Battle High: Not your ordinary High School

Battle thirty-eight

Lilly and primrose

"I don't know..your the one who always visited her," said Artemis as Sora bit her lip and was tempted to leave.

She rolled her eyes and sat on the floor finally and glared at the wall in boredom, "..so damn bored...and you said she just got out from training?..newbies..harder than hell to keep track of," she grumbled. Kirai tilted his head in question. "Really? I thought she didn't like us?"

He looked down at Sora. "You okay?"

"But it's better than sending you out there and then us needing something. I'm gonna need you to keep Sora distracted once we find them," Cloud explained.

There was a ding from the elevator and a girl stepped out and looked around. "Uh...hi? They sent me over here? For a mission?," she cluelessly asked, twirling a strand of her hot pink hair.

"No..but she only liked you..ever,"said Artemis.

Sora took a step back towards the wall and glared at the room.

"Yeah..right, uggh..so what happens if you can't find her easily?..You gonna need me to track them since thats one of my specialties?," she said as she looked up and saw the girl.

"So whats her name again?," she asked coldly as she pointed her finger at her. Kirai looked at Sora and noticed she had moved. "Maybe we should get you out of here.."

"Maybe. I don't know."

"Just admit it, you have no idea what you're doing," Prism said, shaking her head.

Cloud glared at her. "Shut up, I'd like to see you-"

He looked at Primrose and blinked inquisitively. "You? You're what, 13?"

Primrose crossed her arms and looked at him defiantly. "I'm 14, thanks." She looked at the other girl with a sarcastic smile, "Primrose."

She returned her gaze to Cloud. "So what am I doing?"

Sora nodded and yet refused to move, "Not again..," sighed Artemis.

She stood up, "Come on! If you can't find them I can! I have the highest chance of finding them unlike the tech your using that couldn't find a damned fly and you know it!," she shouted.

Then she turned to Primrose, "..Primrose huh?...hmm..only 3 years older than when I graduated..names Lilly," she said with a smirk.

Cloud looked at them both. "Okay you both go."

Prism questioningly looked at her twin. "Are you mental?"

He nodded and looked out the window. "Yes I am. But I have a reason. Kirai's probably gotten some form of better by now, and one of them would've had enough trouble with just Sora. Thats not including Artemis and our possible Kirai. They need to go together."

Primrose glared at Lilly for a second and then returned to Cloud, "So who am I hurting? All of them?"

"Not really. Don't hurt Kirai, just keep control of him."

Cloud smiled wickedly. "We're keeping him."

Lilly rolled her eyes icily, "fine..but that doesn't mean I'm babysitting her..I don't babysit for anyone not even you Cloud got it?..This is a one shot deal...I'll take care of Sora just fine on my own," said Lilly.

Lilly went to the window and jumped out onto the ground below and took off down the streets to the forest where she knew thats where they were already.

"Hmm...they might be in one place they would never look," she said and headed towards the caverns in the forest that were mostly built into caves. But she knew areas like this well enough to know cave layouts and where they led.

"Now where is that newbie?...,"she asked as she sat down and waited for Primrose to arrive. Cloud spun around towards the window again and rolled his eyes at the two of them. "Let me know when you've found them, and make sure to bring them back here."

Primrose stepped over a large branch and saw Lilly sitting in front of her. "I'm short. I can't run fast." She looked around, trying to find some trail of cleared trees or broken branches. "Looks like they knew to cover their tracks."

Kirai glanced confusedly at Sora and looked at Artemis again. "What?"

Lilly looked up at Primsrose caught up,"Thats not an excuse when you're on an assignment, either you can do it or not is what matters...and what are you stupid? Of course they can but I can find them even faster," said Lilly. She stood up again and walked randomly into a cave, "Are you coming or should I tell Cloud you died?,"she shouted irritatingly.

Sora looked at the floor, "In this room..is where I had to "torture" her in a way, for me to change who she was I had to force dangerous tests on her that could have killed her and caused her much pain," said Artemis.

Primrose narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms as she followed Lilly. "Well someone's in a bad mood," she grumbled to herself, too quiet for her to hear.

"Do you even know where you're going? That cave's a dead end, I can see it," she said as she stood at the entrance.

"..oh."

Kirai looked around again and took Sora's hand, gently pulling her towards the exit. "Come on, lets get out of this room.."

Lilly sighed,"..thats why he didn't send you alone stupid..it may look like a dead end but-,"Lilly didn't finish her sentence before she hit the wall and a small opening opened up at the bottom. "There is obviously secret passageways in tunnels in case you didn't know, "she said with venom and crawled through it.

Sora nodded and followed him slowly, "Hey..don't forget these and make sure you hide them where no one will see them at all," said Artemis as he handed then the chains.

Sora took the chain and put it inside her shirt where no one could find it. Primrose rolled her eyes and followed her through. "Chill out, this is obviously my first mission so of course I don't know anything," she defended.

Kirai looked at the chain and continued to exit. "What do they do? Protect us from the sounds?" he asked as he put the chain in his shoe. That was where he usually hid things anyway.

"Of course they will protect you, you'll be safe from it,"said Artemis as he followed them down the tunnel.

"Well you should have at least learned to keep your mouth shut then when your with a more experienced person while on a mission, especially if they excel in all their categories of combat, tracking, and sweets," said Lilly. She found a bigger opening and crawled and got to her feet.

"Do I even have a sound?" Kirai wondered aloud. Artemis had said the sounds were made for Sora and him, but why did Kirai need a chain if he didn't need to be protected?

Primrose rolled her eyes and followed Lilly again. She crossed her arms once she stood up and didn't say anything.

"You might, so its better to be safe and regret it later though," said Artemis.

It was silent for the next few minutes as Lilly led the way down,"..Whats wrong is the newbie pissed since her more experienced partner treats her this way? Or is the newbie pissed because she isn't allowed to do a mission on their own?" asked Lilly.

Kirai thought about how it had affected Sora. What would it do to him? He didn't really want to find out.

Primrose stayed a few feet behind Lilly and glared at the back of her head. "Yes," she answered with annoyance in her voice.

'Damn you Cloud,' she thought angrily.

"Lets just hope Sora can stay away from them all long enough that is cause she can be forced back to her old state," said Artemis.

Lilly stopped dead in her tracks and turned to face her, "Rule /one/ you will give your superior respect no matter what. Rule/two/ get the hell over it or you compromise the mission. And rule /three/ don't get close to Cloud got it?," Lilly growled angrily and gave her such an icy stare it could have turned even Artemis to ice.

Kirai nodded. "Yeah, I don't like that person she turned into." He squeezed Sora's hand gently. "She was scary."

Primrose blinked up at her. "Alright."

She walked around Lilly and started walking forward again. "Question: why so defensive of Cloud? You got a crush or something?," she asked with a smirk.

"So keep her safe," said Artemis with a smile.

Lilly glared down at Primrose with an icy stare, "None of your damn business..j-just stay the hell away from him got it?," she growled. Lilly walked on ahead faster and a very faint blush crossed her face, '..Stupid newbie.., 'she though angrily.

Kirai glanced at Artemis and smiled as well. "Sure thing~~"

Primrose smirked. "Ohhhhkayyy~~," she said in a singsong voice as she walked behind Lilly. 'So tough girl has weaknesses, ne?,' she thought happily. 'Good to know.'

Artemis ruffled Kirai's hair and patted Sora on the head happily.

He wished it could be this like this forever..but knew it couldn't.

Lilly walked on ahead in aggravation and with that blush on her face but soon came to a sudden stop when she had to kick another doorway opened that again meant they had to crawl through. Once through Lilly brushed her hair out and dusted her dress off, "Good thing this is the last door way or else I'll ruin it again," she whispered to herself. Kirai laughed at Artemis. He seemed happier than usual at that moment. He looked down at Sora. She'd been quiet for a while. "You alright?"

Primrose crawled through and thought she heard Lilly say something, but decided not to ask. She'd probably just get yelled at.

"Have you been down this one before? You seem to know everything about it," she pointed out. Sora snapped her head up,"hm?...yeah..I'll be fine..I promise..," she said. Artemis looked at her sadly; even he knew what she was thinking.

Lilly shook her head, "no..I just know caves a lot better than I should," said Lilly as she continued and flipped her hair from her shoulder.

Kirai tilted his head at her. "Even I know you're lying, and I'm the dumb one." He wrapped an arm around her waist and hugged her from the side. "Don't be sad."

Primrose nodded. She wanted to ask why but remembered that she was supposed to shut up. She hated listening but kept quiet anyway.

Sora looked at the ground sadly, she didn't know why, but she felt she had to leave them or she could endanger them, but she didn't say a word.

Lilly came to a sudden stop without warning and listened,"...Heh...they have no idea..now listen the moment they enter the room ahead attack and fast got it?..That way I won't piss off Cloud for taking so long," she said.

Kirai knew she was probably thinking some insane thought, but didn't mention it. She'd hopefully get over it soon.

Primrose looked up at her, confused for a second. Then she realized that they must be close. "Okay. You're taking Sora?"

Sora let her thoughts wander as they got closer to the main room.

"Yeah, I'll take Sora, you take Artemis first before Kirai or else he'll be protected forever," said Lilly, "And make it quick…cloud hates it when I take long..," she said with a sigh.

"Kay," Primrose said with a nod. She pulled out her pink dagger from her pocket and smiled at her reflection in the blade. 'Yay, my first attack. Let's do this right,' she thought. Artemis and the other had finally made it to the room and their backs were still turned to them and without even a hint to attack Lilly jumped from the shadows and attacked Sora.

Sora caught them from the corner of her eye and shoved Kirai out of the way in time and to block Lilly's attack and drew her sword. Lilly smirked and took out her double bladed dagger.