"I've never been to San d'Oria," Hogosha said with a sigh. "what's it like?"
"It's a kingdom where everyone thinks they're descendant of royalty, not a very fun place for us to be." Kirith responded.
"We're going to see Konami's mother, not to explain dislikes of most of the Elvaan that live there, Kirith," Kalnor said. "so just shut yer trap."
Approaching San d'Oria, I could see a dark cloud engulfing the city. Something had to have gone wrong, the scent of blood was strong in the air. I looked at Konami, and we both ran to San d'Oria, with everyone else following in close pursuit. Inside, many of the people who once lived there were laying on the grounds, each seemed to be brutally murdered before even trying to put up a fight. Konami and the others went to find her mother, while I ran to the Chateau to ask the King what exactly happened. Inside, I found not King Destin, but someone that I thought had been dead for quite some time.
"Kousaten?..." I said. "But how? You were executed!"
He grinned, and said, "Yes, Kousaten was executed. However, he was not executed by any true San d'Orian, but by the one he used to call his brother. You ran out on me and left me for dead in this forsaken land, so I pleaded to the priests to give me the same power you had. It was amazing... but not enough to take my revenge. The hatred grew within me and I realized that I would soon awaken it's true power. The blood of the innocent and my hatred of you shall soon transform me into a demon of Vana'diel!"
Darkness filled every corner of the room, and I realized I was trapped here, alone with my brother, who was being controlled by the darkness of the Shadow Lord. He drew a sword that I seemed to find familiar.
"Do you recognize this sword, Batosai?" He asked. "Good, because it is the blade you once used as a Dark Knight. With it, I will kill you, and take not only my revenge, but the revenge for all those you killed with it! You will be judged by the same sword that you used to commit those foul crimes, you cannot avoid justice!"
He swung at me, but I wasn't about to just let him kill me. I barely dodged his swing and drew my lance, and only had the time to counter his seemingly endless assault.
"Brother!" I yelled, blocking more of his swings. "Please forgive me for abandoning you like that, I honestly thought you had already been executed! If there is anything I can do to make it up to you, let me know!"
"Yes, there is!" He responded, charging a massive amount of dark energy into the sword in a few seconds. "You can spend the rest of your life in the dark abyss!" He launched the wave of energy at me, knocking me back and disarming me. "This is how it ends," he went on. "this is how you must die, to let the world be reborn!"
He thrust his sword at me, but I caught it with both hands before it could go into my head.
"Kousaten..." I said, letting the Crimson Light flow through me and into him, through the sword. "it's time for you to wake up! Fight the darkness that controls you, I know you can... because you're stronger than I am."
"Yes..." Kousaten said. "I am stronger than you are, and with the energy you have given me, I know how to ascend to my true power!" He laughed, and unlocked the power of Crimson Light within himself. The entire room grew a dark shade of the crimson it did for me, and the energy soon entered Kousaten. His body soon melted, and from it grew a very large demon.
"It has begun," he spoke. "the beginning of the end of this world. My master commands me to kill you... and so it shall be done!"
'Kousaten...' I thought, thinking back to when he met me as a Dark Knight, and helped me to remember who I truly was. 'I will find you someday, you will be freed from the grasp of the Shadow Lord. I promise you that, from the bottom of my heart.'
He again thrust his sword towards me, and I grabbed it with both my hands again. Using the full power of Crimson Light, I broke the sword, and got back on my feet, lance in hand.
Before I could charge the demon that was once my brother, a blast of light hit him, and his body dissolved. "No demon shall step foot on this sacred land," a man spoke behind the disintegrating demon. "not as long as I protect it."