The Replica
Chapter 3
Not so perfect
DISCLAIMER: Bla, bla, bla, you know I don't any of the FF8 characters, areas and such. If you think I do, you're insane! *just kidding...*)
(A/N: *drum rolls* Here it...the chapter you've all been waiting for...Chapter 3! FRIEND: Okay, she's lost it! Oh...I kind of suck at writing action/firghting sequences, but GO ME! I'm trying the best I can!)
Squall shot her a sympathetic glance as he readied himself with his blade. He could tell Gwen was afraid of the giant GF in front of her who had power none could imagine. But Squall knew it wouldn't be that bad. Gwen was borrowing Shiva and Pandemona while Squall was using Quezacotl and Ifrit. Their magic was replenished, and they were ready for battle.
"Who dares disturb my slumber?" Diablos growled as he hovered over them, his red eyes glaring. "You shall pay. DEMI!" Diablos summoned one of his magical summons and cast his first attack on Gwen. She felt an excruciating pain in her body as she sank to her knees gritting her teeth, wanting the spell to end. When she felt it leave her, she got to her feet and steadied herself and her blade. Squall attacked first, using a slash of his gunblade. Gwen copied his move, unable to decide what to use at the moment.
"Summon you Guardian Force!" Squall yelled after a while of using magic and their gunblades. Gwen nodded, she had forgotten about Shiva. Using her summoning powers she summoned the powerful Shiva, enclosed in an ice glacier. Shiva broke free and blasted Diablos with an icy blast. It took a lot of damage off him.
"Foolish mortals. Gravija!" Diablos growled as he summoned his strongest attack. They both got the full blast. Squall fell to his knees, wincing in pain. Gwen kept her ground and used her limit break, which was, like Squall *at the moment* Renzokuken. She attacked and Diablos received the full blast. Enraged, Diablos summoned Gravija again. Squall was most affected, he fell to his knees once again, unconscious. Gwen stared at her downed companion. Uh-oh, she was in big trouble now. She used her guardian force again against Diablos. Shiva was getting stronger and Diablos was getting weaker. She used full-life to revive Squall, who shakily got to his knees. Together, with combined strength they managed to overthrow Diablos' power.
"Ugh, I must've slept too much, very well, I will join you." Diablos moaned weakly as he joined Gwen. Gwen let out a long stream of breath, then sank to the ground, drained of all energy. Squall knelt down beside her and patted her back.
"There, that wasn't so bad." He grinned, helping her up. She weakly accepted his aid and got up, she was a little dizzy and disoriented. Nevertheless she grinned triumphantly at her find. She got Diablos. They headed back to Garden, where Zell and Irvine awaited them.
"BANG!" Irivine roared as they met up with them. "Whoa, Squall, who's the chick? She looks almost exactly like you." Irvine said, slinking closer to Gwen to check her out. "You know, we'd do pretty well together, how about you and me go-"
"Not now, Kinneas, I'm tired." Gwen interrupted him, holding up her hand to silence him. She turned and headed for the Garden itself.
Zell turned to Squall and questioned, "Does she even know where she's going to rest?"
"Quistis is waiting for her up at the top." Irvine intervened, watching Gwen walk away.
"Oh."
The trio left for the cafeteria for some well deserved hot dogs. Zell bought himself two fresh off the grill and ate them as fast as he could. "Yum, yum, yum!!" he grinned as he took yet another bite out of his hotdog. Irvine was checking out all the girls walking around, every now and then stopping one of them to ask them out. The answer was always the same...SLAP! Irvine wobbled his way back to their table after receiving five slaps at the least from five different girls.
"Gee, I can't believe girls these days can't resist my sexy self." Irvine whined, rubbing the side of his face that had been slapped a numerous amount of times. Zell and Squall shook their heads in disbelief. Squall closed his eyes and watched as the battle flashed through his mind. He remembered how much Gwen's face had paled at the sight of Diablos, but she remained composed, which was good. Maybe she did have the makings to be a SeeD after all, if she could face danger and still remain composed even when flooded in fear and doubt. Squall was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't realize Zell was calling him.
"Squall, Squall, Squall...Squall, hello Squall? Squall?" Zell repeated until Squall finally looked up. "What?"
"Look, its her again, and another girl." Zell pointed to the table at the far end of the cafeteria, where Sophie was applying a stinging medicine to the side of Gwen's face, where Diablos' Gravija had caused sharp rocks to scrape the side of her face. Sophie was babbling non stop about something or other, and Gwen winced as the solution touched her skin. She even tried to knock the bottle out of her hands at one point.
"How do you expect me to help you if you squirm around so much. There I'm done!" they overheard Sophie huff, as she closed the bottle and left the table. Gwen sat alone, looking at a certain spot on the wall, deep in her own thoughts. She too seemed to be recounting the battle in her mind.
"What's up with her?" Irvine asked, watching her intently with admiration.
"I don't know." Squall answered, turning away and finishing off his hot dog.
"Hm, she seems to act like you a lot, all by herself." Zell said thickly, since there was a considerably huge chunk of hot dog in his mouth.
"Well, well, who's the newbie?" a gruff voice asked, they turned and saw Seifer approaching Gwen, who looked up at him. "Yo, you're sitting in our spot, ya know." Raijin said, as Gwen got up from her spot.
"YEAH! SPOT!" Fujin added, throwing her arms in the air. Gwen left the scene, Seifer was looking at her with a curious look as she left the cafeteria.
"Big bullies." Selphie said as she joined Squall and company. Her surprise arrival had caused them to jump out of their skins. "She's such a nice girl, I spoke to her on my way to Quad." She said as she pulled up a chair and sat with them.
Gwen walked through the hallways, head bowed. What had she gotten herself into? She was mingling with this world, when she should be in her own. She trudged through the hallways with downcast eyes and didn't even realize she had reached a flight of stairs. So, basically, she ended up falling down the stairs.
BANG BAM BOOM BANG BANG BANG BANG BAM BING! Gwen lay ina crumpled heap on the floor, how embarrassing, at least no one was around to see, or so she thought.
"Need help?" A voice asked, she turned and saw Seifer staring down at her. Seifer, was being polite? Whoa, was she hallucinating.
"No, thanks." Gwen refused as she got up from her spot. She tried to walk away, but Seifer caught her arm and pulled her back, he pushed her against the wall and inquired her.
"Who are you?" he asked gruffly. She answered him, trying to pull away. "You look really suspicious and you know, I don't like people like that. I saw you hanging around Squall and I see you look and act like him too. I don't like that either. You and me may have some problems, so try to watch where you tread." He growled, he threw her arm down and stalked off. Gwen watched him leave. What was all that about? Tha was really unexpected. Watch where you tread? Was he planning something? Gwen wondered as she walked away, that was the weirdest thing that ever happened to her. She walked down yet another hallway and walked headlong into Quistis.
"Ah,Gwen, there you are, I've been looking for you all over.' Quistis sighed. "the headmaster wishes to see you."
Quistis led her through a great deal of other hallways till they finally reached the elevator. Quistis led her in a and took them to the third floor. They disembarked and the elevator left to pick up more passengers. Now Gwen found herself standing before to giant oak doors with gold knobs. Quistis led the way into the office. A lift awaited them there also. The took that lift and soon found themselves in the aerie at the top. Headmaster Cid was waiting for them, hands behind his back. He heard them walk in and began to speak.
"Ah, Gwen Raimon, welcome to Balamb Garden." Cid greeted, still turned to them. "We have a lot to discuss. Quistis, please leave, I will call you to come fetch her later.
"Yes headmaster," Quistis replied, as she turned and left down the lift, not glancing at Gwen one last time.
'What does Cid want to discuss with me?' she thought hurriedly to herself, as she ran a hand through her chocolate brown hair. Cid spoke.
"Gwen, please, sit."
She sat, and had no clue what was coming next...
TBC... What do you think? Kind of lame eh? Well, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! Thank you so much! ^-^ Gunblade Elf
Not so perfect
DISCLAIMER: Bla, bla, bla, you know I don't any of the FF8 characters, areas and such. If you think I do, you're insane! *just kidding...*)
(A/N: *drum rolls* Here it...the chapter you've all been waiting for...Chapter 3! FRIEND: Okay, she's lost it! Oh...I kind of suck at writing action/firghting sequences, but GO ME! I'm trying the best I can!)
Squall shot her a sympathetic glance as he readied himself with his blade. He could tell Gwen was afraid of the giant GF in front of her who had power none could imagine. But Squall knew it wouldn't be that bad. Gwen was borrowing Shiva and Pandemona while Squall was using Quezacotl and Ifrit. Their magic was replenished, and they were ready for battle.
"Who dares disturb my slumber?" Diablos growled as he hovered over them, his red eyes glaring. "You shall pay. DEMI!" Diablos summoned one of his magical summons and cast his first attack on Gwen. She felt an excruciating pain in her body as she sank to her knees gritting her teeth, wanting the spell to end. When she felt it leave her, she got to her feet and steadied herself and her blade. Squall attacked first, using a slash of his gunblade. Gwen copied his move, unable to decide what to use at the moment.
"Summon you Guardian Force!" Squall yelled after a while of using magic and their gunblades. Gwen nodded, she had forgotten about Shiva. Using her summoning powers she summoned the powerful Shiva, enclosed in an ice glacier. Shiva broke free and blasted Diablos with an icy blast. It took a lot of damage off him.
"Foolish mortals. Gravija!" Diablos growled as he summoned his strongest attack. They both got the full blast. Squall fell to his knees, wincing in pain. Gwen kept her ground and used her limit break, which was, like Squall *at the moment* Renzokuken. She attacked and Diablos received the full blast. Enraged, Diablos summoned Gravija again. Squall was most affected, he fell to his knees once again, unconscious. Gwen stared at her downed companion. Uh-oh, she was in big trouble now. She used her guardian force again against Diablos. Shiva was getting stronger and Diablos was getting weaker. She used full-life to revive Squall, who shakily got to his knees. Together, with combined strength they managed to overthrow Diablos' power.
"Ugh, I must've slept too much, very well, I will join you." Diablos moaned weakly as he joined Gwen. Gwen let out a long stream of breath, then sank to the ground, drained of all energy. Squall knelt down beside her and patted her back.
"There, that wasn't so bad." He grinned, helping her up. She weakly accepted his aid and got up, she was a little dizzy and disoriented. Nevertheless she grinned triumphantly at her find. She got Diablos. They headed back to Garden, where Zell and Irvine awaited them.
"BANG!" Irivine roared as they met up with them. "Whoa, Squall, who's the chick? She looks almost exactly like you." Irvine said, slinking closer to Gwen to check her out. "You know, we'd do pretty well together, how about you and me go-"
"Not now, Kinneas, I'm tired." Gwen interrupted him, holding up her hand to silence him. She turned and headed for the Garden itself.
Zell turned to Squall and questioned, "Does she even know where she's going to rest?"
"Quistis is waiting for her up at the top." Irvine intervened, watching Gwen walk away.
"Oh."
The trio left for the cafeteria for some well deserved hot dogs. Zell bought himself two fresh off the grill and ate them as fast as he could. "Yum, yum, yum!!" he grinned as he took yet another bite out of his hotdog. Irvine was checking out all the girls walking around, every now and then stopping one of them to ask them out. The answer was always the same...SLAP! Irvine wobbled his way back to their table after receiving five slaps at the least from five different girls.
"Gee, I can't believe girls these days can't resist my sexy self." Irvine whined, rubbing the side of his face that had been slapped a numerous amount of times. Zell and Squall shook their heads in disbelief. Squall closed his eyes and watched as the battle flashed through his mind. He remembered how much Gwen's face had paled at the sight of Diablos, but she remained composed, which was good. Maybe she did have the makings to be a SeeD after all, if she could face danger and still remain composed even when flooded in fear and doubt. Squall was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't realize Zell was calling him.
"Squall, Squall, Squall...Squall, hello Squall? Squall?" Zell repeated until Squall finally looked up. "What?"
"Look, its her again, and another girl." Zell pointed to the table at the far end of the cafeteria, where Sophie was applying a stinging medicine to the side of Gwen's face, where Diablos' Gravija had caused sharp rocks to scrape the side of her face. Sophie was babbling non stop about something or other, and Gwen winced as the solution touched her skin. She even tried to knock the bottle out of her hands at one point.
"How do you expect me to help you if you squirm around so much. There I'm done!" they overheard Sophie huff, as she closed the bottle and left the table. Gwen sat alone, looking at a certain spot on the wall, deep in her own thoughts. She too seemed to be recounting the battle in her mind.
"What's up with her?" Irvine asked, watching her intently with admiration.
"I don't know." Squall answered, turning away and finishing off his hot dog.
"Hm, she seems to act like you a lot, all by herself." Zell said thickly, since there was a considerably huge chunk of hot dog in his mouth.
"Well, well, who's the newbie?" a gruff voice asked, they turned and saw Seifer approaching Gwen, who looked up at him. "Yo, you're sitting in our spot, ya know." Raijin said, as Gwen got up from her spot.
"YEAH! SPOT!" Fujin added, throwing her arms in the air. Gwen left the scene, Seifer was looking at her with a curious look as she left the cafeteria.
"Big bullies." Selphie said as she joined Squall and company. Her surprise arrival had caused them to jump out of their skins. "She's such a nice girl, I spoke to her on my way to Quad." She said as she pulled up a chair and sat with them.
Gwen walked through the hallways, head bowed. What had she gotten herself into? She was mingling with this world, when she should be in her own. She trudged through the hallways with downcast eyes and didn't even realize she had reached a flight of stairs. So, basically, she ended up falling down the stairs.
BANG BAM BOOM BANG BANG BANG BANG BAM BING! Gwen lay ina crumpled heap on the floor, how embarrassing, at least no one was around to see, or so she thought.
"Need help?" A voice asked, she turned and saw Seifer staring down at her. Seifer, was being polite? Whoa, was she hallucinating.
"No, thanks." Gwen refused as she got up from her spot. She tried to walk away, but Seifer caught her arm and pulled her back, he pushed her against the wall and inquired her.
"Who are you?" he asked gruffly. She answered him, trying to pull away. "You look really suspicious and you know, I don't like people like that. I saw you hanging around Squall and I see you look and act like him too. I don't like that either. You and me may have some problems, so try to watch where you tread." He growled, he threw her arm down and stalked off. Gwen watched him leave. What was all that about? Tha was really unexpected. Watch where you tread? Was he planning something? Gwen wondered as she walked away, that was the weirdest thing that ever happened to her. She walked down yet another hallway and walked headlong into Quistis.
"Ah,Gwen, there you are, I've been looking for you all over.' Quistis sighed. "the headmaster wishes to see you."
Quistis led her through a great deal of other hallways till they finally reached the elevator. Quistis led her in a and took them to the third floor. They disembarked and the elevator left to pick up more passengers. Now Gwen found herself standing before to giant oak doors with gold knobs. Quistis led the way into the office. A lift awaited them there also. The took that lift and soon found themselves in the aerie at the top. Headmaster Cid was waiting for them, hands behind his back. He heard them walk in and began to speak.
"Ah, Gwen Raimon, welcome to Balamb Garden." Cid greeted, still turned to them. "We have a lot to discuss. Quistis, please leave, I will call you to come fetch her later.
"Yes headmaster," Quistis replied, as she turned and left down the lift, not glancing at Gwen one last time.
'What does Cid want to discuss with me?' she thought hurriedly to herself, as she ran a hand through her chocolate brown hair. Cid spoke.
"Gwen, please, sit."
She sat, and had no clue what was coming next...
TBC... What do you think? Kind of lame eh? Well, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! Thank you so much! ^-^ Gunblade Elf