Kingdom Hearts: From No One to Someone

A Simple Spar

Out in the courtyard Roxas and Terra were on either side, studying the other and predicting what the other was going to start.

Ven and Aqua were sitting on the castle steps cheering for either one. Eraqus was at the bottom of the stairs, ready to start the spar.

"The rules for this match are simple. The both of you are only allowed to us basic techniques and lower tier spells only. There will also be no Shotlocks or Command Styles. The match will end when either one of you surrender, are knocked out, or when I say it ends. Do the both of you understand?" Eraqus said with his Keyblade raised.

"Yes Master/Eraqus." The both of the replied while getting into their stances. Roxas briefly wondered what Eraqus meant by Shotlocks or Command Styles, but it could wait. Roxas decided to summon Oblivion while Terra summoned his Keyblade.

It was short in reach with a tempered dark brown shaft with brass edges. For it's teeth one side had two prick like shapes on it and two hammer like protrusions on the other side. It's guard was light blue in color and was circular with a similar color cone shape for the handle. It's Keychain was a few silver chain links to a reddish rock.

"Very well then. Begin!" With that Eraqus sent a sphere of light into the air, starting the match.

Both rushed into the center. Roxas tried to get a good hit on Terra, but he seemed to slide away from him. The eldest apprentice saw an opening, but his strike was blocked by Roxas. But it had pushed him back about 2 feet.

'Okay he is strong.' Were the thoughts of Roxas. Terra had some power behind his swings. Getting hit by one of those would deal some damage.

Terra continued to try land another three strikes on him, but Roxas blocked the first two hits and parried the last one. Roxas tried to land a blow, but Terra blocked it. Before Roxas could get in another strike Terra lept into the air and slammed his Keyblade into the ground to create a shockwave that knocked him back.

Before he could get his bearings Terra unleashed a barrage of powerful strikes and then sent him flying with a spinning attack. He managed to recover mid air as he saw Terra was trying to strick from him above.

'Perfect.'

"Strike Raid!" Roxas threw his Keyblade at Terra. The force of the impact plus gravity sent the young man crashing down onto the ground.

'Ow.' Was all that Terra could think of at the moment. He had to admit, Roxas was a good fighter. His stance was unorthodox from what he has used to training and had some openings that he could exploit, but then again he was mostly self taught before crashing into Ven's room. Speaking of which Roxas was nearly as fast as Ven, but had more power in his strikes.

With some effort he rose back to his feet. He saw Roxas coming back at him to attack. Terra resummoned his Keyblade to parry the strike. He resumed his attack on the reverse swing when Roxas rolled out of the way and resumed his stance.

"Not bad Roxas." Terra said as he also got into a stance. "You just need to work on fine turning your style and a few other things and then you could probably be ready for the Mark of Mastery in about a year."

He was speaking honestly. He thought that Roxas was close if not a bit above Ven in terms of skill and that was after a year with constant training by himself. A year of tutelage under Master might have both him and Ven ready for the next exam.

"Thanks Terra. You're not so bad yourself." Roxas said smiling.

He had to admit so far Terra was a tough opponent. So to hear that from him was well earned praise. Of course Roxas was still exhausted from traveling through time and was only fighting with one Keyblade, but even he doubted that if he used both of them it would make that much of a difference as he was right now.