Chapter 3 (Gone forever)
Squall folded the letter he had wrote to Rinoa and went to her room. He stared at the sleeping figure on the bed, so beautiful, so fragile. He would never see her again. Never. Once again he would be alone, since he passed the test to take all of Rinoa's powers. He would suffer for her so she would not have to die, what's a better way to save Rinoa? He placed the letter in one of the drawers in Rinoa's bedside table and left glancing at Rinoa's face one last time. "Goodbye Rinoa," Squall whispered, "Be happy for me."
Rinoa woke up groggily and quickly took a shower and fixed her hair. "I hope Squall is awake now", Rinoa thought. She remembered what happened the night before when Squall told her he had loved her. She remembered his words clearly, and she can still remember the memory as if it had happened just now. She had to go see him. Rinoa left her room and headed to Squall's dorm thinking happy thoughts. She knocked. "Squall, are you there?" She asked. Nobody answered. Rinoa opened the door and saw that there was no one there. "Hmmm…maybe he went training, I'll go look for him." Rinoa went to the training center and looked for Squall and encountered a couple monsters while she was at it. But Squall wasn't there. She exited the center, disappointed. "Where could he be?" Rinoa heard a voices behind her. "Rinoa! Rinoa!" She turned around and saw Irvine, Quistis, and Selphie. "Hi everyone!" Rinoa said as she ran toward them. "Yo Rinoa! Where were you?" Zell asked, exhausted from running, "We were looking all over for you! It's already 2 oclock!" "Yeah Rinny, where were you?" asked Selphie. "I…I was looking for Squall," Rinoa said shyly, "But I can't find him anywhere."
"That's odd, I didn't see Squall at all." Quistis said. "Me too." chorused Irvine. "Can you help me look for him? I've got something to tell him." Rinoa asked worriedly. "Sure!" Selphie said excited, "Right everybody?" Everyone nodded. They all split up and started looking for Squall. After hours they still haven't found him. Rinoa was getting worried, where could he be? Did he leave the garden? Suddenly she heard an announcement that disrupted her thoughts. "Rinoa, Irvine, Quistis, Zell, Selphie, please report to the headmaster's office." Rinoa quickly headed to the elevator and saw that everyone was already waiting there. "Did you guys find him?" Rinoa asked. "Nope, none of us did." Zell answered. Rinoa looked at her feet worried. "Rinoa, don't look worried. The headmaster called everyone up to his office except Squall, Squall must already be there," Quistis said calmly, "Besides, that's the only place we haven't checked yet." "She's right Rinoa! That is one place we haven't gone too. Squall's our leader, of course he's there." Irvine said to back up what Quistis said. "You're right," Rinoa said reassured, "Let's go."
They went up the elevator and entered the headmaster's office. Rinoa looked around for Squall but he wasn't there. Headmaster Cid spoke. "Welcome everyone, I hope I didn't bother you all, but I have an important issue I must discuss with you." They all nodded except Rinoa who wasn't listening. "Headmaster, where's Squall?" Rinoa blurted out.
Headmaster sighed. "That is the issue I wanted to tell you," said the headmaster looking at his feet, "our leader, Squall, is gone. He's never coming back."