AN: Yes there is a method to my maddness.... And no as much as I love Seifer and Quistis.. this is a 100% Quall.. Seifer is more so like a loving big bro! lol. Hint Im a Tarantio fan... hint hint hint..
Selphiefan 89 : You saw through me! Yes I gave her a reason for leaving. I saw her as that too.
Dark Elf1: No pokey! ::swerms:: No need to think anbout anything see above and live journal.... lol. Hints can be found there.. maybe lol.
Chapter: Nine; House of Blue Leaves
A deep depresion had taken hold of Squall. He had fully reverted back to the frozen basterd he was, maybe even more so. After Quistis had left, he moved into her old room, claiming it was larger than his. In some ways it was true, though in all truth he just wanted her back, and this was a sure fire way to be there when she did. Though she never came back. Squall's days had turned into weeks and weeks into months. After a while he thought she'd never come back.
Slowly he crawled into "his" bed, the hour was ungodly. Face down he tried to remeber her secnt. No luck. It had been gone for months and so had Qusitis. She had been gone for a year, a year! Squall wished to Hyne she's come back, but soon gave up. Wishs don't come true for a person who killed. Now he would have to go find her if he wanted anything to do with her. The wheels in his head turned questions over as to what he might do or say. Its been a year. She might have found some one differnt. She could be happy. Would she really take you back? After what you said to her? Would you leave Garden to be with her?
"Yes.."
The sound of his voice scared him. He sighed. Pushing off the covers he walked down to Cid's office. It was early morring and Cid would just be getting in. Ignoring Xu's replacement, Squall burst threw the doors. "Cid I'm taking a vacation." Shocked Cid looked up from his breaf case. "Ok. The normal three or four days?" Cid turned back to his breaf case and pulled several things from it. "Four.."
"Four days it is then.."
"Weeks."
"Weeks?" Cid's eyes widened at the time he asked for. Squall never looked aways. The lion was hunting and needed time. "Four weeks and I need the use of Ragnarok." Cid sighed. He'd give Squall the time if he could. "Two weeks and a car.." the ship was becoming an important traning tool. "Three weeks and a raise." Cid knew what he was gitting at. He wanted to travel. Where to, he didn't know. The trains had raised thier price, so to the strike and very few SeeDs could use them now. "Two and a raise." Squall thought about pushing for more but sighed insted. He would have to make do with his time given, and maybe just maybe he wouldn't come back. "Fine. I'm leaving today. I'm going crazy here." With that Squall walked out. The hunt was on.
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Squall had spent most of his week looking for Quistis. In the last ten days he had been to Dollet, Delling, FH, Timber, Shumi Billage, and even Edea's house. Ten days and he still was no closer to finding her. The last place on his list was Winhill. Squall walked into the main square tiresomely. He had refused to stop at any price. He was going to find his love.
The great lion skulked past the flower shop. There on the corner sat a simi new looking building. It kinda looked like Edae's old house, though alot bigger. A picket fince closed in the grounds while Chocobos are freely about the feild. The sign about the house read, "House of Blue Leaves Orphanage." Looking at it carefully Squall could make, "No army personal, garden personal, and no Squall." It kinda looked like Xu's handwriting.
Squall could hear childern laying in the back of the house, so ignoring the sign, he walked around the back. There were four childern playing happily under a large tree, and running down stairs. A large blond man sat down at the botton of a nother set of stairs watching two childern swimming with a young woman, who he thought was Xu. Undner the tree sat Fujin, she was hard to mistake. The six childern ran about, jumping into the cool water and playing games like marco polo. (Marco!!!!!)
"Who wants lunch?!" The female's voice sounded like... Squall turned over coming with joy only to see Raijin standing infront of him. "Can you read? There's a sign out there, Ya know." Roling his eyes, Squall just looked at him. "Well Squall we can't just have you in here like this. Trepe said no Squall then no Squall, ya know. Sorry man." Smiling Squall turned back to the tree. There some of the childern were sitting eating thier lunch. Seifer sat next to a very pergnant Xu. Fujin sat n her other side holding a very small baby, most likly waiting for Raijin, and there calling to the other childern who were still playing was his pray, Quistis.
"Can't I just talk to her for a bit?" Squall could not believe she was here. His heart had stopped as did his breath. "I'll ask the boss. She says what goes, ya know." Raijin walke over to them stopping infront of Seifer. In anger Seifer stood and stormed over to Squall as Raijin walked over to Quistis. "You have some God damn nerve to come here like that!" Raising an eyebrow Squall smirked at him. "Watch your moth. There are small childern here and I know that's not a new vocabulary word for them." Seifer tired to hold back his anger, but failed in the end. The tsunami of anger flew threw Seifer's vains. A hard fist came across Squall face, knocking him to the ground. "Seifer! What do you think you're doing?!" From the ground Squall could see Quistis' body. "Quisy...?" Squall's world quickly turned to black.
Slowly blue walls came into focuse. Soft faberic blew in the wind from the opean bay windows. The gentle smell of roses filled him. Moving a bit he could see he was in a Quistis' bed. The sun outside had been longe gone and the stars shown brightly. Turning his head he could see Quistis standing over a sink. "Quisy?" For some reason Squall felt weaker than he sould. Seifer only hit him right? "Morring. Or shoul I say night?" Squall tired to sit up but the pain surged though his body, making him fall onto the pillows. "You took quite a beating. Seifer didn't stop after the first hit. But then again you didn't eather. Here." Quistis sat next to him, placing a damp rag on his face. Slowly she turned to leave, never once looking him in the face.
"Quisy please.." Squall grabbed for her hand, forcing her to stop. "Don't Squall." Her watery eyes looked along the floor, hoping to find a way out of this. "I just want to talk." This was it, now was the time he had to talk to her. Somewhere close by a baby started to cry. "Quis! Help!" Xu's voice took Quistis away form him. "I'll talk to you in the morring. Go to sleep now. And DO NOT walk around. If you do.. I'll let Seifer finish his promise." Quistis shut the door softly and headed down the hall.
"Throw him out Quis. After what he did you shouldn't be so nice." Xu handed her the crying baby. "Yeah, you should have let me finshed him." Seifer sat next to Xu where he gently began to rub her ever rounding tummy. "He's bad vibes for my baby, the kids, and for Nann." Quistis rocked the baby softly smilling at her. "I can't."
Squall woke the next morring. The bright sun was shown through the soft blues making the room look like it were underwater. Rolling over Squall felt something warm behind him. Sitting up quickly, he soon found it to be a misstake. The pain at ran through him forcing him back down. "Be careful baby." Every bone in his body told him it was a dream, that Quistis wasn't there, that he was still back at garden alone. A warm hand snaked around his naked torso, sending pleaser though his body. "Quistis?" An small giggle was heard through the room. "Yeah? Who ealse would it be? Rinoa?" That name made him twich. Slowly he turned his head seeing her face next to his sholder. "Am I dead?" Rolling her eyes she sighed. "Saddly no. I know Seifer wishs so but no. You're here. I'm here. Nanami is here.."
"Who's that?" She said that name, so there for ha must know who that was. Nanami? What the heck? "Squall?" Her voice brought him back. He missed that. "I think I should tell you why I left." Squall nodded and forced himself to sit up on the bed. Smilling softly Quistis rubbed his hand. "Well Remember that mission I went out on befor I left?" Squall nodded again, looking deap into her eyes. He felt like he could get lost and drownd in her eyes. "Well.." A baby's cry in a near by crib stopped her. Standing she walked over to weaping child and took her into her arms. "This is Nanami Rain Leonhart." The scecond she touched the baby girl her cries died. "I tired to tell you but you.. You didn't hear me out. I didn't want my child to grow up in garden because I don't want her in it. I didn't want her to live life like I did. I wanted you to leave with me so we could promise her she'll never be an orphan."
Squall looked at the small child. She was in every way his. Nanami had the same eyes, hands, and legs as Qusitis, but the rest of her looked like Squall. (or would sooner or lader.) "She's so beautiful. How old is she?" Squall's words were like breaths of air. Smiling for the first time in ages Quistis sat next to him, gently hading him Nanami. "She's not quite three months old." Nanami's little hands swung wildly as Squall held her close. "She was born almost two weeks early so she's smaller than most babys her age." Quistis snuggled as close as she could next to him. "When did you know you were...."
"I was on the mission. Remember how I was sick a few days before I left. I was in one of the hotels when I knew something was differnt. I took a day off and went to town to get it checked out. It was one of those walk in clinics. No questions realy asked, just tell us what wrong things. Well when the doc told me I was going to have a child I thought the world had stopped. I wanted to call you, have you come get me, and leave. But I couldn't, you know that all the phones in garden are bugged for reasons unknown. So when I finshed I hurried home to you, but you know how things are when you hurry. It only slowls things down.
After you said you didn't want to leave, I talked to Seifer. They were going to come with me and help anyway they could. I called your father and asked him if he would help us with the orphanage. That's how we ended up with the House of Blue Leaves." Quistis looked down at Nanami and smiled. "She likes you. I think she knows your her daddy." Looking down he saw Nanami asleep in his arms. "I'm not leaving. I'm staying here."
"Like hell you are." Both looked up with shock to see Seifer standing in the door frame. "Quistis should have let me finished you off. You've hurt Quistis and I will not let it happen again." Squall looked back at his child and smirked. He had Quistis here and his new cub, there was no wy he was going to give it all up now. "If I remember you hurt her too. Look I have four days till I have to go back. If I give you guys any problems then I'll leave and never co come back." He had a hard time saying that. The thought of never seeing Quistis again made him sick.
"Fine but it's all up to you Qis." Quistis nodded and turned back to Squall. "Don't think I'm not mad at you. I've wished for so long that you would find me and Nann, but I never thought...." Squall finished her words with his lips. It had been so longe sence he has tasted her he wished he could hold that moment forever, but Nanami had other plans. Quistis pulled away smiling. "I think she may have just .." Squall screwed up his face at the warm wet feeling he had on his arm. "Yeah she did." Quistis took Nanami to the changing table. "Are you still sleepy?" Squall smiled as her watched her. She looked amazing for someone who gave birth. "Yeah you?" After a while Quistis placed Nanami back into her bed and crawled into her's next to Squall. "You don't mind if I sleep a bit today? I was up all night with my kids."
"Kids?" Squall let her wrap herself around him befor asking her. "Yeah. There are other childern here. Squall smilled and placed a small kiss on the top of her head. "As long as I'm with you." Pease took hold of him for the first time in a year. The lion had found his lioness and a cub.
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"You've faild me my knght!" The woman's voice filled the dark room Squall was standing in. Turning round madly he knew where he was. It was the same room where he had killed Quistis soo many times before. "Where's Quistis?! Where's my princess?!" There was nothing but darkness. "Your princess? Hahah! You mean that small larva you call a child?" Squall stood still seeing his daughter and her mother standing in the distance. "You will do my bidding Squall. You will be my knight!"
Squall woke in fright. The sun was setting and the rom grew steddily darker. Quistis was gone, along with Nanami. With all his strangth Squall stood and walked out of the door. A large wooden table sat in the middle of the large room at the end of the hall. Slowly Squall walked down it to see every child and adult sitting there eating. "You're up." Quistis stood and grabbed a chair. "Sit. I'll get you something." Before Squall knew what was going in he was sitting between Nanami and six kids. Happily Quistis pushed a large plate of chicken and rice infront of him. "Eat you! Childern this is Unckey Squall." Every child looked up at him oddly then at Quistis. "He's going to be staying here for a while. So I want everyone to show him your best ok?"
"Yes Quisty." The room sounded like a class she had tought at Balamb. Quistis smiled and sat down, feeding Nanami. "Are you Nana's daddy?" The young girl sitting next to him peared at him with large brown eyes. Squall looked up at Quistis for help but got only a giggling woman insted. "Yes. I'm Nana's daddy." The young boy sitting two girls down frowned. "If you're her daddy then where were you? Don't you love her, or Quisty?" Squall sighed and nodded. "I love them very much." Squall looked down at his food, nolonger wanting to eat. "Ruka" Qusitis looked over at him with a small look of anger. "Sqaull didn't know about Nanami then. I was being a meany and ran away from my home without telling him." Every child oooed in unison and continued to eat.
"I can't taked this." Seifer left the house in anger. "Quis would you. I can't chase him down any more." Quistis smiled and nodded. "I'll be right back" Sweetly she placed a kiss on Squall's cheek. "Watch Nan for me. ok?" Squall nodded and watched her walk out the doors. Again he couldn't help but watch her. Her strangth made her even more beautiful than before.
Seifer's mind raced with anger.Squall was the one not welcomed. He was the one who made her leave. Why the hell did he care all of a suden. Seifer sat under the trees at the hill's edge. Ruffly he pulled a pack of cigarettes out. "Xu asked you to quit." Quistis sat down next to him taking one as well. "Didn't you quit?" Seifer flicked the butt into the watter. "Yeah I did. Seifer please don't be like this. I need you around. Xu needs you." Quistis took a puff before doing the same. "I know. Squall just gets me in the worst ways. That asshole shouldn't be here. He..,...he.. I just want him to leave. What makes him think that you're just going to take him back." Seifer sighed. He loved it here with his new wife Xu. She was his world. "Seifer. I'm going to take Squall back. He ... ifhe still wants to go back to garden then I'll go with him. You guys have more than what you need here. Anthy, Ruka, and Akio will be gone next week so that just leaves Kaoru, Kozue and Shiori. I know you guys can handle them.Please Seifer understand where I'm coming from." Seifer nodded and hugged her. "You know I 've always loved you? I just knew you wouldn't love me like the way I wanted you to." Quistis let a tear fall down her cheek before she broke the hug. "Xu wants to see you. She needs your help. She's about to pop." seifer chuckled as they walked back to the house.
AN: Aahh a sweet ending. how.... ahhhh I think I'm going to be sick. Anyways I'm blaming it on the sad music of Harry Potter. So yeah. Here's the chap! Ummm next omne may take a bit. I have to help my mommy out here. hope you liked it!
Zoe!