Chapter 23 part 2: Sound

Riza was half expecting the room to be pitch black, like the last few, but no, this one was colored with the other neutral colors: grey and white. She walked into the middle of the room, the steel soles of her shoes clicking, echoing, along the grey stone floor until it stopped; she stood in the middle of the room, looking to every wall to the floor then to the ceiling finally resting on the steel door on the other side of the room. After several moments, then minutes the door creaked open, then opening fully to reveal a medium height, average weight, grey haired young man with square, half-rimmed glasses. His smile was some what homely, like welcoming a friend into your home.

"What's with that smile?" Riza snapped, but her face held an unemotional mask.

The smile continue to stay on that face, "I just thought it would be nice to see a friendly looking face before you die."

"Your lackies keep saying that I'm going to die, but I'm still here. I think you have a problem," the girl's lips twitched forming a slight smirk.

The smile turned to a grin, "What you fail to comprehend, Ukaizr Riza, is that my lackies were overconfident, and misjudged your abilities."

"Oh, and you won't do that?" The smirk disappearing.

He shook his head, "Because I'll kill you quickly." He was gone.

Riza jumped just in time to missed a shock wave vibrate the air below her. Riza landed after the shock wave to see the grey haired man behind her. She turned and faced him, "Who are you?"

"I am the Sound of the Trinity. But you my call me Furoydo."

"Hmph!" Riza scoffed, looking Furoydo square in the eye, "You really intend to kill me right here on the spot?" But it sounded more like a statement than an actual question.

"That's what I said before." He was gone again. This time to her right. Riza jumped back but not far enough. The shock wave caught her pushing her back farther, but no injury. He flexed his hand, the knuckles and wrist cracking, "You're quicker than I had anticipated at this stage. Do you have an unlimited power supply at your disposal?" Furoydo cocked his head to the side, his glasses taking on a glint of light.

"No, I just know I can't fail. Not after coming this far," Riza straightened her posture, drawing her Keyblade.

"Ah, I see. Too bad you won't be able to land a hit on me with your precious key."

"What do you mean? Just you watch?" Riza rushed forth, Keyblade reared ready for a downward diagonal slash. Just as the Keyblade was about to slice through its target, Furoydo's body flickered away, leaving the blade collied with the stone ground, sparks flying up. Damn. Furoydo appeared on the other side of the room, a smirk replacing his friendly smile.

"I hate to say it, but I told you so. I'm too fast for a low-rank ninja for yourself. But that's only because of your age. Wiht the Silve Blur as your father, you could easily by a C-rank ninja of your village."

"How the hell do you know that?" Riza snarled, her Keyblade still on the ground.

"After we released the Heartless into the worlds, I found some information on you," The smirk turned devilish, "My liege now holds those papers." Pause, "Time to end this," Furoydo flickered away.

Riza took up a stance, defensive. Her eyes scanned the area until Furoydo appeared behind her. She swung the Keyblade hard and fast, just missing his head as he leaned back. Her attacks didn't faulter, one swing after another. Furoydo then sidestepped a downward swing, placing his hand on her chest, where Dionte burned her with his energy. Sound waves vibrated through her battered form sending her back. She tumbled on the ground, stopping only a few feet from the wall. She staggered to her feet, calling the Keyblade back to her hand.

"UltraSonic," Furoydo held his hand as sound waves beat their way into Riza's skull. She dropped her Keyblade, gripping her ears quickly, trying to block out the offending sound. "Try as you might, but you can't block this." Riza gritted her teeth, falling to her knees, her forehead on the ground. She drew a hand up, looking at Furoydo through a squinted eye.

"Spinning...Shinobi..Slam!" The Keyblade appeared already flying toward the Sound. The sound ended as Furoydo dodged the attack. Riza got up with much protest from her head. Her balance was a little thrown with the damage to her ears, but she had to continue. The key returned to her grasp. She straightened up and saw Furoydo on the other side, she ran toward him. She jumped, Keyblade raring for a strike.

"You won't hit me with that-oof!" Riza discarded her Keyblade and struck Furoydo in the face with her fist. He stumbled back a bit, then Riza attacked him with a flurry of punches and kicks.

"Phantom Fox Claw!" the multi punched all landed on his gut. She then jumped and kicked him the chest, sending him slamming against the wall. He wiped away a dribble of blood from his mouth, most likely from internal bleeding seeping out. Furoydo pushed off the wall dusting himself off, then pushed her glasses higher on the bridge of her nose. "Want more? Icy Daggers!" She pulled two kunai from her pouch the launched the ice covered steel object at the Sound.

He held out his hand and waves pulsed out, strong enough to shatter the kunai, "Not bad, keybearer. Not many can make me bleed. You are the first to do that that is outside of our group," he said, ignoring the frosted kunai.

"Let's see if I can kill you!" Riza charged forth, "Rage of the Vulpes!" Usually paired with her Keyblade, Riza attacked with everything with just using her fists and legs. Furoydo didn't expect this, after studying Riza, he was sure she would have used the Keyblade with this. But it was too late to react surprise taking away his reflexes. "I'll show you low-ranked!" Every strike landed. With fists and legs glowing a soft blue hue, Riza was taken over by a berserk rage, lashing out at the Sound. She finished the attack with a powerful punch to the gut, more than a dribble of blood left his mouth. Furoydo slammed against he all once more, then falling face first on the ground, glass cracking. The glow disappeared and Riza returned to normal mind. A shockwave shot from Furoydo's fallen form, knocking Riza's feet out from under her. She fell and watched Furoydo get up. He appeared before her and grabbed her skull, lifting her up, feet dangling.

Riza looked at the man, one lens cracked the other completely broken, "Let's see. How should I do this? Send a powerful soundwave through your skull, blowing out your ears, eyes and destroying your brain? Not the prettiest way to die, but it'll suffice."

"I won't let you do it!"

"Oh no? You are in no position to tell me what to do!"

"Oh I'm not?" The sickening sound of steel puncturing flesh and soft organs filled the air. Furoydo's grip on her head loosened, and Riza slashed her Keyblade through him, a giant, nasty, fatal wound left in the wake of her surprise attack. The surprise look on the average looking man made Riza smirk.

"You're...just full..of sur-surprises, aren't...you?"

"You better believe it." She ran past him, her blade postioned outstretched to her side. A diagonal slash, and half of Furoydo's skull fell, his galsses severed then finally shattering on the ground. His body pulsed than faded away. She swung her blade, cleaning it of blood and left the room, blood spatter staining the walls, ceiling, and floor. the smell of blood thick and sickening.

TBC

A little gruesome at the end. The final, epic battle is at hand. Light verses Light.