Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8 or any of it's characters…if I did then I would be on a private island sipping an erotic drink with millions of bucks! Tee-Hee: )

Author's Note: There is some blood and violence, so this is the start of why I rated it R. This chapter has very weird speech in it…so if you get confused; it is not my fault…much. Actually, it is really all my fault for I wrote this chapter. But still, it isn't really. My box friend, Richard, told me to write it a certain way or he would be mad at me again and go stay in Bob's practice room in her box and not let her box friend, Fred, in. And then Fred would get mad at Richard and yell at Bob, and then Bob would get mad at him and yell at him…then I would have to comfort Fred even though he hates me and always glares at me and well, having to comfort a fourteen year old murderer is not exactly fun…so this has really strange ways of speaking.

Chapter Eleven

Time seemed to pass slower than it ever had in the young woman's life…her daughter was missing and the police said that all they really could do was wait now that they had sent out the news that Amall was missing. Time never seemed to be on Rinoa's side, but now, it was her worst enemy. It was her suffering and sorrow. It was the hidden face of death. Not many could tell that there was something wrong with her other than worry and panic for her daughter, but inside of the young sorceress her sorcery was growing stronger than normal. She was becoming the sorceress she was destined to be.

True, it was probably just because Amall was missing, but it was still overpowering her, nonetheless. She was to use her magic to find her daughter, and strike down anything or anyone that was forcing her to be away from Amall. There was nothing that could stop her as she suddenly walked out of the police station and onto the road of Timber, all the while whispering Amall's name.

No one seemed to notice that she was walking in almost a deep trance. No one seemed to care that Galan continued to run after her, calling her name. No one even realized that the famous singers were still in their little town. But all of this did not matter to the sorceress, or the man that continued to chase her.

They continued this little chase until Rinoa abruptly stopped in front of a small diner…the same one that she and Amall had been to not just twenty-four hours ago. She hauntingly walked into the diner and walked to a table in the back, hidden by the shadows. Still, no one in this small diner seemed to notice Galan calling after her, walking in a brisk pace.

Rinoa stopped in front an occupied table and stared at the man before her. When Galan finally reached Rinoa she was still staring at the man that had not yet noticed the sorceress standing above him. There was something strange about him…then it dawned on the singer…

XX

Squall sensed that there was someone staring down at him, but he continued to ignore it. He was not in the mood to even look at anyone. There was no point, they all were just blubbering idiots asking him if he knew where something was or how to get to a certain place. It was like that nearly every morning…there was nothing really new about his lifestyle that he now had in Timber. There was nothing for him to really do…there was nothing for him to live for.

The person above him breathed in deeply and started to speak in an enchanting voice. "Where is she?" These words were brought Squall back down to Hell; he knew that it was she. His whole body tensed as he slowly looked up at her face. When he saw her state he nearly gasped. A sorceress once more…

"I don't know what you are talking about," The words were trite-filled and caused him pain when he realized how cruel they sounded. But he pain vanished when he saw the singing bastard behind her, looking confused at Rinoa's transformation. Hatred flared throughout the ex-commander's soul as he looked once more at his lost love.

"I know that it has something to do with you. Where have you taken her, Squall?" His name came off of her lips with complete annoyance and a hint of hatred. Why did she have to look at him like he was a criminal? Why did she have to play mind games with him? Why did she have to shatter his heart into millions of pieces? Why did she love him once before?

"I don't even know who you are talking about, Miss Heartilly," Her name came out of his mouth with all of the hatred he had stored in his heart and soul before he had a chance to think about letting it all out. But she did not even seem dazed by his outburst. She just looked him in the eye, brown battling hazel, hearts battling minds.

"WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?" Rinoa screamed, causing the other diners to look at her for the first time since she had entered. Squall felt a stabbing pain in his heart as she screamed at him about her daughter that he had learned about just the day before. True, he did not care about what happened to the damn girl that Rinoa was talking about, but just the fact that there was someone that Rinoa had preferred more than him to do that.

"I don't give a shit about your life so why would I go out of my way to kidnap your fucking daughter?" Squall yelled quietly to her. She eyed him with her mysterious eyes that now glowed red with her rage. The singer that stood behind her glared at Squall with death lurking in his stunning eyes. Fury ran throughout Squall's body as he realized that there was no way out of this without just admitting defeat and walking out of there.

And that is exactly what he did. Without another word he was walking back to his home where he could through apart everything and just think about how it used to feel when he was at the Garden, begging for another mission to get his mind off of Rinoa shortly after she left.

But when Squall arrived at his home, he saw the mail that was carelessly thrown onto a table from yesterday. He skimmed through it and found a letter from Zell. Something very unusual for him. It was usually Quistis who wrote to him, and he had not gotten anything from her in a few months. Squall violently opened it and read it quickly before he read it one more time.

Squall,

Squall, man, what the hell have you been up to? Well, nuttin' much has been goin' here. No really major missions or anything like that. Us SeeDs have mainly just been walking around the Garden, bored as ever.

Anyway, I just wanted to invite ya to my b-day party. We are gonna have the best time! Now, I know that you haven't been here in a hell of a long time, but there is also an announcement that ya can't miss from Selphie.

Please come man, it would mean so much to all of us here.

See ya,

Zell

What the hell was Zell thinking? Inviting Squall to the Garden when they all knew that he did not even wish to return to that continent? But Squall would return for this event. He would prove to them that he could move on and act like nothing was wrong with him. He would prove it to himself was what he was denying…

AN: Sorry it took so long to update. I have been debating weather to continue this story or just to leave you all hanging with the cliffhanger from the last chapter! Well, I have also just been to damn lazy to pull up this document and just type it.

Also, I am sorry that this chapter is kind of just all over the place, but in the next chapter I will explain why Rinoa is a sorceress again and maybe in two or three chapters you'll know what announcement Selphie has in store for everyone.

Please R+R! That is what makes me update faster!

Until Next Time,

Jo Pina Colada Tookey Shokisa

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