Author's Note:
I'm really disappointed in myself right now. Not only did I not uphold my word of updating the day after the last, I completely forgot that people were still reading this altogether.
A recent review I received gave me an email notification which reminded me of this. I'm sorry. From now on don't trust release dates I give you unless I inform you otherwise, x3

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'll try to update this story more frequently.
Anyway, enjoy.

"COME ON!" Skyler yells as he heavily kicks off the ground, sailing towards me with his sword. He's remarkably fast, almost topping myself. He flies past me with incredible speed, just grazing me with his sword on the way. He thrusts his sword into the ground to slow himself down, sparks flying and the sword beginning to emit heat waves when he retrieves it. He stands ominously looking down at his sword. A grim atmosphere begins to fill the field, my will to fight him quickly vanishing from my being. I put up my guard and back away, cornered by Skyler and his second tower.

Skyler deviously chuckles. "Hah, scared Kenny?" He says, his voice sounding much more intimidating, almost demonic.

"Holy fuck." is the only phrase going through my mind. My entire being wants to run from him this instant, but I can't. It feels like I'm totally in shock, like the first time I was ever in any real danger when I was young. I can't move a muscle. I can't think. I can't do anything but stare exactly what I'm now terrified of in the face.

He looks at me, his eyes burning red. I can't look away, no matter how hard I try/

"Do not be afraid…" He says, calmly walking towards me, the engravings on his sword beginning to glow with an ominous black aura with red edges.

"...I'm here…" He continues, now standing directly in front of me, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"…I'll end it all." My heart stops. All I can see is Skyler's now red eyes staring directly at me.

Suddenly, the grounds is filled with the echos of my screams, experiencing the worst pain of my life as he plunges his sword into my chest, slowly ripping down my body, before swiftly removing it, thrusting it into me again from a different angle. I can't believe what's happening. I know I'm screaming, but I can't hear it. All of my senses are blacked out, but I can still feel the pain of Skyler's sword repeatedly cutting me.

"Why aren't I dead yet?" I thought. Normally I would've fallen after the first hit.

I'm in too much pain to continue that thought; But suddenly, everything returns. My vision returns to normal, my hearing returns, the ominous atmosphere has vanished from the area, and suddenly I'm on the ground in a pool of my own blood, my purple ninja garb almost completely scarlet.

"You have been Slain!" I can hear the announcer say, her voice echoing through the grounds.

"Your turret has been destroyed!" She says, directly afterwards.

"Your turret has been destroyed!" She repeats, without delay. How did he manage that?

"Your inhibitor has been destroyed!" Really, how is he doing this? I haven't even been brought to the respawning zone yet!

"Your turret has been destroyed!"How is this possible?

"Your turret has been destroyed!" What? He took out all four of my towers, and an inhibitor in the same instant?

My view finally begins to fade to white, and I'm put in the floating void that we champions experience much too often. I figure the game must be over, since he has all of my towers down, somehow. Suddenly I'm respawned, after 30 seconds. I see Skyler sitting on the side of the nexus.

"Aren't you going to end it, Skyler? You've won." I say to him, still standing on my summoner's platform.

He hops down from the nexus, taking a step onto the summoner platform, keeping his head down. The obelisk reacts, with an instantaneous laser directed at his heart. But, somehow, in that same instant he blocks it! He directs the laser into the wall beside him with his sword, causing a massive explosion.

Suddenly I see afterimages appear behind him, outlining him before fading back into inexistence. His eyes spike to a glowing red as he looks up.

"A nexus obelisk has been demolished!" The announcer says, as the statue behind me suddenly seems to be hit by a bomb, causing a massive explosion. I'm sorry, but WHAT? Destroying one of those isn't even remotely possible! Skyler is a monster!

He walks towards me, as serious as ever. "I'm not done with you, Kennen." He takes another step onto the platform, causing me to stumble backwards in fear. I don't think I've ever been so afraid in the league. He stands over me as I humiliatingly cower under some rubble from the obelisk. To my surprise, I glance up to find him reaching his hand out. I nervously accept it, and he pulls me up out of the rubble into the biggest hug he's ever given me.

"I'm sorry. Really. I lost control, and I promise I'll never hurt you again." He says, leaning his head onto mine.

He actually brings me to tears, but knowing the council is watching, I can't let myself cry. I simply hug him back as tightly as I can, burying my head in the fur on his chest. He stands there holding me close to him for a few long moments. When he finally sets me down, I shout out: "I surrender!" to the skies.

A voice replies, seemingly from nowhere: "Are you sure, Kennen?"

"Positive. I'm outmatched."

A moment after I stay that, the nexus begins to charge up energy, constantly building up and becoming quite unstable, its foundations shaking and crystals falling from its walls. Suddenly, after a slight implosion, canceling out all of the sound that it was making, it explodes, into thousands of pieces, raining down upon us. Skyler wraps his arm around me and pulls me closer to him.

Shortly afterwards, a blinding light is upon us from above. We begin to float upwards, before the light completely engulfing our vision. Suddenly, when the light begins to fade, we realize that we're back in the council room.

We're greeted with applause as we exit the door in the middle of the two we first entered, stepping side by side down the stairs leading to the slightly elevated platform that the door stands atop.

"Astounding! An amazing display of martial prowess! A very impressive display, Skyler. We'll definitely reconsider our previous thoughts." One of the council members says to us. "We'll just need to ask you both to return to us tomorrow, around the same time. Until then, you're both free to go."

"Thanks!" Skyler says enthusiastically, breaking the rather serious atmosphere the council members bring.

We say goodbye to the council and head back to my room, Skyler completely ecstatic about their reaction. We get back to my room, finally. I open the door and collapse on the bed. I already know that Skyler has so much talking to do, so I'll save him the trouble.

"Sorry Skyler, but can we talk later? I'm absolutely exhausted." I mumbled into my pillow.

"Sure thing Kennen." He replies. I honestly expected him to start ranting or something. "I'm actually pretty tired too.." He says, plopping down on his back on the bed next to me. "I think I'll get some rest, too. We can talk whenever we wake up, agreed?"

Although I did vaguely suggest that in the first place, I simply nodded to my friend before dozing off, tremendously exhausted from the match. I think it may have been the most intense match that I've ever had.