Ice Prince
Well, here's chapter 14 for all you pushy people! Geeze, gimme a break will ya?!
Lol, anywho, here's the next chappie for yaz all!
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Chapter14-Fight!
"This way!" Riku pulled on Sora's hand to keep him from getting lost in the crushing mass of people.
The classroom for their biology class was still locked, so Riku and Sora stood outside the door, waiting for the teacher, with some other students.
"Hey! Sora!" Yasu came running up, and glomped the poor unsuspecting brunet.
"Yasu!" Sora was buried under her.
"Hey!" she had noticed Riku. "Who are you?"
"I'm Riku..." He was slightly frightened of the bouncy female glomping his Sora. He was not a happy Riku.
"Yasu, can you get off?" Sora was slightly annoyed. Just slightly.
"Oh! sorry Sora!" She ley go of the poor boy.
"Hey Yasu, where's Seifer?" Sora looked around quickly.
"Oh, he and I don't have the same class now, so he's off doing whatever." Yasu shrugged.
"I see." Sora nodded.
Riku was staring at Sora. Did he just ask about Seifer? Really? Then it must be true. Seifer wanted to see how good Sora was. But why? What could he possibly want from Sora? He'd better be careful around Seifer.
"Well, I gotta get to class now, so see yah Sora!" Yasu cheerfully waved, and skipped away.
"Bye!" Sora called after her.
Riku was just scared. I mean come on! It's highschool! Who still skips in highschool? Oh, wait, he couldn't say that. Selphie, Kairi's best friend still skips too. Darn.
While Riku mentally ranted about people who still skip like little girls, even though they're in highschool, the teacher had arrived, and was letting them into the classroom.
"Riku, c'mon!" Sora was impatiently tugging on his arm.
"Oh! Right." Riku blinked, and Sora rolled his eyes.
"Let's sit here." Sora was at the back of the room again.
Riku shrugged. "Sure." Sora frowned, but didn't say anything.
They settled into their seats, and class began.
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The bell rang, and the first day of school was over. Sora stood up and stretched. Riku just looked at the top of his desk, debating whether or not to let Sora fight.
"Hey Riku." Sora broke him out of his reverie. "Where's the skate park?"
"Sora, do you have to fight?" Riku's gaze was pained, and Sora flinched.
"Yes, Riku this is a friendly fight. It's nothing like the other fights I've gotten into." Sora's facial expression hardened.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I've been in plenty of fights. I know how to handle myself, okay?" Sora frowned. "So stop worrying about it."
"Well fine then." Riku was frustrated.
"Will you show me where the skate park is?" Sora repeated.
"Fine." Riku sighed. He just couldn't win!
"Great." Sora smiled. "I have to go home to get a few supplies, do you mind?"
"No." Riku shook his head. "The park isn't that far from your house actually."
"Good, that makes it easier."
"..."
"Riku, don't be mad at me." Sora frowned. "This is something I want to do. Okay?"
"Sora, I don't want you to get hurt." Riku was miserable.
"Riku, that doesn't say a lot about what you think of my fighting ability!" Sora laughed.
"Sora, look at you! Seifer must be twice your size!" Riku yelled, trying to make his point.
"That doesn't mean anything." Sora smiled. "Haven't you heard that the best ointment comes in small bottles?" He grinned cheekily.
"Ahhh!" Riku made a frustrated noise, and threw his hands into the air. "You're impossible!"
Sora laughed. "I'm learning."
Riku shook his head. "C'mon, we'd better get to your place and pick up whatever you need fist."
"Okay!" Sora danced around as they walked outside, and Riku just burst into laughter at his antics.
"Sora!" Cloud had waited for them. "Settle!"
"Awwwwww." Sora pouted, and Riku once again blushed.
"Let's go pick up Namine, and then we'll head home, k?" Cloud wasn't expecting the answer he received from Sora.
"Cloud, I'm going out as soon as we get home, pretty much."
"Where?" Cloud was curious.
"I've got a friendly fight at the skate park." Sora cringed as Cloud started all but screaming at him.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN?!" Cloud paused to let Sora answer. Sora didn't answer however.
"Sora James Strife, answer me NOW!" Cloud had used his full name. Busted.
"Your middle name is James?" Riku blinked. "wow, Cloud must be really angry to use your full name."
"You're telling me!" Sora whispered back.
"SORA!" Cloud yelled at the younger boy.
"AHH, FINE!" Sora yelled back. "It's just a friendly fight, you can watch if you want to, no weapons allowed this time! See, even better then last time!"
"You bet I'm coming!" Cloud glared at the boy. "I'm letting you go this once."
"YES!" Sora started jumping around.
Cloud shook his head, and as Sora ran ahead, Riku caught Cloud's sad whisper. "Sora, why do you have to do this?"
Riku put his hand on Cloud's shoulder, and when the blonde looked at him, he smiled reassuringly. "I know he'll be fine."
"Yeah, so do I, but that doesn't mean I have to like it." Cloud sighed.
"I know what you mean." Riku shook his head.
They both started to run to catch up to Sora, and meet Namine, who Sora was already talking to. Namine frowned. The rest of the walk home was spent in silence.
"I won't be that long Riku, if you don't mind waiting inside the door for me." Sora dashed up the stairs, and took only a minute to come back down again.
"I'll see you later Nam, unless you want to come with us!" Sora called up the stairs.
"Yeah, just give me a sec, and I'll be down, I'm coming too!" Namine's answer seemed to satisfy Sora, who turned and walked down the remainder of the stairs.
Namine soon was ready, and they all set out.
"This way." Riku pointed, and they turned down the street in silence, each lost in their own thoughts.
They reached the gates in front of the park, and Yasu was waiting by the entrance.
"Hey Sora!" She was still hyper. And Riku was still scared. So nothing had changed, except that now she had more people to scare.
"Yasu!" Sora waved back, and she opened the gate.
"You ready?" Yasu squealed at Sora's smirk.
"Bring it!"
"Alrighty then, c'mon this way!" She lead them all to a spot that was out of the way, and had grass growing, so there would be less injury if anyone fell, or was thrown to the ground.
"You'll have to wait here." Yasu stopped Cloud, Riku and Namine from going past her.
"Good luck Sora!" Namine yelled at her brother.
"Thanks Nam!" Sora called back, and waved as he was lead over to Seifer, a safe distance away from the observers.
"You ready Sora?" Seifer smiled at the smaller boy, who smiled back.
"As ready as I'll ever be!"
"Okay, let's let Yasu be the ref on this one." Seifer turned in her direction, and waved her over.
"I'm the ref?" Yasu sighed. "Aw man."
"Com on Yasu, you're hardly ever the ref!" Seifer smirked.
"Alright." Yasu sighed. "Here goes." She backed off a safe distance. "Fighters, get ready. The match is over when one person has been pinned for 5 seconds, or if someone is unable to continue. Good luck both of you."
Sora and Seifer stared at each other, both ready to move when allowed. Both wore wrist guards, so there was less chance of a wrist injury. Both also wore tight shirts, so there was no fussing with loose clothing, and comfy pants.
"And GO!" Yasu backed up even more, as the two started to slowly circle each other to size them up. The cheering began immediately, and even some of Seifer's group were cheering on Sora.
The crowd was completely unprepared for the movement that sprang into life from the 'ring'. Seifer had initiated the fight by moving first.
He jumped at Sora, who was ready for the attack. Seifer moved in, but Sora jumped back, and put some distance in between them.
Seifer smirked. "You intend to win by running?"
Sora didn't answer however, just resumed his stance.
"Alright then." Seifer moved in again, and tried to punch Sora. Sora blocked it, and quicker than Seifer could follow, threw some of his own. Seifer's nose was hit, and he felt blood running down his face.
The crowd cheered, and Sora gracefully back flipped out of the way of a kick aimed for his head.
Sora moved in, and delivered another punch to Seifer's head, around the temple.
Seifer staggered, then regained his balance. Damn, the Kid's got speed! Seifer was getting knocked about the ring, and Seifer's group was shocked that Seifer was losing this badly. But the match wasn't over yet!
Seifer feinted to the left, but darted to the right, and tried to hit Sora with a kick to the side. Sora didn't buy it, but couldn't do much to avoid it. The crowd watched as Sora blocked it the best he could with his wrist guards, but wasn't able to block the force behind the kick. The brunet was sent flying to the ground, and the crowd held it's breath as he rolled, waited to see if he'd get back up.
Sora rolled, and gracefully climbed to his feet, resuming his stance, not even wincing from the blow Seifer knew would bruise and swell a little later. He prepared to attack the smaller boy again, but he was no longer there. A blur of motion was coming at him, and he was hit before he knew it. The smaller boy had delivered an uppercut to his jaw, and Seifer reeled from the unsuspected blow, fighting to remain balanced. He couldn't stay on his feet, and he wiped the blood off of his face as he got up. "You're not too bad."
Sora grinned. "You're not too bad yourself." He ran at Seifer again, and delivered a series of punches that were mostly blocked. Some found their target, and hit Seifer's arms and face. Seifer shoved Sora away from him, and the smaller boy fell, rolling away once more, as Seifer aimed kicks at him. The crowd was screaming, but the fighters didn't seem to notice. They were in their own world now, and they were concentrated on each other. Sora managed to regain his footing, and he got up. Seifer grinned, and lunged at the boy, who blocked the punched aimed for his face. He'd had enough of the punches, so he moved in, and ducked under another punch aimed at his head. Seifer tried to move away, but Sora was too quick, and gave him a swift kick in the side.
Seifer grunted with pain, and Sora dropped to the ground, and swept his leg under Seifer's, effectively causing the bigger boy to fall. Sora jumped to his feet, and danced away. Seifer got to his feet slower than Sora, but was still quite calm. He noticed the smile on Sora's face, and decided that the brunet was loving this as much as he was.
Seifer once again lunged at the brunet, and tried to distract him with punches so that he wouldn't notice his leg coming up in a powerful kick. It didn't work as effectively as Seifer had hoped though, as Sora has sensed the movement of Seifer's body, and moved away fast enough that he was only clipped by it in the side. The same side as the other kick had been. The brunet hissed in pain, and Seifer smirked.
Both returned to circling slowly, trying to assess how much damage had been inflicted on the other.
Sora suddenly ran and jumped into the air, getting really high, until he kicked Seifer in the side of the head. Seifer tried to block it, but he wasn't fast enough. He was sent flying, and rolled dazedly to a stop some feet away.
"Seifer, can you still fight?" Yasu knelt beside him, and was assessing the damage to the head he had taken. "I don't think you should take any more hits."
"Nonsense." Seifer staggered to his feet, but almost fell again.
"Seifer, I don't know." Yasu looked a little worried. "That's two blows to the temple, and one on your nose. Not to mention the others he's landed on your face."
"I'm fine." Seifer grinned. "Let's go."
"Okay." Yasu reluctantly moved off of the area, and announced a short break, where the fighters could get a drink, or talk to friends for a minute.
Cloud, Riku and Namine ran over to Sora, who was breathing hard, and had to sit down.
"How's your side Sora?" Cloud peeled up Sora's shirt, and they stared in shock at the huge black bruise spreading it's way up Sora's side.
"Does it hurt?" Namine wanted to cry, but held back.
"Not so much anymore." The brunet shrugged, but winced as a current of pain shot up the bruise.
"Don't over exert yourself Sora." Cloud was frowning at the bruise, and when he touched it, the brunet inhaled sharply.
"Don't touch it!" Sora winced as hot pain once again spread through it. He exhaled shakily as the pain subsided a little, and the others looked worried, as Sora's breaths came in quick pants.
"Sora, I don't want you to continue. I know you've had worse wounds before, but this time, I think you should just forfeit the fight." Cloud was worried.
"That's not going to happen." Sora grabbed his water bottle, and took small sips from it. His breathing was almost normal, so they knew the fight would resume soon. "I'm going to finish it, win or loose."
Cloud sighed, while the others just looked worried.
"Don't worry," Sora smiled. "I'll be fine."
There wasn't a chance to say anything else, as Yasu was calling the fighters back.
"See you soon!" Sora walked towards Yasu, and the others sat in the bleachers once more, to see the outcome of the fight.
Sora and Seifer met again, and they each confirmed that they would continue.
"Alright!" Yasu backed off once again, "Ready...Fight!"
Sora and Seifer launched into action, trading blows at a furious rate. They knew they couldn't keep it up for much longer, so both tried to hit as hard as possible. Neither was gaining the upper hand, and both were tiring quickly. Sora got hit in the jaw, but shrugged it off, and returned an uppercut to Seifer's own. They both winced the power behind the other's blow, and stepped apart to regain their stance. He uppercut had clearly rocked Seifer, who wasn't expecting it, and he felt a little blood run down his face again. He wiped it off, glad to see that Sora was also bleeding.
Sora ran and launched himself into the air again. Seifer looked up, only to get a foot in the face, as Sora bounced off him to gracefully land a few feet away. Seifer went down, grabbing at Sra's legs. He managed to get a hold of them, and pulled the boy down as well. They rolled around on the ground for a minute, before Sora managed to pin Seifer down by grabbing his arms, flipping him over onto his back, and kneeling on his spine.
Yasu began counting seconds. "1...2...3.."
Seifer was struggling, but because Sora was digging his knees into Seifer's spine, he couldn't move.
"...4...5!" Yasu moved closer to the two. "The winner is Sora!"
Sora grinned, and got off of Seifer, who groaned at the sudden loss of weight on his spine, and rolled over. The crowd surged onto the field, and Cloud was running over with Namine and Riku behind him, glad it was over.
Owari
So, how was it? I know the fight scene could use work, but it was the best I could do at the moment. Sorry for all you Seifer lovers out there who were rooting for him to win, but he needed to lose. It's all part of the plot!