A/N: Hello again. Updating is great. It means that the story moves. But, you know what else is awesome, getting REVIEWS!!! Not that I'm complaining. I love it when I see how many people have read my stories, but when I get no reviews for a chapter, I get a little sad. But, whatever. I'll continue writing because I love my stories. And I guess when I get no reviews, people love my stories to.

Anyways to chapter four…

Chapter Four

"I have a question," Sora said when he regained his composure. "Why do you call Kairi 'Little Lady'?" Rinoa and Zack looked at each other.

"Because she's nobility," Zack said. Rinoa nodded. She smiled at Sora.

"How do you think that Kairi was able to be one of the Princesses?" she asked him. "Sure, she's in love with you, but with that particular title, you have to have some royal lineage." Zack nodded.

"What do you mean by that?" Sora said. Zack laughed and rubbed his forehead. He looked at Kairi.

"You couldn't pick a brighter one, could you?" he asked. Rinoa swatted him with the back of her hand. He pretended to gasp in pain.

"Leave him alone," she said. Zack stuck his tongue out at her. "So what if she's satisfied by physical ambitions and not mental?" Riku snickered at that.

"Hey! That was mean!" Sora said. Zack rolled his eyes.

"Dude," he said. "For a legendary warrior, you are kinda dull-witted."

"Look," Rinoa said. "We have to get back to Hollow Baston. Kairi is one of the only nobles left from Radiant Garden. We have the codes for the computer, and we need to get going."

"What are you talking about?" Riku said. Sora just looked at both Zack and Rinoa.

"If you're going to go see Tron, you have to bring me," he said. "He won't let anyone else into the computer files unless he knows that I'm there." Zack looked at Rinoa. She shrugged.

"I'll stay here, if you don't mind," Riku said. He looked thoughtful. "I might take Selphie up on her offer." Zack snickered. Kairi gasped.

"She's a young lady!" Kairi said.

"So what? She offered, and I'm accepting," Riku said. He waved his goodbyes. "I'll see you guys later."

Kairi looked at Zack and Rinoa.

"So, how are we getting there?" she asked. They both grinned and pointed to the Gummy ship.

Back in Hollow Baston, Merlin stood in the bailey, looking out over the valley. He grimaced as he saw all of the Heartless coming out of the castle. Leon came up beside him and frowned.

"How many are there?" he asked. Merlin scanned the area.

"At least sixteen thousand," he said. "We'll need a miracle for this."

"Well, the king and Donald and Goofy are here. They should be able to help," Leon said. "I'll get Yuffie and Aerith ready. Tifa's probably itching for a fight. Cloud always wants to get his hands dirty."

"There are reinforcements coming, you know," Merlin told him nonchalantly. Leon nodded.

"Then when they get here, tell them to get down there and help out," Leon said. He took his gunblade and jumped out of the bailey. He landed cleanly on the valley floor. He grinned up at Merlin.

"No wonder she picked him as her knight," Merlin muttered. He watched as Yuffie and Aerith joined Leon. Yuffie was a little clingier to him than usual, Merlin noted as the girl would not let Leon out of her sight. Merlin felt something fly by him and saw Tifa run out into the air. She turned and saluted him. Cloud was already down there waiting for her. She made a clean landing right beside him. Merlin just shook his head and went back to his home to wait for his guests. He and Cid chatted for a while before they heard a bang on his door. He got up and opened it. He gasped as he saw his guests.

He had known that Kairi and Sora would be coming, but not the other two. Zack grinned. He wore a long leather coat and dark pants and a long dark shirt. His boots were dark too. He wore sunglasses that covered his eyes. Rinoa was almost the same. Her leather coat was dark brown; she had a blue shirt on and dark jeans on. She wore dark sneakers as her shoes. She also wore sunglasses that covered her eyes.

"We're here to talk to Squall," she said. Merlin nodded in awe.

"He goes by Leon now, kid," Cid cracked up. Rinoa nodded.

"So he did take the name?" she asked him. Cid nodded and went back to his computer. She looked at Sora and Kairi.

"Ready to fight?" she said. She turned to Merlin. "How many are there?"

"About sixteen thousand," he replied. Zack grinned broadly.

"So, that means about twenty-five hundred each," he said. Rinoa raised an eyebrow at him.

"Who says I'm going to compete this time?" she asked. He laughed.

"You always compete," he said. She shook her head.

"The one who loses has to teach the airhead how to fight," she conceded. "Same rules apply, right?"

"Yeah," Zack said. "Anything's legal."

"Good," Rinoa said and kneeled. She put her left hand to the ground and rotated it inward. She grinned and muttered something.

"HEY! THAT'S CHEATING!" Zack yelled. She grinned.

"You said anything," she said. He muttered under his breath. He took out his Buster Sword and split it into two swords.

"If you want to be like that, then first one who gets to three thousand wins," he said. She grinned.

"I'm halfway there," she said. They nodded to Merlin and ran toward the bailey.

"You should follow them," Merlin told Kairi and Sora. They nodded dumbly and ran after both of them. They got to the bailey and saw Rinoa bring out her sword. She grinned at them both.

"See you down there," she said. She jumped off the bailey and did a couple of flips before landing gracefully on her right hand. The earth shook and another fifteen hundred heartless died. Zack swore under his breath and ran after her.

"THAT IS CHEATING!" he roared. She grinned up at him and took off her sunglasses.

"IT IS NOT!" she roared up at him. He grinned and began to spin with his blades. His spinning sent cutting waves to the heartless. Two thousand disappeared instantly.

"I still win," she said when he got down. He groaned and looked up.

"Looks like their taking the long way," he mused. Rin grinned.

"They can get the ones that we missed," she said. She looked at him and he nodded. They put their weapons up and went into battle.

After three hours, both of them stopped. Rinoa looked up at the sky and heard Kairi pant for breath.

"At least you have your form down again," she commented. Kairi laughed wheezing. Sora grinned from the physical exertion. Zack gave him a nod of respect. Just as Rinoa was stretching, she felt someone come up behind her. She turned and saw Leon standing there.

"Hi," she said. She saw Zack's mouth widen and saw Tifa coming up with tears running down her cheeks. Zack took his sunglasses off and rush to her. He was whispering words to her urgently. She hit him a couple of times, but other than that, stayed in his arms without protest. Rinoa grinned and then froze as she saw Leon's furious expression.

"Explain," he said coldly. She stood in front of him rebelliously and crossed her arms.

"Make me," she said belligerently. He groaned and came right up to her so that there was nothing separating them

"Name when and where," he challenged. She laughed at him.

"I hear you're being called Leon now, Squall," she said. He grabbed her tightly.

"Don't call me that," he growled. She looked him straight in the eye.

"And why shouldn't I? It is your name," she said.

"Not anymore," he said. She softened a little bit.

"So you just had to take the nickname I gave you, didn't you? Such a brave lion you are," she said and touched his necklace. He closed his eyes and held her tightly.

"What are you doing here?" he whispered. "You have to be dreams… after wishing hard enough, I'm hallucinating… you've made me crazy, did you know that?"

"Same with me," she whispered back.

A/N: UPDATED!!! WHOOT!!! Told you I'd tell you how he got the name Leon. Next chapter will be the story behind the nickname.

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