Chapter 4:Unexpected Reunion

Yen, Saito and Anna reached the battlefield to see that everyone in the building was already outside and engaged in fighting with what were clearly Galanort's men. Balls of flame and darkness flew across the barren field. There were dozens of soldiers fighting each other.

Some occasionally used magic while others simply used melee. The sound of keyblades clashing and against each other and explosions echoed over the battlefield. Yen, Saito and Anna were unsure of what to do. They were certainly starting to get cold feet now, after all, there was a big difference between their ordinary Dojo tournament at home and an actual battlefield.
As they observed the battlefiled, deciding what to do first, they saw something that sent chills down their spines. Not far from them were two large dragons fighting the bronze armoured soldiers. One spat large balls of, not flame, but dark flames! The other roared in pain as a soldier landed a heavy blow to it's leg while another to it's face. We're not going anywhere near those, the three immmediately decided.

They were ready to fight, except, they did not even know what to do, but they didn't have to anyways. An explosion nearby alerted them of the presence of four of Galanort's men running towards them from a small, rocky hill behind them. Yen took a deep breath and ran towards them, followed by Anna and Saito. Their Keyblades clashed repeatedly and it would seem the battle could go on for hours, but it didn't. Before Yen saw it he was struck by a ball of Darkness that sent him flying several feet away, but thankfully, his armour did it's job well, preventing him from taking too much damage. The front of his armor, however, was scorched and had a few cracks.

"Should have seen that coming", he told himself and then got back up. Saito had already managed to knock out one of them out and Anna continued shooting blue lasers at them, but was immediately distracted,
"Yen are you okay?", she asked, unaware of tall, bulky soldier who literally rammed himself into her. Anna fell to the ground
"Anna!", Yen yelled, running to her aid. The 'big bulk' raised his Keyblade, ready to finish her off.
"Little pest", he spat out.

Yen couldn't tell if it was on purpose or some sort of reflex, but Anna manged to point her Keyblade toward the soldier just in time. A bright, blue flash and the 'big bulk' stood there like a statue- or in this case- an ice sculpture!
"That was just...wow", a little voice in Yen's mind commented. But there was no time to pay attention to that. Yen soon realized Saito was still fighting the other two. A bright light appeared on the tip of his Keyblade.
"Saito get down!", Yen ordered, raising his Keyblade.

Somewhat blindly trusting Yen's skills, Saito immediately ducked without a second thought. Two bolts of lightning emerged, successfully striking both of Galanort's men. One kneeled while the other yelled in pain as he fell to the ground. Saito didn't miss the golden oppurtunity to strike and, two slashes of his Keyblade later, both men lay on the ground. Steam still emanating from their badly damaged and burnt armour.
"Nice shot", Saito said.
Anna walked up to the two of them.
"Are you okay", Yen asked her, checking to see if she hadn't been hurt.
"Yeah I'm fine", she replied. Yen thought for a minute, about leaving the battle, fearing that Anna could get seriously injured or worse, but he knew she would refuse. He made a mental note to keep an eye on her, Yen couldn't bare to lose her.

Saito looked over at the battlefield. Majority of Galanort's soldiers had been defeated and only a few remained, fighting with the cover of their dragons. There were several small fires at different places and the entire area looked even more scorched and damaged than it did only a few minutes ago, but that wasn't what Saito was concerned about.
"They have dragons under their control. Not something people can do very easily", he thought.
"Saito. You ready to take on the rest of them?", Yen asked.

"Oh well somebody's feeling confident today", came a voice several feet away from them, a voice that they did not recognize...or atleast, Saito and Anna didn't recognize.
The three turned around to see a man standing on top of the hill behind them. He had spiky grey hair and wore, not armor, but a leather coat.
"YOU!", Yen yelled.
"Huh? Where have I heard that voi-..oh", the stranger grinned as he noticed Yen's Keyblade. "I didn't expect to see you here".
Yen removed his helmet. "Get down here and I'll give you a few more things you didn't expect!", he threatened him. Anna ad Saito remained silent. They did not know how Yen knew this man.

"Interesting as your offer sounds, I simply came to check up on the boys in the field", he said, his voice clearly indicating that he was mocking Yen. At that exact moment a loud roar came from the battlefield. Saito and Anna turned around to see one of the dragons falling towards the ground with a loud 'thud', but Yen didn't move. His eyes were glued onto the stranger.

The stranger himself, however, was also looking at the battle. "Worthless", he remarked, seeing the dragon. He looked at the defeated soldiers near Yen and then noticed the one who was frozen. He made a hand-gesture and soon the frozen soldier was covered with a strange dark smoke. The smoke disappeared and so did the ice!
"Take care of them", he ordered and walked away.
"What!? GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!", Yen yelled and then ran after him, dodging the giant, who attempted to stop him. But Yen's way was immediately blocked when three more soldiers rushed over from where the stranger had been standing a few seconds ago.

Yen was in no mood to be stopped. He quickly struck one of the soldiers with his Keyblade and kicked the other in the chest. Yen managed to run past the third and then over the hill, leaving Saito and Anna to deal with the soldiers. It seemed selfish of him, but Yen had a score to settle. One of the soldiers tied to run after Yen, but was immediately struck by several small lasers shot out of Anna's Keyblade.
"Come here, you", the tall, bulky soldier taunted as he approached her. Anna noticed now, that he wasn't carrying a Keyblade at all! He was actually carrying, what appeared to be, some sort of hammer.

He tried to lash-or more likely- smash Anna with his hammer, but she managed to get out of the way and quickly struck him in the side with her Keyblade. He yelled and tried to hit her again, but Anna ducked and, somehow, jumped up to his face and kicked him twice.
Saito deflected a ball of flame shot at him and then countered with the same thing. The soldier dodged it and turned back just in time to feel Saito kick him in the chest, sending him flying towards the foot of the hill. Saito then proceeded to fight the other two soldiers. He was doing rather well.

Yen reached an area surrounded by trees. He was sure he was in the middle of a forest. It was clear that even the forest had not been spared by the war. There were burnt trees nearby and somewhere among the trees was a large, destroyed ship. The same one that had attacked him earlier.
"Where are you? Show yourself!", Yen demanded. A dark portal opened some ten feet away from him.
"You still insist on fighting me?", came the man's voice as he casually stepped out of the portal.
"You're damn right i do!".
The stranger laughed.
"You mean like the last time you tried to fight me?", he mocked.
"Shut up!", Yen yelled and raised his Keyblade, ready to fight.

"This...is going to be fun", he gave an evil grin, as dark flames began to cover his body. The flames disappaeared quickly and he was now wearing thick, black armor, which was very distinguishable from the other soldiers'. A long, black Keyblade, which looked like a description of the word 'death' appeared in his hand.

Anna hovered about, quickly moving from place to place and shooting the big bulk. One second he was being shot in the leg, the next she had managed to jump over him and shoot him from above.
"AGH She's too fast!", he exclaimed as Anna fired yet another series of lasers, this time from behind. He tried to swing his hammer, but missed and was shot at again..and again and again. He was running out of energy now and his armor was beginning to crack.
One last strike and Saito had finished off the third of the soldiers, though he wouldn't take all the credit as Anna certainly helped out every once in a while.
One last kick and the 'big bulk' fell to the ground with a heavy thud. For a moment Saito felt as if the ground shook, but he dismissed it as an exaggeration. Without saying another word Anna quickly ran towards the hill and over it. For a minute Saito was ocnfused, but then remembered that Yen had rushed off to fight the stranger on his own. He went after her.

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A ball of flame struck him in the chest and sent him flying for the third time. His armor was badly damaged and he had run out of energy. Yen dragged himself to a nearby rock and used it to try to stand up. Although exhausted himself, the stranger quickly shot a spray of ice and froze Yen's arm and his Keyblade along with it. He lowered his Keyblade.
"Well...I...certainly underestimated you, Yen", he panted.
"You haven't...won yet", Yen tried to speak. The man walked closer to Yen and placed his Keyblade against Yen's throat.
"So weak", he mumbled.
"SHUT UP!", Yen yelled.
"Now, now Yen that's not how you talk to your big brother", he grinned.
"You're not my brother! Not after what you did to our father!", Yen snapped.
"YOUR father Yen, not mine. Besides, he didn't give me a choice. He shouldn't have gotten in my way".
"He was trying to protect you damnit", Yen yelled.

"Aww don't get so emotional Yen", he mocked and then pushed his Keyblade a bit harder towards Yen's throat. "I should kill you right now, but I've got bigger things to do".
From among the woods came voices calling out to Yen.
"Oh you're friends. Wish I could say hi, but I've wasted enough time", he said and then a dark portal opened behind him. He turned around and walked towards it.
"You haven't won yet! Next time we meet, I will finish you", Yen threatened.
"I'm looking forward to it, Yen. As a matter of fact I plan on paying a visit to our dear home soon with my own friends. And when we take over that pathetic world, you and I can have as many fights as you want...well atleast until you die", the man laughed and entered the portal.

"Yen?", came the voices, closer but stilll looking for him.
"O-Over..here!", Yen managed to yell the two words. Soon Anna and Saito came throught the woods, but they weren't alone. Master ori and a few other soldiers came along with them.
"Yen!", Anna exclaimed as she rushed over to him.
"Did that man do this to you?", Ori asked, but Yen didn't reply.
"Hold still", one of the soldiers said as he applied some strange, orange thing to Yen's frozen arm and the ice soon melted.
Saito didn't say much, except for one question. "Was it him, Yen?", he asked. Yen looked at Saito. The look on his eyes said it all.
Anna hugged Yen. "Don't ever do that again! We could have lost you", she cried.

They had just been in a real battle and both of them had come close to losing each other, and Saito, although he fought well could not ignore the fact that he could have lost his bestfriends.