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it,and it was unexpectedly quick,the Final
Battle!!Keahahahahahaha.........anyway,enjoy....
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hapter Forty Seven (Squall's POV)
I couldn't explain how shocked and bewildered I was at that moment.What the heck was going on?Why was Xu acting like that?And why had she called Zoan 'master' ?
Then,as if my mind snapped open,light dawned on me in a horrifying manner.I saw through everything....all the things that happened...every incident that fell upon us....how Xu fitted into the puzzle....
"You!!" I growled,pointing at Xu,who was grinning widely."Traitor!!You were in all these!You pulled all of us into it!YOU kidnapped Rinoa!!!"
"My dear Commander." She made a sad clicking noise with her tongue."How slow you are in understanding....didn't you realise it from the start?And you call yourself...the SeeD Commander of Balamb Garden and a Sorceress' Knight?"
"I can't believe I trusted you!!The headmaster,too!!And this is how you repay us?!?" I roared in fury."Kissing some Sorceror's ass,working with him and Seryn to kill and kidnap Rinoa?!?!?"
Xu simply laughed.She laughed so hard that she was bending down and clutching her stomach.When she finished,she looked up at us and shook her head."So my plan worked....you fell into my trap and really thought Seryn is inside this too?"
That question made my eyebrows arched up for a moment before going back down."What the hell do you mean?" I snapped.
"Enough!" Zoan shouted,slapping his hand down on the table in front of him."SeeDs,do not anger me!!"
This time,I turned to him,my eyes blazing.Raising Lionheart,I boldly walked to him,but just a few metres before I could reach his place,another forcefield blocked my way.Angry,I slashed down at it with all my might,but that action only caused me to tumble back in frustration.
"Where's Rinoa,you bastard?!?!"
He laughed softly and got up.Until then,I couldn't see how he looked like,but when he walked towards me,I got another shock.My comrades gasped.
"Nida!" Selphie and Quistis cried out.Irvine grunted in surprise,but Zell's reaction was the worst.I knew Nida was his next best pal after all of us as they had their rooms next to each other and shared practically every class.
"How could you?!" Zell ran to Xu and was immediately blocked by the forcefield,but he was too enraged to care about it.He started raining punch after punch and kick after kick on the hard surface,ignoring the pain.After a few minutes,he stopped,panting and tired,staring at Xu angrily."He liked you.....didn't you know?!?!"
"And that was what caused him to be here...." she replied calmly with that stupid smile of hers.Zell punched hard for one last time and growled something under his breath.
"Xu," Zoan said,nodding behind him.She returned his nod with another of her own and walked casually to him.My comrades and I eyed her furiously.My hands on my gunblade were shaking in anger.
After Xu had disappeared into the dark,I yelled at Zoan again,"WHERE'S RINOA?!?!?!"
"Patience,Leonhart...the fun will start soon...." Zoan replied with a smile,approaching me.
"You..." I took up Lionheart and intended to slam it down onto him,but like lightning,he casted Fira on me and I fell back against my comrades,who immediately came to aid me.
"I'll say again...." Zoan calmly countered."Wait..."
Chapter Forty Eight (Rinoa's POV)
"Hey!!Wake up!!" a bothered voice called out and someone shook me roughly.My eyes fluttered open and I moaned,tired,"What...?"
"I said wake up!!" My arm was pulled at.Realising who's voice it was,I took my hand back and snapped,"What the heck do you want?!"
Xu waved a finger wearily at me."Get out."
"I'm NOT going to be ordered by some--" I stopped abruptly when she pressed the bare hard,cold steel of a blade against my neck.
"Be polite,Sorceress,and get out," she said sweetly.I gave her a killing glare and got off the bed I was on.Looking sour and bad-tempered,I allowed her to pull me to where she wanted to bring me without saying another word.I noticed we were going to the room I had last been in,the one where I had talked to Zoan for the second time.What did he want now?My energy again?Surprisingly enough,I felt alright,not tired or anything as I would have expected.
"Wait..." I heard his voice saying as Xu reached a door.Opening it,she shoved me in and held my arms tightly again.
"Master," she said urgently.
"Ah..just in time..." Zoan answered.It was then that I realised there were other people in the room as well.Although it was rather dim,I could feel his presence anywhere.
"Squall!" I cried out and tried to run to him,but Xu pulled me back roughly,saying,"Ah ah ah,not so fast..."
"Rinoa?!" I heard his footsteps coming towards me,but I also felt another thing touching my neck.Xu chuckled evilly and said,"One more step,Commander...and you'll know what's next..."
Squall froze at once,his eyes on fire.It hurt me so much more to see him so near,and yet I couldn't touch him....
"Squall..." I whimpered.I couldn't help the falling tears.I was just too glad to see him....glad..and a little heart broken too,I guess...
"Back off," ordered Xu,noticing the close distance between both of us.Squall didn't move or say anything.He just looked at me with his loving eyes as I stared back at him,crying.
"Back off!!" Xu brought her arm harder against my neck.I could feel the sharp blade slicing through my skin slightly and I gave another whimper.
"Don't hurt her!" Squall's hand reached out in protest.Xu laughed again.
"Then move..."
Reluctantly,he took a step back,then another,and another.His eyes never left mine.
*I'll save you.....don't worry....* They told me.I sobbed,pained when I saw the anxious look on his face.
"Let the show begin..." Zoan snapped his fingers.Almost at once,the whole room was lit up brightly.There was the sound of chains rattling and long,steel bars slammed down onto the floor from the ceiling,trapping Zell,Quistis,Selphie,and Irvine.They exclaimed in shock and surprise.Zell immediately kicked at the hard bars and tried to wrench them open,but to no avail.Squall was alarmed too.He casted Blizzaga at the bars,but still,nothing happened.
"Hahaha!You really think you can break those bars?" Zoan taunted."Xu,get up here."
Xu obeyed without a word.He grabbed me and pulled me to him roughly.Squall took a step in front at once,his eyes clouded with fear and anger.There were shrieks from behind.I saw the others crouching in a ring of blazing fire,keeping as close to each other as possible.
"Ahhhhh!!' Selphie screamed.Then the flames died down.
"Irritate me,Leonhart,and that happens.Learn from your mistake..." Zoan said.He turned to me and coolly asked,"Now,Sorceress...in exchange of you--"
"I told you before!I'm not giving you my powers!!" I shouted back.
"Mmm....just the answer I wanted for some fun..." He snapped his fingers again.A door at the side slided open and something walked in in a stoic manner.I saw that it was a weird looking Blitz-like monster.It slowly walked to Squall and tried to pull his gunblade away,but Squall countered with a slash.However,the attack didn't damage the Blitz at all,which calmly snatched Lionheart off and flung it to the other end of the room.Before Squall could say a word,it caught hold of him by the neck and brought him up into the air.A torrent of electricity flowed through him at once and he cried out in pain.The others behind gasped in terror.
I was horrified."Squall!" I tried to run to him but Zoan faced me to him forcefully.
"No need to spoil the fun so fast,Sorceress," he said and smiled wider when Squall's screams were louder.I was crying helplessly,begging,"Please!Stop!!Stop it!!"
Zoan just smiled as he watched silently.I pulled at his arms hysterically,my tears falling down without stopping."Just watch,Sorceress..." he whispered to me.I wanted to stab him in the chest over and over again...to run to Squall and get him away from the torture....
~Squall!~
Chapter Forty Nine (Squall's POV)
Pain...oh my God,that was the thing I hated the most at that moment.I could feel every bolt of lightning magic searing through my body.I could hear the shocked gasps from my comrades and the panicked pleads from Rinoa.....
I could sense the satisfaction Zoan was feeling....
"Stop it,please!!He'll die!!" Rinoa sobbed.
"I want your answer,Sorceress...THE answer...." reponded Zoan.
My vision began to blur.I only saw dark spots in front of me and the smell of death was stronger.However,I could hear the slight hesitation in Rinoa's voice when she replied,"Alright!I'll give you my pow--"
"No!" I croaked wearily,clutching the Blitz's hand which was around my neck."Rin...don't...your powers....ugh..."
"Say it,Sorceress," taunted Zoan gleefully."You've already killed your mother....you don't want to kill your pathetic knight this time,do you?"
~Rinoa,no,don--~
"I'll give you my powers!!Just....just stop torturing him!!" screamed Rinoa.
~No...!~
"Just the answer I wanted..." Zoan waved a hand at the Blitz and it released its grip on me.I collapsed onto the floor at once,the impact knocking my breath away.My whole body was sore and aching with blazing pain.My head...my arms...my hands...my legs...everywhere...
Pain....
I was too tired to open my eyes.I simply laid there,trying to deal with the fire inside me.I heard footsteps coming towards me.I heard someone sobbing and crying...someone who sat me up and hugged me tightly...
"Oh Squall...." Rinoa's sweet voice floated to my ears.I commanded my hand to reach up and caress her face lovingly,but that was all I could do.Then she set me down again,concentrated,and casted Curaga on me.My strength immediately replenish and I felt my energy flowing in me once more.
"Rinoa...." I slipped my arms around her and hugged her tenderly.She was still crying,her hot tears wetting my jacket.For a moment,our surroundings just disappeared....it was as if everything and everyone else around me had melted away....only the both of us sat there.....two lovers as one.....
"I knew you'd come,Squall...I knew it...." she murmured,her arms circling my neck tightly.
"You're going to be safe..don't worry...." I replied,burying my face into her hair.
"But I--"
"Enough.Xu,go," ordered Zoan,pointing at us.My ming thought quickly.I saw Lionheart at the other end of the room,but the Blitz was blocking my way.Rinoa was with me,and I wasn't going to lose her again.
~I guess it's all or nothing......~
I pulled Rinoa up and hurried her to the other end of the room,the one opposite where my gunblade was.The Blitz tried to grab me again,but I slid out of his way.I made sure Rinoa was safely behind me,and then summoned a Guardian Force,the king of all.
"Aid us,Bahamut..." I said as the mighty dragon appeared in a surprisingly short time and looked at me.
*Yes,Master Leonhart?In what way may I help?*
"That.." I pointed at the bars trapping my comrades."And that." I pointed at the Blitz.Bahamut nodded and concentrated his energy,preparing for Mega Flare.When the moment came,he unleashed the devastating attack.I hoped to goodness that it would really finish the Blitz off and destroy the bars.~Please....Please......~
The Blitz was shaken and it collapsed to the floor,but it was still moving slowly.A pang of alarm shot through me.However,Bahamut once again prepared for Mega Flare,and the pulsated blasts from his second attack finally caused the Blitz to crumble into dust.The bars were still holding up,but when Zell tried to wrench them open again,they broke easily.
"Hey?" Zell exclaimed in surprise."What the...?"
I didn't know what or how it happened.There wasn't time to think about that.I dismissed Bahamut and quickly ran to my gunblade,grabbed it,and swung it up in defense,once more making sure that Rinoa was behind me.
"You!SeeDs,you will pay for what you have done!!" roared Zoan furiously,his fist clenched so hard that it was almost white.By that time,my comrades were all free and they hurried to stand beside me,weapons ready.I narrowed my gaze at both Zoan and Xu,who was unexpectedly looking quite calm.
Then all of us got another shock and surprise.Two familiar figures appeared behind Zoan and an equally familiar voice sounded out.
"Who's gonna pay now,huh?"
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@San,be patient,my child....Geahahahahah......
hapter Forty Seven (Squall's POV)
I couldn't explain how shocked and bewildered I was at that moment.What the heck was going on?Why was Xu acting like that?And why had she called Zoan 'master' ?
Then,as if my mind snapped open,light dawned on me in a horrifying manner.I saw through everything....all the things that happened...every incident that fell upon us....how Xu fitted into the puzzle....
"You!!" I growled,pointing at Xu,who was grinning widely."Traitor!!You were in all these!You pulled all of us into it!YOU kidnapped Rinoa!!!"
"My dear Commander." She made a sad clicking noise with her tongue."How slow you are in understanding....didn't you realise it from the start?And you call yourself...the SeeD Commander of Balamb Garden and a Sorceress' Knight?"
"I can't believe I trusted you!!The headmaster,too!!And this is how you repay us?!?" I roared in fury."Kissing some Sorceror's ass,working with him and Seryn to kill and kidnap Rinoa?!?!?"
Xu simply laughed.She laughed so hard that she was bending down and clutching her stomach.When she finished,she looked up at us and shook her head."So my plan worked....you fell into my trap and really thought Seryn is inside this too?"
That question made my eyebrows arched up for a moment before going back down."What the hell do you mean?" I snapped.
"Enough!" Zoan shouted,slapping his hand down on the table in front of him."SeeDs,do not anger me!!"
This time,I turned to him,my eyes blazing.Raising Lionheart,I boldly walked to him,but just a few metres before I could reach his place,another forcefield blocked my way.Angry,I slashed down at it with all my might,but that action only caused me to tumble back in frustration.
"Where's Rinoa,you bastard?!?!"
He laughed softly and got up.Until then,I couldn't see how he looked like,but when he walked towards me,I got another shock.My comrades gasped.
"Nida!" Selphie and Quistis cried out.Irvine grunted in surprise,but Zell's reaction was the worst.I knew Nida was his next best pal after all of us as they had their rooms next to each other and shared practically every class.
"How could you?!" Zell ran to Xu and was immediately blocked by the forcefield,but he was too enraged to care about it.He started raining punch after punch and kick after kick on the hard surface,ignoring the pain.After a few minutes,he stopped,panting and tired,staring at Xu angrily."He liked you.....didn't you know?!?!"
"And that was what caused him to be here...." she replied calmly with that stupid smile of hers.Zell punched hard for one last time and growled something under his breath.
"Xu," Zoan said,nodding behind him.She returned his nod with another of her own and walked casually to him.My comrades and I eyed her furiously.My hands on my gunblade were shaking in anger.
After Xu had disappeared into the dark,I yelled at Zoan again,"WHERE'S RINOA?!?!?!"
"Patience,Leonhart...the fun will start soon...." Zoan replied with a smile,approaching me.
"You..." I took up Lionheart and intended to slam it down onto him,but like lightning,he casted Fira on me and I fell back against my comrades,who immediately came to aid me.
"I'll say again...." Zoan calmly countered."Wait..."
Chapter Forty Eight (Rinoa's POV)
"Hey!!Wake up!!" a bothered voice called out and someone shook me roughly.My eyes fluttered open and I moaned,tired,"What...?"
"I said wake up!!" My arm was pulled at.Realising who's voice it was,I took my hand back and snapped,"What the heck do you want?!"
Xu waved a finger wearily at me."Get out."
"I'm NOT going to be ordered by some--" I stopped abruptly when she pressed the bare hard,cold steel of a blade against my neck.
"Be polite,Sorceress,and get out," she said sweetly.I gave her a killing glare and got off the bed I was on.Looking sour and bad-tempered,I allowed her to pull me to where she wanted to bring me without saying another word.I noticed we were going to the room I had last been in,the one where I had talked to Zoan for the second time.What did he want now?My energy again?Surprisingly enough,I felt alright,not tired or anything as I would have expected.
"Wait..." I heard his voice saying as Xu reached a door.Opening it,she shoved me in and held my arms tightly again.
"Master," she said urgently.
"Ah..just in time..." Zoan answered.It was then that I realised there were other people in the room as well.Although it was rather dim,I could feel his presence anywhere.
"Squall!" I cried out and tried to run to him,but Xu pulled me back roughly,saying,"Ah ah ah,not so fast..."
"Rinoa?!" I heard his footsteps coming towards me,but I also felt another thing touching my neck.Xu chuckled evilly and said,"One more step,Commander...and you'll know what's next..."
Squall froze at once,his eyes on fire.It hurt me so much more to see him so near,and yet I couldn't touch him....
"Squall..." I whimpered.I couldn't help the falling tears.I was just too glad to see him....glad..and a little heart broken too,I guess...
"Back off," ordered Xu,noticing the close distance between both of us.Squall didn't move or say anything.He just looked at me with his loving eyes as I stared back at him,crying.
"Back off!!" Xu brought her arm harder against my neck.I could feel the sharp blade slicing through my skin slightly and I gave another whimper.
"Don't hurt her!" Squall's hand reached out in protest.Xu laughed again.
"Then move..."
Reluctantly,he took a step back,then another,and another.His eyes never left mine.
*I'll save you.....don't worry....* They told me.I sobbed,pained when I saw the anxious look on his face.
"Let the show begin..." Zoan snapped his fingers.Almost at once,the whole room was lit up brightly.There was the sound of chains rattling and long,steel bars slammed down onto the floor from the ceiling,trapping Zell,Quistis,Selphie,and Irvine.They exclaimed in shock and surprise.Zell immediately kicked at the hard bars and tried to wrench them open,but to no avail.Squall was alarmed too.He casted Blizzaga at the bars,but still,nothing happened.
"Hahaha!You really think you can break those bars?" Zoan taunted."Xu,get up here."
Xu obeyed without a word.He grabbed me and pulled me to him roughly.Squall took a step in front at once,his eyes clouded with fear and anger.There were shrieks from behind.I saw the others crouching in a ring of blazing fire,keeping as close to each other as possible.
"Ahhhhh!!' Selphie screamed.Then the flames died down.
"Irritate me,Leonhart,and that happens.Learn from your mistake..." Zoan said.He turned to me and coolly asked,"Now,Sorceress...in exchange of you--"
"I told you before!I'm not giving you my powers!!" I shouted back.
"Mmm....just the answer I wanted for some fun..." He snapped his fingers again.A door at the side slided open and something walked in in a stoic manner.I saw that it was a weird looking Blitz-like monster.It slowly walked to Squall and tried to pull his gunblade away,but Squall countered with a slash.However,the attack didn't damage the Blitz at all,which calmly snatched Lionheart off and flung it to the other end of the room.Before Squall could say a word,it caught hold of him by the neck and brought him up into the air.A torrent of electricity flowed through him at once and he cried out in pain.The others behind gasped in terror.
I was horrified."Squall!" I tried to run to him but Zoan faced me to him forcefully.
"No need to spoil the fun so fast,Sorceress," he said and smiled wider when Squall's screams were louder.I was crying helplessly,begging,"Please!Stop!!Stop it!!"
Zoan just smiled as he watched silently.I pulled at his arms hysterically,my tears falling down without stopping."Just watch,Sorceress..." he whispered to me.I wanted to stab him in the chest over and over again...to run to Squall and get him away from the torture....
~Squall!~
Chapter Forty Nine (Squall's POV)
Pain...oh my God,that was the thing I hated the most at that moment.I could feel every bolt of lightning magic searing through my body.I could hear the shocked gasps from my comrades and the panicked pleads from Rinoa.....
I could sense the satisfaction Zoan was feeling....
"Stop it,please!!He'll die!!" Rinoa sobbed.
"I want your answer,Sorceress...THE answer...." reponded Zoan.
My vision began to blur.I only saw dark spots in front of me and the smell of death was stronger.However,I could hear the slight hesitation in Rinoa's voice when she replied,"Alright!I'll give you my pow--"
"No!" I croaked wearily,clutching the Blitz's hand which was around my neck."Rin...don't...your powers....ugh..."
"Say it,Sorceress," taunted Zoan gleefully."You've already killed your mother....you don't want to kill your pathetic knight this time,do you?"
~Rinoa,no,don--~
"I'll give you my powers!!Just....just stop torturing him!!" screamed Rinoa.
~No...!~
"Just the answer I wanted..." Zoan waved a hand at the Blitz and it released its grip on me.I collapsed onto the floor at once,the impact knocking my breath away.My whole body was sore and aching with blazing pain.My head...my arms...my hands...my legs...everywhere...
Pain....
I was too tired to open my eyes.I simply laid there,trying to deal with the fire inside me.I heard footsteps coming towards me.I heard someone sobbing and crying...someone who sat me up and hugged me tightly...
"Oh Squall...." Rinoa's sweet voice floated to my ears.I commanded my hand to reach up and caress her face lovingly,but that was all I could do.Then she set me down again,concentrated,and casted Curaga on me.My strength immediately replenish and I felt my energy flowing in me once more.
"Rinoa...." I slipped my arms around her and hugged her tenderly.She was still crying,her hot tears wetting my jacket.For a moment,our surroundings just disappeared....it was as if everything and everyone else around me had melted away....only the both of us sat there.....two lovers as one.....
"I knew you'd come,Squall...I knew it...." she murmured,her arms circling my neck tightly.
"You're going to be safe..don't worry...." I replied,burying my face into her hair.
"But I--"
"Enough.Xu,go," ordered Zoan,pointing at us.My ming thought quickly.I saw Lionheart at the other end of the room,but the Blitz was blocking my way.Rinoa was with me,and I wasn't going to lose her again.
~I guess it's all or nothing......~
I pulled Rinoa up and hurried her to the other end of the room,the one opposite where my gunblade was.The Blitz tried to grab me again,but I slid out of his way.I made sure Rinoa was safely behind me,and then summoned a Guardian Force,the king of all.
"Aid us,Bahamut..." I said as the mighty dragon appeared in a surprisingly short time and looked at me.
*Yes,Master Leonhart?In what way may I help?*
"That.." I pointed at the bars trapping my comrades."And that." I pointed at the Blitz.Bahamut nodded and concentrated his energy,preparing for Mega Flare.When the moment came,he unleashed the devastating attack.I hoped to goodness that it would really finish the Blitz off and destroy the bars.~Please....Please......~
The Blitz was shaken and it collapsed to the floor,but it was still moving slowly.A pang of alarm shot through me.However,Bahamut once again prepared for Mega Flare,and the pulsated blasts from his second attack finally caused the Blitz to crumble into dust.The bars were still holding up,but when Zell tried to wrench them open again,they broke easily.
"Hey?" Zell exclaimed in surprise."What the...?"
I didn't know what or how it happened.There wasn't time to think about that.I dismissed Bahamut and quickly ran to my gunblade,grabbed it,and swung it up in defense,once more making sure that Rinoa was behind me.
"You!SeeDs,you will pay for what you have done!!" roared Zoan furiously,his fist clenched so hard that it was almost white.By that time,my comrades were all free and they hurried to stand beside me,weapons ready.I narrowed my gaze at both Zoan and Xu,who was unexpectedly looking quite calm.
Then all of us got another shock and surprise.Two familiar figures appeared behind Zoan and an equally familiar voice sounded out.
"Who's gonna pay now,huh?"
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