Yazoo felt the bullet graze him. He stopped in his tracks.
"What is it?" asked Quistis. When Yazoo did not feel a second bullet he continued walking. He had known that Kadaj had missed purposefully; a warning shot. Kadaj passed the rifle back to Loz.
"Now he knows that the next time I shoot, it will be a direct hit" Kadaj explained to Loz. When Kadaj saw Yazoo take Quistis' hand his blood boiled.
"He's making a mockery of me!" Kadaj snapped. He twirled around and punched the concrete wall sending a mass of spider-web cracks scurrying across the surface.
"I will go talk to him" said Loz nervously and jumped over the barrier; landing on his feet before running after Yazoo.
Yazoo and Quistis reached the Quad without incident. By now the Spring Fling dance was only days away and the Quad had been decorated beautifully with silks and other fine materials which were in the vibrant colours of spring. Selphie had worked incredibly hard to make sure that everything was perfect for their first formal after defeating Ultimecia.
Selphie and Quistis walked away talking and Irvine came over to Yazoo. Yazoo had walked over to the edge and now looked down on the town of Balamb.
"How are you my man?" asked Irvine joining Yazoo
"Fine" said Yazoo "Yourself?"
"Great, just great" said Irvine "So what's with the look?"
"What look?" asked Yazoo. The sound of nearing footsteps attracted Yazoo's attention. He drew his rifle and whirled around. Loz dodged sideways in case Yazoo fired but Yazoo holstered it.
"Where's Kadaj?" asked Yazoo "Lurking somewhere? Waiting to kill me?"
"Very funny" said Loz "I've come to tell you to be careful, Kadaj is really angry with you"
"So that's what the look is all about" said Irvine.
"Why are you telling me?" asked Yazoo "aren't you and him out to get me?"
"We were never out to get you" said Loz "And whatever Kadaj feels it doesn't mean I feel the same"
"I'm surprised" said Yazoo "I always thought you would unquestionably follow Kadaj into the unknown"
"You were like that one time" said Loz.
A call echoed throughout the Garden from the PA system. Quistis frowned when she heard the announcement.
"I have to get to class" said Quistis and hugged Yazoo before running off.
"I have to get going also" said Selphie who also hugged Yazoo before running off towards the classrooms with Quistis.
Kadaj saw Quistis and Selphie leaving the Quad which meant that Yazoo and Loz would be alone. Kadaj dropped from his vantage point and walked over to the Quad. When he arrived he saw that Irvine was there also but he would prove no problem to Kadaj.
"Yazoo" said Kadaj. Yazoo looked up at Kadaj who was walking down the stairs.
"Yes?" asked Yazoo.
"I warned you about what would happen if you continued to mingle" said Kadaj.
"Well there's nothing you can do about it, is there?" asked Irvine.
"Perhaps" said Kadaj. Irvine walked forwards and drew his gun
"That a threat?" asked Irvine.
"You should be careful of him" said Kadaj indicating to Yazoo.
"He's not the one threatening" said Irvine
"He'll stab you in the back, just like he did to us" said Kadaj.
"He likes a woman, so what?" asked Irvine.
A purple fireball appeared in the air ahead of Yazoo and behind Irvine. Yazoo gasped and went to grab the ball but it shot forwards and hit Irvine in the back and sent him crashing into the stage. As a natural unconscious reflex Irvine reached out to grab something to stop himself falling. He caught one of the banners that decorated the stage. With a tremendous ripping noise the hangings came crashing down around Irvine's body.
"That was cruel, Yazoo" said Kadaj with a wry smile "Hitting Irvine in the back and destroying the stage" Kadaj threw out his arm and the stage lights came crashing down like a guillotine. The crash it made as it hit the stage got the attention of everyone in every classroom.
"Damn, that's too bad" said Kadaj looking at the destruction "I was really going to enjoy that formal" Kadaj and Loz turned and jumped of the edge of the Garden while Yazoo ran over to see how Irvine was. By now many people had come to the disaster scene but not soon enough to see Kadaj and Loz scarper.
Selphie came running in and collapsed as she saw the state of the Quad.
"What have you done?" she screamed at Yazoo who was searching through the wreckage.
"It was Kadaj!" shouted Yazoo who had managed to drag Irvine out from the parts of broken stage. He was alive but badly injured.
"Did I hear my name?" asked Kadaj who stepped from the crowd.
"You bastard!" shouted Yazoo and drew his rifle. Kadaj raised his hands
"I don't want a fight" said Kadaj. Squall and Quistis came fighting through the crowds.
"Yazoo!" said Quistis
"What the hell is going on here" said Squall walking over to Yazoo.
"Ask him!" said Yazoo pointing to Kadaj who was stood with his hands in the air as Yazoo still had his rifle pointed at him.
"Lower your rifle" said Squall
"Not until he admits what he has done" said Yazoo waving the rifle.
"Just because you felt like wrecking the Quad has nothing to do with me, I've been in my room" said Kadaj. Yazoo roared and fired at Kadaj. Squall intervened as the rifle fired; he hit the rifle upwards and then punched Yazoo knocking him to the ground. Garden faculty, who had remained in service, came shuffling over and lifted Yazoo off the floor before tying his wrists together.
"You are to be escorted to the brig while we decide what to do with you" said Squall "Attacking a fellow pupil and destroying Garden property are serious crimes"
"But!" shouted Yazoo
"Take him away" said Squall "And get the doctor"
Selphie was in tears about the Quad and Irvine while Quistis was devastated about Yazoo destroying the Quad and that he had been arrested.