Final Fantasy Online

Chapter 23: Tears of the Vixen

Late does not even begin to describe how late I am with this. But technically it's still today. Or tomorrow for yesterday. Blarg!

-FFO-

Disclaimer: It's not mine. SAO isn't mine. FF isn't mine.

-FFO-

Chapter 23: Tears of the Vixen

-FFO-

1:10am

Location: Arum

{Final Fantasy XIII-2: Eclipse (Aggressive Mix)}

Yami dashed off the teleport platform to the southern gate. It was the fastest way to the wolf's den. The route she took wasn't near any chocobo rental posts so she had to go by foot. Now, Yami wished she had Tsukino's stamina or Lumino's warp or Raiden's speed. Even Shinryu would help.

It being the dead of night, she got jumped by a lot of daemons. They were just weak goblins but they sure got in the way. It took her a full hour to get to the Wolf's Den.

Without resting, Yami ran into the dungeon. She was tired but she didn't care. She ran into the cave that was filled with hog bones.

Several goblins jumped her at the entrance. She cut right through them using Lion's Roar. She entered the first chamber but kept on running. She didn't see the tags on the floor until she ran into the wall that was formed. "Dammit! What the hell?" Yami cursed. On the wall - like in Tsugasa's 'office' - there was writing on the wall.

'3 trials before you reach the three. Do your reflexes match that of Ren's?'

Suddenly, lightning struck the area that Yami stood. She looked up and saw lightning tags on the roof. 30 of them. "My guess is that I'm supposed to dodge those."

One of the tags lit up and lightning struck the ground again. Yami dodged. She realised that with each bolt, a tag disappeared. Two tags lit up. Then three. Then four. It got harder each time. Lightning rained from the ceiling from the cavern and Yami dodged at the skin of her teeth.

She summoned her katana. The final ten lit up. Yami had no real place to dodge. She held her blade heavenward. The bolts of lightning hit her blade. Yami's HP gauge was being shaved away.

"It's cold out tonight," Tsuyomi said.

"Yeah," Ren agreed.

"Ren, is it really necessary to camp out here night?" Ren's little sister (by one year) asked.

"Of course it is. Do you really think they'll be copy's available by the time we wake up and get here from home? No? Thought so."

"Yikes, didn't even give me a chance to answer."

"Hey, to take our minds off the cold, did you guy's think of what names you'll pick? I'll start. I'll be Setsuna." Tsuyomi asked.

"I'll just stick with my normal name," Ren said.

"Me too," Rin agreed.

"You too are really boring. What about her?" Tsuyomi asked referring to the 4th person of their group. She had earphones in so she didn't hear the conversation. Rin tapped her shoulder. She pulled the wire and removed one of the ear pieces. "We were just talking about the names we'll have in our game. Did you put any thought into yours?"

"No," the girl responded. Her purple eyes looked into the darkness of the streets and shops across her. "Yami."

"Eh?"