The Final Manuver
by: Helbaworshipper
Chapter 13
"Boss, you can't be serious!" Sora's voice rang out to him the next day. "Perform the Great Maneuver?!" The training with Layla now flashed through her mind, yet she could see the Fool at the time. "You can't expect us to perform it on the spot."
"Allow me to elaborate." As if planning a cryptic message, he spoke again. "You will be training for the Maneuver, no where in that letter did I tell that any of you were performing." The letter had been a cryptic lie to cause the reaction. It had worked like he planned. "Each week you will be training with a different partner in the exact place Layla and Sora trained to perform the maneuver. We are looking at the chemistry the pairs share, not the work effort of just one partner."
"When are we going to get this test over with?" May couldn't wait, she would do beyond Sora's abilities to perform that maneuver, she had to.
On the plane...
Test Rules
1. Each week the partners will switch to train
2. The training will be done alone with the watching judges.
3. No visitors will be allowed during the test at any time.
4. The test is not on your solo abilities, so do not outshine your partner.
5. The pair that has the most chemistry in the end will be performing the maneuver planned.
6. Sabotage will disqualify anyone in the competition.
7. For the winning pair, this test will only be a warmup.
It seemed like an endless flight back to where Layla and herself had once trained for a maneuver that killed the partners before them. Did the Fool and herself have what it took to perform such a maneuver? One didn't take the training lightly. May had stayed the farthest from Sora, but watched Fool enviously from her gaze. Sora had offered her a bit of food, but she was almost maimed on her hand for doing so. Leon Oswald was a different story. He kept his eyes on Sora the entire flight, trying to understand what attracted others to the being that was Sora Nagino. He even recieved a few hateful glares from her partner at times.
It was going to be a long test.
At the Grand Canyon...
It seemed, that on top of the training, the partners would have to stay with the training partner during the week they had them. Even with the fact that there were two bedrooms and bathrooms, it seemed unlikely to ever understand what was going on in the Boss' head when he thought of this test. Sora was just happy the the weeks would go oddly with her and Fool together. "You know..."
"Yes, Sora?"
"Do you know what maneuver that the test is for? I have a feeling you know."
"All I can say is no one has ever performed it."
"Well, do you know what it is?"
"Of course."
"Then explain it to me."
"The training for the maneuver is much more than you'd ever have done with Layla. That will be making this training look like a warmup."
Kalos' Room
"You seem to catch on quick, Yuri." The voice speaking through the phone sounded triumphant, and at the same time, afraid.
"You're sure that you're not being too hasty? This maneuver isn't even known to someone like me. Perhaps you should wait to unveil this new, radical maneuver."
"I can't do that."
"Why would that be?"
"This is the only time I can do this, Eric Stage has made this all possible."
"Sora's partner?"
"Let's just say he knows this maneuver better than anyone else."
'The question is, will he be able to defend his rights to do it with Sora? One can only wonder what tragedy will occur if this test goes wrong, since Sora and Fool are the only ones that will be able to perform it.'