When The Darkness Ends

(Play Headstrong by Trapt)

     I charged him, therefore starting our battle to prove who was better. I swung my sword in an overhead swing and a horizontal spin slash, but he had avoided it. He jumped back and gave me a cocky smirk.

     "C'mon, is that all you got!" he taunted me.

     I just smiled evilly and said, "Oh, that's not even close to all that I can do..." I crouched low and leaped high into the air. Once I was high enough I charged Meteor Crash from Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. I swung my keyblade up and the tip was forged into a flame, that was replaced with a igneous rock. I then aimed it downward and yelled, "LET'S GO!"

     The rock shot out from the tip, and then grew in size, and increased in momentum. It then broke into five small, flaming meteorites that began to circle each other. They crashed into the ground where he was standing. Smoke and dust rose up and surrounded us. I landed on the ground, but was blinded by all of the dust and smoke from Meteor Crash. I looked around, even though it was useless, so I silently crouched down to listen. I heard a near deaf hoofstep, so I did a spinning slash. I knew I had hit him when I heard a grunt and saw him fly backwards after the dust cleared. When I did that, i heard 'ohs' coming from the crowd that had gathered around. I walked out(like a BOSS!) and stopped and saw him.

     He yelled, "You're going to regret that!" He then charged at me with lightning fast speed. I put up my keyblade in an iron grip, since I remembered that he had said that he could break any defense in battle. He then got onto his hind legs, and his right front hoof was cloaked in a purple aura.

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     How the FUCK do you stand on your hind legs!?!?!?!

     Anyway, he slammed his fist into my keyblade. I was launched back from the momentum of the impact, and I stumbled on the ground. I felt my knees hurt like crazy.

(Stop song, now play My Demons by Starset)

     That's when I heard a comforting but worried voice speak to me.

     "C'mon, Rikaru! You can do this!" I looked behind me, and saw a worried but determined Twilight Sparkle cheer me on. "I have faith that you can win!" Then I saw the others, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and even Rainbow Dash. They were cheering for me as well.

     "Come on, Rikaru! Don't let that guy beat you!" I heard Rainbow yell.

     "G-go team, go..." I heard Fluttershy say, softly. I stood up slowly.

     "Don't let that ruffian defeat you in battle!" I heard Rarity shout. I got into my defensive stance, with my keyblade at my side.

     "C'mon sugarcube, beat 'em like there's nu tomorrow!" I heard Applejack yell at me.

     "Yeah, don't that meanie kick your flank! BEAT HIS ASS!!!" I heard Pinkie yell, with the last part being in a scream-o voice. I looked back at her with a shocked face, as well as everyone else. Pinkie looked around at everyone else, then she blushed while sheepishly smiling.

     "Heh heh, sorry!"

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     I never felt so supported in my life. Even my family and my wife didn't really care for me. But I didn't want my wife to feel bad, so I went on with my marriage. Even when I left for the army that fateful day, I could tell that those were fake tears. You see, my wife was an actress, and I was a game designer, so I knew if she was faking it. I pretended to care for her, even if she didn't care much for me. I stoop up tall and proud. He laughed and smiled.

     "Give up, Rikaru, or do we need to just keep going?"

     I smirked and yelled, "Not yet, let's GO!" I crouched down, and then yellow electricity surrounded me. I then stood up and spread my arms out, and all the electricity came flying out.

     "What the hay?" He exclaimed in shock as he got into a defensive stance. "GAHHH!" He screamed in shock of what I had turned into.

(Stop song, play Crisis City, Whirlwind)

     I just looked like a yellow blob surrounded by a yellow ring of electricity. I had used D-Thundaga from KH-Re:coded. Because of this immense power, he was scared out of his mind. He tried to run away but I zapped a bolt of lightning at him. He fell to the ground, surprised by the jolt i gave him. I increased power to really give him a "shocking" experience. "STOOOOOP!" He yelled in pain and agony. I decided to stop torturing him. I returned to my normal self and walked over to him. He, shakily, looked up at me, with fear evident in his eyes. He was burned, and his skin looked charcoaled. I levitated him up in the air, and yelled, "CURE!", and leaves and plants danced around him, and he had returned to his normal self. He was then put down on the ground while the others whispered things like, "Wow, he's strong..." or things like, "How did an ape thing do that kind of stuff?" I just chuckled at them.

     "W-why did you do that? I feel stronger than I ever was before I fought you."

     "That is the power of Cure. It heals the body of anything, inside you and outside. Were you tired when you came to this party?"

     "Well, yeah, a little..." he said.

     "That's why. It healed the fatigue and got rid of the melatonin in your body, which is a chemical that your brain makes that activates your want for sleep. Plus, it's not a true victory if I beat you if your not at your true strength. So come on!" I yelled at him, getting to my defensive stance. He snarled at me and ran at me and tried to buck me. But the purple aura surrounded his hind legs. When he hit my keyblade, I took in most of the attack but it still sent me backwards. I regained my stance, but did not manage to block his second attack, to which he threw a hoof at me which was coated in the same colored aura. He hit my chest with a massive amount of pure force. The wind was knocked out of me from that punch. I tried to suck in air, but when I did, I couldn't exhale. I raised my keyblade high above me and tried to say, "CURAGA!", but I couldn't do it. I fell to the ground, tired and exhausted. But then, I thought of a plan. I remember the poke'mon Scizor from my childhood, and that I remembered that he had an ability where he could multiply and make illusions of himself. I did that, and hundreds of them surrounded Breache.

      "Wh-wha?" He said in confusion. I then got the chance to levitate myself to the sky high above the others. Wait, if I have powers of any kind... Oh, this'll be good. I raised my keyblade above me, it then surrounding itself in a violet aura. I then charged at high speeds toward Breache. I was going toward him so fast that flame surrounded me. And I saw him. Looking at me in curiosity.

Breache's P.O.V

     I wondered if he would be back after flying into the sky. Did I hurt him that hard? Is this a trick? Then I saw an orange dot in the sky that kept expanding. Then I saw him coming at me with an evil smile and an even more evil glare. He was coated in flame. I then tensed up, thinking this was the end of me and him.

Rikaru's P.O.V

     (End Music)

     I kept getting even more closer to him. I was almost there, to him so I could use Frenzy from Sonic Colors for the Wii system. I was at his face, and then I dead stopped. "Time to lose." I smirked at him.

     "What do you mean?" He said to me questioningly.

     "FRENZY!" I turned into the frenzy form from Sonic Colors.

     "WOOAH!" He screamed. I turned into the violet, monstrous form of Frenzy. I thrashed around and started to eat the ground so I could get bigger. Once I was at full size, I towered over him more than I did even more than when I was a human. I thrashed around toward him, gaining on him. He gave me a startling face as he ran for his life. Almost there... I started to feel tired and drowsy. I then turned to my normal form. I collapsed on the ground in front of the crowd running from me in fright. They all stopped to gaze at me. Then they all did something amazing.

     They cheered for me.

     I felt so happy. they did not judge me, stay away from me, and they even celebrated my victory over one of their own kind. That made me glow. I turned to see the Mane 6(That's what I'm gonna' call them. Get it? Mane, main, okay...) cheer for me and go crazy. I saw Twilight run to me and ambush me with a hug.

     "Wow, Rikaru, I'm so proud! You did awesome!" she exclaimed with happiness. I cleared my throat to signal her what she was doing to me. She looked up at me, and then widened her eyes as she caught up to me. She quickly let go and deeply blushed, her cheeks the color of crimson. "S-s-sorry..." She sheepishly said.

     I smiled at her and got down low to whisper in her ear, "Don't be, Twi..." I walked away (while she was still blushing) to Breache. I gave him a weak smile to see him... impressed? I thought that we would just give me a look saying, 'wat da fuk are u?!" or a "Get away from me, freak!", but not this look. He bravely walked toward me and stuck out his hoof.

     "You fought well, Rikaru. You win. I couldn't stand a chance against you even if I tried my hardest. Good match." I shook his hoof and gave him my smirk that showed a look like I saw a kitten, or I just trolled someone royally.

     "Yes, it was Breache. But you did break my defense, and that's why we were brawling in the first place. Let's call it a draw, got it?"

     "Alright, Rikaru. It's a draw." We smiled and I looked at the time inside the library.

     "Damn, 12 o'clock already? Wow, time goes a lot faster here in Equestria." I grabbed the microphone from I was singing earlier. "Hello? Testing, testing, one-two-three..." I cleared my throat to get their attention. As soon as I saw all of them looking at me, I started.

     "Hello, ponies of Ponyville. I first want to thank all of you for this wonderful party you all gave me. You spent your time to welcome an outsider such as me, and that fact alone makes me glow on the inside. But then you guys didn't judge me or avoid me after the brawl with my good friend Breache. In fact, let's give him a hand for all the hard work he did." I started to clap for him, and the others followed in suit. I saw Breache chuckle and smirk at me. "But back to my point, I talked with Breache really quick before the fight, and told him that this fight was a ruse, to see if you would except me for who I am, no matter what I was or who I would be. Thank you, and have a good night." I put the mic back on it's stand, and teleported in a Corridor of Darkness out of the library. The last thing I heard before I stepped into the sae of darkness was cheering.

     Welcome home, Rikaru.

    End Chapter