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Chapter 5- Breaking the ice
Seifer didn't need to work on his magic or summoning. That was blatantly obvious, Quistis was sure if Seifer wasn't in his current condition he could damn well fight with a gunblade, possibly even do as well as Squall, maybe better but for the past two weeks they had been doing nothing except magic and summoning.
Seifer and Squall were always at least one step ahead of the game. While other students were struggling with level one magic, they'd mastered level three magic and were beginning to work on perfecting death and other high level magic. When other students were struggling with bite bugs, they were working on T-Rex's, that's what made them rivals in the first place, both of them were equally skilled, the fact that each was trying to be the best is what drove them. Seifer perhaps could have even exceeded Squall by a long shot, but he was too damn full of himself to reach his full potential. Seifer was one to think he was the best, Squall was constantly striving to be the best. Seifer refused to follow orders as he believed himself to be above them, while Squall did what had to be done.
"Quistis, why the hell am I doing this? This is boring!" Quistis rolled her eyes, Seifer had a point,
"I know that this is boring, but there's not a lot to do other than this, as soon as you recover we can work on fighting,"
"You mean there's not a lot in the manual that we can do," Seifer said with a menacing grin, Quistis raised an eyebrow,
"Please enlighten me on what we can do." She said with a tint of sarcasm,.
"Well for one, why are we training in the class room?" Seifer asked,
"Well it's either here or the training centre, or Balmb. I don't think you'll find the challenge you're looking for there."
"How about we go some place where we could find a challenge,"
"What do you suggest we do? Go steal the Ragnarock and go wondering around Esther were they're still having problems with monsters. Maybe kill them all," Quistis said sardonically,
"Why not?" Seifer said cheekily,
"Honestly Seifer! Are you mad?" Quistis yelled, "You're just out of prison and injured, I'm on thin ice getting my license back and you're suggesting we steal the Ragnarock and go monster hunting! Some things never change." Quistis shook her head,
"Oh come on! Where's your sense of adventure?!"
"Seifer, no, that's final! We're not doing anything stupid like that!"
"Fine, have it your way!" Seifer said finally, he grumbled and got back to casting random spells and summoning GF's. If anybody was more bored than Seifer it was Quistis. She started to seriously consider Seifer proposal. She shook her head,
"Look Seifer, forget it. This is pointless, just a waste of magic, have you ever used any of the forbidden spells?" Quistis asked,
"Yeah I've used The End once, didn't go to well,"
"Look maybe we should go to Balmb and practice the forbidden spells, I have a few that I stocked up during the time compression, and I know where I can get more. Is that alright? They're very difficult to control, it took me a while to master it and Squall has only just barely mastered it."
"Are you serious?" Seifer said with a big grin,
"You can't just keep wasting time practicing magic that you already know. Plus if you're ever in a very tricky situation and you have one of the forbidden spells it could come in very handy." Quistis said in a very instructor like tone. Seifer was grinning broadly, "Are you up for it or not?" Quistis asked in a very matter of fact tone,
"Hell yes!" Seifer said enthusiastically.
"Right, there's no point in continuing anything today, there's not much time left anyway, I have to go and get Squalls permission for this if he agrees then we'll go ahead with it. Meet me at the front gate tomorrow at nine hundred hours sharp for further details, dismissed!" Quistis and Seifer saluted each other and left.
Seifer headed back to the dorms and Quistis headed for the lifts to the third floor. Squall didn't notice Quistis walk in as he was preoccupied trying to balance a pencil on his nose, Quistis tried with all her will to suppress erupting into a fit of giggles,
"Squall?" She had to put her hand up to her mouth as she tried so hard not to laugh as Squall almost fell backwards out of his chair and sat up very quickly, the expression of shock and embarrassment that occupied his face was priceless.
"Oh, um. Hello Quistis!" Squall said hastily, "Can I do anything for you," Quistis shook her head and looked back up at him,
"Squall, I need to ask a favour. I want to take Seifer to Balmb tomorrow to teach him the forbidden spells, I imagine it will take up most of the day,"
"You want to teach Seifer the forbidden spells?" Squall said with a slightly raised eyebrow,
"He knows everything else, and I can't work on his gunblade skills at the moment,"
"Why not?"
"He finally agreed to go to Dr. Kadawoki, he's not in good shape at all, he has several broken bones, second degree burns, cuts and severe bruising. He can't train for a while. Believe me Squall he is fine on everything else, there's no point in teaching him unless we do something to improve on."
"Fine. On one condition, I'm coming along, I don't trust Seifer one bit with the forbidden spells."
"And this is coming from the person who accepted him back into garden?"
"Look, I agreed to keep an eye on him, I'm going as well tomorrow." Squall said finally, Quistis agreed in the end and left the office. Squall left his seat and walked towards Rinoa's office,
"Hey Rin? Is there any meetings scheduled for tomorrow?" Squall asked,
"Hmm, there's that one with the Trabian governor at ten o' clock." Rinoa answered,
"Damn it," Squall muttered, "Rinoa, could you cancel and reschedule it for later on in the day?" Squall asked,
"Yeah I'll call them now, why do you need to cancel?" Rinoa asked out of curiosity,
"Quistis wants to teach Seifer the forbidden spells,"
"Quis wants to what?!" Rinoa challenged,
"I don't trust him either Rin. So I'm going with them tomorrow,
"But why can't she just work on his gunblade skills?"
"Injuries," Squall said simply, "Can't fight for a while."
"Still, the forbidden spells?"
"Well, I'm going to keep an eye on things, remember, I can kick him out." Squall reassured her.
"Right, I'll ring the governor now and cancel the meeting."
"When you're done, we may as well call it a day, there's not a whole lot we can do."
"It seems things have slowed down a bit," Rinoa said with a smile. God that smile, the smile that could melt hearts, Squall could be having the worst of days, he could be under ridiculous amounts of stress, but god that smile. It made each day worth living. "Are you alright Squall?" Squall hadn't even realised he had been staring at her,
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a bit tired." Rinoa knew perfectly well that he had been looking at her, she often saw him do it. Whenever he stopped looking, she would look. The fact that they couldn't have each other tore them apart.
Chapter 5- Breaking the ice
Seifer didn't need to work on his magic or summoning. That was blatantly obvious, Quistis was sure if Seifer wasn't in his current condition he could damn well fight with a gunblade, possibly even do as well as Squall, maybe better but for the past two weeks they had been doing nothing except magic and summoning.
Seifer and Squall were always at least one step ahead of the game. While other students were struggling with level one magic, they'd mastered level three magic and were beginning to work on perfecting death and other high level magic. When other students were struggling with bite bugs, they were working on T-Rex's, that's what made them rivals in the first place, both of them were equally skilled, the fact that each was trying to be the best is what drove them. Seifer perhaps could have even exceeded Squall by a long shot, but he was too damn full of himself to reach his full potential. Seifer was one to think he was the best, Squall was constantly striving to be the best. Seifer refused to follow orders as he believed himself to be above them, while Squall did what had to be done.
"Quistis, why the hell am I doing this? This is boring!" Quistis rolled her eyes, Seifer had a point,
"I know that this is boring, but there's not a lot to do other than this, as soon as you recover we can work on fighting,"
"You mean there's not a lot in the manual that we can do," Seifer said with a menacing grin, Quistis raised an eyebrow,
"Please enlighten me on what we can do." She said with a tint of sarcasm,.
"Well for one, why are we training in the class room?" Seifer asked,
"Well it's either here or the training centre, or Balmb. I don't think you'll find the challenge you're looking for there."
"How about we go some place where we could find a challenge,"
"What do you suggest we do? Go steal the Ragnarock and go wondering around Esther were they're still having problems with monsters. Maybe kill them all," Quistis said sardonically,
"Why not?" Seifer said cheekily,
"Honestly Seifer! Are you mad?" Quistis yelled, "You're just out of prison and injured, I'm on thin ice getting my license back and you're suggesting we steal the Ragnarock and go monster hunting! Some things never change." Quistis shook her head,
"Oh come on! Where's your sense of adventure?!"
"Seifer, no, that's final! We're not doing anything stupid like that!"
"Fine, have it your way!" Seifer said finally, he grumbled and got back to casting random spells and summoning GF's. If anybody was more bored than Seifer it was Quistis. She started to seriously consider Seifer proposal. She shook her head,
"Look Seifer, forget it. This is pointless, just a waste of magic, have you ever used any of the forbidden spells?" Quistis asked,
"Yeah I've used The End once, didn't go to well,"
"Look maybe we should go to Balmb and practice the forbidden spells, I have a few that I stocked up during the time compression, and I know where I can get more. Is that alright? They're very difficult to control, it took me a while to master it and Squall has only just barely mastered it."
"Are you serious?" Seifer said with a big grin,
"You can't just keep wasting time practicing magic that you already know. Plus if you're ever in a very tricky situation and you have one of the forbidden spells it could come in very handy." Quistis said in a very instructor like tone. Seifer was grinning broadly, "Are you up for it or not?" Quistis asked in a very matter of fact tone,
"Hell yes!" Seifer said enthusiastically.
"Right, there's no point in continuing anything today, there's not much time left anyway, I have to go and get Squalls permission for this if he agrees then we'll go ahead with it. Meet me at the front gate tomorrow at nine hundred hours sharp for further details, dismissed!" Quistis and Seifer saluted each other and left.
Seifer headed back to the dorms and Quistis headed for the lifts to the third floor. Squall didn't notice Quistis walk in as he was preoccupied trying to balance a pencil on his nose, Quistis tried with all her will to suppress erupting into a fit of giggles,
"Squall?" She had to put her hand up to her mouth as she tried so hard not to laugh as Squall almost fell backwards out of his chair and sat up very quickly, the expression of shock and embarrassment that occupied his face was priceless.
"Oh, um. Hello Quistis!" Squall said hastily, "Can I do anything for you," Quistis shook her head and looked back up at him,
"Squall, I need to ask a favour. I want to take Seifer to Balmb tomorrow to teach him the forbidden spells, I imagine it will take up most of the day,"
"You want to teach Seifer the forbidden spells?" Squall said with a slightly raised eyebrow,
"He knows everything else, and I can't work on his gunblade skills at the moment,"
"Why not?"
"He finally agreed to go to Dr. Kadawoki, he's not in good shape at all, he has several broken bones, second degree burns, cuts and severe bruising. He can't train for a while. Believe me Squall he is fine on everything else, there's no point in teaching him unless we do something to improve on."
"Fine. On one condition, I'm coming along, I don't trust Seifer one bit with the forbidden spells."
"And this is coming from the person who accepted him back into garden?"
"Look, I agreed to keep an eye on him, I'm going as well tomorrow." Squall said finally, Quistis agreed in the end and left the office. Squall left his seat and walked towards Rinoa's office,
"Hey Rin? Is there any meetings scheduled for tomorrow?" Squall asked,
"Hmm, there's that one with the Trabian governor at ten o' clock." Rinoa answered,
"Damn it," Squall muttered, "Rinoa, could you cancel and reschedule it for later on in the day?" Squall asked,
"Yeah I'll call them now, why do you need to cancel?" Rinoa asked out of curiosity,
"Quistis wants to teach Seifer the forbidden spells,"
"Quis wants to what?!" Rinoa challenged,
"I don't trust him either Rin. So I'm going with them tomorrow,
"But why can't she just work on his gunblade skills?"
"Injuries," Squall said simply, "Can't fight for a while."
"Still, the forbidden spells?"
"Well, I'm going to keep an eye on things, remember, I can kick him out." Squall reassured her.
"Right, I'll ring the governor now and cancel the meeting."
"When you're done, we may as well call it a day, there's not a whole lot we can do."
"It seems things have slowed down a bit," Rinoa said with a smile. God that smile, the smile that could melt hearts, Squall could be having the worst of days, he could be under ridiculous amounts of stress, but god that smile. It made each day worth living. "Are you alright Squall?" Squall hadn't even realised he had been staring at her,
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a bit tired." Rinoa knew perfectly well that he had been looking at her, she often saw him do it. Whenever he stopped looking, she would look. The fact that they couldn't have each other tore them apart.