Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Shadows of New Evil ❯ Chapter 1
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
At a table in the front corner of the cafeteria, three girls, Yolei, Stef, and Brandie, sat and chatted. Stef and Brandie were talking about how much they hated Instructor Merry, while Yolei was busy swooning over her latest love interest, Zell Dincht. Ever since the first time Yolei met Zell, she had fallen in love with everything about him. Yolei sighed.
"Thinking about him, aren't you, Yolei?" Brandie asked. Yolei nodded, smiling.
"You ever gonna tell him you like him?" Stef asked.
"Some day...I will.." Yolei replied.
"Good. Now's your chance. He's right behind you." Stef said.
"WHAT?!" Yolei exclaimed, pulling out a small mirror to check her hair.
"You heard me, he's right there!" Stef said, pointing behind Yolei.
"Uhh...Oh! H-hi, Zell! How are things?"
"Yolei was just telling us how much she LOVES you!" Stef said.
"Really?" Yolei nodded, 100% embarrased.
"That's cool, baby. I came here cuz I knew you always eat lunch at this exact spot and I ..uh..wanted to give ya something. Here!" Zell handed Yolei, to her surprise, his Metal Knuckle gloves.
"Y-your metal knuckles?! I can't take these!" Yolei was totally shocked that he would give them up, since they were, after all, his first gloves.
"Ahh..Take them. It's not like I need them anyway. I do have the Ehrgeiz, y' know!" Zell persisted.
"Oh..All right.. If you want me to.." Yolei said, a little nervous. She took the gloves.
"Try them on, Yolei!" Stef said, and Yolei wondered whether she was asking or ordering her.
"Do I have to?" Yolei whined.
"YES!" Stef, Brandie & Zell said at the same time.
"Fine." Yolei muttered, and slipped them over her slender fingers. She was surprised to discover they fit her parfectly.
"Cool.."she whispered.
"Yolei! Come to the library with me and get study panel number...Uh-oh..." Stef suddenly stopped talking when she saw the expression on Zell's face.
"Frickin' HELL!" Zell slammed his fist onto the cafeteria table. "Don't. Ever. Mention.That.Place.To.Me.Again.Got It!?"
"okay.."Stef said very quietly.
"Yolei? I'm gonna go to the training center. Wanna go with me?" Zell asked.
"Go ahead, Yolei! Stef and I are gonna go study, so you can if you want to!" Brandie said, sounding cheerful as usual. "See you later!" she said, and she and Stef walked out of the cafeteria.
Five minutes later Zell and Yolei were at the training center walking around when Yolei heard a scream, like someone in need of help.
"I better.." Yolei muttered, then ran to investigate.
"What the.."Zell asked, then ran after her. Yolei had discovered a T-Rexaur attacking a poor little fox. Automatically, as if by instinct, Zell proceeded in using the stupid Dinosaur as a punching bag. Yolei stood quiet for a minute, and Zell realized she was summoning. Almost instantly, Yolei spread her arms out & called upon her GF, Angelina.
"Whoa.." Zell said, as he watched the GF instantly kill the T-Rexaur as easy as Griever killing a Grat.
"Hey, thanks!" the fox said, and she hopped over to Yolei. "I'm Silver Fox, but you can call me Foxie!"
"Uhh..Okay. Want to be my pet?" Yolei asked.
"Pet? No! Fox Accomplice? Yes!" Foxie smirked.
"Okay then. Oh my god! what happened to your paw?"Yolei was worried. There was a big thorn thing stuck in Foxie's paw, and it looked painful.
"We better take her to Dr. Kadowaki fast!" Zell was genuinely concerned. They carried Foxie to the Infirmary, though she complained all the way there that she could walk just fine.
"Oh my! This isn't a thorn!" Dr. K exclaimed, "It's a T Rexaur's claw! I'll have to run tests on her paw immediately, so you two just wait in the waiting room for a while."
About two hours later, Kadowaki was finished with the tests on Foxie's paw. She walked out to the waiting room, with the little fox following her. Yolei must have dozed off while they were waiting, because now she was fast asleep with her head on Zell's shoulder.
"Miss Alcher?" Dr. Kadowaki asked, waking Yolei up. "I noticed when you came in that your right eyelid looked bruised. Tell me, are you feeling any pain in that eye now?"
"Uhh..Now that you mention it, yes. My vision's kind of blurry in that eye and my eye just plain hurts." Yolei said.
"Maybe you should wear this for a while.." the Doctor pulled an icepak-eyepatch out of her supplybag. She handed it to Yolei.
"How long do I have to wear this thing?" Yolei asked.
"For a couple of days. Come back tomorrow and I'll examine your eye."
"Yolei?" Zell said," I think we better get back to class."
"You better. It's well into period 7!" Kadowaki confirmed. Zell , Yolei, and Foxie left for the 2F classroom. They got there to discover that Instructor Aki had designated the rest of the afternoon for free time. Zell turned on a Study Panel to see who had gotten in trouble and stuff like that. Yolei sat at the desk next to him, with Foxie curled up in her lap. She rested her head on her arms and closed her eyes. She tried to sleep, but her mind kept going back to the past, to her all but forgotten memories. The first thing she remembered was one of her last memories of her dad, at a basketball game when she was about 16. She remembered being happy he was there. The memory changed to about a year later, at his funeral visitation. Yolei remembered trying to hold back her tears, not realizing she was crying in real life. She heard a voice, very clearly saying, "Poor girl. So much has happened to you in your short life. I wish I could change the way things happened, but that's not possible." It took Yolei a moment to realize that she just heard her mother's voice.
"Yolei? You okay?" Zell whispered.
"I-i don't know.." Yolei said quietly.
~ End part 1!~
"Thinking about him, aren't you, Yolei?" Brandie asked. Yolei nodded, smiling.
"You ever gonna tell him you like him?" Stef asked.
"Some day...I will.." Yolei replied.
"Good. Now's your chance. He's right behind you." Stef said.
"WHAT?!" Yolei exclaimed, pulling out a small mirror to check her hair.
"You heard me, he's right there!" Stef said, pointing behind Yolei.
"Uhh...Oh! H-hi, Zell! How are things?"
"Yolei was just telling us how much she LOVES you!" Stef said.
"Really?" Yolei nodded, 100% embarrased.
"That's cool, baby. I came here cuz I knew you always eat lunch at this exact spot and I ..uh..wanted to give ya something. Here!" Zell handed Yolei, to her surprise, his Metal Knuckle gloves.
"Y-your metal knuckles?! I can't take these!" Yolei was totally shocked that he would give them up, since they were, after all, his first gloves.
"Ahh..Take them. It's not like I need them anyway. I do have the Ehrgeiz, y' know!" Zell persisted.
"Oh..All right.. If you want me to.." Yolei said, a little nervous. She took the gloves.
"Try them on, Yolei!" Stef said, and Yolei wondered whether she was asking or ordering her.
"Do I have to?" Yolei whined.
"YES!" Stef, Brandie & Zell said at the same time.
"Fine." Yolei muttered, and slipped them over her slender fingers. She was surprised to discover they fit her parfectly.
"Cool.."she whispered.
"Yolei! Come to the library with me and get study panel number...Uh-oh..." Stef suddenly stopped talking when she saw the expression on Zell's face.
"Frickin' HELL!" Zell slammed his fist onto the cafeteria table. "Don't. Ever. Mention.That.Place.To.Me.Again.Got It!?"
"okay.."Stef said very quietly.
"Yolei? I'm gonna go to the training center. Wanna go with me?" Zell asked.
"Go ahead, Yolei! Stef and I are gonna go study, so you can if you want to!" Brandie said, sounding cheerful as usual. "See you later!" she said, and she and Stef walked out of the cafeteria.
Five minutes later Zell and Yolei were at the training center walking around when Yolei heard a scream, like someone in need of help.
"I better.." Yolei muttered, then ran to investigate.
"What the.."Zell asked, then ran after her. Yolei had discovered a T-Rexaur attacking a poor little fox. Automatically, as if by instinct, Zell proceeded in using the stupid Dinosaur as a punching bag. Yolei stood quiet for a minute, and Zell realized she was summoning. Almost instantly, Yolei spread her arms out & called upon her GF, Angelina.
"Whoa.." Zell said, as he watched the GF instantly kill the T-Rexaur as easy as Griever killing a Grat.
"Hey, thanks!" the fox said, and she hopped over to Yolei. "I'm Silver Fox, but you can call me Foxie!"
"Uhh..Okay. Want to be my pet?" Yolei asked.
"Pet? No! Fox Accomplice? Yes!" Foxie smirked.
"Okay then. Oh my god! what happened to your paw?"Yolei was worried. There was a big thorn thing stuck in Foxie's paw, and it looked painful.
"We better take her to Dr. Kadowaki fast!" Zell was genuinely concerned. They carried Foxie to the Infirmary, though she complained all the way there that she could walk just fine.
"Oh my! This isn't a thorn!" Dr. K exclaimed, "It's a T Rexaur's claw! I'll have to run tests on her paw immediately, so you two just wait in the waiting room for a while."
About two hours later, Kadowaki was finished with the tests on Foxie's paw. She walked out to the waiting room, with the little fox following her. Yolei must have dozed off while they were waiting, because now she was fast asleep with her head on Zell's shoulder.
"Miss Alcher?" Dr. Kadowaki asked, waking Yolei up. "I noticed when you came in that your right eyelid looked bruised. Tell me, are you feeling any pain in that eye now?"
"Uhh..Now that you mention it, yes. My vision's kind of blurry in that eye and my eye just plain hurts." Yolei said.
"Maybe you should wear this for a while.." the Doctor pulled an icepak-eyepatch out of her supplybag. She handed it to Yolei.
"How long do I have to wear this thing?" Yolei asked.
"For a couple of days. Come back tomorrow and I'll examine your eye."
"Yolei?" Zell said," I think we better get back to class."
"You better. It's well into period 7!" Kadowaki confirmed. Zell , Yolei, and Foxie left for the 2F classroom. They got there to discover that Instructor Aki had designated the rest of the afternoon for free time. Zell turned on a Study Panel to see who had gotten in trouble and stuff like that. Yolei sat at the desk next to him, with Foxie curled up in her lap. She rested her head on her arms and closed her eyes. She tried to sleep, but her mind kept going back to the past, to her all but forgotten memories. The first thing she remembered was one of her last memories of her dad, at a basketball game when she was about 16. She remembered being happy he was there. The memory changed to about a year later, at his funeral visitation. Yolei remembered trying to hold back her tears, not realizing she was crying in real life. She heard a voice, very clearly saying, "Poor girl. So much has happened to you in your short life. I wish I could change the way things happened, but that's not possible." It took Yolei a moment to realize that she just heard her mother's voice.
"Yolei? You okay?" Zell whispered.
"I-i don't know.." Yolei said quietly.
~ End part 1!~