Disclaimer: Don't own Final Fantasy 8 or any of its characters…it's Selphie/Seifer…so if you don't like it you can go and die. ^_^ Opposites attract sometimes you know!

Vince: And introducing my muse…pet…slave person thing, since Vale got Arnvid I decided to get one of my own!! Meet Arvida *grin*
Arvida: …um…ello everyone… *blink blink* … *hides behind Vince*
Vince: …she's shy for now…she'll warm up to you guys ^_^

Vale: … *Cry* I wanted to be the only one of us five to have a muse!!
Vince: …well too bad. At least Tomoe, Thor, and Fantasy Girl don't have one…
Vale: …this is true.
Vince: Anyway read on my reviewers!

Training
Chapter One
The Mission
By:
Vince (Saturn Angels)


Selphie's alarm clock began making the most annoying sound ever recorded by man as the time reached 5:30 AM. She groaned slightly, she was usually a morning person but after last night she had about two hours of sleep -not that she could really call it sleep as she had slept uneasily. 'Last night…' Selphie thought with a small frown. She sighed and hit the 'snooze' button on the alarm clock and buried her face in her fluffy blue pillow grumbling something about five in the morning being too early to wake up anyway.

She woke up again by the alarm fifteen minutes later only to push the snooze button again, after the third time she just decided to get up, as it was already fifteen minutes until six. She yawned as she pulled on her yellow dress that she always wore and went to the bathroom to fix her hair. She stared in the mirror and looked at her hair, which was extremely messy and disheveled, "Now I remember why I wake up at five…" she mumbled incoherently as she grabbed a brush and began flipping her hair. This process in itself took about forty minutes to an hour. Once she was finished it was close to seven she glanced in the mirror and took a deep breath she grinned at her reflection, "Okay Selphie! Time to start your day!" she said with a smile as she thrust her fist into the air and ran out the door heading to the cafeteria.

On her way there she met up with Quistis and invited her to breakfast, Quistis shook her head with a small smile saying she had to finish grading some exams.

Selphie pouted and shrugged and began her journey to the cafeteria again.

It had been a full year after Ultemicia's defeat. Quistis had been given her job back as instructor, Quistis's fan club grew more, Squall was headmaster, Cid and Edea had rebuilt the orphanage to its former glory, Zell was dating one of the library girls, Squall and Rinoa were going steady, and Irvine…

Selphie sighed as she remembered what had happened just last night, everything was going so good with Irvine, and she thought she could trust him. That was of course when she had heard from Quistis that he hadn't been in any of his classes that day, so naturally she was worried. She had gone to check on him; hell she had even gotten him a get well soon card. She didn't bother knocking figuring he could be asleep or too sick to answer the door, or his voice could've been lost. When she walked in worrying about all the possible things that could be wrong with she immediately froze. Irvine was in bed all right-with a nice young blonde lying next to him. They were both asleep luckily and neither woke up to her sounds upon entering. She had held in her sob and ran out of the room extremely flustered and heartbroken.

Selphie shook her head marveling about how stupid she was to have been so naïve to think Irvine would limit himself to only her. He didn't even realize that she had seen what she had; he was clueless and continued his little act at being the perfect, flirtatious, boyfriend. The bastard.

She was interrupted from her thoughts by the PA sounding and Squall's voice coming from the intercom, "I am requesting the presence of Selphie Tilmitt SeeD level 29 ((A/N: I think that's good right? I'm thinking about the test levels…is it the same thing?? Haven't played in a little over 6 months…)) in my office immediately."

"Right to the point, Squally, as usual." Selphie said with a smile as she ran to the elevator. She pressed number 3 and waited as it went slowly upwards. Once it opened she stepped out and into Headmaster Squall's office. Boy, that was weird to say…she still wasn't used to it, "You called, Sir?" Selphie asked as she gave a small salute.

"Yes, Selphie. Glad to see you made haste. You're going to be assigned a new mission," Squall said as he motioned for her to sit down, she did as instructed.

"Mission?" Selphie asked curiously.

"I'm sure you remember Seifer Almasy, Fujin, and Raijin?"

"Umm…yeah. Wasn't Seifer the sorceress's knight, and Fujin and Raijin his little posse thing?"

"Formerly the disciplinary committee here, yes. Well, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you see it, I have spoken with Cid on these matters and we agreed to let them back into garden."

"Booyaka…hey, is it just me or are you talking a lot more then usual?" Selphie asked inquiringly.

"Yeah, Rin told me to." Squall said with a shrug, "whatever."

Selphie smiled, "Sooo…what'd you call me here for?"

"Well before they're let back into garden they have to pass some tests to see if they're…how should I put it? Stable enough? No…just to make sure they won't try and kill people…you know. We have to find out how they'll react to different situations…your job is to take Seifer…and just make sure he's …calm. You will have three weeks away from Garden spending time in many of the cities around the world testing Seifer. You will have full control of the Ragnarok. I've assigned Raijin to Irvine and Fujin to Quistis."

"Me? Testing Seifer?" Selphie questioned blinking, "But he'll kill me!"

"I gave this job to you because I thought you would handle it well…with a level-head…but if you're not up to it I can always give it to someone else."

Selphie shook her head quickly, "no, no. I was merely…um stating the facts. Yeah, but you can count on me, sir!"

"Good. He'll meet you at 3:00 PM sharp at the Front Gate. Dismissed."

She stood, gave a salute, and rushed to the elevator.

Squall shook his head in amusement, "Now to other matters…" he thought frowning as he pulled out a large pile of paperwork.

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End Chapter One

Vince: *heavy sigh* Wow! *giggle* I managed to write the first chapter pretty easily!! Yahoo!
Vale: And even more surprisingly I think it came out pretty well!
Vince: Thanks! Wait…what do you mean surprisingly it came out pretty well??
Vale: …I said that part out loud?
Vince: …
Vale: …teehee. Oops.
Vince: …anyway, don't forget to review!