Seifer had a good laugh as Raijin was kicked into the sea water off of Balamb's coast. The playful contact was made even better with Fujin's expression of triumph. Raijin splashed in the water and was climbing up the ladder when Fujin kicked him again. There was a purpose to her keeping him from bringing up his catch.

"FISH. STINK." Fujin always had a strange way of speaking, yet her meaning always came through.

The temperature was nice, a slight ocean breeze blew past them and rusted all the metal in the town. Seifer was dressed in his favorite trench coat and black shirt with the white cross.

Raijin had caught a Balamb Fish, a fish so foul smelling and unedible that he supposedly nearly killed half the Galbadian soldiers under him when he had fed it to them. Seifer had thought it was hilarious, but then he had little to laugh about back then. He was a knight of two different sorceresses this past year. His romantic dream had come true twice and then was smashed apart by his rival Squall. He hated him for what had happened, but he understood why it was a lie now.. His dream had been manipulated by the sorceresses and turned him into a foolish lapdog. Seifer was not a lapdog.

Raijin and Fujin had helped him recover from being knocked out of Lunatic Pandora by that weird Guardian Force. Once they picked Seifer up they took off from Esthar and looked out for him as his wounds healed. They took random ships to keep moving and evade the disorganized Galbadian forces. Seifer was done working with them and doubted they would listen to him now that the sorceresses were gone. That was fine, he didn't need that strict military discipline holding him back from doing things his way.

Now he was free but was also really broke. Falling from Lunatic Pandora did not give him a lot of time to access his bank account to make a withdrawal. The three of them were in Balamb and had decided to stay near the dock to avoid drawing too much attention. For most of the morning they had succeeded, then Seifer noticed a few lone figures watching them from the other side of the dock.

Balamb didn't have a police force, mostly due to the close proximity of all the SeeDs. But Seifer was not interested in making trouble here, and soon saw a crowd gathering. An angry crowd with a few young men leading it towards them. Without causing a ruckus Seifer walked onto one of the motorized boats they had commandeered and was followed closely by Fujin. Raijin sighed when he saw it was time to leave without his fish.

The crowd was getting closer and was not slowing down. Seifer shot a few fireballs in their direction that was aimed low. A few surprised calls came from them and they slowed a bit. At worst they got a little warm as the fire splashed and then extinguished in front of them. With his borrowed time Seifer and his posse started the motorized boat and took off from the dock. The crowd swarmed the dock of Balamb behind them but the posse didn't notice as the speedboat sped out to the open ocean.

Seifer didn't know where he was going, but he knew they could no longer stay there. He just felt really useless lately, as if he didn't have any other purpose but to keep moving forward.

"WHERE?" Fujin asked him for directions. Seifer looked at her, smiled and didn't answer. He had no idea.

"I got the hang of fishing now, ya' know?" Raijin pounded his chest with pride. "Now we can eat anytime!"

"CRAP." Fujin waved him off. "SEIFER?"

Fujin pointed ahead towards something that Seifer may not have noticed as he drove the boat. Off to the left and over a sea cliff near where they were skimming on the waves, Seifer could see Balamb Garden. The massive blue and cream colored Garden was floating mightily above the beaches like a proud floating creature. Surrounding the military training academy were numerous Cadets and a few SeeD who were standing around in groups along the shore. Seifer shrugged, not wanting to get involved with that group again if he could avoid them. He had seen the Garden floating over them earlier, and didn't care to see it now. But Fujin kept pointing further and he realized that she wasn't pointing at the Garden. Seifer immediately slowed their stolen boat and was shocked at what he saw in front of him.

"That's a submarine, ya' know." Raijin yelled out. Dark grey metal covered the top of the massive submersible that was equal in size to Balamb Garden. But lacked the decorative flair and instead had a more practical design meant to glide through water.

Seifer and his posse looked on as side ports opened on the submarine. Dozens of small surface missiles came out, arced out and then impacted on top of the Garden and on the Beach. The chaos was hidden in sudden eruptions of smoke.

"We go to to hel-" Seifer reacted faster than Raijin could speak and slammed the throttle completely forward, hurtling the boat towards the beach. They were too late as numerous squads came up from the watery depths. Seifer aimed the boat for a group still coming out, he was confident he would hit them.

"Hang on." Seifer yelled.

Hello everyone, its been awhile since I have posted. But I am glad to be back. This chapter introduces Seifer and brings his posse with him. A quick introduction but I didn't want to beat around the bush in introducing him. Much better content to come!

Hello derrandumbthrowaway! Thank you for your review! Yes, limit break was in the game but I still like to use it and I think of it as a mental break, or them reaching a physical limit that ignites their special powers. Perhaps a better wording is needed!

Dark Abyss is great because the actual world of Final Fantasy 8 is very small and with so much fighting and actual dying that occurred it fits in my story best. So much so that I have to keep it! But you will see why as we continue.

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you enjoy it and please review!