Quistis pushed Seifer away and glared at him.
"What do you think you're doing?!" She asked.
"Come on, tell me you didn't enjoy that," he replied with a cocky grin.
"Of course I did not enjoy that!" She replied.
"Are you sure?" He asked coming close to her again.
"Y-yes," she stammered.
He put his hand on her cheek.
"For all those years you were in love with Squall," he said, "But you never looked at what was in front of you."
"If you hadn't acted so immature, maybe I would have," she replied avoiding his gaze.
"I've changed, Quistis," he said, "I know I don't act like it most of the time, but I have. I've been in love with you for a long time."
"What?" She asked.
"That's where some of my jealousy for Squall came from," he said, "I was jealous because you were interested in him and not me."
This was all new for her. She had never ever seen this side of Seifer. Who knew? Seifer a sensitive guy? Was she in love with him too? Did she enjoy that kiss? She did not know. She didn't know what to feel at that moment.
Next thing she knew, she was meeting his gaze again. He put both hands on her cheeks and kissed her softly.
Ellone and Vincent continued their search. They had found one crystal. Now all they needed was four more. Ellone wanted to run down to the basement and tell Squall, but she knew it would waste time.
"I hope Doctor Odine can eliminate every single Jenova cell," Vincent said as they searched a room.
"What could happen?" Ellone asked.
"Squall could duplicate the cells over and over again," he answered.
"I see," she replied.
"Ellone, if this mission fails, we may have to kill him," he said looking at her.
She frowned and nodded. "I know,"
Squall, Rinoa, and Edea searched through the basement for hours and still didn't find anything. They were about to give up, until they heard a rumbling sound.
"What was that?" Rinoa asked.
"Foolish mortals!" A deep thundering voice bellowed, "You may have defeated Pyra, but you shall never defeat me!"
Out of the shadows a huge creature walked out. It looked more like a machine. It had robotic red eyes, long, sharp claws. It looked like it was eight feet tall.
"Opposite to what we are used to," Squall murmured.
"What?" Rinoa asked.
"This is Alexander's opposite," he said.
"Did anyone junction Alexander?" Edea asked.
"Yeah, Zell did," he answered.
"I was afraid of that," Rinoa commented.
"We'll just have to do the best we can," Edea said.
"Fools! You dare challenge Deathguise?!" Alexander's opposite laughed.
Squall pulled at her Gunblade and began charging it for his Lion Heart attack.
When to attack was finally charged, Squall ran forward, but was flung against a wall by Deathguise's claw like arm.
Edea used her sorceress powers, but it did little damage.
Squall quickly recovered and jumped in Deathguise's back.
Deathguise swung around trying to get Squall off.
Squall hacked away at Deathguise with his Gunblade, but that too did little damage. Deathguise's armored body was extremely strong.
Rinoa waved her hand and white beads of light surrounded Deathguise. The spell was called "Holy." If Deathguise was Alexander's opposite, then he would be weak against "Holy."
"Rinoa, let's use that spell together and use our powers to make is stronger." Edea suggested.
Rinoa nodded and put her hands against Edea's. Their bodies were surrounded in a white aura.
When Squall saw what they were doing, he jumped down off Deathguise and ran behind Rinoa and Edea.
Deathguise brought down its claw arms, but it was too late. Rinoa and Edea's spell trapped him in a white aura.
Deathguise fell to the floor and sighed.
"I admit defeat," he said.
Rinoa and Edea smiled at their victory.
"Here's the crystal," Deathguise said waving his hand. He chose Rinoa to carry the crystal.
Rinoa looked at the black crystal that hung from a chain around her neck.
"Now I must bid you farewell," Deathguise said, "Pyra instructed us to become Ellone Loire's Eidolon."
"Eidolon?" Squall asked, but did not get an answer for Deathguise vanished.
"Eidolon is another word for a summon," Edea answered.
"I see," he replied.
"Whoa," Ellone gasped.
"What's wrong?" Vincent asked with concern.
"I..just had a strange feeling," she said.
"Ellone," Pyra said and appeared before Ellone, "Deathguise the Eidolon has just joined you. He is Alexander's opposite."
"Okay," Ellone said.
"Rinoa Heartilly has the second crystal," Pyra added and disappeared.
Cloud and Zell fell from the room above, and fell on top several crates in the room bellow.
Cloud moaned and rubbed his head. He suddenly felt something sting his arm. He looked at his arm and saw grains of salt on an open wound.
The crates he fell on were filled with salt.
He looked beside him and saw an unconscious Selphie and Irvine.
Zell shot up and gasped.
"The heck happened?!" He exclaimed.
Selphie began waking up. She moaned and grabbed her head with her hand.
"Selphie, are you alright?!" Zell asked.
"I think so," she said. She stood up and brushed the salt off her. "Tee- hee! All better!"
Irvine then woke up looking very confused is to way he was lying in a crate full of salt.
"Like, what is with all the salt?" He asked, "And how did you two get down here?"
"Beats me," Zell answered.
"You know," Selphie said poking her finger in the air, "they say that salt was considered treasure way back when. I bet that if this is some sort of secret treasure room, then the crystal must be down here!" She finished her sentence jumping up and down.
"She's probably right," Cloud agreed.
"I know!" Zell said punching his fist into his hand, "We can bust up all these crates until we find it!"
They all agreed with Zell's plan and one-by-one they began opening all the crates.
"Ew, salt is getting all in my finger nails!" Selphie sighed.
Cloud opened one crate and was suddenly flung backwards.
"How dare you intrude on this temple!" A female's voice screeched.
Where the crate was that Cloud was looking in was now standing a woman. She was wearing a short dress made of vines. She had dark brown eyes and bushy brown hair.
"I am Banshee, Siren's Opposite," she said.
"Siren's Opposite?" Zell asked.
Banshee opened her mouth and an eye splitting screech came out.
Zell, Irvine, Selphie, and Cloud covered their ears and fell to their knees.
As Ellone and Vincent searched one of the rooms, Vincent came across a small door in the wall.
"Ellone, look at this," he said gesturing towards the door.
"Do you think on of the crystals is being kept in the room?" She asked.
"Let's see," he said opening the door.
Vincent then reached into the small alcove only to find himself getting cut by something sharp. He retracted his hand. Blood was dripping from it.
"Vincent, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah," he said, "What was that?"
They then heard a clattering noise. It sounded like giant insects running on a stone floor.
The noise got louder and louder until suddenly several creatures began pouring out.
Ellone let out a cry of surprise and fell backwards.
"What are these things?!" Vincent asked as he began shooting them.
"I know these things," Ellone said standing up, "They're called Grand Mantis."
"There's too many," he said, "It took ten bullets to kill one!"
"What should we do?" Ellone asked as she shot one though it did very little damage.
"Summon Pyra," he suggested.
Just then a Grand Mantis took its razor sharp claws and clamped down on Ellone's arm.
Ellone cried in pain.
Vincent quickly kicked the creature off her before it could take her arm off.
"Ellone, now." He said.
As if she suddenly knew exactly what to do, she put her wrists together and pressed her middle fingers against her thumbs. She closed her eyes, put her hands together, and stepped back.
Vincent quickly ran out of the way when he saw Ellone disappear.
A bright red flame appeared in the room. The flame exploded revealing Pyra.
Pyra gave a smile of pleasure at her new victims. She held her hands out and engulfed every Grand Mantis in flames.
When Pyra saw that her job was done, she disappeared.
When Ellone reappeared, she collapsed on the floor.
Vincent ran to her side and saw that she was unconscious.
Squall, Rinoa, and Edea decided to go back to the upper levels of the temple. They had searched every little part of the basement and found nothing else.
When Rinoa and Edea began climbing the stairs back up, Squall stopped.
"Squall?" Rinoa asked.
Squall had his hands on his head and he fell to his knees.
"Squall!" Rinoa gasped running to his side.
"N-no," he mumbled.
"What?" Rinoa asked.
"W-we m-must...le-leave this....temple," he stammered.
"Squall, I don't understand," Edea said.
"We cannot find....the crystals," he continued, "They must...stay..hidden. S-Sephiroth would not..w-want them to be found."
"Oh no," Rinoa sighed.
"Rinoa, put your hand on his shoulder," Edea said, "You must want him to fall unconscious."
Rinoa nodded and placed her hand on Squall's shoulder. She gently squeezed it and he fell unconscious.
"We should be safe down here," Edea said, "We'll stay here until he wakes."
Ellone woke up with her head hurting. She looked at her wounded arm and saw it was bandaged.
"You had me worried for a moment there," said Vincent.
"What happened?" She asked.
"After you summoned Pyra, you fell unconscious," he answered.
"Oh," she replied.
"You should get some more rest," he suggested, "We will take a break here for a few more hours,"
"Alright," she said and lay back down.
She was so glad she was teamed up with Vincent. She found him so brave, nice, charming, and very handsome.
"Am I falling for him?" she thought, "He's from a different world remember? He's just going to leave the moment this is all over. I wish he didn't have to leave. I enjoy being around him. Am I really falling in love for the first time?"
A/N: Sorry that it was short, but I didn't want to make this chapter long and boring.
"What do you think you're doing?!" She asked.
"Come on, tell me you didn't enjoy that," he replied with a cocky grin.
"Of course I did not enjoy that!" She replied.
"Are you sure?" He asked coming close to her again.
"Y-yes," she stammered.
He put his hand on her cheek.
"For all those years you were in love with Squall," he said, "But you never looked at what was in front of you."
"If you hadn't acted so immature, maybe I would have," she replied avoiding his gaze.
"I've changed, Quistis," he said, "I know I don't act like it most of the time, but I have. I've been in love with you for a long time."
"What?" She asked.
"That's where some of my jealousy for Squall came from," he said, "I was jealous because you were interested in him and not me."
This was all new for her. She had never ever seen this side of Seifer. Who knew? Seifer a sensitive guy? Was she in love with him too? Did she enjoy that kiss? She did not know. She didn't know what to feel at that moment.
Next thing she knew, she was meeting his gaze again. He put both hands on her cheeks and kissed her softly.
Ellone and Vincent continued their search. They had found one crystal. Now all they needed was four more. Ellone wanted to run down to the basement and tell Squall, but she knew it would waste time.
"I hope Doctor Odine can eliminate every single Jenova cell," Vincent said as they searched a room.
"What could happen?" Ellone asked.
"Squall could duplicate the cells over and over again," he answered.
"I see," she replied.
"Ellone, if this mission fails, we may have to kill him," he said looking at her.
She frowned and nodded. "I know,"
Squall, Rinoa, and Edea searched through the basement for hours and still didn't find anything. They were about to give up, until they heard a rumbling sound.
"What was that?" Rinoa asked.
"Foolish mortals!" A deep thundering voice bellowed, "You may have defeated Pyra, but you shall never defeat me!"
Out of the shadows a huge creature walked out. It looked more like a machine. It had robotic red eyes, long, sharp claws. It looked like it was eight feet tall.
"Opposite to what we are used to," Squall murmured.
"What?" Rinoa asked.
"This is Alexander's opposite," he said.
"Did anyone junction Alexander?" Edea asked.
"Yeah, Zell did," he answered.
"I was afraid of that," Rinoa commented.
"We'll just have to do the best we can," Edea said.
"Fools! You dare challenge Deathguise?!" Alexander's opposite laughed.
Squall pulled at her Gunblade and began charging it for his Lion Heart attack.
When to attack was finally charged, Squall ran forward, but was flung against a wall by Deathguise's claw like arm.
Edea used her sorceress powers, but it did little damage.
Squall quickly recovered and jumped in Deathguise's back.
Deathguise swung around trying to get Squall off.
Squall hacked away at Deathguise with his Gunblade, but that too did little damage. Deathguise's armored body was extremely strong.
Rinoa waved her hand and white beads of light surrounded Deathguise. The spell was called "Holy." If Deathguise was Alexander's opposite, then he would be weak against "Holy."
"Rinoa, let's use that spell together and use our powers to make is stronger." Edea suggested.
Rinoa nodded and put her hands against Edea's. Their bodies were surrounded in a white aura.
When Squall saw what they were doing, he jumped down off Deathguise and ran behind Rinoa and Edea.
Deathguise brought down its claw arms, but it was too late. Rinoa and Edea's spell trapped him in a white aura.
Deathguise fell to the floor and sighed.
"I admit defeat," he said.
Rinoa and Edea smiled at their victory.
"Here's the crystal," Deathguise said waving his hand. He chose Rinoa to carry the crystal.
Rinoa looked at the black crystal that hung from a chain around her neck.
"Now I must bid you farewell," Deathguise said, "Pyra instructed us to become Ellone Loire's Eidolon."
"Eidolon?" Squall asked, but did not get an answer for Deathguise vanished.
"Eidolon is another word for a summon," Edea answered.
"I see," he replied.
"Whoa," Ellone gasped.
"What's wrong?" Vincent asked with concern.
"I..just had a strange feeling," she said.
"Ellone," Pyra said and appeared before Ellone, "Deathguise the Eidolon has just joined you. He is Alexander's opposite."
"Okay," Ellone said.
"Rinoa Heartilly has the second crystal," Pyra added and disappeared.
Cloud and Zell fell from the room above, and fell on top several crates in the room bellow.
Cloud moaned and rubbed his head. He suddenly felt something sting his arm. He looked at his arm and saw grains of salt on an open wound.
The crates he fell on were filled with salt.
He looked beside him and saw an unconscious Selphie and Irvine.
Zell shot up and gasped.
"The heck happened?!" He exclaimed.
Selphie began waking up. She moaned and grabbed her head with her hand.
"Selphie, are you alright?!" Zell asked.
"I think so," she said. She stood up and brushed the salt off her. "Tee- hee! All better!"
Irvine then woke up looking very confused is to way he was lying in a crate full of salt.
"Like, what is with all the salt?" He asked, "And how did you two get down here?"
"Beats me," Zell answered.
"You know," Selphie said poking her finger in the air, "they say that salt was considered treasure way back when. I bet that if this is some sort of secret treasure room, then the crystal must be down here!" She finished her sentence jumping up and down.
"She's probably right," Cloud agreed.
"I know!" Zell said punching his fist into his hand, "We can bust up all these crates until we find it!"
They all agreed with Zell's plan and one-by-one they began opening all the crates.
"Ew, salt is getting all in my finger nails!" Selphie sighed.
Cloud opened one crate and was suddenly flung backwards.
"How dare you intrude on this temple!" A female's voice screeched.
Where the crate was that Cloud was looking in was now standing a woman. She was wearing a short dress made of vines. She had dark brown eyes and bushy brown hair.
"I am Banshee, Siren's Opposite," she said.
"Siren's Opposite?" Zell asked.
Banshee opened her mouth and an eye splitting screech came out.
Zell, Irvine, Selphie, and Cloud covered their ears and fell to their knees.
As Ellone and Vincent searched one of the rooms, Vincent came across a small door in the wall.
"Ellone, look at this," he said gesturing towards the door.
"Do you think on of the crystals is being kept in the room?" She asked.
"Let's see," he said opening the door.
Vincent then reached into the small alcove only to find himself getting cut by something sharp. He retracted his hand. Blood was dripping from it.
"Vincent, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah," he said, "What was that?"
They then heard a clattering noise. It sounded like giant insects running on a stone floor.
The noise got louder and louder until suddenly several creatures began pouring out.
Ellone let out a cry of surprise and fell backwards.
"What are these things?!" Vincent asked as he began shooting them.
"I know these things," Ellone said standing up, "They're called Grand Mantis."
"There's too many," he said, "It took ten bullets to kill one!"
"What should we do?" Ellone asked as she shot one though it did very little damage.
"Summon Pyra," he suggested.
Just then a Grand Mantis took its razor sharp claws and clamped down on Ellone's arm.
Ellone cried in pain.
Vincent quickly kicked the creature off her before it could take her arm off.
"Ellone, now." He said.
As if she suddenly knew exactly what to do, she put her wrists together and pressed her middle fingers against her thumbs. She closed her eyes, put her hands together, and stepped back.
Vincent quickly ran out of the way when he saw Ellone disappear.
A bright red flame appeared in the room. The flame exploded revealing Pyra.
Pyra gave a smile of pleasure at her new victims. She held her hands out and engulfed every Grand Mantis in flames.
When Pyra saw that her job was done, she disappeared.
When Ellone reappeared, she collapsed on the floor.
Vincent ran to her side and saw that she was unconscious.
Squall, Rinoa, and Edea decided to go back to the upper levels of the temple. They had searched every little part of the basement and found nothing else.
When Rinoa and Edea began climbing the stairs back up, Squall stopped.
"Squall?" Rinoa asked.
Squall had his hands on his head and he fell to his knees.
"Squall!" Rinoa gasped running to his side.
"N-no," he mumbled.
"What?" Rinoa asked.
"W-we m-must...le-leave this....temple," he stammered.
"Squall, I don't understand," Edea said.
"We cannot find....the crystals," he continued, "They must...stay..hidden. S-Sephiroth would not..w-want them to be found."
"Oh no," Rinoa sighed.
"Rinoa, put your hand on his shoulder," Edea said, "You must want him to fall unconscious."
Rinoa nodded and placed her hand on Squall's shoulder. She gently squeezed it and he fell unconscious.
"We should be safe down here," Edea said, "We'll stay here until he wakes."
Ellone woke up with her head hurting. She looked at her wounded arm and saw it was bandaged.
"You had me worried for a moment there," said Vincent.
"What happened?" She asked.
"After you summoned Pyra, you fell unconscious," he answered.
"Oh," she replied.
"You should get some more rest," he suggested, "We will take a break here for a few more hours,"
"Alright," she said and lay back down.
She was so glad she was teamed up with Vincent. She found him so brave, nice, charming, and very handsome.
"Am I falling for him?" she thought, "He's from a different world remember? He's just going to leave the moment this is all over. I wish he didn't have to leave. I enjoy being around him. Am I really falling in love for the first time?"
A/N: Sorry that it was short, but I didn't want to make this chapter long and boring.