Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Iron roses ❯ Unlocked chains and a key ( Chapter 1 )

What's ahead?: Hetero lemon and probably a bit of yaoi (still have to think about it!)

Pairing: Mainly Quistis/Seifer

Disclaimer: I don't own and I really regret it :)

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Chapter 1: Unlocked chains and a key.

Balamb Garden.

Seifer could smell the clean perfume of his home, as its huge bright white form emerged from the hills. Balloons and large flags wavered in the bitter spring wind. It was a celebration day. Today, Squall Leonhart, hero of the war against Ultimecia, returned to his home Garden after two months spent in Deling City's most skilled hospital for neurology. Fallen into a deep post-traumatic shock after Time-Compression, he had to be cured with the purest Esuna and Curaga spells to prevent amnesia and brain damages. He has been freed from hospital the day before, and was scheduled to land at Garden in the Ragnarok at the end of the afternoon, just a few hours before the new SeeDs ball. Rinoa, who was apparently Squall's girlfriend, and Quistis, who also suffered physical damages from Time-compression, accompanied him.

Meanwhile, everything returned to normal. Trabia Garden was rebuilt, Galbadia and Balamb Gardens brought back where they had been built and Cid, in association with Eshtar specialists and scholars, was currently designing plans for a fourth Garden, meant to replace the old Ehstar's Sorceress memorial. Yes, everything was back into place. Even himself, the Sorceress' Knight, has returned to his old self, old dorm, and, unable to become a regular SeeD dues to his inner hate of orders and discipline, had found his way in a serious and very selective course for "special" SeeDs members. Pepper, the gorgeous 50-years-old woman who was now his only teacher, was all cleverness and knowledge, and helped him discovering things inside him he couldn't even imagine he has until now.

He had discovered that regular SeeD life, the straight missions, the firm rule never to go against orders, was a boring life, mainly created for people who, unlike him, didn't cared having their whole life taken from them and offered like dead meat to other people. Pepper opened his eyes to a whole new way to see his job as a SeeD. He liked it. He trained hard and got good grades at the lastest tests. Cid already told him he'd be a part of the next important mission and then he'd be either sent to the new Eshtar Garden or to Galbadia, where SeeDs of his kind received more specific training following their choices.

He was happy. And tonight, the very last piece of his life he hadn't brought back in place, would be there. He nodded to the people saluting him near the main gate. He was still mainly seen as an asshole, but had more friends than before, the time when Raijin and Fuujin followed him around like lost puppies.

Whatever happened to them? He didn't knew. Nor does he cared.

He reached his dorm room and threw his dirty gunblade on the side of the door. Opening the wardrobe, he gave his new uniform a quick, proud look. Dark blue with gold chains and even his first medal, a small golden disk with a dove, for his excellent grades in various courses. Tonight he was taking part in the SeeD ball, and not as the sad spectator he used to be.

Tonight was his night.

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Short introduction. Like it? not? Comments and advices welcome as always!