Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Beneath the Mistletoe ❯ And they're saved...Rejoice! ( Chapter 6 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Quistis and Seifer ran through the basement, turning corners swiftly
until they stumbled across Raijin and Fujin, both safe and
sound...although Raijin was currently clinging to the other posse
member's arm. Seifer quirked a brow, and then cleared his throat to
which the two immediately went flying apart. The instructor stood back
silently, just watching the trio with interest.

"Just -what- is going on here?!" Seifer bared his teeth.

Fujin pointed to Raijin, "SAW MOUSE."

"It was a really scary mouse, ya know? With twitchy whiskers and
fangs, ya know?" Raijin glanced around warily for any sign of the
creature again.

"And...that's why you screamed...?" Seifer's tone implying that he had
better have been misunderstanding the whole thing.

"Well...uh...um...ya know...I..."

"YES. RAIJIN SCREAMED, SAW MOUSE."

"Fujin, ya didn't have to tell him, ya know..."

"Idiot!" Seifer snarled and then smacked Raijin upside the head. "If
you're scared of a damn mouse then how are you supposed to be a member
of the Disciplinary Committee?!"

"Seifer, man, I've always been scared of mice, ya know?"

"I don't care! I want you to quit being scared of mice! You don't see
Fujin afraid of them...and that's supposed to be a girl thing."

Fujin puffed up her chest proudly.

"Yeah well, Fujin's all butch and stuff, ya know?"

"RAGE!"

"Ow!"

"Uh, guys..." Quistis blinked, glancing off in some random direction.

Fujin immediately gave the instructor a one-eyed glare. Obviously
-she- was making fun of her too! If she was close enough there would
have been an especially painful kick in Quistis's direction.

"Well, Fujin is a TRUE posse member..." Seifer pointed out.

"And...and I'm not?" Raijin looked as though he was near tears.

"YOU, IDIOT!" Fujin grinned.

"Exactly!" Seifer snickered.

"GUYS!!" Quistis shouted more frantically.

The three blinked and looked toward her finally. The teacher pointed
toward the distance and upon turning around, the trio saw some
three-headed rat creature, emerging from the side. It's fangs dripped
with saliva, and it's eyes glowed a brilliant red in the darkness.
Raijin shrieked again, and then hid behind Quistis. Seifer and Fujin
grabbed their weapons and prepared to attack...and they were followed
up by Quistis who gave a swift crack of her whip through the air. It
was a tasteful display that made even the monster flinch, though, they
went with physical attacks...waiting their turn and doing it in a nice
organized manner...since that was how fighting in Balamb Garden worked
after all. And the monster waited too...before it leapt forward and
bit some of Fujin's pant leg away from her body. She swiftly
retaliated with a deadly hit with that shuriken.

Quite a few aura's and GF summons later, the mouse-thing was defeated,
and Raijin could breath in peace (yes, he was hiding behind Quistis
the entire time). And the reason behind the easy, not really very
described defeat? That was because this was a humor fic, and fighting
didn't really mix with humor...! So, as an anticlimactic moment, the
posse as well as Instructor Trepe all made their way out of the
basement and to the first floor. Raijin and Fujin dashed ahead at
Seifer's order, and headed back to their room...which left the other
two alone, naturally.

Seifer shuffled his boots around, "Yeah, well...thanks. For coming
down there and helping me. I guess I owe ya one, Instructor..."

"No, Seifer, you don't owe me anything. I did it because I wanted to.
Not because I felt I needed to help you or anything like that. Though,
I suppose I'm going to have to break the news about Selphie's
megaphone..." She sighed. "She's going to be devastated."

"Yeah, well...maybe she can give it a proper burial..." He snickered
somewhat.

"You know that's not funny. Selphie just takes the stupidest things so
seriously. Though, maybe she'll have taken her medication, and she'll
be fine with the news."

"Eh, Selphie's not fine even when she's on her meds. What's up with
that hair of hers...? She had that do even when we were little? To
tell you the truth, it kinda creeped me out. I had a nightmare about
it a few times."

"I think everyone did. Selphie is one frightening girl. I'm glad the
GFs made me forget about her for a while...but, in all honesty, I'm
glad we're all back together."

"Except for Rinoa, she doesn't have anything to do with us...so she's
only here for Squall..." He muttered a few things about being better
than Squall and much cooler...plus he had better clothes.

Quistis smiled, "Well, I had better go break the news now."

"All right, hey...if you wanna...come back tomorrow night. Me, Raijin,
and Fujin are just gonna be hanging out and watching..." He paused,
and then furrowed his brows. "Raijin's MAKING us watch Christmas
cartoons. So, if you wanna drop by..."

"Thanks...I'll keep that in mind..." She smiled somewhat, and then
leaned in suddenly, pressing her lips against his cheek. At Seifer's
shocked expression, Quistis simply pointed upward toward the ceiling
above them. "Mistletoe."

"O-oh..." He was at a loss for words at the moment.

"Well, bye, Seifer."

And the instructor headed down the hall toward the Quad shortly
afterward.

* * *

Well, the news went over as expected--terribly. But, Irvine was there
to comfort Selphie as best as he could, and he even offered to buy her
a new megaphone if she went out on a date with him. Of course, it
wouldn't be the same as her old one. She had grown attached to
it...even gave it a name, but she kept his offer in mind and went on
just the same...decorating things for that Christmas Festival.
Everyone else helped, feeling rather bad for Selphie in a guilty sort
of way. It wasn't like her to be upset, and Zell especially took to
comforting her. He needed Selphie's cheerfulness to add to his own
hyperness. It was just the way things had to be!

So, Xu, Nida, and Quistis were currently putting up another plastic
Christmas tree in the corner while the rest did their own thing. And
they were currently talking about their plans for Christmas, none of
which included coming to the Christmas Festival. Nida and Xu were
saying things about going out to Dollet and seeing some sort of show
there. And Quistis told them about her plans to go to Seifer's room,
conveniently leaving out the cartoon watching things, or any details
about Fujin or Raijin being there.

"The virtuous Instructor Trepe is going to be spending the night in
Seifer Almasy's room?!" Xu appeared shocked.

Nida, looking the same, exchanged a glance with the other, "I didn't
think she had it in her! The Trepies are going to be so pissed when
they hear. Heh, Xu! Let's tell them later..."

"Oh no...no, no...it's not like that..." Quistis shook her head.
"Seifer won't do anything like that..."

Xu arched a brow, "Then why are you blushing like that?"

"Yep, she's definitely blushing!" Nida peered at her rosy cheeks.

The teacher laughed, "Well, I'm not going to deny that Seifer is a
very attractive pupil..."

"Mmmhmm, he's veery attractive..." Nida blinked. "I mean, um..."

Quistis quirked a brow, but cleared her throat, "But, to say that I
want to do anything with him like that...without having a relationship
first..."

"Quisty, hun' that's the only way to do it these days. I mean, how do
you think I got this position in Garden? I had to be giving a little
something to Headmaster Cid..." Xu nodded.

"And how do you think I got in SeeD in the first place when I'm
nothing but a nobody?" Nida snickered.

"I...did NOT want to know this..." Quistis blinked, and backed away.
"I'll see you two later. You have a great Christmas Eve..."

She rushed away from them as quickly as possible. Well, now she found
out a couple things. One being that Seifer Almasy had a heart after
all...and two...being that Cid Kramer was a complete pervert. And he
was fit to run an orphanage?! Well, at least he had Edea to keep him
in line...and since she was a sorceress, Quistis was sure that Cid
being the wuss he was, was probably really afraid of his wife. On that
happy note, she bid farewell to everyone in the Quad and left for the
night. It would be the next day, that she would get to spend with
Seifer, and in all honesty, she couldn't wait for it.