Tiger of Blackness: Let me guess, Quistis dies?
EverShadow: NO!! This is one of the few fanfics in which I don't kill anyone!
Tiger of Blackness: Why am I surprised?
EverShadow: This isn't an angst fic ya know.
Tiger of Blackness: Which surprises me.
EverShadow: Alright. On with the show. You're being extra dull today Tiger.
Tiger of Blackness: You wouldn't understand…
The Search Begins
"Alright Quistis! You take care of yourself ok?" Selphie cried as Seifer and I disembarked. I gave everyone a hug (Irvine hugged the longest and Selphie got jealous) except Squall. Everyone went a bit quiet as I confronted him.
"Be careful. I wouldn't trust Seifer for anything." He said patting me on the shoulder. We shook hands and turned the opposite direction. The others waved goodbye to me, as if this was the last time we would ever meet. I hoped it wouldn't be. Squall gave Seifer a "Touch her and you die" look before the ship took off. I watched as the Ragnarok disappeared from view.
"Was it just me, ex-instructor, or was that farewell with the Headmaster a bit awkward?" Seifer asked. I turned around and glared at him.
"We are spending a week together and I intend to make that week worthwhile. In fact, I'm going to pretend that you aren't here." I replied coldly.
"Touché." He said giving me a smile. We decided to walk to the nearest town and see what we could find. While Seifer was busy goofing off in town, I could get some information about the Omega Weapon. We walked for a long time in pure silence. We met a few Geezards along the way but it was nothing that we couldn't handle. Seifer hadn't been allowed to junction any GF's because Squall thought with all that extra power he might try and hurt me. Even without a GF, I noticed that he had improved a great deal since the last time we had fought.
"So, where's the nearest city?" It was the first time he spoke in hours. I was beginning to get almost tired of his silence.
"Deling City. Ever since Ultimecia was defeated, the Galbadian soldiers had cleared out." I was surprised that he winced when I mentioned Galbadia. I sensed that his pride might have been damaged because of it. Secretly, I was glad that I had hit a sensitive spot.
It was night by the time we had reached Deling (of course, Deling's always dark) Seifer stretched his arms when we entered town.
"It's been a long time since I've been here." He said. "I wonder if anyone remembers me." Obviously they had since we walked through the city pretty much unnoticed. Seifer didn't goof off like I thought he would. He stuck by my side so I couldn't ask about the Omega Weapon.
"Seifer, check us in at the hotel." I ordered. He nodded and disappeared into the crowd. Finally, I was rid of him. I immediately began asking if anyone had seen the Omega Weapon around. They gave me a confused look and walked away quickly. I had little choice since no one would answer me. I had to go to Caraway. He should have some useful info.
I entered the mansion and looked around. Caraway was missing. He was usually at his desk but this time he wasn't. I immediately noticed that his secret passage way was open. Had he gone into the sewers by himself? That was insane! I walked into the secret passage way and into the sewers. I literally stumbled across the body of Caraway. He was out cold. I looked around, alert for any sort of danger. Suddenly, something large and black rushed up and knocked me down. I regained my footing. Whatever had attacked me was extremely fast. It looked like a Moomba but Moombas were supposed to be peaceful. I used scan on the creature. It was a Moomba. It was a Dark Moomba with unknown stats. It attacked first with "Moomba Slash." Ow, I was already down to a hundred some HP. Suddenly, a voice shouted, "Curaga!" I got up, the magic healing my wound. Seifer came up beside me.
"You're lucky I found you otherwise it would have been game over for you." He said smiling. I didn't smile back. I could have handled a Moomba by myself. If I couldn't defeat a Moomba, how could I defeat the Omega Weapon?
"Leave me alone, Seifer, I'll handle this myself!" I shouted. He looked at me with an expression that I couldn't describe at the moment and then left but not before casting Aura on me. I could have done it myself but all thoughts drained away when I cast my Shockwave Pulsar. The Moomba writhed a bit but remained unfinished. I had Auto-haste on so it took a little less than one second for me to attack again. The Moomba went down but while it did, it cast Flare, taking me down with it. Someone caught me as my mind went blank.
Seifer's expression…how could I describe it? The image of his face played over and over in my mind, as if wanting me to find the right word for it. I couldn't remember the last time someone gave me that expression. It had been too long. Suddenly, after the fourteenth time the image played I realized with a jolt what it was. It was an expression of pure concern with a touch of…was it possible…love? Was Seifer in love with me? Impossible, we were complete opposites. Or are you? And evil voice in my head snickered. This caused me to think about our differences and our similarities. Seifer and I were both leaders, that usually clashed together horribly, we were both orphans, we were both outcasts and we had both sealed our hearts up. Had he finally opened it? Of all the people, why was it me?
I woke up suddenly, sitting upright in bed. I looked around and saw Seifer sleeping silently in a chair. Impossible, he couldn't love me. I hated him, he hated me, that was for sure. I needed some air to think this through. My dream had probably altered the expression but that would be even worse, that would mean that I wanted him to show concern and love. Did I? Of course not, how absurd.
Tiger of Blackness: Cliffhanger?
EverShadow: Sorta.
Tiger of Blackness: YOU FOOL!!! I HATE CLIFFHANGERS!!
EverShadow: LIVE WITH IT!!
Tiger of Blackness: NO!! * Attacks EverShadow *
EverShadow: NO!! MUST…RUN…AWAY!!!! GAAAHH!!! EverShadow signing off.