Chapter 1

The Graveyard of Fate. Where all the fallen "legends" are remembered only by their Soulblades that lined the wasteland. Dust clouds littered the graveyard, making it hard to breathe. And now a new war between the Insurrectionists and the Bladers was unfolding here like it had all that time ago...

Cling! Clang! Clunk! The Soulblades interlocked in a ferocious battle of strength & wit.

"Give in to the darkness! Let it take hold of your soul!"

"I'll never join you Slade!" Blaze launched himself backwards & shot a blast of fiery hell from his Soulblade, heading fast for the villainous Slade. Slade laughed & shot a fury of icy crystals from his Soulblade at the tremendous fireball. The ball of fire froze solid & shattered on the dusty battleground.

"You can't stop me, Blaze! You're too weak & merciful to do it. It's a shame really. You have so much potential yet you're too stupid to unleash it."

"You'll pay for what you've done! I am the blader of legend! I will destroy you! & return the world to its rightful balance of light and darkness. I won't allow you to do to others what you've done to me!" Blaze lunged at Slade who easily blocked the blow.

"By now you should realize that Firesoul is not enough to take on my Dawn of Ruins. You're wasting your time. Just join me & I can give you everything you ever want!"

"Shut up!" Blaze swung Firesoul across Slade's face, grazing his left eye.

"Aggh!" Slade staggered back, one of his gloved hands covering his injured eye. Slade's glove had been stained in blood. Blaze leapt towards the stunned ruler of darkness, Soulblade in hand. Twisting his body midair, Blaze landed behind Slade. Firesoul slashed into Slade's back, sending him hurtling into the ground with a loud thud. With Firesoul aimed at his head, Slade dared not move.

"Submit, Slade! You can't win!"

"How long must you delay the inevitable?" Slade asked the young boy. Blaze was unsure of what Slade had meant.

"What are you talking about?" Blaze curiously asked, lowering his guard but keeping an eye on Slade.

"Your fate. You're fate is to die here today in the properly named, Graveyard of Fate!" Slade swept Blaze's feet out from under him and quickly stood back up, reversing their roles & wiping a stream of blood off his cheek onto his glove. Blaze had dropped Firesoul upon hitting the ground & was too dazed to summon it back. Growing tired of the boy's presence, Slade stopped holding back and was aiming to kill the young guardian of light. "You will submit- Or you will die!" Slade lifted Blaze up by his throat.

Struggling to breathe, Blaze fought to release Slade's grip that only tightened the more Blaze struggled. Blaze had significantly weakened from lack of oxygen and slowly stopped fighting back. "Hmph. Foolish boy. You let your emotions cloud your mind & now you've paid the price with your life! Too bad... You would've made a great slave to the darkness." With a smirk and sense of success, Slade flung Blaze's motionless body into the nearby ledge. Blaze's limp body pounded into the ledge and fell to the barren wasteland they had battled upon. Slade opened a portal of darkness and made his way through with a maniacal laugh that would make you shudder upon hearing it.