Disclaimer: Listen, I'm a sixteen year old girl. How many chances do you
think I have of owning FF8? Exactly: NONE. I don't own it so you can't sue
me, at least that's the positive side of it.
Author's note: wow...4 reviews in less than a day! THANK YOU REVIEWERS!!!!!! And this new chapter starts exactly where the other one left off.
~ Chapter two: Memories ~
Before she opened the basket, Matron held out a camera.
"I'd like to take a picture of you all."
The others huddled together and smiled for the photograph. Quistis felt a hand on her shoulder and she knew that is was Seifer's. Again that strange feeling raced through her mind. She smiled at the camera, but as soon as the picture ahd been taken she moved away, shaking her head, shaking the feeling away.
'It's the heat.' She told herself. 'Just the heat and the work. That's making you tired and that's why you're not thinking straight.'
After lunch Matron asked their attention for one last time.
"I went through my archives a few days ago, and I found something I thought you all should have. I hope you like it." she handed each of them a small, thin present. As they unwrapped it they saw a picture of them when they had been small. They were sitting in the sand as the had done a second ago. Almost exactly the same. Selphie immediately ran to Matron and gave her a big hug. Quistis carefully pocketed the photo.
"Alright then guys, I think we're done here. Let's go home." Squall said in his usual business-like voice.
Before they left the cottage he turned to Matron again.
"If you ever need us, just say so. I am very happy with the picture. It brings back memories we had long forgotten. Thank you." He hugged her. "And, if you see her, give my love to Sis okay? Both of you can come by whenever you want. The door is always open."
Matron smiled and nodded. "Go Squall, the others are waiting for you." And she gave him a small push in the direction of the Ragnarok.
Quistis had already taken a seat and was staring out infront of her. Seifer and Zell came walking in and seated themselves as well. Within seconds Zell was already up and walking again and was talking to Selphie at the cockpit. Seifer took off his long trenchcoat and wiped his forehead with his arm. He felt something brush against his forehead and looked to see what it was. A little bracelet with gray and blue colours was dangling around his wrist. A sudden flash of memory hit him.
* * * * * FLASHBACK * * * * *
He was standing on deck at night. The sea wind brushing his face. A hand on his shoulder told him Fujin was standing next to him.
'Rajin must be asleep then.' He thought "I miss Balamb." He said with a longing voice.
She nodded understandingly. "YES. ME TOO."
"Fu...will you both stay with me? You and Rajin? Always? I...I can't be alone. I need my friends."
Fujin removed her hand from his shoulder and stared out into the sea. The wind playing with her silver hair.
"YES. FRIENDS." She said.
Seifer smiled. "Yeah, the posse. That's all I need. Friends, like we have always been."
Nothing had to change. But it did. Fujin suddenly tied something around his wrist. As Seifer looked he saw a small bracelet.
"FRIENDSHIP."
She bent over and gave him a peck on his cheek.
"Fu?"
But as he looked at her, he felt something strange. And the next moment they were locked in a passionate kiss. The next thing Seifer remembered was asking her to marry him, giving her the ring he had once meant for Rinoa. Fujin had not answered him but simply put her arms around him. She pointed at the bracelets.
"FOREVER BOUND TOGETHER."
* * * * * END OF FLASHBACK * * * * *
he smiled at the bracelet, but turned his eyes away in grief too. Why had he done it? Ever since that night, he felt something he hadn't really known before. It didn't seem right. Violently he shook his head. He noticed someone was staring at him. Their eyes met. Quistis noticed he saw her and noticed what she had been doing. Quickly she averted her eyes. The journey home was continued in total silence.
When they got back to Garden, Quistis quickly made her way back to her dorm. She sat down on her bed and took the photo out of her pocket. She smiled at the sight of the happy faces. The only one that wasn't smiling was Squall. She wondered why. She looked around her room for a frame to put the photograph in, but couldn't find one, so she put it under her pillow instead and left for the cafeteria.
Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Selphie, Seifer and Irvine were already there. They almost always had dinner together and they had their own reserved table near a window. Quistis took a seat next to Irvine and ordered her usual drink. Squall was showing the picture to Rinoa and was talking to her in a hushed voice.
Seifer was staring out the window, not paying attention to his food or the conversations at the table. He was touching the bracelet under the table as picures of her were appearing before his eyes. He sighed. Then he noticed the table had gone quiet. He looked around and saw the rest was staring at him.
"What?" he asked in a slightly agrivated.
"Well, you're so quiet. It isn't you...are you okay?" Selphie asked.
He glared at them. "What do you mean?"
Quistis looked concerned: "You aren't acting like yourself. What's wrong? You can tell us."
He got up and stared at them all. "What do you care? Just...leave me alone! Get off my back!!!" his voice was angry and mixed with tears. He stormed off to his dorm.
He ran through the corridors and slammed his door shut behind him, falling face down on his bed. Tears were making his pillow wet. He looked up and saw the picture on his bedside table. He sniffed a few last times and blew his nose in a handkerchief. He noticed his proud smile on the picture. So proud. So different from how he felt right now. He couldn't stand the happy smiles and angrily stuffed the photograph under his pillow.
He changed into his pyjamas and crawled into bed. Then he looked at the bracelet again, and took it off. He hand't taken it off since she had given it to him. But he didn't want it to remind him again this night. A light slumber caught him and his eyes closed.
"Wait for me! I'm not as fast as you are! Wait up!" a little girl was running through the sand, up to a little cottage. She ran into the garden and saw a boy there. He was sitting on the ground with his back to her.
"Seifer, don't be angry." The girl said as she took a seat next to him.
But the boy was still angry. "I don't want him to go. The group will fall apart. He'll forget about all of us and someday all the others will find a family and I'll be left on my own. I hate him."
"But Seifer, he doesn't WANT to go."
Seifer looked up at the girl. "He doesn't?"
"No." The girl replied. "He wants to stay here, with us. And he won't forget us."
The boy finally stopped looking angry. "Quisty, you won't leave too will you? I need friends. You guys are the only friends I have."
The girl smiled at him. She put her hand out and said: "Pinky promise!"
They locked their pinkies and she said: "I promise I will never leave voluntarily and I promise I will never forget you."
Seifer smiled and repeated the same sentence. "Now that we've sworn this pinky promise, we'll have to keep it!" he said happily.
The little girl smiled back at him. "I've got a present for you. It's a really late birthday present, but I had to save up money before I could buy it for you."
She took a small present out of her pocket and handed it to him. He unwrapped it and found a silver chain with a small plate bit in the middle.
"...is this a dogchain?" he asked her with wonder.
She giggled: "No silly, it's a necklace for you. Turn it around." He shrugged and did so. A messaged was inscribed.
"You have to always wear it." she stood up and put it around his neck. "Do you like it?"
he nodded and smiled at her. "Wow Quisty...thanks!" he stood up and hugged her. "It's great."
"I mean it. I really do." She said.
"Children, are you coming? We're waiting for you at the beach." The voice of a young woman came from the door. The boy and the girl let go of each other and looked at the woman.
"Yes Matron, we're coming." They walked towards the beach.
He grabbed her hand: "Thanks again. It's great."
She beamed at him. They ran and ran until their friends came into sight. Behind the two of them came Matron. She was watching them and smiled to herself.
'How happy those children are. They are all meant to stay together, I know it. They will meet again.' "Come now children, I would like to take a picture of you together."
The kids huddled together. Seifer touched the necklace and felt really proud. He would wear it. Always.
"Okay kids...ready? And..."
FLASH
The radio was playing.
'For Hyne's sake...' he thought. "Does this radio always have to play CRAPPY MUSIC?" he yelled angrily.
He stood up and walked to the mirror in the bathroom. Scratching his head, his eyes fell upon the necklace he had always worn. He raised his hand and touched it. Funny. He had forgotten about the orphanage, forgotten how he had gotten it...and he had never wondered about it either.
"But it was Quistis all that time ago..." he said softly. Never had he taken it off.
Suddenly it hit him. He took off the chain as fast as he could and stared at it. he looked at the inside of the little silver plate. He smiled. That was how it had always been. Friends. He read it again.
'I won't forget you ~ Quisty'
A window blew open and shut with a loud bang. He looked up, feeling caught. Quickly he put it around his neck again and gor dressed. As he grabbed his watch from the bedside table his fingers brushed against the bracelet he had left there. He hesitated but picked it up.
"I wont forget YOU either Fu....I hate you...but I love you so much."
He tied it around his wrist again. Immediately she came back to his mind again. He shook his head violently and left his dorm.
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that was my second chapter. Isn't it sweet how he got that necklace from Quistis? That's what I think anyway. Well, there's an arguement coming up in the next chapter, and Seifer's gonna find something. Please R&R people! I don't know when the next chapter will be up, because I've got a REAL busy schedual, but I WILL put another chapter up in the not to distant futur. But don't stop from reviewing ;) . And ofcourse I am gonna thank everyone who reviewd this story up till now.
Sickness in Salvation: well, I didn't explain how Seifer got back to Balamb, because it's not that important to the story. At least not yet, maybe it will be later so I might write something about it later.
CelestialStarLight: It will get even more interesting! At least, that's what I'm hoping for.
Verdanii: well, I like Seifer a lot as wel, but I'm afraid he's not going to be a badass in this little fic. I hate to amit it, but everytime I use Seifer as one of my main characters, he ends up as a real mushy romantic and stuff. But he IS cute as this character isn't he?
Shampoo: I hoped you liked this chapter as well ^_^
Sailorjr5: I hoped you liked this chappy, even though it's probably just as short as the others, and, to answer your question, I've seen Angel once or twice, but I don't watch it regularly. And now I'm gonna ask you why you asked me, because I'm very curious why you asked me this question. ^_^
Well, that's al I've got to say for now. See you at the next chapter!
~Raven55
Author's note: wow...4 reviews in less than a day! THANK YOU REVIEWERS!!!!!! And this new chapter starts exactly where the other one left off.
~ Chapter two: Memories ~
Before she opened the basket, Matron held out a camera.
"I'd like to take a picture of you all."
The others huddled together and smiled for the photograph. Quistis felt a hand on her shoulder and she knew that is was Seifer's. Again that strange feeling raced through her mind. She smiled at the camera, but as soon as the picture ahd been taken she moved away, shaking her head, shaking the feeling away.
'It's the heat.' She told herself. 'Just the heat and the work. That's making you tired and that's why you're not thinking straight.'
After lunch Matron asked their attention for one last time.
"I went through my archives a few days ago, and I found something I thought you all should have. I hope you like it." she handed each of them a small, thin present. As they unwrapped it they saw a picture of them when they had been small. They were sitting in the sand as the had done a second ago. Almost exactly the same. Selphie immediately ran to Matron and gave her a big hug. Quistis carefully pocketed the photo.
"Alright then guys, I think we're done here. Let's go home." Squall said in his usual business-like voice.
Before they left the cottage he turned to Matron again.
"If you ever need us, just say so. I am very happy with the picture. It brings back memories we had long forgotten. Thank you." He hugged her. "And, if you see her, give my love to Sis okay? Both of you can come by whenever you want. The door is always open."
Matron smiled and nodded. "Go Squall, the others are waiting for you." And she gave him a small push in the direction of the Ragnarok.
Quistis had already taken a seat and was staring out infront of her. Seifer and Zell came walking in and seated themselves as well. Within seconds Zell was already up and walking again and was talking to Selphie at the cockpit. Seifer took off his long trenchcoat and wiped his forehead with his arm. He felt something brush against his forehead and looked to see what it was. A little bracelet with gray and blue colours was dangling around his wrist. A sudden flash of memory hit him.
* * * * * FLASHBACK * * * * *
He was standing on deck at night. The sea wind brushing his face. A hand on his shoulder told him Fujin was standing next to him.
'Rajin must be asleep then.' He thought "I miss Balamb." He said with a longing voice.
She nodded understandingly. "YES. ME TOO."
"Fu...will you both stay with me? You and Rajin? Always? I...I can't be alone. I need my friends."
Fujin removed her hand from his shoulder and stared out into the sea. The wind playing with her silver hair.
"YES. FRIENDS." She said.
Seifer smiled. "Yeah, the posse. That's all I need. Friends, like we have always been."
Nothing had to change. But it did. Fujin suddenly tied something around his wrist. As Seifer looked he saw a small bracelet.
"FRIENDSHIP."
She bent over and gave him a peck on his cheek.
"Fu?"
But as he looked at her, he felt something strange. And the next moment they were locked in a passionate kiss. The next thing Seifer remembered was asking her to marry him, giving her the ring he had once meant for Rinoa. Fujin had not answered him but simply put her arms around him. She pointed at the bracelets.
"FOREVER BOUND TOGETHER."
* * * * * END OF FLASHBACK * * * * *
he smiled at the bracelet, but turned his eyes away in grief too. Why had he done it? Ever since that night, he felt something he hadn't really known before. It didn't seem right. Violently he shook his head. He noticed someone was staring at him. Their eyes met. Quistis noticed he saw her and noticed what she had been doing. Quickly she averted her eyes. The journey home was continued in total silence.
When they got back to Garden, Quistis quickly made her way back to her dorm. She sat down on her bed and took the photo out of her pocket. She smiled at the sight of the happy faces. The only one that wasn't smiling was Squall. She wondered why. She looked around her room for a frame to put the photograph in, but couldn't find one, so she put it under her pillow instead and left for the cafeteria.
Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Selphie, Seifer and Irvine were already there. They almost always had dinner together and they had their own reserved table near a window. Quistis took a seat next to Irvine and ordered her usual drink. Squall was showing the picture to Rinoa and was talking to her in a hushed voice.
Seifer was staring out the window, not paying attention to his food or the conversations at the table. He was touching the bracelet under the table as picures of her were appearing before his eyes. He sighed. Then he noticed the table had gone quiet. He looked around and saw the rest was staring at him.
"What?" he asked in a slightly agrivated.
"Well, you're so quiet. It isn't you...are you okay?" Selphie asked.
He glared at them. "What do you mean?"
Quistis looked concerned: "You aren't acting like yourself. What's wrong? You can tell us."
He got up and stared at them all. "What do you care? Just...leave me alone! Get off my back!!!" his voice was angry and mixed with tears. He stormed off to his dorm.
He ran through the corridors and slammed his door shut behind him, falling face down on his bed. Tears were making his pillow wet. He looked up and saw the picture on his bedside table. He sniffed a few last times and blew his nose in a handkerchief. He noticed his proud smile on the picture. So proud. So different from how he felt right now. He couldn't stand the happy smiles and angrily stuffed the photograph under his pillow.
He changed into his pyjamas and crawled into bed. Then he looked at the bracelet again, and took it off. He hand't taken it off since she had given it to him. But he didn't want it to remind him again this night. A light slumber caught him and his eyes closed.
"Wait for me! I'm not as fast as you are! Wait up!" a little girl was running through the sand, up to a little cottage. She ran into the garden and saw a boy there. He was sitting on the ground with his back to her.
"Seifer, don't be angry." The girl said as she took a seat next to him.
But the boy was still angry. "I don't want him to go. The group will fall apart. He'll forget about all of us and someday all the others will find a family and I'll be left on my own. I hate him."
"But Seifer, he doesn't WANT to go."
Seifer looked up at the girl. "He doesn't?"
"No." The girl replied. "He wants to stay here, with us. And he won't forget us."
The boy finally stopped looking angry. "Quisty, you won't leave too will you? I need friends. You guys are the only friends I have."
The girl smiled at him. She put her hand out and said: "Pinky promise!"
They locked their pinkies and she said: "I promise I will never leave voluntarily and I promise I will never forget you."
Seifer smiled and repeated the same sentence. "Now that we've sworn this pinky promise, we'll have to keep it!" he said happily.
The little girl smiled back at him. "I've got a present for you. It's a really late birthday present, but I had to save up money before I could buy it for you."
She took a small present out of her pocket and handed it to him. He unwrapped it and found a silver chain with a small plate bit in the middle.
"...is this a dogchain?" he asked her with wonder.
She giggled: "No silly, it's a necklace for you. Turn it around." He shrugged and did so. A messaged was inscribed.
"You have to always wear it." she stood up and put it around his neck. "Do you like it?"
he nodded and smiled at her. "Wow Quisty...thanks!" he stood up and hugged her. "It's great."
"I mean it. I really do." She said.
"Children, are you coming? We're waiting for you at the beach." The voice of a young woman came from the door. The boy and the girl let go of each other and looked at the woman.
"Yes Matron, we're coming." They walked towards the beach.
He grabbed her hand: "Thanks again. It's great."
She beamed at him. They ran and ran until their friends came into sight. Behind the two of them came Matron. She was watching them and smiled to herself.
'How happy those children are. They are all meant to stay together, I know it. They will meet again.' "Come now children, I would like to take a picture of you together."
The kids huddled together. Seifer touched the necklace and felt really proud. He would wear it. Always.
"Okay kids...ready? And..."
FLASH
The radio was playing.
'For Hyne's sake...' he thought. "Does this radio always have to play CRAPPY MUSIC?" he yelled angrily.
He stood up and walked to the mirror in the bathroom. Scratching his head, his eyes fell upon the necklace he had always worn. He raised his hand and touched it. Funny. He had forgotten about the orphanage, forgotten how he had gotten it...and he had never wondered about it either.
"But it was Quistis all that time ago..." he said softly. Never had he taken it off.
Suddenly it hit him. He took off the chain as fast as he could and stared at it. he looked at the inside of the little silver plate. He smiled. That was how it had always been. Friends. He read it again.
'I won't forget you ~ Quisty'
A window blew open and shut with a loud bang. He looked up, feeling caught. Quickly he put it around his neck again and gor dressed. As he grabbed his watch from the bedside table his fingers brushed against the bracelet he had left there. He hesitated but picked it up.
"I wont forget YOU either Fu....I hate you...but I love you so much."
He tied it around his wrist again. Immediately she came back to his mind again. He shook his head violently and left his dorm.
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that was my second chapter. Isn't it sweet how he got that necklace from Quistis? That's what I think anyway. Well, there's an arguement coming up in the next chapter, and Seifer's gonna find something. Please R&R people! I don't know when the next chapter will be up, because I've got a REAL busy schedual, but I WILL put another chapter up in the not to distant futur. But don't stop from reviewing ;) . And ofcourse I am gonna thank everyone who reviewd this story up till now.
Sickness in Salvation: well, I didn't explain how Seifer got back to Balamb, because it's not that important to the story. At least not yet, maybe it will be later so I might write something about it later.
CelestialStarLight: It will get even more interesting! At least, that's what I'm hoping for.
Verdanii: well, I like Seifer a lot as wel, but I'm afraid he's not going to be a badass in this little fic. I hate to amit it, but everytime I use Seifer as one of my main characters, he ends up as a real mushy romantic and stuff. But he IS cute as this character isn't he?
Shampoo: I hoped you liked this chapter as well ^_^
Sailorjr5: I hoped you liked this chappy, even though it's probably just as short as the others, and, to answer your question, I've seen Angel once or twice, but I don't watch it regularly. And now I'm gonna ask you why you asked me, because I'm very curious why you asked me this question. ^_^
Well, that's al I've got to say for now. See you at the next chapter!
~Raven55