Chapter 4

Friends of Fiends

Will Stronghold with the decision that faced him.He listened to the maked hero, although he didn't want to. It made him look weak, as if he couldn't handle that type of competition, pathetic. But, he was also in subjection. He scanned the city. He went east, north, west, and south. There it was. The person in the white cloth was correct. Barren was up to something. Will flew in for a better look. He knew he was no match for Barren Battle so he decided to just investigate what Barren was doing.

Barren was older looking he had a beaten face from previous battles and prison, but he had a deterenation never seen to Will, more than just desperation. He broke open the building with the hurricane force wind. Then he helped the man out. He was of oriental descent, kind of looking like a samurai. Will didn't recognize him from any of his father's past encounters. But Will knew that this person must be extremely strong for Barren going through all of this work.

Barren lifted him and the other into the air and sent a breeze of words to the ones making the distraction. Come on let's go we have accomplished what we came for. At that Barren left. Will looked up at the floating people. He decided that he should follow them, maybe he would pick up thier operation base and then lead a bunch of heroes there to destroy Barren. Then he would be the one in everyone's minds not Arden. Will flew slightly behind them, he knew he was in harm's way. Then a hurricane force wind came scurrying his way. Will was thrown back by it and sent hurling into another direction. Barren must have known he was following him. Will looked in all directions to find Barren. No dice. Will couldn't find them anywhere. He decided to fly back to the battle scene.

There was a mass of rocks the made up a man, or what use to be a man, Arden didn't really know, standing in fromt of him. "Bring It!" Arden yelled. Golem charged him relentlessly. Easily, Arden dodged the rocky bullet. He ran behind the rocky beast and stabbed him in the back. The sword deflected off. Golem's flesh was as ahrard as a boulder. Golem whipped around with a confused look on his face as if how did he do that so fast. Golem grasped Arden's left arm. Arden was quick but not quick enough. "Preparree tooo meettt youur makkeer!" Golem yelled as he spit pebbles into Arden's face. His hands started to supress The White Blade. Just as Arden felt the life leaving him he noticed he was above ground. At that he was launched from Golem's clutches. He was hurled staright at a building. Arden knew he didn't have super strength, so he made his body fluctuate to make it through a glass window instead of concrete wall.

He got up and looked and saw Golem get pounded by The Commander. Arden knew he couldn't do much in this battle. Golem's power was anti-Arden's. Then he heard a shiver go through the wind, at that Golem fled from the battle. The Commander ran after him

"Stop!" Arden yelled

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you'll just waste your energy."

"So who are you?" The Commander asked. He listened to Arden.

"The White Blade." Arden said with pride.

"Ah, we just saved the city, and you won't tell me your name, I see a hard egg." Steve chuckled.

"I have issues to resolve." Arden said. Will landed and joined them.

"Yea, you were right." He said. "Barren broke out a man. I don't know his name, he was asian, though." Will said. Will didn't want to give the other hero in white with him much credit. The city was sort of saved by the mysterious White Blade, though.

"Hiroki." The White Blade said.

"Who?" Steve asked.

"Hiroki Moriyamo. Better known as the Leech."

"So, maybe I should have a meeting at my house." Steve said. "Will invite Peace, we'll need him. Your welcome to come also Blade. In a week we'll meet."

"Okay." At that they went home.

Next day at school Arden walked up to Warren, like everyday. "So, um, how's it goin'?" Arden asked.

"Not much, you heard Layla and Will broke up, right?" Warren asked.

"No, I don't affair into other people's business." Arden replied. He stared at Warren wondering. "I don't want to get between them."

"Huh," Warren chuckled, "from what Layla said, most of it was about you."

"What?" Arden thought and said aloud.

"Apparently, Will feels threatened by you."

"What?" Arden was trying to piece things together. "Will is like an idol to me." Arden couldn't believe what he was hearing. He looked up and saw Will's bus land. He started to walk towards it. "I'm gonna straighten this out."

"Wait! I wouldn't." Warren yelled.

"When did you start carin'" Arden yelled. His accent came out when he got angered. It was a New England accent, he hid it for a while, but it came out just then. Arden wandered towards Will, who was first to get off the bus. "Hey, Will." Arden yelled.

Will turned around, he looked at him. "What do you want?" Will yelled.

"Excuse me, Will, I just wanted to apoligize for whatever I did wrong." Arden said. At that Layla went up to Warren.

"What are they talking about?" She asked him.

"Arden's trying to straighten things out with Will." Warren answered.

"What you told him!" Layla was angered. "The conversation was suppose to be mone-e-mono."

"Yea, well I've fixed your problems before, and I'm doing it again."

"Well don't." Layla walked towards Will and Arden.

"Will, I just don't to ruin things for you, whatever I did I apoligize." Arden pleaded.

"Don't worry, you already have." Will said. Will was oblivious that the White Blade was Arden. Layla ran up to Will as he stomped havily. His footsteps were making small craters in the ground of Sky High.

"Will!" Layla yelled. He kept walking. "Willl Stronghold!" He still kept walking. "William!"

He turned around. "What the hell do you want, Flake." Layla's expression was hurt once again. She was about to tear up. Will kept on walking.

Later on at lunch Arden sat wiht the group. This time, though, Will was not there, but Chloe, Warren's girlfriend was. "Do you know where Will is?" Arden asked.

"Who cares!" Layla blurted out.

"I heard he's in the gym practicing." Ethan said.

"Doesn't make since." Arden said.

"He's training for when he has to face you in Save the Citizen." Zach said. "He told me that everyone else is oblivious. Just you and him."

"Great, my idol is becoming my arch-enemy." Arden said. All of the sudden a girl plopped down next to Arden. "Hi," Arden said.

"Oh, hey." It was Marie. "How's it going Arden."

"Not bad." He said.

"Everyone is talking about when Arden will face Will Stronghold." She said. "I'm rooting for you."

"It's not going to happen, I am not fighting Will." Arden said. Miles then came to the table and sat kitty-corner to Arden.

"So, partner, when are we going to face Will and Warren?" He asked.

"Were not." Arden yelled. "I am not fighting him."

"Then instead of Save the Citizen, how about now!" Will yelled.

"You can't be serious?" Arden yelled. Will grabbed his shirt. He pulled him closer.

"Arden you have caused might much suffering." Will said.

"Will, it's not me your mad at. Listen to yourself, you are overly stressed out about something." Arden said.

"This looks familiar." Warren said to Zach. They both laughed.

"Carson ran towards the corner of the room. He saw this the best oppurtunity to attack. A fight between the two strongest heroes at Sky High. He opened his phone. He called Barren. " Barren, scratch the original plan."

"Why?" Barren asked.

"This is the best time to attack. Will is fighting another powerful hero. I can easily take Sky High."

"Okay, I trust your judgement." Barren said. "Hey, Watson."

"Yea, Barren." Watson replied.

"Teleport the Sky team to Sky High we are attacking early." Barren yelled. " Kamehamaeha."

"Yes Barren." King Kamehamaeha said.

"Get East and West team together, we are attacking the city now. Good bye Carson, give them two minutes."

Watson ran into a room. There were about fifteen villains in there. Among them were Hiroti and Royal Pain. "Okay, everybody, connect your hands together." Watson yelled.

Back at the high school Will still had Arden by his shirt. "Will, lets not do this." Arden yelled. At that Will chucked Arden through the east wall. Arden ran towards the bathroom and hallway, his locker was that way. He stopped and started to put in his lock code. 16-32-0 he opened it and he pulled out his and his father's sword.

Will started to walk towards the hole. Then he got hit by a flame. "I won't let you hurt him" Warren said.

"Get out of my way!" Will yelled. He then chucked Warren out of the way. Will ran through the wall and attacked Arden again. Except Arden was prepared this time he had both of his swords in his hands.

"Will, I don't want to fight you!" Arden yelled. Will didn't even respond or here the words coming out of Arden's mouth. He attacked Arden once again. His punch was left and it was blocked by Arden's katana. His katana was about as powerful as Will's punch in damage. Will's next punch Arden couldn't deflect with his sword so he ducked and crawled under his legs.

Will started to enraged. His punches became faster, but lest accurate. Arden started to block more and quicker. He finally blocked one punch and natural instinct kicked in. He jamed the sword right into Will's stomach. "Oh, my god!" Arden yelled. "I am so sorry." He freaked out, he didn't mean to hurt Will. Will hit the ground. He pulled his katana back. Amazingly, there was no blood on the blade.

"I'm not dead." Will said as he staggered to get up. "You knocked the wind out of me. At that he attacked again.

The teachers got word of the fight. They all had the same thought on their minds. How are we to stop the two most powerful heroes in the school from fighting. Principal Powers led Coach Boomer and Mr. Knight. They arrived in the cafeteria. "Where are they?" Princapal Powers asked. A handful of students pointed at the hole. They walked closer. Right when they were about to enter the hole Carson stoode on a table.

"Attention, students and staff, heroes and sidekicks." Everyone looked at him. "This is an assualt on Sky High by Barren Battle, by tonite Sky High will fall from the sky. If you want to live, swear your allegiance to Barren Battle."

"You and what army, hot shot?" Coach Boomer yelled.

"This one." Carson laughed. Soon figures around the table he stood on appeared around him holding each other's hand.

Princapal Powers turned to Mr. Boy "Get, Will and Arden, tell them we are being attacked."

"Yes, Princapal Powers," at that he ran to get the two.

"Hothead!" Coach Boomer said.

"Yea." Warren yelled.

"Get the kids to the buses." Boomer said. "We'll hold them back."

"Okay! Come on everybody." Warren yelled. The kids all evacuated. The three old heroes stood there facing the sixteen villains.

"Justice!" Powers yelled.

"Peace!" Boomer yelled.

"Power!" Knight yelled.

Carson turned to Hiroti. "I'm going to keep five with you to finish these three nut jobs while the rest of us will attack the students."

"Fine by me." Hiroti said. At that Carson and others took off.

"Hello Heroes." Hiroti said in an arrogant voice. "Time to die!"