A/N - This chapter is not going to involve Squall or Rinoa directly.
They will be mentioned but I am trying to widen my horizons on the other characters a bit.
Zell was in the cafeteria eating his beloved hot dogs when he saw Quistis walk in. He knew she would ask him if he heard anything else about their mission.
"Hey Quisty, I'm over here!" Zell shouted to her, she waved to him and then pointed towards the queue. He knew that she wanted to get something to eat and then she would join him, so as always he pointed to a hot dog.
She knew he wanted more of them, so she nodded and she thought back to the party just after they had defeated Ultimecia and remembered when he almost choked to death, when he was eating them too quickly.
After getting what she ordered and Zell's hot dogs, she walked over to him and sat opposite him. She was worried and she knew that everyone else was including Squall.
"So Zell, do you know where we going to look first?" She asked, seeing that Zell had again started to wolf down the hot dogs.
"I was afraid you were going to ask that." Zell replied, "I thought about it and I think we're best going to the Centra Ruins first."
He had thought about it since that announcement that Squall made to them all in the Headmasters office earlier that day, and that was the only place he could think of starting the search for Griever.
"I think that would be a good place to start, seeing how Odin was there." Quistis said, thinking that Zell had actually come up with a good place to start the search.
"Yeah I thought that, but also there were some texts there which we didn't have time to look over." Zell said, thinking back to that time and how they had a time limit put over them by Odin.
"Yeah it was pretty crazy, seeing that we had to show our worth to him." Quistis carried on, knowing that they almost didn't make it that time as well.
"Mr President, I think I have fount out what I was doing wrong" Odine said, looking at Laguna on the video feed. He knew that Laguna would be happy by that.
"Thank goodness for that, I'm about halfway there, so when I get there I'll tell Squall and Rinoa properly why I am there for." Laguna replied, looking at Elle and Kiros and seeing a sense of relief in there eyes.
"Odine if you use this to further your illegal experiments, I have given Ward strict orders to throw your slimy carcass into jail. Do you get me Odine?" Laguna stated that so Odine knew that he was deadly serious about it all.
"Yes Mr President, I am absolutely clear about what will happen if I was to try anything." Odine commented, knowing he didn't want to leave all the studies he had started unfinished.
"That's good Odine, now put Ward on please." Laguna knew that Odine would behave himself after that speech. Odine just nodded and Ward came onto the screen.
"Ward, how's everything going in Esthar? I hope no one has been giving you trouble?" Kiros chirped up, knowing that Laguna was about to ask something silly.
"…….." Ward showed what I meant in body language more than anything. He was glad that only Laguna and Kiros knew what he meant.
"So everything's ok then, well at least that's a good sign." Laguna commented, thinking back to the first time he left Kiros and Ward in charge of Esthar. In the time they had defeated Ultimecia the city turned into more of a panic than when the Lunar Cry happened.
"Ward we'll talk to you again when we arrive in Balamb, so till then." Laguna said, and he saw that Elle and Kiros was waving at the screen and that Ward was waving back at them.
"Hey Irvy, wait up for me." Selphie shouted, wondering what they were going to do with each other.
"Hurry up Sefie, we're not going to get to the Training Centre on time, if you dawdle like you're doing." Irvine commented, remembering that it was always like this when they were going out.
"Well I'm sorry, Mr calm and collected. Some of us do have to get our things ready." Selphie sarcastically commented, noticing how Irvine didn't pay that much attention to it.
"Are you finished being sarcastic with me and ready to go." Irvine replied, showing Selphie he wasn't bothered about her sarcastic comments towards him.
"Irvy, how can you not be bothered about the sarcastic comments. You were always moaning about them when we were together." Selphie said, remembering that he had always moaned at her for it in the past.
"Well Selphie I finally understand why you do it for. It's because you like working me up into a frenzy and then you can blame me for losing my temper." He replied, noticing that she was in a state of shock over what he had just said.
She was thinking of a comeback, when she noticed Xu walking their way, then she thought back to when Squall, Rinoa and Irvine had told them about Ultimecia and Griever.
"Hey Irvine and Selphie, do you have any idea where we're going first on this mission?" Xu said as she walked towards them both.
"Hey up Xu, I haven't got a clue but I can tell you a person who has got one and it's the person who you wouldn't expect it to be." Irvine replied, seeing that Selphie was now getting a puzzled look on her face.
"So who is it then? I know it isn't Squall, Rinoa or you. So that leaves Zell, Quistis and you Selphie." Xu asked quite puzzled by who it could have been.
"Xu, to be honest with you I don't know who it is either, so why don't you enlighten us Irvine and tell us who it is." Selphie said, showing her impatience about it.
"Well it's none other than the master of hand to hand, the one and only Zell." Irvine replied, seeing the shocked looks on theirs faces.
"ZELL" Xu and Selphie said in unison, they were stunned that Zell had an idea on where to start looking first.
"Yeah, quite amazing isn't it that Zell could have come up with the suggestion of where to start off." Irvine continued, seeing that the news had slowly started to sink in.
"So where is it that Zell thinks we should start looking first then?" Selphie asked inquisitively.
"He thinks we should start at the Centra Ruins first and examine the writings in the room where we fount Odin." Irvine replied, seeing how Selphie would react to this.
"Xu, sorry to leave you but we got to go to the Training Centre to get some of this rust of us." Selphie said, understanding that they would have to be at their best if they were going to the Centra Ruins.
"Yeah, no problem I've got to relay a message to the Commander anyway." Xu replied, knowing that they were wasting each others time in just chatting.
"So we'll see you some time in the next day or so Xu" Irvine replied, and he noticed how Selphie was all set to go.
Then they waved to each other and set off on their own ways, but a mysterious figure was watching them from afar.
"Yes, everything is going according to plan and those SeeD's still don't grasp the adventure they're getting themselves into." the mysterious person said before disappearing into thin air.