DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Kingdom Hearts nor Fire Emblem Three Houses characters, Square Enix, Nintendo, and Disney are the owners.

FabledLife: For some reason, Sora's keyblade teleported back to him as soon as Byleth finished checking on the weapon.

RedRat8: Sothis and Sora do have very funny dynamic so it's likely that she will tease Byleth as well.

CHAPTER 11 – GEAR UP.

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TWILIGHT TOWN.

At the top of the tower, Roxas was sitting down looking at the town's landscape, what he was thinking was about a dream he had last night, or, the world he saw through Sora's eyes.

"Hey, Roxas!" his friend Axel made an appearance greeting him along with Xion to sit down together.

"Hey, Axel, Xion." He replied back greeting them too. "How are you guys?"

"I'm good. What about you?" the red-haired guy answered while tasting the sea-salt ice cream with the others.

"Same, even though I can't stop thinking about what I just saw through Sora's eyes." Roxas remembered the things he saw in his 'dreams'.

"Do you remember something?" Xion asked him curious.

"Not much, I can tell that the world that Sora traveled to, was…" Roxas explained them about the place where Sora was currently residing. "Medieval, let's say?"

"Medieval? Sora must have travel back in time to the middle ages, hasn't he?" Axel was taken aback for his friend's words. "He ain't being another Xehanort, dude."

"Course not, Axel." Roxas agreed with him. "Sora didn't go back in time, all I just think is that he lost himself and ended up in that medieval world, and thus he must have found new friends."

"New friends? Then he must have managed himself to survive and handle any encounter, after all, he has done a lot for us. Got it memorized?"

"It's true, Sora is a man who risks it all." Xion nodded understanding the statement.

"I wish there was a way to return him a favor, like bringing him back." Roxas commented surprising them in the process.

"Same, but I'm afraid that it's not possible at this time, the power of waking is needed and this is a very risky technique, remember what happened to Sora when he decided to go rescue Kairi, right?" Axel emphasized the whole danger of using this power.

"I know, it's very hard to use that power without meeting the risks, what if we were in the same situation and had to use it as a last resort?" the blonde boy gave his opinion understanding the flaws.

"If it's going to be like this, we would have to be prepared for it." Xion agreed with the two.

"Well, it wouldn't be so bad if we disappeared and got lost together." Axel laughed subtly and the two followed up doing the same.

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FODLAN | GARREG MACH MONASTERY | ACADEMY OF OFFICIALS

Back in monastery, Sora and the others were taking Byleth's classes, and they even took some kind of tutorials, and as part of the studies, all of the students were put in different teams to do some kind of labor works.

Sora was paired with Edelgard and Dorothea to do the group work, which consisted in weeding the yard of the monastery.

"It will be more fun having you at our side, Sora." Dorothea commented playfully.

"Sure… we will finish this quickly, right?" he said trying to focus on his job.

"Yeah, you are our best man that protects his maidens." the brown-haired girl expressed flirting, making Sora astonished by her words.

"Dorothea, cut it out and help us, will you?" Edelgard berated her showing some blush on her face and nervousness.

"Okaaaay…" she replied while faking up indignation in her same tone, while stealthy glaring him seductively for a second.

And they spent days doing the labor job while Sora was starting to interact more with his classmates, including the girls as well.

"It was tiring…" said Sora visibly worn down after finishing the job.

"But it was worth cleaning up the yard, right?" Dorothea seconded the same way.

"We three did a great team." Edelgard was satisfied by their performance.

"Good job, guys." Byleth congratulated them. "All of you made a great job."

"Thanks, Byleth." Sora thanked her.

"You guys can rest now, tomorrow we will have a practice before setting out on our mission." Byleth ended the class granting them the deserved rest.

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While having the break from the class, Sora explored the monastery for a bit until he stepped into Annette and Mercedes.

"Oh, hey girls, how is it going?" he greeted them.

"We're good Sora!" Annette replied happily. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, just enjoying the school break, what about you, girls?" Sora replied nicely.

"Well… we were talking about something regarding Dimitri." Mercedes said thinking about his off-spirited demeanor.

"About Dimitri?" Sora asked the question. "What's the matter with him?"

"You see… He seems a little bit off lately, every time we ask him if he's ok, he assumes that he is, while… faking a smile and looking somber." The blonde girl told him about Dimitri's behavior.

"It's like he's hiding something from us." Annette pointed up the future king's big problem.

"Really?" Sora looked concerned regarding his personal issues.

"Yep, looks like he is growing apart from us." Mercedes stated in the same mood.

"I think this is my fault that he's like this." Sora leaned his head down recognizing his mistake.

"No, you're not to blame, Sora. Dimitri was impressed by your fighting skills and said that he is going to train harder to fight you during the Battle of the Eagle and Lion." Annette asked him to not feel guilty for the future ruler's mild apparent depression.

"I see, I hope that he's okay when we all face each other." Sora shook his head expecting him to be fine by then.

"He will, Sora." Mercedes lead him to understand that Dimitri would surely be ready in time.

"Well, we have to go back to our classroom, see you later." Annette said goodbye leaving the yard with her best friend but not before saying one more thing. "Sora, some people are wanting to learn everything from you."

"Thanks, see ya." He replied her back as well. "Have I really become famous or something?"

"Looks like it. Some girls are really wanting you to have a date with anyone." Sothis joked with her usual sassy tone.

"Oh, come on, Sothis! I didn't come here to conquest every girl I see, besides, sooner or later I will go back home with Riku and Kairi!" Sora was blushing about her words, no, there's absolutely no way he could do what Sylvain does with the women. "Besides, I must help Byleth to keep everybody alive while we carry out the mission, do you understand?"

"Oooh… So you are telling me that you are attached to your own professor, aren't you?" Sothis giggled insinuating him that he had a crush with the woman.

"No way! She's my teacher, for Pete's sake!" Sora tried to defend himself from the girl's teasing comments, how could he fall in love with somebody older than him?

"Huh, I can tell that you don't know how falling in love with someone is like, don't you?" Sothis gave a statement that drew his attention.

"No… I have never fallen in love with someone, not even Kairi. Besides, I have never had that feeling towards anyone." Sora confessed his feelings and recognized that as long as Kairi was safe and happy, he would be satisfied, given that there was no way back home for him for a very long while.

"I see, looks like it's your first time to have those feelings, I don't mind if you don't believe me but, it seems that you are building a bond with Byleth and even Edelgard too. How lucky."

Sothis made a statement regarding Sora's feelings towards his teacher and the future empress, he repeatedly said that he didn't have intentions to follow Sylvain's steps and have women around him.

"I just want to be worth for my classmates, Sothis, okay?" Sora retorted saying his reason to be there.

"Whatever you say, but you should know that those feelings will come out when you don't expect it, Sora."

Sora felt a chill down his spine due to the girl's words, he indeed knew that Kairi was the most important person to him but he didn't have such feeling towards her, but this time he was experiencing what growing attached to a woman looked like.

Anyway, he had to spend his school break for now because he would have a practice mission in the following day to warm up before taking down the bandits.

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SUNDAY 18/5 Harpstring Moon – Brionac Plateau

The class went to have a practice bout with the knights of Seiros, set up to simulate real battlefield conditions.

They came up with the following plan:

Sora, Byleth, Edelgard and Dorothea went ahead to take care of some of the knights they had in front to take them down.

Bernadetta, Caspar, Petra, Hubert and Ferdinand dealt with the rest of them with their respective techniques they had learned in class.

Sora and Dorothea casted the thunder spell to drive a few knights who were reaching them.

"Looks like we can join our forces for situations like this." Said Dorothea with a wink.

"Of course, we're magic users after all!" Sora was enthusiastic and motivated.

"You're incredible, pretty boy." Dorothea commented with flirting like always, even though he was already used to her demeanor.

Bernadetta was shooting a couple of arrows towards few soldiers, to be not that brave like her classmates, she had a good aiming and accuracy.

Byleth and the rest of the students defeated the remaining knights remembering their training and guidance until there were any more soldiers to face.

"You guys are great." One of the soldiers stood up to praise them.

"Seems that your teacher is an excellent commander." Another soldier had the same opinion regarding Byleth's capability.

"Thank you, now we can head back to the monastery." She replied satisfied with their actions. "Let's go guys."

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FRIDAY 5/30 – Harpstring Moon – Daytime | Entrance Hall.

Sora and the others had gathered in the entrance hall speaking about their first upcoming battle as a team.

"I'm here." Byleth called them out joining them.

"Oh, perfect timing, Byleth." Edelgard gave her the news regarding the mission. "I just received word from the knights. They have located the bandits."

"Where?" the professor was curious about the bandits' hideout.

"They are in Zanado, the Red Canyon, looks like they have them cornered." Hubert gave them the location where they would head to.

"I can't wait to get started! I'll strike down those heinous thieves before they know what hit them!" Caspar was more than eager to beat anyone down whoever he encountered.

"Charge ahead if you must, Caspar. Just don't put the rest of us in danger." Ferdinand asked him to not to do anything reckless that could get them in trouble.

"No way, I'm going back, I won't be of any help anyway and I don't want to get hurt…" Bernadetta was scared of going to a real and dangerous mission like this.

"It's gonna be alright, Bernadetta, just stick with us and nothing bad will happen to you, ok?" Sora calmed her down trying to make her trust not only him but her classmates too.

"Yes, our opponents should be at a level where even we can defeat them easily. We'll have no trouble at all." Dorothea seconded with a maternal voice.

"Y-Yes, guys." Bernadetta stuttered feeling melted by those words as she was calming down, at least for a while.

"Eh, don't get ahead of yourselves. Unfounded optimism isn't a great strategy." Linhardt seemed sleepy as he yawned. "Let's just get over with."

"There is nothing to get over. We will work with each other to achieve our mission." Petra suggested to do the teamwork focusing on the mission.

"You guys seem to be excited to get out there." Byleth was amazed by their determination to carry out the mission.

"That's right, Byleth. Give us orders, and let's move out." Edelgard was more than ready to set out with her classmates.

"Alright, class, we will head out tomorrow so be ready." Byleth finished talking with them, not without reminding them to be prepared for their real battle experience.

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FRIDAY 5/30 Harpstring Moon – Nighttime | Byleth's Bedroom.

While everyone else were asleep, Byleth was lying down on her bed face up thinking about the mission, she couldn't fall asleep because of her uneasiness on how she would handle the situation without putting their students' lives at risk.

"Thinking about your precious students' lives, aren't you?" Sothis said attracting her attention immediately.

"Sothis? Yeah, sure…" Byleth replied in a blank but slightly annoyed mood.

"I bet you're getting into Sora, I guess?" the girl said in a playful tone, blushing the professor.

"What do you mean?" Byleth inquired her feeling a chill down her spine.

"I take that you're growing attached to him, right? I have seen how you two hang out together and speak each other, which leads me believe that you, Byleth, are in love with Sora." Sothis was teasing her with suggestive and sassy voice.

"That's not true! Sora is my student and it's my duty to be a good model for him and the others, besides, he might find a cute girl to spend his rest of his life with." Byleth retorted showing some blush covering her cheeks, how could she be in love with someone younger than her?

"It's that so? You should be worried about some nasty men who flirt with a woman like you and throw them away like a trash. And women would even do the same with a decent guy like Sora as well, think about it." Sothis could tell that Byleth was having a crush on Sora, the professor may hid her feelings to other people anything that was going on her mind, but she couldn't deceive nor lie to a mysterious figure like Sothis.

"You say that I have a crush on Sora? Is that what are you saying?" Byleth was understanding the girl's sassy comments, she couldn't deny they clicked each other inside and outside of battlefield.

"Looks like it, after all, you, Sora and Edelgard are a great team." Sothis remarked how capable she was among the other two and relied with each other… Even though she subtly suspected that they would eventually become more than teammates.

"Anyway, I need some sleep, my students and I have to be fully ready for our first real battle." Byleth closed her eyes as she felt sleepy and had to recover enough energy for the next day.

"Alright, I'll let you have sweet dreams, be glad that I'm tired too… good night." Sothis yawned sounding sleepy like Byleth and with that, they both fell asleep.

END OF CHAPTER 11