Chapter 7
Inner Demons
Arden after his incident with Layla, charged into the entrance of Sky High. He remembered Layla's words, 'come back safe.' They frightened him as if he wasn't going to come back. he was an optimistic person and always gave everyone the benefit of the doubt. He didn't like words that Layla said. As he charged down the hallway he remembered things, such as two days ago Arden would have never thought as Layla, as a girlfriend. Frankly, at that point he believed that Layla was still Will's girlfriend. He was interested in Marie, but he saw behind her motives. She only liked him because of his powers. If he didn't have any she would have been around Carson or someone like that.
He heard the engine ruffling. He looked through the entrance windows and saw the first of the two buses take off. It was taking them to the ground. Soon enough, after the next bus departed there would only be him, Will and a lot of people who wanted to kill them. He heard footsteps, he readied his sword as he took the corner and saw Will walking up towards him. "Anything?" He asked. Will said nothing apparently his hatred for him was still there. Arden didn't want it, but he began to despise Will himself.
"Go to hell!" Will said as he walked off around the next corner. Great incentive Arden thought. He is in a school where even the person on his side wants to kill him. Great. He opened the door in front of him slightly. It was the cafeteria. Here is where all this mess started. Just a few hours ago he was having a peaceful lunch with his best friends. Arden walked down the median between the tables. He saw Yoyim's dead body. Then he lifted his head up and discovered Knight and Powers' dead bodies. They were driven by the sword. Will slammed open the opposite doors. "Great, round two." Arden said. Will gave him a glare as the doors Arden came through were swung open. It was Carson followed by Royal Pain, Watson and Hiroti. They heard the last engine roar and the second bus was off. "It's just us now." Arden said.
Hiroti took a step towards Arden. "Wow, if it isn't Ken's son." Hiroti laughed. "You've grown up."
"Shut up, Hiroti. I'm going to make you eat those words as I take off your head." Arden yelled. His words didn't even make sense, but Arden didn't care he was pissed and he wanted revenge. It was the first time Will actually saw him mad.
"So, the little Miyamoto remembers me." Hiroti snickered.
"Damn, right I do, you killed my father." Arden yelled. He raised his swords for battle.
"We'll let you two duke it out." Carson laughed. "Shall we?" He looked at Gwen.
"Ain't payback a bitch?" Gwen asked as her, Carson and Watson ran towards Will. Then they left the cafeteria.
"Hiroti, you will pay for what you did to my father, you and Ikoshi." Arden said. He just started to repeat himself.
"Such strong words coming from such a youthful age. You know your father was the best hero Japan ever had." Hiroti said. Arden facail expression didn't change he was ready to kill Hiroti. "It's just he got all the glory. Ikoshi never got any. Ikoshi is much more powerful then Ken, then me. And even you."
"You know nothing about me!" Arden screamed.
"I do, Arden, you are Arden Miyamoto. You are almost 16 and your father is Ken Miyamoto. And finnaly your power is foresight." Hiroti said and laughed. He knew almost everything about Arden. What a disaster, Arden didn't want any of his enemies to know his power.
"Well, I know all I need to know about you." Arden shot back. "You killed my father, prepare to die." Arden yelled, he ran towards Hiroti with his two katanas out.
"So be it." Hiroti scuffed his blade on the shief and pulled out his blade. Arden attacked the prestigous warrior. His swords hit Hiroti's one. With all of Arden's skills in sword fighting he would have been no match for Hiroti, without his power. Their swords hit each others. Hiroti had no problem blocking not just one of the katanas but both. The blades locked together and Arden's desperation to beat his enemy stared into his father's murderer's eyes. Then they seperated.
Hiroti was panting. But, Arden was panting twice as hard. "Do you fell that Arden?" Hiroti asked.
"What?"
"That's your body shutting down."Hiroti laughed. Arden gripped his chest. He felt it alright. He just didn't know what it was. "That's my power I drain people's life force, everytime you contact me."
"But I haven't," Arden stopped regaining his breath. "I haven't touched you!" Arden yelled.
"Yes, you have. Through the sword." Hiroti smirked. "I can transfer through anything except the ground." Arden knew he faced one of his most formidable foes ever and has a power that's even more formidable.
Will was about to fight three foes. His only advantage, he was stronger than all of them put together. He raised his fist's ready to fight them. Carson ignited his electricity and at that started to strike Will with the lightning. Will ran towards him, one good blow could finish the electric boy. But Watson teleported in front of Will and hit him. No damage done but Watson teleported behind Will and hit him. Not painful but annoying. Gwen ran for a room and came back out with two guns.
Will looked at her. Great, he thought, two semi automatic weapons that Will had never seen before. She blasted at him. Will knew that guns could not hurt him so he took the attack. Bad mistake, he was hit and sent flying back into the next room. He stood up and stared at the blank wall. Then he looked up and saw All American Boy with The Commander on Mr. Boy's poster in his class. Will was ignited he knew he could beat these three. Watson teleported to attack. Quicker though, Will hit his face and bashed his head in. Blood splurted from the face. The impact made Watson's body motionless and lifeless. Then he felt a bookcase hit him in the back. Carson lifted his arm conducting more electricity and then struck Will in the back with more things, much bigger. To add to his pain, Royal Pain attacked with her laser beams. Will took the pain, he tried walking closer but he was whipped back by Carson's attacks.
Will finally got close enough to Gwen he knocked her guns out of her hands. He was about to hit her and then Carson just started to shock him directly. Will could feel the pain as he was jolted into the next room.
"Gwen, go finish what you need to." Carson yelled.
"Okay." Gwen said. She ran towards the exit of the classrooms.
"What are you guys planning to do?" Will asked. "Tell me." It turned into a shout.
"A science fair." Carson laughed. As he saw Will standing there, either he was holding something or holding his back. Carson chuckled. He then started to send currents Will's way. Will wasn't stupid, he pulled out a protection pad from gym, rubber insoled. He ran as the currents hit the rubber neutralizing it.
"Not bad Willy." Carson said. He grabbed a trashcan with his lightning and sent it flying at Will. "By the way Gwen's going to destroy the school."
Arden was feeling weaker and weaker. He attacked at Hiroti again. He sent one katana downwards while sending the next upward. Both were blocked. Hiroti hit Arden's left blade. It was his Arden's that he hit, not his father's. Hiroti jumped around and kicked Arden out the cafeteria doors towards the exit. Arden got back up to see a flying kick hit him again. This time he flew out of the entrance.
Arden stood back up again. He had his swords ready, he was panting hard, he was almost fully out life in his body. Hiroti attacked again. He wasn't showing any mercy on the young person. Hiroti went for a high left attack and loosened the grip in Arden's sword. Then he attacked the hand again sending the sword flying out of his hand. The blade went flying off the school's ground. Now, Arden's only advantage was gone, it was one blade versus one blade.
Will's pride won him over, he started to attack harder at Carson. He knew that if he could win and save the school there would be great praise at the end of this. Carson's lightning attack to Will couldn't do any damage as long as Will had the rubber pad. He was trying to get a punch on Carson but he was so quick. Will knew he could beat Carson he just needed to figure out how to.
Hiroti attacked at Arden once again. Arden was falling apart from the inside his body was finished. He was done. Arden blocked Hiroti's attack and Arden lost his father's sword. He saw it leave his hand and slide across the grass. Then Hiroti punched him in the face.
"I admit, Arden I thought you would be better competition." Hiroti said, now serious. "I was sadly dissapointed."
Arden ran towards his father's sword. 'Help me father, help me.' He yelled to himself. Hiroti then caught up to Arden and kicked him down. Arden helplessly crawled towards his sword. 'Help me father.' He said again. He was kicked by Hiroti. Arden was sent flying to his sword. He used some of his remaining strength to pick up the sword. Hiroti attacked. Arden screamed to use all of his power. Hiroti attacked. The blades hit. Then Arden's blade glowed yellow it sliced through Hiroti's blade and through his arm. His father's power kicked in. Then he stared at Hiroti and laughed as he slayed off his head.
Will ran towards the electro-kid known as Shockwave. "I will defeat you Carson, it is my destiny to be the greatest super-hero of all time at all costs." Will yelled.
"Yet you would lose things that cared most to you." Carson laughed as he shocked Will back again.
"It doesn't matter, my family is more important." Will said. Carson's pocket ringed. He stared at Will his red, white and blue shirt was ripped everywhere from the shocks and blasts he had recieved from the attacks on him.
"Well, Will it's been fun." Carson laughed. He had a personification of every super-villain ever known. "Good-bye." At that Carson ran out into the entrance. Will knew what was going to happen. He had to stop it. He flew through the walls to get under the gravitational pull underneath the high school. Carson ran past Arden, who had successfully defeated Hiroti. Arden was out of it he was so weak he didn't have a chance to try to stop Carson. Carson couldn't take Arden right now either. He had something to do. At that Royal Pain pulled up in her hover craft she just constructed a couple of minutes ago. He jumped off onto the hover craft. Arden knew what was going to happen because of his power. He ran as quick as he could. He also jumped on to the hover craft.
"What is he doing on here?" Gwen yelled. "Get him off."
Will flew under the high school. He gazed at it and then saw the final ticking. The hover craft left as Carson and Arden began their fight. Then the school exploded. The hover craft made it out. Will was not as lucky. He was hit by the explosion and was sent hurling down to the ground. He became fire because of the speed and caused a crater in the Earth.
Arden's battle with Carson commenced. Arden could barely walk, though. He didn't even have enough strength to hold his father's sword so he kept it shiefed. He went to fight as Carson zapped him off the edge of the hover craft. Being that Sky High was always in constant motion, the high school was partially over water. Arden went plummeting into the water and hit the water as he submerged.
Carson and Gwen had won. They destroyed the high school like they said they would. The school was over. Will in his mind had failed. He couldn't beat the two. In Arden's eyes, Will failed, he didn't beat them like he said he would. And in everyone else's eyes, Will and Arden were dead. Gwen and Carson landed at the war point where victory was about to commence for the villains.
