Wrong Intentions Ch.3
By Kool Kaizer.
Ch. 3, Tournaments, and Assassinations!
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8, 'cause if I did my story would be a whole lot better than what it is.
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yawn, "man it's been a long day at school, I wonder if Zell's here yet, I'll go check." I thought as I walked out of the big double doors, I was thinking about the things that I had accomplished since I had first started coming there. About how Squall, and me had become closer friends, I had even met his younger brother Cale. Squall had also given me training with the weapon that he had given me.
I made my way over to the parking lot, and sure enough, I seen Zell there waiting in his car with selphie in the back seat. "Hey guy's whats up?" I said. But when Zell looked up with a big grin on His face I knew something going on. "Um what are you smiling about Zell?" I asked, getting in the car.
"Oh nothing, it's just that, the people who are running the Balamb fighters tournament this year sent me a notice saying..." He dragged it out making me wait.
"Come on Zell, what did they want?" I asked impatiently.
"They said, that they wanted me to participate in the tournament this year!" He replied excitedly.
I stared at Him, wondering if he was telling the truth or not. I knew that for the past few years he had been sending in applications for it, but they never contacted him about the tournament. I looked back at Selphie who had a BIG smile on her face, then I looked back at my brother. "Well are you gonna participate or not?" I asked.
"Well, what do ya think Rin? I have been trying to participate for years, and now they ask me! OF COURSE I'M GONNA DO IT!" I yelled excitedly, then started to pull out of the parking lot.
I heard Selphie let out a happy squeal from the back seat, "Well, can Selphie and me come and watch you?" I asked.
"Well of course ya can! Butcha gotta root for me if ya do." He answered, with a grin.
"And what if we don't, Hmmm?" I asked, giving him a challenging look.
"Well then, I'll hafta sign you up and kick yer butt." He answered, with a mischevious look in his eyes that only I could see.
Not wanting to fight with him anymore I just said "alright" and we were on our way home.
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I looked over at Zell, and he looked kind of nervous. "So are you scared?" I asked Him.
"Well a little, but I think I'll get over it after I get out there." He answered, looking around.
I didn't really hear him, for I seen a familiar brown-haired man that walking away from the registration desk.
"Hey Squall! What are you doing here?" I asked politely, while walking up to him. I seen him look over at me, and I smiled and waved at him as he started walking over to me.
"Well, to answer your question, I just got done signing up for the tournament, now the real question is what brings you here?" He asked smiling.
"Well I'm not here to fight, but my brother is." I answered, pointing at my brother.
"I haven't met your brother yet, could introduce me to him?" He asked, looking questioningly at me.
"Yup, my younger sister is here too, now come on." I answered, and grabbed his hand, and started pulling him over to my siblings.
"Are you sure it's no trouble?" He asked.
"Of course not! Now come on, they will be happy to meet one of my friends." I said, as I pulled him through the crowd, I started looking around until my eyes came across a spiky-headed blond man, and a short brown-haired girl that was looking around as well. I turned to Squall and pointed over at my brother and sister. "That's them over there Squall, come on hurry!" I said, and quickened my pace towards them. "Zell! Selphie!" I called out, then I seen Selphie turn to see who had just called her name.
"RINOA! There you are!" Selphie exclaimed.
"Yeah, hey Selphie, Zell there's someone I want you to meet." I said, looking towards Squall. "This is Squall Leonhart, He's a friend of mine from school." I said, introducing him to them.
"Hey Squall, sup man, are ya participating in the tournament today?" Zell asked.
"Yeah, I had just finished signing up when Rinoa came over, I asked her to introduce me to you, and...Selphie wasn't it?" He said, looking at both of them.
While Squall was talking with Zell, and Selphie. I looked over to my right, and seen someone who had somewhat of a resemblance to Squall, he was wearing something that looked like a ninja suit. And he was standing a little ways away from us, I looked up at Squall with a knowing look and motioned towards the person, Squall also recognized him.
"Hey Cale! Over here." I heard Squall yell.
The younger guy looked up from where he was, seen Squall, and me, then walked over.
"Hey guy's, this is my brother Cale." Squall explained, while looking at everyone. "Cale I know you've already met Rinoa, so this is her brother Zell, and sister Selphie." He said, pointing at each one of them individually.
"Hi, I'm Squall's younger brother, I'm glad to meet you." Cale said, while looking at them.
"So, are you participating in the tournament also?" Zell asked.
"Yup, why else would I be here?" He said, with a short laugh.
"I dunno, maybe to watch or something. Anyways I'm here to fight also...but I'm curious...what weapon you use? 'cause ya look like a ninja or sumthin." Zell said.
"Yes your right, I study the arts of Ninjitsu, so my weapons are my fists, feet, and sometimes my katana." he replied.
"...Are you going to...use your katana in the tournament?" Zell asked nervously.
"No not today, I decided to see how well I could do, fighting with just my hands, and feet." Cale replied.
"Whew, thats good to here, My form of fighting is Duel, so I'll be using my hands, and feet also." Zell said, with a relieved sigh.
Ding, DING, DING, "Will all the participants for the tournament please step up to the registration desk, and the staff there will direct you to the waiting room, there they will call you when you are the next fighter, that is all thank you." the voice said, over the PA system.
"Ok guys, see ya later on, I wish you the best of luck and hope at least one of you guy's win, so see ya, c'mon selphie lets go find a seat." I said, walking towards the bleachers to find a seat.
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I walked up to the registration desk followed by my brother and Zell. They directed me through a door to my right, and said that I would find a staff worker at the end of the hallway and that he would show me my first opponent. So I walked down the hallway and found the person at the end of the hall.
"Hello, you must be the first fighter, please come this way." He lead me down the hallway to a door and opened it, I walked in after Him, and started a conversation.
"Do you know who my first opponent will be?" I asked.
"Yes sir, it will be Konan Avalanche." The man replied.
Just then, My first opponent walked through the door. He was about 7' 1 or something like that, and I also seen a huge ax hanging from his belt. He looked at me with an amused look.
"Are you my first opponent? Geez why don't they give me something that looks like more of a challenge. HAHAHA! Do you think you can really beat ME kid! If I were you I would drop out right now before I die, HAHAHA." He taunted, but I just sat there trying to ignore him.
I looked up at him with a disgusted face. "You know if I were you I wouldn't be going around taunting everyone I fight because sooner or later you will lose, and hopefully your day has come." I said, gritting my teeth.
"Yeah right kid, we'll see who's standing after our fight." He said, still with that taunting tone in his voice.
"Will Mr. Leonhart, and Mr. Avalanche please step out onto the fighting rink?" I heard the announcer say, after I gave one more taunting look at my opponent I stood and headed for the door.
I drew my gunblade, and took up my fighting stance while I watched the big bulk muscle, draw his ax and also take up his fighting stance. I heard the signal to start the fight go off, and watched as my huge opponent inched closer and closer to me.
He gave out a war-cry as he swung his ax heavily at my head, but I easily dodged it, and the ax made an indent in the floor of the arena. After He had unsuccessfully tried to kill me, I swung my own weapon, and watched as it sliced across his chest.
I watched him drop his weapon and clutched at his chest in pain, He looked up with a fiery look of pure anger as he lunged at me. I tried to dodge out of the way but I had underestimated His speed. I felt his fist connect with my face, and at first I didn't feel any pain until I felt my body hit the ground.
I heard my gunblade hit the ground beside my body, and I looked up to see that my opponent was already over my body just about to throw a killing blow to my head with his ax. I rolled out of the way just at the right moment for it to miss my head, but the ax still collided with my shoulder. I let out a painful yelp as I felt the cold metal penetrate my skin, I also felt something crack, and then felt the agonizing pain.
I finally got to my feet panting for air but my opponent was already charging at me full force, I dodged his blow quickly and threw the hardest punch that I could manage in the state that I was in. As I heard a dull crack come from his ribcage at the point where my fist connected with his body, I cracked a small smile, knowing the damage that I had just caused. I quickly cast a cura on my shoulder, and one of my last few curaga's on my broken arm.
I knew I had the upper hand as he was still kneeling trying to fight back the intense pain I knew I had caused him, then I quickly bent down to pick up my gunblade. I waited as He slowly stood up from where he had been kneeling.
Then he turned to confront me, I looked at his eyes that clearly told me that He was beyond mad, he was infuriated that he was losing to a 'kid' as he would have referred to me in His words. He quickly tried to slice me in half with his ax. But I dodged it then turned, and with my gunblade, I put a deep slash in his back, then he let out a scream that could have awakened the dead.
"So are you done yet, with all those injuries I would just quit while I can still be helped." I said while a half-smile crept onto my face.
"NO! NEVER! I WON'T lose to a kid!" He screamed, getting up slowly, wincing from the pain that I had caused him.
"Ok, suit yourself. But if I were you...I would just quit and get my injuries tended to." I said, getting back into my fighting stance.
He lunged at me for the last time, then he brought his huge ax down hard, but it only hit the ground right beside me as I dodged it quickly.
What He did next totally caught me by surprise. For he let go of his weapon and started throwing punches and kicks as hard and fast as he could. The first punch hit me in the chest, then the second one went for my face, but I had already realized what he was doing, so I dropped my gunblade to the ground and deflected his punch, then I turned to deflect the next punch, but it never came. His foot hit with a dull thud in my the gut, and I let out a loud "oof" then tasted the coppery liquid that I knew to be blood.
I spit it out as I flew back several feet through the air. I felt my head hit the cement, and my body go skidding. I started thinking about what to do next, for it was against the rules to kill your opponent.
I watched him slowly walk back towards his ax from where I was on the ground. I had to find a weakness for I knew that if I used my weapon, I would kill him instead of knocking him out, so I decided to go for his already damaged chest, and hopefully that his weak point.
I stood, and got back into my fighting stance as he did the same. This time I was the one to make the first move, I lunged forward, then quickly dodged the blow from his ax.
I knew he was getting weak, for he was getting very slow, and soon he wouldn't even be able to lift the monstrous ax.
I went for his gut first, and threw my hardest punch, then watched as he doubled over in pain. I seen that the sideline of the arena was just a few feet behind him, so I gave the hardest kick that I could muster and with that, he was trying to keep his balance, and not fall out of the rink, but I wanted it over with, so I punched him with the very last of my strength and he toppled over the side.
Then with one last swift jump I came down with all my force onto his gut with my knee. He let out a loud scream, for he had an atrocious amount of pain going through his body, and with that last blow it was impossible for him not to scream.
After that his head fell back, and I knew that he was out cold, I had won my first battle.
I stood up and climbed back onto the arena, I seen out of the corner of my eye, that the medics were already healing my former opponent and checking if he was still alive. I walked up to my abandoned gunblade that was gleaming brightly on the ground, then I bent down and picked it up, after that I turned to see one of the medics come up to me.
"Now that! That was a real fight Mr. Leonhart! To be able to defeat Konan Avalanche like that! you have to be something VERY special. Now here is an elixir, drink that and you'll be good as new." The medic said, then he handed the elixir to me and waited for the announcer to reach the center of the arena.
I drank every last drop of the elixir, and felt all my pain quickly go away, I looked at my arms and seen that the cuts and bruises that I had acquired during my first fight quickly disappear.
I looked up at the huge crowd of fans that had come, they were all sitting in almost total silence as they waited for the announcer to tell them who the winner was.
"Man you sure did put up a really good fight Mr. Leonhart." I heard the announcer say as he walked up behind me.
"Yeah, it was tough...but I beat him." I said, while I watched the announcer turn on the microphone.
"Well! There you have it folks! Mr. Leonhart has successfully beaten our champion for the last three years...Konan Avalanche." the announcer said.
At first I didn't hear anything, until the shock wore off the people, and then I heard clapping and whistling that started out slowly and quietly, but it got louder and louder with every second that passed.
I felt my mouth quirk up slowly untill I was smiling, I felt like I could beat anyone from what I had just accomplished. I heard the medic say something but with the VERY loud applause that I was getting from everyone in the huge stadium, I couldn't here a thing he said, so he motioned me to follow him towards the big door from where I had come from. Once I exited the door that led down the hallway to the registration desk, I felt a vicegrip around my waist, and when I looked down all I seen was a head of raven colored hair, then I felt the grip loosen, and found myself staring right into bright chocolate colored orbs, that from what I saw looked like she had just been crying.
"Are you alright Rin?" I asked in a concerned voice.
"Squall! I'm so glad your alive." She said, with another tear forming in her eye.
"Uh...why wouldn't I be?" I asked, sort of confused.
"Squall! After I seen what that huge...THING! Did to you, there were a couple times that I thought you wouldn't get up for good!" She yelled, then more tears started to fall.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about me that much, I'll get up every time I get knocked down in battle alright." I said, wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"Ok Squall, but you have to promise me that you will get up after every battle." She said, with a very serious look in her eyes.
"Ok... I promise, but right now I think we should get back to the waiting area so the next fighters can start." I said, with a small chuckle, then she loosened her 'vicegrip' from around my waist and started walking beside me back to the waiting room.
"HEY DUDE! Geez you totally kicked that guy's butt man!" I heard Zell say.
"Yeah thanks Zell, but I didn't totally kick his butt, He kicked mine pretty good until I finally got the battle under control, anyway who is up next?" I asked, looking at my brother and Zell.
"It's uh...me...and him." My eyes turned to where Cale was pointing and I seen a man walk out of the shadows.
He had dark skin and long braided black hair, I seen that his eyes were looking at my brother with an intensity that sent a shiver down my spine. I looked over at Cale and he was staring back with the same intensity, and I knew that he wouldn't back down from a challenge like this.
I hated to say it but sometimes my little brother could be braver than what I was. but right now I didn't care all that I wanted was my brother to come out of this tournament alive, and all of his body still intact when we left.
"Will Mr. Cale Leonhart, and Mr. Kiros Darkward please follow me." I heard the staff call out.
I looked over at Cale and placed my hand on his shoulder "Cale I want you to be careful man, I don't know what this Kiros guy could do to you, but I do know that if you let your guard down he will take that chance, and just by looking at him I don't think he will have very much mercy...if any, so be on your guard ok." I said grimly, then directed my glare towards the silent man that was waiting for MY little brother. With one last encouraging nod towards Cale, I watched him walk towards the staff member wishing that it was me instead of him.
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I walked toward the staff member thinking on my brothers encouraging words, of course I was worried about this Kiros guy, but what if I wasn't strong enough, or fast enough those thoughts kept running through my head, but I wasn't about to look weak in front of my brother or any of his friends.
I gave a nod towards the Staff person and looked at the dark, silent man out of the corner of my eye, while I was led to a room that had my fighting gear.
As I put on my arm bracer's, and my armored gloves. I watched as this dark, foreboding man got his things ready for fighting. After I had gotten the armor for my arms on, I went for my leg pieces, and I came across my Katana.
I sat there for a moment wondering if I should equip it or not, but then my words to the man named Zell came through my head. For some reason I felt like I could trust Zell more than anyone...except my brother, for Squall was the one person that I knew I could trust no matter what the circumstances.
But for just meeting Zell today, I felt...that I could trust him almost as much as my brother for some reason. So I wanted show myself trustworthy towards someone that I felt I could trust, and fighting with my Katana would be just the exact opposite from what I said. So I put it back and grabbed more of my dark red armor.
"Hey kid, you ready to fight." I looked up to the sound of the voice, it's origin had come from my opponent.
"Yeah...I'm ready." I answered, while equipping the last piece of armor.
"Good, I didn't come here to fight you, but anyone that gets in my way I will defeat." He said so threateningly that I almost wanted to back out of this, and forfeit but then I remembered my brothers encouraging words, and decided that I was going to show him that I could be as good as him.
"Alright if that's the way you feel, then I'm ready, and may the best man win." I said while holding out my hand. He looked at it then muttered something that I couldn't understand, and walked past me towards the entrance to the arena.
I followed quickly, and once I got out on the arena, I seen a window with my brother, Zell, Rinoa, and Selphie eagerly looking for me, and I nodded at them as I walked by.
As I made my way onto the arena floor, I was amazed at the amount of people that had come to this years tournament. Sure I had been here a few times and there were a lot of people here then. "I think that this year could have the most people of all." I thought to myself, while I took up my fighting stance.
I watched as Kiros swayed back and forth crouched a little while waving around his Katal's. After I heard the signal go off I stood there for a moment hoping to catch my opponent's form and look for a weakness that I could go for.
Then all of a sudden he lunged forward, he was fast, but for now I was quicker. I dodged out of the way before the first katal could get my arm, and jumped up, did a backflip, and landed about ten feet away.
I looked strait into his eyes, I could tell he had underestimated me and now I knew that he wasn't going to be on the offensive until he found a weakness that he could use against me, so I took this chance to see what I couldn't do to him, and I knew that if I tried hard enough than I could get past his defenses and land a hit on him.
If I hadn't looked up, than I would have had a katal right through my head. I bent down backwards and used this chance to land a backflip kick on him. I landed a dead-on kick right square in the jaw, and once I landed I rushed forward while he was still shocked from the last blow, and kicked as hard as I could, I heard a dull smack once my knee connected with his gut, but right before He doubled over he took his chance, and I didn't even see it coming.
He grazed me diagonally, starting at my right shoulder all the way down to my left hip. I let out a painful cry just as we both hit the arena floor. It was the first time anyone other than Squall could get past my defenses only this time my opponent actually...injured me.
I sat there in shock not believing that...this was actually MY blood that was running down my body. This was the first time that I had ever regretted not including a breastplate to the set of armor that I wore.
I heard someone spit, and I slowly looked up and seen that my foe also had an injury too, for he was coughing up blood and clutching his stomach with both hands while his katal's were on the ground beside him. I slowly rose to my feet, as my opponent did the same.
"You are a good fighter boy...to penetrate through my defenses, and injure me in the process is a rare thing that few fighters can do. But now that you have done this, there is no way that I will be holding back! Now let's get serious, and give everything we got." He said, slowly walking toward me.
I used the armor the I had on my arms to deflect his katal's, but this seemed to get me nowhere closer to winning this match, and walking away with all my limbs still intact.
So I deflected the katal that was thrust at me, and with the most powerful force that I could put through my arm I punched him in the chest. I heard a loud sickening CRACK coming from where my fist connected with His body, and making sure that He didn't catch me by surprise, I jumped in the air twirled around and with all the power I could muster I kicked him in the back of his neck, which sent him flying about fifteen feet.
I watched as he lay there motionless. I knew that I couldn't have killed him, so I walked forward slowly, looking for any sign of life.
When I was starting to think that he was dead, he immediately jumped up, and flung both of the katal's at my face.
I stood there in shock, as I felt my blood slowly inching down my face. I felt the intense pain that was coming from between my eyes. I looked up at my opponent, he had a triumphant smirk on his face, looking satisfied at the damage that he had just caused.
"Are you ready to give up? You stupid fool! Did you actually think that you had the upper hand? HA! I came hear to kill your brother along with little Ms. Heartilly, and you will NOT get in my way." He said, grunting out an ugly laugh.
After I heard this, all of the pain, agony, and anger toward this assassin, was all that I needed to pull together the last of my strength. I wiped away the blood that was still flowing from my forehead, and concentrated on what I was going to do next.
That was when I felt something painfully jerk through my arm. My eyes quickly looked, and there, smirking evilly was my opponent.
He had sliced almost all the way through my arm. I seen the blood flowing onto the cement quickly, this was the perfect chance.
I slowly turned to my opponent as he backed away. I lunged at him with all the speed that I could muster, and threw the hardest punch that I could, I quickly cast a curaga on my arm and jumped back so that He couldn't catch me by surprise again.
He quickly stood up, I could sense anger, frustration, and hatred, eminating from him, then he swiftly ran towards me.
This was the chance that I had been waiting for. I dodged his blow, then I grabbed his arms and threw him over my head with all my strength, listening to the dull thud that came from his body as he hit the arena floor. I knew he was weak, I knew he was trying desperately to win, but that last blow had knocked him out.
I pulled him to the edge of the arena and threw him over the side. I watched wearily as the medics quickly surrounded him, and tended to the wounds that I had caused.
After all of the wounds that I had taken, I was starting to feel the pain, and that is all that I remembered from that point on, for I slipped into the world of the unconscious.
A/N: Ok Cale is a character that I made up, and if you were wondering earlier if he was gay, than the answer is definitely NO!!!! I don't like yaoi! I don't read yaoi! and I don't write yaoi! ok so back to the story.
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A/N: Hey! It's me again ok this is the assassination part. It's in seifers POV (ugh) anyways if you don't like people dieing then don't read this part of the chapter. Ok so seeyaa.
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I pulled out my silenced handgun, aimed, and fired. That took out the last of the two security camera's, now I was homefree. I made my way up to the room that held the former general, and walked in. He looked up from the documents that were on his desk.
"W-who are you?" He asked, slowly starting to rise from his chair.
"I'm here on the behalf of Galbadia, and to answer your question my name is Seifer Almasy." I answered, watching absolute terror come across his face.
"W-what do you want." He asked, slowly backing away from me.
"Well I don't want anything, but I do have orders from the president to kill you." I said, pulling out my gun and pointing it at his head.
"Any last words General?" I asked, feeling my smirk come across my face.
"Why are you doing this?" He yelled, and I could tell that he was trying to talk me out of it.
"General, shut up! I've heard enough!" With that I pulled the trigger, and watched as his blood painted the wall behind him. I walked back to the front door, once outside I met with the soldiers that had accompanied me from Galbadia to the General's house.
"Stay here, and wait for his son, and two daughters. Once they are dead, you are excused from your orders." I said, directing my orders to my second-in-command.
"YES SIR!" He yelled, standing a strait as a board, and saluting.
Once that was over with, I made my way towards my car, and drove in the direction of the stadium where this years tournament was being held, hoping that Squall was going to participate so that I might be able to kill him also. That is if Kiros didn't get to him first.
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Ok well...that's the end of chap 3...so uh....C YA