Chap 12 (Squall)
"Squall?" asked Quistis
Rinoa nodded. "Yes, it's me, Squall," Rinoa answered, "I've taken over Rinoa's body."
Everyone was stunned. For a moment everyone was silent. Squall broke the silence. "It's
great to see you guys again, I guess this is goodbye," whispered Squall, "I need to go
now." Irvine quickly went up to him. "Wait Squall! Where are you? And how, how did
you enter Rinoa's body?" yelled Irvine. Squall stared at the ground. "Squall, what are
you?" asked Quistis. "I'm not even sure of anymore," said Squall softly, "Maybe I'm a
coward." Suddenly, Zell gasped. "Squall, if you can do that, are you dead?" Zell asked in
a quivering voice. Everyone backed up, surprised and stunned. Squall faced them and
looked at them with those sad beautiful eyes. "It depends what you mean by dead…"
answered Squall, "Say goodbye to Rinoa for me, this is the last time we'll meet.
Goodbye…" Squall looked at them once more and smiled. "Squall, WAIT!" shouted
Selphie. But then, Rinoa's body became rigid and her eyes turned back in her own color,
chocolate brown. Then Rinoa shook her head and looked around. "What happened?"
Rinoa asked confused, "Why are you guys looking at me that way? Where's Adel?" She
was once more looked at with stunned eyes. "Can someone tell me what's goin on!"
Rinoa demanded. Finally Quistis spoke. "Adel's dead Rinoa…Squall killed him." Rinoa
eyes widened. "Squall? Where is he?" Rinoa shouted, "Squall was here?" Rinoa looked
around frantically waiting for an answer. "He's gone Rinoa…he left and said that we'd
never meet again," answered Irvine meekly, "he told us to tell you goodbye." Rinoa
started cry. "What do you mean goodbye?" said Rinoa through her sobs, "What do you
mean last time?" Rinoa started sobbing. "I didn't see him, I didn't even get to talk to him."
Rinoa said while sobbing uncontrollably. Selphie ran right by her side. "Rini, you
wouldn't even get to see him even if you weren't knocked out," said Selphie, "When you
were knocked out, Squall took over your body…" Rinoa looked up. "Took over?" said
Rinoa confused. "You were knocked out Rini, Adel was about to kill you. Then you
suddenly stood up and summoned Odin and did Lionheart to defeat Adel. Then we
noticed that your eyes have changed. They'd turned to blue." said Selphie trying to
comfort Rinoa. " Then we asked you how you were able to get up, and you said that you
weren't Rinoa. That's when we figured out that he was Squall. Squall protected you and
killed Adel too, Rini, he did it for us…and mostly you," finished Selphie. Rinoa was still
crying, but this time she was shocked. Squall came to save her, just like he always did.
He even killed Adel. "OH, Squall!" cried out Rinoa, "You cared about us, even though
you're not here, you still came to help your friends," "He did Rinoa… so don't be sad.
Aren't you happy, we know that Squall cares, no matter where he is…" said Quistis with
a sad smile. Rinoa got up and wiped her tears. "Squall, thank you…" Rinoa exited the
chamber with the others, feeling sad and happy, not sure with what feeling is really
taking over.
Squall
Squall returned to his body and his isolation chamber. The alarm was sounding again. He
listened to the guards, and this time, about a fourth of the Esthar buildings have crashed,
and many are injured and dead. Squall sighed. "I have to stop thinking about her! Or I'll
destroy this world! Esthar is only the beginning, the world is next!" yelled out Squall. "I
can't keep doing this…but why can't I forget Rinoa? She's probably going to forget
about me, but why can't I forget?" Squall sighed. "I can't keep doing this, I have to keep
to my duty," Squall told himself, "I have to protect her and this world…and to protect her,
I have to forget her and leave her alone…" Squall closed his eyes, confused.
Well that's all for chap 12, thanks for the new reviews! It gets a little confusing in this chapter, so I'm going to a quick summary of the whole story so far.
(Summary: After saving Rinoa, Squall confessed his love to her, and she does also. Soon after, Squall as the leader of Seed is summoned to a meeting to assassinate Rinoa because of her powers. Squall wouldn't let it happen, so he asked( more of demanded) if there was another way. The only way, was that Squall would inherit Rinoa's powers. The plan is already risky for it Squall's body is not strong enough to hold Rinoa's powers, he will instantly die. Also the estharians explained that if he did inherit the powers, Squall would never age (he'd stay 18 forever), and he has to be kept in solitude to restrain his powers. Everyday his powers would grow and if he would experience any great emotion, leave his chamber, or even use his powers, he would destroy parts of the world. And if a lot of time passes and his power grows great, if he did anything such as even use a bit of his magic, he would destroy the world itself. No matter what the consequences was, Squall told the estharians he'd try it. Squall's body turned out to be qualified, and he inherited Rinoa's powers secretly (Without her knowing) . Squall leaves garden not telling where he's going and leaving a letter to Rinoa. He leaves his gun blade to Rinoa and Rinoa decides to make it her main weapon. Rinoa is saddened by the loss of Squall, and decided that she would try to take his place. Rinoa grew more colder and more serious. She decides to assassinate both sorceress' for Squall and headed over to Esthar to work matters with Laguna. As she talked with him, Rinoa finds out that Laguna was Squall's father, and Rinoa then hated Laguna for not even looking for Squall. Rinoa and the gang ( Selphie, Quistis, Zell, Irvine) went to defeat Adel. The battle was hard and Rinoa was knocked out. Nobody could help Rinoa because there were no more phoenix down's or Revives or anything to revive her. Adel starts to cast a spell to Rinoa to kill her permanently and suddenly Rinoa stands up summons Odin,( stopping the spell) and then did a very powerful Lionheart killing Adel. The others were surprised and stunned that Rinoa was able to revive without any revival items and they asked her about it. Rinoa told them that she was not Rinoa. Everyone then notices that Rinoa was not the same, her eye color had changed from chocolate brown to blue, and she wore a very familiar serious face. The eyes were beautiful and at the same time sad, and Quistis recognized the look. She asked if it was Squall. Squall (Squall in Rinoa's body) says yes. He tells them that he had taken over Rinoa's body. He tells them that it was great to see them again and tells them to say goodbye to Rinoa for him. They're confused, and Zell asked Squall if he was dead. Squall told them that it depended at what they thought of as dead. Squall then left Rinoa's body and Rinoa was back. They gang explains to Rinoa what happened, Rinoa crying. Rinoa was both sad and happy not sure with what feeling to go with. Meanwhile Squall deals with his own feelings of self control. He told himself that he had to forget Rinoa to save her and the world. He is confused and lost, what Squall Leonhart usually isn't.)
Well, long summary huh? Sorry! I'll update tomorrow, I always do. Sorry if you guys are confused, this is my first fic! Please review, even though if it's not really getting exciting.
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