Battle for Rinoa

DISCLAIMER: as before I do not own FF8 or any of its characters.

Chapter 2 Ambush

Squall awoke to the sound of raging storms. A large clap of thunder resounded through his silent room. The thunder would definitely keep him awake for a long time.
"Damn! There is no possible way to get a decent nights worth of sleep with you snoring you lout." Zell cursed as the thunder awoke him and Irvine gave a particularly loud snore.
"EEEEEEEEEK!" Rinoa squealed as the thunder boomed again. She flopped upon her bed and threw her head under the pillow. There was no way that she would sleep through this monster of a storm. She looked at the door to her room and thought for a moment of waking Squall and explaining that she was scared of the storms. Then she saw that it was crazy to wake him, since he was probably furious with her. Rinoa grabbed her covers and pillow and set up camp outside of Squall's door. This gave her some comfort.
Seifer awoke in his dorm and looked outside the window. The sky was grey and the rain was heavy. Tonight, he would plan how to get Squall out of the picture. With Squall out of the picture he had a clean shot at Rinoa. Seifer looked out the window and saw a mouse hiding under the sill. He saw a ginger haired cat hiding within a bush outside his window. The cat waited and pounced. "That's it." Seifer said. He awoke Raijin. And told him his plan.
Squall was tired of hearing Zell curse every time that Irvine snored or that thunder boomed. Squall pulled on his black pants, black boots, white shirt, black jacket, and black gloves. He ruffled his hair and looked at the vivid scar. He frowned and crossed his room to go to the training center. As he walked out of his room, so did Zell. Zell looked as though he was about to kill someone and Squall had a pretty good idea of who it was.
"S'up Squall? Can't get a bit of sleep with that fag snoring up a storm. If I didn't know any better, I would say his snoring caused the storm. So what's with Rinoa sleeping outside your door?" Zell asked.
"What else is new? She's always trying to talk to me and now she can't decide if she likes Seifer or me better. I almost got killed saving her and she offers me this. You know, I really can't stand her." Squall said.
"I never heard you talk that much. You sure you're the real Squall?" Zell said acting as though he were examining Squall head to toe.
"Whatever." Squall said as he took off down the hall.
"Back to normal now dude? 'Few you scared me back there, I thought you were ill." Zell said laughing.
"Drop it." Squall said as he walked around the garden.
"I'm going to kill some monsters, you wanna come? I hear that at night, the T-rexaur is more aggressive and a lot harder to beat. If we team up we could take him down." Zell rambled.
"Look, I know you're following me and I don't like it so get lost, Zell. You need to learn how to interpret things a person shows." Squall said.
"My people skills are just fine. You just need to talk more." Zell argued.
"Quit following me and go to sleep." Squall uttered.
"Tch...fine." Zell said. Zell turned on his heel and walked back to the dormitories.
Squall entered the training center and saw that it was empty.
"Leonhart." Came the voice of Seifer Almasy. Seifer stepped from the shadows. His gunblade clutched in his hand. Fujin followed with her shooting star and Raijin with his metal stick.
"Seifer, leave me alone. I just want to be left alone right now. My head is swirling with tonight's events and I am still lost in my own thoughts." Squall said as his hand went to his scar.
"You don't get it do you Squall? I love Rinoa and you stole her from me. I know you won't give her up without a fight so here it is. Fujin, Raijin, get him." Seifer answered.
Raijin attacked first. Raijin's metal stick swung at his side, but Squall was ready and he easily dodged and counter-attacked Raijin. Squall's counter attack hit Raijin in the shoulder and caused blood to gush onto the floor. Fujin attacked before Squall was ready and her shooting star hit him in the side, causing even more blood to fall into the floor. Fujin's attack caused Squall to become weak enough to use his renzokuken attack. Squall attacked Fujin successfully eight times and then attacked both Fujin and Raijin with Rough Divide. Both surrendered after this attack.
"Squall wait, don't wanna die ya know. We give up ya know. Sorry Seifer but he would have killed us ya know." Raijin stammered.

"Agree." Fujin muttered as she and her twin brother ran from the training center as fast as their injured bodies would allow.
"Tch...wimps. Alright Squall, this between you and me and I'll rip you apart you bastard." Seifer yelled.
Squall attacked first, but was blown away by Seifer's fire cross attack. Seifer swung, but Squall blocked his body with his blade. The blades sparked each time they hit.
"Come on Squall, you can do better." Seifer laughed as he forced Squall into the wall.
Squall swung and Seifer was forced back. Squall was now on the offensive. Squall forced Seifer into the wall, and laughed. This was a mistake. Seifer took advantage of his laughing and knocked the gunblade from Squall's gloved hand. The gunblade soared away from Squall. Squall backed up and tripped. Squall was now on the ground and at the mercy of Seifer.
"Good bye my arch rival." Seifer said as he raised his gunblade.
Just as the gunblade began to fall, Seifer was pushed away and hit his head upon the floor, rendering him unconscious.
Squall looked up and saw Zell. Zell massaged his shoulder and looked toward Squall.
"I owe you one Zell." Squall admitted as Zell hoisted Squall to his feet.
"Start talking to us more, and we'll call it even." Zell answered.
Zell took Squall to the infirmary where Squall's wounds were treated and fully healed by Dr. Kadowaki.