Okay. Here's the next chapter. I'm glad you people are liking this so much.
I'm having fun writing it. I'm not sure how long this fic will run. I'll
reach the end when I feel I've reached it. And, later on in the fic, I'll
be giving everyone a special treat. No, not a lemon. You dirty people!
*smacks everyone who thought he ment a lemon* I'm talking about everyones
favorite kind of bashing...*drum roll* Rinoa bashing! Enjoy the chapter.
The sun rose, waking Squall. He looked around and saw he was not in his dorm. The memories of yesterday came back to him when he felt another person leaning against him. "Fujin..." Putting his hand on her head, he gently stroked her hair. She shifted and her eyes opened and looked up to him. "Morning."
"MORNING." She pulled away from his hug and streched.
At a loss for words, he stood and and leaned on the railing, looking into the moring sky. "Fujin, about last night..."
Fujin put her hand on his shoulder. "NO NEED. FRIEND COMFORTING FRIEND."
Squall nodded. "Yeah. That's all it was." He yawned and turned, leaving the secret area.
Fujin looked out into the distance. Or was it something more? She thought to herself. She shook her head. No. She told herself. Just a friend helping a friend. That's all it was. Nothing more. She turned and left.
Squall shifted over to the table his friends were sitting at and set his breakfast down. Not saying anything, he began to eat his scrambled eggs.
Everyone looked at everyone then at Squall. "Well?" Selphie Zell asked
Squall didn't look at them. "Well what?"
"What happened with you and Fujin?" Irvine blurted out.
Squall looked up, dropping his fork and whiping his mouth. "Nothing."
"Nothing?" Selphie asked, not really beliving him.
"Nothing." Squall said. His tone of voice had gone from it's usual boring tone to very annoyed.
Fujin walked by, holding her plate. Raijin waved to her, and she walked over to him. Squall looked over his shoulder, watching her. Zell elbowed him and he looked at him. "I dunno, Squall." Zell said."Fujin is pretty hot, in her own way. She quiet, mysterious and that eye patch really really brings all that together." He smiled. "Hell, if Quistis didn't have such a tight leash, I'd..." He didn't ever have a chance to finish that sentence before Quistis hit him upside the head.
"Tight leash?" she asked.
"I mean, if I didn't absolutly worsihp the ground she walks on." Zell stammered.
Quistis grinned and leand back. "Better."
"Anyway..." Irvine said. " Why don't you ask her out? You two are perfect for each other."
Squall got up. "That's what you thought about me and Rinoa." Saying her name now left a burning feeling on his toung. " I'm outta here." He dumped his plate and left the cafeteria.
"Guys, you know what we gotta do." Selphie said as they all leaned in on the table.
"Leave it alone?" Quistis asked.
"No. We gotta get them together like we did him and that little angle bitch, Rinoa. But this will end out even better then that." Zell said.
A fist slammed into the middle of the group, causing them to lean back out. "BUTT OUT." Fujin said.
"But, Fujin..." Selphie said.
"NO. ONLY FRIENDS. NOTHING MORE." She said. Huffing, she turned and left.
Raijin walked up to them and sat with them. "What you guys got planned?"
They all smiled and leaned back in, whispering.
Squall walked back to his dorm. He practicly dropped face first on his bed, sighing.Lifting his head he looked over to his clock. Only 10. Damn. He got up and headed out of his dorm.
Selphie and Zell were hiding behind a plant in the hall when they saw Squall come down the hall. Zell pulled out a small walkie-talkie. "Hotdog to Cowboy. Hotdog to Cowboy. The lion has left the den. Repeat. The lion has left the den. Over."
Irvine,Quistis and Raijin were sitting in the Quad. Irvine heard the walkie- talkie go off and answered it. "This is Cowboy to Hotdog. Confirmed. " He looked around and saw Fujin walke by. " The cyclops stalks the badlands. Over."
Raijin sat down and looked to Irvine. "You sure this'll work?"
"Yeah. Of course. " Irvine said. "Quistis. Won't this work?"
"No." She said, fialing her nails.
"Party pooper." Irvine said.
Fujin sat on a bench and stared out in to space. The wind blew, causing her her to sway. I'm so confused. I thought he was just a friend. But...She shook her head. Her eyes were closed, so she didn't notice Irvine, Quistis and Raijin walk up behind her.
"Uh...Fu?" Raijin tapped her on the shoulder.
Fujin sighed and turned to face him. "WHAT?"
"We were wondering if you could come with us to the parking lot. One of the cars is acting up and I know how good you are with cars, ya know?" Raijin had a habbit of chuckling when he lied. He was trying his hardest not to at that moment.
"ZELL BETTER." Fujin stated.
"Yeah, but we can't tear him away from his hotdogs." Irvine said.
Fujin rolled her eye. "FINE." She got up and followed them to the parking lot.
Zell and Selphie jumped out from behind their hiding place, not actually suprising Squall. "What?" He asked.
"We need you to come to the parking lot." Selphie said. "Commander troubles." She nodded and gave him a big smile.
"In the parking lot?" Squall cocked an eyebrow.
They both nodded.
"Now?"
The both nodded.
He sighed. "Fine. Let's go." Selphie grabbed his left hand and almost acutally drug him to the parking lot.
Everyone arrived at the same time in the parking lot. Squall looked to everyone. "What's going on?"
Zell, Selphie, Irvine, Quistis and Raijin nodded. Zell and Irvine grabbed Squall's legs while Selphie and Quistis grabbed his arms. Raijin opened the door to the only car in the parking lot, and they shoved him in the drivers seat. "Let me out!" Squall yelled, beating on the window. He tryed to open the door but it wouldn't budge. "Dammit!" He hit the window again, then gave up and sat back.
"UP TO SOMETHING." Fujin said, sitting in the passenger side seat. Squall jumped, not seeing her. "PUTTING US TOGETHER." She folded her arms and sat back.
Squall shook his head. "No. Guys, I told you. Friends. Just friends Nothing more!" He tryed to open the doors again, but was met with an electric shock. "Ouch!"
"We got the car rigged. It'll automaticly take you to Balamb, where you two are going to go on a date." Selphie said. "Thank Zell for this." She smiled.
"No prob." Zell smiled.
" I'm not going along with this." Squall said.
"ME EITHER." Fujin said.
"Too bad. " Irvine said. He opened the parking lot door and car drove off. "Happy dating!" He yelled as they all waved.
The car arrived a few minutes later. The car doors opened and Squall and Fujin got out. The doors closed, the car turned around and drove off. "Perfect." Squall said. "Just perfect." He put his hands in his pockets. "You know they won;t stop unlsee we do this." He stated.
"INDEED." Fujin nodded.
"What could one little date hurt?"
"NOTHING."
"Exactly." They walked into town and Squall looked around. "What do you want to do?" Balamb was an extreamly small town, so dating activity was limited.
Fujin was about to answer, but her stomach grumbled before she could speak. "LUNCH."
"Yeah. I'm kinda hungry myself." They walked through the town, getting odd looks everywhere they went. Finally finding a small outdoor cafe, they ordered what they wanted and sat down and began to eat. "Fujin?"
"Hmm?" She couldn't speak due to that her mouth was full of a bite of a meatball sub.
"Why did you fight us? Kidnap Ellone? Hold Balamb hostage?" Squall knew he sounded rude, but now was as good a time as any to find out.
Fujin swolled her food, keeping a calm mood. "SEIFER ORDERED."
"I know, but why did he do it?" Squall asked.
"EDEA ORDERED." Her mood never changed.
Squall gave up there, already knowing the answer to the question he wanted to ask. He took a bite of his sandwhich and stared off into space.
"WHY FIGHT US?" Fujin asked back.
"You left Garden. You took Balamb and Ellone hostage. " He took a bite of his sandwhich. "To be honest, I never wanted to fight you."
"SAME." She said.
They finished their food and stood, dusting themselves off. "Where do you want to go now?"
Fujin looked around and spotted a small shop near the harbor. She smiled a bit and turned to him. "FISH."
"Huh?"
She rolled her eyes and grabed him by the hand and drug him to the shop, rented two polls and a bucket of bait. "FISH?"
"Not to often." Just like dancing, he was never any good at fishing. He could swear that the fish ran from what ever bait he had.
Fujin smiled a bit and dragged him to the end of the dock. They sat down and out the bait on the end of her hook. Casting her line, it landed in the water with small splash. "NOW YOU."
Squall took out the bait and put it on the hook. He reared his arm back, getting ready to cast. When he tryed to cast, a scream of agony came from behind him and Fujin. "OW! Get it out! Get it out!" Squall turned around and saw that his hook had caught the ear of a passer by. He ran over and removed the hook and the man walked off, fuming and cursing under his breath.
Squall sighed. "Forget it. I'll just watch you." He set the poll down and sat next to Fujin.
"NO." Fujin grabbed the poll and put it back in his hand. "WATCH BEHIND."
Squall sighed and tryed again. He looked behind him, making sure no one was there and cast the line. It landed close to Fujin's and he smiled a bit. "Thanks."
Fujin nodded and looked back to the water. Several minutes passed as they sat in complete silence, wating for a bite and enjoying the cool breeze that was blowing. He line pulled a bit. She grabbed her poll and pulled. Her catch pulled just as hard, almost dragging her into the water. Squall dropped his line and grabed her by the waist and pulled. Though he didn't see it, Fujin blushed and smiled a bit. Oh hyne. She told herself. The line tugged a bit more and she snapped out of her own little world. She pulled with him, finally pulling her catch to the dock. It was a giant swordfish, longer then the both of them. It flailed on land, swinging it's tail nearly hitting Fujin. "SUBDUE." She said.
Squall walked towards it a bit, ducking out of the way of it's tail. He jumped on it, only making it flail even more. He dug his hands into it's gills and a few seconds later, it stopped. Squall stood and sighed. "Big fish." He said.
"VERY." She grabbed the large fish by the tail and began to drag it. "COOK?"
Squall quickly ran to the front and picked it up. They looked very odd, draging a fish big enough to devour each of them, out of town. Stopping a few yards outside of the town, Squall started a fire and Fujin gutted it, sticking it on a spit and letting it cook. Squall asked her "Why cook it over an open flame?"
Fujin sat down. "TASTES BETTER."
"Oh." Squall sat down, on the opposite side of the fire from Fujin. It was twilight now, bathing the Balamb country side it a mix of red, orange and yellow. Squall looked across the fire and stared at Fujin. Her skin was almost exactly the same color as the sun set. He coulnd't look away.
Fujin finally saw him staring blushed. Thanks to the light, it couldn't be seen. She picked up a stick and poked the fish. "DONE."
Squall stopped his staring and helped Fujin set the fish on the ground. They knew they couldn't eat the whole thing, so they'd have to let the monsters finish it off. He tore a chunk of meat off the bones and bit into it. She was right. It did taste better. He had had all types of fish, but never over an open flame. He had to admit. This was the best he had. "This is good."
Fujin nodded and took a bite of hers. "INDEED."
They ate in silence, almost eating the whole thing. Leaving behind the rest for the monsters, the began their walk back to Garden. Almost at the gate, Squall suddenly asked. "You feel anything?"
Fujin looked to him, a confused look on her face.
"On our date, I mean."
Finally comprehanding the question, Fujin shrugged. "DON'T KNOW." She kicked a small rock and looked back at him. "YOU?"
Squall shrugged. "Mabey." He felt himself inch a bit closer to her. " I don't know, really." Looking down, he had trouble saying his next sentence. "Should we...test...it?"
Fujin's heart jumped. She knew what he ment. Looking back, she stared at him. Keeping her calm and cold attitude, she said "IF WANT."
Squall sighed and decided to do it. They moved closer to each other, inch by inch. Finally, they were face to face. He leaned down, she leaned up and their lips met. The kiss was quick and both pulled away quickly. "Feel anything?"
Fujin shook her head. "TOO QUICK." Almost on que, they ran into each others arms and kissed again, deep and long. It lasted for almost two minutes. Fujin pulled back a bit. "Wow." She said.
"Yeah." Squall gulped. "Wow."
Fujin looked at him. Squall looked at her. And their lips met again. Squall pulled away a bit."Another date, then?" He asked.
"AFFIRMATIVE." She nodded.
"Next week." He said.
Fujin nodded and pulled away. "GOOD NIGHT."
Squall waved a bit. "Night." They each walked back to their dorm and went to sleep, each thinking of the other.
The sun rose, waking Squall. He looked around and saw he was not in his dorm. The memories of yesterday came back to him when he felt another person leaning against him. "Fujin..." Putting his hand on her head, he gently stroked her hair. She shifted and her eyes opened and looked up to him. "Morning."
"MORNING." She pulled away from his hug and streched.
At a loss for words, he stood and and leaned on the railing, looking into the moring sky. "Fujin, about last night..."
Fujin put her hand on his shoulder. "NO NEED. FRIEND COMFORTING FRIEND."
Squall nodded. "Yeah. That's all it was." He yawned and turned, leaving the secret area.
Fujin looked out into the distance. Or was it something more? She thought to herself. She shook her head. No. She told herself. Just a friend helping a friend. That's all it was. Nothing more. She turned and left.
Squall shifted over to the table his friends were sitting at and set his breakfast down. Not saying anything, he began to eat his scrambled eggs.
Everyone looked at everyone then at Squall. "Well?" Selphie Zell asked
Squall didn't look at them. "Well what?"
"What happened with you and Fujin?" Irvine blurted out.
Squall looked up, dropping his fork and whiping his mouth. "Nothing."
"Nothing?" Selphie asked, not really beliving him.
"Nothing." Squall said. His tone of voice had gone from it's usual boring tone to very annoyed.
Fujin walked by, holding her plate. Raijin waved to her, and she walked over to him. Squall looked over his shoulder, watching her. Zell elbowed him and he looked at him. "I dunno, Squall." Zell said."Fujin is pretty hot, in her own way. She quiet, mysterious and that eye patch really really brings all that together." He smiled. "Hell, if Quistis didn't have such a tight leash, I'd..." He didn't ever have a chance to finish that sentence before Quistis hit him upside the head.
"Tight leash?" she asked.
"I mean, if I didn't absolutly worsihp the ground she walks on." Zell stammered.
Quistis grinned and leand back. "Better."
"Anyway..." Irvine said. " Why don't you ask her out? You two are perfect for each other."
Squall got up. "That's what you thought about me and Rinoa." Saying her name now left a burning feeling on his toung. " I'm outta here." He dumped his plate and left the cafeteria.
"Guys, you know what we gotta do." Selphie said as they all leaned in on the table.
"Leave it alone?" Quistis asked.
"No. We gotta get them together like we did him and that little angle bitch, Rinoa. But this will end out even better then that." Zell said.
A fist slammed into the middle of the group, causing them to lean back out. "BUTT OUT." Fujin said.
"But, Fujin..." Selphie said.
"NO. ONLY FRIENDS. NOTHING MORE." She said. Huffing, she turned and left.
Raijin walked up to them and sat with them. "What you guys got planned?"
They all smiled and leaned back in, whispering.
Squall walked back to his dorm. He practicly dropped face first on his bed, sighing.Lifting his head he looked over to his clock. Only 10. Damn. He got up and headed out of his dorm.
Selphie and Zell were hiding behind a plant in the hall when they saw Squall come down the hall. Zell pulled out a small walkie-talkie. "Hotdog to Cowboy. Hotdog to Cowboy. The lion has left the den. Repeat. The lion has left the den. Over."
Irvine,Quistis and Raijin were sitting in the Quad. Irvine heard the walkie- talkie go off and answered it. "This is Cowboy to Hotdog. Confirmed. " He looked around and saw Fujin walke by. " The cyclops stalks the badlands. Over."
Raijin sat down and looked to Irvine. "You sure this'll work?"
"Yeah. Of course. " Irvine said. "Quistis. Won't this work?"
"No." She said, fialing her nails.
"Party pooper." Irvine said.
Fujin sat on a bench and stared out in to space. The wind blew, causing her her to sway. I'm so confused. I thought he was just a friend. But...She shook her head. Her eyes were closed, so she didn't notice Irvine, Quistis and Raijin walk up behind her.
"Uh...Fu?" Raijin tapped her on the shoulder.
Fujin sighed and turned to face him. "WHAT?"
"We were wondering if you could come with us to the parking lot. One of the cars is acting up and I know how good you are with cars, ya know?" Raijin had a habbit of chuckling when he lied. He was trying his hardest not to at that moment.
"ZELL BETTER." Fujin stated.
"Yeah, but we can't tear him away from his hotdogs." Irvine said.
Fujin rolled her eye. "FINE." She got up and followed them to the parking lot.
Zell and Selphie jumped out from behind their hiding place, not actually suprising Squall. "What?" He asked.
"We need you to come to the parking lot." Selphie said. "Commander troubles." She nodded and gave him a big smile.
"In the parking lot?" Squall cocked an eyebrow.
They both nodded.
"Now?"
The both nodded.
He sighed. "Fine. Let's go." Selphie grabbed his left hand and almost acutally drug him to the parking lot.
Everyone arrived at the same time in the parking lot. Squall looked to everyone. "What's going on?"
Zell, Selphie, Irvine, Quistis and Raijin nodded. Zell and Irvine grabbed Squall's legs while Selphie and Quistis grabbed his arms. Raijin opened the door to the only car in the parking lot, and they shoved him in the drivers seat. "Let me out!" Squall yelled, beating on the window. He tryed to open the door but it wouldn't budge. "Dammit!" He hit the window again, then gave up and sat back.
"UP TO SOMETHING." Fujin said, sitting in the passenger side seat. Squall jumped, not seeing her. "PUTTING US TOGETHER." She folded her arms and sat back.
Squall shook his head. "No. Guys, I told you. Friends. Just friends Nothing more!" He tryed to open the doors again, but was met with an electric shock. "Ouch!"
"We got the car rigged. It'll automaticly take you to Balamb, where you two are going to go on a date." Selphie said. "Thank Zell for this." She smiled.
"No prob." Zell smiled.
" I'm not going along with this." Squall said.
"ME EITHER." Fujin said.
"Too bad. " Irvine said. He opened the parking lot door and car drove off. "Happy dating!" He yelled as they all waved.
The car arrived a few minutes later. The car doors opened and Squall and Fujin got out. The doors closed, the car turned around and drove off. "Perfect." Squall said. "Just perfect." He put his hands in his pockets. "You know they won;t stop unlsee we do this." He stated.
"INDEED." Fujin nodded.
"What could one little date hurt?"
"NOTHING."
"Exactly." They walked into town and Squall looked around. "What do you want to do?" Balamb was an extreamly small town, so dating activity was limited.
Fujin was about to answer, but her stomach grumbled before she could speak. "LUNCH."
"Yeah. I'm kinda hungry myself." They walked through the town, getting odd looks everywhere they went. Finally finding a small outdoor cafe, they ordered what they wanted and sat down and began to eat. "Fujin?"
"Hmm?" She couldn't speak due to that her mouth was full of a bite of a meatball sub.
"Why did you fight us? Kidnap Ellone? Hold Balamb hostage?" Squall knew he sounded rude, but now was as good a time as any to find out.
Fujin swolled her food, keeping a calm mood. "SEIFER ORDERED."
"I know, but why did he do it?" Squall asked.
"EDEA ORDERED." Her mood never changed.
Squall gave up there, already knowing the answer to the question he wanted to ask. He took a bite of his sandwhich and stared off into space.
"WHY FIGHT US?" Fujin asked back.
"You left Garden. You took Balamb and Ellone hostage. " He took a bite of his sandwhich. "To be honest, I never wanted to fight you."
"SAME." She said.
They finished their food and stood, dusting themselves off. "Where do you want to go now?"
Fujin looked around and spotted a small shop near the harbor. She smiled a bit and turned to him. "FISH."
"Huh?"
She rolled her eyes and grabed him by the hand and drug him to the shop, rented two polls and a bucket of bait. "FISH?"
"Not to often." Just like dancing, he was never any good at fishing. He could swear that the fish ran from what ever bait he had.
Fujin smiled a bit and dragged him to the end of the dock. They sat down and out the bait on the end of her hook. Casting her line, it landed in the water with small splash. "NOW YOU."
Squall took out the bait and put it on the hook. He reared his arm back, getting ready to cast. When he tryed to cast, a scream of agony came from behind him and Fujin. "OW! Get it out! Get it out!" Squall turned around and saw that his hook had caught the ear of a passer by. He ran over and removed the hook and the man walked off, fuming and cursing under his breath.
Squall sighed. "Forget it. I'll just watch you." He set the poll down and sat next to Fujin.
"NO." Fujin grabbed the poll and put it back in his hand. "WATCH BEHIND."
Squall sighed and tryed again. He looked behind him, making sure no one was there and cast the line. It landed close to Fujin's and he smiled a bit. "Thanks."
Fujin nodded and looked back to the water. Several minutes passed as they sat in complete silence, wating for a bite and enjoying the cool breeze that was blowing. He line pulled a bit. She grabbed her poll and pulled. Her catch pulled just as hard, almost dragging her into the water. Squall dropped his line and grabed her by the waist and pulled. Though he didn't see it, Fujin blushed and smiled a bit. Oh hyne. She told herself. The line tugged a bit more and she snapped out of her own little world. She pulled with him, finally pulling her catch to the dock. It was a giant swordfish, longer then the both of them. It flailed on land, swinging it's tail nearly hitting Fujin. "SUBDUE." She said.
Squall walked towards it a bit, ducking out of the way of it's tail. He jumped on it, only making it flail even more. He dug his hands into it's gills and a few seconds later, it stopped. Squall stood and sighed. "Big fish." He said.
"VERY." She grabbed the large fish by the tail and began to drag it. "COOK?"
Squall quickly ran to the front and picked it up. They looked very odd, draging a fish big enough to devour each of them, out of town. Stopping a few yards outside of the town, Squall started a fire and Fujin gutted it, sticking it on a spit and letting it cook. Squall asked her "Why cook it over an open flame?"
Fujin sat down. "TASTES BETTER."
"Oh." Squall sat down, on the opposite side of the fire from Fujin. It was twilight now, bathing the Balamb country side it a mix of red, orange and yellow. Squall looked across the fire and stared at Fujin. Her skin was almost exactly the same color as the sun set. He coulnd't look away.
Fujin finally saw him staring blushed. Thanks to the light, it couldn't be seen. She picked up a stick and poked the fish. "DONE."
Squall stopped his staring and helped Fujin set the fish on the ground. They knew they couldn't eat the whole thing, so they'd have to let the monsters finish it off. He tore a chunk of meat off the bones and bit into it. She was right. It did taste better. He had had all types of fish, but never over an open flame. He had to admit. This was the best he had. "This is good."
Fujin nodded and took a bite of hers. "INDEED."
They ate in silence, almost eating the whole thing. Leaving behind the rest for the monsters, the began their walk back to Garden. Almost at the gate, Squall suddenly asked. "You feel anything?"
Fujin looked to him, a confused look on her face.
"On our date, I mean."
Finally comprehanding the question, Fujin shrugged. "DON'T KNOW." She kicked a small rock and looked back at him. "YOU?"
Squall shrugged. "Mabey." He felt himself inch a bit closer to her. " I don't know, really." Looking down, he had trouble saying his next sentence. "Should we...test...it?"
Fujin's heart jumped. She knew what he ment. Looking back, she stared at him. Keeping her calm and cold attitude, she said "IF WANT."
Squall sighed and decided to do it. They moved closer to each other, inch by inch. Finally, they were face to face. He leaned down, she leaned up and their lips met. The kiss was quick and both pulled away quickly. "Feel anything?"
Fujin shook her head. "TOO QUICK." Almost on que, they ran into each others arms and kissed again, deep and long. It lasted for almost two minutes. Fujin pulled back a bit. "Wow." She said.
"Yeah." Squall gulped. "Wow."
Fujin looked at him. Squall looked at her. And their lips met again. Squall pulled away a bit."Another date, then?" He asked.
"AFFIRMATIVE." She nodded.
"Next week." He said.
Fujin nodded and pulled away. "GOOD NIGHT."
Squall waved a bit. "Night." They each walked back to their dorm and went to sleep, each thinking of the other.