The guy just appeared there, he had been nowhere in sight a split second before. His blade came down like a rock in the water, and the monster disintegrated into thin air. He turned at me, and brought his sword down. I helplessly threw my arms over my head, awaiting my demise. But instead of a blade, I felt the handle hit my forearm. My lower-right eyelid twitched as he lifted the blade, confused. "That wasn't funny you teme! I thought you were gonna kill me!", I said ironically.
"Hold still!"
I ignored his command, and bolted past him. This continued for hours, until the chain on my chest vanished. In its place was a gaping hole. I suddenly felt an immense pain in my chest. A bone-white pasty mixture, eerily similar to that of the monster's mask from earlier, began to ooze out of my mouth. I let out a bloodcurdling scream, then I passed out. I woke up standing on an ocean, but instead of water, an ocean of magma. The air was filled with smoldering ashes. The sky was dark, and the world was devoid of life. I did not sink in the magma, nor did it burn me. I then saw a subtle movement in the magma. A pit started to form in the ocean of molten rock, and as it did, a large falcon composed of white flame, several times larger than me, erupted from the other end of the pit. It spoke to me telepathically. It said, 'find me, find the blade, or else you, I, and this world will cease to exist.' I then saw what it was talking about. A hilt stuck out of the lava, sinking slowly. The hilt disappeared under the magma, and I did the only thing I could think of: I swam. I grabbed the blade and as I blacked out again, the phoenix said, 'I am Kogerutori. If you are in danger, utter my name, and I will come.'