You know guys, I had a horrible case of writers' block right in the middle of the last chapter, and it was bad. I sat staring at the computer for a half hour before turning it off to play the FFXIII game lol. Then I got back on just to stare at the word document for anther fifteen minutes *sigh* before being struck with inspiration. Believe me it was a long and painful process but I got through it XD
I hope you enjoy this next chapter…there's some action in it! *smiles*
Conflicting Clashes
So you think that acting like a bitch will make up for opening up to Fang?
Whatever that was that happened between me and Fang was a moment of weakness. Nothing more…
So the kiss was nothing too?
…
You can't lie to yourself forever, you know you lo-
No! I have no time for trivial things like that…
Lightning…love isn't trivial…it's something that is much more.
Shut up…
You know if you won't listen to your conscience, then at least listen to your heart.
I said shut up!
Lightning sat down on a rock and buried her face in her hands.
"You okay Light?"
The soldier looked up to see that Hope was standing before her, his eyes filled with worry. Lightning simply nodded, choosing not to respond.
"LIGHTNING!"
The pink-haired soldier blinked as Fang stomped up to her, her face a mix of anger and bewilderment. She was clenching her lance with a white-knuckled grip and her eyes burned with the ferocity of a wild beast.
"If the only way you'll see something is through fists…then so be it…"
What?
Lightning stood and narrowed her eyes. "Are you challenging me?"
Fang didn't smile like she would have. "It's the only way for you to realize that you can have moment of weakness."
Wait a second…how did she…
The raven-haired warrior read the other woman's facial expression, and as if she cold read her mind she spoke. "How do I know? Believe me Light; we have a lot more in common than you think."
Lightning snarled, "We have nothing in common…you don't know anything about me."
Without warning Fang cocked back her fist and rammed it into the soldier's jaw, sending her to the ground.
"Damn it Light, I know more about you than anyone else here!"
The pink-haired woman got back on her feet, her eyes cold with a deadly violence. She reached for her gunblade and took on a battle stance. Fang looked at her, her body trebling with frustration. She also fell into a battle stance, the members of the party their audience.
Hope watched with a facial expression of horror as Snow, Sazh, and Vanille walked up behind him.
"W-wait a minute, what just happened?"
Snow folded his arms across his chest, his eyes watching as the two women stared each other down. He shook his head with more of an accepting nature, rather than a disapproving one.
"…Something that needed to happen a long time ago."
Sazh laughed and Vanille joined him. Hope looked at the group and blinked; he still didn't get it.
"What?"
Sazh walked up to the silver-haired boy and patted him on the head.
"Hey kid, you'll learn when you're older."
"But-"
"When you're older," Snow and Vanille called out at the same time.
Hope turned around and eyed Vanille and the redhead simply shrugged.
"Traitor," He mouthed, causing the girl to giggle.
Vanille eyes' then flickered over to the women, and she put a finger up to her chin.
"I wonder who's going to win this one eh?"
"Lightning of course," The silver-haired boy said with confidence.
"I don't know," Snow said. "Fang is a tricky one…but Light can be too."
Sazh chuckled, "I think it's going to be a stalemate."
Vanille sat down on a rock, "Haha, Fang is going to win! Go Fang!"
Snow nodded towards Fang and Lightning. "Well we'll just have to find out huh?"
Lightning launched herself at the Pulsian, swinging sword alarming speed and grace. Fang took the blows, her heels digging into the ground at the force pushed her back. Sweat beaded on her forehead and the soldier delivered a powerful blow that sent the warrior staggering back.
So she's fighting to kill huh?
Fang twirled her lance in the air, "Is that all you've got?"
The pink-haired woman growled and gripped her sword. Fang snorted before choosing to go on the offensive. The warrior dashed, her eyes willed with vicious intentions. Lightning predicted the woman's strike and parried, taking her chance to retaliate. She aimed a forward strike for the Pulsian's stomach.
Seeing this Fang flipped backwards with extraordinary elegance, her feet barely making a sound as she landed. Her free hand then automatically when to her stomach, where a small cut was inflicted. She glanced at her hand and sighed at the sight of blood.
Shit, I wasn't fast enough!
Fang's eyes caught Lighting's as the soldier glanced at the bleeding wound. They started into each others eyes for a moment before the warrior struck again, this time catching Lightning slightly off-guard. The bladed part of Fang's weapon caught the ex-sergeant's cheek as she tried to evade. Lighting's hand went up to her face as the other blocked another one of the Pulsian's attacks.
She's good…
For that moment they had a contest of strength and fang pushed down upon the sword. By this time the soldier had both of her hands on her gunblade, noticing that the blade was inching too close to her neck. She grunted, using all of her strength to push Fang back. After a while of struggling the woman was shoved backwards and almost immediately after she bounded away.
Let's see if the soldier will chase her target…
Lightning snared as the raven-haired woman put the distance between them. She glared at her she continued to run.
"You coward!"
Without so much as another word, the pink-haired woman pursued the tribeswoman. As her feet pounded against the earth, she gained enough momentum to leap across the tall rocks. With in seconds she was hot on Fang's tail, reading her sword for a strike. Suddenly the one in front of her spun on her heel and thrust her lance forward. Lightning tried to move to the side but the blade cut into her, leaving a gash in her side. She clenched her side as her white jacket was stained with her blood.
Damn!
She looked up at Fang as the woman pulled her weapon back. The soldier had a look of shock on her face as her hand tightened its hold on her side.
She got me…how?
Fang backed up and jumped down from the rock. Lightning ran after her, leaping off the rock and preparing to execute a downward strike. Fang dodged it and Lightning's sword dug into the hard earth. The raven-haired woman watched as the soldier tried to pull it out of the ground.
"Here, let me give some help…"
Lightning turned around just in time to be kicked in the back, her body being thrown a couple of feet away. Though the force pulled the gunblade from the earth, the soldier wasn't able to keep her hands on it and was now lying on the ground. She got to her feet, standing in a brawler-like stance. Her eyes flashed from the sword to Fang and back again.
She spat out some dirt, Humph…I don't need a sword to kill her.
Fang looked at her, lifting an eyebrow. "So you would actually go up against me unarmed? I guess you're a true soldier…"
Lightning scowled and her word came like a snake's venom. "Shut up Fang…just shut up!"
Fang continued on, "Not only are you cold and merciless, but you can't realize the fact that you're human…"
"Shut up!"
"…That you can bleed like the rest of us."
"SHUT UP"
"That you can feel pain…and that you can cry."
Lightning fell silent, her body trembling with rage. Fang readied herself as she finished her sentence. In a burst of amazing speed the ex-sergeant initiated her assault on the Pulsian. She ignored the fact that even though Fang had the advantage she held back, letting the strawberry-blond get off as many hits as she could. The soldier then realized this fact after she began to make her attacks more obvious.
What? Is she toying with me? Is this some sort of sick joke to her?
Lightning growled as she crashed her knuckles into the woman's gut, watching with an unpitying stare. Her eyes the widened with confusion when she heard the tanned woman laugh sadly.
"I was kidding myself…thinking that fighting you would make you see. You're as blind as a bat when it comes to accepting that fact that you can feel…that you have emotions..."
There was the sound of a loud roar and Fang look up, her eyes widening. "Shit! Move Light!"
"What-"
The warrior shoved her out of the way as a large claw came crashing down. Fang used her lance to block the attack, now struggling to keep the large claw of the King Behemoth from crushing her. Lightning glanced at Fang and then her sword.
NO!
She scrambled over to her gunblade and snatched it from the ground, slashing at the beast's claw. The creature retreated back, a large howl of pain erupting from its mouth.
The two women faced the large beast their weapons at the ready. Fang glanced at the one beside her and a small smiled graced her features.
"Thanks Light…I thought after all that you would have let me get crushed."
Lightning scoffed, "I should have..."
Really Fang…you did make me see…you made me see that everything you said was true. I understand now…
"Oh yeah! Finally a real fight," Fang said as she beamed at the soldier.
Lightning looked at her a strange look crossing her features. The raven-haired woman has a small sparkle in her emerald eyes as she turned from Lightning and approached the monster.
Lightning but her lip as the two of them charged the Behemoth.
…You made me see that…that I can feel again…
Hey, hey guys, sorry for taking so long to update, I was playing FFXIII so much that I totally forgot about the fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed it and hopefully my action writing isn't that bad lol.
-NEKO
