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Inevitable Separation
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"Uuhhh." Squall was now awake, " Good morning, Rinoa....."
Rinoa opened her eyes. She smiled at the man beside her and slowly turned her
eyes to his digital watch on the side table. The watch said 8:30 am. Rinoa's eyes suddenly
opened widely. She flustered out of bed. She got of the safety of her blanket and got of
thee bed revealing her tender body. She bent down beside the bed to pick up and put on
her clothes on. Squall was watching her with slight disappointment. He didn't know why
she was in such a hurry. After she got dressed, she sat down at the edge of the bed and
bent down to kiss his check. He was confused.
" Rinoa? Where are you going?" Squall said after taking her arm to pull her back
to his bed., " Come and stay with me......." Rinoa was now lying down
beside him because he put his arms around her.
" I-I'm sorry Squall, darling." She struggles to get out of Squall's barrier, " I
need to go. I told Zack that I'd meet him at 8:00." She quickly got up avoiding his sad
eyes. "I am incredibly late! I can't botch my first mission." Rinoa walked towards the
washroom and was quickly washing her face and brushing her hair at the same time.
" Zack.....? Your mission......?" Squall sounded a little
suspicious, but Rinoa didn't hear him. He didn't like the thought that she would be
spending the rest of her day with Zack.
Squall also got up and quickly dressed up. Rinoa was inside the shower as Squall
arrived in the washroom.
He was standing right outside the bathtub where she was. " I'll drop you off." He
was now sure of himself that he is jealous.
" No!" she answered almost too hasty. " I-I don't need it. I can drive there." She
stepped out of the shower, undressed and also dripping wet. "Pass me the towel will
you?" He handed her the towel and she quickly put on the clothes that she stored in his
room at situations such as this.
Squall was following her all over the place. " I never got to ask you last night why
you took so long. I missed you so much and I never felt the need to be with you so much.
What took you so long? I hope, I just hope that you weren't with him. You took so long. I
waited her for you, you said you'd come. I needed to touch you. Hear you. Smell you. I
needed you and you weren't there." He was staring to act like the young teenager he used
to be.
" Squall..... I'm sorry. I really can't talk right now." Squall was about to
kiss her goodbye when she swiftly avoided it and left the room.
" Rinoa....."
Squall didn't know what to think. He decided to dress up as well because he
realized that he was so occupied with following Rinoa around, that he forgot to put on a
pair of pants and his shirt.
" COMMANDER SQUALL! PLEASE REPORT TO THE HEADMASTER'S
OFFICE. I REPEAT, COMMANDER SQUALL PLEASE REPORT TO THE OFFICE"
it was the speaker.
" What do they want now! It's too early in the morning to call me." Squall was
grumbling to himself. He quickly finished dressing up and left his room.
He walked to the elevator with his head down and his hand on his pocket. He
arrived at the office only to see Quistis standing in front of Headmaster Cid's desk.
(What is she doing here? Was she called too. I didn't hear anything, maybe she
was called down when Rinoa and me were still sleeping. Maybe that was what woke me
up..... her name......)
" Good morning Squall. I am deeply sorry to wake you up. But I was just talking
to Quistis here about a problem down at Esthar and I was wondering if you could
accompany her."
Quistis sounded surprised. She gave a slight smile at Headmaster Cid and turned
to look at Squall.
" But, sir! Rinoa......" (who will take care of Rinoa?) He quickly had a
vision of Rinoa and Zack together. This angered him slightly.
" Don't worry. It won't take long. It'll only be about two weeks or so. You'll be
staying at Esthar with Quistis, we'd already prepared accommodations."
Squall thought about it and said, " Fine," he sounded quite cross, " you've already
prepared and yet you haven't spoken to me about it or even told me what the mission is
about! Nonetheless, I will do it. I, though, will no stay no longer than two weeks."
" Great! Well, in Esthar, they reported rebels called THE BLACK KNIGHTS and
they terrorize the city. All you have to do is eliminate or capture their leader and they will
surely back down. They didn't seem too organized of a terrorist group."
" And my father isn't doing anything?"
Quistis finally spoke, " Yes. President Laguna had already tried to assemble his
soldiers. However, most of the soldiers are a part of the terrorism. He hasn't got enough
to deploy." After saying all that, she realized that it was Squall she was talking to and lost
her composure.
" Okay, that's that. Get ready to leave right away!"
Squall's attention turned to Cid, " Right away? You mean not tomorrow?"
" Yes, I'm afraid everything is going horribly wrong out there that they need
assistance right away."
" B-But, headmaster Cid! Rinoa has gone away for her mission down at Deling.
She'll be back tonight, can't I wait until she gets back? I'd like to say goodbye to her at
least!"
Quistis' face suddenly became melancholy. She was still jealous of Squall and
Rinoa. However, she loved him so much that she is willing to help him out, " Sir, I think
it would be a good idea to leave it for tomorrow. We will need lots of time to prepare
since it will only be the two of us."
Squall was shocked by this, then, " Wait! Wait a minute! Don't tell me it will only
be me and her? How will we be able to do any better than 100 of my father's soldiers?
Two against a whole army! You do know what you are doing?"
" Yes, well we can't help that. Last night Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and a few more
SEEDS left for another mission. You guys are the only well trained ones left that is able
to take on this mission. Besides, we have a former instructor and a commander working
together, who by the way, defeated the sorceress. You'll be fine! One Squall can take on
100 men. You'll be fine!"
(He puts so much faith in me and Quistis. He expects me to take on a whole group
of terrorist with Quistis alone? Quistis..... and me..... alone.....)
" Squall, it'd be best if you start preparing right away. Quistis and Squall, you are
dismissed!"
The two saluted and left the office together. The meeting took an hour which
means it was now 10:00.
" Well, I umm.. need to go and p-prepare." Quistis was looking at Squall's eyes
and stopped a bit." Okay then. Maybe we could have lunch together later, say about
12:00, to talk about things. You know. The mission?
" ......." Squall didn't say anything.
" Oh, okay, I guess you're too busy-" she was cut off by Squall.....
" What ever, I'll meet you at the cafeteria." Squall turned to the opposite of
Quistis and went to his dorm.
Two hours had passed and Squall was sitting all by himself in the cafeteria. He
was thinking about Rinoa.
(I will be away from her for two weeks. Yesterday alone I couldn't stand being
alone for two hours. Who will stay and be with me for two weeks?
.....Quistis.....? I don't like it.)
The cafeteria suddenly opened which caught his attention. There was Quistis
walking towards him. She shyly sat down across Squall.
(Quistis never used to act like this. I wonder what changed her?)
" Hello. So, Quistis, whose idea was it to ask me to go to Esthar? Was it you?"
Squall decides to make the first conversation.
She slightly turned red, " W-well yes. Cid told me that everyone else was gone.
And no one else was available at the moment. I also thought that you might want a reason
to visit your father. I've heard that you haven't seen him since we went to Esthar."
" People were talking about me?" She turned red even more. " Forget about it. So,
what do you think of this terrorist crap. You think we'll be okay. Do you as much
confidence in us as Cid has."
Quistis flinched when he said 'us'. " Yes, I do. I think that we'll be fine because
we are well trained." She put her head down once more and continued, " And I think that
I'll be fine because you will be there with me."
(What is she thinking? She seems to be glad that it is only us......)
They were both quiet for a while and were both deep in thought that all they did
was eat their food. The silence was getting uncomfortable. Squall quickly finished his
food in hope that he can escape the silence but somehow 'he' wanted to stay. They
continued their conversation a while after.
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(I wonder what's taking her so long. Maybe she got throw off when I tried to kiss
her goodnight? Maybe he thought I was a jerk and decided that she doesn't want to see
me again? I am so rusty in the whole girl business...... It's been quite a while
since I saw her.)
" Sorry I'm late!"
Zack's heart leapt for joy. He was glad to hear her voice once more.
" I'm so sorry I'm late. I..... kinda slept in....."
" It's okay Rinoa. Better late than never. So, shall we get started?"
" Good idea! So what's the plan?"
They sat down together while Zack left the store with Erik. Erik was quietly
glancing at them once in a while, looking at Zack's expression and how he was blankly
staring at Rinoa whenever she spoke.
" Well, anyways, I thought of one when I was with Squall this morning. I thought
that I could pretend to work for you, no pay will be needed, and when they strike, we
surprise them. This is the only one I could think of defeating them with only me and you
to do it. It's called guerrilla warfare."
" That's a great plan," Zack was staring at her with his hands on his chin, " I think
we should start tomorrow. For now I think we should relax for a while." Zack was still
staring, talking in sort of a dreamy tone. " We should talk."
" What do you want to talk about?" She said in a curious way.
(Tell me about yourself. I want to know everything about you-inside and out.)
"Why don't we talk about Squall?"
" Squall? Why?" she was even more curios than before.
" Well, for instance, I want to know why you're going out with him?" (What are
you saying? You're so obvious! Change the subject, right away!)
It was too late, " Well, we met at a ball celebrating the new SEEDS and there I
say Squall. He looked so handsome, I couldn't resist now dancing with him." Now it was
her who was dreaming. " Even his dance was perfect. Then, after, I thought I'd never see
him again and I didn't care because I was going out with other person at the time whom I
thought would be there-I later found out that he didn't become a SEED- that's why."
" So, you're attracted to SEEDS."
" No. it's not that. There was a similarity between them. They were both
incredibly stubborn. They both seemed like little babies who need guidance. Something
in them attracted me. I also found out later that they were rivals. You saw the scar on
Squall's face?"
" Yeah! I was wondering where that came from."
" Yeah, well, they were 'practicing' and, well, they gave each other scars."
" What was his name? This guy with the scar?"
" Seifer."
" I've heard the name before.."
" well, you should have. Anyways, we see each other again. The reason I came to
the party that night was to request assistance from SEED and guess who I got? Him."
" It was fate I guess......"
" You could say that. We went on mission after mission together after that. We
were separated a few times but he was right there when I needed rescuing. He even
rescued me in space, even if he was out of oxygen."
" Quite romantic......." (Now I really know that I don't deserve a girl
like Rinoa. I can't even keep the one that I have. She probably forgot about me.
Everybody does. I'm always alone.)
" Are you okay, Zack?" She sounded worried.
" Yeah, I was just thinking."
" About.......?"
" ......." He couldn't say anything. He didn't have anything to say.
Rinoa tried to break the silence, " Well, now that I've told you my story, it's time
to tell me yours."
" What? About my girlfriend?"
" Yes, you must have one. A nice and handsome guy like you should be able to
get a lot of girls."
(Handsome..... Am I?) " Well, I do....."
" But......?" She was unusually interested.
" I haven't seen her in a while. I'm alone now." The atmosphere around Zack has
changed. He seemed sad somehow. " She left for Winhill a year ago to star her own
business there. I haven't heard from her for a month. As far as I know, we aren't even
going out any longer."
" Are you okay......?" She was getting concerned.
" I am just so troubled right now. .....I can't...... I miss her."
(I miss her a lot. But I wish that you would come to me and make me feel better. I need
someone. Someone who cares.)
Rinoa held his hand from across the table and stood up to walk to him.
" It's okay. Time will heal you. I'll help...... time-all you need is
time." She slowly pulled Zack up to hug him.
(Thank you Rinoa. You are the only one who can help me now.......)
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Inevitable Separation
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"Uuhhh." Squall was now awake, " Good morning, Rinoa....."
Rinoa opened her eyes. She smiled at the man beside her and slowly turned her
eyes to his digital watch on the side table. The watch said 8:30 am. Rinoa's eyes suddenly
opened widely. She flustered out of bed. She got of the safety of her blanket and got of
thee bed revealing her tender body. She bent down beside the bed to pick up and put on
her clothes on. Squall was watching her with slight disappointment. He didn't know why
she was in such a hurry. After she got dressed, she sat down at the edge of the bed and
bent down to kiss his check. He was confused.
" Rinoa? Where are you going?" Squall said after taking her arm to pull her back
to his bed., " Come and stay with me......." Rinoa was now lying down
beside him because he put his arms around her.
" I-I'm sorry Squall, darling." She struggles to get out of Squall's barrier, " I
need to go. I told Zack that I'd meet him at 8:00." She quickly got up avoiding his sad
eyes. "I am incredibly late! I can't botch my first mission." Rinoa walked towards the
washroom and was quickly washing her face and brushing her hair at the same time.
" Zack.....? Your mission......?" Squall sounded a little
suspicious, but Rinoa didn't hear him. He didn't like the thought that she would be
spending the rest of her day with Zack.
Squall also got up and quickly dressed up. Rinoa was inside the shower as Squall
arrived in the washroom.
He was standing right outside the bathtub where she was. " I'll drop you off." He
was now sure of himself that he is jealous.
" No!" she answered almost too hasty. " I-I don't need it. I can drive there." She
stepped out of the shower, undressed and also dripping wet. "Pass me the towel will
you?" He handed her the towel and she quickly put on the clothes that she stored in his
room at situations such as this.
Squall was following her all over the place. " I never got to ask you last night why
you took so long. I missed you so much and I never felt the need to be with you so much.
What took you so long? I hope, I just hope that you weren't with him. You took so long. I
waited her for you, you said you'd come. I needed to touch you. Hear you. Smell you. I
needed you and you weren't there." He was staring to act like the young teenager he used
to be.
" Squall..... I'm sorry. I really can't talk right now." Squall was about to
kiss her goodbye when she swiftly avoided it and left the room.
" Rinoa....."
Squall didn't know what to think. He decided to dress up as well because he
realized that he was so occupied with following Rinoa around, that he forgot to put on a
pair of pants and his shirt.
" COMMANDER SQUALL! PLEASE REPORT TO THE HEADMASTER'S
OFFICE. I REPEAT, COMMANDER SQUALL PLEASE REPORT TO THE OFFICE"
it was the speaker.
" What do they want now! It's too early in the morning to call me." Squall was
grumbling to himself. He quickly finished dressing up and left his room.
He walked to the elevator with his head down and his hand on his pocket. He
arrived at the office only to see Quistis standing in front of Headmaster Cid's desk.
(What is she doing here? Was she called too. I didn't hear anything, maybe she
was called down when Rinoa and me were still sleeping. Maybe that was what woke me
up..... her name......)
" Good morning Squall. I am deeply sorry to wake you up. But I was just talking
to Quistis here about a problem down at Esthar and I was wondering if you could
accompany her."
Quistis sounded surprised. She gave a slight smile at Headmaster Cid and turned
to look at Squall.
" But, sir! Rinoa......" (who will take care of Rinoa?) He quickly had a
vision of Rinoa and Zack together. This angered him slightly.
" Don't worry. It won't take long. It'll only be about two weeks or so. You'll be
staying at Esthar with Quistis, we'd already prepared accommodations."
Squall thought about it and said, " Fine," he sounded quite cross, " you've already
prepared and yet you haven't spoken to me about it or even told me what the mission is
about! Nonetheless, I will do it. I, though, will no stay no longer than two weeks."
" Great! Well, in Esthar, they reported rebels called THE BLACK KNIGHTS and
they terrorize the city. All you have to do is eliminate or capture their leader and they will
surely back down. They didn't seem too organized of a terrorist group."
" And my father isn't doing anything?"
Quistis finally spoke, " Yes. President Laguna had already tried to assemble his
soldiers. However, most of the soldiers are a part of the terrorism. He hasn't got enough
to deploy." After saying all that, she realized that it was Squall she was talking to and lost
her composure.
" Okay, that's that. Get ready to leave right away!"
Squall's attention turned to Cid, " Right away? You mean not tomorrow?"
" Yes, I'm afraid everything is going horribly wrong out there that they need
assistance right away."
" B-But, headmaster Cid! Rinoa has gone away for her mission down at Deling.
She'll be back tonight, can't I wait until she gets back? I'd like to say goodbye to her at
least!"
Quistis' face suddenly became melancholy. She was still jealous of Squall and
Rinoa. However, she loved him so much that she is willing to help him out, " Sir, I think
it would be a good idea to leave it for tomorrow. We will need lots of time to prepare
since it will only be the two of us."
Squall was shocked by this, then, " Wait! Wait a minute! Don't tell me it will only
be me and her? How will we be able to do any better than 100 of my father's soldiers?
Two against a whole army! You do know what you are doing?"
" Yes, well we can't help that. Last night Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and a few more
SEEDS left for another mission. You guys are the only well trained ones left that is able
to take on this mission. Besides, we have a former instructor and a commander working
together, who by the way, defeated the sorceress. You'll be fine! One Squall can take on
100 men. You'll be fine!"
(He puts so much faith in me and Quistis. He expects me to take on a whole group
of terrorist with Quistis alone? Quistis..... and me..... alone.....)
" Squall, it'd be best if you start preparing right away. Quistis and Squall, you are
dismissed!"
The two saluted and left the office together. The meeting took an hour which
means it was now 10:00.
" Well, I umm.. need to go and p-prepare." Quistis was looking at Squall's eyes
and stopped a bit." Okay then. Maybe we could have lunch together later, say about
12:00, to talk about things. You know. The mission?
" ......." Squall didn't say anything.
" Oh, okay, I guess you're too busy-" she was cut off by Squall.....
" What ever, I'll meet you at the cafeteria." Squall turned to the opposite of
Quistis and went to his dorm.
Two hours had passed and Squall was sitting all by himself in the cafeteria. He
was thinking about Rinoa.
(I will be away from her for two weeks. Yesterday alone I couldn't stand being
alone for two hours. Who will stay and be with me for two weeks?
.....Quistis.....? I don't like it.)
The cafeteria suddenly opened which caught his attention. There was Quistis
walking towards him. She shyly sat down across Squall.
(Quistis never used to act like this. I wonder what changed her?)
" Hello. So, Quistis, whose idea was it to ask me to go to Esthar? Was it you?"
Squall decides to make the first conversation.
She slightly turned red, " W-well yes. Cid told me that everyone else was gone.
And no one else was available at the moment. I also thought that you might want a reason
to visit your father. I've heard that you haven't seen him since we went to Esthar."
" People were talking about me?" She turned red even more. " Forget about it. So,
what do you think of this terrorist crap. You think we'll be okay. Do you as much
confidence in us as Cid has."
Quistis flinched when he said 'us'. " Yes, I do. I think that we'll be fine because
we are well trained." She put her head down once more and continued, " And I think that
I'll be fine because you will be there with me."
(What is she thinking? She seems to be glad that it is only us......)
They were both quiet for a while and were both deep in thought that all they did
was eat their food. The silence was getting uncomfortable. Squall quickly finished his
food in hope that he can escape the silence but somehow 'he' wanted to stay. They
continued their conversation a while after.
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(I wonder what's taking her so long. Maybe she got throw off when I tried to kiss
her goodnight? Maybe he thought I was a jerk and decided that she doesn't want to see
me again? I am so rusty in the whole girl business...... It's been quite a while
since I saw her.)
" Sorry I'm late!"
Zack's heart leapt for joy. He was glad to hear her voice once more.
" I'm so sorry I'm late. I..... kinda slept in....."
" It's okay Rinoa. Better late than never. So, shall we get started?"
" Good idea! So what's the plan?"
They sat down together while Zack left the store with Erik. Erik was quietly
glancing at them once in a while, looking at Zack's expression and how he was blankly
staring at Rinoa whenever she spoke.
" Well, anyways, I thought of one when I was with Squall this morning. I thought
that I could pretend to work for you, no pay will be needed, and when they strike, we
surprise them. This is the only one I could think of defeating them with only me and you
to do it. It's called guerrilla warfare."
" That's a great plan," Zack was staring at her with his hands on his chin, " I think
we should start tomorrow. For now I think we should relax for a while." Zack was still
staring, talking in sort of a dreamy tone. " We should talk."
" What do you want to talk about?" She said in a curious way.
(Tell me about yourself. I want to know everything about you-inside and out.)
"Why don't we talk about Squall?"
" Squall? Why?" she was even more curios than before.
" Well, for instance, I want to know why you're going out with him?" (What are
you saying? You're so obvious! Change the subject, right away!)
It was too late, " Well, we met at a ball celebrating the new SEEDS and there I
say Squall. He looked so handsome, I couldn't resist now dancing with him." Now it was
her who was dreaming. " Even his dance was perfect. Then, after, I thought I'd never see
him again and I didn't care because I was going out with other person at the time whom I
thought would be there-I later found out that he didn't become a SEED- that's why."
" So, you're attracted to SEEDS."
" No. it's not that. There was a similarity between them. They were both
incredibly stubborn. They both seemed like little babies who need guidance. Something
in them attracted me. I also found out later that they were rivals. You saw the scar on
Squall's face?"
" Yeah! I was wondering where that came from."
" Yeah, well, they were 'practicing' and, well, they gave each other scars."
" What was his name? This guy with the scar?"
" Seifer."
" I've heard the name before.."
" well, you should have. Anyways, we see each other again. The reason I came to
the party that night was to request assistance from SEED and guess who I got? Him."
" It was fate I guess......"
" You could say that. We went on mission after mission together after that. We
were separated a few times but he was right there when I needed rescuing. He even
rescued me in space, even if he was out of oxygen."
" Quite romantic......." (Now I really know that I don't deserve a girl
like Rinoa. I can't even keep the one that I have. She probably forgot about me.
Everybody does. I'm always alone.)
" Are you okay, Zack?" She sounded worried.
" Yeah, I was just thinking."
" About.......?"
" ......." He couldn't say anything. He didn't have anything to say.
Rinoa tried to break the silence, " Well, now that I've told you my story, it's time
to tell me yours."
" What? About my girlfriend?"
" Yes, you must have one. A nice and handsome guy like you should be able to
get a lot of girls."
(Handsome..... Am I?) " Well, I do....."
" But......?" She was unusually interested.
" I haven't seen her in a while. I'm alone now." The atmosphere around Zack has
changed. He seemed sad somehow. " She left for Winhill a year ago to star her own
business there. I haven't heard from her for a month. As far as I know, we aren't even
going out any longer."
" Are you okay......?" She was getting concerned.
" I am just so troubled right now. .....I can't...... I miss her."
(I miss her a lot. But I wish that you would come to me and make me feel better. I need
someone. Someone who cares.)
Rinoa held his hand from across the table and stood up to walk to him.
" It's okay. Time will heal you. I'll help...... time-all you need is
time." She slowly pulled Zack up to hug him.
(Thank you Rinoa. You are the only one who can help me now.......)
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