A/N: Thanks for all the reviews you guys! Keep them coming! So far, it's a tight race between Squall/Quistis and Seifer/Quistis. Don't forget, you can e-mail me, too!

Oh, and please note...in the previous chapter...I kinda messed up on where the 'ooooooooooooo' was supposed to be. I hope you got it anyway.

Chapter Ten

Quistis sighed a bit dramatically in the bathroom. She leaned against the door, listening in on what exactly Squall was telling their team mate. Her face was now the color of her attire.

She heard Squalls voice first. "What are you doing back?"

She could hear footsteps, then a loud 'plop' as Irvine jumped on the couch. "Miyoko tried to offer me some rum. Little odd, huh?" Quistis assumed that Squall merely shrugged. "Anyway," Irvine paused, "where's Quistis at?"

"She's in the bathroom."

She breathed in. She silently opened the door and walked out. She had fully regained composure and Irvine immediately stood up, whisking her in his arms. "What are you doing?" she called out, backing away from Irvine. Squall closed his eyes for a few seconds, his hands balling up into fists. After that few seconds, he had relaxed.

"Well, tomorrow is the ball, right? Something is obviously going to happen then. So, one of us needs to be with Laguna, while the other two act natural." Quistis stared at him blankly. Irvine sighed and flicked his cinnamon colored hair away from his face. "Will you go to the ball with me?"

Quistis blinked, before she could open her mouth to speak, Squall spoke out. "Well, if that's the case, then I think its best that I go with Quistis."

Irvine blinked. "Why?"

Squall merely shrugged. "You both know how I feel about my fa...Laguna. Plus, he is my...father," he said bitterly. "Won't that look a bit eccentric?"

"I don't think so. I think it would look perfectly natural. Plus, Rinoa's a suspect, right? This way, you can keep an eye on her!" Irvine announced, proud of himself.

"I don't want to keep an eye on her!" Squall bellowed back. "Why don't you keep an eye on her?"

Irvine laughed. Quistis slowly backed away from the two. "Guys, chill out."

"Oh please! Do you even remember what happened the last time i was with Rinoa?" Squall gave him a weird look. "That's right. You were tied up. She pushed me down the stairs, clawed my hair out, and scarred my back! Think I'm gonna go through that again?"

Squall rolled his eyes. "She's not that bad."

Irvine glared at him. "I still think it should be you."

"And I think it should be you."

"You."

"No, you."

"Nope, not me! You!"

"You!"

Quistis rolled her eyes at the petty little fight. The 'you' conversation went on for a bit. Quistis was now sitting on the bed, her head in her palm and she watched with boring intentions. They started the arguement at six fifteen p.m., and it was now eight forty-five.

Irvine threw his hands up in the air, "Squall! Just give up! It's going to be you either way!"

Squall shook his head, his arms firmly cross. "You. Why should you be able to go with Quistis? All what you'll do is abandon her there and go for the first girl that will give in."

Irvine glared at him. "Guys," Quistis moaned out, her head throbbing.

"At least I won't tell her to go talk to a wall!"

Squall and Quistis both had wide opened eyes. Quistis, in shock that he said that, and Squall, in shock that he even brought it up. "At least I won't fuck her and leave her like you've been planning to since you first met her."

Quistis gasped and Irvine's jaw dropped. "I would never do that to Quistis!"

"Bull shit. You were planning it all along!"

"Why are you getting so defensive? You actually think I'd hurt Quistis?"

"You guys, stop it!" Quistis said while standing up.

Squall poked his finger into Irvine's chest. "You did it to Selphie, why not Quistis? What makes her different?"

Irvine slapped Squall's hand away. "Don't touch me. Yea, I'll admit it, I like Quistis. And I never screwed Selphie. SHE left ME! Have we forgotten that? Why are you so obsessed? You like Quistis, too?"

Squall was silent for some time. Quistis stared at Squall, waiting for his answer. "So what if I do?"

Irvine quickly shoved Squall. "Not like she would like you anyway! Right Quistis?"

Both guys turned and faced her. "Oh no!" she announced, shaking her head. "I am NOT getting involved in this fight!"

There was a sudden knock at the door. Quistis walked past the two guys, both of them giving each other death glares. She swung open the door, staring at a shocked Rinoa. "Rinoa?" Quistis muttered.

Rinoa looked straight past Quistis, her brown eyes twinkling with tears. She was staring dead at Squall. Squall sighed and rolled his eyes, placing a hand on his head. "Rin..."

She sniffled. "You...like her?"

Quistis sighed and held her head in both of her hands. Irvine smiled and walked over to Rinoa. This wasn't a 'I'm gonna hit on you' smile, but rather, a bitter revenge smile. "Yea, apparently he does, Rinoa."

Rinoa turned to Quistis and gave her a pleading glare. "You don't like him, do you?"

Quistis sighed and pulled Rinoa in. She slammed the doors shut and grabbed the top of her hair. "Listen, all of you...we're here on a mission, not some stupid talk show!"

Squall gulped down a breath. Quistis was avoiding the answer. "Yea, Quistis, why don't you answer Rinoa?" Irvine said. She immediately glared at Irvine. When he was angry, he did enjoy getting other people off his case and onto others.

Rinoa started to glare at Quistis. "Do you like him?"

Squall walked over to the trio and pulled Rinoa away. "Rinoa, stop it."

"Why should I? I thought that we were going to get back together and be happy again!"

Squall sighed and grabbed his hair now. "Oh for Hyne's sake, Rinoa! I was never happy with you!"

Irvine and Quistis both had wide opened eyes. Rinoa blinked. "Excuse me?" she whispered out.

Irvine grabbed Quistis' hand and dragged her out the cross fire. Immediately, a hand flew straight onto Squall's cheek. She had slapped him, and apparently, very hard. His head moved to the side and he immediately raised his hand to touch the red spot. "I said, I was never happy with you. You forced me to be happy...you never even cared whether or not I liked doing things."

Rinoa looked over at Quistis and pointed a wicked finger at her. "This is all your fault!"

"Mine?" Quistis spoke up. "How in hell is this my fault?"

"You forced him into liking you! You couldn't handle being left alone!"

Quistis blinked. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I saw you kiss him earlier today!" Her mouth suddenly dropped open and her hands flew to her mouth. Irvine looked dead at Quistis and Squall looked dead at Rinoa.

Quistis blinked and raised her hand. "How do you know that? The windows have been drawn the entire time we've been here."

Rinoa gasped for air. Irvine blinked. "Are you saying...that you kissed Squall, Quistis?"

Irvine spun towards Quistis. Quistis sighed and nodded her head. Squall sighed as well, "She didn't kiss me. I kissed her."

Rinoa laughed. "Oh, it was more than that! Just admit it Squall!"

Quistis had enough. "Stop!" she yelled. "Rinoa, how the fucking hell did you know that Squall and I kissed?" Oh yes, Quistis was pissed. They had danced around the subject enough. "The only way you would have known is if you had a hidden camera in this room, and if that's the case, then I'm sorry, but we're going to have to arrest you for murdering Senator Garrai and for attempted murder on President Loire!"

Rinoa shook her head. "No! Yes, I admit it, I threatened Laguna's life...but only so Squall would see me! He's been ignoring me non stop since we had sex!"

Squall's face turned bright red. Quistis' mouth had dropped open and Irvine's face was...well, indescribable to say the least. "Rin..."

"I never meant to do any harm to Laguna, believe me. I...just wanted Squall to see me again. I dunno, I'm pretty stupid..."

"That doesn't explain Garrai!" Quistis shouted.

Rinoa sighed. "Yes, I knew about his death...but my father made me swear not to let anyone know! You've got to believe me! I didn't kill my own Uncle!"

"And the phone call?"

Rinoa rolled her red eyes. "I am a sorceress..."

There was a sudden knock on the door. Quistis groaned. "I swear, if it's some girl coming to scream at me about taking her man I am going to flip!" Quistis stormed over to the door and swung it open, looking dead in the eyes of Victoria.

"Liar." Quistis was slapped.

Irvine and Squall opened their mouths. Rinoa had a slight smug smile on her face. Quistis growled gently. "Please explain to me why the fuck you just hit me and called me a liar?" she asked through clenched teeth.

"Rinoa has told us who you are, Quistis Trepe!" Quistis spun around and glared at Rinoa who simply shrugged.

Quistis sighed and leaned against the door. "Yes, I am Quistis Trepe, not Priestess Masako. I was hired by Laguna to see who the assassin was."

Victoria frowned slightly. "And you suspected us? The Priestesses?"

Squall now sighed. "What the hell is this shit?"

Irvine simply shrugged. Then he had realized that Squall DID in fact like Quistis. "You asshole..."

Everyone turned and looked at him. Suddenly, he pounced on Squall and punched him square in the jaw. Quistis threw her hands up as she watched the two boys roll on the floor. "Oh for heaven's sake!" she cried out. She immediately grabbed Rinoa, casting stop on the sorceress.

"Hey!" Rinoa cried out in shock. "Why did you do that?"

Victoria watched in...astonishment and horror as Quistis pulled a whip out from a cabinet and whipped the two boys. "Knock it off!"

Irvine looked up and with that moment of defense down, Squall punched him in the jaw, sending Irvine flying off of him. Squall pounced back on Irvine, slamming his fist into the face of Irvine. Quistis, at that point, started to scream bloody murder. The two boys stopped and stared at her.

"I SAID KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF!"

A/N: Yea...sorry...bit of a brain fart there...