The field laid in ruins, broken blades littered the practice field along with three crumpled trainers groaning in pain from their wounds received during their evaluation of 'Talon' but their headmaster stood tall and unscathed after the training session. The practice field though lay in the middle of the most grand garden Talon had ever seen before. He had never seen so much nature in once place; out in the streets he would see the occasional weed. This was by far something new to Talon and wondered what else the lower section of Noxus was deprived of while the richer members were able to enjoy. The Headmaster stood with a disapproving gaze but a small glint of satisfaction shined through as the limping form Talon continued to limp away towards the Mansion.

Talon breathed in deep, fighting the tears of pain back. He never before cried from pain, in fact he could not remember even crying once before during his time out in the streets. But this notion of 'crying' was not going to help him become stronger and thus Talon refused to allow his body this moment of weakness. He may had bested the Headmaster by disarming him but the Headmaster still managed to nearly destroy his left ankle with a nasty kick near the end of their training. He was allowed two days of minor training, which was exactly the same from all the other days but minus the leg workouts.

Talon sighed, he had managed to walk several steps to reach his floor but his room was on the other side of the wing. He began to limp towards his room when he stopped as two small figures nearly bum rushed at him, Talon side stepped towards his right as both of the tiny De Couteau girls tumbled behind Talon. Katarina lay on top of Cassiopeia, giggling that they both missed to tackle Talon. Talon raised an eyebrow at their sudden appearance and silently hoped they simply wanted to say "Hi" and leave him to reach his room and rest.

"Talon! Talon! Talon! Talon! Talon! Taaaloooon!" Cassiopeia cried out rapidly, her last cry of his name held out longer as she stood up quickly to address her new friend.

"Talon!" Katarina interjected also, standing next to her sister.

"Yes?" Talon asked, quite unsure of what to make of their outburst. Though slightly annoyed he couldn't possibly use his snarky voice at the De Couteau daughters. Their large round eyes and soft face made Talon want to see both girls happy. Some beauties in life Talon wanted to preserve for eternity.

"We were kinda wondering if you, you-" Cassiopeia began.

"You would like to play a game with us!" Katarina said, finishing her younger sister's sentence.

Talon raised his eyebrow again, "Um, you want me to play a game with you two?" Talon asked. He never actually played games before; he saw other kids play with balls and with each other but never really felt the need or urge to join in their fun. It was possibly because he was always trying to survive and steal food.

"YES! Our servant and maid are getting too old for us to play games. They are nice and all but they can't play with us like they use to and you are fast and stuff! We saw you practice outside a few times." Katarina explained to him. She was obviously impressed with his skill during practice, though why she was observing Talon's training was a mystery to Talon.

"I never actually played a game before in life," Talon confessed, "So I'm not actually qualified to play with you girls." He added.

"That won't do! That won't do at all! We must educated you in the way of games and fun! We must!" Cassiopeia said, her voice rising to that of haughty like her father. "Katarina, Talon will learn to play at least one game today. It is our duty as a De Couteau." Cassiopeia added.

Katarina nodded, her arms crossing over on her chest. "Talon, I Katarina and my sister Cassiopeia will teach you how to play. . .um. . .Hide and Seek!" Katarina said. Cassiopeia nodded and squealed in delight at the chosen game that her older sister picked.

Talon chuckled, and wondered what he had gotten himself into. The throbbing pain in his left ankle remained and he silently prayed that this "Hide and seek" game required very little physical strain. "Alright then, how do we play 'Hide and Seek'?" Talon asked the girls.

"First one of us has to decide who is 'it', then the rest must hide as the person who is 'it' counts to twenty. The person who is 'it' must find the others that are hiding and once the person who is 'it' finds everyone the game is over and the first person who is found becomes 'it' and the whole thing starts over again!" Cassiopeia explained. Katarina nodded at her sister's explanation and looked at Talon for any questions.

Hiding, that required certain degree of movement and Talon hoped he wouldn't be this 'it' person for the game. "Alright, I got it. But we can only play one game because I need to rest and get up early for tomorrow's practice." Talon said.

The girls nodded, their innocent eyes betraying their intent of keeping Talon with them forever playing games. If Talon could shiver, he would shiver at the thought of being chained in either one of their rooms. Pink, too much pink. "Okay, Katarina will be 'it' since she is the most skilled and be warned Talon, we have been playing for a long time and know almost all the cool and neat hiding places." Cassiapeo said.

Katarina turned around and placed both arms on the wall and leaned her head on her arms and began to count. "One, two, three, four-" Katarina began. Cassiopeia squealed in delight and booked off somewhere in the mansion. Talon widen his eyes and quickly hobbled off somewhere down the hallway. He turned left into another hallway and searched desperately for an open door, unsure of what door it lead into Talon rushed in. He looked around and to his dismay he found himself one of the General's Study rooms. He sighed as he looked around; viewing the vast amounts of bookcases with several shelves and books. He moved towards one of the bookcases and climbed up towards the ceiling. Talon reached for the ceiling and grabbed on to one of the supporting beams of the ceiling. He hoisted himself up and pressed with all four limbs on either side of him to hold himself up between the two support beams. Now he waits.

Moments passed and turned into minutes. Several minutes, and soon Talon felt his muscles began to cramp from the strain of holding himself up. Perhaps if he had been well rested before the start of the game Talon might have been in a better position but now Talon simply held on. A sound of scampered feet trotted down the hallway then a sound of the door creaking open. Talon stiffened and held his breath. Katarina looked thoughtful for a few moments, looking around and walked towards her father desk. She checked underneath the desk and huffed in disappointment. Talon smiled but suddenly his left ankle cried in pain, Talon gulped in the cry and fought back the tears. His ankle slipped.

With a thump, Talon crashed near the desk on the spot where Katarina was just moments standing before. He groaned softly as he looked over his shoulder. He lost his leg's support and could not simply keep himself up with just three of limbs. Katarina quickly moved towards her fallen friend and helped Talon up. "You're funny Talon. Haven't thought about looking up!" Katarina said, her face shinning with a smile. Despite the pain Talon smiled too.

"Aye, kinda slipped up that. You found Cassiopeia, Katarina?" Talon asked.

As if she heard his question the small head of blond curls bounced inside the room. Cassiopeia smiled brightly and nodded, "Kat is a very good seeker Talon! She found you too!" Cassiopeia explained.

Talon laughed and stood up, "It seems so, well it has been very fun Miss Cassiapeo, Miss Katarina." Talon said as he moved towards the door.

"Talon you can call us Cass and Kata you know." Katarina said.

"In fact you must call us that for now on Talon." Cass said, her haughty voice being used once more.

Talon mussed it over a few moments and nodded, "Alright Cass and Kata. Perhaps we can play some different games once I rested." Talon said as he walked outside the room and towards his room, which was now closer since he ran down the hall in the general direction of his room. Kata and Cass quickly followed Talon out and walked on either side of him.

"You promise?" Cass asked, her eyes large and begging.

"You should never make a girl a promise you can't keep." Kata added, her eyes large too and seemingly curious if Talon would keep his promise.

"Yes and yes." Talon said, he offered both a smile and waved to each as he entered his room. He shut the door and quickly collapsed on his bed. No longer able to stand he simply decided to sleep with his clothes on but took off his hood and hugged his pillow tightly. Yes, he certainly would keep his promise to both Kata and Cass.

A/N:

Sorry about this filler chapter. Turkey strike and didn't want to push the plot so I decided to relive one of the most enjoyable games I played with my cousins when I was little. Hope you enjoy :3 Next chapter will be more angsty and plot wise. Chapter 4 will finally introduce Riven and Talon shall be forgotten for that chapter sadly, but will come back either Chapter 5 or 6, I still have several notes and such to look over of how I want to intertwine the two characters. Comment and Review please! I enjoy all and any pairing ideas is most welcome. Since you are the reader and the one enjoying the story I feel as if you should have some choice of how the character should love or not