.:Chapter 6:.

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-Lightning-

"Lightning, alright. I will tell you." Noctis sighed.

Finally she would get some answers. Finally she would know why he betrayed them.

"Thank you." Lightning said

Noctis sighed and began his explaination.

"One night, after one of our meetings, I realized I had left something behind. I went back but I saw two other Keepers there. I hid and listened to their conversation. They were talking about something to do with the Crystals and the Keepers. They then proceeded to talk about a plan that them and four other members had made."

Lightning nodded. So far, his story was acceptable.

The Prince, seeing her nod, continued.

"They said that some Keepers needed to be…'disposed of' and you were one of them."

Lightning flinched. So others were planning to destroy them. Was there no one she could trust?

"Upon hearing this, I teleported to my house and I stayed up all night thinking of a way to save you and the others."

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked angrily

"I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect you. If you heard about this, I know that you would have confronted them. I know that the six of them would be too strong for you to handle. Light, I was afraid that you would die." Noctis's eyes met with hers

"Noctis…" Lightning breathed

Noctis really did care for her. Her suspicions were true. Lightning felt a little bit guilty. She knew she would have to use his feelings against him and find out where he kept his crystals. She

would leave him once more, and he would be heartbroken. History would repeat itself.

But…what if they could grow to be friends again?

Lightning shook off the thought. They could never be friends. Not after what he did. He could never be forgiven.

-Noctis-

So far, so good. Lightning looked like she was beginning to understand. He hoped she would forgive him. Maybe they would be friends again. Maybe they could be more than friends like he had always wanted. But that was a definite maybe.

Noctis wrenched himself away from his thoughts and resumed his explanation.

"Anyway, I decided to confront them myself. That morning, I returned to our meeting hall only to find a meeting between the six Keepers that were going to betray us. I told them what I knew and they got angry and attacked me. We fought for a while and I…killed them."

"Y…you killed them? And stole their crystals too, no doubt." Lightning frowned

"No! I did not! I didn't want to kill them, they made me! It's not something I'm proud of." he defended

"No one can make you take another's life Noctis." She replied softly

"Light, I'm sorry. I didn't want to but they forced me to. It was either them or me."

Lightning was quiet. But only for a moment.

"BUT WHY KILL HER?!?" she snapped

"I…" Noctis shook his head in despair, "I had no idea Aerith was in the room. I thought she was someone else. I didn't mean-"

"Didn't mean to? Ha!" Lightning interrupted and stood up, "If you are so innocent, then why did you give our names to those who wanted to destroy us?"

"I only gave the names of those Keepers who escaped!" Noctis found himself yell, "They must have given the other Keeper's names too. That wasn't my fault!"

They now had more than a few onlookers watching. Even the waitress stopped what she was doing and stared.

"Not your fault? Not your FAULT? My best friend DIED that day because of you! If you think I am going to forgive you, then you are mistaken. Good bye." Lightning began to storm out of the café

"Lightning please!"

She turned to face the Prince. "It's too late Noctis."

"Light…"

Lightning shook her head and clutched her crystal. Muttering a few words she used the crystal to teleport out of there, leaving a dark Prince with a confused face and saddened eyes alone with his thoughts.

-Lightning-

She teleported to her room in Team Nora, leaving the café and Noctis. Lightning hated traveling by crystal. It made her feel dizzy and light-headed, but all she wanted was to get out of there

as soon as possible.

She walked to her bed and plopped herself on it. She gazed at the white ceiling.

She tried her best to stay calm in front of Noctis but the thought of Aerith and all her other friends dying set

her off. Rage bubbled inside her. She would have to let this anger out one way or another.

Lightning got up and headed out the door. She walked in the halls until a sign caught her eye.

'Battle Simulator-very hard.'

Lightning smiled.

Perfect.

-Noctis-

She had teleported away. For the second time in his life, she left him. Noctis sighed.

He got up, paid for their drinks and drove back to the palace.

He remembered her sitting next to him in the car, just a few moments ago. The way her beautiful blue eyes looked at Tenebrae, at him even, made his insides flutter.

Now she was gone. There was no way she'd give him a third chance.

He didn't park in the usual spot. Noctis wanted to be alone. He locked the door of the car and walked towards a place that only he and a few others knew about.

He gazed at the grandeur of the entrance. Stone statues, gold carvings and writings in the ancient language were just some of the basic features of this forgotten, ancient city.

Noctis began pacing towards the centre of the small metropolitan.

He knew this place very well despite the fact that this area of Tenebrae was not only forgotten, but also forbidden.

What lied in the centre of this once magnificent part of Tenebrae was the thing that the goddess Etro herself had bestowed upon him, his responsibility to protect.

The Crystal.

-Lightning-

That son of a bitch!

Lightning was taking out her anger and pain on the unsuspecting training room.

She was basically destroying the place! Target after target appeared and the notion that each target was Noctis made her train faster and harder.

I hate you so much!

The level meter read 100, which was the top level, and it was a breeze. She was actually banned from using the training room, she was too good, but right now she didn't care.

"Hey Light?" called a voice

Still training, she asked annoyed, "What?"

"You do know that you are not supposed to be in here."

"Yeah, I know."

Lightning continued to punch and kick anything that dared move with such fury that the man who was watching her flinched.

"You ok?"

"Obviously not." She replied, irritated that someone was interrupting her anger management session

After one last kick, the last target fell and the level meter broke. Again.

She looked at the man who talked to her.

"Missed me?" he said smirking

She rolled her eyes at him and frowned.

"Not at all Sazh." she replied coldly

Sazh walked towards her. "So what happened?"

"Hm?" Lightning asked, surprised that anyone other than Vanille knew about her meeting with Noctis

"I want to know what happened. I'm guessing things didn't go too well." he said, gazing at the damaged room

"No, not really." Lightning replied, looking for her gunblade

"Want to talk about it?" Sazh asked and picked up her gunblade and offered it to her

Sazh wasn't exactly the best person to talk to when it came to these sorts of things but she had to talk to someone. He seemed genuinely interested. At least he was better than Snow.

She took the weapon from his hands and nodded. "Thank you."


Tis the end of Chapter 6.

Kinda short but hey.

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