I get home after the day concluded. While Sidney went to work on dinner, I went to our room in an endeavor to be alone for a while. It finally set in that one of my dearest friends is dead. I lay on the bed for a long time before I hear the door open.

Sidney pops her head in and says, "Sweetheart, dinner is ready."

I look at her and I say, "I'm not all that hungry. Don't wait up for me."

She says, "Paul, come on you need to eat."

My eyes widen, she has never called me by my first name before. Seeing that she isn't going to give up, I get up and go to the living room where she has laid out both of our plates on the coffee table. She sits down on the couch and picks up her plate. I sit down next to her and I do the same.

She glances at me as I finish my plate. "J, I know how hard it is to loose a loved one. It creates a hole in your heart and you cannot refill that hole until it heals. I'll always be here for you." She lays her head in my shoulder and I put my arm around her we sit there for a few minutes in a comfortable silence until she says, "Come on. You need to get some sleep, so you can be fully rested for tomorrow." I nod and we make our way into our room. She lays down on the bed and I lay down beside her. I put my arm around her and fell asleep not long afterwords.

TIME SKIP

I wake up to see that Sidney is still asleep. I carefully try to get up. She stirs and looks up at me, "What time is it?"

I look at her and smile, "It's 5:30AM, I'm gonna go get in some early morning workouts and training."

She makes a small noise and says, "No. Don't go, come here."

I try to protest, but i just couldn't resist those eyes. I lay back down beside her. I put my arms around her as she clings to me like a koala bear.

A few hours pass and I look at the clock. I try to move but she just clings to me tighter. I say, "Babe, we need to get up." She whines and buries her head in my shoulder. I say, "Really? Come on. My match starts in an hour. I need to get ready." She nods and loosens her grip on me. I get up, shortly followed by her. I put on my armor, and i equip my sword and shield. After she gets dressed and equipped, we head for the arena.

We come up to the entrance of the tunnel. I turn around and we crash into a hug. She says, "Don't die."

I say, "I don't plan on it."

She says, "Remember, he is fast you be faster. Also remember the special skill he has."

I say, "How could I forget?" I look down.

She grabs my face and i look at her. She says, "I love you."

I say, "I love you too." I lean in and our lips meet for a long drawn out kiss. She pulls away and goes to find a seat.

I make my way down the tunnel until I'm told to wait just outside the arena. I hear my gamer tag announced. I run out to be met with a roaring crowd. I look around and my eyes meet Sidney's. She gives me a thumbs up and I give one back. Then i hear the name of my Opponent. He comes out with a different weapon. He pulls out a long sword that looks like a dark version of the Master Sword. He isn't playing around with this one. He points the sword at me. I draw the Master Sword and I do the same. His eyes widen in shock. Maybe he didn't know that I had it or didn't pay attention. We take our stances as the countdown begins. 3...2...1...GO!

We race towards eachother with tremendous speed, and we clash in the middle sending a shockwave throughout the arena. We continue to clash again and again. I block some of his attacks with my shield. I got a few good hits in and he gets a few good hits in. Overall, it's a bloody stalemate. Everytime I would chip his health away, he would chip at mine. This went on for what felt like an hour. He finally got very frustrated and I saw his blade become shrouded in darkness. His skill is activating. The only way I can defend this attack is if I activate my skill.

A pure white light surrounds the blade of my sword. I feel the power coming from my sword. We begin to run at each other. We clash a couple times until we get locked into a pushing battle. It goes on for a few minutes before I knock his sword out of the way and I punch his stomach with the hilt of my sword. I take this opportunity to do a critical hit across his chest. He becomes dazed and I begin to hit him without mercy. I speak as each hit lands, "This, is for Joseph! This, is for his mourning family! And this, is for me!" I finally plunge my sword through his chest and his health goes away fast until it finally depletes to zero. His body disappears into a cloud of smoke. As the dust around me clears, the crowd begins to cheer. I collapse from exhaustion.

I wake up in mine and Sidney's house on our bed with Sidney sitting beside me. I say, "Hey." She looks down at me and she hugs me tightly.

"Your health was almost gone. You barely made it out of that fight alive." She slaps me on the shoulder and says, "Don't ever scare me like that again!"

I sit up and hug her tightly, "I'm so sorry. I guess I was so blinded by rage that I didn't pay attention to my health gauge. It will never happen again."

She says, "I can't loose you."

I say, "And you never will."