R&R Fujin walked stiffly up the hall, oddly she was not so much angry as hurt. "They’ll never accept me. There is too much bad blood between us." She frowned sadly as the realization dawned upon her. "Fujin!" Quistis called to her as she chased her out into the hall. Fujin ignored her and sped up. "Fujin wait!" Quistis called again, Fujin kept walking. "Damn it Fujin!" She ran up and caught Fujin by the arm. She then spun her around to face her. "ALONE." Fujin snapped. "I’ll do no such thing." Quistis said sharply. "WHAT THEN?" "I just want to talk to you, to apologize." "NO NEED." "Yes I do, please understand I didn’t expect Selphie to act that way." "PROMISED." "I know I did hon." Quistis hung her head ashamed. "Forgive me, forgive her. She’s still hurting about all the friends she lost in Trabia. You’re the only one she can vent on." "UNDERSTANDABLE." "Don’t give up on them, or me, please." Quistis took her hands in hers and smiled hopefully. Fujin shifted awkwardly then sighed. "NEVER FIT IN." "It’ll take time Fu, I’m willing to help you if you let me." "TROUBLE FOR YOU." Fujin said, her voice somber and regretful. "Let me worry about that." Fujin sighed and rubbed her eye with her palm. Quistis knew she was getting uncomfortable. "You want to come with me?" Quistis asked with a smile. "EXPLAIN." Fujin looked at her in confusion. "I’m on vacation, you’re not in class, let’s go somewhere, just you and me." "WHY." "We both have been terribly tense lately. I think it’s fine time we relax." "WHY ME?" Fujin looked wary. "Why not, besides.." She paused and looked at her thoughtfully. "WHAT?" Fujin asked worriedly. "Nothing." Quistis smiled a gentle smile. "Well are you up to it?" Fujin stood a moment. She almost said no, she was still reeling mentally from the thoughts and dreams she’d been having lately. She was not sure what would happen if she said yes. Quistis saw her hesitate and nodded sheepishly. "It’s okay, you don’t have to go. I um." She stammered and suddenly felt like and idiot. "I’ll just head back to my room and pack." She took a few steps backwards and smiled awkwardly. "I’ll see you? Maybe, I guess.." She shut up and sighed then smiled. "See you." "I’LL GO." Fujin said nervously as she offered a shy grin. "It’s okay I under...what? Really, you’ll go?" Quistis smiled and exhaled in relief. "I thought you.... never mind." Fujin gave her a worried look. "I’m okay." Quistis assured her. "So do you know anyplace that’s peaceful and nice." Fujin blinked and was at a loss. "Okay then. Hmmm" Quistis pondered as she turned and walked up the hall. "Come on we’ll go to the library, check through some travel magazines." Fujin followed her quietly. **************************** "Why is she back." Luccian grumbled as leapt high into the air. A mass of green tendrils chased him, the thorny vines wrapping around his legs. He swung his sword; a long slender blade made cobalt blue steel. The blade sliced neatly through the vines and he landed safely several feet away, a cloud of dry leaves billowing up around him. The creature he was fighting gurgled in pain as it withdrew its tendrils back inside it’s bulbous plant like body. "Beats me man, you shoulda seen your face though." Archibald said as he tackled the creature to the ground and pummeled it with his fists. The top of the creature’s body split open like a rose and a foul smelling green gas billowed out. Archibald’s eyes watered and he fell back coughing. "I’m very upset by this." Luccian sighed in annoyance as he ran forward and pinned the creature to the ground with his sword. The thing thrashed about madly spewing thick brackish liquid everywhere. "Nasty." Archibald said sourly as he stood up. "What should I do?" Luccian asked while he stepped away from the thing flailing about on the ground. "I dunno kill her?" Archibald smirked. Luccian looked at him and smiled. "That was a joke man." Archibald said warily. "Of course." Luccian stuck out his hand and pointed at the creature. "Demios." He muttered causing a black orb to form around the dying beast. The thing frothed and whined pitifully as it’s body buckled and crushed inward on itself. Archibald winced in disgust as it’s insides burst and ruptured until it vanished into a dark pinpoint of light. "That was a little much doncha think." Archibald said with a belch. "Your disgusting." Luccian gave him a foul look as he pulled his sword from the ground. "See you got the hand of magic?" "I see you haven’t, you need to learn how to better attune yourself with your Guardians, as meager as they are." He sighed. "They seem to do everyone else okay." "That because they are content to settle for little." "Oh boy here we go." "Silence." "So what are we going to do." "About?" "Your buddy." "I’m content to ignore her for the moment." "That’s a surprise." "We do not need to rock the boat right now, so to speak." "Yeah I bet that’s the reason." Archibald mumbled with a smirk. "What was that?" Luccian looked at him gravely. "Nothin." A loud roar echoed through the training area. "T Rexsaur?" Archibald asked cautiously. "Most likely come on let’s get out of here." Luccian said looking about for signs of the monster’s approach. ************************************ Quistis sat at a table at the back of the library thumbing through various travel magazines. Fujin sitting across from her was sorting through more. "QUESTION?" Fujin asked. "Hmm?" Quistis looked up at her. "TYPE?" "What do you mean?" "LOOKING FOR?" "Snow resort, perhaps?" "COLD IS GOOD." "Find one you like then." Quistis smirked. Fujin smiled and thumbed through the magazines. She was actually getting rather excited about the idea. She’d never been on a real vacation before. "Oh thank goodness there you guys are." Nicole called out as she rushed over to them. Fujin stood up abruptly and watched her with hawk like intent. Nicole stopped and took a step back. "Fujin, I’m sorry about what happened." Fujin said nothing and just glared sharply. "That was sweet of you Nikki." Quistis smiled. "What Selphie did...it was tacky and mean. Please don’t think we all feel the same way" Nicole pleaded. Quistis took Fujin’s hand and gently pulled her back into her seat. "She’s sorry Fu, Nicole’s sweet you don’t have to worry about her." She said softly Fujin regarded her a moment longer before looked back at Nicole. "ACCEPTED." She said simply and resumed looking through the magazines. "Whew." Nicole said with a smile. "What are you guys looking for? Perhaps I can help, I do work here you know." She pulled up a seat and sat down. "Well I’m looking for a good snow resort. Know any off the top of your head?" "Ooh wow you’re going on vacation eh." Nicole clapped her hands in excitement. "Going to find some Resort hunk huh." She giggled. Fujin suddenly felt uneasy. "Oh you know me better than that." Quistis smirked. "I know, just teasing. Resorts huh, let me go look around a bit." Nicole left her seat to fish around in one of the magazine racks. Fujin sighed deeply. "You okay, you look worried?" Quistis whispered to her worriedly. Fujin nodded and bit her thumbnail absently. Quistis gripped her hand comfortably. "It’ll be okay, we’re gonna have fun." Fujin nodded and grinned nervously. "That’s what I wanted to see. Your so tense sometimes, I worry about you." Quistis said with a smiled then resumed looking through the magazines. "What’s happening to me?" Fujin thought faintly. She was awash with emotions, powerful emotions. She was feeling things about Quistis recently that attracted and frightened her at the same time. "Here we go, how about this place." Nicole said dropping a magazine on the table. "Snow Ridge huh." Quistis said as she picked up the magazine. "Looks nice but the price is steep." Quistis commented as she handed the magazine to Fujin. Fujin glanced through it idly. "Yeah but it’s worth it, I’ve went there with my parents before I came to Balamb." Nicole said knowingly. "Hmm I’ll think about it, thanks." Quistis said. "No problem, I’ll see you guys around. I have to get going. Fujin, don’t worry about Selphie she’ll come around." "Bye Nicole thanks again." Quistis grinned. After she left she turned to face Fujin. "Well what do you think?" "NICE." Fujin mumbled. "I think so to, I’ll contact them and make reservations." "CAN’T" "What?" "EXPENSIVE." Fujin said grimly. "Oh please, It’s my treat." "NEGATIVE." "Fujin let me do this for you." Fujin’s jaw set firmly. "Don’t be difficult." Quistis giggled. "PAYBACK." "Nonsense." "STUBBORN." "You’re the one who’s complaining about a free vacation." Fujin gave in with a sigh. "Ah good, I’ll go make the reservations after that I’ll see if we can’t find someone to fly us out there on the Ragnarok." Quistis stood and smiled down at her. "I’ll see you later?" Fujin nodded. "Good." Quistis winked and hurried off. Fujin watched her leave then sighed. She hoped she was making the right choice, she had no idea what to do next. She allowed a soft smile to come to her lips as she gathered the magazines up.
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