Part One: The Angel
A Blade to Kill a Lion
Rinoa sat on the train heading west from Balamb to Timber underground. She looked out the window as they pass through under the ocean. The blue sunlight filled the cabin with warmth as she sat there and thought about what she was doing. She had gotten all the information she had needed from Cid. However, she didn't know if she would be strong enough to defeat the five of them. Her skills were powerful, but was she still strong enough to defeat each of her teachers?
She still remembered their last mission together. Even though Rinoa desperately hated them, she couldn't help but love them at the same time. The memories of them laughing and scheming together, were too much for her to bear.
"Squall? What's wrong?" She wanted to be there for him. She wanted him to open up for her.
"...Our next assignment...is..." His eyes began to water, and Rinoa could only watch as his sorrow overtook him.
Rinoa stood silent, trying to think of something.
"We're to kill the president of Esthar," He began to cry now, "...I just don't think I can kill me father!"
Rinoa took him in her arms. His quivering body in her arms, she just stroked his head, trying to comfort him. He sobbed uncontrollably on her shoulder.
"...Squall...I'll always be there for you. I'll be there no matter what you decide and support you." She tried to calm him. If one thing was sure, she knew that he would never back out of a job. But this was a touchy matter. She wanted to help him so badly.
"Rinoa! What are you doing!?" Squall screamed as his gunblade fell to the ground. He grasped for something around him, but he couldn't. He just watched as Rinoa, was taken by her sorceress powers.
That night, their assassination was successful, but at a price. It cost Rinoa her friends.
She shuddered a little, thinking about all the terrible memories of that night. She didn't understand it. She was a sorceress, but she never used her powers because she only became one for their duties as a SeeD. But that night, she had just went out of control. She wanted to blame herself for what happened to her. She deserved what she got, but deep down, she couldn't accept it. She couldn't accept being treated the way she did because she was different.
The train came to a halt at the Timber station. Rinoa had gone into a daze from reliving her nightmares. She shook herself out of it as she saw other passengers getting off the train. She sighed heavily and lifted her body from the seat. This was the last time she could rest. From then on, she would start her mission to kill all the people who betrayed her that one night. Selphie Timilt, Zell Dincht, Irvine Kenneas, Quistis Trepe, and Squall Leonheart. She would kill each of them, one at a time, so they could feel the pain she went through. She wanted them to feel the betrayal.
Rinoa moved slowly off the cabin train onto the loading dock. The streets of Timber were much busier than when she had last been here. She had read in the paper that Timber had declared their independence during her captivity. After President Deiling was killed, Edea Kramer rose to power. Edea was married to Cid Kramer of Balamb Garden, but they had divorced after the incident with Ultimicia. Edea had assumed her natural position of political power as she was destined to be and became president of Galbadia. However, she saw little need to keep Timber a part of their country and allowed them to be independent. Rinoa was happy, but wished she could've have been there to see it.
"Hey, boss! Come back soon so we can declare Timber independent!" Rinoa's friend and accomplice in the resistance movement of Timber, Watts, waved goodbye to her as she boarded the train with Squall and the others.
"We'll take care of things here! You just be safe!" Her other friend, Zone, had also waved goodbye to them.
Galbadia was really on them after their attempted assassination of the president. She had to escape, and the only people that she could do that with were the SeeD members themselves. Little did she know that she would be sucked into their world. She stuck with them to prove to them she was also strong. But eventually, she became entangled in their missions and couldn't help but thirst for more of the excitement. Later, she had inherited Edea's powers. She became a sorceress. She had an obligation to stick with them. She knew SeeD was an organization that was supposed to be meant for eradicating sorceresses, but they had turned into an assassination team from lack of sorceresses. They ignored Rinoa's powers at first. They thought of her as family and couldn't kill her no matter what. But that night when she went crazy...
Rinoa knocked on the door of a two-story house that was crammed inside an alleyway. She waited a few seconds before she heard rustling inside. The door flung open and an old friend greeted her, "Rinoa? Is that you?"
"Yes, I'm back." Rinoa smiled as tears began to flow.
A middle-aged woman with long brown hair and a bandanna dressed in a yellow dress with an apron hugged the poor girl, "I didn't think you survived!"
"I did." Rinoa was so happy to be with this woman. She was the leader of another resistance movement a while back when Rinoa was. They were close, she was like a mother figure to Rinoa after hers had died.
"Come in!" She motioned Rinoa in, and they both sat down at the kitchen table.
"So what happened!?" The woman asked her, holding both of Rinoa's hands in hers gently from across the table.
"They never killed me. I escaped and now I'm back." Rinoa smiled a little.
"I can't believe they did that to you, after all you had been through. No one really knew what happened, but I have my sources. I found out that your team had betrayed you. You know I'm not big on the assassination stuff. I always say you can solve a problem with words and not killing. But the fact that they were your best friends and they tried to kill you!"
"It's okay, I know what happened." Rinoa took a deep breath and looked down.
"Is there something else?" The woman peered at her.
"Yes...I'm going to kill them." Rinoa looked her in the eyes.
"Rinoa...you can't be serious. You wouldn't be able to kill them all. They're all pretty powerful and even have a lot of people working under them. You alone can't kill all of them."
"Not just me...I need something else." Rinoa leaned over the table.
"What?" The woman looked at her sternly.
"I need a gunblade. A good one. One that will be commanded by a woman and not a man." Rinoa showed no signs of friendship or love in this request. She needed this gunblade in order to do this.
"A gunblade...for a woman? I've never heard of a gunblade master that was a woman. There are very few, and only men are trained in the art of gunblades. Even if I had one made for you, could you use it?"
"Yes...he trained me." Rinoa stood up and looked out the window in the kitchen.
"So you want a blade to defeat the Lionheart? That's quite a lot to ask for. His gunblade is the strongest ever created by man. I can't make one out of thin air." The woman sighed and stood up to attend to a pot on the stove.
Rinoa turned around, "This one won't be created by man. It'll be created by woman."
Months went by. Rinoa had worked hard with her friend to create a gunblade that would be sufficient against all others. It took many tries, but they had finally created one in which would be strong enough to fight the Lionheart that Squall possessed. The miraculous blade was made of gold, for sturdiness, while the actual part of the blade to cut with was made of pure energy crystals that Rinoa had collected. That was the longest process in which to infuse these onto the blade in the fashion that they did. But this allowed her to cut almost anything and deliver a much more powerful explosion than any other. The revolver was made of quicksilver, a deadly substance with pulse ammo for bullets. Rinoa hoped that this would be sufficient. But she planned on only using this when she had to. She wanted to defeat each of her past SeeD members using their own tactics against them. She wanted to reserve this gunblade for Squall. She called it Angel.
A Blade to Kill a Lion
Rinoa sat on the train heading west from Balamb to Timber underground. She looked out the window as they pass through under the ocean. The blue sunlight filled the cabin with warmth as she sat there and thought about what she was doing. She had gotten all the information she had needed from Cid. However, she didn't know if she would be strong enough to defeat the five of them. Her skills were powerful, but was she still strong enough to defeat each of her teachers?
She still remembered their last mission together. Even though Rinoa desperately hated them, she couldn't help but love them at the same time. The memories of them laughing and scheming together, were too much for her to bear.
"Squall? What's wrong?" She wanted to be there for him. She wanted him to open up for her.
"...Our next assignment...is..." His eyes began to water, and Rinoa could only watch as his sorrow overtook him.
Rinoa stood silent, trying to think of something.
"We're to kill the president of Esthar," He began to cry now, "...I just don't think I can kill me father!"
Rinoa took him in her arms. His quivering body in her arms, she just stroked his head, trying to comfort him. He sobbed uncontrollably on her shoulder.
"...Squall...I'll always be there for you. I'll be there no matter what you decide and support you." She tried to calm him. If one thing was sure, she knew that he would never back out of a job. But this was a touchy matter. She wanted to help him so badly.
"Rinoa! What are you doing!?" Squall screamed as his gunblade fell to the ground. He grasped for something around him, but he couldn't. He just watched as Rinoa, was taken by her sorceress powers.
That night, their assassination was successful, but at a price. It cost Rinoa her friends.
She shuddered a little, thinking about all the terrible memories of that night. She didn't understand it. She was a sorceress, but she never used her powers because she only became one for their duties as a SeeD. But that night, she had just went out of control. She wanted to blame herself for what happened to her. She deserved what she got, but deep down, she couldn't accept it. She couldn't accept being treated the way she did because she was different.
The train came to a halt at the Timber station. Rinoa had gone into a daze from reliving her nightmares. She shook herself out of it as she saw other passengers getting off the train. She sighed heavily and lifted her body from the seat. This was the last time she could rest. From then on, she would start her mission to kill all the people who betrayed her that one night. Selphie Timilt, Zell Dincht, Irvine Kenneas, Quistis Trepe, and Squall Leonheart. She would kill each of them, one at a time, so they could feel the pain she went through. She wanted them to feel the betrayal.
Rinoa moved slowly off the cabin train onto the loading dock. The streets of Timber were much busier than when she had last been here. She had read in the paper that Timber had declared their independence during her captivity. After President Deiling was killed, Edea Kramer rose to power. Edea was married to Cid Kramer of Balamb Garden, but they had divorced after the incident with Ultimicia. Edea had assumed her natural position of political power as she was destined to be and became president of Galbadia. However, she saw little need to keep Timber a part of their country and allowed them to be independent. Rinoa was happy, but wished she could've have been there to see it.
"Hey, boss! Come back soon so we can declare Timber independent!" Rinoa's friend and accomplice in the resistance movement of Timber, Watts, waved goodbye to her as she boarded the train with Squall and the others.
"We'll take care of things here! You just be safe!" Her other friend, Zone, had also waved goodbye to them.
Galbadia was really on them after their attempted assassination of the president. She had to escape, and the only people that she could do that with were the SeeD members themselves. Little did she know that she would be sucked into their world. She stuck with them to prove to them she was also strong. But eventually, she became entangled in their missions and couldn't help but thirst for more of the excitement. Later, she had inherited Edea's powers. She became a sorceress. She had an obligation to stick with them. She knew SeeD was an organization that was supposed to be meant for eradicating sorceresses, but they had turned into an assassination team from lack of sorceresses. They ignored Rinoa's powers at first. They thought of her as family and couldn't kill her no matter what. But that night when she went crazy...
Rinoa knocked on the door of a two-story house that was crammed inside an alleyway. She waited a few seconds before she heard rustling inside. The door flung open and an old friend greeted her, "Rinoa? Is that you?"
"Yes, I'm back." Rinoa smiled as tears began to flow.
A middle-aged woman with long brown hair and a bandanna dressed in a yellow dress with an apron hugged the poor girl, "I didn't think you survived!"
"I did." Rinoa was so happy to be with this woman. She was the leader of another resistance movement a while back when Rinoa was. They were close, she was like a mother figure to Rinoa after hers had died.
"Come in!" She motioned Rinoa in, and they both sat down at the kitchen table.
"So what happened!?" The woman asked her, holding both of Rinoa's hands in hers gently from across the table.
"They never killed me. I escaped and now I'm back." Rinoa smiled a little.
"I can't believe they did that to you, after all you had been through. No one really knew what happened, but I have my sources. I found out that your team had betrayed you. You know I'm not big on the assassination stuff. I always say you can solve a problem with words and not killing. But the fact that they were your best friends and they tried to kill you!"
"It's okay, I know what happened." Rinoa took a deep breath and looked down.
"Is there something else?" The woman peered at her.
"Yes...I'm going to kill them." Rinoa looked her in the eyes.
"Rinoa...you can't be serious. You wouldn't be able to kill them all. They're all pretty powerful and even have a lot of people working under them. You alone can't kill all of them."
"Not just me...I need something else." Rinoa leaned over the table.
"What?" The woman looked at her sternly.
"I need a gunblade. A good one. One that will be commanded by a woman and not a man." Rinoa showed no signs of friendship or love in this request. She needed this gunblade in order to do this.
"A gunblade...for a woman? I've never heard of a gunblade master that was a woman. There are very few, and only men are trained in the art of gunblades. Even if I had one made for you, could you use it?"
"Yes...he trained me." Rinoa stood up and looked out the window in the kitchen.
"So you want a blade to defeat the Lionheart? That's quite a lot to ask for. His gunblade is the strongest ever created by man. I can't make one out of thin air." The woman sighed and stood up to attend to a pot on the stove.
Rinoa turned around, "This one won't be created by man. It'll be created by woman."
Months went by. Rinoa had worked hard with her friend to create a gunblade that would be sufficient against all others. It took many tries, but they had finally created one in which would be strong enough to fight the Lionheart that Squall possessed. The miraculous blade was made of gold, for sturdiness, while the actual part of the blade to cut with was made of pure energy crystals that Rinoa had collected. That was the longest process in which to infuse these onto the blade in the fashion that they did. But this allowed her to cut almost anything and deliver a much more powerful explosion than any other. The revolver was made of quicksilver, a deadly substance with pulse ammo for bullets. Rinoa hoped that this would be sufficient. But she planned on only using this when she had to. She wanted to defeat each of her past SeeD members using their own tactics against them. She wanted to reserve this gunblade for Squall. She called it Angel.