Okay... Hi guys 8D
Another chapter...
This one's more centered on Yazoo
Yeah not much to say. Enjoy.
I own none of the characters that belong to Squeenix (duh)
"Total humiliation, Reno speaking." Reno quipped dully, answering his cell.
"Nice to hear from you too, Reno. Any problems you want to talk about?" Elena said on the other side of the line.
"No thank you, Doctor Elena, I'm just going to wallow in my own misery." Reno said. "That's nice. What is it this time? School? Your brother? Friends? Family? Which is it?" Elena questioned.
"Hey, hey, don't go CSI on my ass, Elena. I've got girl problems, is all." Reno said. "What!? I never thought I'd live to hear that Reno the playboy has girl problems." Elena said, sounding stunned at the idea.
Elena's outburst resulted to very painful eardrums on Reno's side. "Thanks for your input. Was there a reason you bothered to call in the first place anyway?"
"Well, now that I think about it, I forgot." Elena said after a moment. Reno shut his phone.
"Is there a reason I feel like crap today?" Yazoo asked sardonically.
"Uhh... Is there any reason you're asking me? Shouldn't you be talking to Kadaj?" Loz responded, throwing a number of things over his head and catching them, unable to find much else to humor him in his boredom.
"Thanks so much for caring, brother." The longer-haired silver-head muttered cynically.
There was an uncomfortable silence before Loz thought well enough to break it. "Uh... I haven't seen Marluxia around."
"No, you haven't." Yazoo said shortly, the venom dripping from her tone. "Did you guys argue?" Loz asked incredulously. He was no genius, but Loz was entirely certain that the day Marluxia and Yazoo would hate each other was the day trees would belly-dance.
"She was a bitch and that's it. Enough said." Yazoo rolled over and buried her head in a pillow. Loz looked thoughtful.
"You have to admit though, so have you." Loz said quietly, bracing himself for a storm.
"What?" The older brother nearly jumped at the outraged statement, but kept his cool. How would Kadaj say it? 'Face it Yazoo you're a bitch besides a son of one and it's time for you to deal'? Maybe Kadaj's way of saying it won't work. Loz thought.
"Listen Yazoo, at school... well, you acted really... mean." He said as honestly as he could, fearing his younger brother-er... sister's wrath.
Yazoo was about to respond, but bit back her reply. Thinking back, she realized the truth in her brother's words. She HAD been a jerk. Especially to a certain redhead...
"Right." Yazoo muttered, before doing a full roll and unknowingly sending herself reeling off the bed.
Loz got up from the couch with a hundred worried queries on Yazoo's welfare, while out in the hall, Kadaj smiled, relieved that the problem (namely Yazoo) had been resolved without his help, for the time being, in the very least.
"A party?"
"Uh, yeah. Just with some friends at school. Just the four of us, plus just a few close friends. They're a good crowd, dad. Top grades, social action, stuff like that. They wanted to welcome me properly." Yazoo twiddled with her shirt fabric and hoped to high heavens that her dad was in a good mood.
Sephiroth looked up from his work, eyeing Yazoo warily. So far the younger long-haired silver-head's explanation seemed bona fide, but when she learned from the master (Sephiroth) at the art of deception, (yes it's an art) he couldn't be certain.
If Yazoo was lying, she was good.
"I'll consider. I've been wondering though, Yazoo, why I haven't seen Marluxia very much lately." Sephiroth said.
Since when has my family cared so much about Marluxia? Yazoo thought irately.
"We haven't had much time to hang out." Yazoo said shortly, using the same 'no questions asked' tone her father always used on his spawn-er... kids.
"Alright then. If you don't get in trouble in the next few days you can go. Same rules apply, Yazoo. Also, be discreet." Sephiroth said, waving her off to continue his work.
"Right, dad, thanks." Yazoo said cheerfully, giving him a quick peck on the cheek before running off.
Unfortunately, Yazoo's ability to be cheerful seemed to be out of order as she practically dragged herself up to the room to sleep.
Waking up the next morning, Axel did not expect to see a miffed Marluxia sitting on the bed, arms crossed and looking piqued.
"Explanations?" She questioned shortly.
"Uh... Hey, I didn't do anything, okay? I guess I just sorta fell asleep. Can't blame a guy for that, right?" Axel said hesitantly, holding his hands up defensively.
"Right. In my bed?" The atmosphere was getting dangerous.
"Hey, you were dreaming... I dunno, I thought I should stay around, maybe. I seriously didn't mean to fall asleep, I mean..." Axel stuttered, although Marluxia uncrossed her arms and sighed.
"Right, well, get up, lazy-ass, so we can get some breakfast." Marluxia said, pulling the sheets so quickly that Axel pretty much introduced his head to the bedpost.
"Ow! Damn it, not a morning person, huh?"
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
Yazoo walked by the bridge, secretly hoping to see her friend there as was Marluxia's habit, but it was a no-go.
Yazoo really had no idea what she was to do, and didn't bother calling her new 'friends', knowing that Kate had a dentist's appointment, Darienne was in some class and Amanda... Well, who cares...
Yazoo sighed, letting her feet take her to wherever they would take her (consciously avoiding Aerith's shop) until she ended up in a place called the sandlot.
There really wasn't much to do besides watching some younger teens (inclusive of Roxas, she noticed, hanging out with some other friends of his) bash each other with foam bats. Well, this is fun. She thought sardonically.
No one really noticed her standing there. It didn't matter to Yazoo really.
The next second told her otherwise.
A calloused hand grabbed her wrist before she could even react, and she soon felt cold metal at her throat.
"Money, lady. Jewelry, valuables." The man said in a gruff voice, face hidden by a thick, ratty old scarf and over-large sunglasses.
Yazoo tensed and threw a kick, but the man was quick enough to dodge, but kept a firm grip and punched Yazoo in the stomach.
The silver-head heaved, kneeling on the cobblestones as the man poured out the contents of her bag and made off with her wallet and cellphone.
The mugger was barely around the corner when he was met with a painful greeting from a well-aimed kick, and the man was beat down until he lost consciousness.
Yazoo tried to look through the curtain of silver hair that fell over her eyes, but tears of pain prevented that, until the silver-head returned to breathing normally.
She found it almost painful to breathe; the man had hit her hard, although a hand reached out to her helped a number.
Looking up, she nearly gasped (if it didn't put so much strain on her gut) at the sight of Reno's concerned face.
"Yo, you okay, Yazz? Didn't hit you too hard, did he?" He said gently, unusual for the normally sarcastic tough-guy.
"Nah, I'm good." Yazoo said reassuringly, breathing shallower breaths to lessen the pain in her abdomen. "Hey, don't kid around. We've got to get you some medical attention and stuff. No need to get all heroic on me, yo." Reno said incredulously.
"I'm not, Reno. You should stop acting heroic yourself; doesn't suit you." The silver-head said irately.
She stopped.
"Thanks for helping me out." She said, her tone becoming more or less affable.
"Hey, no prob. You sure you don't need help?" Reno said askance. "No. Thanks. Sorry..." Yazoo walked off, clutching her bag, trying not to look back at the redhead.
"I'm really sorry!" She said, louder this time as she turned back to him.
Reno had his back to her as he waved his hand in a way that said 'sure, whatever' as he left the scene with Yazoo standing there, forgetting that she was supposed to go.
"Hey. So, what's all this for?" Axel looked confused at the number of people on the flower shop porch.
It seemed that practically everyone had gathered for some sort of 'meeting' on Marluxia's front porch, and of course, it was Larxene who was the cause of this.
Marluxia came out soon after, looking at the posse questioningly.
"Okay, Zexion, Demyx, Yuffie, Roxas, Sora, Kairi, Nami, and Larxy..." She began. "What the hell are you all doing here?"
"Important meeting, apparently." Zexion said, sounding less that pleased at having been awaken at such an ungodly hour in the morning. (The sun just rose and emo boy's not a morning person. Go figure)
"Important meeting?"
"Yes, Marxy, we've got a very important topic to talk about today." Larxene said, sounding eerily like a school teacher.
There was a pause. "Well?"
"Revenge plans. I think it's just about time, don't you?" The blond said, her eye shining with a glint that always meant a storm was brewing.
Marluxia considered Larxene with one eyebrow raised and another long silence followed. "I'm listening." The brunette said finally.
Yeah, short I know XP
It'll get better. At least now it's getting interesting XD