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After that, you'll end up with the Princesses and if you haven't already talked to them to gain an upgraded magic spell. Also, it'd be wise to head to the Library and talk to Belle for something. You'll also find Yuffie, Leon, and Arieth there as well. Talk to them all but be sure to talk to Arieth since she'll give you a lot of good things After you feel things are wrapped up in Hallow Bastion then you have another choice, another tournament is being held at Olympus Coliseum so you could head there, or go back to Traverse Town, or to the next world that has opened up next to Hallow Bastion.

Upon entering this cup it'd be wise if you were nicely leveled up say around Level 50 on up, or if you have a lot of strength and defense built up as well. This cup will be the most grueling and longest ones you'll face around 50 rounds total in a row. So I hope you have Cura or Curaga in your quick magic list as well as Aero. The upside to this cup is that you only have to go through rounds till you reach the what I like to call the sub-boss of those rounds, in other words you start from the 49th seed and you make it too the 40th seed round, beat that person then from there on if you lose you get to restart at the 40th seed, and so on.

So no you don't always have to start over from 50th seed. But the Hades Cup has almost all the Heartless creatures or probably the toughest so be prepared. At the most it means 10 or more. Despite this bosses huge demeanor, he is fairly easily to get rid of. You want to focus your attack on its legs in the beginning. It'd be wise to attack one of its legs from the side, because once you land enough combo attack blows the boss will fall down backwards and you don't want to be caught up behind it.

You would want to avoid Rock Titans attacks as well, few that they are they are pretty powerful but very easy to parry. When he walks and he stomps on the ground making visible waves simple jump out of the way. Also you'll notice Rock Titans powerful move where he somewhat jumps onto the ground sending a whole shockwave across the ground just jump and Glide if necessary. With those out of the way, keep attacking Rock Titans legs, when it falls find a way to climb on to Rock Titans body and work your way to one of its heads. Select a head and attack away at it, it deals more damage.

After awhile Rock Titan will slowly begin to rise. I've found that you can somehow stay on top of Rock Titans shoulders or chest during this time and continue attacking one of its heads. So if you can manage to find a place to stand on and attack his head when he is fully up, then use this at your advantage, if you fall - then repeat the process with attacking the legs and then a head after it falls down. If you must, use Aero if you feel you are being hit a lot and use Curaga or a healing item to revitalize your HP bar.

After awhile of this you'll win, the whole Hades Cup. His attack you really must watch out for is his flame punch, fireball throw, and flame rotation. Flame rotation is when he goes into the center of the arena, says something like "It's time to heat things up! There is a simple way to counter this attack, just get in close behind him and you can either walk or run your way while he rotates or use the dodge roll, I've tried jumping and gliding over it and it won't work.

Plus this move does a lot of damage. To start the battle cast Aero on your self to reduce some damage, if it is used up, cast it on yourself again. Now it is time to attack, surprisingly Donald and Goofy will attack Hades well, I've noticed this more than any other boss, they attack Hades and even make him stagger a bit, and that is where you can come in and do some more damage.

But basically you just run in and start combo attacking him. When Hades hands get on fire to do a flame punch you might want to back up and use "Strike Raid" on him if you have it equipped. Basically when he is not attacking you should be attacking, jump in air combos are the best for any occasion. When he does his flame rotation attack he is invincible for awhile till it ends.

Like I said go behind his back and follow the rotation so the flames won't hit you. After he is done he is really vulnerable to attack so let it rip! Continue this process and you'll win the battle eventually. Cloud and Leon Difficulty: Cast Aero in the beginning and lock onto Cloud and trying dishing out your combo attacks. If Leon starts getting close it'd be wise to draw Cloud away from the area Leon is at, hopefully Donald and Goofy will be working on whoever you aren't fighting.

With Cloud his basic attacks are easy to deflect and then go into a combo attack. When he yells and rushes on the ground try jumping or gliding at that time till he is finish and go in for the attack. You'll get use to these attacks from facing Cloud before and after he is done with one, attack him. Magic attacks will work well against Cloud such as Gravitiga and Tunderga. But you don't want to waste too much MP for Aero and Curaga if you need to defend and heal yourself.

After Cloud is done with, face Leon. Leon is basically the same as when you fought him and Yuffie at once. So have the same attitude you had when facing him that time. This time Leon's gunblade will be long for the duration of this match so you'll have to watch out for his gunblade attacks. I'd have to say Leon is the easiest out of the two, dodge his rising slash attack and of course watch out for when he comes down and go in and attack him.

I suggest trapping him up against the transparent wall and keep attacking him with never lasting combos, but eventually he'll jump out of it and attack you. Strike Raid works very well if you don't want to get into to close. Also, against the both of them, use Raganork or Arcanum attacks to damage them greatly. Repeat this, heal when needed and you'll eventually win. When it vomits you can either glide or dodge roll to miss the attacks from the ground.

When it spits out fireballs I suggest you do the dodge rolling since it won't hit you will doing this. Always keep a locked target on one of its outside heads, after they are done with its magic attack it'll stand in place and start biting. Select an outside head and after it bites jump and do a hit combo and stop, because it'll follow up with another quick bite, after that you have enough time to do a longer air combo on its head. After awhile of that, Cerberus will go back to its magic attacks.

Also when Cerberus gets on its hind legs jump and glide to counter its earthquake attack. After the magic attacks are done go in for more hits on its head and repeat the process of hits, wait, and then an all out air combo attack. You could also jump on its back and get close to its shoulder blades so you won't be hit with any of Cerberus' magic spells. Repeat all this, heal when needed and use Aero if you must and you'll win after you attack this beast enough.

It is a pretty easy match since it's basically the same. If you need more help then please go back to the Hallow Bastion Behemoth boss strategy, really if you are having trouble with this beast, then maybe you should go back and level up a bit before heading deeper into the Hades Cup. After attacking its horn enough and dodging its attacks you'll win. But she is much quicker this time around. I suggest you use the Strike Raid attack against her when she is far away since she flips away a lot. When you do get in close, let her having it by dishing our on assault on her.

Use Raganork or Arcanum on her when you are close and want to deal a lot of damage. Dodge your way out of her ninja star throws and use Aero if needed.

Heal up if you are some what low as well, but make sure you get her trapped with a wall behind her and keep attacking her up straight with combos. But after you win this all you'll come out with the Hades Cup trophy, Lionheart keyblade, and Ansem Report 8. You can then either try out the other matches in Olympus Coliseum by talking to Phil, and you'll notice some with the???? After this you can either do more sidequests, level up, or head straight onto the other world opposite of Hallow Bastion, End of the World.

Upon arriving here, things may see a bit overwhelming Just make sure you are leveled nicely and having a lot of strength to keep you alive through here. Pretty much those under Level 55 will have a harder time going through here and facing the bosses, as opposed Level 60 and up. I was at Level 54 coming in and I didn't have too much trouble but it was challenging. Anyways, make your way through this world and you'll come to glowing pillars of light that'll take your through previous worlds you've been in, each one contains a Heartless battle and then you'll find a treasure chest containing useful items.

You'll go through all of these, unless you want to skip them keep by passing the pillars of light and go onto the next area. Remember green advances you and blue makes you go back. You'll come to a hall with a huge Heartless sign at the end, you'll head down that way and to your left will be a door, go through it and examine the text on this machine, after you do so Heartless will attack you.

Finish them and then head out of the room; you can't get past the Heartless sign, instead head back to where you came. After you are back you'll notice that the glowing pillar is gone and there is just a hole. Go down that hole and a boss battle waits Now it is time to fight him! Throughout this battle you'll be flying the whole time, this monsters weak point of course is its head. I suggest you equip Aero at the start of the fight and target Chernabogs head.

The easiest way to beat this boss is if you go right behind its head to avoid most of its attacks, when you are behind its head attack it till there is no end. Eventually after awhile Chernabog will push you guys away with a powerful gust of wind and he'll start attacking you with magic spells. If your Aeroga runs out, cast it again and heal if necessary. Go back in to attack its head, and keep repeating this process and try avoiding its magic attacks and you'll win this battle easily.

After the fight with Chernabog you'll go through the hole it use to be in and then you have to fight in a gauntlet of Heartless that come in waves. Each wave you defeat a piece of the heart shape door falls off. The first Heartless you'll face is Behemoth again, just like the first time use that strategy to beat him, the horn is his weakness.

After that fight a string of more Heartless will come out, so make sure you have plenty of potions, mega elixirs, mega potions, etc. As soon as all the pieces of the heart shaped door have fallen off you won't have to fight anymore Heartless. The reason why they had so many fights it to make sure you are leveled up properly for what is in store next. Go through the heart shaped door and ahead of you will be another door leading somewhere else.

I suggest that you MUST save right here at this exact place called, "Final Rest", because that is the last save point from here. Also if you decide to head out of this world, and come back you can teleport straight here instead of going through all that you went through, so if you have trouble with the next last fights you may want to head out and level up elsewhere. It'll even prompt you to save and put everything in order before you go through the door.

My main suggestion for customizing your quick magic list is: Curaga, Aero, and then any other magical element you want to use or that you think would help you out, I has Thunderga in mine but I really didn't use it, just make sure Aeroga and Curaga is in there. After you are sure head through it for the last battles Ansem looks really overwhelming as you see him flying and with some kind of Shadow Guardian with him, but I must tell you now - you haven't seen nothing yet. So when the first battle starts out what should you do?

That's right use Aeroga! Also, lock on to him so you can find him easy. Since Ansem will be in the air the whole time and sometimes out of reach, it'd be wise to use your Strike Raid ability. When he is close and reachable jump in and air combo him. Sometimes he'll stagger and then sometimes he'll take it like a man. Also if you want to deal more damage, Raganork works very well seeing it is an air combo attack. But you must also watch your MP level if you want to rely on Aero and Curaga for defense. When you attack Ansem of course your MP will charge up, just want to warn you in some cases you might be low.

So to start go up and attack him straight on with air attack combos. He'll fly around at different parts of the island so some areas he'll be right above you, that's when Strike Raid is handy. Ansems main attacks deal with his Shadow Guardian. He'll call forth his Guardian to protect him and that's where he is invincible, just wait till the Guardian disappears and then go in for the attack. The Guardian will always throw elemental orbs at you so you can either get hit with it if you want to keep attacking him or be cautious and dodge them with the dodge roll.

Really, mostly this battle is all about offense. The defensive roles come into play if you are low on health and must retreat a bit to heal up using Curaga or an item, and casting Aero on yourself. Try to have Aero on all the time at least. Ansem will also attack with energy surrounding him that deflects your attacks and he'll yell out "Submit! To counter this attack, when his energy barrier runs out jump up and attack him, this will usually call back the Guardian instead of it holding onto you. He'll keep on doing this for awhile plus other attacks, but mainly you just have to get up in his face and attack him till no end.

After his HP is depleted, he'll retreat back into another area. You'll have some time to gather yourself and stock up on potions to re- heal yourself and any other things that need tending to. Head over to the area that Ansem went and prepare for another battle by your self First target its hand that is on the ground and attack that up and down, make sure you are behind or at the side of its hand as well to miss the attacks from the front. After awhile its hands will rise up and gather energy and then slam it into the ground again making an opening for Shadow Heartless to come out.

While its hand is in the ground keep attacking it and hopefully you'll be attacking the Shadow Heartless as well, if not don't worry too much about them just keep your focus on Darkside. Repeat hitting his hand and this battle will be over. Nope it's no over yet. Come on what would you expect out of a Square game? Let alone Kingdom Hearts. Directly after the fight with the Darkside Heartless you go into battle again. Hopefully you healed yourself after you beat Darkside quickly if not then be sure to do so for in the beginning of the next fight Then use Aeroga for defense.

Ansem is basically the same as before, but you don't have your buddies to help, you out so it is a bit harder. Same strategy as before, except Ansem has 2 new attacks. One of his new attacks is a rush attack similar to Rikus from the 2nd fight in Hallow Bastion. To counter it just jump in the air and glide till he passes you and let your self fall and jump and glide again.

You can't remain in the air cause you do gradually drop and you need the climax of the jump to make the attack miss you, if he comes for another rush you might get hit, better safe than sorry right? His other attack is also simple to avoid. He'll move to the center of the fighting area and then the ground around you will have small Heartless reach out and try to attack you, all you have to do is dodge roll out of the way, so head in one direction circling around Ansem while pounding the Square button, after the ground attack has stopped dodge roll out of the farthest away from Ansem to avoid a huge magical attack.

After that is done Ansem is vulnerable to attacks so go up and attack him. Other than those 2 new additional moves Ansem is basically the same as before. Use Aero all the time and heal when you need to, after his HP is gone - get ready for a cutscene. You'll be sucked into this vast empty space that I don't even know where is, and you'll see Ansem and his World of Chaos.

And to think you still got a bit more ways to fight as well. Ansem will talk and stuff during this cutscene and then you'll be forced into another fight without your comrades World of Chaos Difficulty: Hmmmm this sorta looks familiar, a la FFX I believe but still looks awesome. Your main focus will be on Ansem again and if you want cast Aeroga on yourself, or you can just wait till you are low on health and use Curaga on you. So target on to Ansem for easy flying and maneuvering, and head towards him. You want to position yourself right behind him to escape from his weapon blows, when you are behind him let it out with attack combos.

You won't be able to use your attack abilities seeing that you are flying the whole time. Keep attacking Ansem up right and Ansem with retaliate with orbs that shoot out what seems to be laser that'll hit you from time to time. They don't do too much damage but you will probably get hit a lot while attacking Ansem. Whenever you need to heal or re-cast Aero, head out of the way of Ansem and the lasers and do your business. After that go back in and repeat the process. After Ansems HP runs out, he'll take a breather.

After your fight with him a part of the World of Chaos will open and you'll go inside. In there it is completely dark but you'll see eyes of Heartless coming at you. They are on Shadow Heartless so they are pretty easy to handle, they also drop HP balls which will help replenish your health. Clean them out and this orb like thing will drop. Air combo attack it and then you'll get out of that area and on to your next objective heal if necessary You'll see small tentacle things shooting stuff at you and that is where you want to attack next.

There are 2 rows of small tentacles and the 2 bigger ones, take out the bigger ones first with a breeze, they drop some HP balls to so it'll help heal you up. Then take out the smaller ones on each side. After they are gone you are going to want to find a gaseous cloud in front of the top of the World of Chaos, that didn't sound to confusing right? Locate it and go through it. Goofy rejoins you finally and you'll be fighting some more Heartless monsters sorta like you did before, except that are Darkballs. Not to difficult just attack them and make sure they are all gone, they'll drop huge HP balls which should help you out greatly.

After they are gone another orb like thing will drop, attack that and then you'll be outside of the World of Chaos yet again for another battle Well it is time to tell it that it is ugly and whip some since into it.

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Since you have Goofy accompanying you, things will be a bit easier. Attack it up front right in its face, use the target lock on for it to be a bit easier. The face will attack but don't mind it until your HP is really low, retreat back and heal yourself and then go back in for another bashing. Keep using your attack combos to its advantage, move slightly over on the side of the face so you won't get hit all the time. After awhile you'll beat the face and you'll go inside its mouth. Before you head into its mouth you can fight off some more small artillery things that are spitting out stuff at you, lock on and attack them, they'll drop HP balls for you, but if you don't want to do that, go ahead into the mouth.

Awesome now Donald is back! Everyone is here and now it is time to kick some more ass. Just like the 2 times before you'll be fighting more Heartless in a dark area, this time these are one of the toughest Heartless around called Invisible, those flying ones with swords. Just make sure to target one and jump in to do a air combo attack, keep repeating that till they are all gone and cure yourself if needed. Another orb will drop and attack that to come out of that things mouth If you feel like it, fight off the tiny tentacles surrounding the main core, or you can just go ahead and attack the main core.

The main core is pretty easy to recognize has a small face like thing on it and it wiggles around when you hit it. It won't attack so it'd be wise to cure up for what is ahead while you are attacking it. Hit it enough times and the core will deteriorate and you'll fly out of the belly. Man will this ever end?! Don't worry after getting out of the belly Ansem will awake for another go at it. But this time you have your friends helping you out, this is going to be a piece of cake Target on to him, cast Aeroga, and then head behind him to attack him.

At this point, let it all out with attacks and such, Donald and Goofy will be helping out a lot as well in terms of attacking. If you get hit with a laser shots a lot then retreat to heal up some more, then head back to attack Ansem again. Really this part is a breeze, you just need to be aware of your HP status and keep attacking him from behind soon enough you'll win. No no, but I know that was a lot for a final boss, but great wasn't it? You can set your controller down and rest your hands. Sit back and relax and enjoy the ending s. Plus if you got enough stuff required to see the bonus 'Secret Ending' then enjoy that as well, it was worth it.

Optional Bosses There are a lot of extras and sidequests in Kingdom Hearts and part of the sidequests are extra bosses. Below is a list of bosses and where you can face them. I'll try to have their own boss strategies for next update, but for now here is their location and who they are: Put Peter Pan in your party and then go over and talk to Tinkerbell who is in the same room.

She'll ask you to go to the Clock Tower so agree, when you arrive there, Phantom awaits to fight you. This is a tough battle, in terms you might have to do things at once. You also can't have both Donald and Goofy in your party at the same time so you must choose which one you think would benefit more in this battle, it's more magical than physical so you might want Donald. You want to make sure you have plenty of elixirs or mega elixirs in your item list. As for your quick magic menu, has Stopra and Aeroga equipped, and then any other magic spell you want.

When you go into battle you need to have these key things in mind: I suggest you don't leave that side of the clock face since you need to go back to it often, if the Stopra spell hasn't run out yet, you can go ahead and cast Stopra on the clock whenever you feel seeing that it'll just lengthen the time yet again. When the Stop spell runs out re-cast it as quickly as possible on that clock face, cause when the clock reaches 0 or 12 O'clock you or your buddies time is out. You'll notice the glowing orb at the bottom of the Phantoms get up.

The colors are in terms of elemental usage. Here is an example: Use Fire Magic - Glowing Blue: Use Ice Magic - Glowing Yellow: Use Thunder Magic - Glowing White: You physical attacks with your keyblade The physical attacks are a must since it does more damage to the Phantom and helps replenish your MP gauge if you can't do it using an item.

After they are gone, he does it on you, so it is critical to work fast. With those key things in mind you are ready to fight the Phantom. I also think it'd be wise to face the Phantom after you've reached level 60 or higher, seeing it might be a lot more difficult at a lower level. Also the abilities that would make this fight easier is MP Haste and MP Rage, they work really work since both double your MP if you get hit and if you use some MP only part will be depleted.

The Phantoms attacks are a hand slash, heat seeking fireball, and of course the Doom Countdown. You need to avoid most of his attack but the Doom Countdown is the most critical, always cast Stopra on the clock face when it runs out during the Doom Countdown. During the time Stopra is on the clock you work your magic so to say on the Phantom, using the magic that corresponds to the color on his orb.

Use mega elixirs or elixirs from your item list if you ever get low on MP, chances are you'll be low on HP as well, but if you are low on HP then use Curaga, and Aeroga for defense. When you do use magic on the Phantom it is quite hard if the Phantom is moving around so the best way is to get somewhat close and when it stops moving around, hit it with your magic. Repeat all this using the magic and keeping the clocked stopped when Doom Countdown is casted on you or another character, and if you are lucky enough you'll come out with a win over this toughie.

Like above, you must have finished Hallow Bastion the first time. It'll take you to the location of Kurt Zisa. Ice Titan - HP: This match becomes available after you beat Hades Cup. This battle can be hard, easy, or fun - just by the way you are leveled up and how your perceive things. Before you start the Gold Match I recommend greatly that you have the Guard ability equipped, if not then it'll be a little bit harder.

This is where the Guard technique comes into play. Once you see Ice Titan bring his arm back and then forward you'll see some icicles being hurled in your direction, time it right to deflect the icicles with Guard and most if not all should hit Ice Titan doing a great deal of damage. Ice Titan will turn to your left and being blowing cold air at your direction simply jump over and glide over it a bit, while avoiding the icicles being tossed to avoid slipping and falling on your bum.

He only uses this if you are really close to him, say near his legs. You got 2 options, never do it again or roll of the friggin way. Reminiscent of FFX at the end of the game where you ran into one you'd go into a battle, well if you run into one you'll get hurt, easy way to avoid this is to keep moving and use the roll ability to your advantage.

These things are pretty easy to avoid, they'll appear over your head and you'll just have to move out of the way, rolling if possible, Ice Titan usually uses the Ground Ice Spikes and the Ice Boulders simultaneously followed by the icicle throw. I like to call it Ice Rage cause usually after you knock out Ice Titan a couple of times, he'll start doing this. Ice Titan gets frustrated and clenches its fist and then releases this ice gas that freezes you and does a great deal of damage, if you are lucky you'll only get hit twice and have some HP left over, quickly heal yourself with Cura or Curaga.

If you want to avoid this, get Ice Titans attacking patterns down and when he is about to do this you want to get behind him a bit to the side, that way you can avoid it, but be careful of his Ice Stomp afterwards if you are too close, plus you might miss a good time to swat icicles back at him. Now onto the fight, usually the Ice Titan starts by throwing icicles at you, swat them back with your guard ability to do a lot of damage on this guy. After dodging most of its attacks and pelting him with his own icicles, it'll stun the Ice Titan brining him down on a knee.

This is your time to run in and attack his head as much as you can with your keyblade, using Arc Arcanum or Raganork works pretty well but you might miss if not timed or placed right. Once he gets back up its time to fight and do the same strategy again. As the battle progresses and you are winning, Ice Titan will be getting faster with attacks and more powerful, especially with the Ice Rage, that's the attack you must watch for the most in terms of defense and healing.

If you are low on health run to a spot where you can use Cura or Curaga quickly and then go back to the fight, try as much as you can eventually you'll be healed if you are being hit a lot at the same time. Repeat the process and watch for his attacks, and going all out on its head and you shall win eventually. When you go to Olympus Coliseum, the title will be marked with????. Sora will also head into this battle alone, one tough battle.

Platinum Match is where he is located. Check out CyberEarth's in depth strategy on beating Sephiroth on Gamefaqs. Boss Information This is just nice tid bit of information on the bosses in Kingdom Hearts. You can access the info of bosses and other things through your Journal and even look in closer are the bosses by pressing the Triangle button and view them. Also I want to note that you can't view bosses you haven't faced before, so it's only the bosses you've faced you can see the info and full scale model. Anyways - here is the boss information section. Darkside - Enormous Heartless that appeared in Destiny islands with Shadows.

It led the battle against Sora when he first received the Keyblade. Although Soda defeated it, the island was swallowed by the darkness. It falls apart when it receives damage, but each part attacks individually. Sora meets Donald and Goofy for the first time just before fighting this Heartless. Opposite Armor - Heartless that guards the Keyhole in Traverse town. It is a modified form of Guard Armor, but is more powerful. Trickmaster - Heartless that Sora and company encounter while they searched for Alice. It's herky-jerky attacks and juggling act flustered Sora and the others.

Stealth Sneak - Heartless that attuned to the darkness in Clayton's heart.

It somehow manipulated the light to turn invincible and fought alongside Clayton. Pot Centipede - Heartless called by Jafar to stop Aladdin. It's long body is composed of a number of Pot Spiders linked together. Even if its body comes apart, it can regenerate itself by gathering other pots. Parasite Cage - Heartless that appeared inside Monstro. It's known to swallow enemies. Sora and the others rescue Pinocchio, who was trapped inside it. Phantom - Ghostlike Heartless that haunted the clock tower standing far away from Neverland. Fluttering its eerie cloak, it casts a spell to take Sora's heart.

Having no physical body, regular attacks were useless, but in the end Sora and company discovered its weakness and prevailed. Behemoth - Immensely powerful Heartless. First seen while battling between the doorways at Hallow Bastion. With their large frame, they trample enemies, and repel most attacks. Damaging their weak point make them lose consciousness. Strike them with potent attacks while they are down.

Hades - Lord of the Underworld. He's using the Heartless to try and take over the world.

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Hades wants Hercules and Sora out of the way, but all his schemes against Sora and the others seem to end in failure. Hercules defeated him once, but Hades has brought him back to fight Sora and friends. He has two heads, but can only think with one at a time. Defeated once by Hercules, he's now on the loose again, courtesy of Hades. After this rigmarole, do you think the sales clerk will be more likely to give you a discount? Of course, to be persuasive and influential in a truly insidious way, you need to know which psychological buttons to push in your opponent.

Robert Cialdini, where he outlines many of the tools salesmen, advertising professionals, and conmen use to manipulate us. Before starting your negotiation, give your opponent a small gift. Depending on the context, this could be as simple as buying them lunch or bringing them a fancy cup of coffee from the artisanal roastery downstairs. Why butter them up? According to Cialdini, the rule of reciprocation states that we feel a duty to repay others in kind for whatever they have provided to us. If someone does us a favor and we do not return it, we feel a psychological burden.

Several experiments have shown that people are so keen to rid themselves of the burden of debt that they will perform much larger favors in return for small ones. The Krishna organization used just this tactic to great effect when they gifted flowers to passersby on the street. Though generally annoyed, people often made donations to the organization to return the floral favor.

So, give it a try. Just as we desire to pay back favors, so too do we feel obliged to match concessions in negotiations. This is the rejection-then-retreat strategy, and it is astonishingly powerful. In addition to activating a desire to reciprocate concessions, it also evokes the contrast principle: Thus, the sweet in the earlier example seems disproportionately cheap after the raffle ticket. Similarly, the second offer you make to your opponent will seem very reasonable in contrast to your preposterous first one.

The rejection-then-retreat strategy has felled giants. In , the re-election of President Richard Nixon seemed inevitable, yet somehow a man called G. Gordon Liddy managed to convince the Committee to Re-elect the President CRP that they should give him , dollars to burglarize the offices of Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex. This was a risky undertaking, but Liddy used the rejection-then-retreat strategy: He started by suggesting a one-million-dollar scheme involving kidnapping, mugging and prostitutes.

She saw his sharp, yet beautifully colored hazel eyes start from her head, and slowly rack over her curvaceous body. His eyes trailed back up, intertwining his fingers over his desk, before smirking as his eyes met with the blonde's. Natsu's chest shook as his cheeks rose, a deep laugh bubbling from his throat. Lucy felt herself weirdly attracted to the sharp canines that stuck out, yet despite that, wanting to see that smile more. Lucy's heart jumped at the harsh accusation, yet she remained calm.

I'm only here to help you, with whatever it may be. Natsu raised an eyebrow, before a small smile adorned his thin lips. I've never heard anyone speak to me in such a way. Natsu's eyes slightly widened at the sultry overtone, which contrasted so greatly to her earlier business ready attitude. He smirked, grabbing her small chin as he lightly squeezed it. It'll be me giving the orders in that aspect, sir.

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Days passed, and Natsu felt himself becoming highly attracted to the devious blonde. Weeks passed, and the only thing he could think about was making her his. It was something about the sway of those wide hips, the round shape of that juicy ass, the way her lips turned up whenever she knew she would have the upper hand, or it might have been the way she talked to him. Just being around her turned him on, making his fantasies go wild.

What would she be like as he pounded into that tight hole in between her legs? Would that devious, and wild side spark in between passionate love making, or would she be shy and drawn back? Natsu could already imagine both scenarios, because truthfully, either would do. Would she ride him and try to dominate over him? Or would she blush and look away as he stared down her naked body?

Speak of the devil. Natsu loosened his tie as he ran a hand through his lush locks, picking up his mug to take a sip of coffee as he sat dormant in the comfort of his plush desk chair. She still wore the same exact bun she had come here in every day. Everyday for the past five months! He wondered, how would she look with her hair cascading over her shoulders? How long was it really? How would it feel in his palms as he sifted his fingers through it, kissing that sweet mouth of hers?

Natsu rubbed a hand across his forehead, clutching it in his fingers. I wish they would just fuck off already. Lucy chuckled, turning around to leave. I'll be back in around five minutes to come and get you ready just in case you fail to do so. Lucy laughed, before thrusting her pelvis back, causing her rump to stick out more than it usually did.

She smirked as she eyed Natsu's dazed expression, before turning around and exiting the room. Natsu growled as he harshly sat his mug of coffee down, the thick glass slamming against the table, causing the liquid inside to swirl in a frenzy, resulting in the dark substance spilling on some sheets of paper. He cursed, hastily plucking up Kleenex wipes as he tried to rid it of the stain before it got too bad. What in the world could he do?

I mean, she practically throws herself at him on most occasions. Natsu stood up from his seat, shaking on his dark business coat and straightening his tie. He picked up his case, and a few files, clearing his throat as he pushed in the seat of his chair, walking towards the door, and out into the hallway. Natsu's eyes widened as he stared down the long hallway, only to see Lucy and Sting Eucliffe chatting idly right in the middle. The sandy haired man laughed as he bashfully scratched the back of his neck, "Well, I made it up, of course.

Sting stared to Natsu, then Lucy. He snatched Lucy's hand into his as he began to walk off, dragging her behind him, leaving her to stumble over her own two feet. He was aggravated, no doubt. Natsu hated to see Lucy act so friendly with other guys. She was always laughing, or smiling, and hell, she even called them by their first name. He could see the way all of these men looked at her. It was too friendly. His grip tightened on her wrist as his teeth ground together.

She had known him longer then all these cock headed bastards, yet she didn't even call him by his name. Not any part of it! Natsu growled, before turning a corner as he pushed her against the wall of the men's restroom, slamming a palm down right beside her head, the blonde gasping as Natsu leaned in closer to her.

She couldn't help but feel excited under that predatory gaze, his sharp, yet beautifully colored, hazel eyes piercing into her. He was so close she could feel his warm breath fanning over her face. Even when you have a place you need to be in less than five minutes? Natsu's eyes narrowed as he leaned into her more, pressing her completely against the wall as he placed a leg in between her thighs. Still teasing, still trying to seduce me. You just want me to rape you, right? Cause hell, you sure have been coming off as horny.

Lucy bit her lip as she gazed up at him through thick eyelashes. Her fingertips trailed up his neck and to his his lips, rubbing against the thin, soft morsels. Natsu gazed down at her, his eyes furrowing with conflicted emotions. He grabbed her chin as he turned her head up to look at him. Large brown eyes met greenish hazel ones. Natsu felt himself beam in pride as his name rolled off of her tongue and out of her mouth. Natsu gasped at the contact, not at all expecting it, but couldn't react at the fast rate in which she had pulled away.

She slipped out of his grasp before turning around to signal him to follow. Natsu slightly shook his head in pent frustration, before following after her, his eyes yet again catching on those deliciously wide hips, and that tender ass that was waiting to be ravaged.

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Natsu yawned, wiping a tear from his eye as he reached into his drawer to get him another pack of hot heads out. He nearly cried out in disappointment as he saw the empty box that lay within. Where was that blonde when he needed her?! Speaking of which, the pass few weeks had been sexual torture. After that day, things had gotten a lot more intense. Occasionally Lucy would try to steal a kiss from him, whisper dirty words into his ears, or give him playful taps on the butt whenever he walked past.

It irked the man greatly, but also allowed him to get in a few gropes of his own. What was holding him back? It was obvious she wanted him, yet she still talked to other guys as if it weren't a care in the world. I mean, if you have someone in your sights, you're not suppose to be 'friendly' with others. He unbuttoned the first few buttons on his white shirt, standing up to go to the office lounge to buy some more candy.

He walked down the hallway, stepping into the elevator as he pressed the bottom for the thirteenth floor. Luckily, their were no cockheaded bastards riding with him, therefore their was no reason to be friendly with anyone. At the sound of the ding, Natsu stepped out as he continued down the hallway, turning a few corners until he made it to the lounge. Just as he was about to open the door, he halted as he heard a familiar voice talking to a not so familiar voice.

He peaked through the small window of the door, feeling slightly joyful as he saw a box of hot heads in her hands. So she had noticed he was out. Lucy shrugged, crossing her arms. Their are hot guys around every corner, so it wouldn't be hard to snag one up. Really, I wouldn't mind having a one night stand or something of the sort with any of them. I bet I'd have a great time! Natsu's hand clenched on the doorknob, veins popping on his fingers.

Natsu's grip on the doorknob loosened as his heart dropped in sadness. If she was talking about all of Fairy Tail's men, did that mean she wouldn't be willing to date him? He's the only one I've ever had fantasies about. Wild and passionate nights I've imagined it all with him. I've been trying so hard to get him to make a move on me for months now!

I flirted with others to make him jealous, and basically threw myself onto him. Yet, he's too stubborn and hot headed to see that I want him to take the first step. What, does he want me to wear a BDSM outfit, with my boobs and ass hanging out in front of him, and attack him while he's asleep?

Natsu's eyes widened as a gasp escaped his lips. He hadn't even noticed that his little guy little? A guy who worked here It had to be him! Natsu slightly touched the tip of his excited member, hissing at the pressure. She had been fantasizing about him.

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The same that he'd been doing to her. And all of that flirting shit was an act to get him to make a move! Natsu shuddered at the thought of her wearing revealing lingerie or outfits, massaging his hands into any soft flesh he could get his hands on. Because when he showed passion, in anything he did, he always exceeded any and everyone's wildest imaginations.

As he walked past Lucy, she reached her arm out, lightly pinching his butt. Natsu yelped in surprise, immediately turning around to glare at the blonde. Lucy only giggled, looking down at her hand. That felt a lot thicker than what I'm used too. Natsu couldn't help but feel a light blush brush across his cheeks.