Quirky

By

Princess Desire

Chapter 3

Surprisingly it was the childish and silly Squall that came up with an idea for what the problem might be. Of course, he was far too stupid now to realize that. "Irvine, you are so much better than Rinoa! I wonder where she went?"

Xu's brain clicked like the chain of a lamp being tugged on. "The sorceress," she uttered.

Irvine pulled his earlobe out from between Squall's teeth. "Of course! It must be Rinoa. She has magical powers now."

"Okay, I want everyone of importance rounded up. All main characters plus myself and Edea." Xu announced. She had always been a take charge type person. She could handle any situation and remain calm. Except for the entrance of Miss Trepe.

Instead of the pink dress, Quistis was wearing a tight fitting red blouse and black leather pants. Her hair was down and wild around her face. A black collar accentuated her long neck. With one hand she held her whip over her shoulder.

Every feeling of strength left Xu. Her jaw dropped at the new sexy Quistis. She couldn't speak.

"Instructor, you look like a bondage mistress," Irvine complimented.

"I think Selphie looks cuter than you!" said Squall impishly.

Selphie was wearing baggy pants and a baby doll T-shirt. She looked like a mini thug. Her hair was no longer flipped up, but tied back in a ponytail.

"We're going to interrogate Rinoa! When we find her." Squall was so delighted. His arms were still wrapped around Irvine. It didn't seem that he would be letting go any time soon either.

Quistis grinned. "Good idea, she's been missing since the start of this thing. Squall, first off, fuck you. Second, when was the last time you saw her?"

Xu finally shut her jaw, but her eyes were no less narrow.

"I don't wanna tell you." Squall pouted. "It's embarrassing."

Irvine ran his hand over the small of Squall's back. "Now now kitten, we have to know."

In response to the stroking Squall nearly purred. But, it did get him to tell. "She was in my room that night. She isn't nearly as good as Irvine at sex. Anyway, I didn't want to sleep in the same bed with her, so I stayed out all night in the training area. She was playing my Playstation when I left. By dawn though, she was gone."

Most of the room felt sickened by the thought of sex with Rinoa as well, so they understood. "Okay, then we'll check your room first. Everybody! Let's get a move on!"

Irvine, Squall, Selphie, and Quistis piled into the elevator. "Are you coming Xu?" asked Quistis.

With a fervent nod, Xu sprang forward to join them. Being pressed up against Quistis dressed like that might kill her, but she was willing to try.

"Ooh, Irvine I've always wanted to do it in an elevator!" expressed Squall.

The Playstation had been left on as well as the television. On the screen, was a video game that none of them had seen before. The graphics were very unrealistic, possessing many more colors than in real life.

Zell launched himself at the controller. "Wow, I've never seen this one before! It's so weird looking."

The room was awfully small for their large group. It hadn't taken long to dig up Squall and Zell. They had been fishing down at the Balamb pier. Edea had been comforting her husband who just couldn't handle the strain of leadership. All together there were eight of them. Seven if you counted the fact that Irvine and Squall's bodies didn't separate.

"What game is it Squall?" Zell asked.

"I dunno. It's one of Rinoa's games. Its called Yaoi Earth Adventure. I've never played it. It looked kinda gay to me." His last statement was followed by a terrific amount of giggling. "How is that for irony?"

"What is yaoi?" asked Quistis.

"What is Earth?" responded Seifer.

Zell made a startled noise. "Matron? Do you um, recognize these symbols?"

Edea moved gracefully closer towards the screen. The words on the screen looked magical in nature, that was obvious. She had no idea what they meant. She had never even played a video game before, so she wasn't sure. "That one there looks like the symbol for travel. I don't know, I'm not very experienced as a sorceress." She looked embarrassed.

"Travel? What about this blinking white one?"

She shook her head. "No good, I haven't the vaguest idea."

"Only one way to find out…" Zell pressed the button and everyone waited. Nothing happened. "Matron, you try."

"Me?"

"We don't have time to waste on video games," snapped Quistis. Rinoa had to be somewhere and she couldn't be in the video game.

"Sure just press that button there."

"Guys," Selphie said for the first time since they had teamed up. "I have a bad feeling about this."

"You had to say that didn't you?" cried out Squall. "Now something bad is going to…"

The room flashed bright white and was filled with the scream of howling winds. One by one they disappeared until the only ones left were Squall and Seifer.

They looked at each other. This was bad.

Rinoa had been studying books about magic during loading screens and leveling up in her game. She was completely absorbed with Yaoi Earth Adventure, but that was no reason to neglect her studies. Edea hadn' tbeen able to help her much. She had found many books scattered around different continents. Dr. Odine had been able to provide her with some and of course there were ancient religious documents. They were dull reading and she was happy to distract herself with her video game.

The point of the game was to match up sexy men with other sexy men. The graphics were astounding, much higher quality than she had even seen. But most of all, she liked the sappy romances. It made her wish that the guys at Garden were like that. Squall didn't have a romantic bone in his body. It would be nice if he was half as needy as she was.

Her character (whose face was never shown) had just arrived in the Land of San Francisco when she had the idea. In the game, this was like a yaoi utopia. She had heard about it from citizens of other cities and she was psyched. She knew that this was going to be fun…and dirty.

Squall was laying in bed. They had just finished a rather unsatisfying round of sex. She was playing the game and leaving him alone. He didn't like to be touched, talked to, or looked at after being intimiate with her. He usually left for the traning center immediately afterwards, but he was laying in bed.

She had a book open on her lap. This chapter was about Sorceresses creating their own realities. She already knew enough about this after the time travel incident. She didn't actually create the world, but she had shaped what she remembered around her, cotnrolling it. She should have formed it around a more yaoi-friendly world.

Her eyes drifted back to the screen. A cute boy was shoing her the way to Chinatown. His eyes were flirty even though the image was a still. Her stomach flipped. Why couldn't she create herself into that environment? Her hands shook on her controller.

It was at that moment that Squall decided to leave for the training center. She was excited and anxious for him to get the hell out of the apartment. She would try it first and then come back. He wouldn't even have to know about it. That way, if she failed, she wouldn't look foolish and if she succeeded he wouldn't be offended. It wasn't his fault he was so straight.

Her ritual tools were out in the livingroom immediately after the door shut behind him. Rinoa was fluttering with excitement. Of course, she didn't need any knick knacks, but it would help her to focus. The book was still open to creating environments. She lit a black candle for psychic powers. She formed the symbol for Hyne's protection with salt water around the Playstation.

Incantations that were purely unnecessary and ornamental flowed from her lips. Things that she had been reading meant for non-magic users. She was a sorceress. She didn't need the abra cadabra bit. When she felt the swirling winds around her, she was more surprised than she had ever been. It was working. She began laughing like a villian.

Back in Squall's room, there was an empty spot where Rinoa had been.