Once Again

A Final Fantasy VIII Fan Fic

Characters and Locations from said game belong to SquareSoft.

By Robertdogwood

Once Again

Chapter Eleven

‘A Trepie’s Revelation’

‘Quistis Drops Her Towel’

‘Squall Takes a Fall’

‘Akane Gets Flashed’

The three upper-classmen students, whose main preoccupation in life appeared to be the adoration of the former instructor Quistis Trepe, sat around a back table in the cafeteria. They were so universally known in the Garden as Trepies that no one even remembered their actual names. It was late afternoon, and the Trepies had cut their last class to commiserate about the continued disappearance of Quistis.

Trepie #1, a physically well-put together young, black man, was sprawled on a chair at one table while Trepie #2, an attractive brunette, young woman and Trepie #3, an attractive young woman with short brunette hair were at another table playing ‘Triple Triad.’

According to the official Garden philosophy, ‘Triple Triad’ playing was greatly discouraged, because the ‘powers-that-be’ felt it led to conflicts between the students and prevented them from concentrating fully on their studies, although many people still played clandestinely and some of these people, it was rumored, were on the Garden staff.

“How do I love thee, Instructor Trepe? Let me count the ways,” rhapsodized Trepie #1.

Trepie #2 retorted, while placing a ‘Blitz’ card in the upper left corner of the board, “Will you please get serious? We’re here because we are extremely worried about Instructor Trepe’s continued absence from our lives.”

“That’s right,” exclaimed Trepie #3, while placing a ‘Mesmerize’ card directly under the ‘Blitz’ and flipping it.

“Yeah, right,” Trepie #1 responded sarcastically. “You all are so upset you’re playing cards!”

While placing a ‘Jelleye’ in the top middle of the board next to the ‘Blitz’ and thereby flipping it back, Trepie #2 said, “Yeah, but at least we’re not making bad poetry.”

Trepie #1 responded, “You all are just jealous, because I can declare my romantic love for her.”

Trepie #3 confessed, while placing an ‘Abyss Worm’ card in the upper right corner flipping the ‘Jelleye,’ “I too romantically love Instructor Trepe and I, for one, am not ashamed to admit it.”

Trepie #1 replied, “I’m shocked and appalled to hear such a thing!”

“Me too,” said Trepie #2 while placing a ‘Jumbo Cactuar’ card in the middle space in the middle row underneath the Jelleye and beside the ‘Mesmerize’ flipping both of them.

Trepie #1 continued, “How can you corrupt something as pure as our adoration for Instructor Trepe with something as mundane as physical lust?”

“Oh, grow up!” retorted Trepie #3, while placing an ‘Elvoret’ card underneath the ‘Mesmerize’ flipping it back.

“Well, I’m not going to listen this trashy drivel any further,” exclaimed Trepie #1, while gaining his feet. “I’m going to the former classroom of the Instructor Trepe and I am going to fall down on my knees and pray for her safe return,” he said while, striding from the room.

“Get him!” Trepie #2 complained, while placing a ‘Tiamat’ card in the right space on the middle row underneath the ‘Abyss Worm’ flipping it.

Trepie #3 placed a ‘Hexadragon’ card in the bottom right space underneath the ‘Tiamat’ flipping it and stated, “I have nothing more to say about any of this.”

Trepie #2 placed a ‘Fujin, Raijin’ card in the bottom middle space flipping the ‘Hexadragon’ card and winning the game. “I win!” she shouted. “Give me that ‘Elvoret’,” she excitedly declared, while snatching it off the board.

“Hey,” said Trepie #3, “your ‘Fujin, Raijin’ card is autographed!”

“Yeah, I had them autograph it, when they came back to Garden.”

“Oh, man! That’s way cool! Wanna go again?” asked Trepie #3.

“Sure.”

………………..

As Zell, Mishima, and Kasumi began walking again, after the unpleasant task of burying the soldiers’ bodily remains was completed, and, Zell had hidden the Galbadian Army vehicle as best he could, Kasumi said, “I still don’t understand why we couldn’t take the truck. We could reach Dollet so much more quickly.”

When Mishima heard Zell heavily sigh with frustration in prelude to speech, she quickly forestalled him by explaining, “We would be running a high risk, if we happened to pass any kind of Galbadian vehicles.”

“Yeah, but so what?’ Kasumi persisted “We’re apparently running a risk now.”

“You know, Zell, she does have a point.”

Zell nodded. “I wonder what in the hell is going on? I’ve never seen Galbadian soldiers act like that.”

After they had traveled another mile, Zell suddenly exclaimed, “I’ve got it! They’re looking for Squall and Quistis. They have orders to shoot to kill.”

“Oh, that’s not good,” replied Kasumi.

“That’s an understatement,” commented Mishima.

When the sun began to set, they stopped and had their usual meal of dried fruit and nuts, and then took a short break. Kasumi responded, “I’ll be so glad to get to Dollet, so I can get some real food. I’m really getting sick of eating dried fruit and nuts three times a day.”

“I know that’s right!” chimed in Zell. “What I wouldn’t give for a hot dog right about now!”

Mishima joked, “Look at this way, Kasumi – at least you’re losing some weight.”

“Yeah,” she said, “but I’m losing it where I don’t want and not where I need.”

As Zell appeared totally perplexed, Mishima leaned over and whispered, “She means she’s losing it in her breasts and not in her hips.”

Zell immediately turned bright red and attempted to turn away. “Same old Zell,” Mishima laughed aloud.

Zell jumped up and announced, “Let’s get going,” and set off on a brisk pace trailed by the two giggling young women.

…………………

Irvine and Akane sat at a table in the coffee shop waiting in vain for somebody to show up.

“Boy!” Akane exclaimed, “This sure is weird. Everybody’s gone.”

Irvine wondered aloud where Rinoa was. Akane answered, “I don’t have the slightest idea. I haven’t seen her since this morning, but I’ll see her this evening. We have a date to study.”

“Oh,” Irvine replied disappointedly. “I thought maybe we could go to the training center this evening.”

“Whatever for?” asked Akane suspiciously, remembering her last experience with Irvine.

Irvine went on to explain, “I think I lost my grandfather’s heirloom watch on the balcony. I need to look for it.”

“Irvine, Selphie told me about that too.”

‘Darn that Selphie,’ Irvine thought.

Akane reached across the table and pinched Irvine on the right cheek. “Oh, you’re so cute.”

Irvine had the grace to blush slightly. Akane continued, “I think every young girl should have a friendship with an older gentleman to help guide her through life’s twists and turns and I’m so glad that you’re him for me.”

“Older gentleman?” Irvine questioned.

Akane jumped up from the table, pulled Irvine up from his chair, intertwined her arm with his and exclaimed, “Come on, Sensei. Let’s go eat!”

………………..

Seifer, Raijin, and Fujin were eating their dinner in the cafeteria. Seifer had his plate stacked high with hot dogs, while Raijin and Fujin each had a bowl of Tomato Miso soup and a bean sprout salad on a side dish.

“Now let me get this straight,” said Raijin.

“Take your time, Rage. We’ve got all night,” quipped Seifer.

Ignoring that, Raijin turned to Fujin and said, “You’re saying there’s a spy in the Garden?”

“YES” replied Fujin.

“No way,” exclaimed Raijin.

“WAY!” retorted Fujin.

“We would know, no da,” stated Raijin.

Seifer interjected, “Rage, take a look around the room. Do you know anybody in here?”

“Yeah, I know Irvine.”

“That’s good, Rage. We can eliminate Irvine,” Seifer went on sarcastically.

“Somebody would know, no da,” Raijin continued unwilling to concede.

Seifer glanced at him and just shook his head. Standing up, Seifer ordered, “Let’s go.”

………………..

Squall and Quistis had just finished eating their dinner in one of the many cafeterias on campus. Pushing back from his empty plate, Squall asked, “So where was your boyfriend today?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t seen him all day. He wasn’t in class. I wonder if it means anything?”

“Yeah,” answered Squall. “It means you got dumped.”

“Oh, you!” Quistis wagged her forefinger on her right hand in a playful manner at him. “So where’s your precious Kyoko?”

“As a matter of fact, we have a study date tonight.”

“Oh, yeah? Which subject?” Quistis sarcastically inquired.

“I believe it’s anatomy 101.”

Quistis replied, “I don’t remember seeing that course in the curriculum.”

“It’s special credit,” Squall retorted smiling.

“I’m telling Rinoa on you,” Quistis responded in the voice of a small child. “You’re gonna get in trouble.”

“She won’t believe you.”

Quistis sat forward. “Yes, she will when I get finished.”

“Well then, I guess I’d better behave myself.”

“Yes you should,” agreed Quistis.

Squall arose and pulled Quistis’s chair out, while she stood up and said, “I’m going back to the dorm and-.”

“Take a shower,” Squall finished the sentence.

Both laughing, they left the cafeteria.
………………..

Quistis stepped back quickly into their dorm apartment wrapped in a large towel still damp from the shower. Locking the door behind her, she began to cross the room when two men, who had been hiding in the corners, stepped up suddenly behind her.

One of them jammed a small handgun into her back and instructed, “Quistis Trepe! Turn around very slowly, if you don’t want to get hurt.”

Quistis froze, her brain locked, her blood ran cold and it took every bit of her strength to retain her towel as adrenaline raced through her body. She slowly turned and observed two tall, dark haired men, who were dressed in black suits with white shirts and black shoes and, who so closely resembled each other, they might have been twins.

The one with the handgun explained, “Quistis Trepe, you are hereby under arrest for crimes unspecified against the internal security of the Empire of Galbadia. You will be transported to the Galbadian D-District Prison where you will await execution.”

Quistis exclaimed, “I don’t know what you’re talking about or who this Quistis whatever is! My name is-.”

“Save it!” the other man ordered. “Don’t waste our time! Now let’s go!” he said clutching her roughly by the arm.

“Wait!” Quistis entreated, “At least allow me to get dressed.”

“Fine,” the man said, dropping her arm. “Go ahead.”

“You don’t think I’m getting dressed with you two standing there, do you?”

“Lady, personally I don’t care what you do,” the man with the gun retorted “But if you think we’re turning our back on you, you’re wrong! Now either get dressed or let’s go.”

Quistis knelt down by her backpack and began to open it. The man holding the gun quickly crossed to her and stepped down hard on her hand pinning it to the floor. As pain shot through her hand, Quistis gritted her teeth against it refusing to cry out or show weakness.

The other man leaned down and opened the backpack pulling out Quistis’s ‘Save the Queen’. “Pretty interesting piece of clothing, don’t you think?” he joked displaying it to the man holding the gun.

“Quit screwing around and put it back.” The man holding the gun continued, “Lady, I’m quickly running out of patience with you. Either get dressed or let’s go! And if you try anything else, we’ll just kill you here and be done with it.”

Quistis, realizing she had just run out of options, stood up, dropped the towel on the dorm floor revealing her bare body and turned her back and began to dress.

“Hmmm, nice” one of the men said.
………………..

Squall knocked on Kyoko’s door wondering why she had insisted he pick her up at her room rather than just meet somewhere as they had always done previously.

“Come on in! It’s open,” came the voice of Kyoko from within the room.

Squall opened the door with some trepidation; his mind whirling with possibilities of what Kyoko might have planned for him. So it was with a great sense of relief when he observed her fully dressed standing in the corner of the room holding a book.

“What’s wrong?” she asked, “You look a little frightened.”

“Oh, nothing,” Squall answered. “I just wondered why we met here all of the sudden?”

“Oh, I get it,” Kyoko said, setting the book down and crossing the room toward him. “You think I had you come here, because I have plans to seduce you.”

“That thought did occur to me,” Squall admitted.

“What if I did?” she asked.

Squall answered, “I did tell you from the beginning I have a girlfriend in Deiling City.”

Suddenly Kyoko rushed at him and, throwing her arms tightly around him, causing him to drop his guitar case, she said, "What was her name? Oh, yeah – Rinoa, isn’t it?”

Before Squall could respond his shocked surprise at hearing Rinoa’s name when he had never mentioned her to Kyoko, the door suddenly burst open and two dark haired men dressed in black suits, white shirts and black shoes ran into the room. Squall attempted to whirl quickly, while Kyoko hung grimly onto him. Squall jammed his right foot down on one of her feet hard enough to cause her to weaken her grasp and he flung her off and reached to open his guitar case, when one of the men stepped up and brought the butt of his handgun down hard on Squall’s forehead knocking him unconscious.

When Squall regained consciousness, his head pounding with enormous pain, he realized the two men and Kyoko didn’t yet recognize he was awake so he laid quietly in order to regain some strength and possibly spring a surprise attack and still be able to obtain ‘Lion Heart’. He needed to warn Quistis!

“Good work,” one of the men informed Kyoko.

“I always do good work. You could have been a little quicker, you know. He almost broke my foot!”

Squall quickly rolled to his guitar case unclasping and flipping it open, while he rose to one knee. The man with the gun began moving towards him and Squall reached inside the case pulling out the guitar and rising up swung it wildly at him hitting him squarely in the face causing the gun to discharge wildly.

Squall then grabbed the false bottom and smashed it straight down on the head of the second man knocking him to the ground. As Squall reached down for ‘Lion Heart’ the man with the gun regained control of himself and ordered “Stop right there!” Squall never hesitated, but gripped ‘Lion Heart’ and, as he perceived the man preparing to shoot, he brought it straight down over the man’s gun arm severing it just above the elbow.

The man in black screamed in agony and fell back with his blood pumping out of his stump where his arm had once been and drenching Kyoko with blood, who was doing some screaming of her own. Squall quickly crossed to the door and opened it just to have a gun stuck into the middle of his forehead by a man in the hallway, who ordered, “Alright gunblade boy, drop your weapon now or the next time you wake up, you might wake up dead!” Squall dropped ‘Lion Heart’ to the floor with a clatter.

………………..

Rinoa and Akane sat on opposite ends of Rinoa’s bed with Akane’s textbook lying in the middle.

“What’s your test in tomorrow?”

“Elementary magic,” answered Akane “It’s so stupid. I already know all this. My father taught me all this a long time ago.”

“Is your father a military man?” Rinoa asked curious.

“No, not really.”

As Akane appeared hesitant for some reason, Rinoa decided not to press it. “Well, let’s get started,” she said picking up the study sheet.

“Where were you this afternoon?” Akane suddenly asked.

Rinoa flushed slightly before answering, “Oh, I was tired and came back here and took a nap.” Rinoa always felt uncomfortable lying to her friends.

Akane glanced over at Rinoa’s bureau, where Rinoa had carelessly thrown her wet bikini when arriving back from the swimming pool. It was dripping water onto the floor and a small puddle had formed.

“Why is your bathing suit wet?”

“Uh, because I wore it in the shower,” Rinoa badly lied.

“You were wearing your bathing suit in the shower! Since when did you become so modest?”

Rinoa exclaimed, “You’re just trying to avoid studying. Now what’s the answer to question #1?”

Several questions and answers later, Rinoa noticed that Akane began to blush furiously and had looked away.

“Uh, Rinoa. I guess it shouldn’t really bother me since there are no guys here, but why aren’t you wearing any underwear?”

Rinoa glanced down and noticed her short skit had ridden up dangerously high on her thighs, exposing her wide open vagina.

‘Oh my God!’ she thought, while quickly pulling her skirt down. ‘I forgot I didn’t have time at the pool to grab my underwear!’

Suddenly Akane’s hand snaked out and clutched Rinoa’s preventing her from becoming decent again.

“What are you doing?!” shrieked Rinoa.

“Wait,” Akane explained, “I just want to look. It’s okay, we’re both girls for Hyne’s sake.”

Still holding Rinoa’s hand away, Akane leaned down to closely inspect Rinoa’s vulva. Glancing up into Rinoa’s sweet, but now perplexed appearing, face Akane admitted, “Your cunt is so beautiful – nothing like my withered up looking thing.”

Rinoa blushed furiously at Akane’s filthy obscenity and protested, “I’m sure you’re mistaken. I bet your vagina is every bit as good looking as mine is.”

Akane retorted, “Here I’ll show you,” and, before Rinoa could lodge a complaint, Akane arose quickly from the bed and removed every piece of clothing she was wearing, now standing stark naked in front of Rinoa!

“Akane!” Rinoa half-heartedly protested, while becoming intrigued, despite herself, at perceiving Akane’s labia was now fully open in an invitation and there was moisture present. Akane drew closer to the bed, where Rinoa was seated, literally sticking her quite beautiful, reddish, pubic haired framed vagina into Rinoa’s face!

“There! – Do you see what I mean?” Akane asked the astonished Deiling City teenager.

Rinoa glanced up at Akane and responded gently, “It appears quite beautiful to me, Akane and besides your breasts are far cuter than mine. I’m jealous!”

It was true Akane had wondrously pert appearing breasts with the most luscious nipples possible.

“I don’t believe you,” Akane protested, “You’re just saying that to make me feel better.”

“No, no,” Rinoa insisted, “I’m not.”

“Let me see,” responded Akane, as she suddenly reached down and pulled Rinoa’s school uniform blouse over her head causing her beautiful breasts to bounce. Akane peered intently at Rinoa’s beautifully formed breasts with their splendid nipples, while Rinoa blushed furiously and attempted to cover herself by raising her hands over them.

Since Rinoa’s hands were now preoccupied with attempting to fend off Akane’s inspection of her breasts, Akane reached down and pulled off Rinoa’s skirt with one quick yank!

“Akane!” Rinoa screeched, “You’ve stripped me as naked as a jay bird!”

“He, he,” Akane giggled, while suddenly leaning down and beginning to passionately kiss the startled Rinoa. Akane snaked her tongue into Rinoa’s open mouth and began to probe the beautiful teenager’s mouth. Suddenly Rinoa began to become sexually aroused and she began returning the kiss in earnest, while reaching out with her hands and gently rubbing Akane’s nipples, which arose in appreciation.

Akane climbed onto the bed and laid her naked body on top of Rinoa, while continuing to kiss her. Rinoa began to gently rub her hands everywhere on Akane’s body she could easily reach. Akane moaned and reaching down with her right hand inserted two fingers into Rinoa’s impressive vagina.

Akane began moving her fingers back and forth in Rinoa’s accepting vagina. Rinoa moaned and reached down with her hands and located Akane’s vulva. Akane located Rinoa’s clitoris and began to rub back and forth faster and faster. She realized from the moisture present on her fingers that Rinoa had become sexually aroused. Rinoa murmured, “Fuck me, Akane. Fuck me harder.”

Akane complied with Rinoa’s request by inserting another one of her fingers into Rinoa and beginning to thrust her three fingers as far as they could reach, while Rinoa began to manipulate her clitoris.

“Oh Hyne!” Akane shouted. “That’s feels so good. Don’t stop.”

Rinoa worked her fingers in and out of Akane’s breathtaking vagina faster and faster causing Akane to do the same in her until suddenly both of the awesomely beautiful teenagers began screaming in ecstasy as their cum came rolling out of their beauteous vaginas.

A few moments later, as Xu entered their room without knocking she was quite startled to find a totally nude Rinoa sitting cross-legged on one end of her bed and a stark naked Akane sitting in the same position on the other end asking Rinoa questions about elementary magic.

Blushing furiously, Xu exclaimed, “Oh, I beg your pardon,” and quickly backed out through the doorway closing the door. The two naked young women looked at each other nonplussed for a moment and then burst out laughing.

Akane suddenly asked again, “How come you weren’t wearing any underwear?”

Rinoa couldn’t think of one plausible lie and suddenly blurted out, “I forgot to put some on this morning.”

Akane appeared to seriously consider this ridiculous answer and then rejected it, asking, “Are you cheating on Squall?”

“What!” shouted Rinoa. “Where would you get such an idea? I’m not cheating on Squall. I love Squall very much!”

Akane explained, “The reason I asked is nobody knows where you were this afternoon and now tonight you’re not wearing any underwear, which you seem unable to explain.”

Rinoa again attempted to deflect the young teenager, who was beginning to highly irritate her. “Let’s get back to studying.”

Akane ignored her and responded, “Because I was afraid Squall wouldn’t want to meet your best friend, if you were cheating on him.”

“Akane!” Rinoa practically screamed.

“Okay, okay. What number are we on?”

Zell, Kasumi, and Mishima walked until the moon was high in the night sky and then Kasumi announced, “I can’t walk another step. I’m not saying we have to stop, but I am saying that one of you will have to carry me.”

“Okay,” Zell laughed, “point taken. Let’s stop for the night.”

The young SeeDs scouted the area searching for as much protection as they could locate and finally decided on an area behind some huge rocks. They could not risk a fire. Because of the flat terrain, a fire could be spotted from miles away.

Mishima volunteered for the first watch and, as Kasumi and Zell were falling asleep, she pointed toward the highway which lay about ten miles west and said, “Straight up that road is Dollet. We’ve got about another eight hours to walk, if we continue to make good time.”

“Oh thank God,” Kasumi muttered as she fell immediately asleep.

“Sleep sweet,” Mishima whispered to the already slumbering Zell.

In the morning, the three young SeeDs once again arose at the first sign of daylight and silently ate their meal of dried fruits and nuts. They then set off walking again toward the City of Dollet.

………………….

Irvine, Rinoa, Akane, and the pigtail girl were sitting around their early morning coffee shop table waiting for the second shift for breakfast to be announced.

Irvine asked, “Rinoa, what are you looking so excited about?”

Before Rinoa could answer, Akane glared at her and announced, “She’s got a new boyfriend!”

“What?!” Irvine and the pigtail girl exclaimed in unison.

“I do not!” shouted Rinoa, attracting a few stares from people at other tables. Irvine suggested she lower her voice.

Rinoa attempted to answer Irvine’s initial question. “I’m excited because-.”

Akane interrupted, “Get her to tell you why she wasn’t wearing any underwear last night.”

Rinoa furiously hissed, “Akane, if you don’t shut up about that right this instant, you can leave this table immediately.”

Rinoa could feel her anger subsiding somewhat and glanced around the table. Irvine appeared pruriently curious about Akane’s statement and the pigtail girl was blushing.

Rinoa answered Irvine, “I’m excited because we’re going to Trabia Garden and it holds a lot of special memories for me.”

“Yeah, I guess for me too,” Irvine agreed.

Rinoa finally allowed herself to glance at Akane, who was appearing rather subdued and once again Rinoa’s heart went out to the cute, irrepressible teenager and she reached across the table and clasped Akane’s hand before she could pull away and expressed, “I’m really sorry, Akane. I didn’t mean it. I’m just a little on edge about not hearing anything about Squall yet.”

Tears began to roll down Akane’s face and she sobbed, “I’m sorry too, Rinoa. I’m just in a bad mood this morning and I took it out on you.” Rinoa, observing Akane’s tears, began unaccountably to have tears roll down her face also.

“Ladies, please!” Irvine pleaded, “Pull yourselves together. They’ve just called our shift in the cafeteria.” Rinoa stood up and, moving about the table, she pulled Akane up from her chair and embraced her.

Irvine arose and asked the pigtail girl, “Shall we leave this mutual admiration society to wend their way behind us at their own leisure, in order that we don’t miss out on the most important meal of the day?”

When the pigtail girl nodded yes, Irvine slipped around behind her chair, pulled it out for her and took her arm and helped her up and escorted her out of the coffee shop followed by the weeping Rinoa and Akane. Many people in the coffee shop were disappointed the morning’s entertainment had just left.

When the four of them were moving up the corridor to the first floor, Irvine glanced behind him and asked, “Rinoa, why does Akane know you weren’t wearing underwear last night?”

As Akane giggled, Rinoa snapped, “You shut up too, Irvine!”

When they were strolling into the cafeteria, Cid and Edea were approaching them on their way out. Irvine paused in preparation to greet Edea when he suddenly heard Rinoa ask, “Akane, where are you going?”

Irvine turned his head to observe Akane already out in the corridor and moving the other direction. Akane called out, “I left something important in my room. I’ll catch up with you all later.”

“Strange,” thought Irvine. “She really is scared of Cid and Edea. I wonder why?”