Fo: Hey all! Didja miss me?
Taichi: I didn't...
Duncan: Me either...
Fo: You too can go suck monkey balls -.- Anyway! I do not own 'Final Fantasy VIII', please, please, please enjoy reading my adoring fans ^^
Taichi: So I see you changed the title Fo.
Fo: Yes I did Taichi...
Taichi: Are you gonna give us an explanation?
Fo: Nope :)
Taichi: Didn't think so /:
Lion And Raven
Chapter 5: Won't Get Fooled Again
Squall seemed to be lost in the forest on Balamb Island.
The young SeeD had been carrying an unconscious Siren for the past two hours.
It was tiring; his body was cramping and he was getting tired from walking and carrying Siren.
This forest seemed like it was a never ending horror maze.
No matter how far he walked, it seemed like the forest it self was playing tricks on him. It seemed the path was twisting in every different direction getting him even more lost. Squall had to stop for a moment, he need to rest his arms and his legs. He sat Siren on the ground gently and he sat beside her. He pulled out his black and red cell phone and went to call for help.
"Dammit!" Squall swore aloud as he threw his head back.
Squall felt like he was losing his mind, He sat there for a moment pondering what he should do.
This was really ticking him off Squall was getting annoyed, no matter how much he walked the path just kept getting longer and longer.
Squall was never thrown into something like this before; he was stumped. He shoved his cell phone back in his pocket when he had seen that he didn't even have a signal. Of course, he would end up in a situation like this; this was always his luck. Nothing was ever easy for him and his friends.
So, how could he be surprised that things turned out like this?
"What am I going to do now?" Squall mumbled as he opened his icy blue eyes.
He looked over at Siren and saw her bleeding forehead and the rest of her cuts. He needed to get her help. However, this forest was making it impossible for him to do so. It was as if this forest did not want him and Siren to leave.
The forest felt like it had a mind of it's own.
Zell and Irvine were training together in the Training Room.
However, they were not doing much training...
They were just sitting down by the man made river just bullshitting.
You know cars, chicks, school, training, and all that jazz.
Typical guy stuff...
"So, I hear you asked Siren out on a date..." said Zell as he skipped a pebble across the river.
Irvine smirked at his friend; he was quite proud of himself getting a date with the new girl. Siren already started her own reputation as a bad girl and a prude. Irvine knew he would be the talk of the town if he were seen on a date with the new girl Siren Page. In addition, the young gunner liked that idea very much so.
"Yep!" the gunner said smugly.
Zell sighed as he stood up and looked down at Irvine. He was wondering why Irvine was so hell bent on asking the new girl out, Irvine never tried this hard to get a date before. Usually he only had to ask once and that was that.
What could have changed?
Irvine looked up at his friend with a 'what-are-you-thinking-now' look.
"Are you just doing this to make Selphie jealous?" Zell asked as he glanced over at his friend.
Irvine was shocked with Zell's question. Its true Irvine missed Selphie, but it was really none of Zell's concerns. Irvine kept telling himself that he did not need Selphie.
"Come on... We'll be late for class," Irvine said quickly changing the subject.
Zell sighed and shook his head; he knew Irvine still had feelings for Selphie.
The gunner was like an open book.
Everyone could see that he still had feelings for Selphie. It was just a matter of time when the two will get back together. Everyone can see that the two still cared for each other. Only time will tell and hopefully soon.
Meanwhile, Fuujin was still shocked about Milo. She wanted to make sure, if he was actually dead or not. It was one of the hardest questions for Fuujin to ask. Fuujin was meeting up with Edea in her office. Fuujin sat in the waiting room for about 20 minutes, not sure how to ask about Milo's death. Fuujin only hoped that she was just hallucinating; Milo was a close friend to her. Fuujin did not want him or any other fellow SeeD to be dead. Edea stepped out of her office and motioned for the young SeeD to come in.
"Come in Fuujin," she said politely as she signaled the young SeeD with her hand.
Fuujin was nervous and Edea could see this. It was planted all over the female SeeD's face. It wouldn't take a therapist to see that.
"Fuujin, it's quite alright, I'm not going to bite" she said to try to calm her down.
It did not take long for Edea to notice the young SeeD's nerves.
Fuujin looked at her headmistress, how could she calm down?
This is a serious question; she was going to ask if her friend is dead.
She felt like she was about to have a nervous break down or something.
What was she going to tell Edea?
That she saw her friend s ghost?
She figured Edea would call her crazy. Even her own brother would call her crazy. Well, there's no turning back now. Fuujin took in a deep breath as she stood up; her nerves were getting the best of her. Fuujin followed Edea into her office; Edea took a seat at her desk smiling at Fuujin sweetly.
"So, what is it you wanted to talk about Fuujin?" she asked with a warming grin, totally oblivious to Fuujin's dark question.
Edea didn't make an announcement yet about the attack in Timber, so there was no way knowing about it. She was planning to tell everyone later in the afternoon. It would be one of the hardest things she will ever do. Fuujin took in a deep breath while trying to keep her hands from trembling. It was hard work trying to be calm in a situation like this. Fuujin gathered her composure as she closed her eyes.
'No turning back now...' Fuujin said in her head as she opened her eyes.
Let's just hope Edea won't think she's crazy.
"Is Milo dead?"
Back at the forest, Squall started walking again, carrying Siren piggyback style. He was getting frustrated with this forest. It was almost like a labyrinth with trees, it was never ending. It was driving him insane; he cannot take much more of this. Squall was losing all of his patience. He just had to find a way out for Siren's well being.
"Squall..." said a familiar female voice.
He knew that voice from anywhere; it was angelic and sweet, just like Rinoa. Squall stopped abruptly, he felt chills going down his spin.
'Rinoa...?' he said in his head.
He looked around everywhere and could not find the source of which the voice had came from.
"Squall..." the voice said once again.
He thought he was losing his damn mind. First, the forest was playing tricks on him and now he is hearing the voice of his dead girlfriend. He did not know what to do.
'Where is that voice coming from?' Squall asked himself as he laid Siren on the ground gently.
"Hello?" Squall called out hoping the voice would respond.
"Leonhart...?" came a voice and this time he knew exactly where it came from.
The voice came from Siren Page.
Squall looked over at Siren and saw that she was waking up. In a way, he was glad that she was waking up, in meant that he did not have to carry her anymore. Siren moaned as she sat up and looked over at the brooding SeeD.
"How are you feeling?" Squall asked her as he stared at her.
Siren rubbed her head as she moaned, her head was killing her. It was like someone put her had under a tire of a monster truck and ran over it a couple times.
"Felt like I got hit by a truck," she mumbled as she looked over at him.
Squall chuckled she was half right.
The T-Rexuar really did a number on her.
Siren felt the dry blood on her forehead; it kept flaking off as she touched it.
"What happened?" she asked as she looked over at squall.
"T-Rexuar..." he answered as he stood up.
Siren looked around when she noticed that they were still stuck in the forest. She didn't understand, she thought Squall would have got them both out of here; they were not that far from her car.
So why wasn't she lying in the infirmary right now?
"Are we lost!" Siren blurted out suddenly with wide eyes.
Squall looked down to her and was not sure how to word it without confusing the pants off of her.
"Yes and no..." Squall answered as he scratched the back of his head, he was not sure about it himself.
Siren's bright red eyes widened, she was not sure what he was saying.
"What do you mean, lost?" Siren asked, still in disbelief.
Squall didn't know how to explain it.
"Page, I don't know how to explain it, but I don't think the forest wants us to leave," he said the best way he can.
He could tell by the look on Siren's face that she wasn't buying it. He didn't blame her, he didn't believe it himself.
"What are you talking about?" Siren said as she stood up.
Squall rolled his eyes. No matter how he would word it, he was still going to get the same reaction from her.
"I don t know! Let's just find a way out of here..." he snapped as he started walking toward the exit.
Back at Balamb Garden, Fuujin had explained about the encounter with Milo's ghost.
Edea did not know how to respond to this. After all the craziness, she had been through being possessed by Ultimecia.
Why wouldn't she believe Fuujin?
Fuujin was sure that Edea would call her crazy.
Who wouldn't?
"So Is it true?" Fuujin asked as she bit her lower lip.
Edea sighed as stood up.
"Yes... There was a terrorist attack at Timber," she said honestly.
Fuujin was shocked to hear this and at the same time heart broken.
"Listen I don't want the other students to know about this yet..." Edea said has she walked up to the pale SeeD.
"I know how close you were to Milo..." Edea said as she put her hands on Fuujin's shoulders.
Fuujin just wanted to break down and cry. She had lost her best friend. She didn't want it to be true. Fuujin was hoping this was all just a big nightmare.
"If you need anything, you know where to find me," Edea said with a smile.
Fuujin nodded her head as she turned around. She wanted to know more about the terrorist attack. But, she knew Edea wouldn't tell her that information before a SeeD meeting.
Siren was a hott mess. She was covered in blood and saliva, she was hungry, tired, her jacket is ruined, and she was lost with Squall. Squall didn't even felt like teasing her, he too was a hott mess.
They've been walking for a couple of hours.
However, to them it felt like forever.
The forest just wouldn't let them leave.
Squall stopped with Siren not far behind him. He extended his hand out causing Siren to stop behind it.
"What?" Siren spoke as she glared at him.
"Some thing isn't right," Squall said softly.
It was excessively quiet and eerie. He did not like it at all.
Then the ground started to shake causing the two to fall to the ground.
"What's going on!" Siren shouted as she covered her head.
It was scary as they felt the earth shake beneath them. Squall watched Siren in horror as she tried to cover herself the best she can from the falling branches.
The earth stopped shaking and then Squall saw Rinoa standing there in a white gown.
Squall was so shocked and surprised that he couldn't move. He couldn't believe his eyes; there was Rinoa standing in front of him.
"Rinoa?" Squall said as he stared at her with eyes like saucers.
He couldn't believe it could be her. Rinoa smiled as she walked up to him. Squall she spoke as she extended her hand out to him.
Siren stared at Squall and then at the so called 'Rinoa'.
Siren was looking at a completely different thing. She was staring at a woman covered in rags from head to toe.
"Leonhart, don't listen to her! She's a banshee!" Siren warned as she got up.
Squall ignored her warning as he reached out for the banshee's hand.
"LEONHART!" Siren yelled out as she lunged at the clothed banshee.
Siren tackled the banshee to the grown as she looked over at Squall. Squall was cut from the trance when the banshee disappeared while laughing. Squall glared at Siren, he was angry. Siren looked at him with the same look as she dusted the dirt off her knees.
"You almost got yourself killed," Siren hissed at the young SeeD member.
Squall marched over to her and grabbed her elbow. He was extremely pissed off that Siren made his first love disappear. He hated Siren for that.
"Let go of my arm Leonhart," Siren ordered as she glared daggers at Squall.
"Did you know what you did?" Squall hissed at her.
Siren glared at him as she shook her arm from his grasp.
"Yeah! I shaved your life!" Siren hissed back at him.
"What are you talking about? That was Rinoa!" he shouted at her.
Whoever this 'Rinoa' is... It wasn t her! That was a banshee!" Siren tried to explain.
Squall glared at Siren, he wasn't buying it. He just wanted to believe that the banshee was Rinoa. His heart yearned for her.
"How do you know?" Squall asked as he glared at Siren.
"Because I came across them before," Siren answered.
"Then why did the banshee look just like Rinoa?" Squall stated as he tried to poke holes in Siren's theory.
"That's what they do they take form of the ones you love the most and take your soul so you too can become a banshee," she said; Squall could feel his eyes start to water, but he refused to let Siren see his weakness.
He could not believe that he let himself be fooled by a monster. Squall felt his heart break when he saw that the banshee took the form of his beloved Rinoa. Siren rolled her eyes and let out a sigh.
"Let's just get out of here..." Siren said as she started to walk ahead.
End of Chapter
Fo: Phew! That was fun :)
Washu: This a good chapter Fo.
Bob: Yeah, I agree Washu. Fo did pretty good.
Washu: She's been working very hard these days.
Bob: I know... It's got to be tough...
Veemon: Yeah, juggling with three chapters a day Dang!
Fo: I know, right?
Washu: This chapter was named after the song by the band 'The Who'.
Fo: 'The Who' rocks my socks XD