Author's Note: OH EM GEE! I am SO SORRY! I have been extremely busy, and the fact that I had major writer's block did not help. I had graduated from high school and kind of just enjoyed myself for a while, then I got a job. I waitress at a catering hall every weekend and it was really hard work. And now… now I've started college. I'm a full time student and I got two jobs, so finding time to write was really hard. I REALLY apologize if some characterizations seem a little off or if some sections don't flow well, but I have been writing this over a prolonged period of time and had a like 4 month hiatus where I wrote sporadically but nothing spectacular. I WILL NOT QUIT. I have plans for this story, and I WILL NOT quit. Ok well that's all I have to say, I really apologize for the long awaited chapter, but it's a full nine pages long which is short for my normal chapter, but I think the next chapter will be of a fairly decent length o.o
And since I was so excited to finish this I didn't get it proof read / sorry for the atrocious grammar.
Ok well please don't make me feel like crap, PLEASE REVIEW. It would mean so much to me. I love you guys Now for the chapter…
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Showing Off
"Djose… again…" Sonya wanted to bash her head into something hard, preferably metal. They had already gone to Djose and from Sonya's prospective it had absolutely no alluring aspect whatsoever.
"Well, dearest, it is you who put the hole in the wall," Maximus stated with a grin, enjoying the scowl Sonya wore on her face. "Besides…" he started as he moved towards the other side of the room. "You and I… and I suppose Julia and Tidus can seal the temple. We'd have to do it eventually anyway." He glanced at his elemental counterpart. Her fists were clenched at her sides and if looks could kill, Maximus would have dropped dead in a matter of seconds. If he didn't know Sonya well enough to know it's a bad idea, he would have laughed at her. She was one to always try to kill someone with a look before her blade. "Stop giving me that look, you know I'm right…" He quickly pulled his head to the left, avoiding the glass Sonya had chucked at his head. "Tsk... I suppose they'll have to buy some new glassware."
"Maximus," she spoke slowly, each syllable of his name rolling off her tongue with a hint of malice, "Unless you want me to cut out your tongue with a shard of glass, I suggest you leave… now." Her eyes were narrowed as she sent him a glare that clearly read 'disobey me and die.'
He smirked and turns his head away from her. "Fine, I'll see you outside the temple then." With those words spoken he fully turned towards the door and walked out. The smirk never left his face as he walked out, knowing all to well that she was scowling trying to resist the temptation to stab him. As he stepped out into the hallway he tilted his head and watched as a glass flew by and shattered against the wall.
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Gippal was far from being in a good mood. He glared at the map before him, not really paying much attention to it. After some irritation from being ignored, Rikku snatched the map from the table. "Forget it Gippy, I'll do it myself."
Glancing at the map, the blonde Al Bhed quickly routed a path and typed the coordinates into the computers. She turned her head and glanced over her shoulder. "Now, what was so hard about that?"
Shaking his head, the Machine Faction leader sighed as his green eyes fell to the floor. "Sorry, Riks, it's just if Sonya keeps blasting, punching, ripping, and throwing people through the walls… the HighWind is going to fall apart." He ran a hand through his hair, gently tugging on the ends. "She's a torture to have around an-"
"Sonya broke a few of your glasses… and plates," The Angel of light cut in as he stepped onto the bridge. He ripped the bottom portion of his sleeve off and tossed it aside. Making a swift circular motion over his arm with his hand, a white aura surrounded his arm, closing the gash that ran along it.
"Oh... my... MACHINA!" Gippal cried out in aggravation. "That's it! She's destroying everything in the airship!" He threw his hands over his head in frustration and stormed off the deck.
Rikku and Maximus shared a glance before scurrying off after Gippal. The Angel of Light didn't know much about the Machine faction leader, but he didn't think he'd be so foolish as to confront the ill tempered daughter of darkness. His thoughts, however, changed as he heard the familiar sound of glass slamming against metal, shattering into a million fragments. 'Idiot…'
When the pair reached the kitchen area, Gippal was huddled over covering his head with his arms while Sonya was gently holding another glass in her hand, running her eyes over his crouched form. "C'mon, Gippy, if you don't want me breaking your stuff," she paused as a malicious glint came to her eyes before she continued, "Make me…"
On her face she wore the smirk that was always present when she was making an example of her superiority. Without further hesitation, she pulled her arm back before hurtling the glass straight at the Al Bhed's head.
"Got'cha!" Max's voice filled the room as he leapt forward intercepting the glass and flipping over the Al Bhed, gracefully landing besides him. Carefully placing it down, he stole a glance at Gippal who was now being shuffled out of the room by an irate petite Al Bhed. He chuckled to himself as he turned his attention towards Sonya. His face grew serious as he spoke, "You are a guest in some one else's ship… the least you could do is not break their glassware, etc."
Sending a glare toward her element counterpart, she reached her arm behind her and felt around for something. A grin found it way to her face as she grasped an object firmly in her hand. "Fine, I won't throw glass anymore…" her voice trailed off as a mischievous glint came to her eye that made the Light Angel shudder. "Instead…" she started, much to Maximus' dismay, "I'll throw… this." Brining her arm forward she showed him a ten inch cutting knife. "Next person to so much as look at me, gets this to their jugular."
The words barely left her mouth when the unlucky brunette Ice heiress strolled in. "Heya, Max," she said with a smile before averting her eyes to Sonya "Hi, So-" She didn't even get to finish her sentence before she found herself confused and on the floor with Maximus on top of her and his over her mouth. Pulling his hand away she shot him an incredulous look and said "…the hell?"
Maximus pointed an indignant finger towards the ten inch knife stabbed into the wall before moving his finger in Sonya's direction. "That."
Narrowing her eyes she grabbed Maximus finger and snapped it in two places, causing the Light Angel to wince as a slight whimper escaped his lips. "Don't point at me you backwater creature." Shoving his hand back towards him she growled, "Next time... it'll be your neck" Without uttering another syllable the Dark Angel turned away from them and dispersed into a burst of black and indigo flames.
"Show off," the Angel of light muttered before getting up off the ground and helping the heiress to her feet. Giving his trade mark smile, he acted like the incident with Sonya hadn't occurred and said in a cheerful manner, "So Lets go seal this temple, shall we?"
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Sonya, Maximus, Tidus and Julia casually made their way towards the temple. The angel of light glanced at the dark temptress and shook his head. "Gippal would have been more than willing to get us in the Temple, but someone decided they were going to try and gouge out his other eye with a piece of broken glass."
The dark angel merely shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk ahead of the group. "You'll have to be fast, and discreet. We don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to ourselves." She looked over her shoulder and glared at the people with her. "I believe that's simple enough to do, even for you, Blondie." She moved her gaze forward as she continued to speak, "I'll distract them for as long as I can. But do not mess up. Once all attention is on me, get in, and move to the chamber of the Fayth." She stopped as she as she placed her hand on the door to the chamber. "One last thing," she turned her head towards them and snarled, "Move fast."
She flattened the wrinkles in her shirt and checked to make sure her skirt was at the right length before pushing open the door and stepping into the confines of the temple. Standing in the center of the room, she smiled sweetly and spoke, "Can any of you strong men assist me for a minute?" She looked around the room at all the sweaty Al Bhed in the area. When she was almost certain that all eyes were on her she flipped her hair over her shoulder and continued, "I'm a little lost…"
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Maximus shook his head as he watched the group of men practically swarm the seductress. Motioning to the heirs to follow him, he slipped into the Temple and turned to the left, quickly making his way up to the front of the room, Tidus and Julia following quickly behind him. 'I hope for their sakes, they don't mess this up.'
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Sonya watched from the corner of her eye as the trio made their way up through the temple, using the machine scattered around to conceal their presence. 'Praise, Dios. This may go smoothly.' She wasn't listening to the fifteen different kinds of directions being thrown at her. She already knew this whole world like the back of her hand and if she really wanted to get to Katrina's Klub House she could just transport her way there. "Well," she started as soon as she saw the door to the Chamber of the Fayth close behind Julia. "I believe that I will find my way. Thank you for your assistance." She turned on her heels and quickly exited the temple.
Slipping off to the side of the temple out of view of the public eye she scoured the area to make sure no one was around. Giving one more glance over the area she snapped her fingers and immediately was engulfed in a black cloud before disappearing completely from view.
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"…the Hell?" Julia voiced when a cold chill ran down her spine and the torches in the Chamber went out.
"Sonya…" Tidus breathed as he too felt the room grow void of all warmth.
The trio stood in complete darkness for a few moments before the torches burst into black and indigo flames and in the center of the room Sonya appeared, her head tilted down, but her eyes burning into the occupants of the chamber. Julia back up against the wall of the chamber as she looked at the dark Angel. Her emerald eyes were looking at the trio almost unforgiving, as the intimidating sight of flames reflected in her eyes.
The Dark Angel grinned to herself as she looked at the faces of the two heirs. She always enjoyed instilling fear in others. However, her fun was shattered when Maximus muttered, "Nothing but a show off."
She glowered at her elemental counter part. "Jealous."
"Not in the least," he said as he pushed himself off the wall and stood straight. "Anyway," he said quickly, cutting off anything the dark angel may try to say, "Enough wasting time. Are we ready to seal this off and leave?"
"I was ready before you wasted my time by opening your mouth," the Dark Angel snidely remarked. "Let's do this…"
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Ryu didn't think it would ever be possible, but he was thrilled that he wasn't able to help in this current situation. Spending extra quality time with Sonya was something he was never looking to do. So when he gets the chance to be away from her, it was a joyous occasion. He looked over at Kyria whom he was walking with. She had her thumbs hooked through the loops of her jeans as she casually walked beside him.
"So how many times have you been to Djose?" she asked quietly, her eye gazing across the area before them.
"Only a few times," he admitted. Though he preferred the larger cities, he'd occasionally found himself in the confines of the small village of D'jose. He glanced over his shoulder, feeling a bit uneasy. 'Why do I feel as if I'm being followed?' He pondered it for a few moments before shrugging it off as mere paranoia from being in close contact with the Dark Angel.
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Nick had been following the two heirs since the left the airship, and was just waiting for them to stray off the main road. He moved inconspicuously around people being sure to stay close to the blue eyed heirs. He grinned; he'd finally get to taste sweet revenge.
He lifted his shirt slightly, pulling the hand gun from the waist of his pants. "Simple and clean…" he muttered under his breath as he switched the gun's safety into the off position. He glanced at his hand and winced. 'It has to be..'
The scar on his hand was red and almost appeared as if it was recently burned into his hand. The skin was raw and sensitive to touch. "I won't fail this time… this time I'll finish what I start."
He watched as they slowly moved around the side of the temple out of plain view of the native D'Josians. "Showtime…" He glanced around once to be sure no one was following him before he too slipped around the side of the temple. However, instead of just the two blue eyed heirs, another brunette male, along with Sonya was there.
He watched as the raven haired girl scowled and shoved the dirty blond heir out of her way and stalked off in Nick's direction. "Shit!" he cursed as he practically threw himself into the bushes lining the outside of the temple. He bit his tongue to keep the pain focused on that so he could ignore the pain he got as the thorns from the bushes lodged themselves in his arm, tearing at his skin as he fell. He remained quiet as he watched her walk by, her expression dark and her fists clenched at her sides.
Once she was out of ear shot, Nick climbed out of the bushed, muttering a few curses as he ripped his arm from the clutches of the bush. He glanced to his left and quickly found the two he had been following were gone. "Son of a…" Immediately snapping his head around, he looked to the right and saw Sonya's retreating form in the distance. "Well… she does still have my jacket.
Slipping his hand gun back into the waist of his pants, he sprinted off after Sonya. "Hey, Sonya!" he called out as he neared her. "Wait up!"
'Who… the hell…?' She jerked her head around, her raven hair falling over her face. She narrowed her eyes and immediately saw Nick. Surprised, not only from seeing Nick again, but from the way he looked, she quirked an eyebrow and waited for him to catch up. "You look like you just fought with a tree…" she raised her hand to his shoulder and brushed a leaf off it, "…and lost"
"Heh, bout that.." he ran his hand through his hair as he felt the blood begin to accumulate in his cheeks, slightly embarrassed that he didn't try to tidy up before running after her. Trying to change the subject he said, "You know… you ran off with my jacket the other night."
Crossing her arms over her stomach she leaned her weight on her right leg before saying, "And…?" Her eyes scanned over him, taking in all the small rips and cuts he had covering his body and clothes.
Noticing her eyes running over him, he moved his hand over his arm, trying to conceal the rather large gash in his arm from the incident with the bush. "Well… It is my favorite jacket, and I would like it back."
"I wasn't aware that such dispensable things as a jacket was of that great importance to you, that you felt the need to track me down, and fight with mother nature herself to get it back," She placed her hands on her hips. "It's sad and pathetic, personally, had I known you'd be so distraught without it, I'd have left it." She quirked an eyebrow before continuing, "I'll can get it now, if that'll put your mind at ease."
His expression dropped. He wanted to smack himself for looking so stupid. 'What the hell… why can't I impress her… ever!' He cleared his throat before running his hand through his hair. "Well… I uh don't really want the jacket…but… You can't just take peoples stuff…"
She rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Well if that's it, I feel it is my time to leave." She turned on her heels and nonchalantly waved over her shoulder as she said, "Farewell."
Thinking fast so not to lose the opportunity he blurted out, "I just met you in that jacket, so obviously it has some good luck to it… I'd like it back."
She stopped in her tracked and shook her head. She knew where he was going with this… and it was pathetic how blatantly obvious he was making it. Under normal circumstances, Sonya would have told him to screw of, but something about being around him felt wrong, which was always a plus with her. Shrugging slightly and throwing her own personal rules to the wind, she turned to face him, "When and where…"
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Nick was excited. Ok, so he didn't dispose of the heirs, but he was going to see Sonya again and… she was way better than any kill he could get. He grinned broadly as he looked at himself in the mirror, finally completely ready for that evening. He was just about ready to leave his hotel room when stars crossed his vision and a searing pain short through his head. "Machina!" he cried out before dropping to his knees, clutching his head in his hands.
He wasn't sure how he was in pain before he finally passed out, but when he awoken, he was in a strange place he'd never seen before. "…the hell?"
"Nikolas, Nikolas, Nikolas…." A soft condescending female voice spoke. The voice sent a chill up his back, it was her and if she was here that meant he was with her. He lifted his head to look at her, but the area around him was so densely shrouded in fog that all he could see was an outline of a female body. He saw a wave of blond hair cross his vision and he assumed that she had tossed her hair over her shoulder before she continued to speak. "Another wasted opportunity… I am unsure of how many more chance we can allow you."
"Underestimating the enemy is understandable, not even I was aware of their level of skill, but to not even try," a male voice spoke harshly from behind him. "That is unforgivable."
Nick looked down at the ground before him. He was trying to come up with an excuse to get him out of trouble, but he couldn't come up a single thing. They were right, he hadn't even really tried. He gave up on the heirs and followed after Sonya. He bowed his head to his superiors and whispered, "I apologize. You're right. It won't happen again." He looked up his eyes filled with determination. "I won't let them ruin your come back…"
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Back on the airship, Maximus was making his way down the metallic hallway to the Dark Angel's quarters. He knew Sonya had a way of figuring things out and the fact that she said they would talk later meant it was something of a serious issue. Being Sonya, she thought very few things were of a serious matter, so if she thought this was important, then it was most likely something of a dire nature. She never agreed to talk to him, never mind in private. 'I know she's up, there is no way she wouldn't be… I just hope she's willing to talk to me about what she found out the other day.' He knocked on the door and waited for a response.
He stood at the door for a few minutes before he threw caution and better judgment to the wind and carefully pried open the door to her bedroom. "Sonya, dearest," he said cheerfully, before actually putting any part of his body inside the room, figuring that if the Angel was there she would quickly make it known be throwing a sharp object in that direction. When there were lethal objects hurtled at the door, he slowly peeked his head in the door and glanced around.
Nothing. There was nothing in the room. She hadn't even left any clothing on the floor. He frowned. She had left and Dios only knew when she would return. 'And if its because she met another guy, then she won't be home til some absurd hour tomorrow morning.' He groaned, he was convinced she enjoyed tormenting him anyway she could. 'Dios, she tortures me more when she's not around than when she's here actually threatening me with death' "Damn it, Sonya…" he muttered under his breath as he started to walk out of the room. He hadn't even shut the door behind him when he came face to face with the navy blue haired thunder heiress. "Julia!" he exclaimed in surprise.
Julia had her arms placed on her lower back as she sent Maximus a questioning look. Locking eyes with the Angel, she inquired, "What are you doing?" The heiress tried to steal a glance into the bedroom of Sonya by standing on her tip toe and looking around the Angel, but to no avail
The silver eyed Angel quickly shut the door behind him as he sent her a smile and said, "I am merely telling dear Sonya that tomorrow it is my turn to train with you prospective heirs." With a bow of his head he excused himself from her presence and retreated to his own room.
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The sun had well set and the darkness had fully settled in the area. Sonya casually strolled down a dirt path, jacket in arms. 'Why did I agree to meet up with him again?' She shook her head as she stopped at the said spot where she was to meet up with Nick. She crossed her arms and glanced around the area. No sign of him. She let an aggravated sigh escape her lips. 'If he wanted to meet with me, he should have made sure that he wasn't late, imbecile…'
She didn't even know why she agreed to meet him. Normally it was a one shot deal and then she'd never see the guy again. She ran a hand through her hair as she contemplated leaving. 'Hm, maybe its because he was… oh how you say… talented.' She grinned to herself, talented was kind of an understatement… but regardless she could use this as a way to release some of the tension she had been building up from dealing with the idiotic heirs.
However, this wasn't her normal way of working and the fact that she was given time to brood over it because he was late wasn't making her feel anymore confident about her choice.
She frowned as she crossed her arms over her chest, the jacket dangling over her shoulder. "This is moronic," she muttered to herself as she kicked the ground. "Why did I even agree to this? It's ludicrous." She stopped talking when she could sense the presence of another in the area. Lifting her head up, she peered in the direction the other person was in. "Took you long enough," she scowled when he was in ear shot.
Nick stopped moving as his eyes went wide and his heart skipped a beat. 'How did she…'
"Anyway, here's your jacket," she growled as she stepped forward and shoved her hand out, slamming it into his chest, causing him to stumble back a bit. "Now if you'll excuse me," she turned her back to him and slowly began to walk away.
Quickly snapping out of the sudden shock from Sonya's brashness he reached out for her arm as he said, "Hey, now.. wait…" He didn't want to lose her now; I mean he didn't exactly ask her to meet him at midnight for no reason. She was awesome last time they were together and he had no problem having another go at that, but before his hand could even reach her a petite white hand was wrapped tightly around his wrist.
"Speak quickly," she spoke harshly. A few moments ago she would have been more than willing to stick around, but she didn't tolerate tardiness and she already decided her 'use 'em and lose 'em' policy would stand firm.
"I'm sorry I'm late," he said as he tried to wiggle his hand free from her grasp. He finally stopped trying to get free when her grip on his wrist grew so intense that he thought if she applied anymore pressure she'd snapped his wrist. "I tried to get here early," he started slowly feeling that he should choose his words carefully or he'd not have use of his hand for a while. "Never keep a lady waiting… never mind one as beautiful as you." The dark Angel scoffed as she shoved his hand away from her. Nick was half expecting her to storm off but she didn't.. Instead she stood with her arms crossed and back to him. That was a plus in his eyes, at least she'd listen to him. "I had gotten a call from my boss… and hey, you know the deal… but as soon as I was finished with that… I ran here."
"Hm…" she placed her hands on her hips and tapped her torso lightly. "I was half tempted to just ditch your jacket and leave."
"And I appreciate that you didn't," he cut in quickly.
She shrugged her shoulders and turned to look at him. "But in any case, you have your jacket now… so" she face forward again. "Farewell." She waved over her shoulder and began to walk away from him. She had wasted enough time waiting for him and that was bad enough. She shook her head in disappointment, dealing with these human was screwing with her head. She still wasn't sure why she hadn't just knocked him out and left.
"Hey, what's your rush?" he asked as he quickly followed after her. "I'm sure your other boyfriends won't miss you too much. Its late, I mean you can't have much else to do." He glanced at her, her eyes were set on the path before her as she strutted down the walkway. "Are you really that mad I was late?" A grin found its way to his face as he continued, "You could always just punish me for being a bad boy."
Sonya couldn't help but smirk. It was amusing to watch him try to gain her attention. She ran through her mind all the activities she needed to do the next day, nothing specifically important came to mind. Mentally shrugging she stopped and glanced at him. "Ok big boy, Sonya is going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget…"
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A/N: -hides from readers- It wasn't that horrible right? I mean I did finish the chapter.. on a BUS using my laptop while going to Queens oo; Well the next chapter should be better and I hope it is… and I hope I get it out soon okies, well live, love, and review to0dles )
PS … Ok I actually finished this on the bus and I'm posting it on the Queen campus of my school. SO BE GRATEFUL –shakes her fist-
