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Star Ocean Till the end of time
Reunion
Proofread by Tristan Amaryllia
Chapter 2: Day in the life.
Sophia emerged from the lecture hall, exhausted and very stiff. The lecture had lasted all afternoon, and if it had gone on any longer she was sure that herbrains would have started oozing out of her ears
'Why did I take ancient cultures and mythology as a subject again?'
"Hey Sophia." somebody called. Sophia looked over her shoulder and saw her friends Luna, Nikki and Serena. Luna had tanned skin, raven black hair that reached the small of her back, and piercing blue eyes. Nikki had pale skin, brown hair which she had plaited and brown eyes. Serena had short silvery white hair, dark skin and green eyes
"Hey guys." Sophia said walking over to them "am I glad that's over. I'm exhausted"
"I bet." Nikki said. "Explain to us why you took ancient cultures and mythology as a subject again" Luna laughed as she looked at her watch
"Come on, we got ten minutes before practice."
"Ahh, do we have to go? I'm barely staying awake as it is." Sophia whined
"Go to your locker, grab your gear and meet us at the court in five minutes."
Luna said as she and her two companions made their way down the hall, Sophia muttered some Klasuian cures words she'd once heard Cliff say as she made her way down the corridor toward her locker, grabbed her uniform and headed for the changing room via the vending machine to grab something with plenty of sugar.
Ten minutes later, Sophia and her friends were shooting hoops in the gym waiting for the rest of the team to warm up. Sophia played for the Women's Basketball Team at the college and was one of their top scorers (Fayt's natural talent for the game seemed to rub off on her) and they were in third place in the league. But lately her heart just hadn't been in it.
"So have you heard anything from Fayt yet?" Luna asked as her shot skimmed off the rim of the hoop. Sophia looked at the floor for a moment before tossing the ball, which rebounded off the backboard and through the hoop. She hadn't heard or received anything since the G-mail two month's ago
"Fayt's a big boy, he can take care of himself besides I'm sure he'll contact me when he's ready."
"Ok girls let's do some drills." The coach yelled before blowing her whistle.
Two hours later Sophia, Luna, Serena and Nikki emerged from the changing rooms, each of them worn out and full of muscle aches.
"I swear the coach is doing this on purpose." Luna said as she rubbed one of her arms.
"Well we do have a game coming up." Nikki reminded her "she just wants us in top condition."
"Yeah, if we're not too exhausted to move." Luna retorted. The four friends walked down the hall, three of them chatting about various subjects, but Sophia wasn't listening. School was beginning to become really repetitive, and though she put up a casual front, she was beginning to wish to do what Fayt had done: drop out and explore the universe.
More than once she would feel the urge to go find him herself, and had once almost walked out in the middle of the night and headed for the shuttle port to catch the first flight to Moonbase; to the late Dr Leingod's lab actually. It seemed to be as good a place to start. She'd then spent the night at an arcade, in the Battle Simulators (another habit of Fayt's that had rubbed off on her, as she was now a keen user), before sneaking back to her room at five o'clock in the morning. On a few occasions she had almost tried it again but always managed to stop herself before she'd run away again.
Returning to her room, she threw her bag on the desk and flopped down on the bed
'I wonder what Maria, Cliff, Mirage and the others are doing right now, probably something brave and heroic' She thought as she pictured the two blond Klausians, and the blue haired Earthling alongside the Elicoorian swordsman somewhere in the middle of a battle against incredible odds, where they still manage to come through and win the day 'and I wonder what Fayt is doing at the moment too.' She shook this thought from her head and made her way over to her desk, cleared some of the clutter
('Note to self when I have a free moment: clear desk' occurring to her as she did), and tried to make a fair size dent on her assignment.
"In Greek mythology, the Amazons were mythological warrior women, renowned as hunters and fighters. They only met with men on occasion to produce offspring for their tribe" she read aloud from her reference book, though reading soon turned to complaining.
"Ah, why did I take this as a subject again? I should have done art like I wanted to."
After two hours of trying to study, Sophia gave up, dropping the book on the table, as it was now pretty obvious she wasn't going to be making any headway tonight. She was restless, and she needed something to take the edge off. A sly grin spread across her face as she got down on her knees, reached under her bed and pulled out a largish wooden case which, when opened, revealed a memento of her adventures with Fayt and the others two years ago: she removed her rod from it's case, grabbed her jacket and her student ID and made her way from her room. She passed through the corridors of the facility and towards the front entrance.
"Now this is an unexpected sight." Turning around, Sophia saw Luna standing a few inches away from her. "I wonder…what could you be up to?"
"Oh. Hi Luna." Sophia said "I was just heading out for some air."
"Aha. And I'm just going to take my pet Gerbil for a walk on Venus."
"There's no need to be sarcastic." Sophia replied, when suddenly a rather devious thought struck her. "You're not just going to let me walk out of here by myself are you?"
"As your friend, I can't allow you to go just anywhere on your own." Luna replied, noticing the tone in her friend's voice.
"But if I were to slip out, would you follow and try and bring me back?"
"I'm afraid I'd have too."
"Cool. So shall we go?" Sophia said as the two friends made their way out of the building towards the nearest hoverbus terminal, to catch a hoverbus to take them from Golden Gate University to Fisherman's Wharf. The two of found themselves outside a place called Cid's Dungeon.
"Were going here?" Luna asked.
"Yep, I haven't been here in a while,"
The two them walked in to the building, and whilst Luna was getting some drinks, Sophia was at the front desk registering with one of the simulators. Once Sophia had set the program the two of them went inside.
"I can't believe you like fighting games." Luna said, as they waited for the game to begin.
"Why? That gonna be a problem?" Sophia replied. "Oh, and don't worry. The settings are on easy since this is your first time."
"I'm gonna mop the floor with you, Esteed." Her friend replied.
Then the empty room melted away, leaving them standing in what looked like the ruins of an ancient temple, face to face with four fierce looking War Chameleons. Sophia was carrying her traditional rod as she planned to fight using Symbology, whilst Luna was armed with two long daggers, similar to the ones that had been carried by Nel.
Luna whistled before charging headlong toward the nearest lizard, which tried to pounce on her? But Luna got there first, embedding one of her knives in its torso while using the other to slash at its head. Luna was losing herself in the carnage as she continued her barrage of slashes on the creature. It tried to slash back at her with its claws, but she easily dodged and sent it flying with a one-two kick, and finished it off by burying her blades in its throat the moment it hit the ground. However, she didn't notice the second Chameleon creeping up behind her until it pounced at her.
"Lighting blast."
The lizard fell short of its target as it was struck in the back by a bolt of lightning. Both Luna and the Chameleon saw Sophia standing not five feet away from them, her left hand crackling with energy. TheChameleon let out a growl and charged the brunette.
"Efreet!" She yelled and a large column of lava rose from the ground, in the shape of a massive fire demon, which smothered the lizard, and fried it to a crisp?
The two friends finished off the third lizard quickly with a combination of Sophia's Earth Glaive spell and Luna's Triple Kick attack.
Then, suddenly, Luna threw one of her daggers at Sophia. Sophia just barely manages to get out of the way when she heard a cry and saw the fourth Chameleon in the space she had just been standing in, with the dagger piercing its brain. Luna then rushed over, and finished the creature off by slashing its throat.
"Was that supposes to be a challenge? I barely broke a sweat." She said with unshaken pride.
"Lu, those were some pretty impressive moves." Sophia said, as she picked herself off the floor.
"My father has been making me learn various fighting styles since I was small."
"Sounds like he wanted to you to become some kind of warrior."
"No, not really. He always said 'just not a victim." There was a long silence between the two of them. "So shall we take this game to the next level?" Luna said to her friend with a grin on her face. "I want a real fight."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Sophia asked. "This is your first time, after all."
"What makes you think this is my first time?" Luna replied. Sophia smiled.
"Let's do this".
The battles went on for hours but neither of the two seemed to mind as they battled Lizard Warriors, Horned Turtles, Brass Dragons, Feral Dragons, Legion Dragons, Dark Riders. They were eventually defeated by a Demon Imp, but they didn't seem to mind. Panting and dripping with sweat, they exited the room and saw that the owner was getting ready to close up shop.
After grabbing one last drink the two of them just barely managed to catch the last hoverbus back to the university, both of them reliving the battles back at Cid's.
It was nearly midnight by the time the two of them managed to slip back into the university. The two of them crept along the hall until they were outside Luna's dorm room.
"Well that was fun." Sophia whispered.
"Yeah, we should do this again soon." Luna replied.
"Let's bring Nikki and Serena along too next time."
"Deal." Luna said, as she slipped into her room. Sophia returned to her own room a few doors down. Once inside, she changed out of her clothes and into her sleeping gear, walked over to the window, and looked up at the stars.
"Goodnight Fayt." she said "Wherever you are." Then she closed the curtains and climbed into bed. Five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
Meanwhile, in a bizarre place called Gemity, a hooded figure sat next to a stall, watching people dressed up in costumes go by. To him, Gemity looked as if it had been designed by someone who'd smoked something questionable during the conceptualizing, as the buildings looked like those from ancient village, but they were covered in neon. The figure looked away from the swarms of people and looked at his feet.
"Good night." he said in a quiet voice before getting to his feet and disappearing into the crowds.
Phew, well that was chapter two, sorry if you feel slightly let down by it but it was the best I could come up with but please send me yourreviews as I like reading your comments, if you have any suggestions for this story please check my profile for my e-mail address, also check out my proof reader Tristan's work. I'm currently bashing away at Chapter 3 which should get the story moving forward slightly. Square Enix owns Star Ocean and all it's characters and settings while I own squat. I'll try and get chapter 3 up A.S.A.P., Peace.