Chapter 14 (Going for Ultimecia)
Rinoa woke up in feeling refreshed. Remembering all the good memories, almost made
her feel that Squall had never left. Almost. She quickly got took a quick bath, made sure
she looked okay, and went to find her friends. She found them all in a room discussing
things with Laguna. She entered and took a seat. "Good morning Rini!" Selphie told her
and Rinoa nodded. Laguna smiled and spoke. "Great job yesterday you guys! You were
able to assassinate Adel! That's one less worry for Esthar," exclaimed Laguna, "But, we
have other issues to take care of." "Do you mean Ultimecia?" asked Zell. Laguna looked
down on the floor. "Yes, when you defeated Adel, you opened up a portal to the future, to
Ultimecia," said Laguna softly, "I know this is a little bit much, but if we don't take care
of Ultimecia soon, many more people will die. As long as she is alive, our world isn't
really safe." Quistis sat up straight. "We understand. We can beat her, we will! Right
everybody?" Quistis asked encouragingly to the others. "Right!" everyone chorused, this
time including Rinoa. "We'll do it now Laguna. Where is the portal?" Rinoa asked
getting right to the point. Laguna looked up and looked at the brave young SeeDs. "It's in
the great plains of Esthar, head south. Good luck you guys." said Laguna. They all
nodded. "Don't worry Sir Laguna! We'll do it!" yelled out Selphie reassuringly. "Alright
then! Go take the Ragnarok and beat Ultimecia!" answered Laguna reassured. They all
exited the room and all got ready. Everyone got into the Ragnarok and set off. Selphie
went to the cockpit and started flying the great space ship. Everyone else went to do their
own things. Rinoa just wandered about in the Ragnarok trying to avoid the others. It
wasn't really the others she was trying to avoid, it was actually just conversation. "I can't
talk to them," Rinoa told herself, "I know they want to cheer me up, but they're just
going to talk about him…" Rinoa then finally decided to go up to the cockpit and see
how Selphie is doing. She went up the elevator and went up to Selphie. "Are we there
yet?" asked Rinoa reluctantly. Selphie turned around. "Oh Rini!" said Selphie surprised,
"You scared me! And no, we're not there yet." "Sorry," said Rinoa coldly, "Are we going
to be there soon?" Selphie smiled at her. "We're getting there, don't worry!" Selphie told
Rinoa cheerfully. "Oh…do you mind if I stay here for a moment?" asked Rinoa softly.
"Of course Rini! Why not?" said Selphie, "It gets kinda lonely out here anyway, just
seeing the sky." Rinoa sat down at the co-pilot chair next to Selphie and remained silent.
For about half an hour Rinoa just watched the sky, Selphie sometimes telling her to press
a couple buttons here and there. She then remembered Squall. On how they had talked,
here, in this cockpit. They had fought all the propagators and put an end to the colony,
before they could pilot the ship, but they managed to get up. She remembered that Squall
had actually opened up to her and answered her questions to the best of his ability that
night. He had told her about Ellone, about being alone, about having the feeling of
isolation. He told her why he stayed away from people, why he isolated himself. But
most of all, on how she had changed his life. Rinoa was overwhelmed with the memory
that she started to cry, tears fell down her cheeks though she didn't make any sounds. She
remembered when they landed and the estharians came to get her. She was surprised that
Squall tried to stop her. She was happy, that he cared about her. But what was even better
was that he had rescued her from Esthar, and made a promise to her that he would always
be there. "I have to stop crying…"Rinoa told herself. But she couldn't stop, just
remembering all the memories made her so sad. Sad and happy at the same time. Finally,
Selphie noticed that Rinoa was crying. "Oh Rini! Are you okay?" Selphie asked
worriedly, "Why are you crying?" Rinoa wiped up her tears. "Squall said, he promised,"
said Rinoa through muffled sobs, "promised he'd always be there…he rescued me, and
we found the Ragnarok. We talked up here, in the cockpit, and Squall told me how he
felt. About me…about life…he opened up all the way…" Rinoa sobbed harder. "I know
people seem to misunderstand him, but he's a good person. He might have seemed
selfish, but his reasons and motives were true…he rescued me, and we made our
promise, our promise to always be there for each other…but why? Why isn't Squall
here!" Rinoa asked sadly and a little aggravated. Selphie looked at her worriedly.
"Rinoa…it's okay. Don't cry…you heard what the headmaster said. He said it was all to
make us happy. I know Squall had a good reason Rinoa, you just told me that Squall has
good motives and reasons. I just know wherever he is, or whatever he's doing, it's for a
good reason," Selphie told Rinoa trying to cheer her up. Rinoa looked up and wiped up
her tears. "Do you think we'll ever see him again Selphie?" asked Rinoa softly. "I'm not
making any promises Rinoa, but you know Squall, he doesn't promise what he can't do.
And if he promised you that you'd be together, I know that someday, just someday, we'll
see him again. And you'll see him again Rini…" Rinoa looked up at Selphie and smiled.
"Thank you…Selphie…you're right," said Rinoa brightening up. "Don't worry Rini!
He'll come back, I know he will! Squall is still our friend, and he showed us that by
protecting us and helping us beat Adel. You bet we'll see him again!" exclaimed Selphie
as she looked at the clouds. Suddenly she spotted something. It was the portal. "There it
is…the portal," announced Selphie, "Are you ready Rinoa? Ready for Ultimecia?" Rinoa
stood up with a brave look at her face. All her tears were gone now. "I'm ready," said
Rinoa bravely, "I'm ready for you Ultimecia." Selphie nodded and smiled at her. Then
she started to land the Ragnarok making the announcement to everyone that they had
reached their destination.
"Get ready Ultimecia…I'll beat you…for Squall. So I'll see him again," Rinoa told herself as she exited the Ragnarok and entered the portal with the others.
Well that's all for Chapter 14 everybody. Sorry it took me a little longer to update. Hope you liked it! I'll see you in Ultimecia's castle!