[-- Chapter 2 --]
Class was a bore for Silvur, as usual. They discussed the normal things, junctioning magic, GF's, stuff she already knew. Instructor Trepe announced that in the next class they were to head to the training center and she was going to grade them on their fighting skills. Upon hearing this Silvur laughed to herself, This is gonna be easier than I thought. At that the bell rang to dismiss them and she stood up from her desk, then stretched. I guess I should go warmup then. If they have any monsters worth fighting, that is, she smirked and left the classroom, heading for the elevator, which was awfully crowded.
The elevator reached the first floor and she stepped off, heading back to her dorm to retrieve her gunblade. The model of gunblade she used was much like Seifer's Hyperion, only the model of the gun and the look of the blade were different, the gun being a Glock .35 and the blade itself was black with a silver dragon engraving going down it, nearly to the tip of the tip.
After grabbing the gunblade, she headed for the training center. Just before she reached it, she heard someone yell her name, "Silvur!", she turned around to find the person who was calling her and found Rinoa running over to her. Now what, I don't have time to make friends now, she sighed and rolled her eyes while waiting for Rinoa to chatch up.
She stopped in front of Silvur and smiled, "Where ya goin'?", then looked down at the gunblade case Silvur was carrying, "Oh, your going to train?"
She just smirked, "No, Rinoa. I'm to going to cuddle with the monsters. Of course I'm going to train, what else would I be going in there to do?"
"Well, you don't have to be rude about it."
"I was just kidding with you, if I was being rude, then I'm sorry."
She was shocked for a moment, then said, "It's ok, I just misunderstood.", she paused, "Well, can I come train with you?"
She was about to say goodbye when Rinoa asked if she could come with her, "Uhh..yeah, if you want.", she was still shocked that she had apologized for something she didn't even do. Me, apologize to someone? That's something I've never done before, she shrugged it off, then headed into the training center, with Rinoa on her heels. Stopping just at the gates that lead to the area where the T-Rexaurs were common, she removed her gunblade from it's case, the blade glinting in the light.
While loading a clip of AP ammo into the gun, she heard Rinoa say, "Umm..sure you wouldn't want to go in the other way?", she pointed toward the other set of doors.
"Why would I? Aren't they the same?"
"No, this one leads to the area where the T-Rexaurs are.", she sounded a little nervous.
She sensed Rinoa was scared, then smiled, "Well then, that's a monster worthy of my skills, I think I'll go in this way.", with that she pushed open the doors and walked in.
She's nuts! Well, if she get's eaten by a damn T-Rexaur, I'm certainly NOT sticking around to help, she shook her head and followed Silvur. Not long after they entered they were attacked by not one, but TWO T-Rexaurs. Rinoa readied her Shooting Star. Oh, this is just GREAT, why in the hell did I come in here?
The two monsters stood in front of Silvur, roaring and waiting for her to attack. She just smirked and then suddenly casted Stop on one of the T-Rexaurs to give her a chance to take out the first one. With that done, she used her Darkside command, and charged after the T-Rexaur. She did a spin in the air, bringing the blade around to slash the monster, knocking away half of its HP in a single blow, while at the same time, the Darkside command knocked away about 500 of her own HP. Small price to pay, she smirked. The T-Rexaur stumbled back, giving her a chance to use the attack again, killing it this time.
Rinoa just stood there, watching Silvur fight, her mouth hanging open. Damn, that was FAST! Just then the second T-Rexaur awoke, and Rinoa summoned Shiva, the ice GF. Using the boost ability, Rinoa got Shiva's Diamond Dust attack to take away over 10,000 of the monster's HP, after that the T-Rexaur stumbled back, and Silvur delivered the finishing blow. She just stood there, shocked at how the fight had ended just as soon as it began, most battles with just ONE T-Rexaur took awhile to finish, but here, with TWO they finished them off in just a few minutes.
"Not bad.", all of sudden she felt someone put their arms around her, and she twisted around to see it was just Squall.
"God, don't scare me like that!", she hit him on the shoulder.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to.", he smiled then nodded over in Silvur's direction, "Who's that?"
"She's a transfer student from Galbadia Garden, her name is Silvur."
"Just Silvur, or does she have a last name?", he smirked.
"Yeah, but I don't think you're gonna like it.", she looked at him.
"Why? Come on, you can tell me."
"Ok..It's..", she paused, "..Almasy."
She was cleaning the monster's blood off her gunblade when she heard someone scream, "What? What the hell is she doing HERE then?", she looked up to see Rinoa standing with a guy in all black and a Revolver gunblade at his waist. She just cocked her head and looked at them, I take I am the topic of their discussion. She grinned, then went back to cleaning. When, all of sudden she heard someone charging in her direction, without even looking up, she dodged to the side and stuck out her foot, tripping her attacker. She looked to see who it was, and wasn't surprised to see the guy in black getting up, his gublade in hand, which she recognized as the
Lionheart.
She stopped cleaning hers, then took her fighting stance, which was the
same as Seifer's, and said, "Why did you do that?"
The young man stood and took his fighting stance as well, then snarled, "You're related to Seifer, aren't you?"
She smiled proudly, "Sure am. Why? You jealous?", she smirked.
Squall just looked at her, surprised that she was talking to him like that. Then he got over it and rage overtook him again, "No, more like I am spiteful, I should just kill you just because you are related to HIM!"
Silvur just laughed, "You? Kill me? I may just be a cadet, but trust me, I am WAY out of your league...", she smirked, "..puberty boy."
Her calling him by his old nickname Seifer had for him enraged him even more, and he charged after her, but was surprised when he hit nothing but air. She had moved and was now preparing to do a move called the Demon Slice, which he recognized as one of Seifer's old moves. He wasn't quick enought to dodge, and was surprised at how much damage she had done, that one attack left him with only 1 HP remaining, making him easy to finish off, but he was surprised when she didn't attack, but used an Elixir on him, bringing him back up to full health. He stood up, and just looked at her with a puzzled look on his face, then asked, "Why didn't you kill me?"
"I may be Seifer's cousin, but you're his enemy, not mine.", with that she turned and walked away, leaving the training center.
After the training center, Silvur went back to her dorm and rested until it was time for her next class. While walking down the 2nd floor hall, her gunblade at her waist now, she heard voices coming from Instructor Trepe's class, shouting was more like it. What the hell is going on in there?, she leaned stood by the doorway, listening in. Apparently her and the headmaster were arguing over something.
Quistis stood at her desk, yelling at the headmaster, "The field exam wasn't supposed to be for another 3 days! Now you're telling me they want them today!?"
Cid nodded, "President Loire said the monster are moving in too fast, and the Esthar army can't keep up with them, his soldiers are dropping like flies", he paused and sighed, "look, I know you haven't had time to prepare them, but this is really important. Thousands can die if we don't act now."
"You do realize that you may lose some of your cadets, don't you?", she asked, not liking the idea of losing some of her students.
"Yes, I do. But we have to do this. Have you picked out the Squad leaders yet?"
"Yes, sir. I will announce them when we have everyone gathered at the Ragnarok."
Cid nodded, "Ok. I'll make the announcement as soon as I get back to my office.", with that he turned to leave the room.
Quistis sighed and sat back down at her desk, and shook her head. The thought of some of her student's dying made her furious, she hit her desk hard with her fist and said through clenched teeth, "Dammit."
Silvur ducked into the nearest classroom to stay out of Cid's view, not wanting to believe what she just heard. They've got to be out of their freaking minds, well, no time to think about this now, gotta get ready. With that she ran back to her dorm, being sure to grab all clips of pulse and AP ammo she had, along with some hi-potions, mega-elixirs, and pheonix downs. Before leaving the room, she remembered the coat Seifer had given her, and took off her black coat and put on the one similar to his. Hmmm..comfortable. She put the ammo in one of the pockets and started walking to the Ragnarok.
Cid reached his office and got on the intercom, "Students, this is the headmaster speaking, it seems the field exam had been moved up to today, those that are supposed to take it please get everything you need and meet at the Ragnarok ASAP. I also need the following SeeDs to report to the Ragnarok, Squall Leonheart, Zell Dinct, Selphie Tilmitt, Irvine Kinneas, Xu, and Nida.", he set the intercom down, sat in his chair, and sighed, "Hyne be with them."