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What do you do when you are faced with a reflection of yourself? An inverted copy of everything you are and believe in. Do you deny it as a fake or do you accept that somewhere deep inside this might truly be the real you.
At first glance the Fake Tochi looked exactly the same except for his bleach white hair and his blood red eyes. "What's the matter, Meowth got your tongue?" a twisted and cold voice came from the copy as he spoke followed by a sinister laugh.
Tochi stood up slowly from Erika's body. A shiver ran through his spine as he stared at this imposter but he could tell the air temperature was steadily dropping. The longer he stared speechless at his reflection the more he felt sick in his stomach. "Who are you? Why do you look like me?" He finally said with an angered tone.
That horrible laugh bellowed from the fake again. The sound was maddening to Tochi its only purpose seemed to piss him off. "I'm you stupid!" Another laugh followed his answer but without warning it stopped and a look of surprised "Well I guess that's not one hundred percent correct. But to summarize I'm everything you're not."
The temperature suddenly dropped to almost freezing.
"What I am isn't overly important, but what is important is why you called on me."
"What do you mean I called you? I just came here to save Erika." Tochi quickly stated as if he was trying to push aside the truth.
"Now, now you shouldn't lie to yourself it isn't healthy." He moved past Tochi and knelt down next to Erika. "You came here to ask for that thing's help. You came here for more power so that you could wipe out all of the enemies with ease." He gently brushed Erika's hair from her face and whispered something to quiet for Tochi to hear. "In your current state you could never beat them. You're too warm to do what is needed to do." A grin appeared as he stood up and looked at Tochi. "So be a good boy and let me be in control." There was a long pause before he looked up at the sky towards the frozen battle above. "I'll kill them all!"
"What I don't want to kill them just force them to leave." Tochi was disgusted by those words 'kill' He had never wished to kill anyone. He has always wanted to help others.
The fakes laugh started up again grating on the real Tochi's nerves. "You really believe that lie don't you?! Come on look deep inside yourself. But do not look to deep or you just might see me staring back at you."
'What was he talking about I've always held firm to my ideas of helping others.' Tochi thought to himself.
"Come on think back to that time at dragon's den. It should all click the attack, Erika's first outburst, the altar and the stones. All of your darkness in your heart stems from that very moment. Or have you really repressed everything so far back that you can't even remember the real truth anymore." The fake's eyes slowly began to glow a fierce purple color as lines began to create shapes along his body. "I guess I'll just have to remind you of your black heart and claim your life as my own."
Before Tochi could react the fake was already on him delivering a devastating blow to his ribs. A cold sensation tore through his body when the fake's fist made contact. The pain was enough to bring him straight down to his knees as he tried to gasp for air against the cold. "What the hell was that!?" No answer came from the imposter his only response was a kick to the side of his face along with another shock of cold throughout his body. Images flashed through his head memories he rather wished buried. 'Was the fake right about everything?'
"You should just stand aside and let me take over." He wrapped his hand around Tochi's neck and squeezed tightly. Ice steadily began to accumulate over Tochi's body.
The world around him began to fade out as tears rolled down his face. Was this the end? "Erika, Gin, Jin, Dad, Mom, Kitsune, and…Alice. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough!" Tochi shouted with the last of his energy as loud as he could as if some unseen force would carry his message.
"Yes! Just give up and accept your darkness!" The fake's laugh echoed through the nothingness of the world.
"Get your hands off of him!" a voice screamed before a fist collided with the imposter's cheek sending him flying from the real Tochi. "You will not lay another hand on … him." The voice was familiar to Tochi and he quickly identified it as Alice. When Tochi opened his eyes he confirmed Alice had really just saved him. "Tochi what's going on what is that thing? Why does it look like you?"
Ice fell off of Tochi's body as he stood up to face his darkness. "I can't really explain it, at least not yet. But thank you for saving me. But I have to ask how did you get here?" He clenched his fist and took a stance ready for a fight this time.
"I don't know I was in the woods a second ago, then I heard your voice and here I was." She stood behind him closely ready to support him. "But let's kick that guy's ass then we can figure everything else out."
"No you've done enough." He extended his arm in front of him blocking her from moving forward. "I need you to go back, this is my fight…my problem." A fire was lit inside him now. A wave of warm air flowed through him and his surroundings.
A worried look appeared on Alice's face but she knew she needed to trust him. "I don't want to leave but I believe in you." As she finished her sentence her body began to fade away.
"Don't die Alice I'm on my way I promise." Tochi whispered to himself as he clenched his fists tighter.
That twisted laugh echoed again "So you're finally going to fight. Good!" A grin grew on the fake's face. "But can you really stand against your own darkness?"
"You're right there is darkness in me that I have ignored for far too long but I will still fight." The fire in his eyes was unmistakable. He had decided to end this fight. "I will overcome the darkness in my heart and beat you."
Tochi ran full steam at the fake and launched a flurry of punches hoping to do as much damage as possible. Unfortunately all of his attacks were blocked with ease. "Come on your far too slow to beat me." The fake released a strike through Tochi's onslaught connecting with his chest. The blow was powerful enough to knock him back a few feet. Ice once again formed around the area that was struck.
A trail of blood ran down the side of Tochi's mouth as he stood back up. No amount of fire has left his eyes even at the uselessness of his attacks. "You want to see my strength….then I'll show you!" a flash a fire wrapped itself around Tochi's body with no sign of burning him. "I'll burn away my darkness leaving only a powerful fire in its place." He pushed himself with his left foot allowing him to move at a nearly blinding speed towards his opponent. Tochi's first blow connected with the fake's stomach. The look on his face was priceless a mix of blood and spit exited his mouth from the impact of the blow. But Tochi wasn't about to give him time to recover. Quickly he sent another powerful blow to his face knocking him straight to the ground. "Burn you useless pile of shit! I don't need your kind of help to save my friends!"
"You STUPID MORON, I'll freeze your soul over and take complete control no one as soft as you can do what is needed to save this world." The fake staggered to his feet. "I'll show you the true meaning of darkness." The lines on his body began to glow brightly as dark purple energy began to form in his hands in the shape of a sphere. "Return to the void!" He shot the attack towards the real Tochi.
When the sphere came in contact with the aura of fire around Tochi it set of an explosion of light and dust. "Was that really you best?" Tochi's voice sounded from within the dust cloud. "I thought you were going to show me the true meaning of darkness." He let out a mocking laugh at the fake. "You really are nothing more than a shadow."
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" The fake gripped his head in confusion. He was the best, he was the strongest, and his hate couldn't be matched by anything. Or so he thought but before him stood the real Tochi, unscathed by the attack. "Fine … you past this test." He slumped to his knees in defeat. "I'll give you the power you desire as well as a bonus." He directed his cold glare towards Tochi.
Several images flashed into his head. "I understand thank you." Tochi found himself smiling as the fake him slowly seemed to dissolve into nothing. "I'll remember your words and the lesson you taught me." In an instant everything began to move again. He looked over at Erika who was completely past out from the ordeal.
He closed his eyes and imagined himself in the center of the city and when he opened his eyes he found himself to be exactly where he had imagined himself. "Now let's finish this fight." The lines that had appeared on the fake Tochi during the fight now appeared on the real Tochi's body. The glow felt warm to him it almost felt perfectly natural. He extended both of his arms into the air and began to speak loudly. "I unlock the first hand to release the power of the void itself." A portal high up in the sky broke open. Symbols and lines formed inside the opening creating a seal like cage. A loud and mighty roar came from behind the seal as it began to crack.
A numbing pain slowly entered Tochi's arms as the seal continued to break. "Come forth Enenra!" With those words the seal shattered allowing what was inside to come forth into our domain. A thick black smoke poured out of the hole. It plummeted towards the ground with amazing speed.
Once the last of the smoke exited the gateway it quickly began to shut. The smoke swirled in front of Tochi for several moments before finally taking shape as a giant black serpent. Even coiled up its body was raised several stories up in the air. White spots went down the side of its body and were scattered along its mouth. It had piercing yellow eyes and a fast purple tongue that constantly tasted the air. "Ssssso you are the one who broke the sssseal." Its voice sounded in the reaches of Tochi's mind luckily he had grown used to that sensation.
"Yes I require your help to save the people of this island." Tochi shouted up at the creature. "But I don't want to kill anyone. Will you help me?
The large serpent lowered its head towards Tochi. "I will sssssserve the one he has deemed masssster. I Enenra will do assss you assssk." Without another word the creature bolted through the streets quickly turning into smoke and reappearing when something got in its way.
Enenra reached a battle raging between a giant machine and four trainers. "You sssshall know true fear." The serpent was quick to strike the Spider bot by coiling around it tightly. Those who watched this take place could hear the sound of metal and gears crunching.
"In god's name what is that?" Gin said as the serpent came to their rescue. Many on lookers shared his thoughts. "Did that come from the hole in the sky?" An unshakeable chill went through him as he watched.
The serpent took large bites of the Spider mech. With each strike he removed one of its guns and legs leaving only the cockpit remaining which it quickly tossed to the side before taking to the sky in a cloud of smoke.