And I'm back from mah' holiday! I've made plans for the next few chapters, so update times should be shorter.
P.S Those waiting for an update for 'Final Fantasy meets Facebook', don't worry, I'm working on it. :)
And now, what you've been waiting for a loooong time...
"Now that the guests have left, shouldn't we go back in to help them? What if one of them kills another? Oh, please, Fang!" Vanille couldn't stand just sitting around anymore. She had to do something; after all, she is Vanille. She loved helping people, especially her friends. She was obviously worried for the three people inside (wait, two people. She doesn't give a damn about someone anymore.) as she kept fidgeting.
"Faaaang, pleeeeeeeeeease, pleeeeeeeeease, pleeeeeeease..."
"Vanille! Keep quiet already! How am I supposed to hear what's happening inside if you keep whining? You're not helping, ya' know!" Fang cast an annoyed look at Vanille, who shut up immediately.
Hope placed a comforting hand on Vanille's shoulder. "We're all worried, Vanille. But someti-" His voice was cut off by a loud 'Bang!'
"W-was t-th-that a g-g-gunshot?" little Dajh was scared out of his wits and hugged his daddy tightly.
"It's okay, Daddy's here..." Sazh knelt down and scooped his son into his arms. "Now, why don't we go back home and get some ice-cream?" Dajh looked apprehensive. "No no, Dajh. Everything is okay. Believe me, the three of them are gonna come out unharmed." Little Dajh smiled.
"Really? Okay, let's go eat some ice-cream! Daddy, I want chocolate!" As he led the excited little boy away, Sazh turned around and mouthed "Call me" to the others. 'The soldier must be pretty pissed after this one...'
Fang peeked through the doors of the church and saw Serah kneeling at Snow's feet. Her whole body was shaking with sobs. 'She looks so...pitiful...' At the sight of Snow's nonchalant face, Fang felt her heart break a little, before she felt it heating up. Boy, was she pissed.
Her thoughts wandered over to when Snow refused to say his vows. She had looked on in amusement; Vanille and Hope clamped a hand over their mouths and Sazh had his eyebrows raised.
"Fang, something's wrong..." Vanille's voiced was filled with anxiety.
Fang only snorted in reply, before stuffing a fist into her mouth. 'This is an excellent display of Snow and Serah's acting skills!' She couldn't hold her laughter any longer. 'Ah, Sunshine has begun her little act as well. Wow, they're excellent...'
"Fang! What are you smiling about? This is serious!" Vanille told Fang off and jabbed her harshly in the ribs. 'Fang must be crazy! I really hope that she could be more serious at times! Ugh...'
"What? They're great actors! Even better tha-OH. ETRO. HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT." Now it was Fang's turn to gape in horror. 'Snow had said "I don't love her anymore" with true emotions...this isn't acting! It's really happening! OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH...'
"You've finally come back down to Gran Pulse. See the seriousness now?" Vanille hissed. Sometimes, she really wondered who the older sister was. She glanced around. Sazh had a what-the-heck-is-he-doing look and Hope...well, if looks could kill, the whole of Gran Pulse would be gone by now. She could see it; the hatred in his eyes was terrifying. He looked exactly like Lightning had looked when she realised that Cid Raines was a traitor. Well, he wasn't exactly a...
Vanille slapped herself. 'This is not the time to relive memories! Focus, Vanille! Focus!'
Lightning took out her gunblade, which scared the guests. They started running out of the church, screaming. Hope and the rest followed so as to try and calm the guests down and keep order. We wouldn't want a stampede, would we? As he directed the guests out, a feeling of regret crept all over him. He regretted listening to Lightning's advice. He regretted not carrying out Operation Nora. He regretted not killing that arrogant idiot.
Fang jumped up from where she was kneeling. It was as if she had seen something, or maybe someone...
'Hell yeah, I'll give him his parting gift...'
Thud, thud, thud...the heavy footsteps of none other than Snow Villiers approached the door. As soon as he stepped out, a fist flew out from nowhere and landed smack in his face. Snow stumbled sideways.
"...the hell?"
Fang proceeded to kick him in the groin. Snow crumpled to the ground in pain. She was about to land another hit, when Hope jumped in front of her and sat on Snow, before raining punches on the bigger man's head. The gang had never seen Hope so aggressive before. He was like a lion, clawing madly at its prey. He was yelling at Snow too, calling him harsh names.
"You asshole! F***ing bastard! How much more pain must you inflict on us? You already killed my mother; DO YOU WANNA KILL SERAH TOO? You hurt Serah, which probably broke Lightning's heart. No, you broke all of our hearts! You're a bloody, f***ing failure, you hear me? A F***ING FAILURE!" His voice started to crack a little at the end, and you could almost hear him sobbing. Vanille broke down too, and Fang just looked away. She didn't want her emotions to get the better of her. No, she wouldn't let them.
"I think that's enough. He isn't worth our time." Hope looked up to see Lightning, carrying Serah in her arms. He felt a bit puzzled, before getting angry.
"Why do you want me to stop? Why do you care for him, when he's left emotional scars on your sister that will take near eternity to heal?" Hope looked like a deranged man yelling crazy stuff.
"I'm just saying that we should leave him to rot, for all I care," Lightning replied cooly.
And they did exactly that.
Yup, that's the end of chapter two! I'll do the 'reveal' in the next chapter...