Destiny unfurled
As the trio reached the keyhole Renos and Sonja were both knocked back by some invisible barrier of light to the table where Yukomo had sat before, both struggling to get up from the impact they had just gone through. "Renos! Sonja!" Yukomo exclaimed as he slid to a stop, turning to face his friends and running back to them, only to pummel into the barrier that they had and fall to the floor, clutching the shoulder that had hit in pain. Just then he sensed something and brought his Keyblade up to block from the right and a large red bladed chakra hit, bouncing off and sending Yukomo back a ways. And as Yukomo searched the area frantically, all he heard was a twisted laugh and slowly but surely, one of the hooded figures walked out of what seemed to be a welt of pure darkness that appeared out of nowhere.
"So kid" he said as he removed his hood, exposing his spiked flame like red hair "you ready for a real match?"
"Axel! I should have known you would be here to stop me. But… why?"
"Because" Axel stated mater of factly with his arms extended out to the sides, a chakra in each hand "if this world is consumed by darkness, that's just one less Keyblade master I have to worry about mucking up out plans."
"Well, I guess we'll just have to see about that one!" Yukomo said charging Axel with all the speed he could muster, and slashing his Keyblade at him. Axel simply dodged and faded into darkness, then appeared again behind Yukomo and thrust one of his chakra at him, Yukomo merely coming aback around and blocking, and then blocking another three thrusting strikes from Axel before Axel finally jumped up and threw one of his chakra across the room, jumping back and throwing the second at Yukomo, then disappearing. Before he could do anything, Yukomo was hit backwards by the first chakra, it spinning while it connected to him, and then Axel appeared behind Yukomo rushing the opposite way to grab his other chakra and spinning his body he threw it back at Yukomo. It too, connected and Axel appeared once more above Yukomo, letting an inferno of flame rain down upon Yukomo from above, Yukomo narrowly dodging and in immense pain; panting heavily he regained most of his composure fairly quickly, but Axel was back and right in front of him to deliver even more blows, but Yukomo had grown wiser and somehow a bit faster in the heat of battle, and kicked Axel back, jumping at him and slashing downward into axel, then jumping over him and thrusting at him. Axel grabbed the blade from behind him and twisted his body around, pulling Yukomo in to slash at his throat with one of his chakra. Yukomo somehow managed to bend his back enough to allow the blade of the chakra to miss and, then he came back with a smashing hit with his forehead to Axels. He stumbled backwards, holding his forehead in pain, and Yukomo came in with a white glow around the blade of his weapon and unleashed a flurry of strikes and slashes upon Axel, each one knocking him back a bit until the final blow hit and sent him rocketing back and into the barrier that was still present.
Axel got up with a bit of a groan and smirked as he waved to Yukomo and started to walk away with a few words that rang heavily in Yukomo's mind. "Next time we meet kid, I won't hold back…" and with that said, Axel faded into darkness just as quickly as he appeared. Yukomo let out a final sigh, and then turned slowly to the keyhole as his friends ran up to congratulate him. He held out his Keyblade and the tip of it started to glow a brilliant white, and then a beam burst from the tip and went into the keyhole. A loud 'click' was heard and the heartless within the town started to dissipate into nothingness. Sonja was the first to reach him, and she wrapped her arms around him, tears falling from her eyes and streaming down her face.
"You could have died out there you idiot!" she exclaimed throughout sobs "why… why do you always have to risk yourself, why can't you just be safe, why cant—"
And with that Yukomo stopped her in her place by a quick gaze into her eyes, and then he planted his lips on hers, and they were at last at peace. But as that peace was just beginning, Yukomo started to fade and before long only the emblem that he wore around his neck remained in his place. Sonja finally awoke from her trance and realized that Yukomo was nowhere in sight, and Renos came up and gave her a tight hug, rubbing her back softly.
"It's ok, there's nothing we could have done. He just… went." He stepped back and the tears started to flow even more as she dropped to her knees and picked Yukomo's necklace up in her hands gently, bringing it to her heart. But something caught her eye, and she looked outside to the large circle of concrete that was surrounded by equally large concrete steps. And there standing was a white figure with one large black angel wing, Keyblade in hand. He gazed onward at her and she gazed onward at him, until her turned and raised his hand as if to say goodbye, and then jumped off of the concrete and faded into the darkness of the night. She looked back down at the necklace, and then slowly put it on, standing up with her hands at her heart; her fingers laced together as if she were praying to some unbeknownst god. "So… why do you think he went away, leaving this world behind for whatever world he's in now?" Renos asked Sonja with a deep sorrow in his voice, still looking off into the distance where Yukomo had just stood.
"He was always saying things" Sonja said "he was always saying that he was tired of this world that we live in. I really think that he's protecting this world from something like this happening again, protecting me… he isn't called Herutsu for nothing!"
"Herutsu?"
"Yeah, when we were younger we came up with nicknames for each other. I gave him the nickname Herutsu, and when he asked why I said because Herutsu roughly translates out to Heart from Japanese, and I wanted him to be my guardian of heart. Looks like he may just live up to his role as a guardian then." Sonja turned to walk away but stopped mid step to look down at the necklace's emblem again. And as if talking to herself she said "you know, he never did tell me what mine meant, he just called me Koishii, he always said that he would tell me when the day came though." And as she looked down at the necklace she played with it a bit in her hands, and turned it around to see the back, and her jaw dropped a bit, only to be replaced by a smile and one lone tear that cascaded down her check as she read what was inscribed— 'beloved'.