Eclipse: Alright, i've concluded that this is all complete crap. Haha, but I intend to finish it. One day it will be redone and the writing will be much more pretty. Until that day comes however, here is the next chapter for your enjoyment.
Squall squirmed through the crowded Balamb streets, trying to catch up with Rinoa. She was way ahead of him, walking through all the inhabitants. Balamb was normally never this full but today was an exception. Many alien onlookers stopped to see what the buzz was in this small, usually quiet place. Today held the day when citizens from each town and country came to play cards in the newly founded 'Triple Triad Challenge'. Squall wanted to use his gunblade to get through but Rinoa had objected. They were finally nearing the entrance, when a little girl ran past him. His feet didn't agree with the rest of his body and he nearly took a fall on the hard rock.
They both sighed in relief after escaping outside. Rinoa squinted ahead and could soon make out Balamb Garden. Squall cursed and just followed behind her, silently.
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Zell, Rhiannon, Irvine, and Selphie sat around in a heap where paint hadn't found place. Zell and Selphie boredly threw a piece of plastic to one another, while Irvine was about to fall asleep.
"So how do you think good 'ol Seifer will react when he see's his bedroom?" Irvine chuckled at the possible outcomes.
"Maybe he'll like it," Zell commented.
"Zell, he's not gonna like it. He's not like you," Selphie's voice had seemed to lost it's usual glow over an hour ago.
"Whatever," he yawned, scraping some paint from the floor.
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A horrid sound ripped through Seifer's closest, one of the most tortured wails ever invented. Yodeling. Ashley held a small tape recorder in her hand, the sound of a man's yodel pierced the room. Quistis's laughter could almost drown out any other sound. She was on the floor, her hands covering her face, and tears of amusement on her cheeks. Ashley just pulled out piece after piece of the box contents.
Scattered around them were many tapes all labled something to the extent of 'yodel' and several male competition yodeling trophies. But what did them in the most was the russian-inspired-mountain-coughdrops-outfit they had also found. Ashley held it up, and threw it to the ground. Quistis calmed herself slightly and pulled out yodel mugs, posters, and any other merchandise you could imagine.
"Oh dear hyne...I hardly know Seifer, but don't get me wrong, this stuff is wicked,"
"I can't believe this!!!" Quistis quickly filed everything back into the box, like someone was coming to scold them.
Ashley didn't bother helping but laughed more and tried to tape the box shut with the already used tape. Quistis scrambled around trying to put it back where it was. She had in her hands, a picture of Seifer wearing the outfit and most likely 'singing' from the look on his face. As much as they wanted to tell the world, or at least Ashley, they weren't that mean. Quistis started thinking evil plans of blackmail that may come in handy in the future.
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Zell got up to investigate once he heard the noise in the closet but a knock on the door made him stop. All the other three sat up, interested that something was happening.
Zell opened the door to find Rajin and Fujin. "Not good," he heard Selphie mutter behind him.
Rajin looked surprised and walked in, "What are you all doing in Seifer's room? We just came by to see Seifer, ya know. But why does his room look like this?"
Fujin came behind, her eye held confusion. "EXPLAIN!"
"Explain, right right...well you see, since we like Seifer so much, we thought we would...we...," Selphie smiled and cut in, "We thought we would make his room what he had always dreamed. A version of his long lost childhood. We did grow up with Seify!"
Rajin bought it and smiled weirdly, "Man, Seifer's gonna be so happy, ya know!"
"LIES, RAGE!" Fujin looked ready to fight them all. "What Fuj? They lying? Well then, guess we're gonna have to fight, ya know,"
Irvine and Rhiannon came over and they all stared at one another.
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The furry purple couch was placed in front of the bathroom door, Rajin and Fujin's voices filling the empty room.
"Yo, let us out, ya know! Let us go! Fuj's getting mad, so am I, ya!" Rajin pounded on the door of the bathroom and Fujin kicked him hard.
"YOUR FAULT!" She hit him again and picked up a door weight.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, they tricked us, ya know! Said Seifer was in here...,"
"IDIOT!"
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The four friends walked down to the cafeteria, avoiding all the students that just so happened to 'wander by' the room.
"Should we have just left Quisty and Ashley there?" Selphie felt bad.
"Oh, they're fine...they have half the disciplinary committee to keep them company," Irvine said, checking out some of the Balamb hotties.
"How can they be half when there's only 3 members?" Zell argued, which started a bigger arguement that might have never ended until they reached the cafeteria.
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Squall and Rinoa had almost reached the Garden. Almost was the key word. As they walked along the path, a small structure came into view.
"Oh, what's that over there?" She pointed.
"I don't know! Can we just get back?" Squall begged, brushing his hair from his eyes.
"No, i'm going to check it out," Rinoa marched away and Squall soon followed.
"Geez...,"
As they got closer, Rinoa could see it was a little lemonade and cookie stand right in the middle of the field. Behind it, two odd looking kids stood and smiled.
"Hey, those kids shouldn't be out here, there are monsters," she walked up the the small stand made of boxes.
"Who cares? If they wanna get eaten, we should let them,"
The two kids weren't at all kids. The little girl had light blue skin, and blonde hair in dreadlocks hanging down from her. She wore a blue bathing suit almost and looked to be made of ice. The other little boy was definetly not human, he was all red and hairy...two horns on his head and a ram like nose.
Rinoa came closer but stopped, staring at them. Squall made his best pity look.
"Damn, those kids are ugly,"
Rinoa smacked him and whispered, "Those aren't kids, those are 'young' guardian forces',"
Squall smirked, "Oh yeah, I suppose that's Shiva and Ifrit's kids,"
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Ashley and Quistis finally emerged from the closest. They had taken best care to put everything back the exact way it was.
"Where is everybody?" Quistis sat on the couch.
"Hey, why is this couch in front of the bathroom?"
"OUT!"
"Yeah, let us out, ya know,"
Ashley, startled, went to move it.
"Leave it," Quistis laughed and they went to get something to eat as well.
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After a well deserved break, Selphie, Irvine, Rhiannon, Ashley, Zell, and Quistis came back to Seifer's dorm. They all headed in and Ashley got up.
"Oh crap, we have to do another question/answer thing. Hm, maybe i'm not cut out for this job,"
"Well anyway, everyone sit so we can find the...erm...lovely prize," Ashley looked around, mentally slapping herself for 'blowing up the prize'.
"Well, I guess there isn't a prize,"
"Hey, did you take that barbie dream house back yet?" Zell asked eagerly.
"No, why?"
"Oh, we all know Zell is in love with it...," Selphie giggled.
"Am not! I just want...Seifer to really hate his room," He said trying to sound convincing.
"Well, since you want it so badly I guess we can use it as the prize again,"
Quistis watched Zell's expression and smiled, "Well, we're supposed to have two prizes right? One for if we get it right and one for if we get it wrong,"
"Oh yeah...forgot," Ashley said distracted by a car out the window.
"Earth to Ashley," Rhiannon waved her hand in front of her face and looked out too.
"That purple limo has been past thegarden almost five times now, seems kinda weird seeing how there's no road,"
"Ah, that's not too weird," said Selphie...the rest agreed.
"Okay...anyways, if you get it right..you get," she looked around quickly and picked up staff that was on the ground. "This one of a kind staff,"
"No not my staff, ya know!" Rajin yelled from inside the bathroom.
"But if you get it wrong, you win the barbie house," Ashley opened the dorm door and picked up the box and came back in, setting it on the floor,"
The sunlight was quickly fading in through the window and neither of them realized how little time they had left.
"And the question is...," Ashley walked over to one of the camera guys and got an envelope.
"It says, 'Seifer has escaped from Winhil and is on his way home to Garden now. He will be back much earlier and isn't happy. How did he escape..., was it A) he burnt the room down and stole a car B) he jumped out of a window and rode a chocobo or C) killed the old woman,"
Zell thought carefully. "Well remember last time, we answered the worst answer and it was right? Well now I won't be fooled again, the answer is clearly A!"
The cameras went to Seifer and showed him casting fire on the old house. The old lady still sat in her chair, complaining the heat was up too high and Seifer left the house. He then ran over to an old man and stole his car, taking off and almost killing a chocobo.
"Correct!" Ashley said laughing.
"No, please don't take it! NOOOO," Zell watched as she again put the barbie house in the hall and shut the door. She then handed them the staff.
"Here ya go!"
"You guys are gonna pay, ya know!" Rajin said and screamed like a girl as Fujin kicked him again.
"HELLO! WEREN'T ANY OF YOU PAYING ATTENTION?" Quistis rushed around, trying but failing to clean up.
"What?" Irvine asked.
"Seifer is coming home really soon! He's already escaped, he could be back any minute! Look at this place!!!"
"Time to face reality, Seifer is gonna kill us all,"
"Uh huh," Zell agreed. The guys then got into a discussion of how they wished to be buried.
"Where in the world is Rinoa and Squall? And Pheobe and Flassrondo guy???"
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"DAMNIT ALL! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?" Seifer screamed as he attempted to drive through Balamb, the streets were crowded and he was about to drive through the whole mess of people.
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Rinoa smiled awkwardly at the two mini gfs.
"Won't you buy some food to help us buy our bike we've been saving for?" the little Ifrit squeaked.
"No Rinoa, don't even think about it...we are leaving right now!" Squall whispered.
"Aw, but they're so cute...we can't Squall! Just one cookie?" Rinoa took out some gil and Squall looked evilly at the little girl who was about to take it.
"It's really good food," She said.
"Yeah and my daddy helped me make it," the boy replied.
Rinoa handed over a wad full of gil and the two kids handed her a cookie and some lemonade.
"Here Squall," she tried to give him a cookie but he looked about to strangle her.
"Get that damn food away from me!"
She glared at him and he stood impatiently.
She sipped some lemonade and looked uncomfortably at the two grinning faces before her, as they watched her gulp it down.
"Really good," she said convincingly.
The little shiva looked at the ifrit and they kicked something under the counter, trying to hide it.
"Don't eat that," Squall told her but it was too late, Rinoa had already taken a bite of the cookie and was chewing it. Her body fell limp but Squall caught her in time and she was completely knocked out.
"What the hell was in that? WHAT DID YOU DO?" The little guardian forces just shrugged.
"That was the 34th customer this week!" whispered the shiva as the ifrit peeked down at the bodies below the stand.