"Irvine!" the headmaster said. "What are you doing here?"
"I met some SEEDs from Balamb Garden and I was told that I weren't needed anymore. There are already enough Galbadians."
"I suppose that you've got some kind of letter from their leader?"
"Sure," Irvine said and handed over a paper which Squall had written. The headmaster examined it for a moment and said:
"Fine. Your mission is complete, then. You can start packing your things."
"What?"
"Your request to be transferred to Balamb Garden was approved. From now on, you are working for them."
Irvine was wordless for a second, but then he yelled:
"YESHHHHHHHH!"
While Irvine was happier than ever, Squall was frustrated. He had interrogated the passengers of the robbed train and talked with everybody he knew in Timber. There had been no success, but Squall didn't want to give up.
"We'll set a trap for them," he said.
"What kind of trap?" Zell asked.
"Well, first we'll need a train. Shouldn't be too hard to get one, we're SEEDs after all. Then we 'leak out' information that we're transporting something very expensive in that train and that it'll make a stop here in Timber. They will try to rob us but we capture them."
"Just the three of us?"
"No. We will tell Quistis and the others to come down here. Seven of us should be more than enough."
"Rinoa's coming, too?" Raijin asked.
"Why not? She's a skilled fighter. Besides, I think she would be angry if we didn't let her come."
The next day, Irvine arrived to Balamb with a ship. He looked down to the harbor from the deck and realized that he had forgotten what a beautiful city it was. Men were fishing and the place was swarming with people. He noticed a girl in a yellow dress waving at him.
"Selphie!" he shouted and rushed down. Then he hugged her. And kissed her. They had really missed each others, because they had had only a short time to be together. They had fallen in love after Ultimecia was defeated.
"How did you know to come here?" he asked.
"Tee-hee. Headmaster Cid told me."
"Hey, let's go to the Garden. I don't know the place too well..."
"Then I'll be your guide!"
Irvine hoped that he wouldn't have to participate in a new mission for a while. Everything was now just as he wished.
