A/N: Bet this is late... Sorry! Been busy, just got accepted into University...
And the rebirth of the Squinoa shall begin... Yeah, bet you're reading now!
Chapter 6: Temporary alliances.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart. Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
I poured my vitality into my words. The bar silenced. The curtain was up. And she... was shocked.
"I never opened myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. All
these words I don't just say, and nothing else matters. Trust I seek, and I find in you. Everyday for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters."
There was a slight key change, and I relaxed into it.
"Never cared for what they do. Never cared for what they know, but I
know..."
I think they were all getting the message.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart.
Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
"Never cared for what they do. Never cared for what they know, but I know..."
I broke into a light solo.
"I never opened myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. All
these words I don't just say, and nothing else matters.", my voice rang slightly higher, "Trust I seek, and I find in you. Everyday for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters."
"Never cared for things they say. Never cared for games they played. I never cared for what they do. I never cared for what they know, but I know."
Next was the heavier solo, which I poured my heart into. Cheering broke out across the bar.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart. Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
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"And you're performing in a bar... why?" Zell asked, dumbfounded.
"Because I want nothing more." I lied. I wanted just one more thing...
"I'm not surprised. I mean, you OWN this house, you play in it, and there's a bar for the downstairs. What more could a guy want?" Irvine piped up.
"Maybe he wants company." Selphie called my bluff. Well, I guess I'm predictable. But she seems awfully out of style... This isn't like her at all.
"First, yes, company would be nice. Second, I AM TRYING to get over her, so shut up, all. Third, Selphie, what's wrong? You're not like this usually." I said playfully. Then again, I should take my own advice. What's with ME? I'm not like this normally. Then again... normal has changed.
"I'm worried about you, that's all." She said. Then, the inevitable happened. She grinned. Wow, haven't witnessed that in a while.
"And what about good ol' Irvy?" Irvine joked.
"Yeah, what about that old Irvine?" Selphie pushed him lightly.
And an argument broke out, which turned into a kiddy fight, which turned into a make-out session. Zell just went to sit down on my bed. I walked back downstairs for a nice, stiff drink... or five.
And to my surprise, (who was not only still here, but sat next to me), Rinoa Heartily spoke to me civilly.
"Nice little place you got here. How much did it cost you?" She said, smiling.
"Not too much." I said normally... I said it again. Normal. What is normal?
"Hmm. Build it yourself?" Still smiling. Was she... drunk?
"Planned, not built. A team did that part for me." I said cautiously. Nah, not possible. Rinoa Heartily, drunk? Oxymoron. I swear.
"Ah. Bunch of guys were saying you were in the hospital..." She sounded concerned as she sipped a beer. God, maybe she is drunk? BEER?! Rinoa? Found another oxymoron.
"I was."
And the last thing I remember was hitting the floor.
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I woke up with a familiar feeling in my forehead..... The one you get when you're having a hangover. Shit. Throbbing pain, all muscles sore, back of the head in severe pain... Yet still I managed to release a slit in my eyelids.
"New you'd wake up soon." A deep, arrogant voice said. None other than...
"Seifer. You sick son-of-a-bitch. I nearly killed you once, believe me, I wouldn't hesitate to finish my work." I said coldly.
"Funny. I've been scoring with you're girl because of those new scars." Too cocky. Perhaps a little too cocky.
I lashed out at him; to hear a clang and myself hit the metal slab which I was placed on. I was chained down. Poorly... these hinges were weak. It wouldn't take much to get out of them.
"Tsk tsk tsk.... Gotcha."
It was then I felt the blood rushing to my head, and realized I was upside down. Vertical, it seemed. I would faint had not an opportunity to escape arrive shortly.
"You'll notice that you will only be awake for half-hour periods before you pass into another eight-hour long slumber. It's handy, no? Useful on my half. Food will arrive once a day through that slit in the door. I'll expect you to have broken out of your bed soon, since; don't think I didn't notice the hinges. Don't worry yourself too much. Any escape attempt will end with forty or more lead fragments in your chest and sides. Night." He spoke dirtily.
I could feel the air pressure change around me when the door opened. But it seemed he wanted to say something else. He stopped in the doorway, turned to face me, and said nothing but six short, yet piercing words: "I'm not with that bitch anymore".
The door clanged shut, and my arms lashed forwards. Once, twice... And I curled up to release my ankles. And to land on my back, instead of my head. Rather be winded than out cold.
As promised, the food arrived through the slit in the door. Well, bread and water. And some sort of foul-smelling meat that looked like a rodent... I wouldn't dare eat. It was probably swarming with disease and bacteria. I had to find out where I was, and who was here with me.
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"Well... If it isn't the infamous ex-commander Leonhart. Wookie here wike he gots himself into twouble." He mocked me.
"Your ass is mine, child." I lunged at him, released from my straps, and grasping his throat.
"Not so fast!" Rajin's voice boomed. I turned momentarily, just in time to dodge the arrow from a crossbow coming at me. Lady luck was favoring me, as it dug right into Seifer's arm. Opportunity only knocks once...
"Fuck it."
Seifer was hit by another arrow, as he was hurdled in front of me. Rajin got nailed: Nailed the ground, anyways. Seifer soon tumbled on after. Fujin, whom I just noticed standing there, had charged toward me. Those years of training were about to come in great handy. I dodged right, and my left arm stuck right out. Into her throat. I ran.
"You! Stop! You're mine, you penguin shit licking asshole!" Seifer screamed, shockingly, still awake.
"And if I don't? You'll fall over, pass out, and end up in an emergency room!"
And with a swift movement, I cart wheeled right... Not fast enough. The arrow dug into my back.
"I felt as if you were trying to get laid. And taking out your frustrations on me..." The cold barrel of an M4A1 pressed against my head.
"Another word! I dare you!" He screeched.
"Guns now? We've skipped right to modern civilization from the stone age, now haven't we?" I ignored his last comment, well aware that he could not pull that trigger. He didn't have it in him.
"I warned you!" He yelled. The gun left my head and came in contact with something else.
"Oh shit..."
"SQUALL!" Her mouth was cupped by Seifer's hand, and she cowered in fear of his rifle.
"You've pushed this far enough. Take a closer look at your environment." Seifer said.
Well, first off, there were the walls of an old cathedral surrounding me. My old angel was about to piss herself because of the gun pressed against her head, and the balcony of the cathedral was dotted by small, red lights. All focused on me.
"You... wouldn't kill either of us." I said calmly.
"Right. But they would."
Rinoa was heard whimpering in the corner, and I frantically looked for some useful information hidden in my surroundings. Then I saw it. The statue of Adel, situated on a pedestal at the base of the hall. I was in Shumi.
"What is it you want?"
"For you to suffer." He said bitterly.
"And with her?" I pressed cautiously.
"For her to understand who she could've been with."
I could've laughed. This was over a girl? Then, I quickly remembered the guns trailing over my face, and the humor in the situation dissipated almost instantly. "You just want her?"
She spat at his face. "I liked you. I really liked you. I was with you. This makes no sense, you were with me."
"But you liked him! I could see it in your eyes!" He countered, pressing the gun harder into her temple.
"If you want her, this is no way to win her over." I said.
"If you want life, this is no way to win that over. This is no time to joke, pitiful bastard." He said, earning a few snickers from his henchmen.
"That's not what this is about. You're lying to us."
"Ah, you got me there. It's because of you, Leonhart, because of your victory."
I was confused. Victory? Over what, the Second Sorceress War? "Victory?" I inquired blankly.
"You stripped me of being a SeeD. You stopped me from becoming one with my friends. You took my humanity. You became Commander. You defeated me time and time again. You won the Second Sorceress War, and then forced my traumatized body into rehab. And then, you screwed my woman. You took everything from me." He hissed.
That made more sense. "If you'd grown up and stopped fucking around, you could've done that all with us. If you'd have stopped making lives miserable, you could've made yours more fortunate. And I've never screwed Rinoa." I argued cautiously.
"That changes nothing. Even now she wants you more than she wants me." He spat.
Rinoa piped up, for the first time in a while. "Seifer, if you want your revenge on him, then why put a gun to my head?" She spoke, still scared shitless.
"Because I know that he is under my control as long as your life is in danger."
And that's when he snapped his fingers, and it was all over.
A/N: Don't worry, it's not over... no, I'm planning about fifteen chapters. And the Squinoa action will commence...
Chapter 6: Temporary alliances.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart. Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
I poured my vitality into my words. The bar silenced. The curtain was up. And she... was shocked.
"I never opened myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. All
these words I don't just say, and nothing else matters. Trust I seek, and I find in you. Everyday for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters."
There was a slight key change, and I relaxed into it.
"Never cared for what they do. Never cared for what they know, but I
know..."
I think they were all getting the message.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart.
Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
"Never cared for what they do. Never cared for what they know, but I know..."
I broke into a light solo.
"I never opened myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. All
these words I don't just say, and nothing else matters.", my voice rang slightly higher, "Trust I seek, and I find in you. Everyday for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters."
"Never cared for things they say. Never cared for games they played. I never cared for what they do. I never cared for what they know, but I know."
Next was the heavier solo, which I poured my heart into. Cheering broke out across the bar.
"So close, no matter how far. Couldn't be much more from the heart. Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters."
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"And you're performing in a bar... why?" Zell asked, dumbfounded.
"Because I want nothing more." I lied. I wanted just one more thing...
"I'm not surprised. I mean, you OWN this house, you play in it, and there's a bar for the downstairs. What more could a guy want?" Irvine piped up.
"Maybe he wants company." Selphie called my bluff. Well, I guess I'm predictable. But she seems awfully out of style... This isn't like her at all.
"First, yes, company would be nice. Second, I AM TRYING to get over her, so shut up, all. Third, Selphie, what's wrong? You're not like this usually." I said playfully. Then again, I should take my own advice. What's with ME? I'm not like this normally. Then again... normal has changed.
"I'm worried about you, that's all." She said. Then, the inevitable happened. She grinned. Wow, haven't witnessed that in a while.
"And what about good ol' Irvy?" Irvine joked.
"Yeah, what about that old Irvine?" Selphie pushed him lightly.
And an argument broke out, which turned into a kiddy fight, which turned into a make-out session. Zell just went to sit down on my bed. I walked back downstairs for a nice, stiff drink... or five.
And to my surprise, (who was not only still here, but sat next to me), Rinoa Heartily spoke to me civilly.
"Nice little place you got here. How much did it cost you?" She said, smiling.
"Not too much." I said normally... I said it again. Normal. What is normal?
"Hmm. Build it yourself?" Still smiling. Was she... drunk?
"Planned, not built. A team did that part for me." I said cautiously. Nah, not possible. Rinoa Heartily, drunk? Oxymoron. I swear.
"Ah. Bunch of guys were saying you were in the hospital..." She sounded concerned as she sipped a beer. God, maybe she is drunk? BEER?! Rinoa? Found another oxymoron.
"I was."
And the last thing I remember was hitting the floor.
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I woke up with a familiar feeling in my forehead..... The one you get when you're having a hangover. Shit. Throbbing pain, all muscles sore, back of the head in severe pain... Yet still I managed to release a slit in my eyelids.
"New you'd wake up soon." A deep, arrogant voice said. None other than...
"Seifer. You sick son-of-a-bitch. I nearly killed you once, believe me, I wouldn't hesitate to finish my work." I said coldly.
"Funny. I've been scoring with you're girl because of those new scars." Too cocky. Perhaps a little too cocky.
I lashed out at him; to hear a clang and myself hit the metal slab which I was placed on. I was chained down. Poorly... these hinges were weak. It wouldn't take much to get out of them.
"Tsk tsk tsk.... Gotcha."
It was then I felt the blood rushing to my head, and realized I was upside down. Vertical, it seemed. I would faint had not an opportunity to escape arrive shortly.
"You'll notice that you will only be awake for half-hour periods before you pass into another eight-hour long slumber. It's handy, no? Useful on my half. Food will arrive once a day through that slit in the door. I'll expect you to have broken out of your bed soon, since; don't think I didn't notice the hinges. Don't worry yourself too much. Any escape attempt will end with forty or more lead fragments in your chest and sides. Night." He spoke dirtily.
I could feel the air pressure change around me when the door opened. But it seemed he wanted to say something else. He stopped in the doorway, turned to face me, and said nothing but six short, yet piercing words: "I'm not with that bitch anymore".
The door clanged shut, and my arms lashed forwards. Once, twice... And I curled up to release my ankles. And to land on my back, instead of my head. Rather be winded than out cold.
As promised, the food arrived through the slit in the door. Well, bread and water. And some sort of foul-smelling meat that looked like a rodent... I wouldn't dare eat. It was probably swarming with disease and bacteria. I had to find out where I was, and who was here with me.
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"Well... If it isn't the infamous ex-commander Leonhart. Wookie here wike he gots himself into twouble." He mocked me.
"Your ass is mine, child." I lunged at him, released from my straps, and grasping his throat.
"Not so fast!" Rajin's voice boomed. I turned momentarily, just in time to dodge the arrow from a crossbow coming at me. Lady luck was favoring me, as it dug right into Seifer's arm. Opportunity only knocks once...
"Fuck it."
Seifer was hit by another arrow, as he was hurdled in front of me. Rajin got nailed: Nailed the ground, anyways. Seifer soon tumbled on after. Fujin, whom I just noticed standing there, had charged toward me. Those years of training were about to come in great handy. I dodged right, and my left arm stuck right out. Into her throat. I ran.
"You! Stop! You're mine, you penguin shit licking asshole!" Seifer screamed, shockingly, still awake.
"And if I don't? You'll fall over, pass out, and end up in an emergency room!"
And with a swift movement, I cart wheeled right... Not fast enough. The arrow dug into my back.
"I felt as if you were trying to get laid. And taking out your frustrations on me..." The cold barrel of an M4A1 pressed against my head.
"Another word! I dare you!" He screeched.
"Guns now? We've skipped right to modern civilization from the stone age, now haven't we?" I ignored his last comment, well aware that he could not pull that trigger. He didn't have it in him.
"I warned you!" He yelled. The gun left my head and came in contact with something else.
"Oh shit..."
"SQUALL!" Her mouth was cupped by Seifer's hand, and she cowered in fear of his rifle.
"You've pushed this far enough. Take a closer look at your environment." Seifer said.
Well, first off, there were the walls of an old cathedral surrounding me. My old angel was about to piss herself because of the gun pressed against her head, and the balcony of the cathedral was dotted by small, red lights. All focused on me.
"You... wouldn't kill either of us." I said calmly.
"Right. But they would."
Rinoa was heard whimpering in the corner, and I frantically looked for some useful information hidden in my surroundings. Then I saw it. The statue of Adel, situated on a pedestal at the base of the hall. I was in Shumi.
"What is it you want?"
"For you to suffer." He said bitterly.
"And with her?" I pressed cautiously.
"For her to understand who she could've been with."
I could've laughed. This was over a girl? Then, I quickly remembered the guns trailing over my face, and the humor in the situation dissipated almost instantly. "You just want her?"
She spat at his face. "I liked you. I really liked you. I was with you. This makes no sense, you were with me."
"But you liked him! I could see it in your eyes!" He countered, pressing the gun harder into her temple.
"If you want her, this is no way to win her over." I said.
"If you want life, this is no way to win that over. This is no time to joke, pitiful bastard." He said, earning a few snickers from his henchmen.
"That's not what this is about. You're lying to us."
"Ah, you got me there. It's because of you, Leonhart, because of your victory."
I was confused. Victory? Over what, the Second Sorceress War? "Victory?" I inquired blankly.
"You stripped me of being a SeeD. You stopped me from becoming one with my friends. You took my humanity. You became Commander. You defeated me time and time again. You won the Second Sorceress War, and then forced my traumatized body into rehab. And then, you screwed my woman. You took everything from me." He hissed.
That made more sense. "If you'd grown up and stopped fucking around, you could've done that all with us. If you'd have stopped making lives miserable, you could've made yours more fortunate. And I've never screwed Rinoa." I argued cautiously.
"That changes nothing. Even now she wants you more than she wants me." He spat.
Rinoa piped up, for the first time in a while. "Seifer, if you want your revenge on him, then why put a gun to my head?" She spoke, still scared shitless.
"Because I know that he is under my control as long as your life is in danger."
And that's when he snapped his fingers, and it was all over.
A/N: Don't worry, it's not over... no, I'm planning about fifteen chapters. And the Squinoa action will commence...
