This challenge and the characters I write about do not belong to me, the challenge belongs to Wishing-Fire, and the Kingdom Hearts characters belong to Square Enix and Disney.
Author's Note: Eraqus's relationship to his students, and his thoughts for the future in those last few days before Birth By Sleep's opening.
4. Riku or Master Eraqus- Realistic
"Right, you all have your assignments for the morning's training, I shall be close to observe your progress, as well as to make sure that you will not be slacking off. Realistically, not one of you can afford to slack off."
Eraqus leveled a pale grey glance at Ventus, who looked downward at his sneakers, embarrassed at having been caught snoozing in the previous day's training. As the Master sent his pupils on their tasks for the day, Eraqus's thoughts returned to the letter that Xehanort had sent him, full of apologetic words and thoughts of the past, as well as the future. With the Mark of Mastery exam was quickly approaching, the scarred Master was being more demanding of Terra and Aqua, making sure they were both ready for the test.
Terra's swordsmanship was rivaling that of his own, a fact that made Eraqus somewhat proud as well as slightly alarmed for his own skills with Master Keeper. The earthen named teen had also taken to his namesake's element as well as he could, in comparison to Eraqus' other students. Regardless of Xehanort's somewhat veiled warnings of Terra's slumbering darkness, Eraqus had seen no such stirrings, and regarded his friend's warning as paranoia.
Aqua, the other combatant was as skilled with magic as a fully realized mage, an achievement only furthered by the voraciousness in which Aqua pursued her studies. With each new facet of magic she learned, Aqua integrated it into her own battle style, inventing and adjusting the magic she favored constantly. Eraqus hoped with all his heart that when the time came for the two pupils he had trained for years, the boy whom he regarded as a son, and the girl who had surprised him time and again would not disappoint.