Chapter 16 (The long hard road)

Rinoa and the others opened the door and saw Ultimecia sitting at her throne. They took

out their weapons ready to fight. After saying a few words to them, Ultimecia and the

gang went into battle. It was a long hard road. Ultimecia was very strong, but somehow

the others didn't lose. They kept fighting on, helping each other along the way. Ultimecia

had many forms. She summoned Griever, an extremely powerful GF. After Griever got

weakened, Ultimecia junctioned herself to Griever and became a very powerful being in

deed. But still, they didn't give up. No matter how much the time passed, no matter how

much they got weakened, none of them thought of giving up. None of them looked back,

not one. Not one of them looked back on how much they had trudged on that long hard

road. They kept battling, and when they had defeated Griever (juctioned into Ultimecia),

they thought it was over. But not yet. Griever was defeated, but Ultimecia remained. Yet,

with hope in their hearts, they kept fighting. For the sake of the world, and their own

happiness. The battle raged on, and time passed, but yet not one of them faltered. They

kept going onward, the long hard road… Finally the battle was over. Ultimecia exploded

and was defeated, the group happy with their victory.

Squall

From his chambers, Squall smiled. Then as the sorceress exploded, he closed his eyes, so

he can take her powers. So the world would not have to go through time compression. He

closed his eyes and concentrated, and soon he felt Ultimecia's great power enter his

body. It was painful, for the power was so incredibly stong. But, Squall knew he had to

bear it. For the world…for Rinoa. After what seemed like forever, it was complete.

Squall had taken in Ultimecia's great power. He breathe heavily, gasping, after that long

pain. "I did it," Squall said breathing heavily, "Now everyone will be safe…as long as I

stay here, as long as I'm alone…" Squall leaned on one of his chamber walls and sighed.

"Is this really my fate?"

Rinoa

Rinoa opened her eyes. She tried to remember what happned. "Oh yeah," Rinoa thought,

"We defeated Ultimecia and she exploded, and I fainted." Rinoa sat up and looked

around. Somehow, she was in the flower field. "How did I end up here?" she asked

herself. She stood up and started walking around, and soon she found her friends. Selphie

ran to her. "Rinny we found you!" she yelled out, "We did it! We beat Ultimecia!"

Selphie yelled for joy and jumped a couple times. They all smiled and nodded, happy.

Quistis spoke. "I'll contact the garden to come pick us up," said Quistis smiling, "Let's

go home…" Rinoa smiled back. "Yeah, let's go home," Rinoa agreed. They all nodded

and soon the garden came to pick them up. They soon had a party, and everyone

celebrated for the world's peace. Everyone had fun. Selphie was shooting a movie with

her camera, Zell was stuffing himself silly with hotdogs, and Irvine helped Selphie.

Quistis talked with and discussed with the headmaster and Matron (Edea), and the other

SeeDs danced and enjoyed themselves. Rinoa went to the balcony, and stared at the

starry sky. "I'll be waiting for you Squall, I've done what I'm supposed to do…" Rinoa

told herself, "I'll be waiting for you, just as we promised." Rinoa watched the stars up

into the sky and made a wish on a shooting star. "Squall, wherever you are, I know you'll

still be gazing at the sky," Rinoa whispered, "so make a wish okay?"

Well that's all for today, sorry I took long to update, I had to go in a little vacation. Thank you for the new reviews! I really appreciate it! The climax of the story will be the next chapter, so keep reading. I'll update very soon!

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