Irvine's Secret

*Note*
Since chapter 8 and 9 are fairly short, I'm going to combine them into a still short but longer than it would have been chapter. And I've been getting a lot of "OMG! This is confusing! Nice. But hella confusing!" from allot of people. Ask questions, I'll be happy to clear up the confusion. You can either email me Bishonenkitty@yahoo.com or just ask here. But preferably my email XD.
*disclaimer* I don't own any of the characters from this game, Final Fantasy VIII, blah blah blah. You get it...


Chapter 8
"Omen"

"Gooooooooood morning, everyone!" Laguna entered the garden with obvious pep in his step. He greeted the SeeDs cheerfully for no reason. He seemed to be completely oblivious to the 'I'm-fucking-tired-I'll-kill-you' look they all gave wore. It was the beginning of their break, so most students were already out and about in the halls. Laguna, followed by Kiros and Ward walked around until they found the training facility. Laguna stopped a good distance away from the entrance.

"Look. There's Zell." he rubbed his hands. "Let's sneak up on him!"

"What are you, 12?" Kiros shook his head.

Laguna slid up against the wall, humming his own 'theme' song. He tip toed behind Zell, rose his hand, and shouted "CHOP!", stopping an inch from Zell's shoulder.

"Oh no! You got me!" Zell turned around. "You really ought to stop humming so loudly."

"What are you talking about? I wasn't humming. I am a ninja, and ninjas are silent." He posed oddly chanting 'nin' under his breath.

"You're on something..."

"Yeah, Probably." He stood in a super hero pose and laughed. "Thanks for playing along."

Zell shook his head. "How are you Mr. Lorie?"

"Good. Call me Laguna! Where's my boy?"

"Oh! Uh... I don't think you want to see him...right now."

"Why?"

"He's been having a little hissy hit about this thing that happened back in Galambia."

"What?"

"Well, ya see...." Zell's eyes widened when Quistis turned the corner. "I don't think there should be a rule against hover boards in Gardens. Yeah. Oh. Hiiiiii Quistis."

"Hi Zell.... Mr. President." She waved.

"Oh, I LIKE that. Mr. President. Sounds like a super hero name. I'm keeping it." he left.

Kiros sighed, "Great... thanks a lot Quezacotl..."

"Quistis."

"Who cares? Quezacotl? Quistis? Cubic zirconium? They all sound the same."

"Quistis..."

"Whatever, bye Q." he followed Laguna.

"It's Quistis!" she stomped. Ward gestured to her that he was sorry and ran after the two.

Quistis gave Zell a long stare. He fidgeted nervously. "How many times did you open your big mouth?

"A few times..."

"Who?" she peered.

"Laguna...sorta...and Xu..and Irvine..."

"You told Irvine!?!"

He covered his ears, "Geez. He deserved to know what happened. I mean, he was so confused about everything. I had to let him know."

"Did you tell him...about Squall and ..."

"Yeah, he knows."

"How'd he take it?" she folded her arms, shifting her weight to one side.

"Relatively well. He went on a 'This is my punishment' rant, but other than that it went well. I think."

"I hope he's ok..."


The door to the elevator opened. Kiros and Ward exited and stood before Squall. They bowed and gestured back towards the elevator. Laguna jumped forth and struck a pose. He gave a long winded speech about being a super hero or something. Ward and Kiros sighed and walked back towards the elevator.

"Heya, kiddo! Glad to see your pop?"

"Yeah. Hi." he kept writing.

"Brrr. Hi, Ms. Ice Queen. Light a fire, 'cuz you are COLD!" he shivered. "What makes you so cold to your father?"

"I'm just upset."

"What's on your mind?" He pulled up a chair. "Boy troubles?" he smiled.

"Actually, yes."

"Oh. I-I'm sorry. I didn't-"

"That's alright."

"Well?" he pat his son.

"Irvine cheated on me with that hyper little bitch." he stopped writing.

"No beating around the bush there... Are you sure?"

"I saw him." he glared.

"Oh."

"But he says 'I don't remember' all the time. So now I'm a bit curious. I want to know what really happened. I can't say he's lying to be, but I can't say he's not. I need your help. And I know you can do it."

"Alright."

"I need you to pull the tapes. I know the entire place is monitored. Pull them."

"Will do." He stood up to leave.

"Oh, and Pop? You can use the Ragnarok to get them here."

"Yes!" Laguna cheered. "Have I mentioned I love you, ma boy?"

****************and this is where chapter 9 would start******************

"Irvy!" Selphie knocked on Irvine's door. "Irvy-poo!" she continued to knock. "Hey, let me in. It's Selphie!"

Irvine sat in his bed trying to ignore her obsessive pounding. He finally gave up and came to the door. "What is it?"

"It's Rinny. There's something wrong with her. She won't come out of her room."

"So? Break her door down. Why don't you just go in there and get her?"

"That's just the thing. There is something blocking us. We can't get near her room."

"What?"

Zell and Quisits were standing outside of Rinoa's room when Irvine and Selphie arrived. Selphie was telling the truth. For some reason they could not get any closer to the room. Zell was pounding his fist against the shield that blocked them, trying to get her to come out. Rinoa sat in front of her mirror shaking. A few silver hairs found a new home on her head. One of her eyes became a yellowish color. She was a wreak mentally and psychically. She felt compelled to pick up a blade, she poked it into her wrist. She looked away and slid it downwards quickly. Rinoa yelped. Looking back at her wrist, she found her blood was black. As it fell and hit the dresser it changed to a deep red. Her mouth fell agape in horror, Rinoa screamed, and stumbled towards the door. The lights blinked in and out and she thought she saw the room go black. Visions of angels dying and her 'friends' being slaughtered flashed before her. Black tears fell from her, she grasped her wrist and hollered. The door opened and she fled passed Zell and the others.

"What the..." Irvine stared at her running away.

Quistis saw the trail of blood that followed Rinoa. "Guys...I think we should go after her."

Rinoa ran into the forest to hide herself. She sat against a tree and stared at her wound. She hadn't stopped bleeding, but she did not feel like she lost any. The visions came to her again and she shrieked until the went away. To her dismay, the blood retracted back into her and the wound closed itself. She was shocked into silence, only her hard breathing could be heard. Her heartbeat pumped in her ear as she watched her skin carefully. The pigment of it began to change, a small purple band appeared around where her wound was.

Squall and Laguna were inside Squall's room watching the tapes Laguna got for him. Squall was already angry from watching the tape of Irvine's room. He didn't see anything odd at first and he wanted to know why all this was happening. He watched the screen intensely to find his anwser. And he finally saw it. Rinoa slipping something into Irivne's drink. He watched it slowly effect him. Irvine went off screen and he heard Rinoa's voice telling Selphie the words that set the whole thing into motion. Pure rage took over his body.

"That fucking bitch!" he kicked over the table.

"Calm down." Laguna fixed the table.

"How the fuck am I supposed to calm down! You saw it! That bitch did this! She did this! Why the fuck did I ever fall for that!" He tore at his hair.

"Don't do anything rash." Laguna spoke in increasing worry,

"Headmaster!" Xu ran into the room. She didn't stop to bow to Laguna or Salute Squall, she just grabbed Squall by the arms. "Headmaster!"

"What is it?"

"The forest! The forest by the cavern! There have been explosions!" she was in complete hysterics. "There are students in that forest!!"

"What?!"

"How did this happen?" Laguna rose.

"We don't know! We don't know who or what's causing any of it."

"Where's my team?" Squall started searching the room for something.

"The Elite SeeDs?" she thought. "They...were last seen..." she gasped. "They were last seen heading towards the explosions!"

"They what?!" Laguna darted out of the room shouting for Kiros to find him a gun.

Squall opened his closet and removed his Lionheart. "I'm coming Irvine."

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Ok! Anyone confused? I am! XD J/k. things will probably be cleared up in the following chaptes. Still have any questions? Ask me here or e-mail me.