I'll Be There (KH/FF fanfic)

Chapter 4: If he only had the heart

Chapter 4:

After a month of intense training, you've gotten much better at sword fighting and have learned many new moves. Plus, your agility and reflexes have improved by at least 9000%; Cloud made sure of that. Leon even decided to take Cloud's place and helped train you a few times. In fact, he has been your trainer more and more often as time passed.

As you rest in your bed after a long day of practice, you hear a soft knock at the door. "Can I come in?" Tifa's voice asks through the door.

"You have to be more forceful, Tifa." Reno says with an edge of mischief in his voice.

"No, no!" you protest as your door unhinges and falls to the floor with an ear-splitting crash.

You groan as Reno saunters in with a smirk on his face. "RENO! I'M GONNA KILL YOU! THAT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK!!" you shout.

"Sorry, _____. That's just how I do." Reno says, shrugging his shoulders.

"I'll take care of this," Tifa sighs, pulling Reno by his red hair.

"Hey! Not the hair! I just gelled it!" Reno yells as you laugh hysterically.

Seifer walks into the room, not even looking you in the eyes. "Cloud wants to talk to you." He says and jabs his thumb behind him.

You lift yourself off of the bed and follow Seifer into the grand hallway.

"Hey, Seifer? I don't mean to be rude by asking, but I was wondering...why do you and Leon have the exact same scar in the exact same place?" you ask.

Seifer gives you a death glare and clenches his hands into fists. Expecting the worst, you close your eyes and flinch. But instead of feeling a blow, you open your eyes to see a calm yet sad-looking Seifer.

He glances at you and gives you a soft smile before saying, "I guess you can say we don't get along too well."

You give him a puzzled look as he continues walking forward. Seifer just hasn't been as mean to you lately as he was when you first met him. In fact, you're the only person he seems to be nice to aside from his two friends from the other RANGER group, Rai and Fuu. Hmmm....

"_____! You coming or not?!" Seifer shouts.

You quickly shake off your thought (you always seem to have your head in the clouds) and dash after him.

"Well, ____, the reason I wanted to talk to you is to tell you about an important event that's coming up in a week." Cloud begins.

"What kind of event??" You question.

"A formal ball. Next Friday." Cloud finishes.

You squeal and jump for joy. You always did love balls, proms...pretty much any kind of dance, though you weren't a fantastic dancer or anything.