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Chapter 94: The Children

Rinoa stared at the children in a daze. Quistis went to them quickly, and picked up Aelin, and Zell picked up Dewn, and they all sat on the couch.

Zell: Getting big, eh, Dew?

Dewn: Yeah. Aelin gained a whole ounce since yesterday. Ellone wieghs him every morning.... Mommy's .....um....

Zell: Well, uh, kiddo-

Quistis: How about we play a little game untill your daddy comes out, okay?

Dewn: ........*sigh* I know what you're doing, but okay.

Rinoa: They're....Squall's kids?

Dewn: I am technically a previous incarnation of his' child. Aelin was born not too long ago. So are we technically only half siblings?

Odin: Does it matter?

Dewn: ....No, not really. He's still my brother.

Rinoa: What's your name. I am kinda bad with them? Dew?

Dewn: Dewn, but everyone calls me Dew anymore. This is Aelin, my baby brother. Watch out if you hold him. He bites.

Rinoa: He's just a baby, how much can it hurt.

Dewn: O_O Have you seen his teeth?!

Aelin: *gooes, and smiles*

Rinoa: That's a baby?

Quistis: *smiles* As far as research can tell.

Dewn: He's a baby alright. He drinks milk, and everything... He sleeps a lot too. And cries, and wears diapers, and smells funny sometimes....

Irvine: Dewn has become a child mentally since the spell reversal. Before she was kinda....creepy.

Dewn: Hey! I prefer alternate to what people expected from one of my stature.

Selphie: How about I, and Uncle Zell go play with you guys?

Dewn: Aelin?

Aelin: *smiles, and drools*

Dewn: ..........I'll take that as a yes.

(the four go play on the floor with some toys never put away. Zell plays with a truck, Selphie with a train, Aelin with a stuffed dinosaur, and Dewn with a doll. Aelin is in a car seat like thingy)

Rinoa: They're so cute.

Laguna:(enters, and sits where Selphie was) Hey, if you, and Squall get back together, you'll be thier step mother.

Quistis: Tinsir just died, and you are already saying things like that! Have you no sympathy for the dead, or even your own son? Do you even acknowledge them as your grandchildren?!

Laguna: Yeah, I do. Squall legally adopted Dewn a few months ago. Made it official that he was taking responsibility for her for this incarnation of his at least. And Aelin was fathered by him. You ran tests for me, so I can't dispute it.

Quistis: You ba-mustard!

Laguna: *laughs*

Quistis: I don't want to curse in front of the children.

Irvine: Quisty, cool it. *nods to something*

Quisty: Oh-------kay.... I see what you mean.

Odin: He's not possessed. He's being an a$$.

Irvine: Oh. Well then, what is your problem.

Laguna: I like Squinoas.

Rinoa: Yay!

Quistis: Oh, brother...

Selphie: I like I like Selphines myself.

Irvine: Ooo lala

Zell: ...I like ZellTyraBanks, and stuff. Hey, Quisty, where is your Victoria's Secret catalog.

Quistis: I think I want a divorce.

Zell: I'm just playin'.

Dewn: With my doll.

Zell: Her hair was messy!

Dewn: You changed her outfit, and pretended you were her. You made her lick the boy doll's face.

Quistis: Zell...?!

Zell: They kissed! Look, she has reddish blonde hair, and he is pretty handsome, if I may say so myself.

Dewn: Duh, they're dolls of you, and Aunt Quisty the Garden Facutly made for me...what was left of them....

Odin: Enough foolish babbling. Someone get Squall.

Selphie: Do YOU want to go in there? What if he throws stuff at us?!

Dewn: He's that upset?

Quistis: I think you know why, so how is that so strange?

Dewn: I came in here to tell him that we wrote in crayon on the wall. Aelion knows how to move things with his mind. We did it in thier bedroom while you all were fighting the baddies.... What happened?! Where's mommy?!

Odin: Oh, dear....

Rinoa: They don't know?

Dewn: Who is she? I thought she died! Did she kill mommy?!

Quistis:(holds Dewn to calm her down) Shhh. It's okay, little one. She didn't kill your mother. (Aelin cries) She used to be your daddy's girlfriend before he met your mommy in this life. Shhh... Zell, get Aelin.

Selphie: I will. He's closer to me. I was just looking for his binky. I thought I saw one earlier.

Zell: I think it was on the coffee table.

Squall: (enters, red eyed) Aelin's crying. Hand him here. Please.

Selphie: If you need anything, just say so.

Quistis: Don't hestitate.

Squall: *nods* Okay, Dewn. We need to talk about a couple of things.

Dewn: Is it about the wall?

Squall: That's one thing. Come on.

Squall held onto Aelin with one arm, and held Dewn's hand with the other. They walked into his bedroom, and closed the door. The had to be told, and as thier father, it was his job to. And he felt like it was the thing he wanted to do.

Rinoa: Should I help him?

Odin: No. He needs to do this alone. Plus, Dewn may take you as a threat. She has more power than you think. *laughs* And spunk.

Zell: Odin laughed! Duck, and cover!

Odin: I laugh when I find something amusing enough to. However, your, how do you say it this era... fly? Is down. It is not funny enough.

Zell: Oops *zips it up*

Quistis: *laughs* Zell,.... nevermind... I'll tell you later.

Rinoa: I'm lost....

Quistis: Don't ask.

Rinoa: It's wierd to think of you two as married still. And Selphie, and Irvine engaged. Did Squall, and ....she....ever get-

Irvine: No.

Rinoa: They had a child together, and never married?

Irvine: Selphie, you would know more about why than I do.

Selphie: *sigh* I guess I can tell you. *looks to Odin*

Odin: *nods in approval* She says go ahead, but Squall may object later.

Selphie: Well, let's begin by saying that Tinsir knew that she was going to die a long time ago. She didn't know how exactly, but she knew.

Odin: I made sure that was hidden from her. She would focus on it too much.

Selphie: That's what she figured. Anyways, she knew that she couldn't be with Squall for the rest of his life unless he died along side her, ro something. So one night, not even Laguna knew about this. Did you know Zell?

Zell: Yeah. I bought the ring. Damn beautiful. All gone to waste.

Selphie: Um, okay... Almost no one knew about it*, but he proposed one night when they were out when she ran away. After the ritual to unite her two halves, in the room he had to wait, he asked her. Apparently she's level headed to a degree evn after...you know..... She said no. She knew that she couldn't be there for him, and marriage would make things all the worse. If they didn't married before her death, that he'd never get married maybe, or something he'd go over the edge about. If they did, he may never remarry, or something. You knwo how he is. It would add a whole new element to his pain. Not only losing a loved one, but becoming a widower, or almost widower too.

Rinoa: Did... he ever want to marry me?

Irvine: He thought about it, but then he found out you cheated on him.

Rinoa: Oh.....

Irvine: Hey, Odin, I have a question. You know how Tinny took over Rinny before? Can she still?

Odin: .....I think she could, but she is shaking her head no with great speed. I think she doesn't want to. She also said f*** you.

Irvine: That's her for ya.

Quistis: Why won't she, even if Rinoa agreed?

Odin: She says this isn't a bad rendition of the movie Ghost, so shut up. Her temperment has not improved with death. ....Nor has her flipping people off.

Zell: That's why you accept.

Irvine: Nope, done did that. She said it wasn't an offer yet. She says that to all guys, and uses the "I'm straight" line to girls.

Odin: She says it isn't a line. She is straight, and you're a chap wearing hippie.

Irvine: I prefer to think of myself as a lady's man.

Quistis: You're a-

(Dewn's wail could be heard, and Aelin starts fussing)

Quistis: I take it he told them.

Odin: What are the arrangements for the body?

Quistis: I have a question, according to my research, should not her body have disentegrated? According to legend, all Guardians, and other beings of those realms become in spirit form, and-

Odin: You read right. However, she was reincarnated, and her body died in the natural realm. That made the rule negate. You see, if a Guardian dies here, there is a way to keep them from moving on. When they move on is when the body turns to spirit dust. She has been trapped here, and cannot move on.

Quistis: Her wishes were for her body to be sealed, so what if she does move on?

Odin: That foolish child. Should the seal be too strong, which is unlikely, she will remain, however, if it isn't, she will move on, and he body will dust.

Quistis: Why would she want to run the risk?

Odin: It is a test for her. Can she overcome a barrier system? A last challenge. Also, if she succeeds, it is a last testament. If she fails, no one can pbtain her body, and possess it.

Quistis: Oh, I see.

Laguna: So, maybe we should step up the sealing up a notch.

Odin: After a rather disturbing scowl from her, she said, "Bring it on."

* hell, not even the readers! You know you all mean a lot to me. I had been playing with the idea in my head, and decided to write it in. You know Squall would go all noble if he fooled around w/ someone let alone knocked them up. He's the repsonsible type. Why can't more guys be like that. When will I get another boyfriend?! Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!