Chapter 81: It Begins...

Tinsir (holding an emptybowl upside down, and shaking it in vain): *sniff* All gone... (scoops a pile of noodles in it) Um, Squally, baby. Um, can I have some blood? AB is my fave, and well...

Squall: Apocalypse.

Tinsir: True... Dammit... (slits wrist) I'm eating myself! Ha ha ha.

Quistis: Can she get high off of her own blood?

Squall: I think it's a sadist/ masochist complex.

Tinsir: (singing) Blood, blood, blood. Lemme drink the delicious flooooooooood!

Irvine: I am locking our bedroom door tonight.

Selphie: We don't have a door anymore.

Tinsir (heard this from my friend Jenny): She's a poet, and just don't know it!

Others: O_O

Tinsir: I... am feeling okay. Think about it: I'm cutting myself, drinking blood, which I haven't in a while, and SPAGHETTI!

Zell: It makes sense.

Others excluding Tinsir: O_O -_- O_O

Tinsir: (contently eating red noodles) The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out. They wiggle, and jiggle around in your snout! *toothy grin*

Squall: Dammit, did you get into the f***in' soda again???

Tinsir: (hides an empty can behind her back) What soda?

Squall (knowing scowl): Tinsir...

Tinsir (eats the evidence): *smiles* Eh, heh heh heh....

Squall: F***.

Quistis: O_O You mean the same thing happens to her as Dewn when they consume carbonated products???

Squall: Yeah, but it's because of the caffeine, and sugar.

Tinsir: (starts singing "Cereal War" by A.F.I.) "Do I look like a f***in' squirrel to you"???

Selphie: Feh. (whaps out her tranqus/ antidepressents) Here.

Tinsir: CANDY! (munches them) Ewwie. Not candy. Nassie. Ewwie. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Irvine: How many did you give her?

Tinsir: Whooo. Something actually worked. I've got a f***in' headache now.

Squall: At least you're not hyper, and high.

Tinsir: My tummy hurts.

Squall: You ate an aluminum can.

Tinsir: I know. I remember it, k?!

Squall: Whatever.

Tinsir: ...

Selphie: Feeling better?

Tinsir: ...\_/

Zell: That's a major leave her alone.

Tinsir: What time is it?

Edea: 8

Tinsir: \_/ (gets staff, and whaps Squall over the head with it) Come on.

Irvine (after Tinsir, and Squall exit): I am Tinsir! I have big man to beat up on. Me have muscles to maje him bleed, and breed. We are cave people. Grr.

Others: O_O

Irvine: What?

Tinsir: I forgot my coat. (whaps Irvine) Premortial monkey.

Irvine: -_- I had that coming.

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[on beach]

Zell, and Quistis walk along the shore, the surf hitting their bare feet. Hand in hand they stroll, Quistis every so often tucking her hair behind her ear. The moonlight reflected on the water, and the mood was romancxe on the edge of global desctruction. Amore baby.

Zell: What are you fighting for?

Quistis: Fighting for?

Zell: Yeah, like I know you're fighting with us, but why? Like the way the light bounces off of tears, the sound of the ocean when you lay on the beach at night, the way a beautiful girl stares into your eyes, and makes you feel... whole?

Quistis: Well, I don't know about the girl thing.

Zell: Ha-ha. Very funny.

Quistis: Hmmm... I guess because it's the right thing to do.

Zell: Oh...

Quistis: And I don't want you hurt, or dead.

Zell: Really?

Quistis: Yeah. I love you, Zell.

The two paused, and looked into each other's eyes. The moment was sweet, but sad. Zell put his hands gently on her cheeks, and kissed her. She kissed back, and sat on the sand. He held her in his arms, and she could hear his heartbeat as her ear was next to his chest. She placed her hand on his pec, and took a deep breath.

He lifted her delicate chin, and kissed her. She returned the action, and well... you know...

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[Selphie's room]

Irvine, and Selphie were, um, doing it one last time.... enough said.

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[lighthouse]

Tinsir sat on the roof again, embarassed by her actions before. Her cheeks reddened just thinking about it. Squall paced around the top, watching out for holes in the roof. Her knees were tucked under her chin, and finally Squall got sick of the ackward silence.

Squall: Come on, it wasn't that bad.

Tinsir: I was basically drunk off of SODA!

Squall: We knew that. You just needed to disattach this worry from you for awhile. Just don't do it again.

Tinsir: ...

Squall: Are you okay?

Tinsir: Will be.

Squall (kneels down behind her, and wraps his arms around her): I love you.

Tinsir: I love you too.

Squall: (holds her tighter) Make sure you're doing this for the right reasons.

Tinsir: (nods)(rises) Now is as good a time as any.

Tinsir held the staff perpenidular to the ground, and parralel to herself. A chant fell from her lips like water, and a storm began to brew. Lightning cracked, but she faltered not.

Radignsua fo Venaeh, adn fo Thaer

(Guardians of Heaven, and of Earth)

Rhea ym cyr

(Hear my cry)

Moce ot ida em

(Come to aid me)

Oru meti si ghin

(Oyr time is nigh)

I sonmum eeth

(I summon thee)

Sa teh detis fo taef trun

(As the tides of fate turn)

Kaenaw adn moce ot em!

(Awaken, and come to me!)

And so it begins...