Link charged at Ariasx as she armed several arrows into her bow. Ariasx fired several of them at the two middle aged boys armed with swords. Several of her arrows hit Mido in the arms, knocking him down. But Link kept going. He moved in and out of the arrows as they passed by his head. His reactions and agility was so much faster now. As soon as Link got within striking distance of Ariasx, he pulled back the Master Sword and swung hard to the right.

Ariasx deflected the strike with her bow. She swung his weapon to the side to hit Link, but Link learned from last time. He knew her bow had spikes on it. Link ducked under the bow. He swung to Keyblade, but Ariasx pulled her head back and dodged the strike. She spun around and kicked Link in the face. Link spun in the air and landed hard on the ground. Link shook his head as Ariasx charged at Link.

The Hyrulian boy quickly recovered from the sudden attacks and began to counter attack the youthful girl. She flew and used the blades on the front of her boy to continually assault Link. Link jumped in left and right and back flipped to avoid being hit by her attacks. Although she was herding home over towards a cliff and Link realized this.

Link back-flipped over her next attack and pointed the Keyblade at her.

"Freeze!" He shouted.

Instantly a ball of blue cold light came from his Keyblade and smashed into Ariasx. Ariasx jerked back from the attack...watching as the freezing ice gripped on her hand and was working its way up to her hand. Link then jumped in the air, spinned in the air, and held the Keyblade high in the air.

"Thunder!" He shouted.

Instantly from above…a massive lightning bolt came from the ceiling and smashed into Ariasx. The electricity covered her body and spread all around her. Ariasx shook as her body attempted to recover from the attack.

Then Mido returned. He went up behind Ariasx and used his Gilded sword to slash Ariasx in the face. The blade made contact with her face, but, to Link's surprise, it didn't go any further than that. There was a burst of energy from her face, but no blood. Even as Ariasx got up when she flew to the side from the attack, she seemed to have received no physical damage. No cut. No open wound. No nothing.

"Wha…what are you!" Link said. "Are you even human?"

Ariasx gasped as she tried to get some air into her lungs. After she regained her balance, she went up and smiled at Link.

"Took you long enough to notice." She said. "Your even more dunces that you intended to be."

Ariasx formed another armor…but this one was different. It was shimmering with an unholy green light. Araisx fired the arrow near Link and Mido. Instantly all around the area…there was a massive explosion in cased the entire area. Link and Mido we're thrown in all directions. Mido rolled on the ground of the marble arena more than fifty feet away from the location he was originally at. Link was thrown only twenty feet.

Link got up…only to see Ariasx charging right at him. She fired several areas as she charged, laughing manically as she did. Link used his Keyblade to deflect the blows, almost completely disregarding his shield. He didn't need it anymore. He was quick enough with his blades to deflect attacks. Link and Ariasx continued to fight using the Keyblade and her blades bows.

Link deflected one of her attacks and then spun around to slash at her. Ariasx jumped on top of the Keyblade that he used in order to attack. She tried to kick him. Instead, Link dropped the Keyblade and let it hit the ground, making her lose her balance. While she was on the ground, Link leaped up in the air and tried to bring the full force of the Master Sword upon her. She however, rolled out of the way and dodged the stab. With the Master Sword plunged into the ground, Link was unable to pull it out.

Mido covered Link by reappearing and blocking several of her attacks. He was doing fairly well to fight against her. Most of her attacks missed. Of course, Mido did not have significant skill. Therefore, none of his attacks made contact. Araisx eventually shot a sunbeam from her hand and sent him flying with a massive burn on him. She then tried to swing at Link.

Since Link now was unable to use the Master Sword, Link resummoned the Keyblade using his outstretched hand. He deflected a blow from Ariasx and pushed her off. He then held the Keyblade in a stance he never used before. He held the Keyblade with both hands, the blade pointing behind him, and it was arching towards the ground. When she looked at him wielding that, she saw an image of Sora. She then blinked and the image vanished.

"Wow." She said. "The fusion is accelerating faster than usual."

"What?" Link asked.

"Nothing." Araisx said. "It doesn't matter. Soon you and Sora's heart will be one. Then we will have two Keyblade Masters to take. Once we have Sora…we can overthrow the organization. And then with you…we can obtain the Triforce. Then all of us will be complete."

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Link shouted. "But I'll stop your plans here and now!"

With the battle getting nowhere to the end, Ariasx touched the ground and created an eruption of flame all around her. Link had mistakenly charged at her, receiving massive burns from her attacks. Link flew from his position and then was flung far from Araisx. Arasix equally didn't waste time after that. She had ice float in her hand and then smashed it into the ground, creating a trail of ice towards Link.

Link was barely able to get up as he saw the trail approaching him. There wasn't anything he could do to stop it from hitting him. He then remembered though a couple things he had gained from the Keyblade after experimenting.

"Defense!" He shouted.

Link was immediately in cased in a barrier. The ice from the floor hit it, and then traveled up and around the barrier, completely incasing Link in ice.

"Link!" Mido shouted.

The sphere of ice stood motionless for a few seconds. After that, a massive explosion came from the ice, shooting it everywhere. Araisx covered her eyes as the ice shards flew in all directions. As she did, she felt the massive force of a metal rod hitting her in the stomach. In slow motion, she saw Link with the Keyblade hitting her right there…in a supernatural speed that even she didn't see.

Araisx flew from her position a second later. She flew up in the air…hitting the space and arena. The entire world they we're in seemed to crack and fall apart all around them. Shards of the world flew and vanished into nothing. Ariasx hit the floor with a massive thud and rolled several feet from where she crashed at. Ariasx stayed their motionless for a few seconds. Link kept his two blades armed…ready for anything new.

It took the woman about twenty seconds before she reacted. She flipped from where she was and got back to her feet. She then winked and proceeded to run up the stairs.

"Get back here!" Link shouted as he ran after her…while Mido slowly limped behind.

"Wait for me…" Mido said.

The two ran up the stairs hoping to find the woman there. Sadly, she had already left through the door by the time they had made it. Link kicked the ground as he saw the empty room.

"Man." Link said. "She runs quick."

"This is getting dangerous Link." Mido said. "We should leave now while we have a chance. I mean look at us, if we keep going…we're bound to get killed."

"I know." Link said. "But this quest got personal."

Link held up his Keyblade in his hand and looked at the blade.

"Not because of Saria…but now because of me." Link said. "They want me for something. I'm not sure what they want…but I know it ain't good."

Link put his hand to the side and the Keyblade vanished.

"And I won't find out by standing around." Link said.

And with that, Link stretched out his hand and used the next card to progress on. The light from the door consumed the place and Link walked forward.