Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Unbreakable Bond ❯ Departing Love ( Chapter 3 )

"Are we gonna perform again?

"No..." she chuckled. " We're going to have fun.."

He grinned."To late.." he ran a hand down her body, slowly. "I'm already havin' fun sweetheart.."

She giggled. "Your such a bad boy!"

"Nah.."he smirked. " I'm a cowboy, darlin'!"

All of a sudden there was a knock at the door. Their hearts skipped a few beats and Irvine stood and began to get dressed, frowning. He tied his hair up and

glanced over at Selphie who was about to get up before he stopped her with his hand. "Stay.."

Selphie nodded and obeyed, as she watch Irvine walk out."Irvy.."

"Shhhh..." he turned and winked. "I'll only be a mintue.." He quickly walked toward the door and opened it. It was Rinoa and tears were streaming down her cheeks. Her hair was messy, as if she was trying to pull it out. Her eyes were red and puffy and she was breathing, as if she was ran all the way here. Irvine frowned.

"Rinoa whats wrong?"

"Is-Is Se-Selph-Selphie here, Irvine?" she sniffled and wiped away the streaming sapphire droplets of tears. "She wasn't in her d-dorm...s-so I thought she would be w-with y-you.."

He nodded and put his hand on her shoulder and lead her inside. "Sit down and I'll go get her.."

"T-Thank you, Irvine..." she whispered, softly.

He nodded and he trailed off toward the bedroom, anixious to find out what was going on...

The saddness in his eyes told Selphie to quickly dress. She wanted to ask him what was wrong, but decided agianest it. After dressing, she walked into the living room and saw Rinoa, quiet and sniffling.

"Rinoa?! Whats wrong?" Selphie dashed toward her friend and embraced her. Irvine sat in a chair and watched Rinoa struggle to tell. He continued to frown.

"S-S-Squall..."Rinoa paused to sniffle. "H-He....he.." she turned her head away and fell silent.

Selphie patted her friend's back, softly. "Take your time..."

"Is he hurt?" Irvine asked.

Rinoa shook her head and continued. "No.." she let out a shaky sigh, a single tear spilling out. "Squall...he..left me.."

Selphie gasped, covering her mouth. "What?!"

"Are you sure, Rinoa?" Irvine asked, crossing his arms in thought. "Maybe he went to go do something..."

"No..."

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Rinoa told them the full story. Tears began to burn her eyes again, but she wiped at her eyes, frustrated. Selphie gasped and embraced her friend once again, tightly." I'm so sorry! Oh Rinoa!"

"Hmmmm...."Irvine grimaced. "Something must be wrong...it doesn't sound like him...he loves you Rinoa! He risked his life for you and he would do it as much as he needed to..."

"What are you saying, Irvy?" Selphie asked.

"I'm saying maybe Squall was forced to scare Rinoa. Maybe it was something he had to do himself and he didn't want Rinoa involved and he had to make Riona think he didn't love her anymore, so she wouldn't come after him..."

"Maybe..."Rinoa fingered a ring on her finger and sighed. "Maybe it is true..." Please be true....I don't know what I would do if it wasn't..

Selphie watched Rinoa and gazed at the ring. "Thats a beautiful ring, Rinoa!" Selphie said,cheerfully, trying to lighten up the mood. "It looks like Squall's!"

A faint smile grazed Rinoa's face, as her eyes traced over the ring. "It is his ring...he resized it and gave it to me...its my engagement ring..."

Selphie smiled, softly." Doesn't that tell you something?"

Rinoa nodded, slowly." He loves me..."

Irvine nodded and glanced up at the roof of the room. "He loves you...no doubt about that.."

"We should go look for Squall." Selphie glanced over to Irvine for his opinon.

"No.."Irvine replied. "I'll go look for him..I'll ask Zell and Seifer as well. We'll go look."

"But Seifer doesn't like Squall..."Rinoa piped up.

"Quistis will make him." Irvine replied with a smile. He stood and went to go grab his gun and cowboy hat. "How about you two and Quistis work on the Festival, eh? We men wont be long."

Selphie stood and walked over to him. She embraced him and stood on her tippy toes, whispering. "Dont say that, Irvy..."Selphie shook her head. "Don't you dare give me any false hopes."

Irvine returned the embrace and whispered in her ear. "Keep Rinoa calm and busy, Sefie..please do it for me ok?"

Selphie nodded and glanced at Rinoa, who spoke,

"I wish to go too.."

"No Rinoa.."Irvine replied."We want you here in case Squall comes back." He placed his hat on his hat and tipped it up. He glanced back at Selphie and winked.

"I'll be back in time for the Garden Festival. I promise.."

Selphie nodded and poked him in the chest."You better keep your promise, Irvine Kinneas!"

He smirked. "Cowboys always keep their promises, sweetheart." He kissed her,deeply. Time froze for the two. Not knowing when they would see each other again, this would have to do until Irvine got back. Both of their hearts stopped, as with time and resumed, as Irvine broke off the kiss. "No meetin' cowboys when I'm gone now, Sefie. You tell them I'll shot their heads off."

Selphie sighed and smiled, she could still feel the tingle of the kiss on her lips. "I promise.."

"Good.."With that he let go of Selphie and bowed,closing the door behind him, leaving the two girls alone.

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"Oh Seifer you gotta help me!" Irvine pleaded. The first thing on his list was to get Zell and Seifer to come along for the ride. His first stop was Seifer and it wasn't going very well.

"Why?" Seifer crossed his arms and glared at the cowboy. "And if your anymore louder I'll slit you to pieces, cowboy..."

"What? Quistis asleep?"Irvine asked with a smirk. A plan formulated in his head. Wake Quistis up and get Seifer. Easy as that!

"Yes.."

"It'd make her mighty happy if Squall was back safe and unharmed..anyway Sefie, Rinoa and her are gonna be working on the Garden Festival. She wouldn't want to see Rinoa unhappy now would she?"

"No.."Seifer coldly, replied."But I could care less...he left...its his own fault HE got Rinoa upset.."

"Seifer..." a voice said, sleeply. Quistis popped out from behind Seifer, wearing a bright blue robe. She smiled and yawned, she stood by Seifer and leaned on him to support her."Hello Irvine can I help you?"she asked, rubbing her eye, before putting on her glasses.

"Squall-"Irvine started.

"Nothings wrong, Quisty go back to sleep.."Seifer looked down at Quistis and motioned for her to go back to bed.

"Whats wrong with Squall?" Her eyes widened in curiosity. Seifer covered his face with his hand in frustration. This cowboy was really pissing him off.

"Squall went off on his own and we gotta find him! Rinoa's worried sick and I asked Seifer to help-"

"Seifer!"A wave of anger washed up on Quistis's face and she put her hands on her hips, turning her whole body toward him, glaring up at him. "Did you tell him you wouldn't do it?"

"Yes I did..."Seifer calmly stated, as if it were no big deal. "Squall did it to himself and I'm not-"

"Seifer you go with him!"

"No..."This set off Quistis's temper and she turned her back to him, bowing her head and crossing her arms.

"Please Seifer..."

Seifer gazed at the woman who gave him a second chance, the woman who loved him for who he was and the woman who would be his only lover. The least he could do was make her happy. "Fine..."He sighed, as Quistis turned and smiled. His shoulders slumped and he turned his back to them. He lost again..

"Let me go get ready..."He walked away from his lover and the cowboy.

Quistis frowned and crossed her arms, gazing at Irvine. "Irvine, do you think Squall's okay?"She asked, softly.

"Maybe, but I dont think he could have gotten very far..not by himself without some transportation involved. I'll ask Xu and see if anything was takin', but Squall is in danger..."Irvine crossed his arms and sighed. "I can feel it...and I'll stop at nothing to find him.."

"Bold speech, cowboy.."Returning, with his gunblade and dressed in his regular attire, he glared at the cowboy. He turned to Quistis and gazed down at his love. He embraced her tightly and she returned it. He began to whisper into her ear, in which Irvine could not hear. Words of love no doubt, which made Quistis nod and giggle. They shared a passionate kiss and Seifer clasped her hand before Irvine and himself left.

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Irvine glanced over at Seifer."Ready to go get Zell?"

Seifer grinned, evilly and laughed."Chicken wuss is coming?"

"Be nice..." Irvine said as they rounded the corner and walked toward Zell's dorm. One down...one to go. Irvine thought as he knocked on the door.

No response.

He knocked again and the door flew open, Irvine and Seifer jumped back, as a very anger girl dashed out. She had long raven black hair with dark fiery green eyes. She wasn't as tall as Irvine, but not as short as Selphie. Her hair was all tangled up and she looked like she just got out of bed. She wore a white tank top and pink pajama shorts.

"NEVER AGAIN, ZELL!" She screamed. "DONT EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN! I HATE YOU!" She pranced away, furiously.

Zell ran out his door after her with only his boxers on. "Jewel come back!" Before he began to run after her, Seifer caught him by the arm.

"Let her go, chicken wuss..."

Zell lashed out, his eyes full of fire,sadness and confustion. "LET ME GO!"

"Come on Zell-"Irvine began.

"LET ME GO, DAMN YOU!" Zell punched wildly, missing each time as his blind fury took over him. Seifer growled and drew his gunblade, pointing it in Zell's face. Zell glared at the gunblade and then to Seifer. "Bastard..."

"Watch your mouth or I'll-"

"STOP!"

Both, Seifer and Zell turned to look at Irvine and both had the same look in their eyes.

Anger...

"H-How about we talk now, eh?"Irvine inquired, looking at the two maddened men. "We need to have a little talk.."

Seifer roughly let go of Zell. Zell rubbed his arm, glaring at Seifer ready to attack."I need to go talk to Jewel..."

"You can talk to her later.." Irvine said, calmly."Right now Squall is in trouble.."

"Squall?"

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"So Squall left right?" Zell repeated, his mind still on Jewel. He was now fully clothed and all his thought went to Jewel. Jewel......

"Yes and we must find him.."Irvine replied.

Seifer sighed and shook his head, leaning on the wall outsie Zell's dorm. All he wanted to do was get back to Quistis. What if Quistis got hurt or sick...what if she needed him..what if-

"Seifer are you ready to go?"Irvine asked as he began to stand. "Everyone should be prepared so lets go to Balamb for supplies."

"Are we going on foot?"Seifer asked.

"Yeah..why not? Excerise is good for you.We'll decide what to do from there."

Everyone agreed with a shake of the head. Next stop Balamb!

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