The Double Edged Spear
Chapter 2: Our Lost Bond
"I already memorized all this stuff years ago, can I see Nine and Queen now." I grumbled, looking at Kai as he flicked through my papers, handing them back to me, with 100% marked on it. Haha, Queen I am not stupid no more.
"How many times have I told you, Mother will come here within a few months then she will see if you can go to the academy." He grounded his teeth, glancing at me from behind his desk.
"But I am so lonely." I cried out, the room having my voice jump off the walls. I sighed resting my chin on my arms in front of me, watching Kai, trying to make him uncomfortable.
It's been 9 years already since I had last seen them, it seemed as if I the memories from before had never disappeared just to the that I couldn't stop thinking of them. Queen's smart talk I missed dearly, Nine's bashful attitude, it was a understatement to say I just missed his attitude, I missed all of him.
"Weird kid." Kai mumbled, I narrowed my eyes at him, "shut up old man." I watched as he glared at me this time, a spark of lightning nearly hitting me if I hadn't dodged it. I raised a eyebrow at him, "I-I am not old."
"I was 7 when I came here, 9 years past, in my books your very old." I watched him step out from behind the desk, his figure trembling, all a sudden he started to casted lighting and fire spells, making me run around the room as if I touched hot coals.
I let out a laugh as he shot the lighting at a desk making it fly over my head, I watched as the wood pieces fell over my head. Suddenly that all stopped because of the opening of the door, turning around I spotted a woman.
She was short with black hair reaching past her ears, "u-uh, trouble, Kai." Jumping over the broken desks and chairs I made my way to the front, she was one of his close friends but it seemed as if every time he was around she would stuttered unconsciously.
"The Vermilion Peristylium is being attacked by the empire from what we assume." Dammit, I watched as Kai eyes widened looking at me, he nodded, "come one, Avasa. We are going." I watch him bolt out the door.
Following in his steps behind, "Olivia, get our vehicle ready. We are going out there." His tone hardened, I looked down to the marble floor, breathing out, I hope everyone is okay, especially Nine and Queen, because last time I heard they were in Class Zero, which means they would have to do some part in this battle.
"Here put this uniform on." I looked at it completely different from what I am wearing now, it was a black jacket with golden shoulder pads and the red and black stripped skirt. I glanced up to him as he looked at me.
"That was the uniform for Class Zero, you were suppose to go in a few more days, but I guess that can't be helped." I felt my eyes brighten my mood lifted, I will see Nine and Queen after all of these years.
"Hurry up, meet me in the front, we are going to help out."
I stared at the person on the ground in front of me, I hadn't known her name but it could have been possible she had a family, her corpses mangled, blood leaking through her lips, her long black hair mixed with her dried blood, right this is what war is.
I breathed out, for the people died doesn't matter if I don't know them I will show no mercy. I got up from my knees, "make the crystal guide you to heaven." I bowed to her, brushing her hair away from her eyes.
If she had a family they would forget her, because the crystal was able to erase the existence of a human being, as if they had never existed, it was cruel but it had meant only good, to prevent her family from grieving.
My lips were held in a straight line, as I passed the dead soldiers. I reminded myself on what I was being briefed on, we are to help assist Class Zero in order to restore magical power, instead I was caught up in rage wanting to help push back to the forces instead.
"Hey, stop right there." I heard the voice behind me, I turned around slowly feeling my fingers itching for my weapon.
I seen a group of men wielding guns, "they are with the empire." I tilted my head at Kai's words, is that so?
I grinned stepping forward, watching as he glanced at my coat, "red demon." Hearing there words it seemed as if the coat symbolizes something more that I had known. I narrowed my eyes at them feeling the happiness I had previously before shatter, I never thought war could be this gruesome but then again this is reality, I was only stuck in the past.
I watched the man directly in front of me, his fingers trembling on the trigger, he didn't want to kill, but this was war it was either kill or be killed. Hearing the burst of bullets I held my hand up, letting the block of ice cover his bullets stopping them from coming any further. "S-She's using magic." One of them cried out, though the next cry I heard was from someone dying.
I held my double edged spear within my fingers as it cut the man across his chest, feeling the blood touch my lips and butterflies spiral in my stomach. The next man beside him started to shoot in a panic, I lifted my leg hitting him in his stomach watching as he stumbled back, I let the tip of spear pierce through his chest. Blood spraying on the ground and on me, the color becoming beautiful in my eyes.
I heard the footsteps running down the burning street, the lone man trying to escape, I twirled the large spear in my hand the blood flicking off from the tips, he was too soft for war, he couldn't kill.
I bent my right leg back, as I thrown the spear at him watching it twirl in the air, dancing along with the air. Slowly I watched the tip pierce the man, hearing him let out a cry as he fell forward, my spear impaling him, walking towards him I heard the click of my boots down the street.
I reached the man lifted the spear off of him, pulling it out, I watched the blood leak from his lips. Then something unexpected happened, he smiled at me, the blood overfilling the corner of his lips. "Thank you." It felt like a brick had dropped on to my back, this man I had killed without hesitation had thanked me for killing him, he was just another human to me, he should be angry at me or try to kill me but yet he smiles as me?
"Good job, Avase. Let's get going." Kai mumbled to me, I nodded holding my spear watching as it disappeared, in moments coming I will need to use it again and kill another person. This was the fate I lived by my weapon.
I looked up to the sky seeing the ashes dance in the wind, the floor stained with blood and along with both the dominion's soldiers and the empire's. These were low ranked soldiers, it wouldn't affect the thoughts of the person controlling them, I watched passed a boy laid against a chocobo. I glanced down at his wounds seeing his face red with blood, his clothes stained with a color to familiar with me.
I could spot the multiple wounds on his body, seeing he was a strong person, he must have fought hard before he was killed. "Avasa." Kai called out further down the street, I turned to Kai glancing back at the man on the ground, "may the crystal guide you to heaven." The sounds of crumbling buildings echoed along the quite streets.
"This is war, Avasa, get use to it." I walked beside him, hearing Kai's cold words mumbled to me, I looked down to my boots, "I know." I muttered. I looked at the pair of dead soldiers, a guy and girl, both were holding hands, so they accepted their fate to die.
"Hey Kai." I seen his face turn to me from the corner of my eye, "don't die, okay." I bumped his shoulder. He raised a eyebrow looking at me, "are you confessing to me?" I let out a laugh, as I glanced at him seeing the assuming look on his face.
"No way, Kai. I told you before I only feel for a single person that way." I took a deep breath as I recalled Nine's grin, "your handsome and definitely popular with the girls even though your near your thirties." He opened his mouth to argue.
I closed my eyes for a brief moment, "its just your someone important to me, even though your annoying, if you died I would forget about you. Let's just saying I wouldn't want to forget someone like you who's been with me since I was young." I heard a sigh and a gentle pat on the head.
"I ain't gonna be dying anytime soon, you better not either." I laughed as he retrieved his hand back rubbing the back of his head, I smiled at the site, a small blush was noticed in the light but it was only because of his words.
Hearing a crash in the distance I looked to the direction, "that's where the crystal jammer is." Kai spoke out loud breaking into a run making me follow as well, hearing the voices I lifted my feet faster, I watched as a women dressed like a white tiger spoke. "This sucks." I watched as suddenly the man ran towards her, a line of gunman waiting patiently for orders, but behind her seemed like a big weapon of some sort.
I watched the man thrust his weapon forward, shattering his blade, "that's the crystal jammer." The women was the white tiger's l'cie, I breathed out as I followed him seeing the women disappear into the large machine their, Kai made his way towards the two people on the ground, the gunman distracted making it easier for me too kill them.
(I made up some things random words when casting a spell or using magic.)
"Divine lighting, grant me your power." I breathed out feeling the lighting crackle around me, opening my eyes I thrusted it forward hitting the machine, the women letting out a cry, the soldiers shocked by the sudden attacked. I held my double edged spear as I jumped high in the air, slamming into the ground causing them to stumbled back.
I heard them groan, lifting my spear in my hand I twirled it around the the group of men, slicing them because of the sharpness of the double edged spear, I watched them collapse to the ground, not moving, looking towards Kai he helped the guy up, who had dark blue hair along with dark green eyes, he had held a women close by him, she watched me with wide eyes.
"Hey, Kai. Isn't this thing only able to be controlled by l'cie." I called out to him, pointing towards the machine now turned towards me, "what the hell, your able to use magic." The women cried out, I grinned letting my spear resting on my right shoulder as the bottom touched the ground, suddenly feeling pride in me I smirked at the women.
"That's right." I watched as the machine lurched forward towards me, I jumped to the right trying to avoid the fire shooting at me. "Hey, Kai, aren't you gonna help me." I called out as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Think of this as a part of the evaluation you tried to avoid." I narrowed my eyes at him, "old man your dead after this." I flipped backwards, holding my hand up, feeling the power flow through my entire body.
"Stupid evaluation." Holding my eyes with the l'cie I bent my right leg back, "let the fire protect me." I shouted out as I let created a big explosion in front of me, not aimed towards the women but as a diversion. I broke out into a run as I called upon the lighting, letting it become one with my spear, feeling the tingles touch my skin.
Jumping up, I twirled my body gripping my spear in both hands as I slammed it into the head of the l'cie, watching as lighting spiraled over the machine like a wildfire. The l'cie cried out as the body of it began to twitch and act out of place. Pulling my spear out roughly I jumped towards the ground landing on it softly, holding my spear in my hand.
"Old man, I could have gotten killed." I muttered angrily as I started to approach him, hearing the clacks of metal, I looked back to the white tiger l'cie seeing the black fluid leak on to the ground, it struggled to get up but had still managed to do so. "Are you serious." I groaned, shrugging my shoulders as I made my way back to the white tiger.
"You thought I was done, did you?" She spoke out loud, I held my spear in my right hand sighing unhappily. Suddenly I watched as red cloaks invade my sight, a boy with blonde hair slicing the legs of the l'cie, a women from the left appeared with gray hair as she whipped at the side, dented it badly from the side, then another boy appeared with blonde hair, shooting what seemed like cards at the l'cie, my eyes widened at the sudden explosion.
"Wow." I spoke out loud, they finished my work for me!
Red cloaks. . . .Red demons? Also know as Class Zero I suppose, the one I was to join.
"Glad that's over with." I heard the glee-filled voice my ears, I watched a coffed haired blonde made his way over to me slightly curious, "new student?" He tilted his head looking at me, "that my friend is a long story." I gave a short sigh, feeling his blue eyes stare at me.
"Pretty." He gave me a grin, I raised a eyebrow, wow this guy has guts for speaking his thoughts, he took out his hand waiting for me to shake it, "my name is Jack." I nodded my head trying to recall what Kai told me in the transportation we took here, he took some brief things about the students from Class Zero.
Jack, also the person who is number 11, always seems to be upbeat and positive, also known as the class crown, but wields a katana and in fact quite good with it.
"Avasa." He smiled, "Mother did mention your name to us telling us you were coming soon." I tilted my head, so that means Ace and Queen knew I was coming. I felt a smile on my lips.
"Avasa, I suppose." I heard the feminine voice, I glanced at the voice to see the gray haired women, her violet eyes locked with mine. She gave me a tilted smile, "Seven." She spoke modestly, I glanced at her weapon she held in her hands, a whipblade, the first one I had seen in person rather then the textbooks.
"You were the one who half-killed the l'cie, am I right?" She narrowed her eyes at me, "well, yeah." I rubbed the back of my head, feeling awkward at the attention, I watched as the blonde haired boy step towards me, giving me a light smile, "thank you." He spoke, I raised a eyebrow, getting a feeling like I was going to enjoy making new friends with them.
"It was rather enjoyable." I shrugged my shoulders, feeling the hand on my shoulder and the deep voice reach my ears I felt my toes curl in anger. "Good job. You scored 60% on that." I brushed his shoulder off turning to him, pointing my spear at him, "seriously, I nearly killed that thing myself." I shouted, he opened one of his eyes.
"You had help from others." I pulled my weapon down, watching him step back, "old man you are dead." I shouted as I started to chase after him, shooting fire at him as he dodged gracefully. "You need to increase you accuracy as well." He called out towards me, "these are the symptoms of seeing your getting old. Oh is that a gray hair I see." I watched him trembled as he turned, his eyes holding a fiery glint in them.
"You stupid brat." He shouted as he ran towards me, chasing after me, shooting lighting and wind at me, Jack joined me as we ran away from Kai filled with laughter as the others watched us assumingly.
"Tired?" I crossed my arms over my chest seeing him breath heavily in front of me. "Haha, this is fun." Jack laughed out clutching his stomach. I grinned at him as he gave me a hand five for tiring Kai, I feel like me and Jack are going to be very close friends.
I glanced back seeing the white tiger l'cie burn into flames, as we started to leave I watched as the l'cie set off a huge explosion letting the black smoke crowd the area, "Avasa you coming." Jack called ahead of me, I nodded running to catch up with him.
With that the magic was restored everywhere, making it easier to claim back the land others died for, within the few hours the dominion was able to take back the territory. I never knew how this one day was possible to change everything for me, war had its surprises and it was only time that I had seen them.
"Ah, I see your the student Kai has been training for the past years." Kai stood beside the commanding officer, he was rather handsome with grey-blue hair and deep blue eyes, no doubt he was popular with the females in this school, though I was quite interested in why he wore a mask.
Kai was one of his close friends from a young age, he told me his had gotten it from a battle when he had faced betrayal, he had belonged to a group of the four strongest warriors in Rubrem's forces, but they had been betrayed when one of the had tried to kill the other three, they had been defeated on the near end of brink of death. But the cadet leader in their group had revived him as she was dying, the one way he was able to remember what had happened was because he wrote everything down as his teammates died.
It was rather a cruel fate that I couldn't imagine having to live with.
"Yeah. Though I am surprised the old man has friends other me." Kurasame glanced at Kai who crossed his arms over his chest tapping his foot impatiently, "old man?" Kurasame responded, questioning my choice of words.
"Yeah, the one next to you, all he ever does is talk, no wonder he has so much grey hair." Kai rubbed his temples looking at Kurasame. I grinned at the site as he gave our commanding officer a desperate look.
"You see what I had to do deal with all these years." He claimed softly, running a hand through his hair. "Avasa, takes right after you when you where younger." I watched Kai's eyes widened, "no way." He frowned.
"If you excuse me I will be introducing the class to both you and me." Kai sighed watching him disappear through the large brown doors, "he's so different." He softly spoke. I raised a eyebrow at him, "how so?" I asked feeling the eyes of both Rem and Machina.
"He was much more. . .Reckless? I suppose." He titled his head as his eyes wandered around the room, I turned towards the door hearing the sound of thumps and clashes. What is going on in there?
"Huh?" Rem tilted her head in wonder. "I wonder what's happening in their." She responded. "Sounds as if they are fighting." Machina walked closer to the door, then sudden silence was heard. I shrugged my shoulders as I glanced at Kai, "oh sounds like we should go in." Kai went first then Rem and Machina. I was actually surprised hearing that Kai would be the our CO's assistant, but he had no problems with it, in fact he seemed almost excited about it.
The moment I stepped in behind I had seen a large classroom filled with long desk and students scattered around the room, I stopped beside Rem watching the classroom, my eyes locked with the woman seated quietly in front of me, the sharp violet eyes locked with mine slowly widened, the barrette she wore brought back memories.
That was Queen.
Within seconds I felt the arms wrap around my shoulders, making me stumble back in shock, I felt my heart melt inside as I hugged her back as well. "Cadet Avasa, will be assigned the number 14." I hadn't paid any attention to what Kurasame had said after that, I felt Queen trembled against me as if she was sobbing, I was so taken back I thought she wouldn't cry, she seemed to calm and collected for that, but I guess everyone has the there time they need to let it out.
"Oh look is class prez crying?" Jack called out in the back leaning over his desk in interest. "Avasa?" Queen slowly pulled back looking at me, her eyes slightly red, she took her glasses off rubbing them gently trying to get rid of the tears in her eyes. She put them back when once calm again, I grinned at the sight.
"I never knew you loved me that much Queen, I am shocked." I winked at her, she let out a low laugh pushing my shoulder lightly, "this is the only time you'll see me like this." I nodded happily. Hearing a rather deep voice causing my light blue eyes to search for the voice.
"Avasa?" I turned to the voice, looking to a large blonde haired boy his hair messy as always, his dark light blue eyes invaded with shock, I had seen a faded scar on his face narrowing at it seeing it didn't go away yet.
"Hey, Nine." My heart jumped as Queen pushed me forward too him, giving me a small smile, "y-you." He spoke lowly, I wrapped my arms around his stomach, feeling his muscles I felt his large arms wrap around me as well. "Y-Your really here."I heard him softly claim, his voice more rough and deep, which made him more appealing.
"Oh, Nine has a girlfriend!?"Jack shouted from the back, I watched as Seven's and Ace's eyes widened. "Y-Yo, it's not like that." He mumbled out looking at them with his arms still wrapped around me.
"Aw, your so cute Nine, look at you blushing." I unwrapped myself from his arms, grinning at his face, he cover his lower face with his hand looking in the next direction.
"This is interesting." I heard a deep voice speak at the back, it was a long haired blonde boy, his sharp red eyes watching the scene appearing in front of him. Nine glanced at me again ruffling his hair, "indeed." Another blonde boy responded with his blonde hair falling into his eyes. "Ah, she's Nine's girlfriend." A curious brown haired girl spoke, tilting her head in the process.
"A-Ah man." Nine groaned. "Nine, you should learn to keep your affairs private." Kurasame responded making his way to the door, Kai following after him, "damn bastard." He muttered.
I watched as Kai flashed me a light smile, I narrowed my eyes as I made my way towards him leaving Nine alone. "What you smiling about?" I frowned as he stopped by the door before he left out, Nine standing next to Queen watching us carefully.
I breathed out watching as he had known me a light smile a rare one, "that must be him." I began to feel my cheeks becoming more red as he stared at me as he raised a eyebrow at me.
"W-What are you talking about?" I refused to look at him, "heh. I know you to well, Avasa, Nine, he's the reason you do for everything." I stared at the ground feeling his hand touch the top of my head, gently touching it. I let my toe touch the ground shyly twirling it around, I looked up at him, "just wait here until further orders. Enjoy the time to catch up with your friends." He gave me one light smile before leaving me closing the door behind him.
"Ah." I felt my lips let out, Jack's arm slunged over my shoulder, he grinned down towards me. "Playing two guys at once, bad Avasa." He pointed at me, letting a laugh fill my ears, "I-I am not." I cried out making him laugh harder at me.
"I could never like that old man." I crossed my arms over my chest, glaring at Jack, "looked liked as if you liked him." Queen spoke, adjusting her glasses. I shook my head at her, that old man, well Kai, there was no way I could think about him that way, sure he was handsome but I don't think I could ever think about him like that.
"Yo, Jack how do you know Avasa?" Nine asked, narrowing his eyes at the what seemed like the class clown. "Oh we met at the crystal jammer." Jack glanced at me then back at Nine.
"Don't tell me your jealous?" The taller blonde haired boy spoke, as he stood beside Nine getting a look at him, "j-jealous. A-as if." Nine stuttered. "He has been glaring at me for a while now, good eyes Trey." Jack laughed out, Trey smiled.
"Of course-I would the eyes of a jealous men because I have read so much about the facial expressions of a man going through the emotion, even reading his movements could tell the sense of jealously he feels, as you can see when his finger twitches h-" He was cut off by a women in the back.
"Shut up, Trey." Her hair kept into a sliver ponytail, her blue eyes suddenly alarmed. "Would you like me to lecture you?" He responded, "no. In fact stay right there." She spoke resting her head back on the desk.
Trey begins to move towards her, explaining the way to tell if a man is jealous. I sighed running a hand through my hair, "so where you this entire time?" Queen spoke as she gotten closer to me, her voice softer than usual.
"Some small headquarters kinda far from here, even I don't remember much how the outside looked like." I rubbed the sides of my arm suddenly as if feeling a chilling cold feeling run down my back.
"They didn't let you go outside?" Queen asked. I nodded, "I was always kept indoors." Queen pushed her glasses up, "I see." She mumbled, suddenly I spotted a gingered haired girl beside her teal eyes watched me with amazement. "Your really pretty." I brushed the strands of hair away to behind my hair, "thank you." I mumbled not sure how to talk her words.
"Ah, look she's blushing." The ginger haired girl pointed out, a smile lifting across her features, "haha. Isn't she adorable." Jack laughed out loud, I raised a eyebrow glancing at the laughing pair. Queen shook her head lightly at me, "don't mind her, this is Cinque." The ginger haired girl smiled at me, giving me a small wave as she greeted me happily.
"I am Deuce." Her soft spoke voice caught me by surprise, the brunette gave me a light smile contrasting to her beautiful dark blue eyes. "Avasa, pleasure to meet you." I greeted her back with a smile as well.
"Let's work hard together." She spoke before leaving the room followed by Cinque, I dreamily watched her pass by. "There she goes." A auburn haired girl whistled lightly, "Cater. Nice to meet ya." She spoke holding her hand out, I held her's but quickly it was shaken up and down violently. She grinned at me giving me a wink, "Nine's girlfriend." Before I could say anything I watched as she walked out the door followed by another guy, Eight I suppose it was.
"Interesting people I see." I sighed. Queen gave a short laugh glancing at me, hearing my stomach growl, I rubbed the back of my head shyly, "ah, would you see that?" I mumbled. Queen pushed her glasses up, Nine snorted as he heard me, "I am pretty hungry." Queen took my hand looping it around mine.
"Well, there is a cafeteria for a reason."
Hey! Sorry if I hadn't write the character's personality out right, I mean I wanted to change a few of them, like Queen and Nine a bit, but sorry if I messed up on the other's.
Hope you enjoyed!