I've been bad. Very bad. I knew I would be trying National Novel Writing Month and so my fanfictions would probably go a whole month untouched, however I didn't not expect that month to be October. That month was supposed to be this month, and now that this month is here...I don't want to do NaNoWriMo o.o It just isn't there...I wanna work on fanfictions more. SO! Here is the next chapter of Fighting For Love! Honestly, it's been so long since the last chapter I had to take a moment and remember where I was going to go next exactly XD I think I got it worked out, though, and hopefully that one month hasn't made this fanfic suck.

Enjoy reading! Thank you for all the reviews so far! 3

And I do not own Birth By Sleep or the characters from Birth By Sleep, except in game form.

"Man, you are so lucky," Zack was telling Terra as he filled out the entry form. He barely noticed the keyblade wielder's distraction. So many things were going through Terra's mind at that moment.

First, he was still going over everything about Zack and Aqua. Zack not only had feelings for Aqua, but had already asked her out. Sure, it looked like she had turned him down, but the fact still remained that Zack had gotten farther than Terra had the very day the two had met. Terra had known Aqua for years and still had no courage to ask her out. Well, he'd have to fix that, and fast.

Second, the entry form had brought up memories from the last time Terra had entered the games. The question Terra had been staring at for the past minute as Zack tried to talk to him was: Favorite god? Terra vividly remembered impatiently waiting for Hades to get on with the formalities as the god of death had written his own name in that same spot. And now, Terra was wondering exactly what name he himself should write in. Hades was the only god Terra knew of, but the god of death certainly wasn't Terra's favorite.

"Hey, Zack?" Terra suddenly asked, interrupting Zack's current rant on how awesome Aqua was (even though, Terra mentally noted, he'd only known her for a very short span of time). "Exactly who are the different gods?"

"Um…well, let's see…you've got Zeus, he's king of the gods…Aphrodite, technically a goddess. She's love. Artemis is the goddess of wisdom; Aries is the god of war…." Zack squinted up at the vestibule's ceiling as he tried to remember all the gods and goddesses he knew of. The one that had caught in Terra's mind was Aphrodite. The word "love" had triggered more thoughts about his feelings for Aqua. He quickly wrote the goddess's name down in the spot.

"Now, what were you saying before?" Terra said, once again interrupting Zack as he was still listing other deities.

"Huh? Oh! About Aqua?" Zack asked, but he continued talking without waiting for an answer, "She is some amazing woman. You're lucky to be able to spend so much time with her. I would kill for just a little of her time, just one date, and I bet you spend all day with her every day, don't you?"

Terra had to look away as he smirked at that remark before replying, "Yeah…yeah, I do."

"Man…I wish we could trade places for a bit," Zack said, "I just know that if I only had a little more time with her I could convince Aqua to go out with me." Now the kid was really getting annoying.

"Sounds like you really like her," Terra said, now turning to look at Zack again. He leaned against the wall while they waited for Phil to catch up and take his and Ven's entry forms. Hercules had wanted to drag the younger keyblade wielder out to do some training as soon as Ven had finished filling the form out, so Terra had agreed to give it to Phil for him.

"Duh!" Zack exclaimed, laughing at Terra's statement, "Did I not make it obvious enough?"

Terra ignored the question and instead answered with a proposition, "How about we make a wager?"

"…A wager?" Zack had no idea where this suggestion had suddenly come from.

"Yeah, on our match in the games, assuming we both make it to the finals," Terra explained, "You see, I like Aqua too." And now his jealousy about Zack and Aqua was becoming clear in his voice. Zack couldn't help taking a few steps back, a little put off by the tone he heard coming from his friend.

"Oh…I…I didn't know, Terra…" he said apologetically.

"I know, and it's alright," Terra told him, putting a hand on his shoulder. Beneath the jealousy, which had quickly gained influence over Terra, he felt a bit of guilt at scaring one of his friends like this. It was only a tiny bit, though, and didn't stop him from making his proposition, "How about whoever wins the games gets the date with Aqua?"

"Well, there's a chance neither of us could win…" Zack pointed out.

"Then whoever got farther in the games gets the date," Terra told him, "How about it?"

"…I don't know, Terra…" Zack said uncertainly, "We shouldn't mess with her like that…"

"This is coming from the guy who's going to make her go on a date with him when he's a hero whether she likes it or not?" Terra asked, and when he said it like that even Zack had to admit it sounded bad.

"You do have me there…" Zack agreed with Terra, but he still made no commitment to the bet.

"No one else is going to know, Zack," Terra promised, "Just a friendly competition between friends for the girl of both our dreams. Aqua won't hear a word."

"…Alright," Zack sighed against his better judgment, "I'm in…I guess."

"Great," Terra said, and he held out his hand. A little reluctantly, Zack took it and they shook to seal the deal.