Legendary Crossing [Legendseeker Vs Hope]

Kaiden watched in eager anticipation for Raven to be impaled, only to howl in anger at seeing his new weapon phase through her. She exploded into light shards and seemed to vanish away. Part of Kaiden hoped she was running away, but he knew better

Screams came from the rift. Kaiden turned and peered through to find Raven manipulating the trees to save humans who were falling from the iron tower (people actually went onto the tower?) And place them gently to the ground. He was too preoccupied to notice the branches that snaked their way towards the rift.

The branches then launched themselves through the rift and towards Kaiden. He flung himself away and tried to manuver around them, but the branches kept on his tail. One finally latched itself onto his leg, bringing Kaiden to an adrupt halt. They tightened around and began dragging him away. He lashed out with his sword and managed to cut away the first one, but more kept grabbing on and forced him back through the rift.

As the branches straightened him out to face Raven, Kaiden flashed a charming grin. "Ah Raven, you really shouldn't leave men hanging around." His eyes flashed to a spot in the ground, where a shadow clone emerged from the shadow of one of the horseless carriages. It began floating towards Raven, its center core flashing as a bomb formed in it.

 

Kaiden relished in how beat up Raven was looking. Clearly she was used to having to hold back in her battles, less she kill everyone around her. Kaiden had no will or desire to hold back. He would blast her and everyone else to hell to achieve what he wanted. Of course, he wasn't indestructible, and he knew Raven could see that. The branchs holding him dug into his flesh, causing a dark, slimy substance that resembled toxic waste more than blood to come oozing out. Normally, Kaiden would've remained unfazed. But these branches seemed to be infused with Raven's light magic, causing extra damage to Kaiden. The bloods drip caused the ground to bubble. Good, this body is adapting to me.

The instant the clone threw itself at Raven, she spun around and thrusted her wings forward. A light cyclone formed instantly, carrying the clone screaming towards them. It collided into Raven, who then crashed into Kaiden and sent them all tumbling back into the void. The second they were through, the rift closed, leaving the two of them to endure the bombs blast. Kaiden went flying away from Raven and landed rather roughly on a floating carriage.

Blood flowed freely from Kaidens arm. A branch must've ripped into it as it broke. He thought, looking for his opponent. He found her floating close to him, her body slowly being ravaged by constant darkness. If it wasn't for her own power, the darkness would've eaten her away a long time ago. Kaiden straightened himself out and was about to speak, when a simple ball of light began forming between them.

The light began to expand. Kaiden could see different sets of debris feeding into it, almost as if she was draining the leftover light from whatever got sucked back in with them. The light engulfed Kaiden, who could do nothing as he was mesmerized by it. Snapping himself out of his daze, Kaiden barely had enough time to summon the closest piece of iron to shield him. Right as the ball ignited, over half of him was covered. The remaining part, however, was burnt to almost nothing as the mini solar flare erupted. Kaiden let out a noiseless scream as his body began to crisp. The force of the blast sent him rocketing away, the iron shield going in another direction. His body smacked into a tree and he just lay there for a minute.

Kaiden knew Raven would want to close the gap and end the battle quick, so he forced himself back to consciousness and faced his opponent. A maddening laugh formed on his lips. "Raven, I'm almost impressed. That could've certainly killed me!" Kaiden placed a hand to his face and felt the left half of it burnt to a crisp. It hurt for him to smile, but he did anyway. He motioned his hand and bombs began to appear on all the floating iron pieces. Kaiden's breath became ragged, as he knew he was starting to reach his limit. But he persisted anyway, determined to have his prize.

"But as always, you lack the conviction necessary to win. Your dedication to save this worthless body holds you back. I'm willing to give my own body to win, what about you?" Before he could wait for a reply, Kaiden began tossing the iron bombs at Raven, surrounding her and trying to leave no room for her to move away.

 

The explosions from the bombs blew a hot wave over Kaiden. Luckily, the burnt portion of his body had already lost its feeling. The cracking of the skin as he lowered his arm sickened Kaiden. This body is dying now. The thought slipped into Kaidens mind. He pushed it to the side and focused on Raven.

The mist from the bombs began to move. Kaiden could almost feel a surge of energy forming from inside it. Kaiden slowly raised his sword up as the mist swirled around him. Silence followed suit. The mist was Kaiden's darkness, he knew that much. But it didn't feel like his magic. Kaiden motioned for the nearest iron and it started moving its way to him.

A flash caught Kaiden's eye. He spun to catch the strike, only for Raven to appear on the opposite side of him. Her strike struck at his leg, causing an intense burning pain to rush through his body. Before Kaiden could retaliate, Raven appeared again to his right with a different weapon, a spear. This time, she struck him in the shoulder. The blow rocked Kaiden back deeper into the mist. He straightened himself, only to be slammed with a giant hammer. The pure force of light caused Kaiden to actually cry in sheer pain. Without even thinking about it, Kaiden pulled the iron toward him, blocking the next strike from Raven. He couldn't keep up with this movement, technique, whatever the bloody hell the woman was doing.

Kaiden noticed a hole in the mist appear the very second Raven appeared in front of him. They managed to lock swords for a moment before she vanished in front of him, only to appear to the left of him. Kaiden swung around and caught her attack, moving with her motions. He moved towards where he could feel the power. Each strike lasted only a fraction of a second, but it was enough to almost drive Kaiden blind. The light was too much for him to handle. But Kaiden has a plan.

Kaiden pulled the shadow towards him. He hated to use it, as it always had the chance to kill him when he did. But he wasn't dying to Raven. Kaiden grabbed a hold of the teleportation cloak he always wore and visualized Raven. Within an instant, he was behind her, or most of him was. His burnt hand was missing a couple fingers needed for a full set.

Without thinking about the pain, Kaiden thrust his hand towards Raven. The darkness in her would make it easier to spark this particular spell. He grasped the back of Ravens head and screamed, "Terror to you, Raven! May you forever swim in your own fears!" He viualized a locked box, filled with the fears and nightmares that she held deep down. And with a mighty push, he opened the box and let them out.

 

Kaiden grinned mischeviously as Raven's body began to slacken. The spell was taking hold and drowning the woman in her own head. Kaiden let go and turned to move on, his body aching from the fight. A sudden change in the air stopped him. He turned slowly back to Raven as her body began to glow intensely to the point that the water inside the air began evaporating, causing a clear mist to begin forming. A beat of Raven's wings blew all that away, and nearly blasted Kaiden to pieces.

Kaiden retreated back as the light surrounding Raven blinded him from seeing her. Desperate to end the fight, Kaiden summoned multiple shadow clones, each with his own weapon. He motioned for them to spread out around the light. Kaiden clutched his sword in his good hand, waiting for an opportunity to show itself. It did when Raven launched herself back. Her wings blew an intensely hot wind Kaiden's way, but he dodged as his clones launched themselves at Raven. A few were incinerated by the light, but one did get through and he thrusted his sword at Raven as Kaiden rushed forward.

"Fight all you want, woman! I will toss us both into oblivion if I wish it." He smiled wickedly as he summoned a bomb in his mangled hand. "And I intend to!" Kaiden drew his fist back and threw everything into his punch, the light tearing at his already seared flesh.