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Chapter 5
The knight saves the day
"Come on move it!" Abs pushed Luke towards the restroom.
"Cool it! I'm moving! Gee, what's the rush for? So what's the plan?"
"See that 'no entry' sign there? Now, what we are going to do is this. We'll sneak in the toilet and hang the sign on the doorknob outside. Then we'll lock the door and voila! She's all ours!" Abs explained his plan proudly.
"Yeah, good one. But..."
"But what Luke?"
"What if there's other woman in the toilet?" Luke asked stupidly.
"Gee Luke!" Abs hit his forehead with his palm. "We're professional criminals! Just knock them off! Rinoa Heartilly is our main target! To hell with the others!"
"Smart one mate," Luke praised with admiration.
"Thanks," You're the idiot! "The coast is clear. Let's go," Abs sneaked in the woman's restroom with Luke following behind. As they went in they hung the sign on the doorknob and locked the door. They looked around once they reached inside. There was no one insight.
"She's in one of the cubicle. Let's wait till she comes out and she's gonna have a big surprise," Abs smirked. They approached the one and only locked cubicle (There's no other people inside.) and waited patiently.
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Meanwhile, Squall was walking in an incredible slow speed heading towards the café. He was deep in thought and finally stopped in his track. "I shouldn't leave her there alone although she insisted. She's real fussy but who the hell cares! This is my job and whether she likes it or not, I have to guard over her," Squall mumbled in a low and soft voice that was loud only for he himself to hear. In a split second, Squall decided to turn back and head back to the restroom.
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"Hey mate! She's coming out!" Luke whispered excitedly as he heard the toilet being flushed from the inside. Abs nodded in understanding and both of prepared themselves to do some kidnapping job.
As they both stared at the cubicle's door anxiously. The door creaked open. Once the door opened up to its fullest, Rinoa stepped out boringly and went to the sink and washed her hands when she saw two men smirking at her from behind through the mirror.
"What the? This is a girl's toilet! What are two doing here?! Get out!" Rinoa shouted with a hint of fear in her voice. Both Abs and Luke looked at each other before cracking up in a loud laughter. As they chuckle on they approached Rinoa.
"My, my what an angry little girl. Now be nice and come here. We're going to bring you to a place we called the 'heaven'," Luke grabbed Rinoa's left arm while Abs grabbed the other.
"Let go!!! Damn you two! Help!!!" Rinoa shouted.
"Ooo...someone's asking for help! Ha! Now, as the closure of this show..." Abs took out a knife and hit Rinoa at her back hard with the handle knocking her off consciousness.
"Now, wasn't that easy?" Luke laughed.
"Yeah yeah. Don't waste anymore time. Come on! We gotta bring her outta of here!" Abs urged. As they both were busy carrying her away, the restroom's door crashed open. They both immediately dropped Rinoa on the ground letting her hitting the floor hard. (Ouch!) They flung out their pistols and aimed towards the person standing in front of them, Squall Leonhart.
"So, it's the guy who is walking together with her eh? Don't try to be a hero pal! You're weaponless and before we shoot you on the head, scram off!" Abs warned. Luke meanwhile took the chance to approach Squall.
"Who said I'm weaponless? Amateurs," Squall hissed back shocking Abs and Luke.
"Why you?! Calling us amateurs?!" Luke swung his pistol trying to knock Squall off also but unfortunately Squall was quick in action and eventually he turned the table around as he managed to twist Luke hands causing him to drop his pistol. In the messed up situation, Squall took the chance to kick Abs right on his stomach causing him to crouch on the ground in pain and too, dropped his pistols. In a flash movement, Squall took both the pistols and aimed at them.
Luke and Abs held up their hands in defeat. While still aiming the pistols at them, he approached them and stared them hard right into their eyes. "Amateurs," Squall repeated before knocking both off with the pistols. He found a string in the restroom and quickly tied them up. He then quickly attended to Rinoa to make sure that she's all right.
"Miss Heartilly? Rinoa Heartilly? Rinoa!!" Squall shouted and shook her body but to no avail. She was knocked out cold and showed no sign of consciousness. Sighing Squall picked up her and walked out of the restroom earning glares as he walked. Finally he reached the café where Selphie and Irvine as waiting impatiently. Both of them were shocked to see Rinoa.
"Rinoa! What happened to her?!" Selphie asked continuously. Squall laid Rinoa on a chair beside Selphie before walking away.
"Take care of her. I got something else to do. I'll come back later," Squall said. Selphie and Irvine nodded silently. Squall walked back to the restroom. Surprisingly, not even a person entered the restroom after he carried Rinoa out of it. He entered the restroom only to be greeted by two unconscious criminals tied up and sitting on the floor. Squall sighed and took out his cell phone and called the police. Minutes later, a group of policemen rushed into the restroom. Luke and Abs were awake by the, but unfortunately they were too late. They were captured and drove to the nearest police station for further questioning.
"Thank you for your cooperation Mr. Leonhart," a policeman stated after finished writing down Squall's statements. Squall just nodded in response. "We shall bring this matter to the president's attention. Do you want us to escort you and Miss Heartilly back?"
Squall thought over silently. Maybe is better this way. I can't carry her all the way back to the presidential palace. Finally, Squall nodded in agreement. Before long, both Squall and Rinoa were on the way back to the presidential palace. Selphie and Irvine and decided that they would visit Rinoa later on but in the meantime, they will stay in the mall as they had promised to meet up with Zell later on.
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"Is she all right doctor?" Caraway asked anxiously. Squall and Rinoa was sent back to the presidential palace by the police and almost in a flash of lightning a whole group of soldiers came out and escorted Squall who was carrying Rinoa to the palace. Minutes later, a doctor together with Caraway came rushing inside her room once Squall laid her down on her bed.
"She injured her head and furthermore she hit the floor hard. That explains why she is still unconscious. However, she's fine and doesn't need any medicine just a plenty of rest and make sure she never bang her head this hard again," Doctor Kadowaki, the family's doctor explained as Caraway listened intensively. "In the meantime, let us all leave her alone to rest. She wake up anytime but make sure she never leaves the bed."
"Thank you doctor," Caraway shook the doctor's hands before calling two soldiers to escort the doctor back to her clinic. Squall was just leaning against wall of Rinoa's room and stared at her all these while. He was knocked out from his daydreaming when Caraway said he wanted to have a word with him. They walked out of the room and began to talk in the hallway.
"I must say, you did well this time. However, please make sure that you never leave her alone again in the future although she insisted. Thank god you turned back. If not, I can't imagine the consequences and the horrible things that would happen to her," Caraway sighed. "All right now, I have to leave. There are a lot of things I need to attend to. Talk about being a president. Please watch over her for me."
"Yes sir," Squall answered shortly.
"Still so quiet eh?" Caraway teased. "You may go back in the room now. If there's anything, just asked the soldiers to inform me." With that Caraway walked down the stairs and headed back to his office. Squall stood there momentarily before walking back in Rinoa's room.
He turned closed the door and looked around the room. That was the first time he actually saw Rinoa's properly. He walked towards the bed and took a chair nearby and sat next to the bed looking over Rinoa's face. Her face shone beautifully as the sunshine that shone through the window reflected against her face. Squall didn't notice that he had been staring intensively at her for quiet some time until she stirred slightly cutting him off.
Very slowly, Rinoa opened up her eyes and tried to sit up when she noticed she was not alone.
"You should rest more," Squall said.
"What do you care?" Rinoa answered back coldly as the pain on the back of her head deepens.
"....The doctor said so," Squall snapped back. "You should lay down."
"Stop nagging beside me. I.....," Rinoa could not finish her sentence as her head throbbed badly. In defeat she laid back down on the bed. She looked around before locking eyes with Squall. He was staring at her with his deep blue eyes and somehow, she felt a rise of heat on her cheeks. "Stop starring."
"No, I'm not," Squall denied.
"Yes, you're,"
"No, I'm not,"
"Yes, you're!"
"Whatever," Squall folded his arms and looked away. Rinoa smiled when he growled in annoyance. Awkward silence filled the room as they both did not really have the mood to talk.
"Hey," Rinoa said suddenly breaking the silence.
"What?" Squall looked back towards her.
"....I um, I just wanna say thank you,"
"For what?"
"For saving me," Rinoa whispered.
"....Whatever," Squall answered closing his eyes and slumped deeper on the chair.
"Ugh..why must you be such a meanie?" Rinoa growled in annoyance. Squall never failed to annoy her and somehow she enjoyed getting him annoyed too.
"Meanie?" Squall asked innocently.
"Yeah meanie. Big meanie," Rinoa answered while she giggled slightly. Unexpectedly, Squall smiled slightly. "You look better when you smile. Smile more."
"....Whatever," Squall tried to sound cold but to no avail. "Thank you,"
"Huh? Why?" Rinoa asked confusedly.
"...I don't remember the last time I smiled," Squall answered softly.
Rinoa smiled. He wasn't that bad after all. "You're welcome," Before long Rinoa slumped back into sleep. The knight had saved the day.
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Another chapter! Anyway, sorry if you still think it's short. I'm having a choir competition on 30/4/2003 so for all the readers out there, I hope I get your wish of luck cause I really need them. I really hope that the choir team can win this year as we worked really really hard. Last but not least thanks for reading and please R+R!
Chapter 5
The knight saves the day
"Come on move it!" Abs pushed Luke towards the restroom.
"Cool it! I'm moving! Gee, what's the rush for? So what's the plan?"
"See that 'no entry' sign there? Now, what we are going to do is this. We'll sneak in the toilet and hang the sign on the doorknob outside. Then we'll lock the door and voila! She's all ours!" Abs explained his plan proudly.
"Yeah, good one. But..."
"But what Luke?"
"What if there's other woman in the toilet?" Luke asked stupidly.
"Gee Luke!" Abs hit his forehead with his palm. "We're professional criminals! Just knock them off! Rinoa Heartilly is our main target! To hell with the others!"
"Smart one mate," Luke praised with admiration.
"Thanks," You're the idiot! "The coast is clear. Let's go," Abs sneaked in the woman's restroom with Luke following behind. As they went in they hung the sign on the doorknob and locked the door. They looked around once they reached inside. There was no one insight.
"She's in one of the cubicle. Let's wait till she comes out and she's gonna have a big surprise," Abs smirked. They approached the one and only locked cubicle (There's no other people inside.) and waited patiently.
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Meanwhile, Squall was walking in an incredible slow speed heading towards the café. He was deep in thought and finally stopped in his track. "I shouldn't leave her there alone although she insisted. She's real fussy but who the hell cares! This is my job and whether she likes it or not, I have to guard over her," Squall mumbled in a low and soft voice that was loud only for he himself to hear. In a split second, Squall decided to turn back and head back to the restroom.
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"Hey mate! She's coming out!" Luke whispered excitedly as he heard the toilet being flushed from the inside. Abs nodded in understanding and both of prepared themselves to do some kidnapping job.
As they both stared at the cubicle's door anxiously. The door creaked open. Once the door opened up to its fullest, Rinoa stepped out boringly and went to the sink and washed her hands when she saw two men smirking at her from behind through the mirror.
"What the? This is a girl's toilet! What are two doing here?! Get out!" Rinoa shouted with a hint of fear in her voice. Both Abs and Luke looked at each other before cracking up in a loud laughter. As they chuckle on they approached Rinoa.
"My, my what an angry little girl. Now be nice and come here. We're going to bring you to a place we called the 'heaven'," Luke grabbed Rinoa's left arm while Abs grabbed the other.
"Let go!!! Damn you two! Help!!!" Rinoa shouted.
"Ooo...someone's asking for help! Ha! Now, as the closure of this show..." Abs took out a knife and hit Rinoa at her back hard with the handle knocking her off consciousness.
"Now, wasn't that easy?" Luke laughed.
"Yeah yeah. Don't waste anymore time. Come on! We gotta bring her outta of here!" Abs urged. As they both were busy carrying her away, the restroom's door crashed open. They both immediately dropped Rinoa on the ground letting her hitting the floor hard. (Ouch!) They flung out their pistols and aimed towards the person standing in front of them, Squall Leonhart.
"So, it's the guy who is walking together with her eh? Don't try to be a hero pal! You're weaponless and before we shoot you on the head, scram off!" Abs warned. Luke meanwhile took the chance to approach Squall.
"Who said I'm weaponless? Amateurs," Squall hissed back shocking Abs and Luke.
"Why you?! Calling us amateurs?!" Luke swung his pistol trying to knock Squall off also but unfortunately Squall was quick in action and eventually he turned the table around as he managed to twist Luke hands causing him to drop his pistol. In the messed up situation, Squall took the chance to kick Abs right on his stomach causing him to crouch on the ground in pain and too, dropped his pistols. In a flash movement, Squall took both the pistols and aimed at them.
Luke and Abs held up their hands in defeat. While still aiming the pistols at them, he approached them and stared them hard right into their eyes. "Amateurs," Squall repeated before knocking both off with the pistols. He found a string in the restroom and quickly tied them up. He then quickly attended to Rinoa to make sure that she's all right.
"Miss Heartilly? Rinoa Heartilly? Rinoa!!" Squall shouted and shook her body but to no avail. She was knocked out cold and showed no sign of consciousness. Sighing Squall picked up her and walked out of the restroom earning glares as he walked. Finally he reached the café where Selphie and Irvine as waiting impatiently. Both of them were shocked to see Rinoa.
"Rinoa! What happened to her?!" Selphie asked continuously. Squall laid Rinoa on a chair beside Selphie before walking away.
"Take care of her. I got something else to do. I'll come back later," Squall said. Selphie and Irvine nodded silently. Squall walked back to the restroom. Surprisingly, not even a person entered the restroom after he carried Rinoa out of it. He entered the restroom only to be greeted by two unconscious criminals tied up and sitting on the floor. Squall sighed and took out his cell phone and called the police. Minutes later, a group of policemen rushed into the restroom. Luke and Abs were awake by the, but unfortunately they were too late. They were captured and drove to the nearest police station for further questioning.
"Thank you for your cooperation Mr. Leonhart," a policeman stated after finished writing down Squall's statements. Squall just nodded in response. "We shall bring this matter to the president's attention. Do you want us to escort you and Miss Heartilly back?"
Squall thought over silently. Maybe is better this way. I can't carry her all the way back to the presidential palace. Finally, Squall nodded in agreement. Before long, both Squall and Rinoa were on the way back to the presidential palace. Selphie and Irvine and decided that they would visit Rinoa later on but in the meantime, they will stay in the mall as they had promised to meet up with Zell later on.
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"Is she all right doctor?" Caraway asked anxiously. Squall and Rinoa was sent back to the presidential palace by the police and almost in a flash of lightning a whole group of soldiers came out and escorted Squall who was carrying Rinoa to the palace. Minutes later, a doctor together with Caraway came rushing inside her room once Squall laid her down on her bed.
"She injured her head and furthermore she hit the floor hard. That explains why she is still unconscious. However, she's fine and doesn't need any medicine just a plenty of rest and make sure she never bang her head this hard again," Doctor Kadowaki, the family's doctor explained as Caraway listened intensively. "In the meantime, let us all leave her alone to rest. She wake up anytime but make sure she never leaves the bed."
"Thank you doctor," Caraway shook the doctor's hands before calling two soldiers to escort the doctor back to her clinic. Squall was just leaning against wall of Rinoa's room and stared at her all these while. He was knocked out from his daydreaming when Caraway said he wanted to have a word with him. They walked out of the room and began to talk in the hallway.
"I must say, you did well this time. However, please make sure that you never leave her alone again in the future although she insisted. Thank god you turned back. If not, I can't imagine the consequences and the horrible things that would happen to her," Caraway sighed. "All right now, I have to leave. There are a lot of things I need to attend to. Talk about being a president. Please watch over her for me."
"Yes sir," Squall answered shortly.
"Still so quiet eh?" Caraway teased. "You may go back in the room now. If there's anything, just asked the soldiers to inform me." With that Caraway walked down the stairs and headed back to his office. Squall stood there momentarily before walking back in Rinoa's room.
He turned closed the door and looked around the room. That was the first time he actually saw Rinoa's properly. He walked towards the bed and took a chair nearby and sat next to the bed looking over Rinoa's face. Her face shone beautifully as the sunshine that shone through the window reflected against her face. Squall didn't notice that he had been staring intensively at her for quiet some time until she stirred slightly cutting him off.
Very slowly, Rinoa opened up her eyes and tried to sit up when she noticed she was not alone.
"You should rest more," Squall said.
"What do you care?" Rinoa answered back coldly as the pain on the back of her head deepens.
"....The doctor said so," Squall snapped back. "You should lay down."
"Stop nagging beside me. I.....," Rinoa could not finish her sentence as her head throbbed badly. In defeat she laid back down on the bed. She looked around before locking eyes with Squall. He was staring at her with his deep blue eyes and somehow, she felt a rise of heat on her cheeks. "Stop starring."
"No, I'm not," Squall denied.
"Yes, you're,"
"No, I'm not,"
"Yes, you're!"
"Whatever," Squall folded his arms and looked away. Rinoa smiled when he growled in annoyance. Awkward silence filled the room as they both did not really have the mood to talk.
"Hey," Rinoa said suddenly breaking the silence.
"What?" Squall looked back towards her.
"....I um, I just wanna say thank you,"
"For what?"
"For saving me," Rinoa whispered.
"....Whatever," Squall answered closing his eyes and slumped deeper on the chair.
"Ugh..why must you be such a meanie?" Rinoa growled in annoyance. Squall never failed to annoy her and somehow she enjoyed getting him annoyed too.
"Meanie?" Squall asked innocently.
"Yeah meanie. Big meanie," Rinoa answered while she giggled slightly. Unexpectedly, Squall smiled slightly. "You look better when you smile. Smile more."
"....Whatever," Squall tried to sound cold but to no avail. "Thank you,"
"Huh? Why?" Rinoa asked confusedly.
"...I don't remember the last time I smiled," Squall answered softly.
Rinoa smiled. He wasn't that bad after all. "You're welcome," Before long Rinoa slumped back into sleep. The knight had saved the day.
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Another chapter! Anyway, sorry if you still think it's short. I'm having a choir competition on 30/4/2003 so for all the readers out there, I hope I get your wish of luck cause I really need them. I really hope that the choir team can win this year as we worked really really hard. Last but not least thanks for reading and please R+R!