A/N-Edited, enjoy.
Chizaper 18: Fighting feelings
Yazoo and Alexia walked silently into his enormous dome.
"What now?" she asked anxiously.
He smiled at her and pushed the girl in front of him.
"First, I teach you to aim, and use your gunblades properly." He said, rummaging in his pocket for something.
After a moment, he pulled out a rubber band, and began walking up to her.
"Alright, first lesson. You never want to use just one gun if you've got two. I use one because I've perfected my skills to the point where I only need to shoot at something once and I hit it." He gloated about his skills.
Alexia smiled at his willingness to be silly. Here she thought this would be all work.
"Now," he said, interrupting her train of thought.
"I've found that it's way easier to learn something when you're having fun. So, I'ma make our training sessions a bit amusing. Hehe, enjoy yourself here, cause when you go to Kadaj's dome you'll miss me." He warned.
"Why?" she questioned worriedly, as she realized her best friend was with him right that moment.
"He uses fear and surprise to teach. You learn just as well when you're scared as when your having fun. Loz and me have fun…. Kadaj and Sephiroth would rather scare you til you shit yourself." He answered happily.
"Ooooooook…" Alexia said dismissively.
The man fondled the rubber band for another moment, and then asked Alexia to pull her guns out. To her confusion, he had her hold the guns out in front of her so he could set the strong elastic band around both barrels of the gun. The band was so strong that it snapped the barrels together, making them clang as they hit.
"Today, we'll work on aiming in front of you. We'll work on firing at two different objects when your arm strength improves." He smirked, watching Alexia struggle to pull the guns apart.
"Alright…down to business…In order to handle a gunblade, you have to be naturally graceful…SHIT!" he yelped as the barrels snapped together and misfired.
"Whoop! Sorry!" Alexia smiled, oblivious that she almost shot the young man.
"Pay attention!" He snapped, making her jump a bit.
Yazoo sighed, returning to his usual composed self.
Alexia pouted, feeling ignorant, and bowed her head.
"Don't worry about it…here…let's work on aim."
Alexia was guided by the young man deeper into the dome. His hair gently blew back with the wind rushing past his face.
"I want…" she thought happily staring at the warrior striding ahead of her…dragging her along slightly.
They reached a target practice area that consisted of a wall…covered in burning torches that she guessed she was supposed to shoot out.
"Take a stab at it on your own…shoot at that one…" he grinned, pointing to one of the torches.
She sighed, but attempted anyway. Out of the six times she fired…. none hit.
Frustrated, Alexia pursed her lips and scowled, willing it to blow to pieces. She heard Yazoo chuckle to himself and begin to glide towards her.
"Here…I'll help you…now…" the longhaired trailed off, gracefully stepping behind her.
Yazoo spread his legs and gently placed his body on her back. Shivers made their way down her spine, and she blushed. Yazoo didn't notice as he wrapped his arms around her, and guided her hands with his own.
"Oh…Sorry…I didn't ask first. Do you feel comfortable like this?" He asked politely, placing his chin on her shoulder.
She nodded, trying hard not to squirm in his embrace. He smiled flirtatiously (when she wasn't looking) and lifted his arms up, pressing on the trigger and blowing up the torch.
Yazoo stepped back, letting his hands brush against her hips and stomach, and it took every bit of restraint that Alexia had not to moan with disappointment.
"Now you try…just…pretend I'm there." He hummed expectantly.
She never missed her target the rest of the time. Yazoo had her go the whole length of the wall (which took quite a hefty amount of time).
The last torch went out and she heard him, cock the trigger to his own gun. Fear swept over her body as the man laughed evilly.
"Now, we fight. Use all available resources and try using your senses."
Alexia gasped and took off running as fast as she could away from him. All the torches went out, and they were left in complete darkness. A gunshot sounded behind a pillar and Alexia ducked.
WHAT THE BLOODY HELL!?
Alexia heard leather squeak somewhere behind her, and whipped around. She fired the gunblades, and the spark briefly lit up the whole dome.
"Yah!" she heard him yelp.
There wasn't even a split second to bask in her glory. She felt the bullet enter her thigh before the sound of the gun even reached her ears. Her cry was similar to Yazoo's.
Alexia wasted no time in fleeing the scene as fast as she could hobble away. Her hearing became heightened, and every scrape, crunch, or squeak boomed in her ears.
At last, she stopped shooting at the nothingness and stood silently…listening for the attacker.
She heard the scrape of a foot to her left, and abruptly turned to meet her foe. No one was there.
Thoroughly confused, she turned back around and gasped. There he stood, barrel to her head, and cocked the trigger.
She winced when the touch of the barrel removed itself from her forehead, and Yazoo shot at the ceiling.
The spark lit the dome, casting a view of the opponents. Yazoo's bangs covered an eye, leaving the other to stare at her wildly. He had a smirk on his face that said he was planning something more. Alexia's eye was covered with her long, flowing hair. She had her head cocked to the side, and sat there with a serene look upon her face.
Her gunblades still lie on the ground, from where she panicked and dropped them. The whole thing seemed to go in slow motion…but everything was a blur to the girl.
The shot echoed in the dark for a moment before it happened.
She heard him step closer, and caught a glimpse of him holding up a gloved hand to cradle her face. She felt his nose brush against hers as Alexia felt his warm breath come close.
WHAT'S HE DOIN'!?
She opened her mouth to protest, but was cut short by his lips against hers.
"WAH! WHA? Hm…" her brain registered this as some sort of thought…but was moving too fast to try to make sense of it.
Alexia felt her arms and legs go numb with fear, realizing this stranger was kissing her.
They pulled apart…. both looking at the ground awkwardly…
"Why'd he do that?" she thought disappointedly.
"I didn't even know he felt that way…"
" Cough um yes…well, erm…let's go back to the house." Yazoo mumbled, picking at the restore material in his wristband.
Alexia realized a moment later…SHE WAS STILL IN PAIN!
"YOU SHOT ME!" she screamed, holding the wound.
Yazoo threw his hands in the air in disbelief.
"YOU SHOT…. OH NEVERMIND! Cure!" he shouted, healing their wounds.
They stood there awkwardly staring at each other before Yazoo hesitantly stepped forward, and took her delicate hand.
They walked home silently,
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Kadaj chased Alathia into the dome, and locked the door behind him.
Immediately the young boy whipped out a rubber band.
Before she had a chance to protest, Alathia saw Kadaj snatch her blades off her hips and sit cross-legged, binding them together with the band.
Alathia stared at him curiously.
The man was almost childlike sitting there…tongue out, looking concentrated on his work. She smiled lovingly as she thought the scene over. Kadaj was still a child, whether he acted it or not.
The band confused him apparently, because he was struggling with it.
Alathia faded out of her deep thought and began singing to herself.
"Always lived my life alone…
Been searching for a place called home.
I know that I've been called aside. Ignore the dreams to many lies.
Somewhere deep inside…somewhere deep inside me I found
The child I used to be…and I know that it's not too late
Never…too late." (Nessaja by Scooter)
Kadaj kept his head down, focused on his work, but smirked at the lyrics of the song…so she knew he was still a boy…hmmm.
"Are you implying something" he smiled curiously at her.
Alathia cocked her head down and to the side.
"…No." she answered slyly, blushing a bit.
"Oh…" he said with disappointment riddling his voice, and handed her the two swords.
He cleared his throat and went through the whole speech that Yazoo went through with Alexia (except for blades instead of gunblades .)
"Alright. Let's begin…" he trailed off, lifting his hands to the ceiling and staring at her wildly.
The torches blew out, and before she really knew what to do, she heard Kadaj rush at her.
Surprisingly, she blocked his blow with her own combined swords.
"Good. The keys to swordsmanship are grace and instinct." He whispered in her ear.
When'd he get back there!?
She shivered as she felt him wrap himself around her, and begin to guide her in fluid motions. When Kadaj wanted her to move a leg, he'd grind his hips into her bum, causing her to snap in the direction he was motioning with it. When she refused he'd place a firm hand on her thigh or hip and tell/guide her on what to do.
Kadaj wrapped his hands around hers and swung gracefully.
Just as sudden as his mood swing, Kadaj snapped away from her and charged, sword drawn.
He swung. She flipped over it. Kadaj watched her with the calmest look on his face. He smirked as he watched the girl twist her body into a perfect landing, almost as cat like as his own was. She was a beauty.
He swung at her again, and she back flipped thrice to avoid the blade.
Kadaj's temper rose at not being able to strike her, and he full out charged at the startled girl.
Alathia handled it well though. The two were engaged in a full out brawl where anything went.
They kicked, punched, and used the swords to their advantage.
By pure luck, Alathia's swords grazed Kadaj's soft face.
The cut didn't bleed for a moment, and Kadaj didn't move either.
His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. He lifted a gloved hand to his face, and felt the new wound; it bled. Enraged, he threw his double blade to the ground and tackled her.
She didn't stop him either.
The two lay there for a moment before Kadaj sat up on her, and raised a hand to strike. She winced and turned her head to the side.
Nothing happened.
Confused, Alathia looked up and blushed. He was straddling her, and examining her face.
"Ya know…I kinda liked what you did earlier…" he purred, letting his cheek brush against hers, as he removed himself from her.
She smiled and laughed a bit, reminiscing about her attempt to fake seduce him earlier.
"What's going on!" she screamed in her head.
Then it happened.
In one movement, Kadaj had lifted her from the ground and cuddled her in his arms.
He smiled down and closed his eyes as he leaned in to kiss the surprised girl.
"THE HELL!" she thought just before their lips met.
Kadaj gently pressed his lips against hers. He made her melt by grinding his hips against her own, and kissing her at different pressures...soft and then hard. They pulled away a moment later and stared at each other. Both had disappointment on their faces as neither wanted to stop. She looked at him serenely, as he bit his bottom lip. The stare down lasted for what seemed like an hour before both smiled sadistically at each other.
"If you tell ANYONE…I swear…" he warned.
"I won't tell if you don't" she coughed, slapping his bloody cheek and splashing the glood a bit.
The silent agreement told her training was over. That and the fact he was leading/dragging her out of the dome and back to the house. She smiled, in a daze, and anxiously awaited the moment she could tell Alexia what happened.