11 'sTraining's

The next day after training with the group, prince Noctis arrived on time.

The other girls who saw this, was shell shocked, they didn't expect the prince to train here, because the palace has their own training room.

But prince Noctis ignored their stares and headed straight to where Snow was waiting.

Snow looked shy and nervous seeing him approach her. She was very aware of the eyes that followed him as he entered the room and walked towards her.

She was also very aware that the prince's eyes haven't moved from her, which made her shift uncomfortably.

When she shifted her eyes to his, a small smile came to his lips. She returned the smile looking down to keep him from seeing the blush that creeped up her cheeks.

"Do you want train here, or at the palace?" He asked Snow when he reached her, "we can train here.... your highness" He chuckled, "what's with the formalities? You can call me Noctis you know."

Her eyes shot up, "Only if you want me to" she replied, "of course, we are training partners after all" he said and winked at her, "we can begin when you're ready" he said, more serious while turning away to warm up.

Snow didn't know what to say, that seriousness gave her a feeling that she does not want to make him angry.

She could still feel eyes on them, when she looked around she could see a few girls was whispering to each other, looking their way. She sighed, great, their obviously gossiping about her, she thought by her self, but she quickly pushed them out of her sight, and focused on her opponent in front of her. She gave nothing away, her expression stayed neutral, revealing nothing as she took her fighting stance.

Noctis saw her change in expression, and he immediately knew that she has been taught well. He gave her an expression equally to hers, cold but neutral.

As he took his fighting stance, Snow was confused, although she didn't show it, she wondered by herself where his weapons where.

Snow took out her sword, awaiting for Noctis to make his first move.

Seeing this, Noctis swiped he's hand hiriozontel, blue lines showed, forming a sword before it appeared in a solid form.

Snow was shocked and amazed at the same time, before regaining her expression.

"Ready?" She heard him ask, "ready" Snow replied and gave a short nod.

In an flash, they moved as one, meeting each other in the middle, locking swords. Both of them showing no hint of warmness as they ducked at each other blows. Each blow more fierce than the previos one.

Yuna, that was part of the crowd that was watching them 'train' was amazed. She never saw Snow like this before, probebly because none of them was as good as her, so they were hardly a challenge for her.

But now you could clearly see the potential that both of them had. As Yuna watched them, the rest if their friends came to her, Cinthea, spoke, "is this a challenge between them?" she asked in awe, Yuna smiled, "no, prince Noctis asked Snow to be his training partner" Cinthea and the group was shocked, "what, when did that happen?" Thea exclaimed, "don't get worked up Thea, he only asked her yesterday" Yuna explained calmly.

Cinthea, who got her voice back first, rained Yuna with questions, "how can you be so damn calm about it, I mean, it's the prince, and how come she only told you?"

Fay, who said nothing the entire time, spoke up, "Calm down Cinthea, it was probebly for this exact reason why she didn't tell you, she knew you would react this way, and lets not forget, she is much more closer to Yuna than she is to us" Fay explained, and pushed her glasses up so that it wouldn't fall of.

"Well it sure doesn't look like training to me, it looks more like a challenge" Thea commented, her focus on Snow who had just put some distance between her and prince Noctis, her gaze just as sharp, as when they began, but now with a hint of fierceness in her eyes.

"Well, they are both top students, the prince is just making sure he can still defend himself when the time arises while he's out on his road trip." Yuna said, which Fay nodded to.

Fay is a bit shorter that the rest of them, with two braids that hangs loosely on the two sides of her head, she wears purple glasses that complements her dark blue eyes. Fay is also a bit smarter than the rest of them, but because she is so smart, she could quickly form a new plan when in battle. She is 22, which makes her the youngest.

Cinthea's long hair is blond with light curls, which hangs loosely at her sides, she as longer than the average hight for her age, and because she is good at aim, she's works with bow and arrow's. Cinthea is the second oldest, she turned 30 this year.

Thea is very slim, with black hair which hangs on her shoulders, she has good reflexes which makes her good at throwing little things like daggers. She is 25 years old, which makes her the second youngest.

Then Yuna, she is the eldest, she is 31 years old, she can be calm when others is not, she can usually see the bright side in a dire situation, she is also very good at teasing people, but people think because she is like this, they can walk over her, but they will quickly realise their mistake.

When they turned their focus back to what was happening in front of them, both the prince and Snow was breathing fast.

Snow took deep breaths as she was trying to get her breathing under control. Noctis was good, she didn't expect anything less from him, she just thought because it would be his first time in a long time to train, he wouldn't be this good already, but she noticed his movement and speed, in the begining it was slow, but as they advanced he suddenly changed, and it was as good as hers.

She wonderd why he suddenly changed, then it occured to her, maybe he was testing her to see how much strength he can use. But why? Is he afraid that he would hurt her? She immediately felt her heart flutter at the thought.

She stood up from her crouch position after regaining some control over her breathing.

When she posistioned her sword in her right hand, she looked at Noctis, she could read nothing from his face, he had no expression, and his eyes showed no warmth in them, almost like he didn't know who she is, but just a person who should be beated by him.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind and in a blink of an eye he was in front of her. Sharp gasps were heard from the crowd.

A flash of surprise crossed Snow's face.

She barely blocked him.

She realised that he ment business, and from the looks of it, he's not going to hold back any more.

Ice coldness were then found in Snow's eyes, even the little bit of warmth that Snow appeared to have, has disappeared.

If he wanted to play like that, what's stopping me from doing it, Snow thought.

When Noctis saw that Snow's expression changed to something he never have seen before, he was surprised. He, of course knew about the coldness in his eyes, but he thought it always was there, never once thinking that every time he looked at her, that very coldness would turn into warmth.

When Noctis looked into Snow's eyes again, it was like something has changed, when he looked more carefully he saw, that Snow's eyes didn't have that beautiful ocean blue colour anymore, but instead, an icy blue colour over took Snow's eyes, the green in her eyes were lighter, you have to know how to look to see it, otherwise you wouldn't even know it was there.

For the first time since Noctis saw her, she was truly frightning, if he was someone else, he would have run for the hills, but instead he stayed, because the more he looked, the more beauty he saw in her eyes.

And in that moment he knew, that this was no ordinary girl.

Snow could feel something was coming alive in her, something she has never felt before, something cold, almost like a storm was going to explode from inside her at any moment, but not just any storm, it felt like a snow storm, cold like ice, but also beautiful.

Feeling this new energy, she pushed herself away from him, onto the wall behind her.

Everyone was shocked to say the least, including prince Noctis. Everyone wondered where this new found power came from, was it the same power she used at the summit? If so, and why was it appearing again only now? All of these thoughts were running through their minds.

"Rrrraaaaaahh!" Snow lunged at Noctis with such speed both of them was nocked to the ground. They rolled a few times before stopping, Snow was sitting on top of Noctis, each others swords drawn at each others necks.

Everything was silent for a moment.

Snow's eyes turned back to normal as they both lay there, stunned with what just happend, both trying to get their breathing under control.

Snow lowered her sword seeing Noctis's eyes. Suddenly she became very aware of how close they were, her cheeks turned into a light shade of pink. She also saw that her left hand was next to his head supporting her, whilest her right hand was holding her sword.

Embarrassed, she quickly climed off of him, looking at the crowed that was gathered here, she saw out of the corner of her eye prince Noctis also stood up, when everyone saw the fight was over, they immediately began to clap hands, like it was a show especially made for them.

Snow turned to the prince and said, "I'm sorry, this shouldn't have happend, I don't think it's such a good idee anymore that we train together, and you are already good, so you have nothing to worry about." She felt so guilty, it wasn't supposed to happen. She can't even look him in the eye right now. She lost complete and utter control.

He smiled, "What are you....." before he could say anything more, she interrupted him, "I am sorry.... your, highness" she then bowed and quickly walked off, she couldn't stand to be near him a second longer, she felt ashamed. What if she couldn't stop herself and hurted him, or worse...

She gathered her things before heading of to her room. Her friends who saw this, went after her.

As for prince Noctis, he was shocked, was she really that ashamed of beating him? Or was she scared because she may have lost control and could have hurted him? Why would she even think that, is it because she has feelings for him?

He knew she had feelings for him, from the day they first met, and he also knew she had been trying to ignore those feelings. It irked him, and he wondered why.

He isn't use to these feelings, and without noticing it, Snow had become a big part of his life.