Third chapter, I don't care if you think that it is boring, it
is significant to the rest of the story. FFVIII belongs to Square-you know,
so I'll save my breath.or my muscles cause I'm typing, whatever. R/r at the
end please.
Chapter 3: Zell Mature=Weird
They sat at a little round table outside Zell's kitchen, drinking their coffee. It was very odd to Seifer, this didn't seem like Zell at all, at least not the Zell he had known. Around the house were pictures, and trinkets, but one thing in particular caught his attention. It was in a group of medals on a desk, the medal read: "For bravery and sacrifice against the Sorceress Rinoa." Seifer wanted so badly to ask about the meaning of the medal, did it mean that there had been another war? If so, did it mean that Rinoa had been seduced by her own powers? This world just didn't make sense.
"Sorry I couldn't talk more yesterday," Zell said after taking a sip of coffee, "I was in a hurry to meet the Misses, you know how that is. I'm just glad to be back, man Southern Centra is nothing but desert, made me want to kill somebody."
"Don't worry about it," Seifer said after a pause of nervous laughter. He actually had no idea what the hell Zell was talking about in the slightest, "So how did everything go in Centra?" he asked hoping to Hyne that it was the right thing to say.
"Tedious, I mean if you're going to send me to do something, have it be more than investigating the ruins. If you ask me, the whole theory about Odin's place being some sort of GF sanctuary is bull," he took a long sip of his coffee again, "So how are you and Quistis doing?"
"Oh," he started trying to think of something valid, "You know us."
"How would have thought that you two would ever last," he gave a little chuckle.
"Meaning what?"
"Oh lets not get into this again," Zell rolled his eyes.
"Humor me."
"I'm just saying that everyone thought Squall and Rinoa would be the quintessential couple out of the gang, and looked what happened there. Then you and Quisty blind sided us with your marriage, and we were all just amazed. You two are just so happy together, it's scary"
"Yeah," he gave a little smile, "So what's your next mission?"
"Well," he sighed, "I'm supposed to set out for Trabia Garden in a month, to help out Irvine and Selphie, apparently they need a new martial arts instructer.I'm not sure I should though."
"Why not?"
"They were very sketchy about the last one," he paused again, "Something about a Wendigo...But then again, if I do go there, I could take Kate with me and we'd see each other more often."
"Huh," he was trying to sound interested, honestly he was.
"You okay man?"
"Never been better, why?"
"You seem sorta.Uncomfortable in your own flesh." he looked at him with squinted eyes, as if looking for something that just wasn't there.
"It has been a long two days," Seifer rubbed his head with his hand.
"Trouble in paradise?" Zell leaned in a little bit.
"Oh, no...Well, not that I know of anyway," like he knew anything, "Just been confused about some stuff."
"Such as?" he pursued.
"Wondering how I got here I guess," and in some way he was being honest with his words, "I mean, how did I end up here, in Balamb, with Quistis, as a SeeD.Things just all of a sudden seem surreal."
"Ah," he nodded knowingly, "We have all gone through it, the six of us.A couple of us think all the magic we were around started to mess with our heads, but I don't know. But hey, don't doubt anything, if there is one thing I have learned, it's that."
"Yeah I guess."
"No guessing Seifer, guessing is what screws things up. You came so far from where you were when you were a kid, don't take that away from yourself now."
"What do you mean?"
"Okay, don't tell anyone I told you this, but none of us thought you could ever be a SeeD," Zell was surprised that Seifer's face wasn't more shocked, "We just assumed that you had some bad freakin' stuff going through your head," he gave a little chuckle, "Then you do a 180 on us and end up playing a key role in beating Ultimecia. Nobody ever thought you would sacrifice yourself like that, especially by using Kamikaze."
"I did?" he asked with a confused look on his face, but then he saw the suspicious look on Zell's face, "I mean, I did.I had to you know, for the.uh.Better cause.
"Right." Zell said slowly with furrowed brows, "Your sure your okay?"
"Never been better," he had to get out of there before he let something slip, "Well I should go on my rounds," he got up quickly, as did Zell, and shook his hand."
"You be careful," Zell looked him over, with calculating eyes.
"I'm always careful," he commented before making his exit. Well, that was an interesting meeting that Seifer would have never expected in a million years. He had sacrificed himself to them? What was he high on? This whole experience was making him so frustrated! Everything was moving so quickly, it was like somebody was laughing at him or something.
He walked to the pier, which hadn't changed much except for a paint job, and was hoping for a fight. The townspeople who walked past him would greet him in a friendly manner, which was a forgotten and alien occurrence to him. Eventually, though, he found his fight with a rather challenging marine monster. He supposed that it was a cross bread, or an evolved form of some other monster, for he hadn't seen it before.
The monster firstly sent out a horribly high pitched scream, making Seifer cover his ears in pain. Seifer was strong, though, and with all of his might he charged towards the blue creature and slashed it with his trusty Hyperion. Of course, one hit hardly kills a damn thing, so the battle continued. The monster used some sort of magic to restrain him, as if he were being squeezed by a giant snake. Of course, a little thing like not being able to move never stopped him before, he simply cast Firaga on the damned thing, and it lost it's concentration By this time the creature was becoming angry, apparently it had no patience for Seifer's "nonsense" and decided that he wanted to dispose of him quickly. Seifer saw it start to charge, which was never good in the world of monsters, and decided that he would slow down the process.
"Slow," he said loudly as the magic swirled from his essence and onto the monster. However, slow isn't always the easiest spell to cast, and often missed, such as in this battle. Actually, it seemed that the monster used the spell to his advantage, allowing it to completely charge, "Oh shit," Seifer said angrily as he awaited the oncoming attack and braced himself. Thousands upon thousands of small spikes came shooting out from the hellish beast in every direction it seemed. This was not a good thing. Seifer managed to dodge the majority, but a few hit his arm and stomach, making him fall to one knee.
"Not a good idea," he panted as he felt a surge of energy rising from his depths, which could only mean one thing: His limit break, "Fire Cross," he rose to his feat and began his ultimate attack in all of its fiery glory. He could see the pathetic little fiend as he struck, and it was obviously unable to believe that it was being destroyed, but as soon as the attack had begun, it was over. Seifer alone stood, breathing roughly with a satisfied look on his face. A stabbing pain came from his stomach as he remembered what damage had been done to himself. Dissapointed in himself for getting hit at all, he pulled out the small spike embedded in his stomach, and proceeded to the Inn, for he had no cure magic supplied, because simply put, he was not expecting to use any. He looked at his hand where the spike had been and growled; blood, great.
"Little help here," he said disgruntled quite a bit. Quistis ran over, with fear and concern in her eyes. Now that was a first, she was showing compassion and caring, when had she ever done that in the past?
"Oh my Hyne what happened?" she questioned ushering him into a back room and sitting him down on a table.
"Met a monster, got attacked, and then killed it," he explained shortly as she got out a first aid kit and cut open his shit, "Hey!"
"Oh the shirt was ruined anyway," she rolled her eyes and inspected the wound, "What type of monster was it?"
"It was one of those blue fish looking ones that don't use any water magic ironically," at the end of his description, she looked up at him in awe.
"A Daceia?" she asked, "You killed a Daceia? How? I mean we have never been able to kill one of them."
"It was tricky, but not really a problem," he explained, "I just got a few spikes as souvenirs."
"You never cease to amaze me," she gave a little smile and hugged him out of the blue.
"Ow!" she had leaned on both his stomach and arm wounds. Quistis jerked away quickly.
"Sorry," she gave a little laugh and turned her attention back to him, "Let's see, a Daceia is poisonous, so drink this," she handed him a Remedy, "And Curassa," with that he was healed.
"Curassa huh?" he had never heard of such a thing, but it worked twice as well as a Curaga.
"You know me, I save my own magic for special people," she gave him a seductive look and leaned in a little. Seifer couldn't say that he wasn;t tempted, but it was Quistis after all.
"I think I'll go get a new shirt and, uh, continue my work," he jumped of the table and hurried out of there.
"He is acting very strangely today," Quistis noted to herself as she reentered the main hall, and got back to work herself.
R/r, I had more, but I didn't want to make it too long, you know I gotta keep you guys on your toes.
Chapter 3: Zell Mature=Weird
They sat at a little round table outside Zell's kitchen, drinking their coffee. It was very odd to Seifer, this didn't seem like Zell at all, at least not the Zell he had known. Around the house were pictures, and trinkets, but one thing in particular caught his attention. It was in a group of medals on a desk, the medal read: "For bravery and sacrifice against the Sorceress Rinoa." Seifer wanted so badly to ask about the meaning of the medal, did it mean that there had been another war? If so, did it mean that Rinoa had been seduced by her own powers? This world just didn't make sense.
"Sorry I couldn't talk more yesterday," Zell said after taking a sip of coffee, "I was in a hurry to meet the Misses, you know how that is. I'm just glad to be back, man Southern Centra is nothing but desert, made me want to kill somebody."
"Don't worry about it," Seifer said after a pause of nervous laughter. He actually had no idea what the hell Zell was talking about in the slightest, "So how did everything go in Centra?" he asked hoping to Hyne that it was the right thing to say.
"Tedious, I mean if you're going to send me to do something, have it be more than investigating the ruins. If you ask me, the whole theory about Odin's place being some sort of GF sanctuary is bull," he took a long sip of his coffee again, "So how are you and Quistis doing?"
"Oh," he started trying to think of something valid, "You know us."
"How would have thought that you two would ever last," he gave a little chuckle.
"Meaning what?"
"Oh lets not get into this again," Zell rolled his eyes.
"Humor me."
"I'm just saying that everyone thought Squall and Rinoa would be the quintessential couple out of the gang, and looked what happened there. Then you and Quisty blind sided us with your marriage, and we were all just amazed. You two are just so happy together, it's scary"
"Yeah," he gave a little smile, "So what's your next mission?"
"Well," he sighed, "I'm supposed to set out for Trabia Garden in a month, to help out Irvine and Selphie, apparently they need a new martial arts instructer.I'm not sure I should though."
"Why not?"
"They were very sketchy about the last one," he paused again, "Something about a Wendigo...But then again, if I do go there, I could take Kate with me and we'd see each other more often."
"Huh," he was trying to sound interested, honestly he was.
"You okay man?"
"Never been better, why?"
"You seem sorta.Uncomfortable in your own flesh." he looked at him with squinted eyes, as if looking for something that just wasn't there.
"It has been a long two days," Seifer rubbed his head with his hand.
"Trouble in paradise?" Zell leaned in a little bit.
"Oh, no...Well, not that I know of anyway," like he knew anything, "Just been confused about some stuff."
"Such as?" he pursued.
"Wondering how I got here I guess," and in some way he was being honest with his words, "I mean, how did I end up here, in Balamb, with Quistis, as a SeeD.Things just all of a sudden seem surreal."
"Ah," he nodded knowingly, "We have all gone through it, the six of us.A couple of us think all the magic we were around started to mess with our heads, but I don't know. But hey, don't doubt anything, if there is one thing I have learned, it's that."
"Yeah I guess."
"No guessing Seifer, guessing is what screws things up. You came so far from where you were when you were a kid, don't take that away from yourself now."
"What do you mean?"
"Okay, don't tell anyone I told you this, but none of us thought you could ever be a SeeD," Zell was surprised that Seifer's face wasn't more shocked, "We just assumed that you had some bad freakin' stuff going through your head," he gave a little chuckle, "Then you do a 180 on us and end up playing a key role in beating Ultimecia. Nobody ever thought you would sacrifice yourself like that, especially by using Kamikaze."
"I did?" he asked with a confused look on his face, but then he saw the suspicious look on Zell's face, "I mean, I did.I had to you know, for the.uh.Better cause.
"Right." Zell said slowly with furrowed brows, "Your sure your okay?"
"Never been better," he had to get out of there before he let something slip, "Well I should go on my rounds," he got up quickly, as did Zell, and shook his hand."
"You be careful," Zell looked him over, with calculating eyes.
"I'm always careful," he commented before making his exit. Well, that was an interesting meeting that Seifer would have never expected in a million years. He had sacrificed himself to them? What was he high on? This whole experience was making him so frustrated! Everything was moving so quickly, it was like somebody was laughing at him or something.
He walked to the pier, which hadn't changed much except for a paint job, and was hoping for a fight. The townspeople who walked past him would greet him in a friendly manner, which was a forgotten and alien occurrence to him. Eventually, though, he found his fight with a rather challenging marine monster. He supposed that it was a cross bread, or an evolved form of some other monster, for he hadn't seen it before.
The monster firstly sent out a horribly high pitched scream, making Seifer cover his ears in pain. Seifer was strong, though, and with all of his might he charged towards the blue creature and slashed it with his trusty Hyperion. Of course, one hit hardly kills a damn thing, so the battle continued. The monster used some sort of magic to restrain him, as if he were being squeezed by a giant snake. Of course, a little thing like not being able to move never stopped him before, he simply cast Firaga on the damned thing, and it lost it's concentration By this time the creature was becoming angry, apparently it had no patience for Seifer's "nonsense" and decided that he wanted to dispose of him quickly. Seifer saw it start to charge, which was never good in the world of monsters, and decided that he would slow down the process.
"Slow," he said loudly as the magic swirled from his essence and onto the monster. However, slow isn't always the easiest spell to cast, and often missed, such as in this battle. Actually, it seemed that the monster used the spell to his advantage, allowing it to completely charge, "Oh shit," Seifer said angrily as he awaited the oncoming attack and braced himself. Thousands upon thousands of small spikes came shooting out from the hellish beast in every direction it seemed. This was not a good thing. Seifer managed to dodge the majority, but a few hit his arm and stomach, making him fall to one knee.
"Not a good idea," he panted as he felt a surge of energy rising from his depths, which could only mean one thing: His limit break, "Fire Cross," he rose to his feat and began his ultimate attack in all of its fiery glory. He could see the pathetic little fiend as he struck, and it was obviously unable to believe that it was being destroyed, but as soon as the attack had begun, it was over. Seifer alone stood, breathing roughly with a satisfied look on his face. A stabbing pain came from his stomach as he remembered what damage had been done to himself. Dissapointed in himself for getting hit at all, he pulled out the small spike embedded in his stomach, and proceeded to the Inn, for he had no cure magic supplied, because simply put, he was not expecting to use any. He looked at his hand where the spike had been and growled; blood, great.
"Little help here," he said disgruntled quite a bit. Quistis ran over, with fear and concern in her eyes. Now that was a first, she was showing compassion and caring, when had she ever done that in the past?
"Oh my Hyne what happened?" she questioned ushering him into a back room and sitting him down on a table.
"Met a monster, got attacked, and then killed it," he explained shortly as she got out a first aid kit and cut open his shit, "Hey!"
"Oh the shirt was ruined anyway," she rolled her eyes and inspected the wound, "What type of monster was it?"
"It was one of those blue fish looking ones that don't use any water magic ironically," at the end of his description, she looked up at him in awe.
"A Daceia?" she asked, "You killed a Daceia? How? I mean we have never been able to kill one of them."
"It was tricky, but not really a problem," he explained, "I just got a few spikes as souvenirs."
"You never cease to amaze me," she gave a little smile and hugged him out of the blue.
"Ow!" she had leaned on both his stomach and arm wounds. Quistis jerked away quickly.
"Sorry," she gave a little laugh and turned her attention back to him, "Let's see, a Daceia is poisonous, so drink this," she handed him a Remedy, "And Curassa," with that he was healed.
"Curassa huh?" he had never heard of such a thing, but it worked twice as well as a Curaga.
"You know me, I save my own magic for special people," she gave him a seductive look and leaned in a little. Seifer couldn't say that he wasn;t tempted, but it was Quistis after all.
"I think I'll go get a new shirt and, uh, continue my work," he jumped of the table and hurried out of there.
"He is acting very strangely today," Quistis noted to herself as she reentered the main hall, and got back to work herself.
R/r, I had more, but I didn't want to make it too long, you know I gotta keep you guys on your toes.
