Day 12
Xehanort had not left the realm of darkness, yet. He had been expressing his feelings and his thoughts to the shadow creature near him, though it did not speak back. Finally, Xehanort spoke his last words for now, to the creature.

"I have decided, I suppose. It's time for me to leave my home. I thank you for listening... They are most definitely wrong about the darkness." He said, opening up a portal back to the Land of Departure. He walked through, and was back where he had originally entered the first portal. He stepped over to the puddle, where he dropped down into the cavern. He walked straight ahead, not bothering to look back or to give his action of leaving a second thought. He already had his journal with him, and he decided that was all he needed, now. He exited the cavern, looking up at the sky. It was dawn. It was then that he realized he'd been away for about a day, now.

"The time must pass faster in the Realm of Darkness." He concluded. He was about to summon his armor and glider when he heard him calling out.

"Xehanort!" Eraqus yelled, running out from the cavern. Xehanort turned to look at Eraqus, who he noticed almost right away was holding his other journal.

"What do you want now, Eraqus?" Xehanort asked.

"I'm not here to ask you for anything. I'm here to tell you that you're staying here. I'm not going to let you do what you said you wanted to do in this journal!" He replied, throwing the journal at Xehanort's feet.

"I'm not going to fight you, Eraqus. Nor would you want to fight me, now. I'm leaving." Xehanort told him, turning and preparing to summon his armor. He stopped yet again when he heard the familiar sound... the sound of Eraqus drawing his keyblade.

"I guess I can't talk you out of this. I don't want to do this, Xehanort... but I will!" Eraqus yelled.

"Put your keyblade down, Eraqus. Stop acting like a spoiled child. This time, you won't be getting what you want." Xehanort explained. Eraqus' facial expression went from upset to angry.

"Enough! I'll MAKE you stay here!" He screamed, jumping forward to attack Xehanort. He was quickly pushed away by Xehanort's slash of his own keyblade. Eraqus followed up by landing safely and rushing in, slicing at Xehanort while doing so. Xehanort would disappear as he was sliced, appearing behind Eraqus to slash downward at him, only to be guarded by Eraqus, who quickly turned to block. Xehanort growled.

"Don't test me, Eraqus." He said, kicking Eraqus back. Eraqus summoned his glider, flying upward and de-summoning it to fall downward, shooting bolts of light at Xehanort the entire descent. Xehanort was swiftly able to cut away each single bolt, jumping upward to meet Eraqus mid-air. Their keyblades clashed, Xehanort pushing his keyblade forward to knock Eraqus back. Xehanort landed, as Eraqus brought his keyblade down into the ground, sending shockwaves out in each direction. Xehanort teleported himself upward, lunging downward at Eraqus to push him back into the cavern. Eraqus struggled to stay in place, soon swiping forward to force Xehanort to jump back. He began to summon orbs of light from his keyblade, sending them flying at Xehanort. He continuously fired what seemed to be hundreds of small bolts at the orbs as they impacted with Xehanort. They exploded in a huge, violent light show, at which Eraqus walkd over to bring Xehanort with him. To his shock, however, darkness eminated strongly through the residue of light, dissolving them into even more darkness. Xehanort screamed with anger, the aura of darkness around him pushing itself out in massive waves. Eraqus jumped up, lodging his keyblade into the upper part of the hill, protecting himself from the waves. Xehanort teleported in front of Eraqus, grabbing him by the neck and throwing him down to the ground, where he landed. Xehanort pushed himself forward off of the hill, slicing furiously at the air, sending bolts and waves of darkness at Eraqus. Though he was able to fight off most of the bolts and waves, Eraqus was hit by a few, which was followed up by Xehanort angrily attacking Eraqus with his keyblade, pushing a defending Eraqus to his knees. Xehanort kicked Eraqus down, which pushed him back a bit. At this point, Xehanort qalked slowly over to an exhausted and defeated Eraqus. With keyblade in hand, Xehanort prepared to finish the fight. He sliced downward, only to be blocked by an un-expected figure: His own master. Xehanort jumped back, looking up to his master.

"You have gotten too out of hand, Xehanort. I will not allow you to kill Eraqus." He said, holding his keyblade at his side. Xehanort growled, furious at this interruption.

"You are all blind! I cannot explain to you, nor can I forcibly make you see! If you will not fight for balance, you will not fight for ANYTHING!" Xehanort explained in a yell, lunging at his Master. Through Eraqus' barely open eyes, he could see only Xehanort and his Master teleporting at almost every turn, both struggling to end the fight in their own manner. Eraqus finally passed out, as Xehanort appeared finally at the edge of the cliff. He shrouded his keyblade in darkness, which overflowed to Xehanort himself. He then lunged at his master, who teleported behind Xehanort's lunge, slicing down at Xehanort's back. Xehanort collapsed, defeated. He turned weakly, looking up at his Master who walked over to him. As his master knelt down, Xehanort became unconcious.

"Perhaps nothing can be done about you, Xehanort."


I figured you would all be expecting Eraqus and Xehanort clashing, but...