CRUELTY VS NAMELESS HUMAN

SWEET APPLE ACRES

Everypony who was still conscious slowly opened their eyes after shielding them to keep from seeing the brutality that befell the human. When they did, however, they gasped at what they saw.

In-between the human's hands was a pure white glowing longsword. It didn't have any particularly special qualities about it, other than the fact that the handle was the same color as the blade. Even the hilt was just a plain glowing white horizontal line.

The human opened his eyes when he realized he didn't feel any pain. Then he gasped when he saw the spectral sword in his hands. Cruelty deadpanned at him while both of his swords were caught in the center of the blade.

"Well, it looks like you've found your Spirit Weapon! Strange how plain it is, though... normally it would be altered by the Purity or Corruption of its user." Then he shrugged before raising his right foot in the air. "Oh, well. Not that it matters, anyway." Before he could react, the human had the wind kicked out of him as Cruelty's foot found its way onto his chest.

He flew back and grunted in pain as he rolled across the floor. As soon as he released the handle of his sword, the sword vanished into thin air.

When the human stopped rolling, he quickly pulled himself back onto his feet and looked around cautiously. While rolling around, he wasn't able to notice Cruelty vanish.

"Béhi͢n̕d ͡yòu!"

Instinctively, the human's body reacted before he could. He rolled to his left and narrowly dodged the blades that passed by and raised his right fist into the air. When his fist was balled up, the spectral sword rematerialized fast enough for him to block Cruelty's following horizontal slice. Then he quickly jumped backwards and held his sword defensively.

"What the heck are you doing?! Why are you attacking us?!" the human asked.

Cruelty smirked before replying, "You must take me for a fool if you think I'll answer that one!" Then he dashed towards the human at a blurring speed and sliced at him, only for the human to leap over his head, land behind him, and thrust his sword forward, only for Cruelty to vanish before his eyes.

"What?!" The human growled before crouching into a battle position.

Cruelty's voice began echoing around the human. "Don't take it personal, though. It's not necessarily you that I'm after... it's the voice in your head!"

"Voice... in my head?! What are you even talking about?!"

"H͠ȩ'̕s̛ ͠tr̴yi͢n͞g̡ ̢to͞ ̷c͜o͝nfu̢śe you! ͏ I͝'m ̡here̶ ͢to͡ he̸l͝p̸ ̴y̴ou ̧s҉t͟a͠y͘ al̨iv̀e!"

Cruelty chuckled. "You should be aware that it's him who's trying to harm you! I'm merely here to save this world from the trouble that he will bring!"

The human groaned and began rubbing his head with his left hand. "Ugh... can someone speak normal around here?!"

Cruelty appeared from behind the human and chuckled. The human's eyes widened in shock as a strange memory played into his head.

He leaped up and back-flipped over the pair of blades before catching the handles of both Katanas and disarming Cruelty of his weapons. Then, once he landed on the ground he kicked Cruelty's back and waited for Cruelty to turn around. Once Cruelty did, the human kicked him onto the ground and dashed towards him to deliver the killing blow.

Before Cruelty could even react, both of his own swords were pierced into his shoulder blades, causing him to yell in agony, as his arms gave out on him. Then the human's sword materialized into his hands again, but this time, it was upside-down.

The sword loomed over Cruelty's forehead as the realization of his doom was at hand. "Go ahead, then... finish me off!"

The human smirked before nodding his head. "Evil scum like you don't deserve to live!" Without even giving a second thought, he pierced the blade into Cruelty's forehead, causing him to choke and gurgle on his own blood. His body convulsed, and his hands twitched open, but only for a few seconds. Then he went limp, and the life inside him was drained completely.

Without hesitation, the human back-flipped over Cruelty's swords and disarmed him of his weapons. When he landed, he kicked Cruelty on the back enough for him to stumble slightly. Then, once Cruelty turned around, he did as his vision told him and kicked him in the chest and sent him onto the ground.

Cruelty quickly looked at the human and gasped when he saw the human's eyes were suddenly glowing red. Before he could even react, the human leaped into the air and pierced both of his shoulders with his Katanas, causing him to yell in agony. He tried moving his arms, but was unable to.

He coughed a few times before breathing heavily. He tried moving his feet, but an unseen force was keeping him from doing so. Then he looked at the human again and sighed in defeat. "Go ahead, then... finish me off!"

The human smirked and nodded his head. Then he raised his sword over Cruelty's forehead and said in a slightly distorted voice, "E͝v̀il̨ ̢s͏cum ̶lik̸e y̶o̡ư don'͟t͏ des͜érve͝ ͡to͞ l͠iv̵ȩ!"

Suddenly, Twilight's eyes shot open. She quickly turned towards the human and the shady figure and shouted, "NO! DON'T DO IT!"

Then, in a split-second, the human's blade sunk down towards Cruelty's forehead.

Author's Note

I know, it's a short chapter. Technically this one is actually split into two parts, though, and the next one will be a little bit longer than this one.