Author's Notes: Dark Ice Dragon is the original creator of many of the ideas used in this fic, as well as the inspiration for many of my original ideas! Please read the Noblesse / Legend of Sun Knight crossovers by Dark Ice Dragon and review/PM to give credit where it is due! At the time I'm writing this, there are six oneshots: Trial and Error, Exchange, Interest, Negotiation , A Break, and Life Being What it is.)

Edited version re-posted 11/27/11. Special thanks to chicaalterego for her help getting the Knights back in-character!

Beta-read by chicaalterego.

"This Sun wishes the blessings of the kind and merciful God of Light upon his fellow holy brothers! Under his benevolent gaze, in accord with the God of Light's will, we shall soon joyously congregate again to exchange words of his love and righteousness!"

"See you tomorrow, Sun!" shouted Blaze, waving as Sun quickly, but gracefully, dashed out of the meeting that had only just finished.

Storm rubbed his swollen eyes, his headache throbbing from listening to Sun's convoluted speech. He straightened the paperwork in front of him, cursing that even when he did show up to a meeting, most reports seemed to be tossed into his lap. Wait, wasn't this one on top the assignment given to Sun?

"I'm sure our beautiful leader has something very important to see too!" announced Metal boisterously, before beginning to guffaw as if he'd said some terrific joke. As usual, his 'course speech' wasn't in the least insulting.

"The stern God of Light judges those who neglect their duties," said Judge coldly in his terrifyingly deep voice. Taking the not-so-subtle hint, the remainder of the Twelve Holy Knights of the Church of Light hurried to collect whatever paperwork they had so they could get back to work.

Inside though, Judge was very concerned with the way Sun had rushed off. He suspected his friend was up to something undoubtedly foolish. He'd been disappearing far too often lately… Judge met eyes with Ice, who nodded almost imperceptibly with that blank face of his and took his own leave. The Judgment Knight was right behind him, arms full of reports needing amendments.

"When did Cloud disappear?" asked Leaf, sounding worried as he looked around the room. He could've sworn the Cloud Knight was in his seat not two seconds ago. "I have to ask him about where those old files from the 36th Generation of Holy Knights are being stored…"

"Good luck with that," sniffed Moon, staring haughtily down his nose even from his seat at the meeting room table. Though, actually, he just had a cold and would've helped out himself, except he had a date with his 6'-0" girlfriend…

"I-I k-kinda promised t-to be somewhere…" stuttered Earth, looking shy and embarrassed as he tried to excuse himself. Of course, everyone there knew that 'somewhere' was probably off flirting with the three or four latest girls to fall for his innocent act.

By now Judge and Ice were out of the long room and on Grisia Sun's tail, keeping far enough back not to be noticed.

"By the grace of the God of Light, brother Cloud, have you located the blessed item we discussed earlier to aid our mutual quests to emulate His love?" asked Sun softly, apparently talking to himself as there was certainly no one in front of him, or at either side.

"Yes," whispered Cloud, in his wispy voice, stepping out from where he'd been 'floating' along behind his leader.

Even knowing he had asked Cloud to follow him out of the meeting earlier, it was still startling to hear Cloud out of nowhere. The Cloud Knight's Floating Steps were truly something to be feared.

Cloud pulled a book out from his Cloud Knight's uniform coat and passed it over. Sun's blue eyes lit up in absolute delight and he opened his mouth. Cloud prepared himself for a long speech praising the God of Light for granting him such a wonderful brother or something, only to hear something rather startling…

"Thanks, Cloud!" cheered Sun excitedly, grabbing the book and immediately flipping it open and staring in fascination at the content… "I have to read this right away – oh, and you were right about the pantry in the kitchen!" he added, waving in farewell as he gracefully strode off, his nose already buried in the book's pages.

Cloud stared uncomprehendingly (not that anyone could tell) at his leader's back, before shrugging and floating off to the library.A thank you? He'd never have dreamed Sun's response would be so simple.

Ice was even more baffled – though certainly Ice's expressionless face was far harder to read than even Cloud's hidden one.

Ice could count the number of times he'd heard Sun slip into normal speech – and usually it was when he was (1) about to drop dead from blood loss, (2) furious enough to kill someone, or (3) was talking to Judgment or Adair and the rest of his sun knights somewhere he 'thought' private. Not counting their secret exchanges as holy knight trainees all those years back, of course – back when Sun was being taught TO smile and Ice being instructed NOT to.

For Sun to be excited enough to slip into normal speech, without even a single "Praise the God of Light!" slipped in, must mean… what exactly?

He turned his head to look at Judge, who was frowning at Sun Knight's back. From the look on Judge's stern face, he was not happy with Sun's slip of the tongue, even if it was just to the Cloud Knight. Sun had been far too distracted lately, and from the determined light in Judge's eyes, Ice knew his commander had every intention of finding out what Sun was up to.

If he hadn't found out all those years ago that Judge and Sun were actually rather close, he would've been quite frightened for Sun…

Judge noticed Ice's stare and gestured that he would be following Sun, when a judgment knight ran around the corner and saluted.

"Captain Judgment Knight! We've located the murderer from the previous report!"

With a swish of black cloak and a darkening of his strong features, Judgment swept off in the opposite direction, back towards the Judgment Hall. All thoughts of discovering what Sun Knight was up to recently were thrown out the window in the face of duty.

That someone would even DARE murder another in Leaf Bud City!

Ice stood there blankly, wondering whether to pursue Sun Knight on his own. After a minute, he set a hand to the inside pocket of his uniform coat, where he had a couple bags of cookies stored – one being the super-sweet cookies Sun loved. That's right! He never gave Sun his cookies! And if he happened to discover what Sun was up to in the process, all the better.

And so Ice headed towards Sun's bedroom. He actually wasn't the far behind Sun. Sun normally took awhile to walk from place to place, since walking slowly was more graceful and elegant, and his speed was slowed even further from his concentration on the book open his hands.

Ice turned the corner, and nearly frowned at seeing the newly returned Hell Knight leaning against Sun's door. Judge and Ice had left the meeting before Hell, so when had he…?

"Practicing magic is extremely inappropriate for a Sun Knight, Grisia," began the Hell Knight sternly.

Practicing magic? Was that what all his disappearing acts lately were about? Well, Ice already knew Sun had quite the gift, but as spells were unnecessary for a Sun Knight, Ice had never given thought to Sun pursuing it…

"Shut it, Roland!" huffed Sun. "Are you just here to get in my way?"

"What happens if you are discovered?"

"Not gonna happen. I only practice in my room or when I'm alone outside the Holy Temple."

"And if you fail?"

"Me? Fail?" laughed Sun, opening his door and gesturing his second best friend inside. "I'm following a book, Roland. If I can learn spells just by watching them, it should be at least twelve times easier following an actual book on the subject!"

"I'm not so sure," commented Hell warily, right hand resting on his sword hilt as he followed his friend in and shut the door behind them.

Ice waited a couple minutes, then approached and knocked on the door. Almost immediately, it swung open, revealing the Hell Knight looking rather suspicious.

Ice blinked twice, then nodded and held out two bags of cookies. One for Hell and one for Sun. Sun, eyes focused on the bag of precious sugary sweetness, immediately pushed Hell out of the way so Ice could come in, shutting the door behind them.

Hell turned towards Sun for explanation, not quite sure how much Ice had heard or how to react.

"Magic?" asked Ice, never one to use more words than necessary. As everyone knows, the Ice Knight dislikes talking. But it was clear where he was drawing that conclusion, from the way his eyes had focused on the book in Sun's arms.

Hell stiffened at the question. After all, if someone could connect Grisia Sun to magic, then it wouldn't be much of a stretch to connect him to necromancy… and following that trail could lead one to the necromancer Pink and the story of how Roland Hell came to be a death lord and what Grisia Sun had done to save him from being burned at the stake.

Roland had long since been prepared to allow himself to be killed as an undead, a being no longer blessed by the God of Light, but dragging Grisia down with him was out of the question. Despite how selfish, childish, lazy, and rude Grisia could be (as opposed to the perfection the Sun Knight was believed to emulate), he was Roland's oldest and most loyal friend.

Sun had eagerly taken the bag of cookies and opened it, already devouring the cookies with a look of ecstasy on his face. "Ah!" he exclaimed, noticing how awkward and suspicious Hell looked. "Don't worry! Ice taught me ice magic, back when we were still students."

Hell seemed to relax slightly at that. If Ice had indeed taught Sun a few spells, there should be no need for alarm at Ice's learning that Sun still used magic.

"You have been practicing?" asked Ice, making sure to clarify things in his own mind – especially if he were to explain to Judge later why it was not necessary to be concerned with the Sun Knight's recent disappearances.

"Umm, just a little…" mumbled Sun, his eyes sliding to the side… as they always did when he was trying to hide something. "Of course, this Sun, having devoted his life to the service of the God of Light, would never attempt any actions that could dull his holy light!" he hurriedly added, not wanting Ice to worry about him. (As usual, obliviously not having realized that Ice and Judge were already worried about him.)

"I wish to observe," commented Ice.

Sun thought about it, then nodded. "Shouldn't be a problem." He set aside his cookies reluctantly, but his eyes and attention immediately fastened on the heavy book as he hefted it into his lap.

The Hell Knight leaned against the closed door for extra insurance that they would not be interrupted. His right hand stayed on his sword hilt the whole time, as if he half-expected Sun to accidentally summon a monster or something.

A frown actually marred Ice's usual non-expression… well, it was more of the slightest furrow between his eyes, but you get the picture. "Be careful," he said seriously.

Sun waved it off and stood upright, holding the book up with one hand while he used the other to map out the complex gestures for the spell in front of him. He hurriedly mumbled the words of the incantation, and suddenly, before he even called out the name of the spell – which should have been the trigger, nothing should have happened without it – a blast of something slammed into all three Holy Knights, knocking them off their feet and slamming them into whatever happened to be behind them.

All fell unconscious.

Ice woke up alone, several hours later. Hell Knight and Sun Knight were nowhere to be found.

Shinwoo was running to school, late as usual, when he spotted a white uniformed guy with long blond hair dazedly climbing to his feet. Cursing himself for being such a nice busybody, he stopped and helped the guy upright.

Whoa! The guy was good-looking! Not as much as Rai, of course, but probably on level with the Chairman! Especially with those brilliant blue eyes and long blond hair – really long blond hair, as in past his waist! If he hadn't noticed the lack of curves even from behind, he might have jumped to the conclusion that it was some foreign girl.

The guy smiled at him, and for a second Shinwoo began to wonder if something was seriously wrong or something… 'cause the guy was smiling so beautifully at him it was like he thought Shinwoo was an angel or something. Like they shared a special bond and… what garbage! And he was late! Again!

Shinwoo helped the guy dust off, frowning as he examined the guy's uniform. What school was that from? Looked almost like a knight's costume or something, rather than a high school uniform. Anyway…

"Ah! I gotta go! I'm late – surely you are too?" he commented, grabbing his bag and running off.

Shinwoo was on his knees, hands held above his head, still aching from the four laps his enormous homeroom teacher, the forbidding guy with the X scar on his forehead, had made him run. He caught movement by the gate and looked over just as the strange blond guy entered gracefully through the gate.

The enormous teacher looked up. "You're just getting here now?" He examined the student carefully and frowned, feeling an alarming sense of déjà vu. Though the brilliant smile the new student gave him was certainly unique – so earnest and beautiful. As if greeting an incredibly beautiful woman or an exceptionally dear lifelong friend. The boy's blue eyes seemed to sparkle, and even his golden hair seemed to give the impression of glowing.

Weirdo.

The kid opened his mouth and a weird, and quite lengthy, spiel of something that sounded like Chinese, rather passionate and flowery Chinese, rolled out.

"Another foreign transfer student?" He sighed. "Shinwoo, you know what to do by now. See you in class."

Author's Notes: At first it was going to be just Sun falling into the Noblesse world, but after seeing how funny Roland was in Dark Ice Dragon's oneshots – I couldn't resist! Anyway, I hope you're enjoying it so far, and please review! Also, I'm totally open to comments, criticism, suggestions, and any and all ideas!

Oh, and I know Sun is in his twenties, but I picture him only looking something like 16 or 17, thus the misunderstanding. Also, the Chinese is just a bit of a joke since LoSK is written in Chinese, while Noblesse is based in Korea.