Author's Note: Woo-hoo! New reviewers! Haha! I'm happy again. Thanks for continuing to read, PasifiKStaR. And thanks to diamonddust1414 and remote mine and dude (whatever you meant by fucked up, I take it as a compliment) and x skyline x. Here's the fourth chapter. Hope you have fun.

Chapter Four

                "Rinoa? You're so quiet," Squall said. He was helping her put her clothes in the closet of her room in Garden. She smiled at him and said, "I'm fine. I was just thinking about this dream I had last night..."

                He stopped first and took her to the bed. He made her sit down and he sat beside her. "Do you want to tell me about it?"

                "I…" she said. "I want to ask you something."

                He nodded and she continued. "Do you know anyone named Seifer?"

                "Seifer?" he said. "No. Why?"

                "I had a dream about him," she answered. "It was a little confusing. I was fighting someone, then my head hurt a couple of times, then…um…I felt like I was drowning. After that I was at a beach as a little girl then there was Seifer. I forgot what happened there, but then he asked me to marry him and I said I loved him."

                "Then?" he pressed.

                "The engagement ring from him…it's exactly like the one you gave me," she muttered.

                "It was only a dream," he said, with no hesitation at all. "Don't let it trouble you."

                Rinoa nodded and hugged him. Inside he wondered if this Seifer, who he was almost sure was Rinoa's real boyfriend, was looking for Rinoa. If he was…what would happen then? What would he do? What would Seifer do? More importantly…what would Rinoa do?

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                "Any leads, Raijin?" Seifer asked impatiently.

                Raijin shook his head. "It was a couple of weeks ago, you know? I've asked around Deling a lot of times and no one has seen her. These kidnappers could have taken her to another city, you know? After I recheck things here I'm going to go to…I don't know…somewhere. Fujin and I are planning to search Timber and Dollet and even Esthar if you want. Don't worry. We're working on it, you know?"

                Seifer slammed his fist on the table. What could they be doing to Rinoa? Were they hurting her? Did she think he had abandoned her? "I want her found, Raijin, as soon as possible," he said. "I won't ever forgive myself if anything happened to her…"

                "Don't think of the worst. It'll be okay, you know?" Raijin said. "Fujin and I are doin' all we can right now, you know?"

                "I love her…I love her very much," he said, his mind creating only the worst possible things that could have happened to her and could still be happening. He shook his head, angry with himself. "I won't give up until I find her."

                "That's the spirit, Seifer!" Raijin said, giving Seifer a pat on the back.

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                "Aw, look, Squall!" Rinoa said, pointing at a stuffed Chocobo. She was accompanying Squall who had needed to get a new suit for a meeting he had with someone Rinoa couldn't care less about. He had been made Commander of Balamb Garden three weeks ago. "Isn't it just so cute?" She grabbed it and hugged it. It made a sound when she squeezed it and Rinoa laughed. She looked at it's face and said, "It looks like you, Squall! Can you see the resemblance?"

                "You're acting like Selphie, Rinoa," Squall remarked.

                "Is that a bad thing?" she queried.

                "Yes," he said.

                Rinoa laughed again and said, "But I still want the Chocobo doll!"

                "You can't have it," Squall said coolly.

                "Why not? It's harmless!" Rinoa asked, pouting.

                "Harmless but weird," he said.

                Rinoa frowned. "Weird?" she said. "It is not weird, Squall! It's real cute and real funny! And it's like you!"

                "I don't say 'Kweh!' when you hug me, Rinoa," he said simply.

                "You can be so mean sometimes!" she said. "I love you."

                He didn't say anything and Rinoa sighed. "How come you never say you love me?" she asked. "Don't you, Squall?"

                He shrugged. Rinoa raised her eyebrow at him but she didn't make a retort. "Squall, why did I have to go with you again?" she asked. "All you have to do is get some dumb, formal attire. As if you need me for that…"

                "Because I'm gonna be busy the whole weekend and maybe even until next week," he said. "I want to spend some time with you today so I won't feel bad tomorrow."

                "Aw…you want to spend time with me?" she said blinking real fast a couple of times.

                Squall sighed and said, "You're still acting like Selphie."

                "I liked it better when you weren't a Commander," she complained.

                "Why?" he asked.

                "Because you spent more time with me when you were just a SeeD," she said. "I like being with you, Squall. Especially since I know I'm special."

                "Special?" he questioned.

                She looked at him and smiled. "You talk to me more than you do with anybody else. And when you talk to me it isn't always about the Garden's budget or stuff like that. You're very quiet with everyone else but you aren't that quiet when you're with me."

                "Right…" he said.

                "Are you against me or something?" she asked him, not liking the tone of his voice.

                He smirked. "No. Of course I'm not."

                She hit his arm playfully and said, "You're mean!"

                "As if you mean it," he said.

                "You are so annoying!" she said. "You're making me angry!"

                He brought her hand up to his lips and gave it a kiss before saying, "You look cute when you're angry so it's okay."

                They went into a store and Squall started looking around. He kept asking for Rinoa's opinion and she always said they looked okay. "You're not helping," he said at last as he tried on a black jacket.

                "Was I supposed to?" she asked him in a childish manner.

                "Would I ask for your opinion if I didn't want your help?" he asked her.

                She smiled and said, "I'm not helping you because you won't get me anything I want. You're evil and you don't deserve help."   

                "Does this have anything to do with the Chocobo doll you had wanted?" he asked.

                "Hm…" she said. "Perhaps..."

                "Well you're still not getting it,' he said.

                She pouted again and remained silent until he was finished choosing. Then they left. "What do you want to do now, Rinoa?"

                "We can start with you getting me that Chocobo doll," she said.

                "Enough with that doll," he said. "You can't have it."

                "A real Chocobo then?" she asked.

                "Definitely not," he replied.

                She glowered at him and he asked, "What? You hate me now?"

                "No," she answered. "Okay, if you won't get me that doll, say you love me."

                "I'll just get you that doll…" he muttered. "Someday…"

                "Squall! You are so mean!" she said.

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                "Hey," Raijin heard someone call him. He turned to look at two men who were seated at a table in the corner of the bar in Timber. "Come here a minute."

                He walked to them and said, "Yeah?"

                "You're looking for a girl, right? Care to describe her?" said one of the men. "Or could you show us a picture?"

                "Uh…she has black hair, you know? And brown eyes…she's fair skinned," he said. "And she's around this height, you know?" he added, raising his hand. "I think I had her picture somewhere…but I probably misplaced it, you know? So…you seen her?"

                "Possibly," said the other man. "But we ain't saying anything until we know we're gonna get something for it."