Two Becomes One Part 4

The next three trials were annoying trials with cliche gimmicks and puzzles. I walked down the final flight of stairs and saw Sazuka sitting on a stump and she opened her eyes. I stepped on a magic circle and appeared in an open field with a massive blossom tree to the far right of us. Sazuka stood up and drew her blade from the scabbard. No words were spoken. She just stomped down then appeared in front of me and slashed. My eyes glowed and she struck the barrier around me and the clash blew her away. She grunted and looked up then saw me above her. I came down with an axe kick and she blocked it. I kicked her sword with my other foot and flipped off the sword then landed on my feet. She had white aura surging from her blade. I summoned Seven Suns and dark aura surged from my sword.

"Who do you think is gonna win this battle?" Su Yi asked.

"It's hard to say. Stella hasn't even attempted to unlock Seven Suns ability, so they are evenly matched in terms of power. In terms of skill, Stella has a slight advantage since she has Royal Swordplay and her Bushi Technique. Sazuka has more speed than Stella, she is a well trained warrior. They have their pros and cons..there is no clear way of knowing who the victor will be." The Seven Moons glowed.

Sazuka dashed to me and I dashed towards her. We clashed a few times and locked blades as sparks flew. We both slid back. Sazuka shifted her position and her eyes glowed. I looked at her and my eyes glowed. I felt so free...I didn't have restraints on myself. We dashed towards each other and clashed multiple times again. Sazuka kicked me back then stabbed her sword into the ground and light pillars emerged from the ground. I ran off and dodged the light pillars.

'This adrenaline...this feeling I'm having...What is it..?' I thought to myself.

I slashed three times, releasing three blade beams at her. Sazuka slashed through the blade beams and an explosion happened. I emerged from the smoke and kicked her away. I flickered and appeared above her and axe kicked her down. Sazuka recovered and slid back on one knee. I landed and dashed towards her. Sazuka dashed to me and slashed. I slashed and we clashed then out swords flew out of our hands. We both punched each other's cheek then flew into opposite directions.

"Impressive.." I said and stood up.

"I could say the same.." Sazuka said and wiped her lip. "I can feel a change in power now you don't have Bushido on your tail."

"Really? I feel like you're holding back a little." I taunted.

"I promise you I'm using my full power..we just are on equal footing. No Royal has ever been able to match the power of one of the Supreme Ten." Sazuka said. "But I won't just allow myself to lose like this."

"They are like night and day...They seem to be enjoying this battle..you can tell. Sazuka finally gets to fight a powerful opponent and Stella is getting a rush of energy." Su Yi said.

Sazuka dashed towards me and went for a punch. I grabbed her arm and pulled her to me and kneed her stomach and she groaned. I pushed her away then kicked her leg then palmed her chest. She grunted then I slapped her.

"Now we're even." I said.

Sazuka nodded and bit her lip and pointed at me. We entered hand to hand combat and she blocked my attacks then palmed my chest and slapped me then palmed my chest again, blowing me away. I landed on my back and she dashed to me. I got up and caught her kick then pulled her to the ground and elbowed her stomach and she groaned loudly. I rolled backwards and spotted my sword and ran to grab it. Sazuka got up and grabbed her sword and panted. We dashed to each other and clashed against and slid back then clashed again. We clashed quickly 3 times and jumped back.

"Take this!" Sazuka slashed down and three light pillars rushed towards me.

I dodged the pillars and she slashed again, sending four light pillars my direction. I twirled to the right and dodged the pillars. Sazuka slashed again and this time sending five light pillars. I ran to the left and dodged the pillars. I dashed towards Sazuka and my sword glowed. Sazuka charged up light energy and her magic meter was full.

"You won't defeat me!" Sazuka bellowed and her aura surged.

I saw light circles appear on the ground and light beams crashed down. I kept dodging left and right to avoid the light beams. They crashed down in different spots on the ground.

"Give it up!" Sazuka bellowed and raised her sword to the sky.

The light circles became bigger and beams of light crashed down faster. I was barely able to keep up and dodged the last one and rolled forward and stopped on one knee.

"Hikari Arts: Angelic Purification!" Sazuka stabbed her sword into the ground and a light pillar surrounded her and turned into multiple light beams rotating around her body. The beams of light shot in the sky.

I saw the gigantic light circles on the ground and they came down at light speeds. I summoned my barrier and the light beams crashed down and rotated around in a circle then closed in on Sazuka. She bellowed and the light fused with her blade. She jumped and slashed down and bellowed. The light beam hit my barrier powerfully and the barrier started to crack then it shattered and the light beam of light struck me down. I yelled in pain and was blown away. I grunted rolling on my side. Sazuka panted and the light on her sword vanished. She looked at me then looked surprised. I slowly got up and dark aura surged from my eyes then sparkled.

"I can't fall to you now..! I will defeat you then Su Yi and save my home..!" I bellowed and got in a stance.

"I'm surprised...you stood up after that..." Sazuka got in a stance.

"Master Skill: Seven Suns Mist!" I ran to Sazuka and slashed.

I heard one clash and fell on my knees. Sazuka turned to me and took one step and six more slashed hit her and she fell on her knees and her armor broke. The hair tie holding her ponytail snapped then she fell on her side. I gave a weak chuckle and coughed. The room slowly turned back to normal. I slowly stood up and held my stomach then walked to Sazuka. A magic circle appeared underneath the both of us and we were fully recovered. Sazuka opened her eyes slowly.

"Rise and shine, loser." I smiled.

"Tch..I actually lost against you..?" Sazuka said in disgust.

"It was bound to happen. You almost got me with your little Kingdom Hearts finisher." I helped her up.

"It was my strongest attack, my weapon's ultimate skill. It uses a Magic Meter so I can't freely use it. It's somewhat more like a limit breaker move." Sazuka said.

"I see. It's an interesting attack." I smiled and saw the final door open.

"You should go. Su Yi is waiting for you..through those doors." Sazuka said.

I nodded and pat her shoulder then walked off through the final door. The hall was well lit and my fireball vanished. I walked towards the end of the hall and found myself in a open field. I saw Su Yi holding her weapon.

"You actually made it!" Su Yi smiled.

"You're Su Yi? You're just a young girl.." I said.

"I'm WAY older than you! My figure does not determine my age!" Su Yi puffed her cheeks.

"Whatever, I have come for the Seven Moons as you already know. I am winning this battle by any means necessary!" I said.

"As much as I want to give you this blade, you are not worthy of it yet. Battling me will determine if you are ready or not. If you win, your reward is the Seven Moons." Su Yi said.

"This is my last day of living..I have 15 hours to defeat you. I won't waste any of it by going all out on the offensive!" I bellowed and my dark aura surged.

Su Yi looked at me and her light aura surged powerfully. We stood in the open field and got ready for combat.