Summary of previous events: Ace, an Original Character developed by yours truly, managed to find Nightmare, all the while gathering strong allies to help him. Sigfried ran on ahead, claiming the battle was his alone. Ace gave up on convincing him to take someone with him, and let him go. You might say Ace is a leader type, and like a good general, he cares for his troops. He and the rest of the group, KiliK, Talim, Cassandra, and Yun-seoung, continued with their own path. They finally reached a lost cathedral, where Sigfried was attempting to lead Nightmare for a final showdown. The group entered, but was soon seperated. What's more, several warriors appeared in order to stop them, including Tira, and Raphael. Ace defeated Tira, after ripping out her eye. He then found the others, which had all defeated their opponents, with the exception of Talim, who was wounded by Raphael. The story now continues, from the P.O.V of my character, Ace.

Raphael stood for a moment, after our blades clashed. The once human thought to use Soul Edge to change this world into a nightmarish land of turmoil. He was quick with his rapier, but my Chinese blade was quicker. He fell to the ground, the clash having knocked him unconscious. I did not know if he was dead. I turned to Talim, who was wounded by the man, if he could be called a man any longer. "Talim, bring him to Kilik. He'll know what to do."

Talim stood to her feet. "Allright. Good Luck."

I smirked. "Thanks. I'll need it."

As I spoke, I heard a chain dropping something above me. Without looking, I rolled out of the way, as a cage dropped from the ceiling. Someone was stalling for time. Then, I heard it! The sounds of pitched battle. It seemed to be fierce. What choice did I have? I ran down the hall, as fast as I could.

I ran right into the middle of a battle. Sigfried had met up with Nightmare, as he said he would. I heard two others following. "What's he doing?! He's gonna get himself killed!"

I looked over to the man. "Be that as it may, he was destined to battle him, Yun-seoung." I told him.

"Can't we do anything?!" The second said.

"This is his battle, Cassandra, we must not interfere."

Yun-seoung threw down his sword. "So we just sit and watch?!"

I nodded. "For the time being."

The battle raged for what seemed like hours. We generally stayed out of both combatant's paths. Eventually, they had a standoff. Nightmare called forth his powers, as Sigfried crouched into a defensive position. They charged each other, and brought their sword upon one another. They were both motionless, but only for a second. Then I saw Sigfried fall. "No!" Yun-Seoung went to charge Nightmare, but I barred him off with my arm.

"Calm down. I'll take care of Nightmare. Get Sigfried out of here." Yun-seoung hesitated, then nodded.

Nightmare laughed maniacly, as if sensing my hostility. His voice spoke out from the cumbersome armor. "The time is ripe…You shall become part of me." He turned, and pointed his blade at me. "You are my first sacrifice!"

I huffed arrogantly. "If you think you can beat me." I said, stepping forward. I pointed my blade at him, and said, "You're welcome to make an attempt."

He started the battle with a charge, thinking to cut me in half at the chest. Instead, I jumped high in the air, up and over his head, and landed, stabbing him in the back. My blade penetrated the armor, but I did not score a critical blow. He laughed, knocking me away with the blunt part of his blade. I didn't fall to the ground however, as I pressed up from it, jumping to my feet. Fu-ma ninjitsu training happened to pay off like that.

I charged him this time, as he tried to bring his blade down upon me. I expertly lept out of the way, grabbed his foot, and threw him off balance. Then, a puff of smoke later, and I slashed his back, with a horizontal swipe from my blade. I jumped at him again, and stomped on his shoulders several times. Seeing that he didn't go down, I kicked the back of both his legs. This brought him to the ground. I stabbed my blade downward, attempting to pierce his throat, but he rolled out of the way, and got back up.

I lept for him yet again, this time with the emphasis on distance instead of height. He swung his humongous blade at me, trying to knock me out of the air. I managed to step on it to dodge it, but the demonic arm he posessed grabbed me. He tossed me to the ground, and then attempted to bring his sword down again. I managed to roll out of the way, and tried to get up. However, my arms would not respond. The crash seemed to have sent me into a momentary shock. I caught a glimpse of the huge blade, raised over Nightmare's head.

Suddenly, he was knocked to the ground. I looked to see Cassandra, shield and sword raised. This is the second time I owe her my life. Yun-seoung quickly rushed over to help me up, as Cassandra held off Nightmare. When I was on my feet, I thanked Yun-seoung, and rejoined the battle.

Nightmare was going for an overhead strike, when I shoved my blade under the breastplate of his armor, and cut the leather straps. His breastplate fell off, revealing his monsterous form. I then kicked him away, and slashed him thrice. He howled in pain, and got back on guard. I laughed, pointing at his chest with my blade. "Embarrasing, No?"

He looked down at the "A" cut into his torso by my blade. "What the-"

His words were interrupted by my blade stabbing through his chest. I spun a half circle, drawing out my blade. I then stabbed behind me to my left, then to my right, and then brought my blade full circle at neck level, decapitating Nightmare. I sheathed my blade, saying, "Hatred will only destroy you."

I turned to the outer statue. There, I saw both blades, Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, the latter stabbed into the former. I smirked. I was about to destroy the accursed blade. But then, I heard a farmiliar voice. "I'm impressed that you made it this far. Not bad at all."

I slowly turned, and saw the man with the scythe. He ambushed me at a clock tower in Germany. He floated down from a pillar, surrounded in a visible, and clearly evil energy. "My dream is about to be realized." He proclaimed. "You, however, are not worthy of witnessing this glorious moment. Leave this place at once."

Just then, the Soul blades disappeared, and a golden light shot into the man. He writhed in pain, as a silver blue blade appeared from him, and shot at me. I lept clear of it's path, and looked over to see it was Soul Calibur, the spirit sword forged to vanquish Soul Edge. I then looked at the man, who was shining. Then, everything went white.

Mere seconds later, I discovered the cathedral was in ruin, the waters from the walls replaced by hellfires from the ground, and the cheery blue sky was replaced with a hellish red one. And the man with the scythe, he still wielded one, but he had changed into some kind of half demon, half skeleton.

The creature threw his scythe at me, And I bloked it with my blade. But, the blade broke. My father and I forged that blade together. I threw what little was left of it to the ground. "Is that supposed to scare me?" I mocked at the demon.

I turned, and grabbed Soul Calibur. I had to stop this thing at all costs!