AN: SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! Ive been busy, but heres the final chapter! -:- Casi Muerto -:-
"IF ONLY YOU SAW ME"
EPILOGUE
"...when you left... apart of you stayed behind..."
5 years later...
Rinoa stood on top of a high hill within the plains of balamb. She looked down at the large group of vampires bowing down at her. She smiled, looking around her. A little boy ran toward her, laughing. Smiling, she looked at him, lifting him in her arms. She turned back toward the crowd. Seeing everyone she knew, everyone who followed her words.
"Rinoa..."
She turned around to see Sephiroth and Dai standing behind her. She smiled. They were all standing behind her. Cloud, Wakka, Fujin, Zone, and Tidus stood there along side the two. Transperant they were, but smiling. Rinoa smiled and nodded.
Sephiroth stepped forward, looking at the crowd. "A peace has reached balamb for 5 years now, "he spoke, slightly echoing, "All under the guidance of our leader. With our leader's kind heart and witted mind, all who died are able to live. Like myself, my wife, and my dear friends, all of us are living with the power to once again see the sunlight." He smiled, looking at Rinoa, "All thanks to our leader."
Rinoa smiled, holding the little boy tightly in her arms. She looked at him, kissing his forhead, "Go to dai, love."
He nodded and slid down her chest, running to the transperant Dai. Rinoa cleared her throat, staring down at the vampires, "5 years ago, the war ended. 5 years ago, I lost all dear to me. I had stood, after losing a part of my infinite soul, too see all of my friends dead. I paniced and screamed for the battle to end. Little did I know... I was the only vampire standing within the sunlight... I poured an ounce of blood into all of my friends bodies... bringing them away from death... yet..." She turned around to look at them, "Away from their bodies aswell." She looked back at the group, "And I did the same to all of you..gradually... I saved My friends, I saved Balamb, and I saved my heart."
She turned around, kneeling toward the little boy, " I lost my love that day... he sacrficed himself...for me.." She grabbed the boy in her arms, whispering in his ear, 'love you'. She turned back towards the vampires, "He was your leader. He was your proud leader. After vanishing for years.. you were left in a slight peace until he returned. His existence didnt cause you pain, neither did his leaving. He brought you strength, as he does to this day."
Many of the vampires in the crowd nodded. Rinoa nodded, " And I, Rinoa Leonhart, Will of course try within my every will to lead you toward victories to come. And when I no longer can, My son of course will lead. And so on from his bloodline. Our legacy will never die... although I shall never see my love again..." she lowered her head, "I still have him in my child..."
The boy looked at the crowd than at his mother, "Dont cry..."
She smiled at him, "Alright."
She looked back at the crowd, "We must all live in peace and harmony. Enjoy this tranquility. I will always be here to guide you."
When she finsihed, the vampires bowed and turned toward the rising sun. No one burned at its rays. No one ran. Rinoa stood as their resistance. Their protection. She smiled as they all slowly turned to leave, each nodding toward her. She looked back at her friends, who nodded and turned back towards the mansion. She looked at the boy, "Squall, will you watch your first sunrise?"
He happily nodded and sat on the hill, pulling Rinoa's arm to sit next to him. Looking at the sunrise, he glanced at his mother, who showed tears in her eyes, "Mother..."
She smiled at him, "Yes, Squall?"
"Will Father come tonight?"
She lowered her head, "Your father...wont be here tonight..."
Squall Jr lowered his head, "Mother...will I ever know him...?"
Rinoa thought about where Squall's body was. Laying in the remodled tomb that had once belonged to Joia, his blackened body showing the tiniest heartbeat..yet his eyes never opened. Her tear fell from her eye and she sighed, "You will see him when he wakes..."
Squall Jr lowered his head and looked up at the sunrise. A loud whistle came from beside them. Squall Jr turned toward the sound and gasped, beginning to run. Rinoa looked at him and followed to where he was running. Tears filled her eyes, "Sq...squall..."
Squall knelt down, his transperant body grabbing his son, "My son..." he said in an echoing voice.
Rinoa stood, tears falling uncontrolably from her eyes, "Squall..."
Squall looked up at her, "Rinoa..." he smiled.
Rinoa ran towards him, falling into his freezing grasp, "You're cold..." she whispered.
He held both her and his son, laughing, "I know..."
"Father! Its really you!"
He smiled, "The sun...its beautiful..."
"Father!"
Squall looked at his son, smiling, "I was always here. I just wasnt seen..."
Rinoa held him tightly, "But...your body has a heart-"
"Thats all it will ever have..."
Rinoa looked him in the eye, "Squall..."
"I cant live again, Love...But I needed to see you one last time."
"But Squall, I-"
He kissed her passionately, letting her fall into his grasp. Squall Jr moved aside, smiling at his parents.
Rinoa sighed against Squall's lips, "Ive missed you."
"I"ll never leave your side... So you shouldnt miss me..."
She nodded, "I love you, Squall."
"I love you too."
He let her go and turned toward his son, "Be strong for your Mother, will you?"
He nodded happily, jumping into Squall's arms for a hug. Squall smiled, holding his son tightly. He then let him go, setting him softly on the grasp, "You'll make a great leader, Rinoa."
She nodded, closing her eyes. She felt a kiss on her lips and she smiled. Upon opening her eyes, she saw Squall walking away from them, down the hill. "Squall! WAIT!"
He turned around and waved, "I'm always here."
"SQUALL!"
Rinoa's eyes shot open in bed. She looked around the dimmed room and felt something squirm next to her. Looking at Squall Jr's gentle face, tears built in her eyes. She rubbed his soft skin, kissing his forhead. "Squall..."
She shot off the bed, running down the stairs towards the tomb. Stopping at the door, she rested her head on the wooden engravement of Squall's gunblade, "Squall...please open for me...let me in..."
She felt a strong gust of wind, and smiled, "Thank you, Love."
The door opened slowly and she walked toward the black casket. Standing next to it, she placed her hands on the wooden words "Forceful Wind" on the top cover. A small smile reached her face. She opened the caskets top, looking at Squall's darkened face. Laying her hand on his heart... she felt no beat. Tears fell from her eyes, "Squall..."
She knelt by the casket, crying. "The dream...you...you're gone from here...arent you?"
She got no reply. She cried harder, "Squall I need you! PLEASE!"
A soft wind caressed her face and she felt a cheek next to hers. She could smell his sweet scent and felt strands of his hair fall on her face, She felt his hand softly carress her neck, "I"m still here...look harder.."
Nodding, she pressed her ear against Squall's chest... hear a very dim and slow 'thump' 'thump'. She smiled. She moved toward the feeling of the wind. She felt him move behind her and kiss her hair, "i love you, Rinoa."
She smiled, turning around at the vanishing wind, "I love you too, Squall."
...I love you too...
AN: THATS IT! again sorry for the wait. And sorry for the death of Squall... Hes still alive though. HIS HEARTS BEATING! 3, So yes, Again Im sorry, and I hope you enjoyed my fic.
Love,
Casi Muerto
