Battle High: Not your ordinary High School
Battle fifty-two
Lilly's grudge and sora's tests
"...Do you actually hold that grudge against her?," asked Artemis in surprise.
Lilly gave him a confused look, "Then what do you want to do?," she asked with a smile. Primrose looked at Artemis, very seriously. "She messed up my hair. I will not tolerate my hair being messed up."
Cloud twirled a strand of her hair and shrugged. "I dunno, what do youuuu want to do?" He was enjoying confusing her. Artemis laughed. "Its not like she killed you or gave you an injury, you need to worry about those things..besides you hair looks wonderful," said Artemis.
Lilly was confused, she had no clue what she wanted to do at that moment, "..I don't know..if we went back I would have to wait for a plan..but if I just ran after him...I could die...or if we stayed right here..I don't knoooow," she whined. "Yeah, noooww it does!," Primrose sighed. "Besides, I'm a girl. I'm allowed to be mad for no reason," she said and smiled at him.
Cloud laughed. "Don't overthink, love," he said with a smile. "Although that was pretty cute."
Artemis smiled at her ,"Well, so long as your not focusing on your hair..how about we go talk with Sora while Prism holds her back?," he asked her.
Lilly whined again as she tried to think of what she wanted to do next. "But but...You said we had to go back and you also told me to torture him..I don't know what to do," she complained with a light blush. Primrose laughed a little. "Okay."
She looked over at the two. "Weird. Two people who hate me, and the one who is most likely to kill me, is holding the other one back." She tilted her head. "Confusing."
Cloud laughed again. "Then just stay here with me~"
Artemis patted her head, "Trust me..it can be weirder, "he sighed as he walked over. "So how has she been Prism?," asked Artemis.
Lilly looked at him and smiled as she went back to hug him, "Okay, but are we gonna stay out in the open until night too?," she asked with a small smile. Prism sighed. "Well I've been getting the death glare for forever now, but thats to be expected. Other than that she gave up trying to escape a while ago."
Cloud shrugged. "We could. Or we could go back to the cabin if we get cold or something. And they'll prolly come looking for us eventually."
Sora laid on the ground held down by Prism and pouted as she stared at the wall on the other side of the cave. "Are we ready to behave and talk Sora?," asked Artemis. Sora nodded. "Hold her back either way Prism," said Artemis.
"..But if we go back there..they would catch us..and...I don't want them to take you away from me," said Lilly as she let herself get closer to him and let herself bury her face in his chest. She snuggled closed to him and whimpered as she imagined losing him. Prism shifted so she was sitting behind Sora, still keeping her arms held back, that way she could look at Artemis. Prism smirked a bit. "This is fun."
Cloud patted her back lightly. "They won't, we can just stay here. Besides, I wouldn't let them anyway."
Sora let a growl rise from her and she said nothing as she felt Prism holding her back.
"Now Primrose, explain yourself first to Sora before I do anything to make her more pissed off," said Artemis.
Lilly poked her head up and looked at him, "..So what will we do here?," she asked confused. She imagined staying out in the night, but curious of what would happen. Primrose tilted her head at Artemis. "Explain myself?"
She looked at Sora. "Um.. well.." She didn't really know what to say.
"Well, when I was with Lilly and Cloud and Prism, that was my first mission, so I didn't really know who was on who's side. And I didn't know why they wanted Kirai anyway. And then I ran into Artemis and... I think you get the rest. So I was never really on anyone's "side". I was following orders," she told her.
"I dunno." Cloud looked around. "Maybe I should teach you to swim so you don't die if you get caught in water again?," he joked with a smile. Sora gave her a blank look that was also confused, "How could not be on anyone's side until now huh?," she asked icily.
Lilly's eye went wide, "But what if I drown again?,"she asked in a scared tone as she gripped his shirt tighter. "Cause I didn't know which sides there were to choose from, really," Primrose said. "I just knew that Cloud wanted this stranger dude named Kirai. I didn't know why and I didn't know who was defending him."
"Calm down, I would be in the water with you," he reassured her. Cloud patted her head. "I will not let you drown."
"And then you decide to be a part of our side after you kidnapped Kirai away from me?..And you think I'll just accept that because my brother is in love with you means I can accept you as our friend?..Until you prove me otherwise I will never trust you!," she snapped.
Lilly looked unsure but nodded. "W-where are you going to teach me..and..I..umm...Am I going to need something dry to change into after my clothes get wet?," she asked. Lilly had remembered she had no extra clothes, and the only one who ever had a spare was Cloud since she was one who kept her clothes clean. Primrose shook her head. "No, actually I didn't think that, I was pretty damn sure that you'd hate me no matter what and that's just been confirmed." She looked at Artemis. "Told you."
"We can find a part of the river that isn't moving as fast."
Cloud frowned. "Oh yeah. Well boo. We could check in the cabin, but they could always be there.."
Artemis sighed, "..She said unless you prove you'll have to work for her trust thats all," said Artemis. He gave her a pat on the head, "Now..Sora it seems that we need to check your stats again because you seem to be little overwhelmed by something that does not belong or you wouldn't attack anyone like that earlier," said Artemis.
Sora just rolled her eyes.
Lilly blushed. "No..they will be there I know it..not unless I use your shirt since its long on me...but I don't want you to walk around without a shirt," she said nervously. Primrose stuck her tongue out at Artemis. "Same difference~"
Cloud laughed. "I'm a guy, I'd be okay not wearing a shirt."
He tilted his head at her. "Unless you wouldn't be..?~" he asked with a playful smile. "No its not," he laughed. "Either way..she needs to be tested again for her brainwaves," he said as he looked at Sora.
Lilly's face grew bright red, "N-no!...o-only if your fine w-with it," she stuttered as she tried not to imagine it. Primrose gave him a confused look. "How do you do that?"
Cloud laughed again. "I-I was...Ahahaha!" He tried to calm down long enough to say something. Instead he kept on laughing. "Its simple..but she needs to be placed under a sleep, I'll show you with this," said Artemis as he took out a vile of glittering blue liquid.
Lilly blushed brightly,"W-whats so funny?"
Primrose smiled. "Hey, more magical things Artemis comes up with."
Cloud shook his head as he calmed down and got his breath back. "Y-you! Heehee, that was cute~"
Artemis smiled," Yeah..the hard part is getting her to drink it," he sighed as he tries to force it down her throat.
Lilly blushed more if it was possible, "What I-I still don't understand!," she shouted.
Primrose thought of a way to get her to open her mouth but was coming up with nothing. "Why wouldn't she want her stats checked?," she wondered aloud.
Cloud patted her on the head. "Nothing."
"Because she hates being tested on, thats how I check, its a test to check everything and she hates the taste of this crap," said Artemis as kept trying only to have Sora keep her mouth shut.
"That was not nothing..why won't you tell me?," she asked trying to ignore her blush. Kirai walked out from his spot in the corner and stood next to Primrose. "Sora you have to take it, you could be all messed up again and I don't feel like teaching you to talk. Again."
Cloud laughed a little more. "That was just cute. Nothing else~"
Sora kept her mouth shut as she glared at them both. Artemis sat back and gave an irritated huff, "Your taking it whether you want to or not!," he snapped. He quickly grabbed Sora from Prism and forced her to open her mouth and poured the liquid down her throat making sure she couldn't spit it out.
Lilly pouted as she tried to ignore what she had imagined but only made it worse when she blushed more again. Kirai shrugged. "Or you could just do that."
Cloud tilted his head at her. "Why you blushin, eh?," he asked with a smile.
Sora kicked as she tried to get out of his grip as he had poured the liquid down her throat. Artemis was able to get the last drop down her throat along with some bruises from her, "Now...she should be out in a few moments," said Artemis. And in a few moments Sora was leaning against her brother with her eyes closed.
Lilly hid her face in his chest, "N-no reason," she said through his chest as she tried to avoid his gaze. Prism leaned against the wall of the cave. "Good. She was annoying the hell outta me," she said with a sigh.
Cloud poked her head. "Apparently there is a reason. What is itt~?"
Artemis chuckled, "Well she got me either way..I forgot when she remembered she always fought with me to take this damn liquid..and it the bruises always hurt," he sighed.
Lilly looked up at him slightly hiding her blush, "I-it was nothing," she said in a smaller voice as she tried to hide her high pitched voice from saying her thoughts. Prism tilted her head in thought. "Does it really taste that bad? I mean its glittery, you'd think it would taste like rainbows or something."
Cloud looked at her inquisitively. "I dun believe you," he told her, sticking his tongue out. "You don't blush for just nothing."
Artemis looked over at her, "From what I heard her complain about the crap it doesn't taste like rainbows..in fact she tell me she will end me if I make her take the crap," laughed Artemis. He picked her up and took her over the backpack he had with him.
Lilly shook her head refusing to say what was on her mind, "It was n-nothing r-really," she said. Lilly then quickly let go of him and turned around so she wasn't facing him and found that her dress zipper had come lose. She quickly went behind a tree to try and zip it back up but found it harder than she had thought. Prism looked into the distance. "Interesting. Whats it made out of anyway? How do you make liquid sparkle?," she wondered with a laugh.
"Whaaat?"
Cloud looked at the tree she'd disappeared behind. "Why are you hiding?"
Artemis glanced back over at Prism, "If I told you that I couldn't make her take it without a fight and besides you could use it against her," he said.
"No reason just uhh..trying to f-,"Lilly was cut off as she fell from behind the tree and her zipper down the dress. She quickly sat up holding the dress to her and blushing as she looked away at the ground. Prism nodded. "I didn't expect an answer to that."
Cloud blinked and backed up so he couldn't see her, trying to give her some privacy with her dress malfunction. "Doing okay over there?," he asked with a slight blush, looking away. "Well you got one anyways deal with it," laughed Artemis as he took out a case that had the ability to check Sora's stats.
Lilly blushed as she quickly tried to get the zipper back up. With some few minutes of silence she was finally to zip the dress back up and stood up slowly, "..I-its fine now..," she said trying to hide the fact she was now embarrassed again by him. Cloud walked over to Lilly and leaned against the tree. "Whats up with you, hm?" he asked, looking down at her. He gently pushed some of the hair out of her eyes. "You're still blushing."
Lilly kept her eyes diverted her eyes and tried to find the words to explain her problem. "mm..well...I-I umm...tried...to not imagine..," she said in a quiet voice. Cloud pulled a leaf off of the tree and tore it apart, trying to figure out what she was talking about. He stared at the torn plant and tilted his head a bit. 'Well I dunno what she's talking about,' he thought. "Imagine what?"
Lilly fidgeted for a moment with a strand of her long black hair before finishing her sentence. "Umm...uhh...you with...umm..well...w-without y-your shirt...," she said as her blush went bright red. She kept her eyes on the ground and tried to knock the thought from her mind. Cloud looked at her, and upon seeing that she was serious, burst into laughter. "Wha- ahahahaa! THATS why you were- haha!"
When Lilly heard him laughing she buried her face in her hands to try and hide her face from embarrassment again twice in less than ten minutes. Lilly then dropped her hands and jumped at him as she playfully tried to hurt him to make him stop laughing at her. Cloud kept laughing and let her hurt him. "Heyyy~ Meanie~" He held her hands still and smiled at her. Cloud chuckled a little. "Silly girl, you could've just told me that earlier."
Lilly diverted her eyes again when he held her hands still and found it hard to not look back at him. "..But it..it was embarrassing to tell you..," she said. Cloud smirked. "Like every girl's never done that about a guy they like," he said sarcastically. "But it was weirder for me...since...I've never done that about any guy but you...,"she said to him. She was going to say more before she sneezed and gave a small yawn. Lilly tried to ignore her new sick feeling from the river and acted as though she was just fine and refusing to let him worry about her being sick again.
Cloud smiled. "Guess I'm special then."
He gave her a slightly concerned look when she sneezed. "You alright? You're not getting sick again are you?," He would worry about her no matter if she was noticeably sick or not, no doubting that. Lilly smiled slightly, "Yes, you are very special," she told him.
She gave a questioning look as she faked her feeling well act, "No, I'm fine, really I am," she said before she sneezed again. She cursed herself for sneezing but made it as if it was nothing. Cloud gave her a blank look. "Sure you are. That must be why you're sneezing," he said with a sarcastic smile. He poked her nose lightly. "Quit lyin to meh."
"But I'm not lying, its true I'm fine," she said as she held back another sneeze. She didn't want him to worry; she wanted him to worry about the task ahead of them. Instead she gave a yawn, her own body was betraying her efforts and she cursed herself for that happening. Cloud gave her a worried look, "You wanna go back and see if Artemis has a special liquid or something?"
"I told you I'm fine, I'm not sick," she told him with another yawn before she sat down and paced her head on her knees. "I'll be fine..I'm no...,"she didn't finish as she fell asleep where she was on the ground and yawned again. Cloud sighed and looked around. "Not much to do..," he said to himself. He wasn't tired but he would be extremely bored just sitting there. Cloud walked around aimlessly, looking around for something to occupy himself with.
Artemis had placed the wires on Sora and was checking what wrong with her attitude, "Well..it seems as if something screwed with her mind...I think it might have to with when Lilly hit her," said Artemis. Kirai sighed. "Really. Again. She has got to stop hitting her head," he sighed. "Is she gonna forget everything again?"
"No, she won't forget anything..but she will have a trust problem if I can't fix it..at least it was already made go into the bag and you'll find three viles of yellow red liquid get them for me," said Artemis. Kirai searched through the bag and retrieved said vials. He looked at them, curious of how Artemis came up with all this stuff. He handed them to Artemis and leaned against the wall. "Man, what's taking them forever?"
