Chapter 10

The Assassin

Kamon sat bolt upright in his bed after a bad nightmare. He staggered over to his water pitcher and splashed water on his face. He stared into the mirror and saw a reflection that didn't belong to him. He quickly turned to see who it was but saw nothing . . . .

That morning before Kamon's next fight, he told the others about the figure he had seen.

"You are sure you saw someone inside your room?" asked a concerned Zelda.

"Positive," said Kamon, "but as soon as I turned around, it had disappeared."

"That is too creepy," said Mia, "tonight I'm locking my door."

"Well, Kamon," said Link, "Are you ready for your next fight?"

"After I'm finished eating," said Kamon swallowing a mouthful of food.

"Good," said Link, "because your opponent is an assassin."

Kamon stepped into the arena and drew his sword. There was a blinding flash as he did so, and from the smoke rose the assassin. He stood parallel to Kamon, trying to stare him down.

This is the guy I saw in my room last night! Could he have been trying to kill me so he wouldn't have to fight me today? Kamon thought to himself.

As the assassin drew his blade Kamon attacked. The assassin could fight so fluidly, he dodged Kamon's attack and hit him with the hilt of his sword, making Kamon fall to the ground. As Kamon rose to his feet, he thought he was seeing in multiples. There seemed to be five assassins but they were all wielding different weapons.

They all charged at Kamon with tremendous force, but Kamon, being only one person, could not ward off all of their attacks. He was ruthlessly beaten to the ground by this but he was still trying to fight.

Is this it for me? No, it can't end like this. It won't end like this! said Kamon to himself as he sought a way to ward off his attackers, but he noticed something strange about the Materia he had mounted on his sword, it had started to glow very brightly. Kamon held his sword in the air and gasped, "Please, help me survive this fight!"

The Materia gave off an even brighter light as twelve knights appeared from nowhere, encircling Kamon.

"Who are you?" he gasped as he propped himself up on his sword.

"We are the Knights of Round! Your wishes brought us from the Materia to this world!" they all said in unison. The knights seemed to have vanquished the assassins giving Kamon the match.

"Did you even know that little sphere could do that?" asked Mia, astounded.

"No, Cloud never taught me how to use it, but he said I would learn to use it on my own, and I did," explained a weary Kamon.