A/N: This story has officially become my favorite one to write! It's just so…so.…so cool! Ha-ha, yeah…I'm official marking myself as a Kingdom Hearts addict, and a Final Fantasy VII addict. Omygawd, only 2 more days until Birth By Sleep comes out! Eep! SO exciting, yet so sad for me at the same time because I don't have a PSP T-T! Woe is me! Anyhoo, the poll has been set up on my profile page, meaning that you all need to get over there and vote! Only one person has voted so far!

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Hope grunted as she threw another punch towards Axel, who easily evaded, a smirk appearing on his face as he watched Hope frown in frustration. "The least you could do is let me at least land one little punch!"

He laughed quietly at her statement, "Maybe I would, if your punches didn't hurt so much!"

She smirked slightly before throwing another punch at him again, only to have it evaded once more and her arm grabbed by Axel, who threw to the floor, causing her to land with a small thud. She sat up and shook her head, looking up at him and sending him a glare. He only looked away, whistling innocently. She grunted and crossed her arms across her chest, looking away at the wall. She knew that he would just keep evading her attacks, no matter how much she tried. It was useless.

'Quit acting weak and fight…' The voice of her teacher echoed through her head as she sat there. She thought back to the time he had scolded her once.

Hope dodged the tip of Sephiroth's sword with graceful ease, quickly landing and launching another head on attack on him, only to be knocked down on to her butt for what seemed like the 10th time. She groaned and frowned, hitting the ground under her lightly.

"Why are you acting so weak? Get up and fight." Sephiroth ordered, his cold gaze burning into her as she stayed on the ground.

"I give up! I cant beat you because you're too big and strong!" She yelled standing up and picking up her sword.

He chuckled at her angry statement, thinking that she was acting like she was a five year old throwing a temper tantrum. "If that's what you think, then you're a weak pathetic child."

She froze, slowly turning around to glare at him. "I am not a child, General."

"Then stop acting like one. Getting upset about losing is one thing that you should never do. Sometimes, it can cost someone their life. It shows that you have a weakness for losing, and it can get you killed faster than you think." Sephiroth stated, watching as her frown disappeared, leaving only a blank look on his students face.

Those words…those words were one of the biggest lessons that she had learned from Sephiroth when he was training her. Facing defeat was something that everyone went through, and even then, it didn't necessarily mean to give up. With newfound determination, she smirked up at Axel and kicked her legs out and kicked his own out from under him, causing him to land on his back with a loud thud.

Hope stared at the silver haired general with a determined look on her face, her hands clutching her sword tightly, causing Sephiroth to smirk. He knew that his words had gotten to her. He readied his sword, and right at that moment, his student leaped up into the air, readying her sword and falling back down towards him, her sword glowing with a blue energy. She gave out a small battle cry, and he smirked harder, easily blocking her attack with his sword, the impact creating small sparks. He was about to push her back, but was stopped when he noticed the small smirk appear on her own face. Catching him by surprise like the way she did, she knocked Masamune from his own hands, and landed a forceful kick to his chest, sending him flying back into the wall.

"Oh, man…." Axel groaned as he sat up, rubbing the back of his head. He had made the stupid mistake of underestimating Hope, something he had learned not to ever do a long time ago. She was strong, and by strong, he meant REALLY STRONG. She had been trained by the legendary Sephiroth, so of course she would be stronger than most people.

"I thought you knew to never let your guard down, Axel," Hope stated quietly, Axel looking up at her to find a small playful smirk on her face.

He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "I didn't forget! I just went to easy on you to think straight!"

Hope placed her hand over her mouth, doing her best to stifle her giggling, only to fail terribly. "I see. So, you must've not been feeling well today."

His eyes widened in response as the memory from that day all those years ago came back to him, a younger sounding Hope's voice echoing through his head. "You must've not been feeling well today, Lea!" He smiled at the memory, only to be brought out of his thoughts by a hand in front of his face. He looked up and found Hope staring down at him, a smile on her face as she held her open hand out towards him to help him up. Giving her his trademark grin, he grabbed her hand and allowed her to help him up.

Hope smirked at her teacher as she walked over and stood over him, one foot pressed against his chest to keep him from getting back up. The silver haired general stared up at her as he laid on the ground, trying to take in that she had just kicked him into a wall with ease. Him, the well known General Sephiroth, one of the strongest warriors known to mankind on all the worlds, had just been knocked into a wall by a fifteen year old girl who barely reached up to his chest. Maybe his words had been more of a motivation than he had thought. He looked back up at her face, only to find her smiling before she removed her foot and held a hand out to help him up. Only one thought ran through his mind as he grabbed it.

'The student has finally surpassed the teacher…'

If it hadn't have been for Sephiroth's words to her that day, Hope would've never defeated him and successfully surpassed him.

A/N: Yes, it was short, I know^-^'! Look, the next few ones are going to be short if you guys don't go to my profile page and vote in my poll I have for this story! Until I feel like I get a reasonable amount of votes for either choice, the next few chapters will probably just be little fillers to buy myself sometime. Ok, so vote and review! Later Taters!