It had been almost two weeks since Riku had returned to the darkness. Sora hadn't wanted to return to Destiny Island, and had now drifted to Hollow Bastian with the others. Sora was perched on one of the turrets of the castle, gazing out over rising falls. Kairi had stayed with him in Hollow Bastian, but she was starting to get on his nerves. How could she be so calm about all of this? And on top of that, how could she expect him to just be able to get over this? It wasn't fair.
"There you are?"
Sora spun around, half expecting to see Kairi. However; Tifa was hanging out of the castle, next to him. "How ya holding up, kiddo?"
Sora just snorted, resting his chin back onto his raised knees.
Tifa sighed, rolling her eyes. "You pouting isn't going to bring him back any faster."
"I know."
"So… what are you gonna do about it?" She chimed, jumping out on one of the turrets next to him.
Sora's mind tried to search for some kind of meaning behind these words. Finally, he glanced over at her. "Do, about what?"
"Well." Tifa plopped down, her legs swinging idly. "Riku's off to some new world. Probably training his new skills. Getting stronger." She cocked an off smile to Sora. "and you're just sitting around moping. Does that seem logical?"
Sora frowned. "Where are you going with this?"
She huffed mockingly at him. "Are you just going to sit back and let him get better than you?"
"What? Riku's not… what? …uh… no… I guess."
"Well, good." She stood, bowing to him. "Come with me, your training begins now."
Sora gazed up at her, dumbstruck. "What?"
"Get up. Leon's already agreed to help me train you."
"T-training?"
"Yup. And by the looks of your progress, I'd say you need it." With that, she leaped back into the castle and skipped away.
Sora's face twisted in confusion. "Judging by my progress? … Hey." He stood, running after her. "I'll have you know, I've gotten a lot better."
AN: lol, oops, almost forgot about this. NOW it's finished. I don't intend to start on prt 2 until i've caught with the others (so it may be a while) but once i do, then i should be able to focus more on it. Then hopefully it'll turn out better than this =D