Author's note: Hey y'all!! This is a shorty right here but I was really
pressed on time for this one. I've been on the computer typing since I got
home from school.It's like 9:30 right now....My fingers are KILLING me! Ok,
I think the chapter was decent enough, you get to see Vyse show off a bit
of his strength and Ked pull of a pretty nice trick. Ah and if you're
asking if my next chapter will be short....Then that's a big no since I
THINK my next one is going to be the chapter right before my epic battle.
If it is, then I'm going to squeeze like ten pages of stuff into my next
one so it doesn't interfere with my fight....
Well, this A/N is going to be short. My brain it too fried to think of ANYTHING decent to day.
"Good reading equals good times." I'm out.
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Nite stopped clapping his hands and nudged himself away from the crowd. After getting away, he looked around, seeing his sister standing right next to him, smiling. He ignored the fact that she just appeared next to him, she just did that naturally. Instead he commented on her smile. "How come you only do that around me?"
"You are the only person I feel comfortable around."
"Yeah, I suppose that might be the reason. Anyways, let's go find something to eat. They're always selling unhealthy crap at these kind of things."
Claire laughed then agreed to go with him to get something to eat. "I can't promise I'll stay for the whole meal, though."
Nite looked at her. "Why?"
"Too many people. Makes me feel edgy."
Nite sighed. "You're going to have to snap out of that sooner or later."
Claire looked down at her feet and said. "I know not to be so anxious around people, I know they're not out to get me....It's just...."
Her voice trailed off. Nite walked up to his sister and put his arms around her. "Hey don't worry about it. Getting over this problem shouldn't be that hard for you. Besides, you're my little sister. Do what I do and you'll be fine." He said, playfully bopping her on the head.
Claire rubbed her forehead. "I'm not five anymore, you know." She stated, causing Nite to laugh, which in turn made her start to laugh.
"Alright, let's go get something to eat." Nite said, walking off.
"Oh, oh! Wait for me, Big Brother!" Claire yelled sarcastically was she followed Nite.
~**~
Vyse got away from the crowd and went on a search for Kage. He walked off to some quiet part of the District and sure enough, there was Kage. It was so easy to know where he would be.
"Hey, Kage! What's up?"
"I'm going to go talk to the king."
"But you'll miss the festival!"
Kage shrugged. "I don't enjoy festivals that much, anyways."
He started to walk away from Vyse.
"Ok fine, go then! I don't need you to have fun anyhow!" Vyse yelled to his partner.
Kage just ignored him and kept walking until he was out of sight. Vyse sighed and looked around now noticing how many Black Mages there were in this place. He guessed it was probably because Black Mages are the only type with flashy spells.
He also noticed people in shacks offering people to test their luck at different games. Vyse laughed, even in a festival devoted to Mages, people still tried to make money from crooked games. "Might as well try one." He thought to himself.
He walked up to one shack with a sign that read. "Test your strength! Ten Gil a turn!"
Vyse pulled out Ten Gil and asked what he had to do.
"It's quite easy, good sir," the man running the game said, "just hit that red circle on the steel pole there. A ball will come from the circle and climb up that there pole, if it hits the bell on top, you win!"
Vyse walked over to the pole. It was a thick ten-foot high tower of steel. The circle the man talked about was vertically attached to the beam so he would have to throw his hand straight out to be able to hit it. Piece of cake.
Vyse winded his right arm back, concentrating energy into his fist. He felt it bulge and pulse with power. After a quick collecting of the energy he hauled off and smacked the circle with all his might. The metal ball inside screamed up towards the bell, popping it off the pole and continued it's course into the air. Everyone around Vyse stared in aw as the bell hit the ground with a loud 'CLANG!'
"Hmm, that was actually pretty fun." Vyse said to the man.
While Vyse walked away he heard the ten-foot pole tip and crash to the ground. God, he loved doing that.
~**~
"Ok, Ked. Sorry to keep you waiting." Said the man who was in charge of keeping everything in this festival organized.
K.C. was able to talk Tera into letting her and Ked go off and find a place for Ked to show off some of his tricks. Now they just had to wait for the guy to get them ready.
"Ok, here's a stand for you to use if you need it." The mad added, looking over some papers that were handed to him.
Ked said thank you but doubted the man heard. K.C. took it upon herself to set up the stand. "Alright, Ked. Now I told Tera that we would be able to do this on our own. Let's hope I was right."
Ked laughed nervously but K.C. didn't notice. She was too busy thinking up ways to attract a big crowd. It then hit her.
She stood up on the stand and cupped her hands around her mouth. "Attention everybody!! Come and see the most super, cool, and totally awesome thing you've ever seen in your entire life! My friend Ked can do things NO other Black Mage can! But I won't tell you what they are! You'll just have to come here and see for yourself!"
Ked started to blush, he didn't know anything out of the ordinary to do. Except.....
People who heard K.C. huddled around the stand. When they saw it was only a kid some of them left, but others that were amused by K.C.'s speech stayed.
"Ok, Ked. I roped them in now you blow them away! Oh....But not literally." K.C. whispered to her friend.
Ked took in a long breath then released it. This was probably the ONLY time he wished his powers didn't get out of hand. Ked concentrated as hard as he could, he could pull this off if he just tried. He placed his hands out, palms open, at the table, slowly waving them in opposite directions so they crossed in the middle of him.
A dot of fire appeared in the middle of the table, then rolled from the back of the table to the front near the crowd leaving a line of flames in its path. So far so good. Ked's eyes were closed as he moved the ball then as it reached the front he opened them and sent a surge of energy into the small ball causing it to shoot up into the air in a tiny explosion. Some people jumped back, not wounded, in fact pleasantly amused at what was now standing on a neat little row on the table. Four fiery stick figures with electrified top hats and canes. The crowed awed and appalled at the cute little figures....But Ked wasn't done yet. He moved his hands in a rhythmic pattern, like beats to a song. To the crowd's surprise the tiny stick people started to dance to the beat of Ked's hands! Their aww's turned to cheers as Ked went on. The figures started to do the Waltz, two-step, and any other dance Ked could think of. It was so amazing to watch the people made of elements dance with as much strength and passion as any living human. Finally after about five minutes of the best dancing anyone has ever seen, the stick figures threw their canes in the air, caught them, and bowed.
The crowd was cheering and clapping, yelling for Ked to give them more. The people around Ked seemed to be making more noise then any other group in the area. The crowd itself was also much larger. Even K.C. wanted to see what else Ked might have up his sleeve. Ked grinned from ear to ear. Now was the first time he ever felt so wanted, so needed by so many people. It was such a rush to feel the emotions, he loved it more then anything. Little did he know that soon enough, he WOULD be needed.....But not for his cute little stick people.
~**~
"Bridget do you think it was right leaving Ked and K.C. by themselves?" Tera asked the knight next to her.
"You're the one who said they could run off."
Tera Sighed. "Good point."
Bridget looked at Tera. "Did you tell them to run off so you could talk to me alone? Is it about that Nite boy?"
Nuts, Bridget could read Tera like a book. She started to blush. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I mean I've seen millions of guys his type and they all turned out to be just annoying....But there's something him that I can't figure out."
"So you're drawn to his mystery?"
"No, not drawn!" Tera snapped....Easing up again. "Just.....Interested...."
Bridget laughed. "Well, I'm going to go check on Ked and K.C.. You should go and find Nite to unravel this mystery around him...Who knows, maybe he'll turn out to be as annoying as the rest."
"Ok, I guess I'll go and find him, then. Nothing better to do..."
Bridget waved goodbye as she disappeared into the crowd. Tera turned the other way and started looking for Nite.
~**~
"Wow, that was the most delicious and most unhealthy thing I have ever had." Nite said, throwing the little food that was left into the trash.
"Agreed." Claire calmly stated.
"Indeed...." Nite said, mocking her monotone expression.
"Hey, I'm sorry but that's the way I talk!" She yelled at him, slapping him in the arm.
"Yeah, I know but it just sounded funny."
Nite started to mockingly rub the fake pain from his shoulder.
"That was all fine and great but I'm going to go find someplace quite, alright?"
"You want me to go with you?"
"No, it's ok. You go have fun."
"Alright.But I doubt I'll have any fun without you."
Nite turned around as he started talking, waiting for Claire's response. When she didn't answer he turned back around. Claire was gone. Nite smiled and crossed his hands. "Nice job, Sis....Now you're getting fast enough to even evade the glance of my eye...."
Nite started to slowly walk off looking for something to do.
Well, this A/N is going to be short. My brain it too fried to think of ANYTHING decent to day.
"Good reading equals good times." I'm out.
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Nite stopped clapping his hands and nudged himself away from the crowd. After getting away, he looked around, seeing his sister standing right next to him, smiling. He ignored the fact that she just appeared next to him, she just did that naturally. Instead he commented on her smile. "How come you only do that around me?"
"You are the only person I feel comfortable around."
"Yeah, I suppose that might be the reason. Anyways, let's go find something to eat. They're always selling unhealthy crap at these kind of things."
Claire laughed then agreed to go with him to get something to eat. "I can't promise I'll stay for the whole meal, though."
Nite looked at her. "Why?"
"Too many people. Makes me feel edgy."
Nite sighed. "You're going to have to snap out of that sooner or later."
Claire looked down at her feet and said. "I know not to be so anxious around people, I know they're not out to get me....It's just...."
Her voice trailed off. Nite walked up to his sister and put his arms around her. "Hey don't worry about it. Getting over this problem shouldn't be that hard for you. Besides, you're my little sister. Do what I do and you'll be fine." He said, playfully bopping her on the head.
Claire rubbed her forehead. "I'm not five anymore, you know." She stated, causing Nite to laugh, which in turn made her start to laugh.
"Alright, let's go get something to eat." Nite said, walking off.
"Oh, oh! Wait for me, Big Brother!" Claire yelled sarcastically was she followed Nite.
~**~
Vyse got away from the crowd and went on a search for Kage. He walked off to some quiet part of the District and sure enough, there was Kage. It was so easy to know where he would be.
"Hey, Kage! What's up?"
"I'm going to go talk to the king."
"But you'll miss the festival!"
Kage shrugged. "I don't enjoy festivals that much, anyways."
He started to walk away from Vyse.
"Ok fine, go then! I don't need you to have fun anyhow!" Vyse yelled to his partner.
Kage just ignored him and kept walking until he was out of sight. Vyse sighed and looked around now noticing how many Black Mages there were in this place. He guessed it was probably because Black Mages are the only type with flashy spells.
He also noticed people in shacks offering people to test their luck at different games. Vyse laughed, even in a festival devoted to Mages, people still tried to make money from crooked games. "Might as well try one." He thought to himself.
He walked up to one shack with a sign that read. "Test your strength! Ten Gil a turn!"
Vyse pulled out Ten Gil and asked what he had to do.
"It's quite easy, good sir," the man running the game said, "just hit that red circle on the steel pole there. A ball will come from the circle and climb up that there pole, if it hits the bell on top, you win!"
Vyse walked over to the pole. It was a thick ten-foot high tower of steel. The circle the man talked about was vertically attached to the beam so he would have to throw his hand straight out to be able to hit it. Piece of cake.
Vyse winded his right arm back, concentrating energy into his fist. He felt it bulge and pulse with power. After a quick collecting of the energy he hauled off and smacked the circle with all his might. The metal ball inside screamed up towards the bell, popping it off the pole and continued it's course into the air. Everyone around Vyse stared in aw as the bell hit the ground with a loud 'CLANG!'
"Hmm, that was actually pretty fun." Vyse said to the man.
While Vyse walked away he heard the ten-foot pole tip and crash to the ground. God, he loved doing that.
~**~
"Ok, Ked. Sorry to keep you waiting." Said the man who was in charge of keeping everything in this festival organized.
K.C. was able to talk Tera into letting her and Ked go off and find a place for Ked to show off some of his tricks. Now they just had to wait for the guy to get them ready.
"Ok, here's a stand for you to use if you need it." The mad added, looking over some papers that were handed to him.
Ked said thank you but doubted the man heard. K.C. took it upon herself to set up the stand. "Alright, Ked. Now I told Tera that we would be able to do this on our own. Let's hope I was right."
Ked laughed nervously but K.C. didn't notice. She was too busy thinking up ways to attract a big crowd. It then hit her.
She stood up on the stand and cupped her hands around her mouth. "Attention everybody!! Come and see the most super, cool, and totally awesome thing you've ever seen in your entire life! My friend Ked can do things NO other Black Mage can! But I won't tell you what they are! You'll just have to come here and see for yourself!"
Ked started to blush, he didn't know anything out of the ordinary to do. Except.....
People who heard K.C. huddled around the stand. When they saw it was only a kid some of them left, but others that were amused by K.C.'s speech stayed.
"Ok, Ked. I roped them in now you blow them away! Oh....But not literally." K.C. whispered to her friend.
Ked took in a long breath then released it. This was probably the ONLY time he wished his powers didn't get out of hand. Ked concentrated as hard as he could, he could pull this off if he just tried. He placed his hands out, palms open, at the table, slowly waving them in opposite directions so they crossed in the middle of him.
A dot of fire appeared in the middle of the table, then rolled from the back of the table to the front near the crowd leaving a line of flames in its path. So far so good. Ked's eyes were closed as he moved the ball then as it reached the front he opened them and sent a surge of energy into the small ball causing it to shoot up into the air in a tiny explosion. Some people jumped back, not wounded, in fact pleasantly amused at what was now standing on a neat little row on the table. Four fiery stick figures with electrified top hats and canes. The crowed awed and appalled at the cute little figures....But Ked wasn't done yet. He moved his hands in a rhythmic pattern, like beats to a song. To the crowd's surprise the tiny stick people started to dance to the beat of Ked's hands! Their aww's turned to cheers as Ked went on. The figures started to do the Waltz, two-step, and any other dance Ked could think of. It was so amazing to watch the people made of elements dance with as much strength and passion as any living human. Finally after about five minutes of the best dancing anyone has ever seen, the stick figures threw their canes in the air, caught them, and bowed.
The crowd was cheering and clapping, yelling for Ked to give them more. The people around Ked seemed to be making more noise then any other group in the area. The crowd itself was also much larger. Even K.C. wanted to see what else Ked might have up his sleeve. Ked grinned from ear to ear. Now was the first time he ever felt so wanted, so needed by so many people. It was such a rush to feel the emotions, he loved it more then anything. Little did he know that soon enough, he WOULD be needed.....But not for his cute little stick people.
~**~
"Bridget do you think it was right leaving Ked and K.C. by themselves?" Tera asked the knight next to her.
"You're the one who said they could run off."
Tera Sighed. "Good point."
Bridget looked at Tera. "Did you tell them to run off so you could talk to me alone? Is it about that Nite boy?"
Nuts, Bridget could read Tera like a book. She started to blush. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I mean I've seen millions of guys his type and they all turned out to be just annoying....But there's something him that I can't figure out."
"So you're drawn to his mystery?"
"No, not drawn!" Tera snapped....Easing up again. "Just.....Interested...."
Bridget laughed. "Well, I'm going to go check on Ked and K.C.. You should go and find Nite to unravel this mystery around him...Who knows, maybe he'll turn out to be as annoying as the rest."
"Ok, I guess I'll go and find him, then. Nothing better to do..."
Bridget waved goodbye as she disappeared into the crowd. Tera turned the other way and started looking for Nite.
~**~
"Wow, that was the most delicious and most unhealthy thing I have ever had." Nite said, throwing the little food that was left into the trash.
"Agreed." Claire calmly stated.
"Indeed...." Nite said, mocking her monotone expression.
"Hey, I'm sorry but that's the way I talk!" She yelled at him, slapping him in the arm.
"Yeah, I know but it just sounded funny."
Nite started to mockingly rub the fake pain from his shoulder.
"That was all fine and great but I'm going to go find someplace quite, alright?"
"You want me to go with you?"
"No, it's ok. You go have fun."
"Alright.But I doubt I'll have any fun without you."
Nite turned around as he started talking, waiting for Claire's response. When she didn't answer he turned back around. Claire was gone. Nite smiled and crossed his hands. "Nice job, Sis....Now you're getting fast enough to even evade the glance of my eye...."
Nite started to slowly walk off looking for something to do.