The Assassin
Unnamed Characters:
Sam (Shotgun guy)
David (glasses/driver guy)
Michael (scar-faced guy)
There will be a few ff7 mentions in this to so I guess it's a ff13, ff13versus and ff7 crossover
This is my first FanFic so sorry if it sucks and there are mistakes!!!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own ANYTHING that is in this story. All characters are owned by Square Enix and anything else that may have been from anything else. I own nothing!!
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The night was dark and cloudy. It was pitch-black. How she loved this. Perfect for finishing a mission.
She turned around in case anyone was following her. No one. Not even a single chocobo.
The footpath was deathly cold under her feet. She would need to put on her shoes, but she loved the cold. She loved the night. She smiled under her black hood.
She put her shoes on quickly and wordlessly.
She grabbed her gunblade and silently, she ran outside her target's enormous house.
She uncovered her hood. She felt the cool breeze of night on her face. She could stay in that one place for the rest of the night but she knew that it was now or never. She looked around.
This would prove to be a challenge. Security guards and sensors were everywhere. They were expecting her. Just the way she liked it.
She ran her delicate fingers in her curly, strawberry-blond hair. Was there an easy way in? She checked for sewer pipes. There was a sewer pipe but it was way to thin. Guess it was the hard way in.
She breathed in and ran towards the large, back wall and jumped. Like a ghost, she landed on the other side without a sound.
"So what are you doing this weekend?" said a voice to her right.
She quickly ran behind a tree and peeked around.
Two security guards were heading straight towards her.
"Nothing much." The other guard replied, "I'm taking the kids to the zoo. Been nagging me all week. How about you?"
The two guards walked past the tree she was hiding behind.
"Nothing much either." The first guard replied, "You know a friend of mine…"
The guard's voices descended into the distance.
She looked around for a route in. There was a fence entangled with vines that were weaving in and out of the fence's holes that was beside the building. Perfect.
She walked cautiously to the fence. She looked around and checked the fence for any sensors or cameras. She started to climb until she reached the top. Luckily her target's bedroom window was opposite of the fence. She hopped on the window sill and peered into the room. The target was fast asleep. She quietly opened the window and looked around. No sign of security cameras, sensors, nothing. This was a little too easy. She looked around the dark room once more and saw a little wire on the floor. She grinned.
Very clever. The wire was connected to the target in bed. It was a trap.
She wondered where the real target was. She moved away from the window and back onto the fence. She looked above her and saw that the roof was not too far from where she was.
Her right hand let go of the fence and reached for the roof. She swung herself onto the roof without a thud and heard a sound coming from the far window.
She crawled to the window where the sound was coming from. She moved her head down so she could get a better view of who was inside.
She quickly moved her head out of site as she saw her target look towards the window. He didn't see her. She re-looked through the window while making sure that no one could see her.
"Has anyone seen or know anything else about the assassin?" the target asked
"Not yet sir." said the Head Security Guard, "Are the Crystals safe sir?"
The target sat down onto a chair and ran his fingers through his blue-black, medium length hair.
"Yes, it is safe inside the palace." He said, "Tomorrow will we be heading back to the palace?"
The Head Guard looked to the bookshelf in the corner of the room.
"I believe so sir. Your friends will be picking you up. I will check the security cameras Prince Noctis. " the guard replied as he left the room.
This was her chance. She took off her black cloak and hood and put it in her backpack.
She got out her gunblade and made sure it was in gun mode and fired several times through the window. The sound of gunshots echoed through the night.
She gasped.
The target was still alive. He deflected the bullets! But how?
"Well what do we have here?" the target said smirking
She frowned.
"The assassin finally decided to show herself. It's been a long time, Lightning."
"So it has, Noctis." Lightning quickly changed her gunblade to a blade and slashed at him.
Noctis dodged easily and said, "How is the rest of the Resistance going?"
"None of your business." She replied
Noctis chuckled as Lightning tried to slash him again.
"I'm impressed." said Noctis "You managed to avoid every camera, sensor and guard just to see me."
"Not to see you but to kill you." Lightning snarled
"Oh admit it. You missed me." Noctis smirked
Lightning laughed, "You wish you overconfident snob."
Suddenly, alarms went off and security guards were running up from all corners of the house.
"My queue to go." Lightning leaped onto the window sill and jumped out the window. She used the device in her thumb to defy gravity and land outside the walls of the house.
She got out her phone and called her partner's number.
"Snow? Mission failed. Take me back to base."
A few seconds later, a dark blue motorbike came roaring into sight. It stopped beside her. Lightning got on.
"Failed? That's a first." Snow said smirking
"The man can reflect bullets."
"So? Beat him in hand to hand combat or by using your blade." Snow replied
"Security showed up. Had to go, which is what you should be doing."
"Fine, but you failing?"
"SHUT UP AND GO!" Lightning shouted
Snow shook his head and zoomed off.
-Noctis-
"Prince Noctis, are you alright?"
Noctis stared through the window as he watched his friend, now enemy, ride away. It took his breath away just to see her again.
"Sir?" the guard asked
"What happened, Lightning? We used to be such good friends." Noctis whispered, but he knew what happened. He was the reason, after all.
"Sir? Are you OK? Sir?" the guard tried to catch the Prince's attention
"What? Oh. Yes. I'm fine." Noctis looked away from the window and scanned up and down at the guard. He then burst out laughing. The guard started to smile and then joined the Prince in the laughter.
"Honestly, Sam, you do not look good in that guard's uniform. And Prince Noctis? You know you don't need to call me that." Noctis grinned
"Well, Noctis, I had to wear it just to get in. Seriously why do you have this place so tight? I got searched four times before they made me become a guard." Sam replied
"Someone has sent an assassin to kill me." Noctis answered
"Probably to get your Crystals." said a voice from the door.
Noctis turned to see his other friend, David, standing in doorway wearing the unattractive guard's uniform. David pushed up his glasses using his finger and entered.
"Maybe," Noctis replied, "but I think the assassin wanted to kill me for both for the Crystals and pleasure. Hey where's Michael?"
"Michael? He had a few errands. He says hi." David replied
"And because he didn't want to wear THIS." Sam pointed to his uniform
"Say why are you in those ugly uniforms anyway?" Noctis asked
"We had to wear this because that Head of Security is annoying." Sam immediately said
"That and because we had to if we wanted to get in." David glared at Sam, "So, did you see the assassin?"
"Yes, and guess who's the assassin." Noctis said
"Who?"
Noctis looked out the window, "The assassin was Lightning."
-Lightning-
"Lightning!" Vanille ran to her friend, "Did you get him?"
Lightning frowned, "No."
"No?"
"No."
Lightning got off Snow's motorbike.
Vanille looked a little confused, "You mean…"
"Lightning failed." Snow interrupted
He would never let this down.
Lightning shrugged, "Dilly dally shilly shally. Anyway, Noc-I mean the Target could deflect bullets. Not to mention…"
Vanille's eyes went wide. "The target was NOCTIS?!?"
"I didn't say that."
"But you were going to!" Vanille smiled
"I was not." Lightning replied weakly
"Who's Noctis?" Snow asked while putting away his bike
"Lightning's old boyfriend." Vanille giggled
"As if. The guy is a complete snob. Besides, we were friends. Not anymore. I hate him. He betrayed us." Lightning crossed her arms.
"Us?" Snow wondered
"Keepers of the Crystals. He was another Keeper." Lightning said as she touched her red crystal, "Now let's go inside before anyone sees us."
Lightning walked towards the entrance of their base. They were the Resistance of Cocoon. Team Nora was their most commonly known name. Lightning was an ex-soldier for Cocoon. When she was there, she was forced to become a l'cie. She then found out about the truth about the conspiracies and lies of Cocoon. Before that, she was a Keeper of the Crystals. That was how she met Noctis.
"Say Light, what are the Keepers and what did Noctis do?" Vanille asked while she and Snow caught up with Lightning.
Lightning flinched. This was a touchy subject. "You know about the Crystals right? Well the Keepers are like guardians. Our job was to keep the Crystals safe. There were twelve of us and no one knew who we were."
"With good reason I bet." Snow said
"Yeah. Many wanted to kill us to take our Crystals for their own selfish purposes." Lightning looked down.
"Where does Noctis come in?" Vanille asked
"He was a Keeper, but he betrayed us. He gave our names to people who wanted us dead. Most of us were murdered. He then took most of the Crystals for himself. Now only four remain, including me." Lightning looked at Vanille
"So that's why you hate him." Snow said
"Yeah, that's why." Lightning walked into the base, still clutching her red crystal.
-Noctis-
Noctis couldn't stop thinking about what happened. He couldn't stop thinking about Lightning, and the hatred in her eyes. He figured he deserved it. After what he'd done, not even he would forgive himself. He looked at his desk and saw a book. He decided to read it. To take his mind off things. Noctis sat down and started to read.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. A girl with long, blond hair and a white dress entered. "Noctis! I heard what happened. Are you alright?"
Noctis looked up from the book he was reading.
"Yes, Stella, I'm ok." he replied
"I was so worried when I heard." Stella frowned then smiled, "But I'm glad you're ok."
Stella looked at what Noctis was doing.
"What are you reading?" she asked
"Nothing." Noctis replied while closing his book, "So what are you doing here?"
"Actually I came to say goodbye." Stella looked away
Noctis blinked "Goodbye?"
"I'm leaving. So umm, yeah I guess this is goodbye." Stella smiled
Noctis got up from his chair and put his book on his desk. "So you really are going. I'm going to miss you my friend."
"I'll miss you to. And I promise to write everyday." Stella replied
She looked at Noctis and pulled something from her pocket. It was a small toy bear.
"I want you to keep it and never lose it." Stella said firmly.
Noctis took the bear from Stella and put it in his pocket. He then wrapped his arms around his childhood friend and said, "I promise I will never let it out of my sight."
Stella hugged him back. "Live your dreams. Take a chance. If you want something, go for it. Live life to the fullest. Do that and I'll be happy."
Noctis chuckled, "I'll try."
They ended their hug and Stella moved towards the door.
"So do you know who the assassin was?" Stella asked out of curiosity as she stopped walking
Noctis frowned, "You remember that organization I was in? The Keepers of the Crystals?"
"Yeah."
"Remember how I used to tell you about this Keeper called Lightning?"
"Oh yes! I remember. Didn't you like her or something?" Stella asked
"Yeah. I think she did too until…"Noctis trailed off
"Until what?"
"Nothing. Anyway she is the one who tried to kill me."
Stella crossed her arms. "Why would she try to kill you? Don't Resistance members choose their missions?"
Noctis sat on his bed. "Yeah. But I can understand why she would do this. I did something terrible. Unforgivable. I would tell you what I did but I, I just need to fix this on my own. You understand, right?"
"Yes I do. I think we all have had our share of unforgivable deeds and we all need time to work them out. I hope you fix whatever you did. Mend your relationship with Lightning. Don't do what I did." Stella looked down,
Stella once told him of her best friend. Her best friend did something horrible her and Stella never talked to her ever again. Stella got her banished, as Stella is a princess. The pain in her face told Noctis that she still regretted what she did.
"Stella…"
"Anyway I better go. Hope I will see you soon. All the best!" Stella waved and moved out the door.
"Goodbye." Noctis said after her.
He stood up.
'Mend my relationship with Lightning'. That was exactly what he was going to do. Noctis smiled. He decided he would pay Lightning a visit.
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