A Knight's Promise
Chapter 38: Tenon, tenon, tenon…
Author's Note: Hello again everyone! Thanks again for your patience and please forgive me for not updating this fic for 2 months (again). You see….my ever-so-loyal computer got hit by Trojan (blame it on my firewall and anti-virus) so all of my files (including this chapter) was blown to smithereens! So I have to start again from scratch! Sighs. Anyway, there's no need to wail over spilt milk. It can't be helped, it's only a machine and..uh never mind enough about it and let's just continue on with the story, shall we? (By the way, All the characters here blah blah blah you know the drill)
Scene from the last chapter
"Rinoa …please…..wake up. Open your eyes….." he whispered, sounding even more worried. "Talk to me….I wanna hear your voice …… I wanna see your smile…I missed them…………………………..…I miss you" he added.
"Huh? How can you say that…huh Squall? How can you say you missed me when … ohh you didn't mean to shoot me, did you? But why …why Squall? We missed you and look at what you've done!"
"I………..I love you Rinoa"
She heard him sobbed bitterly over her. She felt his warm tears dropped on her forehead. His tears reached her eyes. They felt so warm, she can feel the extreme sorrow of this fellow that it reached every veins of her body. This made her shed tears too.
"I……… love you too, Squall but…"
TOOOTTT. That dreadful sound came from the machine that tells the status of Rinoa's heartbeat.
"RINOA! MY RINOA! …..NOOOO! DOCTOR! DR. KADOWAKI!
Continuation (after 2 months again he he he)
Darkness ruled the land and the moon was the only light will see….and darling, darling yeah…stand by me uhhh sorry…wrong lines… um..
(please standby as the author recomposes himself)
(Leon's Dream)
Darkness creeps into the sky, like a predator hunting for its prey. In a blink of an eye, it devoured every beam of light it could reach. It savagely ruled the sky with the moon as its only survivor of its gluttony. The survivor's power faintly stretches into the thick white fog on the ground thus clearing the unseen path of this puzzled youth.
"Oh no, not again!" Leon shook his head in disbelief. "I'm in the……"
Before he could finish his sentence he heard this eerie tune.
Tenon, tenon tenon tenon…. (uh that was supposed to be the tune of the "Twilight zone")
Leon slapped his forehead as the familiar ghoul appeared in front of him, "Not him again!"
"BOO!" the ghoul hollered in a …of course a ghostly way. "I havveeeee commmeee to haunt yourrrr soulllllll….I willlll terrorize your country …err I mean your imagination for I'm the ghostttt of the pasttttttt!" (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background.) HA HA HA HA! (his laughter sounded like that of Michael Jakson's "the Thriller")
"Uh please stop this at once, it's getting into my nerves," he demanded harshly at the supernatural companion. "If you wanna have some kinda apparition, then just appear without these……special effects of yours."
The ghost just frowned and puts his tongue out at Leon. "Youths these days…sheez!" he murmured something and clapped his hands and they were back outside the Balamb garden. "Hmm… impressed?" (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
Leon looked and pointed his lips on the ground.
"What now!" the ghost's eyebrows met in wonder. (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
"The 'thick white thing that blankets the ground' effects," Leon said annoyed.
The ghost looked at the ground and saw a discarded baby's diaper lying on the ground instead. "What 'thick white thing that blankets the ground' are you saying? I'm not that old to use that one, excuse me!" (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
"ARGHHH! THE F-O-G!" Leon exclaimed.
"Ahhhhh!" The ghost simply said. He then looked at his left side and shouted, "Could you please turn off the fog machine!" (Immediately the 'thick white thing' disappeared but still the "Twilight zone" theme can be heard) "Thanks!" he shouted. "Now…back to our business.."
Leon frowned at the ghost.
"WHAT AGAIN THIS TIME!" the ghoul crossed his arms and stared at the blue-eyed SeeD. (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
Leon stared back at him. "The sound effects"
"Oh man! I've paid a thousand gil for it…owww!" the ghost replied, frustrated at Leon's demand. (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
"Ok then …I have no business here might as well check Rin…" he turned his back at the ghost and acted as if he was really going back inside.
"H-Hey wait up kiddo!" the ghost blocked Leon's way. "Owww ok then fine!" He snapped his finger and a turn table fell into the sky.
"What the?" Leon stared at 'the thing that fell into the sky' in disbelief.
The ghost lifted the turntable and looked at the bottom side of it. (The "Twilight zone" theme can still be heard playing at the background)
"Uh what are you doing?" Leon asked the ghost as he leans in his fave position against the Balamb's wall.
The ghost banged it a few times "Trying to…argh turn this thing…argh off"
"You mean, you don't know how to turn that thing off? Ohh great!" He slapped his forehead in annoyance.
Tenon tenon tenon tenon……
Meanwhile…
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01245
"Goodness gracious!" Laguna gasped in disbelief for he cannot believe what his friend, Fury just told them. He slacked into the ground and covered his face with his hands. "I thought…that thing …"
"Are you really sure bout it, Fury?" Kiros crossed his arms and looked at Caraway. "Are you certain that 'this thing' really still exists?"
"Then tell me about the missing individuals since that incident occurred or how bout the scientists went missing over these past years? Not to mention the dramatic decrease in the population of creatures around the Centra continent" he said in his popular 'I'm-Fury-Caraway-don't-mess-with-me' tone.
"B-But isn't it that Leon…" Before Laguna could finish his dialogue…
"Cid Kramer made a huge mistake! He and his SeeDs were misled by the evidences that they've gathered" Caraway said as he stood next to the bars. "They haven't realized that all the 'obvious' clues were all planned by this wacko scientist".
Both Laguna and Kiros stared at each other in confusion. "Obvious clues?" they said in unison.
In the meantime…
Somewhere outside Balamb Garden
Tenon tenon tenon tenon… (still the same old theme)
"STILL!" Leon exclaimed now even more irritated. He covered his ears with the whole pack of cotton (nah, not from the diapers)
"I can't arghhh!" the ghost exclaimed as he wrestled the turntable (by the way, it is still playing the 'twilight zone theme')
Tenon tenon tenon tenon
They've tried to take out the disk in it (I dunno what you called that thing) but with no luck. They've also tried smashing the trumpet like thing on top of it but they were still out of luck. In fact, the sound gets even louder than before. (Luckily only these two can hear it!)
"WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING?" Leon was now even more infuriated. He tried smashing it against the wall. But it only bounces like a ball.
"Uh let's try throwing it at the sea!" the ghost suggested.
They both threw the object at the sea but……….
Tenon TENON TENON TENON
"AHHHH!" They both yelled in unison.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell)
"The d-dragon you say!" Seifer gasped in horror. "B-But our commander…I mean Kramer…he…" he said as he shook his head.
"CLONE!" she said as she shrugged her shoulders. "DRAGON ….CLONE"
"Clone? But…how Fujin know that DRAGON….CLONE?" Me speak like Tarzan hmm, Seifer shook his head again.
"ME VICTIM" Fujin shrugged her shoulders again. "ME RECOGNIZE REAL ONE"
"You recognize real one Fu?" he said as he shook his head yet again.
Just outside Balamb Garden
Leon can be seen in his winning stance (FF8 winner tune was playing at the background), ashes fell all around him.
Mr. Fuji, the ghost, applauded, "That was awesome!"
"Now we CAN talk," Leon leaned against the wall again, " No more …special effects ok?"
"Ahh… I can't guarantee you that," he replied.
"Oh no!" Leon shook his head.
"Don't worry, no more 'tenon tenon' thingy," he said smirking. He gestured some weird hand signals and chanted.
"……" was all he can say.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"Don't worry Fu, Quistis and the rest of the gang will help us outta here," he said with a smirk on his face.
"YEAH" Fujin faintly lets out a smile.
"In no time they'll be here, I'm pretty sure of it" he said with a smirk visible to his face.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01247 (adjacent to Seifer and Fujin's cell that's behind Laguna's cell -as usual)
"Yo! Is that you Seif?" a familiar voice shocked the two prisoners at the other cell.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"Chicken wuss…I mean Dincht? Is that you…. too?" Seifer yelled back.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01247 (adjacent to Seifer and Fujin's cell that's behind Laguna's cell -as usual)
"I'm glad you're safe man!" Another familiar voice popped out from nowhere.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"Oh no….you too? It can't be?" Seifer gasped as he shook his head again.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01247 (adjacent to Seifer and Fujin's cell that's behind Laguna's cell -as usual)
"You recognize my manly and gorgeous voice eh?" The second familiar voice yelled.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"Yeah, who could've forgotten that voice! Man, what the heck are you doing here? I thought you've already cleared all the allegations against you?" Seifer yelled back.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01247 (adjacent to Seifer and Fujin's cell that's behind Laguna's cell -as usual)
"Allegations? Man what the heck are you talkin' bout?" the second familiar voice yelled yet again.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"STOP NONSENSE CHAT" Fujin interrupted, "WE MUST GET OUT HERE QUICK!"
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01247 (adjacent to Seifer and Fujin's cell that's behind Laguna's cell -as usual)
"Yeah, she's right bout it!" a feminine voice yelled, "So Seif get us out of here!"
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01246 (behind Laguna's cell as usual)
"What! You mean you're all trapped here too?" Seifer exclaimed.
Uh you know what's next
"Unfortunately…yeah" Zell yelled at Seif.
Seif and Fu's Cell (You know what number)
"DANG!" Seifer yelled, "And the 'King of Pop' is with ya two?"
"King of what?" Zell and Quistis yelled in unison.
Deep Sea Research Centre
Cell #01245 (Laguna, Caraway and Kiros' Cell)
"Then we have to get out of here and eliminate that dragon ourselves!" Laguna exclaimed. He stood with his right fist raised.
"I would gladly have another face-off with that creature, it's time to end everything once and for all!" Kiros said as his eyes glimmered. He too imitated Laguna's posture.
"Yeah! We must fight back our freedom!" Caraway joined the two.
Tenon tenon tenon …err wrong tune
(FF8-winner tune was playing at the background)
Back to Leon….
Well…they're still traveling and are not visible at the moment so let's just wait for them on the next chapter of…..
(tenon tenon tenon tenon)
A Knight's Promise!
Author's note (again)
I would like to thank the following authors/reviewers, without their kind words and support this chapter wouldn't be posted: xxxBeast boyxxx Thank you again for urging me to update this fic, didn't noticed again that I haven't updated for quite a longggggggggg time. Thanks man! Hope always: Whoa! Hello to our newest friend here! Your comment was one of the best reviews I've ever received from a reviewer. Thank you so much SeeD salutes. Snowwell: Hello there Snowwell! Whoa you're alive again too! It's nice to hear from you again (Hmm I noticed I use a lot of again here…hmm) . Uh to the rest Thanks a lot for the kind reviews. Until then GOD Bless
SeeD salutes