Disclaimer: Le me no own Kingdom Hearts and Disney. Comprende? XD

A/N: I know Horace Horsecollar isn't an opponent in Fruitball, but I can't just write Chip and Dale losing most of the time! XD The real reason why I wrote this story was because I had to write the three of them playing the Disney Town minigames together. /bricked

Okay, so I really meant that. I mean, it would be awesome if they raced each other and played Fruitball against each other and such! It would be totally hilarious and totally a win! And mixing this story up with some TerQua just made me want to write this story more. Sorry for the late update, by the way! I started putting up original stories of mine on wattpad (although I still love writing fanfiction more!) and I became obsessed with Captain America: The First Avenger movie (though I have yet to watch The Avengers) and I just had my heart broken from the love story of the man. I mean, getting separated from the one you love is just horrible! But I guess it applies to TerQua fans too because Aqua and Terra are still separated from each other. Let's just hope it's not for long!

Thanks to everyone who read, favourited, and alerted this fic! :D I'm so happy you guys like this! And shout outs to Aria Iris, WishingDreamer5, MissTechnicality, and k for reviewing! :D And to MissTechnicality, I'm actually using English (UK) spelling, so I'm sorry for the confusion! ^^;;; But thanks for pointing it out! :D

Royalty Romance

Chapter 4

Fruitball Challenge?

Ventus quickly ran back to the Raceway, panting when he spotted Terra within ten feet from his distance, and panted from exhaustion. He crouched his back, holding his knees for support, before falling on his back again to rest. He poked his head up and saw Terra pacing, hand on his reddened face.

Wait, reddened?

He sprang up and walked towards his obviously frustrated friend. Ventus placed a hand on Terra's shoulder and felt the brun shiver at his touch.

"Terra, it's just me," he squeaked.

"Oh." Terra's tension faded away as his shoulders fell and his body eased up. "So... is she coming?"

Ven gulped. He knew Terra was a bit hard headed when it came to certain requests, but Aqua was too stubborn to apologise. "Uh... I..."

"She wants me to apologise, doesn't she?"

Ventus nodded. There was no point in lying. It would just add up to another lost cause. "Fine."

Fine.

The word echoed in Ventus' ears countless times before he snapped back into reality with the sight of Terra slowly walking towards the Fruit Ball court, hands shaky and lips muttering words of anxiety. The blond boy caught up with him and placed his hands clasped together behind his head, feeling relaxed. Maybe things might work out between them today.

Although Terra was trembling, he pointed out to himself in a thought to avoid showing it, especially to Aqua. He wouldn't want her to see that he, a muscular and capable Keyblade wielder, was afraid of apologising to a girl. He paused on his train of thought at the realisation – maybe Aqua was right about him being sexist.

Or maybe that was just him allowing his feelings to get the best of him. He knew that men often thought of themselves lowly whenever they reached a quarrel with their lover.

His face turned into a lovely shade of red. They weren't lovers.

"Terra, why is your face all red?"

He gulped. Ventus noticed. "Uh, it's hot here."

Ventus, being the inquisitive boy he was, decided not to ask further. Geez, Terra. Just tell me you're nervous! It's not a big deal!

They walked towards the Fruitball Court and saw Aqua battling Horace Horsecollar in Fruitball, and Terra marvelled at her gracefulness. She leapt to the sky, Keyblade in hand, and struck the giant apple forcefully, sending the fruit flying at the other court's net. She successfully manoeuvred two gigantic watermelons to Horace's net afterwards before the whistle that ended the game. Ventus cringed. Aqua was pretty good at Fruitball.

Horace shook her hand and congratulated her with the brilliant game. The girl smiled brightly and thanked him. Terra just stood by in amazement. Ventus couldn't tell whether it was because of Aqua's dazzling, flawless smile or because of her exceptional game at Fruitball. But if there was one thing he knew, it was that Terra had no plans to make the first move after seeing her like this. Sighing, Ventus clapped loudly and cheered.

"Go, Aqua! That was awesome!" he said, applauding her afterwards. He and Terra slowly walked towards the blue-haired mage while Aqua was giving mock-bows of appreciation. She pretended not to notice Terra until he looked at her straight in the eyes.

"That was cool, Aqua," he muttered.

"Oh. Thanks," she replied, a pink colour on her cheeks. Ventus grinned. Was this it?

"I didn't imagine a girl like you could play impressively." And his grin turned into a grimace. Terra's eyes widened a few seconds after he became aware of the words he said. He cursed himself as Aqua's eyes narrowed at him disapprovingly. So much for apologising.

"Was it hard to imagine that a girl like me could play?" she snapped back. The young blond shook his head, hoping Terra wouldn't let his anger get the best of him again.

"Well, no, I meant that–"

"I don't need any more of your explanations, Terra. I think you have made your point!"

Oh, if only Ventus had the guts to yell at the both of them. Earlier, Terra was the spineless brute who started the quarrel. Why did it have to be Aqua now? Terra's face paled and that wasn't a good sign.

"Come on, Aqua, I didn't mean–"

"Let's just see how well you play then!"

Ventus resisted the urge to slap his hand on his forehead. A Fruitball challenge? Really? Aqua wanted to vent out her anger through Fruitball?

Things took a turn for the worst when Terra's formerly desperate look transformed into an infuriated one. Ventus swore he noticed a stream of black colours swirl from Terra's body. He held back a gasp at the sight of Terra's blue eyes shifting into a golden colour before returning to normal. What could that have meant?

"You're on," Terra growled, much to Ventus' fright.

He sat by the popcorn stand, nibbling his nails as he watched Terra and Aqua take their stances on their respective courts. They summoned their Keyblades at the same time and gritted their teeth as they stared each other down. Terra's eyes narrowed as he remembered the bitter tone of Aqua's voice. He was going to apologise! Shouldn't she allow him to explain? She clearly knew that he was a bit incompetent with his words whenever he was nervous, and now she dared to challenge him?

The whistle went off, and a giant watermelon spurted from the fruit cannon. Aqua grinned – the game was in favour of her. The watermelon came flying towards her, and she quickly smashed it upwards, leapt to the sky, and plunged it forcefully towards Terra's net. The brun quickly threw his Keyblade at its direction, breaking the fall of the watermelon, and seized his Keyblade's handle again before whacking the watermelon at the open net in front of him. The point went to him when Aqua busied herself with hitting the giant banana at him. It frustrated her when she saw the watermelon land on her net, but it was worth it to see Terra slip on a banana peel and fall on his rear.

It was a thrilling match that made Ventus take out some pieces of popcorn from the machine beside him. He watched Terra dodge banana peels, hit pieces of grapes simultaneously at Aqua, and smash other fruits at her net. Aqua's nimble nature allowed her to manoeuvre around the court once Terra had banana peels sprawled on her part of the field and outwit him with other fruits. It was both astonishing and horrifying for Ventus. If Aqua lost, she might never forgive Terra. Or at least, ignore him again. If Terra lost, Aqua would still get mad at Terra for proving her words wrong.

Only ten seconds remained and Ventus felt uneasy – the scores were tied.

The only fruit that flew out of the cannon was a watermelon, and that was the easiest fruit to target towards the opponent's net. It swung to Terra's side of the court. Since the brun managed to pick up the strategies Aqua used in her movement, he gently nudged the gigantic fruit and allowed her to hit it. It went back to him, and he hit it upwards and smashed it downwards vigorously. Aqua's eyes widened at its rapid flight, and the net was far at her left. She quickly did a cartwheel and kicked the fruit before tossing it to the sky and sent the watermelon flying at the net. It touched Terra's net before the whistle, and Aqua proudly walked towards Terra.

"Reconsidering your words?" she asked. Terra dusted off his clothes before looking at Aqua. Ventus crossed his fingers, hoping Terra wouldn't let his competitiveness get to his head.

"I did earlier," he started. Aqua's smile softened. "But you made me lose in Fruitball. Guess there's no point if you're going to start boasting how great you are."

"W-what?" Aqua screeched. "Well then, this is why you didn't manage to become a Keyblade Master! You have a horrible temper!"

Terra scowled. "Me? Horrible temper? Excuse me, you were the one who didn't allow me to explain myself earlier! You thought I made a sexist comment but in truth, I was complimenting you because I don't think other women have your talent!" He took a deep breath before continuing. "But I guess apologising to you isn't worth it if it's just like this for you."

Terra walked away, leaving a speechless Aqua mentally blaming herself for Terra's sudden tantrum.

"Well, I wouldn't have said that if you didn't clear it out sooner!"

"You didn't give me the chance!" Terra snapped back before running back to the Raceway.

Aqua fell on her knees and clutched her hair. "Terra, you're so oblivious to – UGH!"

Ventus finally slapped his forehead. So Aqua was hiding her feelings too?

They were both at fault for being the densest people he had ever met.

But at least he knew that they were both competent Fruitball players and the worst people to give sportsmanship awards to.

A/N: Yes, Terra likes Aqua. Aqua likes Terra. I hated being so vague about the two of them liking each other!

So, yes, you guys can expect more minigame-based chapters, and I hope that doesn't sound lame to you all! And I apologise for using the watermelon as the main fruit of Fruitball. While playing BBS, I always target the watermelon because it's oh so easy to knock at the opponent's net! I also targeted the bananas so I get to have my opponents slip while I whack more fruits. XD I don't like the grapes because if they scatter into a lot of pieces, that gives the opponents more chance to put more fruits in my net! Oh, playing BBS is so fun! I love hanging out at Disney Town, to be honest. XD Especially when I finished the story!

Thank you for reading this chapter! Please R&R, no flames hopefully, and stay tuned for more! Hopefully they will patch things up... or will they? /bricked