Prolouge:

A yellowing paper hung just outside the saloon. 'Wanted, Dead or Alive- $200 reward' it said, underneath these words was a crude picture of a man by the name of Seifer Almasy. Will we ever catch him?

Everyone in the town of Balamb always cringed at the thought of that name. Seifer was a hired assasian, he would just about kill anybody for money. In fact, he would just about kill anybody in general. There have been times when he was been known to decapitate an innocent man in the middle of the street merely for the fact that he 'looked at him the wrong way'. He was ruthless, he had no morals, no regrets, he was a killer.

The sheriff of Balamb has been trying to capture and hang Seifer for months. He was often described as cold, showing no emotions. At that aspect, his name suited him very well, emotions hidden in him like a storm on the sea. Like a squall. Squall was almost obsessive with finding Seifer, ever since he killed his half sister, Rinoa.

On that sad day, Rinoa was walking to the bakery to pick up her daily loaf of bread. Rinoa was a very pretty girl, perhaps the prettist in town. A doe-eyed, raven haired beauty. I suppose Seifer thought so too, for when Rinoa passed him in the street, Seifer grabbed her by the arm and forced her into a back alley. Nobody really knows what happened at the point. All that was found of Rinoa the next day was a headless corpse. We all guessed that Seifer tried to force himself on her, and she, being a virtuous girl, refused. Seifer in his rage must of killed her, dicapitating the poor girl. Dicapitation seemed to be his favorite method of murdering these days.

When Squall found out about Rinoa's death, he was devestated. He vowed he would do justice to the man who murdered his sister, even if it costed him his life. Nobody in the passed ever did anything about Seifer, they were all simply to scared, not wanting to be on the other end of his sharp blade. In fact, Seifer's blade was very peculiar. It was some kind of odd combination between a gun and a sword, hence being dubbed the name 'gunblade'. The only other person in the world known to own a gunblade was our Sheriff, Squall Leonhart.

But anyways, Squall now ignores his Sheriffly duties and focuses all his attention of avenging his unfortunate sister. It's been a month since her death, and he still hasn't been caught...