Angel in Disguise
Chapter 4: A Skunk's Tale

Disclaimer: The characters mentioned here came from Squaresoft (now SquareEnix).

Author's Note: 2 more days and it's CHRISTmas!!!! And as a present to all of you, I'm going to update this fic again tomorrow and that's a promise (hopefully my net account will last til tomorrow)

Thank you so much for reviewing my last chapter. I'm really pleased to know that you enjoyed reading it.

And for reviewing my fic, you're going to be in my "good reviewers" list. Here it goes….

To Evan'sRinoa – Even though you're tired to see my pen name to your fic. Don't ya worry…I'm not tired of reviewing it for you and saying my sincerest gratitude for all the nice reviews that you've contributed to this fic.

To ComicalNoll – Hello how are you? How's Erica? And how's your old fics? Guess you cannot place 'em back to the site (frowns then sighs) welp just tell me the ending of the Sixth Sense if you're not going to upload it here.

And to everyone else.....Again Merry CHRISTmas!!!!

Rinoa's Room

She starred at the shining sharp blade in front of her. "This is it…." She closes her eyes and points the blade to her wrist. "I'm going to see you soon…mother. Please wait for me." She said to herself.

Continuation………

But then…. something crawled at her back and accidentally drops the surgical blade "AHHH!", she screamed.

The 'crawling thing pops out of her blouse and …."Ohhhh it's you …skunky! What are you doing here? I missed you so much!….why did you come back here? My father will be furious if he sees you" She said while rubbing the skunk at the back "Eww you're still smelly…"

Last 5 years his father threw the poor animal away (you know why) and now this animal somehow managed to find his way back.

Flash back

"Father no!!!!!!! hu hu hu!!! STOP!!! Please don't do it!" little Rinoa clings to his father's right leg while Fury Caraway grabs the animal by the neck . "..et…me..gho…R..in…I'm goin' ….to…row…is ..ni..mal…" Caraway said while pinching his nose. "What dad? I …..can't understand you?" Rinoa said while sobbing.

"I…gonna t…ow this skunk…don…ull m….eg!" Caraway said furiously.

"tow my skunky's……..Egg?" Rinoa said looking to his father.

"Leg" her father corrected.

"Wahhh don't tow my skunky's leg!!!" Rinoa cried.

Caraway rolled his eyes and said to his daughter, this time without pinching his nose, "Oww…I said I'm gonna throw this skunk! Don't ….." he yelled, but before he could finish his sentence, the stench from the skunk was so overwhelming that he almost faint on the spot.

Still unaffected by her "skunky's aroma' Rinoa continues to pester her dad, "Pu-leaseeee don't throw my skunkyyyyyy!!!!" the girl pleaded still clinging to her father's right leg.

Caraway drags his feet (of course with Rinoa still holding his leg) and makes his way out of the house. At the gate, he tosses the animal to one of his subordinates who disgustedly caged the animal then his disgusted subordinate gave it to the other guard who opened the truck and gave it to the man inside it who is wearing a baseball cap, this man gave the cage at the other guy inside the truck….. in short they took the skunk away ….. (he he)

End of flash back

"I miss you so much skunky! I see you're still wearing that pink ribbon that I gave you" Rinoa said smiling at the animal. But then she remembered…."Uh skunky, I'm so sorry you have to leave this mansion at once, I….I'm planning to ….end everything now. And even you….cannot halt me from doing this" She went into her balcony and gently place the animal at one of its branches. "Good bye my dear friend! Adieu!

Deling's Military Camp

ALPHA'S HQ

"I can't believe this is happening to me!" Seifer said heatedly.

"Don't worry you can beat that Balamber guy ….c'mon you're a level 60 B-A-H-A-M-U-T" Irvine said spelling out the Seifer's codename. "…with that level…you're invincible man! No one can beat you and that's for sure"

"He's right ya know!" Raijin said, butting in to their conversation.

On the other hand, Zell and Nida quietly entered the room.

"Hey what'd ya know…here comes the ever so popular "Mr. Chocobo of the year!!! Bwahahahahhaha!" Seifer said jokingly at Zell. Raijin and Irvine laugh in unison.

"Well what'd ya know….here's the ever so popular "Mr. LOSER!" Nida defended.

"Hey don't tell me you're siding with that chicken-wuss Nida?" Seifer asked.

Zell just ignored them all and went to his bed. "Good night folks" was all he can say to them.

Nida felt sorry for his friend, "Seifer, remember this…..don't put your hopes up …you're going to fall down hard …and that Balamber will teach you that lesson." He said pointing at his face then with that, he went to his own bed.

"Ohhhh I'm so scared!" Seifer said sarcastically at Nida. "I'm not going to be easy on you once I've become the commander! You too remember that NIDA!"

Caraway's Mansion

Caraway's Office

He looked at his clock "1930hrs" he murmured. Then all of a sudden, he heard somebody knocked on his office.

"Yes, come in Xu" he said calmly.

The brunette girl snappily opens the door and salutes at Fury, "Sir, the cadet from Balamb Garden is here" Xu said smiling, it's also obvious that she's blushing.

"Is she blushing?" Caraway said to himself, "Ok…let him in"

"Right away, Mr. Caraway!" She said then she giggled.

"XU?" Caraway said "For goodness sake!" he said slapping his forehead.

A fine looking man in a Balamb's SeeD uniform entered the room and greeted the General in a Balamb way of saluting.

Rinoa's Room

"Now …where is that blade?" She said looking around for it. "Hmm skunky jumped over me here …and…." She traces back what happened and found out that the blade was stuck inside the sink. "Ohhhhh!!! Am I unlucky or what? Dad's probably here by now…hmmp anyway….it is unlikely that he'll check me here. Hmm so no sleeping pills, no surgical blade…" she scans her room for anything that could kill her instantly. "Uhh how 'bout if I hit my self on the head with that lamp shade and …errr" She imagined hitting herself with it, "Brr...never mind" She scans again the room "How about stabbing myself with that fork…errr no…oh…how bout hanging myself! That's it! uhhh by what? Hmmm…" She searched for anything long that she could wrap around her throat. "BINGO!" She said snapping her fingers. "This phone's cord is long and sturdy enough to do the job…now…a place to hang myself…hmm" She wrapped the cord around her pale neck. "There! Now…" she said acting like some kind of a psycho.

Suddenly, someone knocks at her door, a familiar voice startled her.

"Miss Rinoa!"

"Oh no!!! It's Elle! What am I gonna do!" she said under her breath. Alarmed that Ellone, her personal attendant will see the cords around her neck, she hides herself at the balcony.

"Miss Rinoa! Are you awake?" her attendant said while knocking.

"Uh yeah…wh-what's up Elle!" She said nervously, still trying to figure out how to take out the cords around her neck.

"Are you ok Miss Rinoa?" Ellone said worryingly.

"Y-Yeah! N-No p-problem!" She said lying again. "Can I help you Ellone? Sorry I'm at the bathroom…uh "

"Um Oh…it's ok…It's just that your father wants you to dress up and join him and his invited guests for a dinner in about …uh 15 minutes" her attendant said to her.

"Um…Ok I'll be there in 15 minutes!" She said still struggling to take out the cords but to her confusion, it ended up wrapping all around her body. "Aghh! Oh my…" she lost her balance and fell over the balcony. She dangled helplessly upside down at the balcony. "H—help! Any…..o..n…..e" she said, out of breath. "Help? What am I thinking….this is it! This is what I supposed to do anyway…but not like this…it's really embarrassing…me, hanging in my own balcony! My father would surely kill me for this!" She struggled to get loose but her body was tightly wrapped with the phone's cord. "Help….me…anyone!!?" She faintly said, tears starts to flow from her cheeks. Fear begins to devour her whole being. "OH God please….help me! I'm sorry…" she feels numb and cold, her strength draining ….death is coming to her. "I don't wanna die! I'm so sorry I won't do this again!" But no one can hear her and see her from her balcony … no one.(except for the trees, flowers and …..uh a garbage bin underneath her) can save her now from the grim reaper. And no matter how sorry she is…she cannot turn back the hands of time. She closes her eyes and accepts her destiny. "This is all my fault"

Author's Note: Ok that's it for today. I'll be updating again (hopefully) tomorrow. Let's find out tom if Rinoa's going to make it til Christmas. So hang on til then.