YUSH! SECOND CHAPTER! I only realized now that it is hard writing fanfics… I WILL KEEP SUPPORTING MY FAVORITE AUTHORS! As for the title of this fanfic, all I can say is WAHAHAHA! Seriously I hate the title but ended up picking this one since I can't think of any better title, not that I think this was any better.
OH! And Thanks to Eel Nivek and Kingu for their awesome and inspiring reviews! weeeee
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"Kind people die early!"
That is the favourite quote of my friend. That is the reason why she's a –
Shining Delinquent
Chapter 2: The Silent Conversation
The blond guy was about to strike when the other guy, apparently the so-called Prince whom Vanille is implying, suddenly avoided it using his sword to clash against the other sword.
"EEP!" Lightning held her hands to her mouth to prevent further shouting.
"That was dangerous y'know. They should stop before somebody gets hurt," Lightning whispered with a worried look on her face.
But it seems that no matter how much she whispers, her voice seems to echo inside the building mainly because it's already deserted due to the fact that most students have already gone home to their respective destinations.
"Uhh… Y-yeah."
Vanille was smiling at Lightning because at least for once she was concerned for somebody other than her sister. But what she didn't know is that Lightning only pitied the two guys because she thinks it's too early for them to die, again with her shallowness.
"Let's stop them now," Lightning has already gone bored after approximately 3 minutes of watching and she wants to get this over with.
"I don't think that's a good -" Before Vanille could finish what she was saying, Lightning has already opened the door leading to the training room with a loud *BAM* that comes after it.
The two guys looked her way with confused expressions painted on their faces.
"S-sorry…," Lightning said realizing the ruckus she just made.
Lightning cleared her throat before continuing "Well you see my friend and I are lost at the moment so will you be kind enough to show us the way to your vice principal's office?"
"Which?" The blond guy asked trying to be of help as much as possible.
'Which?' Lightning whispered to herself, obviously confused of the question.
"The Vice Principal of Student Affairs to be exact." Vanille quickly answered before Lightning could embarrass herself.
"Yeah… That's it!"
"Oh! We'll show you where it is. Want to come Noct?"
"Ok. It would be nice to stop practicing for a while."
'Oh… So he's name is Noct… What an odd name that is,' Lightning chuckled at the thought.
Lightning blocked the blond guy from going out of the training room "You don't have to show us the way, just tell us the directions and we might as well find the office ourselves."
"No. We insist. After all it would be rude for us to not escort you young ladies, is it not?"
"No we're fine. We might be bothering you of your practice," Though the sport they're currently practicing looks pretty dangerous.
Lightning unexpectedly noticed the sword "Say, that sword you're holding -"
"Ah this? It's fake actually. Look closely…"
Both Lightning and Vanille ducked down to look at the sword closely. In Lightning's observation, the sword seems to be a two-handed claymore. During the whole inspection she noticed absolutely no peculiarity to the said item. On the other hand, Vanille thinks the sword is just your typical sword that you see every day – in the stores to be precise.
"It doesn't look fake right?"
Lightning and Vanille nodded their head in response.
"It's actually made of wood. The sculptor made quite a masterpiece here that it almost looks real. Of course it's not completely 100% perfect since it has a few dents here and there." The blond guy laughed.
He continued "Noct and I actually have the same swords - oh!" The blond guy said surprisingly as if he had forgotten something important.
"We're quite rude aren't we? We didn't introduce ourselves. The name's Prompto and this guy over here is Noctis." Prompto said pointing at his friend.
"I'm Lightning and my friend over here is Vanille. So without further delay to each one of us would you kindly lead the way?"
"Ohhh yeah sure…" Prompto smiled which caused Lightning to wonder all over again.
'He seems to smile quite a lot… Hmm I wonder how short his life span is.'
They walked up the stairway which triggered Lightning to remember the directions the other girl told them earlier. Enjoying the moment they are currently sharing with the kind guys, whom she presumed all by herself, she decided she won't tell them. What an egocentric girl she is.
The silence consumed the group. Feeling the awkwardness, Prompto decided to break it off.
"So Lightning you're here to -"
He was deliberately cut off by Lightning "Just Light. Lightning is too long."
"Oh ok. So Light, I assume you're here to bring that envelope right?"
"Yeah."
"It looks important. Want to open it up?" Propmpto smirked.
"I was thinking of doing that but I can't risk getting in trouble," again. She wanted to add but thought it doesn't sound right to make a good first impression.
"So you're one of those good students eh?"
"Uhh well no-"
"We're here." Prompto cut Lightning off making her sigh in relief.
"Oh yeah by the way thanks," Vanille said cheerfully.
"You welcome Vanille," Prompto smiled.
Hearing the word 'Vanille' coming out of Prompto's mouth made her blush a little. Oh how happy she must be at the moment.
Before they could knock at the door, Prompto made a quick announcement.
"We're leaving now and we hope you know you're way back!"
"Yeah we still remember the way… Thanks."
Lightning was about to knock when Vanille said something that caught her attention.
"You know, the Prince doesn't seem to talk much."
"Yeah. It's like he's mute. Throughout the whole conversation, I heard none of him and more on that Prompto guy. What odd friendship they have. I mean how do they even start their conversations or maybe they're just letting their swords do the talking?"
"But wouldn't it be weird to use their swords in public places?"
Lightning laughed a little at that remark. After calming herself a bit, she knocked at the door three times and opened it. Lightning went inside first followed closely by Vanille.
The office revealed a boring room where the walls were painted a dull gray and the black office cabinets line up together on the left. In the middle, an Antique Neo-Egyptian French Empire Style Desk was composedly placed that made the office look rather royal and an added appeal despite the room's appearance. The desk has golden handles with designs unimaginable due to its complexity.
"Good afternoon sir –"Lightning read his name on the metallic nameplate located on top of the office desk "Thompson," Lightning greeted and she and Vanille simultaneously bowed their head.
"We are here to deliver this envelope from Sir Dayner, a professor in Pulse High School."
The man looked up at them once and went back in answering the Sudoku puzzle.
"Oh! Just leave it there on the desk."
'How rude… Too bad people like him will die later,' Lightning thought annoyed.
"Thank You," Lightning said with a hint of irritation in her voice. The duo then bowed their head and set off.
As soon as they were out of the school and definitely out of hearing range Lightning then let out her rage.
"DAMN! INSTEAD OF THANKING US HE JUST SNOBBED US? WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS HUH?"
"Well, considering the fact that he made you thank him which should be the other way around, I declare you – PAWNED!" Vanille laughed.
Lightning's eyebrow twitched. Then suddenly, as quick as lightning, a smack came to Vanille's forehead. A red hand mark is now visibly seen on her forehead. Vanille is so pitiful, a friend who only wants to make a little bit of fun but the sweet Lightning forbids her to do so.
"tsk tsk. LIGHT! Come on! That hurts y'know?" Vanille said while caressing her stinging forehead.
"What did I do?" Lightning said defensively.
And the scene ended where Vanille is running after Lightning to get revenge.
Lightning went home looking very tired because of the recent tag she had with Vanille. Of course Vanille didn't get her revenge since we all know that Lightning is way stronger than her.
Lightning saw her sister, Serah, very busy and apparently looking quite happy.
"Hey! looking so happy are we?" Lightning peeped at what Serah is doing.
"OH!" Serah gasped in surprise "Sister! Home so early today eh?" Serah said looking rather nervous and suddenly hid her mobile phone behind her.
"Why so nervous dear sister? And who's that you're texting?" Lightning said raising an eyebrow.
"Uhh.. N-no one!" Serah's face blushed like a tomato.
"Very defensive are we eh? Plus hiding your phone behind your back adds more to my suspicion."
"Just texting a-a friend of mine. Don't mind me p-plus we all need our privacy right?" Serah is now sweating heavily trying to hide the fact that she has a boyfriend, the B word that Lightning shall never ever find out.
"Serah, how long have we been living under the same roof?"
"Since the day I was born…"
"Do you think within those years I would not know you?"
"Probably…"
"*BUZZ* wrong answer. No matter what happens you are not allowed to date. Especially if you're under my care."
Anyone would have guessed that Serah was hiding something suspicious because of her obvious actions. But due to dramatic effects Lightning just had a reason to say that.
"I LOVE SNOW!" Serah shouted at the top of her lungs.
'It's strange coming that out from serah's mouth…' Lightning looked slightly confused.
"Well… I don't know how that relates to the topic we have just now but… I love snow too y'know."
Serah looked surprised with eyes wide open and jaw hanging "You love snow too?"
Lightning nodded "Yeah… Especially its fluffy white flakes and how we can make snow angels!"
"HUH? Snow is a person. He's the guy that I love!"
"WHAT?" Lightning furrowed her eyebrows.
"What kind of parents would give their son such a stupid name? Snow? " Lightning laughed rather menacingly.
Serah blushed looking annoyed at her sister's remark.
"And who ever named herself Lightning? You're one to speak!"
"EH? Since when did you have the courage to look down at my surprisingly exceptional name? "
"Since the time Snow and I started going out! I finally have the bravery to stand up for myself."
"Hmph. I disapprove of such relationship. Anyway, I don't know of anyone named Snow."
"He's a third year student at a local university but – HEY! Who gave you the right to disapprove of my relationship? " Serah quickly countered while realizing her sister's first comment.
"Simple. I'm your big sister and that gave me the right to disapprove of your relationship. Plus don't you think he's too old for you? He's already capable of doing things yet unimaginable to you y'know."
Serah blushed at the last statement of Lightning "Well yeah he's a little older than me and even to you but he's a gentleman at heart!"
Lightning twitched at that statement "How long have you been going out?"
"About three months now," Serah looked guilty.
"And yet you didn't tell me?"
"How can I? I know you will-"
Lightning cut her off "Putting that aside now, you're only dating for three months and yet you're already assured that he's a gentleman? Don't make me laugh."
"My guts tell me he's a genuine man!" Serah defended.
"Well let's prove this genuineness of his."
"How will you do that?"
'I have a bad feeling about this' Serah thought to herself.
"A duel will prove it. Serah, I challenge this snow guy of yours to a duel!"
Alas! Serah's intuition was proven right once again.
Lightning took her phone out and dialled a number. She held her phone next to her ears and said the words: "Hey! Is Snow speaking?"
"Hey! Aren't you going to think about this first?" Serah said concerned.
'How did she get Snow's number? Don't tell me she knew this all along…'
Lightning looked at Serah annoyed "Shush…
"Uh you see this is Serah's sister, Lightning. I'm pretty sure she already told you about me…"
Lightning turned away from Serah and was already walking off to her desired destination.
"H-hey! Wait!"
"I challenge you to a duel." Lightning looked proud while saying those words
Serah managed to catch up to Lightning "Please say you're just kidding Lightning…"
"When and where do you want this to take place….? Oh…. Cool you've got taste for finding perfect locations eh? Well then… See you there," With that Lightning ended the call between her and Snow.
Lightning turned to Serah delighted.
"Sis, you don't know WHO Snow is."
"Of course I don't. Otherwise, I wouldn't have challenged him to a duel to test his fighting skills."
"And don't you think it's inappropriate to test his physical strengths in order to know if he's compatible with me?"
"Well yeah but that's the only way to know right now."
'Is this one of her schemes again to test if one person is kind or not? I certainly hope not.'
Serah sighed.
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Sorry there's not much interaction between Noctis and Lighting… Teehee… Because it seems like Prompto is a cheery guy so I thought maybe well waaaaaaaaa…. But they will soon talk to each other soon I guess XD. What's worse is that I always end up writing 'Vanilla' instead of Vanille. Sigh. Please forgive me for any mistakes that you ever encountered (and telling me about it would be cooler). Plus I'm still not used to writing the name Prompto so I always end up laughing. XD
Oh by the way this is my first fanfic so if I have any mistakes please do tell me because I will definitely appreciate that so I can do better for the next chapters.
Oh and tell me what you think because that would be breath-taking!
R&R
Yes I know I repeated those lines ^… Teehee…
~Nica-Chan