Final Fantasy 13-2 Fan Fiction

Dedicated to LavenderTown because she will understand this: "My wrist hurts..." :D

"Noel?" I asked, raising my head. "Is that you?"

"No," The intruder said. I turned around and saw... Caius!

"How dare you show your face around here, Caius?!" I yelled, outraged.

"I just wanted to pop in to let you know that Noel is dead."

I gasped. "You - you killed him?"

Caius cackled without humor, a horrendous sound that made me cringe. "Ha! Of course not, Serah did!"

"Wh-what?" I widened my eyes, horrified. "But he was supposed to be protecting her, what happened?"

His face turned sombre. "They were fighting, they were both close to death... Serah had three bottles of potion left, but she only managed to use one on herself, when she dropped the others, and Atlas took his final blow to Noel... He didn't have long left without a potion and - and, he died."

I felt a couple of tears sqeeze out. "I didn't know him very well, but I can't help feeling it was my fault. I was the one who told him to go after Serah... If I hadn't, he'd probably still be alive." I felt Caius' arm rest upon my shoulder.

"Lightning, you can trust me, I promise you, I will help you find Serah... Noel will not die in vain."

"Why are you suddenly helping me, Caius?"

He sighed. "I'm tired of being powerful, but having no allies... I'd rather give up the power and have people to back me up than lots of power but no one on my side."

I nodded, feeling myself gaining trust in Caius, no matter how stupid it felt. "How do we get Serah back?"