Disclaimer: Does Seifer grab Squall at the end and kiss him senseless? Does Quistis mysteriosly disappear with Rinoa? Does Selphie turn Trabia in a battle fortress? Does Griever actually turn to the good side at the last moment and join Squall and the others and the end to defeat the weirdy witch? Is there a little Tonberry called Kobo in the game and is Seifers pet? No? Well then it is obvious I do not own Final Fantasy 8. *sulks*
Warnings: Okay there is not all that graphic battle scenes of blood and gore and stuff but it is mentioned so if this offends you I am sorry. There is no Zell bashing, Quistis bashing or Rinoa bashing... I don't think there is anyway. There is a mildly freaked out Squall but it's not that bad really. Oh and Seifer getting hurt. Them are the only things I can think to warn you about...Oh and there might be a bit if bad lanuage but nothing too...crude or and I uploaded this on my phone so i apologise if the chapter is a bit of a mess :/
A/N:...Please please please please please forgive meeeeeeeeeeee *gets down on knees* I know it's been ages but I didn't forget honest, I just got really really busy with starting my apprenticeship and all, and then my sister decided to move to Birmingham and then everything consisted of waking up at ten to six, going to work, do work, come home and then go to sleep and my weekends consisted of sleep, wake up have some food and then sleep some more. But I am really sorry, so I'll shut up now and give the normal "Read and review please." and leave you to it.. *hides under rock and goes to sleep* ENJOYIES!
= Time in Lunatic Pandora stood still as everyone watched in horror as spears of black, cursed ice hit their intended target. Seifer let out a piercing scream as the cursed ice instantly evaporated and began to poison the bleeding wounds. He collasped to the floor, writhing in agony as his wounds burned and the poison spread through his body. Ultimecia cackled in gleeful joy as her once loyal dog slowly died in front of her. At Ultimecia laugh, Squall snapped into action and without much thought other than getting to Seifer, he quickly fired off a powerful Meltdown while sending a signal to Griever which clearly stated to snap the others out of their shock and to get moving. The meltdown did its job at distracting Ultimecia, who wasn't expecting it, as Squall ran towards the fallen gunblader, a Esuna spell already being casted to combat the poisonous curse. He distantly heard Griever roar loudly that by the shocked gasps, brought everyone else from their stupor. Rinoa was the first to come back to herself and was quickly at Squall's side, casting off every healing spell she knew and frowning as every one did little to help Seifer. Zell, Irvine,Quistis, Selphie, Laguna, Kiros, Ward and Shiva decided to put their full force on Ultimecia, distracting the insane witch from Squall and Rinoa and the Sorceress stumbled under their sudden onslought. "Rinoa, Esuna isn't working to rid him of the poison!" Squall almost cried in desperation, his heart pounding against his chest and was beginning to break out in a cold sweat. Rinoa winced, feeling just a little helpless as Squall fell apart before her and that none of her spells were working. She was meant to be a Sorceress damn it! Seifer let out another cry of pain as his wounds began to fester omniously and spread, causing blackish blood to pool round him. Rinoa suddenly had an idea and turned towards the battle, caling for the fastest person she knew. "Selphie! I need Holy Water! Now!" The bouncy brunette nodded while swinging her nunchaku towards Ultimecia who did a graceful twirl to miss the weapon, Selphie then spun on her heels and set off towards Ragnarok. Rinoa turned back to the shocked Squall and the dying Seifer, feeling her own heart twinge at the sight of Squall who had gone grey at the sight of the blond. Not thinking twice about the decision, he summoned the powerful healing spell she knew. "Curaja!" A bright green light shot forth from her hands and slammed into Seifers chest, momentarily pinning him to the ground as it worked it's way through his body. When the spell touched the cursed wounds the spell sizzled loudly and began to fluctate between green and red. It went like that for a few seconds until it flickered green and stayed that colour. Seifers wounds didn't heal however the bleeding had stopped for the meantime. "We need to get him to Sorceress Memoriam. The stasis chamber there could keep him alive until we cure him of Curse." Rinoa said, trying to keep her voice even. A worried and possibly scared Squall was a volatile Squall. One wrong thing said and Squall could flip. She gazed at Squall with a solomn sounding sigh when he didn't reply, watching as emotions flickered in Squall's darkened gaze; there was worry, sadness, anger, fear and a few others she knew Squall didn't understand. She slid her gaze from Squall and Seifer and to the battle instead, Laguna was ducking and diving all over the place, dodging spells like a professional while shouting orders to the others who followed without hesitation, though Irvine and Quistis looked like they would rather have Squall giving the orders instead. There was a patter of light feet behind her and she turned to see Selphie skipping towards them with a bottle of Holy Water in her hand. She gave the nunchaku user a shaky smile which Selphie returned with a grimace and a sad look at the back of Squall's head as if the copper brunette could read his thoughts. She silently handed Rinoa the Holy Water. "I hope it works-" "Of course it'll work!" Both women jumped and stared at Squall with wide eyes who gave them the frostiest glare they had ever recieved. Rinoa went to open her mouth but then thought better of it and handed him the bottle of Holy Water instead. Squall sent one last narrowed eyed glare before he turned to Seifer, clutching the bottle tightly in his hand. He gently lifted the blonds head, resting it in the crook of his left elbow, he pulled the stopper out with his teeth and used his hand, left, to open the blonds mouth so he could pour the Holy Water into Seifer. He quickly threw the bottle and used his hand to rub Seifer throat so he wouldn't choke. The light green aura shimmered slightly and slowly began to have a gold glitter to it. Rinoa breathed a sigh of relief but the tightness remained around her heart; while Seifer was looking better, the wounds were still there and she had no doubt that the Curse was as well. Selphie instantly picked up on her quietness. "Well?" She demanded, her green eyes flickering between them and the battle. Rinoa sighed again. "The Holy Water has soothed the effects of Curse but hasn't got rid of it completely. Seifer is still Cursed and probably still poisoned as well. The only good thing is that the Holy Water has moulded itself with Curaja." Rinoa explained, rubbing a hand down her face and feeling a headache coming on. This was all so wrong. "For now he'll be okay but he'll need regular doses of Holy Water until we reach-"Rinoa stopped suddenly, a idea forming in her mind. "-Esthar." "Esthar? I thought we was taking him to Sorceress Memoriam?" Selphie questioned, ignoring Rinoa's glare. Rinoa opened her mouth to explain when she noticed Squall moving; he carefully sat Seifer up, taking the brunt of Seifer dead weight and slowly wrapping the blonds arm round his shoulders. Rinoa went to ask him what he was doing but one look at Squall's face changed her mind and kept her quiet. Selphie gasped suddenly and she ran round to Seifer's other side. "We're taking him to the Ragnarok, right?" She took Seifers other arm and together her and Squall lifted Seifer until all three were standing. Squall nodded and then his eyes became solid shards of stormy ice. He looked down at Rinoa. "Rinoa, help the others stop Ultimecia and tell Laguna to do what he did last time to stop Adel-" "But-" "and then evacuate everyone to Esthar, we'll meet you there." Squall ordered, ignoring Rinoa's protests and her frown, he also ignored the loud cry that was heard from Laguna in the background, obviously displeased that Squall hadn't called him 'dad'. Rinoa nodded, knowing she had no choice but to follow Squall's orders and ran off towards the battle, summoning powerful magic in an attempt to distract herself from the tight feeling in her chest. Squall glanced over at Griever, trying not to feel the weight in the legendary beast's gaze; he couldn't take the look of understanding and pity at the moment. Squall and Selphie slowly made the trek to Ragnarok, slow being the opperative word as Ultimecia decided to send a horde of monsters after them when she noticed them moving towards the spaceship. Squall let Selphie deal with the monsters, still slightly amazed at Selphie's powerful move The End and how it wipe all the monsters out in a single hit. He was sure that Selphie's magic could rival a sorceress's. Squall grunted when Selphie came skipping back over and helped him take Seifers weight, smiling cheerily as if she hadn't just wiped out a horde of enraged Wendigos. "Alright, lets get this show on the road!" Squall couldn't agree more as he forced himself to walk faster to the ship, knowing Seifer didn't have long left. - Rinoa growled and sent a large Firaga towards the insane woman, distracting her attention from Laguna who took the chance to summon Holy, the balls of pure white magic causing Ultimeccia to shriek in agony and her feathers began to sizzle and burn away until they were mottled and gnarly looking. Rinoa was not blind to the fact that Holy had such a strong affect on Ultimecia and a plan began to form quickly in her mind. She quickly sent out a series of hand signals telling the others to use Holy spells or in Irvines case bullets. They all gave tiny nods that were hardly noticable and quickly changed tatics. Irvine quickly threw a pak of standard bullets that he kept on him just in case he happened to lose Exeter and had to use a sttandard fire arm like Laguna used. Rinoa, Quistis and Zell quickly began sending a barrage of Holy spells at Ultimecia who stumbled back and threw up every defense spell she could use. However it was all for naught and she hissed like an animal as she felt the burning stings of Holy reacting to her feathers and even her skin. Her hands trembled under the strain of magic and as body began to weaken under the onslought from another sorceress and SeeDs. Rinoa panted as she felt the tiredness that came with summoning such powerful spells over and over again. She remembered the first time they had faced Ultimecia and she realised that though they had been inexperienced, Ultimecia had never been this strong, but then Ultimecia had been years older where as now she had been reverted back to her younger self. "Keep fighting! She's beginning to weaken!" Laguna yelled over the roar of the battle. "Are you sure?" Quistis cried back sounding unsure as she barely dodged a Thundaga sent her way. Laguna flashed her a grin, ducking from a stray spell and firing a couple of rounds the crazy witch. "Of course! Adel was a stubborn cow but even she had to call quits eventually!" Quistis glared at the man, not finding the mans laid back attitude amusing in the least but used the anger it caused to fuel a particulary nasty round of Micro Missile. "Quisty you can glare and murder Laguna later! But right now we need to knock this bitch out so we can take her to Sorceress Memoriam and get Ellone back!"Zell shouted, sounding annoyed as everyone momentarily gaped at him. The boxing blond had been quiet throughout the whole affair but now he looked ready to Dolphin Kick their heads. It took no longer than a second for them to focus back into the battle and they all put their strength into stopping Ultimecia. This was no longer Ellone but they couldn't give up on the woman who had been their Sis once upon a time. The woman had always been kind hearted and cared for them all, they were not about to give up if there was a way to save her. With a deathly shriek Ultimecia finally stumbled, her legs unable to hold her weight any longer and her knees buckled. Everyone didn't waste another second, all gathering the last of their strength and band together to summon the most powerful Sleep spell they could. With a cry Ultimecia crumpled to the ground... ==
A/N: *Hides behind rock* Um is it safe to come out? *dodges flying tomato* okay I guess not. But I am really really sorry it took me so long to update, besides College hounding me and then starting my apprenticeship, I really had very little time to write. Anyway! Seifer isn't dead so you can stop giving me evils. I have the next Chapter mostly wrote on paper so I'll start typing up as soon as I can... I realise that Griever and Shiva didn't get much mention but they were there, just imagine them fighting off monsters or something *rubs neck* And don't worry Seifer and Squall will get together soon I promise. Remember to review even it is to moan at me for my poor updating XD Cookies to you all *throws cookies*