Ok, rewrote this because it sucked! I like this version much better!
Standard stuff, I own nothing but the plot. Oh, and the cat, old VW, and the hippie husband.
(Who can be rented for chocolate, by the way, but it's gotta be good chocolate. LOL)
"Italics" are thoughts
"Bold Italics" are GF speech
Regular type is what it is
Abandoning Pride"You sure about this, Fuj?"
The mismatched pair stood at Galbadia Garden's entrance. Sorceress Edea had claimed it as her base, and pulled her troops together under Seifer's leadership. Fujin knew that she and Raijin were the only ones who could bring Seifer back to himself. After many arguments, she finally convinced Raijin that this was not a bad decision. Now, however …
With a firm nod of her head, Fujin squashed her doubts under her loyalty to Seifer. "AFFIRMATIVE" She looked over at Raijin and flashed a nervous smile. Silver hair blew into her face as Fujin squared her shoulders, drawing strength from her companion. Pusher her hair back with a growl, Fujin entered the Garden and stopped at the sight of the beast in the center of the lobby.
"Woah. Never saw one of those before, ya know?" Then Raijin looked around. "Thought this place would look more like Balamb, ya know? Where do you think Seifer is?"
Fujin was still staring at the three-headed beast. "What are you? I know you're more than a regular monster."
She jumped at the deep growling voice in her head. It sounded amused, like the way cats are amused by mice. "What do you think I am, human? I am power beyond imagining, but first you have to defeat me. Do you think you can?" One of the heads turned to lock eyes with Fujin.
The strong pull of the power in the voice told her this was a GF. It took great effort for Fujin to tear her gaze away and try to keep her thoughts casual. "Maybe later. Too much to do right now." She turned to walk around the outer edge of the lobby as the GF laughed. Ignoring the goosebumps she got from that laugh, she turned to Raijin. "SEIFER?"
The big man shrugged. "Dunno. Quad maybe? Auditorium?" He moved to intercept a soldier moving towards the hall on the left. "Hey, where can we find Seifer, ya know?"
"Quad. That way." The soldier gestured to one of the other hallways, then continued on his way.
…
Seifer was laying out plans for the solders under his command. Staying in the back to avoid being seen, Fujin was able to figure out why Seifer never made SeeD. "This is his element – planning, giving orders – bet if they'd offered him leadership he would've made it."
Raijin leaned over and whispered, "What'cha thinkin'?"
"IMPRESSIVE" She moved to the hallway, motioning for Raijin to follow. When they were out of earshot, she stopped. "DIFFICULT"
Raijin nodded. "Looks like he got what he wanted, ya know? So, we volunteering for this army?" His unwillingness to do so was clear in his dark eyes.
"NEGATIVE. NOT SORCERESS. SEIFER" Sucking in a deep breath, Fujin spun on her heel and went back to the Quad to wait.
It didn't take long for Seifer to spot them, now that they weren't trying to hide. His lips twitched – almost smiled- then he narrowed his eyes and turned back to his maps. Clearly he was pretending they were not there. A half hour later, the meeting wrapped up. After all the soldiers had left, he turned to Fujin and Raijin, eyes and voice cold as ice. "Why are you here?"
"TALK" Fujin stepped in front of Raijin and looked up at the blonde. She met his gaze with a mask of arrogance. "YOU. REQUIRE"
"And why would I 'require' a couple of deserters?" Seifer folded his arms across his chest and leaned against the table. "Well? That the best you got?"
Feeling Raijin's hand on her shoulder, Fujin looked over and nodded. "Maybe he can talk this through more clearly than I can. I sure hope so."
"We're not deserters, Seifer. You know that." Raijin's voice was quiet, hard to read. "Just had to think, ya know? And we figured out we'd like to be a Posse again, ya know?"
Again Seifer started to smile, before regaining control and pulling a scowl back onto his face. "I don't know about that." He grabbed his trenchcoat off the back of a chair. As he left the room, Fujin thought she heard him say, "Not yet, anyways."