Wild Rose
The unexpected battle had left them at a loss for words as it came to and end. At the front of Firion's mind, one specific question arose.
"Why did you fight us?"
Sephiroth only smirked at his words as he turned away from them.
"I needed some entertainment. This world gets rather boring, you know."
His response only angered Lightning. Seriously? He'd wasted their time for no real reason other than to satisfy himself? It was ridiculous.
"So you fought us because you were bored?" she said, as she stepped forward angrily.
The clear contempt on her face only made the whole thing more satisfying for him and Lightning quickly turned her head away in disgust – some of it directed at herself.
"I can't believe I fell for that." she scoffed.
Sephiroth laughed lightly to himself as he turned away from them completely – closing his eyes for a moment as he spoke while reflecting on the battle proudly.
"Well, you've managed to excite me."
He looked ahead intently – that smirk still faint on his face.
"…I'll be leaving now."
He immediately started walking off without another word or glance back towards them.
"Hey!" Lightning hollered.
Firion stopped her right there. There was no point in pursuing him or sticking around here any longer. They'd be better of just doing what they'd been doing and moving on.
"Forget it, Light. Don't bother."
Lightning didn't reply as she just went silent. She still couldn't believe she'd let herself play so easily into someone's intentions. All of her careful maneuvering and thinking, only to completely disregard it just like that – and reluctantly so.
She sighed as she stared at the ground for a moment.
"Come on. We should get going." Firion said, as he motioned onward.
He started walking as Lightning stood there with her arms folded, thinking – still a bit confused and surprised at what had just happened. There had to be more to Sephiroth's appearance than what he'd claimed. The question was…what? What exactly were they doing that would call for an interference, especially by a warrior of Chaos?
She sighed again, realizing it was probably best left alone for now. It was just another mystery in this empty realm and she really didn't want to think about it right now anyway. She had enough to deal with at the moment. Looking ahead, she started following Firion as they made their way out: though, try as she could…she still couldn't completely shake the many questions that overwhelmed her mind. Surprisingly though, any of which pertaining to this world and its inhabitants weren't as hard to set aside as one in particular. The question that really still stuck at the forefront of her mind was the biggest mystery of all.
*Author's Note* - Yeah, I know, really short chapter. Like I said, most of them probably will be.