Squall Leonhart, headmaster of Balamb Garden, stormed through the corridor
leading to the dormitory.
"Glad you could make it, boss," said a man when Squall entered the dormitory room.
"Be quiet Jace," said Squall. Jace Thompson, SeeD First Class, smirked, then got down to business.
"Okay, so what do we have here?" asked Squall. Jace turned and looked at the body lying on the bed.
"This guy is Karlos Jackson, a SeeD who graduated in the same class as me."
"Did you know him?"
"Only a little," replied Jace. "But anyway, he became an instructor a few years later, in he field of medical care, as it were." Squall smiled grimly.
"Someone seems to have a weird sense of irony," he said. "How did he die?"
"Well, when he missed his class this morning, someone came to check on him. Found him lying on his bed with his throat cut."
"Any ideas who did it?" asked Squall, moving over to examine the body himself.
"Quistis is checking for people who had something against him. She knows the students well, she should find something."
"Good work," said Squall to the SeeD.
"Okay, so what do we do now, my illustrious mentor?" asked Jace. Squall looked at his protégé, smiling.
"We wait until Quistis finds something, then go after them."
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Quistis sat poring over the documents littering her desk, brushing her hair out of her face every ten seconds.
"You know, you should really that cut," said Zell as he walked into the room.
"Probably," said Quistis, not looking up. "What do you want?"
"Squall wants to know if you've found anything yet." Quistis looked up at Zell with an icy cool expression.
"Tell Squall that as I'm working through the entire school, it might take some time." Zell grinned sheepishly, then turned around.
"I'll leave you alone then, shall I?" Quistis smiled at Zell's disappearing back, then went back to the documents.
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Irvine Kinneas, sharp shooting legend of Balamb Garden, stood silently in the training center, waiting for the monster in front of him to attack. The gigantic T-Rexaur, one of the deadliest monsters in Garden, took a step back when Irvine aimed his rifle, the Exeter, at him, then took at step forward. Irvine smiled, then fired one of his pulse bullets at the creature. Electricity flared out as the bullet hit the dinosaur-like creature, then the area of impact flared out and made a gaping hole in the monster's chest. The T-Rexaur groaned, then dropped to the ground, knocking Irvine slightly off balance.
"One shot, not bad," said a female voice behind him. Irvine spun and gve his best smile to her.
"Sonya Leonhart, you get cuter everyday," he said. Sonya smiled.
"Irvine, you aren't that charming to me."
"That's your father's fault, said Irvine, stepping forward to give his goddaughter a hug in greeting. "Squall said if I try to charm you too much, he'd do something to me that no male wants done." Sonya laughed, then walked past Irvine to the dead monster.
"Bored, Irvine?" she asked as she kicked the monster.
"Nah, I just haven't done any training for a while." Irvine stepped forward and grabbed Sonya's shoulder.
"Come on, you hungry?" Sonya nodded, a smile on her face. "Good, so am I. Let's g get something to eat."
"You go ahead. I have something I want to do first," said Sonya.
"Okay." Irvine kissed Sonya on the forehead and walked off. She turned and started walking around the simulated forest. She heard a growl behind her, and spun around to find a Behemoth walking up to her. She cocked her head in curiosity, then stepped forward. The Behemoth roared, then moved forward quickly to gore Sonya with its huge horns. The beast pushed it's head out when it got near her, but Sonya jumped into the air with the skill of an acrobat and landed on the Behemoth's head, then ran down to it's back. She stretched her arms out to the side, and two daggers shot out into her waiting hands. She then dug them into the purple monsters neck, making green blood spray everywhere. She pulled the blades out, then jumped back onto its head. Suddenly, the monster shook its head, making Sonya go flying off. She landed hard on her side, cutting herself on a sharp rock. She sat up and shook her head, then remembered the Behemoth. She looked up just in time to see a grey blur go flying past the monster's face. Then blood erupted out of the things head and it started screaming in agony. The blur came back, and flew past its face again, making more blood flow out of it. The behemoth then fell to the ground, completely lifeless. Sonya got up and looked around, but could not find the grey blur.
"Jace!" she yelled angrily. "Get out here!" Jace, a very sheepish look on his face, walked out from behind a tree, cleaning the purple blood off his sword.
"Come on, Jace. How often do I get to find a behemoth in here?"
"About, one in a hundred?" said Jace, knowing he was in trouble with her.
"Don't be a smartass," said Sonya.
"Come one, you could congratulate me on killing a Behemoth in two shots." Sonya glared at him. "Sorry. I just don't see what I did wrong."
"I could've taken care of it," replied Sonya, walking over to her knives and putting them back in there sheathes. Jace walked over to her, putting his sword away, and wrapped his grey covered arms around Sonya's waist.
"I know you could've," he said quietly. "But I wasn't going to take the chance that you may have missed. You know I couldn't live without you." Sonya turned around and stared into Jace's intense green eyes.
"I know," she said, leaning up to kiss the taller man. When they broke apart, Sonya moved over to a large rock, a little breathless, and sat down.
"So, found anything about that murder yet?" she asked when Jace sat down next to her.
"Not yet. We have to wait until Quistis is through checking out motives." Sonya noticed the look in Jace's eyes, and decided to ask a question that had been bugging her for a while.
"What happened to your eyes?" she asked.
"What makes you think anything happened to my eyes?" replied Jace, a cocky smile passing his face.
"What makes you think you can answer a question with a question? Seriously, they look different to any other pair of eyes I've ever seen." Jace looked at her for a minute, then shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay. I'll yell you. It—," Jace stopped when his cell phone started ringing. "Yeah?"
"Jace," came Squall's voice from the phone. "We've found something. Come here right now."
"Gotcha," said Jace. He cut the connection then put his phone away. "I gotta go," he said to Sonya. She nodded
"It's alright. I have to meet Irvine anyway." She kissed him on the cheek, then motioned for him to go. He gave her one of his cockiest smiles, then jogged off. Sonya watched him go, then walked over to the entrance herself to go meet Irvine.
"Glad you could make it, boss," said a man when Squall entered the dormitory room.
"Be quiet Jace," said Squall. Jace Thompson, SeeD First Class, smirked, then got down to business.
"Okay, so what do we have here?" asked Squall. Jace turned and looked at the body lying on the bed.
"This guy is Karlos Jackson, a SeeD who graduated in the same class as me."
"Did you know him?"
"Only a little," replied Jace. "But anyway, he became an instructor a few years later, in he field of medical care, as it were." Squall smiled grimly.
"Someone seems to have a weird sense of irony," he said. "How did he die?"
"Well, when he missed his class this morning, someone came to check on him. Found him lying on his bed with his throat cut."
"Any ideas who did it?" asked Squall, moving over to examine the body himself.
"Quistis is checking for people who had something against him. She knows the students well, she should find something."
"Good work," said Squall to the SeeD.
"Okay, so what do we do now, my illustrious mentor?" asked Jace. Squall looked at his protégé, smiling.
"We wait until Quistis finds something, then go after them."
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Quistis sat poring over the documents littering her desk, brushing her hair out of her face every ten seconds.
"You know, you should really that cut," said Zell as he walked into the room.
"Probably," said Quistis, not looking up. "What do you want?"
"Squall wants to know if you've found anything yet." Quistis looked up at Zell with an icy cool expression.
"Tell Squall that as I'm working through the entire school, it might take some time." Zell grinned sheepishly, then turned around.
"I'll leave you alone then, shall I?" Quistis smiled at Zell's disappearing back, then went back to the documents.
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Irvine Kinneas, sharp shooting legend of Balamb Garden, stood silently in the training center, waiting for the monster in front of him to attack. The gigantic T-Rexaur, one of the deadliest monsters in Garden, took a step back when Irvine aimed his rifle, the Exeter, at him, then took at step forward. Irvine smiled, then fired one of his pulse bullets at the creature. Electricity flared out as the bullet hit the dinosaur-like creature, then the area of impact flared out and made a gaping hole in the monster's chest. The T-Rexaur groaned, then dropped to the ground, knocking Irvine slightly off balance.
"One shot, not bad," said a female voice behind him. Irvine spun and gve his best smile to her.
"Sonya Leonhart, you get cuter everyday," he said. Sonya smiled.
"Irvine, you aren't that charming to me."
"That's your father's fault, said Irvine, stepping forward to give his goddaughter a hug in greeting. "Squall said if I try to charm you too much, he'd do something to me that no male wants done." Sonya laughed, then walked past Irvine to the dead monster.
"Bored, Irvine?" she asked as she kicked the monster.
"Nah, I just haven't done any training for a while." Irvine stepped forward and grabbed Sonya's shoulder.
"Come on, you hungry?" Sonya nodded, a smile on her face. "Good, so am I. Let's g get something to eat."
"You go ahead. I have something I want to do first," said Sonya.
"Okay." Irvine kissed Sonya on the forehead and walked off. She turned and started walking around the simulated forest. She heard a growl behind her, and spun around to find a Behemoth walking up to her. She cocked her head in curiosity, then stepped forward. The Behemoth roared, then moved forward quickly to gore Sonya with its huge horns. The beast pushed it's head out when it got near her, but Sonya jumped into the air with the skill of an acrobat and landed on the Behemoth's head, then ran down to it's back. She stretched her arms out to the side, and two daggers shot out into her waiting hands. She then dug them into the purple monsters neck, making green blood spray everywhere. She pulled the blades out, then jumped back onto its head. Suddenly, the monster shook its head, making Sonya go flying off. She landed hard on her side, cutting herself on a sharp rock. She sat up and shook her head, then remembered the Behemoth. She looked up just in time to see a grey blur go flying past the monster's face. Then blood erupted out of the things head and it started screaming in agony. The blur came back, and flew past its face again, making more blood flow out of it. The behemoth then fell to the ground, completely lifeless. Sonya got up and looked around, but could not find the grey blur.
"Jace!" she yelled angrily. "Get out here!" Jace, a very sheepish look on his face, walked out from behind a tree, cleaning the purple blood off his sword.
"Come on, Jace. How often do I get to find a behemoth in here?"
"About, one in a hundred?" said Jace, knowing he was in trouble with her.
"Don't be a smartass," said Sonya.
"Come one, you could congratulate me on killing a Behemoth in two shots." Sonya glared at him. "Sorry. I just don't see what I did wrong."
"I could've taken care of it," replied Sonya, walking over to her knives and putting them back in there sheathes. Jace walked over to her, putting his sword away, and wrapped his grey covered arms around Sonya's waist.
"I know you could've," he said quietly. "But I wasn't going to take the chance that you may have missed. You know I couldn't live without you." Sonya turned around and stared into Jace's intense green eyes.
"I know," she said, leaning up to kiss the taller man. When they broke apart, Sonya moved over to a large rock, a little breathless, and sat down.
"So, found anything about that murder yet?" she asked when Jace sat down next to her.
"Not yet. We have to wait until Quistis is through checking out motives." Sonya noticed the look in Jace's eyes, and decided to ask a question that had been bugging her for a while.
"What happened to your eyes?" she asked.
"What makes you think anything happened to my eyes?" replied Jace, a cocky smile passing his face.
"What makes you think you can answer a question with a question? Seriously, they look different to any other pair of eyes I've ever seen." Jace looked at her for a minute, then shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay. I'll yell you. It—," Jace stopped when his cell phone started ringing. "Yeah?"
"Jace," came Squall's voice from the phone. "We've found something. Come here right now."
"Gotcha," said Jace. He cut the connection then put his phone away. "I gotta go," he said to Sonya. She nodded
"It's alright. I have to meet Irvine anyway." She kissed him on the cheek, then motioned for him to go. He gave her one of his cockiest smiles, then jogged off. Sonya watched him go, then walked over to the entrance herself to go meet Irvine.