Yeah I know… it's been forever. I'm soo sorry. I've had so many tests and school stuff going on this last month that I seriously had pretty much no free time. And… I kind of lost some enthusiasm for this story, but hopefully it'll come back. And anyways, thanks for the reviews… I really appreciate them. Anyways, on with the story…
disclaimer: annnnnd for the grand prize…… yep.. you guessed it. I do not own final fantasy 8.
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Be Careful for What you Wish for
Chapter 6
"Incoming!" Quistis said as a warning to Squall and Kelly.
Kelly gripped her daggers tighter in her hands as she mentally and physically prepared herself for the upcoming fight. Glancing around at the other party members around her she saw Quistis with her whip in a defensive stance and Squall with his gunblade before him as his eyes scanned across the room.
All of a sudden an explosion seemed to go off right before the trio as dust was thrown into the air temporarily blinded them. As the dust cleared Ifrit stood there looking mildy bored as he peered upon the three with their weapons.
"I am Ifrit! Who dares to challenge me?" he roared at Squall, Kelly, and Quistis.
"Ready? … Go!" Squall muttered under his breath to Kelly and Quistis. Immediately the three started attacking Ifrit in an attempt of surprise. None of the attacks dealt much damage but they did serve to startle Ifrit and anger him. Mutually, Squall and Kelly glanced at each other from opposite sides of the room. Seeing Squall's expression, Kelly ran up quickly to Ifrit, distracting him by releasing a series of rapid attacks with her daggers.
Occupied with Kelly's offensive strike, Squall ran up to Ifrit's unprotected back and started striking him with his gunblade. Roaring in pain, Ifrit threw Kelly across the room and turned his attention to Squall. A fire ball started building in his hands as he threw it at Squall, slamming him backwards. As Ifrit prepared another ball, Quistis' whip sliced into Ifrit from the side.
Ifrit then turned to face Quistis as he started throwing fireball after fireball at her. Kelly quickly ran towards Squall who had been badly burned on his side. Quickly Kelly pulled out a potion and poured it onto Squall's burn. Immediately the wound began to heal and cover up. A shriek from Quistis brought Kelly's attention back behind her as Ifrit's fireball finally found its target. As Ifrit powered up another fireball, Kelly quickly called out from behind him.
"Oh Ifrit…" she taunted bringing his attention away from Quistis as he started over to where Kelly and Squall stood.
"What the hell are you doing?" Squall demanded in a whisper.
"Trying to save Quistis…" Kelly replied grinning at Squall. Seeing his annoyed expression, she turned her attention back to the advancing Ifrit.
"Uhhh…. I've heard you suck at fighting. All the GFs think you are a…. uh… sissy? And…. Shiva thinks you should go back to playing with your dolls."
"Wait! What?" Shiva asked as what Kelly had just said registered in her mind.
"What the hell! This isn't a game! Stop playing around" Squall said as his eyes widened as Kelly taunted Ifrit.
Hah! Not a game? Riight… Kelly thought to herself at the irony of that phrase.
Ifrit was now furious as he started powering up an extremely large fireball in his hands.
Uhh Shiva? Now would be a really great time for a little help you know?
"Like I'm gonna help you after what you did…" Shiva responded.
Heh… Sorry. But you didn't want Quistis to die now did you?
"…Yeah whatever. I guess I don't want you to die either no matter how stupid you are. Be there in a sec…"
Shiva burst out from ice just as Ifrit released the ball. With barely a puff the fireball disintegrated into nothing.
"Shiva?" Ifrit asked as he recognized her. Then remembering what Kelly had said Shiva had said, he quickly grew angry.
Shiva smiled sardonically and quickly began summoning up her ice attack. After continuously adding power, she released her attack on Ifrit causing severe damage as he was thrown back across the room. Waving goodbye mockingly, Shiva disseminated into the air and back to Kelly.
Squall immediately followed up with attacks from his gunblade with Kelly right behind him.
After multiple more swings from Squall's gunblade and slashes from Kelly's daggers, you could tell that Ifrit was weakening.
Finally on his last breath, he muttered in a grouching tone, "Alright, stop already. I'll join you."
Quistis, who had awakened from Ifrit's previous attacks, glanced at Squall and Kelly. "Good job you guys. You've completed it in 14:29, well below your selected time. You did well."
"Well? Hah! We kicked Ifrit's a-" a glance in Squall's direction silently cut Kelly off.
Ignoring what Kelly said, Quistis continued. "Now that you have defeated Ifrit, who wants him?"
"Squall can have him." Kelly said offhandedly. Squall glanced at Kelly and seemed to say thanks without actually speaking it. Kelly smirked back as she continued. "The heat's already giving me a headache. I don't think I can take two bickering GFs in my head between Ifrit and Shiva."
"…You shouldn't have taunted him like that…" Squall said sternly to Kelly, and signs of his previous thanks gone.
"Psh.. whatever," Kelly replied back. "If not, he would have struck Quistis pretty hard."
"Quistis would've been fine…"
Kelly glanced at Quistis who did not reply to this. Not wanting to correct Squall she sent a brief smile in Kelly's direction of thanks and quickly turned back to the entrance of the cave. "We should be going," she said as she headed on out.
Sending a glare in Squall's direction, Kelly turned and followed Quistis. Squall rolled his eyes and followed them as well as they left the fire cavern.
Outside once again, it was a relief to feel the cool breeze swirl by. At this time the two authorities that had stood by the entrance were gone, leaving the trio in silence outside. Silently they walked along the path back to Balamb Garden. Upon arriving back, Quistis turned around to talk to the two students again.
"Okay, you two are free to do whatever. There's the SeeD exam tomorrow so please report to the lobby at 14:00. Okay, you two are dismissed." Quistis said with a wave of her hand.
Squall immediately left without saying a word or a goodbye to either Quistis or Kelly.
Bye to you too Kelly thought sarcastically to herself. "Well, see you later Quistis" Kelly said as she started walking back to the dormitories.
As Kelly walked, she heard someone shout out her name behind her.
"Kelly!"
Kelly turned around to see Selphie sprinting over to where she was. Pausing in step Kelly waited for her friend.
As Selphie approached, Kelly gave a half wave. "Hey."
"Hey! How was it? Was it fun? Did Squall say anything?" Selphie started going off and speaking really fast.
"Uh… what?" Kelly asked completely confused.
"Never mind. You want to go get some food?" Selphie asked.
"Sure. Let me go change and I'll meet you by the elevator in 15 minutes."
"Kay Kay." Selphie responded skipping off again.
Rolling her eyes, Kelly walked off and headed to her room.
A/N: Again. Sorry for the long wait. I'll try to update more regularly, but I don't know. I don't really know what to do with this story so please review if you want this to continue or have any suggestions for future events or plot lines.
