A/N: Here's the second chapter in my story I hope this will be better and longer than my first chapter. We'll see I guess. *I don't own Kingdom Hearts*
Light streamed through the window of Aqua's window. She blinked sleepily in the light. She hadn't got much sleep over the events that occurred last night. She was in shock, but she knew she had to get up. Today was the Mark of Mastery exam, the same exam she had been training for all her life. She never complained though because she had Ventus and Terra- and once more she was brought back to the subject of Terra. This had to stop.
She got up slowly to get dressed, shuffled to her dresser and pulled out her outfit that she loved. A tight black shirt showing just a tiny bit of her lower belly. Tight black shorts that showed a little upper thigh then the rest of her legs covered in tights. She slipped on the rest of her accessory's before looking at her self in the mirror. Her face was paler then normal and the area under her eyes were darker. She was beating herself up over this Terra thing. She had only gotten 4 hours of sleep and spent the other 5 hours thinking about Terra's soft, warm- there she went again. She needed to think less of Terra's lips and focus more on the exam that was about to take place.
Taking a deep breath she made her way down to the large room where she would face Te-.. 'him' in a duel to see who shall be the next key blade master. Ventus was telling her how calm and prepared her thought she was just a few weeks ago, when in all reality her body was too tired to shake. Her breathing sped up as she once again tried to wrap her head around what she was going to do. She began choking on the air she was breathing. Gripping the railing on the stairs going down to the room for the exam, she tried to steady herself. Her head was pounding and she could feel every heart beat as they sped up. She breathed as deeply as she could and as normally she could to try and help herself regain composure. She lifted her head up from the rail and sighed, continuing down the steps. If she had a freakout like that during the exam she would never be a master, and that make her freakout even more.
Her heeled shoes gave a load echoing click as they reached the floor of the room. Ventus and Terra were leaning against the far wall, Terra looked annoyed and Ventus looked so happy just talking his ear off. Aqua took a deep breath before making her way to where thy were standing. "Aqua!" Ventus shouted a little too load in Aqua's ear as he hugged her.
"Are you ready Aqua? Master Eraqus said he had to get some...one... Aqua are you okay?"
Aqua looked at him for a while before she realized she had stopped breathing. She took a quick breath before shrugging off Ventus. Aqua realized she had snuck a glance into Terra's eyes. She had no idea why she was thinking about him differently. He was certainly not looking at her any different. In fact, he hardly ever looked at her. He was normally solitary but thought of Ventus as a little brother and tried to keep him safe. He talked to Aqua A LOT less then he did with Ventus. But under all that they were the best of friends.
"Terra, Aqua, are you both ready? We will be starting shortly. You all know Master Xehanort, he will be watching as the exam goes on," Master Eraqus sat down waiting for Xehanort to take his seat next to him.
Aqua saw the old man with his hunched back make his way to the chair next to Eraqus. She saw the old man's eyes fall on Terra and an evil grin spread on his face. She dared glance at Terra and saw no emotion in his eyes as he looked at Xehanort. She breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't know why that made her happy but it did. Terra was now beside Aqua facing the Master's waiting for instructions.
This was it. Master Eraqus gave a nod and Terra and Aqua turned to face each other, space between them key blades at the ready. Aqua looked in Terra's eye and saw none of the softness that they held last night. She shook that thought out of her head, it was fighting time not boy time. She took a breath and lunged.
It was like any other time they had spared. No one really had the advantages and when one gained dominance it never lasted but a moment. There was only one thing that caught Aqua's eye was the smoke that came from Terra's arm for a second. She wrote that off as magic. They turned to face the masters awaiting an answer.
"I'm sorry but only Aqua has shown the Mark of Mastery."
A/N: Yay new chapter. I still am having writers block but I think this went better.