Kai: Hello all! :D awe yes Rated, there is a reason to my madness! Light's and Serah's memory loss will be explained later in the story. And to be honest, the only thing I know about Noctis is that, he's in FF13 Versus, he has black hair, he is some sort of prince I think, and there is some girl I believe he is paired with? Something like that. I actually don't know much about him so yeah XD but a lot of people seem to like Light x Noctis. And Noctis fans are probably going to hate me for what I have planned for him to do X3
Lia: yeah... so anyways on with the next chapter.
Kai: Now it's Light's POV :D oh and by the way, Oneesan is a Japanese word that is referred to your older sister.
Chapter 3: The Vase
"...we should have a sleepover tonight!" Serah suggested cheerfully at the lunch table the group sat at.
The group stared at her in thought then glanced at each other. Lightning gave a sigh and looked at her sister sternly. "Serah, what if Snow or Ice try to pull something hm? Even Fang?" she said, ignoring the 'hey' from the three friends.
Her younger sister gave a stern look to her older sister. "Really Oneesan your too overprotective! And Snow is my boyfriend! You don't need to baby me." she huffed softly, making the soldier sigh softly, shaking her head. There was just no talking sense into her sisters thick skull.
Vanille instantly stood up, arms up happily. "I'm in! I love sleep overs!" she said, letting out a squee of delight till Fang wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled the smaller girl in her lap. Making the orange hair girl giggle aloud as the older Oerbian woman snickered.
Lightning rolled her eyes at the two while Serah giggled. Snow smirked, pretty much saying he'd go if Serah was going to be there. Ice laughed a bit and winked toward the soldier.
"Well I'll go anywhere my pink haired beauty go- OW! Not the face!" Ice started till Lightning through a apple against his cheek.
"Shut up you moron." Lightning grumbled in annoyance. Why did he have to be so annoying all the time?
Serah giggled a bit then turned to her right. "So Lia what about you? Want to come?" she smiled cheerfully as she looked at the silver haired girl who was happily munching on a piece of ham though turned to look at the slightly younger girl.
"Hmm? I don't mind. Might be fun." Lia said after finishing her ham then gave a bright smile. Chuckling as she watched Serah give a soft cheer at the answer.
"Great! It will be a lot of fun!" Serah said cheerfully.
Fang smirked a bit. "And have lots of drinks then get drunk and pass out! And maybe have a little fun." she laughed cheerfully, snickering a bit as Vanille playfully smacked her shoulder.
Lightning groaned and looked at her sister coldly. "At least shove the boys into the bathroom." she said, not wanting have the two idiots in the room with them.
Serah sighed. "Well fine... at least then we can play our own games!" she purred mischievously.
The soldier rolled her eyes and glanced toward Lia, the newcomer mostly remained quiet, probably to be polite and not to interrupt the conversation. Since she didn't quite know everyone yet, yet when she caught her eye, she smiled brightly. Lightning twitched a bit at the smile, so far, the silver haired girl seemed very friendly. She didn't really understand why though, it just seemed a bit odd. Guess it was just her nature. Whatever, it's not like she cared or anything.
After catching her breath, Serah stood and grinned. "Great! We'll meet in my room! Hold on let me just go and pick up something." she said as she moved around the table and walked outside.
Lightning watched her sister with a sigh, their friends chattering excitedly about the sleepover, then looked over at Lia who surprisingly, had her full focus on the retreating girl. Odd, why was she watching so intently? Just then, Lia's eyes snapped wide and she literally leapt over the table, her feet landing on the other side of the table and in front of Fang before springing over her head and dashing towards Serah with incredible speed. She hadn't realized how fast this girl could move, even the soldier would have a difficult time keeping up. The soldier stood up alarmed at the silverette's actions before she saw the new girl manage to shove Serah foreword before a vase landed squarely on Lia's head, which would of been Serah's.
Gasping, Lightning instantly stood and ran over and grabbed her sisters shoulders and looked her over, making sure she was alright.
"Serah! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" the older pinkette said worriedly, blue eyes searching for any injuries.
Her younger sister let out a soft grown but nodded. "Hmm... yeah.. I'm fine, just a bit surprised." she said softly then blinked in realization. "S-Someone pushed me out of the way, um... Lia! Oh my god Lia! Are you alright?" she cried out, pulling away from her older sister to stand in front of the currently wobbling girl, blood running down her face.
Lia seemed a bit stunned as she took a breath and stood up straight, stopping her wobbling. "Oh me? Yeah I'll be fine. I'm hard headed..." she chuckled, smiling reassuringly.
"You need to go to the nurses office! Light can you take her? I'll come and visit real soon. I'm so sorry!" Serah said, bowing but Lia just waved her hands and shook her head.
"It's fine it's fine! Really, wasn't your fault!" Lia said with a cheerful smile.
Lightning looked at them then looked up above, wondering where the vase came from, she would have to investigate it and perhaps ask Lia about how she knew it was about to fall into Serah. Later though, it was best to get the newcomer to the nurses office now. So she nodded and looked at her sister.
"Alright, take care... just be careful." Lightning said before walking into the building. "Come on lets.." she started till she heard Serah yell.
"Light! Carry her!" Serah snapped at her.
Blinking, Lightning went back over to Lia, surprised at her sister's yell.
"Oh no.. I can walk it's fine." Lia said but let out a soft yip as the soldier picked her up bridal style.
Lightning then looked at Serah with soft concern. "Take care Serah, make sure your perfectly alright, I'll be back soon." she said before walking to the nurses office.
As she walked down the hallway, Lia had insisted that she was fine and could walk but Lightning didn't set her down. Serah had told her to carry her all the way there, and the girl was pretty light actually. When on her own, she seemed to be as sturdy as a pillar, but here in the soldier's arms, she felt tiny. Though it was a little odd carrying a girl in a boy's uniform.
"...how did you know?" Lightning asked, glancing down at the other girl in her arms.
Lia looked up at her curiously then chuckled a bit. "Well... I suppose it was gut instinct... plus I saw its shadow moving around unbalanced... so I guess I just bolted... good thing to eh?" she said softly, giving a happy smile up at her.
For some reason, this face... seemed so familiar... what was it? This pure, innocent smiling face, it seemed so familiar. Since yesterday, she had watched Lia closely and had noticed that Lia might smile, but they weren't always real genuine smiles like this one. Smiles that made someones heart flutter and their face soften. This girl... why... did her heart twist in both pain and joy at the sight of her? She didn't understand, she didn't even know her. What possible connection could they have? No matter how hard she tried to fit a name to this face, or a memory, nothing came. Just darkness and a complete blank.
Yet, there was a instinct to hold and protect her. Making her heart clench at the sight of the blood flow.
It has to be my imagination, it means nothing. This is the first time I met her, so it probably didn't matter. I'm just being silly.
"Thank you... for saving Serah..." Lightning mumbled out staring straight ahead to avoid that blue crystal gaze.
"Anytime... she's a kind person so she's worth protecting. Right?" Lia smiled softly, relaxed in the soldier's arms. Well it was either that or her throbbing head.
Lightning ignored it then walked into the nurses office and a beautiful woman stood there, long flowing white hair, man there were just a bunch of silver haired people in this school. This woman had such clear blue eyes, a goddess like figure, white silky skin and ruby soft lips and wore a common doctors outfit. The school nurse turned and blinked, gasping as she saw Lia's condition.
"Lia! It's only your second day what did you do?" the nurse said as she quickly went over to them and examined the girl, checking the blood and head injury. "Here lay her in the bed." she said to Lightning, pointing to one of the nurse beds.
The soldier nodded, walking over and gently placing the silver haired girl in the bed then stepped back to let the nurse step in and examine the wound.
"Sorry Andy, guess I'm just reckless." Lia chuckled softly, hissing softly as the older woman treated the wound.
"You're lucky that it didn't give you a concussion. Well it looks like you'll be fine, but do try to take it easy." the woman said after wrapping Lia's head in bandages then looked at Lightning.
"Could you make sure Lia here takes it easy and tries to keep ice to her head. And if you have any problems, feel free to come back here, I'm Andraste Val Nil Lore. Andy is just fine. If I'm not here, another woman named Asurious will be here, just tell her what happened and she'll handle it." the woman explained clearly in a heavenly voice then smiled at Lia. "Next time, visit us uninjured." she chuckled.
Lia sighed then stood. "Sorry sorry. I'll make sure to drop by." she said with a apologetic smile before standing and slowly making her way to the door.
"Need me to carry you?" Lightning said as she watched the other student pass by her.
"Oh I'm fine I can... waaaaalk!" Lia started till the soldier picked her up once again and walked out, walking towards the teleporter. "Hey! I'm really fine!"
"Serah wished me to carry you, and having a head wound like that isn't one to take lightly." Lightning answered calmly as she walked along.
The silverette gazed up at her, thinking for a moment before giving a smile. "Hmm... I suppose..." she said, placing one of her fingers on her own lips in thought. "Or perhaps you just want to carry me like a princess?" she said in a slight teasing tone then giggled as a cold glare flashed down on her. Yet even then, Lightning couldn't even fully glare at this girl for some reason.
"Want me to drop you?" the soldier said calmly.
"Awe sorry sorry... I'll be good." Lia said, giving a cute puppy dog face making the soldier twitch then frowned when the silver haired girl giggle.
Bother, what a odd girl.
After reaching the room, Lightning had set Lia on her bed, careful to be gentle. The others were already there in their pajamas and were chattering up a storm with one another. Once the soldier and the injured girl got there though, they started to ask if Lia was alright who insisted was fine. So they then thanked her for saving Serah, especially Snow who started to chatter up his nonsense on heroism. He was such a idiot most of the time, perhaps all the time. Lightning really couldn't think of any time Snow was actually smart. The group was currently sitting on the floor, Lia lying on the bed on her side watching them, having been ordered to stay down by Lightning and Serah. Lightning sat on the bed near the end of the bed and by Lia's legs, arms crossed.
So far it was pretty boring for Lightning of course, they just talked about some things, and laughed a bit. Soon they had started to play truth or dare, Serah loved playing that game for some reason.
"Fang I dare you... to not say or do anything for a minute while I tickle Vanille!" Ice dared with a smirk then tickled Vanille's ribs and waist. The orange haired girl giggled and laughed uncontrollably, face flushed as she cheery voice let out tons of giggles, and she squirmed, trying to get away.
"Ahahaha no! Ahaha no no no!" Vanille squealed loudly.
Lightning muttered, resisting the urge to cover her ears from the loud noise then looked at Fang who was twitching as she stared at the scene. Looking ready to pounce on the little orange head. After a minute passed and Ice called it, well Fang tackled Vanille and started kissing her till Lightning kicked Fang in the head.
"Wait till your in your own room." Lightning grumbled out coldly.
Fang snickered and pulled away from Vanille but held her in her lap, thinking deeply for a moment. "Alright then, so sugar truth or dare?" she asked with a smirk.
The soldier raised a eyebrow, if she asked for a dare, Fang probably would ask her to do something stupid, but if she said truth, she'd have to answer something embarrassing for sure.
"Dare..." Lightning answered.
With a smirk, Fang chuckled. "I dare you, to give a kiss to Lia on the forehead to make her head feel better." she said, snickering as she watched the soldier twitch and give a death glare. "Oh come on it's not the lips." she said.
Grumbling curses, she glanced at the silverette out of the corner of her eye who simply chuckled then gave a playful shrug and gave a nod.
"A dares a dare I suppose, I'm about to pass out anyway so..." Lia started then yawned softly.
Lightning rolled her eyes, but leaned over the silver haired girl, her right arm next to the other girl's chest to support her then leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead. It was only meant to be a quick peck, but something about this, reminded her of a distant memory. This feeling, it was a foreign yet familiar feeling. What was it? Once she saw that she was taking a bit to pull away, she leaned back then crossed her arms. This couldn't be just a coincidence.
Who was this girl?
