A/N: This story belongs to me....the characters don't, except for Keira.
God knows Final Fantasy 8 doesn't belong to me either. It belongs to
Squaresoft or Square-enix what ever it is now.
Okay on with the first chapter...boring kind of...but I'm jest getting
started....forthcoming arguments in future chapters and fights.
The Unexpected Meeting
A young man about 18 years of age was sitting at the docks in the Town of Balamb. His short blond hair blowing in the wind, he stared down at the water, as though he was looking for something. He was not blinking, almost day-dreaming.
~*~ A young blond boy, about 8 or so, who was lying on a bed in a stone house, felt a little hand reach up and tug on his shirt.
"Teach me how to fish," said the little red-brunette haired girl.
"Get lost," he replied pushing her hand away.
"PLEASE! I want to learn and no one else will teach me. I don't think they like me," she said climbing up on his bed.
"Well you're right, no one here does like you! Now lemme alone!" he said pushing her off his bed.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN!!!!!! Seifer's a MEANY!!!" she said after falling straight on her butt then got up and running out of the room.
"Stupid, Keira,"
~*~
"HELLO? EARTH TO SEIFER?" said a masculine voice. Seifer snapped out of his 'day-dream'
"Yea what?" he said not looking at his friend.
"Fujin and I are getting something ta eat, ya know! Ya want anything?"
"I'm fine,"
"Alright man," said Raijin and turned to leave. He went a round a corner and passed a beautiful looking girl. All Seifer heard was Fujin say "PIG!" and then an "Ow!" from Raijin, and he just assumed that she had hurt him, in one way or another. Seifer looked up when he saw another reflection in the water beside him, sitting next to him. It wasn't Raijin, or Fujin. It was a complete stranger.
"You go to Garden, don't you?" she asked, putting her long, reddish, brown hair behind her ears.
"Used to, what's it to you?" he asked cooly.
"Oh I was just wondering why you're here? Are you a SeeD yet?" she asked looking at the left side of his face.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked turning his face to her.
"You're Seifer Almasy," she said with such ease, and acting as thought that was one of the stupidest questions in the world.
"Are you not afraid?"
"Of what?"
"What I have done," he said looking back down at the water.
"Oh the whole Sorceress Ultimecia, thing? That's not you fault" she said.
"Yes it is, that's why I'm not in Garden anymore." he said picking up a rock and throwing it into the water.
"Is this you decision?" she asked still looking at his face although he didn't look at her.
"Yes,"
"Well, I'm pretty sure if you ask, Headmaster Cid and Matron to -" she was cut off.
"Matron? How do you know Eda by that name?" he said as his head jerked up and stared straight into her dark blue eyes.
"Why wouldn't I. I mean, she took care of me, I mean us, when we were younger didn't she?" she said looking at him as though he was stupid.
"What do you mean we?"
"Uh, Selphie, Zell, Ellone, Squall, you, Quisty, and Irvine. AND myself!" she added happily.
"Who are you?" he asked standing up. She followed suite.
"I'm Keira," she said, once again putting her hair behind her right ear.
"I don't believe you," he said crossing his arms looking at her suspiciously. Keira walked towards him. He took a step back.
"Teach me how to fish," she said looking straight in to his eyes. Seifer jumped back.
"NO WAY!" Seifer said in shock. Now that Seifer was standing up he got a good look at her. She was wearing a SeeD Cadet uniform. And her hair was just passed her shoulders.
"How old are you?" he asked her.
"16,"
"You've grown," he stated the obvious. Keira wasn't the little girl the he kind of knew at the orphanage. She was a, he hated to admit it, beautiful, young adult. Who has certainly matured over the 10 years that they were apart.
"Well that's what happens to humans over the course of 10 years," she said smiling sweetly, at her old acquaintance.
'Yea but not THAT much. Man! Has she Grown up. She looks VERY mature for a 16 year old.' Seifer thought to himself.
"Well, anyway, if you talk to Cid and Matron, I'm pretty sure they'll let you back in," she said grabbing his hand. She new fairly well that her wouldn't let her, but to her surprise he didn't try to get away.
"And what if they don't?" he said walking behind her as she was pulling him towards the Town exit.
"They will," she said then stopped and let go of Seifer's hand. She turned to stare at him.
"You know," she started. "If you stop being so damn pessimistic, things wouldn't be so bad." Then she walked out fo town. Seifer hesitated then followed.
'Maybe she's right, if I make some sort of agreement with Cid and Eda, then maybe I can become a SeeD after all," he thought to himself. Garden wasn't mobile anymore so it made a lot easier for students to visit friends and family. Seifer approached the massive school, and saw the Ragnarok behind it.
"Little twerps must be back from the mission," he mumbled as he reached the entrance. Keira was waiting for him.
"You ready?" she asked. He walked right passed her.
"I guess," he continued walking.
"Hey wait up," she said as she ran up to him. Seifer had a smile on his face. "What?"
"Nothing," he said then made his way to the elevator. Keira went on with him. He looked at her "Why are you following me?" he asked her.
"I have my own business with Matron and Cid," she said sticking her noise in the air.
They reached the 3rd floor and ran into someone coming out of the room. She bumped right into Seifer, and fell on her butt.
"Ow, sorry...Seifer!?" she looked to Seifer's left, then got up. "You must be the girl? Headmaster Cid is looking for you." She said then walked back inside the room.
"Well that didn't take long, Selphie," said a teenager in a beige cowboy hat, smiling at his girlfriend.
"She was right outside...with him," she said nudging her head toward Seifer.
"Ah, Seifer," said a man sitting at mahogany desk. "What brings you to Garden?"
"I've come to ask to be re-enrolled as a student," Seifer said looking at the floor. Keira looked around the room at the 7 teenagers.
'Selphie, Irvine, Quisty, Zell, Sis, Squall, and her I don't know' Keira thought looking from left to right.
"I don't recall kicking you out," said headmaster Cid standing up. "There have been some disciplinary issues in the Garden lately and there has been no one to punish them, you room is as you left it." he finish smiling at Seifer. Seifer felt as though the whole world was lifted off his shoulders.
"Now to the task at hand. Seifer please stay, you need to hear this." Cid said as Seifer was about to leave. Eda then came in the doors.
"Ah, I see everyone is here. Good. While I was at the orphanage for that short time I found some old pictures. Here," she said handing out the pictures to her 'children' (that includes everyone in the room but Keira, and Rinoa). She handed them all the same picture.
"Ha! There's you Zell," stated Selphie, and pointing at a little boy in the picture.
"There's Selphie and Quisty, together as always." said Zell.
"There's Squall, with Ellone," Quisty - I mean Quistis said.
"Ooo you're so cute!" said Rinoa, now in a SeeD cadet uniform.
"Shut up!" Squall said putting his head in his hand.
"And it looks like Irvine has a girlfriend," said Ellone.
"Yea, who is she?" Irvine asked looking up from the picture.
"Well that is what I have called you here for. I introduce you to a long lost friend. Squall, Zell, Quistis, Selphie, Ellone, and Irvine this," she said pointing to Keira. "Is Keira,"
Keira waved "Hi," she said and gave them a smile.
"Keira?" mumbled Irvine.
The he looked at her, his eyes widened and his mouth dropped, Selphie was getting a bit annoyed with is behavior.
"Oh my god! Keira!"
A/N: Okay.......done. I hope you like. R&R please.
The Unexpected Meeting
A young man about 18 years of age was sitting at the docks in the Town of Balamb. His short blond hair blowing in the wind, he stared down at the water, as though he was looking for something. He was not blinking, almost day-dreaming.
~*~ A young blond boy, about 8 or so, who was lying on a bed in a stone house, felt a little hand reach up and tug on his shirt.
"Teach me how to fish," said the little red-brunette haired girl.
"Get lost," he replied pushing her hand away.
"PLEASE! I want to learn and no one else will teach me. I don't think they like me," she said climbing up on his bed.
"Well you're right, no one here does like you! Now lemme alone!" he said pushing her off his bed.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN!!!!!! Seifer's a MEANY!!!" she said after falling straight on her butt then got up and running out of the room.
"Stupid, Keira,"
~*~
"HELLO? EARTH TO SEIFER?" said a masculine voice. Seifer snapped out of his 'day-dream'
"Yea what?" he said not looking at his friend.
"Fujin and I are getting something ta eat, ya know! Ya want anything?"
"I'm fine,"
"Alright man," said Raijin and turned to leave. He went a round a corner and passed a beautiful looking girl. All Seifer heard was Fujin say "PIG!" and then an "Ow!" from Raijin, and he just assumed that she had hurt him, in one way or another. Seifer looked up when he saw another reflection in the water beside him, sitting next to him. It wasn't Raijin, or Fujin. It was a complete stranger.
"You go to Garden, don't you?" she asked, putting her long, reddish, brown hair behind her ears.
"Used to, what's it to you?" he asked cooly.
"Oh I was just wondering why you're here? Are you a SeeD yet?" she asked looking at the left side of his face.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked turning his face to her.
"You're Seifer Almasy," she said with such ease, and acting as thought that was one of the stupidest questions in the world.
"Are you not afraid?"
"Of what?"
"What I have done," he said looking back down at the water.
"Oh the whole Sorceress Ultimecia, thing? That's not you fault" she said.
"Yes it is, that's why I'm not in Garden anymore." he said picking up a rock and throwing it into the water.
"Is this you decision?" she asked still looking at his face although he didn't look at her.
"Yes,"
"Well, I'm pretty sure if you ask, Headmaster Cid and Matron to -" she was cut off.
"Matron? How do you know Eda by that name?" he said as his head jerked up and stared straight into her dark blue eyes.
"Why wouldn't I. I mean, she took care of me, I mean us, when we were younger didn't she?" she said looking at him as though he was stupid.
"What do you mean we?"
"Uh, Selphie, Zell, Ellone, Squall, you, Quisty, and Irvine. AND myself!" she added happily.
"Who are you?" he asked standing up. She followed suite.
"I'm Keira," she said, once again putting her hair behind her right ear.
"I don't believe you," he said crossing his arms looking at her suspiciously. Keira walked towards him. He took a step back.
"Teach me how to fish," she said looking straight in to his eyes. Seifer jumped back.
"NO WAY!" Seifer said in shock. Now that Seifer was standing up he got a good look at her. She was wearing a SeeD Cadet uniform. And her hair was just passed her shoulders.
"How old are you?" he asked her.
"16,"
"You've grown," he stated the obvious. Keira wasn't the little girl the he kind of knew at the orphanage. She was a, he hated to admit it, beautiful, young adult. Who has certainly matured over the 10 years that they were apart.
"Well that's what happens to humans over the course of 10 years," she said smiling sweetly, at her old acquaintance.
'Yea but not THAT much. Man! Has she Grown up. She looks VERY mature for a 16 year old.' Seifer thought to himself.
"Well, anyway, if you talk to Cid and Matron, I'm pretty sure they'll let you back in," she said grabbing his hand. She new fairly well that her wouldn't let her, but to her surprise he didn't try to get away.
"And what if they don't?" he said walking behind her as she was pulling him towards the Town exit.
"They will," she said then stopped and let go of Seifer's hand. She turned to stare at him.
"You know," she started. "If you stop being so damn pessimistic, things wouldn't be so bad." Then she walked out fo town. Seifer hesitated then followed.
'Maybe she's right, if I make some sort of agreement with Cid and Eda, then maybe I can become a SeeD after all," he thought to himself. Garden wasn't mobile anymore so it made a lot easier for students to visit friends and family. Seifer approached the massive school, and saw the Ragnarok behind it.
"Little twerps must be back from the mission," he mumbled as he reached the entrance. Keira was waiting for him.
"You ready?" she asked. He walked right passed her.
"I guess," he continued walking.
"Hey wait up," she said as she ran up to him. Seifer had a smile on his face. "What?"
"Nothing," he said then made his way to the elevator. Keira went on with him. He looked at her "Why are you following me?" he asked her.
"I have my own business with Matron and Cid," she said sticking her noise in the air.
They reached the 3rd floor and ran into someone coming out of the room. She bumped right into Seifer, and fell on her butt.
"Ow, sorry...Seifer!?" she looked to Seifer's left, then got up. "You must be the girl? Headmaster Cid is looking for you." She said then walked back inside the room.
"Well that didn't take long, Selphie," said a teenager in a beige cowboy hat, smiling at his girlfriend.
"She was right outside...with him," she said nudging her head toward Seifer.
"Ah, Seifer," said a man sitting at mahogany desk. "What brings you to Garden?"
"I've come to ask to be re-enrolled as a student," Seifer said looking at the floor. Keira looked around the room at the 7 teenagers.
'Selphie, Irvine, Quisty, Zell, Sis, Squall, and her I don't know' Keira thought looking from left to right.
"I don't recall kicking you out," said headmaster Cid standing up. "There have been some disciplinary issues in the Garden lately and there has been no one to punish them, you room is as you left it." he finish smiling at Seifer. Seifer felt as though the whole world was lifted off his shoulders.
"Now to the task at hand. Seifer please stay, you need to hear this." Cid said as Seifer was about to leave. Eda then came in the doors.
"Ah, I see everyone is here. Good. While I was at the orphanage for that short time I found some old pictures. Here," she said handing out the pictures to her 'children' (that includes everyone in the room but Keira, and Rinoa). She handed them all the same picture.
"Ha! There's you Zell," stated Selphie, and pointing at a little boy in the picture.
"There's Selphie and Quisty, together as always." said Zell.
"There's Squall, with Ellone," Quisty - I mean Quistis said.
"Ooo you're so cute!" said Rinoa, now in a SeeD cadet uniform.
"Shut up!" Squall said putting his head in his hand.
"And it looks like Irvine has a girlfriend," said Ellone.
"Yea, who is she?" Irvine asked looking up from the picture.
"Well that is what I have called you here for. I introduce you to a long lost friend. Squall, Zell, Quistis, Selphie, Ellone, and Irvine this," she said pointing to Keira. "Is Keira,"
Keira waved "Hi," she said and gave them a smile.
"Keira?" mumbled Irvine.
The he looked at her, his eyes widened and his mouth dropped, Selphie was getting a bit annoyed with is behavior.
"Oh my god! Keira!"
A/N: Okay.......done. I hope you like. R&R please.