Final Fantasy VIII: SeeD

Intro

This is a fanfiction/video game idea I've been keeping under wraps. I started writing it in 2002 but stopped because I didn't think it was good or worth it, but if it does well at then I might continue writing. It's HIGHLY recommend that you read all the section before you jump straight to the main story, thank you and enjoy! Oh and if it's well liked I'll separate the story from the info, and I'll re-edit it, to make it more legible.

Wickedgenius

Characters

Ryoko Leonhart

16 Female

A student at Balamb Garden, she does poorly on most written exams, but when it comes to show physical abilities she is second to none. She is a very unique gunblade master, most only use one, she wields two gunblades (one in each hand).

Fuko Tilmitt

16 Female

A student at Balamb Garden, Ryoko's best friend together these two are inseparable and are often known as the "Ko sisters". Fuko trains to be a Kaze-kunoichi (female wind ninja) and has offered her services to Ryoko.

Crim

18 Male

A freelancer who wonders the world in search of his purpose, he is asked to come to Balamb Garden by Helena Trepe, a close friend and instructor, and he finds the events surrounding the Garden interesting.

Helena Trepe

19 Female

A teacher at Balamb Garden, she is the instructor for Ryoko and Fuko's class, also, even though everyone thinks there just rumors, Helena is also Ryoko's lover, too bad she won't bump up her grades.

Story Concepts

Takes place nearly 20 years after the events in FFVIII

Squall Leonhart (the original protagonist) is now head of the Garden, he has a new project he's calling the "Rebirth"

The "Rebirth" is the cloning and re-creation of Squall himself for the second

He first only had male clones, most could not even attain half the power he had

Someone had made an accident and allowed one of the female clones to be born, her capabilities far surpassed her male counter parts, thus further study was needed.

In the end only 1 out of ever 100 males created could have the potential Squall had, and 1 out of every 10 females could not only have the potential, but also had some similarities in power and strength he did.

In the end 10 potential candidates were chosen for Mr. Leonhart's "Rebirth" Project.

These are the stages of the Process...

Phase 1 - Parenting-: Expose the subject to mental and physical training for 10 years, making sure they are isolated from anyone and anything besides there two "Parents". The "Parents" are the ones that chose how to raise and train there subject for these 10 years.

Phase 2 -W.O.C-: (Weapon of choice) This will see what the subject is most comfortable using in battle, the subject can chose any manner of weapon, if they wish even there own body. Only two subjects ever chose the Gunblade (Mr. Leonhart's W.O.C).

Phase 3 -Survival-: In this stage the subject is released into the world being allowed to do as they chose, they are not allowed to keep all memories of what transpired during the first ten years of there life, they are basically let go as babies...babies that know only how to fight. One other memory we allow them to keep is information that there "Parents" tell them, this info is about Gardens and about SeeD members. The faces of there "Parents are also erased.

Phase 4 -Candidate-: If the subject makes it alive to a Garden, or if they choose to go (some early subjects chose not to) then they will live out the rest of there lives trying to become members of the elite mercenary force known as SeeD. Mr. Leonhart will always have the latest on there progress but works in the shadows as to not let the subjects know of there Origins.

Final Phase -Rebirth-: When Mr. Leonhart feels one subject is ready he will reenact his experience with Sorceress Eda and Ultimica. If the subject is successful then it shall be Mr. Leonharts successor and he will be able to let it lead the new generation against the new treat.

The story will follow test subject FF #8 (Ryoko Leonhart).

New Features

Since this is a script for a Video game, I decided to tell not only about the story, but also about the features I would put into the game.

GF (Guardian Force) Junjunction: This feature was in the original game but in FFVIII: SeeD it will play a bit more importantly then it did back then. Before Jujuctiion allowed players to equip GFs to there party members, doing so would allow you to equip magic to there stats, grow stronger bonds between the character and the GF, and also allowed you to set the Menu for a character (Attack, Magic, GF, Item, etc.). In FFVIII: SeeD it does all this and more, depending on what GF you equip to a character will also change the character's appearance, strengths and weakness, and bonds between other character. Since you are allowed to equip more then one GF per character equipping multiple GFs would alter your character more than usual, this can be both good and bad. The character's appearance does not really change anything in the game, it's just something nice for the player to enjoy, cause I know that sometimes you wish you could see a little change. When equipping certain GFs your character's strength can be altered, this also goes for there weakness. Example: If you equip Ifrit to a character they would have a very strong resistence to fire spells and attacks, but it will also give that character a very strong weakness to Ice and Water spells and attacks, but if you also equip Shiva to a character you will create a neutrality for that character this will allow them to take one both Fire ad Ice/Water spells, but you'll lose your advantage against these spells as well. As for bonds between other characters depending on what GFs are equipped and on the field will alter character performance and attacks known as "Co-op Special". Example: If one character (Ryoko) has Shiva equipped and another (Crim) has Ifrit equipped then Ryoko would have little, if any, feelings towards keeping Crim alive, while Crim feels obligated to keep her alive and prove himself to her, this will activate a Special Ability known as "Knight" this will let the obligated character (Crim) to guard and take the blows for Ryoko when she is on the verge of getting her HP in the red. Also if the "Co-op Special" is available to both characters instead of doing "Tri-slash" (Crim and Ryoko's default "Co-op Special") they will use "Fire & Ice" (the "Co-op Special" used by Ifrit and Shiva NOTE: that the attack will vary slightly depending on the characters using it). Also when a N.C.E (Non-crucial Event) happens there emotions towards each other will change depending on there currently equipped GF. NOTE: Characters will notice the randomly changing feelings if you never keep the same GF to a character for long, this is not a bad thing, try and see what happens when such things occur.

N.C.E (Non-crucial Events): There will be certain times in the game were you can view talks between characters, this has no real impact on the story and you do not have to watch them, there just there to let you know more about your characters (how there feelings, there emotions towards another character, how they feel about the current events occurring, etc.). This feature is very similar to the "Skits" in the NGC's (Nintendo Gamecube) Tales of Symphonia, or more accurately the little event scenes you could witness while characters where away in FFIX.

SeeD Missions: In the original FFVIII you were given a salary over a set amount of time, how much you got depended on your SeeD rank, now while this was very cool if feel like I was cheating to get the money, I mean I did no work once so ever to earn it. In this game you will get a salary based on your rank and performance on missions and the game. There will be many missions available to the player, depending on your rank you can have a lot of missions to do, or have very little to do, some of which are repeatable.

SeeD Rank System:

SS: The highest rank with the highest salary and hardest mission (none of which are repeatable)

SA: A rank given to those who show exceptional abilities and skills (only about 10 of the missions are repeatable)

S: Getting this rank shows that you have all that it takes to stay a member of SeeD for a long time (about 30 of missions are repeatable)

A: You are a top class SeeD member, but far from the best (about 45 of the missions are repeatable)

B: Considered the upper crust of the lowering ranking (anything under A, about 50 of missions are repeatable)

C: An average SeeD member, nothing outstanding or sub-par, mostly assigned the grunt work (about 75 of missions are repeatable)

D: The lowest rank you can attain, you will mostly be assigned desk work and rarely ever get field missions, unless the garden is that desperate (all of the missions are repeatable at this rank)

About the characters

I know that at the top is a section called "Characters" well that's just use that to list characters as they come to mind and write down quick facts about them, this section will have all the characters and in depth information about them.

Ryoko Leonhart

She is a 16 year old student at Balamb Garden, she has a strong sense of right and wrong and she tries to do what's right, most of the time. She wields the very powerful gunblade, but she uses it in a unique way, for she uses two instead of one. Some thought it'd be impossible but she has fought this way her whole life, and has only lost a fight to one person. Her memories of her parents are very muddy and unclear, the only thing she is certain of is how the way her mother smiled, if she ever got upset she just remembers that smile, and all of her sorrow vanishes. She has long brown hair with sky blue eyes, she usually ties her hair back in a long pony-tail and lets two bangs of her hair fly out in front. She prefers to wear her school uniform, which is a sailor suit with short skirt it a dark blue color with red lining and scarf, even when outside school. Ryoko never tries to act as someone she's not, if she's in a happy mode that is how she'll act, if she's in a crappy mood you'll know not to mess with her. Usually she is cool headed but if pissed off she can have one of the most violent tempers you've ever seen.

Washuu Sage

A world renowned super genius, but she is never tired of hearing that. She is a bit cocky when it comes to anything scientific or mathematic. She has the appearance of a young girl, most likely in her teens, but in actuality she is over 300 years old, she was cryogenically frozen for attempting to rule the universe. Though she is over 300 she is really just hitting 30, but with her amazing mind she has found a way to cheat time and keep her beauty and knowledge, in tact. She has long pink hair with bright green eyes, she often wears her white lab coat that has a mysterious symbol on the back (believed to be her trademark) and under that she wears a black T-shirt with blue pants. Her left arm has been cut off from the elbow down, but even this did not stop her from doing what she loved. She eventually created a special artificial arm, she also started dabbling in Alchemy and Martial Arts. She has become very skilled in both of these arts, and is still a genius, she's a perfect mix of brawn, beauty, and smarts.

Fuko Tilmitt

A 16 year old student at Balamb Garden, for as long as she could remember she has always wanted to be a ninja, and her favorite element has always been the Wind, it only makes sense her life long dream has been to become a Kaze-kunoichi (female ninja of the wind). She finally found someone who could teach her the arts needed to fulfil her dream, but when she was about 9 her mastered died and she was left alone. She did not know how to get back home to her mother, so she started to wonder the world using her skills to help her survive. She meet Ryoko when she was about 10, they have been best friends ever since, she also traveled with her to the Balamb Garden and she has decided to stay at the Garden and further her training. She is a grade A student and very powerful to boot, many want to defeat her and have her as there personal Kunoichi, but no one has been able to do so. She has short brown hair with green eyes, she is often wearing a headband and like Ryoko she like to wear her school uniform wherever she goes. She also wears bracelets which allow her to shoot out needles, sometimes poisonous sometimes just plain painful.

Crim (Yuriko)

He wields a mighty lance, he is a free spirt, only one of the reasons he is known as "The Crimson Freelancer". He is 18 and will do any job under two conditions, one, he must like the person, and two, it must have the right price he doesn't do anything for free. Not much is known about this enigmatic man, only one person is even close to him, Helena. When Helena asked Crim to come to Balamb Garden, he did not hesitate to heed her call. "I want you to protect one of my students, I think you'll find her very interesting, but don't fall in love, not only is it not your style but she is my lover," Helena said to him. He did not know she would have such a strange request for him, but he did not refuse, he liked Helena very much and the pay was beyond acceptable. Since then he was been following and protecting Ryoko Leonhart. Crim has long spiky blue hair with a short pony-tail and dark green eyes. His favorite color is red and is almost always wearing it.

Helena Trepe

A 19 year old teacher at Balamb Garden, she is smart and very beautiful, though she is not exactly leader material. She has long blonde hair, her hair style often changes, and she has beautiful sea blue eyes. She wears her teaching uniform when at work, but when off duty she wears something a bit more proper, this suit might indicate that she is from France. She uses a whip as her primary weapon and if anything is a far better fighter than she is a teacher, she has also mastered Blue magic (allowing her to use the abilities of her foes). Before she became a teacher at the Garden she was just a normal student, and during her schooling she meet Ryoko (this was roughly around the age of 15, Ryoko was about 12 then) and she instantly feel in love. The two kept there love a secret all the time though, especially after she graduated and became an instructor, and by a strange twist of fate ended up teaching Ryoko and Fuko's class. They also kept there love a secret afraid that people would judge and hate them for both being women. They've been able to keep it under wraps so far, but will all that soon change?

Until I can think of more information to add, I will close this section, I will now start the actual script for the game, it will be told in "Chapters" and I am unsure how long with will be, just going to keep on writing until I feel like it's complete and I need to stop.