No sooner had I opened the door to my room...that I was blasted by a surge of high-level power. I fell to the wall in an effort to catch my breath...it had totally knocked the wind out of me since it hit so unexpectedly. I rushed towards it's source. It came from outside....slowly I made my way to the balcony...I could see two figures waging a battle below. I was too high up. Jumping over the rail, I leapt from floor to floor...until I was only one floor above the battle...hiding myself in the shadows of the balcony.
Looking closer...I finally realized who it was...that familiar surge of power....XEREBUS!!! But wait...he was fighting much more seriously now...until this moment...I had never felt his energy so openly exposed. He always suppressed it. His opponent was...LEADER! I thought about assisting him...but after thinking about how he'd tortured me...how he tortured Triskix...instead I decided to watch the match unfold. Taking this as a prime opportunity to gauge his TRUE strengths and abilities. >:}
I watched placidly...taking in every movement...every single reaction. They attacked with such force...they both flew back. Suddenly...the Leader's hood fell. Silver hair...blank white eyes...the left with a strangely familiar tattoo.
"You haven't changed, Xraktos." I heard Xerebus speak.
Xraktos? That was his name?! I thought...then suddenly my head pounded...it hurt....I fell to my knees...holding tightly onto the railing of the balcony. I couldn't remember...and the pounding wouldn't cease. All I knew...is I wanted in now...to destroy them both!
"You will keep your distance RaXi!" Xraktos suddenly shouted. His blank eyes glaring right at me. I felt as though they pierced straight through my being. I froze.
"RaXi?" Xerebus stated looking up at me. "I thought that was you there dear..." He smiled condescendingly. "Yes...please stay where you are and watch. After I finish here...perhaps I can convince you to join my Organization. After all...this is naught but a futile attempt....it's destiny lies in ruin."
"You are wrong there...as I've just told you...it is your Organization doomed to failure." Xraktos spoke loudly...yet calmly.
I was angry...yet numb....motionless. I fell to my knees once more...and sat there dumbstruck. They launched into battle again. It was crazy how evenly matched they were...I was amazed our Leader had been hiding this much power...and yet...I wasn't surprised at all. Any who could make ME silent...were to be recognized...
Suddenly it stopped. They stood completely still eyeing each other down. Xerebus smirked.
"Oh look...here comes my dog now..." He stated as a portal opened simultaneously. Verex stepped through...a blank stare as he stood at his master's side. "Verex...why not attack?"
"Hold it!" I yelled...snapping from my daze and jumping from the balcony. All of their eyes were on me now. "That's a cowardly move Xerebus...I thought this was between the two of you."
Xerebus grinned. His masamune gleaming in the moonlight. Ignoring me completely...he spoke to Verex. "Attack the foolish man there Verex...he's blind...you should have no trouble."
What? I thought. How could he say that when...they were just fighting so fiercely...WAIT...this was a ploy to get me to step in!! Sure enough, he was smiling straight at me. I didn't move an inch. I wanted to stop Verex...but I would in NO WAY protect THAT man.
Suddenly I was standing before him though. How had I got there...what was going on?! Verex stopped immediately. Xerebus was rushing behind...things were moving quickly and I was out of sorts. I couldn't move! I couldn't move! And worse...I was a living shield for this MAN!!!
"Move Verex!" Xerebus ordered...preparing to strike me down.
I tried desperately to move...then suddenly I felt myself released. Yet...I didn't know what had happened. Had that been Xerebus? No...then he wouldn't have needed Verex. It was too late to move, I started to form an ice shield...but blood splashed at me...there was no need for a wall...one was standing before me. Verex. He'd been cut through by the masamune. My eyes went wide. Yet...it wasn't a fatal hit...as the hit on me would've been.
"It would seem you've no place to speak of dogs Xerebus. When yours is more disobedient than my own." Xraktos spoke condescendingly from behind.
Xerebus scowled and kicked Verex from his sword, then cast him to the side roughly. "VEREX!" I screamed...I didn't mean it...it just escaped my lips. I started to rush towards him. This scene...I swear....it was ALL TOO familiar...yet before...I called a different name...
A hard knock on the back of my head stopped me...slowly I turned as I cascaded forward...a blurry face and an Organization cloak was all I saw....just like before. Everything went dark.
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The opponents shoved aside the little interruption and then proceeded to "continue from where they left off..." They stood once more in a stare down...only now RaXi and Verex lay off to the side. Both unconscious...yet one's blood slowly pooling on the floor.
~RaXi
