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Chapter Fifty Five (Squall's POV)
~Uh-oh...~ I widened my eyes as Zoan raised his hands into the air.His eyes gleamed dangerously and he began to laugh like a psycho."Come to me,O'Great Hixon!!" he repeated.
A symbol in the centre of the room(on the floor,that is..)began to turn dark and little bits of spark-like...things...floated in the air.When I looked closer,I saw that there was a huge puddle of black liquid now replacing the symbol and other than the sparks flying out from it,some dark jelly-like blots were also floating out.I took a hesitant step back.
"Hey?!What's that?!" Selphie squeaked.
"This isn't good..." Irvine said,shaking his head.
The room was suddenly filled with a loud,booming roar that sounded like it came from hundreds of Ruby Dragons rolled into one.Something burst out of the puddle and roared again,causing the flames around the room to blaze higher and fiercer.And that something stared at Zoan in sudden silence.
~Hixon....~ I gritted my teeth when my eyes focused on the creature.Like I had seen in my dreams,it was just like the combination of Bahamut and Eden,except that this time,since I was nearer to it,I noticed some other disgusting liquid oozing out from its whole body.Its eyes were blood red as they scanned the whole room before returning to Zoan.
"Free after 300 years..." Hixon said in an echoing,shadowy voice."My gratitude,Zoan..."
"I am requesting your aid again,Hixon." Zoan bowed.
"Do you have my sacrifices?"
"Indeed.Here is the one with an evil and wicked soul." Zoan pointed at Xu,giving all of us a surprise.Her before-all-that happy and pleased expression changed into an expression of shock.She was clearly taken back.
"M-m-master?!W-what?!?" She took a few steps back and stared at Zoan,eyes wide.He smiled and chuckled softly.
"You're a foolish girl,Xu.You were simply my little slave to get everything ready for me.I tell you something and you just eat out of my hand...just like a little dog..." he said calmly.
"But...but you promised immortality!And I--"
"Two simple words,Xu," Zoan interrupted,his smile wider."I lied..."
Before Xu could say or do anything else,Zoan waved at Hixon and the GF reached out its claw,snatching the girl.Her loud screams were drowned by the laughs of Zoan as Hixon simply...well...chucked her into its mouth and crunched her up.The disgusting sounds could be heard and Selphie wrinkled her nose,saying,"Ewwwww...."
"Whoa!!!It just....ate her up?!??!" Zell screamed.Seifer gave him a smirk and said,"What's the matter,Chicken-Wuss?Can't take it?"
"The other sacrifice..." Hixon looked at Zoan.He smiled again and gestured towards a horrified Seryn.
"One with a naive and pure soul."
Hixon's eyes gleamed and it reached out its claw again.However,Seifer ran to it and gave it a hard slash.
"Get off!!" he yelled,standing in front of Seryn,his gunblade clutched tightly.
~Griever....when the hell should I call him?!~
As if answering my question,a vague voice sounded in my head,*Now....call me...now....*
I took a deep breath.~Alright...the problem now is...how?!?Griever,tell me!!~
*Now....now....*
A wash of unexplained feelings overwhelmed me.I felt a surge of energy from within myself.My heart told me something...or more like,tried to tell me.I closed my eyes and followed my instincts.I pushed every other thoughts out of my mind and only concentrated on Griever...on calling the legendary Guardian Force...on ending the whole damn thing...
My grip on Lionheart loosened and the gunblade fell on the floor with a clang.I heard my comrades call my name,but for once,I ignored them.My thoughts and mind were only on Griever...
~Griever....come to me.....aid me,Griever.....~ I didn't know how long I just stood closing my eyes and blocking everything out of me,but when I felt something being pulled apart from me,as if someone had just took away a heavy weight on my chest,I opened my eyes again.
My whole body was glowing in a funny,orange-yellow light.As I grasped my pendant,my eyes met the glowing,sliver ones of a mighty lion in front of me.
Griever....
There were shocked gasps behind me.I stared at the lion in awe.I knew I had already seen him before in my dreams,but...just having him hovering right in front of me was...well,a great shock too,I guess.He nodded at me and,for the first time,opened his mouth when he talked.
"Excellent....only a true Leonhart knows how to do that.I told you you would know..."
"Griever...." growled Hixon,its attention fully on the lion.I saw Seifer hurrying Seryn away and saying something to her,but I turned back to Griever.
"You do not belong here,Hixon...return to your Underworld..." he said.
"I am not what I was 300 years ago,Griever.I am more powerful now...Zoan has the Sorceress' powers...with that and his,we shall rule the world..."
"It is time to end your dreams and hopes,I'm afraid." Without warning,Griever lunged in front and clawed Hixon,causing the latter to roar and counterattack with a Demi magic.The lion growled and casted Holy followed by another slash.Hixon lowered itself on the ground and glared at Zoan,who clasped his hands together and send a waves of energy to the GF.
"Ahh,Sorceress' powers have never tasted to fine...." Hixon smiled,showing its white,gleaming fangs.
~Huh??I thought the professor said...when Zoan is weak,Hixon will be too?What's going on?~
"Well,taste it while you still have a chance," replied Griever,preparing for an Ultima spell.As the pulsated ball exploded within Hixon,it roared again and hovered near Griever,attacking with its claws.
Griever simply casted another Holy spell,weakening Hixon tremendously.
"Zoan!!Your powers!Give them to me...." it growled menacingly.Without hesitation,Zoan once more clasped his hands together,closed his eyes,and starting chanting some words I couldn't hear.Then,as if Hixon was drawing the powers,waves of light appeared from him and moved to the GF,going into its body.As soon as he stopped chanting,Zoan fell onto his knees,his hands supporting his body and breathing heavily.
"Now,Griever....we will see who wins...." Hixon's eyes gleamed and it gave a thunderous roar.Flapping its wings,it hovered higher into the air as its chest began to glow.Then,in a disgusting and sickening way,the liquid- covered skin began to tear open,revealing something that looked like a core inside.
"Oh my God!Ewwwwwwww!!" screamed Selphie as drops of the liquid flew down,some hitting her arms.
"Sefie,get in!" Irvine pulled her to him and sheltered her with his coat.I looked up at Hixon,waiting breathlessly.What was he going to do?Could Griever handle it?
"Taste this,Griever!The power of the Underworld!!" The core in Hixons chest began emitting light before shooting some blasts of purple coloured magic at Griever.The lion roared as he tried to shield himself,but failed.
"Taste this!!!" repeated Hixon with a smile.The core stopped shooting magic,but when I looked closer,I saw that it was concentrating on one final shot.
~Oh shit....~
A more powerful,bigger blast shot out to Griever.He gave another roar...this time a roar in pain...and was thrown back against the wall.There was a loud bang....then silence...
My comrades gasped in panic.
"Griever!!" I ran to the fallen lion,who was lying on the ground,blood flowing out of his wounds."God,Griever,are you okay?!"
"Leonhart....it is time...." came the weak reply.His words echoed in my head.
*It is time....it is time.....*
Although he said no more,I understood what he meant.It was time for us to combine our energy...time for me to give up my own body and share his...time for us to perish Zoan and Hixon forever...
I looked at my comrades.Quistis,Zell,Irvine,and Selphie stared at me with a waiting expression.Their eyes,however,all said one thing....
Don't go,Squall....
I shifted my gaze to Seifer and Seryn.Seifer and Seryn...even their names sounded cute together.He was firmly holding her behind him,a strange determination in his eyes.Although I didn't like the guy,I could say...I was...glad,I think...glad that he has finally understood how to deal with love...not just some the fling type of love he had for Rinoa...but real,eternal love.
Finally,I looked at her.Her....the angel of my life...the light of my darkness...she stared at me with a slightly confused expression in her eyes.She didn't know what was going on...what was going to happen to me...if she did,she wouldn't be there,lying against the wall.She'd be with me...hugging me and telling me to to go..not to leave her...
And what would I say?I'd say....Rinoa,I have to...I don't want to see you die...I want you to live..be safe...
~Oh God,Rinoa!!I'm sorry...~ Forcing myself to turn back to Griever,I nodded stiffly.Almost at once,I felt my energy being absorbed away.My legs grew weak and I collapsed onto the ground on my knees.I could'nt describe how I felt then...like part of me was still Squall...and the other was Griever....part of my soul was being torn into two..
Just before I left my original body,I looked back at Rinoa.Her eyes were wide in horror when she realised what was happening.
~Goodbye,Rinoa....I love you...~
"Squall!!" she cried out and ran to me,despite the objections from my comrades.She reached me just as my last bit of energy flew to Griever.I barely felt her hands touching my face and neck,then the next thing was...
I was Griever...
"You were ready,weren't you,Leonhart?" Griever's voice sounded.
~Yeah...let's get on...~ In the lion's body,I rose up into the air again.I saw Rinoa crying helplessly down there,cradling my head as my comrades surrounded her and tried to comfort her.My heart broke into millions of pieces to see her there,sobbing at a lifeless body,oblivious that I was in Griever's.
"Griever!" growled Hixon in disbelief."So you have extracted your summoners energy too?Well,you won't last long anyway!!"
"We'll just see about that," I heard Griever say.He crossed his arms together and I felt another surge of energy within me.
~Griever,what are you doing?~
"My strongest attack....behold,Enraged Nova!!" Griever roared and rushed to Hixon,blasting something at it.Once more,I felt as if my whole new body just then was engulfed in flames.Then my visioned blurred as Griever shot a huge shockwave at Hixon,the whole room lit in a bright light.I heard shout and yells from down below...the painful loud roar of Hixon...the panicked,horrifed cry from Zoan....
When I could see again,the sight that greeted my eyes made me gasp.Hixon was slowly floating down to the ground,green blood on its body and all on the floor.It fell down in a sudden and its body began breaking into small tiny pieces like pearls which disappear into the thin air.Zoan was also on the ground,clutching his head and shaking it,screaming,"No!!" repeatedly.
~Griever,isn't he supposed to be dead?Only then can we lock him into his ring...~
"He is already dead.That is just his spirit...my attack just now killed both Hixon and him..."
I wanted to turn to the other side to see how my comrades and Rinoa were doing,but Griever said in a soft tone,"Don't,Leonhart.The more you see her....the more pain you will feel...and...it is nearly time for me to disappear as well..."
~But Griever,I-- ~
"My apologies,Leonhart,if all these is too hard for you,but this is your destiny,just like your ancestors before you.Now it is time for us to go..."
Once again,my vision began to blur and get darker.I tried to just catch a glimpse at Rinoa,but by the time I reached her,everything went black.
~Oh Rinoa...I'm so sorry....~
Chapter Fifty Six (Quistis' POV)
"Quisty,the ring!!" Zell yelled at me.I fumbled in my pockets for the ring Prof.Vine had given me(when we were back in Esthar)and ran to Zoan,who was shouting in hysteria.His body was a little transparent,much to my surprise.
"Quisty,quick!His already dead!Griever said so!Quick!!" Selphie started jumping up and down.I frowned and held up the ring,chanting the spell the professor told me:
'When darkness is over and light is here,
When this ring is held without fear,
Return without hesitation,O'failed evil,
To the place you appeared with a devil...'
"No...no!!" Zoan screamed when the spell was finished.I pointed the ring at him and,like a vaccum cleaner,his body was drawn to it,absorbed into the gem on the ring.His cries softened as he was sucked in and I grimaced a little,but held onto the ring firmly,shutting my eyes.Finally,when there was only silence in the air,I opened them again.
The whole room was empty.Even Griever was gone.Only Seifer,Seryn,me,and the others were left there...with Squall's body.
"Squall!Squall,wake up!Please...." Rinoa shook his lifeless body,tears falling down."Squall!!"
"Rinoa,he--" began Selphie,but a loud crumbling interrupted her.The ground began shaking and quaking as if there was an earthquake.
"Shit!!The whole place is gonna go down!!" Zell said in panic.
"We need to destroy this ring!Quick!" I threw the ring down and casted my last Ultima magic onto it.To make sure it would really be destroyed,Selphie casted a Flare on it too.Relief clouded my heart when the ring broke into melting pieces.The gem on it was shattered everywhere.I took them up and flung them into the blazing flames around the room.
"Come on!!We need to get outta here!!"
"Shut up,Chicken-Wuss!It's not helping being panicked!" Seifer growled.
"Rinoa,we need to get out.Co--" I began but she cut me off.
"No!I'm not leaving Squall here!!I'm not going!!"
"Dammit!!" Zell jumped aside as a big piece of stone fell down."Guys!!COME ON!!!!"
"I said I'm not leaving Squall!!!" Rinoa shouted,clutching Squall's head.
"Rinoa,he's dead!He's not going to--"
"No,Quistis,he's not dead!!He can't be!!He can't leave me here...he can't,he can't!!!" Rinoa was crying hysterically.Seryn knelt down and hugged her,trying to sooth her down,but she still didn't want to move.
~Okay...I'm sorry for doing this,Rinoa....but I have to...~ I combined three Sleep spells together and casted it on the crying girl.In a second,she fell back against Seryn,deep in slumber.
"Quisty!" Selphie said in shock.
"We don't have a choice!Squall wanted her safe,remember?!" I shot back,dragging Rinoa up."Ugh,somebody help me,for God's sake!"
Seifer stepped in and carried Rinoa in his arms.Seryn was looking worried and said,"She's gonna be okay,right?I mean,you only used a Sleep spell on her,right?"
"Of course," I replied."Irvine,led the way!"
Chapter Fifty Seven (Selphie's POV)
"Rinoa....wake up..." Seryn shook Rinoa gently.Her eyes fluttered open and she blinked for a moment.
"Seryn....wait...Squall!" she sat up at once and looked around.I looked back at her as I piloted the Ragnorak back to Balamb Garden.She stared at the others there and me.
"Where's Squall?Where is he?!" Rinoa demanded,standing up.Quistis,Irvine,Zell and I exchanged glances uneasily.
"Where is he,dammit!!" she screamed.
"Rinoa....he wanted you to be safe...for Griever to defeat Zoan and Hixon,Griever needed his energy.We tried talking him out of it....but he....he just said he wanted you to live...he didn't want anything else...only that..." Quistis explained slowly.
Rinoa's eyes were wide as realisation hit her.She stared at us in shock,unable to say a word.
"He...wanted me to give you this..." Quistis took out a letter and held it out to Rinoa.She snatched it without a word and turned around,facing her back to us.I heard her tearing open the envelope.She read the letter inside for a while before saying in a strange,quiet voice,"To Edea's House..."
"Huh?What?" I raised my eyebrows.
"To Edea's House,Selphie!Now!!" She turned to me,her eyes moist with tears.I said no more and just set the autopilot to our next destination.
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Sad,isn't it....*sob sob*....Mayonaka and Dark Raion,I did it!!!YAY!!I KILLED SQUALL!!!!
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Chapter Fifty Five (Squall's POV)
~Uh-oh...~ I widened my eyes as Zoan raised his hands into the air.His eyes gleamed dangerously and he began to laugh like a psycho."Come to me,O'Great Hixon!!" he repeated.
A symbol in the centre of the room(on the floor,that is..)began to turn dark and little bits of spark-like...things...floated in the air.When I looked closer,I saw that there was a huge puddle of black liquid now replacing the symbol and other than the sparks flying out from it,some dark jelly-like blots were also floating out.I took a hesitant step back.
"Hey?!What's that?!" Selphie squeaked.
"This isn't good..." Irvine said,shaking his head.
The room was suddenly filled with a loud,booming roar that sounded like it came from hundreds of Ruby Dragons rolled into one.Something burst out of the puddle and roared again,causing the flames around the room to blaze higher and fiercer.And that something stared at Zoan in sudden silence.
~Hixon....~ I gritted my teeth when my eyes focused on the creature.Like I had seen in my dreams,it was just like the combination of Bahamut and Eden,except that this time,since I was nearer to it,I noticed some other disgusting liquid oozing out from its whole body.Its eyes were blood red as they scanned the whole room before returning to Zoan.
"Free after 300 years..." Hixon said in an echoing,shadowy voice."My gratitude,Zoan..."
"I am requesting your aid again,Hixon." Zoan bowed.
"Do you have my sacrifices?"
"Indeed.Here is the one with an evil and wicked soul." Zoan pointed at Xu,giving all of us a surprise.Her before-all-that happy and pleased expression changed into an expression of shock.She was clearly taken back.
"M-m-master?!W-what?!?" She took a few steps back and stared at Zoan,eyes wide.He smiled and chuckled softly.
"You're a foolish girl,Xu.You were simply my little slave to get everything ready for me.I tell you something and you just eat out of my hand...just like a little dog..." he said calmly.
"But...but you promised immortality!And I--"
"Two simple words,Xu," Zoan interrupted,his smile wider."I lied..."
Before Xu could say or do anything else,Zoan waved at Hixon and the GF reached out its claw,snatching the girl.Her loud screams were drowned by the laughs of Zoan as Hixon simply...well...chucked her into its mouth and crunched her up.The disgusting sounds could be heard and Selphie wrinkled her nose,saying,"Ewwwww...."
"Whoa!!!It just....ate her up?!??!" Zell screamed.Seifer gave him a smirk and said,"What's the matter,Chicken-Wuss?Can't take it?"
"The other sacrifice..." Hixon looked at Zoan.He smiled again and gestured towards a horrified Seryn.
"One with a naive and pure soul."
Hixon's eyes gleamed and it reached out its claw again.However,Seifer ran to it and gave it a hard slash.
"Get off!!" he yelled,standing in front of Seryn,his gunblade clutched tightly.
~Griever....when the hell should I call him?!~
As if answering my question,a vague voice sounded in my head,*Now....call me...now....*
I took a deep breath.~Alright...the problem now is...how?!?Griever,tell me!!~
*Now....now....*
A wash of unexplained feelings overwhelmed me.I felt a surge of energy from within myself.My heart told me something...or more like,tried to tell me.I closed my eyes and followed my instincts.I pushed every other thoughts out of my mind and only concentrated on Griever...on calling the legendary Guardian Force...on ending the whole damn thing...
My grip on Lionheart loosened and the gunblade fell on the floor with a clang.I heard my comrades call my name,but for once,I ignored them.My thoughts and mind were only on Griever...
~Griever....come to me.....aid me,Griever.....~ I didn't know how long I just stood closing my eyes and blocking everything out of me,but when I felt something being pulled apart from me,as if someone had just took away a heavy weight on my chest,I opened my eyes again.
My whole body was glowing in a funny,orange-yellow light.As I grasped my pendant,my eyes met the glowing,sliver ones of a mighty lion in front of me.
Griever....
There were shocked gasps behind me.I stared at the lion in awe.I knew I had already seen him before in my dreams,but...just having him hovering right in front of me was...well,a great shock too,I guess.He nodded at me and,for the first time,opened his mouth when he talked.
"Excellent....only a true Leonhart knows how to do that.I told you you would know..."
"Griever...." growled Hixon,its attention fully on the lion.I saw Seifer hurrying Seryn away and saying something to her,but I turned back to Griever.
"You do not belong here,Hixon...return to your Underworld..." he said.
"I am not what I was 300 years ago,Griever.I am more powerful now...Zoan has the Sorceress' powers...with that and his,we shall rule the world..."
"It is time to end your dreams and hopes,I'm afraid." Without warning,Griever lunged in front and clawed Hixon,causing the latter to roar and counterattack with a Demi magic.The lion growled and casted Holy followed by another slash.Hixon lowered itself on the ground and glared at Zoan,who clasped his hands together and send a waves of energy to the GF.
"Ahh,Sorceress' powers have never tasted to fine...." Hixon smiled,showing its white,gleaming fangs.
~Huh??I thought the professor said...when Zoan is weak,Hixon will be too?What's going on?~
"Well,taste it while you still have a chance," replied Griever,preparing for an Ultima spell.As the pulsated ball exploded within Hixon,it roared again and hovered near Griever,attacking with its claws.
Griever simply casted another Holy spell,weakening Hixon tremendously.
"Zoan!!Your powers!Give them to me...." it growled menacingly.Without hesitation,Zoan once more clasped his hands together,closed his eyes,and starting chanting some words I couldn't hear.Then,as if Hixon was drawing the powers,waves of light appeared from him and moved to the GF,going into its body.As soon as he stopped chanting,Zoan fell onto his knees,his hands supporting his body and breathing heavily.
"Now,Griever....we will see who wins...." Hixon's eyes gleamed and it gave a thunderous roar.Flapping its wings,it hovered higher into the air as its chest began to glow.Then,in a disgusting and sickening way,the liquid- covered skin began to tear open,revealing something that looked like a core inside.
"Oh my God!Ewwwwwwww!!" screamed Selphie as drops of the liquid flew down,some hitting her arms.
"Sefie,get in!" Irvine pulled her to him and sheltered her with his coat.I looked up at Hixon,waiting breathlessly.What was he going to do?Could Griever handle it?
"Taste this,Griever!The power of the Underworld!!" The core in Hixons chest began emitting light before shooting some blasts of purple coloured magic at Griever.The lion roared as he tried to shield himself,but failed.
"Taste this!!!" repeated Hixon with a smile.The core stopped shooting magic,but when I looked closer,I saw that it was concentrating on one final shot.
~Oh shit....~
A more powerful,bigger blast shot out to Griever.He gave another roar...this time a roar in pain...and was thrown back against the wall.There was a loud bang....then silence...
My comrades gasped in panic.
"Griever!!" I ran to the fallen lion,who was lying on the ground,blood flowing out of his wounds."God,Griever,are you okay?!"
"Leonhart....it is time...." came the weak reply.His words echoed in my head.
*It is time....it is time.....*
Although he said no more,I understood what he meant.It was time for us to combine our energy...time for me to give up my own body and share his...time for us to perish Zoan and Hixon forever...
I looked at my comrades.Quistis,Zell,Irvine,and Selphie stared at me with a waiting expression.Their eyes,however,all said one thing....
Don't go,Squall....
I shifted my gaze to Seifer and Seryn.Seifer and Seryn...even their names sounded cute together.He was firmly holding her behind him,a strange determination in his eyes.Although I didn't like the guy,I could say...I was...glad,I think...glad that he has finally understood how to deal with love...not just some the fling type of love he had for Rinoa...but real,eternal love.
Finally,I looked at her.Her....the angel of my life...the light of my darkness...she stared at me with a slightly confused expression in her eyes.She didn't know what was going on...what was going to happen to me...if she did,she wouldn't be there,lying against the wall.She'd be with me...hugging me and telling me to to go..not to leave her...
And what would I say?I'd say....Rinoa,I have to...I don't want to see you die...I want you to live..be safe...
~Oh God,Rinoa!!I'm sorry...~ Forcing myself to turn back to Griever,I nodded stiffly.Almost at once,I felt my energy being absorbed away.My legs grew weak and I collapsed onto the ground on my knees.I could'nt describe how I felt then...like part of me was still Squall...and the other was Griever....part of my soul was being torn into two..
Just before I left my original body,I looked back at Rinoa.Her eyes were wide in horror when she realised what was happening.
~Goodbye,Rinoa....I love you...~
"Squall!!" she cried out and ran to me,despite the objections from my comrades.She reached me just as my last bit of energy flew to Griever.I barely felt her hands touching my face and neck,then the next thing was...
I was Griever...
"You were ready,weren't you,Leonhart?" Griever's voice sounded.
~Yeah...let's get on...~ In the lion's body,I rose up into the air again.I saw Rinoa crying helplessly down there,cradling my head as my comrades surrounded her and tried to comfort her.My heart broke into millions of pieces to see her there,sobbing at a lifeless body,oblivious that I was in Griever's.
"Griever!" growled Hixon in disbelief."So you have extracted your summoners energy too?Well,you won't last long anyway!!"
"We'll just see about that," I heard Griever say.He crossed his arms together and I felt another surge of energy within me.
~Griever,what are you doing?~
"My strongest attack....behold,Enraged Nova!!" Griever roared and rushed to Hixon,blasting something at it.Once more,I felt as if my whole new body just then was engulfed in flames.Then my visioned blurred as Griever shot a huge shockwave at Hixon,the whole room lit in a bright light.I heard shout and yells from down below...the painful loud roar of Hixon...the panicked,horrifed cry from Zoan....
When I could see again,the sight that greeted my eyes made me gasp.Hixon was slowly floating down to the ground,green blood on its body and all on the floor.It fell down in a sudden and its body began breaking into small tiny pieces like pearls which disappear into the thin air.Zoan was also on the ground,clutching his head and shaking it,screaming,"No!!" repeatedly.
~Griever,isn't he supposed to be dead?Only then can we lock him into his ring...~
"He is already dead.That is just his spirit...my attack just now killed both Hixon and him..."
I wanted to turn to the other side to see how my comrades and Rinoa were doing,but Griever said in a soft tone,"Don't,Leonhart.The more you see her....the more pain you will feel...and...it is nearly time for me to disappear as well..."
~But Griever,I-- ~
"My apologies,Leonhart,if all these is too hard for you,but this is your destiny,just like your ancestors before you.Now it is time for us to go..."
Once again,my vision began to blur and get darker.I tried to just catch a glimpse at Rinoa,but by the time I reached her,everything went black.
~Oh Rinoa...I'm so sorry....~
Chapter Fifty Six (Quistis' POV)
"Quisty,the ring!!" Zell yelled at me.I fumbled in my pockets for the ring Prof.Vine had given me(when we were back in Esthar)and ran to Zoan,who was shouting in hysteria.His body was a little transparent,much to my surprise.
"Quisty,quick!His already dead!Griever said so!Quick!!" Selphie started jumping up and down.I frowned and held up the ring,chanting the spell the professor told me:
'When darkness is over and light is here,
When this ring is held without fear,
Return without hesitation,O'failed evil,
To the place you appeared with a devil...'
"No...no!!" Zoan screamed when the spell was finished.I pointed the ring at him and,like a vaccum cleaner,his body was drawn to it,absorbed into the gem on the ring.His cries softened as he was sucked in and I grimaced a little,but held onto the ring firmly,shutting my eyes.Finally,when there was only silence in the air,I opened them again.
The whole room was empty.Even Griever was gone.Only Seifer,Seryn,me,and the others were left there...with Squall's body.
"Squall!Squall,wake up!Please...." Rinoa shook his lifeless body,tears falling down."Squall!!"
"Rinoa,he--" began Selphie,but a loud crumbling interrupted her.The ground began shaking and quaking as if there was an earthquake.
"Shit!!The whole place is gonna go down!!" Zell said in panic.
"We need to destroy this ring!Quick!" I threw the ring down and casted my last Ultima magic onto it.To make sure it would really be destroyed,Selphie casted a Flare on it too.Relief clouded my heart when the ring broke into melting pieces.The gem on it was shattered everywhere.I took them up and flung them into the blazing flames around the room.
"Come on!!We need to get outta here!!"
"Shut up,Chicken-Wuss!It's not helping being panicked!" Seifer growled.
"Rinoa,we need to get out.Co--" I began but she cut me off.
"No!I'm not leaving Squall here!!I'm not going!!"
"Dammit!!" Zell jumped aside as a big piece of stone fell down."Guys!!COME ON!!!!"
"I said I'm not leaving Squall!!!" Rinoa shouted,clutching Squall's head.
"Rinoa,he's dead!He's not going to--"
"No,Quistis,he's not dead!!He can't be!!He can't leave me here...he can't,he can't!!!" Rinoa was crying hysterically.Seryn knelt down and hugged her,trying to sooth her down,but she still didn't want to move.
~Okay...I'm sorry for doing this,Rinoa....but I have to...~ I combined three Sleep spells together and casted it on the crying girl.In a second,she fell back against Seryn,deep in slumber.
"Quisty!" Selphie said in shock.
"We don't have a choice!Squall wanted her safe,remember?!" I shot back,dragging Rinoa up."Ugh,somebody help me,for God's sake!"
Seifer stepped in and carried Rinoa in his arms.Seryn was looking worried and said,"She's gonna be okay,right?I mean,you only used a Sleep spell on her,right?"
"Of course," I replied."Irvine,led the way!"
Chapter Fifty Seven (Selphie's POV)
"Rinoa....wake up..." Seryn shook Rinoa gently.Her eyes fluttered open and she blinked for a moment.
"Seryn....wait...Squall!" she sat up at once and looked around.I looked back at her as I piloted the Ragnorak back to Balamb Garden.She stared at the others there and me.
"Where's Squall?Where is he?!" Rinoa demanded,standing up.Quistis,Irvine,Zell and I exchanged glances uneasily.
"Where is he,dammit!!" she screamed.
"Rinoa....he wanted you to be safe...for Griever to defeat Zoan and Hixon,Griever needed his energy.We tried talking him out of it....but he....he just said he wanted you to live...he didn't want anything else...only that..." Quistis explained slowly.
Rinoa's eyes were wide as realisation hit her.She stared at us in shock,unable to say a word.
"He...wanted me to give you this..." Quistis took out a letter and held it out to Rinoa.She snatched it without a word and turned around,facing her back to us.I heard her tearing open the envelope.She read the letter inside for a while before saying in a strange,quiet voice,"To Edea's House..."
"Huh?What?" I raised my eyebrows.
"To Edea's House,Selphie!Now!!" She turned to me,her eyes moist with tears.I said no more and just set the autopilot to our next destination.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW~~~~
Sad,isn't it....*sob sob*....Mayonaka and Dark Raion,I did it!!!YAY!!I KILLED SQUALL!!!!
*Pops open a bottle of wine and everything alcoholic and gulps them down!!!*
Heh heh....wanna kill me???
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