Fourth chapter and this time… it's a fight chapter. 2-on-1. Loz and Yazoo VS December. WOO! A flashback in here that reveals more of the plot of this cute fic. Plus more characters are introduced. Wow. Just adding more things to the plot and I will make a sequel or prequel to this. Why I haven't written the prequel… I don't really know. Oh well, boring you again. Thanks to reviewers!
Disclaimer: isn't it obvious?
Love and Peace
Laleyena led Kadaj to the stables where two chocobos were; one was a pale yellow color, the other, gold color.
"This is Amarillo and the gold one is Oro."
The two chocobos chirped and flapped their wings in excitement.
"Settle down. We'll leave shortly."
"So what's at the river that we're going to?"
Laleyena put some reigns on the chocobos and led them out of the stable. She helped Kadaj get on Amarillo and then she got on Oro. Since she was still wearing her dress, her legs hung over the left side of the chocobo.
"I need to clean some vegetables I got on my way back from Midgar and then catch some fish."
She began to ride off when she stopped and turned around.
"You do know how to ride a chocobo, right?"
To say the confused looked on Kadaj's face… was priceless. Did he know how to ride a chocobo? Had he ridden one before? He tried to remember if he did or not but it only made his head hurt. Oro turned it's head around and pecked at his head, making his headache worse.
"Ow! Cut it out!" he cried out, rubbing his head. Laleyena laughed.
"Hee hee… Sorry. Oro's pretty rowdy. Here."
Laleyena got off Amarillo and strapped the basket of vegetables on its back and another basket. She then walked over to Oro and got on, with Kadaj behind her.
"If you haven't or can't remember, I'll teach you. Now hold on to me so you don't fall off."
Kadaj put his hands around her waist. To this, Laleyena blushed.
"Like this?" he asked.
"Y-yeah. Now uh… you lightly nudge the chocobo's side with your heel."
She lightly nudged Oro on its side and it chirped and began trotting forward. Amarillo followed.
"If you want the chocobo to go faster then you nudge it again but not too hard. To make it slow down, you pull on the reigns, but not like it's an emergency brake or something."
Kadaj nodded, obsessively hanging onto to her every word then he looked back at the house. He was still unsure if his brothers would be all right with that December girl. Laleyena sensed his uncertainty and smiled.
"Don't worry. December will take good care of them. Now, we're gonna go fast."
"Wha?"
Oro chirped and picked up speed. Soon they were going nearly 15 to 20 miles an hour.
"I know you're happy to not haul around the wagon!"
Laleyena was laughing as the two chocobos chirped. Kadaj however…
"Whooooaaaaaa!"
He quickly snaked his arms around her waist and held on tight. Laleyena blushed a deeper shade.
"U-um… Are you… uh… ok?" she stuttered.
Kadaj nodded at a fast pace. Laleyena giggled, feeling the heat in her cheeks cool down but then she stopped giggling and looked straight ahead. More memories of her sisters flashed in her mind again.
Hold on tight, Lele!
With the wind blowing in her face, she held on to her big sister tightly as they rode a chocobo across the grassland. Her sister looked back at her and chuckled.
You're not scared, are you Lele?
No! It's just… uhh… WAAAHH! Slow down!
You worry too much! And you tell me to stop crying.
Laleyena looked up at her sister. She was the third oldest. She had very short silver hair dyed black on the sides and two long skinny fringes hung over the sides of her face. She also had dark green eyes. Her sister smiled at her and began laughing.
Man, I have got to tell the others about your first chocobo ride! It'll be hilarious!
You're mean, Sahali!
Ah, I know. That's what big sisters are for.
Laleyena sighed as she continued to ride with the fearful Kadaj clinging to her for dear life.
'This chocobo is psycho. What is wrong with me? I shouldn't be afraid of such trifle things… but then again. I still don't know if I had ridden one or not. Even now that I'm awake, I still can't remember anything… sigh… I hope Loz and Yazoo are okay.'
December finished washing the dishes and ran an arm over her forehead.
"Whew. Finally finished… now then, what else is there to do around here?"
She put her hands on her hips and huffed as she looked around. The house was pretty clean and there wasn't much to do. She then remembered that Kadaj's brothers were here and were still unconscious.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to check on them if they're still knocked out."
That's when she heard the sound of footsteps coming from upstairs. Her eyes shot up to the ceiling immediately. She held her breath and remained quiet, listening for any other noises. It was deathly quiet. No other sounds were made.
"Hmm…" she narrowed her eyes.
December walked over to the table and picked up a black cowboy hat from the corner of the chair. It had a chain around it with an Ace playing card tucked in it on the right side. She put her hat on, took out her left gun blade and pulled back the hammer. This gun blade had a very unique design to it. Besides having a heart etched into the blade, near the barrel. It was smaller than a regular gun blade and it had an extra blade on the bottom of the gun that is curved. So they are pretty much gun daggers than gun blades.
"Let's roll."
She quietly made her way to the stairs and cautiously walked up the stairs, one step at a time while holding her gun dagger down in front of her in both hands. When she turned the corner, she held up her gun in a ready-to-fire position.
"Clear." She whispered to herself.
December continued up the remaining stairs, holding the back of the gun dagger against her chest with her back against the wall. When she reached the top, she shifted across the hallway with her back against the other wall. She reached a hand to the doorknob and turned it slowly. She opened the door halfway and peeked inside.
'This must be Laleyena's room.'
As she looks around, the door across from Laleyena's opened slightly. A green cat-like eye peeked out the door.
"It's that girl again and…"
Yazoo narrowed his eyes as he spotted the gun dagger in her hand and scowled.
"She's armed."
"Are you serious!" Loz whispered harshly.
"Shh!" Yazoo quickly closed the door.
December turned her head sharply to the source of the noise. A shuffling of footsteps was heard in the room across from Laleyena's. She shifted from her current position to the other wall. When the noises stopped she reached her hand up and tucked the front of her hat down a little.
"Show time."
In an instant, she kicked the door open and poised her gun around, searching for anything hostile. Nothing.
"Aw… bummer. I was hoping for some action." She said, sounding disappointed as she lifted her gun dagger up towards her head and used the tip of it to tip the front of her hat back up.
She looked around and spotted three beds, two of which were occupied by Kadaj's brothers. She put her gun dagger back in its holster and carefully walked to where Yazoo was. When she saw him completely, she gasped.
"Oh… wow…"
She didn't know what to think. It was either 'Oh Wow, he's hurt pretty badly' or 'Oh Wow… He's HOT!'
She snapped out of her thoughts as she saw that the bandage on his cheek was bloody.
"Whoa. He's bleeding. Oh well, now where does she keep those bandages."
December looked in the table that was next to his bed for some bandages. Yazoo opened one of his eyes and eyed her gun dagger. He was unsure if he wanted to snatch it or not, since the girl seemed like a threat. Who wouldn't feel threatened when you saw a girl creeping upstairs with a gun in her hands and acting like Joanna Dark or Lara Croft, poorly.
"Bingo!"
Before Yazoo closed his eye, he saw Loz slowly creep out of his bed and into the shadows of the room. December looked back at Yazoo and sighed.
"Poor guy. Somebody must have gotten the jump on him." She said softly.
Yazoo's eye twitched slightly.
'Nobody gets the jump on me. And I don't want her sympathy… but… she does look familiar and…'He didn't get to finish his train of thought as December removed the old bandage.
"Wait a minute…"
The bandage was covering most of his face but now that she sees his face fully, her eyes narrowed in anger.
"What the hell am I doing? I just fought these guys two weeks ago!"
'Two weeks ago? So familiar…'---FLASHBACK---
In Midgar, Bahamut Sin is flying all around. Destroying whatever is in its way. December and another woman run towards the center of the city and gaze at the battle between Cloud's friends and the Summon.
"Oh man! That thing is huge!"
The woman nodded.
"Indeed. This will be a very difficult battle unless Cloud shows up."
December looked at the woman and glared at her.
"What makes you think that dumb blonde, spiky-headed emo is gonna show up anyway, Page! That would be a miracle but so far, miracles don't happen anymore! Not after Meteor!"
Page was a young woman with long black hair done in a long ponytail that trails behind her all the way to the ground and dark blue eyes. She is wearing a brown witch's hat with a violet strip around it and little charms hanging from the edges and small glasses. She is also wearing a violet scarf, a black dress and a violet corset. Black high heeled boots and black fishnet fingerless gloves. In her right hand, she carries a lantern, its flame changes various colors, depending on what spell she uses. And in her left hand, she has a small black dagger.
"That may well be but… even when times are at the roughest… there's always a miracle."
December stopped glaring at Page and looked ahead at the chaos. She then turned her attention to where the Meteor Monument was and saw four men squaring off against each other.
"Hey… that's…"
"Know the men in the suits?" Page asked.
"Yeah. The red-headed asshole and the bald jerk who busted into my apartment for questioning."
"It looks like they're in trouble. Those silver-haired men have the upper hand." She said calmly, keeping her eyes focused on the silver haired men.
December turned away from the scene, crossed her arms and huffed.
"They're big boys. They can handle themselves."
As if on cue, Rude went flying past the ladies and crashed into a nearby chunk of a building that had been destroyed by Bahamut Sin. Page looked at December.
"They're all right."
Again on cue, Reno went flying past the ladies and crashed into Rude. The girls wince in sympathy at the pile of Turks. The girls then run up to them and look down on the pitiful looking men.
"We meet again ya red-headed asshole."
Reno looked up at the two girls and flashed them a big goofy grin.
"Hey, nice to see you too darlin'. Who's your friend?"
Page slightly bowed, "Page Requiem, are you two all right?"
Rude nodded.
"Are you hurt?" December asked.
"My ego maybe."
December laughed a bit at Reno's remark. Page shook her head and attempted to untangle the men when a Shadow Creeper lunged at her. She quickly held up her lantern. The flame burned a deep crimson color.
"Flare!"
The magic burst of flames shot out of her lantern and incinerated the Shadow Creeper.
"Whoa! Nice shot Page!"
December and Page moved to untangle Reno and Rude as the two silver haired men walked up to them.
"Well what do we have here?" Loz asked, cracking his knuckles.
"It's you again." Said Yazoo, a hint of annoyance to his voice.
December glared at them and dropped Reno in mid-movement. He hit the ground with a loud THUD.
"Ow…"
"You're the bastards who shot up my apartment! OH You don't know how long I've been waiting for payback!"
December got into a fighting stance.
"December wait…"
"Don't worry Page. I got this. Go help Tifa and the others fight off that thing."
"But…"
December looked at Page and smirked.
"I got this. Go on."
Page was reluctant but she nodded, "Very well."
Page ran off towards the battle as December slowly advanced towards Loz and Yazoo. The two men separated and circled December as Reno and Rude looked on.
"That girl is going to get herself killed."
"I dunno…" Reno said thoughtfully.
December turned around, keeping her eyes on the two men. They were still circling her like a pack of hyenas to a lioness with meat. (Woo! Always wanted to write that!) Though December did secretly wished that Page didn't leave her. The men's cat-like gaze was making her nervous and doubtful of her skills as a bounty hunter.
'Stay focused Ace. You can do it.'
December then pulled out her gun daggers, spun them around a few times and aimed at the men. They stopped circling her and smiled.
"And what are those supposed to be little girl?" mocked Loz.
Her left gun had a heart etched into it, near the barrel while her right gun had a peace symbol etched into it, near the barrel also.
"Meet Love and Peace. I'm going to hand your asses to you with these."
Yazoo smirked and pulled out his own weapon.
"Say hello to Velvet Nightmare."
"And Dual Hound!"
December gasped as she avoided a shot from Yazoo and a punch from Loz. She quickly rolled out of range from them and began firing shots of her own while at the same time Yazoo fired his own bullets. Amazingly, the bullets deflected off each other and she got up to avoid Loz, smashing his fist into her. December whirled around quickly and held up Love and Peace to shield herself from the blade of Yazoo's Velvet Nightmare. Blades clashed and sparks flew. Loz came up from behind her but she back kicked him, getting his stomach, he lurched forward.
December then pushed down on her gun daggers on Yazoo's blade, as her leg came down on Loz's shoulder. She propelled herself off of him into a front flip; she quickly holstered her gun daggers in mid air, grabbed Yazoo's shoulders, turned around and placed her foot against his back. She fell back into the ground and lifted her leg up and tossed Yazoo over her. Yazoo went flying and rolling as soon as he hit the ground.
"I'm not done yet!"
December got up quickly and ran up to him. When she was close enough, she front flipped and her knee smashed onto his chest. She rolled back and stood up, taking out her gun daggers and aiming them at Yazoo's head. Reno and Rude stared on, eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"The girl's got some skills." Rude commented.
"Wow… I think I'm in love." Whispered Reno.
December breathed heavily. All that running and flipping around took a lot out of her.
'Oi… I knew I shouldn't have eaten that pound cake after leaving Tifa's place.'
That train of thought crashed when she felt Loz's strong hand wrap around her neck from behind.
"Ugh! …L-let go! …Agh!"
He tightened his grip more, and reared his left arm back. The Dual Hound separated as electricity coursed around it. He then yanked December closer to him and whispered in her ear.
"Frying tonight…"
Loz jabbed the Dual Hound in her back. December screamed as electricity coursed throughout her body and she dropped her weapons. Yazoo got up from the ground, picking up Velvet Nightmare while wiping blood off his lip. Loz halted his electrical attack and December was almost limp. He took out the bloody Dual Hound and held December up as Yazoo walked up to her and pushed the barrel against her cheek, lifting her head up. December's vision was blurry and she was numb all over.
"The young girl with the pink ribbons was kidnapped by a man. Who was he? And why did he look like us?"
"Ahh…. Nnnggg… I… I don't… know."
Yazoo glared at her. Click.
"His name. What is his name?"
"…Unnn… Le-…Lenux… Lenux Bolero."
BAM!
Loz went flying as a black cloaked figured grabbed December and jumped back away from Yazoo. He fired at the cloaked figure but it took out a red guitar and blocked the shots.
"Ow… Okay, hitting people with a guitar… is really odd." Loz said, rubbing his head.
December looked up at her savior. She is met with azure hair and red eyes. She smiled.
"Sharp… you're here."
Reno's eyes widen at hearing the name.
"Sharp? THE Delta Sharp? The psycho musician in black that's been breaking in and out of labs and bases? Man, I should kick your ass right now for all the trouble you caused us!"
Delta glared back at Reno who gulped audibly. He was wearing a hooded black cloak that covered his body entirely, save for his face. He also has a Sharp note on the back of his cloak. Delta set December gently on the ground, stood up and glared at men.
"So you're the ones… Hm… You have his eyes… and hair… well, you are his image or should I say… pieces of him."
"Pieces?"
"The Great Nightmare…"
Before Delta could continue, another cloaked figure appeared
"Delta! Lenux is on the move! He's after Kadaj!"
"What?"
"Loz, let's go!"
Yazoo and Loz took off.
"Damn! They got away… December, are you all right?"
"Ouch… does it look like I'm all right?" she snapped at him.
The cloaked figure shook its head.
"I guess it's just me then… Delta, take care of December until the Sierra arrives."
"But Cid and them are…"
December looked up to see that Bahamut Sin was gone. Apparently during her fight with Loz and Yazoo, she hadn't noticed Cloud come in and destroy it.
"So the dumb blonde, spiky headed emo showed up after all. Nocturne…"
The cloaked figure looked in the direction of where it senses Cloud's presence
"I owe him an apology… but still… He cannot kill Kadaj."
The cloaked figure disappeared.
"Hey wait! OW! Damn that hurts!"
December rolled on her side. This had turned out to be a very interesting day.
---END FLASHBACK---
December frowned at remembering that day. It was the day that she almost lost all her friends and her life... to them... and Him.
"He used us… He used us all…"
She put the new bandage on his cheek, when she took her hand away from his cheek, Yazoo's eyes snapped open and he snatch Love out of December's left holster, aiming at her. She jumped back in surprise and shock.
"JEEZUS! But… you're supposed to be-"
Again, she felt that same strong hand wrap around her neck from behind.
"Augh! Not again!" she cried as she struggled to free herself.
Yazoo stood up, shakily at first but regained his balance and aimed the gun dagger at December's head. She frowned. It's happening all over again. She doesn't know what to tell them. All she really knew was the guy's name and that's it. Page and ESPECIALLY Delta didn't want to tell anymore about the guy who suspiciously resembled Sephiroth but wasn't a part of him. But what Yazoo asked her, made her want to scream.
"…Who are you?"
December looked at him and stopped struggling. She let her hands drop to her sides and stared at him for a while.
"………………..What?"
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That's it. Wow, my longest chapter yet. WOO! Next time, they'll fight again. And what has become of Laleyena and Kadaj? You'll just have to wait and see.
