Toward the Dark

Thoughts

Flashbacks

Dark Ace

Tai Arrives

Tai was floating in the water, turned into a half shark, half human. He sighed, not seeing anyone, but then a gust of wind came from a small opening and a mermaid with red hair shot out of it, followed by a small crab and a yellow fish. Then a bunch of guys in faded green cloaks followed. They were blocked by Tai who was shaking his head.

"Do all the bad guys have to turn out this easy?", he asked,"Set some traps or something interesting." He lets his keyblade appear and gets ready. Ariel swims to his side.

"I'll help you", she states as they stare down about fifty of them. They charged foward, beating up a couple, but then they hear something from behind the group.

"DAMMIT, WENCH!", a man yelled,"Why did you go betraying us?" They heard a female voice just sigh.

"Because Ace was better suited as a leader than Asu", she stated. Tai and Ariel quickly snapped out of it and took on the rest of the swimming men. They now saw two fighting. A man in faded green and a woman in a white cloak. Their weapons met hard and their hoods fell off. They saw a beutiful woman with platinum blonde hair and a glare at the other. The other had red hair and little horns popping up from his head.

"Jin!", she yelled,"Stop it now!" The two broke their lock and clashed again.

"Why should I quit?", Jin asked,"We are just getting started!" At that point, Ariel broke in, ramming their weapons away from each other enough for Tai to stand between them, grabbing their wrists.

"Who are you?", the woman asked.

"I should be asking you...Ace told us about the Elemental Regime", Tai stated. The man grinned widely.

"I am Jin", he said with a cocky smirk,"And this little bitch is-" He was cut off by the woman.

"Light", she yelled as a giant flash came out of her hand, blinding Jin so she could punch him hard in the chest. Tai backed away and looked between them and Jin grinned.

"This woman is wanted for betraying us", Jin said,"If you help her, I will kill you too." Tai grinned widely in response.

"Think you can?", he asked, brandishing his keyblade. Ariel came to his side, but he blocked her. "Stay away...This guy is stronger than any Heartless you may have fought in the past with Sora and Ace", he said, grimly. Jin brought his hand up and shot a tornado toward the two, but Tai began twirling his sword at a fast speed and stopped its momentum. He swam foward to charge, but Jin let a tornado form on his fist and he blocked the blade.

"You dont stand a chance against wind", he said, but screamed in pain as a ray of light hit his back.

"But you have two of us to deal with!", the woman who Tai decided to call Light said. She came down, holding two sabre like weapons that glowed white. She made a slash in an X shape, but was blocked by the two tornado hands. The light sabres cut through the tornado and slashed his wrists.

"DAMN YOU, BITCH!", he screamed in agony, kicking her away. He held his hands, clearly unable to fight with them for now and made a tornado to disappear in. He was gone by the time they could react against the strong winds.

"So, whats your name?", Tai asked. The woman looked over, expecting him to be beaten up after the fight and the tornado, but he just scratched the back of his head, unhurt. She was shocked, but shook her head.

"I cannot tell you", she said.

"Fine, you know Ace, though, right?", he asked. She nodded and Tai continued. "Okay, I'll just call you Light for now. Lets go! Ace should be waiting for me and Riku back in Hollow Bastion!" She blinked.

"Riku too?", she asked,"So, Ace was traveling with Riku and Sora." Tai nodded as he swam to the gummi, saying farewell to Ariel. They got in and headed for Hollow Bastion.

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Again, short, but next chapter should be longer.Review.