Sora woke up the next morning at eleven. "Wow, I must've been tired."

"You talk in your sleep." Sora turned and saw Percy drying his hair with a towel. "Did you just get back?"

"No, I won't stay underwater for that long."

"It's amazing that you can do that."

"Yeah, it comes in handy. Is there anything you can do?"

"I can fly."

"No shit," he asked, not sarcastically, curiously. "Yeah. I'll show you in the woods."

Sora and Percy arrived in the woods a little before twelve. "So, show me this flying thing Sora."

"Well, it's more like a glide. Or float. In other words, I can't stay up as long as I want. I can ascend and descend but not for more than a minute. It's convenient, but I wish I could do it longer." Percy encouraged him to show it. Sora looked up and closed his eyes, he ascended to two stories above them. A minute later, he glided in circles down to the ground. "That's pretty badass Sora."

"Thanks. Doesn't beat your underwater thing, though."

"Maybe someday it will."

"Okay Sora. I'm the one Chiron appointed to teach lesson one. I'm going to do my best to make sure you guys know how to read your opponent. I want you to put this on." He handed Sora a small black cloth. "A blindfold?"

"Yeah. When sight is disabled, your other senses work together to make up for it. This, will help even more." He said as he handed Sora headphones. "When you are blind and deaf in a crisis situation, your subconscious will come into play. They say that only 10% or so of your conscious mind is being used. Your subconscious is much more powerful." Sora put the headphones and blindfold on. Percy spun him around three times, then drew his sword.

Sora was frightened at first and that caused panic. He didn't hear anything or see anything, and he sure as hell couldn't "sense" anything. He didn't even think this would work. But then something weird happened. He felt his arm go up, keyblade in hand, and block something. Percy must have swung at me. He wasn't aware of anything, but then he thought maybe Percy was right, and his subconscious was in control. He felt himself duck, then jump, spin, flip, and swing, as he started paying more attention to his movements, he started to see a pattern in Percy's attacks.

Sora removed the headphones and blindfold, and he and Percy took a short break. "See what I mean?"

"Yeah, I admit I was doubtful at first but I know exactly what you mean now."

"Tomorrow, you'll work with Annabeth, then the next day with Chiron, then the next day you will fight again in the river. Then you will go home."
"Okay. Sounds good."

"Are you ready to go again?"

"For sure."

Sora put on the headphones and blindfold. "Here we go" he said while being spun around. Percy made his attack, Sora successfully blocked it. Then he blocked the next attack, and the next one. Sora noticed that the more he paid attention to his movements, the more his conscious mind and subconscious mind were connecting. He started to become more in control of what was going on, instead of just witnessing the raw power of his subconscious like before. Suddenly, the attacks stopped. Percy removed Sora's headphones and then Sora removed his blindfold. "Good." Percy said. Percy began to walk away, but then Sora sensed that it wasn't that simple, and when Percy suddenly spun around to attack, Sora successfully countered it. "Well, I think you're done. Good job man."

"Thanks. This was very helpful." Percy shook his hand. "I gotta go. I'll see you later, okay? Chiron wants you to meet him at the big house at three."

Roxas met Annabeth at the river at twelve. "Sup blondie?" He asked her. "I could say the same thing to you, kid."

"I'm seventeen, same age as you."

"Whatever, just get in the water." For some reason, Roxas liked her attitude. He stepped into the water. She went in after him. She went behind him and pushed him into the water. He got up soaking wet. "What the hell?"
"Before you can learn to use your environment for you, you need to learn how to move with it instead of against it. She lay in water and took a deep breath. She floated on top of the water. When the current began to carry her, she moved her arms slowly, but with a lot of power. Roxas knew he should be doing this with her. He lay in the water and was having trouble paddling against the current. "Roxas, going fast will not give you an advantage in anything. It's all about technique, and smooth motions. Stop panicking. Stop trying so hard, just let the water flow right through you." The tone of voice in which she said it was calming, so it was easy for Roxas to do as she said. This time, he was successful.

After ten minutes of staying still in flowing water, Annabeth told him to rise. "Now, we run." Roxas took off but tripped and fell into the water. She helped him up. "Remember, don't try to be fast." She ran in the water, but made it look much easier than it was. Roxas got to the point where he was running as well as she was. But he ran out of breath in no time. "Now that, is something you'll work on at three, with Chiron."

Riku and Chiron met at the track at twelve. "Welcome, Riku. This, is Clarissa." He said, motioning towards a dark haired, buff girl. "She is the daughter of Ares, god of war. You'll be fighting her today."
"Okay, but I don't have any experience."

"You learn things quicker when you're forced to do so." Chiron told him. "I will give you one hint, however. Clarissa is always on the attack. So she is very good at it, however, because she is always on the attack, she is lost as to when to defend herself." Riku looked confused. Well, that wasn't too helpful.

As soon as they shook hands, Clarissa attacked before Riku even had a chance to breathe. He was good at blocking her, but couldn't get one single attack in in five minutes. Then ten, then fifteen minutes. By the time twenty minutes passed, he noticed that Clarissa's attacks were fewer and fewer with more time in between. She's getting tired. He blocked one more attack, and then made his attempt. His first attempt was successful. He had her neck by his keyblade. "Damn. You're quick. Until now." She looked pissed and stormed off.

"That's exactly what I meant," Chiron said. "She is so busy attacking, that she doesn't know how to defend. Riku, you must have a clear knowledge of when to do each. Defense should always be your first priority, but when you see a window for attack, don't hesitate, take it. You did a very good job today. I'll see you at the big house at three." Chiron left, Riku still there, trying to catch his breath.

Three o'clock finally came along, and all three of them met Chiron at the big house. "Hello. I trust Percy, Annabeth, and Clarisse told you all what to bring?"

"Yes," Roxas said, "But why do we need camping gear?" Chiron walked outside and they followed. He looked towards a tall mountain. "We're going to hike that tonight." By four, they were already on their way up. They were huffing and puffing, they didn't know how they could be so out of shape with the lives they lead. "So what is Namine doing?"

Roxas asked Chiron. "She is working on her healing with Apollo's children."

By night fall, they'd made it to the top. They set up camp, and Chiron had a fire going. They all sat around the fire. "I'm sure you all know by now that air is thinner on top of a mountain than at sea level." All of them nodded. "So then, if you train your bodies to fight, run, or anything else at the top of a mountain, you will be simultaneously be training your bodies to work on less air. If you can do that, then when you return to sea level, you will not tire as quickly as before."

"I never thought of it that way."

"Which is precisely why I brought you all up here. Get a good night's rest, and in the morning, we'll begin."

Riku woke up at the crack of dawn, surely no one else would be awake, but he was wrong. As he stepped out of his tent he realized that he was actually the last one up. "Okay," Chiron announced. "Now that everyone is here, we'll begin." Chiron began to run along a winding dirt path, and the three boys followed him. They ran out of air so quickly, but then it didn't seem to get any worse the longer they ran. Riku turned to Sora, "It's working."

"Everything so far has. I already feel so much more prepared."

When they finished their run, Chiron had them duel eachother. They all noticed that it was much easier to duel the second and third round than the first. Sora beat Roxas and Riku, and Roxas beat Riku. They packed everything up and followed Chiron back down the hill. An hour later, around four in the afternoon, they reached camp. "Okay. Tomorrow, Sora will be at the river, Riku at the woods, and Roxas at the track. The next day, you'll rotate again, then you'll be ready to return to your world."

Once all three of them learned all three lessons, they met up at the river with Percy, Annabeth, and Chiron again. This time, dueling eachother went much smoother and lasted much longer, not one of them tripped, got distracted, or fell. The matches were pretty much even, except when it came to battling Percy. He had advantages in water that they didn't.

That night, at the big house, they all thanked the three for showing them new, better battle strategies. Chiron assured them that they would help when it was needed. Just to call them through an Iris message. They boarded the gummi ship and prepared to return to Disney Castle.