Chapter 2: Unavoidable encounter

Felt ran as fast as she could, calling for help yet nobody came to assist her. Feeling so alone and worried for not just Old Man Rom but for Sora as well.

'How stupid was I? I should've known that the Bowel hunter would attempt to kill us! Why was I such a damn fool and now Rom...and that young boy are going to...going to...'

These thoughts of the two dying in the hands of Elsa kept filling her head until she began to cry as she ran. She kept running as fast as she possibly could until she heard a familiar voice yell out to her which caused her to stop in her tracks.

"Stop there thief!"

Felt stopped in her place, having recognized that voice and turned with slight joy in her eyes since she believes to have found the help she had been looking for.

Sora and Old Man Rom continued their battle with Elsa, with Rom going on the offensive while Sora deflected each of Elsa's attacks with ease. As both Sora and Rom were working together to keep Elsa from landing any deadly hits, Rom began to say,

"Sora was it? For a mere human boy, you are pretty good with that weird looking sword of yours."

"You are also good with that giant club of yours, Old Man Rom."

The two continued on with the fight, proving to be a good duo until Elsa finally gave them all a chance to breathe when she jumped back to evaluate the situation. She looked at the two with a rather intrigued facial expression, having had lots of fun fighting the two. She gave a condescending smile while saying,

"This is so much fun! The more you two resist, the more it makes me want to cut you up to see your intestines!"

Sora felt a bit disturbed by what he was hearing, never thinking that there would be people in his journey that would give him chills like Elsa is. Old Man Rom stepped in front of Sora while saying to Elsa,

"Nobody is dying here but you, bitch! You are not taking another innocent life!"

He quickly charged at Elsa without Sora backing him up, confident that he could defeat the bowel hunter on his own. He swung his spiked club directly towards Elsa yet he ended up damaging the ground while Elsa managed to dodge the attack and be on the top of the spiked club. This was part of the giant's plan, he let go of his club and with his free hand he clenched it into a fist and swiftly went to punch his opponent.

She was caught off guard by this, causing her to quickly move both of her arms up to block the attack. Old Man Rom's attack was strong enough to send her flying which she felt excited by. She giggled in joy before charging at the giant without hesitation or any time for him to react. Just as she was about to go for the kill, Sora stepped in between the two again and started to deflect each attack, confident that his skills would be enough to hold back the assassin.

Elsa took note of Sora's defense, seeing that it is extremely difficult to break which caused her to ask during the battle if he had some kind of divine protection or a martial arts. Sora was confused by this and responded that he doesn't know what she is talking about. Hearing this caused her to jump back in order to gain some distance between the two, shocked that someone with no divine protection and no martial arts can even be standing toe to toe with someone on her level of fighting.

"No divine protection. No martial arts. You are clearly someone very special, Sora. This makes me excited to fight someone who is clearly skilled yet it also saddens me. Mother would've loved someone like you working for her yet it seems like you'll just have to perish along with the giant there."

"I'm not letting you harm Old Man Rom, as for me...I won't fail my friends."

With determination in his eyes, Sora charged at Elsa and quickly summoned fire from his Keyblade by yelling fire from the top of his lungs. The keyblade produced a powerful fireball directly at Elsa, which caught her completely off guard.

She quickly used her cloak to defend herself, the fireball exploded on top of her yet she received no damage by it. The cloak disappeared, leaving her to hold both knives once she noted that Sora was much stronger than she anticipated. As the two's weapons were clashing, she began to ask curiously,

"Are you a sage by any chance?"

"Not really, I'm just a Keyblade wielder."

"Fascinating!"

Elsa was so surprised that Sora is not only a skilled swordsman with the Keyblade but he can also produce magic. This left her even more intrigued to see how long until she claimed her bowels from the young boy.

The two continued with their battle with Elsa taking the offensive again while Sora was easily in the defensive. Old Man Rom looked at the fight and was surprised by how Sora was truly holding his own against Elsa, To see someone as young as Sora be able to hold an expert killer like Bowel hunter without any divine protections or any martial arts...man you are one hell of a warrior, Sora.

Sora and Elsa continued their duel until the two traded blows with Elsa managing to stab Sora in the arm while Sora landed a powerful attack on her right side. This caused the two to take a moment to heal up with Sora casting Heal on himself while Elsa enjoying the pain she was given while also amazed by what she was witnessing.

"How many more surprises have you instored for me, Sora? The fact that you are a swordsman, can cast fire magic, and now you can heal yourself as if you are a healer. You truly are amazing!"

As she finished complementing her opponent, she quickly charged at him at the speed of sound, wanting to catch the young boy off guard with a bit more of her true strength and speed yet she didn't realize that the young boy was also at the same speed as her.

He deflected the attacks with some struggle but not enough to make him look like he is reaching his limit. Elsa immediately bombarded Sora with many attacks in hopes one would at least do enough damage to kill him. As Elsa was increasing her attacks more and more, she was interrupted when an icicle was shot at her direction.

She jumped back and looked at the direction the icicle came from with curiosity, wanting to know who fired the ice at her. Sora also looked to see who fired the ice to find two people standing side by side.

A silver half-elf girl standing tall with her arm stretched out and a boy in a tracksuit and spiky black hair with menacing looking eyes. Behind the two was Felt, who seemed happy that both Sora and Old Man Rom were alright.

"That's enough out of you, assassin."

"My my, more company. This day just keeps getting better and better."

Sora asked the two new people to allow him to fight, having come up with a plan to defeat Elsa without the need of anybody else risking their lives. He held the keyblade near his heart for a moment before a burst of light covered the room, getting everyone's attention. Once the light cleared, everybody looked at Sora with surprised facial expressions.

Sora's clothing had changed from red strips and black clothing to black stripes and white clothing. Everyone in the room was shocked but not as much as Elsa, seeing that her opponent was now holding two different keyblades. One on his left was the Oblivion with the darker aesthetics while on his right he was wielding the Oathkeeper, showing a lighter weapon than its dark counterpart.

Sora in a serious manner looked at Elsa and said to her, "You can still back down Elsa, I don't want to hurt you but I won't let you kill any innocent people."

"I'm delighted that you wouldn't want to hurt me yet but my contract as guidelines I must follow, Sora. After I'm done with you, I will kill everyone in this room."

"That is sad to hear but I won't be holding back."

Sora charged at Elsa with immense speed, catching her completely off guard since she was not expecting Sora to have gotten a boost in speed that could rival her maximum speed. She tried to deflect the attack yet Sora was fast enough to land powerful blows on her, sending her flying across the bar.

During the battle, the silver haired girl and her companion approached Old Man Rom with the girl asking if he is alright. Old Man Rom looked at the girl and in a respectful manner he responded with, "Are you okay?"

"I'm alright young lady, thanks to that boy over there. He saved our lives. I doubt me and Felt could've been alive if it wasn't for him."

Old Man Rom smiled but not before getting hugged by Felt, who was happy to see him still alive. The two had a joyful reunion while the boy in the tracksuit watched the fight, he was amazed by how strong Sora was but a bit jealous that he wasn't as strong as he was. The battle continued with Sora continuing to dominate Elsa, proving to be more than a match for the assassin.

"My my...you are one of few who can actually beat me...I must say you are pretty...amazing, Sora!"

Sora pointed Oblivion directly at Elsa, pleading for her to stand down yet she continued to fight with everything she got, attempting to break the strong defense that he had. Eventually, Sora managed to dodge one of Elsa's attacks, leaving her open for the Oathkeeper to give out a deadly blow.

He took the opportunity and hit her in the gut, leaving her in both pain and joy. As she fell to the ground, she looked up at her opponent and began to say,

"My my, I have never faced an opponent who could bring me to my knees! I'd expected this from the sword saint but by some child...my my how humiliating."

"Please, stand down Elsa. I don't want to hurt you anymore."

"Your concern for me is well noted but it isn't something I enjoy from people."

Elsa attempted to slice Sora's gut while he had lowered his guard but surprisingly for the two, the boy in the tracksuit caught this and quickly shoved Sora out of the way. As the boy shoved Sora, he ended up receiving a fatal wound in his stomach, noticing that he was bleeding. He fell to the ground in pain.

"Subaru!", The silver-haired cried out, worried for the boy who took a deadly blow to save Sora from suffering a similar fate. The girl ran towards him and quickly started healing him, which caused Sora to feel anger inside him.

That boy, Subaru was it, he took a hit for me and now he is...no! I won't let anybody get hurt anymore.

Sora quickly healed Subaru with all the magic he had left in him before turning his attention towards Elsa, "Okay Elsa, I won't let anymore people get hurt because of you!"

Sora pointed both his keyblades together towards the ground, causing a bright light to shine all around the room. Subaru and the silver-haired girl both kept a distance with Subaru surprised by the healing spell Sora had cast on him since all the pain he was feeling is gone.

Elsa got up and smiled as she noticed a bright light aiming straight towards her, realizing that Sora is putting all of his strength into this one attack. 'I see, so this is your strongest attack. Please impress me with this attack, Sora. I would hate that you put in such a powerful looking attack only to be wasted.'

Sora's attack eventually caused a large light explosion which destroyed half of the bar building, leaving everyone shocked by this kind of power. Once the light finally faded out, Sora's clothing reverted back to its original colors while both his keyblades disappeared. Sora looked at the four and asked them if they are okay, with Old Man Rom being the one to respond, "Don't worry Sora, we are okay."

Sora smiled before he collapsed to the ground, having not realized that he had drained all of his energy in one attack. As he struggled to get up, both the silver haired girl and Subaru ran towards him to check if he is alright. As they made sure he was still awake, he could feel that something was wrong.

He looked up and noticed that Elsa was still alive and charging directly at the three with hatred in her eyes as her left side of her head was bleeding along with her right arm holding the blade.

Sora also noticed this and quickly summoned Kingdom Key in an attempt to stop Elsa yet Subaru grabbed it directly from Sora's hand and quickly deflected the attack that was directed towards his companion.

Without hesitation he was able to save the girl while the two were pushed back due to the impact Elsa's attack had on him. As both Subaru and his companion were pushed back, Elsa was prepared to kill Sora right then and there yet she heard a voice say,

"That's enough out of you, Bowel Hunter."

Elsa turned towards the voice and was surprised that it was none other than the sword saint himself. She turned her attention towards him and quickly said,

"My My if it isn't Reinhard Van Astrea, the sword saint himself. What are you doing here this late at night?"

"I had felt an odd power surging here. Seeing as you are here, I was right to have come."

Elsa was pleased to see the sword saint, someone she desperately wishes to fight yet due to the massive damage she took from Sora, she knows that she won't survive if she stays any longer. She quickly jumps on top of the building before saying to the group that she will be back to kill them all.

Sora with the little strength he had started to get up, with Subaru returning the keyblade back to him. 'Odd, normally the Keyblade would just disappear from someone else's hands aside from mine.' Sora thought to himself while smiling at the boy. The silver-haired girl looked at Sora and asked that he should not force himself too much.

"Don't worry about it, I still have some strength left in me to stand."

"Sora was it? That was freaking cool! The way you were dual wielding two weapons and showing that op looking attack! Damn I'm a bit jealous."

Everyone in the room began to laugh a bit at what Subaru was saying, having the mood go from a dark one to a lighter one. The girl got up and quickly turned towards Subaru. "I want to thank you for saving me and I also want to apologize."

"Apologize? For what?"

"The name I gave you, that isn't my name. My real name is Emilia, just Emilia."

Subaru paused himself for a moment, having been surprised that Emilia gave him a fake name yet he brushed it off and smiled.

"It's okay Emilia, I'm just happy that you are okay."

Before their conversation could continue, Reinhard introduced himself to both Subaru and Sora, explaining his status and that he is the sword saint before greeting Emilia with respect. During their conversation, Reinhard turned towards Sora and asked the boy how he was able to face off. Sora pulled out the Kingdom Key again and allowed Reinhard to inspect it similar to how Elsa inspected the weapon.

The power of the keyblade was giving Reinhard a strong curiosity on its origin since it feels extremely similar to his weapon, the Dragon Sword Reid. This sparked his interest yet before he could take a closer look at the key shaped sword, it disappeared on him and returned to Sora.

"I guess it's like my sword, it is bound to its owner. I must say Sora, your weapon is quite interesting. Nothing I've ever seen before."

Sora thanked Reinhard before Felt approached Emilia, apologizing for having stolen the insignia from her and attempting to return it. Reinhard noticed the glow which caused him to grab Felt's arm to interrogate her, surprised by what he was seeing. Rom noticed this and was prepared to do something yet Reinhard quickly used his magic to put the giant to sleep, not wanting to fight him.

As the giant fell to the ground, Felt became more aggressive towards Reinhard, feeling like he hurt Old Man Rom. This hostility landed Felt to also be put to sleep since Reinhard didn't want to fight with her. As he began to carry Felt, Subaru looked at the group and was happy that things worked out yet he felt something odd.

"Well this isn't good..."

Sora, Emilia, and Reinhard all noticed what Subaru said and turned towards his direction only for Subaru's stomach to spill out blood. The boy in the tracksuit collapsed to the ground with Emilia desperately trying to heal him. Sora attempted to heal the boy again but due to his strength having reached his limit, he also collapsed to the ground.

"Sora!" Reinhard said in shock. Both Reinhard and Emilia attempted to help Sora and Subaru, with Reinhard seeing that Sora had run out of strength and passed out. Emilia continued to heal Subaru as best as she could. 'Man...She's so cute when she's panicking...A parallel world fantasy...'

This is where Arc 1 of Re:Zero ends, the story will shift from here and I'll do my best to make sure it is not too similar to the anime.