A/N: This is a crazy chapter! This sword fight pretty much has to be my favorite of all time! Anyways, I cried when I wrote this. I hope you enjoy reading the last chapter of Part 2. I dunno if I will make a Part 3.


Chapter 6:

The Last Confrontation

Jess blocked the first blow from Gurgurant, then he was forced to quickly twist his sword to protect his left side from the Dark Master's other blade. The Dark Master pulled his two blade back and crossed them into an X. Then he lunged forward at Jess' neck and slashed. Jess collapsed to the ground, just barely evading the attack.

Then with zeal, Jess swept his blade for the shade's legs. He leapt over the blade and flipped once over Jess. This gave Jess enough time to scramble back to his feet. The Dark Master wasted no time, however. He slashed wildly with his two blades like a berserker.

Jess blocked each blade as they came as he quickly paced backwards, but he regretted it to find himself against the wall. Then the Dark Master lunged forward, screaming in hatred. Jess quickly rolled out of the way and with a loud clang, the Dark Master plunged Gurgurant a foot into the stone wall.

Jess was dumbstruck, he had never seen Gurgurant do something like that before, neither the Dark Master that strong before. But he took the initiative and unleashed a sonic burst at the trapped Dark Master. He released Gurgurant and ran up the wall to evade the devastating sonic burst.

The Dark Master dropped to the floor and grasped the hilt of Gurgurant. And with a crack, the Dark Master drew Gurgurant from the wall with an entire chuck of the stone wall still stuck on the end of the blade. It left a two foot wide crater in the wall and at least a foot deep.

"Holy..." Jess mumbled in astonishment. That thing must way a ton! He thought to himself.

Then with swords in hand, the Dark Master sprang forward at Jess and smashed the stone chuck into Jess. The stone shattered, and it sent him flying through the air and into the corner of the ceiling. After a pause, and the energy was dispersed into the wall, he fell to the ground with a grunt. His black tunic was torn to reveal deep gashed into his chest. His face was also cut up for the third time.

"Hmmhmmhmm! How pathetic you look!" The Dark Master taunted. "Do you think you can defeat Gurgurant and his brother, Garm?" He taunted spinning each blade in each hand.

"Garm? Brothers?" Jess asked shakily and he rose to his hands and knees. His head stayed bowed, until he lifted his gaze to see May Belle still holding her wounds in the opposite corner. She had been watching the entire scene well laying on her side. She barely managed to smile weakly at him, which cause Jess to smile back through his pain.

Then almost by magic, a memory triggered back into Jess' mind. It focused in the past to a girl he had known. The conversation he had recorded secretly, but destroyed when he was converted.
"I'm really proud of you Jess. You've changed so much from that miserable kid I saw the first day at school, sitting in Mrs. Myers classroom." She had commented. "I'm really glad you made the right choice."

Jess shook his head, Where had that thought come from? He thought.

"Leslie..." He said out loud. He then stood to his feet, that name gave him strength.

"Fool... still clinging onto the past?" The Dark Master spat. He awaited Jess' attack first.

Jess lifted his head to make eye contact with the Dark Master. He then lifted his sword in front of his bloody, cut up chest in a defensive-offensive stance.

"This is impossible!" The Dark Master shrieked. He readied Gurgurant and Garm in an offensive stance. "Hmm, no matter. You shall fear me when I'm done with you... and nothing can stop that."

"I've said it before. I am not afraid of ANY Dark Master." He slashed with his sword sending a sonic burst forward. But the Dark Master preformed a back handspring to evade, then he launched himself fifteen feet high, flipped three times and crashed his two blades into Jess' sonic sword. The blow sent Jess flying into wall, he collapsed onto his chest again and coughed up blood onto the ground.

"Where did you learn Aether?" Jess asked with a cough, laying on the ground. He gazed up into the hood of the Dark Master who stood over him. "What the...?!" Jess shouted. For what he saw astonished him. The face of the Dark Master was Jess' only the pale version with the creepy facial features.

The Dark Master smiled sickly, "You just figured it out, didn't you? When I take a human, I become a part of him. I know everything you knew, and more. When I took your father, I took his appearance. And when I took you, I took your appearance."

Jess' eyes narrowed as he barely pushed himself to his feet. The two stared at each other, other inches apart with a scowl on the mirrored faces. Jess raised his blade and slashed to the right, the Dark Master mirrored him and blocked it. Jess slashed to the left, but he mirrored him again. Then, annoyed, Jess threw an Astra, he slashed left, right, up, down, side, side, then a lunge. But each blow was mirrored again and blocked. The lunges hit each other and sparks flew from Gurgurant and the sonic blade.

"Why do you keep copying me?!" Jess shouted frustrated. Then he took two steps and unleashed a huge two-handed slash. The Dark Master blocked the sonic sword and
side-kicked Jess in the gut sending him flying into the wall a third time. He struggled up to his knees and looked up at the shade who slowly approached him. The Dark Master kicked his Jess in the jaw which threw him onto his back in pain.

"Now... suffer the consequences of defying your master!" The Dark Master spat at Jess. The shade spun both swords once before pouncing onto the weakened Jess with the plan of impaling him with both blades.

What am I doing wrong?! Jess thought to himself. He scrambled mentally for ideas because he was nearly seconds from death itself. Then, almost by magic, something spoke to him in his head.

"Just close your eyes..." Jess did so. "But keep your mind wide open." Jess focused and felt power rushing through his veins. Of course! Am I that stupid? Jess thought.

"Araah! Nothing crushes us!" Jess shouted as a blue light started to pierce his skin. The power was so great, Jess was lifted off the floor and he was floating there without his blade. He held out his right hand, and like a boomerang, his sword returned. He caught it by its hilt and pointed its tip at the Dark Master, "This is the ultimate!" He corrected the Dark Master.

"Fool, you seem to have learned your ultimate power, but wasted it on a weak ability. You saw the devastating affect of the blast in your vision. And yet you choose that weak ability instead? Again I say your a fool." He raised his blade to what ever Jess was going to bring.

Suddenly, like before, Jess' muscles tensed up and all were flexed. He felt like a spring ready to explode. The light focused blue and it blinded the wraith. His muscled discharged releasing a blast that covered everything, but instead of killing something particularly strange happened.

Jess looked up panting a jumped in astonishment at what he saw. It seemed like all colors were inverted except himself, which still gave off a blue radiance. Everything remained still, like it was frozen in time. All dark corners of the room where completely visable and were a bright white in color. He looked down at May Belle to see her still covering her face from the flash of light. He turned his gaze to the Dark Master, who also was covering his eyes.

It seemed to Jess light gravity didn't even exist as he floated there. But when he moved slightly, he fell to the ground with normal gravity. The light gushing out of Jess was becoming dim, I must be running out of time. Jess thought as he quickly unleashed as Astra upon the frozen Dark Master. He stuck left, right, up, down, side then to the other side. He preformed a backhand spring to do the lunge, when time resumed.

"ARAAH!" The Dark Master shrieked in pain from all six hits. Then Jess completed the Astra with the lunge which successfully pierced the Dark Master's heart. "GAH!" He screamed in pain and hatred.

"How ironic," Jess mimicked the voice of the Dark Master, "Doesn't this seem a bit familiar?"

"Not one bit!" The Dark Master screamed as he lifted Gurgurant and aimed it's tip at Jess' heart. Then with one devastating thrust, it happened.

"Ugh!" Jess screamed as he quickly looked down at his heart to see the ebony blade plunged right through him.

"JESS!" May Belle cried from her spot in the corner. Tears burst forth from her eyes and she couldn't wipe them away, for she had to hold her wounds to keep from bleeding to death.

"Is this what you wanted... Jess?" The Dark Master asked weakly, "IF I GO DOWN I'M TAKING YOU WITH ME!" He shouted into Jess' face.

"Leslie..." Jess said blankly, staring off at nothing in particular. Gurgurant simmered and dripped in the blood of Jess as he quickly lost his strength. "Leslie..." Jess mumbled again as he looked down to his own blade. He smiled slowly and quickly jerked it out of the Dark Master's heart. Then, with the last of his strength he slashed for the Dark Master's head.

"NO!" The Dark Master cried as he thrust Garm into Jess' gut. But it didn't stop Jess, the sword was in motion and cut off the head of the Dark Master, to let the body fall weakly to the stone floor.

May Belle had scrambled to her feet still holding her wounds. Then, Jess collapsed onto his back with Gurgurant still into his chest, and Garm into his gut. May Belle quickly crossed over to Jess and knelt next to him.

"Jess!" She cried as tears fell onto his neck.

"May Belle... I'm- I'm sorry." He stuttered and closed his eyes. "You've lost... the king to darkness."

"NO!" May Belle cried, "You are the king of Terabithia! And nothing crushes us! Remember?"

"Thank... you." He mouthed then turned his head to the blue light pouring through the window of the chamber. "Leslie... this is what you wanted right?" He panted from exhaustion. "This-this is... my promise... I made to you." And those were the dying words of Jess Oliver Aarons Jr. He closed his eyes for the last time, but kept his mind wide open.

-END OF PART 2-


Rewind - By Pillar

It seems just like yesterday was the first time that I heard You call my name
Since then, so much has changed
I'm still the same man that I was before
Knowing that I can be without anything scares me away from being alone
Now, that I know what's going on
I can look back and see You
And I made You wait, as I turned away

If I could rewind, watch all my life
Just pass me by, I could see You
If I could rewind, I'd take back the lies
And all of those times I hurt You

I don't know if I'll ever know exactly how much that I hurt You
Knowing that hurts me everyday
If I could rewind, I would take it away
And not make You wait, and I won't walk away

If I could rewind, watch all my life
Just pass me by, I could see You
If I could rewind, I'd take back the lies
And all of those times I hurt You

I wanna take back all those lies
I wanna take back all those times
I wanna show You with my life that I'm here for You

If I could rewind...


A/N: I just felt like I wasn't satisfied with the ending of the first one. So I rewrote it. Feel free to leave any reviews. Like I said before, I enjoy hearing from you! Also, Jess did in fact die. I'm sorry, I know its sad. But at least he died as a hero and not a villain. Leslie would be proud of him.