Sorcery Illusions

Chapter 13: Back To Where You Belong

Disclaimer:

I do not own the game or the characters, they are not mine to do with as I wish.

Warning:

Not really that much to warn you about in this chapter, just a slight hint of yoai...

Enjoy!

Alexandra AKA Fantasy Dragon

Evan waved his arms franticly as he saw his house, the one he shared with Seifer drawing closer and closer to him. It was a sight that he never thought that he would see again. And he knew that the other thing that he though he would never see again would be there. The cool wind was stinging at his freckled face, but he could barely feel it. The joy of seeing everyone again was an incredible feeling that Evan never wanted to have to forget.

As he drew nearer still to the house he could see a group of people standing on the front lawn. Seifer, Quistis, Zell and Squall were there for sure, but the other people he saw he wasn't sure who they were.

"Hey!" He called out and wave harder as he was only a short distance away from the group. But then the inevitable happened to Evan.

He tripped on his own shoelaces.

Head over heals, Evan flew the rest of the way towards the house and finally landed on his face and skidded nearly 50 feet, eventually coming to rest at Squall's feet.

"Am I late?" He asked innocently, a goofy grin plastered on his face as he looked up at his sorcerer.

"Hyne, Evan. You had everyone worried shitless!" Seifer exclaimed, helping the smaller boy up and brushing the mud off his clothes like Evan was a little kid.

"Well, at least I know that none of you had constipation problems while I was gone." Evan joked, in a very Evan type way, then swatted Seifer's hand away. He then took a moment to look at who all was here waiting for him. He recognized Tasman, they were great friends, but he wasn't sure who the other two were. "So what is up with all of ya?" Evan was acting as if nothing at all had happened in the last couple days.

"Are you okay?" "Where were you?" "What did they do to you?" "How did you escape?"

A million questions hit Evan like a ton of bricks.

"Why don't we all go in the house and let Evan explain everything to us?" Squall said, making Evan note that the sorcerer had taken off his pendent, and that everyone seemed to adhere to every order he barked out.

"I want a drink. The harder the better." Evan grinned as he took Seifer's hand tightly into his own and began to walk towards the house, leaving everyone else just standing there.

"He's quite the spontaneous one, isn't he?" Pamora asked Tasman as everyone followed the blond and the red head into the house.

"Wait until he's drunk." Tasman laughed, all but forgetting what had just happened with Squall.

"So that's why you ran off after beating Raven. Isn't it, Angel?" Zell asked quietly as they followed the rest of the group to the kitchen.

"Not just Evan. I felt a force coming towards us from the south, and I needed to make sure that Squall knew about it. I just hope Evan is mentally stable. Considering what he was like before he disappeared, who knows what sort of condition he could be in right now. For all we know, he could be suicidal. This was a lot of him to handle. And we don't know exactly what happened." Quistis sighed. She was really happy that Evan was there with them now instead of in Ayana's hands. But she was really worried about what side effects this had left on Evan.

Pushing all her personal thoughts aside, Quistis knew that this was going to be the most dangerous thing that she would ever have to face. Now would be a great time to forget everything else going on around her. Everyone needed to be as devoted to this mission as humanly possible. The outcome would decide a lot of peoples futures. And not just the future of those involved with the mission directly.

Zell sighed sadly as he walked along beside his girlfriend. She had zoned out again. This had been happening more and more frequently, but Zell seemed to be the only one who noticed. Everyone else had their own problems to worry about and the martial artist knew that if Quistis was beginning to distance herself from everyone, they would attribute that to the stress of the mission and being a blue mage.

Is something wrong? Quistis' voice suddenly broke through the tattooed blonde's thoughts as they walked up to the front door.

Huh? No, sorry Angel. There are just a few things that I can't understand right now. Just about this whole mission thing and how Evan managed to escape. Plus I'm worried about you. Zell confessed, taking Quistis into his arms and holding her close to his

chest. This action caught Quistis completely off guard.

I'm going to be just fine, Zell. You don't have to worry about that. the blue mage said softly, resting her head on Zell's shoulder, holding him as tightly as he was holding her.

Come on, Angel. Let's go see how red escaped. Zell whispered as he placed a soft kiss on the top of his girlfriends head.

Quistis only nodded, reluctantly letting go as they turned and walked in to the small house hoping to make their way into the kitchen.

What they saw as they stepped in the doorway was something that neither of them would be able to forget in a very long time.

There in the entry way were Seifer and Evan, locked in a very private embrace.

Kissing in a way only meant for behind closed doors, Evan had one leg hiked up wrapped around Seifer's hip. Seifer in turn had Evan pressed against the wall, gloved hands running through the short red hair that covered his lovers head.

The hell! Zell exclaimed, startling the two lovers. Seifer almost dropped Evan as he jumped away, Evan pushing at the same time. This caused both men to fall to the ground in a heap of flailing limbs and soft cursing.

Zell! Why did you do that? It was just getting good! Quistis laughed with a grin plastered ear to ear as she playfully slapped her boyfriend on the arm.

You have all of 6.851 seconds before I come over there and beat your spiky chicken ass, you damn chicken wuss. Seifer grumbled as he tried to get up as Evan did, causing the two to hit their heads off one another, sending them back to the floor.

Evan whined, holding his head, before looking up at Quistis, who was just about doubled over in laughter. Zell just stood there, still a bit shocked at the scene that was playing out in front of him. Quisty? Why are you laughing?

This statement caused Quistis to laugh even harder, Zell just looked at them before rolling his eyes and continuing on to the kitchen.

You really need to work on your timing, Trepe. Seifer said, finally getting to his feet and helping Evan up as well.

Well, the two of you could very well have chosen a better spot to be reunited. You must have realized that Zell and I weren't with the rest of the group and would have to come this way to get to the kitchen. Quistis explained, a small laugh still playing in her voice.

But we thought you two were doing the same thing outside. That's why we thought it'd be safe here. Evan said, still whining. Man, Seif. You give so much more meaning to the phrase hard headed.Come on you two. Everyone else is waiting for you. Quistis said, finally regaining her composure and walking into the kitchen where everyone sat. The first thing that Quistis noticed was that Raven was not seated around the table where everyone else waited patiently for Evan and Seifer. Not that Quistis minded that the dark haired girl wouldn't be joining them. Who knew how Evan would react to seeing her here, especially with how he reacted back at the Garden. His mental state probably wasn't the same now as it even was back then. And that was only a couple of days ago.

Quistis just shook her head, knowing it was pointless and walked over to where Zell was sitting beside Squall, just looking at his gloved hands.

Are you okay? Quistis asked, unsure of why Zell was being so quite lately.

.was a little on the disturbing side. Zell said, letting out a deep breath.

It's not like you haven't seen them kiss before. They've been together for like 9 months. Quistis laughed.

Zell just laughed. But don't cha think that if we had been like 5 minutes longer, they would have been doing something that should have been done in a bedroom? Zell asked, his voice lowered so no one else could hear their conversation.

Quistis just laughed as Seifer and Evan walked in, hand in hand, no sign of what went on out in the entryway evident.

So are you ready to tell us what happened? Squall asked as Evan and Seifer both took their seats to begin this meeting.

There are no words to say about how long it has taken me to get this chapter out. Pretty bad to have it be almost a year. Sad really. But I finally updated. And Lioness Jordana will receive the one shot for being the 50th reviewer to Sorcery Illusions. Hopefully my next chapter will be out faster. Later days!