Squall lay curled against the rock, his eyes shut tightly to block out the
red glow of the fire that shone through his eyelids. He couldn't sleep.
Only earlier, he had found his sister was on another planet and fighting,
nearly gotten close with a girl whom he was unsure of what she was, and ran
from a team of police on the back of a giant cat something, just because he
wanted to get parts. Now they were in a forest, dense and cold, with a
blazing fire, few garments besides clothes to keep themselves warm, and
worried about their next mission. Behind him, he could sense Fuijin reading
over the plans for bombing Jaromaru, he could hear Raijin in the distance
timing Saranie and her ability to take a stick and place it in some place
then come back, and he saw his pitiful sister twitching restlessly and
moaning. What he wouldn't give to be back at Garden, curled against Rinoa,
like those old days.
He shut his eyes. The old days... This wasn't about to be like the old days. He wouldn't get Zell's social knowledge on the landmarks, he wouldn't get Quistis's lustful stare, he wouldn't get to criticize Irvine for his obsession with short skirts, and he wouldn't get to be annoyed by Selphie anymore. He might not ever even see his friend's again...
"OUCH!"
"Hush, Sara, don't wake Squall or Elle..."
"Oh sorry... but that is my toe!!!" he could hear Saranie and Raijin bickering in the distance.
Squall smiled, opening his eyes. There were his new friends, his new crew, and they weren't even half bad... Ellone, the good sweet holy girl with the shot of steel.... Fuijin, the bad girl with the knack for typing and cracking a whip... Raijin, the knuckles and comedic softy... and, worst but best of all in a way, Saranie, the unholy sweet little sister with the same viper like eyes love with for fuzzy things and creative ideas with killing... All of this made Squall want to crack up.
He leaned over, staring at the stars, listening in on the conversation between the three outcasts.
"Fuijin... you need sleep... and not just because that idiot psychiatrist, but if you forget the coordinates tomorrow, I will murder you" Saranie said, sitting down a ways off from Squall.
Fuijin giggled slightly, not in a girlish way, shutting her lap top "your like Seifer..."
"Ya know, you are... I wish he could have came too..." Raijin yawned, laying down between Saranie and Fuijin.
"If he had... He'd most likely be our enemy..." Saranie sighed, glancing at Squall.
Fuijin followed her friend's eyes "... Yeah... leopards don't change their spots... Seifer wouldn't miss a chance to hurt Leonhart..."
Saranie smiled "Never insult an Almasy... That's dad's favorite saying..."
"Good one, too..." the three had a laugh at that, and then fell to sleep.
**
"Ooo... Ahhh... Right? You thought Ore was big, welcome to Nai. IT'S TINY!!!" Saranie cackled at her ability not to make sense, as the five and beast zoomed over the tiny little golden brick and over flowing with water city nestled in the mountains overlooking the desert one way and a forest another. It wasn't cold, at all, on the little hills, so the temperature and the scenario puzzled Squall.
The cat beast landed in the middle of the city, with a slight 'mrow- mew' as it turned into a tiny kitten and leapt onto it's blonde owner's back. The five walked into the city, only Saranie's eyes not circling the beautiful merchant like town. Games, shops, events, everything seemed to be going on at once.
Squall trotted up to Saranie, eyes wide "Hey... What if we're spotted?"
She looked unmoved "Nai's got no phones, nor T.V. Just travelers. We'll blend in, and they won't be looking for us. Not for a few days. We'll rent a jeep, then head out to our little headquarters of Nai and meet up with Shun."
Ellone giggled, spinning in a few directions "Shun... he's so dreamy..."
Squall stopped, surprised "I heard he was thirty five!!!"
"And? I'm twenty two, yeah, but Saranie's eighteen and nearly had to have an abortion cause he's so... good when he's bad" Ellone giggled.
Saranie yawned, "come on, you two. Shun's not a patient man..."
They approached town square, Fuijin playing with a pocket watch "Sara... We got till tomorrow night! Lets have a little fun."
Sara looked shocked "The missions today!"
"You didn't check your IM? Shun said he didn't feel like it today, so he changed it to tomorrow night."
"Typical Shun... Well, I suppose you could go off and do what you want..."
"Well... I know! Me and Ellone will go get some materials, and drag Raijin along, and you and Squall get some rest!"
"Wha?" Saranie asked, eyes wide.
"You two will be the strongest. You and Shun. Squall probably needs some rest too, even though he hasn't been working that hard... But, we need all of you to be in tip-top shape for the mission. Go on have fun!" Fuijin grabbed Raijin and Ellone's hand and running off, waving.
Squall watched them go, his eyes bored "they like to do that, huh?"
"It's their 'out of the act' performance..." Saranie yawned, walking over and leaning over the rails that ran down steps spiraling towards the underground half of the city.
"Heh... Hey, about last night..." he walked over, leaning over the rail next to her.
"Look, Squall, I wasn't about to do anything with you, I was just doing my job. Me and Shun aren't completely apart..."
"... Really?" Squall asked, looking at her sadly.
"Yeah... He was a commanding officer in the army... I was... the general's daughter... Now, both of us are fighting the army..."
"Oh... I mean, since the news said ex girlfriend, and you and Irvine-"
"Squall... I didn't say we were serious..." She laughed as a bunch of pigs in a race ran past through the wooden roller coaster like track.
"... Rinoa would never do that..."
"Funny. Wasn't Rinoa a black-headed whore that did my bro for a while? But then, while still with my bro, kind of dated you for a moment?"
"Yah..." Squall looked down, embarrassed.
"You're in luck. She's one of the heads for Jaromaru... Don't ask me how, but she is. I fight her often. I like to fight her, cause we blow through the battles like dust in the wind. She's funny when she's a bloody heap yelling at her unit for retreating like smart cowards" she took out a wallet, labeled curiously 'Bloodfest', flipped it open to the middle, where a picture of Rinoa on Seifer's lap was.
"Jaromaru?! Rinoa Heartilly?!" Squall said, wide-eyed as he stared at the picture.
"That's her. She's the most annoying witch I've ever met" Saranie yawned, leaning back and stretching.
"... How did you get this picture?"
"Bro's wallet"
"Oh... Saranie... I don't know if I can and can let you fight Rinoa..."
"Know this Squall. My nasty reputation takes me everywhere, and the rebellion can kill innocent people, I will go through you like a hot knife through butter. Shun and I will not take prisoners."
This overwhelmed Squall. Not the fact that she thought that she could defeat him, but something else "you and Shun, you and Shun!!! Go marry the guy for god sakes!!!"
She paused, looking at him "are... you jealous...?"
"Of course not!!! Why would I be!?" He turned, stomping off.
**
Squall sat in the back of the jeep, propping his face against his hand, his tired sister leaning on his side, Raijin on the other side of Ellone. Up front, Fuijin typed away and Saranie drove through the rocky roads. Saranie... Was he actually jealous cause her partner was also her lover?
"Booda... la la... Damn, how do you work this radio?" Saranie asked, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel, the pink sun in the sky bouncing off of her glasses.
"It doesn't have one, Sara..." Fuijin muttered, clicking away.
"Damn... I wish Seifer were here... He'd make one..." she giggled.
"He also wouldn't be taking me to see a child molester..." Squall muttered, leaning against the window.
"Shut up, Squall. Or else Shun will eat you alive... Not in the homo way, though."
"Hmph..." He'd avoided talking to the girl, and yet he couldn't help but fantasizing about what it would have looked like if she would have gotten far enough to remove her bra in that hotel room.
"Here we are..." Saranie pulled over to nothing but a cliff and woodland.
"... Huh?" Squall said, confused. Nothing was there... Nothing at all, but that single hill upward cliff.
"You climb up the hill, hun. We're located inside a natural cave..." Fuijin said, and they began their trek up the huge hill.
**
It was an amazing sight to see, really. Buildings inside a cave, technical mixed with natural. People busily but as quietly as possible ran through back and forth, carrying papers, chatting, devising, and even a few doing some recreational things.
The group walked through the cave that was lighted by electronically enhanced lamps and sunlight from the huge entrance. "Welcome, my friend's, and my little angel of ungodliness..."
A worn down looking man with attractive features, accompanied by two young looking people in cloaks, approached the five and the cat. He wore a red cape, a black chest plate, black silk pants, and carrying none other than a dark looking gunblade.
"Ahh... Shun..." Saranie nodded, introducing Squall "this is Leonhart, eager family enemy and destroyer of Ultimecia."
Shun smiled, nodding and holding out his hand "nice to meet you. Not everyday we get such attractive fighters. It'll be even harder to keep Sara now..."
Squall stared at Shun's hand, then looked up at Shun's eyes, a rejecting hint in the brown orbs.
"Okay then..." Shun nodded, leaning back. "Saranie..." he turned to his girlfriend, which he was met by a colder stare "what?"
Saranie tapped her forearms "'DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'?! I'll show you what to and what to not feel like, Cid Shun Wiggins!!!"
"Hey! I thought we all needed a little rest after such big events! I mean, I myself was a little tired after shooting Judge Hill. Lets have a little leisure time..." he put an arm around her.
"Cid..." she shook her head, letting her arms fall to her side.
"Mm, Saranie..." he leaned over, kissing on her neck, which made Squall feel like he was going to be sick.
She giggled, grabbing his face and pulling it closer, yet meeting Squall's eyes and pushing Shun away "look, lets all just go to our rooms... We have a long night tomorrow..."
**
Squall would have given blood in order to have slept next to Saranie, instead of hearing her moan and huff under Shun's weight in the next room over. It seemed as though Saranie knew this too, and was a little ashamed, as she sat opposite of Squall with her face red and head down.
"Toot toot, choo choo!!!" Raijin laughed heartily as they approached the huge building out in the middle of nowhere, on the back of a train heading to give the Jaromaru building to give it supplies. Jaromaru in fact wasn't secret, nor was it in the middle of nowhere. In fact, it was in the middle of the black city of Cumma.
Squall decided what he was going to do. There was no hope in courting Saranie anyways. He wasn't old, or fun, nor could as it seemed 'bang' as hard as Shun. Instead, he would try Rinoa, one last time, when they got there he would leave the group, get Rinoa, tell her about the bomb, and then be the hero, leave, go back to that desert and get the others, and then finally be able to return home.
**
They were running across the tunnel, Raijin has stayed behind at the front to guard the exit, and the others were ahead of Squall. Saranie and her Shun, nearly into each other they were so close. Oh well. This worked well enough. He would advert the route and go through the tunnel straight, where Rinoa's unit was.
He did just that. After he caught Ellone's slipper foot turn the corner, and with regret, he headed straight past the turn.
It was only forty seconds before he bumped into something smaller than him. "Excuse me, recruit, I know I'm the cutest girl in squad but- Squall?!"
"RINOA!!!" Squall huffed and puffed, yet was surprised when he found out he wasn't as happy as he thought he would be when he saw those tiny eyes.
"You... you were on the news... You and that girl had been having sex when the police finally caught you!!!"
"No! We weren't doing anything! Rinoa, I still love you, and right now I need to tell you that the rebellion is here, and they're about to bomb this place!!!"
**
"Squall... He hasn't come yet!" Ellone abruptly stopped, staring down the dark tunnel behind her.
Everybody else stopped as well, Saranie more quickly "WHAT!? Do you think they got him?! Security!?"
"Maybe... I did hear that pair of footsteps disappear from behind me... You don't think he'd actually-?"
"... Last night..." Shun said slowly.
"Shun?" Saranie asked.
"After me and you had our little thing, I went to get a glass of water and I heard him talking in his sleep... Sara, he's selling us out! He's with Rinoa!!!" Shun yelled, and suddenly the alarms rung off.
**
"Ooohhh... How, how could you?" Squall's eyes came into focus as he regained consciousness. Rinoa's blur came into view.
"Oh, Squall. Selling out on your sister and a girl who would have given herself to you in a minute... Just because of little me? How sweet... but... I'm devoted to my job... not a man..." Rinoa cackled.
He was in a dark circular shaped room, with blue hue coming from the tanks lining the wall. He was tied to a pillar in the middle that seemed to be holding the ceiling up, without his jacket or is weapon, his arms smartly placed out so they were far away from his pocket. Rinoa stood in front of him, Angelo at her side, a smug look on her face. To Squall's horror, just behind her, Saranie stood in an empty tank, scowling at Squall hatefully. Shun was tied to a table off to Squall's right, his long black hair falling over his face as he laid sickly looking. In the tanks off to Squall's left, they held knocked out Fuijin, then Raijin, and finally Ellone herself. He winced at the sight; his thoughts of being the hero made him the bad guy.
"Hmm... How naughty, Squall... Getting angry because your interest has a lover... And then, daring to say you still love me! Well, how rude..." Rinoa laughed, shaking her head and turning, walking away from Squall.
"Rinoa... Be nicer to Saranie. Don't let her go, but don't hurt her, either. Neither Squall, Fuijin, Raijin, and Ellone" came a voice that Squall had known to dread, a voice that shocked him, and most of all a voice that made the expression of both him and Saranie change, both for the worst.
"Can do, Seifer..." Rinoa nodded, walking back while holding Seifer's hand "oh, sorry. I forgot; I am with devoted to a man... he's just not you!"
**
"I screwed up big time, okay?!" Squall shouted back across the room at Saranie, who hadn't stopped scowling at him.
"I told you I don't take prisoners... This will cost your life, Squall" she said, staring at him straight faced.
His eyes widened '... If we survive... she's going to kill me?'
"Hmm... Maybe... We can con one of these guards to let us out of here... These fools might find Cennaire their new god, but they aren't about to give up lovin'..." Shun rubbed his chin, pacing in the jail cell the guards had moved him to.
"... So?" Squall shrugged.
"Look, boy, keep your yap shut and we'll leave you here for the slut that you risked you sister's life to get. But, you blab, and we'll make sure your dog meat before the days over. Now, Saranie..." Shun turned to his lover.
"Yes?"
"You have access to your clothes, right?"
"Yes..."
"When the next shift comes in, I want you to lift up your shirt, rub yourself, moan, do whatever it takes to make him let you out. Then, knock him out, get our weapons, wake up Fuijin and Raijin and Ellone; it's been an hour, they aren't knocked out, just sleeping; and we'll get out of here" Shun nodded.
"What about me?" Squall asked. He knew somehow they weren't going to leave him.
"You're staying. Wouldn't dream of parting you and Rinoa.
**
It had worked like a charm. Saranie told the guard how she thought how big he was, and that she would love to just kneel down in front of him and make him feel like heaven, and he easily let her out of the cell. Seductions one of a girl's special talent, you know. She threw a leg over his knee, and just as he was unzipping his pants, WHAM! Right over the head and down he went.
She picked up the keys, unlocking Shun's cell as he laughed "men were always head over heels for you..."
"I gotta a tongue and a blade and I'll always be forbade" she smiled, walking over to the tanks and opening them from the top, dragging her partners out and waking them, Raijin typically by his hair since he was so heavy.
The group woke up, Ellone staring wide eyed at Squall "how could you? I'm your own damn sister!"
"Ellone, you go with Fuijin and head out down our number one escape route. Raijin, you and Shun go down our number two escape route. I'll take care of the hard part" she withdrew her two short gunblades, sighing heavily and turning to Squall.
"NO!" Ellone screamed, lunging forward but being held back by Fuijin and Raijin.
"... You know the code... Stay or die, that's the rule..." Saranie looked down, sighing "I'm sorry, Ellone..." Fuijin dragged her off and out of the room, followed by five seconds by Shun and Raijin.
Saranie sighed, approaching Squall and raising her gunblades. He shut his eyes, knowing he disserved it.
To his surprise, the chain gradually loosened, then completely fell off. He opened his eyes a little, Saranie looming over him "Stand up, Squall. I like you too much to leave you or hurt you. But, from here on out, you belong to the rebellion."
**
'... Does this woman really have feelings for me?' Squall thought, running quickly behind a relieved Ellone and Fuijin. After all this, he would confront Saranie, ask her what all of this was about. He even doubted he'd have to but go out with her to get away from this rebellion.
But, there was more. There was Shun. "Shun will kill you if you come near me and don't take orders... just, just try to stay out of trouble" she had said. How was he about to stay out of trouble with a guy when he wanted to kiss his girlfriend more than ever now?
"Wh- what the?!" Fuijin stopped, staring at the sight in front of her, so did the brown hairs.
Standing in front of them, a huge mech, a robo-guard.
**
Squall ducked another missal, ramming into the wall. Fuijin and he both were week now, and Ellone lay passed out to his right, huffing and puffing. They were going to die... And his limit break is the only thing that might save them.
"Fuijin... I'm going to use my limit break! That'll hold it off. Then, you take Ellone and get out of here."
"Squall! The rebellion isn't about heroism!!!"
"Just do it- HUH?"
The mech fell to it's knees, then completely down, cracking open the hatch. Inside came tiny voice "wait! We're not the enemy!!!"
**
"So... We were fighting your little brother and sister?" Ellone asked Saranie, shivering against the back of the helicopter that had let them escape.
"Yes! I'm Celbie, and this is Nanto" the young purple girl said, brandishing to the brown haired boy at her side.
"Saranie..." Squall stood up, taking Saranie's hand and pulling her into the back of the copter. He had heard this story before. Kids got stuck in something and were just trying to get out when they attacked the allies. Now, he needed to talk to their older sister.
"Hmm?" Saranie asked.
"I'm... I... Thank you for giving me a second chance..." he smiled.
"Heh... I get it... You want to seduce me since Shun's in the other copter?"
"Oh, umm... Uhh..." Squall shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck.
She kissed his cheek "well... this didn't turn out for you for the good... But, maybe next time, Squall-io."
He shut his eyes. The old days... This wasn't about to be like the old days. He wouldn't get Zell's social knowledge on the landmarks, he wouldn't get Quistis's lustful stare, he wouldn't get to criticize Irvine for his obsession with short skirts, and he wouldn't get to be annoyed by Selphie anymore. He might not ever even see his friend's again...
"OUCH!"
"Hush, Sara, don't wake Squall or Elle..."
"Oh sorry... but that is my toe!!!" he could hear Saranie and Raijin bickering in the distance.
Squall smiled, opening his eyes. There were his new friends, his new crew, and they weren't even half bad... Ellone, the good sweet holy girl with the shot of steel.... Fuijin, the bad girl with the knack for typing and cracking a whip... Raijin, the knuckles and comedic softy... and, worst but best of all in a way, Saranie, the unholy sweet little sister with the same viper like eyes love with for fuzzy things and creative ideas with killing... All of this made Squall want to crack up.
He leaned over, staring at the stars, listening in on the conversation between the three outcasts.
"Fuijin... you need sleep... and not just because that idiot psychiatrist, but if you forget the coordinates tomorrow, I will murder you" Saranie said, sitting down a ways off from Squall.
Fuijin giggled slightly, not in a girlish way, shutting her lap top "your like Seifer..."
"Ya know, you are... I wish he could have came too..." Raijin yawned, laying down between Saranie and Fuijin.
"If he had... He'd most likely be our enemy..." Saranie sighed, glancing at Squall.
Fuijin followed her friend's eyes "... Yeah... leopards don't change their spots... Seifer wouldn't miss a chance to hurt Leonhart..."
Saranie smiled "Never insult an Almasy... That's dad's favorite saying..."
"Good one, too..." the three had a laugh at that, and then fell to sleep.
**
"Ooo... Ahhh... Right? You thought Ore was big, welcome to Nai. IT'S TINY!!!" Saranie cackled at her ability not to make sense, as the five and beast zoomed over the tiny little golden brick and over flowing with water city nestled in the mountains overlooking the desert one way and a forest another. It wasn't cold, at all, on the little hills, so the temperature and the scenario puzzled Squall.
The cat beast landed in the middle of the city, with a slight 'mrow- mew' as it turned into a tiny kitten and leapt onto it's blonde owner's back. The five walked into the city, only Saranie's eyes not circling the beautiful merchant like town. Games, shops, events, everything seemed to be going on at once.
Squall trotted up to Saranie, eyes wide "Hey... What if we're spotted?"
She looked unmoved "Nai's got no phones, nor T.V. Just travelers. We'll blend in, and they won't be looking for us. Not for a few days. We'll rent a jeep, then head out to our little headquarters of Nai and meet up with Shun."
Ellone giggled, spinning in a few directions "Shun... he's so dreamy..."
Squall stopped, surprised "I heard he was thirty five!!!"
"And? I'm twenty two, yeah, but Saranie's eighteen and nearly had to have an abortion cause he's so... good when he's bad" Ellone giggled.
Saranie yawned, "come on, you two. Shun's not a patient man..."
They approached town square, Fuijin playing with a pocket watch "Sara... We got till tomorrow night! Lets have a little fun."
Sara looked shocked "The missions today!"
"You didn't check your IM? Shun said he didn't feel like it today, so he changed it to tomorrow night."
"Typical Shun... Well, I suppose you could go off and do what you want..."
"Well... I know! Me and Ellone will go get some materials, and drag Raijin along, and you and Squall get some rest!"
"Wha?" Saranie asked, eyes wide.
"You two will be the strongest. You and Shun. Squall probably needs some rest too, even though he hasn't been working that hard... But, we need all of you to be in tip-top shape for the mission. Go on have fun!" Fuijin grabbed Raijin and Ellone's hand and running off, waving.
Squall watched them go, his eyes bored "they like to do that, huh?"
"It's their 'out of the act' performance..." Saranie yawned, walking over and leaning over the rails that ran down steps spiraling towards the underground half of the city.
"Heh... Hey, about last night..." he walked over, leaning over the rail next to her.
"Look, Squall, I wasn't about to do anything with you, I was just doing my job. Me and Shun aren't completely apart..."
"... Really?" Squall asked, looking at her sadly.
"Yeah... He was a commanding officer in the army... I was... the general's daughter... Now, both of us are fighting the army..."
"Oh... I mean, since the news said ex girlfriend, and you and Irvine-"
"Squall... I didn't say we were serious..." She laughed as a bunch of pigs in a race ran past through the wooden roller coaster like track.
"... Rinoa would never do that..."
"Funny. Wasn't Rinoa a black-headed whore that did my bro for a while? But then, while still with my bro, kind of dated you for a moment?"
"Yah..." Squall looked down, embarrassed.
"You're in luck. She's one of the heads for Jaromaru... Don't ask me how, but she is. I fight her often. I like to fight her, cause we blow through the battles like dust in the wind. She's funny when she's a bloody heap yelling at her unit for retreating like smart cowards" she took out a wallet, labeled curiously 'Bloodfest', flipped it open to the middle, where a picture of Rinoa on Seifer's lap was.
"Jaromaru?! Rinoa Heartilly?!" Squall said, wide-eyed as he stared at the picture.
"That's her. She's the most annoying witch I've ever met" Saranie yawned, leaning back and stretching.
"... How did you get this picture?"
"Bro's wallet"
"Oh... Saranie... I don't know if I can and can let you fight Rinoa..."
"Know this Squall. My nasty reputation takes me everywhere, and the rebellion can kill innocent people, I will go through you like a hot knife through butter. Shun and I will not take prisoners."
This overwhelmed Squall. Not the fact that she thought that she could defeat him, but something else "you and Shun, you and Shun!!! Go marry the guy for god sakes!!!"
She paused, looking at him "are... you jealous...?"
"Of course not!!! Why would I be!?" He turned, stomping off.
**
Squall sat in the back of the jeep, propping his face against his hand, his tired sister leaning on his side, Raijin on the other side of Ellone. Up front, Fuijin typed away and Saranie drove through the rocky roads. Saranie... Was he actually jealous cause her partner was also her lover?
"Booda... la la... Damn, how do you work this radio?" Saranie asked, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel, the pink sun in the sky bouncing off of her glasses.
"It doesn't have one, Sara..." Fuijin muttered, clicking away.
"Damn... I wish Seifer were here... He'd make one..." she giggled.
"He also wouldn't be taking me to see a child molester..." Squall muttered, leaning against the window.
"Shut up, Squall. Or else Shun will eat you alive... Not in the homo way, though."
"Hmph..." He'd avoided talking to the girl, and yet he couldn't help but fantasizing about what it would have looked like if she would have gotten far enough to remove her bra in that hotel room.
"Here we are..." Saranie pulled over to nothing but a cliff and woodland.
"... Huh?" Squall said, confused. Nothing was there... Nothing at all, but that single hill upward cliff.
"You climb up the hill, hun. We're located inside a natural cave..." Fuijin said, and they began their trek up the huge hill.
**
It was an amazing sight to see, really. Buildings inside a cave, technical mixed with natural. People busily but as quietly as possible ran through back and forth, carrying papers, chatting, devising, and even a few doing some recreational things.
The group walked through the cave that was lighted by electronically enhanced lamps and sunlight from the huge entrance. "Welcome, my friend's, and my little angel of ungodliness..."
A worn down looking man with attractive features, accompanied by two young looking people in cloaks, approached the five and the cat. He wore a red cape, a black chest plate, black silk pants, and carrying none other than a dark looking gunblade.
"Ahh... Shun..." Saranie nodded, introducing Squall "this is Leonhart, eager family enemy and destroyer of Ultimecia."
Shun smiled, nodding and holding out his hand "nice to meet you. Not everyday we get such attractive fighters. It'll be even harder to keep Sara now..."
Squall stared at Shun's hand, then looked up at Shun's eyes, a rejecting hint in the brown orbs.
"Okay then..." Shun nodded, leaning back. "Saranie..." he turned to his girlfriend, which he was met by a colder stare "what?"
Saranie tapped her forearms "'DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'?! I'll show you what to and what to not feel like, Cid Shun Wiggins!!!"
"Hey! I thought we all needed a little rest after such big events! I mean, I myself was a little tired after shooting Judge Hill. Lets have a little leisure time..." he put an arm around her.
"Cid..." she shook her head, letting her arms fall to her side.
"Mm, Saranie..." he leaned over, kissing on her neck, which made Squall feel like he was going to be sick.
She giggled, grabbing his face and pulling it closer, yet meeting Squall's eyes and pushing Shun away "look, lets all just go to our rooms... We have a long night tomorrow..."
**
Squall would have given blood in order to have slept next to Saranie, instead of hearing her moan and huff under Shun's weight in the next room over. It seemed as though Saranie knew this too, and was a little ashamed, as she sat opposite of Squall with her face red and head down.
"Toot toot, choo choo!!!" Raijin laughed heartily as they approached the huge building out in the middle of nowhere, on the back of a train heading to give the Jaromaru building to give it supplies. Jaromaru in fact wasn't secret, nor was it in the middle of nowhere. In fact, it was in the middle of the black city of Cumma.
Squall decided what he was going to do. There was no hope in courting Saranie anyways. He wasn't old, or fun, nor could as it seemed 'bang' as hard as Shun. Instead, he would try Rinoa, one last time, when they got there he would leave the group, get Rinoa, tell her about the bomb, and then be the hero, leave, go back to that desert and get the others, and then finally be able to return home.
**
They were running across the tunnel, Raijin has stayed behind at the front to guard the exit, and the others were ahead of Squall. Saranie and her Shun, nearly into each other they were so close. Oh well. This worked well enough. He would advert the route and go through the tunnel straight, where Rinoa's unit was.
He did just that. After he caught Ellone's slipper foot turn the corner, and with regret, he headed straight past the turn.
It was only forty seconds before he bumped into something smaller than him. "Excuse me, recruit, I know I'm the cutest girl in squad but- Squall?!"
"RINOA!!!" Squall huffed and puffed, yet was surprised when he found out he wasn't as happy as he thought he would be when he saw those tiny eyes.
"You... you were on the news... You and that girl had been having sex when the police finally caught you!!!"
"No! We weren't doing anything! Rinoa, I still love you, and right now I need to tell you that the rebellion is here, and they're about to bomb this place!!!"
**
"Squall... He hasn't come yet!" Ellone abruptly stopped, staring down the dark tunnel behind her.
Everybody else stopped as well, Saranie more quickly "WHAT!? Do you think they got him?! Security!?"
"Maybe... I did hear that pair of footsteps disappear from behind me... You don't think he'd actually-?"
"... Last night..." Shun said slowly.
"Shun?" Saranie asked.
"After me and you had our little thing, I went to get a glass of water and I heard him talking in his sleep... Sara, he's selling us out! He's with Rinoa!!!" Shun yelled, and suddenly the alarms rung off.
**
"Ooohhh... How, how could you?" Squall's eyes came into focus as he regained consciousness. Rinoa's blur came into view.
"Oh, Squall. Selling out on your sister and a girl who would have given herself to you in a minute... Just because of little me? How sweet... but... I'm devoted to my job... not a man..." Rinoa cackled.
He was in a dark circular shaped room, with blue hue coming from the tanks lining the wall. He was tied to a pillar in the middle that seemed to be holding the ceiling up, without his jacket or is weapon, his arms smartly placed out so they were far away from his pocket. Rinoa stood in front of him, Angelo at her side, a smug look on her face. To Squall's horror, just behind her, Saranie stood in an empty tank, scowling at Squall hatefully. Shun was tied to a table off to Squall's right, his long black hair falling over his face as he laid sickly looking. In the tanks off to Squall's left, they held knocked out Fuijin, then Raijin, and finally Ellone herself. He winced at the sight; his thoughts of being the hero made him the bad guy.
"Hmm... How naughty, Squall... Getting angry because your interest has a lover... And then, daring to say you still love me! Well, how rude..." Rinoa laughed, shaking her head and turning, walking away from Squall.
"Rinoa... Be nicer to Saranie. Don't let her go, but don't hurt her, either. Neither Squall, Fuijin, Raijin, and Ellone" came a voice that Squall had known to dread, a voice that shocked him, and most of all a voice that made the expression of both him and Saranie change, both for the worst.
"Can do, Seifer..." Rinoa nodded, walking back while holding Seifer's hand "oh, sorry. I forgot; I am with devoted to a man... he's just not you!"
**
"I screwed up big time, okay?!" Squall shouted back across the room at Saranie, who hadn't stopped scowling at him.
"I told you I don't take prisoners... This will cost your life, Squall" she said, staring at him straight faced.
His eyes widened '... If we survive... she's going to kill me?'
"Hmm... Maybe... We can con one of these guards to let us out of here... These fools might find Cennaire their new god, but they aren't about to give up lovin'..." Shun rubbed his chin, pacing in the jail cell the guards had moved him to.
"... So?" Squall shrugged.
"Look, boy, keep your yap shut and we'll leave you here for the slut that you risked you sister's life to get. But, you blab, and we'll make sure your dog meat before the days over. Now, Saranie..." Shun turned to his lover.
"Yes?"
"You have access to your clothes, right?"
"Yes..."
"When the next shift comes in, I want you to lift up your shirt, rub yourself, moan, do whatever it takes to make him let you out. Then, knock him out, get our weapons, wake up Fuijin and Raijin and Ellone; it's been an hour, they aren't knocked out, just sleeping; and we'll get out of here" Shun nodded.
"What about me?" Squall asked. He knew somehow they weren't going to leave him.
"You're staying. Wouldn't dream of parting you and Rinoa.
**
It had worked like a charm. Saranie told the guard how she thought how big he was, and that she would love to just kneel down in front of him and make him feel like heaven, and he easily let her out of the cell. Seductions one of a girl's special talent, you know. She threw a leg over his knee, and just as he was unzipping his pants, WHAM! Right over the head and down he went.
She picked up the keys, unlocking Shun's cell as he laughed "men were always head over heels for you..."
"I gotta a tongue and a blade and I'll always be forbade" she smiled, walking over to the tanks and opening them from the top, dragging her partners out and waking them, Raijin typically by his hair since he was so heavy.
The group woke up, Ellone staring wide eyed at Squall "how could you? I'm your own damn sister!"
"Ellone, you go with Fuijin and head out down our number one escape route. Raijin, you and Shun go down our number two escape route. I'll take care of the hard part" she withdrew her two short gunblades, sighing heavily and turning to Squall.
"NO!" Ellone screamed, lunging forward but being held back by Fuijin and Raijin.
"... You know the code... Stay or die, that's the rule..." Saranie looked down, sighing "I'm sorry, Ellone..." Fuijin dragged her off and out of the room, followed by five seconds by Shun and Raijin.
Saranie sighed, approaching Squall and raising her gunblades. He shut his eyes, knowing he disserved it.
To his surprise, the chain gradually loosened, then completely fell off. He opened his eyes a little, Saranie looming over him "Stand up, Squall. I like you too much to leave you or hurt you. But, from here on out, you belong to the rebellion."
**
'... Does this woman really have feelings for me?' Squall thought, running quickly behind a relieved Ellone and Fuijin. After all this, he would confront Saranie, ask her what all of this was about. He even doubted he'd have to but go out with her to get away from this rebellion.
But, there was more. There was Shun. "Shun will kill you if you come near me and don't take orders... just, just try to stay out of trouble" she had said. How was he about to stay out of trouble with a guy when he wanted to kiss his girlfriend more than ever now?
"Wh- what the?!" Fuijin stopped, staring at the sight in front of her, so did the brown hairs.
Standing in front of them, a huge mech, a robo-guard.
**
Squall ducked another missal, ramming into the wall. Fuijin and he both were week now, and Ellone lay passed out to his right, huffing and puffing. They were going to die... And his limit break is the only thing that might save them.
"Fuijin... I'm going to use my limit break! That'll hold it off. Then, you take Ellone and get out of here."
"Squall! The rebellion isn't about heroism!!!"
"Just do it- HUH?"
The mech fell to it's knees, then completely down, cracking open the hatch. Inside came tiny voice "wait! We're not the enemy!!!"
**
"So... We were fighting your little brother and sister?" Ellone asked Saranie, shivering against the back of the helicopter that had let them escape.
"Yes! I'm Celbie, and this is Nanto" the young purple girl said, brandishing to the brown haired boy at her side.
"Saranie..." Squall stood up, taking Saranie's hand and pulling her into the back of the copter. He had heard this story before. Kids got stuck in something and were just trying to get out when they attacked the allies. Now, he needed to talk to their older sister.
"Hmm?" Saranie asked.
"I'm... I... Thank you for giving me a second chance..." he smiled.
"Heh... I get it... You want to seduce me since Shun's in the other copter?"
"Oh, umm... Uhh..." Squall shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck.
She kissed his cheek "well... this didn't turn out for you for the good... But, maybe next time, Squall-io."