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Chapter 10: Clash of XIII and XIV
I was dreaming more often.
It was strange and scary at the same time. The new visions startled me and they were all filled with dark images and mysterious items.
Like the one I just experienced.
I had just came home from basketball practice and had said my goodbyes to Xion for the day when I collapsed in my bed almost completely overcome by exhaustion. And it was obvious that the first thing I did was take a quick snooze.
The pale faced boy with the golden hair still stood before the large lock. Only the sound of the lonely wind blowing could be heard.
His battery blue eyes moved back and forth as he examined the large door. But the only way in he could see was the door right in front of him.
He blinked. An orb of light began to spin in his right hand and in an instant, it elongated into a large blade. The light then disappeared while a sharp metallic clang could be heard from the transformation. The final result of the change was a long blade in the shape of a key. The handle almost seemed to be made of angel's wings but only smaller. A keychain hung from the handle's end with a star like object hanging from it. The whole key seemed to be a pure white with neon blue and light yellow highlights in some areas. And the deadly sharp end of the blade was shaped like half of a snowflake just waiting to cut into its opponent.
The mysterious figure brandished the weapon in his hand and adjusted to the weight. Then he lifted it up so it pointed to the lock. A beam of light shot out of the end of the key and just like a key should do, it unlocked the oversized key lock.
On its own, the lock vanished into darkness leaving the large doors without anything to keep them shut. So they opened with a loud groan paving a new path for the young 'keyblade' wielder.
The boy blinked once more and took a slow step inside the dark cathedral. The sound from that footstep echoed throughout the building and he froze. His eyes flickered as they searched the inside for any signs of danger. There seemed to be none so giving the green light to him. His footsteps continued and each clattering sound from the heels of his boots sounded throughout the inside.
The dark grey interior of the temple seemed dreary as so did everything else he had seen in the realm. But the boy continued on the long dark hallway. Suddenly he stopped moving altogether and stood stiffly in the center of it all. Green and black tapestries hung over the large windows and blocked almost all light barely giving him any to see his surroundings. But despite this his eyes looked up to focus on the image of a figure seated on a large throne high up before him.
All of the light in the room seemed to focus on that figure just then. You could tell it was a female due to the angles and build of the clothes she was wearing. They were almost identical to the boy's long dark robe. The only difference was that her coat was unzipped revealing a long V-necked shirt with edges that hung as low as her upper thighs. The shirt had thin white trimmings but they were almost unnoticeable. She wore skin tight leggings that went as low to her knees but no farther and on her feet were dainty little heels that strapped on showing the upper portions of her feet.
Her face seemed relevant to what she wore. Short, stiff black hair went as far as the end of her neck and sharp bangs covered the middle and left side of her face. Her eyes were almost as bright as the boy's and were almost the exact same color. The only difference was that they were a darker, deeper color. An ocean blue.
Her pale, cold face looked down upon the boy with golden hair as if he were a lowly peasant and she was the queen. She blinked once and continued her cold and unfeeling stare.
The two looked each other in the eye and in a strange action, the boy held up his hand to the girl as if offering something. Perhaps even inviting her to some place. The girl's eyelids drooped over her irises as she squinted down at him. Then she stood up in a quick movement and swept her arm before her in a quick action. Dark, fiery beams shot out from everywhere and all targeted the boy. His eyes widened and he quickly jumped up a few feet in the air just before all of the beams made contact with his body. A dust cloud followed.
He looked away from the cloud and to the girl again and the first thing he was another dark fire shot at him, only larger. This one hit him with a bone shaking impact and he fell to the ground in a sickening thud.
But for some amazing reason, this blow that would normally destroy a normal human only slightly fazed this boy. Only after a couple of seconds did he get up and continue his expressionless gaze at the girl. She stared back at him and their little staring contest continued.
He got up slowly and resumed his sturdy posture. Taking one last look at her, he closed his eyes as in acceptance. When he opened them once again, a strong and blue fire raged from his left eye.
The girl with raven hair smiled, letting out a short, humored laugh, but the boy's fire continued to rage. He jumped forward with superhuman agility toward the girl and she jumped with equal strength to match his. An orb of darkness and light spun in her right hand just as the boy's keyblade had appeared and just the same, a blade of the key appeared. It was a dark blade with a glittering purple jewel encrusted in the hilt and a chain connected the blade and the handle. Bat wings seemed to be the handle edges and a keychain similar to the one on the boy's keyblade hung with a dark crown that hung on the end unlike the star on the other wielder's blade.
All this happened in only seconds yet it all seemed to go in slow motion as the two wielder's blades clashed creating sparks out of the impact. Neither attacker seemed to be giving any grudges and they withdrew only to clash again. Finally, the girl successfully carried out a swing of her key and it hit the boy square in the stomach. The boy was knocked to the ground with a large crash. Once again he was unfazed by the attack and stood up. He seemed infallible.
He quickly rose up the hand that wasn't holding his weapon and a blue light shot out of it. Stones scattered around him and all drew to his hand and were ignited by the blue light. The blonde shot the rocks out of his hand and aimed them all at the girl.
She dodged the hit but the flaming stones continued to follow her. After much dodging and evading, the blue flaming rocks hit her and she fell to the ground on the same level as the boy.
The boy gave the girl his own cold hearted smile and he rushed forward and struck the girl with his blade. She cried out and fell to the ground. But like him, she got up once more after braving that blow.
They began to move quickly, striking blows and evading them. Taking advantage of speed, the two of them dealt blows that were quickly blocked by the other. The raven haired girl jumped high and brought down her key that smashed into the ground which broke through the floor revealing a dark abyss below.
The blonde dodged that by a mere margin and the two of them backed away from the hole and continued the fight. The boy tried once again the flaming rock technique but they missed only breaking down a pillar and a wall of the cathedral causing the entire building and all the others around it to collapse into a cloud of dust, rocks, and residue.
Everything was hidden in the cloud making it almost impossible to see. The boy with the blade of light inspected his surroundings for the raven haired girl but could see nothing. Then in the distance, the dust cleared to reveal her with her blade, quickly spinning it around to clear away the cloud. He spotted her and he held up his blade to her as she began to take steps toward him with her threatening weapon of darkness by her side.
The unexpected occurred. She stopped advancing and held her key high up in the air for a few moments, then brought it down with earthshattering force as all the dust, dirt, and air were brought at an amazing speed at him. The blow of the wind was blocked barely as he held up his keyblade to try and defend himself from its push.
But the force was too great as his knees began to buckle. But before he could even be blown away, the entire floor around him collapsed and he was sent plummeting into the darkness below him.
The girl watched for a moment as he fell, concentrating on the strong blue flame that was still emitted from his eye. Then without warning she leaned forward and fell into the abyss as well, following him down the hole.
He fell with quickening speed and he stabled his position to stare at the other wielder hot on his trail. He shot the stones that once used to be the floor of the cathedral but he missed. The stones failed to follow the girl as they fell.
Her eyes locked onto him and she willed all of her strength to make a form. In one action, she created two dark copies of herself that fell alongside her. She pointed a finger at the boy whose eyes were wide with surprise. But they quickly resumed their serious gaze as he watched the two clones charge towards him. He brandished his keyblade and swung at the two dark figures but they evaded the blow. In that moment, he saw the ground of the abyss come up beneath him and he turned to face it, landing on it like a cat would from a fall from a tree and with quick agility, he faced the two clones who were still descending. He had lost sight of the girl who had made them but he continued to fight.
The blonde frowned and he aimed his free hand at the two. His blue flame grew with more strength as he concentrated all of his power on his targets and with one powerful blast, he shot a huge pillar of blue fire at the dark figures.
Unfortunately he missed and one of the dark copies swung at the blonde which forced him to take a leaping dodge. But to his surprise he turned his head to see the other copy meet up with him with a powerful hit to the head which he took heavily and launched him a few feet away.
His body hit the ground with a thud and he cried out in pain. The two clones loomed closer as the slowly walked to his fallen body. But he quickly recovered and stood up to point his blade at the two. Their amber eyes just glinted with amusement as they loomed even closer. The blonde held it even more sturdily and the whole blade became illuminated with light. In only two swings he destroyed both of the dark replicas of the girl and with triumph, he blinked and his keyblade returned to its original state.
In the chains that hung over head, he heard one of them shake and where he heard it stood the raven haired girl with her dark blade hanging dangerously from her hand. She once again looked down on hin with a ghostly look in her eyes. Then she leaned forward towards him and jumped off of the chain to another section of the room to retreat. Perhaps she had decided that this one was too much for her.
The girl quickened her flighty strides as the blonde began to chase after her with his keyblade in hand in threatening pursuit. The two wielders ran as fast as cars as the girl took a sudden swerve into a tunnel heading downward.