss Kazeno?" Xu prodded.
Fujin decided that she had better answer this time. "PERHAPS."
"And that means what?"
"COULD HAVE." Fujin folded her arms haughtily.
"Well, I had another student confirm that you did indeed hit her."
"DEFENDING SELF."
"You were defending yourself? From what?"
"ATTACK."
Xu sighed impatiently. "Well, how did she attack you?"
"VERBALLY."
"So you took it upon yourself to belt her in the face, huh? Let me guess..it had something to do with Seifer didn't it?" Xu asked accusingly.
Fujin simply shrugged. She didn't feel like all the scrutiny today.
"I knew it. When will you learn? You can't go punishing everyone who says something you don't like about Seifer! I thought that you would stop this sort of behavior when we enrolled you back into Garden, but I guess I was wrong! You must stop acting like you have the right to do what you want when it comes to Seifer! You can't control what people say so stop trying! This is getting way out of hand!" Xu ranted angrily.
"You're about to take a big step in your life. Do you want to blow your chances over something so trivial?" Xu waited expectantly for an answer.
"NEGATIVE," Fujin huffed while rolling her eye.
"Fine then. I'm letting you off the hook this time; I would hate to suspend when the field exam is right around the corner. I don't expect to see you in here anymore, understand?"
"AFFIRMATIVE." Fujin got up to her feet and headed for the door angrily. She did not need anyone yelling at her today; there was already too much on her mind. 'Damn Rose,' she thought heatedly. 'Dammit to everyone.'
Class had been over by the time Xu was through with Fujin. She went to her room to retrieve her weapon and headed towards the training center to take her anger out on the monsters.
~*~*~ Seifer had gone to the library feeling the need for some quiet. To him, it seemed as if everything was extremely noisy. He had already heard about Fujin and Rose's unpleasant encounter from the night before from students around the school. It left him thinking about all kinds of quirks in Fujin's behavior. She had always been so protective.
'What the hell would she hit her for?' Seifer pondered.
He had always known that Fujin had been very protective of him since he had known her. It was about 7 years ago when he first met her and Raijin. They were both outcasts and for some reason, Seifer felt the need to stick up for them. Even then, he was feared by a lot of students. The three of them made a pact and thus became like a small, close knit family. Since then, Fujin and Raijin had always been at his side. Fujin had grown increasingly protective over the years. Perhaps she felt the need to return the gesture he had made years ago.
I just think you're confused, a voice said sarcastically
'What is that supposed to mean?'
Do you really think that you have something for her?
'Who?'
Fujin.
'Well, of course..she's my friend.'
That's right. A FRIEND. It's nothing more than that.
'What the hell do you mean?' Seifer ran a frustrated hand through his short blond hair.
Face it. You just feel the need to like her since she's in love with you. You're only giving her what SHE wants, the voice replied scornfully.
'What she wants..'
That's right. If you allow yourself to do that, you lose your freedom. There are other girls; nice normal girls with less emotional baggage.
'Yeah..'
What about what YOU want? Don't you want a nice normal girl? For Hyne's sake, she's way too overprotective of you. You said it was eerie yourself before. Just let it go Seifer.
'Let it go..
~*~*~ Blood sprayed on Fujin's face as the decapitated the Grat that was before her. Its long arms drooped to its side as it died. Hearing a rustling sound behind her, she turned around to be greeted face to face with a Grendel. The grotesque, dragon like beast was smaller than an average dragon, but still powerful. It lunged at her, trying to swipe her face with its large, clawed hand. She leapt back and hurled her pinwheel at the large beast. The weapon sailed close to the ground and sliced the monster in its face.
The Grendel roared in pain and immediately charged at Fujin. Since she was light on her feet, she sidestepped it swiftly, thus the monster charged past her and crashed into a nearby bush. Fujin readied her weapon as the monster dislodged itself from the bush. Tired of the song and dance, she cast Tornado to weaken it. Then she hurled her pinwheel once more for a lethal blow in its head. It roared in agony and expired.
Fujin sighed heavily and decided that she had enough for one day. She strapped her pinwheel on her back by tying a rope around it and herself and headed out of the training center. As she walked in the main hall of the Garden, her mind began to wonder once more.
'What is going on? What am I doing?'
You're being aggressive is what, the voice chided once more.
'I came on too strong..' Fujin collapsed on a nearby bench overwhelmed with worry.
Absolutely. You said too much at one time.
'I was only telling Seifer what I felt.'
You should've kept it to yourself. What makes you think he even cares? The voice asked disdainfully.
'He does..'
Has he ever asked you?
'Well, no..'
Then that settles it.
"Maybe it does," Fujin spoke aloud.
At a little distance away, Seifer walked slowly up the hallway trying to clear his thoughts. He wondered what came over him and why Fujin seemed like a problem all of a sudden. As he walked closer to where Fujin was sitting, he spotted her and his heart immediately jumped to his throat.
'She's right there! Well, I guess it's now or never.'
Seifer walked up to the bench and quietly seated himself next to Fujin. She turned her head quickly, wondering who intruded on her quiet moment. Seeing that it was Seifer, she immediately began to panic inwardly.
'Hyne! Talk about circumstances..'
Fujin could tell that he must have had something on his mind. She decided to make it a little easier for him.
"What is it?" she asked stiffly.
"I need to talk to you."
I hate doing something like this! Now, the circus truly begins. I want to take this time to thank my reviewers who've been here since the beginning and my friends personally so here goes:
Platinum Angel: I'm really happy that you enjoy my story so much. I know that Rose deserves to be beaten, but don't worry. She will definitely get hers! I love your story..please update soon, ya hear?!
Pizizill: My best friend in the whole wide world, I thank you for taking an interest in my story even though you've never played the game! I'm glad you enjoy it. The real fun is beginning!
Shadow Mage/The Black Mage Jubilee: Thanks for reviewing, sis! I hope you like this chapter! You've been here since the beginning and I appreciated it! Update YOUR story soon, got it?
Firess Ifrit Devil: My newest friend Michelle! Thanks for reading my story even though it took much pestering. ; ) I enjoy yours as well! And also thanks for your advice! It means a lot!
Nanashi/Mistress Moonflower: Even though I haven't seen you for a while, I hope you still enjoy my story!
mAi: Haven't seen you either..enjoy what you may have missed!
Crystalline Tears: When you get back from vacation (isn't that where you've gone?) I hope you enjoy the updates!
To those of you who have just begun to follow my story, that is, lestatsdarkrose, Writer of the Blaze, Thegia51 and any anonymous people, I really appreciate it! It means a lot when you can get new people to read..thanks again! Everyone makes it more rewarding to continue on.
Whew!!