~*~"RULE FOUR!" The ruler hit her hand painfully. He had to make sure she
was paying attention this time. "Don't depend on others.don't depend on
me, Nikki." Nikki watched as her father put the ruler down and placed a
small stack of papers down in front of her.
"What are these?" She asked looking at them. The header said in bold type TRABIA GARDEN.
"I'm sending you to Trabia Garden." His voice trailed off as he watched Nikki's eyes grow in size.
"WHY!!!" She screamed standing up. "I promise I'll get better! I promise I'll hit the target! Just please, I wanna stay with you.with you Daddy!" She couldn't help but to cry. "I'll hit the target.I swear." Her voice cracked
"Listen to me." He kneeled down to her. "I'm old. My time is coming.I won't be able to take care of you soon." Nikki leaned her head down and let her tears fall. "You are the best, you will do well at whatever you do.You can hit those targets. Just promise me one thing Nikki."
Nikki lifted her head as her adoptive father wiped her tears. "Be strong. Remember Assassin's don't cry." Nikki nodded sniffling. "Plus, when you cry, the world seems to cry with you." She had been taught never to show any emotion to this man, but she threw those thoughts away at that moment. She wrapped her arms around him. It would be the last time she would.~*~
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"Wake up.I told you that you should've slept more before we left." When I opened my eyes I realized that I was not in the smelly SeeD vehicle.I was in a train. My eyes shot open as I stared at Irvine, who was sitting across from me.
"I thought you were only dropping me off! What's going on?" I demanded.
"I lied." Irvine laughed. "Had you going for a moment there didn't I?"
"This isn't funny."
"I'm just meant to make sure you get the hotel, and then I'm gone. I promise." Irvine raised his hands in surrender.
"Fuck." I whispered to myself.
"What were you dreaming about?" This question caught me off guard. "You were talking, in your sleep."
"What did I say?" I asked cautiously. I knew what I dreamed, but I do not know what I could have said.
"Something about.hitting a target.that's all I heard." Irvine threw his long hair back behind his shoulder.
"What I was dreaming is my business." I stated. I looked out the window of the train, it was raining; like the day I left for Trabia. "We should be there soon." Standing up I clinched my fist. "You're ONLY dropping me off at the hotel. Do you understand me? I will not have you and Cid, or any other SeeD make a mockery out of me. I don't need you're help; I'm fine on me own. Understand me, Damnit!"
Irvine's eyes widened. "Yes, I understand. I'm dropping you off, and then I'm gone.why do you have to be so angry all the time.you're worse then Squall."
I sighed heavily. "Whatever." This caused a loud from Irvine.
"Even sound like him."
"Stop comparing me to him." I had only meet Squall once, after they all came back. I didn't like him from the start, but after being told he was the commander for SeeD, I had to show him some respect. "He's not my commander." I whispered softly.
"NEXT STOP DELING CITY STATION! NEXT STOP DELING CITY STATION!" I looked up at the intercom and then back at Irvine who stood up and picked up the bag of weapons. "I got it.Carry it, don't drop it, don't look in it."
I smirked. "You catch on quickly."
"What are these?" She asked looking at them. The header said in bold type TRABIA GARDEN.
"I'm sending you to Trabia Garden." His voice trailed off as he watched Nikki's eyes grow in size.
"WHY!!!" She screamed standing up. "I promise I'll get better! I promise I'll hit the target! Just please, I wanna stay with you.with you Daddy!" She couldn't help but to cry. "I'll hit the target.I swear." Her voice cracked
"Listen to me." He kneeled down to her. "I'm old. My time is coming.I won't be able to take care of you soon." Nikki leaned her head down and let her tears fall. "You are the best, you will do well at whatever you do.You can hit those targets. Just promise me one thing Nikki."
Nikki lifted her head as her adoptive father wiped her tears. "Be strong. Remember Assassin's don't cry." Nikki nodded sniffling. "Plus, when you cry, the world seems to cry with you." She had been taught never to show any emotion to this man, but she threw those thoughts away at that moment. She wrapped her arms around him. It would be the last time she would.~*~
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"Wake up.I told you that you should've slept more before we left." When I opened my eyes I realized that I was not in the smelly SeeD vehicle.I was in a train. My eyes shot open as I stared at Irvine, who was sitting across from me.
"I thought you were only dropping me off! What's going on?" I demanded.
"I lied." Irvine laughed. "Had you going for a moment there didn't I?"
"This isn't funny."
"I'm just meant to make sure you get the hotel, and then I'm gone. I promise." Irvine raised his hands in surrender.
"Fuck." I whispered to myself.
"What were you dreaming about?" This question caught me off guard. "You were talking, in your sleep."
"What did I say?" I asked cautiously. I knew what I dreamed, but I do not know what I could have said.
"Something about.hitting a target.that's all I heard." Irvine threw his long hair back behind his shoulder.
"What I was dreaming is my business." I stated. I looked out the window of the train, it was raining; like the day I left for Trabia. "We should be there soon." Standing up I clinched my fist. "You're ONLY dropping me off at the hotel. Do you understand me? I will not have you and Cid, or any other SeeD make a mockery out of me. I don't need you're help; I'm fine on me own. Understand me, Damnit!"
Irvine's eyes widened. "Yes, I understand. I'm dropping you off, and then I'm gone.why do you have to be so angry all the time.you're worse then Squall."
I sighed heavily. "Whatever." This caused a loud from Irvine.
"Even sound like him."
"Stop comparing me to him." I had only meet Squall once, after they all came back. I didn't like him from the start, but after being told he was the commander for SeeD, I had to show him some respect. "He's not my commander." I whispered softly.
"NEXT STOP DELING CITY STATION! NEXT STOP DELING CITY STATION!" I looked up at the intercom and then back at Irvine who stood up and picked up the bag of weapons. "I got it.Carry it, don't drop it, don't look in it."
I smirked. "You catch on quickly."
