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Rinoa shook her head softly. "It has been. The others? They..disappeared. I mean I can't find them.." She paused a moment, she didn't blame him for asking so many questions.He was such a worrier! "Since we last parted, I've been searching for you..Then I realized that the others were missing too. I stayed with Balamb Garden and we started our search for you and hoped to find the others along the way." Her smile turned into a faint frown at the thought. "So they aren't with you then..We will have to continue searching for them.. But we can do it together."

Her smile showed upon her face once more at his last questions. "I fine! In-fact, we met a few people from that village nearby. They seemed nice.. " She had remembered the little girl telling her about her mothers own missing person. This all had to be connected somehow. "There are people missing that they know too."

She glanced at him. He wasn't the only one who was worried! Though he looked fine, somethings were a little hard to tell. "Are you okay? You haven't been hurt ether? "

Yes, I'm fine now. I was just concerned about you that's all... he said in a soft tone while smiling slightly. "You're right... Hmm..." Squall contemplated deeply into thought about their strange situation. "Well, I have Laguna and Kiros waiting for me in the Ragnarok..." mentioned Squall as he put his hand behind him, his arm stretched out to the entrance of the Garden. "These two helped me search for you from all over. We can come meet up with them first or look around the island for a bit? I can call them over here or send them off. It's up to you."

"Thank goodness!" The night had turned out to be a wonderful one, though having all of there friends there would of made it even more perfect. Though she knew in her heart they were alright. If Squall came back safe and sound, they had to be.

"Oh wow, they're with you too! " Rinoa seemed to be thrilled about it. At least it was people they had known from back then. "I'm going to have to think them. "

Rinoa glanced out to the entrance of the garden. "We can go to the Ragnarok to see them, then. Maybe they would like to join us at Wutai? " She paused, he probably didn't know what that was just yet. "Oh! Wutai is that village. There's a girl named Yuffie, she say's she's the daughter of the one who rules over it." The young women glanced back into Squalls direction. "What do you want to do? "

Sephiroth frowned at the request,"Its not a playground, and I don't think that you should make a habit of going there..." He hesitated,"That being said, you may go, if you take your sister with you."

Kaether tilted her head at the thought and looked back to the fireworks,"I've never been anywhere like that...Mother keeps me busy, usually...Right now she told me to listen to Vincent, so I have to follow his orders..."

((( PM me If this post is too much or if I'm not allowing much room for the conversation. I have to leave in a minute or two to go somewhere but I will be back in a few hours. So that's why I had to hurry and finish up a post so we could get Sephia and the others in the Garden. If this feels unfair, let me know and I can change it for you when I get back okay? Maybe you could do something that will add spark to the convo to make it fair enough for you? )))


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Squall put some thought and consideration over the situation and decided to bring Rinoa into the Ragnarok. Then afterwards the 4 of them could go into Wutai Village.

"I'll go with your idea" he replied in a definitive tone. "Come with me..."

Squall took Rinoa's hand and gently guided her way through Balamb Garden's entrance and into the Ragnarok. When they entered, Laguna and Kiros were in full view, clapping at the SeeD Mercenary and smiling broadly at the princess behind him.

"Looks like you've done it Squall. Good for you!" smiled Kiros.

"Yeah! You two are finally together again! Let's celebrate with some wine and a fancy meal!" Laguna shouted in his usual loud and cheery excited voice.

Squall looked at Rinoa behind him and smiled, then turned his attention to the other two. "Sorry guys, I have to sit this one out. We're not here to celebrate but came here to ask you a question..."

"Oh? What is it?" asked Laguna with a puzzled look in his face. Kiros' face too slightly shifted in confusion.

"Would you like to come with us to the Wutai Island for a short trip?"

Laguna's eyes widened and looked to Kiros with a pleading look on his face. Kiros sighed and forced a slight smile on his face. Some things never change... he thought. "Alright, we'll go with you." Laguna cheered, jumping up and down thanking Kiros. "You won't regret this! I promise!" replying with a huge goofy grin on his face. Kiros merely chuckled at his behavior, and glanced at the other two softly. "Well, shall we?"

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Rinoa went along with Squall, eying the massive airship as they had neared it. There were some terrible memories inside there once upon a time, but also, a start of better ones.

Her smile widened at sight of Laguna and Kiros, they were the same as always, and Laguna was as cheerful as he ever was for an older man! She gave them both a quick hug, it was nice to see them!

As Squall had asked the question to them, Rinoa couldn't hide the soft laugh that escaped the moment Laguna began jumping up and down like a happy little child.

She noticed from the glass, the bright colored explosions from what was obviously a bunch of fireworks going off. "Oh wow! Look at that! " Just about as excited as Laguna had been, Now she was too. They had two of them to deal with now! "Come on, Squall!!" Rinoa grabbed his hand and began to tug him along. She was definitly herself again.The side of her that at one point just drove the poor mercenary crazy.

Sephriea giggled as her sister took off, darting off after her down the hill. The two's target was the ever so strange massive building outside the village. Not far from it seemed to be another strange building. Or so she thought it was. Come day light, it would be clear but for now she shrugged it off, attempting to get to Balamb Garden before her sister.


Saying nothing further more, the lion-like beast rested his head on her lap gently. He had felt bad for her, after getting to know the women a little more, she also had a troubling life. After all, if he could give Sephiroth a second chance, he could give her one too.

A gloved hand reached out to cover up a yawn, brown eyes watching up into the night sky as the lone Turk leaned up against a large statue. She didn't seem to care it was insulting and rude to be using there treasured items as a place to lean.She could be doing other things, rather then sitting out to watch something so..peaceful.

Pushing away from the tall statue the blond grew bored of it. They might have been nice to watch, but the noise was starting to irritate her. She had sunk back into her professional state of mind, her cheerfulness she had shown around the others vanished.

As she turned on her heel, her eyes seemed to catch something from a distance away. She couldn't make out every detail, but she was certain it was a women by the slender body. "..Let's see who we have here.." The women began to walk into the direction of the figure she had saw.