Here we are the boss battle. This chapter has been edited in some places but not a lot. So yeah.

Sora had to admittedly back up, drawing his Keyblade when Tiamat had gotten close. "Because, if you are for sale, Rider…perhaps we can strike a deal," the…bat woman said, mostly focused on War.

The man didn't answer at first. Then he drew his sword. "You won't like my terms," he answered.

'I am so lost right now…' the boy thought, nervous. What was Tiamat talking about? War being an assassin? And who the heck is Samael?

He won't get his answers right now because Tiamat doesn't look happy at the apparent rejection, roaring before she flew off. Sora watched her fly behind them- before she used fireballs to take down the bridge behind them. Well, there goes their exit.

Sora looked at War, incredulous. "Are you seriously picking a fight with her?" He asked. That's just, crazy and…!

…Okay, who is he one to talk? He has a habit of doing that himself.

"You should have accepted my offer, Horseman!" Tiamat called out as she flew around the platform. "Such a pity."

Sora's eyes darted around the area. Tiamat has the sky, so she can just fly around and nail them if they try to use the pillars as cover. Not to mention that she can breathe out fireballs, so there's that. They need to bring her out of the air somehow.

He then quickly noticed a few things. There are several of those sticky bombs about, in a black aura. Like some of the others he had seen a while back. There is also torches with fire still on them – Sora would have to assume that the fire is magic, because normal fire would have not been able to burn after all that rain – about as well.

The boy quickly picked up one of the bombs, as he heard from Tiamat, "This will not end well for you, Horseman."

"War, look at this," Sora spoke up, turning to the man. When he caught his eye, Sora held up the bomb. "Think we can use this?"

"Hmm…" War looked at Tiamat. "We can," he noted. "Wait for her to get close."

The boy nodded.

~o~

After Sora had gotten the inert bomb growth, he watched where Tiamat is going, hurrying over to a pillar with it in hand. He hid behind on of them, before looking at War. The man kept his eyes on the Bat Queen as she flies around. She has yet to notice the young human. They're taking advantage of that.

The boy hid, his small size an advantage as he waited. The man stayed where he's at, waiting…and soon enough, Tiamat had gotten close.

Close enough for the boy to quickly throw the bomb, with it latching onto her. Before she had time to notice, War had quickly focused with the Crossblade before tossing it at a lit torch…before it flew all the way to where the bomb is, igniting it. When it came back to his hand, the bomb then explodes, with Tiamat screeching. Smoke had covered her from the explosion, before she fell out of it, crashing onto the platform.

"Did that do it?" Sora asked, slowly standing up.

War gave a look. "No. Not likely," he said as Tiamat slowly got up, growling. "It'll take more than that."

As she stood up…she suddenly noticed something. "A human? There's one still alive?" She asked, sounding surprised. She gave a rather sinister chuckle. "After I dealt with the Horseman, I'll see about devouring you." She licked her lips before taking flight again. "I look forward to devouring you, human."

Sora…admittedly went pale. "…Okay, I think I got her attention now…" he muttered.

The Watcher appeared, giving him a dry look. "You think so?" It rhetorically asked.

"Stay focused," War told them. "Though, it looks like we've lost our element of surprise."

The boy thought about it…before looking up. "Well…she knows that I'm here…so she would focus on me. Easier prey. I guess I could use myself to lure her away…" he said.

"Oh, so you're willing to be bait?" The Watcher asked before giving a slightly dark chuckle. "This will be interesting to watch."

"Yeah keep laughing you...ghost thing!" Sora replied. "And would you want to take her down?" He added with his eyes narrowed.

"...I simply lack the means unless I were attached to her- but it would be disobeying the council. And I fear them on what they'll do to me MORE than her."

"So, what are you a parasite or something? And what about War? He wouldn't have to listen to you." Sora replied. "In fact, he could've easily gotten rid of you."

Tiamat screeched before War gave a look. "Save your petty arguments for later when this is done- focus on the battle."

"Okay, okay, let me get to work," Sora said, looking up at her. He isn't sure if he has enough mana to use a spell to get her attention, and at the distance, making faces at her wouldn't do the trick...hmm...

...All right, he'll have to wing it. It worked for him before he got to this world. (Even if it was most of the time...)

Sora gave a look before he soon began to scale to a higher ground and readied his Keyblade.

He waved his weapon a bit, getting Tiamat's attention. While that's happening, War grabbed another inert bomb, before he waited for the right moment to throw it.

As Tiamat soon closed in Sora soon leapt back, throwing his Keyblade at the Bat Queen. It bashed against the head of the beast, flying in the air before it lands on the ground while War throws the bomb at another part of her. Sora rolls on the ground, grabs the Keyblade in the roll before he gets back to his feet. He pointed the tip at Tiamat, the tip glowing red orange…before it launches a fire ball. It flies. towards its target.

As it did, Tiamat soon looked over to try to get a pass at the boy…before the spell contacted the Bomb Spore- and exploded. The Bat Queen screeched from the blast. The smoke cleared as she flaps her wings, trying to keep herself afloat…before she soon crashes against the arena the two of them are on with the boy surprised.

"That's...gotta hurt..." The boy muttered with a wince. He was mildly tempted to check over the edge, but something told him to stay where he is...

Before a hand reached up from the edge and grabbed the top. Tiamat soon pulled herself up, looking infuriated. The explosions did a number on her, but she's still alive. War wasn't kidding when he said it would take more than that to take her down.

"...Okay...how many of those would actually take her down?" Sora murmured to the Horseman.

Tiamat snarled before she soon begins to tear apart the grounds, getting rid of the inactive bombs.

She also made sure that they would be over the edge, and out of reach.

"Aw man," Sora muttered.

"Looks like she wised up," War said with a look.

Sora was about to ask a question before Tiamat launched fireballs at them, making the two dodge the fire balls. After the onslaught, she took off flying again.

"Okay...! So, she can still fly and we're not able to blow her up anymore with bombs. Got any plans?" Sora asked, looking up at Tiamat.

The Horseman growled a little to himself, eying Tiamat. The only way to bring down a flying beast is to clip their wings. Or in cases for beings with membranes and not feathers, make a hole or slice them. If they have tail fins, it will also render them unable to fly. Tiamat doesn't have tail fins, but she wouldn't need them.

"The Crossblade can't reach that far, and Tiamat won't make it easy to get to her wings," War said. "Not unless you would jump onto her and render one of them useless."

Sora noticed that and smirked. "...Well, one way to find out. Let me see what I can do!"

The Watcher appeared, looking bored. "Don't tell me you're serious."

...He didn't get an answer. They looked to where the boy is...only to see that he's gone. They looked forward, seeing the boy taking off.

"He's actually serious?!" the Watcher sputtered, incredulous.

"The Bat Queen is eying him right now. But if she had any ego and if I interfere... she'll turn her attention afterwards. We just need one of her wing's membranes to fail." War replied.

Still...what he's doing is rather reckless. Again. Although...

He furrowed his brows a bit before he summoned the Crossblade again.

May as well try to get her attention.

He soon waited for the Bat queen to close before Sora readied to move but as soon as she got close... She got hit by the blades to ruin her focus with Sora noticing before he leapt onto the claws with Tiamat screeching. "HORSEMAN!"

Tiamat then flew at him as War caught the Crossblade, the man barely having time to dodge Tiamat when she raked her claws on the platform as she passed. The Horseman rolled to his feet, sneering at her.

Meanwhile Sora had this smirk on his face as he held as he soon began to climb slowly as Tiamat circled around to wait for another chance to strike at War. Though, as she does...she then noticed something. Something that was missing. Where did the human go? As she looked on the platform, she couldn't find the boy.

The Bat gave growl as she tried to survey around before Sora was in position before he soon slid down the side before using the end of his Keyblade with the side with Tiamat screeching before it made a sizable hole on one of her wings.

"Got it!" Sora exclaimed...before his stomach lurched as they began to fall. "...Oh god!" He yelped out as he held on for dear life.

Sora quickly tried to get on the side where he thought Tiamat was going to land before Tiamat crashed against the building top with Sora quickly getting off with him returning to War. "...Well, that was close!"

War grunted with a curt nod. The boy managed to bring her down. Not bad. "We're on level ground with her," the Horseman said. "Don't let your guard down."

"I know," Sora said as Tiamat slowly got up, growling. "I mean, we may have grounded her but that wouldn't stop her from using her wings to try and blow us off right?" Sora asked.

"One of them," War said. "But she could very well jump herself."

"...Right." Sora nodded seriously.

Tiamat snarled and roared, before she came at them. Honestly, it's like trying to fight against a wild animal. A massive, wild animal with wings.

She soon tried to swipe at them with claws with the two evading as Sora gave a serious look. "Tch!"

Gotta be a way to bring her down. But how? At least enough to render her unable to move. She has her claws and her tail, and there's also a possibility that her wings can give her an edge still...

War gave a look. "Try to get out of the way if she charges to us."

"Huh?" Sora let out confused with the Bat Queen screeched with Sora jumped and quickly tried to move.

As he does, Tiamat stamped the ground before she did charge at them. The boy yelped before he quickly got out of the way...yet War still stood in her path, getting into a stance.

"H-Hey!" The boy yelped out-

Before the man caught her. He skidded back a bit...but he managed to effectively stop her. He then used his iron fist to punch her in the face, stunning her. He jumped up...and punched her harder. Hard enough to actually have her sent flying back.

The boy made a blank stare. "...I keep forgetting how strong you are," he admitted.

"She's stunned for now." War said to him before he drew his blade and laid into the bat queen. He cuts her up on the arms, legs, to even the membrane of her other wing.

Sora meanwhile aids in damaging the face before he quickly got back when the Bat Queen began to recover.

She gave a snarl, glaring at Sora- before swatting him away.

"Augh!" Sora let out in pain as he was sent back- but soon landed on his left arm wrong. It was only through quick thinking and reflexes that he grabbed the ledge with his right arm. As he was left dangling there, he tried to most his left arm…but quickly found that he couldn't, feeling it throb. 'Augh, not again! Why now?' Sora mentally growled, handing there.

For War, he only saw the boy fly towards the direction of the ledge. He gave a look before he charged. He jumped over her tail swipe, slid under another and got close enough to get near her.

Tiamat growled and swiped at him. He got hit on his side, but he pushed through it- before punching her in the face again. She tumbled on the ground as he landed. Tiamat staggered up...before War jumped up. He grabbed his sword with both hands- and forced Chaoseater into her wing.

While on the wing, as Tiamat flailed in pain, he positioned himself just right…until Tiamat moved her wings in the center. He quickly grabbed the other wing, while he still had his hand gripping his sword plunged into the wing and pulled. Tiamat tried to get him off, but War would not let go nor would he relent. And then…with a roar, he practically ripped the Bat Queen's wings off, jumping into the air with them. Tiamat screeched in pain, falling onto her back. War flipped in the air, discarding the wings to fall to the ground below, he landed on Tiamat's chest.

Somewhere in the cathedral, the hands turned…before it strikes twelve. The bell toll throughout, those in the area able to hear it.

As the bell rings, War raised his left arm as Tiamat panted. "Horseman…" she began.

His left arm is still raised, but it shook before the Watcher emerged. "Do it!" The Watcher ordered. "Tear her out her Heart while she still lives… I want to hear her scream!"

"…I am…one of the Chosen…" Tiamat spoke up. "I can grant…your every wish…"

War slightly narrowed his eyes. "Can you restore the Balance?"

Tiamat gave a look before she cackled. War furrowed his brows. He didn't think so. He roared before plunging his iron fist into her chest. Blood splattered out from the hole he made, punching through bone effortlessly. Tiamat screamed in agony at this deed…yet she couldn't do anything once his hand got a grip on something. Something large, pulsing…

He quickly pulled it out. Tiamat's screams ceased, with her body spasming a few times before slowly going still. At the same time, the bell had stopped ringing. War looked over at the heart on his hand. Shaped in a heart with markings over it…yet though it's still beating in his hand, he can feel a pulse of power within it.

The Watcher let out a tickled chuckle. "No wonder Samael wants this thing," it said, "it's coursing with power!" It gave a look at War. "You really think he's going to let you live long enough to collect on your end?"

The Nephilim gave a look. He isn't sure…but he had managed to survive this encounter. He squeezed the heart- before he 'crushed' it. All he did was put the heart into his gauntlet, like he had done with the Crossblade and Chaoseater. No need to accidentally lose the heart during a fight or an accident after all.

War slid down Tiamat's body as it disintegrated. "Well, we got the heart, now let's get out of here," the Watcher said.

"What about the boy?" War asked.

"Are you seriously concerned with him?" the Watcher asked, eyes a little narrowed. "He survived until now. Good for him. But now he's dead."

"I'M NOT DEAD!" the boy hollered, with the two perking up.

"...Oh, damn it all." The Watcher muttered with a slouch as War moved his head to where the voice came from. He walked over to the source and peered over. Sora was seen hanging near the bottom of a railing with his right hand.

His left arm hangs a bit uselessly by his side, the boy looking up. "...Uh...can you help me up? Please?"

War raised an eyebrow at him. The boy managed to save himself from falling to his doom? The Nephilim wordlessly reached over and grabbed his arm. The boy weighed very little to him and sets him on the floor.

"Thanks," he breathed out. He looked around. "Where's Tiamat?" He asked.

"Dead," War answered.

"Oh." The boy looked around some more. "...I guess there's nothing here to do now. And I didn't find anything here."

"Yes. We'll have to find a way down somehow and move on," War said as the boy noticed something on him. A wound Tiamat managed to get onto him.

"Hey, are you okay?" The boy asked, seeing something on War's side. "Did you get hit there?"

"It's nothing too serious," War said, lightly brushing him off. "It'll heal when I attain-"

"Here let me help." Sora insisted with the boy holding his hand up.

"You're low on magic," War said. "You shouldn't waste more on me."

"At least let me do this," Sora insisted.

The man looked over at him before sighing. He lifts his arm a little. "Fine."

Sora nodded before he closed his eyes. "So, what fancy trick would you have?" the Watcher asked rhetorically. "Probably something based on flowers?"

The boy didn't say anything. He held up his right hand to the wound...and a soft green glow covered it.

The Nephilim made an intrigued grunt at that, as the glow persists.

After a few moments, the glow ended. Sora opened his eyes. "There we go. Uh..." he looks at War. "Does...it still hurt?"

War didn't say anything, looking at his side. "...War?" Sora asked him. He can't even read his expression. It's hard to tell what exactly is going through the giant's mind.

But soon enough...the man lowers his arm. "It doesn't."

"Oh, really?" Sora asked. War gave a curt nod. "Well, that's a relief."

"…What was that power though?" The Nephilim questioned the male.

"That was a power a friend of mine taught me." Sora replied. "It's a heal ability without consuming magic." He then scratches his head. "But… mine seems to be surprisingly strong according to her."

"...Hmmm," War grunted.

"It's the truth," Sora said. "My magic just seems...stronger for some reason. But at least I managed to get that down."

"...I see," the man said. He glanced to Sora's left arm. "...Your arm is dislocated again," he stated.

"Oh. Uh...don't worry about it," the boy said. "I'll get it fixed up again, just..."

War didn't let him finish, using his massive hand to hold him in place, grabbed his left arm and forced it back.

"Guh...!" Sora bit back what could have been a scream. After he was released, the boy took in a breath sharply through his teeth, holding his arm tenderly.

"We're even," War said, merely watching as the boy barely bit back groans.

The boy hissed through his teeth, inhaling as he turned away. "Just…gimme a moment…" he muttered. With a couple more deep inhales, Sora released his arm, clenching and unclenching his hand as he did so. He exhaled. "Okay. I think I'm good." He turned back to face him. "Okay…so…how do we get out of here? I mean," he weakly gestured to the destroyed bridge, "Tiamat pretty much destroyed the bridge."

Hm, a valid point. The Horseman would have no trouble getting down himself, but…the human is a different story.

The Watcher then went by (and War didn't miss the look it was giving the boy). "Well...looks like it's time that I'll be useful," it said. It held out its arms...and it formed a spell circle with an aura coming out of it. "This would take us outside of the cathedral."

"Oh. A warp portal," Sora let out, looking over at it. "Neat."

"I only did this to just get us out of here," the Watcher said, pointing its long finger at him. "But that's it."

Sora gave a look at it. "Right, right." Sora looked over at it. "Well, let's go then," he said. "Maybe the rain would let up later." He walked over to the portal, looking over at it.

As he did, War looked over at the boy, before at his side.

That level of power...it reminded him of...

("You REALLY need to be careful you know?" the woman scolded him, staying stock still as she used magic to heal the gash on his side.)

The man felt his mouth go into a small frown...before he shook his head a bit.

No. He shouldn't waste his time thinking about the past.

The Nephilim headed to the portal.

-End of the Twilight Cathedral Arc-

And this is the last of the chapters that have been edited. Considering the time that had gone by, I figured I had to look back and REALLY look at the stuff I put in. I was appalled by how...crappy it was. So I did some edits to fit a new writing style I have.

You know what? I think I'll go ahead and put in the new chapters I DID type up soon. I've left you in suspense for too long I think. I had my break long enough, but time will tell if I will be hit by writer's block or lack of motivation or I hyperfixate on something else.

With that said, I hope that you all have a pleasant day/night, depending on where you are.