The Ultimate Payback
Chapter 6
Shinji's breathing was harder than before once he arrived to Balamb Garden. This abeyance from NERV caused his life to be worse than before. The hatred toward his father Gendo Ikari deluged his life and everything around him more than ever before. He walked on slumped from the traveling on the tracks. An ambulance rushed past him as he entered the gates of Balamb. "What's happening," he gazed around to see an enormous crowd watching the ambulance open up. A white stretcher loaded a girl who was covered in blood and her body pale and iced up. Rinoa He rushed toward the girl. She was dead. Her hand clasped the rings on a black string. Shinji tried to open the hand. However he broke the stiff fingers holding the rings. Shinji's face created a sweat drop as he saw this. "I hope Squall doesn't notice that a finger is missing during the funeral. Where is that boy," he muttered to himself. Shinji searched among the crowd for Kaoru and Squall.
The rain dispersed among the garden. The poignant event caused other girls to rush to their significant other. "She deserved it," scoffed a boy on the roof. It was Kaoru. No doubt about it for his shining silver hair seemed to blend in well with the rain. "Not as much as you," retorted a strong voice. Kaoru smiled recognizing the distinct voice from the multifarious cries and chatters from below. "I didn't suspect a plain beggar of love to come up here," Kaoru continued on, "is that right Squall the mendicant." Squall gritted his teeth as he pulled out his gun blade. The gun blade meticulously aimed at Kaoru's face. "You won't hurt a pretty face like me. Now would you," Kaoru showed his grin. A severe blow from Squall's foot livid Kaoru's pretty face. Kaoru backed away a bit to the edge. "My….My beauty. You are going to get this. You silly Lilith!"
"KAORU NO!" a boy ran off towards Kaoru as he headed for Squall. A quick shove forced both the boy and Kaoru off the roof. "Squall, catch!" It was Shinji throwing the necklace to Squall. The rings clinked together as he caught it. Rinoa.
Shinji gazed into Kaoru's face as they headed toward the end of the fall. "Kaoru, I have something to tell you," stuttered Shinji. Kaoru showed his somewhat innocent smile back. "I . . . I . . .," suddenly Shinji pulled out a GF of Shiva creating a strong ice-cliff near the building, "I HOPE YOU DON'T COME BACK!" The window was open. Kaoru's body smashed into pieces on top of the ambulance. The boy climbed into the window. Hmmm…this feels familiar for some reason. Glasses of Ikari on the drawer. No décor in the room. No doubt it is Rei's room. The water of the shower abruptly turned off. Shinji gulped as he heard the noise. I'm not going through the same mistake again! I'm out of here! He sped off across the room and opened the door. Then he slammed it. Rei walked out with a small towel around her thin body. She glanced around the rooming hoping for the boy to be there standing innocently. Her face reddened in anger. "Damn he's not here. Oh well. Might as well get dress," she muttered to herself.
The boy sighed as he walked off. That was close one. He went into his room and slept to dream of Selphie being near him.
It was the festival of new comings and sweet presents. For once everything seemed to be normal. Well normal for a SeeD dance. Irvine stood there in his regular attire watching the rest of the new SeeD dance away to the waltz. "Selphie. I'm so sorry for what I have done," He whispered to himself as the watched the couples dance away that night. A young girl with a yellow dress walked toward him. Her hair was short and seemed to curl outward at the ends. Irvine rubbed his eyes. "Hey! I got ya. I did the best payback ever. HA!" The girl winked and stuck her tongue out. Irvine began to tear, "SELPHIE! HOW DID YOU! I'M SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I THOUGHT YOU DIED!" The girl laughed ,"Don't worry about it. Let's go dance."
Shinji watched his new classmates laugh and chitter chatter about random things. Asuka appeared next to him. "Come you lazy jerk. Let's GO DANCE!" she ordered as he grabbed his neck. "Mommy!?" he peeped back. Asuka threw him around the dance floor.
Back in the dormitory the sound of cricket filled the air. Everyone was either asleep or at the Dance. Squall lied on his bed staring at the two rings. One was in perfect detail of Grievor the name of his Gun blade. The other was an almost perfect copy of his ring but instead it had a small section with the words True Love. He let out a long sigh as he saw this. "Rinoa. If only. Too bad I can't find someone like you. For you were well...not for me," he muttered to me. A small creak pulled Squall's attention from his ears to the door. There standing in the door was Rei in a beautiful blue dress. "Um. .. I was wondering if you were going to the dance," she blushed a bit. Squall caressed her warm cheek. "I'll go any where with you," he whispered as he placed the necklace over Rei's head.