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001 [Action-Garden Entrance]

[It had been a long year since Lightning had last been here, walking through the turnstiles to get back into Garden. One year of chasing a monster all over the continent without any backup. One more year with only her thoughts as company, and not so much as a clue to get home for it. Just more gil and a teaching job to look forward to come morning.

Nothing had changed, really. Not even the place looked different as Lightning looked up, eyes narrowing in thought. Would she ever find a way back? Hard to say. But she was going to try, and standing around wasn't going to solve anything. So she stepped forward, never turning her head from what was in front of her.

It would honestly be a wonder if she didn't crash into someone or something, at the pace she was following.]

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... Lightning?

[He almost didn't dare say it. No. This had to be some sort of trick. Things like this never happened. People got taken away not brought back. He looks completely dumbstruck for a moment before.

Tears well up in his eyes but he shakes them away. Nothing this good EVER happened to him. This was her. The actual Lightning. The one who saved his life over, and over, and over.

He runs towards her... hesitating for just a second before he puts his arms around her.]

Yeah. It's me.

[Lightning doesn't hesitate, just wrapping her arms around Hope and holding him close the moment he wraps his arms around her middle. Something has gone terribly wrong for him to not know her immediately, but right at this moment, she doesn't care. She's just trying to reassure him the only way she knows how, and that's by hugging him.

They both needed this. That much she knows.]

[Hope did stop crying. When... he wasn't quite sure. His mind was buzzing with an odd mixture of shock, disbelief, wanting it to be true and how much it felt like the real Lightning was there.]

I... I never thought I'd see you again.

[Thought he'd never see her again. At that, Lightning just tightens her grip a smidge.]

I'm sorry. If I'd known you were here I'd have come back sooner. [Much sooner. No monster would have given her the runaround if she'd known part of her family was here.]

[Hope grips her just as tightly.]

I... I didn't even know you were here. But... It doesn't matter. You're back.

[Hadn't even known, huh. Made sense; she'd been gone for a little over a year now. But, like he said, it didn't matter. She was back and she could fix this now.]

Yeah, I am. You're not losing me that easily. [If at all. Though her reassurances probably...aren't so good.]

[Hope had to cling just that bit tighter after hearing that.]

There's... There's a reason I thought we'd lost you.

[Hope's grip was unrelenting, and he didn't want to tell her... but there was a sense of duty and... someone had to do it. But... maybe he should wait for Snow and Serah? Yeah. Snow and Serah. That's the best plan.]

But... I'll explain later. When Serah and Snow are here.

[There's just...so much that's not making sense. What is he not telling her? What's got him so worked up that he's refusing to let go?

Whatever it is, Lightning intends to fix it as soon as she can. If that means squashing her curiousity until Serah and Snow get here...well, so be it.]

Okay. If that's what you want to do, we'll do it.

[She trusts him to know what he's sure of. Always has.]

I missed you. More than I ever thought I could.

[And... that came out awkwardly. Because Hope can't be in a hug this long without reverting to the ancient art of herp-a-derping.]

I'm glad- well. I'm glad you get to see me become a SeeD.

I know what you mean.

[And she did. Not a day had gone by that, on some level, she hadn't missed her family. Serah, him, and even Snow. But the three of them were there and she was back and wasn't that all that mattered?

It was to her, until Hope mentioned that she hadn't missed his graduation. So she'll just be pulling back enough to look him in the eyes, smiling proudly.]

Yeah. Me too, Hope.

[Graduation? He was 3 weeks into his first quarter! He grins up at her.]

I'm learning a lot. A lot about this world... If it's going to be our home we should know about it. So... I'm taking Sociology, Political Science and International law.

[Well, she had no way of knowing that. For all she'd known this was his final quarter or something.

Doesn't mean she's any less proud as she listens to him, though. He's always been a smart kid; that hasn't changed.]

And how's that working out for you?

I'm finding it easy to keep up with. There's a lot of stuff to learn though.

[Hope smiled and gave an enthusiastic nod.]

I'm enjoying it. My practical classes are cool too. I'm taking Rock Climbing.

There always is when you're dealing with laws.

[His enthusiasm is pretty near contagious as Lightning lets go all the way, nodding a bit herself. Rock Climbing is probably doing him a lot of good.]

So you've been doing alright, then. That's good to know.

Yup. Well...

[Does he mention- She'll ask anyway.]

Well. I arrived before classes started and I got this really vicious virus. I was in with the doctor for nearly a month and a half.

[Damn right she'd have asked anyway. Doesn't she always these days?]

But it's passed now, right? The doctor wouldn't have let you go otherwise...[At least, she thinks so.]

[He grins.]

I was fine for a week and a half before she finally let me go.

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[Definitely fine, and no need for Light to be worried. So she'll just be smiling a little herself.]

Yeah, she's...stubborn that way. I think she was like that before any of us got here.

[Hope smiles.]

I'm majoring in Battlefield Medicine. So I become an intern for a quarter. But that's after I take Biology and Anatomy.

[Hope gives a nod.]

I'm already taking Biology. Anatomy next quarter. I have it all planned.

[It certainly seems like he's got it all planned, so Lightning nods. Battlefield Medicine is a good area to major in, and it'll come in handy know their luck. That's one thing that she's sure hasn't changed, even here.]

Then it shouldn't take that long for you to finish your major. Not if you stick to that plan of yours.

[Hope nodded.]

This... is so weird. It's... hard to take in that you're here... the real you.

[Hope shuffled a little wondering whether he should wait. I mean... she did need to be prepared.]

We... should go find Serah and Snow.

[Hard to take in that she's here she can get. But..."The real her"? It only brings more questions than answers, and seeing him shuffle about like that is making her just a tiny bit nervous. But, if he's unwilling to talk, she won't press him. She'll just shift her bag on her shoulder so she can move quicker.]

Where do you think they'll be? The dorms?

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