The platform was a stony teal color.

Time passed.

Sora looked around, slightly confused. Where was his next challenger?

Whish.

He cried out in pain and surprise, and clutched his arm. Blood trickled out of a moderately shallow cut. He turned his azure gaze to behind him, and saw a young girl in a cloak.

Her steely blue-green eyes looked at him impassively, as one would look at a blank wall. Her light blonde hair, streaked with black, laid limp and lifeless in the still, tense again. She tossed a dagger in the air, catching it by the handle each time. Narrowly avoiding the blade each time.

"Sora." It wasn't an acknowledgement. It was confirmation.

The boy grit his teeth, and prepared himself.

"So…" Bex said quietly, "you wish to mess with a rogue?" She sniffed, smugly, carelessly. "Fine."

She whipped the dagger at him, which he only barely blocked with the length of his Key. He rushed at her, but she had already moved. Before he knew it, another two daggers were embedded in his shoulder. He cried out again.

"You expect to beat me with this?"

He turned around to slashed her, and she stopped the blade with her hand.

"Pitiful."

Her hand flared up a pale blue color, and released a torrent of powerful ice magic at him. He ducked and swerved, narrowly missing it, and swung his weapon into her hip. Caught off guard, she stumbled back, wincing.

He slashed again, and again, and again. Two of the three hits made contact; the third was blocked by a baton she summoned at the last moment. She twirled her weapon expertly and gracefully, but with crushing force. Sora barely had time to parry, much less deal any attacks.

"Thundaragan!" Bex cried out, summoning a powerful stream of lightning upon the Keybearer. He ran out of the way and tried to strike her again. She jumped back, and continued shouting out the spell, throwing bolts of lightning at him continuously.

But, her mistake was that she fell into a pattern. Sora dodged at the right times and advanced, rushing her from the side and swinging at her. She brought up her baton to block the blow, but to no avail. The angle of his attack and the angle of her defense were highly unmatched.

With Sora having the advantage.

Putting extra strength behind it, the brunette slashed through the weapon with a loud CRACK, dividing it in two.

Stunned and shocked, she faltered as she whipped out another pair of daggers.

But by then it was too late.

Sora stabbed her through her 'Heart' area, blood spurting from the wound. She coughed hard, and fell to her knees. Her stolid vision began to cloud over with darkness, as wisps of smoky Darkness arose to carry her away.

She almost half-smiled. Almost.

"I'm…going to the Peaceful Realms, then…" She said, mostly to herself.

And then she was gone.

The boy looked around warily, using a little Cure magic to heal his more serious wounds.

Who was next?

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Another challenge drabble, from GS. Criteria:

Against Bex, the battle should be easy, but Bex should make good use of her

assassin skills and magic.

This wasn't so bad to do. Hope ya'll enjoyed it!