Dark Master Chronicles: Past Stories

[Destati]

She gritted her teeth, having enough strength and control to be able to glare over at the silver haired male. Slowly, a shaky hand makes it's way over to the Twilight Keyblade that lays idly on the floor. The gray within her eyes is no longer visable, however the tips of her wings have becomed eerily blackened to match the color of the dark.

'I refuse to give up..'

You were always such a stubborn girl, perhaps going along with him may not be so bad.

'Shut up! I know you're only trying to get what's best for you.. I won't allow it. I'm gonna beat this guy, whether he knows it or not.. I'll do it somehow.'

Tsk.. You sure are headstrong.


With delicate hands, she uses her trusted keyblade to prop herself up; only to find that it was much harder than previously thought. Just the presence of that damned weapon was making her insides turn out, and the constant call of the darkness seemed almost too welcoming for comfort. It would be best not to move at this time, at least until she was able to manuever around better. Magic would just have to do for now... -- A hand rose up from Reina's side as she pointed the exposed palm out to the opponent, a twisted spiral of black fire suddenly shot out from it; hurdling itself towards the target... not a word had been spoken to assume it was a spell.

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Never say never....Ame thought maliciously to herself. It was only a fleeting whisper though, and she was able to push it back with ease. She watched the Dark Key-weilder carefully out of her brilliant grey eyes, smirking mirthlessly at what he said.

"I've been suffering for a long time now," she answered. "I don't need your warning."

 

[Lord of Chaos]

He shrugged watching them for a moment. He could tell they were struggling. Ash however was wholey good. He severly doubted that Ash was tempted, but hey, no one could be sure. He smiled a bit as he raised an eyebrow. "I find it ironic. Here we have gathered the four sides... from Daylight..." He pointed to Ash..." to Twilight..." He pointed to Reina... " to Night.." He pointed at himself..." To dawn..." he pointed at Ame.

He shrugged once more. "However, suit yourselves." Suddenly, red and blue lightning exploded around him as it shot off horizontally everywhere, coming from about his chest, so it was at that level all around, and also, at his knees. It spread towards all of them, snaking evilly.

 

[Destati]

Reina gasped lightly as she stared toward the incoming attack directed towards all of them. She growled and extended her hand out again, shouting out the only defensive ability her form possessed from little years of experience with magic. "Aero!" Her voice rang out and a gust of wind formed from her feet, travelling up until it created a full body barrier. Perhaps it would deflect some of the damage off of her being. Gripping her keyblade she whirled it towards the silver haired boy. "Strike raid!"

 

[Lord of Chaos]

He saw the keyblade coming and smiled a little as he suddenly brought up the Beam sword of third power and he smacked it away, as it stabbed into a wall. He walked towards her, as the lightning he had sent earlier collided with her aero shield, a bolt still managing to hit her in the right knee.

He slowly walked up to her as he smiled at her and touched her cheek with the dark keyblade. "Embrace the darkness.."

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

If the other winged girl had been of Light, then Ame would have let it be, knowing that the ones on such a path needs to choose for themselves. However, this girl was of Twilight, and was already struggling with her Darkness. She didn't want it to engulf her, Ame knew. Which is why she decided to rid her of the temptation. Ame shot towards the Dark Key-weilder, mismatched wings encasing her body. She knocked him to the ground and landed a few feet away, Keyblade at ready. Twirling her weapon about her head, she cast an Aeroga spell, breathing in the sweet scent of the magicked wind as it blew about her.

"I'm ready...."

 

[Destati]

She hissed from the pain that currently throbbed through her right knee, the impact had caused her to lose balance; rendering her to drop down on her only working leg. Reina looked over to the boy, sapphire eyes leering angrily. Fists clenched as her grip began to turn her own knuckles white, her keyblade was only a few feet away but it would be quite a challenge to try and retrieve it in such a position at the moment.

You're in quite a predicament, aren't you..?

'Not now! I'm trying to think, damnit! With my knee like this.. I can't move..'

Too bad that you're such a dunce at using magic, or else you could have healed yourself by now...


An idea suddenly hit the winged keyblade weilder as she looked over to her idle weapon. She focused her mind on it, calling it and repeating the action as she extended a hand out; the weapon jingled softly in response as it slowly dragged it's way to it's owner.

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Ame waited, focusing her two energy...balance was the key, no pun intended. Wihtout giving up her stance, she let a simple Cure spell wash over her, relieving her of any fatigue. She noticed the other Twilight girl struggling to stand up. The Darkness had seemed to cause her pain.

She is the only one who may understand, at least in the slightest....

With a short wave of her hand, Ame directed a Curaga spell toward the girl, along with the mental whisper of, Hope this helps. Don't give in.

 

[Destati]

Reina blinked gently and looked over to Ame, she perked an eyebrow lightly as she felt the wash of relief fall over her body. Her knee was no longer damaged and it was much easier to stand and in doing so, she gave the other winged girl a smile. A nod of acknowledgement followed after as she kept her smile, turning her attention over to Zexion.

"I'll never give up!" And with that, she slammed her keyblade down into the cobblestone floor, a large tremor forming from a minor crevice. Jagged spirals of sharp earth travelled their way over to the silver haired boy at an alarming rate.

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Ame smiled back and thrust her Keyblade into one of the many cracks that were forming in the street, adding her power to the other girl's. The weapon's orichalcum desings flared with their own silver-gold light, standing out in sharp relief against the rain and shadow. She felt a connection there, an unbreakable line of fate drawn between the two of them. Easy to give into, impossible to deny, they both held the power of Twilight. Ame felt that their paths would ensure that they would walk along the same road.

There are too many similarites between us. Could it be possible that...that she had the Darkness forced upon her as unwillingly as I had? Does she know of Ansem, does she hold any memories of a dark castle brooded by shadows, ruled by a king who kept company with the Heartless and the twisted remains of his experiments that were once normal people?

Ame flexed her wings and twisted her crystal Keyblade. Yes, there was definitely some things that they needed to discuss.

 

[Lord of Chaos]

Zexion smiled a bit as he stood up, looking like a ragdoll. His jaw was popped clear out of place.. and suddenly he jerked his head and it snapped back up into place. "That was a good try..." He watched their attack, combined effort, coming right towards him. He held out the hand with the keyblade. "Stopga.."

Suddenly, the attack stopped.

"Anything else you would like to throw at me?"

 

[Destati]

Reina's eyes widened to the rather impressive magic power the boy held, it was almost too much to imagine. It was like everything they had tried was just a small effort for Zexion to mock and rid himself of. She frowned, dashing at him with her blade clutched tightly in her right hand; attention completly focused on her opponent. The extra boost of speed from her wing made her movements almost impossible to follow as she was quickly infront of him, just a few inches above his forehead before she slammed her keyblade down.

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Ame gave a cry of frustration as he stopped their combined attacks. At least knocking him to the ground had managed to dislocate his jaw, albeit momentarily. As the other winged girl flew towards the Dark Key-weilder, bringing her weapon down upon him, Ame swooped low across the ground and sliced her Keyblade in a horizontal arc, sending a crescent-shaped bolt of silver energy towards him. It shot out with impressive accuracy as Ame quickly ascended. She raised her Keyblade above her head and gave the Light key-weilder and Aeroga shield, and strengthened the other girl's one. She considered herself lucky that she was so trained in magic, because she had a feeling that they were going to need it.

 

[Lord of Chaos]

He blinked as he caught the attack, being smacked downward as he felt a silver arc coming towards him, and it slammed him into a building, and into a wall.

Slowly, the dust cleared, and he rose to his feet. Blood was trickling down the side of his face, and he was breathing hard, wincing every so often... " I should have taken the game up early... almost lost all my energy, from underestimating you...no matter... I can still... still..."

He slowly looked at them, his eyes going dull, as he fell back into the wreck of bricks, unconscious.

 

[Destati]

The Twilight Keyblader blinked at the sudden situation, did they win already? She stared down at the boy's unconcious form as the clouds above started to form again; it appeared it was going to rain again. One side of said to leave him there to die, but another side beckoned to stay by his side; was that side crazy? Reina shook her head and sighed, it would be best to exit the world.. but then again, this silver haired menance may come after them again anyway.

Don't even bother.. He tried to kill you!

'..I know, but still..'

You really ARE hopeless! That heart of yours is going to get you into deep trouble one day!

Innwardly, she rolled her eyes and sighed at the voice.. it had always been the downside of her whole journey anyway. Her attention soon fell back to the injured male who lay idly on the cobblestone floor of the District. She frowned, contemplating to herself what would be best and gave a slight shrug.

Slowly, she bent down and grabbed him by one arm which was now slung over her shoulder and held snuggly onto his other side. From this distance she could have sworn she'd seen him somewhere before and he was quite handsome too. Wait.. what was she thinking!? Once again, the warrior shook her head and glanced over to Ame. "Help me get him to the Hotel."

 

[Lord of Chaos]

In his unconscious mind, he was laying there on the floor as an odd shadow stood over him. It represented that voice.

Idiot! I told you ! I told you! Yet you did not listen! Now they will probably kill you!"

~ I doubt it... and even if they do... we have a back-up plan...~

That is not the point!

~ Whatever... just let me rest...~

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Ame nodded to the girl in agreement and took hold of his other side. Part of her- the darker side -had been happy to see him lying there, bleeding and unconscious. But the other part of her didn't want to leave him there to die. There had to be good in him too, to have had helped her before. As they carried him to the Hotel, Ame let her senses roam, lightly touching the energy and emotions swirling about them. Conflict, conflict, conflict, everything was conflict. But it shouldn't be. Not if the young man they held was purely of darkness. She was still pondering this over as they laid him on a Hotel bed. Ame cast a Cura spell over him, enough to heal the wound she'd caused but not enough to bring him back to consciousness. That way, if he still wanted to kill them, he wouldn't have the energy when he woke up. Ame sat down in a chair and held her Keyblade in her lap, tracing her fingers over the delicate heart-shaped outline at the blade's end. She pushed a hand through her wavy violet-black tresses and sighed. She knew what she could do with this Keyblade. But would it work? She watched the Dark Key-weilder as he lay there. He looked at lot more peaceful, and Ame imagined that this was what he looked like when the little Light he held was stronger. Presently, she looked over at the other girl.

"My name is Ame, by the way. Is it true that your Keyblade locks world Keyholes?"

 

[Lord of Chaos]

Ame was right. Given the opportunity, in this situation, if Zex woke up and had the energy, he would have brought the room crashing down around them, killing all of them. However, he was extremely weak, and he did not wake up for another ten minutes, laying there. He was still dead tired, but he did not feel comfortable sleeping around the... enemy...

He could not even set up. However, he looked at them, as they conversed, being solely quiet.

 

[Destati]

"My name's Reina, nice to meet you. And I'm not too sure about my keyblade... I've never seen a keyhole to even try to lock it." A small nervous laugh escaped her lips as she rubbed the back of her head, it was alittle embarrassing not to know what kind of things your own weapon could do. Her gaze soon fell to the ground, a small tint of red plauging her cheeks; in other words when Reina got embarrased her pride would be alittle knicked off there too.

You're so pathetic, do you know that..?

'Leave me alone damnit, I'm not in the mood!'

Fine, but do yourself a favor and shut up to save yourself the trouble.


The warrior sighed as her sapphire hues switched over to Zexion, blinking gently as she noticed he was awake but silent as ever. She trudged over to the bedside and kneeled down, getting into eye level with him. "Hey Sleeping Beauty..." She greeted him with obvious sarcasm. "Who are you anyway, and why are you after us?"

 

[GuardianOfHearts]

Ame smiled slightly and leaned forward with her eyebrows raised, dark grey eyes watching the newly awoken Key-weilder with interest. She stretched her long fingers around the handle of her Keyblade and drummed them once on the crystal, creating a few melodious rings.

"Yes, let's be enlightened. Since you seem to know so much about us," she said curtly.