Wrong Intentions
By Kool Kaizer.
Ch. 9, Training Day.
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"...Why do I feel so sick?" I opened my eyes, and looked around the small room that I was in. "I don't remember being here...what's going on?!" I tried to sit up, but I felt something holding me down to the table.
I looked down only to see my hands and arms firmly locked to the cold metal table that I was laying on, I tried to move my legs, but I found that they were strapped down too.
I heard air pressure blowing out of something, and seen a door that looked like an air lock open up, then the girl that had just tried to kill me, and an older looking man walk through.
"I see that you have finally awaken." the older man said cheerfully, when he looked over at me.
"Wh---cough...cough...where...am...I?" I asked slowly, after I could talk normally.
"Ho Ho Hooo, well I can't tell you that young man...at least not until I know who you are, and where you came from." He said with a cheery laugh.
"I...am Cale...Loen...leor...Leonhart, yeah that's what it was!...I...don't remember...where I'm from...but I can remember my father...Lag...Laguna...Leonhart...yeah! That's what his name is." I said, and for some reason I was having trouble remembering.
"Hmm, Laguna Leonhart huh...so you are the President's son?" He asked...somewhat hopefully.
"...I...don't know...but can you please get me off of this table, it's getting really uncomfortable." I asked, after giving him the best answer I could.
"Of course...Ariel! Would you be so kind as to help out Mr. Leonhart? I will be back in a couple of minutes." He said, then disappeared through the door he came through.
I seen her give an uncomfortable glance over at me, then she hesitantly walked over to a control panel. I heard a few blips, and beeps, then the table moved into an upright position, and lowered to the floor, then to my great relief the locks that had been holding me to the table unlocked, but I fell the floor as soon as they did.
"what's going on..." now for some reason...try as I might, I couldn't stand up without having to grab onto something. I seen a small shadow inch up from behind me, and I slowly turned to face the girl.
"So...are you going to try and kill me again?" I asked, only half-serious.
She slowly shook her head, then sat down in one of the few chairs that were in the room.
"No, I'm sorry about that...it's...just...I thought you were somebody else, and I jump to conclusions a little too fast." she answered, and I could tell that she was starting to loosen up a little.
I could feel a little bit of my strength returning, so I slowly let go of the table, but quickly grasped onto it again before I fell over.
"Oh! I'm sorry! Here let me help you!" She exclaimed, as she bolted from her chair, and grabbed my arm, then she helped me over to one of the chairs.
"Why do I feel so weak?" I asked, as I sat down.
"Did you see the old guy that came in here with me?" she asked, stopping long enough to see me nod. "Well...he built this weird machine, and every prisoner that is brought here is put through it, it saps all the strength out of the person, and is supposed to erase their memory...but I guess the memory thing didn't work fully on you." She answered.
"So...what your saying is...I'm some sort of prisoner here?" I asked slowly, dreading the answer I would get.
"Depends, if you are who you say you are...then no, but after the attacks from the Galbadian's, we have been bringing every one of them that we could capture here." She answered, and I sighed in relief.
"How will you know if I'm...me?" I asked, as soon as that thought came through my head.
"You will find out, but I think that's enough questions for right now." She said, then walked through the door, leaving me to think on what I had found out so far.
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"LOOK! There it is!" Selphie exclaimed happily when the Ice cavern outpost came into view.
We had left my Grandfather's house at six this morning, and now it was about two in the afternoon, so we were all glad that we were just about there.
"Whew...it's about time! My feet are starting to hurt." Zell complained.
"Oh no...not AGAIN!" Rinoa sighed.
"Yeah Zell, be quiet, you can sit all you want when we get there." Irvine said, quickly walking in front of me.
Cale still hadn't shown up, we had waited an extra day, but we couldn't wait any longer, so we had to leave, and I was hoping that he would follow us to the outpost...or something.
"You still worried about Cale?" Irvine asked, bringing me from my thoughts.
"...Yeah, I just hope that we find him soon." I answered.
"Hey man, don't worry about him too much, we both know how well he can take care of himself, so I think that he'll be ok, besides your Grandfather knows where we went, so if Cale turns up there, he'll know where to find us, so don't worry too much alright." Irvine said.
"...Yeah...I guess your right." I said.
"HALT! Who are you? and what is your purpose here?" an unfamiliar voice called out, and I seen that we had made it to the front gates of the outpost.
"I am Sergeant Squall Leonhart, I am here with Commander Irvine Kinneas, and the former General Caraway's three children, I request that you open the gates and let us through." I called out, then I heard some muffled voices, and the huge gates slowly slid open.
"Sergeant Leonhart...and Commander Kinneas...I am glad to see that you are both still alive, it's been awhile since we heard from you Commander, and Sergeant...we all thought that you had died in the attack on the tournament stadium." Kevin Burns, the commanding officer of the outpost said, as he walked toward us.
"Hey Kevin! Man I haven't seen you in awhile! Geez how ya been man." Irvine exclaimed excitedly, as he ran up to him and shook his hand.
"I've been pretty good, how about you Irvine?" He asked calmly.
"Can't complain...but we have had a little trouble with the Galbadians, other than that I've been doin good." He answered.
"And you Squall? It seems like ages since the last time I saw you." He asked, turning to look at me.
"Same here, but I have a favor to ask you." I answered.
"Whatever you need, just ask." He said.
"Alright, but first, do you know anything more about the attacks? Have the Galbadians advanced any further? I just need to know our current position." I said.
"Well...I don't know much more than you most likely already know, but I do have some information on what's going on in Balamb City, and the Garden." He explained.
"Good, but first can we get out of the cold? We've been traveling ever since six this morning and we're all tired and cold." I said.
"Sure, just follow me, I'll have some food prepared, then we can talk." He said, and motioned for us to follow him.
The outpost wasn't much, just a large fort that was originally built to keep bandits and poachers away from the Ice Cavern, but there had been a few battles in the past that took place here, and the outpost couldn't be penetrated, so although small, it had a very good defense.
"I can't stay for long, so for right now I just need to know the information that you have." I said, as we all gathered into Kevin's office.
"Of coarse, as far as I know General Kramer is still alive, once the Galbadians made their attack on the Garden, they seemed to be focusing on the higher ranking officers, but the General has managed to pull together the remaining forces that were stationed at the Garden, and right now he has enough troops to defend either the Garden, or Balamb City, but if they attack both the City and the Garden again, like they did last time...then they will not survive. As you probably already know...there are small towns all over the country that are being attacked, and burned to the ground. The Fire Cavern Outpost has suffered an attack, but it was small, and they managed to beat back the enemy without much loss on our side. There is also a rumor going around that the leader of the Galbadian soldiers here in Balamb is after you Squall...did you know about this?" He asked.
"Yes, his name is Seifer Almasy, you may remember him from our training back at the Garden, but he is the leader, and he has been after me ever since the attack at the stadium." I replied with a quick nod.
"Seifer!? Hmm...I never would have thought it would be him...but I believe you, anyway...you wanted to ask a favor of me?" He asked.
"Oh yeah! Kevin...meet Rinoa, Selphie, and Zell, they are General Caraway's three children, and as I told you before, I can't stay long, so could I leave them here? I have important business to take care of right now, but I will be back in...about two days at most." I explained.
"It would be a pleasure to have them stay here Squall, I will make sure that they are well cared for until you return." He answered cheerfully.
"Alright, thanks Kevin, and...as far as I know...Irvine will be staying here also...right?" I asked, looking over to where Irvine was standing.
"You know it! Besides I don't really have any orders calling me back to the Garden, so for right now I'll stay here." He answered.
"So...it's not any trouble?" I asked, looking back at Kevin.
"Psh, don't think anything of it, besides...we need some excitement around this boring place, so don't worry about things here alright." He replied passively.
"Alright, thanks Kevin." I said, then walked out the door.
"Squall..." I heard Rinoa's voice coming from behind me, I stopped and slowly turned towards her.
"Yes Rin?" I had already told everyone that I would be leaving as soon as I got everything taken care of, so I didn't really know what she wanted.
"Come back soon." She said, wrapping her arms around me.
"Yeah, I'll only be two days at the very most...alright." I said, returning the hug.
"...ok." She said, after a pause, then she walked back to the door, and with one last smile, she walked through it.
"OPEN THE GATES!" the voice called out, when I arrived at the front gate, I waited for a moment, and once they were open wide enough for me to walk through, I left the outpost, and made my way towards the forest.
"It's about time, I didn't know that it would take you THAT long to just say goodbye." Apock said, as I neared the place where he had been waiting for me.
"...sorry, it took me a lot longer than what I thought it would, but I'm ready now so lets go and get this over with." I said.
"Ok, close your eyes." was all he said, and when I did, I felt his hand on my forehead, then it felt as if I were falling from the top of a tall building or something.
That feeling went on for another couple of minutes, then it all ended as abruptly as it had started.
"You can open your eyes now." I opened them, and I found myself in a huge building, everything was made of white marble, and mahogany wood, it seemed very elegant.
"So...this is the place?" I asked, hardly believing that it was.
"No, the door is up ahead." Apock answered simply, and walked faster.
We followed the huge hall, until we came to the end, and there was a monstrous door, that was probably three times my size, and standing in front of it was was a guard, he was clad in gold armor, and was about eleven feet tall, he was holding the biggest sword that I had ever seen.
"What is your purpose here?" his deep voice bellowed through the corridor, and sent cold chills down my spine.
"I am here with Master Leonhart, I am his guardian, and have orders from the grand council to train him in the TTC for one full year." Apock answered with a business like tone in his voice.
"Very well, Master Leonhart, it is a pleasure to meet you, please follow me." He said, becoming somewhat friendlier when he found out who I was.
I followed him through the huge doorway, and down another corridor, until we came to a much smaller door, He opened it and stepped aside so that I could walk through, after Apock and me had walked through the door, he closed it and I heard locks setting into place, and found that the door was securely shut so that only someone on the other side of the door could open it.
"Squall, please follow me." Apock said, and walked through yet another doorway.
I found myself in a...room...no it couldn't be a room...it was too large...this...place seemed to go on forever, there was nothing else here except for the small place that I was standing on, it wasn't much at all, there was a couple bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a weight room, and that was it.
"I thought that there would be more than just this." I said, looking out at the endless...abyss of...nothing.
"What we are standing on now, is the living quarters, this is where we will be spending only a fraction of our time, since I am the one who will be training you, all that I ask is that you listen to me, for right now forget about being Master Leonhart, for the rest of the time that we will be in here, I will be in charge, I will be your coach, your teacher, so I have set a schedual, he disappeared through a doorway, then reappeared again holding a sheet of paper, and handed it to me.
"Wow...you really have this planned out...so when do we start the training?" I asked looking up from the sheet of paper.
"We will start tomorrow, so for the rest of today, relax and prepare yourself for the year to come, because you won't be able to relax very much after today." He said, then walked through another door leaving me to do what I wanted.
"Well, I'm hungry...might as well get something to eat." I said quietly to myself, then walked around looking for the kitchen.
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I heard the door to my temporary 'prison' shoot open, and I looked up to see the doctor, and Ariel walk through.
"Ariel, make sure that he is secured, I don't want him to get away before we know exactly who he is." the doctor said, then Ariel pulled out a pair of handcuffs.
She slowly made her way behind me, and pulled my arms back, then secured them tightly.
"Heh, you think these can keep me from breaking loose...you gotta be kidding." I thought smugly, I could tell that the handcuffs were made of cheap metal, but I still couldn't remember where I learned how to tell, "Guess it's just instinct..." I thought, then slowly walked behind them.
This was the first time I had been out of that room, and I found that the walls were made of carved rock, and I knew instantly that I was in an underground dwelling, and all my plans of escape totally disappeared, for although I knew I could get out of the handcuffs, I would also have to find a way to the surface, and I didn't have any weapon, so for the time being I had to come up with another plan.
I walked along silently, until we came to a large door, it was the same as the one connected to my room, with the airlock thing, but what I found inside, was the last thing that I was expecting.
"I see that you have brought him...good, now leave us! we would like to speak with him for a few minutes." I found myself in front of about five old people, from the looks of it they were the ones in charge of this place, so I decided to answer the questions that they asked.
"I hear that you are the son of the Leonhart's...is this true?" the oldest looking man asked.
"Yes, I am Cale Leonhart, and Laguna Leonhart is my father." I answered.
"Do you know this for sure?" He asked.
"...Yes...why?..." With the way he was asking, I felt that there was something that was going on.
"The doctor, which you have already met, was supposed to erase everything out of your memory. I had witnessed the operation, so I know that it worked, so can you please reveal to me how you know these things." He said.
"I...don't know...I can't really remember much more than what I have told you. I can't remember if I have any other family, I just know that I am the son of Laguna Leonhart, and that my name is Cale Leonhart, that is all..." I said, trying to remember more but to no avail.
"Hmm...I see, well I would like to see if you really are the famous Cale Leonhart, does the rest of the Council agree?" He asked, and looked around at the others. I heard mumbled agreements, then all was quiet once more.
"Good...GUARD! Will you send Ariel here, I would like to speak with her." He said, and the guard nodded, and walked out the door. "Mr. Leonhart, Ariel will show you to the training grounds, now good day." He said, and the other guards grabbed me by the arms, and forcefully pushed me towards the exit.
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Ms. Ariel, the council has requested your presence." I turned to see the captain standing at attention.
"Roger, it's only me, you don't have to act that disciplined around me alright." I said, trying to suppress a giggle.
"Heheh...sorry, but the head councilor has asked to see you." He said with a nervous laugh, and walked out the door.
"What could they want now?...oh well, I guess I'll find out soon enough." I thought, as I walked through the doorway to the council chamber.
I walked into the midst of the councilors, and bowed when I faced the head of the council. "You asked to see me sir?" I asked, as I stood to my full height.
"Yes, it seems that the young Leonhart still remembers something of his past life, do you know how this could have happened?" He asked, in a very serious voice.
"...It's still a mystery to me, every person that we've put through that thing, still hasn't remembered anything...so once again, I don't know how it could happen." it was a mystery to all of us, that any person could remember ANYTHING after going through the doctors machine.
"The council has agreed with me, and we would like to see if he is really Cale Leonhart, and if he is...then he could prove to be very valuable to this rebellion, so I would like you to take him to Megan, if he can beat her...then we will know that he is telling the truth." He said.
"Ok, I'll do it." I agreed, with a nod.
"Good, now will you need any guards to accompany you with the young Leonhart?" He asked.
"...No, if he gets out of hand, then I can take care of him." I said.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes, besides...who was the one who brought him here?" I said.
"Yes...I suppose your right, anyway I am looking forward to seeing his capabilities, so be quick about it alright." He said, with a smile.
"No problem." I said, then walked back out the room.
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"Get in there!" one of the guards yelled, as both of them threw me back into my room.
They had taken the handcuffs off, and I had tried to break loose, but they proved to be stronger than what I had thought.
"Never underestimate the enemy." for some reason I recognized the voice, but at the same time it was so distant, "I really wish that I could remember more." for the two nights that I had been here, I had seen a figure in my dreams, I didn't know who he was, but although he seemed so distant...I could remember him, it was kind of like the feeling of when you had that word on the tip of your tongue but just couldn't say it.
SWISH the door opened again, and Ariel walked through.
"Oh no, what did I do this time?" I asked, as she came closer.
"Nothing that I know of, but the council has asked me to take you to the training grounds, so come on." She said, motioning me to follow her.
"Um...did you forget something?" I asked, somewhat confused.
"No why?" She asked, looking back at me.
"The handcuffs." I answered.
"Well...I think I can trust you enough, so lets forget about them alright." She said with a smile.
What she said, almost made me fall off of the chair I was sitting on, now would have been the perfect time to make my escape, but where would I go if I did get out, I didn't know where I was, there was a very slight chance of finding the only person who I could remember, so I decided to just stay here for now, and maybe...just maybe I could be friends with some of the people living here, so I stood up and followed Ariel out of my room.
Although it was an underground dwelling, it seemed to me like a normal town, there were houses, people, there was even a store. I followed Ariel through the town, then once we made it through there, she led the way to a small building.
"Hey MEGAN! Where are you!" she yelled as we entered the building.
There was no answer, but loud noises could be heard from somewhere deeper inside, so I just followed Ariel through the building. We finally came to a room that looked like a large garage, and there were a few cars here and there.
"Megan! Are you in here!" Ariel called out again.
"Huh...what?" A voice answered, then one of the cars started to shake. The hood popped open, from a small explosion, and a girl could be seen flying out of where the engine would be.
"MEGAN! Are you alright!" Ariel shrieked, as she ran over to the girl.
"...cough...Yeah, I got the part I needed." She said excitedly, as she held up a greasy piece of metal.
"What caused the explosion?" I asked, as I walked closer to the two girls.
"The gas pipe was hooked up to this, and once the fire from my torches touched the pipe, it exploded, and well...here I am." She answered, hardly paying attention to me, and walking to another car. She opened the hood, then the upper half of her body disappeared into the engine.
"Megan, the council has asked that you have a fighting match with the guy over there." Ariel said, pointing at me.
The girl came up from the engine and walked towards me, "Who are you?" She asked when she came in front of me.
"Cale Leonhart." I answered.
"Well Cale, nice to meet you," She said, quickly shaking my hand, then she walked back to the car. "Why does the council want me to fight him?" She asked, once again disappearing into the engine.
"Well, didn't you just hear him? He says that he is one of the Leonhart's." Ariel said.
I looked over to see the girl named Megan slowly raising out of the car engine, and look over at me.
"You...are one of the Leonhart's?" She asked slowly.
"Yeah, Cale Leonhart, didn't you just hear us?" I asked.
"Oh my gosh! I've been waiting so long to meet you, and now your just standing there! I'm sorry about earlier, I just had a lot on my mind, so I wasn't paying attention." She said, quickly becoming excited.
"Why are you people acting so weird? I'm no one special." I said, and now I was somewhat confused, first it was Ariel, then it was that old guy, and now it was this girl, I was starting to really wonder what was going on.
"No one special? Ariel...is this some sort of joke or something?" The girl asked.
"Um...Megan...can you come over here for a minute?" Ariel asked, then I watched both girls whisper between themselves for a few minutes, then they both walked back towards me.
"Ariel, take Mr. Leonhart to the training room, I just have to get my tickler, then I'll be right there." The girl said with a smile, then ran through a door at the other side of the room.
"Do you have to call me Mr. Leonhart? I feel like an old man." I asked, as I followed Ariel out of the building, then through the streets.
"Well, what else would you want us to call you?" She asked, as she weaved through the mess of people.
"Just Cale." I answered.
"Ok then, from now on I'll call you Cale." She said, and I found that we had arrived at our destination.
"So I have to fight that girl back there?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, one word of advice, don't underestimate her." She answered, leading me through the halls of the large building.
"O...k...I guess I'll listen to you." I said, then found myself in a huge room, then I felt like falling as soon as I looked around.
(flashback)
CLANG...CLANG...I could see myself in a room a lot like the one I had just seen, only I was fighting someone. I concentrated as hard as I could on the person I was fighting, but I couldn't picture him perfectly. I watched as we exchanged blow after blow, until we couldn't fight anymore.
"Alright Cale...I think that's enough for today, your getting a whole lot better everytime I fight you, man if you keep this up, then you will eventually be able to beat me." The person said, and I could just vaguely recognize his voice.
"No, I'll never be able to beat you ------." I couldn't make out the name that I just said.
(end of flashback)
I opened my eyes, and looked around to see that I was back in the forest-like room, and I could see that Ariel was leaning over me, with a worried look on her face.
"Are you alright?" Ariel asked, when I looked up at her.
"Y-yeah...I just...well...I just remembered something once I seen this room." I answered, slowly sitting up.
"What was it?" she asked.
"Well...I was sparring with someone...but I can't remember who it was, I can just vaguely remember his voice, and what he looks like...but I just can't remember who he is." I answered slowly, and getting up from off of the ground.
"I'm here! Sorry for making you guys wait!" I heard a familiar voice call out, then I turned to see the girl that had been working on those cars. I almost laughed when I seen what she was carrying.
"Your...going...to...fight...with...that?...HAHAHA!" I asked through my laughter, when I seen a sword that was almost more than...TWICE her size.
"Yeah, you have a problem with that." She yelled irritated, as she swung a sword, that was like...nine feet long in front of her.
"N-no...I just thought it looked funny." I said, trying to hold back from laughing again.
"Here is what you will be fighting with." Ariel said from behind me.
I turned to see a black sword, it seemed so familiar, but for now I just picked it up, and faced the girl with the nine foot sword.
I couldn't believe how such a small girl could even pick up a sword that size, much less fight with it, but it was all I could do to dodge the blows from the monstrous thing.
I looked for a way to get closer without getting hit, but she was so fast that I barely had enough time to take a breath, so for now I was just going to wear her down until she couldn't lift the thing. after about fifteen minutes, she was starting to slow down, but I still couldn't get anywhere near her.
I kept dodging, until I felt a painful burn across my chest, I looked down to see a thin line of blood spreading from my left shoulder to my abdomen, then I felt another painful burn on my right arm, and knew that she had hit me again.
I wasn't to keen on fighting against a girl, so I had to come up with a plan to beat her without actually hitting her.
She was finally slowing down, and I instantly came up with a plan, as soon as I seen this.
I ran up to her, and grabbed the dull part of the blade, and easily forced it out of her hands. It was a whole lot lighter than what it looked like, but for now I had to carry out the plan. I don't know where I learned how to do it, but I backflipped high enough to land in one of the trees, then I kept jumping higher until I found the ceiling, I forced both of our swords into the ceiling, then made my way through the tree until I came to the floor once again.
There wasn't a trace of the girl, so I listened for anything out of the ordinary. I heard something from behind me, and as if it was instinct I bent forward, and seen that her punch had just missed the back of my head by an inch.
I rolled out of the way, then jumped onto another tree branch, but she did the same thing. I was almost parallel with her, and we were both glaring into the others eyes, then as if by magic she disappeared out of sight, I flipped down to the floor, then listened again for an abnormal sound. I felt something hit the back of my head really hard, and I felt like I was drunk, for I couldn't stand strait, then I felt her knee connect with my stomach, and I took a few steps backward.
"Why haven't you tried to hit me yet?" She asked, while I tried to hold back from throwing up.
"...I don't...fight girls..." I answered, then leaned against a tree.
"Then this isn't a fair fight." She said, then walked towards one of the doors.
I waited a few minutes, then the old guy that I had talked to earlier came out, along with the doctor, Ariel, and Megan.
"That was a magnificent fight Mr. Leonhart, everything that I would have expected from you, and to last this long without throwing one offensive blow, I am truly impressed. Now that I know you are the real Cale Leonhart, I shall make sure that you are not treated like a prisoner, and I am truly sorry for treating you like one." He said, with an excited smile.
"Uh...thanks...I think..." I said. He talked so fast I could barely understand him, all I really made out was something about fighting good, and something about being a prisoner.
"Well, I must get back to the council chamber, but I will speak with you again." He said, then walked away.
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"Come on Squall! I know you can fight better than this! Now quit trying, and hit me!" Apock yelled, we had been sparring ever since I woke up this morning.
I had been in training for about three months now, and I was really starting to hate my life. Apock was a good instructor and all, but he was tough...very tough, I was on the training field at 6:00 AM sharp, there was only one time that I had been five minutes late, and he made me stay an hour longer, all that he would let me eat was protein, at first it was alright, but after three weeks of it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I didn't want to even look at it.
I was really missing the outside world, everyone that was at the outpost especially Rinoa, and I still didn't know anything about how Cale was doing, I was just hoping that he would show up at the outpost.
"Squall, is there something on your mind?" Apock asked, with genuine concern.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about Cale...it seems like I haven't seen him forever, plus I don't know if he's ok." I answered.
"Cale can take care of himself if anything happens, so I wouldn't worry too much." He said.
"Yeah, I guess your right, but I hope that he made it back to the outpost." I said.
"Yeah, it would nice to see him when we return." Apock said, then started swinging his gunblade through the air.
"So, what am I going to learn next?" I asked, standing up from where I was on the ground.
"You know what limit breaks are...right?" He asked, looking at me.
"Yeah, but I never learned one." I answered.
"Well then, that is what we will start on tomorrow." He said.
"What is it called?" I asked.
"Renzokuken, it is a series of non-stop hits, when it is successful, you will probably end up with about six successive hits." He explained.
"Great! Now lets get back to training." I said.
"Yes, the break was over two minutes ago...guess you'll have to stay an hour more than normal." He said, with an evil smile.
"Aww! C'mon! It's only two minutes, GEEZ! You can let two minutes go! C'mon...please." I was practically on my knees begging him by now.
"Haha, I was just kidding, but if we take any longer, I will make you stay an hour later." He chuckled, then we were back to fighting.
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I stood on the highest tower of the outpost, I could tell by the clouds that a snowstorm was brewing, the only question now was...when.
I stood up, and looked off into the distance, that was when I seen a figure that looked like a man. I looked harder, and seen that he was limping, and that he was trying his hardest to get to the front gates.
"Could that be Cale?...or...Squall?...oh no!" I thought, then I ran down the staircase as fast as I could.
"Open the gate! Someone is coming!" I yelled at the guard, as soon as I seen him.
"Why? I haven't seen anyone coming." He said, giving me a questioning look.
"What is going on here?" I turned to see Irvine walking towards me.
"Irvine! I just seen someone coming towards the front gate, he looked like he was hurt!" I explained quickly.
"Do you know for sure?" Irvine asked quickly.
"Yes! I seen him limping! It could be Cale!" I yelled.
"Soldier! Open the gate!" Irvine yelled, and started walking towards the two large doors.
I followed Irvine out of the outpost, and seen the man from earlier. He looked worse than when I first seen him, he had three bullet holes in his chest, and numerous scratches and cuts on his face, and along his arms.
"The...Fire...Cavern...Outpost...was...attacked...again!" He said slowly, gasping for air, and shaking uncontrollably.
"Don't talk, we have to get you to the infirmary! Rinoa! Help me get him inside the outpost!" Irvine yelled.
I took one of the man's arms, then slowly walked into the outpost.
"Someone! Get the doctor!" Irvine yelled, when we entered the outpost.
We set the man down on the stretcher that was brought as soon as Irvine gave the order, then we followed him into the infirmary.
"Commander...Kinneas...the...Galb...Galbadians...are...on...their...way...here...plea---please...don't...let...them...succeed...with...the...attac---" The man said desperately, then passed out.
"Commander! A strong force can be seen about one hundred miles away!" A soldier said, as he saluted.
"How many soldiers? And how long before they will arrive?" Irvine asked.
"Between seven hundred to one thousand soldiers! And they will arrive about nightfall!" The soldier answered.
"O-one thousand?! How many men are stationed here?" Irvine asked.
"I think we have...five hundred...but I don't know for sure." He answered.
"...We're outnumbered two to one...is there anyway that we can call for reinforcements?" Irvine asked.
"The closest place would be the Fire Cavern Outpost, but we still don't know the condition of the outpost, so the next closest place would be...Trabia Garden..." He answered hesitantly.
"Trabia Garden! Isn't there any place closer?" Irvine shouted.
"N-no...wait! There is a small fort in the mountain pass, but it's not very big...so there won't be many soldiers there." He answered.
"Send a messenger! Any reinforcements will help!" Irvine said.
"Yes sir! I will get on it right away!" He said, saluted, then ran out the door.
"What are we going to do?" I asked.
"...(sigh)...for right now...you and your siblings will have to stay here, I can't leave at a time like this, and there is no one else except Kevin that I trust enough to get you three out of here, so for now...your gonna hafta stay here." He answered slowly.
"I want to fight." I said, and watched as Irvine slowly looked at me.
"Are you crazy! Squall would kill me if he found out! No! I can't let you!" He yelled.
"Irvine! I can fight! I have just stood bye and watched my friends and family get hurt, I want to help you." I said.
"No," He said firmly. "I know how you feel, but I can't let you, now go and find Zell and Selphie, then meet me in Kevin's office." He said, then walked out the door.
There was nothing else I could do, so I walked out the door also, and started looking around for either Zell or Selphie...whoever came first.
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Ok well, that's the end of chap nine, and I hope all of my readers enjoyed.
NOW I GET TO THANK EVERYBODY!!!...YAY!!!!
BerlinBrownEyes: Yo meg sup, anyway I probly didn't get your true personality right, but hey blowin up stuff...ness of stuff ;) is probly one of the things you might do (gives big cheesy grin) k well hope you enjoyed, and yep I got this really nice pair of handcuffs (yep stole em from a cop) and handcauffed my dad, and made him sit down and read my story so I could put it up, heheh I'm evil anyway here it is, and hope you enjoyed.
AloneAndNotAfraid: Yo, well are ya glad that cale aint dead??? heheh I just couldn't kill him (yet that is) he's one ofmy own creations, now all I gotta do is learn how to draw really good, then make a picture of him...but don't get your hopes up, anyway hope you enjoyed, and more will be coming (hopefully sooner than later)
Lost Soul 01: Wow...I'm starting to notice that all my readers are girls...except one dude, but I dunno what happened to him...but heheh I'm not complaining :) well anyway your not a terrible horrible person for not reviewing as soon as I put up the chap, just a litto busy, anyway lookame I just waited a really long time to update, so I guess that makes me a rotten terrible horrible person too...ah well I guess I can live with that...(gives stupid grin)
Selphie Kinneas: YAY!!! old friend that came back from the dead! Too bad about your sis deleting your stories (heh that's why I don't let my sis know ANY of my passwords...but I got em all on floppy so it wouldn't matter...) anyway our new story is really good! So keep up the good work!
Kain: ...Hi Justin...yeah he's my cuz...kinda feels weird when I got my fam (other than my dad) sitting here reading the stuff I write...anyway yep I'm havin fun, yeah I like writing, and if any of you peple can believe me...this is my first attempt at writing...yep I never even thought of writing until I came to this site...anyway onto other readers!
Sephie Lynn Tilmitt: ...did I spell it write??? ah well, anyway I'm really glad that you like my story, one more reader to add to my thanks list, so that's cool anyway I hope that you can find more time to keep reading, so anyway C YA later.
Clyde, and all the other names: so can anyone figure meg---I mean this person out yet? Ah well, it's pretty easy...
Ok well that's all the people I can put on my list of thanks....I think, anyway since I took sooo long to update, I've redone the first three chaps, and made them better, so if anyone wants ta check em out...they can, so anyway I gotta go right now, so C YA all later.
Oh yeah, one more thing, Leonhart of the North aint coming along too well, but not to worry, I got Targeted under way, AND I gotta new idea for another story, I'm not decided on the title yet, but the one I got right now is Gladiator's Glory, yeah it's another FF8 fic, another Squinoa fic, and I can tell everyone right now, that every FF8 fic that I write and has Rin and Squall in it, then it will be a Squinoa, I don like all those nasty SeiferxSquall yaoi pieces of crap, nope I'm a strait dude so I don like that nasty yaoi crap, and to all the girls out there (yeah thats right I'm speaking to all my readers) I aint too keen on the shoujo-ai stuff either, and I don't like all that SquallxQuistis stuff either, so I'll keep it Squinoa (crap I need one of those funny smily faces riiiight here) ok so uh...I think that's all...
Nope I'm not gone yet, hey everybody please review, and heheh any not signed reviews for the chaps I re-wrote wouldn't hurt either (lol I'm soo greedy) anyway yep I'm leaving, so C YA