OH-MY-GOD! I totally forgot to update this! I had it all written down and I thought I had updated it until one of my friends told me when I would add the next chapter!

I feel so unprofessional…T-T

That did take longer than expected….damn…this is hard…

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The next day, Cloud and Leon began training for the next day's tournament.

"Why…didn't…we start…training…before" Cloud said out of air, collapsing onto the floor.

"That would be you were too excited to train…" Leon said sitting, beside Cloud.

"Oh…my bad…" Cloud pouted. "Then I'll train some more!" He said, jumping to his feet.

"We've been out here for hours; don't you think it's enough?" Leon said closing his eyes.

"Hmmm, so you won't train…oh well…I'll just take this…" Cloud swiped Leon's Gunblade. "How do I use this again?" Cloud said, pointing it at Leon.

"Put that down very slowly and no one gets hurt" Leon stated, standing up nervously.

"Hmm….maybe this thing would make it work" Cloud pulled the trigger and immediately the Gunblade started shooting fire balls in every direction. "Come out heartless! Come out, come out wherever you are"

Leon pulled Cloud's leg, making him fall and drop the Gunblade. Leon quickly ran over to his beloved weapon.

"You could've hurt yourself, or me, or someone else or….wait…why were you calling the heartless?" Leon asked, his worry instantly replaced with confusion.

"I just wanted some real targets…it's not like they'll actually come, though-"

Cloud was interrupted by a loud crash behind them. Both Cloud and Leon turned simultaneously. A few heartless soldiers and wizards had shown up.

"Not what I had in mind…" Cloud said.

"Look again" Leon pointed at the heartless.

Some darkballs and wyverns began to show up. Before they knew it, the whole place was infested with heartless and they were surrounded.

"This what you had in mind?" Leon said taking his Gunblade.

"Not exactly" Cloud said also taking his Buster sword.

They positioned themselves back-to-back and readied for the attack.

"Well at least we'll get to train some more, right?" Cloud said sheepishly.

"We'll definitely train some more alright…" Leon said with a small chuckle.

The heartless pounced at them and Clod and Leon attacked in their separate ways until neither could see each other through the shroud of heartless.

"This is way more than what I bargained for…" Cloud said slicing a set of heartless.

"What is it Cloud, gone soft now haven't we?" a voice said from behind him.

Cloud quickly turned around and was face-to-face with Sephiroth.

"Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled, anger rising.

"Oh not too happy to see me? Well that's a shame…I'll just have to come again some other time then…and meet with your new friend Leon, perhaps?"

Cloud eyes widened and he ran straight at Sephiroth in attempt to attack him, but Sephiroth had foreseen this and he disappeared, leaving only a few feathers behind.

"Until next time" Sephiroth's voice was heard once more and it disappeared, along with the heartless.

"Cloud! Hey over here!" Leon said coming over to him. "Cloud?"

"Huh? Oh, hey Leon" Cloud answered distracted.

"You ok? You look like you've seen a ghost"

"Probably…" Cloud answered lowering his head.

"Maybe you should get some rest. All this training must've gotten into your head" A small smile spread across Leon's face, helping Cloud forget whatever had just happened.

At the Coliseum

"How come you two get to make the 20th seed and I get stuck at the 44th!" Yuffie yelled outraged.

"We…er….um…." Cloud tried to think of a reasonable explanation but found himself blank.

"We're better than you…deal with it" Leon said from behind them. It seemed he had grown tired of her ranting.

"Oh you're such an-"

"Hey Yuffie!" someone said from behind her.

"Sora!" Yuffie greeted him in return with a tight hug.

"Sora!" Cloud and Leon said at the same time.

"You know Sora?" they both asked.

"Hey Leon! Hey Cloud!" Sora greeted them happily.

"How does he know you?" Leon asked Sora.

"I've already told you about Cloud, don't you remember?" Sora said matter-of-factly.

"Er…no…" Leon said.

Sora sighed. "Typical…He's the guy I told you about! You know! The one I fought at my first tournament!"

"Oh so he's the guy you described as super-lightning-fast-awesomely-cool-one-winged-emotionless-heartless-man…..Oh yes I remember now"

"You said I was heartless and emotionless?" Cloud asked Sora, quite taken aback.

"Well…you were…speaking of which…how come you aren't now?" Sora asked innocently.

"Leon's been whipping him into shape…literally…" Yuffie told him, receiving glares from both Cloud and Leon.

"Hehe…well I gotta go, see ya later!" Sora said waving goodbye and heading towards the stadium.

Now all Cloud and Leon could do was wait in silence until their turn came.

20th seed

"When I say go, you start" Phil announced.

Cloud and Leon positioned themselves back-to-back and Sora, Donald and Goofy formed a triangle around them.

"Go!"

Donald and Goofy charged at Cloud while Sora went for Leon. The battle raged on for about half an hour before Cloud knocked out both Goofy and Donald. He turned around to see how Leon was doing and saw that Sora was about to give him his finishing blow. Cloud ran towards Leon as fast as he could to try to block the attack; Sora hit Cloud instead of Leon. Cloud was down.

Leon looked at Cloud and then at Sora. "No one touches my Cloud" Leon muttered to himself, although Cloud heard him and smiled. Leon's sword seemed to have quadrupled in size in a matter of seconds.

"Holy-" Sora started, but was interrupted by Leon's now huge Gunblade. Within minutes Leon managed to beat Sora without even breaking a sweat.

"And the winners! Team Cloud and Leon!" Phil announced.

"Congrats! That was way awesome! We gotta do that again-"

"Whatever kid…" Leon said, taking Cloud to Aerith.

"Er….ok…bye Sora!" Cloud waved goodbye to Sora.

"Bye!" Sora waved to Cloud. "How odd" he said to himself.

"But cute" Yuffie said from behind him.

"You scared me there Yuffie" Sora smiled.

"See I told you they had something going on" Yuffie giggled.

"I see what you mean. Any progress?" Sora asked Yuffie.

"No, they're too stubborn…"

"Typical…How long do you think it'll take them?"

"I say a month"

"I say Christmas"

"Oh, good one! I'll let you know every single detail, for now keep this" Yuffie handed Sora the picture of the chocolate-covered-Leon and Cloud.

"Oh, this stuff is gold!" Sora eyed the picture with a smile. "This is so cool, Yuffie! Yuffie?" Sora looked around; she had disappeared. "You have to stop doing that"

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Ok…ok….that took me pretty long….

Anyway…Sora and Yuffie have a little bet going on…if you didn't catch on…….

I know Cloud and Leon are supposed to lose but…WINNING IS SO MUCH BETTER!

Lotta luv from the evil overlord Once666

P.S. plz review….nearing the end here!