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Another Side Another Story
Chapter3: Final Clash
Roxas stepped in, nothing seemed to have changed in his absence. Roxas took a look the broken Crest in the middle of the room. Demyx seemed to have strolled off into one of the rooms.
Nobody after Nobody appeared within the mansion .Roxas tried to fend them off but was forced to retreat. They were going all out this time. Roxas ran up the staircase. He tried turning to the right, but stopped. Three strange looking white creatures appeared. They were spiky, and moved through matter like it was nothing. Roxas backed off. He retreated to the left. He ran past the white creatures, finally reaching the door. He almost brought the door down as he went through. Roxas slid down onto the floor, exhausted.
Roxas opened the door slowly. Inside was a white room, the same room where he and Namine talked. He walked through the rooms, examining the pictures Namine drew. The pictures reminded him of the places he saw in his dreams. She never was too good at drawing. Roxas continued tlooking at the pictures. One of them puzzled him. It showed two people, holding hands. One, he identified as himself. The other, Sora.
"I guess this is Namine's way of saying we're one?" Roxas chuckled. He left the room untouched.
"Roxas! I've found a room with this gaping hole in it!" Demyx rushed towards Roxas from the other side of the hall.
"It leads down to… my other. I can feel darkness down there, don't you?" Roxas walked across towards the room.
Roxas entered the library. He had drawn the symbols in that room. Heartless, Nobody, and a symbol he couldn't quite remember. It wasn't important. The table, the floor, everything three feet into the room had disappeared. Roxas walked down the stairs. The door to his left was blocked by rubble. Where'd that lead to? He walked into the door.
Inside, he found Riku still wearing the Organization's cloak. His hood was still up, shrouding his face in darkness. The cloak itself was in bad condition. It was patched up in many places, with different coloured cloth with thick threads. Roxas stepped forward.
"Riku, I understand what you're trying to do. You want Sora back, right?"
Riku looked away, hesitating. Roxas stepped forward, attempting to pass. Riku swung the Soul Eater, blocking Roxas's path. He shook his head. He attempted to say something but he stopped. He positioned himself directly in front of Roxas and assumed his stance.
"A part of me, Sora to be exact, doesn't want me to fight you. The other, myself, wants to be whole. I wont stop this time Riku," Riku didn't say a word. Roxas materialized Oblivion.
Riku charged in a thrusting motion. His blade missed Roxas by inches. He's not fighting like he usually does. Riku continued by swinging Soul Eater towards Roxas, knocking him away with its flat side. Demyx rushed in to help but Roxas stopped him with the Keyblade.
"Roxas…" he whined.
"I'll fight him, for Sora."
Riku continued his flurry of attacks, clashing blades with Roxas. Roxas parried all the attacks, not once attacking. His movements were too fast for Riku. Roxas grabbed hold of Riku's shoulder and slammed him into a wall. Roxas pointed the Keyblade towards Riku's neck.
"Give it up. You know, now that I think about it… This Keyblade… Oblivion, it reminded Sora… of you," Riku stopped for a moment. He dropped the Soul Eater and it landed with a loud clang. Riku sat there, looking down at the floor.
"RIKU!" Roxas turned around. A small blur passed by him. Demyx was on the floor, unconscious. He turned back towards Riku. "Mickey. You made it out. And I thought you'd be stuck there forever…"
"Roxas…" Mickey sighed. He drew out his Keyblade. "STAND UP RIKU!" he commanded. Riku seemed surprised. "YOUR HEART COMMANDS YOU TO PROTECT SORA! FOLLOW YOUR HEART! DON'T LET OTHERS DECIDE FOR YOU!" Riku didn't seem to react at first Riku slow stood up, looking energized. Perhaps the King's presence gave others strength?
Roxas materialized Oathkeeper. He charged towards the King and Riku. Roxas, with amazing skill, struck both the King and Riku with such precision that they were almost disarmed. Roxas continued attacking, focusing on Riku. Mickey attacked from behind but Roxas spun around quickly, knocking away the small King.
Riku jumped back a bit, startled at Roxas' newfound determination. He tried attacking but it was easily parried and countered, sending Riku into a wall. Roxas turned towards Mickey, finding him vertically spinning through the air, closing in. Roxas sidestepped the attack. Roxas caught Mickey's Keyblade with the prongs of his own. With superb skill he tossed the Keyblade, and its bearer, away.
Riku was enraged. He charged blindly swinging Soul Eater to his left and right. Roxas ducked under, slashing Riku as he did so. Riku stopped attacking and looked directly at Roxas. His face was barely visible.
"I... I wont give up… I'll wake Sora up…" Riku tried stand in his usual battle stance but was injured quite badly.
"Give it up. I've told you before, I won't stop. Get out of the way, you're beat," Roxas stood there, looking down at Riku. Riku shook his head. Roxas sighed and pulled Oblivion back, ready to strike.
"RIKU!" Roxas looked over his shoulder amused that the King was still trying to put up a fight. He quickly positioned Oathkeeper to block the King's initial attack.
Roxas knocked Mickey into the air with Oblivion. He jumped up after him. Roxas unleashed slash after slash onto the king, whom promptly parried most of attacks. Roxas kicked away the King, Oblivion followed after. Roxas turned towards Riku.
"Its not over yet Roxas!" Mickey stood behind him, with his Reversed Kingdom Key and Oblivion in hand.
"Smart little mouse," Roxas chuckled. He knew things weren't turning out right for him, loosing Oblivion and being trapped in between two skilled warriors. Riku gathered what strength he could and charged, as did Mickey.
Here goes nothing.
Roxas stopped Riku's attack, their blades pushing against each other. Roxaswas expecting Mickey to start beating him up from behind but nothing came. He looked over his shoulder, finding an Organization XIII member blocking Mickey's attack with a large shield. His hood was up so Roxas couldn't truly see his face. A thought came to mind.
VEXEN?
Roxas didn't have time to confirm anything as Riku slipped his hand between the two blades, ready to cast Dark Firaga again. Roxas pushed away Riku's hand, the fireballs passing inches away from his face. Roxas pushed away the Soul Eater, charging towards Riku. He turned around, seeing the Organization XIII member looking down at Mickey, who seemed frightened. He looked at the Organization member quickly. His shield was gone, in its place, a rather large broadsword. How'd the…
Roxas fell to the floor. His arm was throbbing with pain. Riku stood there, ready to strike again. As he swung his blade, something shot out towards the Soul Eater from behind Roxas and knocked it out of Riku's hands. Roxas turned to see the Organization member. Mickey was struggling to get loose from some sort of contraption that held him in place.
"Roxas…" he looked at Roxas on the floor. The large broadsword was nowhere to be seen. He pointed Roxas towards Mickey. Mickey had dropped Oathkeeper, hacking the substance around his leg with his Reversed Kingdom Key.
Roxas jumped towards Mickey, as if pouncing him. He grabbed Oathkeeper as he rolled past Mickey. Roxas stood behind Mickey, both Keyblades on the King's shoulders. Riku had retrieved Soul Eater.
"Stop, Riku."
"That's enough from you!" chuckled the Organization XIII member. His voice didn't sound like any of the remaining Organization member's voices.
"Who are you?" muttered Roxas.
"We'll talk late, Key-boy."
Mickey pushed away Oathkeeper and Oblivion, knocking down Roxas in the process, and joined Riku. Damn, that mouse is tough. Roxas stood up, Keyblades ready. Mickey and Riku stood back to back.
"Like old times, right Riku?" muttered Mickey.
"Not quite… Not quite…" Riku removed his hood. Although the voice, the fighting, his each and every move matched Riku's, someone completely different stood in Riku's place.
"Xe… XEMNAS?" Roxas jumped back.
"Riku… this is what happened when you entered the darkness…?" asked Mickey.
"Sorry, your highness, I'm not a being of light anymore," Riku went into his battle stance.
"So… Xemnas' heartless," the new Organization member removed his hood as well.
He was about Roxas' age. He ran his fingers through his messy black hair. His hands were covered by his long sleeves. He smirked as Riku and Mickey put on confused looks.
"Ah, I'm guessing you guys don't know who I am? Then I doubt you'll ever find out," the boy. He materialized a longsword from his right hand and a shield from his left. He smiled widely, ready to strike as he went into a battle stance.
Roxas stared at the boy. He smiled widely, somewhat startling everyone in the room. Mickey looked up at Riku, who shrugged. Before noticing anything, the boy rushed Mickey, forcing him to jump behind. Roxas ran towards Riku, dragging the Keyblades through the ground. Riku readied himself for the incoming blows.
Fi…
Roxas was getting ever closer to Riku, his Keyblades producing large sparks as he moved.
Ra…
A few steps away, Roxas slowed his movements as he readied for a jump.
Ja!
A few inches above the ground, Roxas back flipped, flames following a trail in the air left by the Keyblades. Roxas back flipped twice, both hits blocked by the Soul Eater. The blows forced Riku to hold on to the blade of Soul Eater.
Roxas was still rising after delivering the blows, slowly coming to a stop. He flipped in midair. Now upside down, Roxas began losing altitude slowly.
Thundaja!
Roxas' speed of descent increased greatly. His Keyblades hit something, causing a large electrical blast on impact. The screens in the room were flickering, most had even broke. Roxas had landed behind Riku, back to back.
"WATCH IT, ROXAS!" yelled the boy as he parried Mickey's attack. "We need some space, your majesty," he retreated through the door on the other side of the room, Mickey following after.
Roxas turned quickly, slashing as he did so. A loud clang ensued. Riku had blocked both Keyblades with such precision that Roxas was starting to doubt himself. Don't tell me he was the one holding back. Roxas continued with his attacks, no longer following his usual pattern. His attacks began to come randomly but Riku parried and guarded against all of them. Why isn't he fighting back?
Roxas lunged towards Riku, he blocked the attack and they locked swords. Both of them pushed hard. Roxas pulled Oathkeeper out of the lock and swung the Keyblade towards Riku's side. Riku took the opportunity and knocked Oblivion away, stopping Roxas' attacks. Roxas fell on his back, dropping both Keyblades. Riku assumed his usual stance, ready to thrust the Soul Eater into Roxas.
Roxas rolled over, grabbing Oathkeeper and striking Riku's leg, knocking him down. Roxas supported himself with his remaining Keyblade. Roxas looked down at Riku. They were both spent. The first one to gather enough strength to attack would win. Roxas weakly lifted the Keyblade, ready to strike. Riku looked up at Roxas. He smirked. Riku swung Soul Eater across the ground, knocking Roxas back down. Both were panting.
Whilst on their knees, they swung their weapons. The impact was too great for either of them, knocking each other away a few feet. Roxas slowly got up, as did Riku. They went into their usual battle stances, ready to strike. Roxas' Oathkeeper was glowing with the power of light, his given elemental power. Riku's Soul Eater had a similar aura of darkness around it. They charged.
This is for my heart.
Roxas charged, his Keyblade glowing even more.
Sora, I wont give up!
Riku was advancing, closer and closer. Soul Eater shined with a dark glow.
"ROXAS!" yelled the boy as he reappeared from the room.
Inches away, they swung their weapons. The glow from their weapons were unbearable to the eye. The two weapons clashed, producing a loud clang. Keyblade and Soul Eater had clashed for the last time.