Reflected Heart
Fire: Happy Late New Year and Happy Late Valentines
Day! Eheheheheh….Sorry we took so damn long….
Rose: yup! Lazy, lazy us! Hope you still like it? It's
been a long time… sorry. We have the next 7 chaps or
so written, but not typed.
Fire: You have no idea how effing long it takes to
type just 1 chapter! Cries and I'm a slow typer!
cries again
Rose: stop crying! Now on with the chapter… nice fight
scenes in this one.
Fire: So without further ado, we proudly present
chapter 3 of Reflected Heart!
Chapter 3 – Competition
The group followed Cloud and Leon as they led them to
a training ground.
"Okay, in order for me and Cloud to prepare you two
for the battle between you and the new heartless we
need to see how much you know." Said Leon to the
group.
"If we beat you, does that men we don't have to go
through the training?" asked Morgana, smirking.
"Yeah, it does." Cloud said passively.
"Ok, so Hayden you go up with Sora." Ordered Leon.
Hayden and Sora walked to the middle of the training
area. Hayden touched her forehead and let the light
and darkness out from within her. She felt her wings
come out as her outfit changed and her hair turned
white at the tips. As her scythe appeared, her normal
cerulean eyes had a tinge of silver and black. Cloud
smiled a bit as Hayden finished her transformation as
his assumptions were confirmed.
Riku smirked as he saw the new side of Hayden, he had
to admit she looked cooler in her new form. But if
Hayden looked better he couldn't wait to see what
Morgana looked like.
Morgana smirked, cupping her hands around her mouth
she shouted,
"Come on Hayden! Go kick his ass!" Hayden turned to
her and flashed her a thumbs up sign.
Sora summoned his keyblade and got into a fighting
stance. He didn't want to hurt Hayden so he decided to
soften his blows. But he had a feeling that it
wouldn't be necessary.
"You guys ready?" Leon asked.
"Ready!" said Sora as Hayden nodded.
"Okay… fight!" Leon yelled.
Sora immediately lunged at her, his keyblade moving to
strike her chest. She immediately blocked it and side
stepped to the right, slashing at his hip. He blocked
and slashed at her head. Not having enough time to
block, Hayden flew back, out of his range. They ran at
each other, weapons raised. Their blades met and
momentum threw them apart. Sora started combining his
moves together, making more complicated ones. Hayden
blocked every one of them, her lithe form weaving
through his attacks. Engaged in a fiery dance, smiles
never leaving their faces as they came together, only
to be thrown apart again and again by momentum.
Finally, Sora lunged, his keyblade coming close to her
hip as Hayden's scythe curved around his neck-it was a
draw.
"Draw?" Sora asked slightly panting but smiling.
"Draw." Hayden confirmed grinning. They both lowered
their weapons as Hayden and Sora stepped back and
bowed. They smiled as they came up and walked down
together.
"Good job." Said Cloud. Hayden smiled and thanked him
politely. Leon applauded lightly and she bowed again.
"That was so awesome!" shouted Morgana as she glomped
Hayden. Hayden beamed and hugged her back.
"Wow, you're the first person, besides me, who has
beaten Sora." Said Riku, slightly surprised but
smirking.
"Thanks a bunch, Riku…" replied Sora, sarcasm dripping
from his voice as he pouted.
"Sora, you're really good! I'm surprised that I
didn't manage to get hurt!" Hayden shouted earnestly.
Sora smiled and blushed a little, averting his eyes.
Riku smirked again, as he traded knowing looks with
Morgana.
"Great job Hayden and Sora. Now, it's time for
Morgana and Riku." Ordered Leon. Morgana and Riku
walked to the "battlefield" and got ready. Hayden
summoned chairs for her and the others as Morgana
touched her forehead.
Morgana unleashed her dark powers and her black fluffy
wings came out. Her clothes changed as the tips of
her red hair turned black. Her green eyes held a
tinge of black as her black scythe appeared. Cloud
smiled a bit as his assumptions were correct again.
Sora grinned as he saw Morgana's other form for the
second time. She was cool, but personally, he liked
Hayden's form better…
Hayden beamed and cupped her hands around her mouth
and yelled,
"Good luck Morgana! Show him who's best!" Morgana
grinned and flashed her a peace, wink combo.
Riku summoned his deadly looking blade as Morgana
finished transforming. Noting how awesome she looked
in this new form. He had a feeling that this fight
would be much better than the other ones he had.
"Ready?" asked Leon again. Riku and Morgana nodded.
"Okay, start!" he yelled.
No one moved. Both stood there, as still as statues,
each waiting for the other to make the first move. A
breeze blew past, gently playing with their hair.
Suddenly, on instinct, they leapt at each other. The
clash of metal on metal sounded loudly and sparks
flew. Morgana nimbly turned around, slashing at
Riku's head. He ducked, dropping down to hit her
ankles. She jumped into the air and landed behind
him. He turned around, slashing at her again, She
blocked and started to join her attacks. Switching
from pose to pose, she performed the most elaborate
moves for maximum lethality. Riku smirked at her
strategy and did the same. Smiles on their faces,
they slashed and blocked moving in and out of each
other's attacks, like smoke weaving through the air.
Riku's keyblade was getting heavy in his hands, but he
wouldn't back down. They attacked each other again,
so powerfully, they were thrown apart. Riku stood up,
brushing himself off, and helped Morgana.
"So, shall we consider it a draw?" asked Riku.
"It's a draw." Replied Morgana as she got up grinning.
Both walked back, Hayden and Sora standing and
clapping enthusiastically. Cloud and Leon both nodded
approvingly.
"You did good." Cloud said to Morgana.
"Yeah, it was cool." Agreed Leon. Morgana smiled and
thanked them.
"You were great Morgana!" yelled Hayden as she hugged
Morgana. She grinned and hugged Hayden back.
"You're the first person, besides me, that's beaten
Riku!" Sora congratulated Morgana, throwing Riku's
words at him. Riku glared at Sora half-heartedly, but
stopped as the girls laughed.
"Sheesh, it's just sparring…" giggled Hayden and
Morgana joined in,
"Yeah, it's not like the world is gonna end if you
lose to a girl…" they laughed again and sat down in
the chairs. Sora and Riku blinked at them,
"Ummm…I don't think they were laughing with us…" Said
Sora. Riku rolled his eyes,
"What do you think?" he replied, dragging a pouting
Sora after him to the girls.
"Great job Morgana and Riku. Now one of us will spar
with you." Said Leon. Cloud stood up,
"I would like to challenge Hayden to a match." He said
walking over to the battlefield. Hayden shuffled her
feet in the sand, playing with her scythe.
"Go on Hayden! I'm sure you'll beat him. Remember
when we battled him at home?" Morgana asked, trying to
calm her. Hayden nodded slowly, glancing at Cloud who
was patiently waiting for her. Watching her, Riku
thought of a way to get her confidence back,
"Hmmm…are you scared of him?" he asked smirking.
Hayden flushed as she stood up, but smiled turning to
face him,
"Oh, I'm not scared…I was just thinking what the look
on your face would be when I beat him." She replied,
grinning as Riku's smirk faltered. Morgana snickered
as Hayden grabbed her scythe and stood in front of
Cloud.
"Whenever you're ready Cloud." Said Leon, leaning back
in his chair. Cloud nodded and drew his sword.
Again, no one moved. They studied each other, waiting
for the time to strike. After what seemed like a
million years to Hayden, Cloud leapt at her, blade
moving to strike. Hayden quickly flew back as his
blade hit the ground, sand flying up around him.
'I won't have enough strength to block his sword.
Guess I'll just have to dodge it.' Hayden thought.
She readied herself as Cloud ran at her again and
jumped over him. Striking at his side, he grunted,
blocking her next blow with his sword.
"Clever." He complimented. He looked at her smiling
eyes as it seemed to glow brighter, a certain fire in
them.
"Thanks." She said. He jumped over her, slashing at
her back. She blocked it with her scythe briefly,
letting his sword slip past the blade. As it came
down, she stepped back. Using the end of her scythe,
she hit his hand, causing him to drop his sword.
Taking the opening, she quickly drew the scythe up to
his neck. Feeling to cold metal against his neck,
Cloud froze. He smirked, realizing he was beaten. He
stood up as Hayden lowered her scythe.
Cloud was expecting the triumphant look on her face,
but he was wrong. The obvious happiness was there but
she also looked a bit confused, as if she doesn't know
what to do. She bowed,
"Umm…good match?" she asked, holding out her hand
nervously. He looked at it for a moment and quietly
smiled, taking her hand and giving it a firm shake.
"Yeah. Good match, you did well." He said. Hayden
beamed,
"Thanks. Oh! Before I forget!" she took a step back
and mumbled something, waving her hand in the air. A
white aura surrounded him and felt energized as his
injuries healed.
"Thanks." He said and pushed his bangs out of his
face, smirking. He turned around and was about to
walk away.
"Wait! Umm…your cloak is ripped. I can fix it for
you! I know how to sew…" Hayden trailed off,
twiddling her thumbs. Cloud smiled and took off his
cloak. He walked back to Hayden and put it in her
arms. She folded it and walked back to the others
with cloud.
"Oh my god! You totally rule!" shouted Morgana,
grinning as they did a high-five.
"Yeah, that was great!" added Sora happily.
"Good coordination." Said Riku, coming up behind
Morgana.
"Hey, Cloud, she beat you pretty quickly for a
beginner." Leon commented, smirking. Cloud glared at
him as Hayden bowed and thanked the others.
"Great job, Hayden. Now you ready to die, Morgana?"
he said jokingly, smirking as he walked to the battle
area. Morgana, too busy talking to Hayden, didn't
hear it. Riku tapped her shoulder,
"Hey, you gotta go fight Leon." He said.
"Oh…okay…" Morgana replied, looking surprised.
"I wish you good luck!" encouraged Hayden, smiling.
Morgana grinned and picked up her scythe walking to
Leon. The others sat down as Leon and Morgana got
ready.
She readied herself as Leon walked towards her
casually and calmly, hand in his pocket and the other
holding his sword.
"What's the deal with the hand in the pocket?" Morgana
asked, letting her guard down. Leon immediately took
the opening, jumping with his blade in the air.
"Eeep!" squeaked Morgana and she flew a short distance
away from Leon. Sora laughed as Hayden sweatdropped.
'She has fast reflexes' thought Riku as Leon walked
towards Morgana again. She waited until he was close
to her and she stepped to her right and slashed his
hip. Grunting, he blocked her next blow and pushed
her back. He jumped again, the tip of his sword
millimeters from her face. Suddenly, she leaped and
flew behind him, slashing his back. He grunted again
as he landed, turning and slashing her head. She
blocked it and attacked his wrist, causing him to drop
his sword. Quickly, she brought her scythe up. Leon
stopped as he felt her scythe on his neck. He stood
up as Morgana lowered her weapon, and ran a hand
through his long, brown hair.
"Good job, you beat me." Leon said, smirking in spite
of himself. Morgana grinned,
"Thanks, it was fun." She replied as he smirked again.
Morgana looked behind him,
"Oh, Hayden!" she called in a sing-song voice. Hayden
walked over and did her healing spell again, healing
his wounds.
"Ummm…do you want me to fix your shirt Leon? 'Cause
there's a rip in your shirt that goes from your right
shoulder to your middle back." Said Hayden, eyeing the
rip. Morgana smiled sheepishly as Leon smiled
quietly,
"No, that's okay. I'll keep it as a memory." He said
as he walked back with Hayden and Morgana following
him.
"That was wicked!" complimented Hayden as they reached
the others. They did another high-five, Morgana
grinning.
"Great job!" congratulated Sora.
"That was the best battle today." Added Riku, wrapping
an arm around Morgana's waist. Hayden smiled, rolling
her eyes as she and Sora walked over to Cloud and
Leon. Riku smirked and Morgana scratched the back of
her head nervously as they followed the others.
"You know Leon," said Cloud as Leon came up to him,
"she beat you pretty quickly for a beginner." He said,
throwing Leon's words back at him. Leon glared at
Cloud as the others came.
Donald and Goofy shared knowing looks. Leaving a
note, they went to the Gumi Ship and set off for
Disney Castle.
Cloud looked behind him and instead of finding Donald
and Goofy, found a note. He pocketed it, saving it
for later.
"So what happens now?" asked Hayden.
"Well, since you guys fight so well, we slack off a
bit on the training." Replied Leon, running a hand
through his hair.
"Well, that's good to hear." Said Morgana leaning back
in her chair.
"So why don't you kids settle in and get acquainted
with the island? You guys can stay in Sora's house
and Cloud and I will be in the one on the right,
okay?" asked Leon. They nodded their heads in
agreement and Sora led them away.
Fire: "yay! We finally finished this!" –cries in joy-
Rose: "umm. Blah blah blah… nothing new here. Took so
long and so forth"
Fire: "Yeah…so anyway…Ch.4 will be here soon! Leave
a review! Thanks!"
-Kairi walks in-: "Why am I not in this story?"
Rose: "Shut it, bitch! Axel killed you. Now go back to
hell."
Fire: "Geez…you're so mean…"