Chp 1 Tournament of the Blades
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Dragon Fly 2: The sentences were like that for a reason. I was trying for a kind of dreamlike thing. Like, BOOM………BOOM……..BOOM. Whatever.
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Well, I'm listening to some music full blast, so I'm trying to type in time with the music. It's fun.
On with the Chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(It takes off where the other ends).
Squall's mind was racing. Did this have to do with my dreams? How? Who died?
He read down the page.
…….General Ward Zabac of the Estarian military was killed while defending Junction Machine: Ellone. While the reason why either of the two were doing with the machine is unknown.
Doctor Gregory Odine had recently made improvements to the machine. Now, the user could go back in time to any date, into any person, and go through the events with that person, while having the 'vessel' person be aware of them fully (the events, not the other person). Also, you could control multiple targets, up to 7. And lastly, you could change history! When asked why the changes had been mad, all the doctor only said he would destroy the machine its blueprints.
Also…
Squall stopped reading, and began to get dressed, panic almost controlling him. Was it some twisted dream, or something more? He put on his jacket, and ran to his office.
He brushed by two students on the way there, snapping at them both. The two walked off , sharing a look. When the Commander was angry, there would be hell to pay.
Suddenly, the intercom rang on.
"Will Rinoa Heartily and SeeD's Kinneas, Dincht, Trepe, and Tilmitt please report to the Commander' s office immediately!!!!
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Ten minutes later, the six of them were in Squall's office, seated at a conference table. Squall began, after the complaining of a early meeting died down.
"First off, has anyone seen today's paper? Quistis?"
She nodded.
"Good, than you can fill everyone else in."
Squall watched as Quistis filled them in. Selphie started to cry when she heard of Ward's death. Laguna and his friends were like heroes to her.
Quistis finished, and Squall started up again.
"Now, I had a disturbing dream last night about- "
"The Ultimecia Battle." Zell finished for him. "I think we all did."
Squall looked at his friends, his girlfriend. "Is this true?"
They nodded solemnly.
"Then we all saw that little boy who-"
This time, Rinoa interrupted. "Um, excuse me Squallie," Squall winced. "but it was a little girl."
He looked at her oddly. "Noooo, it was a boy."
Irvine spoke up. "Dude, it was a girl."
Squall was looking angry. "Noooo-"
Selphie finally had stopped crying. "Squall, it was soooo a girl."
"Yeah, a total girl."
"How could you get it wrong?"
"It's really not that hard to tell."
Squall looked ready to explode, "FINE!!!!! In any event, she inherited Ultimecia's power. And he didn't look like a nice person. We need to track her down and destroy her immediately. Only problem is, we were the only kids at the orphanage."
Irvine stood up and started pacing. "Wrong again, Squall. There were others.
Quistis looked at him. "Oh, like who."
Irvine smiled. "Well, first there was Tony. You know, the really tall bully, he was like thirteen. Not very bright. At all. Then, there was his girlfriend, Haley. Hot, kind, smiled a lot…. A total flirt. Which leads us to James. Didn't talk a lot, really smart though. Liked to make people laugh when he did talk. Had the hugest crush on Haley. Nice, once you got to know him, but could be a bit of a NERD! There was Nick, James' friend. Real kind, funny, smart. I remember one time, he made up this song about Quisty. It was a rip off of God Bless Galbadia. It went, God Bless, Quistis!
Curves that I Love! Ride atop- OW!!!"
At that Quistis had walked over to him, and slapped him upside the head. Hard. Irvine eyed her angrily.
"God Quisty, that hurt! Anyway, ten there was Nikki, Beth, Luke, Anna. Heh, I remember one time, Tony was picking on you and Zell, Squall. James walked up to him, an angry look on his face. He said, 'Leave them alone, now.' Tony just started making fun of James. So James just pulled back, smashed Tony in the stomach, and then slammed Tony's shoulder with his elbow! Totally cool. That's all the people who I remember."
"Alright, so it's one of those people." Squall said. "I'll ask Xu to track them down. And I'll ask Edea at Ward's Funeral. She's sure to be there."
"But Squall, all we know are there first names!"
Squall smiled. "We're SeeD. We have our ways. Anyway, Ward's funeral is tomorrow. We'll see what happens. Remember, it all could have been a bad dream. Dismissed."
The friends left Squall alone to brood. What is going on!
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Squall and his friend arrived at 9:00 at the Sorceress Memorial on the Ragnarok. It was where Ward wanted to be buried. The guys were all in Penguin suits, with the ladies in stunning dresses. When they got to the church, it was packed. It was a beautiful funeral, if there is such a thing. When it was finally over, every one was invited back to the Palace for a lunch. Before they left, Squall found Edea, and ran over to her.
"Matron, wait! I need to talk to you!!"
Edea turned and smiled. "Yes, dear."
Squall caught his breath, and asked, "Matron, I need, to know, do you still have your powers?"
Edea looked puzzled. "Of course, dear. Why wouldn't-Oh!"
Edea had begun to make an ice javelin, to prove her point, but at the end of her hand motion, nothing had happened.
She looked aghast. "Oh, my."
Squall looked stoic, as usual. He spoke curtly. "As I thought. Matron, could you please compile a list of all the children who were at the orphanage during the same time as us. Thank you. That is all." He turned on his heel, and left for the Ragnarok.
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The funeral reception was being held at the Presidential Palace's spacious ball room. There was music, a grand feast, and politician's and soldiers everywhere. A solemn faced Kiros was the first one to greet them.
"Squall, guys. Welcome."
Selphie started to cry, and went to hug him. "Kiros, I'm so sorry. I-" She broke down in tears, and Squall slowly walked away to find some food.
Can't these people see? Death is just a phase of life! He piled some food on his plate, and went to a wall, and did the thing he did best. Wall flowered.
Suddenly all the guests rose towards the stairs that ascended to another level of the palace. President Loire was there stern-faced.
"Politicians, Soldiers, Guests. I have an anouncement……
Several years ago, Kiros Seagill, Ward Zabac, and myself made out our wills,"
A titter went through the crowd.
"In his will, General Zabac had a letter of recommendation for someone to take his job as Commander of Esther's Military. He said almost all great fighters were also great tacticians. It took more than a bunch of brute force and artillery to win battles. That is why, for his recommendation, he did not recommend one person, rather, a tournament to be held, with winner as new Commander. A Tournament of Blades. Spears, swords, javelins, daggers, katanas, pikes, halberds, axes, gun blades,…. katal, anchors." He smiled. "He said it didn't take much a brain to aim and shoot, or punch madly. So, in two months the tournament will be held in the Abadon plains. There will be a party the night before the elimination rounds. Good luck and goodbye." He walked back upstairs.
The crowd was a buzz. The six SeeD met at the foot of the stairs.
Quistis was first to speak.
"So that's why Ward was killed. So the assassin must have known of his will, and thought he could win the tournament."
Zell spoke up. "But how would he know for sure he could win? People from all over are gonna compete. Thousands!"
The group was silent.
"The sorceress powers."
Rinoa looked at her boyfriend.
"What do you mean?"
"Edea has lost her powers, in case you all didn't know. That means the dream is true. The new sorceress is going to win the tournament with her powers. She'll have complete control of the military. The strongest in the world. She'll cause chaos."
The were silenced by his words.
Irvine broke the silence.
"Well, Squall, let's get you into training."
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Seifer's Incarnate: (head banging) you been hit by, you've been struck by, a SMOOTH CRIMINAL da da dadl da da dada tidda tit pow! Bo- Ow, you slapped me!
Seifer: I had to! You were being yourself! And where the F**k am I? And what the hell with this Squinoa Crap? Rinny's mine, damnit!
S.I.: Well, to answer both your questions, it will all be clear later.
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Carpe Diem,
Seifer's Incarnate
