A/N: In response to The Author: I would love to do italics, but the word
program I use won't let me. I think my sister is going to download a
program that will, but I dunno.
"We should stop," Quistis said ending hers and Seifer's long kiss, "We still have to find those crystals."
"Okay," he said with a hint of disappointment.
They began searching the room trying to find a way out.
Quistis could tell he was disappointed when she broke off their kiss. They had known each other since childhood, but it still felt awkward kissing her ex-student. They were the same age, but there was still awkwardness.
"Hey, Quistis, I think I found something," Seifer said after a few minutes of searching.
Quistis walked over to Seifer as he pointed to a bump in the wall. She then pushed it in and another door slid open.
"I really hope it leads back into the main area," Quistis sighed.
They walked into the new open room. It was a long hallway that curved around a corner to the right.
They went around the corner only to find a Triface monster guarding a set of stairs.
"Here's you battle, Seifer," Quistis said as she pulled out her whip.
The Triface jumped off the stairs and on top Quistis. Before she could react, it bit its poisonous teeth into her arm.
Quistis' eyes began glowing blue and lasers shot out knocking the Triface backwards. She had used her Blue Magic skill called "Laser Eyes."
One of the Triface's fake heads was burnt off because of Quistis' spell.
Seifer then jumped in and cut off its other fake head with his Gunblade.
Quistis swung her whip at the monster's neck and it wrapped around. Seifer quickly took the perfect chance and ran his Gunblade through the monster.
Quistis put away her whip and looked at her arm. Her arm was covered in blood and had green ooze coming from the bite mark.
"Poison," she whispered.
Seifer reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like medicine.
"Hurry, take this Antidote," he said.
She did as he said and took the medicine. She instantly began feeling better. She then reached into a pouch that was hooked up to her belt and pulled out bandages. Seifer helped her as she bandaged her wounded arm.
"This should help take away the pain," he said. "Draw....Cure!" A blue light surrounded Quistis' arm and the pain went away.
"Thanks, Seifer," she said.
Edea suggested that Rinoa get some sleep while Squall was unconscious. The Jenova cells that were injected into Squall were already taking affect. This worried Edea very much. She was very scared for Squall. She knew they had to find the crystals quickly. Ellone apparently had one and Rinoa had one now there was just three more to go. Her thoughts were interrupted when Squall began to awake.
Ellone tossed and turned in her sleep. Cold sweat dripped from her forehead and she kept repeating the words; "No! Stay back! Leave them alone! NO!"
Vincent heard her desperate pleads and knew instantly that she was having a nightmare. He knelt beside her and gently shook her. Ellone shot up and screamed "NO!" She panted for breath and looked at Vincent.
"Vincent..." she whispered.
"Were you having a nightmare?" He asked.
She nodded and sighed.
He knew what it was like to have horrible nightmares. Several years ago he felt that he was the cause of the women he loved's death. He also felt that he committed terrible sins and felt that he should be punished for it. He punished himself by sleeping in a coffin all day and night in Nibelheim Mansion. (A/N: did I get that right?) Every day his dreams were filled with nightmares. It was unbearable, but he felt that after all the sins he committed, he deserved it. He then came to realize after joining Cloud Strife and his friends that he was not the cause of so much pain and suffering. It was Hojo's fault.
"I've had this nightmare before," Ellone said, "My parents were killed by Esthar soldiers. I can still hear them screaming. The soldiers wanted to kidnap me and make me Sorceress Adel's successor, but my parents resisted and were killed."
"I'm sorry, Ellone," he said sympathetically.
"I was so scared," she said as tears filled her eyes.
He saw how upset she was and felt very sorry for her. He didn't like seeing her so upset. He saw tears stream down her cheeks and gently brushed them away.
"I won't let anything happen to you while I'm around," he said gently.
"'While' you're around?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered, "I'm going back to my world when all this is over."
She looked into his eyes and whispered, "I wish you didn't have to go."
He met her gaze and suddenly felt something. "I'm...falling in..love with her?" He thought.
He then felt himself getting closer to her. He couldn't help it. He was drawn to her. He slowly closed his eyes as they got closer.
Ellone could feel Vincent's hair brush against her face as he brought his face closer to hers. Only seconds after she closed her eyes, she felt his lips touching hers. Her first kiss. It felt so wonderful. She felt like she was in a dream and hoped it would never end.
Vincent broke the kiss and looked into Ellone's eyes again. He put his normal hand on the back of her neck and pulled her into a deeper, passionate kiss.
"How do we defeat her?!" Selphie yelled over Banshee's screeching.
"Silence!" Cloud said holding his hand out. Banshee's screeching stopped for only a few seconds, but then the spell wore off.
Irvine stood up, took his hands off his ears, and disappeared.
A woman appeared in the room. She was holding a harp and had a set of wings on her head. She stroked the strings of her harp and a very, very soft melody came from it.
Banshee's mouth was still open, but no sound came from it.
Quistis and Seifer walked up the flight of stairs until they reached a hallway. There was a door at the end of the hallway. They opened the door and it lead into another hallway, but this hallway had a line of doors on each side of the wall. They decided to go into the first room on the left.
"Whoa!" Seifer said when he walked into the room.
"What is it?" Quistis asked looking over his shoulder.
"The room has no floor," he said.
"Aww what's the matter? Can't scream anymore?!" A voice mocked from bellow. It sounded like Zell.
Seifer carefully leaned forward to see Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Cloud in the room bellow.
"Zell!" Seifer shouted.
"Hey, Seifer! Hey, Quistis!" Zell called backed.
"What's going on?" Quistis asked.
"We're in the middle of fighting a Crystal Guardian," Zell answered, "Hey do us a favor and take care of the upper floor until we beat her."
"Alright," Seifer agreed.
"Squall?" Edea asked.
"What happened?" Squall asked.
"You started talking funny," she answered, "You said something about Sephiroth not wanting the crystals to be found."
"I didn't hurt her did I?" he asked noticing an unconscious Rinoa next to him.
"No, she's just resting," she answered, "But we should get going now."
He nodded in agreement and gently woke Rinoa.
"Squall, how are you feeling?" She asked.
"Fine now that I'm looking at you," he answered with a smile. She blushed slightly and gave him a quick kiss.
After they were ready to go, they decided to see how Ellone, Vincent, Quistis, and Seifer were doing on the first floor.
They walked up the dusty stairs back up to the first level. They walked into the first few rooms only to find them empty. It wasn't until they got the sixth room that they found Ellone and Vincent.
The three of them were surprised when they saw Ellone asleep in Vincent's arms.
When Vincent saw Squall, Edea, and Rinoa, he gently laid Ellone down and quietly walked up to them.
"I see you've found a crystal," he said looking at the crystal around Rinoa neck.
"Yeah," Squall answered.
"So, you and Ellone," Rinoa said with a smile.
"Don't tell Irvine," Vincent said, "If he finds out, he'll think we did something more than kiss."
"You were kissing Ellone?" Edea asked.
Rinoa gave a school girl giggle.
"Promise you won't tell him," Vincent repeated, "I really don't want to hear his talks about having a girlfriend."
Rinoa continued to giggle and nodded her head. "We understand perfectly," she said.
"Well, we need to go check on the others," Squall said, "Give her a couple more hours to sleep. You should get some rest too."
Vincent nodded and the three left.
Meanwhile,
"Alright! Alright! I'm defeated!" Banshee cried after a long battle she could never win.
"Ha! 'Bout time you admitted it!" Zell laughed.
"Take the crystal," Banshee moaned.
Selphie squealed when Banshee chose her to hold the crystal. The color of this crystal was orange.
"I must join with my new master now," Banshee said.
"New master?" Irvine asked.
"Yes, Ellone Loire," Banshee said, "I am her new Eidolon."
"Whoa!" Zell exclaimed.
Banshee nodded and left.
"Well, I guess we should get outta here," Zell said.
The four walked out of the room and were surprised when they saw Squall, Rinoa, and Edea.
"What are you four doing down here?" Squall asked.
Zell explained everything that happened with the rooms and the vanishing floors, Banshee, the crystal, and Ellone's new Eidolon.
"So like what is a Eidolon anyway?" Irvine asked.
"Eidolon is another name for a summon," Edea answered, "We defeated one name Deathguise and apparently Ellone and Vincent defeated one because they have one of the crystals."
"So that means we've found three so far?" Cloud asked.
"Yes, unless Quistis and Seifer has found one." Squall answered.
"That reminds me," said Selphie, "Should we tell Quistis and Seifer to come back down here?"
"No," Squall answered, "Let them take care of the upper floor. Why don't you two," he looked at Irvine and Selphie, "Go back upstairs. Rinoa, Edea, Zell, Cloud, and I will stay down here."
"Okay," Selphie said doing her typical punch in the air.
"Gotcha!" Irvine said tipping his cowboy hat. The two ran down the hall and back upstairs.
Ellone awoke when she felt something happen. It felt the same as when Deathguise became her Eidolon. Did she get a new Eidolon?
"Hey!" A woman's voice called.
Ellone stood up and turned around to see Banshee.
"I'm your new Eidolon," Banshee said, "Call me Banshee."
"It's nice to meet you Banshee," Ellone said.
"Do me a favor will ya," Banshee said, "Make sure you summon either me or Deathguise next time you're in danger. Pyra has a huge ego and it doesn't help when she's summoned twice in a row."
Ellone laughed. "Okay," she agreed.
"Good," Banshee said and disappeared.
"Banshee huh?" Vincent asked.
Ellone turned around again to see Vincent standing in a corner.
"Sounds like Siren's opposite," he said.
"Yeah by the sound of her name," she agreed.
They stood there for a few moments in silence. They didn't really know what to say to each other. Were they officially a couple? Or was that just a comfort kiss Vincent gave her? Either way they didn't know what to feel. Ellone knew he was going to leave after Squall was cured and he knew he was going to leave. Could they handle not seeing each other ever again?
"I guess we should look for the other two crystals," he said breaking the awkward silence.
"Yeah," she said.
They left the quiet room they were resting in and went into the room across from that. Little did they know, that was a bad choice.
Vincent and Ellone walked into a large, empty room. Or what seemed to be empty. The moment they had entered the room, the door shut behind them and was magically locked. Then a huge monster appeared in the room. It was hard for either of them to explain what it was.
The monster was large from the waist down. It's upper body looked almost human, but at the same time it didn't. It was holding two large swords.
(A/N: Sorry I REALLY suck at descriptions. I'm just gonna tell ya what the monster is. It's an Ultima Weapon.)
"What is this thing?!" Vincent asked from shock.
"I-I don't know," Ellone said with fear in her voice.
The Ultima Weapon pointed its sword at Vincent. A large beam of golden light shot from it hitting Vincent in the chest.
"Vincent!" Ellone gasped.
She looked back at the Ultima Weapon knowing that it would be a bad idea to turn her back on it. She was about to summon Deathguise until she heard growling coming from behind. She turned around and saw something that horrified her. Vincent was replaced by a demon looking beast. Her mouth dropped and her eyes widened when she saw the demon within Vincent giving her a bloodthirsty look.
"We should stop," Quistis said ending hers and Seifer's long kiss, "We still have to find those crystals."
"Okay," he said with a hint of disappointment.
They began searching the room trying to find a way out.
Quistis could tell he was disappointed when she broke off their kiss. They had known each other since childhood, but it still felt awkward kissing her ex-student. They were the same age, but there was still awkwardness.
"Hey, Quistis, I think I found something," Seifer said after a few minutes of searching.
Quistis walked over to Seifer as he pointed to a bump in the wall. She then pushed it in and another door slid open.
"I really hope it leads back into the main area," Quistis sighed.
They walked into the new open room. It was a long hallway that curved around a corner to the right.
They went around the corner only to find a Triface monster guarding a set of stairs.
"Here's you battle, Seifer," Quistis said as she pulled out her whip.
The Triface jumped off the stairs and on top Quistis. Before she could react, it bit its poisonous teeth into her arm.
Quistis' eyes began glowing blue and lasers shot out knocking the Triface backwards. She had used her Blue Magic skill called "Laser Eyes."
One of the Triface's fake heads was burnt off because of Quistis' spell.
Seifer then jumped in and cut off its other fake head with his Gunblade.
Quistis swung her whip at the monster's neck and it wrapped around. Seifer quickly took the perfect chance and ran his Gunblade through the monster.
Quistis put away her whip and looked at her arm. Her arm was covered in blood and had green ooze coming from the bite mark.
"Poison," she whispered.
Seifer reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like medicine.
"Hurry, take this Antidote," he said.
She did as he said and took the medicine. She instantly began feeling better. She then reached into a pouch that was hooked up to her belt and pulled out bandages. Seifer helped her as she bandaged her wounded arm.
"This should help take away the pain," he said. "Draw....Cure!" A blue light surrounded Quistis' arm and the pain went away.
"Thanks, Seifer," she said.
Edea suggested that Rinoa get some sleep while Squall was unconscious. The Jenova cells that were injected into Squall were already taking affect. This worried Edea very much. She was very scared for Squall. She knew they had to find the crystals quickly. Ellone apparently had one and Rinoa had one now there was just three more to go. Her thoughts were interrupted when Squall began to awake.
Ellone tossed and turned in her sleep. Cold sweat dripped from her forehead and she kept repeating the words; "No! Stay back! Leave them alone! NO!"
Vincent heard her desperate pleads and knew instantly that she was having a nightmare. He knelt beside her and gently shook her. Ellone shot up and screamed "NO!" She panted for breath and looked at Vincent.
"Vincent..." she whispered.
"Were you having a nightmare?" He asked.
She nodded and sighed.
He knew what it was like to have horrible nightmares. Several years ago he felt that he was the cause of the women he loved's death. He also felt that he committed terrible sins and felt that he should be punished for it. He punished himself by sleeping in a coffin all day and night in Nibelheim Mansion. (A/N: did I get that right?) Every day his dreams were filled with nightmares. It was unbearable, but he felt that after all the sins he committed, he deserved it. He then came to realize after joining Cloud Strife and his friends that he was not the cause of so much pain and suffering. It was Hojo's fault.
"I've had this nightmare before," Ellone said, "My parents were killed by Esthar soldiers. I can still hear them screaming. The soldiers wanted to kidnap me and make me Sorceress Adel's successor, but my parents resisted and were killed."
"I'm sorry, Ellone," he said sympathetically.
"I was so scared," she said as tears filled her eyes.
He saw how upset she was and felt very sorry for her. He didn't like seeing her so upset. He saw tears stream down her cheeks and gently brushed them away.
"I won't let anything happen to you while I'm around," he said gently.
"'While' you're around?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered, "I'm going back to my world when all this is over."
She looked into his eyes and whispered, "I wish you didn't have to go."
He met her gaze and suddenly felt something. "I'm...falling in..love with her?" He thought.
He then felt himself getting closer to her. He couldn't help it. He was drawn to her. He slowly closed his eyes as they got closer.
Ellone could feel Vincent's hair brush against her face as he brought his face closer to hers. Only seconds after she closed her eyes, she felt his lips touching hers. Her first kiss. It felt so wonderful. She felt like she was in a dream and hoped it would never end.
Vincent broke the kiss and looked into Ellone's eyes again. He put his normal hand on the back of her neck and pulled her into a deeper, passionate kiss.
"How do we defeat her?!" Selphie yelled over Banshee's screeching.
"Silence!" Cloud said holding his hand out. Banshee's screeching stopped for only a few seconds, but then the spell wore off.
Irvine stood up, took his hands off his ears, and disappeared.
A woman appeared in the room. She was holding a harp and had a set of wings on her head. She stroked the strings of her harp and a very, very soft melody came from it.
Banshee's mouth was still open, but no sound came from it.
Quistis and Seifer walked up the flight of stairs until they reached a hallway. There was a door at the end of the hallway. They opened the door and it lead into another hallway, but this hallway had a line of doors on each side of the wall. They decided to go into the first room on the left.
"Whoa!" Seifer said when he walked into the room.
"What is it?" Quistis asked looking over his shoulder.
"The room has no floor," he said.
"Aww what's the matter? Can't scream anymore?!" A voice mocked from bellow. It sounded like Zell.
Seifer carefully leaned forward to see Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Cloud in the room bellow.
"Zell!" Seifer shouted.
"Hey, Seifer! Hey, Quistis!" Zell called backed.
"What's going on?" Quistis asked.
"We're in the middle of fighting a Crystal Guardian," Zell answered, "Hey do us a favor and take care of the upper floor until we beat her."
"Alright," Seifer agreed.
"Squall?" Edea asked.
"What happened?" Squall asked.
"You started talking funny," she answered, "You said something about Sephiroth not wanting the crystals to be found."
"I didn't hurt her did I?" he asked noticing an unconscious Rinoa next to him.
"No, she's just resting," she answered, "But we should get going now."
He nodded in agreement and gently woke Rinoa.
"Squall, how are you feeling?" She asked.
"Fine now that I'm looking at you," he answered with a smile. She blushed slightly and gave him a quick kiss.
After they were ready to go, they decided to see how Ellone, Vincent, Quistis, and Seifer were doing on the first floor.
They walked up the dusty stairs back up to the first level. They walked into the first few rooms only to find them empty. It wasn't until they got the sixth room that they found Ellone and Vincent.
The three of them were surprised when they saw Ellone asleep in Vincent's arms.
When Vincent saw Squall, Edea, and Rinoa, he gently laid Ellone down and quietly walked up to them.
"I see you've found a crystal," he said looking at the crystal around Rinoa neck.
"Yeah," Squall answered.
"So, you and Ellone," Rinoa said with a smile.
"Don't tell Irvine," Vincent said, "If he finds out, he'll think we did something more than kiss."
"You were kissing Ellone?" Edea asked.
Rinoa gave a school girl giggle.
"Promise you won't tell him," Vincent repeated, "I really don't want to hear his talks about having a girlfriend."
Rinoa continued to giggle and nodded her head. "We understand perfectly," she said.
"Well, we need to go check on the others," Squall said, "Give her a couple more hours to sleep. You should get some rest too."
Vincent nodded and the three left.
Meanwhile,
"Alright! Alright! I'm defeated!" Banshee cried after a long battle she could never win.
"Ha! 'Bout time you admitted it!" Zell laughed.
"Take the crystal," Banshee moaned.
Selphie squealed when Banshee chose her to hold the crystal. The color of this crystal was orange.
"I must join with my new master now," Banshee said.
"New master?" Irvine asked.
"Yes, Ellone Loire," Banshee said, "I am her new Eidolon."
"Whoa!" Zell exclaimed.
Banshee nodded and left.
"Well, I guess we should get outta here," Zell said.
The four walked out of the room and were surprised when they saw Squall, Rinoa, and Edea.
"What are you four doing down here?" Squall asked.
Zell explained everything that happened with the rooms and the vanishing floors, Banshee, the crystal, and Ellone's new Eidolon.
"So like what is a Eidolon anyway?" Irvine asked.
"Eidolon is another name for a summon," Edea answered, "We defeated one name Deathguise and apparently Ellone and Vincent defeated one because they have one of the crystals."
"So that means we've found three so far?" Cloud asked.
"Yes, unless Quistis and Seifer has found one." Squall answered.
"That reminds me," said Selphie, "Should we tell Quistis and Seifer to come back down here?"
"No," Squall answered, "Let them take care of the upper floor. Why don't you two," he looked at Irvine and Selphie, "Go back upstairs. Rinoa, Edea, Zell, Cloud, and I will stay down here."
"Okay," Selphie said doing her typical punch in the air.
"Gotcha!" Irvine said tipping his cowboy hat. The two ran down the hall and back upstairs.
Ellone awoke when she felt something happen. It felt the same as when Deathguise became her Eidolon. Did she get a new Eidolon?
"Hey!" A woman's voice called.
Ellone stood up and turned around to see Banshee.
"I'm your new Eidolon," Banshee said, "Call me Banshee."
"It's nice to meet you Banshee," Ellone said.
"Do me a favor will ya," Banshee said, "Make sure you summon either me or Deathguise next time you're in danger. Pyra has a huge ego and it doesn't help when she's summoned twice in a row."
Ellone laughed. "Okay," she agreed.
"Good," Banshee said and disappeared.
"Banshee huh?" Vincent asked.
Ellone turned around again to see Vincent standing in a corner.
"Sounds like Siren's opposite," he said.
"Yeah by the sound of her name," she agreed.
They stood there for a few moments in silence. They didn't really know what to say to each other. Were they officially a couple? Or was that just a comfort kiss Vincent gave her? Either way they didn't know what to feel. Ellone knew he was going to leave after Squall was cured and he knew he was going to leave. Could they handle not seeing each other ever again?
"I guess we should look for the other two crystals," he said breaking the awkward silence.
"Yeah," she said.
They left the quiet room they were resting in and went into the room across from that. Little did they know, that was a bad choice.
Vincent and Ellone walked into a large, empty room. Or what seemed to be empty. The moment they had entered the room, the door shut behind them and was magically locked. Then a huge monster appeared in the room. It was hard for either of them to explain what it was.
The monster was large from the waist down. It's upper body looked almost human, but at the same time it didn't. It was holding two large swords.
(A/N: Sorry I REALLY suck at descriptions. I'm just gonna tell ya what the monster is. It's an Ultima Weapon.)
"What is this thing?!" Vincent asked from shock.
"I-I don't know," Ellone said with fear in her voice.
The Ultima Weapon pointed its sword at Vincent. A large beam of golden light shot from it hitting Vincent in the chest.
"Vincent!" Ellone gasped.
She looked back at the Ultima Weapon knowing that it would be a bad idea to turn her back on it. She was about to summon Deathguise until she heard growling coming from behind. She turned around and saw something that horrified her. Vincent was replaced by a demon looking beast. Her mouth dropped and her eyes widened when she saw the demon within Vincent giving her a bloodthirsty look.