Disclaimer: I do not own any Final Fantasy things I am mentioning in my
story. (Ahh, another disclaimer, sheesh)
A/N: Ah! You guys are absolutely going to hate me for this chapter if you're a Irvine x Selphie fan (o) don't worry, they're still going to be together, but I just now you're going to hate me for this chapter, or for the moment between 'them'
Chapter 14- Test
Quistis opened her eyes slowly as she felt the first rays of sunlight enter the pitch-dark room, where was she anyways. Yawning as she rubbed her eyes tiredly, she slowly got up off the cold stone floor and walked around the dark room, her eyes slowly adjusting to the light. Using her hands to move along the wall, she finally was able to find the light switch and turned it on.
"Where the Hyne am I?" Quistis heard her voice echo in the new brightly lite room, but one thing was sure, she wasn't in the mansion where she and her friends were staying in. Cocking her eyes in confusion, she slowly remembered the events that happened yesterday.
[Okay, so I was in the park pondering about . . . yeah, so, then I went to sit on the bench and then] Quistis paused, [I felt tired so I drifted off to sleep, then I felt myself being carried off . . .]
Quistis stopped and quickly searched around for her chain whip, which still laid faithfully at her waist, so where was she? And what was going on?
Walking over to the nearby desk, she slammed her fist against it hard, causing some books to fall off the desk. Frowning, the ex-instructor bent down and picked it up, looking towards the cover of the first book
"Faithful Love" She read out loud, flipping through the pages in interest. Suddenly, Quistis felt herself freeze up and she watched as the room slowly become dark, then before she knew it, the room had changed into a night scene.
"Seifer?!" She cried out in surprise as she watched the handsome boy [Handsome? When was Seifer ever handsome? . . . okay, so maybe sometimes he was . . . what am I thinking?!] Slowly enter the Secret Area of the training center in Balamb Garden, leaning against the deck/wall coolly. Slowly a girl joined him and they started to talk in a deep conversation.
Quistis frowned, walking up next to Seifer she tapped him lightly on the shoulder, when he didn't reply, she lost her patience and slapped him hard on the back. Still, he didn't reply.
"Seifer?" Quistis was losing her patience, "SEIFER ALMASY!" Still no reply, letting out a deep sigh, she was about to give up and walk out the secret area when a soft clam voice called out to her.
"Quistis, watch the scene in front of you"
Quistis stopped as she looked up at the dark starry night sky, her hand resting upon her chain whip that laid to the side of her waist.
"Who's there?"
"Watch the scene, see what's going to happen"
Quistis frowned as she looked around the students, trying to figure out who was talking to her. Spotting a girl with long shiny purplish hair wearing a white robe Quistis walked over to her, a frown upon her light beautiful features.
"Quistis, watch the scene, you won't regret it"
The ex-instructor watched as the mysterious older girl waves her hand in a greeting and point towards the two lovely dovely couple who were having a conversation.
"I promise you, you won't forget it, unless you have no feelings for Seifer at all"
Quistis froze, "Who are you?"
The girl just smiled and disappeared out of sight, leaving many small sparkles in her presence, "You won't regret it"
Quistis sighed; it wouldn't hurt to watch what was happening between those two anyways. She was kind of curious herself, walking over beside Seifer and placing her forearms along the stone edge, she listened in to what the two students were talking about.
"Seifer . . . I liked you for a long time, and, well, I was wondering if you'd, you know, like to go out on a date with me"
Quistis looked over at the blonde hair girl, instantly recognizing her as Tina Schroger, an A+ student in her class. She could feel as her eyes burned through the younger girl's small body, as she continued to listen on
To Quistis's surprise, Seifer shook his head, indicating no as his eyes stared off into the dark night view, "I already have someone I like" It felt like the whole world around Quistis froze as she saw a mental image of her making a happy little victory dance, she chuckled to herself, waiting for the conversation to continue on.
Pause
Still nothing
STILL
And still yet again
Suddenly, "It's Instructor Trepe isn't it"
Quistis's ear's perked up as she felt blood rushing to her cheeks, examining Seifer, she felt her heart beat rise, watching as his cheeks become a slight pink.
It was true, she wouldn't regret watching the scene in front of her play. A small smile of happiness escaped her lips and she felt a tear of happiness roll down her cheeks. Though everything seemed perfectly beautiful, one thing still lingered in Quistis's mind, why had he acted so mean and strange that time he returned back after retrieving the herb?
~*~*~*~*~
"Ugh, my head hurts" The expert gunman mumbled as he placed his palm upon his forehead, feeling as the headache slowly disappeared. Looking around the mysterious empty barley lite up room, he recalled the events that happened yesterday night (It's morning now)
[Okay, there was this weird woman called Zat . . . what kind of name is Zat? Anyways, let's see, she said something weird] Irvine slowly stood up, opening the blinds that stood nearby, turning the room from darkness to bright lightness (is that even a word?)
Remembering that he had fell unconscious at that time, he groaned, he was dealing with a woman, and he couldn't even stall conscious, what was with that? It wasn't like he thought girls were 'weak' or anything (If Selphie heard him, he would definitely get a lil beating).
Walking around the room in complete boredom, finally, after trying the doorknob a couple million times, the gunman settled down and leaned against the wall (since there was absolutely no furniture in the room except for the blinds that hung on the wall and a step ladder that laid in a dark corner), he thought about the statement that Zat girl had said before he lost conscious
"Show me how much you love her, I'll help you on your journey" Irvine cocked an eyebrow, show her how much he loved her? He loved her more than anything in the world. She was the first thing that came to mind every time he woke up and she was more precious to him than anything he could ever want in the whole entire world.
Groaning in despair as he thought about his loved one, he slowly sided down the wall; his knee's against his chest when he finally reached the hard cold stone floor, there wasn't even a carpet in the room! Wait was it even a room? It was more like a dark prison, with . . . blinds that hung from the window.
Letting out a deep sigh, he banged his head against the wall, feeling as small dust particles fall upon him. Looking upward towards where the dust came from, he instantly got back up on his feet. There, just right above him was an open window (You know, those window that are up on the ceiling . . . hope you understand what I mean)
Grinning happily, finally able to find a way to escape, he looked around the room, hoping to find something he could use to get out. There, in the dark corner of the room, covered in cobwebs and dust, was a stepladder.
[Lucky! That woman, Zat or whatever, doesn't even have the slightest idea to check the room before locking me in here]
Walking over towards the stepladder and carrying it towards the window, he tested the first step, finding it safe; he started climbing up the ladder at a quick pace. Finally after what seemed like hours of climbing (when it was only a couple minutes) Irvine finally reached the top and opened the window fully. It was just large enough for him to escape.
Taking a deep breath of fresh air as he exited out of the room, he looked around the area and froze; he wasn't in Deling City anymore.
"Where am I?" He found himself asking, as he sat upon the roof, examining the area around him. It looked oddly familiar, but he couldn't make out where he was.
"You're at Edea's house, how it was before the war took place"
Irvine looked towards the source of the sound and instantly reached out for his gun, which he found wasn't there anymore, "Who are you?" he asked harshly, glaring towards the black haired girl, who only looked at him with her emerald green eyes that reminded him so much of Selphie.
"How much do you love Selphie?" The white gown girl asked, on her arm Irvine could make out a tattoo that looked very much like a cross . . . or maybe it was suppose to be a lower case 't'
Irvine tried again, and still, the mysterious girl gave no reply.
Irvine sighed, releasing out the breath he had not known he was holding. A soft wind blew over the two, and still no one said a word.
"I love her more than the world itself, I love her with my full heart" Came Irvine's soft reply, breaking over the silence, "Selphie's the reason I live, she's like my guardian angel, helping me out, cheering me on, she's always there for me"
"How far do you really love her?"
Irvine blinked, didn't he just tell her that, before the cowboy was able to say anything more, she disappeared, leaving behind a trace of sparkles dancing down towards the roof floor.
A group of giggles caught onto Irvine's attention and he looked towards the large endless grassy field to see two small children running around the field, seeming to be picking up flowers.
"Selphie!" Irvine called out in surprise as he recognized the small 5 yr. old girl wearing the small yellow sundress. Following behind her, he was able to recognize the blonde spiked up hair boy as Zell.
Quickly, jumping off the roof, the cowboy landing perfectly down upon the ground without any injuries and started running towards the two 5 yr olds.
"Hi" Irvine greeted with a slight wave of his hand, yet the two kids didn't seem to notice him, he tried again, and still, no reaction
Peering over at the young Selphie, he felt himself smile, she was so cute when she was little! Patting her on top of the head he watched for any reaction from the young girl, but found absolutely none. Cocking his eyebrows, he looked around for an explanation
"You're in the past, they can't se or hear you, just continue to watch"
Irvine heard the familiar calm voice from the girl earlier say, looking around he couldn't find her.
Shrugging, he let out a soft sigh and continue to watch as the two 5 yr olds collect flowers.
"Wha! Sefie, wait for me!" He heard the small Zell cry out as he watched him chased after Selphie, only to trip and fall causing Selphie to giggle.
"Zelly, you alwright?" The expert gunmaster heard the voice of his young girlfriend and he couldn't help but smile at her cuteness.
The small Zell nodded his head, but he seemed to have small tears in his eyes, "It hurts Sefie, it hurts" he complained, and the small sundress girl walked over to him, peering at his cut.
"Owie! Let'z go back to Mawtron, she'll kiss it bettwa" Selphie replied as she placed down the small brown basket of flowers on the slope of the hill and helped the small crybaby Zell up onto his feet. Selphie, who of course was young and didn't have enough strength to pull up Zell, found herself losing balance the instant the blonde haired boy was up and was tumbing down the small hill. Zell, hugging her closely to him, for Selphie had pulled him down with her, found himself on top of the small Selphie as soon as they reached the end of the hill
The chestnut haired cowboy couldn't help but laugh at his girlfriend's silliness, watching as she rolled down the hill, her eyes dancing with excitement. But what happened next had really surprised him, even though the two were little kids.
The small girl giggled happily as they reached the end of the hill, not even noticing what position they were in, "Aw! That waz fun Zelly!" She cried out in plain happiness, while Zell only nodded his head in agreement, a small smile planted on his lips.
The small Selphie looked up at the boy and smiled, lifting her head, she enclosed the space between them and planted a light kiss upon the boy's lips, causing him to blush a deep red, which made Selphie giggle even more.
Irvine shook his head as he chuckled, Selphie never changed. Althouhg he was a tiny bit jealous of the small Zell, they were only little kids, what could he do? Go up to Zell and started screaming at him for what happened years ago?
Soon, the scene changed. He was now in the empty Balamb Garden library, it seemed to be near curfew time, and so no one was in the library, except for the librarian, who didn't seem to be around. Walking around the familiar area, he quickly spotted his cheery girlfriend standing near the back of the library; beside her was once again Zell Dincht. They were older now, maybe around 17ish, which was the age they were now. Shrugging he walked over to them and sat upon an empty chair, eavesdropping over their conversation as he wondered what type of connection they had with each other.
"You can read this book Zell, It's about a panda . . ." Selphie seemed to be pointing to one of the many books on the shelf, why the books near the back of the library? He didn't now.
"Selphie, I like action and adventure, not cutsie stuff" Zell seemed to be a little tired, leaning against the wall, he was cornered by the cheerful Selphie, who only pouted when she heard he wasn't interested.
Irvine frowned; he had never heard anything from Selphie about introducing books to Zell, she always told him everything. Wondering when the time of this scene took place, he cocked his eyebrows (he seemed to be doing this a lot recently) in frustration.
"Fine, how about love stories?"
"Selphie, Action, Adventure, Fighting is my style of books"
Irvine now seemed to be kicking the ground in frustration, his girlfriend seemed to be asking him what type of girl he was into more than what type of books. Really, when did this scene take place?
"Okay, then" Selphie placed her hands upon her waist, her emrald green eyes staring directly into Zell's. She took a step forwards so the space between them was less, "How about-"
Irvine now seemed to want to kill
"- a girl, who falls in love with a guy-"
Now, Irvine was really going to kill. This scene ahd better not have happened when he was going out with Selphie, no, wait; Selphie wasn't the type of girl who'd cheat on him . . . or was she? Now Irvine was growing suspicions of their relationship.
"-yet the guy was absolutely clueless about everything, or in plain words, he was chicken"
Irvine watched in amazement as Zell just look at Selphie in amazement, sputtering some words he was not able to hear. Irvine, who was now major frustrated got up off the chair and started kicking, taking out his annoyance on the poor chair. Looking back towards the two, he felt like cowering in a dark corner, and he felt his heart shatter into a thousand, no, more than a thousand, millions and trillions of pieces as Selphie closed the distance of their mouths, locking in a small passionate kiss.
Irvine, walking over to the white painted wall, eyes down upon the floor, shot his fist at in angrily at it, causing small droplets of blood to fall upon the once clean floor. The scene changed to complete darkness.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Seems like the Ragnark still works," Squall stated as he pressed a few buttons here and there, hearing as the ship start off its engine. Looking over towards his girlfriend who stood nearby, he smiled, "Ready to go back and check out on them?"
Rinoa smiled, nodding as she took the seat next to them. Although the ship had a few scratched here and there, it had still worked, which was the main point. Watching as his girlfriend give off a small wave towards the large beast, he smiled, finally realizing why B-M26 had decided to give up. It wasn't because it chickened out; it was because it was the guardian of this place, guardian of Mt. Heaven (That's the name of this place), and if one were a guardian, one would never be able to die. And from what he heard from the information it had told them earlier, B-M26 was an experiment done years ago here, and being made from steel and other machinery, it was quite impossible for it to die. (I hope I make sense, well, I'll explain at the A/N)
Pulling away from the side of the mountain where it was, erm . . . parked, they sailed downwards, down the mountain and back towards the land.
"Squall, can we should go back to Winhill? I want to check out something" Squall heard his girlfriend's strong request, and he looked over at her, concern in his eyes as he nodded, he would go pick up Zell and the rest of the gang later.
"Is something wrong?" Squall asked, hearing his won croaked voice come out he smirked.
Rinoa smiled, "It's something about the past"
Pause
"It's nothing, don't worry about it, I just wanted to check some things out"
Squall nodded his head as he took a quick glance towards the raven-haired beauty that was standing next to him, her head was down and she looked sad. Focusing his eyes back on the erm . . . road, he focused on driving, deciding to ask her about it later. He had a feeling it would be a long story.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ah!" the spiked blonde haired boy yawned out as he stretched, opening his eyes to the rays of sunlight. Blinking a few times, he looked around the room, where was he?
Suddenly, remembering yesterday's events, he quickly opened his eyes wide, where was he Where was Haru? And what in the world happened? How'd he get here and . . . he had way too many questions and no answers.
Watching as the door knob which hung at the door nearby slowly turned open, he got off his lazy back and sat up, watching as an elderly chubby woman around her 30's come in with a tray with held a hot yummy looking soup.
"Ah! I see that you're finally awake young man" Zell heard her say as she placed the tray on the desk that was a couple feet away, looking towards her, he palced a questioning look on her face, causing the woman to chuckle.
"Ah, don't worry, don't worry, I won't hurt you" She said between chuckles, "We found you lying outside the boundary's of Deling City so we took you in, did something happen? You looked awfully scratched up.
Zell shook his head, answering the question with another one, "did you happen to see a man out there too?"
Zell watched as the chubby woman thought for a second then shake her head, "There was only you, was your friend out there too?" She asked, her voice full of concern.
Zell shook his head, "It's nothing" Displacing the topic, he got up off the bed and walked over to the bowl of soup, his stomach growling, causing a slight pink to cover over his cheeks, he had never noticed how hungry he was until now.
"Ah! Go ahead boy, eat right up, you must be very hungry and tired if you fell asleep out there in those dangerous plains.
Zell didn't reply as he took a couple sips of the soup from the plastic spoon he was using, quickly, he found himself gobbling the whole thing down.
"Wow, would you like another bowl young man?" Zell heard the woman ask in surprise, he suddenly realized he had not told her his name yet
"I'm Zell Dincht, thanks for letting me in your house and caring for me" Zell thanked politely, looking up at the elderly woman who's chocolate brown eyes looked at him, a smile placed upon her lips.
"Well, It's nice to meet you Zell, I'm Mrs. Jackins" The dark brown haired woman introduced herself, "If there's anything you need, you can just call me, I'll be outside in the kitchen"
"Just wait, Mrs. Jackins, do you mind if I use your phone? I need to call my friends"
With a nod of the elderly woman's head, Zell smiled. Watching as the woman leave the room, closing the wooden door behind her, Zell quickly picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Ring, Ring"
Zell paced around his room impatiently,
"Ring, Ring"
Zell now plopped himself down on the comfortable white bed, head resting upon his free left hand as his eyes looked up at the plain white ceiling.
"Ring, Ring, Hello?"
"Squall!" The impatient boy cried out as he jumped off the bed, a million thousand entered his head, wondering which new he should tell their leader first.
"Zell?"
"Yo Squall, I have some important news on Selphie! Can you-"
"Zell, I'm sorry, we'll talk about this later, can you get everybody to gather up at Winhill as soon as possible? I have something we need to check out and it might take a while, so I'd be faster if you guys meet us up here"
Zell nodded his head slowly, "Er Sure . . ."
"Okay, I'll see you guys later then"
Click
/////////////////////////////////////////////// Well, here's another chapter! Yippee! I actually got another chapter finished! So . . . . Should I ask how you like this chapter? Hmm, anywayz . . . I hope none of the characters are out of place or anything, and if you're wondering what the heck is with Selphie, I'll explain it in the next chappy, which will hopefully be up soon. Reviews are very welcome, so please review!
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Oh! Also, I got a review saying that my chapters should be longer. This is erm . . . a bit longer (I think) but I hope you can bear with me for short chapters. Sorry!
A/N: Ah! You guys are absolutely going to hate me for this chapter if you're a Irvine x Selphie fan (o) don't worry, they're still going to be together, but I just now you're going to hate me for this chapter, or for the moment between 'them'
Chapter 14- Test
Quistis opened her eyes slowly as she felt the first rays of sunlight enter the pitch-dark room, where was she anyways. Yawning as she rubbed her eyes tiredly, she slowly got up off the cold stone floor and walked around the dark room, her eyes slowly adjusting to the light. Using her hands to move along the wall, she finally was able to find the light switch and turned it on.
"Where the Hyne am I?" Quistis heard her voice echo in the new brightly lite room, but one thing was sure, she wasn't in the mansion where she and her friends were staying in. Cocking her eyes in confusion, she slowly remembered the events that happened yesterday.
[Okay, so I was in the park pondering about . . . yeah, so, then I went to sit on the bench and then] Quistis paused, [I felt tired so I drifted off to sleep, then I felt myself being carried off . . .]
Quistis stopped and quickly searched around for her chain whip, which still laid faithfully at her waist, so where was she? And what was going on?
Walking over to the nearby desk, she slammed her fist against it hard, causing some books to fall off the desk. Frowning, the ex-instructor bent down and picked it up, looking towards the cover of the first book
"Faithful Love" She read out loud, flipping through the pages in interest. Suddenly, Quistis felt herself freeze up and she watched as the room slowly become dark, then before she knew it, the room had changed into a night scene.
"Seifer?!" She cried out in surprise as she watched the handsome boy [Handsome? When was Seifer ever handsome? . . . okay, so maybe sometimes he was . . . what am I thinking?!] Slowly enter the Secret Area of the training center in Balamb Garden, leaning against the deck/wall coolly. Slowly a girl joined him and they started to talk in a deep conversation.
Quistis frowned, walking up next to Seifer she tapped him lightly on the shoulder, when he didn't reply, she lost her patience and slapped him hard on the back. Still, he didn't reply.
"Seifer?" Quistis was losing her patience, "SEIFER ALMASY!" Still no reply, letting out a deep sigh, she was about to give up and walk out the secret area when a soft clam voice called out to her.
"Quistis, watch the scene in front of you"
Quistis stopped as she looked up at the dark starry night sky, her hand resting upon her chain whip that laid to the side of her waist.
"Who's there?"
"Watch the scene, see what's going to happen"
Quistis frowned as she looked around the students, trying to figure out who was talking to her. Spotting a girl with long shiny purplish hair wearing a white robe Quistis walked over to her, a frown upon her light beautiful features.
"Quistis, watch the scene, you won't regret it"
The ex-instructor watched as the mysterious older girl waves her hand in a greeting and point towards the two lovely dovely couple who were having a conversation.
"I promise you, you won't forget it, unless you have no feelings for Seifer at all"
Quistis froze, "Who are you?"
The girl just smiled and disappeared out of sight, leaving many small sparkles in her presence, "You won't regret it"
Quistis sighed; it wouldn't hurt to watch what was happening between those two anyways. She was kind of curious herself, walking over beside Seifer and placing her forearms along the stone edge, she listened in to what the two students were talking about.
"Seifer . . . I liked you for a long time, and, well, I was wondering if you'd, you know, like to go out on a date with me"
Quistis looked over at the blonde hair girl, instantly recognizing her as Tina Schroger, an A+ student in her class. She could feel as her eyes burned through the younger girl's small body, as she continued to listen on
To Quistis's surprise, Seifer shook his head, indicating no as his eyes stared off into the dark night view, "I already have someone I like" It felt like the whole world around Quistis froze as she saw a mental image of her making a happy little victory dance, she chuckled to herself, waiting for the conversation to continue on.
Pause
Still nothing
STILL
And still yet again
Suddenly, "It's Instructor Trepe isn't it"
Quistis's ear's perked up as she felt blood rushing to her cheeks, examining Seifer, she felt her heart beat rise, watching as his cheeks become a slight pink.
It was true, she wouldn't regret watching the scene in front of her play. A small smile of happiness escaped her lips and she felt a tear of happiness roll down her cheeks. Though everything seemed perfectly beautiful, one thing still lingered in Quistis's mind, why had he acted so mean and strange that time he returned back after retrieving the herb?
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"Ugh, my head hurts" The expert gunman mumbled as he placed his palm upon his forehead, feeling as the headache slowly disappeared. Looking around the mysterious empty barley lite up room, he recalled the events that happened yesterday night (It's morning now)
[Okay, there was this weird woman called Zat . . . what kind of name is Zat? Anyways, let's see, she said something weird] Irvine slowly stood up, opening the blinds that stood nearby, turning the room from darkness to bright lightness (is that even a word?)
Remembering that he had fell unconscious at that time, he groaned, he was dealing with a woman, and he couldn't even stall conscious, what was with that? It wasn't like he thought girls were 'weak' or anything (If Selphie heard him, he would definitely get a lil beating).
Walking around the room in complete boredom, finally, after trying the doorknob a couple million times, the gunman settled down and leaned against the wall (since there was absolutely no furniture in the room except for the blinds that hung on the wall and a step ladder that laid in a dark corner), he thought about the statement that Zat girl had said before he lost conscious
"Show me how much you love her, I'll help you on your journey" Irvine cocked an eyebrow, show her how much he loved her? He loved her more than anything in the world. She was the first thing that came to mind every time he woke up and she was more precious to him than anything he could ever want in the whole entire world.
Groaning in despair as he thought about his loved one, he slowly sided down the wall; his knee's against his chest when he finally reached the hard cold stone floor, there wasn't even a carpet in the room! Wait was it even a room? It was more like a dark prison, with . . . blinds that hung from the window.
Letting out a deep sigh, he banged his head against the wall, feeling as small dust particles fall upon him. Looking upward towards where the dust came from, he instantly got back up on his feet. There, just right above him was an open window (You know, those window that are up on the ceiling . . . hope you understand what I mean)
Grinning happily, finally able to find a way to escape, he looked around the room, hoping to find something he could use to get out. There, in the dark corner of the room, covered in cobwebs and dust, was a stepladder.
[Lucky! That woman, Zat or whatever, doesn't even have the slightest idea to check the room before locking me in here]
Walking over towards the stepladder and carrying it towards the window, he tested the first step, finding it safe; he started climbing up the ladder at a quick pace. Finally after what seemed like hours of climbing (when it was only a couple minutes) Irvine finally reached the top and opened the window fully. It was just large enough for him to escape.
Taking a deep breath of fresh air as he exited out of the room, he looked around the area and froze; he wasn't in Deling City anymore.
"Where am I?" He found himself asking, as he sat upon the roof, examining the area around him. It looked oddly familiar, but he couldn't make out where he was.
"You're at Edea's house, how it was before the war took place"
Irvine looked towards the source of the sound and instantly reached out for his gun, which he found wasn't there anymore, "Who are you?" he asked harshly, glaring towards the black haired girl, who only looked at him with her emerald green eyes that reminded him so much of Selphie.
"How much do you love Selphie?" The white gown girl asked, on her arm Irvine could make out a tattoo that looked very much like a cross . . . or maybe it was suppose to be a lower case 't'
Irvine tried again, and still, the mysterious girl gave no reply.
Irvine sighed, releasing out the breath he had not known he was holding. A soft wind blew over the two, and still no one said a word.
"I love her more than the world itself, I love her with my full heart" Came Irvine's soft reply, breaking over the silence, "Selphie's the reason I live, she's like my guardian angel, helping me out, cheering me on, she's always there for me"
"How far do you really love her?"
Irvine blinked, didn't he just tell her that, before the cowboy was able to say anything more, she disappeared, leaving behind a trace of sparkles dancing down towards the roof floor.
A group of giggles caught onto Irvine's attention and he looked towards the large endless grassy field to see two small children running around the field, seeming to be picking up flowers.
"Selphie!" Irvine called out in surprise as he recognized the small 5 yr. old girl wearing the small yellow sundress. Following behind her, he was able to recognize the blonde spiked up hair boy as Zell.
Quickly, jumping off the roof, the cowboy landing perfectly down upon the ground without any injuries and started running towards the two 5 yr olds.
"Hi" Irvine greeted with a slight wave of his hand, yet the two kids didn't seem to notice him, he tried again, and still, no reaction
Peering over at the young Selphie, he felt himself smile, she was so cute when she was little! Patting her on top of the head he watched for any reaction from the young girl, but found absolutely none. Cocking his eyebrows, he looked around for an explanation
"You're in the past, they can't se or hear you, just continue to watch"
Irvine heard the familiar calm voice from the girl earlier say, looking around he couldn't find her.
Shrugging, he let out a soft sigh and continue to watch as the two 5 yr olds collect flowers.
"Wha! Sefie, wait for me!" He heard the small Zell cry out as he watched him chased after Selphie, only to trip and fall causing Selphie to giggle.
"Zelly, you alwright?" The expert gunmaster heard the voice of his young girlfriend and he couldn't help but smile at her cuteness.
The small Zell nodded his head, but he seemed to have small tears in his eyes, "It hurts Sefie, it hurts" he complained, and the small sundress girl walked over to him, peering at his cut.
"Owie! Let'z go back to Mawtron, she'll kiss it bettwa" Selphie replied as she placed down the small brown basket of flowers on the slope of the hill and helped the small crybaby Zell up onto his feet. Selphie, who of course was young and didn't have enough strength to pull up Zell, found herself losing balance the instant the blonde haired boy was up and was tumbing down the small hill. Zell, hugging her closely to him, for Selphie had pulled him down with her, found himself on top of the small Selphie as soon as they reached the end of the hill
The chestnut haired cowboy couldn't help but laugh at his girlfriend's silliness, watching as she rolled down the hill, her eyes dancing with excitement. But what happened next had really surprised him, even though the two were little kids.
The small girl giggled happily as they reached the end of the hill, not even noticing what position they were in, "Aw! That waz fun Zelly!" She cried out in plain happiness, while Zell only nodded his head in agreement, a small smile planted on his lips.
The small Selphie looked up at the boy and smiled, lifting her head, she enclosed the space between them and planted a light kiss upon the boy's lips, causing him to blush a deep red, which made Selphie giggle even more.
Irvine shook his head as he chuckled, Selphie never changed. Althouhg he was a tiny bit jealous of the small Zell, they were only little kids, what could he do? Go up to Zell and started screaming at him for what happened years ago?
Soon, the scene changed. He was now in the empty Balamb Garden library, it seemed to be near curfew time, and so no one was in the library, except for the librarian, who didn't seem to be around. Walking around the familiar area, he quickly spotted his cheery girlfriend standing near the back of the library; beside her was once again Zell Dincht. They were older now, maybe around 17ish, which was the age they were now. Shrugging he walked over to them and sat upon an empty chair, eavesdropping over their conversation as he wondered what type of connection they had with each other.
"You can read this book Zell, It's about a panda . . ." Selphie seemed to be pointing to one of the many books on the shelf, why the books near the back of the library? He didn't now.
"Selphie, I like action and adventure, not cutsie stuff" Zell seemed to be a little tired, leaning against the wall, he was cornered by the cheerful Selphie, who only pouted when she heard he wasn't interested.
Irvine frowned; he had never heard anything from Selphie about introducing books to Zell, she always told him everything. Wondering when the time of this scene took place, he cocked his eyebrows (he seemed to be doing this a lot recently) in frustration.
"Fine, how about love stories?"
"Selphie, Action, Adventure, Fighting is my style of books"
Irvine now seemed to be kicking the ground in frustration, his girlfriend seemed to be asking him what type of girl he was into more than what type of books. Really, when did this scene take place?
"Okay, then" Selphie placed her hands upon her waist, her emrald green eyes staring directly into Zell's. She took a step forwards so the space between them was less, "How about-"
Irvine now seemed to want to kill
"- a girl, who falls in love with a guy-"
Now, Irvine was really going to kill. This scene ahd better not have happened when he was going out with Selphie, no, wait; Selphie wasn't the type of girl who'd cheat on him . . . or was she? Now Irvine was growing suspicions of their relationship.
"-yet the guy was absolutely clueless about everything, or in plain words, he was chicken"
Irvine watched in amazement as Zell just look at Selphie in amazement, sputtering some words he was not able to hear. Irvine, who was now major frustrated got up off the chair and started kicking, taking out his annoyance on the poor chair. Looking back towards the two, he felt like cowering in a dark corner, and he felt his heart shatter into a thousand, no, more than a thousand, millions and trillions of pieces as Selphie closed the distance of their mouths, locking in a small passionate kiss.
Irvine, walking over to the white painted wall, eyes down upon the floor, shot his fist at in angrily at it, causing small droplets of blood to fall upon the once clean floor. The scene changed to complete darkness.
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"Seems like the Ragnark still works," Squall stated as he pressed a few buttons here and there, hearing as the ship start off its engine. Looking over towards his girlfriend who stood nearby, he smiled, "Ready to go back and check out on them?"
Rinoa smiled, nodding as she took the seat next to them. Although the ship had a few scratched here and there, it had still worked, which was the main point. Watching as his girlfriend give off a small wave towards the large beast, he smiled, finally realizing why B-M26 had decided to give up. It wasn't because it chickened out; it was because it was the guardian of this place, guardian of Mt. Heaven (That's the name of this place), and if one were a guardian, one would never be able to die. And from what he heard from the information it had told them earlier, B-M26 was an experiment done years ago here, and being made from steel and other machinery, it was quite impossible for it to die. (I hope I make sense, well, I'll explain at the A/N)
Pulling away from the side of the mountain where it was, erm . . . parked, they sailed downwards, down the mountain and back towards the land.
"Squall, can we should go back to Winhill? I want to check out something" Squall heard his girlfriend's strong request, and he looked over at her, concern in his eyes as he nodded, he would go pick up Zell and the rest of the gang later.
"Is something wrong?" Squall asked, hearing his won croaked voice come out he smirked.
Rinoa smiled, "It's something about the past"
Pause
"It's nothing, don't worry about it, I just wanted to check some things out"
Squall nodded his head as he took a quick glance towards the raven-haired beauty that was standing next to him, her head was down and she looked sad. Focusing his eyes back on the erm . . . road, he focused on driving, deciding to ask her about it later. He had a feeling it would be a long story.
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"Ah!" the spiked blonde haired boy yawned out as he stretched, opening his eyes to the rays of sunlight. Blinking a few times, he looked around the room, where was he?
Suddenly, remembering yesterday's events, he quickly opened his eyes wide, where was he Where was Haru? And what in the world happened? How'd he get here and . . . he had way too many questions and no answers.
Watching as the door knob which hung at the door nearby slowly turned open, he got off his lazy back and sat up, watching as an elderly chubby woman around her 30's come in with a tray with held a hot yummy looking soup.
"Ah! I see that you're finally awake young man" Zell heard her say as she placed the tray on the desk that was a couple feet away, looking towards her, he palced a questioning look on her face, causing the woman to chuckle.
"Ah, don't worry, don't worry, I won't hurt you" She said between chuckles, "We found you lying outside the boundary's of Deling City so we took you in, did something happen? You looked awfully scratched up.
Zell shook his head, answering the question with another one, "did you happen to see a man out there too?"
Zell watched as the chubby woman thought for a second then shake her head, "There was only you, was your friend out there too?" She asked, her voice full of concern.
Zell shook his head, "It's nothing" Displacing the topic, he got up off the bed and walked over to the bowl of soup, his stomach growling, causing a slight pink to cover over his cheeks, he had never noticed how hungry he was until now.
"Ah! Go ahead boy, eat right up, you must be very hungry and tired if you fell asleep out there in those dangerous plains.
Zell didn't reply as he took a couple sips of the soup from the plastic spoon he was using, quickly, he found himself gobbling the whole thing down.
"Wow, would you like another bowl young man?" Zell heard the woman ask in surprise, he suddenly realized he had not told her his name yet
"I'm Zell Dincht, thanks for letting me in your house and caring for me" Zell thanked politely, looking up at the elderly woman who's chocolate brown eyes looked at him, a smile placed upon her lips.
"Well, It's nice to meet you Zell, I'm Mrs. Jackins" The dark brown haired woman introduced herself, "If there's anything you need, you can just call me, I'll be outside in the kitchen"
"Just wait, Mrs. Jackins, do you mind if I use your phone? I need to call my friends"
With a nod of the elderly woman's head, Zell smiled. Watching as the woman leave the room, closing the wooden door behind her, Zell quickly picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Ring, Ring"
Zell paced around his room impatiently,
"Ring, Ring"
Zell now plopped himself down on the comfortable white bed, head resting upon his free left hand as his eyes looked up at the plain white ceiling.
"Ring, Ring, Hello?"
"Squall!" The impatient boy cried out as he jumped off the bed, a million thousand entered his head, wondering which new he should tell their leader first.
"Zell?"
"Yo Squall, I have some important news on Selphie! Can you-"
"Zell, I'm sorry, we'll talk about this later, can you get everybody to gather up at Winhill as soon as possible? I have something we need to check out and it might take a while, so I'd be faster if you guys meet us up here"
Zell nodded his head slowly, "Er Sure . . ."
"Okay, I'll see you guys later then"
Click
/////////////////////////////////////////////// Well, here's another chapter! Yippee! I actually got another chapter finished! So . . . . Should I ask how you like this chapter? Hmm, anywayz . . . I hope none of the characters are out of place or anything, and if you're wondering what the heck is with Selphie, I'll explain it in the next chappy, which will hopefully be up soon. Reviews are very welcome, so please review!
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Oh! Also, I got a review saying that my chapters should be longer. This is erm . . . a bit longer (I think) but I hope you can bear with me for short chapters. Sorry!