*note* this was started a while ago and I never got to complete the chapter so if my little author's note seems out of date, taht is the reason ^^;
Wow... i've been working on this fic for six months!?!?! I've been really putting this one on hold! Sorry for so much delay whoever likes this fic but it's definately been a hectic time for me to write a fic but now during my free time I'll be finishing this up! ^_^
Coincidences that Life Brings
Chapter 5. Tree Training
Last time...
Sora dove into his arms and began to cry. Matt wrapped his arms around her as she continued to cry until she calmed down a bit. Still holding her, Sora stayed in the protection of his arms. "I just don't have a good feeling about this..."
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Up above from a branch in the trees a fairly tall man with short brown hair stared down at the couple before him. "It has been so long... My lovely Sora...." He whispered quietly. "Look at you... you've grown so much into a woman..." He then took off and jumped into another tree and disapeared.
Sora stopped crying as she felt a presence and then the rustling of the trees. Moving her glance in that direction, all she found was the constant chitter chattering of tree animals and the chirping of birds. She sighed as she realized her current situation. Blushing slightly Sora removed herself from Matt's welcoming arms. "Maybe... we should begin to travel again..." Sora said slowly still in slight shock. Matt nodded in agreement. Sora hurriedly gathered her few items and waited for Matt. As he finished, he met her outside, waiting for him. "Matt, maybe we should go our separarate ways now..."
Matt had less than a second to respond to her abrubt speach. "Sora wai--" But Sora was already gone. Something in Matt's mind clicked. Why did this girl seem so oddly familiar now?
"Hey Sora!" Matt called out to her.
Sora stopped walking and turned to face Matt. "Yes?"
Matt stood there and stared at her. His intense stare began to make Sora feel uneasy. Matt then grined and snapped his fingers. "I knew I recognised that face somewhere! You're that girl from the ball two nights ago."
"W- What? How do you know?" She asked surprised.
"Remember that man you were talking to on the balcony?"
She nodded and then realized who this man was. Her lips turned into a smile as she began to laugh. Matt joined her. "So it is... So it is..." She said trying to control her laughter.
Once Sora's laughing simmered down, she smiled. "Well I must be going. Bye." She said as she turned around and continued walking.
"Wait!" he called as he chased after her. "Where will you be heading?" He asked as he walked along with her.
"And why are you following me?" She countered his question with her own.
"Because I have nothing else to do and I do enjoy your company if you wondered." He said grinning.
"Fine. I have no idea where I am going. I don't plan on heading back home. As of right now, I just would like to train more to enhance my skills so when trouble comes, I will be able to handle it." She said simply. "I don't know much in defence but I can do a little like what happened today at the tournament."
"I see... would you like to spar with me then?"
"Why not?"
"Then follow me. We will not 'spar' but I WILL train you a bit. Are you sure you are capable of training with me?" Matt said as he he then ran off and disapeared in the distance as he entered deeper in the forest.
"HEY! WAIT!" Sora yelled as she chased after him. Not long after she started running, did she find Matt waiting for her. She found him leaning up against a tree with his arms crossed. "Took you long enough..." he joked.
Sora frowned. "That was nice of you..." Silence was between them for a moment before the two began to laugh.
"Have you ever climbed a tree before?"
"Yes..."
"Then that is where we will first practice. Climb one of the trees." He instructed. Sora followed and climbed to a high branch of the tree she was standing next to.
"Yes, and?"
Matt climbed up of the trees. "Good. Now, try to catch me. Bye!" Matt then jumped to another branch and started running off.
"Why that little..." Sora mumbled as she chased after him. Carefully, Sora jumped from branch to brach as Matt ran around through the trees with ease.
"Pick up the pace!" He yelled.
"I am trying! This is hard!" She yelled back.
" 'Tis not." He said from behind her.
"AHH!" Sora screamed as she slipped and lost her footing on the branch she was stepping on.
Matt reached and grabbed her hand with a smirk on his face.
"Matt, will you please get me up!?"
"Now now, you wouldn't want me to accidentally let go of you and let you drop all the way..."
"MATT!"
"Alright alright." He gave in and pulled Sora back up... a little too hard and quick. Sora ended up slapping herself against Matt's lean body as Matt caught her and automatically wrapped his arms around her.
Matt felt Sora's body pressed against his and began to get nervous. "Uh... hm..."
Sora blushed slightly as she tried to move back but only to find herself on the verge of slipping again. On impulse, Matt's arms tightened around her body
making sure she was still there. "You... alright?" He raggedly breathed.
Sora only nodded as she looked down.
*Kiss her you damn fool!* A voice in his mind yelled.
*No! That's not right!*
*What's not right?*
*Kissing her! What if she doesn't like me?*
*JUST KISS HER ALREADY YOU FOOL!*
Sora began to noticed the inner turmoil based on Matt's expression. Stepping back, She looked for a footing so she was able to move away from his warm grasp, hoping to calm down some of the tension.
*ARG!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU ISHIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* His inner voice complained.
*DAMN ME!? Damn yourself for damning me!*
*Damn yourself for damning me when I damned you first!*
*What in the world are we disputing about?*
*I don't know.....* An chibi image of Matt fell over with swirly eyes inside his mind.
"Matt..?"
Matt snapped back to reality. "Yes? What is it Sora?"
"Um... well?" She looked down.
"What is it? You can tell me."
"Alright. Got you!" Sora laughed as she taged Matt and raced off, running through the trees, laughing.
Matt stood there for a moment and then shook his head. "SORA!! THAT WAS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled after her as he ran off laughing as well.
Soon enough, Matt caught up with Sora. "Sora, that was not fair. I wasn't ready!" Matt huffed.
"You never said that." She retorted.
"Yes, that's true." In a matter of seconds the two of them were laughing.
"Matt?"
"Hm?"
"What is the point of this lesson?"
"If you were ever to delt with an enemy in the woods like these, it is best to know how to run through trees. Your opponent might not know how to or is not that fast when he is running through them."
"Don't you mean 'she'?" Sora commented.
"Excuse me?"
"You said 'he is running through them.' Could it not also be she?"
"Alright alright, he OR she." Matt stated.
"Good!" Sora smiled sweetly.
"You sure are easy to please..." Matt noted.
"Oh... you never know..." She teased with a sneaky smile. There was a moment of silence but was broken by the sound of Sora's rumbling stomach. Sha bent her head down in embarrassment as she stared down at her toes.
"Let's eat..." Matt then jumped down from the top of the tree and landed gracefully on the ground.
"Hey! How am I supposed to get down Ishida!?" Sora yelled from above.
"Well you should've thought of that before climbing up that tree." he laughed.
Sora crossed her arms. "Ishida! You're no fair..." Sora said angrilly.
Matt laughed at Sora's situation as he held out his arms. "Here, jump."
"J--jUMP!?!?" Sora said nervously.
"Go ahead! I won't drop you!"
"Y--You sss-sss--uureea about this?"
"Yes. Now hurry up before I change my mind."
Sora took in a deep breath. "God, be with me..." She said to herself as she fell. Sora's stomach did turns as she fell down towards the ground below her. She shut her eyes awaiting for the worse but found none. Opening her eyes, she came face to face with frosty colored eyes. Her mouth was slightly ajar in shock as she finally registered that Matt had actually caught her.
Wow... i've been working on this fic for six months!?!?! I've been really putting this one on hold! Sorry for so much delay whoever likes this fic but it's definately been a hectic time for me to write a fic but now during my free time I'll be finishing this up! ^_^
Coincidences that Life Brings
Chapter 5. Tree Training
Last time...
Sora dove into his arms and began to cry. Matt wrapped his arms around her as she continued to cry until she calmed down a bit. Still holding her, Sora stayed in the protection of his arms. "I just don't have a good feeling about this..."
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Up above from a branch in the trees a fairly tall man with short brown hair stared down at the couple before him. "It has been so long... My lovely Sora...." He whispered quietly. "Look at you... you've grown so much into a woman..." He then took off and jumped into another tree and disapeared.
Sora stopped crying as she felt a presence and then the rustling of the trees. Moving her glance in that direction, all she found was the constant chitter chattering of tree animals and the chirping of birds. She sighed as she realized her current situation. Blushing slightly Sora removed herself from Matt's welcoming arms. "Maybe... we should begin to travel again..." Sora said slowly still in slight shock. Matt nodded in agreement. Sora hurriedly gathered her few items and waited for Matt. As he finished, he met her outside, waiting for him. "Matt, maybe we should go our separarate ways now..."
Matt had less than a second to respond to her abrubt speach. "Sora wai--" But Sora was already gone. Something in Matt's mind clicked. Why did this girl seem so oddly familiar now?
"Hey Sora!" Matt called out to her.
Sora stopped walking and turned to face Matt. "Yes?"
Matt stood there and stared at her. His intense stare began to make Sora feel uneasy. Matt then grined and snapped his fingers. "I knew I recognised that face somewhere! You're that girl from the ball two nights ago."
"W- What? How do you know?" She asked surprised.
"Remember that man you were talking to on the balcony?"
She nodded and then realized who this man was. Her lips turned into a smile as she began to laugh. Matt joined her. "So it is... So it is..." She said trying to control her laughter.
Once Sora's laughing simmered down, she smiled. "Well I must be going. Bye." She said as she turned around and continued walking.
"Wait!" he called as he chased after her. "Where will you be heading?" He asked as he walked along with her.
"And why are you following me?" She countered his question with her own.
"Because I have nothing else to do and I do enjoy your company if you wondered." He said grinning.
"Fine. I have no idea where I am going. I don't plan on heading back home. As of right now, I just would like to train more to enhance my skills so when trouble comes, I will be able to handle it." She said simply. "I don't know much in defence but I can do a little like what happened today at the tournament."
"I see... would you like to spar with me then?"
"Why not?"
"Then follow me. We will not 'spar' but I WILL train you a bit. Are you sure you are capable of training with me?" Matt said as he he then ran off and disapeared in the distance as he entered deeper in the forest.
"HEY! WAIT!" Sora yelled as she chased after him. Not long after she started running, did she find Matt waiting for her. She found him leaning up against a tree with his arms crossed. "Took you long enough..." he joked.
Sora frowned. "That was nice of you..." Silence was between them for a moment before the two began to laugh.
"Have you ever climbed a tree before?"
"Yes..."
"Then that is where we will first practice. Climb one of the trees." He instructed. Sora followed and climbed to a high branch of the tree she was standing next to.
"Yes, and?"
Matt climbed up of the trees. "Good. Now, try to catch me. Bye!" Matt then jumped to another branch and started running off.
"Why that little..." Sora mumbled as she chased after him. Carefully, Sora jumped from branch to brach as Matt ran around through the trees with ease.
"Pick up the pace!" He yelled.
"I am trying! This is hard!" She yelled back.
" 'Tis not." He said from behind her.
"AHH!" Sora screamed as she slipped and lost her footing on the branch she was stepping on.
Matt reached and grabbed her hand with a smirk on his face.
"Matt, will you please get me up!?"
"Now now, you wouldn't want me to accidentally let go of you and let you drop all the way..."
"MATT!"
"Alright alright." He gave in and pulled Sora back up... a little too hard and quick. Sora ended up slapping herself against Matt's lean body as Matt caught her and automatically wrapped his arms around her.
Matt felt Sora's body pressed against his and began to get nervous. "Uh... hm..."
Sora blushed slightly as she tried to move back but only to find herself on the verge of slipping again. On impulse, Matt's arms tightened around her body
making sure she was still there. "You... alright?" He raggedly breathed.
Sora only nodded as she looked down.
*Kiss her you damn fool!* A voice in his mind yelled.
*No! That's not right!*
*What's not right?*
*Kissing her! What if she doesn't like me?*
*JUST KISS HER ALREADY YOU FOOL!*
Sora began to noticed the inner turmoil based on Matt's expression. Stepping back, She looked for a footing so she was able to move away from his warm grasp, hoping to calm down some of the tension.
*ARG!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU ISHIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* His inner voice complained.
*DAMN ME!? Damn yourself for damning me!*
*Damn yourself for damning me when I damned you first!*
*What in the world are we disputing about?*
*I don't know.....* An chibi image of Matt fell over with swirly eyes inside his mind.
"Matt..?"
Matt snapped back to reality. "Yes? What is it Sora?"
"Um... well?" She looked down.
"What is it? You can tell me."
"Alright. Got you!" Sora laughed as she taged Matt and raced off, running through the trees, laughing.
Matt stood there for a moment and then shook his head. "SORA!! THAT WAS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled after her as he ran off laughing as well.
Soon enough, Matt caught up with Sora. "Sora, that was not fair. I wasn't ready!" Matt huffed.
"You never said that." She retorted.
"Yes, that's true." In a matter of seconds the two of them were laughing.
"Matt?"
"Hm?"
"What is the point of this lesson?"
"If you were ever to delt with an enemy in the woods like these, it is best to know how to run through trees. Your opponent might not know how to or is not that fast when he is running through them."
"Don't you mean 'she'?" Sora commented.
"Excuse me?"
"You said 'he is running through them.' Could it not also be she?"
"Alright alright, he OR she." Matt stated.
"Good!" Sora smiled sweetly.
"You sure are easy to please..." Matt noted.
"Oh... you never know..." She teased with a sneaky smile. There was a moment of silence but was broken by the sound of Sora's rumbling stomach. Sha bent her head down in embarrassment as she stared down at her toes.
"Let's eat..." Matt then jumped down from the top of the tree and landed gracefully on the ground.
"Hey! How am I supposed to get down Ishida!?" Sora yelled from above.
"Well you should've thought of that before climbing up that tree." he laughed.
Sora crossed her arms. "Ishida! You're no fair..." Sora said angrilly.
Matt laughed at Sora's situation as he held out his arms. "Here, jump."
"J--jUMP!?!?" Sora said nervously.
"Go ahead! I won't drop you!"
"Y--You sss-sss--uureea about this?"
"Yes. Now hurry up before I change my mind."
Sora took in a deep breath. "God, be with me..." She said to herself as she fell. Sora's stomach did turns as she fell down towards the ground below her. She shut her eyes awaiting for the worse but found none. Opening her eyes, she came face to face with frosty colored eyes. Her mouth was slightly ajar in shock as she finally registered that Matt had actually caught her.