Arrival
I posted this on the KH boards already, but today I realized since it's a cross-over I could also post it on the FF8 board, so that's what I'm doing. I hope you don't mind. Please read and review!
Background-One day a mysterious stranger named Squall Leonheart appears on the world of Radiant Garden with no memory. Soon Radiant Garden is taken over by the evil heartless, Squall and a few others manage to escape to the world of Traverse Town. While there Squall's memories of his past life begin to come back. When someone from his past reminds him of them Squall realizes he has to go home and face his mysterious past.
"Who is he?" A man with blond hair, stubble, and a gruff voice asked.
"I don't know, but whoever he is, he sure is heavy!" A reserved woman in her 20's wearing a pink dress with a pink bow in her brown her said as she helped carry the mysterious stranger in.
"He's also really cute!" A girl with black hair and a peppy attitude exclaimed carrying the feet of the stranger.
"Yuffie is that all you ever think about?" The blond haired man asked, exasperated.
"C'mon Cid! The way his dark spiky hair is falling into his eyes. The way his face looks so peaceful, yet troubled at the same time. You also have to admit that lion on the chain around his neck looks pretty frickin cool!" The black-haired girl, Yuffie, explained admiringly.
"He's a hero," The woman with the pink bow whispered to herself.
"What was that Aerith?" Yuffie asked, confused.
"Ladies stop the chit-chat and get this man to the lab ASAP!" Cid yelled.
"Cid, I know you're old, but couldn't you at least help with the carrying a little?" Yuffie whined.
"I'd hurt my back, now GO!" Cid said with a slight smirk as he placed a piece of straw between his lips.
"How old do you think he is Aerith?" Yuffie anxiously asked.
"Somewhere around 19 or 20 physically, but mentally he is far beyond his years." Aerith wisely explained.
"Yay! He's around my age!!" Yuffie shouted with joy. The man stirred slightly on the metal table he was on in front of the two girls. Yuffie's face broke into a broad smile, "Cid I think he's waking up! How are his vital signs?"
"I don't exactly know," Aerith looked at Cid as he said this scratching his head, "I mean they're normal, but he's unconscious and that ain't normal," Cid paused for a second, considering a question, "Aerith can you try to heal him?"
Aerith looked at the man on the table with a sad expression. She took out a pole that was attached to the back of her pretty pink dress and began to wave around in a circle. A faint green light began to shine, but it instantly faded.
"I'm so sorry," Aerith said quietly, a tear sliding down her cheek. She ran out of the room, disgusted with herself.
"Why can't she find the light?" Yuffie asked, uncommonly serious.
"I guess the one that inspires her hasn't shown up yet. They'll come one day Yuffie and Aerith will return to her normal cheery self. I promise."
Yuffie nodded, not truly believing Cid, but needing to. Ever since Aerith's best friend, Tifa, had been taken by the darkness she had spiraled into a deep depression. Aerith had been the best mage on all of Radiant Gardens and now she couldn't cast any type of magic.
"RINOA!!!!!!!!!" The man lying on the medical table cried out suddenly with a desperate tone. Yuffie ran up to him and grabbed his hand hoping for him to say something else, but he had passed out again.
"Damn it," she whispered as Cid continued pounding away at the medical computer.
3 days passed and nothing more escaped the man's lips. Yuffie had examined his clothes, the strange sword he'd been carrying, his necklace, and him. He had a black jacket with a fur collar; two sky blue wings had been painted on the back of his jacket. He had had black pants with two belts so the crossed like an X over his butt. He had worn black combat boots with a small logo engraved on the bottom that simply said 'SeeD.' His sword was like a normal sword except at the hilt was a gun trigger and when you swung the sword and hit something, while pulling the trigger, a minor explosion took place. The necklace he had worn was a chain with a ring on it and a lion. Engraved on the ring were 2 names, Rinoa Heartilly and Squall Leonheart, there was a heart between the 2 names. Yuffie slid the ring off and stuck it in her pocket. Why did I just do that? She asked herself, but kept the ring all the same. Cid had changed the man into a blue medical gown, the man seemed completely out of place in it. He had longish, but still short brown hair that had been spiked at the back when he first arrived but now lay flat. His left ear was pierced. She had opened his eyes and noticed they were a stone gray; she got the feeling this was a guy who didn't smile very much. She had also noticed that he was rather well built and had many scars on him, like one that stretched across his face, she got the feeling he was an experienced fighter.
"I just don't understand why he hasn't woken up yet!" Cid exclaimed angrily while pounding on the computer."
"Well he did just poof out of thin air, that probably takes a lot out of someone," Yuffie casually explained while staring at the man, whom she assumed was Squall Leonheart. Suddenly his eyes opened, they were filled with pure fear. "CID! HE'S AWAKE!"
"WH-where am I?" The man asked nervously glancing at Yuffie.
"You're in the world of Radiant Garden under the care of ME, Yuffie Kisaragi!" The man looked up at Cid, "Oh and Cid Highwind is helping out as well," Yuffie shrugged.
"Who am I?" The man asked pleadingly after a moment's pause.
Yuffie picked up the jacket he had been wearing and took out a card she had found stitched in the lining of his jacket. She handed the card to him and said, "This might help. I don't exactly know what it means, but maybe you will."
The card read:
Gunblade Specialist, Magic Specialist, GF SpecialistBroody Specialist
SeeD reigning Commander
Temporary Headmaster of Balamb Garden until a suitable replacement for the late Cid and Edea Kramer can be found.
The 'Broody Specialist' had been scribbled on by someone and it seemed to confuse Squall. "This doesn't help me at all!" He was truly upset at knowing nothing about himself.
Yuffie looked at him, her eyes filled with pity, "I found this necklace on you. It's a lion, and just calling you 'Lion' would be stupid, so how about if I call you Leon?"
"Leon……" The man, said thoughtfully. He sat up straight, stuck out his hand, and said, "Hi my name is Leon. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Yuffie smiled, "Hello Leon. I'm Yuffie and welcome to your new life."