The Forgotten Son

Recently Squall thought about his past battles, mostly about Ultimecia. He delivered the last blow but… even though she's dead in our time, won't she still be born in the past? He decided not to dwell on it any longer as he looked out across the vast ocean before him. He leaned back from the control console of Garden and sighed.

"It's been two years since then." He said thinking out loud. "I wonder how Seifer's doing?"

He closed his eyes and thought back to the battle with Seifer that gave him his tell-tale scar.

The clouds that day looked greyer than usual, a storm was coming and Squall knew he had to finish this last training session with his rival Seifer Almasy quickly. In fact he had agreed to this fight only because he wanted to test out how much he had improved since their last battle a year ago.

"Are you ready Seifer?" Squall asked bringing his gunblade to the battle position.

"Yeah, but the real question is, are you ready to be beat again like last year?"

'Cocky bastard' thought squall snorting.

Seifer smiled at him seeing the signature teeth grind Squall did when teased or poked fun at.

"I'm ready Leonhart whenever you want to attack, bring it on."

Seifer raised his gunblade Hyperion to eye level as Squall prepares for the attack.

A battle cry, Squall rushes Seifer at full speed. Their gundblades spark as the Squall's first strike is blocked and he came around for another attack. An overhead slash, blocked yet again by Seifer who, with a smile, pushes the attack aside like nothing.

"Damn it Seifer, you're not taking this seriously!" Yelled Squall.

"Why should I? You're not really that much of a challenge."

Squall grunts and attacks again, this time a stabbing move. Blocked. He tries again but still no success. Squall jumps back and takes a few deep breathes.

'How do I get him?' he thought looking around.

"What's the matter Leonhart?" Chuckled Seifer, "Forget something?"

Squall looked up at Seifer his teeth bared in anger and eyes narrowed.

"No."

He lowered his gunblade in his right hand and ran towards Seifer with his other hand up. Seifer smiled and raised his own hand as a Fire blast hit Squall knocking him down dazed. Before he could recover Seifer came over to him, weapon raised. Squall looked up at him and then… Seifer struck him with his gunblade across the face leaving a trail of blood on the hard rocky ground of the training area. A new spark ignited in Squalls eyes as he stood up and ran toward his opponent. A single upward slash and Seifer had the same mark as him. Then silence…

"Squall?"

'Who is it?' he thought, his eyes still closed.

"Squall wake up."

He opened his eyes slightly and saw another pair of brown ones looking into his own.

"Rinoa?" He asked with a groggy yawn. "Why are you here?

"Zu was wondering where you were."

Squall opened his eyes completely and smiled seeing Rinoa standing no more than a foot away from him as he lay on the floor of the Bridge of Garden. He had always loved the way her eyes looked so deeply into his own whenever they were this close, it made him melt the cold hard exterior know around Garden as "The Ice Princess". She was the only one who could let Squall be… Squall without making him feel uncomfortable and he loved her even more for it.

"Are you sure?" He asked with a grin. "I mean the Bridge is usually empty when I'm here and nobody comes up here either."

"Ooh you're so naughty Squall… I think Irvine is starting to rub off on you."

They both laughed and Rinoa helped him up from the floor. She grabs his hand and looks out to the ocean.

"I remember that night two years ago Squall, the moon was full and bright, and that was the first time I saw you smile. That beautiful smile that just melted away any problem on my mind."

Squall snickered at the comment and pulled Rinoa closer to him.

"I also remember that was the first time I kissed you."

He moved in and kissed her lightly on the lips and she gasped slightly as he moved away.

"Now then," He started, "Where's our next objective?"

"Well," Rinoa replied grinning, "We could always go back to the orphanage… it's been so long since we've all been there. We could go and see the flowers; they're so pretty in the spring."

Squall nodded and pushed the large joystick-like steering rod towards Edea's, or Matron as her orphans called her, orphanage. It was the place that the entire group had met, Seifer, Squall, Quistis, Selphie, Irvine, and Zell. It was merely by chance that they all met up years later fighting Ultimecia at the very same orphanage. It seemed as though Squall felt a kind of security there and would often go there to relax and just "get away form it all." In fact he had once thought about rebuilding the house itself and living there with Rinoa, but alas his Commander duties didn't leave much time for leisure or a relationship for that matter. He cherished every moment he spent with Rinoa and hated every time they sent him on some mission throughout the world. Then again, he was the Commander of Garden and of SeeD, the tactical war fighting group paid and used by any party able to find the funds. Both of these things left him with very little time, and very little patience. In the end, however, things did work out. He was still Commander and he still had Rinoa with him all was well in his mind.

After some time of flying in Garden Squall looked out to see the Orphanage at the edge of a large cliff. He drifted Garden close enough and then set it down.

"Will all SeeD Members Squad A please report to the Bridge." He called through the intercom. "I repeat will all Squad A SeeD Members please report to the bridge."

He put down the intercom and sighed. If there was one thing he knew it was that, while he didn't always show it, Squall actually liked having his friends around. It would be nice to go back to where they all met once again.


I told you I was coming back. Here's my story I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it. Tell me what you think and review. Vincent Sekod