Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Love,Hatred and Something In Between ❯ Big Surprises ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 8. The songs used in here are not owned by me as well.

Author’s Note: Hello everyone and thank you for reading this story. Some pretty interesting things are about to come up and you better get ready. Anyway, thanks for the reviews and keep them coming please! ^-^ Alright here’s the next chapter.

Big Surprises

Driving back to Garden, Squall felt as if a whole new burden had been placed on him. What was his father thinking? Squall wasn’t a perverted man like him! What use would he have with a strip club and a whore house? Sighing, he shook his head and pushed his foot on the breaks as he pulled over and dug the keys from his father’s will out of his pocket. He looked at a key chain that seemed to be the address of the place.

“Who the hell would call a strip club ‘Your Fantasy’?!” Squall practically screamed and wished his father was still alive so he could ring his neck. “And the whore house is called ‘The Hump-de-Dump’?! Wouldn’t he lose business with a name like that?!” Squall gripped his hair in frustration. “My dad was a freakin’ loser!” Mentally, he screamed long and hard. Then after a few minutes, he let go of his throbbing head and sighed, placing his hand over his face. “What did he get me into…?” He mumbled.

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He still had a manly strut as he entered Garden. He didn’t know what he was going to do…

“SQUALL!” He turned to watch a girl practically bounce over toward him and he grunted as she latched on to him, squealing. “Are you alright? When you left you seemed to be so sad…” Selphie’s smile turned upside down into a frown and her eyes became all wide with concern. “I don’t like to see you sad…”

“Oh…I’m fine…” Squall sighed, trying to smile, but failed miserably and it became a lopsided frown. “Has everything been well since I left?”

“Yep!” Selphie’s flipped up hair, moved with her as she began to smile again with a nod of her head. “Everyone pretty much has been the same…”

“Good…” Squall unhooked the girl from his waist and stepped to the side to miss the girl trying to latch onto him again. “I have some important business to attend to…”

“Oh…”Selphie’s shoulders slumped and she looked hurt for a moment. “Well…okay…”

“Hey Squall!” Squall turned to find Irvine coming his way and Squall flinched as Selphie broke the sound barrier with her squeal and she dashed toward him, pouncing on Irvine, making him grin and he hugged her tight. “Well howdy Selphie!” Squall sighed happily and silently thanked Irvine for the help. Quickly, he turned and walked away, hoping to find somewhere he could just relax and think about his current situation.

But he didn’t get very far…

“Hey Squall! Wait up!” Squall’s eye brow twitched just slightly as he turned his head to watch a humongous chicken rushing over toward him. His first reaction was to run, but he had no time as the chicken seemed to grin with its beak and it stopped mere inches away from him. “Hey Squall, where were you?”

“Umm…” Squall had no clue who this person or rather chicken was. He eyed the chicken and noticed the zipper in the back as the person turned around as if Squall was looking over the person’s shoulder.

“Squall? It’s me, Zell!” Squall shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. He should have guessed. Zell was the only person who would dress up in a chicken suit and still have some pride in himself since the last time he dressed up as some thing.

“Why are you dressed up as a chicken, Zell?”

Zell flapped his chicken wings and Squall saw Zell’s eyes glow with excitement through the peep holes in the costume. “Well…I’m going to the orphanage today before my night job and I’m going to entertain the children! They loved me when I dressed up as an elephant last time…” Zell scratched the back of the costume’s head and Squall knew Zell was grinning inside the suit. Personally, Squall pitied the children and knew Zell was only trying to help them because of his childhood, but dressing up as an animal (and a banana) was going a little too far.

“Well have fun…” Squall began to walk off and he sensed Zell’s disappointment as Squall seemed he didn’t even care. Zell grunted and turned to walk away. He didn’t even care if Squall didn’t care…sometimes Squall could be such an uncaring person!

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Pushing the elevator button to go up to the bridge, Squall sighed in relief thanking whoever was watching over him that the elevator was empty, until someone rushed in before the doors closed. He caught a glimpse of black hair with orange highlights in the front and groaned, mentally. Why did this have to happen?

“Hello Squall!” Rinoa interrupted Squall’s silence and his mind only focused on one thing…backstabber. He glanced away as she pushed the button for the second floor and he sensed that she turned toward him.

Squall grunted and crossed his arms, Rinoa smiled as if nothing was wrong and she tilted her head, making her hair file to the side. He glanced down at her and found she had a sad expression on her face as if she knew something and she frowned. “I’m sorry…”

“What?” Squall seemed surprised, his brow rose and Rinoa bowed her head. His heart welled up in his chest, but as she looked up into his gray-blue eyes…he knew she was not apologizing about what he was thinking.

“I know what happened to Laguna…” Squall shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal and Rinoa placed a delicate hand on his arm. That same hand that she used to run through his hair and whisper words of seducing love into his ear. He rolled his eyes, willing the images appearing in his mind away and he wanted to pound his fist into the elevator doors. How could she do that to him?! HOW?!

“Will you be alright?”

“How do you know?”

“Well…” Rinoa frowned and shrugged, as if mimicking Squall. “He left me something in his will.”

“What was that?” Squall asked with curiosity, but with the sound of a ‘ding!’, Rinoa was out of the elevator in a flash as she went to the second floor and toward somewhere.

His shoulders slumped as the elevator doors closed, silently and he leaned his whole body onto the side of the elevator, sighing softly. Why did she still have an affect on him? They ended their relationship at least a month ago. He growled and narrowed his gray-blue orbs to mere slits and he groaned loudly, straightening himself up as the annoying ‘ding!’ occurred and the elevator doors opened. Squall stepped out and knew what he had to do.

He had to tell everyone about his father’s death.

Yes, he knew that was just a random thought, but he felt that everyone needed to know. On the other hand, nobody really needed to know of his business. Wanting to go with his better judgment, Squall decided not to go with his better judgment and just tell everyone. They would find out anyway…

Entering, he stood on the platform and waited as it lifted him up to the bridge of Garden. As he lifted his gaze from the floor, he was met with three happy faces, smiling upon him.

“Hello Commander Squall!” said Xu in the back as she was looking through a stack of papers in her arms. “How was your trip to Balamb?”

“Fine…” Squall replied, as if uninterested and then as if playing ‘21 Questions’, Squall finally growled in frustration and placed his hand over his face. Why is this happening to me…? Can’t they ever shut up?!

Silently as all three talked to themselves, Squall pulled out the keys his father gave him and glanced at the address once again.

‘Your Fantasy and ‘The Hump-de-Dump’ a place for your wildest fantasies to come alive! Located in Timber and the address is 1405 Timber street. Both open from 7:00 p.m. till 1:00 a.m., unless permission granted.’ Then there was a little smiley face after the description and Squall shook his head. He knew his dad was odd, but this was just plain crazy! Who would have guessed his own father had a strip club and a whore house? He could guess just a regular dance club because his father always tried to be ’hip’, but this was just plain perverted!

Well…at least I could check this place out…what time is it now? Squall checked his watch hooked onto his wrist and it read, ‘4:30 p.m.’. He nodded and shrugged. “There’s something I need to say…”

Quistis, Xu and the pilot he always forgot the name of, glanced over toward him as they stopped their conversation and each looked in their own way confused.

“Is everything okay, Squall?” Quistis asked with mild concern.

Without an answer, the brunette walked slowly toward the microphone and pushed the red button to start it up. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Closing his eyes, he calmed himself even though he had no clue why he was getting so worked up.

“Hello everyone. This is Commander Squall Leonhart.” He paused and continued with a nod of the head. “I have some bad news today and as you all know I’m not a very good speaker…so I’ll just cut to the chase. About two days ago my father…” He paused and took in a deep breath. “My father…died and so I all wanted you to know. Continue your duties.” Squall released the red button and sighed feeling suddenly exhausted. He stifled a small yawn and decided that it was time to get some rest as he had not slept in the last couple of days. Running a shaking hand through his hair, Squall turned on his heel and began to walk out as if nothing at all happened.

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He ran a hand through his wet blond hair and knew it was sticking up. Why the hell was he still here?

He sighed and cracked his neck and felt the muscles pop. He straightened himself out and wrapped his towel around his waist a little tighter. As if his eyes played tricks on him, he saw the black haired woman with orange highlights on his bed with a seducing look in his eyes, licking her lips, barely clothed and motioning him to come over with her finger. He shook his head, willing the image to be stored away for later and he grinned, bright white teeth flashing as he looked into his body-sized mirror as he walked over to it. Oh yes…he was definitely sexy…

Laughing, he ambled over toward his drawer and picked out some gray boxers, closed the drawer and opened another part of it as he took out a black t-shirt and some black pants. Closing the shelf with his hip, he held his clothes in one hand and the towel around his hips with the other, but this time keeping the towel around him loosely and yawned. What a boring day…

He always reminded himself that he could be somewhere else, living in a box or something like that and begging for food if it wasn’t for Rinoa. While she was going out with Squall she happened to stumble on the subject of him and immediately Squall refused for Seifer coming back to Garden. Didn’t she remember what he did?

After some…convincing, Squall gave in and Seifer was back in Garden. He even laughed when Rinoa dumped Squall just to get into his bed at night. Oh…she was such a good f-

“Hello everyone. This is Commander Squall Leonhart.” Seifer chuckled to himself as he dropped his towel and kicked it from him. Putting on his boxers then his pants and as he placed his head halfway through his black t-shirt, his eyes widened as the next sentence he heard shocked him.

“About two days ago my father…my father…died and so I all wanted you to know.” Seifer’s head popped out through the collar and he frowned. Didn’t Squall’s father own that strip club he went to every…well…almost everyday…

“HE DIED?!” What would happen to his beloved strip club? Or his Lovely whore house…what would become of them?! He was like a prized member there! Everyone knew them! He glanced over toward his neon numbered plug-in clock and sighed as the numbers read, ‘4:32 p.m.’.

He pulled his arms through his sleeves and smirked. Maybe his rival had the club now…

Laughing rather loudly, he dismissed the thought and shook his head. Squall was just too…everything to have a strip club or a whore house! He wouldn’t know what a lap dance was if someone was doing it right on top of him! Unless little Miss Rinoa came to the rescue and had already done that. Holding in a chuckle, he sat on top of his bed and stretched his muscular arms wide out. Cracking his neck again, Seifer decided it was time to get laid again, since he hadn’t done anything with a girl for at least two days. He was definitely a man whore.

Lying skewed on top of the bed, he felt his eyes slowly close and he decided the club wouldn’t open for a while…why couldn’t he get some sleep?

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He groaned as he heard his alarm clock awake him and he smacked the top to still it. Running a hand through his hair, he let out a small yawn and turned, hanging his legs off of the bed and planted them onto the floor. What time was it? Eye sight still a little bit blurry, Squall turned to look at his plug-in clock beside his bed on a small table and then rubbed his eyes. It was already 6:32?

Hopping up from the bed, Squall took the keys from the table that had the clock on top of it and placed them in his leather pants, shaking his head. He needed to get the club to check things out. Who knew what people his father hired and what their backgrounds were! They could be some thugs trying to take over the club or the whore house for a base or something! Rushing just a little bit faster, Squall picked up his shoes, roughly put his shoes on and almost banged his head against the wall. Groaning, he checked for his squad car keys that were in his pocket and his cell phone, which was in his other pocket. Quickly, he ran out and locked the door on his way.

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After he rode the train to Timber and found the street all he could think about is how the hell did his father pay for all of this?! The two buildings towered over everything and it had the titles of the buildings in neon colors. The strip club’s coloring was a neon blue and the whore house was had a pink neon color. Squall shook his head and sighed. His father just became even lower in his books. Why was his father so odd?!

He ambled cautiously toward the double doors, seeing a shadow in front of them. Before he knew it, Squall had something hooked around his waist and he almost fell back.

“SQUALLY!” A squeal was issued through the silence of the night. “What are you doing here?”

“Selphie?! What are you doing here?!” Squall gazed down at the girl and his brows hitched up. “What are you wearing?”

“My uniform! Laguna made the design! Isn’t it so CUTE?!” Selphie unhooked her arms from around him and took a few steps back. She twirled around showing off what she wore and Squall really wanted his father to be alive so he could kill him…

She wore a flimsy black tank top that was cut very low and with a mini black shirt, with little designs he couldn’t exactly make out. He tried to smile and she seemed to sense this as she gazed up at him with big sparkly eyes.

“What do you actually do here, Selphie?”

“I’m the bouncer!” She said with due seriousness. She puffed out her chest and squared her shoulders deteriorating all hope of being serious. “I make sure no bad guys get in!” She seemed so child-like with clothes that she shouldn’t have even laid eyes on. She giggled and shook her head. “Are you okay? You look like Laguna sometimes, do you know that?”

Squall frowned and shrugged. “Whatever…”

She frowned. “I wish he was still here though…” Her shoulders slumped and she bowed her head. “He was so nice…and he gave me this job.” He heard her sniffle and his eyes widened as the realization dawned on him…she was crying. Over a sick pervert that he called his father.

“Selphie…”

She snapped her head up, with a joyous smile. “But I know he’s somewhere better! Right, Squally?”

Squall nodded and Selphie latched onto him again and he chuckled. He felt her tense and she looked up with a surprised expression clearly plain across her face.

“You were laughing!” She bounced up and down, shaking Squall because of her arms being hooked around him. She let go and threw her hands up and down as she continued to bounce around. “Squally laughed!” Squall shook his head and had a rare smile grazing his lips and he scratched the back of his head.

“So am I a bad guy or can I get in to my own club?”

Selphie turned quickly and her bright eyes widened. “You own it now?” Squall nodded and Selphie quickly scurried over to the doors and opened them, though Squall couldn’t see too much. “Welcome to ‘Your Fantasy’, the best strip club for miles around!”

He chuckled again and wondered how many times she had to say that in one night. Shrugging, Squall entered his club and his mouth dropped.

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He was hidden in the corner, where he would be left alone for a while. Running a hand through his blond hair, he watched as beads of water droplets slowly descended down the very expensive looking tall glass. He wondered if he should get more beer or if he should get some red wine. Shrugging, he continued to watch the droplets roll down. When was the show going to start?

He took a look around at the surrounding tables with at least two people on each table and shrugged. People would start filing in soon and it was what? Thursday? Chuckling, Seifer took hold of his glass of beer and took a huge gulp, smirking as it burned down his throat and he closed his eyes, leaning his head against the wall. He couldn’t wait to see the show…

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It was HUGE! It was almost overwhelming just to step inside the place. From his left was a lounge area with large either heart pillows or matching crimson pillows around a large crimson red couch with Irvine sitting on it with two young blond women. Squall shook his head. He should have guessed Irvine would be in a place like this and flirting with women he hardly knew. In the middle and some scattering around, were shining wood oak tables and black leather chairs around each of them. There were at least two people to each table and Squall wondered what kind of strip club this was.

In the back was a huge stage with a black curtain hiding the inside as if shows were preformed on it and then he saw two hallways beside each other only a single wall separating them. Wondering what was back there, Squall looked to the far right and saw Quistis with the same outfit as Selphie, pouring two different liquids in an expensive looking glass and she flipped both bottles into the air and held them right side up in her hands without anything spilling and she had a big grin grazing her face. The man smiled and ran his eyes down her revealing clothes. Squall shook his head and Quistis glanced over toward Squall and smiled, putting the bottles down and waving him over. “Squall!”

Squall ambled over toward Quistis and his brow rose. “Let me guess…you’re the bartender…”

“Yes I am!” She pushed her glasses up and placed her hands on her hips, standing in a defensive pose. “What’s wrong with that?”

“I would have never guessed…” He truthfully spoke and Quistis shrugged.

“Yeah…well…a friend I know used to be a bartender and showed me some of her trick and the best way to mix drinks.” Quistis smiled and turned her back on him. “Hold on just a minute.”

Squall’s brow rose once again and then she turned around with two bottles of different alcohols. She began to shake them up with her thumb on top of the entrance of the bottle and Squall watched as bubbles began to form over her thumb and she let go, pouring one bottle into the glass and then she flipped the other with a swift motion and then poured it into the glass. She put both bottles down with a swift motion and grabbed the glass and gingerly, she shook it with, then handed it to Squall.

“It’s one of my favorites, but it’s really strong. Go take a load off. The show is about to start…”

Squall shrugged gave a silent thank you and slowly ambled over toward an empty seat in the middle of the room where it seemed there would be a good view of the stage. As he sat down, every late went out and he grasped the arm of the chair and looked around into the darkness, heart pounding. “What…?” He whispered.

After a few moments…music began to play.

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It was an upbeat song with chimes following it soon after, a bright light flashed on.

Three girls stood on the stage with their backs toward the audience. The one in front with black hair wore a short skimpy black skirt with fishnets covering her whole body and underneath her skirt. A black bra was the only other garment she wore, but that was all he could see from the back. Then there was a blond and a brunette a little in front of her, but in the back to the audience. They wore red garments instead of black like the lead person did. Their chins were raised high and all of them wore high heels matching their outfits. Then the artist began to sing.

“ He was a 6 foot stallion said a storybook thug
He was the kind that made you wonder how he put down the love
He had a hickey in his pocket, a phat rock in his ear
He made my heart stop palpitating every time he came near
He has a spankin new Range for that tight wardrobe
His pants was saggin, he was plaided, and his head was cornrows
He has his wrists bling blinging and his long legs was bow
He tried to push up on me but I knew he had me at go…”

The girls turned to the audience and they had seducing, sexy looks on their faces, results of them doing it for so long. The front girl walked up with heavy seducing steps toward the audience and she tilted her head with the beat as the other girls did some dance steps very much not appropriate. Then the chorus was sung.

“I Do, I wonder if you feel the same way I do
I can see it in your eyes, I entice you
So come on shorty if you think you can roll wit an iced out playah ballin out of control

I Do, I wonder if you feel the same way I do
I can see it in your eyes, I entice you
So come on shorty if you think you can roll
wit an iced out playah ballin out of control…”

The lead girl motioned the audience to come after her with her finger and she smirked, winking to the audience. Then they all did a few quick motions with their hands in unison and then turned and walked from the audience, with heavy seducing steps, then they bent down, revealing way to much and then swinging their upper bodies back up. Then their hips moved as they began to shake their upper bodies.

“Me and my crew started groovin Made our way to the floor
It's time to activate my plan and give this hottie a show
I shook my hips, took a dip, roll my tongue 'cross my lips
And when he took his place to dance wit me I felt fingertips
On the small of my back, so I had to react
Like I was playin hard to get and told that boy to step back
But when I looked deep in his eyes all I could see was his soul
I’m bout to make this guy my man .. that I can tell you, fa 'sho…”

As if on cue, all three girls shook their hips, took a large dip and rolled their tongues across their lips, with three big smiles. Then they shook their hips to the beat and did a few more dance moves. Then the chorus was sung again and they repeated their actions that they did for that part. Suddenly, the three girls backed up and a strobe light turned on and in quick flashes, making everything go into slow motion, smoke began to appear and then three poles appeared from the stage and they rose up, the girls as if in slow motion began to follow the words of the song.

“Watch me drop, drop, shake it for the fellahs who know
Watch me pop, pop my hips as I dip and roll
Watch me stop, stop traffic as I walk through the room
Knowin all the papi's want me but all I want is you

(I do)

Watch me drop, drop, shake it for the fellahs who know
Watch me pop, pop my ass as I dip and roll
Watch me stop, stop traffic as I walk through the room
Knowin all the papi's want me but all I want is you…”

Then as the song began to finish with the last chorus sung, the girls did one fluid motion in unison and the song ended. Everyone clapped and cheered and Squall looked around noticing way more people than what he noticed before the show. He shrugged and clapped his hands all the while staring at the lead dancer/stripper. It was Rinoa…

He stood up and weaved his body through the crowds of people and began to run as the girls went through the first hallway, but was stopped short as Kiros stepped in front of him. “Hello Squall!” He said with a cheery smile. “Are you alright?”

“Kiros? What are you doing here?”

“I’m the assistant manager!” He placed his hand on Squall’s arm and continued to smile. “Wasn’t the show great? It’s great that this club isn’t just for stripping. Only Mondays and Thursdays do we have shows and private stripping rooms are in the back. Not much stripping on stage though eh? One song they did a while back, everyone saw everything! It was the best show ever!”

Squall’s eye began to twitch and he shook his head. Were all his father’s friends perverted?! Why was he stuck with this torment?! He glanced over Kiros’ shoulder and knew he missed Rinoa. He glared back at Kiros and Kiros shrugged, smirking.

“Squall…go talk to her…”

Squall brushed past him and quickly went past people and ran into the first hallway, hoping to find which room she was in. Since there was a door every four feet from each other.

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Seifer shook his head and rolled his eyes. That wasn’t the best show he ever saw. He wished it was that show when Rinoa walked over to him, totally naked and gave him a lap dance in front of everyone. Hmmm…at least…he wished that was a show.

But there was one show when she got totally naked, but she always got totally naked almost everyday or had sex with different guys. She had a different boyfriend each week! He chuckled and grabbed for his glass of beer and found that it was empty as he put it to his lips. He glanced down at the empty glass and then up as he heard running and saw his rival running as Rinoa. Seifer smirked and put his glass down, crossing his arms. Hmmm…he had a really nice ass…

WHAT?! What was he thinking?! Rubbing, his temples, Seifer frowned and shook his head. He was not just thinking that. He wasn’t gay or bi. He liked girls…they were sexy…

But he did have a nice ass…

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Squall finally found the room and peeked into the glass window to see Rinoa and the two other girls, talking and laughing with each other. He knocked and then entered, the girls turned to look at him and the two unfamiliar girls looked at him with impish expressions, Rinoa smiled and stood still in her attire that she was dancing in. She stood and walked over toward him and tilted her head.

“Hello Squall!” Squall just wanted to puke. She just revealed herself as a slut and she still was cheery. What was wrong with these people he knew?!

“Are you okay?” She asked and he shook his head, glancing away. Rinoa placed a hand on his cheek, making him look into her eyes. “Squall? You know I‘ve been doing this ever since we were going out…”

Squall almost chocked. “You’ve been working as a stripper for my dad this whole time?!”

She giggled and nodded her head. “Of course! Laguna-after we defeated Ultimecia- asked if I wanted to work here and I agreed!”

His mind was reeling and he felt like he was going to faint. “You’ve been stripping for my dad for months now?!”

“Well…I didn’t know what to think of it at first, but then I loved it! Everyone loves me!”

Squall frowned and shook his head. “What?”

“I love what I do and Laguna left me props and money to work on our dance routines and our stripping skills…but I think we’re pretty good anyway!” She giggled once again and Squall turned his back to her. What was he going to have to deal with?

“I’m going…home…” Squall walked out the opened door and rushed off, leaving the three girls to themselves.

Rinoa turned back to her friends and smiled, shrugging. “My ex-boyfriend…” She laughed and waved it off. “He’s so gullible…”

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That’s it for chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed it! ^-^ Please REVIEW!! REVIEW!! REVIEW!! (Note to everyone- The song was by Toya and the song is called ‘I Do’.)