Ch.2

New friends, new lovers, and new rivals

Disclaimer- I don't own jack shit.

FP: Ah….A new chapter, and a new chance to humiliate all of you.

Squall: What do you mean by humiliate?

Rinoa: Yeah and what's with the title?

FP: oh that I'll be introducing new characters, relationships, and rivalries.

Quistis: Why?

FP: Cause I'm bored.

(Zell is currently rocking back and fourth on the floor in the fetal position)

Quistis: Zell what's wrong?

Rinoa: what did you do to him?

FP: I put him the room of punishment.

Zell: There were chipmunks every where thousands of chipmunks every where!

Squall: the room of punishment is full of chipmunks?

FP: no it takes your worst fear and amplifies it a thousand times!

Rinoa: so Zell's afraid of chipmunks

FP: Exactly!

(From this point on anything in italics is not spoken it's only what the character is thinking)

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Rinoa sat in an empty classroom crying

Rinoa- I just don't understand I thought I loved him but lately I'm just not sure anymore

A shadowy figure enters the room he's a moderately tall man wearing twin blades on the rear of his belt mostly concealed by his black leather trench coach. He was a very handsome man with dark brown nearly black greasy hair which made his hazel eyes stand out brilliantly.

Rinoa- Who's there?

?-I heard someone crying and thought I'd find out what was wrong.

Rinoa- It's nothing my boyfriends just a jerk.

?- If he's a jerk why are you going out with him?

Rinoa- Because if I break up with him he'll probably make me leave the garden!

?- Do you have other friends here?

Rinoa- Yeah, of course.

?- As long as you have friends here you'll always be welcome, I'll see to that.

Rinoa- I think my boyfriend out ranks you.

?- That's impossible; you see I'm the new headmaster. Uh oh I gotta go I'll talk to you later.

Rinoa- Wait, what's your name?

Kai- The names Kai you'll be hearing it a lot.

He quickly left leaving Rinoa stunned.

Rinoa- I've got to warn Squall about this!

She ran for he elevator and took it up to Squall's office, but Kai had beaten her there and was in the middle of a heated argument with Squall when she arrived.

Squall- I don't care I'm the headmaster Cid gave me the job when he retired!

Kai- No, Cid's last act as head master was to give both of us equal power as co-headmasters, if you don't believe me call and ask him!

Squall- You left the Garden as soon as you became a SeeD to work as a guard at the lunar station!

Kai- Cid sent me to the lunar station to prevent Adel's release!

Squall- And you did such a wonderful job of that didn't you.

Kai- I was on leave for my sister's funeral when the incident occurred, but I heard you were there.

Squall-I couldn't stop it.

Kai- So, you're saying I'm that much stronger than you, that me being there could have made the difference?

Squall- You could have stopped her from releasing Adel, you could have killed her!

At this point they both notice that Rinoa is in the room listening.

Kai- No I couldn't have, I'm not a murderer like you Squall.

At this point Rinoa jumps in at the brink of tears

Rinoa- You would have let him kill me!

Squall- Rinoa that's not what I meant!

Rinoa- Yes it is, he was right you are a jerk we're through.

She runs out quickly closing the door behind her

Squall-Wait, what the hell did you say to her!

Kai- You're the one that said you wanted me to kill her.

Squall-I'm calling Cid, and then I'll throw your sorry ass out of my garden and patch things up with Rinoa.

Kai- She's pretty low on you're priority list isn't she.

Squall- Get out!

Kai- fine I'll be roaming around the garden if you need me.

As he leaves he looks back to see Squall franticly dialing the phone

Kai- The cafeteria if Zell is anywhere he's here, yep there he is.

Kai- Yo Zell long time no see man.

Zell- Kai, were you been man, its been years!

Kai- Here and there, you still refusing to use a weapon?

Zell- My hands are my weapons, there all I need. You still using those two scimitars of yours?

Kai- No, I've upgraded to a couple of faster weapons.

Zell- Faster? You were twice as fast as me and Squall when you left!

Kai- Yep, I can take out a rexsaur before you can blink.

Zell- Quistis will flip when she sees you.

Kai- Where is instructor Trepe anyway?

Zell- She left on a wild goose chase this morning.

Kai- What?

Zell- Squall sent her on a fake mission so we would have time to set up her birthday party. I can't wait to see her face when she walks in and sees you at her surprise party.

Kai- I'm glad everything's been going so smoothly around here; it sure makes my job easier.

Zell- Why are you back anyway?

Kai- When Cid retired he called me and infomed me that I was going to be working with Squall like a co headmaster, he even gave us both equal power over the Garden.

Zell- So basically you're taking Norg's place and Squall's taking Cid's.

Kai- Yeah, I'm even taking Norg's old office.

Zell- The one in the basement?

Kai- Yeah I got some friends from the lunar Garden down there fixing it up.

Zell- Lunar Garden?

Kai- yeah you haven't heard?

Zell- Heard what?

Kai- They started a garden up at the new lunar base the first SeeDs just graduated and a couple of buddies of mine came down here with me.

Zell- I'm surprised you didn't become an instructor up there.

Kai- I was but then Cid called and I couldn't turn him down, he was like a father to me while I was here.

Zell- Have you told Squall about your new position yet?

Kai- Ya, he's trying to get a hold of Cid so he can try to convince him I'm a worthless jackass.

Zell- I'm surprised he didn't kill you on the spot.

Kai- It surprised me to, I expected him to at least pull his gunblade on me.

Zell- I see you went prepared.

Zell said this when he pulled two strange looking blades out of his coat and laying them on the table, then taking it off revealing a burn scar covering nearly his entire arm.

Zell- Where the hell did you get that?

Kai- Long story.

Zell- We got time to kill.

Kai- Lets just say it involved a couple dozen margaritas and a very easily angered young lady.

Zell- You haven't changed a bit.

Kai- Yes I have, I'm a even bigger drunk now.

Zell- Ya right I could out drink you.

Kai- I've actually been on the wagon a few months now.

Zell- You stopped drinking?

Kai- Yep, I stopped when I got this scar.

Zell- Come on I got some people to introduce you to.

Kai- Alright but lets keep me becoming headmaster quit for a while.

Zell- That's cool we don't want people freakin out.

Kai- Lets go pick my friends up first.

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FP-so what do think

Squall- are you trying to make me look bad?

FP- yes, next question please

Squall- hey!

Rinoa- who's this Kai guy supposed to be?

FP- oh, I used my authoritive powers to age myself about five years and inserted myself into the story, thus I am Kai and Kai is me.

Zell- Can I have a Girlfriend in the next chapter?

FP- Maybe I have some ideas about you and a new character I'm going to add.

Zell- cool!

Quistis- I'm not sure I want to hear the plans you have for me.

FP- no you wont like what I have planned for you.

Quistis- what do you mean?

FP- the only one I trust with future events is Rinoa.

Rinoa- yep I know whats going to happen.

Zell- why do you trust her?

FP-you'll find out.

Squall-wait why are you trying to make me look bad?

FP- Fire-Pheanix signing off!

Squall- answer me you Jackass!