Sammy-Chan: Yaaaay! I posted another chapter ... joy!

~CHAPTER 4: A Lion's Challenge, an Angel's Pride~



Rinoa brushed a few locks of hair out of her face. She hated Magical History. If there was anything she hated, it was Magical History. Sorceresses and their knights were of absolutely no interest to her. She especially hated the quizzes because they took an eternity to finish and they usually had to be completed out of strict memorization. Rinoa sighed and twirled her pencil with her fingers. She was going to fall asleep if this persisted. This was so boring! Staring at the paper wasn't helping, either. She quickly tapped the pencil on her desk and circled the right answer ... or so she thought was the right answer. A note was kicked up to her from Selphie. She dropped her pencil on the floor purposely and quickly scooped up the note as well as her pencil. She shot a look at the teacher ... he wasn't looking. She unfolded the piece of paper and read:

Rinny!!!

What's No. 6?? Hell I hate these quizzes! HELP!

~Selph

She squinted at Selphie's untidy scrawl and quickly wrote back.

You're asking the wrong person, but I think it's Option C ... that's what I wrote.

RINOA ... (Notice not Rinny)

She kicked the note back down to Selphie. This seemed to arouse suspicion on the teacher's part for he quickly lifted up his head from the "Galbadian Post" and stared right at Selphie. She quickly looked down at her quiz and looked like she was thinking hard. Now to the teacher, THAT was even MORE suspicious. He swiftly made his way to Selphie's desk and tapped her on the shoulder promptly.

"Have anything to hide Ms.Tilmitt?"

"Hide? Like what?"

"Oh I don't know, notes, answers..."

"No sir! I wouldn't do anything like that..." She silently kicked the note back to Rinoa who covered it with her foot.

"Hmm... Well, if I'm again suspicious of this situation I'm taking this quiz away from you."

"Oh, please don't ... that would relieve me of pain..." She muttered under her breath.

Rinoa bit the inside of her mouth not to laugh. She continued completing her quiz silently. She glanced at the clock ... 5 minutes left and 3 questions. She cautiously circled the answers and waited for the class to end. The bell rang loudly and the screeching of chairs was heard. Twenty students made their way to the front desk and left their papers. Rinoa waited for Selphie by the door.

"That was so hard and he didn't even mention there was going to be a quiz!" Selphie whined.

"Actually... He did. A week ago." Rinoa said innocently.

Selphie grimaced. "Shut up ..."

They made their way to the elevators and pressed the button to go down. Balmab was full of energy today. The sun was shinning through the wide windows and everyone was in the mood for a Friday and thank Hyne it was. Rinoa's sister came to join them soon after they had gone left of the directory. She was a younger version of her sister; she had longer black hair (no highlights) and brown eyes. She was much more energetic then the rest of her family but still had the "quality" that all Caraways had ... the art of giving orders.

"Carry my books." She stated and without waiting for a response she piled her books onto Rinoa's.

"Ok, why?" Rinoa demanded.

Hikari grimaced, "Because, this is my first year and Mommy said you had to be nice to me."

"What mommy doesn't know won't hurt her." Rinoa dumped the books back onto her sister's arms.

"I'll tell on you." Hikari taunted.

"Go ahead." Rinoa responded.

After Hikari had given up on making Rinoa hold her books, they continued on the journey to their dorms. Chatting about how the day went. Actually Hikari was doing most of the talking since Rinoa and Selphie had no appetite for conversation.

"And then I told him the right answer and he said I was very good and then after that we were suppose to work in partners and-"

"Hey Commander!" A voice called out.

Hikari's mouth snapped shut and Rinoa spun around to see who was calling her. She wished she hadn't; for when she did, she met the face she wished never again to see. His icy blue eyes, his black, baggy jeans, the long brown bangs that drooped over his eyes. He was Squall Leonheart, was there more to say?

"What do you want Leonheart?"

He shrugged slightly, "I don't know, I was bored and it's always fun bothering you."

"You have no life."

"True enough but at least mine isn't based on other people's orders, commands and wishes."

More people seemed interested in the conflict between the two. They always seemed interested when fights were about to break out. Whether physical or verbal it was always fun to watch. Besides, this was a fight between the commander and one of the strongest SeeDs. It was something to watch and you would have thought the same. Rinoa's eyes lit up a bit.

"What are you implying?"

"Ooh nothing..." He said innocently, "I just wanted someone to spar with."

"Then go spar with dolls and don't get hurt..." She said this and tried to walk on. All these people were making her uncomfortable.

"Just wait up!" He called out. "I just want to see how strong you are."

"Too strong for you!" Hikari said this and stuck her tongue out.

"Spunky little sister you got there..." He smiled a bit

"Ugh. Hikari, just shut up for a second." Rinoa said and looked at Squall again.

"I'm surprised you haven't kicked me out of SeeD."

"Yeah? I don't use my power to solve my personal problems." She paused for a moment and continued, "So you wanted to spar?"


Sammy-Chan: Ooh ... heh heh heh!! Ahem, this will be continued soon.