A/N: I don't know how you're gonna like Chapter Four, I'm experiencing a small case of writer's block. I urge all readers to help me! Tell me what you want! I'm not a mind reader (that'd be SOOO cool though!), so you'll have to tell me. I ask mainly for pairing suggestions, even yaoi if need be. Tell me what you want to have happen in the story and I'll cram it in. Anyway, Kyonae meets Seifer at the Training Center…read on…even I don't know what's going to happen…(Seifer's POV this time)
Chapter Four: Anytime, Anyplace
The Training Center was dim in light, but Seifer could still see pretty clearly as he waited silently behind a tree. He had been taken by complete surprise today. Seifer had never seen a girl with a gunblade before…he had never seen anyone fight like Kyonae had…it was frightening.
Soon enough Seifer heard the doors open automatically with a whirring sound, heard the soft sound of her boots hitting the hard dirt floor cautiously, and then finally saw her slender figure walk out into the clearing. Fujiin and Raijiin, following his orders, had stayed outside.
Kyonae didn't see him, her icy gray blue eyes darting around warily. He remained hidden, pausing a moment to just look at her. She was actually very beautiful, standing there in the pale moonlight…too bad she wanted to kill him…
"I know you're in here, Seifer Almasy," she called out into the dark space. "I can sense you…" she added quietly.
Seifer noticed the way she said the last sentence. What was that tone in her voice? Uncertainty? Maybe fear? Was she actually scared of him, or just the fact that she didn't know where he was? And what did she mean, 'sensed'? He finally spoke up.
"So you came, Kyonae."
To his delight he got the response he was expecting: Kyonae drew her gunblade swiftly, as if it had just appeared in her hand. She swung around, trying to find the location of his voice. The sound echoed through the Center and sounded like he was coming from all over. "Where are you?" she demanded. "Show yourself!"
"Sharp looking gunblade you got there. What model is it?"
"Where are you, Seifer Almasy?" she repeated.
"I'm not answering your question until you answer mine," he taunted playfully.
"Really? Interesting. I have a Hyperion myself. And Squall's got a-"
"Lionheart, I know," she said impatiently, clenching the handle of her weapon tightly in her fists. "Now show yourself, or I'll-"
"You'll what?" Seifer laughed, the darkness hiding the smirk on his face. "Oh well. Fair's fair, I guess. Here I am."
He stepped out into the clearing. Kyonae's eyes slitted until all he could see were blue gray. "Skip the small talk, Almasy-what do you want?"
" Please, Kyonae…I'm hurt. I merely wanted to talk. Or do you want to kill me now?" Seifer added, stretching out his arms in a gesture for Kyonae to stab him clean through. She remained silent, unconvinced. He shrugged and laid his Hyperion against the fence, backing away. "There. You're armed, I'm not. Now can we talk?"
Kyonae looked at him through slitted eyes for a few more moments, then, without taking her gaze off him, walked over and set her Talon alongside the Hyperion. "I'm breaking curfew."
"That's fine. I'm head of the discipline committee, so I'll just say I was reprimanding you. Come on."
Kyonae followed him, staying at his side. She didn't seem to trust him enough to walk ahead of him, and she didn't want to make him suspicious by staying behind him. She never took her eyes off him.
Seifer led her into the Secret Area, which was unusually empty, devoid of the usual couples whispering intently to each other. He leaned on the railing, breathing the fresh air. "The moon's bright tonight, huh?"
"Hm." She nodded curtly, and though she was facing the moon, her eyes were looking through their corners at him.
"What? What the hell is your problem? Why do you keep staring at me?" he snapped. Her stare was becoming very tense, like she was waiting for him to explode or something.
"I don't trust you," she said simply, as if this explained everything.
"What the fuck-why the hell not? Why the hell don't you trust me? Why do you want to kill me? What'd I ever do to you? I've never even seen you before!"
"You really don't know, do you?" Kyonae asked, anger rising in her crisp voice.
"No! Why don't you fuckin' tell me already, so I know what you're so pissed at me about?!" he shot back.
Seifer stared at her wide-eyed for a few moments, then contorted his expressionless face into one of frustration and rage. "OH FUCK! Not you too!"
"Yes, especially me too," Kyonae shouted, her temper all but through the roof. "My life was ruined because of you! And one day, Seifer Almasy, you're gonna get yours!!! It could be anytime, and anyplace, but you're gonna get—"
Suddenly, her eyes bulged, as if she were exceptionally angry, but then her face showed nothing but fear and pain, and she dropped to her knees and began making a strange choking sound, shaking as convulsively as a leaf.
"Kyonae, what the hell are you doing? Kyonae? Are you all right? Dammit, what's wrong with you?"
He tried to help her up, but she pushed away from him, one hand clasped over her throat, still shaking. "L-l-leave me alone!!!" she choked. "Don't come near me!!!"
With that, she staggered off like a wounded deer, leaving Seifer standing there, stupefied. What had that been about? Was Kyonae having a seizure or something? Maybe he should go help her..?
Nah, he thought resignedly, looking at the moon. Kyonae would be all right. It was probably just an act to get away from him. It was just a really good act.
Wasn't it?
****(Kyonae's POV)
The world was spinning before her eyes in a green-brown haze as the trees mixed into the ground. She couldn't breathe at all. She was starting to feel the heat of the flames, and the screaming was ringing in her ears again…
She hit the cold ground and knew no more.
A/N: That's it for Ch.4! I know, not much happened in this one…but Ch.5 will be loads better, I swear! Please R/R!!!
