Prologue: Part 2
Once in the Simulator Room, Seifer, and Zell each lowered themselves into one of the six pods which connected to the simulator. Seifer held his gunblade over the scanner designed for his weapon, and Zell put his hands over the special scanners on the armrests of the pod.
After the top of the pod had come down to close, Zell nodded to Amy to start up the simulator. The scanner that scanned the subject entering the simulation had been built into the top of the pod. As Amy started up the simulator, this scanner scanned Zell and Seifer and the weapon scanners scanned their weapons of choice. A second later, Seifer and Zell appeared in the viewing screen of the simulation. They were facing each other in a standoff. Neither of them wanted to make the first move.
Amy turned to Selphie and said, "We have to stop this." Selphie just shrugged, but said, "Okay."
The two girls jumped into two of the three remaining pods, and as the pods began to close, Amy gave Flame instructions on how to start the Simulator.
Once they were inside the simulation with Zell and Seifer, Amy told Selphie to distract Zell, while she kept Seifer occupied. Selphie nodded and walked a few yards from where Zell was standing. She waved her arms up and down, tauntingly, and said, "Hey Zell! I bet you can't catch me!!!"
"We'll see about that!" was Zell's reply. He began to run after Selphie, with her prancing about in the lead. Seifer was left looking on with one eyebrow raised, confused.
Amy jumped in front of Seifer and made a slashing movement with her gunblade. She then positioned it with the handle held slightly behind her, and the end of her gunblade pointed at Seifer, with her other hand out in front of her. This was her usual fighting position. "Alright Seifer, you ready?" Amy asked him. Seifer began to laugh. Seeing that he wasn't going to take her seriously, Amy launched herself towards Seifer, holding her gunblade with both hands, over her head. "Whoa!" Seifer said, and blocked Amy's attack with a parry. Seifer smirked down at Amy as she struggled to keep her gunblade on his. Seifer tossed Amy backward by pushing up on his gunblade. Instead of falling, Amy jumped backwards, and got back into her fighting position. Meanwhile, Seifer got into his own fighting position.
Zell was still chasing Selphie around, but he was getting tired. He stopped and put his hands on his knees, crouching down, resting, and breathing hard.
Selphie jumped up onto a rock and made a pose with her nunchakus. "What's the matter Zellie? Tired?" she asked him.
"What, and you aren't?" Zell said, still trying to catch his breath. "Not really," Selphie answered.
She laughed. Zell looked up at Selphie, half smirking. "I'll get you," he said, and took off running after her.
Seifer and Amy's gunblades were clashing. Seifer had begun to bark commands at Amy. Try as she might, she could not keep up. "...Heh heh heh..." Seifer smirked down at Amy.
"What?!?" Amy asked, jumping back, and stopping the fight temporarily.
"Oh, nothing," Seifer replied, "Just thinking about you and that chicken-wuss..."
"SHUT UP!!!!!" Amy threw herself at Seifer, making a swiping motion with her gunblade as she landed down in front on him.
"...ah...ah...ah......AMY!!!!!!!!" Seifer yelled.
Amy looked up and flinched. She had cut Seifer's scar open, but not only that, she had also cut the edge of the collar of his trench coat and slashed the shoulder of it open.
Amy shot up and began running away, as quickly as possible, not being able to help the tears streaming from her eyes out of fear.
Zell and Selphie had suddenly stopped running when they heard Amy scream.
Seifer was quickly running after Amy in a rage, only about 7 feet behind her and gaining fast. He was also swinging his gunblade around so dangerously that all that could be seen of it was a blur. Amy ran behind Zell, shaking with fear as she held both of his shoulders, sheltering herself, and still not being able to hold in tears. Seifer was heading straight at Zell, still swinging his gunblade around, when Selphie jumped in front of Zell.
Seifer was taken aback and stopped abruptly. Selphie starred Seifer straight in the eyes. He make a slashing movement with his gunblade and shouted, "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SELPHIE!!! QUIT PROTECTING THIS CHICKEN-WUSS AND HIS LITTLE GIRLFRIEND, THE LIBRARY GIRL!!!!! CAN'T YOU SEE SHE CUT MY TRENCH?!?!?"
"No," Selphie replied firmly, "that's what you get for letting your guard down......And besides, I can easily mend your precious trench!"
"I'll still get her back for cutting it!" Seifer said cockily, with a smirk.
Amy quietly whispered something to Zell, who in turn whispered something to Selphie. Selphie almost laughed as Zell spoke to her.
"Close your eyes Seifer," Selphie said.
"Why?" Seifer asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You'll see!" Selphie replied, putting a finger to her cheek and winking at Seifer.
"Whatever," Seifer shrugged and closed his eyes.
Selphie stepped aside so Zell and Seifer were facing one another. Zell stepped forward and punched Seifer in the side of the head as hard as he dared. Seifer almost immediately fell unconscious. Zell stepped back and smirked. Amy whispered, "Sorry Zell..." She brought the flat of her gunblade down on Zell's head. He fell next to Seifer on the ground, also unconscious.
Amy looked up at the sky and shouted, "Flame! Turn the simulator off!!!"
Flame, who was still watching the simulator screen closely, turned off the simulator quickly, bringing the four friends back to reality.
Amy and Selphie quickly got out of their pods and went over to one in which Seifer was in. They tried in vain to lift him out. "Man Seifer! You big lump!" Selphie said as she let go of Seifer, giving up.
"Don't give up Selphie!" Amy pleaded, "They'll wake up and start fighting soon!"
Amy turned to Flame. "Help us," she said.
The moomba cheerfully hopped over to Seifer's pod at with a little work, helped Selphie and Amy lift Seifer out of the pod. They laid him against the wall beside the simulator.
Amy and Selphie, with Flame's help, then lifted Zell out of the pod he was in and set him beside Seifer.
Realizing that they couldn't drag Seifer and Zell all the way back to their rooms, Selphie and Amy decided to wait till Zell and Seifer woke up.
They decided to knock Seifer out again once he woke up. Once Zell was awake, he and Amy would walk back to their rooms together. Selphie would then wake Seifer up and try her best to calm he down from the rage he would surely be in because of being hit in the head so many times by "the chicken-wuss and that little library girl".
After waiting several minutes, Seifer began to wake up. "......huh?......W-w-what happened......OW! My head!" he said, dazed.
Amy quickly got up and brought the flat of her gunblade down on top of Seifer's skull. A sickening thud was the result of her attack. Seifer began to bleed slightly at the hairline. A small trickle of blood ran down the side of his head. Selphie scram. Amy quickly put her hand over Selphie's mouth to muffle the sound. "Shhhhhhh! Selph! Do you want us to get in trouble?!?" Amy whispered firmly.
"N-n-no," Selph whispered back, wide-eyed.
At this moment, Zell began to rouse. "Zell!" Amy said clasping her hands together. "You're awake!" She quickly rushed to his side.
"Hm?" Zell muttered, opening his eyes to see Amy's face.
"Oh Zell, are you okay?" Amy asked as she threw her arms around his neck."
"......uh...yeah. My head hurts a little, but I'm...okay."
"I'm sorry Zell!" Amy said closing her eyes and smiling at him.
"...ummm...It's okay," Zell said, smiling back at her softly. He ran his fingers through her hair. Amy blushed and grasped his hand in her's. She looked away, still blushing. Seeing Amy's reaction, Zell smiled even more to himself. Zell looked around then looked back to Amy.
"Come on," he said gently. He got to his feet and helped Amy stand up.
"...Alright," Amy replied. "Let's get back to our rooms now," she added.
"Okay," Zell said. Amy put her arm in his and laid her head on his shoulder. Selphie watched as they disappeared through the doorway.
After awhile, Seifer began to wake up again.
"...Huh?" Seifer muttered, rubbing his head.
"You're awake!" Selphie said happily. "Let's go to our rooms!" she said before he could say something.
"...Okay...I guess," Seifer said wearily. Then the two got up and walked away towards the dorms.
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