Chapter XVI: Twilight Impasse

Nightshroud: Actually Mr. Fipp, it's funny that you should mention that. I suppose in the end she does, because in most of the fight scenes I'm worried that she won't be in it enough, so ironically she ends up in it most. In the end, I think I might put Reyna in the least, also ironically enough since she's most important. Ah well. I'm glad I did a good job with Halloween Town! As to the accent over the e, I just went to Microsoft Word and typed Nam then cafe on it. It automatically added an accent on the e, then I just deleted the caf and added the e to Name to get Namé. I think the same would work for an i with double dots, if you could think of a real word that has that. Hope that helped! BTW I'm going to have to crossovers in this section. Both are from Inuyasha too. If you want to see what they look like, type in Bankotsu or...well I'll reveal the other later...into Google. As a side note, the members in Twilight Impasse don't need to wear cloakes. I'' describe their outifts in here somewhere. Ok on with the story.
"Bankotsu!"

A girl with honey-golden hair in two pigtails ran into the meeting room. She suddenly stopped and sighed. She could see Baankotsu's giant halberd Banryu shoved into the ground. And there he was, balancing on the handle with his feet straight in the air doing one-handed pushups.

"Huh? Oh, hey, Lerena."

Suddenly a cloaked figure brushed past Lerena, knocking her to the floor. She removed her hood, showing her silky black hair and her violet eyes. Bankotsu glared from his perch high in the air and jumped down.

"Vanessa, huh? What are you doing here?"

She looked coldly at him. "Master Amnael sent me here on a special task. So keep out of my way and do what I tell you."

Bankotsu "hn,"-ed, then noticed that someone was with her. His eyes seemed vacant, like he was half-alseep or something.

"Do whatever, but keep in mind that I'm in charge of this castle, so back off."

She waved him off and teleported from the room. The figure with her stayed a moment longer, then followed her. Lerena got up and dusted herself off.

"Ugh, that Vanessa. She's a total bit-"

Bankotsu pressed his lips against hers and pulled her against him. "Ah, don't worry about that," he said. She smiled and he kissed her again.

"All right," she said, pulling apart, "I need to go get ready for the meeting."

"Aww come on," he pouted.

"You're such a child," she said.

"Fine." He shrugged and jumped back on top of his sword.

"Hmm...I wonder if it's good that the leader of the castle is so immature..."

Fayt steered the ship onto the dusty, grey, desolate plain. He landed a safe distance away from the castle, black and foreboding, in the middle of the area. Apparently, it had a barrier around the area to keep people from passing through.

"So this is it, huh?" asked Tyson.

"Yeah. I think we should get a good night's sleep first, then head in there tomorrow," said Fayt. The others agreed and pulled out their sleeping bags. They were all sleeping quietly when Reyna suddenly was wide awake.

"What's going on?"

She felt a draw coming from the castle. Almost in a transe, she got up, opened up the ship, and walked out. Tyson yawned and looked around, then suddenly bolted up,

"Reyna!"

He looked out to see her walking towards the doors of the castle, now open. He ran out to get her, when she passed through the doors. They shut behind her right as he ran up.

"Darn it!" he yelled, punching the door. He ran back and woke up Namé and Fayt.

"Guys, Reyna just walked into the castle, and the doors shut behind her! We've got to do something!"

They ran out and up to the gate. Tyson and Fayt pulled as hard as they could, but to no avail.

"Wait, there's a keyhole here...Tyson, that keyblade of yours can lock, and unlock, any keyhole."

"So?"

"Use it on this one, loser!"

Tyson glared and pointed his keyblade at the small keyhole. They heard a sound in the lock, then the doors suddenly opened. They ran into a white hallway, with a set of stairs and a door at the end. As they rushed forward, a man jumped in front of them. He had short, brown hair that he obviously paid no attention to. He wore a bandages tied around his mouth like a mask, had a plain navy blue sleeveless shirt, long striped wristbands, tan pants, and blue boots. On his back was a large sword, as tall as he was. He laughed and glared at them.

"I'm Albel, number XIV in the Organization. Welcome to Twilight Impasse."

"Where's Reyna?" asked Tyson.

"She's past that door. I'm afraid I can't let you go further though."

He pulled out his large sword to make a point. Tyson pulled out his keyblade and frowned.

"You don't scare me. We're getting through that door!"

Albel grinned and scraped his sword along the ground. "Then let's go."

He moved quickly and swung his large sword at them. They all leaped back as the sword cracked the ground where they stood.

"Firaga!"

Namé launched a fire spell Albel, who spit water out of his mouth, then pulled it up into a wall. The fire crashed into the water, sending off a cloud of steam.

"Hehe...I'm the Demon of the Mist. How do you think you can beat me?"

Fayt suddenly felt Albel next to him, he tried to move as Albel swept his sword out. There wasn't enough time.

"Fayt!"

Albel's sword raked across his left arm. He cried out and stumbled back, clutching his bleeding limb. Tyson ran in and rained blows with keyblade, but Albel blocked them all with sword. Then he stuck the sword in the ground, moved his hand around the handle, and pushed off of it, kicking Tyson into the air.

"Aeroga!"

Namé cast Aeroga so that he landed safely on the ground. Tyson ran at Albel again while Namé healed Fayt's arm. As Tyson charged, Albel pulled the water up from the floor and threw it forward.

"Water Dragon Missile!"

The water changed to form a dragon, which grabbed swallowed Tyson and crashed into the wall. He slumped to the ground, half-dazed.

"Tyson!"

Namé ran towards Tyson, but Albel emerged from a puddle in front of her. He swung his blade at her, but suddenly Fayt's sword emerged through chest. He looked over his shoulder at Fayt, laughed suddenly, then turned to water and sank to the floor.

"What?" they both said.

They heard a clapping and looked up. Sitting perched up high on the wall was Albel.

"Congratulations on beating my water clone."

"Clone?"

"Hehe yes, one of abilities. I don't know whether to be impressed that you did it, or disappointed that it took you so long."

"Shut up!" said Tyson, getting up from the ground.

"You're still alive, are you? Heh, we'll remedy that soon enough. But for now, your friend is through that door."

Fayt took a step towards the door, his eyes still on Albel. "You're not going to stop us?"

"Nah, I've done enough for now. Good luck," he said with a laugh. Then he vanished.

"C'mon, we've got to get to Reyna," said Namé. They ran up to the doorway, and Tyson and Fayt each gingerly pulled open one side of the door.

"Wait, this is-"

Bankotsu-

Org. member VII. He is the leader of the members at Twilight Impasse. He has a relationship with Lerena. He also seems unreliable as a leader, do to his childish nature.

Lerena-

Org. member XI. She has a relationship of some sort with Bankotsu, although his personality seems to leave her rolling her eyes.

Vanessa-

Org. member V. She is the "eyes and ears" of Amnael. She has apparently been sent to Twilight Impasse for a certain purpose with another person. She looks a lot like...

Albel-

Org. member XIV. He wields the element of water. He toyed around with Tyson, Namé, and Fayt, only sending a clone of himself to fight them. It unknown whether he was only told to test them, or if he just has a problem following orders.

Nightshroud: Cliffie! Bwahaha. I hope the fight was good, even if it was only a minor one. More Org. members will be introduced next chapter, though I already introduced a few here. Well leave a review and read on! Oh and recognize Vanessa from one of the previous chapters? Hmm...