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Night finally arrived and Riku appeared just as my mom fell asleep. By this time, my wounds were feeling a lot better and I could move around easier. We left a note for my mom that said I was out for a walk. Riku made me summon a portal to a place unknown to me. I looked around and noticed that we were standing on top of a cliff. One wrong step and that could mean death and I don't mean from Mr. Mansex.
"Only the enemy is familiar with his surroundings so he has an advantage. This is why I'm taking you to different locations. Hopefully, you will get used to it and learn the area fast. The enemy is moving as we speak."
He pulled out his blade and tried a new move on me. My lucky reflexes helped me dodge death swing number one. Taking a step back was a big mistake and something that almost cost me my life. While dodging Riku's blow, I naturally took a step back. My foot slipped and I would have fell if Riku wouldn't have pulled me back up. He glared at me and then sighed as he pulled out a blindfold.
"Here. Looks like we're going to have to do this the hard way," he said as he tied the blindfold around my head.
Wonderful. I almost died while seeing and now I had to fight blindfolded? This wasn't fair.
The night went by slowly as I continued to get my ass kicked. After about the hundredth slash, I finally hit him. I was beginning to understand I didn't need my eyes. The only things I needed were my sense of touch and my ears. I continued to fight and actually hit him.
About an hour later we had stopped. Riku removed my blindfold and I saw blood everywhere. Whether it was mine or Riku's I have no idea, but it was everywhere. Just as I turned around, a short blond haired person appeared in front of us.
"So, Riku, how's the new kid? He seems a little small. Are you sure you can train him?" he said.
"Sora is doing fine. I have a feeling you're here for something else."
"I did,"he replied as he pulled out a little note card. "I was sent by Master Xemnas to make sure that the new kid is well trained." I held back a laugh when I realized that he was reading off of the card. How do you forget things like that?
The guy glared at me and yelled, "It's not my fault I can't remember anything! If you want to blame anyone, blame Riku!"
Riku chuckled and looked over at me. "That guy over there, Demyx, uses his sitar to make water clones and I had sent him on a mission once. It just so happened that the place he went to was having a thunder storm and as he was summoning water clones, he got struck by lightning. It caused him to forget things from his past and now. Now you see why you never play with water outside in a storm."
Riku and I dropped to the ground laughing while Demyx glared. He summoned a sitar and started playing on it. Water clones popped up as Riku and I stood up. I looked up at him and he nodded. Without hesitating, I quickly destroyed all of the clones. Going behind Demyx, I held up my keyblade to his neck and grinned.
"So, am I capable of staying alive with my fighting skills?" I asked as I pushed the keyblade closer to his neck.
"Yes! Alright, you can get that thing away from my neck any day now!"
I made the keyblade disappear and walked back over to Riku, who was laughing his ass off.
"Well, Demyx, looks like the new kidhas beaten a veteran. Hopefully Master Xemnas won't punish you for this."
Demyx's face went white...well, whiter than normal. He turned around and stepped into the portal.
After he disappeared, we had one more thing to go. Riku taught me a little bit of magic before we decided to head home. Working with magic was energy consuming and I fell to the ground before we were finished.
"I've never felt so tired before. Can we take a break?"
Riku helped me back on my feet and said, "No. We don't have time and I have to make sure you can do magic without even an ounce of your energy. You're going to have to learn how to cure yourself in the heat of battle and still be able to run around with a heavy blade."
It occurred to me that Riku could have just used magic to heal me, so I asked him about it.
He grinned and said, "I wanted a chance to taste your blood and touch your skin. I couldn't really do that if I healed you, now could I?"
I felt my face go red and I looked away to hide it. He kissed my lips softly then looked back at me. "You're cute when you blush. Come on, we have work to do. I don't doubt that Master Xemnas will send someone to duel with you to make sure you know how to fight."
Nodding, I went back to practicing with it. My job was to strike a stump with lightning. So far, I was missing it. Time was running out and the sun was coming up. After fighting with it, I closed my eyes and concentrated my energy...well, what was left of it. Then I carefully aimed and hit the stump right in the middle.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Riku smile. He walked beside me and told me it was time to go back to the house. Before we left something occurred to me.
"Riku, aren't you supposed to be at school? And what about me?"
It was true. I hadn't been to school in a while, but I had a good reason. Riku on the other hand, didn't.
"It's taken care of by Saix. He's doing the same thing that he's going to do when we're on the mission. Today, though, your mom is going to make you go. Let's go. Kairi will be waiting."
I created a black portal, as usual, and went through it. This time, I led it to the back of my house. Riku disappeared after I went inside to write to mom, telling her that I was going to school.
Walking outside, I could see that Riku and Kairi were already there. We walked to school together and endured the countless comments about the accident. It got annoying after first block and I knew it wasn't the end of the day.
Ed and Al even checked me over to make sure I didn't have any missing body parts. Why? I don't know. They're weird and into that alchemy thing. Science freaks...
When I got home, I could see that Mom had already left for work and wasn't back yet. I still wasn't hungry as usual which was driving me crazy. Going up to my room, I just sat in my comfy chair and thought about things. Tomorrow night I was leaving and had a chance that I wasn't coming back. No. I will come back and make sure I finish that mission no matter what.