Here is chapter two. Enjoy!
Chapter 2
There was always a storm at the abandoned Chaos shrine. Perhaps it was due to the wormhole above it. But if this was so why hadn't the area become engulfed yet. Perhaps it was not the will of the gods. But if that was so, why hadn't they found a way to end the fighting. If that was so, there would not be a need to have assembled him and the other warriors to fight would there? Thousands of questions entered Onion Knight's youthful mind as he and his companion, Terra, traveled in search of the crystals.
"What's wrong?" Terra placed one of her hands by her mouth; a look of concern for the young warrior was worn on her face.
Onion Knight looked at Terra with a smile on his face. He couldn't show distress in front of her. "Nothing, I was just wondering where we should next to look for our crystals."
He couldn't show any signs of distress in front of Terra. This would cause her to worry. The battle was no place to get very emotional. The enemy could strike at any given moment. Terra placed her hand back at her side, hopefully a sign that the worry had left her mind. Which was more difficult, finding the warriors of Chaos and searching for a way back home or making sure a woman didn't get all boo-hoo on you simply because you don't tell her what's on your mind every five minutes.
"You two shouldn't be here alone," an unknown voice came echoing through the area. Onion Knight stood back towards Terra, placing his arm before showing that he would protect her if any warriors of Chaos were to appear. A sphere of darkness materialized from the ground before the two and from it appeared a hooded man. He didn't speak upon revealing himself.
Onion Knight immediately broke the silence, "Who are you? Are you a warrior of Chaos?"
"Hmph," was all the hooded figure had to say about Onion's statement. "Chaos is blind. His eyes are shrouded by clouds formed by the Darkness."
"If you aren't a warrior of Chaos, then you must be a warrior of Cosmos right?" Terra responded. "Please tell us your name."
"Comos. Is she not one of the Light? Or at least a representative of the Light? A mere avatar or pawn? Just as Chaos is of a pawn of th Darkness."
"What are you talking about?" Onion drew his sword as a precaution. "Answer her question. Who are you and are you a warrior of Chaos or not."
"Trust me kid I'm no warrior of Chaos, at least not anymore." Terra sighed in relief. "But I'm not a warrior of Cosmos either."
"What you mean 'either'," Onion retorted immediately. "With all of the confusion this guy was causing he must be the enemy. Warriors of Chaos had a tendency to spit of poetic words that had some philosophical meaning. "If you're not a warrior of Chaos or Cosmos than what are you? You can't just be in between, can you?"
The hooded man did responded this time through his words but through his actions. He set one of his legs behind the other and placed his arm back so that it leveled with his left shoulder. In his right hand appeared a sword that was shaped like a dragon's wing but also like a key. "Kid, I'll tell you all that you want to know if you give me your crystal."
"What? I can't just give you the crystal. Besides I haven't even found it yet."
"You must think I'm stupid, Kid. Just hand it over and I might let you live. I wouldn't want to embarrass you in front of your lady friend.
Terra gasped. "Onion," she called with anxiety in her voice.
"Stay back Terra," Onion waved his sword around, testing his swinging arm. Whoever this guy was one thing was for sure, if he wasn't a warrior of Cosmos than he was the enemy.
The floating castle in the sky hovered distant from a portal leading into the Rift. Though the portal appeared to be so near it was in fact unreachable. The same went for the end of this battle amongst the gods. Whenever victory was in one's grasp it merely slipped even further away. Cloud stood at the tip of a floating platform, eyes looking straight into the distance.
"This world is a strange one," Firion came from behind Cloud, looking at the blonde haired boy though Cloud did not look back. "Would you not agree, Cloud?"
"Yea. Strange how I can't even recall how we wound up in this place. We simply were."
"I guess this is one of those things that you don't really question right?" Tidus made himself known by standing on the opposite side of Cloud. "You just gotta go with the flow."
"I guess you're right," Cloud sighed. "But if we don't ask questions, how do we expect to get answers?"
"It is through the crystals that we must find our answers, Cloud."
Before any further words could be said, a familiar sound of something, or someone materializing came from behind. Cloud and the others turned to find it was a Manican, unsurprisingly. There were four of them, all of which looked like Cloud.
"It would appear that we have company," Firion drew his bow.
"Wow, Cloud after looking closely at these guys," Tidus' sword appeared in his hands instinctively. "You should gain a bit more weight."
Cloud caught the dry humor but was reluctant to laughing. "Well, this should a descent workout."
With nothing further said. One of the Manicans began the fight with a horizontal leap with sword in hand.
The hooded swung his key shaped sword in a vertical slash but it was blocked by Onion's mini sword just before the small knight's face. The two swords sizzled as they grinded together. Heat was building at the spot which the two blades touched.
"I will say it again," the hooded man said. "Give me your crystals."
"How many times do I have to tell you!" Onion yelled. He clenched his hand tighter around his sword and swung it, breaking the blade lock. The two leaped away from each other. Onion slid back not too far from Terra.
"Are you alright?" the girl asked.
"Yea, I'm fine. This guy's strong, whoever he is."
The hooded man stood across from the two casually showing no signs of fatigue or injury. Onion dashed forward. The hooded man returned to his fighting stance, preparing to counter. Onion stopped in mid-dash and leapt up a short distance, bringing his sword down on his foe. His sword was met again by his opponent's. The hooded man pushed Onion away and spun around. His free hand came around, covering in a purple and black cloud like energy and hit the mid air Onion Knight, knocking away. The hooded man brought his gaze to Terra, who stood terrified at the sight of her friend in peril.
"Do yourself a favor and hand over your crystal? Your friend isn't even putting up a good-,"
The hooded man was interrupted upon feeling the ground beneath heat up. He looked down to see flames forming at his feet. The Hooded man jumped up just the flames combusted. While in midair, his gaze had returned to Terra. "Well, well," he smiled was concealed by his hood. "Looks like you're full of surprises. But don't think that just because you're cute that I will hold back against you."
The purple and black energy returned to the hooded man. He released a flood of dark bits from his palm. Terra's heart sped up. She covered her head with her hands hoping to shield herself just as the dark fire rained down around her. The hooded man returned to the ground with a smooth landing.
"Who do you think you are!" a young voice faded into his ears from his side. Onion Knight came sprinting with his sword pointed out to the side. The child jumped up and the two met in another blade lock. Onion did not give his opponent time to respond; he brought his feet against the hooded man's sword and kicked off. Immediately after landing he stabbed his sword straight ahead. The Hooded man vanished just before the tiny sword could meet him and reappeared behind Onion Knight. Onion immediately spun and broke into a rapid flurry of slashes and stabs; each attack was met by the hooded man's keyblade. "You'll pay for what you did to Terra. She's done nothing to you."
The hooded man did not respond as the two continued to meet blades. Just then, it hit him. Not the sword of Onion Knight but a presence, a familiar one at that. The hooded man broke the chain of attack from Onion Knight and grabbed him by the neck. With one hard spin, the hooded man threw Onion Knight in Terra's direction and swung his weapon behind him, blocking an energy attack from behind. Onion slid to Terra's feet. The girl came to his side, helping him to his feet. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine," Onion gathered himself. "But who is that?"
The two warriors of Cosmos saw a woman standing one of the broken pillars on the other side of the arena. Her blue hair was cut short of her neck and she two held in her hand a key shaped sword. The woman held a fixed stare on the hooded man.
"We have to stop meeting like this," the hooded man armed his keyblade in a fighter while the woman remained composed atop the pillar. There was a brief silence and the two and then the two suddenly vanished. Terra and Onion Knight gasped. The resonance of metal clashing came from all direction at an almost simultaneous rate. Their swipes were the two could were able to see as proof of their battle. Traces of the fight began to take form in the area around them as pillars as well as the ground held slash marks and fell apart. The fighting grew more intense as the clashes grew more frequent with every passing second. The two warriors finally reappeared at the arena's center, blade to and face to face. Both the hooded man and the blue haired woman pulled their free hands back, one taking in darkness while the other light. Their hands met forming an explosion. The two were pushed away from each other.
The hooded man slid to a stop. His hood had fallen off his head revealing long silver hair that reached past his shoulders and cold blue eyes. "Is that all you got?" he joked. The woman gave no response in word. Rather, she lifted her keyblade above her head, soft blue specs formed at its' tip, and stabbed it into the ground. Ice formed around her, jutting from the ground toward silver haired man. Just before the ice reached him, he brought his fist into the ground hard, causing the floor beneath him to shatter. He fell into the hole he formed where the former throne of Chaos awaited. The blue haired woman rushed to the newly formed hole and looked into it to find that the hooded man was gone.
End of chapter!
Wow. I forgot that I was a fast writer. Well please tell me what you think so far.
