Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the Final Fantasy series. The only characters I do own in this story however are Lee (The warrior with the quarterstaff from chapter 2) and Jean who you will hear of in this chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter and hopefully review to let me know if this story is going sour or not. I am making no money out of this and this story is only made for pure fun.

Chapter 4

Hard choices come forth

Sephiroth had just entered his three-roomed size area from his battle with the Keybearer named Sora. Sephiroth had easily defeated the boy and since the battle all he could think about was the boy. Before long however, his thoughts slowly drifted back to that of the beautiful girl he couldn't bet out of his head those two long and painful years ago. Aerith.

'I wonder where she is at the moment?' Sephiroth thought to himself 'I hope she is still alive? What does it matter? I like it being here yet I feel a strange yearning to be near her and I only met her once two years ago!' Sephiroth sat in his chair at his desk that was on the other side of the huge room. The room was big enough for Sephiroth to practice his sword movements but he always preferred using the arenas for that kind of thing. Sephiroths other two rooms were much smaller compared to the first room, which he would class as the lounge, while his bedroom was at the right side of the room and the bathroom was beside the bedroom facing the lounge room. Sephiroth decided to put his mind off Aerith by reading one of the literature books that was given to him by Jean.

Jean would be classed as Sephiroths' best friend in the Coliseum. Jean would often look out for Sephiroth and watch his battles. She hid in secret during Sephiroths' bout with Sora and just watched the battle in place. Jean would be one of the few assistants Phil had to help keep track of all the battles and injuries in the Coliseum. Usually there were two assistants for every ten competitors but Sephiroth (being the champion of the Coliseum) had an assistant to look out for him and him only. Sephiroth had suspicions that Jean might have feelings that go beyond friendship for Sephiroth but Sephiroth could never feel the same way for her.

Sephiroths' attention was soon stolen from the book by the sounds of an intruder walking through his door and in the blink of an eye Sephiroth drew his sword Masamune and angled it toward the intruder only to find that it was the boy Sora. Soras' eyes grew wide with fear and awe of the extremely long blade and stood frozen.

"Oh" Said Sephiroth calmly but cold "it's only you" Sephiroth moved Masamune away from Sora; his gaze never left Sora as Sephiroth sheathed Masamune. "What do you want?" asked Sephiroth.

"I just wanted to thank you for that battle." Said Sora. His words took Sephiroth by surprise; he never had anyone thank him for having a battle. "Also, I wanted to know what happened to me out there that caused me to be weak all in an instant".

"What happened to you 'out there' was because of a technique I call Sin Harvest Angel" explained Sephiroth "It is a very special technique. It is designed to be able to drain most of the energy of the target and weakens them considerably."

"Wow" said Sora "well I'll be ready for that the next time we fight." Sora started to walk out of the room.

'He reminds me of her so much' thought Sephiroth 'but that technique he used against me, I have to find out what that was.'

"Halt!" commanded Sephiroth and Sora stopped and turned to Sephiroth, "now I have a question for you. In our battle, what was that dashing technique you did?"

"That would be one of my best moves so far," said Sora "It is called Sonic Blade, a friend taught me that move and he is also a competitor in the Coliseum."

"Can you tell me who this person is?"

"Well, I don't know his last name" said Sora "but his first name is Cloud."

'So it is Strife's technique' thought Sephiroth 'but I wonder if this boy would know her as well, probably not.'

"You may now leave" said Sephiroth calmly "but tell me how long will you be here for?"

"Hmm perhaps me and my friends could stay for two days, then it's off to fight the heartless again" replied Sora.

"I see" said Sephiroth and Sora turned and walked out of the room. 'So he is here for two days' Sephiroth thought 'now I'm presented with a choice, I could stay here and stay as champion of the Coliseum, or I could go with the boy and help him fight these 'heartless' or whatever they are and perhaps find her if she is still alive.' Sephiroth growled in frustration. He cursed himself for thinking of such a decision and went to the bedroom to prepare to sleep. He has two long days ahead of him.

Authors Note: I know this chapter is a bit short but I promise you the next chapter is gonna be VERY interesting as Sephiroth makes his decision and confronts his past. Please review and tell me what you think.