Chapter 9: A Tale of Two Betrayals

The first training session of the newly formed Gray Order team did not pan out the way Karma had expected. While Annie was a solid mid champion, and could definitely hold her own, Vi wasn't used to fighting in the jungle rather than the top lane. Taric also wasn't the best for fighting solo on top. Karma had already mastered supporting Graves's reckless charges, and idiotic tendencies to charge forward into traps just to fire his gun at everything that moved. Her speed abilities were great for his hasty retreats when he realized that he had engaged in two enemies who outmatched him. The biggest problem was Taric being unable to handle top by himself. She had no idea how to help him, and so far they had lost two of their practice matches against different teams because top would fall. Their last match was a disaster. After Taric had been killed, the enemy jungler, Fiddlesticks, invaded Vi as she was fighting a golem and killed them both. With that advantage he ganked Annie, catching her by surprise with a crowstorm and cutting her down unexpectedly. With their team down 3 members without the enemy team losing 1, Karma and Graves were overwhelmed, and, she shuddered at the death that had met Graves and herself.

The team left the practice arena, disgruntled at their losing streak.

"What the hell," Graves started, "I didn't leave the Bilgewater team to fight for some losers. Taric get your shit together."

Taric frowned at him, "I don't know who did the planning for this team, but they did a terrible job, why do I have to fight with such a barbarian. Let me put some gems on your gun, raise up the power a little bit."

Graves gripped his gun tighter, "Nobody touches my gun but me, you got that. I don't like you."

Karma shook her head, "We need a better team dynamic, your fighting right now is better than your fighting on the Rift."

Annie chuckled, "haha, she's right you know, me and Tibbers never argue."

Graves grunted, "Well if I had a flaming teddy bear I wouldn't argue with it either," then he glanced at Taric, "Or if I WAS a flaming teddy bear I wouldn't argue."

Taric frowned at him, "Really? That's juvenile at best."

Karma shook her head in her hands, "The balance with us is all messed up."

As the group turned a corner they ran into another team, the Noxian team.

"Hoho, look at this group here," Darius said, "So Grey Order have you come to liberate yourself again this year."

Swain glanced at him, "Don't engage with them," his face remained expressionless, "they don't matter in the scheme of our plans."

"We will win this year, don't you worry, and when we do we'll take land from you and start our own country. One that will be a stronghold that pledges no allegiance to you or anyone," Karma stated defiantly.

Katarina smiled and walked over to Karma, "Such a cute woman," she leaned over Karma's shoulder, the scent of her hair filling Karma's nostrils, "It's a shame I'll have to slit your throat on the battlefield."

Karma closed her eyes and remembered the previous year and Katarina's surprise attack, "It won't happen again."

Katarina smiled, "I'm sure it will, you guys have yet to win a match in the tournament. Even the team the league sends in to maintain balance wins a match or two every now and again."

Taric scoffed, "You never told me about that when I joined Karma. I thought this team was talented?"

Karma nodded her head, "We are, we jusneeded a few new members who will change the pace of battle for us," stepping aside, revealing Annie.

Darius's smile suddenly vanished, "You got lucky little girl. You hear, you were lucky. And it wont happen again, you can bet on that."

Vi laughed, "Embarrassed you got beat by a little girl Darius?"

"Hardly," Darius growled, "My emotion is a little closer to rage."

"Well I'd love to see that rage turn to fear on the battlefield as I chase you down. I love when the enemy runs."

Swain looked over at Darius, gaze unchanged, "Licking your wounds I see. However, little Annie is quite the find for you Karma. I suppose you believe she will make a difference for your team, and it wouldn't surprise me if she improved your team's performance. I wouldn't expect more than one win this year from your...team, however. That is unless you face us, in which I would expect no wins from you this year. A similar outcome to last tournament, if I remember correctly-"

Draven who had an arm around Leblanc announced, interrupting Swain, "The tournament belongs to Noxia, and the League belongs to Draven. Feel free to take a seat and watch."

Darius shook his head, "Showboating asshole."

Draven growled, beginning to spin an axes, "What'd you say to me!?"

Leblanc intervened, "If you boys don't behave, I wont bring my double out later tonight."

Draven and Darius both quickly stopped arguing. Swain's gaze remained unchanged, "Anyway, we are going to train, Noxia move out."

After they moved out of earshot, Taric turned to Karma, "Wait a second, what happened last year?"

"We were defeated by Noxia in the first match of the tournament. It was a crushing defeat."

"What!?" Taric exclaimed, "I thought this team was supposed to be a threat."

"We will be this year," Karma stated, "With the addition of Vi in the jungle and Annie in the mid lane, our team now has Vi's ability to chase down and stop fleeing enemies and Annie's ability to quickly kill enemies."

Taric shook his head, "So you are basing this team's success of two new members who haven't been battle tested."

"Yes, and we are also basing it on Graves's and my teamwork. You are the last piece in the puzzle to create the perfectly balanced team."

Taric frowned, "This team in general is a joke. You know what, I want no part of it. Your team doesn't take anything seriously and it sickens me."

Karma shook her head, "Quitting, as I figured you would. I had planned ahead for this. I'm glad our Noxian run in convinced you to quit."

Graves smiled, "You sly girl. You planned this whole engagement ahead of tim?"

"Indeed, it was my test to be sure all of you were serious, as in the past our teams weren't serious about winning the tournament. That is why our team had failed so many times. Taric, I no longer wish for you to be a part of our team."

Taric stormed off, leaving the group with some choice words. Vi nodded her head, "Who woulda thought the enlightened one over here could scheme like that too. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if she figured out a way towin this tournament."

"I have," Karma said simply, "however it'll be difficult, and it will require your help Annie."

"My help? what could I do?"

"You are friends with Volibear. I need you to convince him to fight on our side rather than the Freljord. Tell him you've joined the Grey Order and you need his help. I would do it myself, but Sejuani knows I have long sought after converting Volibear and refuses to give me the opportunity to. You on the other hand can get him alone."

Annie nodded her head, "Okay, I think I can do it."

"Alright team, pratcice over, get some rest, there are only two days until the tournament. Annie, find Volibear."

"Tibbers," Annie whispered, "I need your help."

But before Annie went to find Volibear, Graves turned to Karma, "I figured out why our team dynamic is so messed up."

Karma turned to him interested, "Really, what is it?"

"You have to throw yourself at us sexually," Graves said, a small smile playing across his lips, "Didn't you notice how LeBlanc used her...assets, to shut those two idiots up."

Karma shook her head, "I am a highly enlightened being, I have no time for such things."

Graves shook his head, "You sure? You've been rather tense lately, a nice string man to take care of you might do you some good."

Karma turned to look at him for a second, and found herself mesmerized by his gaze, she quickly regained her composure, but not before Annie noticed.

Annie looked up at the two of them, "What's going on?" She then turned to Vi, "How come they are looking at each other like that."

Vi smiled knowingly, "I'll tell you when you're older kid."

Realizing the others were around Karma broke her gaze with Graves, "we still have a lot of training to do."

Graves smiled and winked at Annie, "You're a good kid Annie. You know that."

Annie smiled and swished her dress around, accepting the compliment innocently. She turned to Tibbers and threw him to the ground. The teddy bear suddenly sprang to life, although rather than becoming its usual 10-foot tall self, remained the same size, "we gotta find Volibear, think you can sniff him out?"

The small bear looked at Annie and nodded its head. The two ran off in the opposite direction.

Vi looked from Graves to Karma, "I'll leave you two alone now." With that she ran off to find Caitlyn and Jayce.

Karma nodded her head, and as she turned to walk away, Graves grabbed her arm, "what do you say, you and I grab a drink while they do whatever it is they do."

Karma smiled, "I am a highly enlightened being, I have no time for things like that. But you are a very nice man."

As Karma walked away Graves muttered to himself, "highly enlightened being with a stick up her ass."

Tibbers collapsed in front of Volibear who had been sleeping under a tree in the inner courtyard of the league. Excited, Annie was about to call out to him, however she was surprised when his eyes suddenly opened and his roar knocked her off her feet.

"Oh," Voli stopped roaring and looked at Annie, "I thought you were an enemy. Forgive my powerful roar."

"WOW!" Annie yelled at him, "Tibbers roars too, but I think your roar is way more powerful!" Annie looked down at her teddy bear, which appeared to be frowining up at her, "Oh don't give me that look Tibbers."

Volibear nodded, "Interesting. Well little one, what brings you to the inner courtyard of the league?"

"Well," Annie started, "I joined the Grey Order and-"

Volibear quickly rushed over to her and lifted her up, covering her mouth with his other hand to silence her, "Ah, was not expecting such an order to accept such young girls, the Order must be getting desperate. This is a serious conversation to have in the open Annie, many people are not fans of the Grey Order. Perhaps it would be wise to bring you back to my quarters and we can have some solace to talk about such a serious topic."

Annie shrugged at him and without another word he threw Annie onto his shoulders and dropped to all fours running towards his covers.

The Freljordian quarters appeared to be decked out in a crystalline blue, almost as if they were made of ice, "I know its not what you were expecting. Believe it or not, us Freljordians can survive in quarters not made of ice, although I did have a nice ice bed in my homeland. The cushions on these beds sag often."

Annie nodded her head awestruck by the intricate drawings and maps of various areas in the Freljord that adorned the walls and as they entered into Volibear's quraters he placed her on the rug in the center of the floor and jumped onto his bed, "Well then. It appears you've joined the Grey Order."

Annie smiled, "Yup that's right. We're gonna make Noxus burn, haahaha!"

Volibear nodded, noting the malicious tone shift at the end of her sentence, "Do you understand the champions and members you are dealing with now wish to bring both Noxia and Demacia to its knees?"

Annie nodded her head, "Yup! We want to create our own country that doesn't answer to Noxia or Demacia."

Volibear nodded, stroking a paw on his chin, "You see Annie. Before I was a lapdog for the Demacians," he started, shuddering at his current position, "I too was a member of the Grey Order. I wished to bring my Ursine brethren to the new country they would form to help protect it, in exchange for leaving the warring factions of the Freljord behind, however when Sejuani, Tryndamere, and Ashe formed an alliance, albeit a tense one, the struggle ended and the Ursine no longer wished to give up their homeland. However, I fear that as Demacia begins to make a foothold in the Freljord, our Ursine people will be used as warriors in their army, whether we want to be or not, but the village elders did not share my fear and refused to allow me to continue working with the Grey Order. However I continued to do so for many years, the only reason I have left the Order as of late is because the Freljord has begun to become a fighting force in the annual tournaments with Demacia and I do not wish to be the sole independent nation fighting both the Freljordians and Demacians for our freedom. Noxus also hovers over us like a dead fish's scent, which also was a reason for me to protect my people and move them to a new country where we would be free from these overwhelming threats, because even the Thunder's Roar can be silenced. I do not care for these politics of the world, its much easier to part an enemies head from his body."

Annie's head was spinning, so much new information had been learned she could barely comprehend it all, finally she managed to respond, "But if you love your people, won't you do what's best for your people. My parents did what was best for me even if I don't want to be separated from them. Plus you'll get to fight with TIBBERS!"

Volibear cringed, he had read the documents on their executions, as he liked to stay informed on the Grey Order's members as often as possible, "I'm assuming that Karma runs the League's chapter of the GO. I suppose she needs me to join the team because a member left. I'm currently fighting with the Freljordian team, however. Ah Karma you clever woman, sending Annie to me, knowing she'd appeal to my better natures. She's a good leader."

Volibear sat silently for a moment, clearly having an internal battle with himself, "If I join the GO's team and we win, I could move my people against the elder's wishes. Short term consequences would probably be a few challenges for my leadership within the faction. As the Thunder's Roar I have the ability to defeat anyone within the nation. If I stay with the Freljords, I become Noxia or Demacia's lapdog and my people are most likely going to end up as soldiers, fighting a war we aren't involved in," he nodded his head, "I'm completely assuming, but I'm guessing Karma wants me to join the team. I would need more convincing to do so, but what would you be able to tell me to convince me? What game are you playing now, Karma you tricky woman? Hmm, tell her I accept on the condition that upon our victory, I am free to choose the fate of my people when we reach to this new country, and...I want her to tell me why she sent you to convince me."

Annie noded her head, "Okay!" and turned to leave, turning her head back as she approached the door, "Hey Voli."

"Hm?" he asked, closing his eyes, contemplating and trying to decide whether he made the right decision for his people.

"I think you're a really cool bear. And you're so strong, I think you'd make a great leader"

As Annie left Volibear laughed and looked up at the map of the Freljord on the roof of his bedroom, "Would I? That's the first time someone has called me a great leader in awhile, and I'm sure their opinions wont change once the tournament starts."

As s he walked out of the room she saw a girl with blonde hair stop and glance at her. Annie remembered seeing that same girl her first day at the league, but it had been a busy day for Annie as a whole, so she ignored her and tiredly headed back to her bedroom in Bandle City's quarters.

Tristana stopped Annie outside her room, "Been getting into trouble lately?"

Annie smiled at her, "Not as much as you."

Tristana laughed at her heartily, "Ah, I like you kid," she ruffled her hair, "Anyway, I think a bunch of us are going to the dining hall if you wanted to join us."

Annie politely declined, telling Tristana she was too tired, and walked into her room. She didn't even have enough energy to take her dress off and fell to the bed, tired out of her mind.

Chapter 10 The Date/The Collision:

Lux sprinted down the corridor and finally made it to the library, hoping to find Ezreal somewhere in the area. Her hunch was correct, and she found him buried in a book. She ran over to his aisle, but just before running into his line of sight stopped and took two steps back ducking into the nearest aisle next to him. She quickly looked herself up and down to make sure she was presentable. She ran her fingers through her hair, making the blonde lock dance around her fingers and curl seductively around her shoulders. She smiled, hoping it would catch Ezreal's attention.

She stepped out around the aisle and walked directly into him, sending his books flying up in the air.

No, Lux thought, frustrated at herself for messing up before she even started, this is such a cliche, why does it have to be like this.

Ezreal looked at her surprised, "Lux? What are you doing in the ancient glyphs section of the library?"

"Oh you know," looking for you, Lux finished in her head.

"I don't, that's why I was asking," Ezreal asked, cocking his head to the side, looking at her.

Lux swallowed, "Well, you see. I was just, um, sitting over in the battle tactics section, and I uh, noticed you. Over here. So I decided to come say hi."

Ezreal nodded his head, "Oh, well hi Lux," and then jokingly added, "Funny bumping into you here, I suppose."

Lux nodded her head, why couldnt she ask him. She was so sure she would've been able to do it, but her nerves were getting the best of her.

Ezreal, as if sensing her uncertainty, placed a hand on her shoulder, "what's wrong Lux?"

Without warning she quickly hugged him, Ezreal was surprised at first, but nodded his head, "I suppose you want to go on that date then?"

Lux, still unable to talk, nodded her head vigorously, and Ezreal smiled at her, "sounds like a plan. Tonight then?"

Lux finally found her voice, "yea. That'd be nice."

"I'll meet you outside the steps to the Institute then, hope you like exotic foods."

Unable to think about it anymore, she quickly turned and left, leaving Ezreal staring at her as she walked away. Excited about her upcoming date, Lux rushed to tell Ashe about it, as she had become much closer friends with her.

Upon arriving at the Freljordian quarters, she saw that same young girl leave Volibear's room. She recognized the short red hair and teddy bear clutched tightly as belonging to Annie Hastur, the upcoming new champion who had been dominating matches. She thought about calling out to her, but decided telling Ashe about Ezreal was more important, plus she needed help deciding what she'd wear.

As she knocked on the door, she heard a muffled grunt and when Ashe finally opened the door, her regular cloak replaced by a thin pair of light blue lingere, Lux blushed, momentarily forgetting what she was going to tell Ashe.

Ashe looked at her for a moment, "What's up Lux? I'm a little busy..."

Snapping back to reality, Lux quickly blurted out, "I'm going out with Ezreal on a date tonight!"

She heard a laugh from in the quarters, and Ashe glared back, "Shut up Tryndamere. That's great Lux, give me five minutes to get this oaf finished and out of me. Then we can talk about what you'll wear and some other things," she finished, winking at Lux.

Lux saat outside, listening to the grunts from Tryndamere in Ashe's room, too excited to really consider the situation. After a few more minutes, she heard the room get quiet, and shortly after Tryndamere walked out, smiled at her and walked away slowly, satisfied with himself.

Ashe was lying the bed when Lux walked in, "Well that was a little awkward. But, I'm glad to hear about your Ezreal date. What happened with Xin? I saw the match, it was pretty brutal the way he killed you out there."

Lux nodded her head, "Yea we got in an argument and I left him. It feels great, I just wasn't happy with him."

Ashe nodded her head, "Yea, sometimes I wish I hadn't married that barbarian king, but it was for the good of the Freljord. Still what are you gonna wear?"

Lux thought about it for a second, "I have this one dress. I had to wear it for Demacian parties. It goes to my knees and its light blue, with a silver trimming at the bottom. It matches my eyes."

"Let's see it, come on, we can relocate to your room."

The two quickly walked across the league to the Demacian quarters. A few stares were shot their way by Garen and Jarvan, who had no doubt been talking about her decision to break up with Xin. Before either of them could stop her, she quickly ducked in her room with Ashe.

"In a bit of a rush?" Ashe asked.

Lux shook her head, "No, I just needed to get away from those two. I don't want to hear them lecture me about how important it is to learn the Zhao family secrets, I like being used as a soldier, not whatever they want me to do with Xin."

"It's called sex sweetie," Ashe replied, "I had to do it for the good of the Freljord, but I'm proud of you for breaking the cycle, maybe I could...reward you."

Lux giggled, "Ashe, stop. No, I'm going out on a date with Ez tonight. Oh my god, I'm going on a date with Ez."

"Yea, you are a cute girl after all, anyway what's that dress look like."

"Oh right," Lux turned and ran to her closet and pulled the dress out.

She slid the dress up her legs and slowly put the right strap, then the left strap onto her shoulders. The dress was a little tight on her, which made her curves stand out more than usual. Ashe stared at Lux's hips, and slowly let her gaze rize, up her stomach in which she could see the flat stomach with a faint outline of her abdominal muscles. Her chest was pushed up slightly from the dress, making her breasts appear sllightly larger than they were. Ashe let her gaze fall to her legs, the smooth long legs making Ashe long to run her hands up and down them.

"What do you think?" Lux asked, smiling embarrassed.

"That's hot, but you know what would make it better," Ashe started walking over to her, pulling a small knife out of her pocket, "If we changed the dress a little bit here, and here," she finished, making two small cuts on the dress.

Lux looked down at the slit Ashe made up the left side, "I. I like it."

Ashe nodded her head and examined her work, the slit exposed some of Lux's thigh, but stopped before exposing too much, "You have such nice legs, you should show them off."

Lux looked down at her legs and took a step forward, the slit exposing a large amount of her upper thigh. She hugged Ashe, "Wish me luck. I''m gonna take a nap so I don't look tired when I see him."

Ashe smiled, and turned to walk about, "Don't get too sexual with him tonight, I'm still not done with you."

"Ashe!" Lux exclaimed, "I'm not gonna have sex with him on our first date."

"Good," Ashe winked at Lux and left her alone.

Lux woke up and checked the time, she had about an hour until her date with Ezreal. She quickly hopped out of bed and removed the rest of her clothes. She ran to the bath, and took a nice warm bath, allowing her muscle to soak and relax. Lux jumped out of the tub after relaxing for a few minutes and wrapped her naked body in a towel. She slowly walked back into her room and found her dress lying on top of her dresser. She smiled at it and slowly began to get dressed. She finished sliding into the dress and looked at the time, she had less than 20 minutes to finish getting ready.

Worried she wouldn't finish in time, she quickly put a light coat of make-up over her face to cover any blemishes or little scratches she might have. She reached into her jewlery box and pulled out a pair of earings, which were a dark blue color, with a bright white center, which she had made by creating a ball of light and freezing it with Ashe's Freljordian abilities, making a crystaline structure with a ball of energy in the center. This caused the ice to sparkle and a blusish glow seemed to dance from the earings to her shoulders. Ashe told Lux that the energy would completely melt the ice after about 500 years. She smiled and looked at herself in the mirror. Nodding her head, she grabbed a pair of black heels and walked out of the room after putting them on.

She managed to leave the Noxian quarters without running into any of her fellow Demacians, although she speculated on their locations. Her mind quickly forgot about them, and she could only concentrate on Ezreals face, the blonde curls and delicate smile. His little war paint that he drew under his eyes, and that glove that solidified energy and allowed him to fire it at will. Her thoughts were so far away that she didnt even notice when she walked into someone.

"Sorry-" Lux started.

"Funny seeing you so dressed up, last time I saw you, you had a pretty big gash in your leg," Katarina said, looking Lux up and down.

"Katarina!" Lux exclaimed, immediately tensing up and tightening her fists.

"Relax," Katarina said, noting Lux's defensive stance, "You're forgetting I was only there to kill Ashe safe from the rules of the League and their no violence outside of the Rift policy, I couldn't care less about killing you. Although, you're dress is rather cute, are you headed on a date or something." Katarina asked, her eyes looking Lux up and down.

Relaxing a bit, however keeping her stance ready for a fight at any moment, "Yea. I am."

Katarina shook her head, "It's too bad we still aren't together, I could show you a thing or two about that dress."

Without another word, she shunpoed behind Lux, running a hand up her back, "Remember when I used to do this to you?"

Lux felt shivers run down her side, and waited a moment too long before jumping away from Katarina, "I see you still enjoy it then. I hope your little boy could handle you the way I did. Although, if you ever feel a little lonely," she slid her lips down Lux's neck, "I'm never too far away."

With that Katarina disappeared, leaving Lux dazed and slightly aroused. Stifling her thoughts of Katarina, she remembered why she was dressed up and managed to make it to the stairs outside the Institute without any further problems.

Ezreal was waiting outside, and upon seeing Lux, could barely compliment her on her appearance, as his breath had been taken away by Lux's beauty.

Blushing Lux smiled at him and the two headed towards the restaurant Ezreal had mentioned.

Ezreal turned to her before they walked in, "I've been on many adventures, and the short time I've been at the league, this place has the best foods from different nations all over Avaron. They have everything from Demacian food to Voodoo Land food, although I don't know many people that actually eat Voodoo land food."

Lux nodded her head, "I'm sure it'll be great. Besides if I didn't like anything else i could get Demacian food."

"Good point," Ezreal replied, "Let's grab a table."

Lux nodded and the two headed into the establishment and grabbed a table in the back corner, out of sight of most of the rest of the patrons, although Lux caught a glimpse of Teemo, eating a strange dish of mushrooms and assorted berries and Nasus eating a strange looking bright green soup and reading a manuscript. On the other side of the dining area, she saw Karma, eating a salad, sitting with Graves who was drinking some sort of alcohol, or at least that's what Lux thought it was.

Lux and Ezreal sat down and picked up their menus, "Alright, I've eaten here many times, and everything from Bandle City is really good. Freljord has a few good game dishes, and Bilgewater has a few good seafood dishes."

Lux nodded her head, "there are so many things on this menu, I don't even know what I want. Maybe I'll try something simple like this. That Nautilus Nautical Mile Sushi?"

"That's a good one," Ezreal smiled at her, "Volibear's Veal Cutlets are also really good."

"Wait, are all these dishes named after champions?"

"Yup."

"That's interesting. I wonder what they have for Demacia."

Ezreal smiled, "Take a look."

SHe laughed as she turned to the Demacian page, "Garen's Gallant Justice Burger. Lux's Luminous Milkshake. Is there one for you?"

Ezreal smiled, "No, I don't assosciate with any one country enough to be considered for one. They used to have one for me, but since they had no country to put it under they ended up getting rid of the dish. A lot of champions don't have dishes named after them though. Annie, Katarina, Irelia, Karma, and Tryndamere are a few I can think of off the top of my head."

Lux nodded her head, and a waiter came by to take their order. Lux decided to have the Garen Burger, and Ezreal ordered Amumu's Appetizing Desert Platter.

The two continued to have a conversation as they waited for their food, Ezreal asking Lux about her interest in ancient glyphs and runes.

"Oh I enjoy them, I usually only read up on the ones that boost my ability powers, but sometimes I look at other ones. I've seen some interesting regeneration ones."

"Oh really?" Ezreal started excitedly, "You know I recently went on an expedition to find a few ancient runes. One that gives large scale healing during fights. It's supposed to be very powerful."

"Really?" Lux asked interested, "Would you have room for one more in your expedition?"

Ezreal smiled, "I usually go alone, but if you think you can keep up. I'd definitely take you."

"I'd enjoy that."

"Oh yeah, it'd be dangerous, I'd have to protect you," Ezreal finished smiling at her sillily.

She laughed, "I'd count on you to protect me the whole time."

Just as Ezreal was about to respond, the waiter came back with their food. Lux looked at her large burger, worried. She wasn't sure how to proceed without looking gross, eating it. She looked at Ezreal's plate, which had a various assortment of meats and berries on it. She finally decided to cut the burger in half with a knife and only eat a half. She was sure it would make her seem less unattractive to him. Although, why am I so worried about this right now. This is only our first date. She shoved her thoughts aside and smiled at Ezreal, taking a small bite from her burger.

Ezreal nodded his head, "It's good isnt it. Tastes like home, I bet?"

Lux nodded at him, "I remember one of my mother's servant's making food like this. It's really good. But what about you Ezreal, do you have a home?"

He smiled at her, "Of course I do. All of Avaron is my home. I'm an explorer. The Institute of War has a brilliant collection of maps and plenty of areas left to explore. Even some interesting catacombs underneath the Institute itself."

"But I mean, like family."

"I don't know about my family. I've been exploring for as long as I can remember."

"Oh Ezreal," Lux could feel herself feeling bad for him, why do I feel this strong, I haven't even known him that long. She couldn't understand her feelings right now.

The two continued to talk about various topics,, their conversation spanned a large amount of time, and both had finished their plates. Finally, as the owner came over to the table to tell the two it was time to go as he was closing shop did the two actually leave. Even after leaving, the two continued to bounce from conversation to conversation, interested in each other's lives. They talked about their problems and things in the league. They talked about overpowered champions, and underpowered ones. They talked about Ezreal's plans and Lux's plans in the future. Finally they reached the front door of the institute and entered.

"I guess this is where we part waays tonight," Ezreal said calmly.

Lux hugged him tightly, and as she pulled away, Ezreal ran his fingers through her hair and brought his lips to hers, kissing her softly. She closed her eyes, taking in his scent, and as he pulled away she longed for more, but Ezreal once again told her goodnight and left her alone, heart racing and excited.

Nearby, an enraged Xin Zhao turned away and headed back towards the Demacian quarters.

A/N: Alright, if you guys have any feedback/pairings/or things you want me to expand on leave me some feedback, and if i like it, I'll definitely add it in the story. Also, I want a few opinions on this, but I want to actually have the two stories collide with each other, and have plot points from one story in the other's chapters. For example. I was made Lux and Ezreal see Graves and Karma at the restaurant. I made it minor because I'm trying to get a feel for it, but if you guys like the concept I was thinking about making major plot points in one story on the other story in each other's chapters. If you want to see more plot collisions like that, leave me a review telling me you liked that and if you don't definitely let me know. A few opinions on it would be nice. Your feedback is very appreciated, and don't forget i'm not an expert on League of Legends. I'm knowledgable, but chances are I've probably made a mistake or two. If you notice any, definitely call me out on it so I can fix it. Thanks for reading guys. The next two chapters will be up soon. Hopefully with less delay next time.