"Did you see anyone else?" Squall asked.

"Yes, there were two men. One had blonde spiked hair and blue eyes. He was wearing blue and black clothes and he carried a large sword. The other man had blood red eyes and long black hair. He had red scarves around his head and neck. His left hand didn't even look like it belonged to a human." The woman explained.

"What do you mean?"

"His fingers were long and skinny and he had sharp looking claws. The only weapon I saw was a gun." She sighed after she finished explaining everything.

"They could be dangerous." He said looking and Rinoa and Quistis. "Should we put Balamb on high alert?" Quistis asked.

"Probably." He replied.

"And we should get some SeeDs here to guard the city." Rinoa added.

"Good idea." He agreed.

Later that day, Squall sat in his office looking at reports from Balamb's sudden attack. When he asked for some of the SeeDs to go guard Balamb, Zell Dincht immediately took the job. Balamb was his home and he refused to let anyone attack there again. Squall thought a lot about the description of the three men that woman gave. The first man she described sounded a lot like Doctor Odine. He knew that couldn't be him because he knew he always wore what Irvine called "clown suits." And there would be no reason for him to attack Balamb. Who could these men be and why would they attack Balamb? "Maybe relatives of the Galbadian soldiers we defeated? Most of the battles were inevitable. We had no choice but to kill some of those soldiers." He thought.

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Rinoa running into his office. "Squall! Dollet is being attacked! They requested back up from Balamb Garden." She explained. Squall thought a moment.

"Another sudden attack. What should I do? Think.."

"Send four groups of five SeeDs there. Including Selphie, Irvine, Quistis, and yourself." He ordered.

"Squall, I'm not trying to argue, but I'm not a SeeD and what about Zell?" She asked.

"Consider this your final SeeD test and Zell is guarding Balamb." He answered.

"What about Seifer?" She asked.

"Yes, that's a good idea. He's worked very hard ever since what happened and deserves to be a SeeD. This will be his last test, too." Squall said.

Rinoa smiled and ran out of his office. Squall ran to his room to get his Lion Heart version of his Gunblade. It was the strongest Gunblade ever. When he ran to the front gate he saw twenty SeeDs including Selphie, Irvine, Rinoa, Seifer, and Quistis.

"Time to save Tollet's butt again, huh?" Seifer asked.

"Our job is to assist Dollet. The same people who attacked Balamb are probably attacking them. Let's divide in teams." Squall said.

Rinoa, Selphie, and Quistis were put on team A along with two other SeeDs. Seifer and Irvine were on team B with three other SeeDs. Team A and B's job was to attack outside the buildings while team C and D went into buildings to clear out any enemies. Squall's job was to find the men the woman in Balamb described.

All the SeeDs loaded into vessels and rode to Dollet. When they got there, they saw many monsters. They didn't look familiar. They were worm like creatures. There were some that were purple, blue, and green. They had arms and legs with huge claws and they had long razor sharp teeth. To Squall's surprise, it didn't look like they were attacking. It looked like they were taking prisoners. They spat green ooze at people causing them to be stunned. The teams then went to their designated areas. Squall, with Gunblade in hand, then searched for the mystery men.

He destroyed enemies while searching. He didn't know why, but he decided to check out the communication tower. Along the way up there, he found a SeeD on the ground unconscious. It was a SeeD from team A. Squall felt for a pulse. He was still alive. He then became worried about Rinoa. Her, Selphie, Quistis, and the other SeeD must have gone up there. He didn't want to leave the man lying there unconscious, but he had to find Rinoa and the others. He ran to the tower. When he got there, he found Rinoa sitting on the ground. He ran to her. "Rinoa, are you alright?" He asked.

"Yes, I got stunned by those monsters. Two men found me and helped me. Quistis and Selphie are in there talking to them." She explained.

"And the other?" He asked.

"He got scared and ran." She answered.

"I knew I should not have brought that rookie here." He sighed. He then helped Rinoa up and they walked into the tower. There they saw the two men Squall was looking for.

"Hello, you must be Squall." Said the man with blonde hair.

"Yes, who are you two?" Squall asked.

"I am Cloud Strife," said the man and then pointed to his friend with black hair, "And the is Vincent Valentine."

A/N: Obviously this is a Final Fantasy 7/8 crossover. I never got to finish FF7, but I will do the best I can with this. The story line is gonna have a lot to do with Jenova cells. I cannot remember the entire story behind them, but hey this is FanFiction, we can make up stuff right? I hope you all like this so far. I know this chapter was short, but I'll do better on the other.