A New Knight
By: HitokiriBattosaiess
Step 3: Sardonic Truths
Hello! I hate to say it but this fic will be on short hold after this chapter. Not because I don't have ideas, but because I've decided to try to revive all of my old fics that have been just sitting there for a year. And maybe redo my first ever fic (for the third time) because whenever I post it, it ends up with almost no reviews (that fic eventually crosses over with this one). And I'd also like to revive my almost unused fictionpress account. I have plenty of ideas for this though and I'll probably alternate between updating this and updating my other stuff. All right, that's all my talk for now.
Disclaimer (Why haven't I done this yet?): I don't own Guilty Gear. If I did all 7 of my original characters would be playable and they'd have the theme songs that I wrote for them. However, I do own Carrie (as well as Katsumi, Skarz, Akuma, Elysia, Britney, and Mai; not that they matter right now. (Yes, I'm bragging)) So, here's the story!
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(This is new… Sol's POV)
"You're new here, aren't you?" I said to the girl now sitting across from me.
"Um, yeah," she said, shifting nervously, "How could you tell?"
"Easy, you're alone and you seem unhappy about it," I looked up to see big brown eyes, behind blue horn-rimmed glasses, widen
"What!" the girl demanded loudly, "Are you calling me hopeless or something!"
"What!" I yelled back, "What the hell's wrong with you! I was just trying to quell your 'loneliness'!"
"Really?" her expression changed to one of disbelief.
"Yeah. So do you want to be my 'friend' or not?"
"Well, okay!" she smiled now, sticking out a hand, "My name's Carrie Goldman!"
"Hm," I shook her hand, "I'm Sol." (WHEEEE! SOL IS HOT!)
"Well, I am new around here," Carrie seemed all too happy now, "So, you're my second friend here and my second friend who's a guy!"
"Wait… I'm only the second guy you've met," this sounded way too weird, "ever?"
"Um… yeah."
"What kind of sheltered life have you led!"
"Well, I was raised in an all-girls' orphanage," she said matter-of-factly.
"And you're how old?"
"I'm 18. So anyway," she hastily changed the subject, "I'm the new errand girl."
"Errand girl?" I couldn't help but give her a strange look.
"Yeah," she looked down glumly, "I know it sounds stupid, but it's always been my dream to join the Holy Order," she spoke quickly, not taking any breaths.
"It could be worse," I said, trying to prevent any more sulking.
"No way," she shook her head defiantly, "my jobs the crappiest around, and I haven't even started yet."
"You think this why?"
"It felt so stupid to tell you that I'm and errand girl," Carrie pouted, "because there's no pride in that!"
"There actually is one crappier job in the Holy Order," I grinned, "garbage person."
"Seriously?" she cocked her eyebrow suspiciously.
"Yeah, you seem," here came the explanation, "the people around here like to make themselves out as very nice. So, they hire just about everyone who applies for a job here."
"How do you know this?" she continued eyeing me suspiciously.
"I have my ways. Anyway, they give out crappy jobs to people they don't necessarily want to hire."
"What?" she glared at me, "Now you're just trying to make me feel bad!" she got up, about to leave.
"Wait," I grabbed her wrist, pulling her back into the chair, "I'm not done yet. The people that just plain suck are made into garbage people because they'll quit within a week. Errand people are said to have a reasonable amount of potential but one major flaw, or something," I looked back at Carrie, who was now staring back at me, wide eyed, "Did they tell you anything?"
"Well I was told that I was 'too rash'," she replied shamefully.
"I kind of figured that out," I smiled, teasing her, "since you start screaming all the time," I grinned at her angry glare, "for no reason."
"And I suppose you're not rash!" she yelled, with somewhat of a reason, "Huh, Sol!" she stood up, looking down at me.
"Jeez," I pulled her back into the seat, "They probably want to teach you how to listen too."
"Oh, shut up Sol," she grumbled, sounding defeated, "But seriously, why don't they tell you that you're 'too rash'? You just yell right back at me!"
"I don't know," I thought this over, "It's probably because I kick too much ass."
"What kind of reason is that?" she sighed, "You're being completely ridiculous!"
"It's true," I looked at her annoyed expression and smiled, "Didn't you have to fight someone to get in here?"
"Well, yeah," she shrugged, "It was somewhat of a challenge."
"Who did you fight?"
"Huh?" for an instant, she wore a blank expression, "I had to fight Sir Ky."
"Sir?" I laughed, shaking my head, "So, you fought Ky Kiske?"
"Yeah," she nodded solemnly.
"There's no way you could've beat him. He's supposed to be one of the best and most promising people here."
"Well I won."
"Then he obviously wasn't fighting with his full strength. Yeah, that's gotta be it. There's no way you could beat Kiske."
"How do you know?" she glared at me again, "You haven't seen me fight."
"Yeah, but he uses a magical sword (Wheeee, Fuuraiken!), which I doubt that you have."
"Whatever," she scoffed, turning her face away, "It's not like you can prove it anyway," she said, trying to hide the pain in her voice.
"Actually," I looked across the hallway knowing that it was the perfect time to expect a certain someone, "Aha, right there!" I pointed out Ky Kiske out to Carrie as he cam our way.
""Sir Ky!" her eyes grew huge and bright at the sight of him.
"Hey, Kiske!" I gestured towards him and he cam towards our table.
"What is it Sol?" he asked, sounding impatient.
"We," I gestured towards Carrie, who beamed when Ky looked at her, "would like to ask you a question."
"Hello Carrie," he said, suddenly ignoring me, "What brings you and Sol together?"
"Oh, nothing," she smiled brightly at him, also ignoring him, "He just started talking to me."
"Well, I hope he hasn't said anything to offend you. Sol can be very difficult at times."
"Oh shut up!" I yanked Ky's arm, getting his attention. "Here's my question: When you fought Carrie, did you use your full strength of not?"
"What?" Ky gaped, apparently not understanding.
"You know what I said," I prodded, "Be honest."
"Carrie?" he looked towards her again.
"I guess a real answer would be nice Sir Ky," she looked up at him and spoke in a sweet voice.
"Well," Ky began slowly, "I could never fight a beginner with full force. I limited my attacks and left small openings to check if you could find them."
"So it was really just another test then?" Carrie gaped at him.
"Yes," he sounded a little ashamed, "But you passed. It's my job to assess these things."
"Yeah," Carrie smiled nervously, "I understand. I should have expected that. You are a guy, and you're older than me and-"
"Actually," I couldn't help but cut her off, "Ky's only 16."
"Seriously?" she sounded genuinely shocked, "But Sir Ky just seems more… mature than a 16 year old."
"Oh," Ky said, strangely turning pink, "Thank you Carrie."
"Naw," I shook this off, "It's just that you're too immature Carrie."
"Sol," she glared at me, again, "And what, you think you're mature? How old are you anyway?" she demanded. "You've gotta be older than me," she mumbled.
"Oh," I thought this question over, "I'm… 26."
"What?" Ky gave me a look, "You told me that you were 28!"
"Hm?" I cursed myself for making such a stupid mistake, "All right," I quickly covered it up, "I lied just now."
"Why?" Carrie and Ky chorused, giving me the same look.
"It's obvious," this was so embarrassing, "It's better for a woman to think you're younger. It makes a man seem more appealing."
"What?" both of them again.
"Why would you want me to think that you're appealing?" Carrie continued the questioning.
"Well, do you see any other girls around here?" this was getting annoying.
"I guess not," she replied nervously.
"Anyway," now Ky spoke, clearly trying to change the subject, "The day's just about done, and I'm sure you haven't done anything Sol."
"There isn't anything to do around here anyway," I shrugged, "Get me some Gears to kill if you want me to do something."
Ky sighed, "Carrie, I managed to talk to some higher-ups and convince them that you're worthy of field work."
"Really?" Carrie brightened, "Thanks so much!" she jumped up and hugged him.
"Sure," Ky said awkwardly.
"Oh, sorry!" Carrie backed away, turning red.
"Please come see me early tomorrow so that I can get you a uniform."
"Sure," she smiled, "I'll come whenever!"
"Then I'll see you tomorrow Carrie," he dismissed her, "I'd like to speak with Sol, alone."
"Oh," she sounded surprised, "Well, goodbye then Sir Ky! Bye Sol! I hope to see you again!" she grinned.
"All right, see ya!" and then she left. "So, what is it?" I glanced at Ky.
"Since the two of you seem to get along," Ky began nervously, "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind me making Carrie your partner. Since it's so hard to find someone you approve of."
"So you want to dump her on me?" I shook my head, "Why can't she be your partner?"
"Well," Ky's nervousness grew, "I may be getting promoted soon, to a point where I won't need a partner. I don't want to pick her up and then have to dump her on someone else."
"Hmm…" I considered having Carrie as a partner, "Well she's fun to annoy, and she seems interesting. I guess… I'll do it. I was gonna have to get a partner sooner or later anyway."
"Right, and better sooner than later," Ky agreed. "I'll let her know tomorrow. You won't regret this Sol." -END STEP 3
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It took me forever to write this! Jeezus! Anyway, I will be trying to write my other stories. I'd really appreciate it if you took a look at them! (I'm plugging myself) And if anyone has any ideas for this, I'd love to have them cuz all my ideas are for later on in the story when it will eventually get serious. Let me now in your reviews, okay? And now for notes to the reviewers!
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