School Bleh

Chapter 9 - Prayers.

"Sheena…? Is something bothering you?" Corrine asked.

Sheena looked at Corrine, "I'm not sure of what I'm doing is right." She sighed and looked at the sky. 'The clouds look so free...'She stretched her arm in the air, just like she wanted to touch the clouds. Sheena closed her eyes and thought about that moment she and grandpa talked about clouds.

"Grandpa! Look, the clouds!" A young Sheena ran out from the house to watch the clouds.

"Be careful not to fall!" he warned as he followed Sheena.

"Grandpa, the clouds look so soft!" She looked at him. "Is that cloud as soft as your pillow, grandpa?" she pointed to a fluffy cloud in the sky.

"Ha-ha… That I do not know. But perhaps, yes..."

Sheena looked back at the clouds. "I like watching the clouds! That one looks like a kitten!" she pointed at a cloud. "Grandpa, Grandpa! Is there a technique that can make you fly up to the clouds?" Sheena asked excitedly.

He laughed, "Hoho! That would be great if it existed such a technique!"

Sheena looked once back to the clouds, now all the clouds had disappeared, except for one lonely cloud. She stretched her arm up in the air. "One day, I'm going to reach the clouds and be as free as them!" she stretched her arm a little more, trying to reach the lonely cloud in the air.

"Grandpa, how about a technique that makes your arm grow?!"

He laughed and put his hand on his beloved granddaughter's shoulder. "Maybe someday, there will!" He looked at the sky, "You know, I've been up there once. Flying. It felt really, really wonderful."

Sheena looked excited. "Really?! Is that true grandpa?!"

He laughed. "Yes. When we were flying through the clouds, I felt happy and free." He looked at Sheena again with a little sad look. "One day. We'll be as free as the clouds…"

Grandpa, you liar. The clouds weren't soft, they were cold and it's hard to breathe when you fly through them. Even though I was in the sky with the clouds, I didn't feel free or happy. I felt cold and lonely. Grandpa, are we talking about the same clouds and sky…?

'Grandpa… what should I do?'

Corrine looked at Sheena with concern. They continued walking and soon they saw a large building. The rain started to fall. She just continued to walk, not worrying about getting wet or taking shelter. Corrine looked at her.

"Sheena, you'll catch a cold…"

She smiled at Corrine and nodded. "Come on, let's go." They ran to the building. She pushed the doors open and walked in. Inside there was an altar and with a statue of an angel. She walked up to the altar. She looked around to see if other people were around. "Are you supposed to pray here?" Sheena asked, confused.

"Sheena you can pray if you'd like."

Sheena swiftly turned around, "huh?"

Corrine walked up to her, "The reason why people pray are many. Some people pray for guidance in their life and when it comes to make choices and decisions. Also some other people pray because they feel that their burden at heart, lighten after praying. Some pray for comfort."

Sheena turned back starred empty at the angel statue.

"Then… what should I pray for…?"

"What ever you want. You don't have to pray for one thing."

Sheena closed her eyes.

"We should try to find shelter from the rain!"

"Look over there!" Colette looked at a building in the distance. "I think, it's a House of Salvation."

"Hope so." Kratos said. "If it is, we can stay there for the night and then continue to Thoda geyser."

Raine didn't look so convinced, "Wh-why should we go there? We need to search for the seals, not to go by some tourist spots."

Kratos looked at her, "If this is the water seal that Remiel spoke of…"

Lloyd interrupted him, "Yeah, Yeah, whatever!"

"Hello?!" Genis looked annoyed, "We're getting soaked, can't we just get moving?"

"I agree."

Lloyd started to run, "Let's race!"

"Lloyd!" Genis called after him, "You're cheating!"

"But I'm winning!"

"By cheating!" Genis tried to run faster.

Colette almost tripped; she's not a fast runner so she was far behind Genis and Lloyd.

Lloyd made it their first, shortly after Genis. And then Colette. Her clothes were muddy since she tripped.

"Honestly Colette…" Lloyd said. "You're such a klutz! Anyway, are you hurt?"

Colette blushed slightly. "No, no, I-'m fine!" she said.

Lloyd shrugged his shoulders. Genis then saw Raine and Kratos. When Raine came up to them she slapped Lloyd. "You shouldn't run without us, we could lose you." She looked at Genis, "That means you to, Genis. What if you lost sight of Lloyd? Then you'll be here alone in the rain and we'll be searching for you."

Lloyd didn't bother to listen really, "Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry, you're happy now? My clothes are wet and I'm tired. Can't we just go inside now?"

Lloyd pushed the door open and walked in. It took him by surprise of who was inside there.

"…ha will suffer. Please give me the courage to fulfil my duty…"

"Let's go…" a guy's voice said.

"Okay." a female voice replied.

She knew those voices she rapidly turned around to face them. Yep, it was them.

"Wait!" she called to them. Them turned around and looked at them. "This meeting shall be your end! I shall defeat you right here, right now!"

"This is a place for prayers." The brown haired guy answered calmly to Sheena's threatening. "Let's not start that now."

Sheena got a little confused, but agreed to do that, "O…Okay…"

"My name's Lloyd. What's yours?" he said out of nowhere.

"What?" she became even more confused than earlier.

The silver-haired boy beside him also looked surprised, "Lloyd?" he asked.

The blonde girl followed his actions, "Ah, I'm Colette." She said and smiled at Sheena, who became even more surprised. "I'm still inexperienced as a Chosen, but I promise I'll do my best and regenerate the world."

'These guys are even weirder than I thought!' "I never asked for your names!" Sheena roared.

"Oh you're right. I'm sorry." The blonde girl bowed.

Sheena lost her anger and became once again, confused. "Y-You do know that I'm trying to kill you!"

"I know." She replied and smiled. "But if we just talk, I'm sure we can come to an understanding."

"Are you listening at all to me?!" Sheena roared once again.

She smiled. "I'm listening." The blonde-girl said. "But, umm… Ms.Assassin…"

"It's Sheena!" Sheena said, without thinking. "Sheena Fujibayashi!"

The blonde-haired girl continued, "Sheena, you were praying. Praying makes one's heart grow. I pray, too. So I'm sure we can understand each other."

"I… I was praying that I'd be able to kill you…" Sheena shakes her head. "Forget it! I lost my concentration! You'd better be ready next time!"

A large bang was heard and she had disappeared. Sheena was leaning to the outside wall of the House of Salvation. Her arms were crossing as she stood there under the small roof that sheltered her from the rain. Corrine appeared in a ball of smoke.

"Sheena, I heard that they're leaving for Thoda Geyser tomorrow. We should stay here and follow them tomorrow."

Sheena sighed and sat down, still leaning to the cold wall. She nodded quietly and then closed her eyes and continued praying.

'As we walked in, I heard something about 'Ha will suffer'… I wonder if that 'Ha' is a person that she wants to protect from something. But what? Colette's just trying to regenerate the world… Maybe he tricked her into something…'

"Good night Lloyd, sleep tight..."

"Night..."

'I wonder...'

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Chapter 9 will be updated from 2 weeks from now.