A/N: Here it is, chapter two of Kyonae's Secret. I was immensely pleased today when I found I had gotten my first review EVER! A big thank you goes out to the person who gave that review. Thanx, Silver Blade! Everyone else, I urge you to read not only this but Silver Blade's stuff as well. He deserves it! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. Kyonae goes to Balamb, and on the very first night, she meets one of the people she's searching for, and doesn't even realize it…so stop listening to me, dammit, and read the damn fic! *hangs head shamefully* Sorry. It's late…
Chapter Two: Killing You
Kyonae stepped into the Training Center, where Headmaster Cid told her that the class she was to be in was occurring there.
"Welcome to Garden, Miss Falcona; it never hurts to have an extra gunblade specialist handy, I must say. That is, if you are strong enough to become a SeeD."
"Don't worry, sir," Kyonae had said, giving him her application. "I'm also a specialist in staying alive."
"Oh, that was a good one!" Cid had laughed, waving her from the office. "Well, good luck, Falcona…"
As she had left, he read the part where it said what Garden she had transferred from, and stopped laughing. "Trabia? Good lord…"
She picked out the instructor instantly; a tall, blonde woman with cheery blue eyes that calmed Kyonae's instinctive 'worried about what a new teacher's gonna be like' jitters. She smiled as she came near. "Hi. You're the new student, right? Kyonae Falcona, isn't it?"
"Yes, Instructor…?"
"Quistis. Quistis Trepe. You can call me Quistis, though. I'm only temporary. Now, let's see, you need a training partner…oh, there he is…his name's-oh! Gordon! Harold! You train with your weapons, not with your fists! This is NOT martial arts class!" Quistis became distracted with a pair of students who had forgotten their weapons and wrestling with each other on the ground. Kyonae shrugged and walked over to her partner.
He was a handsome young man, fine blond hair and emerald green eyes, between them a long thin scar. He wore a silver gray trenchcoat, a blue shirt, black pants and black gloves. He fingered his gunblade hungrily, as if longing to use it on someone, a sulky look on his face. He didn't even notice as she tapped him on the shoulder, lost in his own thoughts.
"Hello?"
He blinked himself out of his daydreams, and looked up at her, first with sulkiness, then with interest, looking down then up again. "Hello," he answered musingly.
"The instructor told me I was to train with you. Is that okay?"
"Of course it is," he said smoothly, standing up. "I'll be sure to take it easy on you. Don't want to scar your pretty face." To make example, he slid his index finger down his own scar.
Kyonae kept her thoughts to herself. Was he hitting on her, or threatening her? It didn't matter actually. So, he thought she was a pushover, did he? How very wrong he was…
The battle was on. The man lunged at her with full force, but with one swipe of her gunblade he was thrown away. His eyes widened in slight surprise, as he had to duck from her ravenous blow that nearly slit his throat. Momentarily he glanced down, watching a few of his hairs flutter to the floor. He lunged back, and the gunblades set off sparks as they ground against one another.
Kyonae felt a strange, unwelcome buzzing in her brain as they made eye contact for those few seconds; then she swung around and lunged again, and again, and again…sparks were flying everywhere, hazing her vision. There was a sudden urging voice in the back of her head, going off like a siren…
Kill him…kill him now…
Kyonae tried to ignore it as the man swiped at her legs, and she jumped up, the blade sweeping under her. Using this moment of suspension, the man knocked the gunblade out of her hand…
Kill him, Kyonae…Kill him now…
(No,) Kyonae screamed silently as she was thrown to the ground, her arm bleeding freely. Suddenly she found it hard to breathe, like she was underwater, her mind was fogging…
(No, not now, not here, anywhere but here,) she pleaded, the man coming near, raising his gunblade. She found she couldn't fight both at the same time: the urge to relive the past and the urge to kill. She had to make a choice. Kyonae could at least stop herself from killing the man, but once she went into a trance, she wouldn't be able to stop it… and the man may kill her by accident…
Kyonae focused on that side of her mind, and her breathing eased, and focus became clear once more. The nagging voice said one final time:
Kill him now, Kyonae.
"YYYYEEESSSS!!!" she screamed aloud, for all of Garden to hear. The desire to kill washed over her, and such a look of wildness crossed her face that it caught her opponent off guard. She leapt up onto her feet, grabbing her gunblade that lay on the ground. She attacked with such force and velocity he couldn't afford to blink for half a second. Then he swept him off his feet with the gun part of her blade, and kicked him in the stomach so he flew onto the hard dirt. Other students were now ceasing to fight, watching Kyonae get the best of their classmate.
He staggered to his feet, looking at her like she was nuts. "Are you fucking crazy? What the hell are you trying to do!?"
She kicked him down again, and put her foot down on his chest, knocking his gunblade from his hand and pressing her own gunblade slightly against the blood artery on his neck.
That's enough, Kyonae, stop! The voice pleaded.
She seemed to wake up from her murderous dream, and realized what she was doing in a clearer sense of mind. The man lay on the ground, his breathing uneven, and sweat running down his forehead, scared out of his right mind…
"Oh, Hyne…" she whispered, backing away, dropping her gunblade.
"Kyonae!"
She turned to see Quistis, looking shocked. "What in Hyne's name are you doing? You're supposed to train, not try to kill your…Seifer, no!!!!!"
Something Kyonae's mind clicked. (Seifer…Seifer Almasy…)
She swung around just as he cried "FIRE!" exposing his palm to her face. He grinned sinisterly as a large ball of fire came racing at her.
Kyonae instinctively held out her right palm in the same way. "BLIZZAGA!" She screamed, and sent an even larger ball of ice hurtling into the relatively meager fireball and striking Seifer with great force and pinning him to the ground under a mound of ice. She lunged at him, but those two students Gordon and Harold held her back successfully.
"So, you're Seifer Almasy, huh?!" she whispered to him, and strangely he could hear her over the surprised shouts of the class, through the icy pain of her Blizzaga spell.
"What do you care…" he groaned, trying to free himself from the tremendous weight of ice.
Her eyes gleamed with such quiet rage it scared Seifer. "I will enjoy killing you, Seifer Almasy. I will take pleasure in watching you die when the time comes. Remember me, Seifer Almasy. You better watch your back."
With that she was dragged away, while Fujiin and Raijiin helped him to his feet. "WHAT HAPPENED?" Fujiin asked.
"Yeah, Seifer, what happened, ya know? Did she hurt ya? Did she beat ya up, ya know?"
Seifer tried to look cool in front of friends, and smoothed his hair back. "Are you kidding? She barely scratched me. Just caught me off my guard is all. Let's go."
"RIGHT." Fujiin ran out of the Training Center.
"All right, ya know!" Raijiin followed her.
Seifer watched as they ran past the crowd keeping Kyonae subdued as they took her away. She gave him a piercing look, holding her bloody arm tightly.
Once they were all out the door, Seifer allowed himself to shiver. He still felt immensely cold, and it wasn't because of Blizzaga
A/N: Well, that's all for chapter 2! So, what d'ya think? Please tell me! *gets down on both knees* Puh-leeassse! This time, I'm not putting up Ch.3 until I get 3 more reviews. Oh, and if anyone was wondering what the hell happened to Kyonae up there, the truth is that she got her Limit Break(like Booya, Pulse Ammo, etc.), Instant Kill. Her Limit Break is special because she decides out of the goodness of her heart whether to kill her opponent with Instant Kill(otherwise, they just get hurt very, very BADLY! Poor Seifer).
R/R, and no flames please. Suggestions on what should happen in future chapters always welcome. I'll try to cram them in! Thanx!
