~Chapter 8~

Sora dropped his oathkeeper on the ground and sat down next to it, "Can we stop now?"

"No we have to keep training." Donald said walking up to him. "The competition is tomorrow and you're not ready."

Sora sighed, "But I'm ready." he looked at Donald, "You're the one who's not."

"EXCUSE ME!" Donald yelled jumping around.

As Donald kept yelling Sora notice someone walking down the dirt road. It was the same girl as the other day who he saw.

"Obviously you don't get it, if you lose then." He looked at over where Sora was but he was gone running down the hill after to girl.

As he ran he kept thinking to himself, "I know I know her, I just can't remember how." As he approached her he held out his hand but got pulled back down to the ground. He watched her walk away down the road.

"You have to train!" Donald yelled, "No time for girls not today."

Sora looked at him.

"There's a competition going on today." Goofy added.

Sora looked at him, "A competition?"

"NO!" Donald yelled, "No time for going to watch people we have to TRAIN!" He turned around but they were already walking off.

"Who's gonna participate?" Sora asked.

"I don't know." Goofy replied.

Donald shook his head, "Why did it have to be those two? Out of everyone else it had to be them." and started off after them.

"Is it going to happen?" A man asked from the darkness of a corner.

A cloaked man nodded, "Yes sir the target is there and so is he."

The man's eyes lit up clearly in the dark, "Then they shall be taken care of?"

The cloaked man nodded, "Yes, but we've encountered a problem."

The man glared his eyes at him, "And that would be?"

"There has been news of a boy going around the town. He seems to be looking for the target to protect him." The cloaked man replied.

"And this boy would pose a threat how?" the man asked.

"He wields the keyblades as well." he answered.

The man leaned back in his chair, "Wields the keyblades."

The cloaked man nodded, "Yes sir."

He glared his eyes again, "Very well we will do something when the time calls for it but for now leave."

The cloaked man bowed and left the room.

"I thought there were only three keyblade wielders. How did this boy manage to get keyblades?" The man pondered. His eyes went wide then glared again into the darkness, "The king. The king sent him."



Sora pushed the coliseum gates and walked in. There were hundreds of people there for the tournament, some watchers and then the competitors.

"SORA!" someone yelled through the crowd.

Sora looked down and saw Kairi and Leon pushing through the crowd.

"Where have you been, We've been holding down seats for you OR are you competing?" Kairi asked.

"No, have to keep my strength up for tomorrow." Sora replied looking around, "Where's Yuffie?"

"She hasn't been around all week." Kairi replied looking around as well.

"She probably went off to join the circus." Leon sighed.

"LEON!" Kairi yelled looking at him.

"What she probably did that's all she ever does in battle, aerobics. Always flipping all over the place, do you know how hard it is to concentrate while someone is going all around you saying, 'Look at me I can flip!' or 'Watch out for my shiruken' it's really annoying."

"She's your partner." Sora said looked at him.

"Not anymore." Leon said walking off into the crowd.

Kairi sighed, "He's changed so much since you left."

"And Yuffie didn't?" Sora said looking around.

"Well ever since Aeris left." Kairi paused. She looked up at him, "It's as if They were never a team or friends."