Fipp: And now for another fandub that deserves recognition; The FFVIII dub by TearsofPurity!

VIII

Selphie Tilmitt and Irvine Kinneas

Selphie scratched her head.

Just where was she again? Okay, she had gone and passed that guy with the big hair, and turned left at that those kids in the funny hats with the big feathers.

What were the chances they were still standing where she had last seen them? After two hours? Or was it three?

And where were the trains?! Sora said there would be trains! Wait, no. That was Twilight Town. She grunted to herself. She liked trains. She even had a train song!

What was she originally thinking about again? Oh well.

"Hm, where to go?" she said to herself. "I was supposed to meet up with Tidus and Wakka some time ago, but she had forgotten about where she was supposed to meet them. Where was she supposed to meet them again? At some wizard's house? Yeah! That's where.

So, she began to walk around, hoping to find the wizard, only wind up right back where she started.

She hung her head. "I'm lost."

"Lost eh?"

She squeaked and jumped back. Standing behind her was a boy her age, wearing a dusty trench coat, and a cowboy hate.

"You scared me!" Selphie yelled back.

"Sorry," the boy said, waving his hands in the air. "Didn't mean to do that." He then shrugged. "Now, what's a cute thing like you doing lost in a city like this?"

"Oh! I was going to meet some friends of mine! But, I don't know where this wizard guy lives."

He cocked an eyebrow. "Wizard? You mean Merlin?"

"Yes!" Selphie pointed at him. "That's the guy! Do you know where he lives, um-?"

"Irvine," Irvine said.

"You know where Merlin lives Irvine?"

Irvine grinned. "Of course I do."

"Sweet!" Selphie started to pump her fist into the air. "Booyaka!"

"Huh? What's 'Booyaka'?"

"Oh, that's my own lingo. Everyone uses it back where I live." This was a lie; she was the only person who said it, even after she had spent three years of trying to spread it. Kairi said it sometimes, but she may have only been humoring her.

"Well then, let's get going," Irvine said, tipping his hat. "Let's get going."

"Booyaka!"

Quistis Trepe, Zell Dincht and Leon/Squall Leonhart

The trio walked through the ravine, on their way to Ansem's computer.

When they reached the postern they saw a man standing there, doing various punches and kicks into the air, attacking nothing. He wore a red vest, spiky blonde hair, but the most noticeable detail about him was the strange tattoo on the left side of his face.

He stopped in his exercises when he noticed them walk into the area.

"Yo!" he said. "Hey, are you those guys who were supposed to be showing up?"

"Why do you want to know?" Donald said.

"Oh, I was just sent out here to wait for you guys." He pointed to himself. "Name's Zell, I'm a friend of Squ-I mean, Leon."

"You're a friend of Leon?" Goofy asked.

"If you know Leon, then how come we've never heard about you before?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, he the real talkative type that guy," Zell mumbled. "Well, anyways, he sent me up here to meet you guys,"

"Why wouldn't he meet us himself?" Sora asked. "Is something wrong with him?"

"Nay, he's fine. He's just been a little distracted lately."

"What's been distracting him?"

"There's nothing distracting me." The four of them turned around to see Leon, followed by a blonde woman wearing glasses, walking down the path from the tower.

"Leon!" Sora called.

The woman chuckled. "I still have trouble getting used to that."

"Hi there guy!" Goofy said, waving to the two. "Who's this lady?"

"Me? My name is Quistis. You must be Sora, Donald and Goofy. Leon's told me a lot about you three."

Sora nodded before turning back to Leon. "So, what did you call us over for?"

Leon put his hands in his pocket. "Go down to Tron, he'll fill you in. I have some other things to keep care of. I'll be a while, so don't-"

"Don't come looking for me," Quistis finished his sentence off with a smirk.

Leon gave an annoyed sigh. 'Then again, I wouldn't expect anything less.' He then began to walk away.

"Where's he going?" Sora asked.

Quistis shook his head. "Something certainly is on Squall's mind."

"Squall?" Donald asked. "Who's Squall?"

Sora wondered this too, but he remembered what Yuffie called Leon when he first met them.

Rinoa Heartilly

Leon walked down the paths. He reached the fork in the road; leading to either back to town, or into the wilds. He took the latter.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.

'Dear Squall,'

'Been a while since anyone called me that.'

'Been a while, hasn't it? Guess it has, huh?

'I've missed you, and I've been trying to find a way home since those things attacked our world. It's been difficult, but I've found a way back.

'You remember where you made that promise?

'Love, Rinoa.

'P.S. Angelo says hi!'

Leon walked for about an hour, until he had reached a large field. Once upon a time, it was covered in flowers.

He looked around before several hours. He had been coming here every day since he had received the mail through the Moget system, and would come every day until . . .

He stood up, ready to go home, and try again tomorrow when the wind picked up. His eyes caught a white sliver floating through the air, and he reached out and picked it out of the air.

It was a feather.

Leon turned around. Not far off, he could see a young, black-haired woman dressed in blue, accompanied by a dog, coming his way.

Squall gave a rare smile.

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