Chapter 19 (Wishes)

Rinoa gasped, horrified. But then she felt something. Something tap her shoulder. She

looked behind her and she saw Squall, only in spirit form. She could only see his outline,

for he was a spirit, but it was certainly Squall Leonhart. "Squall? Are you dead?" Rinoa

asked with tears on her eyes. "No…please, you can't be…" Rinoa said again staring at

the spirit Squall. Squall simply shook his head. Then he put his hands on his forehead,

the position he takes when he's casting a magic. Then he casted unknown magic on his

unmoving body, and the blood and the wound disappeared. He smiled at Rinoa, and all

his friends gently, as they watched him in awe. Then the spirit Squall disappeared.

Suddenly, Rinoa felt another tap on her shoulder. This time it was the real Squall, the real

live Squall. "Squall! You're okay!" yelled Rinoa through muffled tears, burying her face

into Squall's chest. "I told you all not to worry, didn't I?" said Squall softly, "I'm glad I

was able to see you all again. But I'm sorry, but this will be the last time we'll see each

other again. I…I have to go…" said Squall feeling pain as he spoke those words. Quistis

spoke up. "Squall, how did you, how did you remove your soul from your body? Are

you… even human?" Quistis asked in a concerned voice. Squall looked at the ground. "I

wish I was…I just really do…"Squall said softly. "No Squall don't go!" Selphie said

startled, "You're finally back, why would you want to leave?" Squall smiled. "I'm sorry

Selphie, but I'm doing this for all of you…I'm just so happy to see you all again. It's

been so long…I missed you a lot Rinoa," said Squall smiling gently, but with sad eyes.

Suddenly, they felt something. It was an earthquake. The ground was shaking. Squall

gasped. "Oh no…what have I done?" he whispered softly. He closed his eyes and started

to calm down. "I have to calm down…I can't feel emotion…this happiness I feel, must

go away…" Squall told himself mentally. The rumbling ceased minutes later, and the

earthquake was over. Everyone looked around, surprised. Zell went up to Squall. "Squall,

did you do that?" Zell asked curiously, "You didn't did you?" Squall sighed. "I did, but

don't worry. I'll fix it," replied Squall softly. He casted some sort of shield, upon

everyone, and everyone was enclosed into the transparent shield. Then Squall casted

another type of spell, and everyone watched stunned on what he was doing. Squall was

going back into time. From outside the shield, they were able to see their past selves react

to the earthquake. It was like a video tape, being rewinded. Then Squall stopped the

time, when the earthquake never happened. He then opened up the shield and everyone

saw their past selves disappearing. Squall looked at them all. "I hate this, being like

this…I wish I was human…normal. I'm sorry, but goodbye," said Squall softly. He

looked back at his friends one more time. Then he looked at Rinoa. He decided to speak

to her one last time. "Rinoa…I love you…always," Squall said as he looked at her. Then

he disappeared. Rinoa started crying. "Why? Why did he have to leave me again? I don't

care if he's not human! I'll always love him! But why can't he stay?" asked Rinoa

aggravatedly. Irvine went up to her and spoke, "It's okay Rinoa…I know where he is…"

Well that's about it for today. Sorry my chappies are always so short. I'm grounded, from the computer and I just sneak here when no one's looking. So I rush my chapters. I mostly try to update every day though or every other day. Not unless I'm in vacation. Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for the new reviewz! I promise my next chapter will be longer! Much!

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