Chapter 2: The attack of the Demon Strike.

Quistis was taking care of Zell, she saw how Angie felt asleep besides him and finally she was calm after along time, Selphie was besides Quistis and finally she looked at Irvine who was in the other wall looking on them:

-"Irvine could you get some clean water, please?"

Irvine took the bucket of water and went outside:

-"Sure..."

He start walking outside, meen while Quistis lifted Angie and putted her besides a wall, with a blanket on. Selphie helped her out.

Outside Squall was seated down, with his Gunblade besides him...he had his eyes closed...he heard Irvine foot step´s and he only spoked:

-"How´s Zell...?"

-"Quistis is really surprised of the wound, but she said that he was going to be fine..."

Squall smile:

-"I´m glad to hear that..."

Irvine putted the water in the bucket, and asked him.

-"Squall...?" He asked: "Who could have done this to this guy be someone very bad?"

Squall´s smile dissapeared.

-"Who ever did it....wasn´t looking for Zell...if he was looking for Zell he would surely had killed him."

Irvine took the bucket with him and returned back to the infermary.

Squall´s face change to anger and start to think what would he do?...

-"I still can´t believe this..."

Seifer is eating in a restaurant, it was the chinness restaurant that Squall and the other went, the woman who attend him brought only a bowl full of noddles and a glass of cold green tea.

-"Here you go have fun..."

-"Fun...yes, indeed i´ll have fun."

Seifer had his eyes half close and he putted a little of salt to the noddles, he then started to eat, he start thinking in what had happen after Squall returned to Garden, he gave a small giggle:

-"That fool..."

and keep eating:

-"He might already know about my presence with the evidence I left for him...the suitcase I used a long time ago...and the broken Katana with the foled edge...it´s almost posible that he knows of my presence already."

Seifer then open eyes, the blood-blue color could be seen.

-"Just wait a little bit Leonhart..."

He keep eating and start to laugh.

Quistis was asleep taking care of Zell, Angie was holding Zell´s hand but as well as Quistis she was asleep. Outside Squall was reading a letter, he had his Gunblade besides him and was somehow mad for what happen, he then squizz the piece of paper in his hand and was about to cross the gate to go outside, when he heard Irvine calling him:

-"Yo, Squall...Rinoa need´s you to go get some bandages from Balamb´s Farmacy..."

Squall turn around, smiling and with his eyes half-closed, he spoke:

-"Sorry Irvine, I´m going to be late, I mite even come till midnight, try to get the stuff this time...I´ll see ya."

Squall crossed the gate and dissapeared.

-"But I have to clean the classroom later." Irvine´s eyes wided up. "That means I´m busy too!!" He shout.

Squall entered Balamb city, and went to the parking lot near the sea...he seated down in the floor and start to look at the sea, remembering things from the past and seeing the people who died in that war.

-"All the sudden, you sit down in the floor looking at the distance of the ocean, huh?"

Squall didn´t turn around, but he knew the person who talked to him:

-"Sometimes I ask why you didn´t return to meet with Rinoa...Zone."

Zone came with a pair of blue jeans, a white shirt and a pair of boots.

-"So...do you want to know about dark wolfs or not?"

He sitted besides Squall and start to talk.

-"Here the bandages you asked for Rinoa, Squall said that he would be late..."

Rinoa picked the bandages with her hands and hold them:

-"Thank you...did he told you where was he going?"

-"Nope...but I do remember he was reading a letter......I KNOW!, it was maybe a love letter from a girl...hahaha, damn with Squall he has luck with girls."

-"A...girl...?"

Rinoa was left in shock and dropped the bandages, Irvine, when he saw that she through them, inmediatly moved where the bandages fall without let in them touch the floor:

-"HEY!, what´s the big idea?...Rinoa...yo Rinoa! wake up...damn, how can you think that he would do that when Zell is in that condition...?"

Rinoa came back to herself and reacted...

-"Oh...heheheh, you´re right how can he do that, dumb Rinoa, dumb, dumb, dumb...heheheh."

Rinoa hitted with his hand in the face, when all the sudden Irvine turn around to face a police man with a a blue jacket, blue jeans, a blue cap and a pair of black boots.

-"Excuse me...I´m looking for Mr. Lionheart is he hear?"

-"Mr. Lionheart...?" Said Irvine.

-"You mean Squall...no he is not here right now...may I ask who are you?"

Rinoa asked.The man took his cap off, and revealed, his half-close eyes, and black hair:

-"I´m sorry...my name is Slash Anderson...I was send by the police department here, because they told me something very important, and I needed to tell Mr. Lionheart..."

-"What´s so important?" Said Irvine.

-"Well...uhm...I´m suppose to tell only too Mr. Lionheart...but it looks like someone wants to harm him..."

-"What!?" Said Rinoa.

-"Yes it´s very dangerous...may I come in please?"

Rinoa nooded and went inside Garden "Squall......."

The police man behind open his eyes...

-"I´ll wait a little Squall..." He said in low voice.

-"The Dark wolf´s dissapeared?"

Squall said, looking at Zone´s face in that moment, Zone had his eyes closed and nodded.

-"It looks like after the war the restoration went worst that they imagine, Seifer, Raijin and Fujin dissapeared...Raijin and Fuijin went to live to Trabia city, but Seifer........He never was seen again...some people said that he was dead...others said that he died in the 'Sorceress Restoration'...but who knows which one is true."

Squall start to look back to the ocean again, and saw a small fish jumping out of the water.

-"And what happen to the clan?"

-"All of them...heh...you should know that better than I do Squall..."

Squall closed his eyes and start seeing the visions of the past.

-"One more thing...3 days ago, I received a letter from Winhill...they mention a bad situation coming on but... I was told that Seifer was sent by someone important from the goverment but...hell...how can I possibly know."

-"You can´t believe everything the people says, right?"

Zone nooded, he then start looking at the sea and the calm water moving.

-"I got to get back to garden now Zone...say hi to Watts for me."

As Squall getted up from his seat next to Zone, he turn around and looked at Squall:

-"Squall...!"

Squall turn around and looked at him.

-"Be carefull...he might be still around."

-"I will........"

Rinoa is talking to Quistis in the infermary, Angie and Selphie are there too:

-"Are you sure what you heard?"

Rinoa nooded to Quistis, who asked the question.

-"How can you be so sure?" Asked Selphie.

-"I can´t and I would like to go to look for Squall." Rinoa said.

-"You shouldn´t...I wouldn´t worry that much...Squall can defend himself...and besides the police send that officer here...he will protect us from any danger to come."

Angie said to all of them and then looked back at Zell.

In the Quad, Irvine stand, looking at the tree closest to the entrance and later turn around to face to the policeman, he saw that he was pulling a Gunblade from out of his jacket...it was almost the same desing as Squall´s, but it looked like it was modified just to use with one hand.

-"Hey!...that´s a nice Gunblade you have there man...are you from one of the Garden´s or something?"

Slash putted the gunablade back inside his jacket.

-"As a matter of fact...yes...I came out of Garden...and I prefer the Gunblade better than the Katana or the sword." He smiled and putted his Gunblade back inside his jacket.

Squall is walking back to Garden, he is reading a paper that mentions something about Winhill and Esthar. When he is almost infront of the gate he sees Rinoa standing at the entrance.

-"Squall finally you came back, where were you?"

Squall hide the paper inside his jacket, and smiled when he saw Rinoa:

-"Hey Rinoa...what happen?"

-"That´s what I want to know...a police man came to tell you something very urgent....he said that you where in danger"

Squall stopped in the moment he just crossed the gate.

-"Who told you that?"

Rinoa turn around and saw Squall with shock on his face, all the sudden Squall start walking to the Quad...when he went down the third stairs he saw him, Irvine some meters away from him, but still close enough just to die.

-"Hey Squall where have you been?" Irvine said looking at him at the face.

Rinoa, who was besides him looked at him, he was almost in shock.

-"So...you finally appeared, you change your name to Slash, huh?"

-"10 years...can you believe it...10 years...anyone who can live that would think of it as an Odyssey." Said Seifer.

-"You haven´t change a bit...you still think a home is a cave...and the people inside as the prey...but you still desire the blood as the drink of the Gods."

Rinoa´s eyes open wide same as Irvine´s.

Seifer who was giving the back turn around, and open his eyes who where half-close, the blue blood color appeared, he gave Squall a diabolic smile:

-"I heard that you stop fighting for sometime and you lost your touch, but I never imagine you would be bad of the head as well..."

Seifer start to pull his Gunblade:

-"But if you would have taked more time I would have killed them all along time ago........you could have even stop me from attacking your friend like that..."

-"You where the one who attack Zell!?" Irvine said.

-"You couldn´t even stop me Lionheart and still you couldn´t save your friend...and the only way to deal with the problem is that you kill me...this new era is an era of peace...but whe the slayers, that still live on, and we will wont permit it we will kill the people who betray the goverment or their people. "

Seifer start to walk where Squall is and took the Gunblade with his left hand:

-"We are going to finish this once and for all...Lionheart."

Seifer stopped 5 meters away from Squall, Squall gave 2 steps infront when he felt a pull in his jacket...Rinoa was holding him and didn´t wanted to let him go...Squall´s face was covered by his hair and his eyes could not be seen.

-"........Is okay Rinoa..." He said in low voice.

-"...I know...but........" Rinoa said looking to the floor, she was sad...

-"Rinoa........I will protect you all...I will not lose you again..."

He kept walking and Rinoa still tried to feel the jacket in his hands and only raised her head up to see the fight.

Squall start to walk around in circles and finally stopped after finishing a 90° circle.

Seifer stretch his right leg infront, his left leg to the back and half folded with the knee, his left arm to the back with the Gunblade in hand, his right arm extended to the front with the palm open and ready to give the strike...The sun start to get covered by the clouds of the night, and the wind start to blow harder than before...all the sudden Seifer wided his eyes open and attack Squall, in that moment Squall jumped up and start to pull his Gunblade out. Irvine smiled:

-"Way to go Squall...the Renzokuken is the best technique."

All the sudden the wall behind Squall blow in pieces and Seifer looked at him how he jumped.

-"You thought you evade my attack Lionheart." He pulled his Gunblade fast from the wall and he gave the strike up...the Gunblade impaled into Squall´s right lung, he was able to stop half of the Gunblade in the moment he pulled his out, Squall´s eyes open wide and couldn´t scream.

-"SQUALL!!!" Rinoa screamed watching in shock how the Gunblade went through the body of Squall, the wind started to blow harder.