A/N: Thanks to Larus for being my first reviewer, thanks a lot, got me thinking a lot about what you said and so I'm goin to try and make it better as I go along. Now, heres the chapter number 2! No killing yet, more lovey dovey action plus the intro to two new characters, yay!
"9: 25, perfect timing" Raze checked the clock hanging on the wall making sure that he had not been late for this date. He had gone all out for this, dinner, dancing, and he had some money leftover thanks to a winning hand in poker...that and also because his dorm buddies didn't know how to play. So he beat a straight flush with a two of a kind. He normally didn't wear anything formal but seeing as how this was a special night he dressed up in his most classy clothing which were his combat pants with a white shirt and his leather jacket, military shined boots and a somewhat styled hair. A few girls walked past him and gave him accepting looks and some actually tried to get him to go out with them instead but refused, as he knew that Karen was the one.
"Sorry ladies I wish I could go out with you tonight but I'm actually busy with someone very special" Raze tried to persuade his way out of it as best he could, and just as the girls were about to use their 'feminine ways' Karen opened her dorm room and saw what was going on.
"What is going on here?"
"Uh...nothing you see..I was here waiting for you and they came and wanted me to go out and I said 'no' but they didn't let me say no and so they were trying to get me to go out but I didn't want to go cause I'm going out with you and so on and then you came out and now they're running away...phew!" Raze gasped for air and Karen just laughed at his way of trying to explain things in a hurry.
"No no..Its okay, my, you look good tonight" Karen quickly looked him up and down; "you really know how to make yourself presentable"
It was Raze's turn to blush now and gave her a quick smile and then stopped to look at her. Karens hair was done up in a high ponytail, her eyes were accented by thin eyeliner, mascara, and a bit of baby blue eye shadow, she wore a sequin black gown that was tight on her body and showed her best features and wore classy high heels with a silver buckle on top.
"You look stunning...your beautiful" Razes heart skipped a beat and for a while there forgot to breathe as he took in all her beauty all at once, "you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."
"Well thank you" Karen replied smiling brightly and took her hand in his and walked with him to wherever he had planned for this evening which so far was turning out as one of her best nights ever.
"CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! YEAAAAAHHH! WHOOOH!" The spectators in the bar cheered wildly as they saw a 17-year old girl take down two pitchers of beer, two boilermakers, and four shots ofgold tequila and was still standing by the end. She put down the last pitcher and passed it around where everyone put the bet money inside.
"That's right boys, pay up!" she yelled as loud as she could so everyone could hear her. She was a petite girl, with shoulder length auburn hair, light brown eyes, and a physique of that of a goddess...she had the ability to make men do whatever she wanted with a flick of her hair and she loved to have that kind of power. She was a regular at the Outlaws Night Club in Balamb, everyone knew her by name, which was Talia, but everyone called her Telly as a nickname earned in the bar. She was more of a "inside girl", she just loved to be where the action was, that's probably why she was one of the most hard working martial artist in Garden.
Her style of fighting was a mixture of Brazilian Jujitsu with some ancient Shaolin Kung Fu, one of her overdrive moves was the one she called "Flaming Phoenix" which could literally turn the enemy she focused on into ashes with a single punch to a certain area of the body. Being a fist fighter once would expect her to wear loose fitting clothing but instead for more of a challenge her attires usually consisted of spaghetti strap tank tops, with tight fitting jeans and sneakers.
"Okay guys! That's it for me tonight, thanks for all of your hard earned money, but this girl has curfew!" Her voice was sweet and innocent but when she wanted to get things done she sounded more like a drill sergeant.
"Oh come on! One more!" there were cheers and whistling for her to continue but she refused and left the bar leaving her supporters disappointment until tomorrow night. As she left the bar, she counted her money and saw that she made a pretty good sum of about $700.
"Not bad, now I can pay next semesters fee..." Telly was a student at the Garden since she was eight, she always was a troublemaker, her parents got fed up and sent her to Balamb. The only family she knew after her move to Gardenwas that of her friends and that was all she needed. This was more of a part time job to get her money for school...but once she became a SeeD which was coming very very soon, she would be able to support herself a little better, and be able to pay back everyone from whom she had borrowed money from.
"So? How much did you make tonight?" It was Johnny, one of Telly's closest friends since she was a little girl, "Looks like you made more this time" Johnny was more of the dark type, he stood at least 5'6"and his wardrobe usually consisted nothing but black; his black trench coat, black pants, boots, shirt and sunglasses which he wore even at night. He had three piercings on his left earlobe and had a tattoo of a devilswhore on his back, and his weapon of choice was the katana, his katana was forged from the scales of a blue dragon and had a dragon engraved on the blade, it was over 4 feet long and the hilt was made of black ivory, which was made by the process of acquiring real ivory then going through the process of turning it black by slow burning, then when it was done, it was polished to a reflective finish and engraved on it was an upside down pentagram which supposedly protected him from harm...a strange one indeed.
"Shut up Johnny, if it weren't for me, you'd be starving" Telly laughed and shoved Johnny into a wall, "your lucky I'm letting you crash in my dorm for this summer, otherwise you'd be pretty screwed."
"Yea yea yea...I know" Johnny dusted himself off and followed Telly back to Garden.
The night was perfect for being outside, there was no wind, the moon was out and stars literally littered the sky. Raze and Karen had just finished coming out of the club from dancing and were heading down to the docks when they saw Johnny and Telly walk up the street, they didn't say anything to one another as they only met briefly once during the first day of orientation and that was that...even though they were in the same classes except for Basic Magic and Spells which no one took seeing as how they didn't need to use spells and the only time they used magic was for enhancing their stats.
Raze and Karen made their way near the end of the dock and stood there looking out at the moon and stars, it was quiet among them for a bit and Raze decided to break the silence.
"I really enjoy being with you, you know that?" Raze whispered in Karen's ear softly "your not like other girls."
"How am I not like other girls?" Karen asked biting her bottom lip.
"Well...your sincere, smart, funny, determined" Raze thought hard trying to find the correct words but found it more difficult then what others had told him, "your just you, and you don't let anyone else boss you around." His heart was beating fast, his palms were beginning to sweat from the nervousness...what if he had said something wrong? Was he moving too fast? Why didn't she say anything? It was not looking good for Raze and he was scared. Scared that he might lose this girl who made his world go round.
"So..basically you like me for being me, and that I have my own ideals and my own set of rules and I don't let anyone boss me around?" Raze nodded slowly, his heart beating hard against his chest and was almost knocked off the dock when Karen kissed him without any notice. Raze put his arms around her and kissed her back and they shared their first kiss, under the light of stars. Karen broke the kiss between them and looked out to sea with tears welling up in her eyes.
"What's wrong Karen?" Raze asked, worried he definitely did something wrong.
"Nothing...I'm just, happy, here with you" Karen let tears fall from her eyes, "you're not like other people too, you know?" Raze came close to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and looked to sea wit her just standing there, alone.
"I know I'm not like other people...but, in some ways I am, but...I can assure you that I will never hurt you, and I'll always be there with you." Raze whispered in her ear and kissed her neck, then the silence came upon them and they welcomed it with both their being.
AN: This is my first attempt to make some kind of romance goin on, and if it sucks...well just let me know how I can make it better, and once again thanks to Larus for being the first reviewer and for so far supporting me in keeping this fic goin. Next chapter up soon. Hopefully. More R&R please
