A/N: Hey, I'm updating this because I don't want to redo any more chapters of Kingdom Hearts 3. Sorry if you guys like that story, just I'm redoing it and I don't want to do another chapter, so it's on hold for awhile. Thanks to kmsaum, jellybean-kitty, r, Wolfdog Girl, Psycho Demon Creature, and RoyMustangsBabe for reviewing. I love you guys! Oh and check out my oneshot. It's RinoaxSquall. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I still don't own this. Awww.

SavannahX

Eyes on You

Chapter 5

The promise. He couldn't get it out of his mind. He couldn't get her out of his mind. Why was his mind doing this? Was it playing tricks on him? Was it trying to drive him insane? Was it trying to make him want to be with her? He had to go there, to the place where they'd promised. Not to see her, but just to sit and breathe in the air.

He'd gone there a lot on the past couple of years. Edea wouldn't judge him and he would tell her everything and she swore not to tell. She understood. Everything about the situation. She even gave him advice. He decided to head there, he needed to talk with someone other than his head anyway.

-

Rinoa got up from her miserable state. She was crying. Over the man she didn't love any more. Or thought that she didn't love that is.

"Rinoa, what brings you out here?" Edea said, walking out into the area where Rinoa was standing. "Come inside."

Rinoa nodded and thanked her. She needed to talk to someone anyway. As she walked into the house, She realized that Edea had redone the place. Now there were toys and things everywhere. A little kid ran by and another little kid followed.

"You reopened he orphanage?" She asked Edea and Edea nodded.

"Yes, my dear. It got quite lonely here when Cid was working."

"I see," Rinoa said, looking around. She thought about Squall and that this must have been what it was like for him to grow up here. Surrounded by friends, loved, having fun everyday. But then she realized that he didn't make friends there, he only had Ellone because he didn't want to be friends with anyone else.

"So, my dear, how have you been?" Edea asked the young sorceress.

"Alright, I guess..."

They talked for awhile, the topic of Squall never coming up until the end. Rinoa was about ready to leave until Edea said, "He still loves you, you know. Never forget that Rinoa. He will always love you." And with that, Edea walked away leaving a very confused Rinoa standing there. She decided to leave.

-

Squall had reached the orphanage, walking inside, a young child greeted him.

"Hiya Skall!" the young boy greeted his friend. Squall high-fived the boy and he ran off. Squall walked until he found a little girl.

"Hey, Eiko, will you go get Matron for me?" The little girl nodded and ran off to find Edea.

"Why, hello, Squall," Edea said, beckoning that he sit down. "My, I've had many visitors today, haven't I?"

"You had another visitor?" Squall questioned her.

She nodded and said one word, "Rinoa."

Rinoa had come to visit Edea? He must have just missed her and his heart fell. He had wanted to see her for so long. It hadn't been that long since then, yet he still wanted to see her. To talk to her, to hold her in his arms. He thought of an idea to get to her. He was going to kidnap his son and Rinoa would come to him to get him back.

-

Rinoa went back to Garden. Selphie and Irvine were out, so Rinoa had offered to watch Emma as she already had baby supplies and the two children loved each other. The two kids were playing.

"Dada, Mama-out," the little girl said smiling at Matt. He smiled back at her and said his first word. Or first phrase more like.

"Where my Dada?" He looked to his mother who gasped. Matt hadn't said a first word, it was a phrase. Asking where his Dad was. Rinoa felt the tears come to her eyes. What was she to tell him? "Oh your Daddy's a murderer that won't come near you." Like he'd understand that. She picked up Matt and hugged him close. "Dada?" He asked her again. And it broke Rinoa's heart.

-

It was night. Squall was outside of the Garden, Rinoa's balcony to be exact. Looking in, he saw he roll over in her sleep. He took this as an opportunity to go in. Opening up the balcony door, he tiptoed inside and into the spare room.

(A/N: Rinoa lives in the Garden because of Matt. They have what they call family suites. Selphie and Irvine have one too. I know this isn't in the game but pretend with me, ok?)

He saw the crib. Inside, Emma and Matt were cuddled up to each other. Rinoa had put them at each end of the crib, but they had ended up turning so they were together. Squall looked inside and sighed. They were so cute together. But he couldn't let that stop him. He picked up Matt, and started to walk away, but he doubled back and grabbed Emma too. He took them away without Rinoa even noticing.

-

Rinoa woke up to Selphie banging on her door. "Rinny! Wakey wakey!" Rinoa got up and opened her door.

"We're back!" Selphie shouted so loud that anyone who wasn't awake in the Garden was by now.

Rinoa let her and Irvine in and went to get Emma. When Rinoa walked in, however, the two children were nowhere in sight. She let out a scream causing her two friends to run in after her.

"They're not here!" Rin sobbed. "I'm so sorry Sefie... I put them to bed and now they're gone!"

Irvine noticed a piece of paper on the ground and he picked it up. It read.

'If you want them back, you're gonna have to find me.'

Most people would have no clue who wrote the note, but Rinoa recognized the handwriting. Squall. Squall had taken the two kids from under Rinoa's nose.

-

Laguna was having lots of problems. He was running around, trying to handle Esthar. It was tiring, but luckily he had Ellone, Kiros, and Ward to help him. Especially since there was a panic about his son trying to kill everyone.

Laguna wasn't close to Squall. He had never really connected with him. Maybe it was because the young boy resented him, for leaving him and his mother like that. He never really knew. But he knew his son wasn't a cold-blooded murderer. Ellone had shown him that. She had taken him back to see what made Squall do this, and he saw. Squall was being forced. He knew this well, but he didn't have the heart to tell Rinoa.

Rinoa had come to visit him a few times. He was a grandparent now, after all. Laguna loved Rinoa like his own daughter, which she had almost become. If only Squall's Other hadn't gotten in the way.

"Uncle Laguna!" He turned around to see Ellone running toward him.

"Yes, Elle, what is it?" Laguna asked her.

"It's Rinoa, she needs your help."

Laguna and Ellone went back down to the Presidential Palace's meeting room to find a very upset looking Rinoa.

"Rinoa, what's wrong?" Laguna asked her.

"It's... Squall! He took them!" she stuttered out, tears falling freely down her face.

"Took who?" Laguna asked, guessing that she meant his grandson, but hoping for a different answer.

"Matt and Emma!"

Laguna's heart fell. His only grandson, taken away, by his son.

"Rin, I'm on the case. We'll find them."

-

Squall was in Esthar. He was in his hideout that the police were dumb enough to take as a kid's hangout. The two babies were still sleeping peacefully, and he was thankful for that. If they had woken up, they probably would have cried and wanted their mothers, but Squall wasn't going to give in.

It was stupid actually. The things he would do to talk to Rinoa. She probably would have talked to him if he would have come up to her and asked to. He knew Rinoa so well, that she would. But what if she'd changed so much as to say no? Squall was afraid of that and that's why he took them. Rinoa would notice and come after them. He figured she'd come to Laguna for help and then he'd let the police catch him. He'd give her the kids back, as long as he got to talk to her. He'd go to jail any day, for her. Anything for her.

He yawned and found himself falling asleep. Until he saw a brown head sit up on the blanket. Matt had woken up and he was confused about where he was. He looked at Squall, giving him a confused look.

"Hey there, Matt," Squall said picking up the little boy. He smiled and giggled, squirming in Squall's arms. The kid was way too trusting, Squall realized. Emma woke up shortly after and she was the one that talked.

"Who you?" she asked him, crawling over toward him.

"I'm Matt's Dad."

The two kids gasped.

"Dada!" Matt yelled and hugged his father. Squall wasn't expecting this reaction from him, he was expecting Matt to scream.

He was going to give in. He couldn't let them get too attached, so Squall walked out into Esthar, no disguise, no nothing.

After a few moments some soldiers came up to him. "Squall Leonhart, you are under arrest."

"Fine, take me. I'll come quietly and give them back on one condition. You let me talk to Rinoa Heartilly."

-

"Laguna! They've got him!" Kiros said, beaming at his friend. "He said he'd come quietly and give the kids back if he got to talk to Rinoa."

"Me?" Rinoa asked. Why would he want to talk to her?

"Rinoa, are you ok with this?" Laguna asked her.

She nodded. "Take me to him."

She rode in a car down to where Squall was being held. He was at the Lunatic Pandora Lab. As soon as she got in there, she saw Ward holding Matt and Emma. She ran up to Ward, thanked him, and took the two kids in her arms. She handed Emma to Ward and Matt to Laguna and walked in.

Squall. They very man she'd wanted to talk to, wanted to hug, to hold, was right in front of him.

He grinned at her. "Hey," he said, still grinning.

"You.. you wanted to talk to me?"

He nodded. "Come closer, Rin, I promise I won't hurt you."

She walked a little closer to him.

"Look, I've been horrible to you this past year and a half. I'm so sorry." He looked down, his hair covering his eyes. "I don't expect you to forgive me. I wouldn't forgive myself either."

Rinoa looked at him. "Squall?" she asked him.

"Yeah Rin?"

"Why did you leave? Did you mean what you said?"

Squall thought about it for a moment. He didn't want to leave, it was just that he was forced to.

"No, Rin. I didn't mean what I said. I didn't mean it at all. Looking back, I wish I would have never left you. But I did, Rin I feel so bad about it. But I couldn't help it. He's been forcing me."

"He?"

Squall's eyes got wide. He wasn't supposed to say that. He had told Squall that if Rinoa found out why he left, he would just take over Squall and something would happen to her. No one could find out what he was doing. So instead, Squall lied. "He? I didn't say he."

"I'm positive you did Squall."

"No I didn't."

Now she was confused. He was denying what he had just said. "Well, what do you want?" She wanted to get out of there. It was so awkward. Squall was a murderer and here she was, stuck with him.

"I love you Rinoa, always have, always will."

The words made her tremble. They made her start to shiver. Squall. Such a simple sentence, such a powerful meaning, powerful enough to make Rinoa die inside. Why had he left? If he loved her, why did he leave her in such a cruel way? Why did he hurt her like that. Tears came to Rinoa Heartilly's eyes. Tears, a profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion, five letters, so much meaning.

"Rin?" Squall asked her, moving closer to the crying girl. "Rinoa..."

"Squall," was her quiet reply. It was silent except for the sniffing of Rinoa. She finally broke the silence.

"Why did you take them?"

"I thought that you would for sure talk to me. Thought that you couldn't refuse to see me. I hoped you'd come. Rinoa, I'm proud of you. Alone and you still managed to raise a great little boy."

"Did you just mean what you said? About... loving me?"

He pulled her into an embrace, sending shock waves throughout her body. "I meant every word of it." Rinoa couldn't believe him. How could she trust him after what he had said the first time? How? The embrace lasted for a few seconds longer until a guard came in.

"You!" He said, pointing to Squall. "Get your hands off her!" Squall let go of Rinoa reluctantly. "President Laguna wants you, come on!" The guard looked at Rinoa, who started to follow him, forcing herself not to look back. But her heart made her give in and she looked back at Squall who smiled and mouthed the words, 'I love you.'

-

She was so confused! What was with him? All the sweet words, the hug. What did they mean? Did they mean he still loved her? Or was this some fake act he was using to pull her in?

Laguna insisted that Rinoa stayed in Esthar until things settled down. She happily agreed. Selphie and Irvine were on their way to get their daughter, but if they came the two would be sleeping.

There was a knock at her door. Rinoa got up to answer it and found none other than Ellone.

"Hello, Ellone," Rinoa said politely. "Would you like to come in?"

Ellone nodded and sat down on Rinoa's couch. "I think it's time you found out the truth."

Rinoa found herself uncouncious after that. Ellone had pulled her into Squall's past.

End Chapter

A/N: Well? What do you think? I was going to make this longer and put Squall's past, but I think I'll save it for the next chapter. Leave a review guys! Much love!

SavannahX