Saber's Castle: The Main Room
Diamond opened the door to the main room and saw a man admiring the portraits on the walls in the second floor. He stood just a bit taller than Diamond. Streaks of white went down his black hair. He had the back of his shirt cut, barely exposing a wolf tattoo. The sound of the shutting door attracted his attention to Diamond. His eyes were as blue as a lake. They held a cold stare that didn't seem to go away.
"Well you're the last two." Saber said as he entered the second floor of the room and sat in his luxurious chair. "One of you will get the Saber Key. The other will be thrown to the depths of the Underground Palace."
"What's the Underground Palace?" Diamond asked.
"It's the ruin in the legendary Shadow Temple. It's said to hold the Stone of Shadows." The man across from Diamond said before Saber could answer.
"That's right." Saber said. "It is the one and only house of the dead. It's divided into three separate parts. Each requires a special item to enter. The third and final part is said to be guarded by a monstrous zombie. All that have entered that forsaken palace never saw the light of day again. Now with that said let us commence our final battle. Diamond Keya versus Neon Cry, begin!"
"Keya?" Neon asked. "Why does that name sound so familiar?"
"Well my dad is supposedly famous around here." Diamond answered.
"Ah, now I remember." Neon said. "He was the one I beat in the King's Tournament."
"That was you?" Diamond asked in disbelief.
"Yes it was." Neon answered. "I almost caved in his chest with the final attack of that match. You must be his son, the so-called 'Diamond in the rough'. Well Mr. 'Diamond in the rough', why don't you show me if your father taught you anything useful."
"What do you mean?" Diamond asked.
"I mean, why don't you fight me man to man, face to face, weaponless." Neon said tossing his sword to the side of the room.
"Your on." Diamond answered as he removed his trench coat and tossed it and his sword to the opposite side of the room.
"You've got guts kid." Neon said. "But just like your father you will fall at the hands of me." Neon ripped the remainder of his torn red shirt off thus exposing his bare chest.
"What makes you so sure about that?" Diamond asked. "I'm not like my father. He doesn't have the weight of the world on his shoulders. Unlike him I just took the lives of two people. But I must do anything to get what I need, for the sake of everyone else."
"Sound's like you're in quite the situation." Neon said. "But what, may I ask, do you plan to do once you have the Saber Key?"
"I will use it to gain entrance to the Moon Palace." Diamond answered. "The whole point of my situation depends on me getting all seven of the Ultimate Gems."
"Is that so." Neon said. "Well I plan to use the Saber Key for the same purpose, although my reason for doing so might not be the same as yours. However that's none of your business."
"Well then lets begin." Diamond said as he got in a stance.
"Very well." Neon said doing the same.
The two stood there for a minute not moving a muscle. You could barely hear them breath. It was surprising that the men sitting up with Saber weren't yelling at the top of their lungs. Diamond and Neon exchanged a cold stare for several seconds. Then one of Saber's audience members slammed his fist on the railing. "Do something!" The man yelled. Diamond looked up and caught a glance of the man, and when he looked back to Neon, he was gone.
"Where is he?" Diamond thought. Diamond was immediately smacked in the back of the head by Neon's fist. Diamond fell forward a few steps and held his head. He turned around to see Neon leaning on the wall. He had a smirk of intimidation on his face.
"I thought you'd be able to see that coming. You dad saw it coming." Neon said walking back to the center of the room.
"I told you I'm not like my dad." Diamond said as he stared into Neon's eyes, the two only a foot away from each other.
An ant scurried across the cold concrete floor. Neon lifted up the front part of his foot so the ant could go by. However, Neon wasn't interested in helping out the ant. His foot came down on the small creature, smashing it into the pavement. Neon then resumed his stare down with Diamond.
"You didn't need to do that." Diamond said. "You should only focus on killing one individual. Me." Diamond took a step back and Neon followed. Diamond jamp over Neon's head and threw a punch. Neon tilted his head to dodge and Diamond lost balance. Neon grabbed Diamond's arm and threw him to the ground. While on the ground Diamond was stomped in the gut by Neon. Diamond held his stomach while slowly getting to his feet. "Your fast. Now its my turn."
Diamond ran towards the wall and jamp at it. His legs like springs launching him back toward Neon. He threw a punch and Neon ducked. Diamond sprung off the wall on the other side of the room and came back. Neon didn't see this coming and was decked in the side of the face. Diamond touched down right there and grabbed Neon. He threw his into the wall and proceeded to punch away at Neon's torso. Diamond took a few steps back to catch his breath and Neon began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Diamond asked.
"You know what your doing, I'll give you that." Neon said. "But you still don't know what you've gotten yourself into."
Neon disappeared. "Whoa." Diamond said. "Does he know Farore's Wind too?" Then the back of Neon's fist swung and stopped at the neck of Diamond. Diamond's jaw dropped in shock.
"And there goes your head." Neon said as he jamp back over Diamond's head and landed in front of him. "I don't know of such a spell. As you said, I'm just fast."
"Really fast." Diamond commented.
"Thank you." Neon replied. "But now young Keya, I have grown tired of seeing your face. And now it is time to end your journey. Let me just give you a sample of what is going to happen to you." Neon walked up to the door labeled 1. He got in sort of a stance and his left foot began to glow. "Devastator Kick!" He yelled as he kicked the steel door of its hinges. The door flew back into the room and bounced of the wall. It slid back out into the main room and Diamond noticed it was completely bent, almost in half. Neon entered the room and didn't come back for a minute. When he emerged from the room he was carrying a man on his shoulder. He threw the man on the ground.
"Charge Springs?" Diamond asked as he looked at the dead body. His chest cavity was completely blown out. Diamond looked back at Neon to see him holding Charge's heart in his hand. Diamond's eyes where wide open in shock.
"This was the effect of my Devastator Kick at fifty percent." Neon said. "Just imagine what it's going to do to you when I use it at one hundred percent." Neon clutched his fist, squeezing out the last of the blood in Charge's heart.
"Your sick Neon." Diamond said as he gave Neon an angry look.
"I know." Neon replied. "That's what makes me, me. When I used the Devastator Kick on your father in the King's Tournament, it was only at five percent of its power. So naturally the outcome wasn't the same as this. So now its time to end this Diamond." Neon's left foot began to glow again, he jamp at Diamond and threw his kick. "Devastator Kick!"
Diamond ducked under the kick and Neon flew into the wall. His kick leveled the wall, creating a hole in it. "Devastator Kick!" Neon yelled again as he jamp out of the hole and threw his kick at Diamond. Diamond purposely threw himself backwards, Neon's foot just inches away from his face. Diamond fell to the ground as Neon, once again, flew into the wall. The same size hole was created. "Devastator Kick!!" Neon yelled louder as he jamp out of the new hole and threw his kick again.
"Not this time." Diamond yelled as he darted back at Neon. "Devastator Punch!" He yelled as his right fist began to glow. A large shine echoed through the room as Diamond's fist clashed with Neon's foot.
"How did you do that?" Neon asked as he fell to one knee.
"My father taught me that." Diamond answered.
"So Ramsey taught you something useful after all." Neon said. "But did he teach you how to deal with this?" Neon's eyes began to shine a dark color and then he let out a flash. Diamond closed his eyes for a minute then opened them back up. He found himself tied down on a sticky rope. "Welcome. Said the spider to the fly." Neon said. Diamond looked more carefully at the thing he was tied down on. It was a spider's web.
"What the hell?" Diamond yelled out as he struggled to get free.
"Its no use Diamond." Neon said. "You will only be set free when I say so. Now let's try this again. Devastator Kick!" Neon jamp from the other side of the room and threw his kick.
"I've got to figure a way out of this." Diamond thought. "Wait, that's it."
"This it the end for you Keya!" Neon said as he came closer and closer. A large glare went throughout the room on the impact of the kick. He opened his eyes to look at the wreckage of Diamond but fell into shock. "What the hell!?" Neon yelled as he looked at a mysterious green orb that surrounded Diamond.
"Power Surge!!" Diamond yelled as his eyes rolled back into his head. The orb turned red and began to flow into Diamond, and then a bright flash. When it settled Neon looked at him. His web had been incinerated. Diamond's eyes were still rolled back in his head.
"What happened to you?" Neon asked.
"Power Surge doubles every one of attribute for a certain amount of time." Diamond answered. "And now, this is the end for you Neon Cry!" Diamond jamp into the air and crashed down towards Neon like a missile. "Devastator Punch!" Diamond yelled as he slammed his fist on Neon's forehead. An explosion followed a quick moment of silence. Smoke filled the room everyone in the balcony was coughing. When the smoke settled Diamond was standing in the middle of the room. There was no sign of Neon anywhere. "Game, set, match." Diamond said as the red mist escaped his body and he fell to one knee.
"Congratulations Diamond." Saber said tossing him a final Blue Potion. "You have won the Castle Match Tournament. And as I promised, here is your prize, the Saber Key." Saber handed Diamond a foot long silver key with some ancient inscriptions on it.
"Thanks." Diamond said as he drank the Blue Potion. "Have a nice life Mr. Saber." He walked out the door with a smile on his face. The door shut behind him and he gave out a huge sigh of relief. "Man if it took that much to get this key, I wonder how much it will take to get the Silver Moon." He put the key in his pack and walked back towards the King's Castle. He still needed to know how to get to the Moon Palace.
Diamond opened the door to the main room and saw a man admiring the portraits on the walls in the second floor. He stood just a bit taller than Diamond. Streaks of white went down his black hair. He had the back of his shirt cut, barely exposing a wolf tattoo. The sound of the shutting door attracted his attention to Diamond. His eyes were as blue as a lake. They held a cold stare that didn't seem to go away.
"Well you're the last two." Saber said as he entered the second floor of the room and sat in his luxurious chair. "One of you will get the Saber Key. The other will be thrown to the depths of the Underground Palace."
"What's the Underground Palace?" Diamond asked.
"It's the ruin in the legendary Shadow Temple. It's said to hold the Stone of Shadows." The man across from Diamond said before Saber could answer.
"That's right." Saber said. "It is the one and only house of the dead. It's divided into three separate parts. Each requires a special item to enter. The third and final part is said to be guarded by a monstrous zombie. All that have entered that forsaken palace never saw the light of day again. Now with that said let us commence our final battle. Diamond Keya versus Neon Cry, begin!"
"Keya?" Neon asked. "Why does that name sound so familiar?"
"Well my dad is supposedly famous around here." Diamond answered.
"Ah, now I remember." Neon said. "He was the one I beat in the King's Tournament."
"That was you?" Diamond asked in disbelief.
"Yes it was." Neon answered. "I almost caved in his chest with the final attack of that match. You must be his son, the so-called 'Diamond in the rough'. Well Mr. 'Diamond in the rough', why don't you show me if your father taught you anything useful."
"What do you mean?" Diamond asked.
"I mean, why don't you fight me man to man, face to face, weaponless." Neon said tossing his sword to the side of the room.
"Your on." Diamond answered as he removed his trench coat and tossed it and his sword to the opposite side of the room.
"You've got guts kid." Neon said. "But just like your father you will fall at the hands of me." Neon ripped the remainder of his torn red shirt off thus exposing his bare chest.
"What makes you so sure about that?" Diamond asked. "I'm not like my father. He doesn't have the weight of the world on his shoulders. Unlike him I just took the lives of two people. But I must do anything to get what I need, for the sake of everyone else."
"Sound's like you're in quite the situation." Neon said. "But what, may I ask, do you plan to do once you have the Saber Key?"
"I will use it to gain entrance to the Moon Palace." Diamond answered. "The whole point of my situation depends on me getting all seven of the Ultimate Gems."
"Is that so." Neon said. "Well I plan to use the Saber Key for the same purpose, although my reason for doing so might not be the same as yours. However that's none of your business."
"Well then lets begin." Diamond said as he got in a stance.
"Very well." Neon said doing the same.
The two stood there for a minute not moving a muscle. You could barely hear them breath. It was surprising that the men sitting up with Saber weren't yelling at the top of their lungs. Diamond and Neon exchanged a cold stare for several seconds. Then one of Saber's audience members slammed his fist on the railing. "Do something!" The man yelled. Diamond looked up and caught a glance of the man, and when he looked back to Neon, he was gone.
"Where is he?" Diamond thought. Diamond was immediately smacked in the back of the head by Neon's fist. Diamond fell forward a few steps and held his head. He turned around to see Neon leaning on the wall. He had a smirk of intimidation on his face.
"I thought you'd be able to see that coming. You dad saw it coming." Neon said walking back to the center of the room.
"I told you I'm not like my dad." Diamond said as he stared into Neon's eyes, the two only a foot away from each other.
An ant scurried across the cold concrete floor. Neon lifted up the front part of his foot so the ant could go by. However, Neon wasn't interested in helping out the ant. His foot came down on the small creature, smashing it into the pavement. Neon then resumed his stare down with Diamond.
"You didn't need to do that." Diamond said. "You should only focus on killing one individual. Me." Diamond took a step back and Neon followed. Diamond jamp over Neon's head and threw a punch. Neon tilted his head to dodge and Diamond lost balance. Neon grabbed Diamond's arm and threw him to the ground. While on the ground Diamond was stomped in the gut by Neon. Diamond held his stomach while slowly getting to his feet. "Your fast. Now its my turn."
Diamond ran towards the wall and jamp at it. His legs like springs launching him back toward Neon. He threw a punch and Neon ducked. Diamond sprung off the wall on the other side of the room and came back. Neon didn't see this coming and was decked in the side of the face. Diamond touched down right there and grabbed Neon. He threw his into the wall and proceeded to punch away at Neon's torso. Diamond took a few steps back to catch his breath and Neon began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Diamond asked.
"You know what your doing, I'll give you that." Neon said. "But you still don't know what you've gotten yourself into."
Neon disappeared. "Whoa." Diamond said. "Does he know Farore's Wind too?" Then the back of Neon's fist swung and stopped at the neck of Diamond. Diamond's jaw dropped in shock.
"And there goes your head." Neon said as he jamp back over Diamond's head and landed in front of him. "I don't know of such a spell. As you said, I'm just fast."
"Really fast." Diamond commented.
"Thank you." Neon replied. "But now young Keya, I have grown tired of seeing your face. And now it is time to end your journey. Let me just give you a sample of what is going to happen to you." Neon walked up to the door labeled 1. He got in sort of a stance and his left foot began to glow. "Devastator Kick!" He yelled as he kicked the steel door of its hinges. The door flew back into the room and bounced of the wall. It slid back out into the main room and Diamond noticed it was completely bent, almost in half. Neon entered the room and didn't come back for a minute. When he emerged from the room he was carrying a man on his shoulder. He threw the man on the ground.
"Charge Springs?" Diamond asked as he looked at the dead body. His chest cavity was completely blown out. Diamond looked back at Neon to see him holding Charge's heart in his hand. Diamond's eyes where wide open in shock.
"This was the effect of my Devastator Kick at fifty percent." Neon said. "Just imagine what it's going to do to you when I use it at one hundred percent." Neon clutched his fist, squeezing out the last of the blood in Charge's heart.
"Your sick Neon." Diamond said as he gave Neon an angry look.
"I know." Neon replied. "That's what makes me, me. When I used the Devastator Kick on your father in the King's Tournament, it was only at five percent of its power. So naturally the outcome wasn't the same as this. So now its time to end this Diamond." Neon's left foot began to glow again, he jamp at Diamond and threw his kick. "Devastator Kick!"
Diamond ducked under the kick and Neon flew into the wall. His kick leveled the wall, creating a hole in it. "Devastator Kick!" Neon yelled again as he jamp out of the hole and threw his kick at Diamond. Diamond purposely threw himself backwards, Neon's foot just inches away from his face. Diamond fell to the ground as Neon, once again, flew into the wall. The same size hole was created. "Devastator Kick!!" Neon yelled louder as he jamp out of the new hole and threw his kick again.
"Not this time." Diamond yelled as he darted back at Neon. "Devastator Punch!" He yelled as his right fist began to glow. A large shine echoed through the room as Diamond's fist clashed with Neon's foot.
"How did you do that?" Neon asked as he fell to one knee.
"My father taught me that." Diamond answered.
"So Ramsey taught you something useful after all." Neon said. "But did he teach you how to deal with this?" Neon's eyes began to shine a dark color and then he let out a flash. Diamond closed his eyes for a minute then opened them back up. He found himself tied down on a sticky rope. "Welcome. Said the spider to the fly." Neon said. Diamond looked more carefully at the thing he was tied down on. It was a spider's web.
"What the hell?" Diamond yelled out as he struggled to get free.
"Its no use Diamond." Neon said. "You will only be set free when I say so. Now let's try this again. Devastator Kick!" Neon jamp from the other side of the room and threw his kick.
"I've got to figure a way out of this." Diamond thought. "Wait, that's it."
"This it the end for you Keya!" Neon said as he came closer and closer. A large glare went throughout the room on the impact of the kick. He opened his eyes to look at the wreckage of Diamond but fell into shock. "What the hell!?" Neon yelled as he looked at a mysterious green orb that surrounded Diamond.
"Power Surge!!" Diamond yelled as his eyes rolled back into his head. The orb turned red and began to flow into Diamond, and then a bright flash. When it settled Neon looked at him. His web had been incinerated. Diamond's eyes were still rolled back in his head.
"What happened to you?" Neon asked.
"Power Surge doubles every one of attribute for a certain amount of time." Diamond answered. "And now, this is the end for you Neon Cry!" Diamond jamp into the air and crashed down towards Neon like a missile. "Devastator Punch!" Diamond yelled as he slammed his fist on Neon's forehead. An explosion followed a quick moment of silence. Smoke filled the room everyone in the balcony was coughing. When the smoke settled Diamond was standing in the middle of the room. There was no sign of Neon anywhere. "Game, set, match." Diamond said as the red mist escaped his body and he fell to one knee.
"Congratulations Diamond." Saber said tossing him a final Blue Potion. "You have won the Castle Match Tournament. And as I promised, here is your prize, the Saber Key." Saber handed Diamond a foot long silver key with some ancient inscriptions on it.
"Thanks." Diamond said as he drank the Blue Potion. "Have a nice life Mr. Saber." He walked out the door with a smile on his face. The door shut behind him and he gave out a huge sigh of relief. "Man if it took that much to get this key, I wonder how much it will take to get the Silver Moon." He put the key in his pack and walked back towards the King's Castle. He still needed to know how to get to the Moon Palace.