Learning Curve (Sora)

The world... was beautiful. All around him, Sora could see perfection. It was paradise. One glance, and the teen fell in love with the land. A part of him conspired to never leave this land, but Sora knew better. That part was ignored as he slowly made his way around. His curious eyes took in everything they could, his mouth formed into an eternal O of wonder. Placing his hands on a tree, he pushed passed the forest he was in, to come across a beautiful sight...

He was standing at the edge of a cliff. Beyond, he could see everything. His eyes actually teared up at the sight of such glory. The gears in his brain turned, and Sora's lips closed into a firm line of determination. If the Dragon God had his way, all of this would be eaten. Unlike with his universe, nothing could return like with the Darkness. When the Dragon God ate everything, that would be it.

Sora would not allow that to happen. Eyes lit with the fires of his determination, he scanned the realm, looking for signs of sentient life. Of course, he spotted the flying people in the sky. Waving one of them down, he called out, "Hey! Over here!" The creature flew down to him, and Sora asked it, "Where can I find Fallen? He brought me here." Silently, his new guide showed him the way. Sora wondered if it could talk, but decided not to press it.

Eventually, he found himself entering a clearing. On the other side, stood Fallen. Grinning, Sora pointed at him, "There you are Fallen! I gotta say, I love it here. It's like perfect!" Sora seemed happy all around. However, he knew he wasn't here for a social call. In fact, he knew exactly what this giant circle was designed for. So it was with a wide, slightly cocky grin that his Kingdom Key flashed into existence. Holding it upright, but slightly tilted, his hands both gripped tight to it, Sora waited for Fallen to make the first move.

Confidence WAS a bit of a problem for Sora. He had too much of it, like any kid his age did. It'd likely be his downfall in the end. But that would be for later, right now? Now he had arrows flying at him. His first instinct was to use the block command ability, but he knew it would only block the one he was facing.

Instead, he'd have to take care of this a bit differently. Sora leaped into the air, his jumping abilities taking him above the arrows right before they would have hit him. In the air, his keyblade would fire little blasts of light at his Teacher. There were many different things that could happen here.

If Fallen dodged the light blast, Sora would land, and cast Fira at the God before taking a defensive stance that would prepare him for any retaliation.

If Fallen took to the sky and attacked Sora as he was in mid-air in melee, Sora would do his best to counterstrike the first attack before entering an aerial combo upon the winged Lord of the Realm.

If Fallen somehow took the hits, Sora would follow up by bum-rushing the guy, and engaging in melee combat.

It all depended on the God and his reactions, really. He had a few backup plans in mind, and if the Winded God of this World anything else, Sora would try his best to adapt. It was all he could do, really. He didn't have all the spells he used to have, and he didn't want to bring out his big attack. His arsenal was a bit low right now, to be honest.

Then, the giant shockwave thing flew towards Sora. This tech had an easy counter for Sora. They keyblade was perfect for this, after all. Thrusting up his weapon in a reverse grip, the shockwave shattered against it, the force being neutralized and dissipating harmlessly against the over-sized key. With that gone, Sora, still grinning dropped his arm down, only to see an arrow aimed at him. That... Likely would have gotten him, he realized. By blocking, he would have been left open to the hit by the arrow.

Then, Fallen dropped it, and told Sora he would learn the shockwave move thing. Cheering Sora jumped up and whooped, "Yea, that move is awesome!" Then, he was given a choice on HOW to learn it. Obviously, he'd choose the hard way. Sora didn't like to just be given power. If he worked hard and learned it, then it was HIS move. "I want to actually LEARN it, not just have it given to me. That way... I might even improve it!" He grinned, nodding emphatically. He'd get this down no problem!

Two weapons, huh? Sora knew he could do that, but it was hard. He hadn't done it since that one time, and Roxas was much better at it than he was. Speaking of Roxas, Idly, Sora wondered how he was. But that was neither here nor there. He had to focus. So he did. Charging his energy, Sora felt it within, focusing it into and through him, cutting through the air diagonally. It let out a pathetic energy line that fizzled out with a rude sound effect sounding like a wet poot. Sora blanched at that.

Frowning, he tried it again, faster and with more energy. The wave that occurred was... passable. Sora blinked and looked down. "I'm sure I can get this, Fallen..." he said with certainty. Then, he tried it again. Finally, it looked a bit more like what Fallen did. Sora was getting the hang of it now!

The fourth time's the charm, right? Or was it third... It didn't really matter to Sora, because he KNEW he'd get it right this time! Fallen believed in him. He focused on the reaction speed he had to possess when fighting that Sephiroth guy. He could do this move, Sora was sure of it. So, he decided to buckle down, stop trying to do it, and just get it right. It'd be a piece of cake!

His keyblade held firmly in hand, the two handed grip solid and set. Sora was finally ready. He built up the energy needed, and it was a fare bit, actually. More than the average spell, at any rate. The power built up, Sora kept the flow of energy steady as he flicked his keyblade down from left to right in a diagonal downward slash, but he didn't stop there. With a bit of slight of hand, he flicked the keyblade up into the top right corner and did another down diagonal slash to the left this time. It happened quick enough that the shockwave was both powerful and X-shaped.

Turning to Fallen, a serious look on his face, Sora said, "I'm ready."