Chapter 3: His True Power
Alex and Willow jump out of the creature's way and start to dodge all of its attacks while trying to wait for a moment to attack, "nrub ym semiene ot hsa Fire!" shouted Willow as she shot fire balls at the creature which dodges them and strikes at Willow. "Willow look out!" Alex shouted as he rushes to her, "Guardian!" shouted Alex as he blocked the attack and repelling the creature back and causing it to fall on to the ground. Alex charges at the creature as it still lay on the ground, "Fang Blade!" shouted Alex as he slashed at the creature. Just before Alex's attack could land the creature fades into the ground and reappears behind Alex knocking him away into the wall, "Guh…!" Alex laid on the ground, badly injured by the creature's attack, watches Willow as she tried to defend herself. "denfed esoht morf mrah Force Field!" Willow creates a barrier to block as many attacks as possible before it breaks, "Alex get up!" she shouted over to him trying to get him to get back up. Alex blacks out, "Am I dead?" Alex said as he looked around seeing nothing but darkness, "No. You're just starting to awaken your new power." said a voice from the darkness. "Who are you?" said Alex as he stood in the darkness, "I am you." said the voice in a creepy tone as the darkness converged into one place creating a dark creature that looked like Alex. The room turned completely white and Alex's shadow stood before him, "Let's see if your worthy of this power."
The shadow unsheathed its sword and charged at Alex. Alex quickly draws his sword and blocks the attack which causes him to be knocked away, "He has all this power?" said Alex as he tries to get back up, "Took late." The shadow said with a grin appearing above Alex and slashing down at him, "Guardian!" shouted Alex as he blocks the shadow's attack and knocks him back. "So you do have some fight in ya, huh?" said the shadow as he recovers out of the air and back on the ground, "Well I guess I'll have to try this time" he said with an evil grin on his face. "You were just toying with me?" Alex said shocked, "Yeah, but its time for you to meet your maker, Now Die!" said the shadow as a dark aura started to rage around him and surround his sword, "Kaze, Grant Me Your Gale To Destroy My Enemy; Dark Cyclone!" roared the shadow as he launched a giant tornado at Alex, "Guardian!" Alex summons a barrier to block the attack, but he's overwhelmed by tornado's power and is thrown onto the ground by it. "I guess you're not as strong as I thought. Heh, I haven't even broken a sweat against you." The shadow laugh at Alex as he layed on the ground unable to get up, "Is this "the end"? Am I really going to die?" Alex thought to himself, "No Get up and fight. Use all of your power, dig deep and release it!" said a voice in Alex's head. Alex slowly rises to his feet, "So…you'd rather die on your feet, huh? Ok then." said the shadow
Again, a dark aura started to rage around him and surround his sword, "Kaze, Grant Me Your Gale To Destroy My Enemy; Dark Cyclone!" roared the shadow as he launched a giant tornado at Alex, "No." Alex said calmly as he raised hand and stopped the attack, "What!" said the shadow surprised by Alex's power, "That's impossible! How were you able to block my attack!" he said furiously. Alex raised his sword into the air and a gale started to circle it, "Kaze, Grant Me Your Gale To Defend Those Who Are Important To Me; Celestial Cyclone!" Alex launches a tornado toward the shadow knocking him away into a wall, "Guh!" he cried. He slow starts to fade away, "I guess you're starting to reach your true power," Alex wobbles back and leans against a wall, "My "True Power"?", Alex asked feeling a little weak, "Yeah, you'll get use to the feeling after a while. Now you may want to get back to your friend, she's going need you. Oh, we'll see each other again." The shadow completely vanishes and a beam of light shines on Alex bringing him back to the real world. "W-what happen?" Alex said as he looked around for a moment seeing that the Giant monster is still attacking Willow, "I can't hold it much longer," Willow said slowly falling to one knee almost about to faint.
Alex immediately rises to his feet, and runs to Willow's aid. Alex attacks to the giant cutting off its arm at a blinding speed, the giant lets out a screech of pain as it staggers backwards holding the place where its arm use to be, "Is this my power?" Alex thought surprised by his new speed and power. Almost forgetting about Willow, Alex rushes to her side to see if she's ok, "Sorry I was late to help," he said as he helped her back on her feet, "Its ok but, how are you so fast now?" she asked, "I'll have to tell you later, because right now is not the best time." He said as he turned his attention to the giant as it slowly gather power into an orb and was about to launch it at them, "Stand back," Alex stepped in front of Willow just as the giant shot the orb towards them. Willow started to notice that Alex's eyes were glowing Azure blue at that moment. Alex raised his hand and stopped the attack; he hurled the orb back at the giant destroying the giant entirely, "There we go," Alex said as he sheathed his sword. "Ok, Willow, lets head back." said smiling at Willow, she blushes a little and looks away from him, "You're right, let's go."
As the two exit the temple a clapping sound echoes around the ruins and a cloaked figure walks from out of the darkness in one of the buildings, "Nice job back there." he said slow walking toward Alex and Willow. Alex steps in front of Willow and prepares to draw his sword, "Who are you? And what do you want?" Alex demanded, "Well that's not polite." said the man as he continued to walk toward Willow and Alex, his eyes glowing yellow. Alex drew his sword and pointed it at him, "Don't come any closer." Alex threatened. Suddenly, the man appeared in between Willow and Alex, "You think you can beat me at your current strength? I suggest rethinking that." said the man. Alex and Willow were frozen with fear of what the man could have done without them noticing at that kind of speed. The man continues to walk and disappears in the shadows, "Keep getting stronger, because I want to see what you're truly made of." The man's voice said as it echoed throughout the area.
Alex and Willow both got a hold of themselves and made their way down to the base of the mountain, "It's almost nightfall, I guess we'll rest here and head back tomorrow morning." Alex said look up at the dark sky, "I guess." Willow said walking over to a nearby tree and sitting under it with her staff in hand. Alex walks over to a tree across from Willow's and sits under with his sword next to him. After about an hour of lying under the tree, Alex wakes up in the middle of the night and looks over to be sure Willow is asleep. He stands up walking out into a nearby clearing and draws his sword, he extends his sword out in front of him and closes his eyes, and an azure aura begins to surround him. As his aura began to rage around him his, focus is broken by some noise nearby. The aura around him disappears, and he turns around to see Willow watching him, "Sorry, did I disturb you? I can leave" she said, "No; it's ok" Alex said, "Ok "she said as Alex summoned his aura back around him. After an hour and a half, Alex finally became exhausted. The aura around him disappeared and Alex staggered a little before falling to the ground Willow ran over to be sure he was ok, "He's just unconscious, good." She thought. Willow ran back into the forest grabbed their bags and returned to Alex before falling asleep near him.
