"Ouchhhh, I really should have been paying attention." I said , trying to stand , just before I tried to push myself up Cyade came from behind me and jumped on my back , sending my whole body right back down on the rocks. "That was really stupid Nikko." He said , crossing his arms. "Fine , I give , he's your half of the berry." I said , holding it out. He quickly snatched it and climbed off of me the moment he saw Serah running towards us.
~Serah's P.O.V~
"Oh no! They're at it again!" I panicked , running up to them from behind. (I didn't expect them to be this aggressive towards each other.) "Nikko, why did you do that to Cyade?" I asked helping him up. When he stood up completely he mocked Cyade's actions , but in the opposite direction. "I hate him that's why!" He yelled. (Nikko , please don't.) "Well , I hate you two you retard!" Cyade yelled back catching the attention of some nearby guild members. "Guys, pl-" "Don't call me a retard , retard!" Nikko yelled suddenly tackling Cyade down to the rocky path , and repeatedly punching him in the face. "Get off, Dumbass." Cyade yelled punching him in the face.
"N-no" I silently cried. "I hate you!" Nikko yelled , while being punched by Cyade. (This isn't what I wanted ~Crying intensifies~ ) "I hate you right back , bastard." Cyade yelled. (This isn't what team's supposed to be like… I'm the leader here , I have to do something… but I can't… I'm too scared!) I quickly felt my legs weaken and my bottom lip tremble. Suddenly everything thing around me when dead silent , and my body feel cold. In that instant, I ran off straight to my room with my head down completely drowning in tears, running pass all including my sister Jinx.
"Serah!?" I heard her call just before I shut my door , locked it , and jumped on my bed crying. "Serah , please open the door!" She said , sounding worried. "I-I just wanna be alone, just go away Sis!" I yelled burying my face into the pillow. "Listen , Serah, You're not going to feel any better if you lock yourself away , you know this- (~Sniffing~ I hate it when she's right.) Now , open this door so we can talk." She said. "Okay…" I said , using Physic to open the door. "The moment the door opened my sister , a female gardevoir, entered and admittedly closed the door behind, her then walked over to me and began softly stroke my fur. "You know , I hate to see you like this Sis. Tell me what's wrong." She said continuing to stroke my fur.
"~Crying slows~ it's just... how am I going to be a team leader when I can't even control my members? It's like they're always fighting and never listening to me , even before Cyade joined he would mess with Nikko for no reason and Nikko would do the same to him…" I cried even more ,suddenly jumping up to hug her. In shock she hugged me back tightly and smiled looking me in the eyes "Sis , not everything is going to go your way , and what you need to understand is that boys will be boys. It's going to take time for Nikko and Cyade to get along so the only thing you can do now is toughen up. " She said stroking the top of my head.
I slowly wiped my tears and sat back down on my bed thinking of how I could become a better leader , my sister sat next to me with that beautiful relaxing smile of hers. ( If I ever want to be a good leader and not like things like Nikko and Cyade's fights bother me I have to toughen up… But how?) "Hey sis , how did you get Archangel and Frostbite to stop fighting , and work together so well?" I asked , suddenly laying on her lap. "Well ,it took two things : The first was jumping between them , even if it meant I may get hurt , and the second was team bonding time." She said with a little giggle. "You willingly put yourself in danger for the sake of the team!?" I shockingly said.
"Yes , it was necessary. A good leader would do anything for his or her team… Even if that meant putting themselves in danger for ,but because of that look what happened. Archangel and Frostbite both knew their fights weren't helping the team, so that changed , they still fought but it was every so often, eventually everything got better for all of us in team Darkblade." Jinx said , rubbing the fur on my belly. (It makes sense now! I need to show Cyade and Nikko that them fighting isn't helping the team , so maybe once I do that things will get better.) "Oh , that's it! Sis , you , Cyade and Nikko should go to the Zefera town carnival for some team bonding." Jinx said sitting me up with physic and standing.
"Team bonding? Exactly how is that going to work?" I asked , reaching for my brush on my night table. "Trust me , just go and you'll understand." She said smiling at me. "But S-" "No. Don't think about the "buts" just go and have fun." She said interrupting me with a giggle. (~Beginning to smile~ I guess she's right , I should go have fun and not worry about it.) "That's what I like to see : My little sister's smiling face." She said leaning in to give me a hug and a kiss. "~Giggling~ Stop it sis , you're going to make me blush." I laughed , staring to be tickled by her. After a good minute of playing around Sis gave me some poke to take to the carnival , just in case I wanted to buy something. "Sis , I love you." I said jumping from my bed and walking to the door, ready to go back and face Cyade and Nikko.
"I love you too… Now , go find your team members and have fun." She said , walking up behind me. "Alright." I said with a large smile on my face , running out the room , off to find Nikko and Cyade.
~Meanwhile back underneath Grands peak , Nikko and Cyade appear to be trying to have a serious conversation for once~
~Nikko's P.O.V~
(Looks like it's time to suck up some pride and talk to him male to male about Serah ,but… ~Blushing~ no! I can't let that happen , this is all for Serah.) I thought ,sitting to Cyade , watching the shore line creeped slowly to to land. "C-cyade/N-nikko." We both said simultaneously. "~Blushing intensifies~ O-oh , umm." I panicked. ( dann , just when I thought I had it.) "You go first." He said turning his head ,in an attempt to hide his blush. (But why would he be blushing? He must have a problem with speaking directly to another.) "Ok , so… It's about Serah. What I did was wrong, I shouldn't have… Y-you know…" I said shyly.
"Y-yeah , about that… I'm sorry (He's so much different now , I thought he had hated me so much that we'd never be able to do something like this.) I really didn't care about the stupid berry… It's just that… being around you really bothers the hell out of me sometime. " He said slowly turning back to face me. (I really do that to you?) "I feel the same way about you Cyade." I said suddenly turning my back to him then saying. "Yeah , I don't know why but when I'm around you I-I just lose i-" Suddenly , I heard footsteps behind me , and suddenly felt a warm paw rub my head. (C-cyade!?) I thought ,suddenly turning and looking up , quickly realizing that it was him wearing a bright blush on his face, trying to cover it with his other claw.
"L-look Nikko , let's make a deal." He said , using the same claw he was rubbing my head with to help me up. I stared at it for a moment before accepting it , in those few seconds of silence between us , my body began to feel weird. Not only did my blush brighten, my heart sped up , and things felt a bit slow to me, so with those feeling lingering I accepted his claw and stood to my shaky legs. "S-sure w-what's the deal." I said occasionally , avoiding eye contact with him. "L-let's fight when Serah isn't around , that way she won't get upset." He said ,trying his best to look me in the face. (That's actually not a bad idea.) "I-I could work with that… Yeah , I like that." I said with a slight smile.
"Finally , now that that's over , let's go find Serah and apologize to her." He said , beginning to walk away, with me only a few steps behind At the same time my body started to return to normal. ( Thank goodness.) Then , as we were walking up the rocky path to the guild again we saw Serah , running towards us with a large smile on her face. "Ggguuuyys!" She yelled running over , and suddenly pulling us into a tight hug. "S-serah , we're sorry about wha-" Serah quickly covered Cyades mouth smiling. "Do you at least-" Serah then quickly did the same to my mouth but with her other claw. "I don't want to hear it from either of you , because-because I know that you two won't do it again , well at least not when I'm around." (H-How did she know!? Or is she guessing?)
"Right , captain." I said quickly moving her claw away from my mouth. "Tch , I swear Serah , the day I finally decide to work with this idiot you go and mature." Cyade said also moving her claw from his mouth. "I'm so glad." She said , wiping a faint tear away. "So tell us , what's the mission." Cyade said , resting his claws on the back of his head. "Oh , that's right , I didn't tell you, sorry about that… Our mission is the same as before to go and recruit one member , but let's put that on pause for a bit and go have fun at the carnival." She cheerfully. "Awesome! I call getting on the scary rides first!" I yelled grabbing Cyade and Serah's arm and running the rocky path.
"NONONO! I HHAATTEE ROLLERCOASTERS!" Cyade yelled , as me and Serah laughed, continuing to pull him along.