Wild Wild West:

Chapter One: Hide and Seek

Squall strapped on his gunblade and pinned his star-shaped sheriff pin in place. It had been a month since the death of Rinoa. It had been a month since Seifer Almasy has been seen. Seifer must be hiding, but where? The small town of Balamb was pretty isolated from all other towns, Seifer couldn't of made it to the nearest town on foot, it was too far. He has to be somewhere in the outskirts of this town, he HAS to be. And when I find him, I'll give that bastard what he deserves. Heh.

Squall strapped up his chocobo and hopped on.

"Today is the day, Boco." He whispered to his noble steed, "Today is the day that we will capture that bastard, I can feel it." With no further delay he gave the chocobo a sharp kick and they were off.

Squall rode all around the outskirts of the town. He found nothing. Few big rocks here, a few big rocks there. But ultimitely, there was no trace of his sister's murderer. It was getting late, the sun was sinking below the horizen. Time to call it a day.

Squall walked in the home he and Rinoa used to share. It felt lonely without her sweet smile to welcome him home. God, I miss her. Squall hung his hat and coat in their proper place. Even though Rinoa wasn't there to bug him about it, he still took of his shoes to avoid getting the floor dirty. After stopping by the cabinet to get some liquor he went straight to bed.

He layed upright in his bed staring at his ceiling, periodically taking sips of his whiskey. That Seifer Almasy, I always knew he would be trouble. Ever since I knew him as a kid. We were in the same orphanage, we fought constantly, trying to prove our dominance. It felt the same now as it did back then... He could remember the day when Seifer drowned his pet chicken, he did it just for the fun of it. Squall was furious when he found his chicken laying dead in the wash basin. The first tears he had ever cried was out of rage and sorrow. Rage for Seifer. Sorrow for his chicken. Seifer has always been a bastard.

Drunk and sleepy, he chugged down the rest of the whiskey.

"You'll see I'm gonna kill that bastard, yes siree, I'm gonna kill h- " Squall passed out.

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Squall woke up in the morning with the worst hangover he had ever had in his life. After spending most of the morning in the outhouse, Squall decided he might as well resume his search for Seifer.

Everything went the same as yesterday, he saddled up Boco, whispered to him words of encouragement, and was off.

As he made the second time around the rocky terrian, he noticed something he had missed before. A small opening could be spotted between a mass of large boulders, the opening was small, but it was, perhaps, big enough for a human to get through.

Squall hopped of Boco, with one hand holding the reins and one hand on the hilt of his gunblade, he took a few cautious steps toward the entrance. It looked like in this jumbled pile of boulders, there could be something that could very well resemble a cave. As he walked directly in front of the entrance, he heard something. A deep rumble that echoed throughout the cave. It sounded like... laughing? The laugh had a kinda baratone ring to it, there was no doubt, Seifer was in there.

Squall was suddenly at a loss of was to do. How was he gonna get him out of the cave and into his handcuffs? It's not like he could just crawl in there and ask Seifer if he would like to come out... unless he wanted Hyperion through his chest. He needed someway to coax him out, without him knowing that he was on the otherside...

Squall poked Boco with the egde of his sword, not hard enough to peirce the skin, but certainly hard enough to give the chocobo a startle. It gave a frenzied "WARK!". Squall repeated the process a couple of times before he heard something like "What the fuck?" sound out of the cave.

Shifting of clothes could be heard as Seifer wiggled him self out the entrance to see 'what the fuck' was going on. As the egde of Squall's sword met Seifer's throat, Seifer gave a small gasp.

"Surprised I found you? Your going to hanged for what you did to my sister. Get out."

The shocked Seifer said nothing, after obeying Squall's simple command, he allowed himself to be handcuffed.

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Seifer was placed in the prison that was just below the Sheriff's office. Even though he captured the bastard, Squall still wasn't content. He needed to make him suffer. Suffer like he made her suffer.

He walked down the stairs and went to the last cell on the right. The cell that contained Seifer. Squall looked at him with icy eyes.

"Tomorrow at high noon you will be hung." Squall said simply.

Seifer grinned, "I look forward to it, Sheriff." His voice was laced with sarcasm.

"As do I."

"You want to know the last words that came out of Rinoa's mouth was before she died?"

Squall scrowled, "Bastard."

"She told me to tell you something."

"What did she tell you?" Squall hissed angrily.

Seifer motioned to Squall with his index finger, "Come here and I'll tell you."

Squall took an angry step forward and stoped right the prison bars. "What?"

"Closer."

"No. Tell me now."

"Let me whisper it in your ear."

Squall sighed and gave in, he leaned the side of his head toward Seifer's mouth.

Seifer breathed, "She told me to give you this." Seifer's hand reached through the bars and grabbed Squall by the collar, he forced Squall's lips to his in a quick, violent kiss. Squall shot back immediately.

Squall's voice dripped with venom, "What. The. Hell. Was. That?"

Seifer smirked, "I'm just about to be hanged! It seemed like a good idea at the time."

"I will enjoy watching you die." With that, Squall walked out.

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Hmmmmmmm, Seifer thought, how do I get out of here? He looked around trying to find a possible method of escape. Think, Seifer, think. Ah! Seifer spotted the jail keys hanging on a nail on the oppisite side of the prison. If I could just get those...

(a/n) Mwahahahahaha! That was actually kinda of fun to write. All right guys, gimme some reviews and I'll write you guys up another chapter. Why does FF.net always mess up my format? It's getting extremely annoying... But anyways, do you like it so far?