I do not own final fantasy 8 and never will and I know I've said this too many times but I don own the characters used in the game or this fic .The characters Zek ,James ,Julia and Hector are mine though so don't steal them not that anyone would want to.
Chapter 15: Part 1: Balamb Garden vs. Galibadian army
uh oh here comes trouble"Wow the view from here is awesome" James blurted out amazed as the Garden flew past vast amounts of forestry.
"Yeah it must be cool to drive Garden" Zek also stated looking at Nida who was driving the Garden "ha yeah it kinda is so what are you two doing here anyway don't you guys have like class" Nida commented.
Zek shrugged "hey man class won't start for another 20 minutes we'll make it in time anyway its been awhile since we last saw you" Zek remarked back.
Xu at that moment came running into the headmasters office turned Garden control centre "hi Xu what's up" Zek chirped happily James just waved at the very busy looking female Seed.
"Oh hi Zek, James what in hynes name is going on here you two are up early for once" Xu said confused, Zek frowned "yeah I know Julia's gone all we must start following rules on us" James answered, Xu smiled "really well maybe it might rub off on two certain cadets as well" she replied looking at them.
Zek and James both scoffed "as if" Nida was chuckling "you know its weird everyone in our group seems to have matured except you two ,Zek your still that reckless thirteen year old at heart and James you haven't changed much either only you've gotten more reckless".
Zek glared at Nida "hey what's with everyone getting all reminiscent all of a sudden and I wasn't that bad at thirteen"Zek retorted.
James and Xu scoffed "if I recall the very first thing I ever saw you doing at garden was taking squalls drink on a dare" Xu remarked laughing at Zeks expression.
"You mean you saw that oh the humiliation" Zek said and winced, Nida looked down at them again for a brief second "wait I don't remember that" Nida said rather confused.
Xu smirked "of course you hadn't come to Garden yet Nida"James said for Zek who was rather annoyed.Shorly afterthis was saidJulia came in "aww poor Zeke is everyone teasing you" she said mockingly, Zek turned to glare at Julia "if looks could kill" James remarked slyly receiving looks from both Zek and Julia "shut up James" Julia snapped back at him.
"Uh guy's homeroom has already begun" Xu stated, "shit!" Zek blurted out receiving a stern look from Xu "oh sorry Xu" Zek apologized. Julia groaned "okay let's go let's go let's go" Julia snapped dragging two teenage boys along with her.
When they finally did arrive Instructor Aki was not the least bit impressed "oh hi sir great morning isn't it" Zek remarked looking at the Instructor innocently, James looked at him mortified as if trying to say "do you have a death wish".
"Indeed it is a lovely morning so why are you two late" the Instructor interrogated further, Zek looked at him innocently "well it's a long story" Zek replied in a scarily kiddy voice. Instructor Aki was looking worried "yes uh maybe not …wait Zek Loire take your seat this instant we'll talk about this after class" scolded the Instructor realising he had almost been tricked by Zek again.
Zek and James took their usual seats in the class and proceeded to listen to one of Instructor Aki's usual boring speeches "yeah yeah blah blah blah we heard it all before" Zek muttered under his breathe.
Homeroom seemed to drag on forever but half way though an announcement stopped the speech for a few seconds.
"Would Commander Leonhart please report to the Headmasters office immediately?"
"Wow sounds important wonder what's going on" Zek said rather bluntly, James looked up from his computer "what happened is the boring speech over yet" James said a loud for the whole class to hear, this was followed by laughter ,Zek sniggered as for once it was wasn't him.
"Mr seagill do you have an idea to improve my speeches do you" Instructor Aki remarked not amused at all ,James realised what he'd said "no sir of course not your speeches are ah…brilliant and helpful for us cadets" James said quickly. Instructor Aki looked at him "Mr Seagill detention this afternoon for that outburst and I do hope your done your homework after all I'm sure Cadet Loire would have done his" the Instructor scolded James but also Zek.
Zek nodded "you bet I did" Zek said cheerfully showing some papers up proudly James looked at him dismayed "hey Julia and Quistius cornered me I stood no chance of escape your lucky to have been with Hector at the time" Zek whispered back ,James just smirked then looked at his computer as if sending Zek a message.
Zek realised what he was saying and looked to see a message pop up on his laptop
So why was Quistius hanging around with Julia anyway?
Apparently she couldn't find us and yeah they caught me out Quistius is in charge of classes now apparently
Ha shame hey lets send a message to Hector
James you and I both know he won't answer he'll probably be studying in the library
Hey Zek if he's already a Seed what does he need to study for!
Apparently there's tests to upgrade your rank he says you never stop learning
Hmm sounds like one of my Dads cliché sayings
James how long has it been since you saw your Dad?
Woah almost 3 years now he still thinks I'm the same goody two shoes son and besides I email him occasionally.
Wow he's going to have the shock of a lifetime when he sees you again
Too right he will oh and Zek look up the Instructors coming our way
Thanks for the heads up man
"Hello sir "Zek said innocently after quickly logging out of Balambs message system "homework Zek" the Instructor urged holding his hand out "oh yeah here it is sir" the Instructor looked it over "good enough you know I don't hate you" the Instructer began to say.
"You don't" Zek replied surprised, the Instructor just looked at him soon after the bell went for Zeks next class "well I'm off have fun in detention James" Zek teased running off with his laptop in hand before James could possibly retort!
Zek was walking towards his next class when the Commander's voice was heard throughout the Garden.
"Attention we are heading straight for Galibadia Garden which for most of you means a battle so be prepared to defend yourself as we may be going against the Galibadian Army"
"Now that I've said this please follow these orders as Gardens future and yours depends on this will all Seeds or Cadets that can fight with odd ID numbers report to the Quad area with your weapons "Squall said over the intercom.
"Zek what's going on I heard that announcement and instructor Aki told me to go "I seriously don't know but it doesn't sound good" Zek simply replied.
"Also will Seeds and Cadets with an even number go to the Front Entrance immediately …and will a Seed please look after the Junior Classmen"
(A/N okay I tried to follow the way its announced in the game as best as possible so yeah sorry if its not to the exact game script)
"Okay so if we both have odd numbers then where do we go?" James asked still taking in the information, Zek looked at him seriously "the Quad but first let's go to our Dorm room", James looked at him "but why to our Dorm he said immediately".
Zek looked at him "so you intend to fight bare handed do you and besides I need to put my laptop away I'd hate to have it wrecked" Zek snapped back "Zek you really love that laptop don't you" James remarked as they entered the elevator ,Zek just nodded.
Soon after that they had grabbed their weapons and arrived at the Quad they saw Zell giving a group of Seeds a pep talk "your got to be kidding I'm not being lead by him"Zek said mortified that he was to follow his friends orders ,James shrugged "well it could be worse".
"Hey guys are you meant to be here" Zell blurted out ignoring comments from other people in the background ,Zek nodded while James just replied "yeah we have odd ID numbers so what we waiting for" Zell looked at him and pointed up in the distance "so are you guys ready to fight" Zell asked.
Zek smirked "you bet lets kick some Galibadian ass", James looked at him then smiled "me too so do we just join the formation over there" James answered a little quieter then Zek.
Zell nodded but then commented "hey guys I did it …you what Zek said was impossible I actually got it" Zell boosted .
Zek looked at him amazed "you mean you actually convinced the Lone Wolf to hand his ring over man you have guts" Zek complimented Zell grinned proudly "yeah well you better get in formation and I know its annoying with me leading you guys so I'll shout you guys lunch later okay" Zell said before going up to meet Squall.
"I'll hold you to that Zell" James shouted out before being playfully saluted back, it was then that they suddenly realised garden was now in attack range of Galibadia Garden "oh shit here they come" Zek stated as several motorcycles with Soldiers on them bound into the Quad.
Pretty soon they like many others were avoiding attacks and swoops from the many Galibadian Soldiers on Motorbikes "hey why can't we have those "Zek whined.
"Because if we did then it'd be havoc ,its bad enough us using weapons that can kill but you on a Motorcycle I shiver at the thought" Hector commented while casting fire on some soldiers around him.
Zek glared at him for a second confused as to where Hector had sprung from before turning his gaze to one Soldier in a red Army uniform on one of the bikes "bring it on bastard" he shouted as he ran towards the man. The soldier saw it coming but it was by then too late as Zek had already slashed the tyres sending the bike crashing towards the wall and had his sword at the mans throat "I really hate to kill people" he said sadly.
The Soldier spat at him "yeah right Seed" was the mans response ,Zek sighed "oh well you really did ask for it" Zek said slashing at the man ,he looked away as he did though.
Not many knew this but Zek hated killing others it was fine if it was a T-Rexur or a monster but another human being he did not agree with the idea of it.
"For hynes sakes Zek get over it ,it was you or him do you want to die" James yelled out just in time to stop a Soldier from stabbing Zek "and besides I just saved your ass" James yelled out. Zek understood now "thanks man I owe you one lets go this areas a losing battle" Zek replied, James nodded in agreement "yeah your right lets find the others got your GF ready" James asked.
Zek smirked "sure but I didn't know you had one" Zek asked intrigued by this information, James frowned "yeah I do I fought a monster once and found a GF in it but I have yet to use it though" James answered.
Zek smirked "yeah I did that too I got Diablo's though I've only used him once but I hope I don't lose any memory's from it though" Zek replied concerned ,James sighed then spoke again "hey its memory or life which do you prefer I personally like living" Zek snickered then answered back "same here lets do this".
And I'll stop here this was very hard to write and I almost lost it twice so please review and if I make any spelling errors please forgive me I'm still educating our spell check at home. Oh and look forward to part 2 soon!