Chapter LVII: Face to Face: The Angel Awakens

Nightshroud: Well it looks like no one has any more guesses on the sequel. Anyway, I'm glad you all like how the finale is going. Enjoy!

last time

"Now witness true power!"

He held his hand up, and the fragment of the stone on his forehead as well as the pendant on his neck glowed. Individual seals appeared around Tyson, Kai, Namé, and Fayt.

"Take them."

All of them suddenly staggered and fell to the floor.

"No!" Reyna screamed, tears flowing down her face as she ran over to Kai.

"Don't you see how helpless you are?" Amnael said cruelly. "Now I'll finish you once and-"

"SHUT UP!" Reyna screamed. Amnael stepped back as his skin bristled with the power that suddenly flowed through the air. Reyna suddenly began to glow with an incredible power and light, and beautiful angel wings suddenly sprouted from her back. She stood and faced him, light energy sparking all around her.

"Now it's you and me!"

Amnael laughed, and Reyna noticed for the first time that his skin, which looked cracked like old porcelain, had returned to a healthy hue, and his hair, which was once almost white, was now blue-green. His eyes, once yellow, had one green and one blue. His robes, torn and tattered, had restored themselves and were rich Atlantean robes in white with a green border on them. Amnael had restored himself to his peak from over ten thousand years ago.

"I won't let you get away with this!"

Reyna put her hands together and they glowed a brilliant white. Then she flew at Amnael and began to slash at him, the movement of her hands leaving a trail of light that sliced into him.

"Heaven's Dance of Hazy White!"

She finally put her hands together and shot him backward with a blast of light. Amnael slammed into the barrier, but wasted no time in counterattacking.

"Thundaja!" he called, using Namé's favorite spell. Reyna levitated into the air slightly and used her wings to dodge each lightning bolt with incredible speed.

"Strike Raid!" Amnael said, hurling his aerial blades at her.

"Icarus Wings!" she called, covering herself with her wings and then teleporting behind him. She summoned her whip and slashed at him, knocking him back. Amnael lifted his hand and used Fayt's symbology.

"Ice Needles!"

Reyna used her whip and slashed through every needle before it got to her.

"Is that all you've got?" she asked. Amnael laughed.

"Not yet," he said. "Shadow Possession: Doppelganger!"

His shadow sprang up and stood in front of him.

"Shadow Tendrils!"

The doppelganger raised its hands and its fingers shot at her. She dodged to the side and shot a ball of light at it.

"Pearl!"

The light ball tore through the doppelganger, but Amnael extended the shadow under her.

"Shadow Possession: Shadow Net!"

He his shadow stretched up and covered her like a net.

"Exterminate!"

He closed his hand, causing the shadow to squeeze her. The net suddenly exploded as Reyna emerged with her wings extended. Amnael growled and charged his hand with dark energy.

"Hellzone Grenade!"

Amnael fired the tainted version of Raphael's Light Grenade at Reyna. She charged her hands with light and fired a powerful blast of light at him.

"Heavenly Blast!"

The blast tore through the Hellzone Grenade and threw Amnael to the ground. Amnael lifted his hand and used Fayt's symbology.

"Lightning Strike!"

Reyna looked up as a powerful bolt of lightning struck right down on her. With a scream she was thrown back against the barrier.

"Fool. I'm going to finish you!"

"Hellfire Claw!"

His hand turned into a horrible demon claw with black flames around it. He flew at Reyna witht the intent to finish it. Reyna charged her hands with light and began to move them around in a complicated pattern, rapidly creating an interweaving field.

"Protective Dance of Hazy White!"

Amnael collided into the barrier and was shocked by the light, the light coursing all over his body. reyna lifted her hands and pushed out, the field of light gathering at her hands and blasting him backward. Amnael fell to the ground, but Reyna dropped to her knees as well, the fatigue catching up with her.

"I don't know how long I can last..." she gasped to herself. Amnael laughed and stood up.

"It's useless! Can't you see that?"

"I won't give in!" Reyna said. Amnael raised his hands and drew energy in, a green ball forming in his hands. Symbols formed around his hands.

"Orichalcos Unonium!"

He threw the blast of energy and Reyna, hitting her directly. She was thrown to the ground, shaking and bruised.

"Still not down?" he asked as she struggled to stand. "Orichalcos Deuterium!"

He raised his hands again, drawing energy into both hands instead, forming two magic balls. He hurled the blasts at her, slamming her into the ground. She screamed as she was flung backwards.

"Now to finish it! Orichalcos Tritium!"

He charged three magic balls into his hands, then merged them into one.

"Now die!"

He threw the blast at her, this one with enough magical power to kill her instantly.

"I need help.." she thought. Then he eyes widened.

"Wait, I can sense them. There!"

Reyna felt herself drawing in a spirit, which entered into Kai. He stood and looked around, and saw her in the path of the blast. He quickly moved and jumped in fron tof her. He closed his eyes, and wings appeared on his back. He rose up into the air and aimed his sword downward. The tip began to glow with light as Kai charged it.

"Behold the pure revealing light. Nibelung Valesti!"

The light at the tip burst downard in an intense blast of light, colliding with Amnael's. A huge explosion went off, throwing everyone back. Kai crawled over to Reyna and healed her.

"Curaga!"

Reyna felt the pain from her wounds fade away, and she stood again, revitalized.

"Thank you, Kai."

"Anything for you," he said with a smile.

"I hate to interrupt," said Amnael, "But I'm afraid this is hardly the moment for romance, especially since I intend to finish you this time."

"I don't think so. Reyna, you ready?"

"Yeah," she said with a smile. They jumped together and stood back to back, a seal with white magical symbols around it forming around them.

"Seal of the Archangel!" they called. The seal expanded outward toward Amnael.

"No, that's impossible!"

The light seal pushed against the Seal of Orichalcos, causing it to shatter.

"No!!" Amnael cried, the light blotting everything out for a few moments. When the light faded he was crouching in the center of the room, his clothes torn and ruined, and his body battered and bruised.

"How...how dare you!"

"This is the end for you," Reyna said. Amnael laughed and forced himself to stand.

"Even now you understand so little. I may not be able to sacrifice you, but by sacrificing this body, Kronos wil be free again!"

The Seal of Kronos appeared around Amnael, and his body slowly faded away. Suddenly the city shook, and the temple began to crumble.

"What-what happened?" Tyson asked.

"No time!" said Kai. "We have to get out of here!"

Kai, Reyna, and the revived Tyson, Fayt, and Namé quickly escaped through the temple. When they got out, they could see that the entire island of Atlantis was shaking. A huge version of the Seal of Kronos had appeared in the sky, and they could see something behind it, slowly emerging.

"We couldn't stop it," Reyna said sadly. Kai stood next to her and smiled.

"We can still stop it together."

Reyna smiled and looked forward with renewed determination.

"Let's do it!"

Nightshroud: I hope you liked the battle! I'll have more of Sora and Co. in the next chapter too, as well as Tyson, Fayt, and Namé btw. And yes, it's time for the ultimate confrontation. Kronos is released! Will Reyna and 's power be enough to stop it? Hehe you'll have to rad and find out. Review and show the love! 8D Also, I couldn't resist and started the first chapter of the sequel, Heart of Destiny. Ah yes, the urge was too great. Anyway, check it out if you can!

Next chapter: The Seal Shatter: The True Face of Kronos