===Kurae===

Rinoa palmed her forehead. "Then ask her for lessons, you silly kid!" She murmered softly, pushing Kurae towards Sylvia rather roughly, almost causing Kurae to get shoved into her. Rinoa then quickly hurried over to Laguna's side, still grinning madly. "10 gil says they'll dance."

===Zephyr===

"Well, in ten to fifteen minutes, normally, depending on how strict the Garden Faculty are." The woman replied, hopping off the stage. "You'll know, though, someone will come in to tell us it's time to head towards the dormitories."

“I’d better head over to where the dance is and meet up with Sylvia is, then. Thanks for the help,” I say, exiting the room.

'How'd I get myself into this mess?' he thought, mentally sighing as he was shoved forward. "Well, um... I was kinda hoping that... well, you seem kinda bored... and... um.." he said to Sylvia, obviously not good at this. "wouldyoudancewithme?" he finally asked, almost too fast to understand.

Sylvia stared at him for a few minutes, she looked back at the exit doors, she shrugged and smiled at Kurae "I thought you couldn't dance?" was all she said before she lead him onto the dance floor. "Ok since this is just a simple slow dance all we have to do is move back and forth, with no fancy tricks to worry about" She moved his arms and directed him to how he was supposed to hold her. "Ok ready?"

Here it comes..; Her eyes narrowed as the shadow rushed in its fury towards her, Here's hopeing i haven't gotten rusty..; As the creature approached erratically, she'd take a small jump forward to meets its momentum; timing it as well as she could. She'd swing her left blade across, whisking through the air towards the ravenous foe. Her body now curved slightly with the swift strike. Keeping her right weapon readied for a follow up.

'As I'll ever be.' he thought, trying to get into position. 'This is simple enough... I hope I can remember something...' he thought as he tried to shake off his anxiety. He gave a slightly nervous smile, and nodded his head.

Sylvia smiled at him "Ok, so lets go" she led him onto the dance floor, leading him occasionally if she felt him falter or hesitantly step. She spelled her shoes, so that just in case he did step on them she'd feel nothing...at the moment. "See? Dancing's not so bad."

He refrained himself from looking at his feet, knowing he would screw up. 'Well, if I just focus on it, this doesn't seem so hard.' he thought. "It really isn't." he agreed. "I don't know why I dreaded learning it." 'I think I'm actually enjoying this.' he thought, surprised.

ooc: guna respond any time soon hakker?

===Zephyr===

The woman nodded, waving at Zephyr as he left the room with a smile on her features.

The hallway was brimming with the activity of Garden Faculty, who were already beginning to close various parts of the Garden, namely the Cafeteria and Front Gate, which supposedly lead outside into a forest.

===Kurae & Sylvia===

Rinoa gave the duo a thumbs up, a smile on her face, as Laguna stood beside her, resisting the urge to burst into a fit of laughter by covering his mouth with a single hand. This effort got him a jab between the ribs by Rinoa, who hissed at him. "They're dancing better then you did!"

===Nini===

The Heartless screeched as the attack hit it, leaving a deep cut on it's left shoulder. (80 - 19 = 61)

The creature responded with anger, using it's only remaining good arm to strike back at Niniva with it's sharp claw; scraping her right arm, landing roughly on the ground for it's effort, hissing in pain as it struggled up slowly, preparing for the attack it's opponent was sure respond with. (115 - 11 = 104)

Kurae gave a grin at Rinoa, knowing he wasn't doing TOO bad. 'Man, I wish Mom hadn't died, I would be doing 10 times better right now.' It was a somewhat morbid thought, and he pushed it to the back of his mind, trying to focus on not tripping over his own feet. He still looked distant as he attempted to do so however.

Sylvia noticed that the ball would soon be over and meaning curfew was coming soon. She stopped dancing with Kurae "Thank you for the dance it was fun, but I have to go" She left the dance floor hurriedly without waiting for a response and left the ballroom, not caring if anyone was in her way. She ran the directions to the training room over in her mind, she snapped her fingers and in a shimmer of sparks she was in her old clothes once again. She pulled off her necklace and threw it in front of herself her broom appeared and she hopped onto it zooming down the halls like she did at the Disney Castle.

"Well, that was fun." he said, watching her leave in a hurry. He walked over to Rinoa and Laguna and sat down next to them. "So, it's pretty much over then?" he asked, getting a drink. He sat down again, and waited for a response, pondering what he would do now. 'I'm not tired...' he thought, and knew he would be unable to sleep now.

Giving a soft cry of pain as the claw slashed against her forearm; blood glistening down across her skin; gritting her teeth, the scratched arm still held affirm; rearing back for its counter attack, she slashed her right arm upwards in an arc; using the momentum of her movement, she followed up with a swift twist; whisking her left blade across diagonally; ending the maneuver with a quick jab of the left blade, attempting to stab the steel into its flesh.

===Kurae===

Rinoa sighed, yanking Kurae up. "You've got nothing to do, right? Why don't you follow her?" He suggested. "She might need your help or something!" She exclaimed, getting a nod from Laguna.

===Sylvia===

Moments before Sylvia reached the thick, metal doors leading into the training areas, the gloved hand of a Garden Faculty grabbed onto her broom, stopping her in midair. "The usage of any instruments of travel such as magic, mechanical or... Household equipment, is in violation of the Garden rules, please dismount this instant and continue on foot." The Faculty commanded, managing to keep the broom still with one hand.

===Niniva===

The Heartless let out what could only be described as a shriek of terror as it tried to move out of the way of the strike, only to get slashed in it's already weakened shoulder, almost completely severing the tendons, rendering the connected arm completely useless to the creature. The beast forced it's hind legs to jump backwards, still recieving a slight cut across it's chest. However, it had not the power to move away out of reach from the third strike, barely able to avoid getting impaled. (61 - 15 - 5 - 19 = 22)

The creature was now enraged, to say the least. What little primal instincts it had awakening from being forced into a corner as it dashed forward, passing the Keyblade Wielder as it attempted to rake it's claws through Niniva's legs, missing however as searing pain ran through it's injured stomach, chest and shoulder, forcing it to abandon the attack. It spun around on it's heels, if you could call them that, pouncing on top of Niniva's back, it's still functioning claw being thrusted into her side, before it jumped over the female, allowing it's hind claws to cut her left shoulder as he passed over her. (104 - 16 - 6 = 82)