Sora had to admit to himself, when his eyes first landed upon Xaldin he was scared. Heck, who wouldn't have been scared to see a snarling man, that practically towered over them as he wildly waved six lances?

In fact, Sora was sure that the other would be the cause of his death. Especially after seeing Xaldin knock the wind out of the mighty Beast, it seemed his thoughts were justified. Donald and Goofy were frantically calling out Sora's name, but he was too busy dodging attacks and casting spells.

He found himself backed up into a corner, with all six lance spears dangerously hovering close to his vulnerable little neck. His eyes full of fear, looked up to peer into his over powering opponent's face. His heart was beating rapidly within his chest. He could hear a ringing noise inside his ears.

"Sora!" "Soraa!"

He could hear his friends' voice calling out in unison, and their feet hitting rhythmically against the pavement as they ran, to be at Sora's aide.

Then... their eyes locked for the first time. All the fear, all the anxiety, seemingly washed away in an instant. Sora was surprised when he saw Xaldin actually smile.

"Sora," He heard the other say his name. From hearing Xaldin's voice, Sora found that he couldn't move. He wouldn't move. He didn't want to move. His voice was like a type of incantation to the fifteen year old. The way Xaldin's lips moved to form his name was just so strangely enticing--wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait. A. Freaking. Minute.

Did he just think that?

Xaldin and his eyes were still locked onto one another's.

He saw that Xaldin was smiling at him. Sora! Not towards Goofy, nor Donald, and definately not at the Beast.

Sora's lips slowly parted as he felt the push of air within his throat. "Xa-"

Before he could completely say the other's name, they were taken by surprise, as Goofy rammed Xaldin from the side, knocking him off balance. Whatever magical moment they shared between just the two of them, was broken.

"Sora are you okay?" Donald's worried voice filled his ears. He turned his head over to the small duck, that was running over to his side. 'What just happened-?'

Sora frowned. Why was... why did he feel so strange just a second ago? He shook his head as he gripped the handle of his keyblade tightly. This wasn't the time for him to be asking stange questions. There would be another opportunity like that.

Maybe...


A/N: While typing this I kept on cracking up. I mean...COME ON! XD Sora turned into a shoujo-manga girl in this chapter here!