When All Hope is Gone

Chapter 1: A Not So Typical Day
When Hope awoke he looked around his room, one that he has just gotten used to seeing after the adventure on Pulse. He was settling back into a typical teenagers' life, he started going back to high school, worked part time during the Summer, and he even managed to make some new friends even though his past as a l'Cie was known by almost everyone.
After sitting in his bed letting the silky blanket cascade around his body contemplating actually getting up or going back to bed, since it was only 5:30 A.M. and he didn't need to be to school until 8:30. He eventually got up and headed off to the bathroom to take a shower, brush his teeth and style his silvery, spiky hair.

"Looking good", he casually said to himself. He decided to skip breakfast since he was much of a morning person and thus didn't have much of an appetite.
In 3rd period he was confronted by this cocky, annoying, kid named Cloud, who probably had the mental capacity of a 2 year old.

"Hey Hope, whatchu doing?" Cloud said in a belittling tone.
Hope was mildly amused at the way Cloud had just strolled on up to his desk and tried to converse with him, which surely end in each other throwing around insults since, Hope didn't care for the guy anyway.

"What do you want, Cloud?"

"I asked you a question, I suggest you answer it before I make you answer it."

"Oh nothing, I was just sitting here contemplating why your mom didn't swallow you." Hope said in a snappy manor. If Cloud was planning on starting a fight with Hope, he surely wanted to at this point.

"You little son of a b*tch, I am going to break you!" Cloud exhaled in raspy tone with anger radiating from his entire body and the veins in his neck looked as if they were about to pop.

"Haha, sure keep telling yourself that." Hope said nonchalantly, not even worried about the brute standing before him foaming at the mouth.

"Ahem, gentleman, what are you two doing?" The teacher had noticed the ruckus and has made his way to wear the confrontation was taking place.

"Nothing at all Mr. Harvey." Hope exclaimed whilst writing down the algebraic equations from his math book into his note book for homework later.

"Alright then, Cloud, I suggest you go take your seat." Mr. Harvey said and returned to his desk.

The rest of the period was spent with Hope working on the day's assignments and Cloud giving him a glare, and if looks could kill, Hope would be laying in a casket 6 feet under by now. However, Hope wasn't bothered by it. Though, he did have to see Cloud later today in Lunch. He chuckled to himself thinking of what may take place later in the day.

Hope was eating lunch with a couple of his friends he had just started talking to a few weeks ago at the beginning of the school year. He looked up and saw Cloud and 2 other teens walking toward him.

"Oh boy, this is gonna be good." Hope thought to himself. "Excuse me gentlemen, I shall be back in a few moments." He told his buddies as he got up from the table and started walking toward the 3 buffoons ahead of him.

"Hope, glad to see you came straight to us and accept your punishment." Cloud said in between some amused laughter.

"Nope, I just thought I wouldn't make you waste all of you energy on walking to me. After all, I want this to be fair."

At this point, Hope knew he was going to be getting into a physical altercation with the trio. Without batting an eye Hope swung and clocked Cloud right in jaw, causing him to spin 180 degrees.
"Oh shit, get him." One of the sidekicks said, and then he tried to throw a punch at Hope but, Hope was still full of combat prowess after being trained by Lightning during the events that happen the year before on Pulse. So Hope, tilted sideways to avoid the blow, and elbowed the idiot in the back of his head. Cloud was still clutching his jaw but had finally come to his senses before turning around and seeing one of his henchmen already laying on the ground, clutching his head and the other being kneed in the stomach repeatedly. Hope was too busy focusing on the second kid and didn't see Cloud coming up behind him.

"HEY HOPE!" Cloud yelled to get his attention. Hope spun around to respond to his name being called but got punched across the face which sent him falling to the floor. Cloud instantly took the opportunity to started kicking Hope in the ribs.