Chapter Two:

Quistis stood, reading her light green-covered book, inside the library with her back turned towards the entrance. Rinoa, sighing with anxiety, still sat on the bench and looked into the library, trying to bring up the nerve to ask that simple question: "Quistis, can you help me?"
But why would Quistis help her win Squall back? She herself had once, and perhaps still, held strong feelings towards him and wouldn't go out of her way to help someone else impress him.

Rinoa stomped her foot on the ground and rose from her bench. "I'm being ridiculous! Quistis is my friend, why wouldn't she help me? She's always been good to me!" She stated in direct resolve before beginning to walk towards the entrance of the library. However, when she looked up into the library, Quistis was no longer standing beside the shelves. Rinoa paused and stared blankly into the library, "Where the hell did she go?" Upon saying this, she looked over and noticed her walking down the side walkway and turn to enter into the Training Center.

Quistis exited the locker rooms of the Training Center dressed in a white tank top, gray sweatpants, and black boots with her chain whip firmly held in her left hand. As she entered into the central area of the Center, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Upon taking a few steps deeper into the Center, a large T-Rex stomped forward from around the corner and glanced down at her with an eager eye. Quistis looked up at the large dinosaur approaching her and took a step back with her left took and bent her knees to prepare for the fight. 'That was fast…' she thought to herself as she braced.
Rinoa crept quietly into the Training Center and looked up to find Quistis challenging the T-Rex head on and felt confused, "Why is Quistis training? What does she have to train for?"
Quistis shouted loudly as she leapt high into the air before being crushed by the dinosaur's massive, swinging tail. While still in the air, Quistis began twirling her whip's blade beside her. Upon her falling towards the grass beneath her, she lifted the twirling blade above her head and chucked the sharp blade towards the dinosaur's neck. Before landing on the ground, Quistis' blade stuck deep into the monster's thick neck.
The T-Rex let out a massive roar and lifted its head high into the air, baring its sharp and massive teeth. Quistis held onto the end of her whip as she swung up around the underneath of the dinosaur's neck and twisted up and land, roughly, on the back of the T-Rex's skull. With the chain whip wrapped around the front of the monster's neck like a noose, Quistis lifted her right hand into the air while holding the handle of her whip with the other.
"Blizzaga!" she shouted loudly as she pulled her hand down from the air to press it heavily against the back of the T-Rex's head.
Rinoa watched, unbelieving and disgusted, as she watched the bloody mess that occurred after the ice-shards had run through the T-Rex's head like a knife through butter. She watched as Quistis leapt off from the top of the large beast as it collapsed onto the ground with a loud crash, to only vanish from sight.
Quistis landed on the ground and stood, not at all tired or out of breath, from the battle that just ensued. She retracted her whip into her hands and brushed her hair out of her face as she continued her walk down the grassy path of the Training Center.
Rinoa paused, hesitant to move forward in her pursuit for Quistis, and looked around nervously. She then looked forward and curled up her bottom lip in a moment of bravery, and began to trek out in pursuit of Quistis.
Quistis sighed as she walked aimlessly down the dark, grassy path of the Training Center. She stared at the ground below her and paid no attention to anything around her, she felt like she didn't care.
"No matter how much I give, how hard I try... I can never be him..." Quistis whispered quietly to herself as she closed her eyes sadly.

As Quistis walked around the path, she had almost completed her entire circle in the Training Center when she paused for a moment to catch her breath after her last battle. She had set the new computer system to provide her with stronger and tougher monsters to battle, and it was beginning to wear her down a little.
She paused and placed her left hand on her right shoulder and began to rotate her arm in a circular motion, "I really have to remember to take this a few times a week, not everyday..."
She stopped and stared intently forward after hearing something of a twig snapping. With her elbow still high into the air from trying to stretch, she looked around curiously, "Hello?"
After another few moments, she shrugged and lifted her foot to take another step, but was interrupted after hearing a loud scream and crashing sound. Before she knew what had hit her, Quistis found herself lying on the ground, her back against the ground, with a body resting on top of her.
"Quistis! Oh my god, are you okay!" Rinoa cried out as she sat up from Quistis and turned to look at her. Quistis leaned up from the ground and rested against her elbows.
"Rinoa? Were you in that tree?" Quistis asked, somewhat annoyed with a hint of blush in her cheeks. Rinoa smiled and laughed embarrassingly as she stood and took Quistis' hand to help her up.
"I was afraid of getting attacked by any of the monsters, so... well, I thought I'd just... hang around! Pardon the pun..." Rinoa stated as she scratched her head, still embarrassed.
"You were afraid of being attacked by the monsters, but you willingly came in here?" Quistis asked blatantly as she crossed her arms.
Rinoa paused and looked down at the ground, "Well, I actually came here to find you. I need your help-"
Quistis quickly held out her hand to stop Rinoa's speaking and paused, as if listening to something. Rinoa could see the fear that was forming in Quistis' eyes and began to worry herself.
"Can you hear that?" Quistis whispered, her hand still extended in front of her. They both paused, and Rinoa could hear it. It sounded like a child, and child screaming.
"Is that... a kid?" Rinoa asked slowly with unbelief. "What's a kid doing in here?"
"Oh no..." Quistis whispered quietly to herself before quickly turning to race quickly down the path towards the main field near the entrance of the Center.
"W-Wait for me!" Rinoa called out before following quickly after her.