The battle between the two Erzas and Youta continues. Whenever Earthland Erza tried to make an opening for Youta to do whatever she was planning, Edolas Erza would do something that forces Youta to stay around. Thought doing that, strained the Edolas woman and she got frustrated… and it was only a matter of time until Youta would escape.
If it wasn't for a suddenly slice of light was hits Youta into the side, forcing pure magical light into her body.
"Youta!" Erza pushed her doppelganger away and head to her side.
"I am asking why always rush head first into battle, never asking for backup" Told a female voice as a lion like Exceed shows up.
"What do you want, Maluz?" asks Knightwalker in annoyance.
"M-Maluz?!" Youta looked surprised, as Erza help her getting up. "Edolas has a Maluz too?"
"From your reaction, I take that you are knowing an alternate version of this Individual?" asks Scarlet.
"Yea…" She breathed out heavily. "But the Maluz I know is not a girl or a Exceed."
"That is the least of our problems" spoke Erza "if she is like the Maluz you know, then she must have tools to emulate his powers. What can he do?"
"Can use the power of light, use brute power to get his way and can control Lightbringer to do his bidding." Youta explained, as she back to back with Erza.
"I may not know the Lightbringers but given she has to use tools, I am sure only a part of this can be done by her."
"Give up! You won't stand a chance against my light weaponry! My Sun blade will cut you with arcs of light, my sun shield will defend me from anything you can throw at me, my light armor grants me the ability to enhance two of my abilities at a time! And I have these!" Maluz explained and waves her shield arm and heartless began to appear, surrounding Youta and Scarlet.
"Heartless!?" Youta exclaimed in surprised and asks. "But those are monsters of darkness! Isn't that against your belief?"
"What are you talking about child? My only believe is to preserve this world or die with it!" she countered, seemly confused
"She may be the counterpart of your Maluz, but that doesn't mean they follow the same goal!" warned Erza, while eying her own counterpart.
"Then why are you helping them, destroy the Exceed's home? Your one of them, aren't you?" Youta asks.
"They kill people, just to prove their superiority towards people… that is something I cannot just ignore." was her reply. "They killed my family, and three towns I vowed to protect by dropping an island upon all. I was the sole survivor. 3000 dead people."
"But at what cost?! You sacrificing a town from another world! You're doing the same thing as they did!" Youta state.
"If Magic disappears, nobody would be able to survive in this harsh world as they lost the means to defend themselves! I won't let that happen, even at the cost of my people and the life of other people! Of monsters which would only come to wipe us out and eat us!"
"What are you talking about?" asks Scarlet in surprise
"Your world is the reason why our magic disappears! Your version of Animus has eaten so much of our magic that we are running out of it! It is just retribution!" shouts the lion like Exceed while slicing the blade down at Youta.
Both Erzas stared in surprise at this story, Scarlet because of how ridiculous it sounds, while Knightwalker shouts "I never heard of that one! Who told that to you?"
"Ancelot! He told me about his findings, inclusive the existence of an Animus in their world!" shouts Maluz.
"Then we have more reason to destroy this world of evil!" shouts Knightwalker "So our people can life!"
"Hold on! There must be-" But Youta quickly dodge the female Maluz's attack, while Knightwalker dash toward her counterpart.
Youta blocked all of Maluz attack, but suddenly the attacks went stronger and faster, reminding her the effect of the armor. So she used her bits to pin her down in place and knocked the Exceed weapons away.
"Listen. I understand you're mad at them, but killing your race isn't the right way! I'm sure your family doesn't want this either." Told Youta. "And not everyone is evil as you think. You need to see with your own eyes if their bad or not."
"I WAS KICKED OUT OF MY COUNTRY FOR QUESTIONING THE KILLING THING! AND EVERYBODY CALLED FOR MY BLOOD FOR DARING TO SURVIVE!" she roars, breaking herself free and punches her even stronger. "THEY DID EVEN TOOK MY UNHATCHED CHILD AND SEND IT AWAY FOR THIS DRAGON SLAYER HUNT!"
"But this won't bring your child back!" Youta retorted, grabbing Maluz's arm and throw her. "If you go down that path. You become like the Maluz that tried to kill mine dad just because he has something he hate!"
"AND MY CHILD WON'T NEVER RETURN TO ME! SO WHY SHOULD I CARE?" she snarls while the heartless began to mob against Youta.
"Because me and mine friends have the power to travel other world, even the one where you child is!" Youta said, shooting all the heartless down with her bits.
"LAIR!" she shouts and runs up to impale her with the sword. But to her surprise that Youta caught the blade with both her hands. Only being shot into the back by two heartless mages with Firaga. And two more jumping against her to cut her with blades only to get defeat by Youta bits
"No I'm not!" Youta said. still standing cover in burn marks. Hitting Maluz with her feet and throw the sword away.
Maluz roared loudly and bashes Youta's face with her shield before kicking into her stomach and swipe with her blade, keeping the Yuma girl at her toes and less breath for any kind of counters, especially as much of her attacks are forced to keep the army of heartless at bay and of course protect her draconic half brother from harm of those heartless that try to get him and the other which were busy to prevent the islands to crash together.
Youta saw a opening an channelled her darkness into her right arm, but she felt her relic went on her own and gathered all the surrounding darkness. Maluz was about to strike her down so Youta had no choice and punched the Exceed into her stomach, gasping for air as her armour start to cracked.
"Impossible…" Maluz gasped, as suddenly the gem on Youta's chest start to glow and surrounding the two in a dome of darkness.
"What is going on here?" shouts Maluz "What kind of magic is this?" as she looks around, trying to see anything in this thick darkness. And she slices her sword to cut the darkness with her swords light magic. Then she began to hear sounds of battle… but unlike what she experienced it was a much much larger battle that came closer
"What is going on?"
"I.. I don't know." Youta said, even confused by the sudden event. "I didn't even know mine gear could do this."
Then the darkness fades and they found themselves over a cliff, and below them they found thousands of people below, all fighting against each other. One against another. Blades clashing ,spells flying everywhere and one kills another and each death was crueller than the last.
"What kind of fight is this? What is the reason of this?" asks Maluz "And why are we here?"
"I think… this is the first Keyblade war." Youta said.
"Keyblade war? What's that?" asks the Exceed, pressing her blade against Youta's neck.
"Sukai!" They heard an unfamiliar voice close by. The two look and saw Sukai the person who betrayed the key bearers during the final battle of the second war fighting the same mysterious hood man that saved Youta. "What have you done? Kill the other foreteller and your fellow keybearer for what?" He asks, throwing a couple of strikes to Sukai.
He dodged the strikes effortless and called "The Darkness arises at the moment the Keyblades became common tools! They are the source of darkness! Only total destruction to both will keep our world save!" and began to strike against his opponent.
"Who are those?" asks Maluz having a hard grip on her blade, ready to jump at ANYBODY who would get too close or say a wrong word.
"You're wrong!" The hooded man said, shooting a dark sphere at Sukai. "The keyblade aren't the reason for the growing darkness, it was because of man's greed to grow."
"Said the very man that made a pact with the devil by using darkness himself!" snarls Sukai "Once Maluz has the X-blade the war will be over!"
"He won't get his hands on it! Mine family and friends will stop him!" He said.
"What family? You are the last of your kind!" taunted Sukai "I even killed your bride myself in the first days of this war! And most of your friends are dead." and he throws his keyblade, trying to cut through his opponents one.
Female Maluz looks at Youta "What is going on! Talk or I cut you open!"
"I… I think we… we are seeing a part of the keyblade war." Youta said nervously while the blade is still pressed on her.. "The person with the chainsaw sword is Sukai. Someone who used mine dad and his friends to get a weapon called the X-blade."
And Sukai was clashing blades with the hooded man, calling "The last Foreteller! I will be a pleasure to get rid of you as well, to get a step closer to the goal! And You won't stop us getting the X-Blade! This world will be saved!"
But then the two stopped as in the centre of the battlefield was a blast of pure light and darkness, covering most of the field and between them something black landed.
Looking down on it, Sukai asked "What's that?" And he tried to pick up but shouts in pain as he touched it, jumping back, not realizing how close to the cliff side he got "THAT IS PURE DARKNESS!"
"Not quite." told the hooded man while picking the piece up "It is a piece of the X-blade."
"IMPOSSIBLE! THE X-BLADE IS PURE LIGHT! THE COUNTERPART KINGDOM HEARTS! IT CANNOT BE CORRUPTED BY DARKNESS!"
"God! You're so freaking loud!" A voice was heard behind Sukai, he turn around and saw a male with long brown, red scaled limbs and on his cheeks, blue eyes. His cloths contains of a advance light white armour with red highlights, a red dragon head on his chest, He also wears black, somewhat sleek and tight bodysuit and red boots with small red wings on his back. "Why don't you take a hike! Brat!" He said, grabbing Sukai's collar and throw him off the cliff, making him cry while falling down.
"Great timing as ever, Crimson." The hood man said.
"No problem!" Crimson smirked. "And you don't have to worry about the rest of you guild and family. I just got word from mine friends that they are treating their wounds as we speak."
"You have my thanks… but I am not sure if it is enough. The X-Blade explode… and if this larger crater and the thousands of death are all what happened is filled with doubt." told the hooded man "I fear more is coming in chain reaction."
"We don't know if we check it out. There might be survivors down there." Crimson state, crossing his arms "And what do we do with Loudmouth and the pussycat? I'm pretty sure they won't stop until they get the fragments of that Overkill sword of yours."
"The book of Prophecy revealed they will be stopped. But isn't our generation to do so… all we can do is pausing their tracks. Seven of the pieces found their places. Only the thirteen others need to be covered. If we survive what is coming." told the hooded man while holding the piece that had landed to his feet, and the moment he said it, the earth began to shake.
"Uh-oh! Is this a bad sign?" Crimson asked.
"This war has taken a token on our world. I fear because of two wanting to change everything to the better at any means, the destruction will be unavoidable." told the man "The existence of the world and the universe as we know it, will end.. But if only minutes, hours or days left before the unavoidable… I cannot tell."
"Then let's get our asses in gear and bring the survivors to mine universe! ASAP!" Crimson said, the hood man nodded and opened a dark corridor "Begin with it… I have one task to fulfil, given by the book of Prophecies."
"Then you better hurry up. I don't want to miss the after party!" Crimson smirked.
Nodding the hooded man moves to where Youta and Maluz are standing "Those who will see this… you just witnessed the final part of the Keyblade war. The world breaks apart, becoming what will be what you know upon seeing this. I don't know who is viewing it but know: Because Sukai and Maluz wanted to save the world by getting rid of what they believe to be the source, they doomed it. This is the warning given by the book of prophecies: Don't adapt to repeat it, or the place you call home will be doomed as well. It is also told that the piece of the X-Blade I hold will be handed down to my family… upon the day it finds it's true bearer. I assume the one viewing this is a descendant of mine. Heed my words: Don't pursue to obtain the X-Blade. Or achieve a goal at all costs… the costs can be too great, or you doom what you try to archive."
Crimson then place his arm around the hood man and said. "And if any of you found an grandkid in mine universe. Tell them that Crimson, The King of the Star Dragon says hi!"
And with that he began to leave and the surroundings began to disappear in darkness, while Youta and Maluz heard "And I thought you would call me crazy for speaking with empty air…"
"This is nothing compare with the shit that we've been trough! Talking to air is normal for us!" They heard Crimson laugh.
And the darkness disappear, revealing them to be back where they had been before.
"WHAT THE CRAP IS GOING ON?" shouts Maluz, seemly confused by all of this.
"I don't know! I'm just confused as you are!" Youta said. But the two then noticed that the dragon chain is disappearing.
"Where is it gone?" asks Maluz in shock and then notices smoke and looking down the top of the castle was blown away "WHO DID THAT?"
"It was done by mine guild members of Earthland, Maluz." A voice said
And she looks to the source of the voice and saw a man with dark eyes, blue hair and tattoo on the right side of his face. He wears a dark blue cloak and his arms and legs riding a white Legion.
"Ehh… who are you?" asks Maluz.
"I am the son of the king of Edolas, Jellal." He introduced himself. "And you don't have any more reason to fight."
"Impossible!" shouts the Exceed "Jallal is dead! The king declared that out in the public!"
"That was a lie. I'll leave Edolas from mine own will. Hoping to stop mine father." He said. "And i brought someone you lost long ago." From Jellal shoulder a small yellow Exceed with grey silver eyes, poke it's head out.
"Mister Jellal…. Is she?" The cat asks.
"Yes. That is you mother, Maluz. One of the strongest swordwoman in the kingdom." Jellal said.
She stared at the prince and the small cat "Is it… really… but… how…"
"I found him during a quest. I know he was your son since he has the same birthmark on your back." Jellal assured.
And she falls on her knees, tears swelling up in her eyes "I… I…"
The prince nod at the young Exceed as he use his wing to fly to Maluz. She looks at him, a hand reaching at him.
"H-hallo. I-i'm G-gold." He said to his mother, nervously.
"Hello Gold." she told, tears streaming down and pulled him into a hug, starting to cry happy tears. Then she looks at the prince "Where did you find him? Was he under good care?"
"He was in a orphan with an caring nun that took care of him like it was her own. She give the name 'Gold' because his fur shines in the sunlight." Jellal explained. "I need to check on the rest. Go find a place to rest." He said, ordering his Legion to go where his guild members are.
Youta didn't say anything as she watched the Female Maluz hugging her son with a smile.
Maluz looks at the face of her son, smiling "I wish your father could see you… you got his eyes…"
But the reunion was cut short when Youta and the two Exceed heard Jellal calling out to a Lilly they turn around and saw a horde of Legion heading to the Exceed's home island.
"What's going on?!" Youta exclaimed in surprise.
"The alternate plan!" called Maluz "If the Dragon Chain fails, thing will be done manually!"
"You mean they will hunt the Exceed and turn them into fuel?!" Youta eyed wieden
"Yes! And they have machines what will do it for them" she told and snarls "But I won't let them!" and she got her blade.
"No! You inured, go somewhere safe and protect Gold-kun! I'll keep them busy!" Youta said and fly towards the Legion using her waveboard. Nodding the exceed mother holds tight on her son and her blade while flying off.