Well here it is folks, the final instalment of The Balance Between Dark and Light, its been a hell of a ride but fear not I shall start work on the sequel after new year so for now my friends enjoy!
Chapter 24: The True Face of Treachery
"How easily I infiltrated your group and gained your trust. But now my time of waiting ends, I have done my duty" Craxte announced to a shocked Dav and tired Ashura.
"What do you mean infiltrated?" Dav replied still in shock
"I was ordered by Diz to keep a watch over the balance and to monitor your role in the fight against Darkness. No one will stop me from carrying out my mission of destroying the balance"
"….You did not take everyone into account" a voice came from the secret place, a figure emerged from the darkness.
"Orachron or should I say Oraxon, why are you here?"
"To stop you from destroying only challenge that I may have found for a battle, prepare to battle Craxte" Orachron detached his long Heartless Blade from his belt and held in front of him, a Shadow Heartless at his side preparing for battle.
"What the hell is going on?" Dav shouted
"As I suspected, you have decided to be traitor after all" came another voice from the Island, Axel flanked by Draxen.
"Now what is going on, the Organisation is falling apart in front of me" Ashura said as he stood upright
Craxte, Draxen and Axel surrounded Orachron in a triangle formation, each with their weapons ready for battle. Orachron looked at each of his opponents and smirked at the challenge. Before the Organisation members could make a move Ashura landed a right body punch to Draxen's stomach and a spinning kick knocking him back from the triangle. Dav meanwhile charged at Axel, drove his knee into his chest and then delivered a double axe handle strike to his chin, knocking him to the floor.
"Looks like the fight just got even" Dav laughed as he charged Axel again while Ashura ducked a claw swipe and kicked the back of Draxen's legs forcing him to stumble forward. Orachron ran at Craxte, dragging his sword along behind him, his pet Heartless running after him.
Dav ducked a Wind Wheel blow from Axel and rolled to the side, forgetting about the aches from the previous fight. He drew his Sabres and held then by the barrels, using the handles as makeshift weapons. Axel tried a powerful uppercut but was thrown off balance by the power of the blow and Dav capitalised with a right Sabre shot to the chest. Axel growled as he recovered and blocked a left strike from Dav and nailed him with one of his own to the chin, knocking him forward to the floor. Dav then rolled out of the way of a downward blow and kicked up ready for round 2.
Ashura meanwhile used his Gauntlets to block a claw strike from Draxen hit him in the back with a mighty right blow which knocked him off the wooden bridge they were fighting on and to the beach below. Draxen drew his katana and his blade donned a shadowy glow as he held it above his head, he followed up by swiping it in the air and a huge arc of shadow energy flew toward the bridge, slicing the wood in half and it sent Ashura, Dav and Axel to the beach, all of which landed on their feet and continued to fight. Draxen tried again with the Shadow Swipe but Ashura held his hands in front of his head and the energy dissipated as it struck its mark, leaving no damage. Grinning slightly Ashura formed a white bolt of energy in his hand and fired three at Draxen who caught them in the chest, he winced as they hit but soon returned to the action.
Orachron was faring a lot better as he brought his sword from the ground and jumped into the air, causing a shockwave to knock Craxte backwards against the door to the old Seaside Shack and break through it, crashing down the stairs and hitting the door leading to the beach hard. Orachron glanced over to his allies who were beating their respective opponents quite easily. Craxte returned to his feet and picked up his axe from beside the door and held in the air. As Orachron watched the other fights the Seaside Shack exploded in a huge fiery inferno sending burning wood flying in all directions, an angry Craxte walked through the flames and charged at Orachron quickly.
Ashura ducked a katana strike and then a claw shot and jumped away to recover. Draxen raised his katana in the air and threw it at Ashura who just avoided it by rolling to the side and not giving Draxen chance to recover his weapon charged at him. He grabbed Draxen's shoulders flipped over him and shifted his grip from the shoulders to the Organisation member's neck and twisted his body in midair. Draxen flashed a look of anger before he collapsed on the floor, his body limp and unmoving as Ashura looked at his opponent's body and himself collapsed in exhaustion.
Axel knocked away a Sabre strike and looked over to his partner and saw the body on the floor with Ashura next to him, also unmoving but unlike Draxen he was breathing although heavy. Dav took this as an opportunity, unhooked his Keyblade from its place at his side and drove it long side into Axel's chest, the long silver blade cut through his robe and under shirt and pierced the flesh deep, blood flowed rapidly staining the beach as he collapsed to the floor and blacked out.
Craxte had managed to get the upper hand on Orachron with an energy blade in his left hand and his axe in the right. He knocked away a Heartless Blade swipe and delved the energy blade into Orachron's side, no blood flowed however as the heat of the blade cauterised the wound on impact. As Craxte stared at Orachron smirking he failed to realise a dark patch moving under his feet, a single Shadow Heartless emerged from under the floor and leapt up at Craxte's face, clawing at his eyes. Drops of blood landed on the beach from his eyes as he held his hands to his face to try to stop the bleeding, Orachron held his hand outstretched to his stomach and shot a dark bolt of energy into his body. Craxte flew away from Orachron and toward Dav who grasped his Buster Blade, leapt into the air and swung it straight at Craxte, slicing his body in half at the waist. Craxte's severed torso slammed into the beach, one half at each side of Dav who was leaning on his Buster Blade for support. The body became consumed in a shadowy glow and disappeared as if melting into the ground lost in the darkness.
Out of nowhere Orachron launched himself at Dav and knocked him to the floor, he landed with a loud thud on top of his already discarded key blade which caused a gash to open in his side. Dav looked up and saw a large kunai throwing star fly past him and return to its owner, another in the Orders robes. Lexus.
"I see I have lost three of our members thanks to you balance, two into death and one in betrayal. Axel however is not dead, but simply recovering at Castle Oblivion which I assume you will be visiting to meet your friend Sora……. Wait….. the seeker of darkness has fallen, Kingdom Hearts has been locked by the King and Sora, looks like the worlds are about to be restored, I will take you out but for now, enjoy your life" Lexus spun on the spot, flaring his robes as he did and in a flash he was gone, leaving Orachron, Dav and an unconscious Ashura.
"I will also take my leave Strife, thank you for the assistance but I must go and make sure Lexus does not have chance to kill as a return gesture. The worlds even now are reforming because in the last few minutes your friend Sora has defeated Ansem.. It appears that you and I arrived to battle our various adversaries moments after the key blade master left this place and journeyed to the final battle…. Take care" As he finished his sentence he and his pet Heartless disappeared in a portal leaving Dav stood alone on the beach as the scenery began to reform itself and a small piece of land floated toward the ground with a familiar girl on it, Kairi. The surroundings finally returned and Dav noticed that Ashura was still lying on the beach even though the worlds had been restored.
"…DAV!" came a surprised and emotional voice from across the beach
"Kairi…. Where's Sora?"
A bit anti-climatic don't you think, don't forget to tell me your thoughts…….