chapter three:

*rrrrrrrring~ ring, ring... ring, ring...*

Lightning muffled from under her messed pillows and sheets. She blinked a couple of times just to gain her sight back, groaning a bit. Sitting up, she yawned, rubbing her aching head.

"What's that damn noise?" she muttered, rubbing her eyes. She looked over to her right to see her small cell vibrate and ring at the same time. She reached over to her small lamp stool, picking up the phone.

"Hell-

"LIGHTNING! GET YOUR ASS UP!"

"Fang? What do you want?"

"Oh my god, I've rung you more than seven times in a row! You're late for the dance class! It's starting in another seen minutes! After that, you have to meet at that place I called for!"

"What are you talking about?"

"You said you were going to take Serah to that dance class! Hurry up, I've already dropped Vanille there..."

Lightning arched a brow, looking at the time, before gasping.

"OH MY GO- I'M GOING, I'M GOING!" she exclaimed, hanging up the phone and getting ready. She shot out of bed without bothering to fix it up and headed for her messy wardrobe.

"What am I gonna wear? What am I gonna wear?" she panicked, chewing her bottom lip. She was trying to find 'appropriate' office clothing for her meeting that she barely remembered Fang making for her. "Um, um, um, um... Damn it!" she just ignored looking for skirts and darted for her tight-fitting black jeans and a loose white plain t-shirt that was on the other side of her closet.

Slipping into her jeans, she scanned the room for her roll of socks that she had finished washing yesterday. Without a singlet underneath, she slipped on her t-shirt and grabbed her white ankle socks from the small pile of other clean socks. She pushed out from her room and hopped down to Serah's room, while trying to put on her socks. She opened Serah's door to see Serah already dressed, but was reading a book and listening to music. She looked up from her book, but sighed looking back down, trying to ignore the fact that Lightning was in her room.

"Serah, come on, we gotta go" Lightning rushed, waiting for Serah to get up. Serah only refused.

"Serah!"

"What do you want, Lightning?" she hissed, plucking the earphones from her cell out of her ears. Lightning sighed, leaning against her door frame.

"I... I've got a surprise for you, okay?" she replied. Serah sighed, closing her book while getting out of bed. Lightning looked at her sister's clothing. A beautiful cherry dress that stopped at her calves with brown loose thin heeled boots, and to top it off, she had a brown vest. Lightning had no idea where she got these clothes from. Was she stealing again?

"Where did you get those clothes?" Lightning's voice seemed tempered. A bit of a rough hiss at the end of the words made Serah roll her eyes.

"If you're only going to growl at me, forget it!"

"I'm just asking, where'd you get them from?"

"I have a bunch of mom's old clothing, okay?" Lightning paused. She saw the distant look on Serah's face. Up until now, she had realised how different her clothes had been. She furrowed her brows, bitting on her lower lip.

"Why are you wearing mom's clothing?" she asked, hesitantly. Serah sighed, placing an irritated hand on her hip.

"Maybe I'm just missing mom! Are we going or not?" Lightning felt a small sting in the pit of her chest. She gave a nod, smiling it off.

"Sorry. Come on, let's go, we're late" she murmured. Serah looked at her sister curiously. She watched as Lightning walked out from her room and headed toward the stairs. She sighed, and began to follow after her.

Serah came out of the house to see that Lightning was already down the stairs waiting by the car. She turned to lock the door, then trotted down the stairs.

Lightning had spaced out for a moment before actually clicking back into reality and opened the car door.

Looking down at her wrist watch, she gasped. '10.12... SHIT!'

"Let's go!"

The two pulled up at a small building, surprising Serah.

"Wait... is this?"

"Yep."

"You're kidding me!"

"C'mon. We're late!" Serah squealed, getting out of the car. Lightning was very amused at how sudden Serah's attitude changed and especially surprised at how tight she squeezed Lightning, while jumping up and down excited.

"Thank you, Lightning! Thank you so much!" Lightning blinked a couple of times and smiled.

"Go on, we're late!"

Serah grinned, running into the building with Lightning slowly following from behind. Lightning had watched as Serah ran into the room, where she could clearly hear Vanille in the background and a bunch of other girls. Surprisingly, she couldn't hear a single males voice.

"Hey, beautiful!"

She thought too soon.

She sighed, rushing to the room, busting through the door. She saw a bunch of guys staring at Serah as if she were a piece of meat. One thing that really ticked Lightning off... was that she didn't like the fact that guys talked smack about her sister like that!

"You disgusting little prick!" she snapped, storming up to Serah, protecting her from the lustful glances from the bunch of huddled guys in one spot.

"Oh, is she the mother? She's a bit young to be her mom." Lightning took note of this blond headed boy with a cheeky grin plastered on his face. It was that kind of look that pissed her off most about young boys with hormonal problems.

"I'm her older sister!"

"Now that makes sense," Lightning twitched, walking up to him, face to face.

"If I see you touching her, I swear, I'll break your little neck!" she snapped, raising her clenched fist at him. The blond boy furrowed his brows and stepped back. She was his height, but a tad bit taller, and she was scary. All the guys in the huddled bunch thought she was scary.

"Lightning, you're embarrassing me" Serah murmured, turning red from her humiliation. Lightning glared over her shoulder and snorted.

"I'm just making sure that this slime thinks twice before coming near you!"

"That's the whole point of dancing...," all the attention turned to whom Lightning had thought was another guy who seemed to try and chat up her sister. She looked over at Serah who was speechless when he stepped up to face Lightning. Lightning arched a brow and looked this fellow up and down. He was wearing a suit. A black suit with a black shirt beneath and a navy tie that seemed to be the only colorful thing that stood out, barely. He was tall, and, to be frank, very handsome. To her surprise, he was staring at her intently. As if he had known her. She wouldn't have a clue who he was...

"Who the hell are you?"

Noctis was standing at the stereo where he had set up a c.d he had asked Jei to burn for his class today. He was greatly surprised by the amount of people who had attended today. He was more importantly grateful to see that there were males in his class today. He was a little put off, though, due to the fact that the only reason there were males in his class was because of the many women here. Sighing, he took a quick glance to see how many guys had come. More than ten less than twenty, he guessed. Such bulk numbers joined his classes each day. But, in the end, the women trumped the numbers. There are going to be a few girl with girl partners. He would need to change his location soon. This was getting a bit too much for him.

"Serah! You made it!" he turned his attention at the girl he had met yesterday and saw that she was dressed well enough to dance. It was as if she was expecting what dance he had planned for today. He turned back to set up the sound system. He had planned for his morning to go smoothly until he had to get ready to take over his uncle's responsibility for Tenebrae this afternoon. Hence the reason why he was already dressed for the occasion.

"Hey beautiful!" Noctis twitched. 'Ven. You better not do anything reckless...' he thought to himself, still trying to sort the sound system before he got started. Finally, he had got it to the right song. He pause the track and tuned the volume to suit the room and atmosphere. Just when he had thought things were going as planned, he heard the door being ruthlessly swung open,

"You disgusting little prick!"

Noctis was shocked by such a beautiful voice that was capable of such cursing. He turned around to see what had caused this ruckus, and was in more shock than ever.

'Ven... What in the world have you done!' he hissed, running his hand through his hair and sighed, frustrated. He looked at the situation ahead of him and saw that she had the same colour hair as the girl he met yesterday, but she was taller and he couldn't see her face with her back facing him.

"Oh is she the mother? She's a bit young to be her mom...," Noctis knew whose voice that belonged to, and he wasn't in the mood to deal with a cranky parent.

"I'm her older sister!"

Okay, he wasn't in the mood to deal with a cranky sibling. Especially an older sibling. He just thanked his lucky stars it wasn't an older brother. Noctis heard yet another smart remark escape from Ven's mouth that only made him want to strangle the life out of him.

'I shouldn't have brought him at all!' he sighed, shaking his head.

"If I see you touching her, I swear, I will break your little neck!"

"Lightning! You're embarrassing me"

Noctis was amused at how tough this woman's exterior is. He had never met such an over-protective damsel such as she. A smirk played upon his plump, pink lips and he paused for a moment to see more of this tigress before him. He enjoyed seeing flare in a women, but he had never expected one such as she to have a very violent attitude. He almost felt he was going to laugh, although the air felt thick for others around Ven and the woman.

"I'm just making sure that this slime thinks twice before coming near you!"

Noctis chuckled deeply, using this time to intervene before something actually happens.

"That's the whole point of dancing...," he watched as she turned to glare at him as if he were to be next to have a go at him. His smirk vanished when he had realised who exactly it was he was staring at. Strawberry blond hair that was laid onto her left shoulder and icy orbs of blue, fair skin and quite tall and fit. She wasn't near his height, but she was clearly taller than all the women in his class... But what caught him was that face.

"Who the hell are you?" he arched a brow, almost matching her glare towards him.

"Waltzing into my class with an attitude that is highly inappropriate and uncalled for, asking me of my identity? Such a rude way for a woman to speak." he hissed.

"Lightning... Cut it out! This is the dance instructor. S-sorry, Noctis. I, uh, my sister wanted to check this place out, but I didn't know she would cause such a commotion" Noctis looked down at the young woman who looked almost like the woman in front of him. 'So she is somehow related to this woman...' he sighed, looking at the flushed woman in front of him. It was a weird moment. First she was blaring her head off, and now she was as silent as an ant.

"Ooooh. Uh, I... I'm sorry for, uh... Ruining the moment everyone." she apologised, scooting herself to an isolated seat in the corner of the room. Noctis arched a brow at the sudden change of mood from her.

"Interesting..." he murmured, smirking. He turned to the full class and greeted them all.

"Welcome back to yet another lesson. I assume you all were practicing your steps yesterday?" he asked, earning giggles and whispers. He took it as a yes.

"Before I get started, I would just like to welcome the new comers." he bowed. The males in the back looked at Noctis up and down, a little envious about his looks and the way the girls stared at him more than anyone else in the room. Ven grinned, stepping away from the group and towards the front where Noctis resided. In a swift moment, Noctis held his hand out to Serah who was still a bit red from the embarrassment Lightning put her through.

"Today, I have planned something for more than a days worth. This will last three months, due to immense practice and patients." he smirked, the whole time looking at Serah who gave a shy smile. She reached out to grab his hand and he pulled her into his arms swiftly, making her gasp. The girls who watched snared and snickered quietly amongst themselves. Vanille was giggling at Serah who was blushing greatly.

"Seeing as you were the one who was dressed more for the occasion, I thought that maybe you would be good for my partner today" he muttered into her ear. Serah gulped, feeling a bit uncomfortable in her own skin. Noctis stole a glance from the flaring Lightning in the corner of the room. He saw that her eyes were fixated on his arms wrapped around Serah's body. He ignored the deathly glare and continued with the lesson.

"Three months. We're going to concentrate on one thing in my class" he smirked, moving his hands down Serah's abdomen. Her breathing hitched and she 'eeped' a bit. Noctis darted his eyes from each and every pupil in his class. The girls seemed to hold a look of disgust and aimed it at Serah, and the males in his class rolled their eyes at Noctis.

"And that one thing...," he placed his hands on Serah's hips, causing Lightning to twitch.

"Is to be sexy." with one swift motion, Noctis roughly turned Serah toward him, caressing her spinal cord, stopping at her tail bone.

"The only way to be sexy without even trying...," he began to chuckle as he intertwined his fingers within hers, raising to level with her shoulder. Then, abruptly, he twirled her to face the audience, pressing his chest to her back, roughly pushing her head to the left to expose her creamy neck. He ran his finger down from her jawline to her strained collarbone, creating gasps from the audience.

"... is to just relax," he smirked, twisting her to end up face to face, only inches apart, forcing her bended knee to rest on his hip, and dipped her slightly. "... and let the man expose you." Serah was flushed, her heart felt like it was going to pop out from her chest. She felt like she was in heaven being in the arms of her handsome dance instructor. That was until she felt her body being tugged away from him and pushed behind someone.

"I've seen enough! Stop violating my sister!"

"Not again!"

Lightning was shocked. She had just witnessed her little sister been felt up by a complete stranger, and he was doing it with his own free will and in front of everyone. What kind of dance is this? This was sex with clothes on!

"... is to just relax," her eyes widened when she saw that Serah's face was only inches apart from this dance instructor before her. Her leg on his hip is what set her off. She stood up from her sit. She couldn't stand seeing her sister being violated like this.

"... and let the man expose you." she gritted her teeth, and stormed up to the two and snatched her sister away from his grasp.

"I've seen enough! Stop violating my sister!" she snapped, and this time, she wasn't going to apologise for interrupting the lesson.

"Not again!" Lightning looked the man in the eye and was surprised by the flickering red in his eyes. Something about those orbs scared her in a way. She blinked a couple of times, trying to see if she was hallucinating. She only met navy orbs and a pretty disappointed expression upon his face.

"Lightning. You're ruining the moment again!" Serah hissed, only being ignored. Lightning wasn't too keen on allowing her sister to dance with this violator ever again.

"I don't care, Serah. This wasn't the type of dance I had thought of when I had decided to let you take these classes." she murmured back, never breaking the intense gaze between she and him. She was caught off guard when he smirked, and held her chin, tilting it upward to meet eye to eye. She blinked a couple of times and tried to register what was happening to her.

"You're very rude, aren't you?" his voice seemed pissed, but his eyes never showed any hint of anger. Lightning's brows furrowed, incoherent about her situation.

He inched a bit closer to her, nearly touching noses, and he could feel that she had suddenly stopped breathing.

"Especially after pulling someone down a case of metal stairs and leaving without an apology" he hissed, pulling away from her. She arched a brow. She stared at him as if he were crazy... but she had thought hard, and in a moment, she had remembered the fabric she felt before she had fallen down the stairs.

"It was you?" she muttered. Serah was shocked. "YOU PULLED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS?" she exclaimed, shocked. Lightning furrowed her brows. She shrugged, earning deadly glares from this guy's fan club.

"I didn't know I pulled something down the stairs with me! I was in a rush and I thought it was only me falling." she muttered, ashamed. Serah sighed, annoyed. Her older sister had ruined her first official class! She was never going to bring her here ever again.

"Lesson's over" Lightning looked at him and arched a brow. She looked down at her watch, furrowing her brows.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S 11.36! This class was supposed to be over ages ago!" she screamed, heading out the door. A few seconds later, she poked her head back through the door and bit her lip. "Serah, could you catch a ride back with Vanille, I've got stuff to do" she muttered and left again.

Noctis was really amused with this woman. She wasn't like what he was used to. She was definitely tough, he figured from her confrontation with Ven at the start of class, and she was also... Somewhat, hyper actively rude. Her voice wasn't so high to what he was used to expecting from a woman. She was rather more coarse than elegant. She may have the features, but she definitely didn't have the qualities of a woman from what he's seen.

"Noct. We're going to be late for the meeting." Ven alerted, "Jei's outside right now." Noctis smirked and gave a nod, walking towards the exit. He turned back to lock the doors and headed out with Ven who was still shaken a bit by being threatened by a woman. Noctis noticed this and chuckled. "You're scared of a girl?" he asked. Ven frowned, glaring at Noctis who was laughing.

"Shut up. You weren't the one who was being threatened" he hissed. Noctis grinned, amused by the frightened expression on Ven's face that he rarely ever saw. This, Lightning, woman had a huge effect on the day. It was a shame that after what had happened today, he wouldn't be seeing her around anymore.

note: okay, this was rushed, yes. I have finally taken a liking to updating before I go to sleep. I dunno, I feel that it's much better this way than wasting my day! Well, sorry if this was a disappointing chapter. I hope this will progress! OH! There's some sort of twist that I have DECIDED to insert into this story. Yup, yup.

chapter four will be up soon!

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Animangame02freak: for commenting and alerting

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