It seemed that there was a bit of a hubbub and that they were being grouped into twos. Reizen kept his eyes on Sonya, trying to see how she was faring. He got a bit annoyed when that guy had talked to her and even saw that they were paired together to spar. He was now wishing that she kick his ass and makes him eat dirt.

His eyes widened at his thoughts. Was he getting jealous? Perhaps he is. It was all new to him. “Strange,” he muttered and shook his head a bit, cheering on for Sonya silently. Oh, how he wished he could show off a bit. But alas, he would most likely be defeated even by the rookies at this sport or any kind. He may stand a chance in jousting but that was beyond the point.

He kept his gaze at the two, studying them and trying to exami9ne the movements involved in the sport. Perhaps they would be of use to him sometime. He was more of examining Sonya’s movements than anything else, though. He soon found himself getting a bit impatient, wanting her to finish training and leave that guy and go out with him on their date.

It was the first time he had been thinking of such things. It just started when he decided to talk to him about that notebook. However, he still had that message to worry for. Perhaps things would get better when they reach the mall.

He just sat there and watched until it was the end of the practice. Reizen immediately went to where they had parted a while ago and waited for Sonya to appear.

Sonya fought with such elegance, poise and grace it was hard to believe that under that mask she muttered obscenities to Vann who willing shot them back Sonya lunged forward this would have to be her final hit on him. It was always a close fight. Vann mocked her as he came charging in on her their blade crossing with each of their steps. "You know Sonya," He began. "The wager still stands, and by your silent reaction you wish you had not agreed." he said with a grin behind his face guard. Sonya turned the table and started to push him back.

"You forget Vann, you won't win...so I'll never have to go on a date with you." she smirked.

"Oh really, because guys are just lining up at the chance to date you right?" He mocked and this enraged Sonya. She lunged forward to strike but Vann side stepped and let her trip. "But I have been." He went to attack her from behind while she was still falling forward. Sonya was quick, so moved her rapier behind her and blocked at the last moment. She landed on her side quickly onto her back and kicked Vann back.

"I'm not going on a date with you." she snapped in a hushed voice to him. He shrugged.

"Then who? Him." he jerked his head over to Rei sitting in the stands and she turned on him glaring as she took her position.

"Maybe." She said. Vann chuckled.

"Well I like these odds, I'll have to finish you now so I can take you for myself." Sonya had to admit at least he was fighting with her for her and not wit Reizen for her. She hated to think of herself as some prize.

The two went at it again and it finally ended with Sonya winning. She scoffed at him and walked away, but Vann being Vann tore off his faceguard and smirked over at Rei before advancing on Sonya as everyone was clearing out and heading to their dorms. Vann reached Sonya before Rei could taking her hand and pulling her back from him. He gave Rei a warning glanced and turned Sonya to face him. He held her firmly and stared down at her. "I will win this." he warned and without warning or hesitation Vann took her chin and kissed her. Sonya's eyes grew wide as she raised her knee and hit him in his privates.

"You're such an Ass Hole Vann." She told him as he went down to one knee. "Ugh...Someone find me some mouthwash." She growled turning away from him and wiping her mouth on the back of her sleeve. She turned and there was Reizen... did he just see all of that? Mostly everyone did...

Reizen waited for a little while. He pondered about that other guy that she fought. She seemed to dislike that guy a whole lot. Soon, he saw the players were heading off. He saw that guy, what’s-his-name, and he looked at him. He was about to go and greet Sonya when he had cut in and gave him this glance. He swore he felt a twitch. Then, this guy had kissed her, right in front of everybody. He was a bit taken aback and the gears in his head started to work.

”Is that a challenge? Very well, you may have made a bold move but it isn’t you that made her smile. And you made a grave mistake. I can never forgive you for considering her some thing to be won,” he thought in silence as the expression on his face turned into something a little more intimidating. He seemed to have a cold stare in his eyes that he could have used to rival with Sonya a while back but he chose not to. That disappeared however when he saw that she aimed her knee just right where a guy is at his weakest.

“Ouch,” even he flinched a bit. He couldn’t help but chuckle a bit and gave this guy a look with a smirk on his face. He turned to Sonya and she seemed a bit surprised that he was waiting for him right there. Was she worried that he saw what that guy, whoever he is (he swore he saw some fangirls cheering for him but he couldn’t quite catch his name), kiss him out of the blue? Although he did feel a short pang of anger, he was trying to formulate a series of steps in showing this guy that he was nothing more than an obnoxious jackass. First thing’s first though. He should probably help Sonya forget the nightmare that had been brought upon her.

“Oh, hey,” he went back to is normal, seemingly innocent self and went over to her. He immediately placed his right arm around her waist and pulled her a bit closer to him. He then took out a clean piece of cloth that had been used by humans for generations. The piece of cloth called a handkerchief. He suddenly started wiping the clean cloth on her lips, much like how someone would when some morsels of food was on anothers face. He feigned a bit of a worried tone and looked slightly worried. “Are you alright? That was probably one hell of a nightmare. Who knows what filth that horrid excuse for a mouth had been through?” He started to walk away from the group of fencers, trying to put some distance between them, and him and Sonya.

Sonya felt her body relaxed when he approached her with a gentle looking face, and was the pride? Was he proud of her? She smirked as she walked over to him, what she wasn't expecting was for him to put his arm around her waist. She gulped and felt her heart racing -that never happened. She looked up at him and watched him move the handkerchief to her face. She felt her face getting very hot as she stood very still. She didn't like things to be put near her face, but his touch was so gentle. He wasn't trying to hurt her like most people did when they got this close to her.

“Are you alright? That was probably one hell of a nightmare. Who knows what filth that horrid excuse for a mouth had been through?” She didn't speak just looked up at him and blinked, her long black eyelashes batting against her soft pink cheeks. She tore her eyes away from him and looked down at the handkerchief. Gulping again slightly she felt the distance growing and instantly felt cold. Why? He was warm.

She walked side by side with him quietly -there she was again searching for her words on the floor. She needed to find something to say quick this silence and this space was killing her. "Thank you." She finally managed out. "For that...that mouth is horrid." She managed a smile. She glanced back and Vann was being helped up by three girls petting him and aww'ing at him. She turned back around and smirked at Rei. "That was a pretty mean hit though..." She said. "But he's never done anything like that before..." She muttered. "He has been fighting with me, for me, since I got here." She sighed and tucked some of her dark hair behind her ear.

Reizen laughed a bit and still held her close. The feeling of having her just right by his side was just something out of this world…or solar system for that matter. It was something he never experienced before and he had grown to like that feeling. It’s like that warm feeling whenever she was there. Was it just body heat? No, there was something more to it. Her scent lingered in the air and he was almost tempted to nuzzle a little bit on her hair. He could care less about the sweat. She was amazing just the way she is.

He heaved a sigh a bit and looked at her. She seemed so close to him but it was just the way he would want it. Well, he did want to bad mouth that guy so he figured to tell her what it was he had thought of, “He didn’t do that for you though. He was taunting me. He gave this very bad look. It was kind of pathetic actually but he deserved to get hit that way. You should do it more often.”

Reizen laughed, trying to sway off the jealousy he felt from seeing their lips touch and just trying to lighten up the mood. He did not realize that his arm around her waist was pulling her closer to him. As if he didn’t want to let go of her. As if he was going to lose her if he did. For a while, he was at a lost for words and he had halted his steps. He coughed and looked around.

“I…I think it’s safe already,” he told her and hesitatingly let go of her. He was sweating a bit. And his cheeks had a hint of red in them. He did not look at her for a short while. He was nervous and for the first time in his life, he didn’t know what to do. He usually plans everything out, taking steps to reach his goal. However, he was stuck, not knowing which move to take. Well, he just figured to say something to break the awkward silence.

“S..shall w-we go to the mall?”

Sonya felt herself relaxing in his hold, her heart was racing and her stomach was fluttering. She looked up at him a little shocked. Had Vann really placed a challenge on Rei, and would Rei step up to it? For some reason she really hoped he would. Vann had been harassing her for so long, and Rei was like a breath of fresh air. Being in this close proximity with him was stellar as well. It was giving her such a different feeling. She had never felt so nervous, so vulnerable, so excited, or smitten, and it had only been one day. Was this something like Bri swooned and sighed over? Her collection of Harlequin romance novels, and How to Love books. Bri lived for her true love -her eternal mate, and constantly reminded Sonya about it. It made her sick, and she could never understand why Bri would look for something like the couples in her romance novels...until now.

Sonya looked over at him and smiled lightly and warmly -ever so sweetly to him. She bit her lip and felt a twang of an unknown emotion to her. All she knew was that she didn't like this feeling. She watched him step away from her, and she felt her body shiver slightly.

"Shall we go to the mall?" he asked. She smiled and stepped closer to him.

"Absolutely." She said smiling up at him. She gently laced her fingers in with him -her heart jumped. She felt like this was the bravest she had ever been in her life. She gave his hand a light squeeze and led him down the hall. "come on." She cooed to him with a playful grin.

Getting off of campus was easy enough and a quiet walk, which for Sonya was ok. It was a lovely day outside, even if it was simulated.

The moment he had let go of her, he had already wished that he had not done so. But he found her comforting warmth with him again and she had stepped up closer to him. Her fingers laced with his and he held on to her tightly. This would do well. He smiled and laughed a bit as she called out to him playfully. He caught up, walking beside her, holding on to her hand as if never letting go, as they were heading to the mall. The artificial weather, although the same as always, seemed to be brighter and much better than it usually is.

Soon, they reached the mall. Reizen immediately thought of the things of the passed that still existed here as a form of reminiscence. “Hey, I want you to try something,” he smiled and led her to a small stall. “They used to enjoy this on very hot days in the past,” he smiled and ordered them two chocolate…what was it called? Ice creams sundaes? Most of their dessert or food was much more of supplements in a strange tablet or a plate of bland jelly.

He handed one to her, his other hand still holding on to hers, before taking his. He looked at the cup with the white cold cream mix with chocolate fudge. There was a spoon so they could eat but…that would mean letting go of her hand. He thought for a bit and led her to a bench and sat down, offering the seat beside him to her and leaning close to her once she had taken her seat. “I hope you enjoy it,” he smiled as he scooped up some of the vanilla chocolate mix. He didn’t eat it first and offered it to her first. “Here,” he told her, holding out the serving to her. “Have a taste first if you want.”

Meanwhile…

The terrorists have seized a cargo vehicle, said to contain a very powerful weapon. It still hasn’t been noticed but there were planted charges that were set to blow in about half an hour. They planned that it served a distraction as they hauled away with the cargo. So they just waited until then.

Sonya walked with him and loved how their hands seemed to mesh together perfectly. She allowed him to drag her to the ice cream stand. She peered in and looked around and wondered what he was doing. When the ice cream came forward Sonya gasped. "Ice cream!" She turned to smile up at Rei. She took hers from him with an excited hand and sat down at the bench with him. When he offered her a bite she smirked.

"Don't worry about me trying it first. I've had ice cream before." She said with a smile looking down at it. She let go of his hand and took a helping spoonful and put the cold creme into her mouth. She let it sit in her mouth for a moment so she could let the taste not only flood her mouth, but her senses and her body. She sighed out a moan after she swallowed it.

"I can't remember the last time I had ice cream, let alone a sunday." She told him looking over at him with a bright face. She was so happy with her ice cream sunday she didn't even notice her phone vibrating in her bag. while she ate her ice cream she let her legs swing from under her and the bench and constantly looked to Rei and smiled. "I'm glad you asked me to come out today." She muttered finally. Her attention on her ice cream.

Reizen laughed a bit and ate the scoop he had offered to her. Ah, well, so much for that. He can’t blame himself for trying though. He was being compelled to be sweet and overall romantic to her. Something he was not complaining about. He moved closer to her as he started to eat on his own sundae. “So do I. I’m glad that I was able to enjoy this with you,” he told her and turned to her, only noticing how close they were to each other. Oh, but she was focused on her ice cream! If only there was some way she would turn to him. He wanted to see her up close.

His heart was beating faster. In order to distract himself, he started to eat faster as well. Soon, his cup was empty and he was only scooping the air and placing an empty spoon into his mouth. “Sonya I,” he started but he was cut off when he felt that familiar pain in his head.

“Ow…” he dropped the spoon and the cup and placed a hand to his head. “Brain freeze,” he muttered as he rubbed his temples as if to ease down the pain. Slowly, the pain started to die down and he was getting a bit more relaxed. He then turned to her, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder to get her attention.

“Sonya, I…” His voice trailed off. Was he sure about this? Was he moving too fast? His nervousness returned and he was at a lost for words. But he soon found himself drawing closer, those lips of his nearing hers and they were almost brushing. It was…

…interrupted as his phone rang in an outrageous loud tone. “Excuse me,” Reizen blushed and checked his phone. He had forgotten that he programmed it to be on loud whenever he would leave the school grounds. What was more important was the message he had gotten. It was from Stellar Hunter. It said that the weapon was here and that Reizen should check it out.

’It’s only probably going to take me a few minutes,’ he thought to himself as he turned to Sonya. He was blushing and a bit flustered as well. “Ummm, I have to go use the bathroom. I’ll be right back, alright?” He told her and took out his memorizer. He typed a number on it and had it print a small card. He then handed it to her. “Here’s my number. In case…well, in case you miss me too much, “ he told her in a bit of a panicked way, unsure what would happen if he were found out. So he decided to just tease her a bit. But before he left, he told her, “I’ll be back. I promise.”

Sonya grinned after every tiny bite of her ice cream. "mmm so good." She whispered to herself. She turned to face Rei as he said her name. She noticed how close his face was to hers. His eyes were so easy to look into. She was quickly finding that was becoming lost in them as she slowly leaned closer to him. What was happening to her? She pulled back just as he winced in pain. He dropped his cup and spoon. She reached down and picked t up and tossed it to the trash with such ease. It made it right into the narrow opening. She quickly cursed herself for that and hoped he didn't notice how she had made that without even looking at it.

Feeling his hand on her shoulder she tore her eyes and mind away from worrying about making the shot and looked over at him. He was so close. His lips were so close. Were they getting closer? Yes indeed they were. Wait, was she moving in as well? She held her breath in anxious wait -their lips practically brushing against the other. Would this be her first kiss?

What in the world was that noise? A phone? Rei pulled away from her and she pulled back as well. Her face flushed a deep crimson. She looked up at him as he left her. He said he would be back. She took this time to check her phone while she waited. She gasped.

"Damn Bri...four missed calls?!" She hissed and called Bri back, and she did not like what Bri had to say.

"IT"S WHAT?!" She shouted jumping up. She could just imagine Bri cowering in fear on the other end of the phone. "Damn, do we know at least what it does, and where it's at?" She asked. Silence as she sighed and tossed her sunday in the trash. So much for a good afternoon. "Damn it...alright.

"Your mobile gear is packed in your sync watch. New feature." She added with a more chipper tone. Sonya looked down at her watch and smirked. She turned the dial and watched the screen flip to her gear. She smiled.

"Good, thanks Bri...oh and see if you can find me any information on a Reizen." She said.

"Last name?"

"I don't have it yet..." She added.

The two girls said their goodbyes and Sonya took her seat back at the bench. She waited for Rei as long as she could before standing up and wandering around. She wouldn't wander too far off, she would still be close enough they would be able to find eachother.

Reizen went to the bathroom and hesitated. He decided to go in and wash his face for a bit. Not long after, he found himself staring onto the mirror. What was he to do? Follow his instinct born from the hatred against the empire? Or was he to try this new feeling that he can’t seem to get enough of.

“Damn it, why now?” Reizen muttered, asking himself as he was tempted to hit the mirror. He heaved a sigh and combed his hair a bit. He fixed his clothes and straightened up. He had decided to forget about the whole thing and just go back to Sonya. He made his choice.

He went out of the bathroom and was about to return to her when he saw a delivery truck. It had the mall’s logo on it but there seemed to be something off. Don’t these trucks usually go in packs? He heaved a sigh. Why did this have to happen now? There were so many assumptions that would lead to him suspecting that the weapon as contained in the truck. Biting his lip, he went to take a sneak peek.

Once he was there, the ‘employees’ seemed to have met up with another ‘employee’. They then took a box from this other employee. He couldn’t quite see what was in it. It was covered with a veil of sorts. Not realizing what he was doing, he took his phone out and took a picture. It was foolish of him as the loud clicking sound and the flash alerted this people of his presence.

“Hey! You there!” One of the employees pointed to him in a gruff voice. Panicking, Reizen broke into a sprint. However, he felt a sharp pain in his left. One of the employees had shot him in the leg! He turned around, only to see that the men were approaching him, one of them carrying the box. He tried to back away but it was no use…until, he felt a rock. Figuring that they were in a parking lot, he picked it up and tossed it to them. It had hit the box with the veil. Apparently, the box was made of glass and it shattered. A round metal orb rolled out and rolled towards Reizen. He picked it up and wondered if it was a weapon. It was more of a toy.

“Damn, kid,” the man pointed the gun to his head.

’Now would be a perfect time for those charges to go off,’ Reizen thought of wistfully. The sphere glowed and before the man could pull the trigger, the charges went off. Reizen didn’t know what was happening. All he felt was a hot searing pain on his hand and several loud explosions. He thought for sure he was dead. The charges detonating caused him to be thrown back a little. His head hit the cold ground and he was knocked out cold. As for the orb, it was gone.

Sonya wandered around the area outside the mall for a while. What could be taking Rei so long? She wondered if maybe she should wander back to the bench. So she did however just as she turned to leave where she was wandering around for the bench a series of massive explosions went off, the shock sent Sonya skidding across the grassy lawn as people began to scream and the building began to catch on fire. "Shit." She hissed. She pulled out her phone and called Bri. She flipped the phone open to show a transparent hologram of Bri's face.

"I have a problem here." she said through gritted teeth as she stayed on her stomach on the grass. Bri seemed to be scanning the area behind her.

"I can see that. I'll notify base, you're team will be with you soon."

"Good, you stay at the school and let me know if anything happens around there."

"Roger." Bri's face zipped back into the phone's projector and Sonya pocketed it and turned the dial on her watch and pressed the side buttons. Then shooting out from the watch was a million of thin silky wires that wrapped around her body replacing her school uniform with the wires that continued to multiply and grow as it covered every inch of her body including her face. It slowly began to harden around her leaving her to stand in what looked like a teal and black latex uniform -a military uniform.

Black armored boots, teal latex body suit with black accents, black armored gloves and then a black and teal helmet protected her face and hid her identity. In other words she looked smoking hot and completely terrifying. She looked up as two hover copters landed near her deploying a team of 10 soldiers in similar gear, except their faces were exposed. Sonya walked to them.

"Captain are you alright?" One asked.

"Fine...spread out, find any leads I want to know what caused this, and if the weapon is here retrive it...but DO NOT touch it." She barked at them hitting a side button and the black glass that covered her face faded so they could see how serious she was. "NOW!" She shouted. They saluted called a Ma'am yes Ma'am and dispersed. Two stayed with her. Now to find if Rei was ok.

Reizen came around after a short while. His vision was a bit blurry and he was already thinking if he was dead. That blast deafened him a little. Soon, his view came into focus and he saw that the whole place was wrecked and was on fire. The men were on the floor, their bodies singed as their upper bodies were caught in the blast. He was glad that he was lying down on the ground when the blast had happened. He tried to get up but he felt a sharp pain in his left leg. That’s right…he had been shot.

“Damn it, I shouldn’t have lost my control in this excitement,” he muttered as he tried to get up. He tried to prop himself up against the wall. He made it but walking would be a different problem. He took out his phone and look through the phone numbers. He then realized that he had forgotten to get her number! It was foolish of him. “I’m starting to lose myself,” he muttered, taking his mistakes a little bit too seriously. He usually never makes any mistake…ever. But now there were a series of events that forced him to see that he was not as perfect as he would expect himself to be.

“If only I can call Sonya,” he muttered wistfully, half wishing it was possible. Then, it took him by surprise that his phone had dialed an unknown number. He then started to have a hunch. The charges went off when he had wished they would to serve a distraction. Now, he wanted to call Sonya and his phone was dialing a number. Now that he had pondered about it, the orb was gone. But he would worry about that later. Right now, he was more worried about Sonya. He really should have gone to her immediately. He placed the phone near him and waited for someone to answer…

Sonya hit the side of her helmet again and the black shade slipped back over her eyes putting up a graphic screen in front of her. She was getting a call from someone. She didn't know the number, so she refused to answer it. The only phone call she would be taking would be one from Bri or her superiors, then again, upon looking at the card Rei had given her she realized that the number was Rei's "Tack!" She ordered her gear.

A visual map of the area began to unfold before her. She knew were he was now, and he wasn't far. She turned to the two escorts protecting her as she reached over and pulled one of their rifles from them. "Thank you." She said in a rather condescending tone. She locked and loaded it and stepped away. "Go and help evacuate the area." she ordered. The men left her as she headed in the direction of where Rei's phone call was coming from.

She heard gun fire and frowned. So there were terrorists in the area, which meant the weapon was close by. She gritted her teeth. She knew Rei was ok, however, the gunfire was coming from his direction. She raised her wrist to her helmet. "I need beta team out on the east side of the building, we have enemy fire." she ordered. She proceeded down the walkway as civilians rushed past her. "Medics are on their way." She called after them she turned forward, and realized she was jogging slightly.

The area was getting hotter and fire was everywhere. She frowned. "Rei...please be ok...." She muttered softly. That was when she found him. Sitting against a wall. She walked over to him and lowered the gun. Her identity hidden behind the gear and helmet she held out her hand for him -but did not speak. She would carry him out of- wait...was that a gun shot wound on his leg? Oh she would rip these terrorists to pieces!

It was ringing for sure. Reizen could not come up with a logical explanation of how his phone would dial a number on its own. But there was a nagging feeling in his that told him that it really was Sonya’s number he was calling. Soon, he heard the ringing. It gave him a bit of a relief. It would mean that her phone was not destroyed by the blast so, in a way, she was safe from that. He hated to be a pessimist but when the time went on that she didn’t answer, he was getting worried. Perhaps there was a collapse. He tried not to think about any negative thoughts and just hoped she was alright.

“Come on, Sonya…answer it, please,” he muttered, his grip on his phone tightening as he collapsed and just sat there, leaning on the wall. He heaved a sigh and placed the phone down as one of the imperial soldiers had approached him. As much as he hated the empire, it seems that he would have to depend on them for now. He shook his head and hesitated a bit when he was offered a hand. Taking a deep breath, he reached out to take hold of the hand. It felt a bit familiar and he would given it more thought but the pain in his leg shot up and he almost fell back. He placed his hand on the soldier’s shoulder and used him (not knowing her gender) as a support.

“You have to help me,” he requested of the soldier. “Have you seen a girl? She’s a bit shorter than me. She has long dark hair and a bit of a tan skin. She has these beautiful green eyes. We were parted a while ago and I’m worried about her,” he inquired, having no choice but to fully rely on the military now. He was powerless in this situation.

“I tried calling her but she wouldn’t answer. Please help me, she means a lot to me…”

The soldier was shorter than Rei, but looked over at him and took his arm and moved it behind her neck to help him stand. “Have you seen a girl? She’s a bit shorter than me. She has long dark hair and a bit of a tan skin. She has these beautiful green eyes. We were parted a while ago and I’m worried about her,” Sonya froze and gulp. He was talking about her. He thought her eyes were beautiful. She smiled behind the helmet and changed the tone of her voice, though it was still obviously female.

"Yes I saw her, and she already gave me a headache...she was evacuated with several other civilians. Don't worry your friend is safe. " She said. "She asked me to come find you, so here I am." She said. She was so happy she had this helmet on. "There are Medics outside waiting for wounded, I have to get you to one." She glanced back and raised her hand that held the gun. "Katterjohn, Finch, come to my location and clear out these terrorists, I want information, and find the package." She shouted. "I have a wounded civilian." She added.

"Roger, on our way Ma'am." A voice broke over and Sonya turned to leave with Rei.

"Hold on." She told him as she kept one arm around his waist as she helped him to stand.

She moved through the halls of the garage while members of her team moved to take care of everything and put out the fire. She helped him across the lawn and to a medical tent that had been set up. She helped him to sit on a table and called forward. "I have a gun shot victim." She ordered and a medic was quick to rush to his side. The soldier stopped. "I hope you find your friend." She said and then left the tent.

He had gotten a response and he figured out that she was a female soldier. And from the looks of her uniform, she was one of the high ranking ones. He almost had refused her help, feeling that he was getting a little too close to her. He still had Sonya in his mind so, unsure why he was being sensitive to contact from another female, he was hesitant. But he had no choice but to let her haul him away since he obviously can’t with that wounded leg.

“Oh, thank god…” He heaved a sigh of relief and his legs weakened a bit but he managed to stay standing. He was so glad that she was alright and that no harm had come to her. He figured that she probably was caught up in the chaos that she didn’t notice her phone ringing. Yes, that was probably it. He was a bit flustered that Sonya had worried about him and had asked an imperial soldier of high ranking to go and search for him. It made him feel a bit more special. Soon, he was brought to a medical tent and he was set to be treated for the gun shot wound.

“Wait,” he called out to her before she left. “Thank you,” he muttered before he let the medic take care of his injury. Everything seemed normal. Soon, the damage was treated and his leg was bandaged. He can walk but he probably won’t be able to run for a long while. Plus, he’d have a limp with him that is somewhat noticeable. He fiddled around with his phone again and looked at the last number that it had dialed on its own. He was a bit caught up that he had not noticed the medic asking for his name.

“Ummm, Reizen,” he replied. “Reizen Kieran.” Of course, his real name was Reizen Rozenkreuz but he was not one to divulge that he was the banished prince of the empire. No. Not when he had gotten involved in this and perhaps had a chance of a normal life with Sonya.

The teal knight walked around and met up with her team. The circled around her and Bri had joined them She was in the same gear only hers was gray and black like the other soldiers camo. She spun the dial around her wrist and the gear seemed to be absorbed back into the watch and her school uniform was still tattered from the explosion. "Lieutenant carry on with clean up, and chaos control. I have a previous engagement to get back to." She tossed the rifle back to the one soldier and was saluted by her men. "Carry on." She told them and turned she matted and messed up her hair and took as and dirtied herself with it.

She rushed to the medic tent and with a deep breath and managed to elevate her nerves as she came pushing through the tent with crazy eyes and disheveled hair. She spotted Rei and called his name. "REI!" She shouted and ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I was so scared." Oh the weak little girl act... "I was so worried about you, I found an Imperial Knight and begged with them to find you!" She held onto him tightly and buried her face into the crook of his neck.

She turned to look up at him and smiled. "Are you ok?" She asked and looked down at his leg. "Wha -what happened to you?" She gasped out. Of course she knew what happened, but to ask why was he shot? was another thing, and best avoided. However, it was something she wanted to know. She also wanted to know why he was near that single van with all of those men dead around him, and why did the bombs go off when he left? God willing it was just a coincidence. She really prayed it was. She looked away from his gun shot wound and up into his eyes. He had called her beautiful. She smiled and decided to take a leap. She took his face in her hands and smiled. "You know what? I'm just happy you're ok." She said and kissed his forehead.

He was asked a few details, some which he had withheld so they will not know his true identity. He was about to give his reason for being there when Sonya had pushed through the tent. She had this sort of panicked and worried look on her face. He heard her call out his name and soon, she had run up to him and placed her arms around him. He almost stumbled back but he managed to keep sitting. He placed his arms around her. “I’m alright, Sonya. I’m fine,” he tried to comfort her. There was a bit of a nagging feeling at the back of his head but he decided to dismiss it for now.

She had asked about his leg. He saw that she was worried about him. She did not ask anymore questions which made him a bit relieved. He didn’t want to have to explain that someone had given him a tip on a weapon being shifted there. He barely had the chance to answer when he felt her hand on his face. She had then kissed him on the forehead and he couldn’t help but smile.

“Sonya, I,” he stroked her hair a bit and placed a gentle hand on her chin. His heart throbbed faster and he was getting nervous. But just as he was about to move closer and kiss her, they were interrupted by the medic, asking for his alibi.

“Oh,” he was a bit disappointed but he decided to answer. “I had gone to one of the restrooms. I was a bit, well, nervous,” he looked a bit at Sonya and a small hint of crimson was on his cheeks. “So I went out for a walk and get some air. I came across some employees that were carrying this package. When they saw me and one of them drew out a gun. I tried to run but I was shot. I heard loud explosions and blacked out a bit,” he finished, pulling Sonya closer for comfort. Of course, he didn’t want to say anything else so he stopped right now.

The medic seemed to be satisfied, although he had a bit of a curious look on his face as he went away. Deciding to change the aura of the situation, he turned to Sonya again. “I’m glad you’re alright,” he smiled and moved closer. “You know…I…I think…” He drew closer to her and placed his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. “Sonya, I…” He wasn’t able to continue when his lips brushed against hers. He closed his eyes. Now, he was slightly hesitant. Will she pull away? He recalled the incident with that guy and...he remembered how this guy claimed her. It seemed to have made him a bit more determined. He knows he’s better than that guy. ’I think I like you a whole lot…maybe even love…’ He thought to himself as he went for it. He pressed his lips to hers gently. She was his first kiss.

He felt he was extremely losing himself. This was something new to him. And he was slightly afraid how things would turn out.

Sonya's heart fluttered when he ran a hand through her hair and held her chin, was he going to kiss her? This would be one kiss she wouldn't mind. Sonya smiled up at him hearing him confirm that he was ok, and that bloody medic could not have had better timing he looked at her with a raised eyebrow and she gave him a flash of death with her eyes. He looked like he was about to salute her since he was a military medic, but he stopped upon seeing that in her eyes.

“Oh, I had gone to one of the restrooms. I was a bit, well, nervous, So I went out for a walk and get some air. I came across some employees that were carrying this package. When they saw me and one of them drew out a gun. I tried to run but I was shot. I heard loud explosions and blacked out a bit.”

Sonya turned to face him quickly with shock written on her face. So those men in the van were terrorists and she couldn't help but doubt his story. What if he helped smuggle the weapon in? He didn't mention the weapon, but he was pulling her close for comfort like he really had been scared. Her face softened and she glanced down at him wound. She felt slightly guilty, she had made him nervous and he had walked off to calm down and now here he was shot and covered in soot. The Doctor walked away leaving them as he went to tend to other injured. He was calling her name and she turned to face him. She searched his eyes. He looked at war with his own thoughts and what would be actions, but his face was looming in on hers. He had something he wanted to say, and she couldn't help but at the last moment she looked away from his eyes to his lips and before she could ask "What?" his lips connected with hers and her stomach back flipped, twisted and her heart skipped a beat. She supposed she could take this as payment for just saving his life. She smiled into the kiss and kissed him back wrapping her arms around him as she raised up to her toes to reach around him from where he sat on the medic table.

This was so new to her, it was like something was blooming inside her, and she had a feeling it was too good to be true. Something was off, anything that felt this nice had to be wrong.

She broke the kiss and looked up to him with slightly pink cheeks. "Rei...ummm..." She looked down with a blushing smile. She pulled one hand away from him and put her fingers to her lips. She looked up at him and giggled softly in her chest. She stepped back and held out her hands. "Come on...we should get you back to the the dorms." she said softly. She held out her hands for him and once he took them she helped him stand -exactly the same way the Imperial knight had done so just a hour earlier.