Angel in Disguise
Chapter 6: Cookies n' Cream

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

Author's Note: Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've updated this fic (Sorry folks for keeping ya all waiting for 2 months for this one) Welp here's the next chapter.

Scene from the last chapter…

"Then please may I know who's this…. brave soul to whom I owe my life for eternity? Kiros said still bowing.

"M-My…. name?" she said nervously "A name? uh yeah I've got to have a name"

Continuation….

Military Camp

Alpha Team's Quarters

Everyone's happy and contented with their current 'codenames' …welp almost everyone…

"Dang!" Zell exclaimed as he throws himself at his bed, both hands holding his forehead. "I've never been humiliated like this in my entire life! DANG!"

"Keep your cool man..." Nida said calmly at Zell. He sat at his own bed next to Zell's. "Seifer and his side kicks will be here shortly…you don't want to be seen like that when they're around or else they will ridicule you again." he then opened a pack of cookies and offered some at Zell. "Your title isn't that bad…you know" he said while munching some cookies.

"A chocobo badge? Geez man…anyone with this badge …" before Zell could complain more about his badge, the 'dynamic trio' led by Seifer entered the room.

"…..will be humiliated for eternity! " Seifer said mockingly at the poor fellow. As usual, his two 'side-kicks' do the same, laughing as hard as they can.

"STOP IT SEIFER!" Nida said defending his comrade. "You heard Xu, chocobos are great fighters like that of a momba or a moogle, and they're also known to be loyal companions and would really be helpful to others…..plus they're humble unlike those high-ranking but good for nothing son of the………."

Seifer's ears make a DING sound when he heard these words from Nida, "WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU…." Seifer was about to give Nida his deadly blow when Zell interfered and blocked his raging fist.

"What the….?" Seifer was shocked to see Zell blocking his lethal blow. "This can't be happening!"

"TAKE THIS YOU …FOUL-MOUTHED……" Zell exclaimed as he punched Seifer's face.

Meanwhile….

"I can't believe that Mr. Kiros didn't recognize me at all!" Rinoa was really glad that everything's going her way now. "Here I am, walking to a new path. No one's going to tell me what to do or not to do, no one's going to scold me ….ahhh! At last I'm free!" she said to herself giggling.

"…Is everything ok…young… lad?" Kiros said to her. "Uh as I was just saying…" he said ignoring her 'strange' acts. "…Headmaster Cid gave me a 'GO signal' for you to join this elite group"

"Um..ah…you mean, Mister…er I mean Headmaster Cid actually allowed me to join his troop?" Rinoa said to the crippled man, still struggling to sound like a man.

"Why…of course! I told Cid everything about your heroic act a-and he's really impressed with it" he said tapping Rinoa's shoulders. "He immediately asked me to include you to the Alpha team!"

"…A…Al..Alpha team?" Rinoa asked innocently.

"Yes, the Alpha Team. You're really lucky to be a part of this elite group, you know only skilled lads could enter this….."

"Huh? I'll…I'll be surrounded with guys my whole life? Ohhh…I don't know if I can survive that! What if they found out that I'm….." Rinoa shivered at the possibility. She was deep with this thought when Kiros waved his hand at her face.

"Hello? Day dreaming again? Oh that's a habit you must get rid once you've step your foot here." Kiros said smiling at her. "Ahh come on, I'll introduce you to your mates"

"Huh? Uh …now?" Rinoa said shaking.

"Yes now! Come on…don't fret, they're all well-mannered, friendly and …" He said while dragging Rinoa at the Alpha's Quarters.

Kiros opened the door and …..

They both gasped at the scene in front of them. Tables and chairs were all broken, pieces of paper and other things were all scattered …the room was a total mess as if it was struck by a tsunami. But what really shocked them was the brawl between these 'well-mannered and friendly' SeeDs, Kiros was talking about a while ago.

"What in the world are you all doing!" Kiros exclaimed at the SeeDs.

All were as quiet as a mouse. No one dared to look at the officer in front of them.

"Could someone please explain what's this mess is all about? Kiros said, scolding them like they were kids. "I'm really disappointed with all of you Alphas, I was just telling this lad here how fine and professional you all are and …ahhh you really embarrassed me in front of your new mate" he said pointing at Rinoa.

"What? You mean this …'skinny guy' will be part of 'my' team?" Seifer protested, giving her a 'he-doesn't-deserve-to-be-here' look.

Annoyed by this, Rinoa raises her right eyebrow and with a fake smile said, "At least, this 'skinny guy' can control himself and will not run amok like some 'other guys' out there"

"Yeah his right!" Nida and Zell said in unison, backing her up.

"ENOUGH OF THIS SEEDS! Your manners we're intolerable!" Kiros exclaimed at the lads. "And Seifer, you're the highest ranking SeeD here; you should be the one disciplining this team!

Seifer looked at his comrades, asking them to somehow defend him but they just turn their heads away. "What the heck? Fine!" Seifer stood there for the moment, looking for words to defend his ego. Defeated, he just exclaimed "This is great! Just GREAT! First, a chicken-wuss now…another lame looking creature! I'm outta here!" he exclaimed, banging the door behind him.

"SEIFER!" Kiros called out loud to stop him. "Oh..that stubborn kid! . He now turned to Rinoa, "I would like to apologize …"

"Oh no sir, it's ok." She said smiling at him. "You know ... we …um guys like playing 'macho' ...ha ha"

"Thank you" Kiros replied. "In the meantime you kids just fix this mess, I'll go and reprimand that stubborn SeeD" with that, he left the kids.

"Ugh that guy really pisses me off!" Zell exclaimed, hitting his left hand with his right fist. He turned to Rinoa and said, "HEY that was awesome man!"

"Yeah that was cool!" Nida said smiling at Rinoa.

"Oh really?" she replied smiling at them.

"I'm telling you three, Seifer got a really bad temper. Once he becomes our leader, you three are dead meat" Irvine warned the three and slam the door behind him.

"Yeah his right ya know" Raijin added and followed Irvine, he also slammed the door but his left foot got caught by the huge metal door.

The three just shook their heads at Raijin's stupidity.

Caraway's Mansion

"So are you ready for tomorrow's duel?" Caraway asked the young lad.

"I am" he simply replied.

"And I have a 'bonus' gift to the winner of tomorrow's duel. Since you're here, you're the first person to know" Cid said.

"Bonus Gift?" He innocently asked.

"Yeah, aside of course for being the leader of the Alpha Team and the commander of the whole troop, he will also………………….."

Alpha's Quarters

"Hey, this is unfair!" Zell protested

"Don't worry, I'll help you two fix the room" Rinoa said smiling at both men.

"Whoa really?" Nida said

"Anyways, I'm part of this team, am I right?" Rinoa replied.

"Ohh by the way, I'm Zell, Zell Dincht!" Zell said offering his hand.

"I'm Nida, Nida…you don't wanna know my surname hehehe" Nida said jokingly.

"Pleased to meet you two!" She replied.

"How bout you man?" Zell asked smiling from ear to ear.

"Uh my name? Uh… Geez oh my! What will I do…Uhh name …uh a guy's name umm how bout …uhhhh" she scanned the room to look for something or anything that will give her an idea of what's going to be her name. " Well uh.." she said and saw the detergent. "Mr. Cleaner? Geez what an ugly name uhh… how bout that soda? Uhhh Coke? Cokey? Corky? Uhh sounds like a dog.." then she saw the bag of cookies on top of Nida's study table.

"Oreo?" Rinoa murmured.

"HUH? Ore-what?" Both of them said in unison.

"Hmm Oreo…not bad" Rinoa smiled and them and said "Yep that's me, Oreo hehe"

"Wow what a nice name pal!" Zell said tapping her right shoulder. Rinoa almost lose her balance with this. "Like Nida's favourite snack!"

"..and your surname Mr. Oreo?" Nida said. "I bet it's better than mine!"

"Uhh…surname? Um…err…. Leonhart?" She said, remembering the CV that she saw at her mansion's hallway.

"WOW Cool name man! Welcome to the Alpha Team Oreo Leonhart!" Both men said in unison

Meanwhile…..

"Head master Cid, do I have to get that last 'gift' General Caraway was talking about?" the lad asked a bit annoyed. "I think that's not necessary and quite extraneous"

"Squall, think of it as a blessing" Cid simply replied.

"Blessing?" the sapphire-eyed lad protested. "To be forced to do something that I don't like…that's rather unjust on my part….uh maybe hers too" he added "that's a burden not a blessing"

"C'mon Squall, I know you're going to like Ri…..." His dialogue was cut off when the chauffeur arrived. "Let's continue this talk some other time, ok? By the way, Kiros will be waiting for you at the Camp's gate. I'll see you tomorrow my son. GOOD LUCK!" Cid said, saluting at him.

He nodded and saluted back at him then he went inside the limo. "Geez, what in the world is he thinking when he added that stupid scheme to this duel. Just when I thought I can now fulfill my dream ….. Hmm what if…what if I let this …Seifer win the match?"

Author's Note: YEP it's time to cut the story and make you all wonder again what's going to happen next.

By the way, I'm not that cruel (welp maybe a bit). To prove that, I would like to thank the following authors/reviewers

PasifiKStaR (Arigato for reading and reviewing my last fic A Knight's Promise sorry for not updating that one for 2 months…It think), Rinoa Leonhartilly (How are you? thank you for reading and reviewing my fics), Squall-l-l (Yep I admit I'm being cruel to you folks sorry man, that's just me…I guess) I have-a boring life (It's nice to hear that your Writer's block was cleared. Who in the world could've done such barbaric thing? Sorry for not updating my fics for such a long time…been busy with a lot of things. Sorry again for not visiting and reviewing your fics…I'll make it up to you soon) and of course to the lovely Evan'sRinoa (Hello my angel! Thanks for reviewing my fics. How are you anyway? Hope you're ok. It's been a while since we've chatted here. Sorry for not reviewing your fics…I'll make it up to you too as soon as I can. I would like to apologize too for always leaving you with 'cliff hanger' chapters thus making you hate me…sorry again. And yeah also sorry for not updating my other fic, I've been busy with a lot of things, (my PS2 started to hate me and will not play my PS2 games….just when I bought Metal Gear Solid 3 uhhh I tried to fix it myself but still …. And of course with my job)

I'll be updating that fic and my other fics perhaps next month that I can assure you all.

GOD bless