Laguna lifted Celestia up and carried her.
“Its not a death spell, I know that. She is really exhausted from what I can
tell.”
Squall
nodded and Rinoa was relieved. Zell sat down on a nearby rock.
“We should rest until she is strong enough to
stand.”
Laguna
shook his head in disagreement.
“That would only make us easy targets. We’d be better off with the resistance
members. At least it would mean safety
in numbers.”
Zell
stood up and looked around.
“But where are they?”
“Near Tear’s Point.”
“How are we supposed to get there without
crossing through the city?”
“I don’t know.
We could go around.”
A
faint voice intervened.
“No…that would be equally risky. I can get us there…”
Everyone
looked at Celestia. She raised her hand
slowly and it began to glow. The
imagery around them slowly faded away and was replaced by that of Tear’s Point. Laguna looked around and then down at the
Cetra. She offered a faint smile and
looked toward the others.
“There…now you won’t…have to go through the
city…nor around it…”
Her
tired voice was as quiet as the wind, yet they heard her. She looked back up at Laguna. He smiled at her.
“Thank you…”
Celestia
blushed slightly, causing Laguna to blush as well. She nodded quietly and fell back asleep. Rinoa leaned against Squall’s arm. All eyes were upon Laguna and the now
sleeping Cetra. Laguna’s face reflected
confusion, but was also bright red.
“What…?”
Rinoa
giggled as she and Squall went to look for the resistance leaders Kiros and
Ward. Zell walked over to Laguna.
“Man, you got it bad.”
“What are you talking about…? Why was everyone staring at us?”
“You like her…don’t ya?”
Laguna’s
face turned even redder. He could feel
a cramp in his leg.
‹Aw man…my leg…›
Laguna
limped over to the steps and sat down…Celestia stirred a little in his arms but
was still asleep. He smiled softly down
at her and looked up to find Zell looking at him, with a smirk on his face.
“What…she is a nice person…um…ah…”
Zell
walked over and sat down next to Laguna.
He placed a hand on Laguna’s shoulder and laughed slightly.
“Don’t feel embarrassed man…It happens to
everyone.”
“I…I guess so…”
They
waited for about ten minutes before Rinoa and Squall returned, this time with a
squad of Estharian soldiers, Kiros, and Ward.
Ward saw Laguna and rushed over to him with Kiros not to far behind.
“!”
Kiros
stepped forward to translate.
“Ward says that he is happy to see you.”
“?”
“Ward also wants to know who the girl is.”
Laguna
looked down at Celestia. She stirred
momentarily, but remained asleep. He
then looked back up at Kiros and Ward.
“Good to see you too, Ward…This is one of the
SeeDs that came to help. She is really
tired from an encounter with an Abadon in the Great Salt Lake…so please be very
quiet.”
Ward
looked at Kiros and then they both looked at Laguna and Celestia. They nodded in agreement.
“…”
“Ward says that he thinks you like her. Your face is bright red.”
“Um…I…ah…Now don’t you two start with that…”
Ward
and Kiros silently laughed.
“So it is true…”
Kiros
and Ward walked back over to the troops and spoke with them. The human soldiers looked at each other and looked
over at Laguna. Whistles erupted from
the group, causing Laguna to bury his face in Celestia’s shoulder.
‹Oh man…Those two…they just can’t pass up an
opportunity, now can they…›
Celestia
stirred and awoke.
“Wha…What’s going on? Laguna? You okay?”
Laguna
lifted his head and looked at her. His
face was so red…one would think that he was seriously sunburned. The whistles got louder than ever.
“Um…yeah…ah…”
Celestia
looked at the soldiers and then at Kiros and Ward, who were laughing really
hard. She got up and walked over to
Zell.
“What’s with all of the whistling?”
Zell
looked at the group of soldiers.
“I think they know that Laguna likes you.”
“What?
He…”
“Yep…man did he blush when Kiros and Ward asked
him.”
Celestia
turned and looked at Laguna…or where he was sitting before. Kiros and Ward were still laughing, but the
whistles had died down. The soldiers
now just sat there talking to each other, adding an occasional laugh.
