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"Don't tell me that Squally-boy has gone soft these last few years." Seifer said loudly to Selphie.

"My name is Leon. Not 'Squally boy'."

"I gots an idea Seify! How about Leon comes back with us to Garden and we can prove that he's Squally!" Selphie chirped up. Seifer raised an eyebrow at Leon.

"What d'ya say Puberty boy?" Leon rolled his eyes and turned away.

"Whatever."

"Ah, so you have gone soft on me. How bout this? If I beat you in a fight you come back, but if you beat me, though I doubt you will, you can go your own sweet way back to Hollow Bating or whatever you call it. You couldn't beat me one on one before so I bet that you can't beat me now." Seifer stated as he drew Hyperion from its sheath. (1)

Leon scoffs and looks up at the sky. His head lazily lolls to look at Seifer, a strange look in his eyes. "You're on Almasy."
Seifer smirked, Almasy, somewhere in Leon was Squall and Squall's memories, no matter how faint.

Seifers POV

The brunette in front of my jumps high up and drives his blade down into the ground where I had been standing moments before.

Pivot. Parry. Thrust. Block. Fake left. Spin. Thrust.

"Come one Squally. I'm sure you can do better than that!" I shout at him.

Every time I use his old nicknames a new fire emerges in his eyes.

Block. Sidestep. Fake thrust. Overhead swing. I step back to catch my breath. Raising my left hand up,

I motion for him to come and get me. He growls and we begin the dance again.

So familiar yet so different. Does he remember some where in that head, when we fought here for the last time? Like the last time though, and all the times before that, this desolate place makes us only have eyes for each other.

I'm not even aware of Selphie standing a little way off.

He jumps away from me suddenly and points his blade at me. A glowing red ember appears at the tip of it and suddenly a huge fire spell, along with a bullet shoot at me. I barely have time to dodge.

We dance again, and I don't know how long it has been since we started. I don't know how long it will last, but I can't let him win. I can't loose him again.

I hold my hand up at him and mutter the release spell. Grey light flies at him and he can't dodge it. It hits him and his whole body freezes up. Stop works every time.

Selphie ran up to me and slugs my arm. "Hey! That was getting good then! You cheated!" I just shrug as I walk towards the suspended 'Leon'.

"Well, I'm not one for obeying the rules Selph. Now come on, let's get him and the Blades back to Garden before the spell wears off." She smiles and casts float on the brunette.

I grab the bag of Mesmerize Blades and sling them over my back as Selphie begins to float the other down the mountain path and back towards Balamb Garden.

I'm staring at the floating brunette, I know I am, but I can't help myself. It's been so long since I've seen him closely. Nearly everything about him is the same. His beautiful Grey/blue eyes which always show how he's feeling no matter how well wrought his mask is. Even though his hairs longer now, it still makes him look as though he has just come straight from having the best sex ever… He's still as willowy as he was when he disappeared 3 years ago…He's the same but different…How cliché.

A punch on my arm makes me realise that Selphie has been trying to get my attention. I look at her side ways on. "S'up Selph?"

Selphie puts one hand on her hip, as her other is busy controlling the floating brunette, and glares at me cutely.

"I've been trying to talk to you for ages! At least listen!" I roll my eyes jokingly. "Anyway, what are we going to do with Squall…Leon…Whatever his name is now, when we get back to Garden and your stop spell wears off? Because I bet that he won't be a happy bunny when it does."

She has a point…I hoist the blades further up my back as Balamb Garden comes into sight.

"I guess we will cross that wall when we come to it Selph. But first we've gotta explain to a certain blonde why we are late…" I nod up towards the entrance of Balamb G and Selphie pales slightly at the sight of a very angry looking Quistis marching towards us like a demon of death.

"Where have you two been! My class is over now thank you very muc-" Quistis' rant comes to an abrupt stop when she spies our extra package. "Is that…? Oh my goodness! It is Squall! Where did you find him!...Why is there a stop spell on him?"

Ah.

"We found him up in the mountains, where Seifer and Squally used to train. And He's Stopped because he wouldn't of come with us other wise." Selphie answers for me.

Quistis looks up at the floating ex-commander.

"Why would he of refused coming home with you?" Selphie and I rub the backs of our necks nervously. I really hate telling Quistis news, good or bad.

"Well you see Quis, he doesn't remember who we are and he thinks his name is Leon so he didn't want to come with us he wanted to go to some Hello Basty place." I rush out quickly. Quistis blinks at me and then turns and looks at Selphie who nods to Quistis.

"He doesn't remember…? Anything?" She asked quietly as she looked up at Squall/Leon. Selphie shrugged.

"Well sort of. We think he remembers things at the back of his mind some where about everything." Quistis nodded.

"A sub-conscious memory bank. I understand, some where in the Time Compression his memories were also compressed to a small part of his mind. If it is Squall, which I'm sure by the looks of him it is, then there is still a chance for his memories to be restored." (2) Selphie and I blink at her blankly.

"Eh? English Instructor! Some of us don't speak science!" Quistis sighed and shook her head.

"You would if you had listened at least once during all of your science lessons! Maybe then you would have passed Science!" I waggle my finger at her.

"I passed everything else didn't I? I'm a full fledged SeeD now Instructor, Science is not anything I require!" Quistis mutters something quietly which sounds like – 'Yeah we'll see smart allek' before returning to the point at hand.

"Anyway, in a nut shell, if he seemed to remember something's a little and not realise it then there is a good chance that something is stopping him from remembering everything, aka, the Time Compression."

Selphie looked thoughtful, "But we remembered everything after we came out of the Time Compression."

Quistis just looked at Selphie. "But we came straight back here with no little detours."

Good point…

Squee, chapter 5. Why are fight scenes so hard to write?

Seifer – HA! I so beat you!

Leon – You cheated! That doesn't count!

Seifer – Yeah it does because you didn't block it! Alls Fair in love and war!

Leon – Whatever…

Oh noes! My muses are arguing again! It's their libido I swear! As soon as they have smex they'll be happy!

….I hope…?

(1) Is it a sheath or a holster that they use for their Gunblades? Oh that's confusing.

(2) Fear Quistis, for she knows all! >D

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