Mr.Who2123: The moment you have all been waiting for! Mwahaha!
Kratos: Hurry up, fool. I want to see what happens to me
Mr.Who2123: I do not own Tales of Symphonia (shocker…I know) but I do own all those cute little people called O.C.s so don't steal without my permission!
Kratos: This is the shortest Disclaimer ever…Anyways, onwards
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Vernandi sneered at the young boy charging at him, and grabbed Leon's wrist before the rapier even touched Vernandi.
"Fool," he muttered, throwing Leon across the room and into the black brick wall. Leon slumped to the floor, and breathed heavily. "You can't defeat me." Vernandi punched Leon in the chest just as he was about to get up, causing more pain to the young swordsman.
Kratos watched the horrible sight, helpless and useless.
"Idiot," he muttered under his breath despite his deep concern for his only friend. He watched as Leon barely managed to stand, and this time, Vernandi didn't attack. Instead, he snapped his fingers, causing a deep rumbling from the floor. Stone figures, the same that held Kratos, grabbed Leon, forcing him to stay in one position.
"Now…," Vernandi said turning to his "weapon" again. "Where were we?" Kratos tried to swallow his fear as Vernandi lifted the pendants up to Kratos' face. Kratos groaned and turned away, looking at Leon who was too weak to listen.
"Yes, you're going to be my weapon. I'll just slip these pendants on you and you'll become stronger than the gods!" Vernandi bellowed, and Kratos winced. Kratos felt the cold metal string of one pendant slip down onto his neck. It felt heavier than usual, but what could he do.
"Now the second…," Vernandi threw the pendant over Kratos head, and a bright light came from the pendants. Pain burst from every single muscle of Kratos, making a piercing scream emit from the whole fortress. It was stronger than any other power, yet so painful, he couldn't focus on what was going on.
Kratos could feel the stone figures collapsing into dust…He could see Leon get out of his prison…and he could hear Vernandi laugh…until all went dark.
Leon stumbled out of the shattering stone figure, watching in horror as Kratos fell to the floor.
"Come," a voice said, and somehow managed to reach Leon's ears despite all the noise. Delrus was next to Leon with his wings out. Leon shook his head, and Delrus spoke again. "We cannot help him. Perhaps later." Leon looked at the unicorn with uncertain eyes, and then jumped onto the unicorn. Instead of flying, Delrus disappeared out of the fortress, leaving Kratos and Vernandi…
Vernandi finished his rant of laughing and took a step towards the fallen figure of Kratos.
"Wake up," he said in a squeaky voice, as if scared. "Kratos" shifted, and an earthquake shook the whole fortress, causing all the bricks to begin to shake, and the foundation of the fortress was collapsing. "Wake UP!" Vernandi demanded again, taking yet another step. Suddenly, "Kratos" rose, covered in a dim light, and a new, giant sword in his hands.
"Fool. I'm the god of Destruction, Reynala!" the god bellowed, lifting his free arm. Instead of black mana, a light beam struck Vernandi, felling him instantly, and a pool of black blood surrounded the part shadow.
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Leon watched aghast as the fortress collapsed, and there was nothing. Delrus nudged Leon with comfort.
"Your friend is fine, but the world is not," Delrus said, its dark eyes glittered darkly.
Leon glanced at the unicorn, and then back at the fortress.
"I will explain…,"
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Minutes later, the unicorn had explained what had happened, leaving an astounded Leon staring at Delrus.
"He will gain power with time. He must be stopped, but now we will leave him. We have time-," Delrus stopped when he saw a faded blue druid slowly making its way to Leon and Delrus.
Our time is up, it said, falling in front of the god. With Vernandi gone…no shadow will…re…main. The shadow disappeared, and dark mana lifted from its body, and into Delrus.
"Kratos will destroy anything and everything. Even the gods have no power. The only one that can truly stop him is…a demon hunter," Delrus continued as if ignoring the dead druid. Leon looked at the cloak of the druid, and then back at Delrus.
"This is all so confusing," he moaned, sitting down. Delrus sat down as well, folding his white wings, but stared at Leon with some frustration.
"It is confusing, but if you don't hurry, the world will be destroyed. Only a demon hunter can shatter the pendant with the sword of the gods," Delrus nudged the rapier, and then touched the ruby with its nose, and a bright light came from it, nearly knocking Leon over. "The pendant can be destroyed with one strike that is true. The fate of the world is on your hands, young one." Delrus said, and then got up. "I will watch from the heavens." Giant, feathered wings shot out of the unicorn's back, and it disappeared to leave Leon to his thoughts.
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Mr.Who2123: Yay! Killed off the evil dude, but a greater evil has come! And it's Kratos! GASP!
Kratos: (sigh) I don't think she knows that she's the one that writes this
Mr.Who2123: I don't!
Kratos?????? O.O
Mr.Who2123: My writing side writes this!
Kratos: Idiot…
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P.S.- Sorry for the short chappies, but I want to leave it on good cliffhangers! MWAHAHAHA!
P.S.S.- This has the exact same number of words for my last chappie! o.O Weird!