Chapter 5: Old Friends and New Enemies
"Looks like we found it, huh?" Seth asked as he examined the floor of a large side room. The floor itself had many different people depicted on it. Each one grinning apart from one in particular…..
"I know him…. That guy too…. I they are all people I've ran into and met since I survived the destruction of Destiny Islands. That one is Yuffie, that's Leon, Arieth, Cid, Donald, Goofy…. They're all here" Dav said as he crouched down to examine the pictures closer.
"Then who are these?" Seth asked while pointing to a group of three people in the corner of the mural.
"….That is …… Aletia! Yeah that's right, that's Dav Spathi and that one is Zen Taijiya…. Uh ho…"
"What's up?" Seth enquired as he stood up and noticed that the picture began to glow with a blue aura and then figures rose from the picture. Two figures stood opposing Seth and Dav, one had a long flowing white coat with a red cross symbol on it and clutched a GunBlade and the other had bloodshot red eyes and black hair with red highlights.
"..Seifer was Leon's rival a long time ago…. And that guy is Zalak Taijiya, Zen's brother and one hell of a nuisance"
"Ooohhh, I'm hurt Davey……… Let me return the favour.."
With that Zalak jumped toward Dav with one hand balled up into a fist heading straight for Dav who rolled to the side in time and Zalak cracked the floor as he landed with the punch. Seifer was the next to attack as he dashed forward and took a sweeping blow toward Seth who also rolled away in a similar fashion and tried to sweep Seifer's legs from under him. Seifer however jumped to avoid the strike and stabbed downwards at Seth who narrowly rolled away from the strike. He got back up and drew his Scythe ready for battle just as Seifer moved in for another attack. He parried the first strike and ducked under the second, hitting Seifer in the chest with the staff of the Scythe. Seifer winced for a second and then span in the air during a jump, delivering a spinning slash to Seth who caught it in the chest.
Zalak meanwhile again launched himself toward Dav this time he was successful in his strike, partly. He did strike something on Dav but not his body… the Buster Blade that was sheathed on his back. Withdrawing his hand and striking Dav in the back with the other he growled in both pain and frustration. Dav fell to the floor at the force of the blow but then sprang back up with his Buster Blade and KeyBlade drawn ready to slay the demon before him. "That's hardly fair" Zalak grinned as he ducked a Buster Blade shot that collided with the wall and stayed there. Dav jumped to the side of a counter punch from Zalak and sent the Keyblade careening at him and it hit him in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain. Using this time as a distraction Dav yanked the Buster Blade out of the wall and swung it down at Zalak to finish him but no such luck. Zalak blocked the strike with a blade of pure black energy that formed into his hand. "That's new" Dav uttered as Zalak pushed him away and prepared to fight again.
Seifer grinned menacingly as he sent a flurry of strikes toward Seth who managed to block them all, however feeling pain from his stomach wound. Seifer slashed at him as a distraction and Seth as predicted blocked it only to receive a boot to the already painful wound on his chest. Seifer stood over Seth who now was on the floor clutching his wounded stomach and pointed the blade at his neck and then pulled back his arm ready to strike. Dav from the other side of the room noticed this and ran toward Seifer who was about to strike the final blow but Zalak pursued his target to the other fight. Seth didn't close his eyes at the thought of the death blow, hejust watched as Seifer grinned before thrusting the blade at his neck. Dav arrived just in time and tackled Seifer and slammed him against the nearest wall and then rolled to the side as Seth shouted a warning that Zalak was behind him. As he moved out the way Zalak sent an energy blade straight into Seifer's stomach instead of Dav by mistake.
Seifer grunted in pain as the blade dispersed on impact, leaving a massive wound on his chest that started to bleed heavily. Zalak simply shrugged and moved back to Dav who was tending to Seth and his injury. He cast a Curaga spell on his ally and then spun round to get a fist on his jaw which sent him flying across the room and towards the door. Seth used Zalak's attack as a distraction, picked up his discarded Scythe and plunged into Zalak's back. Zalak turned round and delivered a powerful backhand to Seth who hit the floor, out cold. Dav jumped back up and looked over to Zalak who had a gaping wound leading from his stomach to his back, black blood leaking out of the large hole.
Zalak grinned evilly as blood began to run from the corner of his mouth and showed his blood stained teeth and started to glow in a black aura. Dav looked at this worriedly and headed over to Seth, hauled him over his shoulder, dismissed his Buster Blade and KeyBlade, picked up the Scythe and darted away from the room as Zalak could be heard shouting "SIN CARNAGE".
As Dav ran away from the battle scene it became engulfed in a powerful shadow explosion that destroyed the room and the surrounding corridors and rooms only leaving a smouldering crater where he once stood. He set Seth down and laid his Scythe beside him and headed back toward the wreckage of the room with the mural but surprisingly the picture on the floor was unscathed from the attack, unlike the rest of the room. His mind again faded into light as flashbacks of the people he had met in his journey appeared to him.
FlashBack
Leon Swiped his GunBlade toward Dav and pulled the trigger as the attack collided with his Buster Blade, causing Dav to be forced back slightly at the power of the shot. Before he could counter a shruiken flew past his head and collided with Cloud's weapon. Yuffie then took out a much bigger version, jumped into the air and landed by Cloud and began to attack repeatedly with it, striking his Blade each time.
Leon meanwhile launched him self in the air and brought his GunBlade down onto Dav who blocked with his Buster Blade, sparks flew in all directions as they collided. Dav pushed Leon back and then rammed his shoulder into the GunBlade wielder's chest, causing him to drop to one knee briefly. Yuffie flew past the two and collided with the barrier that surrounded the ring and then Cloud went chasing after her a few seconds after she hit the floor. Leon formed a Firaga Ball in his hands and launched it at Dav who felt the full force of the attack and fell backwards giving Leon time to recover. Cloud and Leon began to fight as Dav stood up and charged toward Yuffie who was about to use a healing item but was stopped from a well placed Thunder spell.
She jumped up and launched three shruikens at once at Dav who rolled out of the path of the first, jumped over the second and was struck in the shoulder with the third. Wincing slightly he thrust his Buster Blade into the ground and used its hilt as leverage to jump high into the air and both his hands glowed red. He shot bolt after bolt of Fire spells at Yuffie who fell under the barrage, fell dazed to the floor clutching her head.
A few seconds after that Leon dropped to one knee uttering "There's no way… I can lose…" and then collapsed to the floor of the arena aching from the battle. Cloud and Dav then gave a high five to each other and grinned triumphantly.
End Flashback
Flashback
"So Partner, your not from these parts then are ya?" asked Clay, a large blonde haired boy in a ten gallon hat who had a small green dragon sat on his hat.
"...In a way yeah, in fact I'm not actually from this world at all. I'm looking for all my friends and brother who disappeared when we were in a huge battle. Oh and my name is Dav" Instead of getting a reply Raimundo, Aletia, Clay, Zen and two other girls Chris and Jill simply stared at him in amazement.
"...Your name is Dav... but that's the name of my old buddy who... who betrayed us and went to join Chase Young and his cronies" said Raimundo in a slightly sombre tone.
"..." was all Chris could manage to do as she looked at Dav and then down at the ground.
"Well, you don't look like that snake in the grass and you sure fight different" informed Clay trying to bring a better mood into the conversation.
"Well anyway have you guys seen any large sliver glowing keyhole type things around here?" asked Dav trying to change the subject.
"...No... why, should we have?" replied a rather confused looking Aletia.
Dav then explained all about the different worlds that were in danger from the Heartless and that the worlds must be locked by a special weapon known as a Keyblade. After he told them all of his story they began to tell Dav of all the problems they had and what happened from Grand Master Dashi to Chase Young.
End Flashback
"One more to go…" Dav said as he stood in the wrecked room.
