Chapter 3: The night of the Demon...A complot of Balto Blackhart.
Squall was unable to scream because of the strike that Seifer gave him with his technique, Seifer smiled in that moment and turned the impaled Gunblade, and Squall´s open wider of the pain.
-"Inmediatly I can change my 'Demon Strike' to any position I desire..."
Seifer pulled his Gunblade out of Squall´s body, in that moment Squall start to fall, and Seifer kicked him to the floor. Squall fall in his knees and start to breath harder. Seifer´s Gunblade was covered with blood in the foleded edge of the blade and the blood start to fall into the floor of the Quad:
-"This technique is the best ability that could been have used after the 3rd. Sorceress War, and it has freed me from many battles. By the original owner of the ability Saiter Hawk..." he waved the blade a little and the blood dissapeared, he then putted in his same position again. " My 'Demon Strike' is much better..."
-"That position...'DEMON STRIKE'!!!" Said Rinoa.
Squall raised his head and started to make a clear image of the past Seifer, he was using his original cloth back then, when Squall concentrate again he saw the real Seifer with the police uniform...Finally Seifer gave his strike again, Squall getted up and slide besides the blade with his blade, when he was infront of Seifer he punched him in his wound and send him flying back to the wall near the third stairs, the wall was smashed and blood was over there, Rinoa getted close where he was "Squall!!", When all the sudden she saw his eyes, they shrink and only the center of the eye could be seen, he was breathing harder and faster, his hair covered almost all his eyes and didn´t let him seen.
-"Get up." Said Seifer.
Rinoa looked at him pissed and putted infront of Squall with her hands extended side by side, Seifer who was about 3 meters away from her,spoke:
-"Out of the way..." He said in low tone.
When Rinoa was about to respond back she felt a hand over her shoulder and turn around to see Squall and his eyes again, Seifer smiled and thought to himself:
-"Just as I thought...every time he tries to cut me with his Gunblade he is becoming again the Lionheart he was back then..." In that moment Squall walked infront of him, he raised his Gunblade a little: -"Charge..." He said and ran directly to Seifer, in that moment Seifer thought again: "This time the attack was much faster." When Squall was infront of him, Seifer putted in his position again and strike inmediatly, he impaled, when he noticed that Squall dissapear, he didn´t notice that he just bend down and dissapear again to appeared behind him bend down still, when all the sudden Seifer felt him behind him and kicked him to the broken wall from before...he just gave a back jump and stayed in his knees, he start to breath harder with blood in his mouth and his chest.
-"What was that!?...that attack was faster than the second."
-"Squall...is breathing differently from it mean that his body doesn´t hold all his power...?" Rinoa looked almost in tears.
Squall stayed down...he start to breath harder, and finally at the 3rd. breathing, he stand up and when he was completely up, he open his eyes, a yellow-blood color appeared with a straight line coming up and down...he took up his Gunblade and inmediatly start walking infront where Seifer was waiting...back in the war...Squall Leonhart had long hair, now he had it half long, but still could be seen over his neck, he started to walk infront of him, Seifer thought again:
-"Just as I thought, after a long fight...finally you became Lionheart...in that case... I´ll use the real 'Demon strike' withought hesitation..." Seifer made the same postion the only difference now was that the left arm was folded up of his head with the gunblade on.
-"So that meen´s he wasn´t using all of his power..." Irvine said, sweating...
Squall keep walking when he was almost infront, Seifer screamed and attack him, he tried to impale...Squall evade it and then he used his Gunblade to stop the strike he foled down and gave a 180° circle hitting Seifer in the neck with the other side of the Gunblade and send him flying to the other wall, making him go through the wall, Squall turn around and his hair covered his face making impossible to see his eyes, Squall started to spoke:
-"Back in the Sorceress War there was needed a technique that could eliminate the enemy with one strike...yours was the 'Demon Strike' Seifer, but after you looked at it 1 time you can think of 2 or more ways to evade the attack...get up...I don´t think you want to end this after 10 years..." Squall´s eyes started to glow in a yellow-blood color and looked at Seifer in an assasin way.
Seifer started to get out of the broken wall.
-"End, huh?...I wasn´t thinking about that a moment ago, but now I changed my mind...I will kill you." Of all the strikes that Seifer gave to Squall...Squall gave one to him, he bleed more than he made bleed Squall before, his nose was bleeding, his head had blood on it, his eyes changed color to a blue color.
-"You got to be kidding...you are on my line now..." Said Squall, with blood on his mouth and the scar on his forehead was bleeding as well, and with the demon eyes that where full of anger.
Rinoa was looking in terror, the fight, she then fall in her knees, Irvine looked at her from one side.
-"Rinoa?" He said.
-"It´s the same back in the war..." She started to cry, Squall impaled his Gunblade to the case that was hanging from his left shoulder upside down, he inserted the blade in and it only hang from there, he just stand strait. "Oh, please stop them...they are going to kill each other..." She said in low voice.
Seifer putted in the same position he was before and inmediatly, both of them start to fight, Squall pulled his Gunblade out and the clash of the Gunblades could be seen, the sound of the trigger been pushed, Squall attacked faster than his original way, the Renzokuken was faster and more deadlyare, he strike Seifer, but he strike back, finally Seifer attack him with a direct attack and Squall holded from his shoulder when he jumped over him, he then attack from behind fast, but Seifer defend faster than before, Seifer inmediatly slash Squall, but Squall jumped to the ceiling, of the small scenario that was there, and impaled his Gunblade in the case, he then jumped to the right wall close to stairs, and jumped directly to Seifer, he just hitted back and went across him.
Finally the clash the blades but didn´t seperate and Seifer pushed Squall to the wall, he wanted to kill him in that moment but Squall gave backick and jumped over Seifer, he inserted the Gunblade again in the case and waited for Seifer to attack, Seifer cleaned his mouth that was full of blood with his hand, he then putted in his position again and attacked Squall, Squall pulled one more time his Gunblade out of his case and hitted Seifer´s Gunblade one more time...in that moment Seifer´s blade broked and went flying to the floor near Irvine, He only looked surprised.
Seifer looked at his Gunblade, and Irvine spoke: "He broke his Blade!?"
Squall putted his Gunblade near his face, the sharpness of the sword glow with the moon light.
-"I´ll cut your neck...you´ll see..." Squall said.
Rinoa finally stand up and start to scream:
-"Please someone stop them...!"
-"I don´t think that´s possible..." A voice behind Rinoa spoke.
She turn around to see Quistis, Angie, Selphie and..."Zell!" She spoke.
-"Squall isn´t fighting here in Balamb, but in winhill of 10 years ago...he cannot hear us...the only way to stop, is that someone from the past can control his emotions in this moment."
In that moment somewhere around Balamb, there is a car going at high velocity and a police man seated infront of someone, The man spoke to the police man.
-"Barry, how long has Seifer taken when he went to Balamb Garden..."
Barry pulled a pocket watch out and looked at it, the clock had 12:00 P.M.
-"About...4 hours, Sir..." He respond.
-"Ah...I see, the future of this world depends in this two men...so please hurry up."
-"Yes Sir."
Seifer looked the broken blade, and putted in his original position.
-"That bastard...even with the broken blade..." Zell said.
-"That´s the 'Demon Strike'!" Irvine screamed.
Squall putted his Gunblade down and spoke to Seifer:
-"A member of the Dark Wolf...never knows when to give up..." Squall said.
-"Rule no. 1 of the Dark Wolf´s: Never dishonor our code...AND GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!!!" Seifer went running and instead of impaling the sword, he through it to Squall, He only raised his left hand and he send flying the broken blade, Squall´s hand start to bleed.
-"He stop it with his hand!?" Quistis said.
-"If he uses his Gunblade he will be unarmed..." Zell said.
Seifer went running to the direction where Squall was, Squall raised his sword and spoke:
-"Your honor...will bring you your death Seifer!"
Zell and the others looked how the blade that came from above Squall´s head was about to knock him off...forever...Seifer continue running until finally...a belt hit Squall´s blade and send it flying, Zell and Irvine screamed:
-"THE BELT OF THE UNIFORM!?"
Rinoa looked in terror, and Seifer hitted Squall with his fist´s and later took off his jacket and strangle him. Seifer continue screaming.
-"IT´S OVER!!!"
Squall was unable to breath, and tried to get rid of it. Zell only look:
-"It´s not doing well with it...I think he want´s to break his neck..."
Squall started to liberate energy and finally a blast came out, the blast hitted Seifer in his jaw and pushed him back, Squall took the jacket off the neck and start breathing harder, same as Seifer, both of them where tired. Squall open the palm of his hand, and from inside the skin a pair of claws came out and Seifer only prepeared his fist. They where still in the floor, both on there knees.
Zell only looked surprise: "This is the final battle after the Sorceress War, living or dying, or maybe they will hit the same time..."
Squall stood up and looked at Seifer:
-"Don´t you think we should stop?" Seifer said raising his fist´s up.
-"Good idea..." Squall raised his claws up.
Rinoa was still crying and being afraid that she couldn´t do anything, she lift her hand still looking at Squall...she fall on her knees and everything start to move in slow motion...
She could see Squall lifting his hands, the energy came up strait and running directly to attack Seifer...He, on the other hand, prepared and was about to hit Squall...no sound could be heard and Rinoa screamed in anger, they where inches too hit each other.
-"STOP!!!" Seifer and Squall turn around to see a man with the same uniform as Seifer, the man was small, almost the size of Rinoa, he had short hair, and had a mustage.
-"Seifer...remember that you where send here to test the power of Mr. Leonhart."
Seifer, who was still in position of battle, stand strait and spoke to the short man:
-"I don´t care if the director of the police department gets in my way, I wont stop attacking."
-"The director of the police department?" Selphie said, looking at the small guy.
Squall start to look to the stairs, his eyes where still in the yellow-blue color, he was bleeding from his mouth...Then he open his eyes widely.
-"Seifer...I know that you respect alot your Dark Wolf´s, but is unnecesary that you or Mr. Leonhart die on this place."
Squall after being for about 2 minutes quiet spoke:
-"I see...so you´re the one involved in all of this...that I do know."
A man with long hair and beared appear, he was wearing a long coat, and under the coat he had a jacket, a pair of normal pants, normal shoes, and a tie.
-"........The person in charge of the army of the 3 states, the controler of all the superpowers, Richard Deiling..." Squall finish saying, everyone was surprise.
Selphie spoke:
-"The brother of Vinzer Deiling?"
Every body was in shock, finally Irvine spoke after the long battle with Seifer.
-"What´s Deiling brother doing around here?"
-"Not reading the papers is a bad behavior."
Irvine pissed and turn around to see Zell, Quistis start to speak:
-"Three person´s participate in the restoration after the great war, three prime powerful people, Ellone Leonhart, General Caraway and...
-"Richard Deiling..." Irvine finally said.
-"In other words he is in charge of all the armies of the world..." Zell said.
Finally Deiling spoke:
-"I´m sorry I had to come seeing you like that, but only you Leonhart can get us out of this mess."
-"Alright...I´ll listen to everything you have to say right now."
Seifer after seeing that they won´t stop talking took his jacket, his cap and his broken Gunblade.
-"Well...seen´s our battle was interrupted, we will finish our battle another time..."
-"They save you from dying..." Said Squall when Seifer was passing besides him.
-"They saved you..." Seifer responded.
Before Seifer could prossigue walking, Barry spoke:
-"Wait Seifer!"
-"Well I´ll give my report, Squall Leonhart is finished, but Lionheart is a great fighter, Adios amigos." Seifer start walking out Garden.
-"He is a great spy, but still I can´t understand him." Said Mr. Barry.
-"Leonhart, please there is a car waiting for us " Said Mr. Deiling.
-"What you want to tell me, said it here right now, because I´m not the only person involved on this..." Squall´s left fist start to tremble and cracking, finally he hitted his forehead, and everyone looked in surprised, blood fall from the hit, and his eyes and hands returned to normal, and his claws dissapear.
-"Now I want you to tell me everything." He responded.
Rinoa looked at him "It´s him..." she stand up and run directly to him "It´s really you!!!" She hughed him, what she forgot was that the wound he had in his chest was still bleeding, he just fall unconscience.
-"QUISTIS!!!"
-"What are you doing!?...Irvine get some Bandages."
-"All right!!!"
-"Mr. Deiling?" Barry looked at him.
-"I will do everything you told me Barry...besides I need the help of Leonhart."
Finally Squall and the others where in the cafeteria seated, until finally Deiling spoke:
-"I´ll go directly to the point Leonhart...The 'Blackhart´s' are on the loose again..."
Squall´s eyes open a little more after hearing that name.
-"I think I don´t understand what you´re talking about Mr. Deiling." Zell said, who was standing and looking at him.
-"Have more respect to Mr. Deiling." Barry screamed. For a moment there was a short silence:
-"Balto Blackhart was a great assasin back in the sorceress war, in Winhill, after the people knew about me, and when I left, he replace me as 'Lionheart', but not many people knew about him, because he was left in the clandestinity, but I heard he was assasinated in the 'Sorceress Restoration', by a war buddy..."
Squall only looked at Mr. Deiling´s eyes. Mr. Deiling started to talk:
-"We try to kill the slaying assasin, we tried to hide as much information we could, not only Balto Blackhart was dangerous man, but he knew that if he worked and killed in the shadows, the goverment would pay more attention to his actions as well..."
-"So basically, the death was a cover up of the goverment to hide the truth?" Squall asked.
-"We tried...we bath him with oil and burned him, but after all we did, Balto Blackhart survived, even when he lost almost all his body, he became more dangerous than ever, he even created a small army of 2000 men, just to destroy the world, back in Winhill we send some troop´s to deal with the problems once and a while, but they never return alive after it, he as well is working with weapon sellers and other needs he can get from the other countries...That´s why I came to ask you for help Leonhart, we need your help, and restore the pride not only of your Garden, but of you the slayers that participate in the Restoration, think of this as finishing you´re Restoration..."
A moment of silence came...no one spoked for a minute...until finally Rinoa gave the first word:
-"What you´re trying to say is that...you want Squall to kill Balto Blackhart?"
-"That´s right..." Respond Mr. Deiling.
-"We will pay you alot of money...and you will not be bothered with any assasination that took place..." Mr. Barry said.
-"That´s the sickess thing I have ever heard..." Zell talked:"You people try to build a new world with peace and you only create more problems and involving people in your problems...and now..." Zell start to squeez his hand.
-"Shut up boy...you don´t know what will happen if the goverment falls." Mr. Barry start fighting with him.
-"This goverment should have fall a long time ago!!!" Zell respond him back.
-"If you keep talking that way I will arrest you boy!"
-"Why don´t you try!?" Zell hold Barry from his coat and was about to punched him in that moment.
-"I don´t know to much of this thing..." Irvine start to talk, he took his hat off. "But I know that you people could have killed Squall and I wouldn´t permitted that!"
-"Mr. Deiling...I know that you have a mayor problem...but we cannot give 'Lionheart' to you, Squall is no longer that person..." Rinoa responded.
-"We cannot do that to him..." Quistis said.
-"If you try to take him away...you have get over us!" Selphie as well talked.
-"He is our leader... I cannot let you do that." Angie who was seated close to Zell responded.
-"That´s right!" Zell said sitting next of Angie.
-"You people don´t know what you´re talking about...!"
-"BARRY!!!"
-"I´m sorry." He turn around to see Mr. Deiling. He then start to talk:
-"I understand how all of you feel...but you don´t need to give me the answer right now..."
Seifer went inside the room of the man he spoke to him the other day...he had his new Gunblade on hand, and the man was through in the floor, looking afraid at Seifer:
-"You don´t understand anything...since the end of the Sorceress War you the people they call the 'realist' didn´t do anything...but we, the dogs of war, gave our lifes to get rid of people worst than you..." Seifer start to walk where the man was.
-"WAIT!, if money is what you want you can have anything!" The man said.
-"You can control a dog with food, and people with money, but you can´t ever control a member of the Dark Wolf´s..." Later only the silence could be heared, the Gunblade´s edge was covered with blood.
-"A wolf is a wolf...an assasin is an assasin, nothing has changed, a slayer is a slayer...isn´t that true 'Lionheart'?" He left the room with the dead body on it.
Back in Garden Mr. Deiling start to enter the car he came, Squall and Rinoa where the only one´s outside :
-"I will come back...right the 14 of may...that will be in one week."
-"Remember...the 14 of may!!!" Barry screamed him.
Squall who had a bandage in his forehead, and over his scar, looked at Mr. Deiling for a moment and before he enter the car Squall screamed to him:
-"Mr. Deiling...you are older than 10 years ago..."
Mr. Deiling turned his face...a peaceful looked could be seen in that moment:
-"That´s because is more difficult to build a country than to destroying it, remember that..."
He enter the car and inmediatly left Garden, Squall start running out the gate, and looked with calmed face, he was still able to see the car in the distance:
"That would have been the last time we would have seen Mr. Deiling alive...because the day when Squall was going to give the answer to him, the 14 of may of the 15th. of the 'Sorceress Restoration', it would be horrible day, the day that would changed our lives...forever." Rinoa thought to herself, looking at Squall, with the expression that would be the last time she would seen of worried in those last days...