3: Clash of great swords
Is the Heart stronger then the Soul?
"So, long story short, you don't know how you got here?" Death himself asked Riku.
"No sir." Riku answered.
"That sure is strange." said the symmetry addicted Death the Kid.
"Who cares? He's just one more person to see my power!" The Sora like Black Star laughed.
"With all my research, I've only come across the mention of the Keyblade once, but I've never heard of it being like one of our weapons." Professor Stine said, tightening the bolt in his head.
"This is the first time I've done this, who would have guessed my brother would be here as well?" Dawn said looking at Soul.
"I want to see how powerful the Keyblade is, and how it works with the soul." Maka said eyeing Riku and Dawn.
"It doesn't work with the soul, the Keyblade gets its power from the heart." Riku said to Maka
"I wish to see the power of the Heart, and seeing that Riku's a swordsman, a Scythe Meister would be unfair. I think I know just the person to fight Riku." Stine said, still tightening the bolt in his head.
"I guess you're right Stine, let's get everyone to watch this." Death said happily.
After all the students and faculty of the DWMA gathered outside in the courtyard Death gave a small speech.
"Hello everyone, today a visitor from far away has come to the academy and wishes to show all the students how a force much like the Soul works."
Riku and Dawn walked into the cleared area that Death was in. Dawn grabbed Riku's hand and turned into Way to Dawn.
"As a swordsman, we could only think of one person to dual Riku, our visitor. Mifune?"
A man with long grey-blond hair and blue eyes wearing a white collared shirt and olive-green pants. In one hand was a Katana, in the other was a large box with many more.
"I want this to be a fair, clean fight, but feel free to let loose." Death quickly moved out of the clear area
"Infinite sword attack."
Mifune threw the blades in the bow into the air, they landed in the clear area, the point in the ground. As the blades were landing, Riku pulled a blindfold from his pocket and put it on.
"Do you feel like you can defeat the Sword God, blindfolded?" Mifune asked.
"The blindfold enhances my smell to the point that I can smell the iron in your blood." Riku answered truthfully.
Mifune's strike was faster then most of the students could see, however, Riku's counter was faster, not only did Riku knock the blade out of Mifune's hands, but moved most of the blades several feet. Mifune grabbed three blades and rushed Riku again. The Keyblader blocked two of the katana and used Dark Impulse on the third. Mifune tried to strike at Riku with three blades again, however instead of slashing Riku, Mifune stuck the side of the blades to him before he could block. Riku stopped trying to block Mifune's attack once he realized that was what he was doing. Mifune smirked and started to strike the base of the blades, however before the blades struck Riku, a pillar of darkness enveloped him, launching the blades away from him. Mifune watched as pillar began to fade, where Riku had been standing was a taller dark skinned man, his hair was much the same as Riku's and in his hand was Way to Dawn. The man looked at Mifune.
"In this form, the darkness in my heart takes physical shape." Riku said, his blindfold gone but his eyes golden.
"This is strange, it seems you have learned how to control both the way of the warrior and of the demon." Mifune said slightly stunned.
Riku swung his keyblade, "I follow the way to dawn."
Riku rushed Mifune faster then he had before. Mifune was unable to block as the flat of Way to Dawn smashed into his chest. Mifune flew back, dropping the blade still in his hand. Riku returned to his normal form.
"Can the Heart me that much more powerful then the Soul?" Mifune asked
"No." Riku said taking his blindfold off. "The Heart and Soul are the same in strength,"
Dawn returned to her human form "But us Keyblades only go to the strongest Hearts."
Several of the students started murmuring.