If I Never Knew You

Chapter Four ---Different Pieces of the Same Puzzle

Squall awoke with a jump at the sound of Fujin's scream. Tears streamed from her eyes and she shook violently. Squall didn't know what to do. The woman who seemed so strong and so isolated from every emotion except anger was now a shaking mass of tears and fright in his arms.

"Talk to me…" He whispered and Fujin understood. He wanted to help her, but she needed to tell him. She'd never told anyone. A large inhaling of breath was heard and Fujin looked at her pale hands.

"I dreamed of the day my Father died. It started the way it always does, the dream in a dream. I was nine, and my father took me to Garden. I was so happy to get away from Mother and I met you there…and for two days I was free from the beatings and the yelling. And then we went home. I woke up in my dream, because…bad things always happen when I have that dream…Mother came in." A pause. Squall could only imagine how hard it was for her to share this. He hated sharing things too.

"She told me to get out of bed and took me to the bathroom and turned on the shower…Mother told me to get in and to keep my clothes on. The water was so cold. She stood there, glaring at me for ten minutes before she took me outside and told me to stand in the snow, I thought I was going to die…I was hoping … and then Father found me…the arguing started…the screaming and slamming and breaking glasses…and when he told her he was taking me away… she…she…" Fresh sobs escaped against her will and Squall reached out to hold her, marveling at how easily she fit into his arms.

"She killed him Squall! Right in front of me… she said it was my fault and it was…if I wasn't born, Daddy would still be alive…but then she came after me with the knife…I still have the scars." Fujin ran a delicate finger over her left eye and then moved her hand to trace the three-inch scar on her side.

"She always said she would find me…no matter where I went. But she didn't. I ran to the hospital…and then to you and you helped me get here after your parents died…you've always been there for me…" Fujin looked up at him, a soft look in her features.

"We're different parts of the same puzzle, you and I…and we fit together perfectly. Pain and sorrow made us the best of friends, even though our lives were torn apart…but our puzzle hasn't been put together yet." Fujin's voice faded and Squall wondered what she meant. They fit, they belonged together but…but the picture wasn't finished…what more was there to complete?

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Through his viewing scope, Hyne shook his head. So much pain from two young humans. Squall and Fujin couldn't see they needed each other to complete their puzzle. But they would. Soon.

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'Our puzzle hasn't been put together yet?! What am I on?!' Fujin scolded herself. Whatever she was on she was right. The puzzle wasn't finished. But soon it would be. Unfortunately, Hyne had taken and undo interest in the young friends' puzzle and he intended to fix it, whether it needed fixing or not. You see, Hyne is like the goverment. 'If its broken, fix it. If its not, fix it till it is.' And that is never a good motto.

The morning dawned bright and clear. As luck would have, Fujin awoke scowling and in a very, very dark mood. Finally Squall just left. He couldn't take it anymore. Of course the fact that Fujin threw her boot at his head,(only missing because he opened the closet door at the right time) screaming at him to get out.

"Today is never a good day, ya know." Squall looked up from the table he had his head on. No, he didn't know.

"Its August 7,ya know. Gets worse around midnight, ya know? He father died today." 'Idio! You should know that!!!!' He screamed at himself, running towards the training center. He looked around and quickly picked a handful of flowers that smelled and looked good. Bumming a ribbon off Selphie, the little elf with a heart of gold, he knocked on Fujin's door.

"What?!?" She yelled, yanking the door open so hard, Squall thought she might have torn it off its hinges.

"Um...These...These are for you...um...I'm sorry I forgot...uh..." Fujin looked at the flowers curiously, the small grin that crept onto her face unnoticed by Squall. One flower leaned forward and hissed at her attempting to bite her. She laughed.

"Squall..."

"OW! HYNE!!!...Yeah Fuu?" Squall asked, sucking a bleeding finger that the little flower had tried to eat.

"These are snap dragons..." 'I can't even give flowers to my girl...MY girl?! No! Why am I such a mess?' He thought hanging his head.

"I can't believe you remembered they're my favorite." With that Fujin took the flowers, petting one, recieving a contented purr, and went inside closely followed by Squall.

A.n: Wooooooooo and UPDATE!!!!!!!! Yeyea! My computer ate my last attempt at an update but I remembered most of it....so REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!

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