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Lion And Raven
Chapter 4: Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Siren and Squall has been walking that seemed like for hours.
They left her car at the entrance of the forest.
Though it was a bitch for Squall to convince Siren her car would be fine.
Siren loved that car more than she did her music.
It was like pulling teeth for Squall to get her away from the damn thing.
She looked over at Squall that was walking beside her.
He did not seemed annoyed at all from walking this long. It really bothered her that she was the only one going insane from all the boredom and the unforgiving heat and brightness of the blazing sun.
Siren was getting very bored of just walking; she didn't even get to kill anything since they left Balamb Garden.
It was boring her out of her mind.
The heat from the sun was making it worse.
She already drank every drop of water from her water bottle.
Siren is now almost over the edge.
Siren wanted to yank out all of her hair; she could not take this boredom any longer.
The sounds of the consent chirping of the birds were driving her insane.
She wanted to stop and scream as loud as she can; Siren felt herself growing insane with her boredom and impatience.
There is so much Siren can take, but this, this is just down right cruel.
Siren wanted to take one of her hatchets and ram it into the back of Squall's skull.
Siren sighed as she continued to walk; Squall looked over and saw the boredom written all over her face.
This made him smirk; he was enjoying driving Siren nuts.
"You're not very patience are you Siren?" Squall asked as they continued to walk down the dirt road in the backwoods of Balamb Island.
Siren looked at him with a glare.
"How far do we have to walk and you haven't told me where we're going either," Siren demanded to know.
Squall looked at her with a smirk.
'This is way too easy...' he said in his head as a glanced at her from the corner of his eye.
He was enjoying this a bit too much. It brought him joy tormenting the newest student of Balamb Garden.
"We'll be there soon," he said with a smirk.
Siren looked at him and let out 'hmp' as she crossed her arms and pouted her lip.
Meanwhile back at Balamb Garden, Edea has been in her office all day staring at Siren's file. It was her new obsession; that file had become her new best friend. Just staring at Siren's photos; it was as if they had her under a magic spell.
She couldn't think, eat, or focus.
Her mind was on Siren all the time since she found her.
She did not even hear Xu enter her office.
Xu saw Edea lost in thought staring at a file she was reading. Xu sighed getting Edea's attention. Edea looked up at her and closed Siren's file.
She's been playing hide the file all day from anyone you came up in her office.
And quite frankly she was getting very good at it.
"What do you need Xu?" she asked with a small smile on her face.
Edea's smile quickly went to a frown when she saw the look of dread plastered on Xu's face. Edea knew what she was going to say; she has been expecting her up in her office to deliver the bad news any time now. It was as if there was a elephant in her office.
The silence said it all.
"They attacked again, didn't they?" Edea spoke with gloom in her voice.
Xu brought her head down in shame. Xu didn't know how to tell the headmistress the bad news.
"How many civilian's lives were lost?" Edea asked as she stood up.
Xu exhaled from her nose and closed her eyes as she gathered her thoughts. Edea honestly didn't want to hear the causalities.
"153 were found dead, 148 were injured, and 151 bodies were never found." Xu answered as she looked at the headmistress.
"And our SeeDs, Xu?" Edea asked as she sat down in her chair.
Xu didn't want to answer, she knew it would break Edea's heart.
"All of them..." she answered honestly.
Edea gasped in shock she was in total shock.
"How?" the headmistress mumbled, she couldn't believe it.
"We believe they were the primary target," Xu explained trying not to make eye contact with Edea.
Edea was in total state of shock; she looked up at Xu with her lip trembling. Edea felt as if the whole world around her was crumbling.
"Are you sure there weren't any survivors?" she asked her with a little bit of hope in her voice.
Xu looked at Edea; she wanted to say 'yes'.
"I'm so sorry..." Xu answered.
Siren just about had it.
They have been walking for hours; her legs were cramping, she was hot, she was exhausted, she was sweaty, and she was bored out of her mind.
She couldn't take anymore of this; her mind was running wild.
Hell!
She was even thinking about dying her hair blonde (Fo: No offense :D).
'If I have to walk another goddamn mile I'm going to fucken kill this prick!' her thoughts screamed out as wiped some sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand.
She was on the brink of killing him; her nerves were shot.
"THAT'S IT!" Siren exclaimed angrily as she plopped on her butt in the grass.
Squall looked over and saw her lying on her back in the tall green grass.
Squall crossed his arms over his chest as he glared at Siren.
Siren slowly opened her fiery red eyes and saw that Squall was glaring at her.
She did not care anymore; she was too tired to even worry about failing her SeeD exam.
Siren closed her eyes and smirked as she let the tall green grass tickle her skin.
It felt nice to relax, but Squall's torture treatment wasn't close do being over yet.
"Get up..." Squall ordered.
Siren sighed and ignored his order.
Siren was enjoying the coolness of the grass blades.
There is no way in hell she is getting up anytime soon.
All she wanted to do was just to relax.
Squall wasn't taken with her ignoring him one bit.
"Siren! I said get up!" he ordered even louder than the first time.
Siren sighed; maybe she can get him to relax a bit as well.
Siren sat up and looked at him.
"Can we have five minutes to relax?" she asked him calmly with pleading eyes.
Squall was shocked, he thought she was going to cock block him or something.
He wasn't expecting her to be actually nice.
Squall sighed in defeat and sat down next to her.
He prompted his elbow up on his knee as he stared into the clear blue sky. It looked so calming and peaceful; no wonder Siren wanted to take a break at this spot, it was too damn beautiful not to.
The light brush of the wind against his skin, the faint sound of the crashing waves, the warming sun beaming on his face, and the peaceful chirping of the birds was so calming to him.
They were silent for a while; they just sat there taking in the radiant day.
Squall looked over at Siren and noticed she had falling asleep on her side in the tall grass.
He smiled at her and shook her head.
"We do have all day..." he mumbled aloud as he laid back and used his arms as a pillow.
He had to admit the cool blades of the bright green grass felt good against his dark skin.
Squall took in a deep breath and let himself fall asleep.
He did felt bad pushing her that hard on her first day. In the end, it will shape her into a stronger SeeD.
Squall felt the comforting embrace known as sleep and let him carry him away.
Meanwhile back at Balamb Garden, Fuujin just left the Garden in her black Wrangler Jeep, and headed her way to the SeeD's house. As she was driving, she noticed something was off. Her friend Milo did not call her. He too is also a SeeD. Milo always called around this time; Fuujin did not know why he didn't called.
'He's probably still busy in Timber...' her thoughts said as she continued to drive to the SeeD's housing.
Fuujin came up to a large brink manor.
There all the female SeeDs lived; such as Selphie, herself and a few others.
The boys just lived down the road.
Edea thought it would be a good idea to have a small community for the SeeDs and their families.
And it was...
Even some of the teachers have homes in this small neighborhood that Edea had created. As she was pulling in she saw Selphie's yellow Slug Bug parked inside of the garage.
She smiled when saw Selphie's yellow car.
Fuujin and Selphie became close after Rinoa's death.
It was the weirdest thing!
It was as if Rinoa's death brought rivals together.
Squall and Seifer were getting along and so were Zell and Rajinn.
However it was at a very high price. As Fuujin walked through the big red door she was half expecting Selphie to be in the kitchen baking up a storm for their new roommate.
"Selphie!" she called out for her friend.
All the other girls were out on their mission in the city of Timber.
So it was just her and Selphie.
As she searched for Selphie through the massive home, she noticed it got eerily chilly all of a sudden.
It was as if it went from a warm summer day to freezing winter night in a split second; it wasn't right. Fuujin walked over to AC dialer (Fo: I don't know what it's called :/), but the weirdest thing was...
It wasn't even on...
This made Fuujin feel very, very uncomfortable.
'Where the hell is Selphie?' she asked herself as she looked in each room.
Fuujin was getting very concerned; the house felt haunted and scary. As Fuujin walked down to the last bedroom, she looked at the door with a gloomy frown. It was Rinoa's bedroom. Fuujin hasn't been in that room since Rinoa's death. However, Fuujin caught Selphie going into Rinoa's room multiple times. As Fuujin reached for the golden knob on the door with her shaky hands she felt the world fall on her shoulders.
She can't believe she's going to step in Rinoa's room since her death.
Siren yawned as she stretched her arms above her head.
As she sat up she noticed that Squall was fast asleep beside her.
She rolled her eyes with a smile as she stared at his sleeping form.
"Idiot..." she mumbled as she stood up.
She felt all rested and alive again.
It made her feel refreshed and happy.
She needed that nap, but it wasn't getting all her energy back that woke her up.
It was a gigantic growl from the distance that woke her up. First, she thought it was a dream. When she heard the second growl, so knew she wasn't dreaming. As Siren looked around frantically for the beast that bellowed that massive sound, she spotted a large T-Rexuar coming to view from a forest a couple miles away.
"Shit..." she mumbled as she watched the large reptile storm towards them.
She could feel the earth shake from each step the T-Rexuar took.
Siren quickly got on her knees and started shaking Squall's shoulders in a panic mess.
"Squall, wake up!" she exclaimed as she shook his shoulders.
As he yawned he looked at Siren with a 'this-better-be-good' look.
"What!" he hissed at her as he stood up.
Siren growled as she turned him around towards the on coming T-Rexuar.
His bright ice blue eyes widened when he saw the massive beast running towards them. He got a hold of Siren's hand and started running for the dark forest.
Siren didn't bother to let go of Squall's hand, she was more worried about the beast that was chasing after them.
They didn't even realize that they have forgotten their weapons at the spot they were resting at.
Only one thing that ran through their minds while they were being chased...
Run like you are wearing gasoline soaked pajamas in hell!
"Selphie?" Fuujin spoke as she peeked in Rinoa's room.
She wasn't in there either; the room was empty with a haunting feeling.
As Fuujin turned around and closed the door she wasn't expecting to see her friend Milo standing in front of her.
She grabbed her chest as she gasped.
She nearly had a heart attack when she saw him.
"Milo!" she spoke as she placed her hands on her hips.
"What the hell is wrong with you? You nearly gave me a heart attack," she said with a smile.
Fuujin noticed something was off; he seemed paler than normal to her and he smelt of gun powder and smoke.
She saw that his face was covered in blood and burn marks.
Then she noticed his missing arm; it was as if it was blown off in an explosion of some kind.
His shaggy light brown her was matted with blood and dirt. Fuujin saw that he had glassed shards lodged in his torso.
She even noticed his honey brown eyes we blood shot and kind of pasty.
"Milo?" she muttered as she stepped closer.
"Fuu, I don't have much time," he spoke as stared at his female command.
"It's going to have to wait. I need to get you to the hospital!" she said with fear in her voice as she went to grab his arm.
As she reached for his arm, her hand went straight through it; it was as if he was a ghost.
This shocked the hell out of her.
She gasped as she took a step back; she stared at him as if he was a monster.
"Milo?" she spoke with fear in her voice.
Milo looked at her with pleading eyes as he reached for her.
Fuujin stood there too afraid to move as she watched his hand move towards her face. As he went to touch her cheek his hand disappeared into her face. He frowned and sighed as he brought his hand back to his side.
"Guess this means I really am dead," he said with a sadden smile on his face.
Fuujin gasped; she thought she was going to faint when she heard those grim words.
She couldn't believe what he was saying.
"Dead? How could this be?" she muttered as she held onto to the wall to prevent herself from falling.
Milo shook his head and looked at Fuujin.
"I was killed this morning from a terrorists attack in Timber," he explained; he saw the horror written all over Fuujin's face.
Fuujin could feel knots forming in the pit of her stomach; she felt herself getting sick.
She kept telling herself that this was a nightmare and she was going to wake up soon.
"What are you talking about?" she asked with a blank expression on her face.
"None of the SeeDs survived in Timber... I need to tell you this before she finds me," he said in a panic.
"Who!" she exclaimed.
Fuujin didn't understand; she thought she might have been dreaming. If she was, she wanted to wake up from this nightmare.
"Fuujin, she's not dead! You have to warn Squall and the others... She's coming for you all!" he warned with fear in his eyes.
Fuujin's eyes widened; only one name popped in her head...
Ultimecia.
It had to have been her.
Who else would it be?
"ULTIMECIA!" Fuujin exclaimed with fear booming from her voice.
"I just couldn't believe it! I saw her when the bombs went off... She was there!" Milo started to rant.
All of a sudden, Milo disappeared leaving Fuujin bewildered and confused.
"Milo?"
Meanwhile, Squall and Siren had made it into a dark forest on Balamb Island.
They were exhausted and they can still hear the roar of the hungry T-Rexuar looking for them in the forest.
"We got to find a way back to our weapons," Squall stated as a pushed branch to the side that was blocking his way.
"What! You expect the two of us to take that thing down!" she exclaimed.
"You have a better idea Page?" he snapped at her.
Siren glared at Squall as she followed him through the bushes and tall trees.
She was so irritated, she wanted to hurt him so bad.
"It's your fault," she spoke with venom in her voice.
Squall spun around and gave her the dirtiest look.
He had it with her smart ass attitude; he was her superior. He is going to remind her of that. If not, he'll fail her.
"Siren, I had enough with your smart ass attitude! You are either going to listen to my orders or I'll fail you!" he yelled at her.
Siren bit her bottom lip softly as she stared into his bright ice blue eyes.
She surrendered as she sighed and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Fine... Just get me out of the forest," she said calmly as she continued walking ahead.
Squall sighed as he scratched the back of his head.
He was expecting to fail her. Her attitude was too much of a hinder to be a SeeD member. Even Seifer's attitude wasn't as bad as her's. He cracked his knuckles and followed Siren deeper into the dark forest. As they continued walking they noticed that the ground wasn't shaking and it got real quiet.
There was no sound what so ever; it was too eerie.
Squall grabbed Siren's elbow and pulled her close to him, so that her back was against his chest.
Siren looked up at him with a 'wtf' look.
"Something's not right," he whispered to her as he looked around at his surroundings.
Siren also felt that eerie feeling as she looked around.
"Squall... We should keep moving," she whispered back to him.
Then all of a sudden the two of them felt something warm and gooey (Fo: Keep your mind out of the gutter please.) splash on them.
It was so heavy that it knocked them on their ass.
They both made sounds of disgust as they stood up.
Squall looked at his hand and saw that it was saliva.
His ice blue eyes widened when a saw the massive amount of spit dripping off his hand.
"What the hell!" she exclaimed as she began to wipe whatever had fallen on the two.
However, Squall knew exactly what it was...
"Siren... We need to leave right away," he said softly to her.
Siren spun around and looked at; she had a look on her that would put fear in a full grown T-Rexuar.
Squall saw that she was pissed it even scared him.
She was so angry he could have seen steam come from her ears.
"YOU THINK! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE JACKET LEONHART!" she screamed at him as she continued to wipe off whatever was on her.
Then all of a sudden there was a large growl of a T-Rexuar above them.
The two of them looked up and saw the T-Rexuar snarling at them.
The two of them were terrified as the large reptile stared down at them.
"Squall, lets get the hell out of here..." she whispered to him as she stared up at the T-Rexuar.
Squall nodded his head as he grabbed Siren's hand and then they slowly started to walk towards a cave past a couple of trees.
As they quietly walked together they noticed that the T-Rexuar was watching their every move.
Then suddenly the T-Rexuar freaked and stomped it's massive foot barely hitting the two.
The two of them flew back; Squall landed in a berry bush and Siren landed in a thorn bush and hit her head on a large rock.
Squall stood up brushing himself off and saw that Siren was unconscious.
"SIREN!" he called out her name in a panic.
However, there was no response from her.
Then Squall started to run over towards her dodging the T-Rexuar's large foot.
As he got to the thorn bush, he had to figure a way to get to her. He realized the only way to reach her was to go through the thorn bush. As he made his way into the thorn bush; he could feel the thorns ripe into his cloths. It was very painful, but he had to save Siren. As he made it to her, he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.
Squall lifted her bridal style and moved through the thorn bush again.
Suddenly, Squall realized that the T-Rexuar had vanished.
Squall looked left and right for the large reptile beast and saw no sign of it.
Then it dawned to him; not once the T-Rexuar tried to eat them.
It was as if it s soul purpose was to kill him and Siren.
Then he noticed since they've been in the forest he hasn't seen any wildlife.
Normally the forests on Balamb Island were filled with wildlife of all kinds.
It was as if they all disappeared...
He looked at the way they came in and started walking towards that direction. With the T-Rexuar gone he had to take that chance to get Siren back to Balamb Garden.
End of Chapter
Taichi: Finally this fic started picking up!
Fo: What do you me finally?
Taichi: Fo this fic was so slow since the first chapter! Now you finally added some shit that kept me going -.-
Fo: Why don't you write my chapters for now on Tai -.-
Taichi: Maybe I should. At least the readers will enjoy mine.
Fo: I know where you sleep at night Tai -.-
Washu: This chapter was named after the song by Stone Temple Pilots...
Fo: I heart you readers ^^
Taichi: Do you always have to have the last word Fo?
Fo: Yes.
Taichi: I hate you...
Fo:I love you ^^