* ~'Smiles evilly'~ didn't think I would have one up so early did you? LOL
Anyways, the typical disclaimer: FF8 characters belong to Squaresoft.well
duh! What did you expect? Though other original characters such as: Gwena,
Dava, Blade, e.t.c. are mine and so is the story! ^^ *
Chapter 44 (Wow 0.0) Sappy Moments
'They are here, both my parents why?!' she angrily thought. 'Of course they would be here, it is a war and Squall is practically the leader to the people. How I detest him.how could he hide so much from me.and mother! She went along with him!' Kato and Odyssey walked behind the contemplating woman quietly with caution. They understood how Eve was able to lash out her anger at things and as if on cue Eve brought out Lion Soul and slit a garbage can in half. They looked at each other and shrugged. Kato shook her head though and thought, 'such a violent woman. I pity her future mate.'
Eve stood up satisfied with the anger she put into the blade and walked into a nearby inn. "I want a room for the night." She said to the clerk at the desk. She placed a hundred gil onto the counter and waited for the clerk to look up at her. "We are all full ma'am. We are using our rooms for the wounded and weary. I'm sorry." He replied with innocence. "Whatever." Eve said and left. "Hey you forgot your gil!" But the woman didn't even bother replying.
Eve walked up to the two, who were talking amongst themselves, "Lets go back to that building. And from now on call me Dava Icehart. I don't want my parents to know I'm here and they should hardly recognize me from the way I look now a days." The two nodded and they hiked back up the train tracks to the stairs leading down to the center of the arena. * * *
Vanyel stood outside the doors watching Dava return with the weird blue lion and the wolf man. 'Man, she must have had it rough.' He had come to see for himself if Dava had truly returned though he shouldn't have doubted Blades love struck face with hearts floating above his head dreamily. He shook his head and greeted Dava with a genuine smile. "And the all mighty warrior had finally returned to safety." Vanyel recited from a poem he had to learn by memory in his History class. "Hi Vanyel, long time no see. Where can I get quick shower? I smell like the after smell of bite bugs." She acknowledged. He smiled and motioned for her to follow. "So who are your friends?" he asked. "Van meet Odyssey, son of Hyne herself and Kato Daughter of some Nanaki." Eve announced and was rewarded with a growl from Kato. "The Great Nanaki, mind you." Kato corrected. "Yeah whatever." "Son of Hyne?! Are you kidding me?" Van exclaimed. "Yes, I am one of her sons, the rest are out there with the monstrous armies outside this city's walls." Odyssey explained deeply. Vanyel only stared at the wolf man, loosing his speech along with it.
It was a half hour later when Eve slipped out of the shower room and wiped the hot mist from the mirror. She remembered when she first left home: a young woman of sixteen with waist length dark-brown hair, blue eyes and pale skin. Now she was tanner then her instructor Raijin from the deserts rays of heat and her hair was longer. Her face no longer held the innocence she once had, but of a fierce warrior. The feint scars of red still were embossed upon her face, but with her sunburned skin, no one could tell. Her parents would never recognize her now. They should have forgotten how she looked like by now... hopefully. She dried her body with the towel and brushed her hair out with a comb she found in the drawers. She found her clothes already folded neatly on the counter and she dressed quickly. She still wore the same old outfit of black pants, black shirt and boots. She found a hair tie in the far corner of the drawer and pulled her heavy tresses up into a ponytail. With Lion Soul strapped to her back she emerged from the bathroom quickly walking toward the symposium below. * * *
Squall and the rest were deep into their arguments over the war when the door opening interrupted them. Two creatures and a woman of eighteen walked inside and took a seat next to Gwena and Blade. Cid decided to break the silence and he cleared his throat, "Squall, Rinoa, Irvine, Selphie, Quistis, and Seifer I would like you to meet our top SeeD of Balamb Academy, Dava Icehart. Now who are these friends of your Dava?" Cid asked. Yet Eve didn't need to introduce them for Odyssey already spoke. "I am Odysseus the thirteenth of Hyne and my comrade here is Katoki of the Red tribe, Kato for short." Odyssey explained, "I am as you call a vagabond, a disciple of the Goddess herself." "That's impossible, I have never known that such a thing existed." Cid replied. Edea slapped him on the shoulder, "That's because you neglected to bother reading or learning about the planet's history. You fall asleep every time I tried to explain to you such things." Cid blushed a crimson shade and became very quiet while Edea conversed with Odyssey.
Squall on the other hand watched the woman with narrow eyes. He didn't like her presence at all with her aura of pride and leadership surrounding her body. He guessed he was staring too long when the woman looked at him and narrowed her eyes challenging him! She smirked when she saw his taken aback facade and they gazed at each other some more.
Rinoa unexpectedly noticed her husbands body tense up and she looked at what was going on between the two. To break the pressure between the two leaders, she spoke, "So Dava, what's it like to be top soldier?" Rinoa smacked herself mentally, 'what type of question is that?!' "It's an honor to lead my squad and train them to the fullest." Eve countered looking at her mother. 'They don't remember me! They completely do not recognize me!' she screamed mentally. 'Oh well, this is the way I want things, do I not? Yes I do.' Yet another part of her conscience told her otherwise. "I am a leader of Balamb and I have trained mentally and physically for such s position." Eve said with much confidence and looked at Squall who froze. "Do not forget that I am Commander of this war and though people take orders from you, you will take direct orders from me." Squall stated firmly between clenched teeth. Squall stood up now looking down at this incompetent arrogant girl. 'The nerve of her! Wait.she sounds like me a bit when I was her age.' At this very moment all eyes were on the two leaders, their stares challenging the position of leadership. Blade shifted uncomfortably, Van inched closer to the door, Gwena sat frozen, and the rest were quiet. Finally the deadly silence was broken by Dava's cold voice, "Yes Commander, I understand completely." To Eve that was a close call yet she knew she had to back down, he was technically the Commander of the army and to be the best of them all, you had to be walked over to get to the top.
Rinoa had a familiar feeling nagging from the edge of her mind. She kept stealing glances to Dava and noticed how familiar the young girl looked. She knew those eyes; they were a hot piercing blue.so blue it put the ocean and sky to shame. That hair, it was a lustrous dark brown almost black and when Rinoa gazed into her own reflection she noticed how similar her face was to Dava's. Seifer mentioned something earlier but she dismissed it until now. It was then when the thought hit her like a ton of bricks. 'No way! Dava? Could she be.' she didn't finish the thought because Dava had glanced at her and became perturbed. 'She is beginning to see the resemblance.damn it all! Mother stop scrutinizing me! Gods how I hate your keen sense of perception!' Eve groaned. When the meeting was over and everyone was beginning to leave, Rinoa told Squall she would be with him in a minute. He nodded and left while Rinoa called Dava to stay. "Yes Mrs. Leonhart." Dava asked but was stopped cold when Rinoa cast a stop spell on her. Only her mouth was allowed to move. "What are you doing?!" she growled and watched her mother walk around her slowly like a wolf about to give the finishing blow. "It was you in Dr. Kadowaki's infirmary bed, wasn't it? All bandaged up and sleeping?" Rinoa questioned. "Yes, what's it to you?" Eve spat detesting her mother even more. Yet deep down inside she could never stay angry at her long. The door opened and in came Edea. She closed the door quietly and watched the scene before her. Rinoa only sighed and dispelled the magic charm on her daughter. "I knew it was you. Seifer told me something earlier but it came out in grumbles, saying that not only did he have to take shit from Squall but from his own daughter. Now it has hit me." Rinoa said. "Took you a while mother." Eve hissed. She didn't know what was happening to her: why she was behaving like this but then she was the emotionless quiet yet obedient soldier trained to the fullest and still learning. Her attitude had turned her heart to stone and there was no way back. 'I can't stop now and I won't let mom stop my revenge.' She vowed. She was expecting a lecture from her mother but was in total shock when her mother enveloped her tightly and Eve felt some of the hidden warmth spring up to the surface. Her face softened as she listened to Rinoa's whispering tone. "You are a big girl now. I can't save you from all the dangers and protect you from the evils of war. I knew you were too wild and your father should have seen it coming. Please don't ever run off like that again. You have no idea what the past three years have been like; how I have wondered if you were safe, away from danger, unhurt, and it even crossed my mind to think you were dead! But I didn't give up hope." Rinoa said. She backed away from her daughter and looked into those hot coals of blue to find soft velvet to them. She traced her fingers on the trail of scars across her face. This was too emotional for Eve to handle and she could feel the tears. Her mother wasn't fuming but relieved to find her baby safe and fit. Edea watched and smiled remembering the sensation when Eve wiped away Cid and Edea's memories of her secret. "I guess we have another sorceress in the family." Edea chuckled. Eve looked at Edea and smiled sheepishly. "Don't tell father please, he'll take away everything from me even if he sees me as perfectly capable of taking care of myself." She pleaded but then concluded, "Plus if he did try he wouldn't get very far." "Oh dear you have no idea how many tears your father has shed since you disappeared. He still is searching for you even in his heart where you were his most prize possession, his little girl." Rinoa's words struck a core in Eve's heart and she felt a pang of guilt for having run off. She nodded and headed for the door to find her father. * * *
* Um.too sappy? What do you guys think? Maybe I'll change it to suit the story better, cuz I am somewhat not satisfied with it. Hmm. Anyways, please drop me a comment! *
Chapter 44 (Wow 0.0) Sappy Moments
'They are here, both my parents why?!' she angrily thought. 'Of course they would be here, it is a war and Squall is practically the leader to the people. How I detest him.how could he hide so much from me.and mother! She went along with him!' Kato and Odyssey walked behind the contemplating woman quietly with caution. They understood how Eve was able to lash out her anger at things and as if on cue Eve brought out Lion Soul and slit a garbage can in half. They looked at each other and shrugged. Kato shook her head though and thought, 'such a violent woman. I pity her future mate.'
Eve stood up satisfied with the anger she put into the blade and walked into a nearby inn. "I want a room for the night." She said to the clerk at the desk. She placed a hundred gil onto the counter and waited for the clerk to look up at her. "We are all full ma'am. We are using our rooms for the wounded and weary. I'm sorry." He replied with innocence. "Whatever." Eve said and left. "Hey you forgot your gil!" But the woman didn't even bother replying.
Eve walked up to the two, who were talking amongst themselves, "Lets go back to that building. And from now on call me Dava Icehart. I don't want my parents to know I'm here and they should hardly recognize me from the way I look now a days." The two nodded and they hiked back up the train tracks to the stairs leading down to the center of the arena. * * *
Vanyel stood outside the doors watching Dava return with the weird blue lion and the wolf man. 'Man, she must have had it rough.' He had come to see for himself if Dava had truly returned though he shouldn't have doubted Blades love struck face with hearts floating above his head dreamily. He shook his head and greeted Dava with a genuine smile. "And the all mighty warrior had finally returned to safety." Vanyel recited from a poem he had to learn by memory in his History class. "Hi Vanyel, long time no see. Where can I get quick shower? I smell like the after smell of bite bugs." She acknowledged. He smiled and motioned for her to follow. "So who are your friends?" he asked. "Van meet Odyssey, son of Hyne herself and Kato Daughter of some Nanaki." Eve announced and was rewarded with a growl from Kato. "The Great Nanaki, mind you." Kato corrected. "Yeah whatever." "Son of Hyne?! Are you kidding me?" Van exclaimed. "Yes, I am one of her sons, the rest are out there with the monstrous armies outside this city's walls." Odyssey explained deeply. Vanyel only stared at the wolf man, loosing his speech along with it.
It was a half hour later when Eve slipped out of the shower room and wiped the hot mist from the mirror. She remembered when she first left home: a young woman of sixteen with waist length dark-brown hair, blue eyes and pale skin. Now she was tanner then her instructor Raijin from the deserts rays of heat and her hair was longer. Her face no longer held the innocence she once had, but of a fierce warrior. The feint scars of red still were embossed upon her face, but with her sunburned skin, no one could tell. Her parents would never recognize her now. They should have forgotten how she looked like by now... hopefully. She dried her body with the towel and brushed her hair out with a comb she found in the drawers. She found her clothes already folded neatly on the counter and she dressed quickly. She still wore the same old outfit of black pants, black shirt and boots. She found a hair tie in the far corner of the drawer and pulled her heavy tresses up into a ponytail. With Lion Soul strapped to her back she emerged from the bathroom quickly walking toward the symposium below. * * *
Squall and the rest were deep into their arguments over the war when the door opening interrupted them. Two creatures and a woman of eighteen walked inside and took a seat next to Gwena and Blade. Cid decided to break the silence and he cleared his throat, "Squall, Rinoa, Irvine, Selphie, Quistis, and Seifer I would like you to meet our top SeeD of Balamb Academy, Dava Icehart. Now who are these friends of your Dava?" Cid asked. Yet Eve didn't need to introduce them for Odyssey already spoke. "I am Odysseus the thirteenth of Hyne and my comrade here is Katoki of the Red tribe, Kato for short." Odyssey explained, "I am as you call a vagabond, a disciple of the Goddess herself." "That's impossible, I have never known that such a thing existed." Cid replied. Edea slapped him on the shoulder, "That's because you neglected to bother reading or learning about the planet's history. You fall asleep every time I tried to explain to you such things." Cid blushed a crimson shade and became very quiet while Edea conversed with Odyssey.
Squall on the other hand watched the woman with narrow eyes. He didn't like her presence at all with her aura of pride and leadership surrounding her body. He guessed he was staring too long when the woman looked at him and narrowed her eyes challenging him! She smirked when she saw his taken aback facade and they gazed at each other some more.
Rinoa unexpectedly noticed her husbands body tense up and she looked at what was going on between the two. To break the pressure between the two leaders, she spoke, "So Dava, what's it like to be top soldier?" Rinoa smacked herself mentally, 'what type of question is that?!' "It's an honor to lead my squad and train them to the fullest." Eve countered looking at her mother. 'They don't remember me! They completely do not recognize me!' she screamed mentally. 'Oh well, this is the way I want things, do I not? Yes I do.' Yet another part of her conscience told her otherwise. "I am a leader of Balamb and I have trained mentally and physically for such s position." Eve said with much confidence and looked at Squall who froze. "Do not forget that I am Commander of this war and though people take orders from you, you will take direct orders from me." Squall stated firmly between clenched teeth. Squall stood up now looking down at this incompetent arrogant girl. 'The nerve of her! Wait.she sounds like me a bit when I was her age.' At this very moment all eyes were on the two leaders, their stares challenging the position of leadership. Blade shifted uncomfortably, Van inched closer to the door, Gwena sat frozen, and the rest were quiet. Finally the deadly silence was broken by Dava's cold voice, "Yes Commander, I understand completely." To Eve that was a close call yet she knew she had to back down, he was technically the Commander of the army and to be the best of them all, you had to be walked over to get to the top.
Rinoa had a familiar feeling nagging from the edge of her mind. She kept stealing glances to Dava and noticed how familiar the young girl looked. She knew those eyes; they were a hot piercing blue.so blue it put the ocean and sky to shame. That hair, it was a lustrous dark brown almost black and when Rinoa gazed into her own reflection she noticed how similar her face was to Dava's. Seifer mentioned something earlier but she dismissed it until now. It was then when the thought hit her like a ton of bricks. 'No way! Dava? Could she be.' she didn't finish the thought because Dava had glanced at her and became perturbed. 'She is beginning to see the resemblance.damn it all! Mother stop scrutinizing me! Gods how I hate your keen sense of perception!' Eve groaned. When the meeting was over and everyone was beginning to leave, Rinoa told Squall she would be with him in a minute. He nodded and left while Rinoa called Dava to stay. "Yes Mrs. Leonhart." Dava asked but was stopped cold when Rinoa cast a stop spell on her. Only her mouth was allowed to move. "What are you doing?!" she growled and watched her mother walk around her slowly like a wolf about to give the finishing blow. "It was you in Dr. Kadowaki's infirmary bed, wasn't it? All bandaged up and sleeping?" Rinoa questioned. "Yes, what's it to you?" Eve spat detesting her mother even more. Yet deep down inside she could never stay angry at her long. The door opened and in came Edea. She closed the door quietly and watched the scene before her. Rinoa only sighed and dispelled the magic charm on her daughter. "I knew it was you. Seifer told me something earlier but it came out in grumbles, saying that not only did he have to take shit from Squall but from his own daughter. Now it has hit me." Rinoa said. "Took you a while mother." Eve hissed. She didn't know what was happening to her: why she was behaving like this but then she was the emotionless quiet yet obedient soldier trained to the fullest and still learning. Her attitude had turned her heart to stone and there was no way back. 'I can't stop now and I won't let mom stop my revenge.' She vowed. She was expecting a lecture from her mother but was in total shock when her mother enveloped her tightly and Eve felt some of the hidden warmth spring up to the surface. Her face softened as she listened to Rinoa's whispering tone. "You are a big girl now. I can't save you from all the dangers and protect you from the evils of war. I knew you were too wild and your father should have seen it coming. Please don't ever run off like that again. You have no idea what the past three years have been like; how I have wondered if you were safe, away from danger, unhurt, and it even crossed my mind to think you were dead! But I didn't give up hope." Rinoa said. She backed away from her daughter and looked into those hot coals of blue to find soft velvet to them. She traced her fingers on the trail of scars across her face. This was too emotional for Eve to handle and she could feel the tears. Her mother wasn't fuming but relieved to find her baby safe and fit. Edea watched and smiled remembering the sensation when Eve wiped away Cid and Edea's memories of her secret. "I guess we have another sorceress in the family." Edea chuckled. Eve looked at Edea and smiled sheepishly. "Don't tell father please, he'll take away everything from me even if he sees me as perfectly capable of taking care of myself." She pleaded but then concluded, "Plus if he did try he wouldn't get very far." "Oh dear you have no idea how many tears your father has shed since you disappeared. He still is searching for you even in his heart where you were his most prize possession, his little girl." Rinoa's words struck a core in Eve's heart and she felt a pang of guilt for having run off. She nodded and headed for the door to find her father. * * *
* Um.too sappy? What do you guys think? Maybe I'll change it to suit the story better, cuz I am somewhat not satisfied with it. Hmm. Anyways, please drop me a comment! *