Chapter 4: The Sohma Family?

"What is the problem here?" Squall said stepping forward.

Suddenly the orange haired male looked up and blinked. Before another word could be said the orange haired guy had taken off in the opposite direction and the mouse sat on the ground. Selphie quickly picked up the mouse and patted him. "Awww! I wanna keep it!" She said holding it in Squall's face.

Squall shook his head. "When we get back remind me to get you a doctor's appointment."

Selphie placed the grey mouse into her pocket and they approached the house, before they even got a chance to knock the door opened and a young man wearing what looked to Squall and the others as a long grey dress.

"Uh, Sir?" Squall said looking up at him.

The man in the "dress" blinked and coughed. "Oh, hello there! How may I help you?"

Selphie stepped forward. "We are looking for Shigure Sohma." She said extremely cheerful.

The man held up his hand. "That would be me!" She said smiling sweetly to Selphie.

"You?" Squall said completely shocked. They had all been expecting to see a young man, not an older gentleman.

Shigure, still smiling, turned his attention from Selphie and grinned even wider to Squall. "Yes me?"

"Do you know a young woman named Kairi?" Aeris broke into the conversation.

Shigure was quickly stunned and nodded. "Oh! Yes of course! Are you her friends?"

Squall shook his head. "We came to investigate her disappearance and possibly her kidnapping." He said walking toward Shigure.

"Kidnapping? Disappearance? Why no! Kairi is here, in her room" Shigure said still smiling.

Squall shook his head. "Excuse me?"

Shigure turned looking into the house. "Oh, Kairi dear! You have company!" He turned back to Squall. "She'll be right out!"

After a few silent moments a young red-headed girl came out from behind Shigure. "Huh?" She said looking that the others.

"Kairi?" Squall said staring at her.

The girl nodded. "Is something wrong?" She said innocently.

"What are you doing here? And…who is this man? Has he hurt you?" Selphie said rushing over to the girl.

Kairi shook her head. "What? What are you talking about?" She said looking quite confused.

Squall reached into his coat and pulled out a stack of papers. "Your instant messages to this man." He said holding them up. "We were given the impression that something was wrong and you were in trouble."

Kairi and Shigure both began laughing. "I came to Japan to visit my cousin, Tohru Honda. She is Shigure's maid here. Shigure and I are friends…and role-players." Kairi said explaining the messages.

Selphie quickly slapped her forehead. "Oh! So that is what those other messages meant."

Squall turned to Selphie. "Other messages?"

Selphie nodded. "Uh huh, there were a bunch of other messages but I was tired of hitting the print button….they should make it a prettier button!"

Squall threw the papers to the floor. "Role-playing? I was sent all the way to Japan because she was role-playing? AND you." He turned and pointed to Selphie. "You are an idiot."

Squall quickly took off back towards the airship. Selphie and Aeris quickly apologized to the others for the misunderstanding and ran to catch up with Mr. Leonheart.

"You really outdid yourself this time Selphie." Squall said as she rushed over to him.

"I know, I am sorry."

"They really need to remove you from the intelligence team" Squall said as he opened the door to the airship.

The three made their way onto the airship and back into the passenger area.

"What the hell is going on?" Squall screamed out at the sight before him.

Sitting on the floor were Reno, Cid and Kim Possible. Many articles of clothing had been removed and they were sitting before a pile of cards. Squall turned away.

"Can we just GO HOME." He said once again placing his hand on his forehead. "I am wondering if this job is worth the pain." He said to himself.

The strip card players quickly dressed and Cid made his way back into the cockpit. They successfully dropped Aeris and Reno off in Midgar and headed back towards Balamb Garden.

"Arriving at Balamb Garden in Five minutes, please remain seated until the ride comes to a complete stop. Thank you for flying Highwind Express." They all heard once again over the intercom.

Squall still sat back in his seat holding his head. He was trying his hardest to ignore the strange man. Once the airship had come to a complete stop they all departed. Cid kindly waved them goodbye and said he would see them again someday.

Squall took the lead as they walked back to the Garden in silence. Suddenly Selphie let out a small "meep!"

Squall turned quickly. "What?"

Selphie had pulled the small grey mouse, which she had taken from the Shoma house, out of her pocket. "He is probably a hungry little thing" She said cuddling the mouse.

Squall reached over and snatched the mouse out of her arms. "This is just stupid, he's a damned mouse!"

Suddenly there was a loud, "POOF" and a cloud of thick smoke. Squall, Selphie and Kim waved away the smoke revealing a young grey haired boy, who happened to be completely naked. The girls turned away blushing and Squall looked into the sky. "What the hell is this shit?"

The young boy looked around nervously. "Uhh hello…."

"WHAT THE HELL?" Squall screamed sitting up quickly. He looked around seeing the bright sunshine peeking through his small dorm window. He shuddered a moment thinking about what had just happened and scratched his head. "It was all a dream….yes….all a dream."

He quickly climbed from his bed and dressed in his typical attire consisting of black straight leg jeans, a clean white T-shirt and his black leather jacket, with the fur trimmed collar. He yawned and fixed his brown hair in the mirror before making his way through the halls of Garden towards a crowded cafeteria.

Once inside the busy place he was quickly greeted by his friends.

Irvine tipped his hat a little, "Morning Squall." He said sounding very southern gentleman like.

Zell only waved a little, his face was buried deep in a plate of eggs and cheese, the only thing visible was his blond hair and a tiny bit of his trademark tattoo.

Squall nodded to them both a proceeded to get his own breakfast.

After an hour of eating and mingling with his two friends, Squall decided it was time to part. He had to travel into Balamb city today to meet with a new recruit to Garden.

The End…