Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Always Yours ❯ Meeting the boys- Part 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Author's note- sorry about not saying anything last time. Hi, I'm PandaGirl and here's a very strange fic. Now, during the story, it will change to different perspectives. I'll let you know what they are as we go.

Anyways, I don't own Final Fantasy 8, just Raven, Terra, Luna, and Aris. If you're on fanfiction.net, you might have seen this. My name there is Vamp Queen. Ok, on to chapter 1!

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"Hey, stop shouting!" I said. "Don't get so mad at me."

"Mad?" Raven asked mockingly. "Why would I be mad? I mean, yeah, you and your Latin transportation devices have once again gotten us into a strange place with four strange beings from another universe, but is that any reason to get mad?!?"

"Hey, it was you who said, and I quote, `Wouldn't it be cool if we could travel to the FF8 world?' I granted your wish. I thought you'd like it."

"He-llo! Earth to Miss Briar! I said it would be nice. I never said I actually wanted to go. Thinking it'd be cool to go and wanting to go are two different things!"

My name is Merriweather Briar, but everyone just calls me Terra. Except, of course, when people are mad at me for little things, they call me something weird like Miss Merriweather Raine Briar.

That Raven. She's usually pretty calm, but when I decide to pull another one of my spell stunts, she goes ballistic.

Luna still had her ears plugged, ducking away to avoid the shouting. She's shy and antisocial, the complete opposite of me; I'm energetic and bold, and she's . . . well, timid. But don't let that fool you: when she needs to be, she can be a hurtling ball of fire and fury, making boulders fly and ordering ivy plants to strangle her victims. In fact, the only people that can match or even exceed her power are me and Raven.

"I told you not to do it!" Raven yelled. "I told you, but oh, no, you just had to, didn't you?"

"Oh, live a little, Birdie," I responded, using the nickname that she loathed so much. "I'm just trying to have some fun."

"Well, do you have any way of getting us back?" Raven asked. "Do you?"

"Of course I do," I replied, "but I don't want to leave now -"

The bewildered guys beside us - Squall, Seifer, Zell, and Irvine - had apparently had enough. Irvine stepped forth and separated us, placing a hand on each of our shoulders and pulling us away from each other.

"Hey, hey," he said in his smooth Southern twang, "calm down, gals. Let's not get into a bloody catfight, `kay? Wouldn't want to see such lovely girls get any bruises."

"Shut up, Irvine," Seifer said, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms. "I'm getting sick and tired of having to watch you flirt with every single girl you meet."

"Yeah, give it a rest, will you?" Zell said.

Raven sighed, calmer now, and held her head in her hands. "You'd better get us back somehow," she said.

"Just don't worry about it," I replied. I turned to Luna, still plugging her ears, and said, "It's safe now."

She unplugged them for a minute and said, "Are you sure?"

"It's alright, little lady," Irvine said. "No need to be scared of nothin'." She sighed in relief.

Zell came forward and asked, "So what the hell are you doing falling outta the sky like that? It's not fun being squashed like a bug."

"Unless they happen to be three very pretty females," Irvine interjected. "Right, guys?"

"I told you to shut up," Seifer said, glaring at him.

"Squall?" Irvine asked him. "Your opinion?"

Squall just looked away and said, "Whatever -"

"- Whatever. I knew it."

"Anyway," Zell interrupted, clearing his throat. "Can you girls explain what happened?"

"Well, it's not like it was anything we could control," Raven said. "It wasn't exactly pleasurable having to fall on top of you for us, either."

Zell shrugged. "Ah, well. No worries."

"Who are you, anyway?" Luna asked.

Raven and I gave her a strange look. "What kind of stupid question is that?" I asked. "Who do you think they are? Squall Leonhart, Zell Dincht, Seifer Almasy, and Irvine Kinneas. The ones that you were obsessing over during that boss battle with Adel?"

The guys' eyes bulged.

"How the hell did you get that information?" Zell asked. "You don't know us. We don't know you. What are you, stalkers or something?"

I waved my hand dismissively. "Long story," I explained. "We'll tell you later."

Zell and Seifer looked away uncomfortably. Squall just stood there, saying nothing, while Irvine smiled.

"Well, you seem to know us," he said. "I think I'd like to get to know you girls." He walked up behind me and slipped his arms around my waist. "We'll start with you, babe."

Seifer sighed in aggravation. "Kinneas, you are disgusting."

I giggled. "The name's Terra. Terra Briar."

"Mmm," Irvine said with an impish grin. "It suits you. A gorgeous name for a gorgeous girl."

He looked at Raven next, still wrapped around me, as she raised an eyebrow at me. She doesn't like how I let guys flirt with me like that. She thinks I'll lose my innocence. Just by letting them flirt. Yeah, right.

"And you?" he asked her.

"Um . . . Raven Moss," she told him.

"Nice. Very nice. And how about you, chickadee?"

Luna looked up nervously. "L-Luna Bush."

"Yep," I said, "that's the three of us." I broke away from Irvine and walked up to Squall, who was standing away from the group by himself, watching us. He stood up when he saw me coming and crossed his arms. I stopped in front of him and asked him, "And you're Squall, right?"

"Um . . . yeah," he replied. "Squall Leonhart."

"Yes, I've heard of you. I hear you're great with a gunblade."

"I train hard, that's all."

Luna came up in my head and whispered, "Stop it, Terra. You're making him nervous."

"I'm making you nervous, you mean."

"That too."

"Come on, I'm on a roll. I'll get him talking." I turned back to him and said, "Aren't you the son of the ruler of Esthar? What was his name . . . Laguna Loire?"

"Yeah, but . . . we aren't close."

I smiled. "Hmm . . . tall, handsome, and silent. Come on, you can hang out with me." I took him by the arm and tried to pull him toward the rest of the group, but he resisted.

"I'd prefer to stay here."

I shrugged. "Suit yourself."

"So, do you have any place to stay?" Irvine asked.

Zell groaned. "Irvine, you're driving me nuts. Cut it out with the flirting already!"

"I'll have to go with Chicken Wuss," Seifer added. "Cowboy-wannabe here doesn't know what he's saying. Ignore him."

"Actually, we don't have a place to stay," Raven told them.

"You could come with us to Balamb Garden," Squall said, pointing behind us. I looked behind me, and I saw the gigantic blue military academy floating a little ways away, glowing.

"I think we could use some rest," I said. "How about you, Raven?"

Raven just sighed and replied, "Fine. Luna?"

"Alright," she responded.

"Alright, then," Zell said. "Come on. We'll show you around. One place you've gotta visit is the cafeteria - they've got the best hot dogs!"

Seifer rolled his eyes as we started walking towards the Garden. "One, the hot dogs taste like crap, so quit babbling, Zell. Two, Cid might not like having these girls camping out there."

"They have extra rooms," Irvine said. "We'll be fine." He walked over to my side and put an arm around my waist. "So, Terra . . . tell me more about yourself."

As we continued to flirt with each other, Squall stared at each of the strange newcomers from the sky, probably wondering how we'd managed to suddenly drop in. But I noticed that when his eyes fell on me, they sort of stayed there, watching. I smiled at him, and he immediately looked away.

We came to a bunch of large, golden chocobos - great big canaries that can be ridden like a horse. I've always loved chocobos, so naturally I was thrilled at the chance to ride one.

"Whoa!" I said in amazement. "Chocobos!"

"Nice, ain't they?" Irvine said.

He studied us all for a second before saying, "There's four chocobos and seven of us. Three of us will have to carry one of the girls." He grinned at me and announced, "I'll take Terra."

"Oh, no, you don't," Zell objected. "You've done enough of that mess. You're not getting anybody."

"Shoot," Irvine said, snapping his fingers.

"So who rides with who?" Raven asked. "Luna, why don't you go with Zell?"

Luna studied Zell for a minute before saying, "Okay."

"And somebody's going to have to go with Seifer . . ." I trailed off.

Raven immediately pointed at me. I retaliated by pointing back and adding, "And it's not going to be me."

She let her arms fall in defeat and walked over to Seifer. I went up to Squall and said, "I'm with you, then."

Irvine gave me the puppy dog eyes and took my hand. "Come on, Terra, don't listen to them. Why don't you come with me?"

I pulled away and replied, "Because my escort has already been chosen. Sorry."

"Shoot."

Luna and Raven were already being taught how to mount the chocobos as I struggled to lead Squall by the arm over to our chocobo. "Come on," I said, "we're supposed to be leaving now."

"I'm used to riding alone," he replied.

"You're going to have to start socializing at some point in your life, Squall. Try something new for once and help me with the chocobo, unless you want to walk back to the Garden."

He finally gave in and followed me. He lifted me up onto the chocobo's back and swung his leg over it in front of me. Once everybody was settled, we took off.

The experience was exhilarating. We went at a fairly fast pace, sending my hair flying behind me. The wind rushed past my ears as the chocobo sprinted toward Balamb Garden, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This would be the start of a very amazing adventure.

Luna's P.O.V.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY FELL OUT OF THE SKY?!!" Cid yelled at the four SeeDs standing in front of him, while we stood back towards the door.

"Like I said they just fell outta the sky," Zell said with a shrug.

Cid turned to Squall and Seifer and asked them, not believing Zell's nonsense, "What happened?"

Seifer sighed, " Just like Chicken-Wuss said."

Squall nodded.

Cid let out an exasperated sigh, "What am I suppose to do with them then?"

"Well," Zell started, "We were wondering if they could stay here until we find a way to send them back to wherever they came from..."

"Fine, but only until we can send them back," he turned to us, "You'll have to share dorms with the other girls?"

Raven nodded, " I'm fine with it... you, Terra?"

"Yeah, I don't care, Luna?"

I looked up from the ground, "Whatever..."

Zell smiled and turned to Cid, "Then it's settled..." Zell started to say but Irvine cut in.

"Why can't Terra stay with me???"

Seifer rolled his eyes, " Don't start that shit again, Kinneas. You are not getting anybody and that's the end."

Irvine's head slumped down as Zell glared at him and said, "Raven can stay with Fujiin. Terra can be with Quistis, and... Luna can be with Selphie."

I started to object, but Raven put a hand over my mouth and whispered, "Deal with it, it'll only be for a short time. You'll live."

I narrowed my eyes but consented, "Fine," I said turning to the others, "Can we go now?"

"Oh... oh sure," Cid stammered turning to the guys, "Will you show them to their rooms?"

"Sure," Irvine said looking Terra in the eye, "We'd love to..."

Squall hit him upside the head, "No you don't. Get outta here and flirt with some other helpless girl in the hallway, k?"

"Another time?" Irvine said with a laugh.

Terra smiled, "You can bet on it."

He tipped his hat, "Well, good day then," he said as he walked out.

Seifer shook his head and took Raven by the hand, "Let's go."

Raven slapped his hand away, "You can find it without having to drag me like a child..."

"Oh really?" He said with a hint of amusement.

"Let's just go," Raven mumbled as they walked out.

Terra smiled as she saw them leave, " They make such a cute couple don't they, Luna?"

I looked up at her, " Oh, yeah... I guess..."

Squall shook his head and started walking out.

Terra turned to him, " Where are you going?"

"To show you to Quistis' room," he said with an exasperated sigh.

"You've been there enough at night, we all thought you moved in," Zell said under his breath.

Squall glared at him when Terra laughed, "Let's just go, k?"

"Whatever..." Squall growled turning to the door.

Cid shook his head as he watched them walk out, Squall trying to block out Terra mindless chatter, and Terra never shutting up. (A/n: well, to Squall, anything more than silence is mindless chatter that never stops, ne?)

I, on the other hand, tried to walk out quietly by myself while they went on taking, but had no such luck when Zell grabbed my arm, "Where do you think you're going?" He asked with a smile.

"Uh...uh..."

"I thought so...I'll show you where Selphie's place is..."

I raised a brown eyebrow.

Zell quickly shook his head, "No! No, nothing like that... we're like family that's all..."

I was silent... as usual.

Zell held out his hand to me, "So... we go?"

I turned to Cid, " Thanks for letting us stay here. We really appreciate it."

Cid smiled, "No problem. Now let Mr. Dincht show you your room."

"Thanks," I said at last before walking past Zell into the hallway as he shut the door.

Zell turned to face me, "Now," he said gently taking my hand, "I'll show you to your room."

I let out a small laugh as we started walking and Zell gave my hand a little squeeze as we went on.

A few minutes later we finally got to Selphie's room and Zell opened the door and walked in leading me behind him. All of a sudden Selphie stepped out of the shadows and stood in front of us.

I jumped back, a little startled.

Zell smiled, "It's ok. Well here's the one and only Selphie," he said introducing her.

Selphie held out a hand, I cautiously took it and shook her hand.

She smiled at me and Zell, "I just got a call saying I was gonna have a roommate and I was cleaning up a little when you guys came in."

"It's ok," Zell said draping an arm around my shoulders, "This is her..."

I smiled, "Hi, I'm Luna."

Selphie smiled brightly at me, "Hi!!"

"She's not like you, Selphie," Zell said warning her, "So try and teach her the ropes and help her make some friends ok and," he whispered in her ear, thinking I couldn't hear, " Make her feel welcome, k?"

Selphie whispered back, " Sure, ok."

I smiled sweetly at them both and Zell grinned his trademark smile and kissed me gently on the cheek and said, "See ya later, ok?"

"Y...yeah... sure," I stuttered, in shock.

He smiled again and walked out leaving me alone with Selphie and she turned to me and smiled.

"What is it with you people and your smiles???" I said in frustration.

"He likes you..." She said walking over to her bed.

"No he doesn't..."

She shook her head and laid down, "Think whatever you want but I only go by what I see and I can just see it in his eyes when he looks at you..."

I turned my back to her, "You're just seeing things..." I said as a smile crept across my face.

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Third Person Perspective

While Luna was having her meeting with Selphie, Terra and Raven had a few encounters of their own.

Terra walked down the hallway with Squall, trying desperately to get him to talk.

"So, are you training later today?"

Silence.

"Well, I doubt that you need it, you're so good!" she said, mentally yelling at herself. `Nice, Terra! Flirt with him. That's the way you win Irvine over, not Squall!'

More silence.

Well, at least he hadn't left her standing outside the headmaster's office. Raven was the one who knew her way around, not her. She was about to say something else but Squall finally spoke up.

"We're here." He said, stopping in front of a door.

"Oh…" was all that she was able to say. Squall opened the door and motioned for her to walk inside where Quistis was sitting on an overstuffed chair waiting for them.

"Hello," Quistis greeted them, getting up from her seat and walking over to them. "You must be Terra Briar. I'm Quistis Trepe."

Terra smiled. She liked Quistis already. "Thanks for letting me stay. I hope it won't be a bother."

"No, I'm fine. I just hope you won't mind Squall coming over at night. He sometimes spends the night." Quistis winked at Squall. "Right, Squall?"

"That's only because you're helping me with the extra work from being commander. Jesus, Quistis, you have everyone thinking that we're sleeping together." Squall pushed himself away from the wall that he was leaning on with his foot. "Oh, and Terra, you need to go to the equipment room by the training center at 1700 hours to get a weapon." Squall turned and started to walk out, but stopped at the doorway. "By the way, thank you for the compliment," he said over his shoulder and walked out.

Terra sighed and turned to Quistis. "Is he always like this?"

"Yes," said Quistis. "Why, are you trying to get him to open up?" When Terra nodded, Quistis laughed and shook her head. "Then you have your work cut out for you."

Meanwhile….

Raven stalked down the halls in front of Seifer, confident of where she was going. `After all,' she thought, `I was able to hack into Squaresoft's computers and find the layout of the dorms when we went on that fieldtrip.'

"Ok, that's it. Slow down," ordered Seifer from not far behind her. Raven could tell that she was pushing her luck, so she brought herself to a complete stop, causing Seifer to run into her. Their heads collided and, from what we've seen, they're both pretty hard.

"Ow, you moron. Watch where you're going." Raven snapped, angry about everything that had happened, not necessarily him.

"Me? What do you think you're doing, stopping so suddenly? Or were you trying to give me a concussion? Shit, you seem to think you rule the world and I'm the dung you stepped in. What's your problem?" Seifer seemed pretty mad right then as he pushed her into the wall.

"Well, you haven't been an angel either. I expected a guy who knew how to act, who could get what he wanted, who knew how to keep a girl around for five minutes."

"And now?" Seifer said, hands by either side of her head. Any normal girl would have realized that at this point, Seifer was hitting on her, but no, she wasn't normal. She grew up in a sheltered environment, with her seven brothers. Big brothers who killed guys for looking at her the wrong way.

"You're an arrogant bastard who has no manners and is worse than the dung I stepped in."

Seifer laughed. "Then you don't know me well enough." Seifer started to lean closer to her. Just as his lips were about to touch her quivering ones, they heard a loud, boisterous voice.

"Hey, Seifer, is that her? Fuu's been worried, ya know? Took you guys a while, ya know?"

Seifer jerked away from Raven as she let out a relieved sigh.

"All right, Raijin, we're coming. We're coming." With that, he started to walk to the big black man. He was almost there when he noticed that she was not following. He looked back, only to find her still in the same place she was in during their little "discussion". He smiled, not his normal arrogant smile but a nice, gentle one, and beckoned for her to follow. With a reluctant sigh, she followed after him to Fujiin's door.

"Fuu!" Raijin bellowed once he was inside. "I found `em, ya know?"

"FINE! LEAVE, NOW. GIRL, STAY!" is what they heard from the bathroom.

"Oh, geez, I forgot, ya know? Fuu-sama was in the shower when I left, ya know? She's probably out, ya know? Let's, ya know, go, Seifer." With his speech completed, Raijin left the room in order to avoid the wrath of Fuu.

Seifer groaned at the idiocy that he had just listened to. "You'll have to get used to that," Seifer said, looking over his shoulder. "The idiotic babbling, I mean.'

"Well, I'm planning on being around you, so I think that I will." Seifer smirked at that.

"Hey, that reminds me of what we were doing before we were so rudely interrupted." In one swift movement, he closed the distance between them and pressed his mouth against hers. She gasped, and that was all the invitation that he needed. Seifer's tongue snaked in and contended in a brief battle with hers. She was screaming in her head, `No! Stop it! Pull away! He'll just use you.' But she found that all she could do was stand there and kiss him back. Suddenly, they heard a female voice pierced the, ahem, "passion".

"SEIFER! OUT! HITTING ON, BAD! LEAVE, NOW!"

Seifer jerked away from Raven and looked over to the origin of the voice. It took him a few seconds to comprehend it but after that his trademark smirk graced his face once again.

"Ok, Fuu, I'll leave. Just make sure that she gets to the weapons room in half an hour."

Raven grunted in an unladylike fashion. "I know where I'm going. And I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself. Don't talk to her like she's my caretaker, cuz she's not. In fact, get out. You're polluting her room with your foulness." She then proceeded to shove him out of the room; slamming and locking the door once he was out.

Raven sighed and leaned against the door. She felt eyes on her and snapped her head up. There Fujiin was in her normal ensemble. They stared at each other until Fujiin broke the silence.

"RAVEN?"

"Yeah."

"FUJIIN."

"Understood."

"HIM? JERK?"

"Think?"

"YEAH."

"Friends?"

Fujiin smiled. "AFFIRMATIVE"

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At exactly 5 o'clock, Raven walked into the weapons room to find Squall, Terra, Zell, Seifer, and Luna already there. Before he could say anything, Raven walked over in two steps and broke Seifer's pretty scarred nose. ()

For a few seconds, no one said anything. Then, breaking the silence, Seifer said, "Ow," and collapsed. For about five more seconds no one else said anything. Then Terra opened up her mouth from where she had been flirting with Squall.

"See, Raven, that's why you never get a date." With the tension gone, everyone started laughing, save Squall, who just smiled slightly and Seifer, who's unconscious.

"Ok, Squall," Zell said, bending next to Seifer, "Let's take him to the med center. Let the girls pick out their own weapons. Help me!"

With Squall's help, Zell took Seifer's limp form to the med center. After the girls watched the three leave, Luna looked to Raven and said, "Ok, explain."

Raven sighed. "You two first. I'll pick out my weapon." With that, Raven started sifting through the pile of weapons before them.

Terra made a face. "I tried to get him to talk. I complimented, I flirted, I played the stupid girl." For a few seconds, she looked depressed, then brightened up. "At least he noticed that I gave him a compliment."

Luna smiled shyly. "Zell kissed me on the cheek," she said, turning towards the pile.

Terra hit Luna on the arm. "You suck!" she said. After Luna gave a mock bow, the two of them looked over at Raven. "So," Terra began, "What happened with Scarface over there?"

Raven made a face. "He French-kissed me."

"Wow! That's a lot better than anything I do. And you complain about me. So, did you enjoy?" Terra finally stopped as Raven snapped a long, black whip. "Do you know how to use that thing?"

"I think so. I picked it up and… I don't know. I just know that I can use it." With that, Raven snapped the whip and brought a bow and a quiver of arrows down to Terra's feet.

Terra picked the two items up and strung the bow. "Hey, cool. I've always wanted to use one of these." She sent an arrow whizzing over Luna's head, which hit with a thud next to something hanging on the wall. "Luna, can you get that?"

Luna shrugged. "Fine. If I must." She walked to the wall and pulled out the arrow. Then she stopped and took off the weapon hanging on a nail next to where the arrow had hit. "Cool. Found my weapon." She slipped on the gloves and took a few practice punches. "Perfect. Now, about what happened between you and Seifer."

Raven shrugged. "Nothing really. He was acting like a jerk, I refused to kiss him, and he shoved his slimy little tongue down my throat. That's it. So, anyone want to go train?"

Luna smiled and said, "Obviously, you just want to change the subject, but I'll go. Terra?" they both turned to their friend who shook her head.

"No, I don't think so. I'll just sit down and wait for them to get back." She then sat down. "Have fun," she called, but, upon looking up, she found that they were already gone.

Seifer groaned and sat up. Looking around, it took him a while to realize that he was in the med center, on one of the standardized, rock-hard beds, with Zell and Squall standing around him. His first question, however stupid, was an understandable one.

"What happened?" he asked, gingerly touching his sore nose.

Squall sighed. "What do you remember?" he asked, with obvious distaste for Seifer's memory, or lack thereof.

"Let's see," Seifer muttered, obviously trying to annoy Squall. Proof was shown that it worked when Squall hit Seifer upside the head. "Ow! Ok, ok, I'll talk. I remember waiting for Goth Girl while Chicken Wuss flirted with Moonie and The Brat tried to flirt with Puberty Boy. Then, Princess Cold Shoulder walks in and breaks my nose. Then I wake up here. Good enough for you, Commander?"

"…Whatever." Squall turned to the door. "If you feel up to it, Zell and I are going back to the training center and seeing how much trouble the girls have gotten into. You coming, Blonde?"

"Oh, you think that with your newly acquired hormones, you got humor? That was really lame. Let's go before you try anything else stupid." With that, they walked out on their way to the weapons room outside the training center.

"Luna! Where are you?"

Raven was yelling at the top of her lungs. Luna, the track star she was, had disappeared once they entered the training center. `Shit, can't she stay in one place for a little while? I'll spend all of my time looking for her and none-'

She was cut off in mid-thought by an alto scream. As a healer with slight empathy, she knew that she could not ignore it. Not that she wanted to, of course.

What she found at the source of the scream was Luna, being mauled by a T-rexaur. Instantly, she froze. All of her training could not have prepared her for this shock. It was only Luna's scream that brought her out of her shock and into action.

Muttering a spell that called for help, she started her attack on the monster. She was quick, and adrenalin made her even faster, but the T-rexaur was quicker. He might not be hurting Luna now, but maybe it was because she was beyond hurting.

Raven was cursing under her breath. She was wearing down and needed help. Pretty soon, she would be dino chow. `Hello, spell, you can work now. It might be helpful.'

The monster looked at her with the laughing gleam of hunger in its eyes. She understood it, even if it didn't understand her. She flinched as she fell to one knee and the reptile's head came down to bite into her.